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The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-31
NERVE GAVE HER STANDING.

Nerve combined with business sagac-
ity and adroit workmanship. gave one
of the leading dressmakers of New
York her start in business, and she is
now on the high road to fortune. One
of her friends, says the Chicago Chron-
icle, relates how she achieved her
standing in the business and fashion
able world.
She rented two rooms on the first
floor of a Ninety-fifth street house."
said the woman. II occupied the floor
above. l had seen her sign in the
window for several weeks before l
saw her. One day met her in the hall.
Two days later she called at my apart
ment.
D." I am in an awful pickle she said,
and 1 am going to ask you TO help me
out. There are two women downstairs
who want some dresses made, but be-
fore they give me the order they want
to see some samples of my work. With
the exception of my own clothes-and
you could put all of them in a band
box-I have nothing to show them. I
find it awfully hard to drum up trade
here. l haven't had a customer since
I moved into this house and l will lose
those two women if l cannot make
the raise of a few nice gowns to show
them. Would you mind letting me
have three or four of yours for a few
minutes? 1 will return them as soon
as the women go away
THE pure nerve of the girl stagger-
ed me. But you didn't make my
gowns l said. They were made by
dressmaker who runs very fashion
able shop
$50 l supposed said my neighbor.
Are thev marked with her name?'
"'No, said 1. that woman's style
is her trademark and 1 ought not give
another the benefit of it,
THE girl just stood there and looked
at me and the pitiful dropping of her
eyes ard mouth appealed to me more
effectually than any words. The upshot
of the matter was 1 loaned her five
of my newest, best gowns. Naturally
the callers were delighted with them
and gave the girl large order for
summer clothes. 1 worried myself sick
over the affair.
"'What will you do I said. if you
turn out poorly made garments? How
will you square yourself?'
az shall not need to square myself,
she said confidently.
"And she did not need to. Her work,
instead of being botchy. as l had ex-
pected it to be, was beautiful. All she
needed was an introduction, and after
she got that. through gowns made by
swell dressmaker, her reputation and
a good income were easily made"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-31
MAY KEEP HER SECRET.

Whether or not woman may be re-
quired to tell her age, in court or out
of it, is a disputed question. 1t has
come to be the custom of most occu-
pants of the bench, says the Chicago
Chronicle, to waive questions relating
to this matter, and indeed inquisitive-
ness upon that score is of no sort OF
use.
81 don't think there is a particle of
necessity for a woman's telling her
age" says one woman, adding, but
it is equally useless for her not to tell
it, and therefore if you attempt to
prevaricate you are certain to be found
OUT
This is quite true 1t never fails that
just at the point when you have clear
ed away all difficulties and convinced
everybody that you are quite young
some dear, good-natured friend is
sure to pop up and say:
why, yes, such and such thing
happened when l was twenty, and you
were then just three years older than
l."
So what is the use of keeping the
truth back? You might as well sub
NIT to the inevitable and confess the
exact number of years you have been
on this earth.
There is no reason, however, why
woman should go on the housetop and
proclaim to the world that she is so
and glad of it. Don't do it, and don't
think you are old. No one nowadays
is old. 1t is questionable.
The favorite sticking age for woman
is 20. This is proved by the fact that
the number of women returning
themselves as between 20 and % is far
larger than the number of girls re-
turned ten years before as between 10
and Is. The former must naturally
be the survivors of the latter. Here
is little mystery of which the solu-
ton must be found in the intricate
mazes of a woman's vanity:
The present King of England. when
Prince of Wales, once asked pretty
woman her age. She replied:
Just 25.'
Five years later he met her again
and asked the same question.
Just 25," she again replied.
The prince smiled and said:
Five years ago you made the same
answer"
"Ah, your highness," was the rejoind-
err surely you don't think am
woman who says one thing to-day and
another thing tomorrow"
She was quite right Twenty-Five is
a very proper age at which to remain.
There is no reason why a woman
should be obliged to tell her age in
court. If she is wise she will not.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-31
LACKED CONFIDENCE

