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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-14

and had his being in one room on the
floor of a tenement house. He had
been devoted to art. But art had not
been devoted to him. He had filled
canvas after canvas with ideas that to
him seemed exquisite-but there was
some difficulty somewhere-they would
not sell. Canvases and paints cost
money, so does food. Dobbins had had
a limited amount of money. But his
capacity for food and paints and can
vas had been unlimited. He had moved
from studio to studio-from room to
room-and one morning he had awak-
ened to the realization that even the
landlord of a miserable tenement house
insists constantly upon good hard cash.
He had gone into the streets to look
for work He had found it in the
hardest kind of manual labor down in
the bowels of the earth. His soul had
warm, fed him with good food, COW
cred him with a. roof. So he piled his
unsold paintings against the wall of
his little room, covered them with bits
of cloth, and started in to do his share
in tunneling great metropolis.
Dobbins went home. 1t was late,
but he felt a strange elation. He had
money in his pockets he had thrashed
a couple of rowdies: he had earned
sudden impulse, he drew forth his last
canvas and his paints. With bold
dashes he hastily sketched a head. For
three full hours that night he worked
upon 1.-THE head of a girl that had
struck his fancy.
That head gave him an idea. And
the money he earned enabled him to
carry it out. He carried home with
him mental pictures of the men who
worked with him on the subway-Ital-
ians, Irishmen, Poles-men in their
working clothes, welding picks and
shovels, drinking out of battered pals
and smoking superannuated pipes
When he had some of them finished he
sat down and admired them.
There's no HARM" he assured him
self. lin my admiring them. for they
certainly will please no one. else. .
| Then, when he soured on his luck
a bit he would bring out the head OF
the girl and touch it up here and
there.
one night there was tap at his
door-or rather a resouuding rap
Come I'M" he yelled. Somebody
walked ina bluff, prosperous looking
man of the world.
He stood there uncertainty and
looked at the artist. The artist was
still in his working clothes.
Mr.. Doblin?" queried the new
conner as he stepped in.
The artist nodded. "Dobbins," he
| corrected. MY name is Dobbins. Are
! you looking for me?"
Il think 1 am returned the other
you are an artist, and the man ] an
looking for is an artist Your name
was mentioned by-say, do you know
VIM. J. Peterson, OF the University
Now Dobbins WAS never so foolish
as to deny acquaintance with anyone
He said guardedly that he believed hs
had met Mr. Peterson.
He told me about you" the other
man continued, and when ! said
wanted a thing or two 10 hang up In
my Staten Island place--Im buildini
down there~he said be thought I could
I get something ~ YOU that was respec-
fable-and cheap. The question De-
what have you got2"
y. Vresland D0bbins jumped almost
out ~ his akln. Here then, was tht
! chance thar BE- had waited for 30 long
lie had some fine ihings that be- had
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-14

