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The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-02

Schedule effective Jan. 4, 1903.
Trains arrive and depart <rom Cen
trail Station, West Broad, foot Of
Liberty street, except for Tybee.
ooth Meridian Time-One hour slower
than city time.
Leave Arrive
The Washington times., 1903-10-18
NURSES WHO LOAF.

EENN HEN doctor hnds nurse read
w ing book about her profession
and not a novel, while she watches at
the bedside OF patient" said a we'll
known physician, that is the nurse he
likes to hire and to help. If the case
turns out we'll. the doctor sometimes
makes her a present of book. with
up-to-date ideas on her profession,
which she might not be able to buy.
One-half the trained nurses Of the city
are dependent upon the recommends
lions of physicians, and half the success
of a physician depends on a good nurse.
Therefore, a doctor likes a nurse who
reads about her business. attends lee
lures and keeps up with the times
You would be astonished to know
how many lectures are given by ply
sicians in this and other cities every
month that are open to trained nurses.
hut which few of them attend. There
are a good many loafers among the
trained nurses. They seem 20 think their
study ended when they got their
diplomas"
The Washington times., 1903-10-18
:: UNIQUE POSTOFFICE PICTURES DRAWN BY NATURE ::
Odd Lines Discovered on the
Marble Walls of Uncle
Sans Biggest Mailing Mart
by a Times Photographer

Facing the redoubtabIe Benjamin from
the other side of a doorway IS figure
which by some is held 10 depict the late
Thomas B. Reed and by others TO look
rather more like nobody I'm particular
The likeness to the late gentleman from
Maine is. sooth to say, somewhat du-
bious and requires much imagination TO
amend; the head is n great deal con-
fused and so does not resemble, In this
regard. that Of the deceased car.
The "Abyssinian warrior" called also
the ''Nubian." Is. in some respects, the
most wonderful of the pictures. The
characteristic African head, the poise
of the figure, and its distinct outline
never fail to excite the surprise OF one
seeing IL for the first time Immediately
above the Abyssinian is a tolerable rep
resentation OF a lady in a ball dress
peering through a curtain 1t is said
that an artist who saw this freak of
nature conceived from II a very pretty
painting depicting a woman, elegantly
attired, looking out OF curtained win
dow.
Roscoe Conkling Is traced on the wall
not far from the attractions already
noted. though the markings which com
pose his visage are not as dark as those
in other parts of the stone. There are
a number of other curious delineations
in the walls of this particular part OF
the building. such as the freshman
smoking a pipe" 1.-THE horse race, etc
II Is apparent that all are freaks OF ma
ttre that have not been artihctally
touched up" In any way.
The Washington times., 1903-10-18

good. regular. hard work will be by far
the best tonic II we call 10 mind the
men who, judged from the output Of
their labors. not Of their genius. but of
their sheer toll. must have been hard
workers, we shall not find that many
Of them suffered from nervous break
down, though not a few Of them were
men Of feeble health in other ways
Not many men ever did as much
work as Alfred the Great. who was al
ways I'll. Everybody remembers Ma
caulay's description OF William III. as
an estimate skeleton Besides, it is
more than doubtful whether, considered
as a whole, our own age is pre-emient
in hard work. Our working classes do
not toll as their forefatheTs did Hours
of labor are shorter than they ever
were. while half holidays are GASES in
the desert Of monotonous dreariness IN
known to former generations. oh. but
look at the brain workers. it is said.
And when we look at the brain workers,
in our great Industries we see dawdlers.
The universal complaint is that we fall
behind because these same brain work.
ers won't think. won't take trouble, and
won't throw their energy into original
methods.
Upon examintion it would we're likely
appear that nerves are generally the
outcome of idleness and dissipation
And by dissipation is meant not mere
ly social dissipation. but that kind of
dissipation (for so I beg leave to call iO
which consists in a restless craving for
money and for show. and that uncer-
tainty about the future which character
ICES all periods of commercial and other
speculation: and men rever lived so
much by speculation as they do at pres
ent. II is precisely among the classes
who are the galley slaves of social dis
sipation. or who are either directly or
indirectly tossed about by the varying
gusts OF speculation. who supply the
long roll of victims OF nerves. And no
wonder.
1--WE say truly that II is not work that
kills. il is worry. But most cankering
worry is the worry Of suspense. the wor-
ry Of uncertainty. Another is the worry
Of dissatisfaction and discomfort A third
is the nameless consuming worry of
The Washington times., 1903-10-18
A MODERN LULLABY.

