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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-16
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 16

quarter keg, $2.25; Austin smokeless,
half kegs, $3.45; quarter. $3.50; three
pound. $40; one pound. 75c: less 20
per cent. on smokeless.
Cotton BngEIng and Ties.
BAGGING-Market Arm; IL pound,
T5sQS4sc: sea island bagg1ng. sh@10c.
7ssQS12c.
TIES - Standard 45-inch arrow,
large lots. $1.0SQ1.10: small lots, $1.15.
TWINE-Per pound, or hank, 149
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-16

The ocean steamship City of Macon
will sail for Boston tomorrow, her
second trip to that port from Savan-
nah.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-02
Coal Experiments.

Some curious tests with coal are now
being made at Portsmouth, the object
being to ascertain to what extent II
any, it is improved by being kept for
q certain tine in salt water.
Twenty-o tons of coal taken from
the same heap were first divided into
three parts, two of which contained ten
tons each and one one ton. One of the
ten-ton lots was next divided into five
parts, each containing two tons, and
these after being placed in five per-
forated boxes We're sunk in the sea.
The other ten.ton lot is also TO be oil
vided into five parts, each containing
two tons, but instead Of being sunk
In the sea, there are to be kept on land
and will be covered with tarpaulin.
The one:ton lot was burned few days
ago, and thorough test is now being
made of its qualities as shown by COM
bustion.
In twelve months the coal in one OF
the submerged boxes and also that In
one of the boxes which have been kept
on land will be burned, and the result
will be compared with that which was
obtained when the one ton was burned
a few days ago. In this way the scien-
lists and the naval authorities Of Eng
land are confident that some new
and important facts can be learned in
regard to the qualities of coal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-02

Kimonos, or negigees which owe
their inspiration TO the garment Of
Japan, have taken permanent hold
in Western favor and are constantly
appearing in some new form. The
graceful. yet perfectly simple May
Manton model shown is among the
latest and has much to commend 1t.
The original, from which the draw
ing was made. is Of fine soft flannel.
with bands of plain India silk, but all
the materials used for gowns of the
sort are suitable. Charming ones show
plain cotton crepe for the foundation,
lowered silk for the bands and count
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-02
To Light Tunnels.

Phosphorescent tunnels and stations
are now suggested for insuring public
safety in the Paris tube. A company
has offered to paint luminous bands on
the walls, on exit doors, ETC., which
would obviate all danger from the sud-
den extinguishing of the electric, pc.
troleum or other lamps in case of fire
or any other accident. The phosphor.
essence is produced by coating of cal
cium monosulphide, obtained by mix
ing sulphur and oyster shells, or cal
cined cuttlefish bones, and therefore
costing very little. Besides lighting
tunnels and stations sufficiently for
emergencies, the phosphorescent paint
could be used for inscriptions by en-
craving the latter on glass and filling
the lines of the letters with the cal
cium monosulphide. Thus indications
as This way out" would become lu'
minous in the event of failure of the
ordinary lights. The paint remains
phosphorescent for considerable time
as oXidization. transforming the sub
stance into non-luminous sulphate Of
lime, only sets in very gradually
Pittsburg Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-02
The Sulky Salt.

If there is one thing above another
that is the cause of genuine mental
profanity at this season 1t is the refu-
sal of that necessary condiment, salt,
to part company with the shaker.
Many things have been suggested to
remedy the trouble. One hotelkeeper
at the shore. where dampness Is al
ways present, says that baking the salt
thoroughly in the oven and then mix
ing it with one-third the quantity Of
corn starch, will obvlate the difficulty.
Others suggest that the shakers be
set in the oven for fifteen minutes
every day, but the majority Of advice
proclaims that the only real way to get
around the trouble is to put the shak.
ers away during the dog days and use
individual salt cellars.
Nevertheless one plan that has been
found thoroughly successful is to bake
the salt we'll and add corn starch as
suggested. Then as the shakers are
filed add to each one a small half tea.
spoon Of rice.
This keeps it stirred up and prevents
Jumping; also serves, when violently
shaken. to knock and loosen the salt
from around the holes in the top.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-02
NEWSY ClEANlNCS,

