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The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1903-09-27
Superstition in Wall Street.

On the corner of Wall and William
streets there is 20-storied skyscrap-
er, which has only 10 floors. Governor
Francis of Missouri. who has just re-
turned from his tour of Europe in the
interest of the Lcuisian Purchase ex-
position, had some business to attend
to which required his presence at the
Atlantic Mutual building. On enter
ing the elevator he told the boy to
stop at the thirteenth floor.
Thirteenth floor?' answered the
boy. There amt no thirteenth floor
in this building"
Governor Francis was surprised, but
said nothing. He watched the num-
bers OF the floors as the elevator
passed them; sure enough, there was
no thirteenth floor. The floor imme-
diately above the twelfth was num-
bered the fourteenth.
After he had completed his business
and was walking up Wall street, Gov.
ernor Francis could not help wonder
ing at such a childish superstition be-
ing found in the heart of the financial
centre of this country.-New York
Commercial.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1903-09-27
Abbreviating Signatures.

Robert ?. Armstrong, Acting Secre-
tary of the Treasury, has started a
reign of strict economy. Mr.. Arm
strong's sole occupation throughout
yesterday was the signing of thousands
of letters, and 1t was in doing this that
his economy showed itself. Before he
had gone far with his days work it
dawned upon him that he was wasting
too much ink. He began by signing
his name Robert p. Armstrong"
When he quit work in the afternoon
he was writing it "R. P. Armstrong"
without cross to the "t' OF tail to
the "g" of his surname.
The law does not permit Of the sign
ing of a Cabinet officers name with a
rubber stamp, and after Mr.. Armstrong
had written several hundred sigma
lures his fingers were so tired he cut
out every move of the pen he could.
At last he had to give up. his fingers
becoming so crampcd aud tired he
could not go on.
The law in regard to the signatures
of Cabinet. officers has caused many of
them to abbreviate their manner of
writing their names. Elihu Roots
name is now signed E. Root. and
Charles Emory Smith brought his sig
nature down to G. e. Smith. Even
the Secretay of State signs his name
81. Hay" sometimes. Official des-
patches he signs with merely his last
name TO save cable tolls A popularity
of the late John Sherman was that he
cared nothing for cable tolls, and al
ways signed his name John Sherman.
thereby costing the Government 80 eX-
ira for the "John. "-Washingt Star.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1903-09-27
The Cat as a Barometer,

The Monroe City (Mo.) News in
forms us that the best barometer in
the world is an old scratched-up, lop-
cared, battle-scarred cat. IF he eats
grass it is sign of rain. If he stands
with his back to the stove it means
cold weather. When he washes his
face wash yours, for company is COM
ing. If he is nervous at the time he
is usually sleeping examine your light
ming rods, for big electrical storm
is brewing. Everything he does is
sign of something. II you haven't q
measly old cat you'd better get one
at once"
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1903-09-27
How to Boil Wafer.

10 boil water is the simplest thing
in the world" said the steward at one
OF the leading hotels in Washington.
but how to boil 1t is quite another
thlng. l believe we have the name of
having the best coffee of any hotel
In this city. OF course, we use good
coffee, but let Inc tell you much of the
praise Is due to the fact that the water
with which to make the coffee has been
properly boiled. The secret in boiling
water is just this: Always use fresh
water and let the kettle be warm be.
fore the cold, sparkling fluid is put
into 1t. The fire should be quick. 50
mat the water will boil at once. and
the water should be removed from the
hire the instant the boiling point Is
reached and poured upon the coffee or
tea or whatever beverage is in demand
Immediately.
so many people make the mistake
OF permitting the kettle to remain over
the fire, where the water steams and
SINNERS away, wasting the good water
Ill vapor. Those who drink hot water
before breakfast. as many do. should
insist on the use of fresh water and
having it served as soon as boiled"
Doctors say, however, that to kin
germs in suspicious water boiling
rhould last about five minutes.-Wash.
ington Post.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1903-09-27
Traffic In Stolen Pets.

Many fashionably dressed ladies
attended at Marlborough street police
court recently. when a good deal Of
light vas thrown on the disappear
ance and temperance of valuable
pet dogs. According to the police,
the two men In the dock, Jewell and
Skinne rton, made a business of steal
ing dogs from well-known people, and
afterward restoring them in consider
alton OF n reward. and on condition
that no proceedings should be taken
The first witness was Miss Viola Will.
berforcC, daughter of Archdeacon Will
berforce, whose Aberdeen terrier sud
denly vanished one day in High street,
Bloomsbury. A friend of hers having
mentioned Skinnerton she wrote to
him saying she heard he was clever at
finding lost dogs, and could he find
hers.
Subsequently he advised her to
write "as fool" to Jewell, VINO had
the animal Were you able 10 re-
duce yourself to writing as if you
were fool?" asked counsel; and Miss
Wherefore. with smile, replied
Yes"
Archdeacon Wilberforce gave evil
dence that jewell called at the house
with the dog, which he said he had
bought for 81. He was given G3
los, and another c was sent to Skin.
nOrton.-Londo-l Express.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1903-09-27
LIQUID FUEL.
Recent Discovery an Argument Tor-De-
creasing Use of Coal.

