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The courier., 1903-03-21
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q
uralist, recently discussed the compare
tive size Of the largest animals Of the
present day and those Of the far past.
and made out a fairly strong case for
the former. Claims have been made that
the extinct elephant, whose remains have
been found in Norfolk, England. was the
biggest Of its tribe, but Mr.. Lydekker
believes that 1t was no larger than the
living African elephant. Though he
doesn't say 50 explicitly, 1t is probable
that he intended to convey the impress
sion that the mastodon and mammoth,
which have become extinct only in re-
cent times, were really no bulkier. He
declares that the hippopotamus is
scarcely inferior in size to the most
formidable Of its ancestors, that the
white rhinoceros was probably never
surpassed by any Of his relatives. while
the giraffe. which is reputed to attain
a height Of twenty feet, is the tallest
Quadruped of which man has any knowl-
edge. The ostrich is unQuestionably
smaller than the moa Of New Zealand;
but since the latter was exterminated
only q few centuries ago it may prop
erly be counted as modern, as distin-
guished from those animals which are
represented only by fossils.
As for those repulsive yet interesting
caricatures Of humanity, the apes, Mr..
Lydekker remarks that no fossil speci-
men ever approached in size the full
grown male gorilla of today. Moreover,
in spite Of the legends about giants, he
is confident that man is now "a taller
and finer animal than he ever was be-
fore"
1t is when one contemplates marine
life, though, that he is most strongly
impressed with the strength Of the argu-
ment 1t is conceded that the extinct
"atlas" tortoise Of northern India was
bigger than the species which haunts
the Galapagos Islands now, but II one
takes broad survey of the case he
finds striking testimony. There are
clans whose shells are more than a yard
long, and which were never equalled by
earlier mollusks. Cuttlefish today are
bigger than their ancestors. II the
sharks whose bones strew the Pacific
were superior to the white sharks which
survive, they are nevertheless entitled to
be regarded. like the moa, as represent
atives of modern life, while the baslking
shark has probably never been matched
by its kind Of any period. The same
may be said Of the blue rorqual whale,
which is 80 or 80 feet long. and weighs
many tons.
Mr.. Lydekker. whose interesting paper
on this subject may be found in "Knowl-
edge" for February. devotes a good deal
OF space to the elephant seal of the
south Seas. One Of his purposes is to
protest against the rapid determination
OF this huge mammal. That, however is
another story" In text books on
zoology. the length Of the elephant seal
Is put at about twenty feet The testi-
mony Of those who hunted them twenty
or thirty years ago indicates that this
Is an underestimate. After discountinR
such tales on account Of the proverbial
exaggeration Of sailors there is reason to
believe that twenty-five feet is a fairer
estimate for the length Of an adult male,
and 1t is not improbable that close upon
thirty feet may have been reached in
some cases.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-18
OBITUARY..
j. C. Goodman, Triton.

Triton, Ca, Jan. 17.-Dr. John Charles
Goodman died at his home in Triton
on Thursday morning. For many
weeks he had been seriously i'll. DR..
Goodman was born in Gates county.
North Carolina, in 1884, and was in his
6Sth year. He graduated at the Uni
versity of Virginia and came to Georgia
in 1882. His remains were laid to rest
in Oakview cemetery, being followed to
the grave by nearly all of Tifton's peo-
pie. The funeral services were held at
the Methodist Church, and the large
building was crowded. School was dis
missed for the afternoon, all business
houses closed. the Mayor and Council
and city officials attending in a body,
all combining to pay the last tribute
to one whom all knew only to love and
hold in the highest esteem.
His three sons, Charles, Hawkins and
Henry, and three sons-in-law, E. L.
Vickers, w. NJ. Thurman and G. S. Ev-
ans, acted as pallbearers.
DR.. Goodman was one of the first
men to invest money in new Triton.
erecting drug store here in 1889. He
has been prominently identified with
the city since, and not a heart that
knew him but grieved at their loss, and
hundreds extend sympathies to the sor-
rowing family.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-18
Ask druggist for free Pena Almanac Every druggist has Them