The United States now has 3548 mil.
lionaires.
Pope Plus X. has ordered spectacIes
from an optician in Dublin, ireland.
Seven million persons in the Punjab
are being vaccinated against the
plague.
Yellow fever cases at Laredo. Texas
80 far number S66, with eighty-two
deaths.
Fighting the Adirondack fires last
spring cost the State Of New York
some s65,00O.
brain fag," according to a special
cable dispatch, is becoming a malady
OF modern life.
Sovereignty has been assumed by
United States over the Guantanamo
naval station at Cuba.
The Austrian budget for 1904 shows
q small estimated surplus, with an ex.
pendlture of S346, ,954,25S.
Poultry culture pays Hungarian
farmers ten times as much as any
other branch Of agriculture.
The suicide rate in the United States
has increased in ten years from twelve
to seventeen per 100000 population.
1t costs $40 week to feed horse
In Pretoria. There is plenty of fertile
land in the country, but very little wa.
ter.
The bequest Of S24O,OOO for a Ma.
sonic orphanage made by William L.
Elkins. of Philadelphia, Pa, has been
declared illegal.
Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany is i'm
patient under restraint and his physi.
clans have the greatest difficulty in
keeping him from overtaxlng his voice.
No women in England work under.
ground in the mines. but 300 work
at the pit heads. Three hundred of
these are coke burners and patent fuel
makers.
A special cable dispatch from Ber-
lin states that Baron Speck Won Stern
burg has SO completely recovered that
be will soon return to his post at
Washington.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-02
CROSS SECTION OF STEEL ROADWAY.

CROSS SECTION OF STEEL ROADWAY.
stone laid over a layer of old paving
stones, and top-dressed with three
inches Of fine gravel. The rails are
laid on this and fastened together at
their ends with fish plates on the sides
and bottom, while three-quarter inch
tie rods at intervals keep them parallel
and properly spaced. In building a
country road, the earth is graded up
slightly higher in the centre, SO as to
give the general contour shown in the
cross-section.
The rails used in Murray street are
forty feet long and one foot wide, with
fianges three inches wide on the under
side and three-eighth inch wide on the
top. The rail is three-elghth inch thick
near the flanges, and trife thicker in
the centre. The slight fiange on each
side of the top of the rail tends to
keep a wagon wheel from runnig off
with any slight side pull, while it can
nevertheless easily surmount the 1ange
when the driver wishes TO run Oh or off
tht l. ht dIt Win tlt
alternate joints on opposite sides, sim.
liar to those Of railroad track. The
distance from centre to centre is five
feet six inches. The weight of the rails
Is twenty-five pounds 10 the foot, or
132 tons per mile, and the estimated
cost of mile of track, including lay.
ing, is $4,000. On country roads lighter
and narrower rails weighing but 100
tons per mile can be used. and, with
steel at SIS per ton. this figure can be
cut in half. When once built, road
Of this type will last generation IL the
earthen part of it is kept in repair at
slight expense. Comparative tractive
tests have demonstrated that the
power required to haul wagon on a
steel roadway Is less than one-fourth
that needed on the ordinary stone road.
New York Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-02
For the Guest Room.

In others rooms in the house devla-
tions from comfort are permissible,
put the guest room must be perfect in
gestions for fitting up this ROOM are
given in comprehensive article In
The Delineator:
The ideal guest room is arranged
with an adjoining bath and dressing
room but when plumbing connections
are impossible small room for bath
Ing and dressing should be provided.
The floor covering should be chosen
from the Persian rugs in deep colors, or
mating may be used II the conditions
demand 1t. The wall covering should
be a plain or two-toned hanging Of
some conventional design. For the
bed, iron may be enamelled to accord
with the scheme Of the furnishings,
or brass or wood may be chosen, and
the bed fittings should be the very
best that ones means can afford. The
pieces Of furniture should comprise a
lounge for day use, a bureau, a chif.
fonier, a night stand, a dressing mir
ror, folding screen, an easy chair and
foot stool, slipper chair and rocker,
with washing arrangements either sta.
1onary or movable. In supplying the
necessary small articles of toilet, pref
erence should be given to simple. sub
stantial qualities. Book shelves and a
writing desk or table are a necessity,
and, of course. they must be provided
with fresh volumes and magazines and
adequate stationery.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-02
D gEEdFEy1|aH J
'EZANlElkH&5

