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Evening star., 1903-07-06
Oranges for Smokers.
From the Philadelphia Record.


Did you ever notice., asked well
known uptown physician the other day,
that men who eat oranges are not much
injured by smoking? 1t is fact Orange
juice has the faculty of neutralizing nico-
tine, and that is the reason I have seen
men weakened and even made i'll by exces-
sive smoking, and a few oranges were all
that was necessary to straighten them out.
"All this pother about the injurious eff
fects of cigarette smoking wearies me- he
continued. Il don't mean to say that they
are not injurious to boys-any kind of
smoking is for that matter. But those
who put up hue and cry against cigar
cites say that it is the paper that is at
fault. That is all nonsense. 1t is the inha-
lation of the nicotine-laden smoke that
causes the trouble. You don't inhale cigar
smoke, because it is too strong. But if you
did, you would find that the injury inflicted
by cigarettes is ridiculously slight COM
pared with 1t. have smoked cigarettes
for twenty years. and look at me. eat
oranges AS the doctor is an athlete, and
has not known sickness during the whole
forty years of his life, 1t looks as IL there
might be something in his claim.
Evening star., 1903-07-06
New York's Provincialism.
rom the Philadelphia Record

From the Philadelphia Record.
II am not surprised that New York ig-
nored the Liberty bell on it's trip to Bos-
on.' said the itinerant reporter. 1T is
characteristic of New York to ignore ev-
erything beyond it's own boundaries. Five
or six years ago / was working on one of
the New York papers at the time of the
restoration of Independence Hall. and it
occurred to me that a good story on the
subject, illustrated with photographs. would
make timely feature for the Sunday sup
plement. 1 suggested it to the Sunday
editor one day. but he was busy with
other work. and gave me scant attention.
l tried him two three times later, but
he was always preoccupied. Finally 1
caught him one day when he was at leis-
ure and he said: What is this Independ-
ence Hall you've been buzzing about? 1
sat down and explained to him, and ac-
tualIy it seemed as though the man had
never known of the existence of such a
building He was a typical New Yorker.
and had probably never been west of New
ark in his life. oh, fudge!' he said. I
don't think that's of any interest to our
readers Now. here's story about
prominent society woman who has six toes
on each foot, and she's going to submit
to al, operation to have the superfiuous
ones removed. There's story for you!
Go out and see IL you can get q photo
graph of her foot. and we'll make double
page feature Of It.
Evening star., 1903-07-06
THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, JULY 6, 1eos-1e PAGES.

| commented upon than in France7 What
country but France has been gorging itself
| ophy German criticism and German philol-
ogy? Far from being ignorant OF other
| countries. we have gone to the other ex-
treme. our admiration Of them has peen
extravagant and we have initiated them
often inappropfiately.
So much for ignorance. As to frtvoiity,
what boulevard sheet could compete In tnat
| respect with a certain American journal,
which we shall leaTe unnamed, that packs
its serious news into few lines and is filled
from top to bottom with full reports Of pub
lie dinners, balls, fashionable soirees and
great sporting events, and tells us every
day with the; greatest wealth of detail
whether polo is being played at Cannes or
golf at Dfnard, and what the Countess x.
wore at Biarritz or the Marquis of q. at
Maloja? The Frenchman is sociable and
quite given to social functions, but, truly.
prove a sufficiently intellectual nourishment
for him.
The number of French savants is not
smaller than the number of French vaude-
villists A young biologist. M. Quinton. as
physiology in the College of France, recent
ly wrote, in reply to an inquiry from the
Mercure, the following lines, which every
Frenchman might do we'll to learn by heart:
THE principal biological sciences are
chemistry, comparative anatomy. paleontol-
ogy. zoology. embryogeny. histology. ply
siology and microbiology Now, q French
man established chemistry-Lavoisier. A
Frenchnan brought out comparative anato-
my and paleontology-Cuvier. A French
man introduced philosophical zoology-La-
marck. A Frenchman revealed embryogeny
-Geoffrey Saint -Hilaire. A Frenchman
founded histology-Bichat. A Frenchman
established physiology-Claude Bernard.
and Frenchman discovered microbology-
Pasteur."
Thus we see that the creators Of biology.
the grandest conquest of modern science.
were all Frenchmen. But in one important
matter we stand absolutely inferior to other
nations We do not know how to govern
ourselves We are utterly wanting in DO
ers from that defect. and as outsiders profit
oy 1t. they surely have no reason to COM
plain. -
Evening star., 1903-07-06
THE REAL FRANCE.
Reply of Paris Newspaper to Charges
by Foreign Critics.
From LIE Temps.


M. Frederic Loliee. one Of the editors Of
the Revue Bleue. in the course of an inter-
esting investigation which he is making into
the state Of the French press makes known
to US the opinion on this subject which pre-
walls in the United States. Our American
confreres are rather hard on us. True. they
pay us many compliments upon our literary
qualities, but they vehemently accuse us of
knowing nothing outside of our own coun-
try, and Of giving attention to frivolous
matters only. They overwhelm us with
their special wires" their hundreds Of
thousands of francs worth of kilograms the
superabundance Of their items of news, the
number Of copies they print OF their papers,
their columns OF advertising and the num-
ber OF pages in their editions. BY way of
contrast with this cyclopean press our
American confreres represent the French
press as petty. ill-informed, filing its four
miserable sheets with empty prattle about
incidents of the days occurrences as is the
case when it is unfortunately necessary to
address an ignorant and frivolous public
And that judgment is not specially Ameri-
can. Most of the foreigners in Europe as
well as those in the new world affect to
consider us population of vaudevillists
to use the expression of distinguished
foreign lady in one of Meilhac's comedies
and we Frenchmen are SO naif that many
of us are tempted to admit the charge But
nothing could be further from the truth
nothing could be more unjust nothing more
absurd than this stereotyped picture No.
we are not the foolish, superficial and out
of-date people that we are represented
to be. What ground is there. for instance,
for the assertion that We know nothing
outside of our own country? It Is truer
that we print fewer kilograms in our daily
papers. But what matters 1t whether we
utter a greater or less number of words.
provided we make fewer mistakes, and keep
ourselves informed concerning all impor-
tant points
The truth is that no nation takes greater
interest in foreign thought than we do
What works on the subject of France have
been produced abroad that correspond to
Voltaire's English Letters" Taines His
tory of English Literature" M. de Tocque-
ville's Democracy in America" or M
Paul Bourgeois ''Outre-Mer?' Who inaug-
urated the Russian novel? Frenchman,
NJ. de Vogue. In what country have the
works of the Norwegian Ibsen or the Ital-
Ian d'Aununzio been more read and more
Evening star., 1903-07-06
TIED HIS BOAT TO A TREE
An All-Night Prayer Meeting During
the Ohio's Big Flood in 1S48

From the New York Sun,
ne Hood which sent the Ohio river
sprawllng all through the woods in 1S4s
was ABOUT as nigh the one that Noah en-
countered as L ever saw" said an old boat
man VINO quit the river ten years ago and
VINO spends his leisure time about the shin
store concern of his sons in South stree,
IN THIS city. Il was captain of a steamer
that piled between the upper landings OF
the Ohio and Cairo.
Cairo was the big port where we al
ways took on stores. 1t depended on busi.
ness as to how far up We went In the
hoou or ~ we run about as we pleased
The government had no charts of the
Ohio then. and if there had been any we
would have paid no attention to them
piioted the Tuscumbia river over rail
fences and country roads in that flood
We hadn't many landings to make. for
there was no place to make fast the head
lines.
i distinctly remember tying up the Tus-
cumpla one night to big tree that stood
In Il waste of water extending as far az
he eye could see. The night coming on
found we could not make the port wanted
TO make and navigation by night was
altogether too risky at that high stage of
the water. So l sent out the mate and
they made fast to a huge tree, which was
Il landmark on shore. near Rockport
THAT was not far from the place where
Lincoln Is said to have run his fatboat
All night long the Tuscumbia tugged at her
ropes and chains and l expected every
minute she would either break 'em or pull
up the tree Among my passengers were
several Cumberland Presbyterian prea cher.
who were bound down to Smithton to take
boat to Nashville. where they were going
to attend the general assembly of their
denomination. 1t looked pretty saually and
l invited the preachers to have a meeting
in the ladies' cabin
Everybody aboard took more or less in.
terest in the service, except the fellow who
ran the bar. had quite time of It in
keeping him quiet. He said the preachers
aft were interfering with his business
or'ard. and that If l didn't stop the praye,
meeting he'd cut the ropes that held US
to a big tree. l soon convinced him tina,
such an act would be worse than the meet
ing as in case he carried out his diaboIica
plan everybody would go to praying, ant
he would probably be in the lead Ths
meeting lasted nearly all night. The nex
morning we cast OFF, and by cutting acros.
fields and through the woods we made ou,
first landing the next day, pretty well uI
on the side of bluff. We let down the
smoke stacks of the Tuscumbia in order tt
keep them from getting tangled In the
branches of trees. / don't think there wa.
as great a loss of life in that flood as there
has been in the floods this year. partl,
owing to the fact that there were not 81
many people. But 1t was the greatest fioot
1 ever saw while was in the business"
Evening star., 1903-07-06
Teach Your Boy to Swim.
From the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chlcago IriDune.
The parent who has a boy who doesn't
know how to swim should see that he
learns. Possibly some day that knowledge
will save his life. Certainly during many
days 1t will add to his stock OF happiness
and health. There are few more thorough
forms of exercise than swimming Every
muscle Is brought into play. The chest
and lungs particularly are developed
Greater chest development. If it does not
take the form merely of pectoral muscles
enlarged by artificial dumbbell exercise.
means greater lung capacity, which means
greater vitality
Evening star., 1903-07-06

The annual loss from the burning OF
buildings in the United States Is about
$135. 100000 not including cost of insurance
and the appliances for fire protection.
Evening star., 1903-07-06

The German foreign office says the report
that Germany intends presenting to the
Cuban government claims for an Indemnity
Tor losses sustained by Germans during the
recent war In untruA
Evening star., 1903-07-06

1t pays to read the want columns OF The
Star. Hundreds OF situations are filled
through them.
Evening star., 1903-07-06
Every Cloth Suit inn the House
Reduced Ome=HaHf.

$50 for Ladies' $500 Suits.
5000 for Ladies' 5000 Suits.
$3.50 for Ladies' $500 Suits.
Evening star., 1903-07-06
s.: s: s: BON MARGH1|E e.: =: E:
Midsummer Reductions.

You have anticipated reductions doubt they always
expected after July 4 We begin annual midsummer reduc
ton sale This great deal you, for the
that the BON MARCHE stocks represent ALL THAT is
BEST. You tomorrow expecting UNUSUAL SAC
RIFICES IN EVERY DEPARTMENT.
Evening star., 1903-07-06

$1S.W for Ladies' 5000 Suits.
5000 for Ladies' 5000 Suits.
$500 for Ladies' 5000 Suits.
Evening star., 1903-07-06
The Zakuska.

This is the zakuska. which in Russia and
in Sweden is taken standing before the real
meal begins, either to excite the appetite,
or. as is more likely to help the hungry WIS.,
itor to wait for the dish that he has or
dered. When the zakuska is finished 1t is
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-28
BAPTISTS COMING FROM
ALL OVER THE SOUTH.
Southern Baptist Convention Lnrg-
est DcIiberntive Body in the World.

Southern Baptist Convention LRrg-
est DcIiberntive Body in the World.
The near approach of the gathering
of Baptists from all portions of the
South, to attend the Southern Baptist
Convention in Savannah, is now incen-
tive to those on committees and others
who are expecting to entertain special
guests to be up and doing. The adj
vance guard of the crowd expected
will likely reach here in the early part
of next week, and the generous limit
made by the transportation companies
will allow those who desire it, a week
or ten days in Savannah and a num-
Der of fine side trips and excursions.
These original tickets will also be sub
ject to extension on the payment of a
small fee and some of the visitors will
likely remain in Savannah or this
neighborhood for a month.
The week that brings the convention
will also have a number of other fea-
lures and notably among them will
be the meeting of the Baptist Young
Peoples Union, the trustees of the
Southern Baptist Theological Semi
nary will have their annual session
here, and the alumni of that institution
will give their annual banquet at the
De Soto Hotel.
No set programme is made up in ad-
vance of the regular sessions of the
convention. A number of matters are
always on the list of subjects to be
taken up and the arrangement is eff
fected by a special committee appointed
after the convention is called to order
All indications point to a very large
and representative gathering and a
satisfactory and interesting conven-
ton.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-28
WORK OF COMMITTEES
SUBJECT TO REPORT.
General Meeting Chamber of Com
merce to BE Held Tonight.

