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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-19
ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED

the South. This wise movement l am
ready to welcome. Only a demagogue
will oppose it. But only good can come
from a friendly meeting of the Blues
and the Grays." Capt. James S.
Gaines, a devoted ex-Confederate SOL
der, who won distinction during the
struggle between the North and the
South because of his bravery, says:
"As veterans of the Civil War we
may we'll come together and bury the
Ratchet When the conflict of arms
was over / felt very bitter. 1 thought
l could never rise above, or overcome
the feeling; but 1 have. We who
fought are fast passing away. / in
dorse the plan of a general rally, as
suggested by the writer" Capt. Jo-
seph T. Griffith, at present state reve-
nue. collector. for Clark county, Vir-
ginia, a noted ex-Confederate soldier,
now visiting in Florida, and of whom
Stonewall jackson said Griffith is
worth fifty men with guns on their
shoulders, says: "A meeting of the
Blues and the Grays Is a timely sug-
gestion. All bitterness should cease.
1 hope the movement will go forward.
II is worthy of our united effort"
These are but few Of the many ex-
Confederate soldiers and men of the
South who during the past ten days
have expressed themselves on this sub
ject. The leading Confederate gener-
ais now living are enthusiastic touch
ing a general meeting of the frag-
ments of the two great armies Of 81
'e5. What they say touching a grand
rally OF the remaining Federal and
Confederate soldiers win soon be given
to the public.
u. Henry Byrons. New Smyrna, Fla.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-19
A PEACE JUBILEE.
The Movement for "A Meeting OF the
Blue and the Gray.

The Movement for Meeting OF the
Blue and the Gray.
Commander w. r. Lee of E. Kirby
Smith Camp, No. IT'S, st. Augustine,
SAYS: IT am in favor of the peace
Jubilee movement, and will be glad to
60 to Washington to meet in grand
peace jubilee the men. who fought on
both sides during the Civil War" Jo-
seph d. Points of Palatka Post, COM
mander of his camp, says: II am in
terested in the coming together Of
the Blues and the Grays. I'VE do this
in Palatka. If they meet at Washing
ton / will be there" Capt. S. r. Boil
liver of the Confederate navy. and who
commanded one of the gunboats on the
Savannah river and who brought with
him to the encampment at st. Angus
tine last week the Confederate naval
flag, says: Nothing could do the old
veterans and the whole country more
good than just such a rally of the
Grays and the Blues, either at WASH
ington or Richmond. / indorse the
movement, and shall Join in the friend
shit."
Mai. Wiley Abercromble, who Is well
known because OF his devotion 10 the
Confederate cause and his bravery on
the field OF battle, says. II am heart
lily IN sympathy with the movement
and hope that II win be brought about
Il Is step IN the right direction, ana
Will be Of lasting value 10 the whole
country" DR.. y. n. Fox. surgeon Of
the stan IA the confederate army. hay-
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-19

inc road the article of the proposed
friendly meeting Of the Blues and the
Grays. saws: Nothing could be better
for the nation. 1t win tend to break
down sectional feeling and show that
we are one people, and that there Is
no longer any North or South. snall
plan to meet the men or Doth Sizes
even at a sacrifice. l think, however,
ST. Louis the place to meet, 1t being
near the center of the United Staes."
Capt. John J. Wilson, under Gen. Jo-
seph E. Johnston, and who was
trusted officer in the commissary de-
nartment. says: "a meeting of the
Confederate and Federal soldiers, as
suggested in the article written by y.
Henry Byrons and published in the
Middletown Tribune, Connecticut
daily paper. is a most excellent plan,
which, IL carried out, will be a grand
lesson for all foreign nations, as wen
az an inspiration to the rising genera
ton in the United States" L. Sterling
Alexander, NJ. D., of st. Augustine, a
member of T.. Kirby Smith Camp, says
mo better step by the American
people could be taken. I indorse 1t.
No Federal or Confederate soldier acts
wisely to reject it, For our children
Il will prove a helpful lesson. Yes.
let us have the peace jubilee. | shall
go to It." Capt. Frank w.
Sans, now OF the Florida
Legislature, moving SPIRIT on
the east coast, says: Il am sat
isfied that II is a good thing, and will
do no harm. read the plan and
have spoken to leading men In our
state about t. advised them to find
the article, and read IT," Or. Joseph
McEyer Of the Eighteenth Georgia,
who was hospital steward and assistant
surgeon formerly OF Atlanta, and who
went through the civil War, says II
ON glad that such a step has been
taken 20 bring all the men Of both
sides into friendly camp. ! was as
loyal Confederate soldier "a any IA
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-19
Good Health TO the
Children.