Saffron Cake or Bread-Two quarts
of flour, one tablespoonful Of salt. one
half cup of butter, one tablespoonful
of nutmeg. one-half cup Of lard, one
half package of currants. two cups of
yeast, one heaping tablespoonful Of
saffron, stepped.
Scalloped Eggs-Chop four or FIVE
hard boiled eggs quite fine; sprinkle
the bottom of baking dish with fine
crumbs; sprinkle in half the eggs;
pour over a little white sauce and a
little chopped meat; when all is used
cover with buttered crumbs and brown
In the oven. Ham, chicken, veal or
fish may be used
West Indian Pepper Pot-To a gallon
of water put gill Of casserreepe;i salt
to taste; a smalf salt bag of Spanish
peppers or a dozen large ones, and
every kind OF fresh meat and fowl.
raw. Cut all this meat up, put into a
fruit kettle with the water and casser-
reepe, and cook from six to eight hours.
Put into deep dish, and eat while
warm, with potatoes.
Spanish Omelet-Beat three eggs un-
til light; add to them three tablespoon.
fuls of milk, little salt and pepper;
put in frying pan one teaspoonful OF
butter; when hot add the egg mixture
and let cook slowly until delicate
brown crust forms on the bottom; then
add half a cupful of minced ham
mixed with little finely chopped pars-
ley, or onion and green pepper; fold the
omelet In half, turn out on hot plat.
ter; sprinkle over chopped parsiey.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-02
PROMINENT PEOPLE,

John Morley's compensation for writ.
Ing the biography Of Gladstone is said
to be $4,000.
With the recent death of the Duke
OF Richmond passed away the last Of
Wellington's aide-de-camp.
Lord Cromer, the real ruler of
Egypt, has recently issued volume Of
translations from Greek verse.
An obellsk of unpublished gray granite
has been placed over Virchow's grave
In the old Matthai graveyard. Berlin.
Paul Loubet, son of the French
President, lives in the Elysee, where
he acts as private secretary to his
father.
Professor William II. Brewer, presi.
dent Of the Arctic Club of America,
thinks Peary will locate the North Pole
next time.
Ex-senator Pettigrew, of South Da.
kota, Is at the head of a company
which has been organized to colonize
Beers in Mexico.
Henry Labouchere, editor of London
Truth. is a very rich man, but he en-
Joys few of the ordinary pleasures
which are supposed to go with riches.
John G. Carlisle, who was the Treas.
ury chief during Mr.. Cleveland's Sec
ond term, has purchased a residence
and fifteen acres of land at Diamond
Eli, near Greenwich, Conn.
The Emperor of Japan is flfty-one
years old-fifty-two by Japanese reck-
oning. His reign has witnessed the
complete change of Japan from a me-
1laeval to modern nation.
DIR. J. w. Swan, the inventor Of the
incandescent electric light. has just
passed his seventy-fifth birthday. 1t
Is generation since he first exhibited
the light that has come into such uni
versal use.
Miss Dorothea Beale, Ill. D., has
been for forty-five years the head of
Cheltenham College for girls In Eng
land, which, with its 900 pupils, Is one
Of the largest as we'll as one of the
oldest institutions of its kind In the
world.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-02

WOW spread, and the eagerness
win which the proposition is welcomed
since the introduction of the Brownlow
bill in Congress. have not only been
highly gratifying to the friends Of the
measure, but surprising and astonish-
ing to its opponents, writes Colonel j.
B. Killebrew. The truth is the great
body of the farmers of the land are
slow in demanding what they are
justly entitled to. Had the same
necessity as the want of good roads
among farmers existed In relation to
the manufacturing, mining or COM
mercial interests of the country, such
a necessity would have long since been
recognized and met by adequate ap-
propriations from Congress. The tillers
of the soil do not work In concert for
their own advancement. BY the Gen.
sus of 1900 the whole number of people
above the age of ten years engaged
in gainful occupations in the United
States was 29,074,117. OF this number
10,3S1, ,765 were engaged in agricultur-
al pursuits. No other specified occupa.
ton employs so many. The manu-
featuring and mechanical pursuits EN-
ploy 7,0S5,992 persons; trade and trans
portation, 4,766,964, and professional
service, 1,25s.739. And yet the farmers
of the country, that contribute more
to its permanent prosperity than all
other classes combined. have the small.
est amount of consideration in the
matter of congressional appropriations
In all the history of the past leglsla'
ton of the country but few efforts
have been made to equallze the bene.
fits of congressional appropriations.
Until the rural mail routes were es-
tablished a citizen living in the country
rarely received direct benefits from the
money expended by the general govern
ment, except that for the agricultural
department.
The commerce Of the county felt
the exuberation of fresh and lusty life
and vigor from the improvement of
the rivers and harbors, but this eX'
uberance would have been vastly In
creased and half the money approprl
ated for rivers and harbors been ap
piled in aid of the Improvement and
maintenance of the public roads, the
very foundation of commerce.
1t must not be imagined that anyone
proposes that the government shall
enter upon the work of building public
highways without the cooperation OF
the State. county or other political
subdivision. The policy CT the govern
ment should be TO help those communi
ties that help themselves; to stimulate
action ;nd enterprise rather than to
repress it by appropriating money to
those communities that do nothing for
hemselves.-Automobi Topics.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-02
OZARK MOUNTAINS.
laid to BE the Most Ancient of Hills Or
All Mother Earth.

