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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-11
TALES OF THE !.
UGLY BRASS LAMP
By CHARLES BATTELL LOOMS,
Author of yankee Enchantments, etc.
Copyright 1908. by Charles BatteI Loomis.
By CHARLES BATTELL LOOMS,

unconcernedly, which is a way that
big dogs of all kinds have.
STILL there was a serious danger
from the dogs. They might be seized
with panic or they might go mad in
a body, and then the fate of Garfield
would be horrible.
1t became the duty of the town
council to get rid of the beasts, and
they held an impromptu meeting in
the railroad station. The town clerk,
a short, stout, very important little
man. who hated dogs, said: This
thing is an outrage. 1 won't stand it
a minute. Every dog must be out of
town by shutdown or somebody will
suffer from it"
Right you are" said a young stock
broker, but what are you going to do
about it? You might make 'em all
take hold of hands and lead. EN- down
to the third rail of the electric road,
1t would be a shocking death, but
they wouldn't feel it,"
And so they talked and talked and
nobody suggested anything that was
practicable. And the dogs divided
up into gangs and went in search Of
food, and while the men folk were
holding a meeting, their wives were
worrying themselves sick.
Why, there was Harry's mother.
She was in such a nervous state be-
cause a big blood hound had made
his way into lie kitchen that she went
to bed. AS his mother felt, so felt a
score of women in town, and not a
few men among those who had not
ventured out.
In one house a mastiff, a spitz, a
bulldog, and an exceedingly hungry
dachshund had made their way to the
nursery, and when the mother hear
ing her child cry out, had gone to the
room, she had found the dogs all try
ing to get a lick at stick of candy
that 3-year-old Billy was eating. The
dachshund got it and retreated under
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It was the first day of November
and Harry Mum went out to the barn
to get the ugly brass lamp that he
might summon the djinn and wish for
some new thing. He had about made
up his mind to give his parents a
surprise this time. The Munn's was
an unpretentious wooden house, with
two stories, but no attic. and it was
surrounded by a lawn that needed
moving about once every so often"
Harry thought that was too often, be-
cause he was the one who was always
allowed" to run the lawn mower.
Now, a fine stone house, that should
take UP the entire plot of ground, ex-
elusive of the barn and vegetable gar
den. would be an improvement in
more ways than one; it would pro-
vide his parents with fireproof
house, and it would wipe out the lawn
and lawn moving at one blow. Yes,
before night there should be the pref
test little stone castle in al Garfield
if the djinn attended to business as
promptly as usual.
1t was Z o'clock when Harry went
out to open the barn. When he had
locked it the night before, the brass
lamp was lying in its accustomed hid
ing place on the top shelf of the har-
ness closet but now when he reached
up it was gone. He instantly thought
of his one enemy in town-Dick Stur-
ges Dick had come in the night be-
fore to borrow a bicycle wrench, for,
although he and Harry We're always
lighting, that did not prevent Dick
from borrowing anything he wanted,
nor did it prevent Harry from lending
anything that was needed. He had
come in just as Harry was putting the
lamp on the shelf, after having exam
med it closely, an examination that
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the washstand to eat it in peace-or
pieces.
With the exception OF the spitz,
there vas not one of the dogs who
would have hurt Billy, and the bull
dog, who loved children, wanted to
play NHh him; but, of course, his
mother supposed the bull dog to be the
most bloodthirsty of the lot; and when
her husband came running into the
room with a big Colts revolver, she
told him to shoot all the dogs except
the spitz and the dachshund. He, be-
ing sensible man and a lover of
dogs, looked at them all a moment,
and then went down into the pantry
and found breakfast for the lot. But
he was not long in showing the spitz
the door, because spitz dogs are more
beautiful than good.
The bull dog let Billy sit on his
back and pull his ears, and the ugly
looking brute licked Billys hand, and
would have laid down his life for him
in an instant. And that particular
incident ended by Billy's father es-
corting the big dogs and the low
geared dachshund to the front door
with best wishes for a happy life; but
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been adopted as pets. including little
B1ly's bull dog. came running to the
platform.
They descended the steps and over
ran the tracks, until you could not
see the rails. Handsome and ugly,
big and little, prayers and yelpers, they
all stood in serried ranks, and kept
their eyes upon the djinn. 1t was
a curious sight, and no man who saw
il was sorry that he had missed his
train.
A mile down the road was a Phila-
delphia express humming along at
the rate of a mile a minute.
There were outcries from most of
the towns people. Get 'em off the
tracks. They're a COMPOUNDED nui-
sance, but they mustn't be killed in
that way. 1t might ditch the train.
too"
The djinn did not seem to hear
them. The engineer of the express
did not seem to see the dogs. On
she Numbered, her slender stack
belching black smoke. Now her
whistle was footing portentously. The
engineer had seen the dogs, but ii was
too late. He might slow down, but
he could not stop before the pack was
reached.
Silent as if charmed stood the dogs.
many of them as handsome as any
that ever graced a dog show. On
came the train. Most of the people
closed their eyes.
Harry had seemed in a trance, but
now he turned to the djinn. Take
them away" he said, a little nervously.
perhaps, but very distinctly.
Suddenly the express swept by, her
speed increasing. The people opened
their eyes and then they opened them
wider. So did the engineer. He had
decided to rush through the pack at
top speed, but there was not a dog to
be seen anywhere, excepting a SPLEEN
did collie that belonged to Harry. The
djinn, too, had vanished.
Harry drew a long breath. I'D like
that hundred dollars said he to Mr..
Brown.
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THE VAULE of CHARCOAL


