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The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-22
HE COULDN'T FORGET.

I'll never forget my thirty-second
birthday in New York." said an old
resident meditatively, in a talk with
the New York Times.
WAS it a joyful one?" asked the
young man who was lounging about
the club as if time hung heavy on his
hands.
Joyful" exclaimed the old resident.
That's no name for it at all. 1t was
downright lively. think my wife real
lied afterward that she rather overdid
the matter"
Tried to surprise you, did she?'
"She not only tried to, but she sue
ceeded. You see, she always was an
enthlaia last in everything she under
took"
"Bankrupted you in getting you
presents, I suppose" suggested the
young man.
We'll, not exactly" returned the
old resident refiectively. but her
presents came very near bankrupting
me later. However, they are good
deal of comfort to me now, so that l
can't say l regret il"
"Now!" calculated the young man.
DO you mean to say that you still
have them?"
Certainly"
And how long ago was this thirty
second birthday"
Twenty years ago."
Twenty years! Heavens! That's a
long time to keep a birthday present. ="
Two of Them" corrected the old
resident quietly.
May l ask what they were?" in
quired the young man after pause.
"Certainly--twins, both girls" re-
piled the old resident.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-22
A HONEYMOON INCIDENT.

The following incident was related in
the New York Times:
Really! My DEAR you know haven't
the slightest desire to find the least
bit of fault. but didn't you almost roc
ognize that very ordinary, foreign
looking man at the corner table as we
came out of the dining room? II
thought you smiled and nodded. Just
a mite, you know. I'm probably mis-
taken. Surely he can be no acquaint-
ance."
"Well-not exactly an acquaintance.
Wendell, darling. Sometimes we meet
people who--that is-it's no matter.
guess"
But, Evelyn, ought to know,
think. He gave you a most admiring
survey--fairly took you in from head to
foot-and his insolent grin of salts
faction was-well-some men would
have stopped right there and pulled
his inquisitive nose"
THAT wouldn't have done at all.
Wendell. l suppose he had a right to
look at me. l hope he was pleased"
Pleased Evelyn Scott-I mean
Smith-what earthly right has that
creature to be pleased with my wifes
appearance? That's what I want to
know. I've right TO demand an ex-
PLANTATION. How many strange men who
are not exactly acquaintance am
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-22

booked to run up against? All! you
blush. l should think
do not get heated, Wendell, Per-
haps the blood did go to my face a
tribe. I'm not accustomed to this
style of criticism. What right had
hep you asked. All the right in the
world. There!'
And you, a bride of two weeks.
stand there and tell me this?"
II stand here and tell you this! I'll
tell you more. That mani won't call
him a gentleman. actually has had
his arm about me. You demand ex-
plantations. You shall have them! Go
ahead with your questions! No neces-
sity of growing apoplectic."
I'll ask just one, Mrs. Smith. Who
is this person."
why, Wendell, love, he's only the
Fades tailor who made this gown 1
have on, OF course, he couldn't help
eying it. How foolish we are, Wen
dell! There was nothing to get so ex-
cited over, was there?"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-22
FOLLOWS HIS CUSTOM.

San Pedro, Cal, is becoming a Gret-
ma Green and st. Joe for loving couples
bent on matrimony, says the Chicago
Chronicle, and the cause of the rush
to get married there is an innovation
that has been established by the pretty
and vivacious wife of Judge Henry c..
Downing. Not only is every bride who
is married by Judge Downing entitled
to a kiss from his honor. but every
bridegroom gets kissed by Mrs.
Downing. Both parties to the wedding
compact, therefore, get their money !
worth and Judge Downing's matrimo-
NAL business is booming.
Mrs. Downing's kissing of the bride
grooms is not primarily a business
scheme however. Oh, no, indeed! II
is just little example Of lovely wom-
ans penchant for getting even. Mrs
Downing was married to the judge
three years ago and for long time
she bore with equanimity his habit of
imprinting a chaste salute upon the
lips of the "horrid women" he embark
ed upon the seas of matrimony, but at
last she lust couldn't stand it any
longer" So she stamped her little
foot and said he would have to quit
The Judge simply shrugged his Shout
ders and said:
DUTY is duty, my dear, and the
brides have got to be kissed"
"Oh, very Well" pouted Mrs. Down
ing. you go right on kissing all the
brides, and II will kiss all the bride
;Erooms."
"You are talking like a little goose, "
smilingly retorted the judge.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-22
THE BEST LAID PLANS.