Said to Be the Mose Ancient OF Hii1s OF
All Mother Earth.
Men are speaking in wondering
words Of Jura, Of the grandeur of Ev-
crest, of the awe inspiring canons of
the West, of the Andes and the Alps;
but no man has ever looked upon a
scene more incltive to thought and pro-
found meditative imagination than the
rugged hills of the lower Ozarks. He
who climbs the Jura stands upon
peak of the modern world, but the
man who stands upon the highlands
Of Ozark County looks upon land so
old that the brain becomes weary in
attempting to measure its age, though
measurement be made in epochs-not
In thousands of years.
The Himalaya Mountains have, dur
Ing some thousands or millions of
years, poured their deposits into that
body Of water which we know as the
China Sea. and by filling the basin of
luvium that the Empire Of China.
with its untold population, now occu-
pies the space over which the water
once flowed unrestrained. Look to
your maps and note how large the low
lands of China are; conjecture the
depth Of the alluvial deposit in these
iowlands. and then comprehend, II you
can, the ages during which the Hima-
laya Mountains have been busy filling
up the basin Of the sea and by wash
of the tides and overflow Of the rivers
building the land of China as we know
1t to-day.
The brain wearles Of the effort. We
are incapable Of comprehending such
almost infinite time, and yet we do
know that the mountains of Asia are
the youngest mountain ranges on
earth. and that the lowlands Of China
belong to the last days.
We may grasp n suggestion of facts
by comparisons sometimes. II the
Hlmalayas are the youngest, the
Ozarks are the eldest of all mountain
ranges. and between the dates which
gave them birth the Rocky Mountains.
the Appalachans. the Apennines, the
Alps. the Andes, the Nevadas. the Cir
cassians, the Caucasus, the great
mountains ranges of Australia and AT.
rica had birth. Yet these were not
reared suddenly by some continent cre-
ating explosion, but slowly. surely.
tenderly. as 1t becomes mother earth
to develop her giant children.
Thus, by analysis, we arrive at the
age of the Ozarks. yet fail to compre-
hend, for we cannot measure their
ancient height nor picture the stormy
world. We can simply imagine a
huge ball hung in space rapidly re.
volving. enveloped in clouds, the rain
in ceaseless torrents descending and
the wide ocean rolling free and un-
broken, save where the Ozarks breast.
ed the waves and turned the tide back
upon herself.-St. Louis Globe Demo.
Crat.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-02
steel Roadway n Success.

The laying OF track of broad, fiat
steel rails on Murray street, between
Broadway and Church street, was ac'
complished the middle of last Decem'
Der, 1t being thought that Murray
street offered the severest testing
ground on account of the heavy truck
ing through that thoroughfare. The
rails have been in use many months
and teamsters driving through Murray
street have learned the advantage in
using them, and yet the roadway shows
few signs Of wear.
A glance at the cross-sectlonal cut
will show how the roadbed is prepared
for laying the rails. 10 eighteen by
eighteen inch trenches are dug and
filed with one and half inch broken
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-02

iudes pleats at the shoulders. that give
the fashionable breadth, and sleeves
Of the latest sort. The model is made
" wood brown henrietta. with velvet
piped with white and ornamental but
tons as trimming, but the design suits
almost all seasonable fabrics. The
sleeves, with their big puffs at the
wrists, are specially worthy of con-
sideration as they lend themselves to
remodelling with singular success. The
npper portions are not wider than those
Of last season and are simply shaped
to fall over the full puffs.
The blouse is made over fitted lin
Ing that closes at the centre front. On
this lining are arranged the plain back
and the pleated fronts, that are faced
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-02

and turned back to form the narrow
revers. The trimming is arranged
round the neck at the back, to form
points at the front. The sleeves are
snug to the elbows, but full above the
narrow cuffs. At the neck is a collar
that combines the two materials.
The quantity Of material required
for the medium size is three yards
twenty-seven inches wide, one and
three-quarter yards forty-four inches
wide, or one and one-half yards fifty
two inches wide, with one and three
quarter yards of velvet to make as il
lustrated.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-02
Jackets Are short.