General Meeting Chamber of Com
merce to BE Held Tonight.
A meeting of the Chamber of Com
merce will be held tonight at S:15
o'clock. Reports of the work so far
done will be made by each of the
standing and special committees, and,
in some cases, authorization will be
requested to carry out plans that have
been mapped out.
Because of these reports and also
on account of the general interest of
the meeting large attendance is ex-
pected and doubtless will be had as
the membership of the institution is
now about 600 and constantly growing.
IL is the desire and the intention of
the Subscription Committee to in
crease the membership to 1000 and
now in additional to the means for
merly used to secure members circu-
lar letter has been issued setting forth
The advantages that will accrue to
each and every class of citizens by the
work of the Chamber of Commerce.
In preparation for to-night's meeting
number of committees will meet to-
day to prepare their reports. The
committee on Legislation will meet at
IL O'Clock a. M, that on River and
Harbor, at p. m, that on Manufac-
lures. at AGO. and the Committee on
Health and Sanitation at 5 O'Clock. 1t
as possible that others may arrange to
have meetings also before the hour for
the general meeting tonight.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-28
PYTHIANS PREPARE
FOR GRAND LODGE
which Meets in Atlanta May 10.
Many knights Going.

Which Meets in Atlanta May 10.
Many knights Going.
Savannah Pythians are much inter-
ested in the meeting of the Grand
Lodge and of the Uniform Rank, which
take place in Atlanta May 10 and 20.
The seven lodges of Pythians will send
thirteen delegates, besides one Grand
Lodge officer and possibly some Past
Grand Chancellors, who have the
privilege of the lodge. Naturally a
great many Pythians who are not del
egates will attend, as it is a festive
and pleasant occasion, and some will
take their families.
The meeting of the Uniform Rank is
an important and interesting event
that takes place at the same time as
the meeting of the Grand Lodge, and
to this Savannah will send three fine
companies Georgia No. /, Teutonia
No. 5 and Savannah No. Is will send
thirty to thirty-five men each and
these companies have been drilling
faithfully for months, and will make a
handsome and creditable showing in
the big parade.
The new Piedmont Hotel is to be the
official headquarters for the Pythians.
1t is expected that there will be crowds
of them there, and that the proceed
ings will be of great interest.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-28
IN A WILD STAMPEDE
PATRONS OF NEW ALEXANDRA
WERE THROWN By FEAR
OF FIRE.
FROM SECOND STORY WINDOW
ONE MAN JUMPED, AND OTHERS
BROKE DOWN DOORS TO ESCAPE.

Picture Machine Blew Up While
Hall Was Filled With Spectators
Blazing Film Caught Ceiling
and started Cry of Fire-TwO Men
Climbed Through TransOm-OnC
Man Lost Rear of His TrOus-
ers on jagged Edge of Broken
DOOr-Stage Hand Owed Through
window, Carrying Sash With
Him.
wild stampede occurred in the
Gildea's New Alhambra Music
Hall last night as the result
of an accident to the picture-making
machine. and from the fear of fire the
audience surged toward the doors, back
and front, climbed over the transoms
in mad effort to escape, finally broke
down the doors by main force and the
weight of numbers, and in some cases
actually jumped from the second-story
to the street below.
So far as is known no serious in
jury resulted from the panic, none
more serious than a few bruises, sus-
tanned by man who climbed over the
transom, and the loss of the rear of
his trousers by another chap who
came in violent contact with the Jag
ged edges of the broken door. At
least the theory is that it was in this
way he lost the very considerable part
of raiment that was missing. for in the
hurry and excitement few, if any, of
those chiefly interested could give
very clear account of what had hap
pened.
The house was crowded when an &C
cident to the picture machine caused
the film to catch fire. 1t went up in
a flash, in a second had caught the roof,
and the audience waiting to see no
more, sought the outside and depended
not on the order of getting there. Riley
Brown, Proprietor Neil Cildea said,
dived through the window at the back
of the stage, carrying the sash with
him, then called up to those still on
the stage to pass the women out to
him.
His request was not complied with
for the women, and for that matter
none of the other inmates, were in the
least danger. The fire barely grazed
a narrow two feet of the ceiling. A
few buckets full of water thrown on it
by the employees of the hall completely
extinguished it even before the fire de-
partment reached the scene. The en-
gine companies made particularly good
time in getting there, at that
The damage done was so insignificant
that so soon as the excitement had be-
come allayed the patrons of the hall
returned and enjoyed the remainder of
the programme. The extent of the
damages amounts to the total loss of
the picture machine, valued at $780,
some slight damage to the roof and to
the electric wiring, estimated at $25;
two broken doors and a broken sash,
the one Riley carried out with him in
his headon exit from the stage.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-28
ANOTHER CONVENTION
FOR SAVANNAH.
Southern Railway Agts' ASSN to
Meet Here in June.