1.-THE best laid plans o. mice and
men gang aft agley." But once in a
while, says the New York Tribune,
a crooked turn brought about by fate
leads to better fortune than one
would have chosen. A golden youth
of Manhattan, who was greatly at
tracted by a certain young woman, M.
R., happened to see her name among
those of the passengers scheduled to
sail for Europe in the next Cunarder.
He had been told that she intended
going abroad with some relatives, and,
being an impulsive young fellow, it
suddenly occurred to him that there
was nothing in the world he would
like better to do than to spend week
on the ocean with the lady of his
heart so he hurried to the office,
found that there was a stateroom to
be had, and the next day sailed for
Europe on the steamship E. He
was disappointed, but not surprised,
for the first three days to see nothing
of Miss r. "Seasick, probably" he
said to himself, with a slight reaction,
for he was of the breezy kind, and
detested imaginary ailments, among
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-22
HOW HE WON HER.

Then you will be sister to me?"
THAT is all 1 can be-"
He paused and looked at her thought
fully, says the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Il already have seven sisters" he
Said, land I am not quite sure I can
make room for you. They are very
kind to me, and on several occasions
my socks have been darned a half
dozen times in the same spot. They
are so thoughtful, too. Each of them
has picked out a wife for me, but
strange to say not one of them men,
toned you. OF course you won't feel
hurt of 1 add that there is a general
and deeprooted impression among them
that you are not half good enough for
me. Sisters are like that sometimes
you know"
The girl flushed holly.
Not good enough" she cried. "Ill
show them. Consider my refusal with
drawn"
And so she married the foxy fellow
out of spite and made him very happy.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-22

outside Of that were as much at lib
erty as salesman or saleswoman is
after the shops close. Possibly this
plan would necessitate hiring more
servants, but they could be had proba-
bly, for less money.
but even were the experiment to
cost more, few people, am sure, would
care; for as things are going now it is
not half so much a question of money
as how to get help at any price. For
my part, l think homework ought to
be paid for quite as literally as selling
ribbons, shirtwaists or neckties. but
it is not
General homework girls? Well, l
confess there's the rub. Even in their
case. though, 1 believe that if any
housekeeper should advertise for one
and say hours from II to or from Z
to 4. or any other specified time of not
more than nine hours, she would have
very little trouble in getting suited, and
am almost sure that the mistress
would be the first to break the bargain
with a Can't you come an hour earlier
Jane?' or Stay an hour later Mary "
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-22
NOVEL MENU CARDS.

That the greatest treasure of the
household, even when placed upon the
dining table, should pass unremarked
or but casually noticed, Is certainly
more than an up-to-date hostess can
suffer with equanimity. Therefore,
says the Philadelphia Ledger, the new
menu card now used in England.
White or of the most delicate tinting,
these cards are plain except up in the
left hand corner, where is to be found
a clever representation of a highly
priced possession, such as the wonder
full Venetian glass centerpieee of the
dining table, the unique specimens of
Sevres china, curious and historic sill
verware or anything else for which
you are envied and which figures on
your dining table and no other. Thus
do your menu cards become individual
and unique, and your treasures secure
greater notice than If left to the I'M
directed eyes of the none too observ-
amt guests.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-22
A HUSBANDS DEVOTION.

There is a particular beauty in that
sort of devotion which we not infre-
uuently see, Of man in vigorous
health and with a keen appetite TOR
all the stir and emotion of the big
world outside, spending eventless even
ings beside an invalid wife. He brings
from the office a brain tired from Of
fetal routine, and in his home finds
only a fresh claim on his powers in a
new shape. Here he would fain be
amusing, interesting, and give charm
to dear life, listless from inertia and
lack of touch with the world out of
which he seems to come. The truth
is however, that he, too, has only had
an insight into another day OF routine
work and has nothing to impart. II
would seem To him a very selfish thing
to dress and go into some bright scene
and leave her he loves, silent and COM
panionless at home. To do so habitual-
ly would not only seem but truly be a
very cruel thing. But to systematic
cally take enough of such variety as
should rest and invigorate his mind and
give force to his faded nerves, would
bring to her as well as to himself, a
most refreshing zest.
With the cheerful, careful recital of
what he had enjoyed, she too can see
JHdl WHICH gives BiIupSeS OF bright
ness outside her barriers, and join his
cordial laugh with sincerity. The mo-
tive, the manner and the moderation
Of such refreshing "leaves of absence"
mark all the points of difference be-
tween the selfish seeker for outside en-
joyment and the sensible and under
standing man who is striving for Wig
orous health of mind and body, as much
for his wife's sake as his own. Such
..s.atrs MA a. II. =
longing for his wife's presence and has
not fully enjoyed the good play or
the perfect music until he has shared
it with her as best he can, in the long
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-22
GIRLS WHO LIVE
BEYOND THEIR MEANS.

