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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-02

proper have given us that other cor
dial named after them, and just as
some of the Trappists or Cistercians,
who are also offshoots of the ancient
order, founded on Monte Casino, in
the year 526, by st. Benedict, have in
vented a soothing beverage which is in
commerce and has a trademark.
All these monastic people, whose or
ders are nowadays so much threatened
by the French government, lived in
communion with nature and studied
some of her secrets. Hence it is not
surprising that Dom Pierre Perignon
should have used his monastic expert
ence in the champagne district and
led the way to the preparation of such
wines, for instance, as the Veuve
Cliquot Ponsardin of the present day.
But the wine of the famous French
province now formed by the depart
ment of the Aube, the HauteMarne,
the Marine and the Ardennes was ia
nous long before the time of Dom
Pierre Perignon, the Benedictine bot
anist vine cultivator. The plantations
of the first "vignes de la champagne
dates from the Gallo-Roman deys, but
their cultivation did not become prop
erly developed until the fourteenth
century. Rheims and Epernay, now
headquarters for the wine were not
famous then for their magnificent cell
lars, hewn in the chalk of limestone,
and so admirably adapted for the deli
cate work of perfecting the juice
drawn off from both black and white
grapes.
But the win de champagne" was
making it's way as the wine of kings.
1t was not yet, however, the king OF
all Wines" as Leigh Hunt erroneous
ly calls the mamma of Montepulciano,
after Redi
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-02

rapid kind 1 will go out and ground
an electric light wire through my
handsome person. She whacked me on
the side of the head with a fist like a
ham, and don't you doubt it, Willie
she meant every word Of it.
Il get 81 a day and found Found
means that the old man comes to your
downy couch at in the morning and,
finding you asleep, whoops you out to
feed the horses. By the time the
horses are fed we are called to break
fast Did you ever eat pie at break
fast? Well, we have pie for break
fast every other morning. 1t seems to
be the idea out here if you have pie
you can't complain at any other in
dignity. And every pie we have had
so far Is made out of raisins. Now
don't get it into your head that raisins
won't make good pie. They do.
after breakfast we HE us away to
the field and cut wheat until the fat
dame waves a tablecloth out of the
window to tell us that dinner is ready
Then we eat and go out and cut more
wheat, and the old boy keeps US at it
until it gets too dark to see. But,
Willie, the way you can sleep after
you have had a day like that! You 20
dead-that's all about it.
"I figure that 1 will get home with
about $50 to the clear. The old boy
says he will give me $25 a month to
stay and pillow, and thresher man Of
fers $3.50 day and found if I will
work for him. But $50 is capital
enough for Harold. Tam not grasping
or sordid
"(P. 81 had a heart to-heart talk
with the roly-poly girl last evening
She said 1 ought to be ashamed Of
myself for kissing her In the house
where the fat dame might see. If it
wasn't for school taking up 1 believe
I'd tackle that job of plowing.)"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-02

the street. 1t was in that year that he
became a manipulation of Sugar and
National Cordage stocks. Though there
was gray in his hair and whiskers, he
was then really at his very best, and
while in the past he had played what
his friends termed a lone hand" he
now sought the cooperation of others
1t was Keenes genius and not that
OF HaVemeyer that brought the stock
of the American. Sugar Company to
1853 in August, 1897. 1t was
Keene who made $4OOO.00O out of the
collapse of National Cordage, a secur-
ity which from 147 share fell to moth
ing in less than a year. In 1898 he
made $1,500,O00 in two days in Ameri-
can Tobacco, and it was Immediately
after this that he began to fight Will
liam c. Whitney, who, it is said. had
employed him to boom Metropolitan
stock. In some manner, while at
tending to the booming, Keene got a
lot of Third Avenue shares, which
when the Metropolitan absorbed the
Third Avenue Company. he was oblig-
ed to unload at below so, at a loss of
little more than two millions
His career since then has been al
most entirely one of cooperation, and
it is said by some who claim inside
information, that he and not Morgan
was really the responsible factor n,
the successful floating of the stock of
the United States Steel Corporation.
His fight with Hartman and his re-
cent alleged attacks upon the South
ern Pacific property are we'll remem
bered by all readers of newspapers.
Keene's Varied Experiences Ss n
Patron of the Turf.
The story of James R. Keene's ex-
perience on the turf would be unite
as long as the story of his career as
a financier were it written down in
full, and possibly more interesting. His
most famous horse was Foxhall II
has been said that his son. FoxhaII
Parker Keene, was named after this
horse, but that is not true. The horse
was named after the son. Keene has
a stock farm in Kentucky called the
"Castleton Stud" 1t is one of the fin
est in the United States. His racing
strings have included scores of the
most famous horses of the world. ana
he has won many of the most famous
races. II is to his credit that he bas
often devoted the profits of his racing
operations to charity. Thus. when the
year before last, Cap and Bells won
the English Oaks. the winnings were
divided equally between certain Eng
lish and American hospitals
keene's nervousness increases rather
than otherwise as he grows older. and
there are many stories of his petty
quarrels with his friends and Others.
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II is highly improbable that Mr..
Keene had any notion at all, when he
arrived here, of attacking the interests
of Jaw Gould, then the Wizard of Wall
Street. His first big operation was
the selling short" of 10000 shares of
New York Central, by which the
Keene fortune was augmented 10
the tune of a quartet of million. but
the Keene conversation was ever SAN
el1ine and picturesque, and it was soon
All over the street that he had boosted
of coming here with a parlor car full
of money" and that the one thing he
fonged for was Jay Gould's scalp"
Mai. ]. r. Selover, who had met and
admired Keene in the West, and was
something of a Wall street expert him.
self. spread this and other stories In
dustriously, and, of course, Gould
heard it.
"Maybe he did bring a parlor car
full of money here" was Gould's COM
ment, land maybe he does yearn for
my scalp. But wen send him back
to the coast in a gravel car If he be-
comes troublesome, never fear.
Those were great days for Keene.
He had won fame on the coast. but
il was naught compared to the fame
he won here. