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The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-25

white heat the point beyond which
death may lie-but never surrender.
He faced the seething mob without a
doubt of his power to control it.
''Those are my prisoners" he said
quietly, Il command you in the name
of the law to dispense"
Already many had slipped away,
and the mob was every momnet di-
minishing. But the desperate and the
criminal remained, and they rallied
the wavering leaders.
Don't be cowed by one mani" they
cried. Get out of the way, sheriff;
you're too late!"
Don't act like a fool, Steve, you're
one against a thousand" and some
one shouted, HE can't bold out more'n
a minute anyhow"
"I'll be sheriff of this county for that
minute. all right" he answered grim
ly. Whoever lays his hand on one, of
these prisoners dies right here!"
Perhaps it was the sheriff's reputa-
ton for craftsmanship, perhaps it
was his perfect confidence in his own
mastery of the situation, at any rate
no man approached the prisoners. On
the contrary, the circle round them
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-25

If the bewildered young housewife of
to-day who groans over the indefinite
ness of her oilcloth-bound cook book
were to peep into the parchment-like
volumes perused by her ancestors of $50
years ago, she would consider her
plight as less deplorable. In a book
published two centuries and half
ago by one John Baptista Porta, and
entitled Natural Magic" are the
present day receipts in embryonic
stages, and also some curious concoc-
tons and decoctions highly amusing
to the modern .housekeeper. Natural
Magic" according to the writer, en-
braced everything from the secret of
alchemy to the proper place for stor-
ing winter apples. AS a hodge-podge
of information, it outdoes the lone
Thousand and One Household Hints"
of any Household Treasury ever
compiled.
On the subject of cookery the author
is weak, although he devotes many
pages to the topic. Among other
things he remarks that meat hung up
on a brass nail will not spoil, and he
advances as a novelty a fowl or joint
that is both boiled and roasted, this
being brought about by the partial
submersion of the meat whereby the
upper surface only will be roasted.
He is a cautious soul, and frequently
quotes receipts with the remark that
he does not believe that they are good,
having found from his own experience
that the anticipated result does not
follow. One of these unsuccessful
experiments is the wrapping of RISES
in paper bags while still upon the
plant whereby one should have fresh
flowers at all seasons. He does say,
however, that If reeds be grown beside
the rose bushes and the blooms be
enclosed in the split reeds, which are
afterwards bound up, the flowers will
be preserved.
He cautiously avoids the subject of
bread making, though he declares
that bread may be made from wal
nuts, the lotus plant, dates, gourds,
and other strange materials. After a
learned dfsquisition on the subject of
material, he passes off the topic with
the word, 1.-THE manner of making
which should be apparent to YOU
On authorizations he is better in
formed, for he advises the use of
chalk to make bread whittier and of
rice to cause it to gain weight. In
cidentally. he discourses at length
upon the value of milk in bread, which
appears to be somthing new to him.
As food substitute he advises Epi-
medium Compound. which is sea on
ions dried, washed and cut into bits
They are made up with a fifth bulk
OF seasamun and one-fifteenth of pop
piles into great olives" which are sup
posed to support life II three a day
be taken.
He runs through the list of home
made wines and advises this as a re-
ceipt for MetheRlin.
Twenty pounds Of honey are dis
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-25
THE MOB AT BLUFFTOWN
BY KATHERINE MCDONALD.
Copyright, 1908, by Katherine Mcdonald.