''But the waltz! The time was short.
He would compose one that would in.
terpret his passion and grief to So,
phie; it should challenge her pity IL
not her love. When all the city slent
he took his favorite violin, opened his
window, gazed out into the cold night
and improvised.
THE night of the wedding came at
last. The fearful agony of love had
given him waltz, every measure OF
which breathed a heartache. The han
glistened with bright jewels and bright
er eyes, but more gloriously beautifui
than all was Sophie. Strauss, a hae-
gard, emaciated man, with piercing
black eyes, sharp and strongly marked
features, dressed from head to foot in
black, as though he had assumed this
mourning lively for the bride now dead
to him, stood in the gallery above d.
recting the movements of the orches.
ira.
Sophie danced with one, then an
other of the wedding guests, and as
often as she paused in the whirl her
eyes glanced in the direction of the
pale and grief-stricken musician.
terrible pain awoke in her heart like
the swelling of q stream growing ever
deeper and wider in it's onward course,
which threatened to overwhelm and
OcStlOJ uSI. HOW grady Sue would
have wept; but she dared not.
1.-THE clock tolled II. Strauss gave
the signal for the performance of the
new waltz. The gay dancers stood up.
Sophie leaned on the arm of the bride
groom. All remained as if spellbound
by the magic witchery of the music
They forgot to dance. They gazed In
wonder at the pale man in black,
whose torn soul breathed out its woe
through his beloved instrument.
Finally the bridegroom broke the
spell by leading off in the waltz They
danced and danced and danced, and
still did not cease. Strauss played and
played and played-no stop to his won-
derful waltz which so fearfully affect
ed both him and them.
AS suddenly as a lightning flash
the e of his violin snapped. At the
same moment the beautiful Sophie
fell dead on the floor Violin and bow
dropped from his paIsied hands. With
a cry of horror he shrieked 'Sophier
and sank fainting at the feet of his
musicians.
Since Sophie's death the waltz has
been called by her name. Strauss,
too, is now dead. but his charming
Sophie waltz still lives"
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taken months to do that he was sure
would please the visitor. He trotted
them out.
Here's something really good" he
said The Seine in Moonlight
Here's another, Fishers at Bays End
And this little sketch is no end OF
gem Thus he proceeded, cracking
up his wares in the most businesslike
way. His visitor glanced at them
most doubtfully.
"Um-um." was all he said for long
while. Finally. growing more at
home he drew out some pictures from
their resting place against the wall
with his own hands.
Great Scott" he finally exclaimed,
what's this?'
Dobbins laughed. That" he an
swered. why that's Jimmy Murphy
Of the subway taking a drink Of beer
out of an old tin can
Jimmy Murphy" said the visitor,
land I'll bet it looks like. Jimmy, too.
Got any more of these?" Dobbins
had He produced them.
"Of course" he explained, these are
not finished pictures like that moon
light scene. They're just little things
have dashed off lately. My hand is
kind of out, you see
Hello" exclaimed the visitor finally,
what the QeNll S THIS
Dobbins blushed. That" he return
ed, lis the portrait of IA girl
Pretty fair" returned the visitor,
what will you take for it?'
Dobbins shook his head. TITS my
sister" he answered, lying without the
slightest conjunction, and I can't
very well part with it-sort of a family
pride. you see" The visitor rummaged
around for awhile and then said he
must go, but that he would come again
and decide upon something. He came
once or twice more. He came gradual
ly to understand that everything in the
place was at his service at his own
price-excepting of course, the picture
of the girl Finally, his choice mar
rowed down to the Seine in Moon
light" and to four of the pictures of
subway men.
''I'u pay you 500 for the lot" he said.
Three hundred" Dobbins gasped;
but he held his own. Not a cent less
than five hundred" he answered.
Give me five hundred and they're
yours"
Throw the girl in" said the man,
land I'll give YOU five hundred" But
Dobbins wouldn't. So they haggled
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ought to do and ought not to do.
They declared afterwards that it was
the most enjoyable evening they spent
while they were in Canada
That old farmer" said Lord
Lansdowne, in a lecture on Canada
which he gave at Dover, England,
some years afterwards, had clearer
statesmen and diplomatists have
met"
At the Foreign ONCE.
Lord Lansdowne was the twelfth of
the statesmen to whom the conduct of
foreign affairs has entrusted during the
reign of the late Queen Victoria, and
he bids fair to achieve as big a repu-
tation as any Of his predecessors. He
has a high sense of public duty and
unttring industry. He works harder
than any of his clerks, often sitting
at his desk until dawn waiting impor-
tant dispatches to King Edwards am
bassadors which he does not care to
entrust even to the most confidential
assistant.
His mistaken courage, moral as we'll
as physical is another important quail
iflcation for his high office. He is not
afraid to make up his mind on a big
question-or have it made up for him
by his clever wife-and to stand by it,
whatever the risk. The wind of popu-
lar clamor does not move him an inch.
That was shown plainly enough by his
contempt for the storm of abuse heap
ed upon him in the earlier stages of
the South African war.
The British Foreign Office has been
noted for generations for it's hospital
ity. The Foreign Office parties are
Leading features of London's social life
and rank second to no other diplomat
ic functions in Europe They have been
presided over by some of the most
charming and accomplished women of
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1t was late in the evening. Dobbins,
a man in working clothes, emerged
from the bowels of the earth and hail
ed a car. This particular portion of the
subway was being rushed to compile
ton, and Dobbins helped to rush it. He
was CRIME from head to foot. But he
didn't care for that, for within his one
sound pocket there was good money
lying-money that meant food for
many DAYS
This business" he laughed softly
to himself. pays just a bit better than
the other
The car he took was empty-almost.
Not quite, either 1t held just three
people beside himself One of these
three sat upon one side of the car,
and the other two across the way. He
looked first at the two across the way.
They were men. And because they
were staring at the third passenger, he
also looked that way. Then he stepped
UP front and took seat in the cor
ner of the car. He was tired, and he
was about ready to close his eyes, but
he didn't Surreptitously and unnotic-
ed by any one he glanced at the third
passenger.
She was a girl. one of the working
class. She was dressed as simply as
any girl could be dressed, and she car
lied a small worn satchel. Dobbns had
seen many working girls. but never
one like this. 1t wasn't altogether her
face that took his fancy, nor her man
ner, nor any one thing about her. 1t
was the girl herself.
The two men opposite not only seem
ed attracted, but they were demonstra-
tive as well. They wore an unlimited
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-14