At this season the children are eating
dainties, and the housekeeper must look
specially to their food
AS good cake can be made only with
good eggs, so also cake that is healthful
Ias we'll as dainty must be raised with
pure and perfect baking powder.
Royal Baking Powder is indispensable
in the preparation Of the highest quality
of food. 1t imparts that peculiar light
ness, sweetness and flavor noticed in the
finest cake, biscuit, doughnuts, crusts, etc.,
and what is more important renders the
food wholesome and agreeable to young
and old.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-19

Columbia, s. c.. Dec. 1S.-The barn
of H. s. Lipscomp at Pacolet was de-
stroyed by fire last night, together with
its contents. consisting OF IS horses and
mules. 2 cows, hogs, 800 bushels of
corn, 800 bales OF pea vine hay, 10000
bundles OF fodder, 100 bushels of sweet
potatoes, 1000 bushels OF cotton seed,
two buggles and all farming imple-
ments. The financial loss Is estimated
at 5000, with no insurance.
There was o quantity OF dynamite
stored IN the barn, which exploded.
making a most terrific noise. but doing
little damage.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-19
FOUGHT WITH KNIVES.
Both Participants fn the Encounter
Were Severely wounded.


Were Severely wounded.
Quitman, Ga, Dec. 1S.--Dan Law
renee and lobe Mosely. both negroes.
were the principals in a cutting af-
fray this Afternoon, as a result Of
which both are badly wounded and
Mosely is not expected to recover.
Lawrence was cut across the face. the
ear being cut in two and an artery
severed. After getting the worst OF
it in the knife battle, ne struck Mose-
ly on the head with a brick, crushing
large hole in the skull, after which
Lawrence collapsed.
The vitality of the other man was
wonderful. Bleeding profusely from
several wounds, he walked in the GUS
tody Of the sheriff quarter of a mile
to a doctor before losing conscious
ness.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-19
An Army Made by Force

The sequel to the story is involved
in no mystery. The company Of Con-
servatives was helpless. They ragged
and fumed but Alban was not man
to be trifed with, and when at the
end or the hour he returned the vol
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-16

treat you mean?' and then, as though
enlightened by sudden thought, he
exclaimed: Here, ring up the boy,
and he pushed the button himself.
"'Give him a cigaret, said the Tex
an facetiously.
Give him a whisky, said the
Mexican with a grizzled mustache.
He can have anything he wants.
said the don, looking up, and drinks
for the crowd
THE next morning when the steam
er had anchored off Frontera, bril-
liant in his tan suit and drab hat, the
silver braid sparkling in the sunlight,
the don went down the ladder hold
ing the monkey in his arms, and got
into the boat which was to take him
ashore. He let the monk chatter now
all it wanted to, nor did he object to
its sitting on his shoulder with it's
tail around his neck He waved an
adios up at us, and we sent a cheer
after him. He was bird, he was y
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-16
POPULAR SCIENCE

has been sought by DIR. Strong of HaV-
erford College, who reports as fol-
lows: Iridescent feathers from the
sides of the neck of the common
homer" pigeon appear green when
the sum of the angels of incidence and
reflection is less than ninety degrees,
and purple when that sum is greater
than ninety, but less than 140. The
iridescence is produced by peculiar
form Of barbules, which overlap each
other like shingles in a roof The
same barb may have fridescent and
non-iridescent barbules. The former
have much more pigment than the lat
ter, and the pigment is in the form of
spherical granules of melanin that fill
cavities inclosed by a thin, transparent
layer Of keratin. The spherical pig
ment granules lying next to the trans
parent horn layer produce a disper-
sion of incident light and the unaided
eye receives a mixture of great num-
bers of the spectra thus formed
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-16