Stephen Ballantyne was the young
est man who had ever been elected
sheriff of Lewis county. He had car
rted on a manly and good-natured
campaign, and even his opponents
were not unanimously in sympathy
with the Weekly Pocket when it at
tackled him for going off on a weeks
vacation at the very beginning of his
term. For the bass had begun TO bite
in Anderson, and the Governor and a
party of state politicians had invited
him to their camp at the 'Old Stone
MILL" q favorite rendezvous for fisher
men of southern Indiana.
Mrs. Ballantyne did not approve of
his going, even when he urged that
a couple of Congressman are not to
be hshed with every day." But,
knowing that her husbands ambitions
only began with the shrievalty, and
that acquaintance with influential men
would be necessary to his future, she
did not oppose him. The Jail was well
filled with prisoners and she was not
yet used to living in close touch with
crime, so 1t was arraigned that she
should take baby Stephen and spend
the week of her husbands absence
with a dear old friend living about
five miles out of town.
Aunt Charlotte Pulling was the most
generous and practiced hostess of the
county, and Mrs. Ballantyne enjoyed
her hearty joviality and constant
mothering quite as much as her hus-
band his genial companions and phe-
nomenal luck on Anderson.
Lewis is a prosperous county. In
every direction telephone wires are
stretched along the well-kept roads,
and all day long gossip and messages,
grave and gay, fash over them from
one farm house to another. One morn
ing it CHANGED that Mrs. Ballantyne,
being alone in the house. answered
call and received a message so horrify-
ing that she paled as she listened.
Uncle Joshua PhilpsOn, one of the
best known and most respected farm
ers of the county, had just been dis
covered lying dead in his own house
from knife wound and near him, her
old gray head crushed by some heavy
instrument lay his wife-everybodys
Aunt Becky" one of the best beloved
of the dear old helpful stronghearted
Hoosier women of the pioneer gener-
alton.
After the first call the telephone bell
kept up a constant ringing: a neigh
Dor or, perhaps, some accommodating
merchant in town, sending on every bit
o. news or rumor as it came out. BY
10 o'clock il was known that the muir
der had been committed by two farm
hands who had lived upon the Philip
son place. BY in the afternoon one
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-25

worthy's farm. The door wasn't
| fastened and the dogs went straight
/ to the bed where he lay! Truman tel
| ephoned from Longs"
Tell Mir. Wallace that he must hold
the Jail until Mr. Ballantyne comes"
She carried little Stephen to her own
| rooms. When she had put him to bed
| she stood for a moment at the front
window of the parlor, which was in
the second story.
| The summer night brooded as peace
| fully here as in the country. The
streets were deserted save for shad-
Owy figures that emerged. now and
then, from the black gulf of the street
which dips between the bluffs to the
river. Men were sitting about the
doors of the hotel opposite in that So
cable quiet which always characteriZ-
ed the groups. TO be found there of
summer evenings.
But presently she became conscious
of an ominous stir outside. From the
river and the side streets groups of
men appeared and joined others who
must have been waiting under the
trees in the court house yard. In
few moments the street was filled with
them.
She sprung the shades to the top of
the windows, turned on all the lights
and drawing a small table to the CEN
ter of the room sat down beside it
to sew. The sound of wheels told
her that the deputy sheriff was bring
ing the second murderer. She could
not know that he really came through
back streets and alleys while the citi-
Zens and farmers who had followed the
man-hunt came directly down Main
street to distract attention. But she
heard the angry murmurs of disap-
pointment from the crowd in front and
realized that they were bent on some
awful deed.
The sheriff's wife was a delicate,
sensitive girl. AS she bent over her
work the hot blood surged into her
face and her blue eyes brimmed with
tears of shame. What might not these
men think, or say of her" She held
herself in her chair by sheer will force.
The voice of someone speaking from
the Court House steps fioated into the
room. She could hear that both pris-
oners were now in Jail. and that they
were on the point of making confess
sion, and the county auditor, who was
with them, had sent out to ask that the
crowd make no demonstration which
might defeat that end.
An hour passed more or less quietly.
Then began a clamor for "Deacons."
This gentleman, who was the auditor
mounted the steps and appealed to the
crowd to respect the law, but, divining
that there had been no confession, they
yelled him down. He made his way
to the hotel and dropped into a chair
spent and trembling. When he saw
the lighted parlor and the sheriff's wife
sitting calmly at her sewing, he sprang
up with new courage.
Look at that woman!" he cried.
she's never doing that for fun! She's
heard from Steve and is trying to hold
them back. Boys, we've got to get out
and help herr" A number of law-lov-
ing citizens who had been dejectedly
watching events. followed him out to
mingle in the crowd.
Little Stephen awoke and cried. The
mother ran to him eagerly, finding
fresh courage in the companionship of
her baby son. She carried him into
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quietly widened The burly Kentuck-
ian broke the silence.
Boys" he cried jovially. Reckon
we amt needed heah. This county's
pretty well fixed to get along-the
sheriff can shoot neatly as wells his
wife can sing. Less be gettin' ovah
the rivah."
Sheriff Ballantyne's face frightened
and his boyish laugh rang out.
"Tra-la, gentlemen" he said. "You
Kentuckians are the best judges of
shooting in the world and I'm fiatter-
ed"
1--WE know a fine woman, too, sah
We surrendah to the song, sab. not to
the gun" And with gallant lifting of
SLOUGH hats toward the balcony he and
his comrades-twenty or more-turned
into the black throat of Main street
where it descends between the bluffs
of the Ohio.
After this the mob melted rapidly
away. Twenty minutes later the
streets were deserted and the summer
night so still that Mrs. Ballantyne
heard the Kentuckians singing Jesus,
Lover of My Soul" as they rowed
homeward across the river
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-25
Origin of the Cravat
From an Exchange.