to be complete, a number of men climb
ed to the tops of the highest cocoanut
trees in their village, and, triumphant
ly testifying to the boundless faith of
the oriental, cast themselves thence to
indeed, but without the aid of wings.
A failure on so large a scale as this,
and fraught with consequences so I'M
pleasant. might have been thought suf-
ficient to cool the enthusiasm and to
discredit any prophet; but this was not
the case.
The magician explained that the dead
men had fallen victims to their inabfl-
ity to comply literally with the minute
instructions which he had given them
as being essential to their due initia-
ton into his mysteries, and not only
was this view of the circumstances ac-
cepted in all good faith, but, passing
from village to village, he was able
to find many to furnish practical proof
of their mistaken confidence in his
mission, to the material enhancement
of his own wealth and the dislocation
of his neighbors' necks. How long this
state of things might have continued
it is impossible to guess, but more than
score of men had been killed before
the North Borneo Chartered Company
stepped in, arrested the prophet, amid
much popular disapprobation, and inn
INJURED him in the Jail at Sandakan,
over the high walls of which his power
of fiying-of which by the way, no one
had ever had an ocular demonstration
has not served to carry him.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-18
BY BLOWS OF PICKS.
Terrific Explosion of Dynamite Was
Caused.

Terrific Explosion of Dynamite Was
Caused.
McKeesport, Pa, Jan. IA peculiar
dynamite explosion at McKeesport to-
day killed two men, fatally wounded
another and seriously wounded anoth-
er. The cause of the explosion is a
mystery. The dead are:
John Copash of McKeesport and
Dominick Pikanallo.
Andrew Pikanallo, brother of Domi-
nick, was fatally injured.
Antonio Natalie was also injured.
The men were working with other
laborers on the banks of the Monoga-
hela river, back of the Monongahela
blast furnaces, digging and preparing
the ground to lay new track from
the works to the river bank, so that
coal could be taken from boats on the
river. They were just about through
work, and the foreman had started for
the Toulouse. All the rest of the
workmen, except the four victims,
were leaving their work. They stopped
to strike a few more blows with their
picks, when suddenly a terrific explo-
sion was heard, and the bodies of the
two men killed were thrown through
the air about forty feet. A large hole
was torn in the ground by the force
of the explosion.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-18
1T PAYS


When man takes properly selected
FOOD and drink nature will most al
ways assert herself and rebuild the
structure properly
From my earliest remembrance /
was confirmed coffee drinker," writes
a gentleman from Marshallville, Ca.
taking two cups at nearly every
meal. While at college became very
nervous, dyspeptic, irritable and unfit
for study and attributed Ii largely TO
coffee, but did not stop it's use.
when / was married | found nv
wife was troubled the same way, and
we decided to try Postum Food Coffee.
My wife made the Postum according
to directions and we found it superb
We used 1t exclusively for the morn
ing beverage, and the taste of ordi
nary coffee became distasteful to both
of u.s.
I'VE have found a distinct gain in
health. ANY amount of Postum does
not cause feeling of either dyspepsia
or nervousness, while the return to
coffee even for one meal has disastrous
effects upon my nerves. My dyspepsia
has entirely left me, and both my wife
and self are well and strong and feel
that II Is all due to the Postum"
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek. Mich.
1t is easy to replace coffee with Pos
tum which has, when properly made.
a rich flavor and the color Of coffee,
with none Of its injurious after-effects.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-18
OHIO SOCIETY HAS A
BRILLIANT BANQUET.
Secretary of State Hay Was the
Guest of Honor.