7 had no confidence in advertised
medicines. But I had heard so much of
DR.. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy
/ thought 1 would try it, had suf-
fered for long time from a most hor-
rible pain in my back caused by luTn-
bago.
After 1 had used a second bottle of
'Favorite Remedy I was entirely we'll.
"A medicine so worthy deserves the
publicity that it's grateful benefciaries
can give it," F. c. WILCOX.
$50 New Britain ave-, Hartford, Conn.
DR.. David Kennedy's Favorite Rem
edy is the most successful medicine
ever discovered for kidney, bladder.
liver and blood diseases. It's record of
cures has made it famous in medical
circles everywhere. 1t is recognized as
a specific. 1t purifies the blood and
dissolves the excess of uric acid in it.
clears up the urine, restores the kid
neys and bladder to their normal con-
dition an gently moves the bowels.
1t Is better for constipation than any
pills. Better for the nerves than any
sedative. Better for the weak than any
tonic 1t is purely vegetable. 1t con-
tains no minerals in any form, no
dangerous stimulants, no mercury or
poisons. Children and invalids can
take 1t with peffect safety.
Druggists sell it in NEW so CENT
SIZE and the regular $1O0 size bot
ties.
Sample Bottle-enough for trial, free
by mail.
DIR. DAVID KENNEDY CORPORA
TON, Rondout, N. Y.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-31
HOMESICKNESS.

o big old square white house, o moan
ing pines!
o rough stone wall! o ampelopsis
vines!
o maple trees! o whispering syca-
moreI
o painted pailing-fence! o hospitable
door!
o horses. pigs! o chickens, turkeys,
ducks!
O sheep! Q cats! o dogs! o cows! O.
shucks!
o dear old-fashioned yard o gentle
breeze!
o lilac-hedge! o pear and apple trees!
o vine-clad porch! o hammock swing
ing!
o steps Of stone! robins sweetly
singing!
o sisters kind! o brothers-in-law!
o pa and ma! o uncles, aunts! O.
pshaw
o soft June sun! o evening sweet!
o buzzing bees! o shady village street!
o brothers, nieces, nephews, cousins
o dear old loving friends in dozens!
o pure fresh milk and cream! cake!
o pie!
o hot, light rolls and waff1es, too! O.
my
Miriam Sheffey, in the May Woman's
Home COMPANION.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-31
.WOMAN'S WORLD

grace of forbearance. There are a
thousand places where the older wom-
an could be propritiated by Difference,
and where her advice would be of
help and comfort if only the younger
one had the tact and generosity to
seek it. She might at least have the
justice to remember, as the goody
goody books say, that her mother-in-
law is her husbands mother, but she
seldom does it. Rather, she is so afraid
of being bossed by her, so antagonized
through jealousy and prejudice, that
she would rather blow up the house
with a gasoline stove, or poison her
husband on saleratus biscuit than ask
the counsel of the woman who ought
to be next to her own mother in her
affections.
The trouble with most girls is that
they are spoiled, and the new wife
comes from a home where she was the
petted darling, and where everything
revolved around her. She is not used
to criticism, or to being held respon-
sible for things going right, and she
takes offense too easily. Above all,
she is not yet used to thinking of Tom
as anything but an adoring slave. The
very first shock of learning that matri
mony means something sterner than
lovemaking comes from TOMS mother,
and she seldom takes any trouble to
tighten the blow.
OF course it is natural for every
woman to want to run her own house
to suit herself. 1t is also perfectly nat
ural for mans mother to feel that she
has a right to boss his affairs. Very
often she sees things being wasted,
things lily done, and badly managed,
things she could do so much better and
she looks on with the anguish with
which the professional watches the
laundering efforts of the amateur. But
it is a fatal error to interfere. Each
of us have to work out our own sal
walton in matrimony and cooking alone
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-31
WHAT MISS ROOSEVELT
MISSED.

When Miss Alice Roosevelt was in
New Orleans, a guest of the McIlhen-
nys, had she known it, says the Times
Democrat of that city, she might east
ly have evoked, as in Shakespeare, the
ghost of her grand uncle, Capt. James
D. Bullock, who, as captain of the
New York and Aspinwall steamers,
along with Capt. Grey of Virginia, ans
Capt MCGOWAN of New York, all
United States naval officers on leave
of absence, were repeatedly the ante
bellum guests under the same old hos
pitable roof.
If walls were monographs, what
could not present historians write of
those times, that tried the souls of
men," Time that made Nine. Roose-
welt, nee Bullock, fly the Confederate
flag from her window in New York.
creating almost as much excitement as
did that low, rakish, double-funnel,
gray steamer that entered the sound
one August morning in 1864 destroying
over one hundred boats and smacks,
and leaving almost before Uncle Sam
could get his wits together.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-31

ular. Never know when she is going
to dare up at you, and she is invari-
ably scold,' was the comment. A
little more discussion brought out the
fact that it. was only women who ad-
mired red hair in women.
So the conversation drifted from the
doll beauty through all degrees of col
oring and style to the dashing bru-
nette, until the philosopher of the
group put an end to the subject with:
After all, each of us will probably
marry a woman who is not at all like
the type of beauty we most admire
for marriage is merely a matter of
circumstance"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-31
The Averted Tragedy.