Hushaby. lullaby, go to sleep now
There is your patent self-rocking crib.
dear!
You've had your milk from sterlized
COW,
From microbes and germs you have
nothing 10 fear.
Hushaby, lullaby.
Shut your blue eyes,
y babe of today
Never whimpers or criesl
Hushaby. lullaby. tn food that you had
Came straight from the cnemist-pre-
pared just for you,
Fed by machinery. are you not glad
That science has taught an these
methods so new,
Hushaby, lullaby.
Baby so sweet
Crying is out of date,
1 must repeatD
Hushaby. lullaby, II you are good
Mother will call on you once every day,
So you may recognize her, as you
should
All, she is rearing you in the right
way!
Hushaby, lullaby,
Dear little man.
/ hope you appreciate
This splendid plan,
Cincinnati Commercial Tribute.
The Washington times., 1903-10-18
GIANTS OF THE REVOLUTION.

T He biggest officer in the Revolution
airy war was Colonel Swift. who
weighed $40 pounds. General Washing
ton weighed 200 during his campaigns.
Gen. Benjamin Lincoln. who surren-
dered Charleston to Sir Henry Clinton
and afterward accepted the sword OF
General CORVALLIS at Yorktown, was of
224 pounds avoirdupois. Gen. Henry
Knox weighed ESQ pounds. and was as
light on his feet as a kitten. says the
New York Press" Col Michael Jack
son. who had five brothers and five sons
in the war. and who at the battle OF
Bunker Hill killed British officer in a
personal encounter, weighed 252 pounds.
Gen. Winfield Scott. old Fuss and
Feathers" was the most imposing OF al
the illustrious soldiers of the nineteenth
century. His was a more imposing pres
ence than WashingtOn's He felt "ofi
his weight" at less than 2S5.
The Washington times., 1903-10-18

what is called pleasure, especially X It
be associated with ambitions to play a
part in society. and to shine or be rec
ognized IN the glittering throng.' II we
reflect upon these causes Of unrest, OF
constant feverish anxiety, of incessant
drains upon nervous force. and upon no
other force not the force of thought, or
OF intellect. or Of real ennobling enthus-
iasm or manly ambition. or even Of
healthy muscular labor. but sheer drain
upon vital energy without any compen-
satiOn. we cannot but see that there is
enough here TO account for the crowds
OF neurotics that torture their miserable
way through our civilized life.
Probably there neveEwere more peo-
pie than there are now whose ambition
is to do nothing. but, as Carlyle puts il,
to do nothing In an ornamental man
ner.' or in some way which gives them
some kind of distinction or makes
them conspicuous. To walk upon LIES
common way as we are told Milton
did. and. like him. lay upon them
selves the lowliest duties is what they
cannot condescend to- They toll TO es-
cape il as Monte Cristo mined his way
out of prison-with this difference. that.
II they knew IL. they are mining them
selves into prison. out of the healthy.
happy daylight into soul-darkness and
soul sitting air
The toll. however. is not mans nat
uraI work in harmony with his nature.
and which. being in harmony. brings
happiness: it is the wriggle OF scheminS
and continuance. and not the forthput-
ting Of straight, honest effort The
spirit of gambling is everywhere, de-
stroying life by spreadins- over it a
miasmatic sense of meanness, fretting
il by uncertainties. robbing us of all
true joyfulness. buoyancy. and zest, and
leaving US In possession OF what We call
nerves Serves US right
Under these circumstances one IS
skeptical whether tea made OF snow
wa FER can be of much service; or any
thing else, except true views OF NE,
| cultivation of those unperverted IN
sffncts which will discover for US a
life of true enjoyment and real worth,
| a return to the fountain OF living WAT
ers. which, II we read Jeremiah erlgnt,
meant a return to common sense. wise
policy, simple faith, and plain duty
The Washington times., 1903-10-18
THE MYTHICAL NUMBER FOUR.

A FRIEND of The Times has sub
n mitted the following, which he re-
CARDS quite as significant as the strange
things attributed by the superstitious 20
the number 13:
There are four cardinal points, four
winds, four seasons, four rules for
arithmetic, four conjugations, and four
quarters of the moon. Moreover, the
Olympiad lasted for four years, a pack
of cards is composed of four equal parts
and of four suits. an hour is divided into
four quarters, and most pieces of furni-
ture have four legs. Every human being
has four canine teeth, a fork has four
prongs, corpses are placed between four
planks, and prisoners between four
walls. and at a funeral the coffin is
usually borne by four persons"
The Washington times., 1903-10-18
ELECTRICAL SURGERY.