cient ball games was at liberty to take
the ball in his hands and try to throw
it through one of the stone rings in
the wall if he thought he could do it.
If he failed his side lost the game. but
1T he succeeded he won for his side
and received great praise for his dex-
teritY.
In token of this passing of the ball
through the ring being an extraordi-
nary success, which seldom happened,
the player who accomplished it had
the right to the cloaks of all the lock-
ers-on. The result was that whenever
the ball was passed through the ring
all the spectators took to their heels
mobiles and all, running and laughing
While the players of the successful
mans side rushed after them, trying
TO catch them and secure their cloaks
Tor the winner, who was obliged to give
a feast afterwards.
Although the ball courts of the city
OF Yucatan had been in ruins for no.
body knows how many centuries when
this country was discovered, CorteZ
the Spanish general, when he invaded
Mexico, found the Aztecs still playing
the game, and Montezuma, the Mexi-
can Emperor, took the Spaniards to
see great game got up in their
honor.
Afterwards, when the Spaniards had
conquered the country, they prohibit
ed the playing of the game because
as one of the old writer's says, "of the
mischief which often happens at it."
From this we may infer that in the
rushes the players were sometimes in
1ured, as they are sometimes in foot
ball games.
This game was, in fact, the football
OF the ancient Americans who ruled
the country south of the Rio Grande
before the white man sailed across the
big water" and If the ruins of the
cities of Yucatan are as old as many
scientific people think they are, the
game may be the oldest regular sport
OF which we have any record.
Any boy who wants to find out how
1t would have seemed to have been a
ball player in America a few thousand
years ago can try what he can do at
Keeping ball in the air by hitting it
with his hip, or he can try to throw
one through a ring of equal diameter,
placed higher than his head. They were
great and skillful players, those old
Mayans and those subjects OF Monte
yuma.
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william Winter. dean Of New York
dramatic critics. said recently OF JEFF
ferson's Rip. The secret Of its su-
psmacy - not obscure. II has De
Nltched the world for the simple res
son that n has successfully applied the
methoq of poetic treatment % com
mon things. That IL easily done
When you happen 10 be sble 10 % -
YNt you VII ncf accomplish "a urlfaa
ges ssFs born with she faculty ef ths
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-14

Prof A. Van Der Nailien, presi-
cent OF school Of engineering in San
Francisco, has been created Chevalier
OF the Order of Leopold by the Bel
glan King. The notification from Brus-
sels says that the honor has been con-
terred because OF Prof. Van Der Nall
lens long and honorable career in this
country as a civil engineer. the Belgian
government being sensitive 10 the be
hayior OF its children abroad"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-14
LORD LANSDOWNE'S
SEE-SHW CAREER

His Sudden Rise From Utter Failure Dazzling Success Is
Largely Due to His Clever WifeSome Queer Stories Of
Her Reign in India and Canada
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-27