creasing Use of Coal.
The recent discovery of new oil fields
so extensive that there is good reason
to believe that the oil wells will not
soon be exhausted and that there is an
assured supply to meet the demands of
the future; the construction of pipe
lines which very materially reduce the
cost of transportation, and the high
price of coal which has prevailed in
many manufacturing districts, have
combined to give a new argument for
the burning of crude oil for power pur-
poses.
But in the Western and Southwest
ern States, where steam coal has al
ways been both scarce and poor in quail
ity, and where the question of trans
portation from the new fields in Texas
and California has been less of an OBJ
stacle to the installation of oil burning
equipments than has been the case on
the Atlantic coast, the interest is even
greater and the use of oil has become
far more extensive. In California oil
is rapidly driving coal out of the field
fol power purposes throughout the
State. The same is true in Texas, and
Of much of the territory lying in be-
tween. This general use of oil has af-
fected not only the power and lighting
and manufacturing plants in these re-
gions, but also the railroads and ma
rine transportation as well. With the
relative economy at present prices. be-
tween the oil and coal varying from
One-eighth to one-half or perhaps less,
according to the cost of transportation
from the wells to the different points
where the oil is consumed. this unusual
development is not surprising, and the
use of liquid fuel for power purposes is
still rapidly growing.
One railroad operating in California
is now burning oil on more than $50 of
its locomotives. Another of the great
transcontinental systems is already
using oil on about 500 Of it's locomo-
tives-which is thirty per cent. of the
total number operated by the system
and is equipping others as rapidly as
possible. In addition to the use on To-
comotives it is using oil on its steamers
in San Francisco Bay, and on its river
steamers with very good results.-A. L.
Williston, in Engineering Magazine.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1903-09-27

a modern gourmet deplores the rarity
OF the well-boiled, properly cooked DO
tato, saying that that vegetable is al
most always waxy, Ill boiled and
watery. The secret lies In drying the
bulb after the water is poured off.
This should be done by holding the
saucepan over the hot fire a moment,
then shaking vigorously until the
"fouriness" comes, as it most certainly
Will If the process be kept up long
enough. Il have never yet met the po-
tato SO unregenerate as to fail to re-
spond to this treatment" said a noted
housekeeper, WHO had read the lament
of the gourmet
In making potato salad, a cooking
authority says, much better results
will be obtained by pouring hot dress.
ing over cold potatoes or a cold Dress
ing over It potatoes, than by using
dressing and potatoes both either hot
or cold. The unpleasant clamminess
noticeable in many potato salads Is OBJ.
waited in this way, she thinks.-New
YORK Commercial Advertiser.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1903-09-27
Peanut Eaters in Cars.

III | could have my way about it,"
said a sensitive citizen 81 would have
law passed forbidding the eating of
peanuts in elevated or surface cars,
and requiring the guards or conduc-
tors to eject from the cars any person
so offending Men, strange as it may
seem, not children, are the chief Of
tenders in this direction. You may
see grown rien sitting in a car, and,
regardless CT their fellow passengers,
calmly eating peanuts and dropping
the shells on the floor To many per-
sons the odOr of peanuts within con-
fined space, as in a railroad car. is
unpleasant, as. &c SIGHT or the litter
of shells on the floor must be to all.
But the. men peanut eaters go right
on eating and so disposing Of the
shells. Why, l have seen a district
messenger boy eating peanuts in a
car do better than they in one way,
anyhow; this boy put his empty shells
into the paper bag from which he had
emptied tile peanuts into his pockets.
81 have seen men eat apples in an
elevated car and throw the core I'M
der the scat. | have seen a man eat
an orange in an elevated car, and not
even take the trouble to do that with
the orange peel, but just lay that
down on the vacant seat beside him.
But such men as those | regard as
fine gentlemen as compared with the
grown man who eats peanuts in an
elevated car and drops the shells on
the floor Him | regard as
Well, the peanut eater l would have
firmly, even If gently, put off the car"
New York Sun.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1903-09-27
NOTHING BUT TREES.
II Continent Long This Wonderful
| Woods of the Great Nor4b,uest

WOODS OF the Great Northwest.
Nowhere else in the world is there
such forest as this. A few steps in
any direction from the roads of the
loggers bring one at once to the prime
val wood.
Turn to the north. A thousand and
five hundred miles you may wander il
you WILL and never escape the inclos-
ing silences of this wood. Across the
British possessions, through endless
reaches of mountains, snow capped, in
accessible, and onward to Alaska, moth
ing but trees and trees-cedar, fir, hem
lock, pine, spruce. Turn to the south.
For thousand miles of Sierra, through
the heart of California, where grows
the Sequoia, the monarch among trees,
to the very deserts of the Mexican Dor
der, and you will find this forest still
covering all the hills, thick, silent, and
all but undisturbed. A continent long
is this wood facing the Pacific, here
two hundred miles wide, from the
waters edge across the heights of the
Cascades and the Sierra, there narrow
ing to thin, struggling, yet persist
ent growth along the mountain tops.
This tree before you, rising two hun
dred and fifty feet in air, straight and
strong, thick-coated with brown bark,
it's mighty base setting firmly in the
earth, its roots gripping deep, was
growing before Columbus saw America.
Five hundred years has it been stand
ing here, raising its head to the sky.
What storms it bent before; under
what ages of sunshine has it gained
strength; what lightning strokes have
threatened it, what sweeping fires!
And still it stands with the sublime
majesty Of age and strength, fearful Of
nothing-and the sound of axes knock
ing in the valley below!
But long before the seed of this
hoary giant was sown in the wind, for
ests were old on these hills. For fifty
thousand years and more have these
mountains been forest clad, one for
est rising five hundred years from
youth to maturity, sinking away in
ripe old age, and giving room to an
other generation of trees. Deep in the
earth today lie some of these ancient
forests, changed by the slow chemistry
of the ages Into coal, and now at last
beginning to give out for men the sun
shine which they stored up centuries
before the beginning Of history
From Ray Stannard Bakers THE
Conquest OF the Forest" in the Cen
fury.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1903-09-27
Camping in the Ad,rondacks.

Only those who have visited an
Adirondack camp of a rich family
know the luxury of what they call
alphabetically ''roughing it." Nothing
that money can buy or thought imagine
is left out of these bucolic retreats,
and, as many acres are always includ-
ed in the camp" small army of
keepers and wOrkmen is employed.
The household staff is not only as
large as for winter house, but many
times it is increased. A butler requires
more footmen to serve tea when the
trays may have to be carried dis
lance to the tea house, and more maids
are necessary when the house party
numbers never less than six and not
infrequently twenty.
The camp is really group of houses,
near together or separated just as has
been desired. There Is the bachelors"
where lone men are Quartered; the
main house, where the family lives
and which includes huge dining hall.
That is the "closed" camp, and for
those energetic spirits who would fain
sleep out of doors there Is the open
built with three sides closed, the fourth
open and near which a huge wood fire
is kept burning all night.
All the luxuries of the New York
market are sent to these camps. and
many have standing order twice a
week with a well-known confectioner,
so that bon-tons are never lacking. The
boathouse is always well stocked with
canoes, and of course there are guns
for the visitors and guides to take them
out
Camp life In the Adirondacks is one
of the most typical phases of life
among rich Americans. "-Pittsburg
Dispatch.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1903-09-27
Some Choice PunishInents.

Subalterns of crack regiments should
really study the native schools of In
dia before they indulge in further
''raggings" 1t has been found there
are no fewer than forty-two methods
of punishment. Nos. and 10 are par
ticularly choice.
Nine-The boy is made to pass one
hand under the leg, and catch hold
of the nose, and raise and sink alter
nately.
Ten-A stick four or five feet long
is passed under the knees, and the
boy places his elbows beneath it. The
thumbs and big toes are tied together
by separate strings. Thus trussed,
he is rolled away into a corner of the
schoolroom, there to mediate on his
fault.-London Express.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1903-09-27
Saving on Lard.

The fat that rises to the top Of soup
md other things boiled with vegetables
may be used for frying purposes if
treated as follows: After removing
the fat from the liquid. scrape the I'M
derside, then put 1t into a saucepan
with cold water, bring it to the boil and
let it boil for an hour; let 1t get cold
remove the fat from 'he water, put it
in boiling water with little salt In
1t, let 1t get cold, then remove the fat,
scrape the underside again, put into n
jar. which set in the oven until Just
melted, then set away for use; In this
way the taste of the vegetables Will
be removed 1..
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1903-09-27
EXCHANGE Of Compliments.