Nearly everybody knows that char
coal is the safest and most efficient
disinfectant and purifier in nature, but
few realize it's value when taken into
the human system for the same cleans
ing purpose.
Charcoal is . remedy that the more
you take of it the better; it is not a
gases and impurities always present
in the stomach and intestines and
carries them out of the system.
Charcoal sweetens the breath after
smoking, drinking or after eating on
ions and other odorous vegetables.
Charcoal effectually clears and i'm
proves the complexion, it whitens the
teeth and further aces as a natural
and eminently safe cathartic.
1t absorbs the injurious gases which
collect in the stomach and bowels; it
disinfects the mouth and throat from
the poison of catarrh.
All druggists sell charcoal in one
form or another. but probably the best
charcoal and the most for the money
is in Stuart's Absorbent Lozenges;
they are composed of the finest pow
dered Willow charcoal, and other
harmless antiseptics in tablet form or
rather in the form of large, pleasant
tasting lozenges, the charcoal being
mixed with money.
The daily use of these lozenges will
soon tell in a much improved condi-
ton of the general health, better COM
plexion, sweeter breath and 'purer
blood, and the beauty of 1t is that no
possible harm can result from their
continued use, but, on the contrary,
great benefit.
A Buffalo physician in speaking of
the benefits of charcoal, says: 81 adj
wise Stuart's Absorbent Lozenges to all
patients suffering from gas in stomach
and bowels, and to clear the complex
ion and purify the breath, mouth and
throat; 1 also believe the liver is great
Nv benefited by the daily use of them:
they cost but twenty-five cents a box
at drug stores. and although in some
sense a patent preparation, yet / be-
lieve / get more and better charcoal
in Stuart's Absorbent Lozenges than
in any OF the ordinary charcoal tab
let's"
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$50.
r. v. CONNERAT.

stomach for fifteen or twenty hours.
The best known and most useful of
starvation diets for wrecked or casta-
way people. however. is that of barna-
cles. and If anything of the kind hap
pens to you they will probably be your
staple food. Barnacles are long, tough,
half shellfish. half vegetable creatures,
that grow on the undersides of vessels.
Three Englishmen and crew. of Las
GERS who had been. forced TO abandon
the sailing vessel North Star a few
months ago kept themselves going over
a week on barnacles, and only two of
the crew died. The worst of them is
that they give one internal cramps
and cause an insufferable thirst but
they do nourish the frame. You have
to reach under the vessels side and
pull them off, taking care not to leave
the best half of them sticking to the
planks. Only a starving person could
possibly eat them. Many castaway
crew, however, has found them better
than nothing.
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Are We g..
The Automobile 1T?