Jackets Are Short.
Nearly all jackets are short, says Le
Bon Ton, although few, a very few.
long coats arc seen. The latter are
more on the Russian blouse order. Bo-
leros are the thing. but more than any.
thing else one sees the entire dress Of
heavy cloths or velvets, corsage and
skirt TO be worn without jacket. sim
ply furs or short fur capes. These are
to be quite the thing for street wear.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-02

less other suggestions might be made.
The kimono is made with fronts and
packs and is shaped by means Of shoul.
der, underarm and centre back seams
The sleeves are cut in deep points that
are eminently graceful, and both their
edges and those of the neck and front
are faced to form the bands.
The quantity of material required for
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-02
Easiiy.Made Borax soap.

Borax soap will remove all kinds OF
spots from floors, carpets, painted
woodwork, etc. 1t is easily made by
saving all the bits Of soap which accu-
mulate in the household, and boiling
these down with rev teaspoonfuls Of
bornx until It becomes jellylike sub.
stance.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-02
The Latest in yeIyets.

velvets in blues and browns. with a
pin dot of white. have a pressed dol
the size of franc piece, which at first
gives the effect of button.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-02
The Art of Cooking Pumpkin and squasl

Cut ripe winter squash in half
iengthwise, take out the seeds, but do
not pare. Place the halves in baking
pan with little water, cover and bake
in a moderate oven for an hour and
half. A quarter Of an hour before the
squash is done remove the cover and
with spoon take out the water in the
pan. Sprinkle with plenty Of salt and
put generous lump of butter in each
half. Return to the oven to brown
slightly. Pumpkin cooked in this way
is even better than squash. Pumpkin
requires long, slow cooking for several
hours.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-02
Old-Fashioned Brocades.

Brocades in quaint, old-fashloned de-
signs are much used for evening
gowns, trimmed with fine ruchlngs,
says lie Bon Ton. One gown of bro
cade, on view at leading modlste's,
was made with Vatican pleat in
the back. the front opening over a pet
tlcoat of lace.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-02
An Extra Wrap,

Little paletots, made in red, violet or
puce cloth, are worn as an extra wrap
over cloth gowns, says lie Bon Ton.
For dressy wear they are made of
white cloth. Stitching and gold but
tons are all that is used for trimming.
They are a smart little wrap. OF
course the bolero effect is predominant
in these gowns, and the high, tight
fitting girdle is Indispensable.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-02

Ostrich feathers are displayed, show
ing two colors, as, for instance. brown
and green, royal purple and green. A
handsome feather is a combination Of
ostrich and paradise-an extreme nov
city and very expensive.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-02
Crushed pink Cloth.

For evening wear crushed pink cloth
trimmed with lace is very handsome,
says lie Bon Ton. Begonia. fushia and
clematls shades in cloth are used for
evening gowns. White cloth and lace
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-02

>-Matters!


Pans, kettles and cake tins, ETC., will
last much longer If when washed they
are placed before the fire for few
minutes TO get quite dry inside before
being put away. If left damp they
soon become rusty, and in short time
are unfit for use.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-02

When is . man too old TO marry !?
For heavens sake. Chauncey. do be
quiet. Tommy Plat In now the lead.
Ing lady.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-02

New York City.-Blouse waists
make the fnvorite models of the sea-
son and are worn both for indoor and
street costume. This May Manton' In
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-02

Sorrows are often like clouds, which
though black when they are passing
over us, when they are past become as
II they were the garments of God
thrown off in purple and gold along
the sky. If each man had the spirit
Of self-surrender, the spirit of the
cross, 1t would not matter to him
whether he were doing the work of
the handspring or one of the inferior
parts. 1t is his duty to try to be him-
SELF simply try to do his own duty.