Trains arrive Savannah as follows:
No. 20, daily, from New York, Wash
ington, Richmond, and Cincinnati, $40
a. m,
No 81, daily except Monday, from
New York and Washington, 1910 a. m.
NO. S3, daily, from New York and
Washingi on, sos p. m.
No. 80, daily, from all points West,
via Jesup. 1920 a. IN.
No. 20. daily except Sunday. from
all points West, via Jesup, AIS p. m.
No. "a. daily, from ali points West.
via Jesup, 1850 Y. m.
All trains arrive and depart from
the Union Depot.
THROUGH CAR SERVICE, ETC.
Trains 81 and 81, the SOUTHERN S
man train between st. Augustine and
New York. composed of Compartment,
observation, Library and Drawing
room Sleeping Cars. Dining Cars serve
all meals en- route.
Train 81 connects at Jesup with the
famous CHICAGO AND FLORIDA
SPECIAL Of the Southern Railway.
which carries through Pullman Draw
ing-room Sleeping Cars to Louisville,
Cincinnati, Chicago. Detroit, ClTVc4and
and Pittsburg.
Trains 80 and "a, NEW YORK
AND FLORIDA EXPRESS. vesti-
buled limited trains. with Pullman
Ora Wiag--oom SleepiHg Cars between
Savannah and New York. Connect at
Washington with Colonial EXPRESS for
Boston. Pullman Sleeping Cars be-
tween Charlotte and Richmond and
Charlotte and Norfolk, Dining Cars
serve all meals between Savannah and
New York
Trains 9S and 81 connect OF Jesup
WITH through Pullman Drawing room
Sleeping Cars opei ated from and to
Kansas City via Birmingham, and
from and to Cincinnati via ChattH-
noosa.
Trains 2aand 90, ,TH1 WAsHIr1G-
TON AND FLORIDA LIMITED.
Nestibuled limited trains, carrying
Pullman Drawing Sleeping Cars
between Savannah and New York.
Dining Cars serve all meals, between
Savannah and Washington. Also
Pullman DrawinG-room Steering Cars
between Savannah and Cincinnati,
through Asnevi;ie ard "The Land of
the Sky"
For Information as 20 rates. sched
ules, err, apply TO
c. II. ACkERT, &. M, Washing
ton, D. G.
S. H. HARDwIcK, G. P. A.. WASH
ington, d. c.
" il. TAYLoE. A. c. p. A. Allan
ia. Ga
r. c. BLATTNER. Depot Ticket
Agent. Union Depot. Savannah Ga.
Y. @. THOMSON, c. P. & T. A.. 5a-
vannah. Ga, 141 Bull street. Phones
p-h
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New York. March 26.-The market
weakened to the extent of 3 to points
at the opening and further weakened
on Liverpool and local selling later
on. There was an absence of buyers
and disposition to await fresh deVel-
opments. The weather was again quite
good in the South and, of course, was
taken into consideration in shaping
operations. Nevertheless, some rain
was forecasted, and this, too, was not
lost sight of. Gables were not up to
expectations and it looks as if Man
chester spinners had their fill of spots
for the present at least, their takings
have been very small recently. The
main point is that weather conditions
in the Southwest do not keep regular.
There is rain one day and fair wealth
er the next, and this must interfere
with the movement and farm work
The clique shows no signs of receding,
and it is a question what we shall wit
ness in May contracts. The New York
stock hangs around $4,000 pretty stiff
ly, and to create a scare it may re-
qure much smaller figures. Port re-
ceipts were 1000 bales, against II, 900.
Gables were quiet but steady, at to
points net loss. Not much doing in
yarns at Manchester. Buyers of yarn
and cloths are far apart. -
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THE RICE MARKET.

.Advices from the Atlantic coast
show continued steadiness. with pres
ent crop moving out at full figures, at
a ratio which will have but little on
hand for summer requirements. At
New Orleans demand has slackened,
and sales for the week comparatively
small: prices, however, are firm and
with clearing skies and cessation of
floods. trade will no doubt resume its
normal volume. In the interior South
west Louisiana and Texas, enquiry
has been free and stocks are gradually
being depleted. The supplies ahead, if
past ratio of movement continues, will
all be placed by the middle to last of
May, when -four months yet to har
vest" Mills in Texas are running
somewhat spasmodically, giving scant
supply for distribution.
Cables and correspondence from
abroad note continued firmness. Mar
.kets are quiet, on account of limited
offerings.
Talmage, New Orleans, telegraphs
Louisiana crop movement to date: Re-
ceipts, rough, 1,29O,6O0 sacks; last
year. 1,249,022 sacks Sales, cleaned
(esO, 1,151, 71S pockets; last year, $780,
99S pockets Market quiet
Talmage, Charleston, telegraphs
Carolina crop movement to date: Re-
ceipts. 5O070 barrels. Sales, 1850 bar
rels. Market steady.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-27
NAVAL STORES.