Simplicity is rapidly becoming an OBJ
solete quality among the maids of the
new century, who are evolving at a
pace that is simply bewildering. Not
long ago, says the New York Tribune,
a young girl whatever her status in
society, was gowned simply and jew
els were considered in bad taste. Now
she vies with married women in the
richness of her attire, and glitters with
diamonds. Then, size was carefully
guarded as much as possible from the
knowledge of evil, and free speech
was restricted by her presence. Now
she partakes of the fruit of the knowl-
edge of good and evil with her elders,
and is no longer the mgenue. Girls,
however, are not having an easy time
of ii by any means.
The obligations of their enfranchise-
ment far outweigh the supposed adj
vantages they have gained. The life
of an up to date girl in society, unless
she is exceptionally well endowed with
this worlds goods, is a very difficult
and strenuous one. To dress apprO-
priately, according to the standards of
the day, for every function, to pay for
tips at house parties, wedding pres
ents. hansoms. luncheons and the
hundred and one assessments which
Vanity Fair exacts from it's inhabit-
ants, make even what would have been
considered a liberal allowance a few
years ago seem totally inadequate to
the requirements of a girl to-day.
What wonder, therefore, that the I'M
disciplined, thoughtless young crea-
lures often get into trouble, that they
incur obligations that it is impossible
for them to meet, that they uoll up
bills that they cannot pay, for it is
an open secret that some of the young
women who manage to dress and live
like their richer associates are in finan-
cial difficulties, and nothing but a rich
marriage or an enforced assistance on
the part of their incensed relatives will
save them from an unpleasant expos
ure. England, who, in spite of her
structures on American fast living,
manages to keep we'll ahead Of Ameri-
ca in the pace that kills, has already
had the social excitement of a bank
rupt "society girl"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-22

Dana Richardson Of Manitowoc,
Wis, claims to be the oldest printer
in the West. He learned his trade at
Southport (now Kenosha), In 1910 and
has worked at it continually ever
since. Among Richardson's fellow
workmen in the early days was Thomas
Sullivan, for many years foreman of
the Chicago Tribune. He is still able
to set type, but has not succeeded
in mastering the typesetting machine.
Pierre Lott, by which name Lieut..
Julien Viaud is best known to the pub
lie, won his sobriquet Lott" by reason
of his fondness for plants, particular
ly for those tropical plants he loved so
well and which he resembled in his
fondness for solitude. On shipboard the
young lieutenant spent most Of his time
in his cabin tending the plants he had
collected at the last port at which the
vessel had touched, and in writing his
impressions of things noted in his trav-
els. He has an elaborate home at
Rochefort, France, where he spends
the short intervals between his voy-
ages.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-22
ABOUT LOVE.

These sayings are from the pen Of
the late Max O'Rell:
Love is a great healer. The worst
characteristic trait of a man and or
a woman have been known to be cur
ed by it.
1t is Cupid who introduces you to
Hymen, and a pity it is. How much
better it would be if it were Hymen
who introduced you to Cupid and in
vited the little fellow to remain your
guest!
In the tender relations between men
and women novelty is a wonderful at
traction, and habit a powerful bond;
but between the two there is bottom
less precipice into which love often
falls, never to be heard of afterward.
Happy those who know how to bridge
over the chasm!
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-22
A LITTLE WHILE.

stand
Just why it was that grim Deaths icy
hand
Clasped in it's cold embrace the one
we loved;
Took from our midst the friend whom
we had proved.
Robbed of the home the mother love
so sweet
flushed the glad sound Of baby's pat
tering feet.
Turned joy to sorrow, wrung our
hearts with pain;
And caused the tears of bitterness to
fall like rain.
All, well! Life's hour-glass shows the
fleeting sand,
A little while and then-we'll under
stand.
-WOman's Life
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-22
WOMAN'S WORLD

dex of Character, can be kept free from
Lnes' IL can be made smooth by mas
sage and kept smooth by care IT Is
one of the features which show very
plainly the disposition of the owner,
and the feature which, more than ali
others, first displays the marks of age
and i'll temper"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-22
BLISSFUL IGNORANCE.