Electric Bath to Kill Disease Germs.
be seen, the idea is to immense the
animal in bath, thus subjecting what
ever parasitic growths may have found
Judgement to the action of the liquid.
This of itself would destroy many Of
the germs, but the inventor goes far
Their in his work and applies the cur
rent of electricity to complete the
treatment by destroying any parasites
which have survived the bath. The
liquid preferably used is weak solu-
ton of acetic acid, as this will add to
the conductivity of the bath, so that
weak current or one of low voltage
may be sufficient to kill the germs
without injury to the animal
In applying the treatment the ami
NAL is first driven into the bath in
which one pole of the battery is
placed. A metallic yoke or fork is
then placed over the neck, with wire
leading from the end of the fork back
to the battery to receive the return
current, the animals head being
forced under the surface of the liquid
for an instant to allow the current to
act on all parts of the skin.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-16
WON HIS MONEY BACK
WITH MONK AS STAKE
Merry Mexican Gambler Has Royal Time In Three
Card Monte Came-Fortune Smiles on Him When
he fus Up the Last Thing He Has to Bet

"Cne OF the funniest things saw"
said the travelling man from Mexico.
was the way that Mexican came on
board the steamer at Vera Cruz growl-
ing at the monkey.
Everybody looked at the Mexican.
He was bird. He wore one of those
fluffy steeple hats of drab fur trimmed
with spangle things which cost all the
way from twenty to a hundred. and
his tan suit flashed with silver braid.
His trousers fitted him like a circus
performers tights, and the seams were
criss-crossed with loops of the dazzling
stuff all the way down around silver
buttons like the ones on his Jacket,
He was a corker.
las some Of the ladies spied the
monk, they began to cry, oh, look at
the poor little monkey The monkey,
peeping out, seemed glad to see them,
and as he began to chatter the Next
can hauled off and hit him a whack,
calling him an animal, and saying he
wished either the monk or his aunt,
who gave him the monkey, were in
purgatory.
"'You beast said the Mexican in
an undertone, I'D like to throw you
overheard and then with an express
sion of relief he tied the monk to the
rail
oh, the dear little thing said the
ladies, and several of them rushed off
to get him some ginger snaps and
cake from the steward, while the don,
with a scornful look at the beast,
turned on his heel and sauntered down
TO the other end of the ship.
while the ladies played with the
monk, the Mexican spied a game OF
three-card monte in the smoking room.
A grizzled, mustached Mexican was
dealing, and there were big bull
lighter from old Spain, who had just
finished a successful season up at
Mexico; several other players and a
tall young Texan, who took an coca
sional turn at dealing the cards.
''The Mexican with the glad clothes
sQuatted down in the first seat he saw
vacant and put his money down, and
there he remained, utterly oblivious
to the monkey tied ur aft.
HE silently kept putting his money
down on one of the three cards. If
the corresponding card came out of
the pack first his wager was doubled
by the dealer, and just as silently the
don drew the money over to his side
of the table. If the card did not
come out the dealer took the don's
money over to his side, and so the
game went on.
THE night before we got to From
terra the don's pile appeared to be
getting a little low. Perhaps it had
got low before, but he always seemed
to have the wherewithal to replenish
it, but now it all went, and he gave a
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-16
Hnkins and His Joke.

Forty years ago Bilkins, then a lad,
saw it for the first time 1t was in
an old almanac which had been
printed before he was born. The aim
anac credited it to a still older pub
LEGATION. Bilkins laughed when he
saw it. To his immature mind it APP
peared funny. Then he took it unto
himself for his own, and every year
at the recurring season he has In
dicted it upon his friends.
The other day while rain was fall
ing, Bill1ins, in waterproof coat and
under an umbrella, met Silkins DASH
ing along unprotected from the ele-
ments. Bilkins seized the oppor-
tunity.
Hello, Silkins!" he cried. Where's
your umbrella? Lent, I'll bet Ha.
hal"
mol" howled Silkins. "It's stolen,
you dodgasted IDIOT" And he smote
Bilkins full sore.
A policeman assisted Bilkins ont of
the gutter. While waiting for the
ambulance the officer said:
'fLet this be warning to you. Re
member, the man who jokes about an
umbrella and Lent borrows trouble
from people who are glad to let him
have it,"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-16