NJ OF long ago a New England cleo
' trical engineer, who accidentally
got a needle stuck into his leg, twisted
some wires about a piece of iron and
connected the wires with a dynamo.
Then with the magnet thus made he
pulled the bit of steel from the wound
About the same time an apprentice in
the Mare Island navy yard in Califor-
mia was injured in the face by some bits
of steel from a broken tool. The sur
geon failed to extract all the pieces and
the wound inflamed. The chief electri-
clan then improvised magnet capable
of lifting 500 pounds and held 1t in
front of the boys face, when the re-
naming bit of steel flew out of the
wound as promptly as il ii had been
sent for. Now. if some one would in
vent a magnet that would pull slivers
out of a boys fingers thousands of
young Americans would rise and call
him blessed.
The Washington times., 1903-10-18
FIELD FOR THE BUSINESS WOMAN

CtTHE number of women in the
business world is growing
every day" said prominent
life insurance agent to a Times man the
other day. Take my business as an
example. Our company employs num-
her OF agents in Washington, and not
one of them writes more policies and is
more efficient in every way than Miss
-. a young lady.
There are not many cities where
women have entered the insurance bust
ness. though l believe'th thing IS being
done in some of the larger cities up
North. When you come to look at I,
this isn't so strange. The day has passed
when bluff and buster succeeds IN IN
surance canvassing Polite address.
clear presentation of facts. and the
knack of holding attention-these are
what the ideal life insurance agent must
have. Why shouldn't a woman have
them as well as a man? AT any rate.
Mss - is making tidy salary every
month. and. let me tell you, there ism I
the least bit of forwardness in her
makeup"
The Washington times., 1903-10-18

cigar will lap us in Elysium' for. say,
two hours. IL so long; after which we
settle into a gloomier detection than be-
fore. At least. I am always rudely and
even ruthlessly bundled out of the Ely
SUM to which / am pleasantly waited
on the fumes of the cigar. that is when
j In this way seek relief from the fever
and the fret. or try to coerce my brain
into working when IL would rather not.
Work got from cigars is like money
borrowed. The interest is terrible. But
in our time, from what one sees and
from all one hears and reads, the extent
to which narcotics and opiates are in
dulged in Is truly alarming. Smoking is
smiling innocence in comparison to
many other means now in vogue for the
purpose of obtaining soothing or q
stimulus from drugs.
There is and can be no remedy for
bad nerves other than changing the kind
of life which has made them bad. As
very subordinate TO this, doctors drugs
may be Of some use. but even then their
use is small, and when these drugs are
taken without ever stopping the cause
of the mischief, the evil is only masked
for a time. 1t is like Sheridan putting
the sheriff's officers into his own livery
at n party. making them masquerade
as his fiunkies until the door slammed
on the last departing guest-and then.
Causes a Nervousness.
Now. what is the cause or what are
the causes of present-day nerves? There
are two answers, or sets of answers, the
one fiattering, the other quite the re-
verse. The first is "overwork. Nova
days we are all supposed, or wish to
be supposed, abnormally Industrious
The age is supposed 10 be breaking its
bones with industry. But is this actu-
ally the case? And while undoubtedly
there are many hard workers-very hard
| workers-is Il these who suffer from
nerves. Probably not; for work, even
when excessive, If it be free from GER
tain alcoholic elements. which shall be
given presently. contributes TO steady
and strengthen the nerves. Nothing is
here said Of those who are handicapped
throughout life with nerves congenitally
weak or diseased. But even for these
The Washington times., 1903-10-18
The Nubian Warrior, The
Official Cat, and the Lady
Who Is Thought to Be
Looking Through a Curtain

TINE City and General Postoffice
Building on Pennsylvania Ave
nue. can boast of a unique gal
lery of pictures from the pencil
Of Dame Nature herself. The latter
gives evidence, in these works, of a
characteristic capriciousness both in the
selection and execution of her subjects,
not unmixed with a mischievous dash of
caricature. For instance, the late
ben Butler" is delineated much as a
contemporary cartOonist might have pic
tured him in the act of delivering one
of his sarcastic and pungent replies to
an opponent.
The picture gallery in question is
found at the extremity of the western
corridor on the first floor of the build
ing, in the neighborhood of the window
of the registry division Some of the
scarTiers are generally to be seen around
here. and any one of them is always
READY TO point out to the curious visi-
tor the famous cat Tom Reed,
ben Butler" the "Abyssinian war
rior," LADY looking through portieres, g"
etc. The fame of these extraordinary
natural delineations in the veined
marble (Mexican onyx of the walls in
this portion of the Postoffice building
has spread far and wide. so that a num-
Der of persons come with the express
purpose of seeing them The pictures
are purely OF natural formation, and are
owing to the peculiarly dark and numeI-
Gus markings in the stone.
The Washington times., 1903-10-18
FORGOT HER ENGLISH.