Thursday, March 26.
p SPlRITS.-The turpentine market
opened firm at 65c. and closed firm and
unchanged. Opening sales were IA
casks and art the closing II. The de-
mand shows little change from what
it has been for weeks. All the stun
received is wanted at quotations, and
IS quickly snapped up by buyers. The
. impression is general that the market
is high enough, so that factors are not
holding out for an advance, notwith-
standing the situation at the moment
appears to be strongly bullish. The
product is, of course, coming in as
fast from the country as produced, but
1t is likely the cooler weather of the
past few days may interfere some
with what already looks to be a back
ward movement. To-day's receipts
Were 149, and the exports SIS.
ROSINS-The Iosin market close /
firm and unchanged from yesterday S
figures. The demand continues good.
Both foreign and domestic buyers are
in the market for supplies, and take
the offerings promptly fter 'h~y 80
tie tables. The trade look for no
decline in prices as long as present
conditions of supply and demand con-
troll
A feature of the exports to-day was
the clearing of the big Belgian steam
ship Clematis for London and Ant
/ Werp, with a cargo valued on the
manifest at $4,000. For London she
took 5000 barrels o. rosin, and for
Antwerp 4,494 barrels of rosln and
166 casks of spirits.
To-day's receipts of rosins were
1888 and the exports 9,103. Prices as
follows:
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-27

s3.0OO.OOO appropriated by Congress for
the relief of the distress In the Phil
ippines is expected to afford some re-
source indirectly to the New York
money market The decision of the
Secretary OF the Treasury TO resume
refunding operations after April l was
not known until after the closing Of
the market. The net earnings for Feb
ruary published to-day Of the Atchi-
son and the Wabash systems showed
that larger gross earnings, based on
higher freight rates, had been sufli-
eient 10 overcome the higher operating
expenses. This is an additional Gle
ment IN the repression Of speculation.
Bonds were irregular. Total sales.
par value, Sl.7i5.090. United States old
~ registered and the IS advanced u
per cent on the last call
Total sales N stocks were $40. 900
shares. including Atchison. - 900. Ball
tim0re and Ohio. h. 800. Canadian Pa
cinc. $50. Erie, 1867 Union Pacific,
$500 Wabash $500 Amaigamaicd
copper. ~, 1890, Brooklyn. $500 Louis
vile ah1 Nashville. 10000, Manhattan,
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two stocks. This morning there was a
continuance of the liquidation in Anal
gamated Copper on the part OF the
large following for the speculative
pool in the stock. The selling car
ried it to G61a when support developed
Based upon the violent rebound in the
price for copper in London. The stock
was a sustaining factor In the mar
ket during the latter part of the day,
and rose at one time to SO, point over
last night.
The persistent liquidation in Penn
sylVania was the feature of the day.
There were active dealings ON the curb
in the subscription rights to the new
stock on declining scale, the first
transaction being at AZ, the highest
price of the day. The price Of the stock
receded TO 1895 and closed only a shade
better. The fall Of the stock below 40
which is the price at which the 31z
per cent. bonds arei convertible into the
stock resulted I'm a recession In the
price of the bonds to below par. These
two movements absorbed by far the
largest share OF Attention in the stock
market There was some degree OF
strength IN New York Central, due 70
the denials Of the rumors Of trans
fer OF it's control 10 the Pennsylvania
interest Support was accorded some
OF the. Gould stocks. Missouri Pacific
and Wabash preferred gaining a point
az one time. There WIS no attempt 10
find an explanation for the rise or *
IN Southern Pacific AZ the days
gaiuings were yielded before the close.
The tone az the close was ensY
None u the days developments serve
20 relieve the conviction that the mag
ket must face "a weak bank return on
Saturday A lOss ~ the sub-treasnry
yenterday ~ 81 320.0 brings the drain
siune Friday 40 fhat Institution up ~
f2.g5s000. Tine aiFning of fe4uisi-
uon 70 she Secretary ~ War fof DE
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snort selling, Notwithstanding that the
Dull Clique bought through its leader in
an apparent attempt to support prices
Inc close was easy, net II to Is points
lower, being the lowest of the SEES
slon-t Total sales of futures estimated
at 10000 bales. The declining ten
dency was favored in the first instance
by disappointing cables, Liverpool re-
porting decline of to 21a points at
the time of the local opening, whereas
on the close of the New York market
yesterday her prices were due to come
ABOUT unchanged. In addition to this
the port receipts for the day were seen
to be heavier than last years, turning
out 1z,Ol4 bales against 1861 last year
ana While the estimate for to-morroW's
receipts at Houston was moderate. a
heavier movement was expected at
both Galveston and New Orleans. There
were also discouraging reports in ref
erence to the New England strike sit
uatlon, While the excellent weather re-
ported throughout the South proved a
bearish argument on the later de!iy-
cries which worked steadily downward
from the start. Exports which have
recently been an encouraging feature
to-day dropped TO SOP bales. and this
was also a source Of wea kness