came out of the pack and the don had
lost. The hat went over to the bull
fighter.
The Mexican grew loquacious.
don't believe there is a copa de
orc in the pack said he, peeling off
his richly embroidered packet, and
holding it up to the bull fighter.
THE bull fighter never flinched, but
signified that he would take the jacket
and began to deal again. The game
was growing interesting, and we all
pressed around the table to see the
result.
The Mexican had grown as reckless
as loquacious, for his coat was soon
gone, and he next held up his six
shooter, which in another two min
utes was keeping company with his
coat and hat, which the bull fighter
was piling up on the seat by the side
of him.
The don was busted now sure, and
he looked around helplessly at the
crowd, and then down at his trousers,
and then at the bull fighter.
"T can't take them off right here.
he said, but I'll stake them, and If
you win you can let me have an old
Pair to put on. They match the coat,
and it will be no good without them.
I'VE wanted to hurrah for the
Mexican. The bull fighter took him
up. We thought the Mexican would
surely win this time, but he didn't.
The bull fighter turned up the wrong
card for him and there he stood in
his shirt, the only thing he had left,
and that wasn't worth stalking on any
thing he had lost. He looked around
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-16
SUMS Antics at Sunset.

Curious determinations of the suns
disk as it sets have recently been
studied by DR.. Prinz of the Royal Bel.
gian Observatory by the aid of pho
Biography, says a writer in Success.
The most common of these are simply
indentations of the disk. Sometimes
there is appearance as of flames is
suing symmetrically from opposite
sides and uniting above in a single
jet, which disappears to give place to
another, formed in the same way.
These phenomena, accord g to M.
Prinz, are due to horizontal layers of
air of different density, which refract
the suns light. Some such appear
ance of the solar disk at sunrise may
have originated the familiar legend
that on Easter morning the sun dances
as he rises.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-16
New Method of Observing stars.

New Method OF Observing Stars.
A novel device to obtain steady i'm
ages of the sun and stars was adopt
ed by Prof. Langley with the reflector
of the Smithsonian Astrophysical OBJ
servatory, which he believes will be
equally efficacious when used with re-
tractors. Generally the point aimed
at in previous attempts to obtain
good seeing has been to abolish all
air currents in and about the telescope
tube, but Prof. Langley has found by
experiment that the definition is very
little improved when this course is
followed. After various investigations
at different attitudes he tried an ex-
pertinent of a somewhat paradoxicaI
character, which was found to answer
very well. He drew a strong current
of air through the inner tube, and in
troduced cross currents by several
inlets at various points in the length,
thereby thoroughly agitating and mix
ing the inclosed air. Taking some ar
tificiaI double stars for his objects,
for the purpose of Photographic ex-
periments, he found that doubles
which were blurred and inseparable
under the former condition were plain
ly visible and sharply separated when
the air was thus agitated. When the
sun was observed under the new condi-
tons it was found that the boiling
on the limb. which is normally so an
noying to the observer, was very near
ly abolished.-London Telegraph.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-16

sigh of relief as he drew his final
dollar out of his picket, lit a cigarette,
and, leaning over the table, placed
that dollar on the middle card, nam
ing it quietly.
1.-The copa de oro.'
"'Voy,' said the dealer, and as he
turned up the cards in the pack the
don saw his last dollar sliding over
into the dealers little pile.
1.-THE don was broke. Nonchalant-
ly he got up from the table, and, with
an aid as if losing his last dollar was
nothing to him, he went out, and lean
ing over the rail began to smoke.
He smoked his third cigarette.
Then turning suddenly on his heel he
poked his head through the smoking
room window overlooking the table,
and as though in fun he asked:
Whats the limit"
THE bull fighter was sitting oppo-
site the window dealing the cards, and
scarcely looking up he replied as he
turned up top card:
"'All that's in front of me-
"The don stepped quickly around
into the door, and, taking the vacant
place at the end of the table in front
of the bull fighter, held up small
gold ring set with a diamond and
two rubies. The bull fighter glanced
from his pile to the ring and nodded
assent. Then the don put the ring on
one OF the cards saying: 'Copa de orc,
and reaching out for the cards, signi-
fed his intention of dealing.
without a word the bull fighter
handed the cards across the table, and
the don after shutting them turned up
a caballo. One of the three cards on
the table was caballo. The don had
lost, and the bull fighter took the
ring
"My sombrero?" said the Mexican,
with an accent of inquiry, twirling his
big hat on his fist as he threw down
the cards.
1.-THE bull fighter again nodded, and
picked UP the cards to deal, while the
Mexican again picked out the copa de
orc. Again one of the other cards
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-16
The carneaIe Institution.