- AJOR PRATT, OF the United
M States army, who is in charge
Ifl of the Carlisle Indian School.
admits that many of his graduates who
return to tribal life fall into indian
ways again says the Chicago Inter
Ocean" Therefore. he is doing all he
can TO prevent the educated Indians
from going back to the reservation
He tells of an incident he saw at a
Western Indian agency. A squaw en-
tered a traders store, wrapped IN
blanket, pointed at a straw hat, and
asked. How mucheeZ~
Fifty cents" said the merchant
How muchee?" she asked again,
pointing at another article.
The price was quoted, and was fol-
lowed by another pointing and query OF
How muchee?"
Then she suddenly gazed blandly at
the merchant and asked mildly, DO you
not regard such prices as extoruonate
for articles of palpably inferior quahtyT
Do YOU not really believe that reduc-
ton in your charges would materially
enhance your profits? beg you 10 con-
slider my suggestion"
She was a graduate OF the Carlisle
Indian School
The Washington times., 1903-10-18
WATCH PAPERS OF LONG AGO

n ECENTLY a young man of this city
N found a child's watch in an old
trunk in the attic of his house. Open
ing the watch he perceived. between the
inner and outer cases, piece of paper
that contained printing. These were the
quaint verses that he read:
Little monitor, impart
Some instruction TO the heart
Show the busy and the gay
Time is hasting swift away;
Pleasure cannot long endure,
Lies uncertain; death is sure
Happy they who wisely learn
Truth from error 20 discern
Truth immortal as the soul,
Firm enduring the pole.
The young man, inquiring into the
history OF the watch, found that II had
belonged to his great grandfather. He
found, too. that 1t was the custom. sew
enty-flve or one hundred years ago. to
set verses of this kind in watches. The
round papers on which the verses were
written were called watch papers" A
watch paper was in those days given to
eacn purchaser of a watch. just as q
watch case now is given.
The Washington times., 1903-10-18
WE ARE LIVING IN THE AGE OF NERVOUSNESS

~ NE of Washington's eminent
doctors said the other day that
this is an age of nervousness.
Possibly we did not hear SO
much about it as was the case a few
years ago. but that was because we
had grown tired of repeating the same
thing TO one another. There was con-
siderable talk about nervous prostTa-
ton, but our conversation and news
Papers had almost stopped talking about
people being rvcus
The doctor said people were not so
timid as they were a few years ago.
but they were nervous. In consequence
of this authority the recent news of a
great discovery ir Switzerland that ner-
vousness could be cured by drinking
tea made with boiled snow was import
ant If true. The doctor had his joke
about boiling the snow so as TO melt
II before making the tea. and he said Il
was refreshing 20 learn that the Swiss
had at last added something 20 medical
science.
But joking aside" he said there
may be something in the alleged discov-
cry. Explain it as one will, snow pos
sesses chemical properties which water
does not In country districts every
ilpu0rNAAt hhONS tlAal fdHCNAtS Cttt Dt
raised with snow. and that they are
quite as light as those raised" with
eggs. Tea made with snow water may.
therefore. possibly have enough proper
ties peculiar to itself. But il can, alas,
be safely predicted that II Will not cure
nerves. The remedy cannot be found
II drugs. whether natural or scientific.
though. of course, there are medicinal
substances which soothe irritated nerves
for a time only, as = rule to make them
n ore irritable afterward.
Tobacco a Nerve Sedative.
Tobacco is a nerve sedative, undoubt-
eddy; but 1t plays fearful havoc with
the nerves of most men. There are GER
tain ~ exceptions, as, for instance,
Charles Kingsley. who avowed that he
never found out his powers until he
| took to smoking But Charles Kingsley
was exceptional in many ways For one
thing, he luxuriated in an east wind
But with many OF us. when the nerves
are fretted or the brain tagged a good
The Washington times., 1903-10-18
A Patti Program.

For her farewell tour 81 America, the "Cli
cago Tribune suggests the following pro
gramme for Adelina Patti:
Farewell Forever"
Say Au Revoir, but Not Good-by."
How Can I Bear 10 Leave TheeG'
''She said Good-by"
bid Me Good-by and Co"
IL Don't Care il You Never Come Back
Tosti's ''GOod-by."
Fare Thee Well. for l Must Leave Thee
Take Your Clothes and CO.
81 VIII Return Again"
The Washington times., 1903-10-18

the visage Of that once prominent figure
in law. politics and war. Benjamin is
disclosed en- profile. with the character
istic dropping eyelid and round head
The Washington times., 1903-10-18

is the most famous Of the natural pic
lures.
Ben Butler" however, can scakely
escape the notice Of one familiar with
The Washington times., 1903-10-18