Secretary of State Hay Was the
Guest of Honor.
New York, Jan. 17.-Secretary OF
State John Hay was the guest of honor
tonight at the seventeenth annual din
ner of the Ohio Society. given in the
grand ball room of the Waldorf.
The banquet. to which the title of
Diplomatic" was given in recognition
Of the presence of the representatives OF
all the great Powers, was the most bril-
liant that has occurred in New York in
several years. Additional interest was
given by the presence of the ladies of
the several embassies. and the wives
of numerous distinguished officials of
the national and many state govern
ments. who filled the boxes of the bali
room. Colgate Hoyt president of the
Ohio Society presided, with Secretary
Hay at his right and Count Cassini,
the Russian ambassador. and acting
dean of the diplomatic corps. at his left.
After the toast to the President of
the United States had been drunk with
the customary honor, the whole as
semblage rising, and the orchestra
playing the national anthem, Mr.. Hoyt
introduced the guest of the evening.
The Secretary of State was hailed with
PlOlOiBtu dpplduStt III WHICH the Id
dies in the boxes Joined.
Mr.. Hay paid a tribute to the Presi-
dent, referring to him as the young,
gallant able, brilliant President Roose-
welt, and saying he would hold a dis
tinguished place on the roll of our
great Presidents. He concluded by
saying:
I'm the six years which remain of
President Roosevelt's term-if my
arithmetic is wrong l am open to cor
rection-you will see what a stout
heart an active mind, a wide range
of experience, passion for justice and
truth, and a devoted patriotism. can
accomplish at the head of a nation
which unites the strength of a mighty
youth to the political sense which is
the Inheritance of centuries of free
government"
Count Cassini. responding to the
toast, The Sovereigns and Citizens of
States Represented by Our Guests"
made a brief address, in which he
spoke of Mr.. Hay as the eminent
statesmen who directs with an en-
lightened patriotism, tact and a re-
markable ability and with that ex-
quisite courtesy which never offends
the diplomatic rela atoms between this
grand country and the Powers of the
entire world"
The other speakers were James F.
Hoyt and Senators Hanna and De-
pew.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-18
THE BABY'S FIRST WORD.
How the Child Makes It's First Eff
forts to Talk.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
The most interesting period in a
child's life is that in which it makes
its first efforts at understanding and
being understood. A child for the first
few months produces sounds only, but
these sounds are very expressive, II
one is an attentive and sympathetic
hearer, and arise from the many
changing feelings of suffering or pleas
ure. The scream of child in pain is
altogether different from the roar OF
anger, and both are unlike the fretful
cry of hunger. A little later the small
being begins to practice on the vocal
organs a rehearsal of the sounds which
in time will become language.
In this baby twittering the vowel
sounds come first, and notifications of
the "a" are continuously strung to-
gether, often in odd ways; later the
child apparently becomes conscious OF
amusement in making these noises, and
then babbles, because to do so affords
him pleasure. An unusually loud shout
will be followed by pause of admira-
ton, and there will be plain efforts to
renew special sound effects as he grows
older.
The first articulate sound made by
baby is usually the syllable ma" as
every one knows, and the result is that
in almost every language this syllable
is part of the word meaning mother"
as made in Italian, mater in Latin.
A baby will exert his lungs to the ut
termost in order to obtain his end
when in earnest need of attention. The
parting of the lips and opening of the
mouth to it's widest naturally produce
the sound ma" and, as his majesty's
desires are usually attended to by The
mother, the syllable comes to be I'M
derstood as her appellation.
How many cons have passed since
first this word was thus used none
can know, but there can be little doubt
that it was one of the very earliest in
primeval language.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-18
NEWS FROM TALLAHASSEE.
Editor Smiths Trial VIII BE Held
Next Month

Tallahassee, Fla, Jan. 17.-Cicero
Lodge No. and Capital Lodge No. 70.
K. of p, are discussing a big house
warming to be given on the completion
of their new castle hall. The two
lodges will join in dedication exercises
and will extend invitations to lodges
throughout the state to participate.
The United States District Court,
Judge Swane presiding, will convene
in this city some time in February.
date not definitely settled. Among the
interesting cases that are likely to
come up is that against Editor Smith,
the Monticello Constitution man,
charged with using the mails for
fraudulent purposes. Smith, who is
now under $4,000 bond, succeeded
through his endless chain correspon-
dence scheme in building up the largest
circulation ever enjoyed by a paper in
Florida. The case win be watched with
much interest, especially by the cor
respondents who are alleged to have
been duped by the Monticello editor.
Mr. Charles Hopkins, who was APP
pointed by Gov. Jennings to fill out
the uneXpired term of the late Sheriff
John A. Pearce, under whom he served
as deputy for several years, has Sc
lected Policeman P. d. Demilly as his
deputy.
The Leon County Teachers Associ-
alton is in session to-day at Leon
Academy. Prof. L. w. Buchholz of the
Florida State College is president of
the association. There is a large at
tendance of teachers from all over the
county.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-18
; WILL lNDICT COAL MEN.
Chicago Grand Jury VIII Take
Drastic Measures