Meet Here In June.
Another convention is booked for Sa-
vannah!
1t is that of the Southern Railway
Agents Association, which will be held
here June SO. This association usual
ly meets in May, but this year, be-
cause of the meeting of the American
Association of Local Freight Agents
being held in June, it was determined
to hold the meeting of the lesser body
at about the same time, and in the
same place, in order that persons who
may be members of both associations
may have the opportunity of attending
both conventions.
The officers of the Southern Railway
Agents Association are: J. H. Garner
president; E. T. Lamb, vice president;
w. G. Crutchfield, secretary, and c. H.
Lavender, treasurer. The Executive
Committee consists of E. H. Lea, c.
l.. Gambler and Theo Parker. The
headquarters of the convention will be
the De Soto.
Among those who will attend this
convention and make addresses are
General Manager G. H. Ackert, Audi
tor A. H. Plant, General Freight Agent
E. A. Neil and General Passenger Agent
S. H. Hardwick. There will be, also,
numerous papers ana addresses. Mr.
B. L. Bugg of Savannah and Mr.. G. e.
Bell, formerly of Savannah, will be
among the speakers.
The association has a membership of
100. Three-fourths of it's members are
expected to attend the convention and
the probabilities are that they will
bring with them one or more members
of their families, so that Savannah
will have another hundred and fifty
CrInGtC in addition 70 the several fhOIl-
sand she has already counted on in
connection with the various other con-
ventions scheduled to take place this
spring and summer.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-28
SAID He DID IT IN FUN
JAMES SULLIVAN SNAPPED A Pts
toll AT CENTRAL HOTEL PORTER.
THE PISTOL WAS LOADED
AND WALTER STEWART, COLORED,
WILL PROBABLY DIE.

Sullivan Told the Police the Pistol
Had Been Lying in His Room
Sometime and He Didn't Know 1t
Was Loaded-He Snapped 1t at
stewart as the Porter Was Going
Down Stairs-The Bullet Lodged
Near the Negroes Brain-C. +. Will
Iinms the Only Known Witness Of
the Shooting.
James Sullivan, a young white man,
shot the colored porter, Walter
Stewart of the Central Hotel,
on West Broad street, in the
head last night, causing prob
ablv a fatal wound. The accident,
Sullivan said, was the result of one
of the pranks which he and his com
panions had been in the habit of play
ing upon the porter. The bullet struck
him in the forehead and ranged down
through the brain to the base of the
skull. At a late hour the negro was
in a critical condition at the Georgia
Infirmary. Sullivan was detained at
police headquarters to await the re-
suit of the negro's wound, and an in
vestigation. According to his story it
was a case of didn't know it was
loaded
The statement of the only eye wit
ness to the accident Mr.. Charles F.
Williams. a drug clerk, is as fol-
lows: Mr.. Sullivan and 1 board at
the Central Hotel. We were in Sui
- fph lao
ing into the hall, was open. Mr.. Sulli-
van was lying across the bed. The
porter passed in front of the door on
his way down stairs. Mr.. Sullivan
arose from the bed quickly, remarking
jokingly that he was going to scare the
porter again, and taking a 32-calibre
pistol from the top of the dresser, ran
out of the door and calling to the
porter that he was going to shoot him,
or something to that effect, pointed the
pistol at him. The unexpected report
dumfounded him and he turned to me
with the cry that it was loaded. The
porter fell and was helped up and CIV
en- assistance Immediately afterwards"
THE pistol had lain about that room
and others for many days." Williams
said, "but was always unloaded.
have no idea how it became loaded, I'M
less one of the many of us who have
been handling it took it out recently
to fire at a target and left charges in
it. 1t is needless to say that we were
both surprised"
Drs. George w. and w. A. Norton
were summoned, and rendered all pos
sible assistance, and removed the por-
ter to the Georgia Infirmary. They
could not say at late hour just what
the result of the wound would be. They
discovered upon examination that the
bullet had passed through the brain
and lodged somewhere in the base of
the skull. If Stewart is alive this
morning they will trephine the skull.
The porter was unconscious from the
time of the shooting and made no state
ment. Williams was the only known
witness of the shooting. Sullivan is
a telegraph operator for the Postal
Gable Company.