When my husband and l were trav-
cling in Italy last summer" said, to
the Philadelphia Ledger, the lady in
blue, whose suit case was covered with
foreign labels, 81 had an experience
which, while it seems laughable now,
nothing on earth would induce me to
repeat.
my husband put me into an empty
compartment in one of those horrid
Continental trains and went off to
loox for our baggage. In some man
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-31
THE CURVED BALL.
How IL Is Described by the BOY in
the street.
From the Washington Star.

From the Washington Star.
There is one science which is I'M
derstood and described with as much
enthusiasm by the boy of the street,
with his peculiar vernacu1ar. as it is
by the learned college professor" re-
marked a man who takes more pleas
ire in studying the percentages OF the
ball teams than any of the other
weighty national and international
problems. That r. the science of the
curved ball Here is how IL was ex-
planned TO me the other day by a youth
full participant In a. very warm game
al the foot % the Washington monu-
ment:
"'Ah. OATS easy. All yer got to
know II dat de ball skates after It's
twist. and den get yer FIST trained ter
do the biz. II yer wants ter fool de
guy Wild de stick by De drop whlrler
yer lest pass II out under desa twa
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-31
EMERS0N'S COURTESY.

The Woman's Journal prints an
Emerson story told by Mrs. Mary A
Livermore at the final meeting of the
season of the Massachusetts, Woman
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-31

DIRECTORS:
MILLS b. LANE.
WILLIAM ROGERS.
]. H. ESTILL.
H. ID. STEVENS.
JOHN r. YOUNG.
EDWARD F. LOWELL
T, H. MCMILLAN.
J. H. HUNTER.
GEORGE ]. MILLS.
r. T. CONFER.
LAWRENCE McNEILL
J. w. HUNT.
j. ]. CUMMINGS.
3. r. BULLARD.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-31

DIR. DAVID KENNEDY'S MAGIC
EYE SALVE for all Diseases or In
1iamRnation of the Eye, 25c.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-31

HERMAN MYERS, J.J. DALE,
President. Vice President
F. D. BLooDwoRTH, CASHIER.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-30
ROOSEVELT EXPLAINS
 TO LABOR LEADERS
Says am President of All the People of the United States Without Regard to Creed CoIor Birthplace 0Ccupa-
 ton or Social Conditions Case Again.

Washington, September 29.--Samuel Gompers, president of the American Fed eration of Labor, MT. Mitchell. the head of the United Mine Workers organization. and four or five other members of the ex- ecutive council of the American Federa- ton of Labor, were in conference with the President for a long time tonight, with reference to the case of Foreman Miller of the bookbndery of the govern ment prin'iag office, w5ssg discharge is sought by the labor leaders.
 The conference broke uf about II 80 o'clock, and shortly thereafter the fol- lowing statement was given to the press at the White House:
 Pursuant to the request of Samuel Gompers, president of the American Fed eration of Labor the President granted an interview this evening to the follow ing members of the executive council of that body:
 MT. Samuel Gompers, MT. James Dun can, Mr John Mitchell, MT James O'Connell and MT. Frank Morrison at which various subjects of legislation in the interests of labor as well as execu-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-30

tive action were discussed Concerning the case of William A. Miller the President made the following statement:
 AS regards the Miller case, have little to add to what have already said. In dealing with it 1 ask you to remem- Der that l am dealing purely with the re- iation of the government to it's employees l must govern my action by the laws of the land which l am sworn to administer and which differentate any case in which The goNernmept of the United States Is party from all other cases whatsoever
 These laws are enacted for the benefit of the whole people and cannot and must not be construed as permitting dlscrimi- nation against some of the people, I am President of all the people of the United States without regard to creed, color, birthplace, occupation or social conditions. My aim is to do equal and exact justice as among them all. In the employment and dismissal of men in the government service, l can no more recognize the fact that a man does or does not belong to a union as being for or against him, than I can recognize the fact that he is a Pro- testant or a Catholic, a Jew or Gentle, as being for or against him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-30
PHYLE SAYS THAT
 ATLANTA SOLD OUT
MEMPHIS CAPTAIN, WHO IS SORE ON MANAGEMENT, MAKES SOME WISE STATEMENTS ABOUT HOW THE PENNANT WAS WON.