Drastic Measures.
Chicago, Jan. 17.-Forty indictments
have been voted by the special grand
jury which during the last week has
been Investigating the causes for the
shortage of coal in this city. No names
were given out, it being stated by
States Attorney Deneen that mas
much as the indictments had been
merely voted and not returned, no list
of the accused men would be announce
ed before Monday morning when the
jury will reconvene.
1t is said that among the men
against whom it is the intention to re-
turn indictments are many who stand
high in the business and social world
This fact was given by the state at
torney as one of the reasons why no
list of the accused men would be CIV
en- out tonight
In analvzing the evidence to which
1t had been listening for a week, the
Jurors believed they had found a com
bination existing among the operators,
the jobbers and wholesalers and the
retailers, covering the course of the
coal supply from the mines to the con-
sumner. They also found the under
standings existed among the operators
of the various states, the Illinois Goal
Operators Association, and the North
ern Illinois Soft Coal Association be-
ing in collision with the Indiana Coal
Operators Association, in an attempt
TO govern the whole bituminous supply
of the two states
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-18
FOR MILITIA'S RELIEF.
A Bill VIII BE introduced in FIori-
da's Legislature.

Tallahassee, Fla, Jan. 1.-THE
Florida State Troops now find them
selves in a predicament. Under an act
Of the Legislature. the counties in
which militia companies are located,
were taxed to supply them with armo-
ries. Some of the counties had erect
ed commodious quarters for their mill
tary but majority 81 rrly rented
buildings. Leon, f. instdtce, paid fer
some time $3.50 year for a-mory rent.
Ihls has all been done away with,
however, by the Supreme Court decis-
ion. which declared the act unconsti-
tutlona1. The groun1 taken was that
inc militia was part OF the state gov
eminent, under control of the state en-
urely, and no county should BIZ taxed
Tor their maintenance. III; decision
left most of the companies in bad
shape, especially those that reed their
armorles. hey had - money on hand
TO continue the organization, and for
a time 1t looked as if they would have
to disband. An effort vas made &c
have the Suo,' me Court reverse the de-
cision, without success.
The Governors Guards, the local
company, were badly demoralized
when the County Commissioners mott
ned them that they could no longer
pay rent for the armory. Lieut.
Markham, acting captain, received a
communication from the Governor,
which instilled new life into the or
ganization. The chief executive in
structed the lieutenant to continue the
weekly meetings, and he would be per-
scnally responsible for the armory
rent.
Upon receipt of this announcement
the company, which had been with
out commanding officer for some
time, proceeded to elect Mr.. H. N.
Sweeting to the position of captain.
Mr.. Sweeting is an old English SOL
der, having served twelve years in
the British army, and was with
Kitchener in his Egyptian campaign.
A bill for the relief of the state
militia will be introduced in the next
Legislature. 1t will have the indorse-
ment of Ad1t. Gen. J. Clifford r. Eos
ter and Gov. Jennings, and will no
doubt become law. In the meantime
the companies will have to keep up
as best they can.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-18
ATARRH is everywhere. No class
III of nennle are exarnnnt from It's in |

~ ATARRH is everywhere. No class
Z of people are exempt from its in
sidious ravages. 1t enters the
palace and howell with equal facility.
1t attacks men and women with like
ferocity and frequency. Strong men
and fair women are among it's victims.
Thus 1t is we find Peruna, the catarrh
remedy, everywhere. The upper classes
use it; the lower classes cannot do
without it, and the middle classes
praise it,.
At this time Of the year, when winter
is here with it's chilly blasts and
biting frosts, everyone should be as
alert as possible to escape what seems
to be almost inevitable in this climate,
catarrh.
The number of people who have ca
tarrh of some form or other every win
ter is millions.
Miss Emily Milburne, President West
Side Young Woman's Club, 152 West
Congress street, Chicago, ILL.,, writes to
The Peruna Medicine Company, Co.
lumbus, o.:
For the past four years the members
of our West Side Club have used little
medicine except Peruha. 1t is our cure
for the many different complications
resulting from colds whether it is a
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-18
WOUNDS OF CENTURIES
John Redmond Snys VIII BE Healed
for Ireland.


London. Jan. 17.-John Redmond, NJ.
p. the Irish leader, responding to
Nationalist address, presented to him
at Edinburgh this evening, said he be-
lieved that the friends of Ireland
would soon see a measure become law
which would heal the wounds of CEN
turtles, and give the Irish people
chance of living in peace and pros
perity on their own soil. II this
chance of settling the Irish land ques-
ton was lost by the rejection of the
measure, continued Mr.. Redmond,
there would be an overwhelming JUS
tifcation for such a strong, menacing
and dangerous public movement in
Ireland as he would be sorry to see.
He hoped the spirit of Cancellation
shown at the Dublin land conference
would be reproduced in the House of
Commons, and If so. all the political
parties might commence the work of
appeasement and justice in Ireland
Hitherto, the Irish Nationalists had
been fighting landlordism and not the
landlords, whom they wished would
remain to take a part in the govern
ment OF the country.
Mr.. Redmond further said that the
demand on the treasury for the carry
ing out of the voluntary purchase
scheme was not unreasonable. The
deficit would disappear in ten years
by the reduction in the cost of gov
erning Ireland. Laying aside the Ques-
tons of what was due to the land
lords and the debt due to Ireland, it
would be a profitable investment to set
tie the land question which had baf-
fled the best statesmen in England,
had been source of misery and blood
shed, and had caused the emigra ton
of millions of Irishmen, who took into
America and cherished there an I'M
dying hatred for the Union Jack.
He did not believe that the settle
ment of the land question would end
the home rule question, but he did
not hesitate to say that it would be the
removal of the last obstacle.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-18
SIGGEN WAS SUNK.
Her Crew Was Taken or by the
Pennsylvania.

fennHyJVantn.
New York, Jan. 1.-THE steamship
Pennsylvania of the Hamburg-Ameri-
can Line. which arrived to-day from
Hamburg, brought into port thirteen
distressed seamen who were taken of
the 'iisal e.; Norwegian steamer Sig
gen.
On San. 15 the Pennsylvania fell in
With the SigEen, lying helpless IN he
trough of the sea and flying signals of
distress. The captain of the Siggen
asked to be taken off, and with his
cre'1 came or beard the Pennsylvania.
The captain said the Siggen sailed from
Sydney, c. B., on Jan. z. On the
10th she lost her propeller. and as the
weather was very tempestuous, the
craft became unmanageable. After
drifting 100 miles off shore, during a
period of five days. in which five steam
ers were sighted and signalled without
reply, the Pennsylvania hove in sight.
AS the Siggen was deeply laden and
dangerous menace to navigation, and
as there appeared no possibility of tow
ing her into the port, the seacocks were
opened and there is no doubt that she
went to the bottom.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-18
CHAMBERLAIN GIVES
THE FINANCIAL PLAN,
Details of How the New Colonies
Will BE bonded.

Details of How the New Colonies
Will BE bonded.
johannesburg, South Africa, Jan. II.
A banquet was given here this even
ing in honor of Colonial Secretary
Chamberlain. Mr.. Chamberlain was
received with enthusiasm and delivered
speech, in which he gave for the first
time the details which had been ar
ranged for the financing of the new
colonies.
The proposal, he said, was first that
the government undertakes to submit
to the imperial parliament a bill to
guarantee loan of SITS, 000, 900 on the
security of the assets of the Transvaal
and of Orangia, which were being unit
ed for this purpose. The loan would
be devoted to paying the existing debts
of the Transvaal, buying the existing
railroads, etc.
The second part of the agreement
provides that as soon as possible af-
ter placing the first, another loan of
Sl5O,000,000 shall be raised, to be call
ed up in annual instalments of $780,
100000. This second loan will be treat
ed as war debt, and will be secured
on the assets of the Transvaal
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-18
IN MILLIONS OF ACRES.
Mrs. Florence MaybricIS Is About to
Lose Her Interest.

Mrs. Florence Maybrick Is About to
Lose Her Interest.
Richmond, Va, Jan. 17.-Mrs. Flor
ence ]. Maybrick and her mother, the
Baroness Won Roques. will, it is said,
lose all title and interest in 1852, 1902
acres of land in Virginia, West Vir-
ginia and Kentucky, valued at about
$7,5O0,0O0, unless Mrs. Maybrick is re-
leased from prison in England in time
to testify in a suit now pending in the
Chancery Court of thiS city.
Charles o. Saville, clerk of the court,
said tonight that the suit had been
fled in the Chancery Court about seven
years ago by Judge Leo d. Yarrell of
Emporia, on behalf of Mrs. Maybrick
and her mother. and had been in the
court ever since. He did not know, he
said, that the time limit was about to
expire. Llua.