The trustees of the Carnegie institu-
ton at their first annual meeting ap-
propriated 100000 in grants of differ
ent amounts in aid Of original re-
search. For publication of scientific
papers they appropriated $4,000, for
administrative expenses, $4,000, and
100000 was set aside to be placed in
a reserve fund. All special requests
for aid were referred back to the ex-
ecutive committee for action. The
Year Book, now in course of prepare
tion, is to contain the reports of the
several committees and other material
of general interest, notably a list OF
working men of science.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-16
A TlP-TAkER,s VIEW.
Sees a Decline in the Great AmerE-
can Habit

Sees Decline in the Great AmerF-a
can Habit.
The bitter cry of the victims OF the
"tip nuisance is loud in the land. but
the recipients of tips have usually
maintained naughty silence. Now
Mr.. James s. Stemons, a colored
waiter explains their point of view
in the Independent.
Walters wages have everywhere
been reduced with the growth of tips.
so that the Upper is merely making
good the deficiencies of the employer
But Of late there has also been q
great decline in the volume of tips.
so that the waiter, underpaid and
confronted with the loss of his per
quisite at the same time, is fiattened
between the two rolls of a wringer.
In a number of representative
hotels and restaurants in different
cities the tips received by colored
walters vary from nothing at one
place in Cleveland to a dollar and a
half day in New York At the best
hotel in New Orleans they average
seventy-hve cents a day, in Louisville
fifteen cents, and in Philadelphia
from forty cents to a dollar The
usual range in the South Is low.
In the North the tendency is for
the best hotels and restaurants to
employ white walters. Where color.
ed men are employed they get much
lower wages.
AS rule coIored walters draw
from SIS to $22 a month in wages.
and they are lucky when they can
get $15 more in tips. In most res
taurants the bulk of the business is
compressed within two or three
hours, and ten cents is the prevailing
fee. I'm fact, it is only the most
aggressive waiter who manages to
average so much as fifty cents day
in tips"
The recipient Of this tip takes it as
matter Of hard neeessity-not be-
cause he likes to. The author of the
article quoted worked for three
years before he consented to accept
one and then it was forced upon him.
But the tip will stay until the patrons
of hotels and restaurants induce pro-
prietors to pay living wages. Such a
movement, if Mr.. Stemons may be
credited, will have the enthusiastic
support of the walters, whose sup
posed exactions inspired the virtuous
resolves of the Anti-Tipping league
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-16
Preservatives for Wood.

A series of experiments was recent.
ly carried out at the Altenburg col
liery, near Saarbrucken, Germany,
with lime, tar, and carbolineum to de-
termine the respective value thereof
as preservatives of mine timber
against rot. Lime was found to be
Of the least value, while coal tar, al
though insuring perfect preservation
of the surface of the timber, failed to
protect the interior, which in every
instance was found to be seriously at
tackled by rot. Carbolineum, how
ever. gave excellent results. provided
the timber coated had been previously
barked and well dried.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-16
Method of Treating Animals.

Since the discovery that the terrible
foot and mouth disease" has begun
its rayages among the cattle of the
New England states every means has
been utilized to stamp out the plague
and prevent it from spreading to other
herds, the state and national depart
ments of agriculture cooperating with
the farmers to this end
The apparatus here illustrated, the
recent invention of Andrew Nimmo Of
Groton, Mass, may be of considerable
value in this work, having been de-
signed especially for the purpose Of
freeing animals Of parasites. AS will
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-16
"I think the spaniard w,uld hsve

II think the Spaniard would have
liked to get out with whole skin,
but he didn't dare show less nerve
than the Mexican, SO he stuck to it
till the last of that pile went over to
the Mexican's side of the table, and
then 1t was time for him to go out
and smoke cigarettes at the moon.
He threw down the cards and
went out, and the crowd fell back
from the table. but the Mexican, he
just sat there, hugging that little
black monkey as though it was the
best friend he ever had.
Poor little monkey said he,
hasn't had thing to eat; did they