Memphis, Tenn, September 29.-(Spe- cal. )-Accordng to statements made to- night by William Phyle, former National league player and this years captain of the pennant winning Memphis team of the Southern league, the Memphis club won first honors by inducing players on the opposing team to throw the final games. The close of the Southern league witnessed Little Rock and Memphis with in few points of each other. After the final game Memphis average showed but two points in the percentage table ahead of Little Rock. "The Montgomery team threw to us three games by arrange ment," said Captain Phyle, but Little Rock kept on winning and kept in close on our heels. l know that Birmingham threw to Little Rock, too Then the de- clding and final games of the season be- tween Memphis and Atlanta arrived and we had to win the last two games to keep the lead Pitchers Wilson and Ely of Atlanta were given S25 each to allow Memphis to win those games and George Winters was also bought Winters en- abled us to win a game by misjudging
 fly that allowed Breitenstein three-bag- Der and the deciding run"
 Phyle is authority for the statement that the post-season championship series between Little Rock and Memphis was prearranged so that the deciding game was played in Memphis before Sunday crowd. Phyle has recently had trouble in settling with Manager Frank of the locals and claims that mistreatment is responsible for him exposing the scandal
 Phyle's statement has caused a sensa- ton in all Southern leag1e cities on &C., count of many counter charges of brib- cry and throwing" having been previ- ously made by the Little Rock and Mem phis clubs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-30
eeoo Gallons of Whisky Seized.

Greensboro, N. C., September 29.-Inter- nal revenue agents at Milton. Caswell county, today made the largest seizure of liquor known In the history of the bureau in North Carolina. Six thousand gallons. valued at 5000. were seized by Deputy Collector Starbuck as the barrels were being loaded on the train for shipment. The 115 barrels were all properly stamped. being seized for violation of the revenue law. officers decline to give the partic- ttfar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-30
Premier Hedervary Resigns.

Budapest, September 29.-In consequence of an adverse vote in the lower house of the Hungarian diet today, Premier He'd ervary again submitted his resignation and telegraphed to Emperor Francis Jo- seph begging for its acceptance. The resignation of the premier will be for mally announced in the lower house to- morrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-30
TOWN OF RAZLOG
 IS NOW IN FLAMES
INSURGENTS ARE ATTACKING
 BUTcHEVo AND SEVERE FIGHT ING IS REPORTED TO BE TAKING PLAcE-BULGARIA ARRESTED

Sofia, September 29.-A despatch from Rilo monastery says the town of Razlog has been in flames since Sunday night.
 The insurgents are attacking Butchevo and severe fighting is reported going on between the insurgent bands and tho Turkish troops. The sound of artillery is plainly heard at Rlo.
 Another fight is reported to have taken place near Okhrida, 2S miles from Mon astir, in which fifty Turks were killed and many were wounded.
 It is reported that all the intelligent Bulgarians of the town of Okhrida were recently arrested on suspicion of commun- lcating with the insurgent bands, and were sent in chains to Monastir.
 A letter from Pilippopolis dated yes terday, says the authorities there have distributed rifles and ammunition in all the frontier villages for. use in case of an attack being made by Turks.
 -----------------~~--~-~- -~---7->~---~~~-------~- the name of Gonzales mentioned and the sentence If any way to get at him."
 The witness said he walked on, as he knew what they were talking about and he did not want to hear it.
 Knew the Two Pistols.
 E. s. Bowling of Bamberg who was second lieutenant in the Second South Carolina regiment, commanded by J. II. Tillman, and whose room adjoined Till mans in a hotel at Columbia, was in the defendants room on the morning of the day of the shooting. He testified that he saw two pistols on the mantle over the fire place, one of which was an auto matic magazine pistol which attracted his attention. He was shown the two pistols which have been exhibited to diff ferent witnesses as the ones received by the defendant. These he believed to be the same he saw in the room. Others came into the room that morning before he left, he said, naming them. One of these arrivals, he said. loaded the maga- zine of the automatic pistol and handed it to MT. Tillman just as witness was leaving the room.
 The witness then said he next saw Till man at the jail after the shooting, when he expressed his regrety that he Crill- man) was in trouble. Tillman asked, he said, if he (witness) knew where he had hit Mir. Gonzales The witness left the jail and upon ascertaining where the bullet had struck. he went back to the jail and informed TlIman, who, witness said replied that If he hit where he aimed, he sure was dead man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-30

(contlnued on Second Paae)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-30
Bill Reported FavorabIy.