With Automobiles crowding
every foot of space we possess
and our neighbors' stables re-
modelled and pressed into service
to hold the overflow? Is this
vast business we have developed
dream, or are the machines
lining up the lane from one end
to another the substantial evil
dence of the growing popularity
of the Automobile, and particu-
larly of the brands we furnish at
our exchange. Fortunately we
represent the leaders in the Choo-
Chou line
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-11
The OIdsmobiIe
and The Rambler,

And we are prepared to furnish
the machines right on the spot.
Our stock is complete and we can
take your money and give you
the machine in just about a min
ute. Our business has increased
to such an extent as to make it
necessary to carry a full stock
at all times. We invite the pub
lie to call and see what
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
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NOTICE TO TAX PAYERS

City Treasurer's. Office. Savannah.
Ga, Jan. l, 1903.-The following taxes
are now due:
REAL ESTATE, FOURTH QUAR-
TER, 1902.
STOCK IN TRADE. FOURTH
QUARTER 1902.
FURNITURE, ETC, FOURTH
QUARTER, 1902.
MONEY. MORTGAGES. ETC,
FOURTH QUARTER. 1902.
Also WATER RENTS for six months
in advance from Jan. 1, 1908. to July
/, 1903.
Upon all of the above A DISCOUNT
OF TEN PER CENT. will be allowed
If payment is made WITHIN FIT
TEEN DAYS after Jan. /.
BUSINESS LICENSES of all kinds
are also now due.
Also LICENSES COR BADGES) for
the privilege of using or employing
VEHICLES FOR HIRE or IN CON-
NECTION WITH ANY BUSINESS,
and for the privilege OF keeping a
DOG or DOGS.
A discount of 10 per cent will be al
lowed upon licenses and badges IL pay
ment is made within THIRTY DAYS
AFTER THE FIRST OF JANUARY.
Owners of vehicles used as above
are notified that a DOUBLE TAX will
be levied upon every vehicle found
without a badge after the thirty first
day of January.
Owners of dogs are also liable to a
fine of three dollars after the above
named date. E
C. S. HARDEE, City Treasurer.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-11
This Automobile
Exchange

is doing. We want them to SET
the activity, the force ~Sccssary
to handle the business and the
perfection of the new Autos We
are now Offering.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-11
AUCTION SALES FUTURE DAYS.
MONDAYS AUCTION SALE.
TURE, HORSE AND BUGGY.
C. n. DORSETT, Auctioneer.

NHNIE' HUHNSH MD HUUUF.
G. II. DoRSETfr, AuctiOneer,
viii sell MONDAY. 18th inst. at II a.
M, at % Congress street. west, fine
Carpets, good Cooking Ranges, Par
Tor and Office Heaters, large lot of
Chairs, 2 pieces of Oil Cloth, Wal
nut and 2 Oak Red Room Sets, 2 fine
Parlor Sets, 6 Moss Mattresses, 10
Feather Pillows, Walnut Dining
Tables, Walnut Hat Rack. lot of Pic
lures. Bed Springs. Gas Stove, Ward
robes, Chamber Sets, Crockery, Kitch-
en- Utensils, Groceries. Also Horse,
Buggy and Harness and large Show
Cases.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
~~@~~~~)~
INSURANCE.

beg to inform the public that on
Oct. LIST l became associated with Mr..
r. NJ. Hull in the insurance business
Mr.. Hul"s agency represents the best
Fire, Life and Accident companies in
the country. A share of your valuable
patronage is solicited. and will he
highly appreciated. 1 will be pleased
to call and confer with you at any
time. Phones 1924.
JOS. F. DOYLE,
No. 10 Drayton Street, ;
Provident Building,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-11
SPECIAL NOTICE.

Neither the master nor the agents Of
the British steamship "St. Dunstan'
Dalgleish, Master, will be responsible
for any debts contracted by the crew
of said vessel.
]. F. MINIS & CO., Agents.
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TOMORROW.

Partridges, Doves, Ducks, wild
and Domestic, Turkeys, wild and
Domestic. Best Beef here. Lamb,
Pork, Veal, Vegetables and Fruits.
JAS. J. JOYCE.
p. s.-Grandma Sausage, now nice.
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SPECIAL NOTICE.

+ Neither the master nor the agents of
the British steamship Carlisle" will be
responsible for any debts contracted
by the crew of said vessel.
STRACHAN & co, Agents.
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HOLIDAY NOVELTIES.