Of heroic size, and the variegated mark
ings of the sleek fur are both striking
and beautiful. From its prominent po-
sition this is the most noticeable, ms it
The Washington times., 1903-10-18

like a cannon ball" His flowing out
line of waistcoat is also clearly TO be
traced, although he is unceremOniOusly
curtailed of the major portion of his
lower extremities.
The Washington times., 1903-10-18

The "cat" is a most graphic presen-
tation of a plump, well-tO-do domestic
feline, sitting in the prim attitude char
ecterIstic of the species. The picture is
The Washington times., 1903-10-18

NK OST people have a hatred of
NH snakes. From education or
otherwise the majority of men
seek fnr q cI11h nr stone with
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-03
Iowa at Washington.

Washington, June 3.-John Hender-
son of Indianola has been admitted to
practice before the interior depart
ment
Victor C. Schneider has been commits
stoned postmaster at Templeton. Post
office at Frank Pierce, johnson county
has been discontinued mail to Kali
oma.
The comptroller of the currency mas
approyed the First National bank OF
Omaha as reserve agent for the Iowa
National bank Of Davenport; Hamii-
ton National bank for City National
bank of Upton.
owen Reese has been appointed post
master at Pekay. Mahaska county, vice
A. F.. Kinder resigned.
Patents granted: Paul S. Bostwick,
Woodbine. steam engine; Paul 5. Bost-
wick. Woodbine, valve gear; Ell
Browning. Iowa City, combined light
and rein holder; Joseph c. and
&c. c. Butler, Iowa Falls. end gate;
George a. Diebold, Des Moines, rotary
engine; Niles w. Gregg. Des MONIES,
automatic apparatus for making ice
and refrigerating cars; Chas. o. Miller,
Baskerville. electric burglar alarm for
vaults. safes or the like; Walter Parker,
Nicola, heat regulator; James w. Pat
terson. Burlington, dose measuring bot
tie stopper attachment; Francis Smith
and E. w. Check, Cedar Rapids, pig
rearing device: John A. Smithline, Bur
lington. pouch: Clarence w. Taylor,
Sioux City, gas regulating device for
burners.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-03
Pensions to Iowas.

Iowa pensions have been granted as
follows:
Increase, reissue, etc.-Thomas Will
lis, Norwalk, $50; Theophilus Mckin-
ME. Alton, So.
Widows, minors and dependent rel
atives-Flora Askey, Red Oak, IS.
observation-disclosures NJ. Foster, Sac
City, So: James NJ. Frame, Osceola
Sc: David Hunter, Jr., Des Moines, IS;
Thomas S. Robinson, keokuk, Sc; Will
liam S. Edic, Carson, Sc.
Widows. minors and dependent rel
atives-Jane Williams, Levy, IS; Nettie
Snyder. Central City, $12: Rosanna
Smith, Clinton, IS: Margaret Holman,
Batavia, IS; Catherine C. Shane, Cedar
Falls, S12.
Increase, reissue, etc.--Willfam III.
Monroe, Keosauqua, $14: James S.
Ainsworth, Des Moines, $40; John w.
Rodrick. Winterset, s12: Stephen Cretz-
meyer, Waverly, s12; Chas. r. McKen-
zie, Hampton, $40; William II. Culver,
Riceville. So: John w. De Croft, Ell
dora. S12: Herman j. Strong, South
English, IS; John Billings, Des Moines,
$12.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-03
EXPERT TESTIMONY.
Coffee Tried and Found Guilty.

No one who has studied its effects on
the human body can deny that coffee
is a strong drug and liable to cause all
kinds of ills, while Postum is a food
drink and a powerful rebuilder that
will correct the ills caused by coffee
when used steadily in place of coffee.
An expert who has studied the sub
iect saws: Il have studied the value
of foods and the manufacture of food
products from personal investigation
and wish to bear testimony to the Won
derfuI qualities of Postum Cereal Cof-
fee. was an excessive coffee drinker.
altho | knew 1t to be a slow poison.
First it affected my nerves and then
my heart but when | once tried Postum
| found it easy to give UP the coffee,
confirmed coffee fiend tho I was.
Postum satisfied my craving for ccf
fee and since drinking Postum steadily
in place of the coffee all my troubles
have disappeared and I am again
healthy and strong
Il know that even where coffee is not
taken to excess it has bad effects on
the constitution in some form or other
and am convinced by my investigation
that the only thing To do If health and
happiness are of any value to one is to
lqtift' coffee and drink Postum" Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Greek,
Mich.