Woman to draw us on succeeds,
But, by so fine a thread.
Man, blinded, thinks it's he who
leads
Cnknowing he is led.
George Birdseye, in Good Housekeep-
ing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-21

these bills under consideration, and
that a meeting of the committee was
to be held next Tuesday for the pur-
pose of considering"
Under the circumstances l think it
would be unfair to that committee to
report the bill this morning, and espe-
cially when we consider the manner
in which this bill came up in the COM
mittee ON judicial department. L had
no intimation that this questif& was
to be sprung until the bill hasI been
presented and read. 1t is said that
there was less than quorum of the
members present, but am inclined to
think a majority of the committee was
in attendance. l will of course obey
the instructions of my committee and
report the bill, but 1 do not wish to
be so precipitate as to make it appear
that am undertaking to reflect on the
corporations committee"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-21
Burlington Briefs
More Riots

Disturbances of strikers are not
nearly as grave as an individual dis
order of the system. Overwork, loss
of sleep, nervous tension will be fol
lowed by utter collapse unless a reli-
able remedy is Immediately employ
ed. There's nothing so efficient to
cure disorders of the liver or kidneys
as Electric Bitters. It's a wonderful
tonic and effective nervine and the
greatest all around medicine for run
down systems. 1t dispels nervous
ness, rheumatism and neuralgia and
expels malaria germs. Only 80 cents
and satisfaction guaranteed by Hartz
g. Ullemeyer, druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-21
"A WHO
- TAo vi EMRERoR W.
SAVED BY PE-RU-NA.
Suffered Fifteen Years,


G. F. Gerding, Miiburn, Neb.. writes,
81 contracted q heavy cold about
fifteen years ago and tried all kinds of
patent medicines and drugs recon-
mended for q cold or heavy cough. INIT
found none to help me until I com
menced using Peruna. NV age ia
seventy-eight years, and 1 am better
now than have been for years. 1 still
keep using your great medicine, and am
still improving in health. recommend
1t to all sufferers with coughs and colds."
&C. F. Gerding.
Peruna, The Greatest Remedy Known
For Catarrh.
Mr.. Chas. II. Stevens, 81 Seventeenth
Street, Detroit, Mich. writes: at affords
me great pleasure to testify to the merits
of Peruna as a remedy for catarrh. I
suffered for some time with chronic
nasal catarrh, but after five months
treatment during which time 1 used
seven bottles of Peruna am pleased to
say that am entirely well, there being
not the slightest trace ofthe catarrh left.
Peruna is without doubt the greatest
remedy known for catarrh. "-Chas. H.
Stevens. 1859
SAHCC w CaG0rEns
Mr.. Ebert S. Richards, Milton, Conn.,,
writes:
al am near sixty-eight years of age,
and have from childhood been afflicted
with catarrh in the head, and, for the past
four or five years been much afflicted with
it in my eyes; they being watery, would
materate a good deal, and stick together
in the night. My condition was so fully
described in your almanac that decided
to try Peruna.
g am thankful to say that now con-
slider myself entirely free from catarrh,
and only use Peruna occasionally now
as tonic. Accept my sincere thanks
for your personal interest in my case.
any son, 81 years of age, has been
using Peruna for a number of weeks for
catarrh in the head and has obtained
great reief."-Elbert S. Richards.
Catarrh Thirty Years.
Mr.. Andrew Barrett, $40 N. Kidzie
Ave, Chicago, ILL.,, writes:
ait gives me great pleasure to testify
to the merits of such a worthy remedy
for catarrh as your Peruna. L had
suffered for thirty years from this very
disagreeable disease and had tried many
so-called remedies but until used Pc
runs none had the desired effect.
al have been connected with the
Chicago Police Department for the past
twenty-eight years. I can cheerfulIy
recommend Peruna to anyone suffering
from catarrh. ANDREW Barrett.
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DIR. Hartman, giving
full statement of your case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable adj
vice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President Of
The Hartman Sanitsrium. Columbus
Ohio
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-21
HOUSE DOES SOME BUSINESS
Many Bills Advanced to Second Reading
Senate Takes a Rest.