Christy's Pen and Ink Sketches,
large size, 35c. Fine Frames to match.
Water Color Novelties. Something
new and fetching.
THoNNESEN'S
xork street. near Bull
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IF YOU WANT GOOD MATERIAL
and work, order your Autographed and
printed stationery and blank books
from Morning News. Savannah. Ga.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-11
Our Auto.
Supply Department

Furnishes everything the Auto
mobilist can want. We have just
received
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-11
SPECIAL NOTICE.

Neither the master nor the agents of
the Dutch steamship Zeeburg, Stasse,
master, will be responsible for any
debts contracted by the crew of said
vessel.
]. f. MINIS & co. Agents.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-11
vULCAyIZING.
PLUMBING.
WHAT you WANT

Is first-class plumbing. A De Lery
light, and tile floor, all of these win
beautify your home and make you hap
by. We have nantes to At any kind
of burner made.
e. F. BRODERICK,
Plumber and Gas Filter,
242 Drayton Street.
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Brass Lamps
From $500 to 5000.
Brass Horns
From $500 to $4,000.
Leather Auto. Coats
$500 and upwards.
Our Repair Department

Is always busy, because we have
the trade of the town. Increased
facilities will enable us to handle
more work. We heep this depart
ment up to the highest notch.
We know what it should be and
that's what il is
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-11

Giles Buckingham experienced
all the tortures of the inquisition last
night" Miles-"You don't say! How
did it happen?" Giles-'He was play
ing roulette" Miles-"Where did the
torture come in?" Giles-"Why, he
was broken at the wheel."-Chicago
Daily News.
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The Bicycle Department

Here is in full blast, and invites
the attention of those in need of
wheels. Our stock is always
complete. The COLUMBIA,
CHAIN AND CHAINLESS, for
men and women continues to be
the favorite, as it is the best
wheel. We repair wheels-We re-
make wheels-We do everything
necessary for helpless wheels.
If you ride an Auto or Wheel
this is the place you want to come
fO
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AT GARDENERS.
ATTENTION!

J. W. LANG is the plumber who
wishes TO give You figure on your
plumbing; also give him a chance to
do your repairing. 1 will save you
money. Georgia Phone 1923, 1878.
Acetyelene Gas Machines repaired at
short notice.
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ROSE PLANTS.

We offer an exceedingly fine lot OF
ROSE PLANTS, in 21a-inch pots, at
the very low figure of ONE DOLLAR
the dozen.
These plants are of the best varie-
ties and are certain to be satisfactory.
CUT FLOWERS in great abundance.
JOHN WOLF,
Florist,
OFT and Anderson streets.
Phone GA
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YoUMANs & pEMMoND
DIR. MARION r.. THOMAS

has opened his Office for the practice
of medicine on the corner of Abercorn
and McDonough streets.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-11

FOR SALE, BEAUTIFUL RIVER
front lot, at Thunderbolt, 6Ox417 feet.
Apply to F. Van Giesen, 211 West
Broad street
The Daytona gazette=news. (Daytona, Fla.) 1901-1922, 1903-05-23
/ RAINBOW CHASER

Sen0ritA Clemencia Lopez, Philippine
lady, described a. young, beautiful and
highly educated" 10 now in America to
plead for the liberty and independence OF
the Philippine people.
She made her debut In Boston last week
at an anti-imperialist lancheon "a good
place to inaugurate first-class funeral
for laudable ambition.
Miss Lopez expressed her gratitude to
General Mikes for his truthful report on
the situation in the Philippines and the
Jake-Smith-ism OF the American soldiers.
She expressed a hope that the disclosures
made by Gen. Miles would help along her
crusade for freedom - another evidence
CT her lack OF sophistry.
She Is anxious to meet President Roose-
welt, and pour out her heart to him. She
Will hardly do this-if Teddy gees her
tirst. She had better sse Mark Hanna,
the Great American Arbitrator. He can
soothe her yearning heart.
Miss Lopez very truly says: The only
true way to get til. facts of the situation
10 to have Congress appoint an impartial
comm ission Ia go out there and make Il
thorough Personal invcs ignition OF the
WI ole gu, stinn und ascertain the real
conditions ol liz. native eoI,lc aud then
zen m .Hts i...ar,li,I" An.rE an rule
The yumus laIy IT. ~ the right, aud her
| IN =. ION Is h II, mt nnhI, i'ut for the
,,r, y Mt "" 80. Inclined Ia regard II ~ Il
| vert ID. - e, ~. -...iS rhaS'.
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Grip
Grim Grasp Caused
Heart Disease.
Could Not Lie On
Left Side.
Dr.Miles'HeArt Cure and
Nervine Cured Me.