To begin with the name of this
article of dress is merely a corruption
or Crabat, or Croat. The Greats, who
guarded the Turkish frontiers of Aus
tria and acted as scouts in the seven
teenth century, were linen around
their necks as part of their uniform
This linen was tied in front. The r
officers wore the same piece of dress,
except that the material was of silk
or muslin. This struck the fancy Of
some French officers, who introduced
the custom into France on their re-
turn from Germany in 1886. When
France afterward organized a regi-
ment on the model of these Greats,
their distinctive article of dress was
likewise INFLATED. From this circum-
stance this regiment always went by
the name of the Royal Cravats."
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-25
HOW TO DO CIRCUS TRICKS.

Continued From Page Twenty-Five.
than one giant is used. Then the op-
orators can play into each others
hands-that is, help to accentuate each
others absurdity
For instance, one may grow tall,
while the other is growing. short. Or
one will watch intently while the
other is going through some curious
tricks, and when the tricks are COM
pleted the one who has been watching
Will attempt to initiate them.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-25
QUAINT ADVICE
FOR HOUSEWIVES

Cook Books of Ye Olden Times
More Like Puzzles Than Practi-
cal Suggestions - What They
Lacked in Facts They Made Up
in Entertaining Touches of the
Supernatural.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-25

There are few great actors left"
said the man who takes a melancholy
view of things. con the contrary" an
swered Mr.. Stormington Barnes, with
a touch of asperity, great actors are,
to my personal knowledge, getting left
every season. Washington Star
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-18
FOR RAD SOLDIERS.

The recommendation contained in the annual
report of Major General j. c. Bates for the es-
tablishment of a military prison in the Depart
ment of the Lakes brings home 10 the Seere-
rotary of War a condition which is worthy Of
the serious consideration of the department. In
an army OF about seventy thousand men. re-
cr1lited from all parts of the country and from
all grades OF society, there cannot fail TO be
a sprlnklng of the law breaking, reckless Gle
ment and the criminal tendencies cannot al
ways be kept down by military discipline.
Guardhouses were ample for the accommo-
datiol of the offenders when the army was
small, but prisons seem now essential
General Bates says that the present conditions
compel him at times to release men who should
be confined. simply because there is no place
10 keep them. and he argues that the presence
at the post Of men who are serving long terms
of Imprisonment has .demoraliZing effect on
the young soldiers. He might have said with
truth also that taking a soldier away from his
post to a place which is a prison in all that
the word implies would be a greater punish
ment. and one which the culprit would feel more
keenly, than being kept I'm limbo" at the post
Fort Columbus in the Department of the
East: Alcatras. in the Department of the Pacific,
and Fort Sheridan. Department Of the Lakes
are military prisons, and there is a peniten-
tiary for long term offenders at Leavenworth
Kan. but all these together with the "lockups'
at the various posts, are inadequate, and, with
out casting any reflections on the character or
worth Of the United States soldier. there seems
TO he need for further prison accommodations.
The existing institutions are antique and defec-
tive in construction, difficult TO manage properly
and in many respects inferior TO other prisons;
and if reforms to be instituted in this de-
partment of the army there seems TO be no good
reason why the beginning should not be made
by General Bates, whose request for prison is
based on desire not only to be able TO punish
maIefactors, but to remove from the army posts
the soldiers who are known to be bad men,"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-18
RULGARr4-S DREAM OF coyorrsT