The committee then arose and report ed the bill favorably, and the bill was passed without further discussion by a vote of 61 to 5. Those voting no were Mir. Barnes of Dale Mir. Curry of Pick ens MT. Kelly of Choctaw. Mir. Newman of Winston and MT. Scale of Sumter
 MT. Foster of Tuscaloosa secured con sideration of the bill relative to the dis
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-30

Other senators made repeated erer'a .z +,,rv, tho affa i.i--,' r4-tfsr w p out effect Seve. @. ,s.iators refused to vote on account of the personalities en- gagged in. The Smith amendment was ta- bled by a vote of IS to and the bill as amended by Senator Blackmon was pass ed. There is very strong probability that the Greater Birmingham bill, passed through the house. will fail in the sen- ate.
 Senator Morrow has caused the bill to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-30
>-r--t->->->es> . . &>~< WEATHER FORECAST. .

. Washington, September 29-F'ore- z . cast for Alabama: Showers We'd | . nesday; Thursday showers and .> . cooler: fresh east to south winds | . becoming northerly Thursday. |
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-30
Prisoners Are Released.

Houston, Tex, September 29.-Federal Judge Burns today made an order releas- ing all the federal prisoners held in the county jail at Laredo, the yellow fever being the reason. Most of the prisoners were held on charges of smuggling. Sev- eral were held as witnesses.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-11-06

beginning today (Friday) and con-
tinuing for two days. An inter-
esting program has been prepared
for the session.
Great progress has been made in
education in Porto Rico in the past
few years. We take the following
from Prof. Lindsay's report for
the school year ending June, 1902,
soon to he published by the Ma
tional Bureau of Education, which
gives us the desired information
very fully.
The following is briefly extract
ed: Eight hundred and fifty-seven
common grade schools were open
ed during the year, exclusive of
kindergartens, night schools and
schools, normal, high, and others,
with work above the eighth grade.
The increase in schools has been
steady,-552 in the year 1898 1899
1873, 1888 in the year 1900-1901 and
8S2 in the year 19O1-19O2.
In the last year 93S teachers
were employed, of whom 102 were
Americans; 333 were women, COS
were men; S65 were white, and 73
were colored.
The enrolment and attendance
and attendance show up we'll. In
March, 1902, AZ, 1877 pupils were on
the rolls, and the average attend
ance during the entire school year
(nine months) was 80, ,504. This
is excellent and shows that Porto
Rico was ripe and ready for Amer
con occupation and American edu-
cation. For some part of the year
at least 59,096 pupils came under
the influence of the rural and
graded schools.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-11-06

restrictions thrown about the
ballot, and still another is the
presence of the negro in so large
numbers. Whatever the true
reason is, the fact remains that
foreigners avoid the South, and
the South is more and more
realizing that it can not keep pace
with the progress being made in
other parts of the country if h
third of it's population is ignorant
and without skill.
The South must frankly face the
truth, that for a long period it
must depend upon the black man
to do for it what the foreigner is
now doing for the great West. If,
by reason of his skill and knowl-
edge, one man in Iowa learns to
produce as much corn in a season
as four men can produce in
Alabama, it requires little reason
ing to see that Alabama will buy
most of her corn from Iowa.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-11-06
Jefferson City News.

Miss Alice Pugh is indisposed.
Mrs. M. Rankin's baby is
reported better.
Rev. Dukes, wife and two sons
arrived last week.
Rev. j. Coins is conducting a
ten days prayer meeting.
Miss Anna Cohen of St. Louis is
visiting Miss Allie Dupee.
Mr.. Emmet Hoyle of Kansas
joined the Baptist church Sunday
, night.
The musical and literary concert
was postponed on account of the
disagreeable weather.
MISS Smyra King who has been
visiting IN st. Louis returned