Mrs. II. K. lobe, formerly Of Birmingham,
Ala, writes from Eldredge, the same state,
~ follows:
"It is with the greatest pleasure that l rec
ommend DR.. Miles Nervine and Heart
Cure l only wish that l could tell every
sufferer how much good they have done me.
Last winter l had q severe attack OF La
Grippe. which left my heart in a very bad
condition. / could not lie down for the
smothering spells that would almost over
come me and the feeling OF oppression
around my heart. had not been so that
could lie on my left side for a long time. l
got your Heart Cure and took three bottles.
have no trouble now with my heart and
can lie on my left side as we'll as my right
Formerly had suffered for years with nerv-
Gus proStration. had tried so many rem
edies that had got clear out of heart of get
ting anything that would help me. The
nerves of my heart were so affected that
sometimes Il would lose beats so il would
seem to stop altogether. 1t was on the ad
vice Of a lady friend that tried your Restor-
alive Nervinc. / felt better after the first
few doses and two bottles of Nervinc and
one Of Heart Cure made me feel like a new
person. NY heart is all right and my nerv-
cusness Is all gone. | never fail TO recon-
mend it to others afflicted as was"
All druggists sell and guarantee first bot
tie DR.. Miles Remedies. Send for free book
on Nervous and Heart Diseases. Address
Dr.. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind.
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Secretary Fred Mason, OF the National
Association OF Retail Grocers, of St Paul,
Minnesota, In speech at Atlanta, Ga,
last week, said;
II wish to insist that the only way to
educate tbs public up to your system Of
fairness and honesty, where they won't
believe you would take the advantage Of
them, u By q free use OF advertising space
In the newspapers. Newspapers are the
best friends the retail grocers have. Take
shsm into your confidence and entertain
sne rporteS at your meetings, your din
nefs. and other entertainments
Mr.. Mason Is evidently very sensible
msn.-Punta Gorda Herald.
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ft'S CROPPED HIS CANDY

Alnding 10 the Stetson-Forbes scandal,
the Lake Worth News says:
The VOlusin County Record il doing
all the talking nowadays. The De
Land News has nothing more To say.
Probably the editor il mcditating n
coup detat."
In one sense. our Lake Worth contcm-
porary is right. The DeLand News has
nothing left 70 say, Ii has never had
anything but assumption and assurance
to work with and that kind Of stock has
no lasting qualities.
Again, the Aforesaid editor is nsdita-
ting mot on a coup detat, but on the
prestige he has lost, and the subscribers
that do not renew.
His position reminds us Of the fellow
who yoked himself up with u steer. The
animal took fright ut something by the
roadside, and begun to run. The man
could not stop him, and he was yoked up
30 tightly he couldn't q t loose He had
to keep up. Az he and the OK cantcrcd
along the road mt break -nrck speed, he
met neighbor.
Where are you going cried the as
tonished neighbor.
Don't know" answered the man
AK de steer He started me
The editor Of the News has taken him
self outside the pale of free speech and
yoked up with IA queer combination OF
pOliticasters, and now he has To nv d,
steer " where he is going to land.
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A Rollins College professor relates a
serious tuasle with the sylables Of the
pames Of our esteemed postmaster and
hts VIII and the Rollins President:
Nm. Whiteman- Allow me to intro
ducs DR.. Blackman; Mr.. Whiteman, Dr.
BlackmAn."
This recalls an old story on contradic-
ton In names concerning Editor Black
man OF Miami, who In also clergyman
He went to q town in Lake county to
edty the white men, and learned that n
negro minister, Rev. Whiteman, was there
preaching 70 the black men-Sanford
Chronics.