The village sexton, in addition to be-
ing gravedigger, acted as a stonecutter,
house repairer and furniture remover.
The local doctor having obtained n
more lucrative appointment in another
county, employed the sexton to assist
In his removal
When it came to settling up ac-
counts the doctor deducted an old con-
ira account due by the sexton. He
wrote at the rame time, Directing to
the charge male for removing his fur
niture
IF this was steady, it would pay
much better than gravedigging."
The sexton replied:
"Indade. Oh wud be glad to ave a
steady job: gravediggin' is very slack
since you left. Spare Moments.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1903-09-27
:. r ES

Olive Sandwiches-Cut very thin
slices of b,< pad from loaf day old:
cut off the crusts; spread the slices
with little butter; cut stuffed olives
IN very small pieces; mix with little
mayonnaise; spread over the bread:
serve on folded napkin at teas and
receptions.
Quickly Made Beef Tea-Pour three.
quarters of cup of cold water over
half pound of raw hamburg steak:
Allow 1t to stand ten minutes in a cool
place, then set on the stove and let it
cook slowly for ten minutes. Add a
little salt, just before taking from the
fire and strain.
Chicken Pudding-Boil one or two
chickens as for \ fricassee. Make a
batter of one pint of milk. one of flour.
heaping teaspoonful of baking pow
der, two eggs and little salt Butter
pudding dish, put in a layer of
chicken, bits Of butter, then a layer of
batter, and continue this way, having
the top layer of batter. Moisten with
the chicken stock and serve with a
gravy made from the remaining stock.
Potato Croquettes-Bea the yolk of
one egg until thick. then add to 1t one
cupful of mashed potatoes. one table,
spoon of cream. a few drops of onion
juice, half a tablespoonful of butter.
one teaspoon of minced parsley, a slight
grating of nutmeg, salt and cayenne to
season; mix and turn into small
pan and stir until it leaves the sides of
the pan; turn out to cool; when cold
shape into croQuettes: roll each in
beaten egg. then in fine bread crumbs;
fry in smoking hot deep fat; drain, ar.
range on platter.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1903-09-27
The Peanut Crop.

The American peanut crop averages
about 100000 bushels year, and %
pounds of the nuts make bushel.
About $10,O00.000 worth OF peanuts
yearly are consumed, either In their
natural form or in candy. The shucks
furnish good food for pigs, and the
peanut vine forms first-class fodder
for mules. Vast quantities OF peanuts
are shipped each year to Great Britain
and the continent from both Africa
and Asia.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1903-09-27
Nine. Humbert's Outlet.

During the last few days, writes the
Paris correspondent of the London Elk
press, Nine Humbert has been irrit-
able and has refused her food. She was
pining for a nicely grilled outlet, but
outlets were against the prison regu-
lations. The chief warder was in a
dilemma, and went to the governor:
the governor in turn went to the Judge
of instruction, and after other circum-
locutory processes it was eventually
decided as an exceptional favor that
Nine. Humbert could have a outlet.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1903-09-27
Has walked 100 900 Miles.

There Is at present living in retire
ment at Chester-leStreet, near Dur
ham, a septuagenarian workman, Will
liam Hewitt, who for close upon sixty
years was employed by the Birtley Iron
and Coal Company. Mr.. Hewitt walked
to and from his work six miles daily,
or an estimated total of 100000 miles
Tit-Bits,
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1903-09-27
"a Strange Enslish Custom. -

China is composed not of one but
of many different peoples. What may
be custom in the South is quite
unknown in the North. But all China
men in England are sworn on a broken
saucer. regardless of what part of the
country they come from, with the re-
suit that the majority of them imagine
the saucer-breaking to be a strange
English custom.-The Sketch.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1903-09-27
Household
MATTERS
Care of Table Tops.

In caring for a polished table top, II
is the rubbing and not what is put on
1t that does the best work in keeping IT
in good condition. A polished table
top should be frequently rubbed with
soft cloth, moistened with a pure
oil of some kind. This is better than
unprepared furniture polish, for usually
this is made to give a polish without
the necessity of rubbing. The table
should have what is called a hand
polish, for this viii wash without spoil
ing, and does not easily stain or become
defaced by the heat of dishes, while
constant rubbing makes it more attrac-
tive.-Philadelphia Telegraph.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1903-09-27
MY cuLPRIT HEART.

II Polly let's her lashes fall scorn
And droops her eyes with growing s'oiA'
Nor deigns to look on me at al,
As Polly chose to do this MORN
NV Gliding mood quick relent, :,
I'd fain each jealous word recall
For, ali F! grow 80 penitent
AS Polly let's her lashes TALL
feel that should pfhished be-
For making Polly's heart to hurts
Although, between just you SID me-
She did encourage Jack to hi'tE
My heart so quick is to repent,
1t bares itself to scourgings all,
And deems it righteous punishment
When Polly lets her lashes fall =.
Roy Farrell Greene, In Puck.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1903-09-27
A Plague of Wolves in Russia.

AS in Austria and Hungary, so in
Russia, the past winter will be remem-
bered for the vast quantities of wolves
which came out of the forests and
mountains and preyed on the vii
lagos. In one district in eastern Rus
STA over 10000 head of cattle were
lost. In the governments if Novgor-
cd, Tver, Olonetsk, Archangel and in
Finland 1t was necessary from time
to time to call out the soldiers to
round them up and shoot them down.
Thousands were disposed of in this
way.