One Of the most complete and correct ac-
counts Il the origin and nature Of the outbreak
n Macedonia that have been published is that
which appeared in The Tribunt's special Wash
ington correspondence yesterday. Its source is
/ authoritative beyond dispute 1t accords. more
over. with other authoritative accounts which
have been published from time TO time our
readers win perceive that il exactly confirms
the statements made and the opinions ex-
pressed in these columns for months past. In
so doing it cites dates and figures in detail and
makes out a which. we think. even the
most ardent Bulgarian propagandst will hest
tate TO challenge
The trouble has arisen from Bulgaria's dream
OF conquest. That is the matter I'm a nutshell
For many years Bulgaria has cherished the
scheme Of invading and conquering Macedonia
and thus making Of herself big Bulgaria"
which shall be able to dominate the whole Bal
ksn Peninsula. Had Macedonia been Bull
carian country there would have been some
show Of Justice in that scheme. But as our con-
| tTibutor shows. Macedonia IS not Bulca RAN, but
more Greek. The Bulgars arr invaders. and
their invasion has been marked with savage
hostility TO The Greek and other Christian in
| habitants. The Rulgars realize that the Greeks
Wallachs and other Christian peoples OF Mace
donia are the chief obstacle to the conquest of
that country. The Turk will be compelled TO
go one of these days. But the Creeks and Wal
lachs viii not 60 They belong there. They far
outnumber the Bulgars, and they would resist
annexation TO Bulgaria TO the bitter end
The plausible address Of the Bulgarian Gov
eminent 10 the powers must be interpreted in
the light Of these facts. Bulgaria is threatening
TO so to war with Turkey over Macedonia She
pretends that it is to rescue Macedonian Chris
tians from Turkish oppression In fact, il is to
| achieve for herself the political conquest OF
Macedonia. This the powers recognize. and that
Is why they are giving her to understand that
| il she does go 10 war she need look TO them for
no help. but viii have 10 take the consequences
Of her own folly. In precisely such manner
| they stood aoof from Greece when she went
10 war with Turkey a few years ago. The
result was that Greece got soundly thrashed
| There is no reason TO doubt that if Bulgaria
goes 10 war with Turkey she also VIII get
soundly thrasaed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-18
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-18
RR. SmaNSrRowS POSITION.

Al Svanstroms decision TO accept a renomi-
nation for Borough President OF Brooklyn viii
lie welcome 10 every friend Of good govern
ment His statement announcing his willing
ness to stand is a manly and modest utterance
which states the issues Of the campaign in a
way that is highly serviccallc AZ this time. II
and Controller Grouts letter show that the at
tempt 10 disOTganize fusion by raising party
and petty personal questions is bound TO fail.
Mn. Swanstrom is Democrat, and when he
declares that he is partly influenced 10 take a
place on the ticket by the Tammanyi endeavor
10 Introduce national politics into the campaign.
no viii have great influence in keeping any
ether Democrat who desires honest government
from being misled. He says that because OF a
action We are asked to surrender what already
has been done toward the redemption OF the
'citv." and he viii not ny naction give the
slightest countenance 10 the talk about the in-
fuence Of the municipal On the Presidential
campaign. which he rightly cfaractcrizes as
"noOnshine"
Mr. Swanstrom is equally effective in dspos-
ing Of fhe erratic talk bout Mr. Lows person
ality. II is already apparent that this attack on
Mr.. low. whatever may have been ifs intent
81. indeed. & had any matured intent other than
that OF the boy who sets Of hrecrackers 10 at
tract attention and make excitement-has served
10 bring sharply 10 public attention the real ex-
cellence Of MIR. Lows character and achieve
merits. and 20 rally TO his support all the forces
favorable 10 good government. As our neigh
nor TIE Sun" which IS never fond OF unpracti-
cal politics or reform fads. truly says:
II is not the spirit OF reform that is to be in
voked-it is the spirit 81 sef-preservation II is
question II politics. ft Is the QaeSfiOH Of The
common SdTcfV We have done things I'm this
administration which are but the stepping
stones OF our higher welfare. the essentials to
OF municipal achievement. but they are the
very things which would make US the helpless
prey OF Tammany rapacity. What man of sense
can contemplate the basis OF our taxation
IN the clutch OF Tammany and not shudder at
the future or fy from e.? There is no sane
and Yet IL is actual. an imminent and a
pressing danger.
The incorporate criticism OF Mr.. Low on
petty personal grounds. when II is evident that
ne j. 10 he the leader OF the fusion forces. has
aroused the people TO a new sense OF this hide
Gus danger. n new realization Of what Mayor
Low has accomplished that is worth preserving,
and a new determination among honest men 10
forget an personal and party questions 10 secure
The common safety. 1t is this spirit which Mr..
Swans rom has so well voiced in HIS expression
OF loyalty 90 Mr. Low.
No citizen OF Brooklyn with any memory can
fail 20 realize the difference between the con.
dition ~ that utterly neglected borough under
hammany and It's condition now. As Borough
President Mr. swanstrom has done much 10
make This administration the Success which
leads Miiloushhy Street politicians like John L.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-18
WEDDINGS PAST AND TO COME.