Springfield. Ills, March 21.-Thcre
was less than a quorum of the men,
bers of the house present yesterday
morning but considerable business in
the way of advancing bills was tran
sacted The bill to provide an addi-
tionnl term of the county court of Pc
oria county was advanced to
third reading. The bill increasing the
salary of members of the Legislature
to $1,000 per session was made spe-
cial order for next Wednesday.
The following house bills were READ
a first time and advanced to second
reading: Providing that ArbOr day
be also proclaimed as Bird day;amend-
ing the revenue law by removing
newspapers and publishing houses and
coal mines from the list of corpora
tons not required to report their cap
ital stock to the state board of equail-
cation for assessment; providing for
state uniformity of school text books;
appropriating $4,000 per annum for
the expenses of the farmers institute;
appropriating to the University of I'LL
nois the amount allowed the state by
the national government for education
al purposes; providing that one-half
the inheritance tax shall be paid to the
county from which it is collected; to
permit counties to pay bounty of %
cents per head for the killing of wood
chucks: to amend the law in relation
to noxious weeds by providing that
they be killed before June 20 of each
year.
The hous eadjourned to D. m. Mon
day.
No business was transacted in the
senate. Rees and Burnett were the
only members present, an adjournment
was taken until p. III. Monday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-21
REV. II. STUBENVOLL.

the introduction of Peruna to the medical
profession thousands of cases are cured
annually.
Mr.. w. D. Smith, well-known grocer
of Port Huron, Mich, writes:
"By following your instructions and
taking Peruna and Manalin am cured
of catarrh. 1 had catarEh 1or twelve
years and quite a bad cough so could
not sleep nights. I do not have any
cough now, and if feel anything in the
throat take swallow of Peruna and I
am RlriGht."-W. D. Smith.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-21
TWO OLD CLAIMS REJECTED
That of Rocker for Printing and That of
Particle FOR Services.

That OF Rocker for Printing and That of
Particle FOR Services.
Springfield. Ills, March 81. = The
commission OF claims yesterday final
ly disposed of a couple of claims that
have been before the legislature and
the commission in various shapes for
a number of years. They are the
claims of II. w. Rocker. of this city,
for printing. and William u. Particle,
of Chicago, for work done at the Pom
tiac reformatory The Rocker claim
is for $S.T22 on the state printing con-
tract which was awarded to his firm
in 1856. Between October, 1886, and
May. 1887, tle Rocker Printing COM
pany did work for the state emitting
it under the contract to $50, T22. Pay
ments were made during this time
to the amount of $24 900, leaving a
balance due of $S.722.
Early in May, 1887, Rocker & Co.
was notified that no further payments
would be made, it having come to the
knowledge OF the commissioners of
state contracts that trust had been
formed by all of the printing estab
lishments in Springfield. by the terms
of which the Rocker company re-
ceived the contract ut eXtortionate
prices. Since that time the claim has
been before the legislature and the
commission "a claims n number OF
times. The commission of claims final
lydisposedof ityesterday by rejectingit
The Particle claims is for $2S.000
and interest. alleged to be due on ac-
count of work and material furnished
on a contract for n dollhouse at the
Pontiac reformatory in 1892. Partefso
took the contract for $50, 900 less than
the next lowest bidder, and after he
had carried out part of it was com
PEELED to turn the work over to the
board of managers to be completed.
Since that time Particle has been
pressing his claim before each succeed
ing general assembly, alleging that he
was not paid in full for all the work
he did. and that $4,000 worth of ma
terial which he had on the ground
when he failed was used by the state.
The Forty-second general assembly al
lowed the claim, but Governor Yates
vetoed the bill. The commission re-
jects it. A bill for the relief of Par
tello, similar to the one that was
passed and vetoed two years ago, is
now pending in the general assembly
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-21

Thousands Of people have catarrh who
would be surprised to know it, because
it has been called some other name than
catarrh. The fact is, catarrh is catarrh
wherever located; and another fact
which is of equally great Importance, is
that Peruna cures catarrh wherever
located.
Catarrh is an American disease. Fully
one-half Of the people are afflicted more
or less with it in some form. Previous
to the discovery of Peruna, catarrh was
considered well nigh incurable. Since