Carmel. y. Y. Sept. II (SpeciaD.-The wedding OF
John Wesley Emmons and Miss Mary Simpson.
both Of Brooklyn, which took place at the home
Of the brides brother, James Simpson. un-
usually interesting affair for this town. The Rev.
y. Frederick Van Horsen, pastor OF the Gilead
Presbyterian Church. officiated The best man was
Thomas Simpson. and his wife was the matron Of
honor. The library. parlor and dining room were
profusey decorated with ferns, goldenrod and
plants and the wedding march was played by Hiss
Anna Bryan. niece Of the bride. The refreshments
were elaborate and served by caterer. Among
the relatives present were Charles Emn1OnS. OF
Brooklyn. father OF the bridegroom: William A
Bryan Of Towners. " Y; Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel
Starr. Of Danbury, Conn. and Mr.. and Mrs sat
terIee Of Bells Pond. N Y. The young couple
started in the afternoon an extended tour.
Tioga Centre. y. Y. Sept. II (SpeciaD--Georgs
C. BIadworth manager Of the Nav Manton Pat
tern Company Of New-York. was married here yes
terday to Miss Ruth PembletOn- Mr.. Bladworth Is
a member Of Company A 9Th Regiment and has
won many trophies in athletic contests
Mrs Samuel A. Duncan. Of No. West sixty
eighth-st. announces the engagement OF her daush-
ter. Miss Alice b TO MacGres9r Jenkins of Boston.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-18
COLUMBIA CLUBS HOME SOON READY
It Has Many Bachelor Apartments-To Be
Turned Over October /.

The beard Of governors OF the Columoia CniVer-
sity Club announced yesterday to the members that
its new home at Nc. Is East Twenty-sxth-st is TO
be turned over to the club on October and that
the rooms will be formally opened shortly after
that date.
The new clubhouse Is thirty feet wide and viii
furnish nearly twice the accommodations offered
BY the present one and is expected 70 prove ample
for some time Provisions have been made Tor
facilities for class reunions. private dinners and
GATHERINGS of alumni. There viii be a large library.
a billiard room. a cardroon and writing and com
rnfttee rooms Two new features Of the house
which have attracted attention are the number OF
bachelor apartments and The proposed business
mems luncheon
The Columbia University Club has grown remark
ably in the two years Of its existence IL was
founded by alumni OF the college, scientihc and law
schools between 1880 and 1900. Its original MEMBER
shin Of two hundred expanded rapidly that the
original quarters IN the Hotel Royalton were OUT
grown within three months. The membership at
uresent is over seven hundred and there Is a long
list Of candidates waiting for admission The third
annual election Of on will be held soon after
the club enters its new home
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-18

their struggle with the Turks. She is believed
20 be secretly backing the Bulgarian movement
in Macedonia. and unquestionably is preparing
to intervene in its behalf IL such intervention
shall become opportune or necessary, just as
she interviewed in behalf of the Bulsars twenty
odd years ago.
Now, the curious feature of the case is that
the Firms and the Bulgars are OF the same
racial stock. the Firms. Of course. being the SUI
perior and the Bulgars the inferior branch
Toward the same race, on the one hand. Russia
shows implacable hostility. and, on the other
hand. cordial and sympathetic friendship; and
is toward the less deserving. in history. attain
ments and character. that she shows her favor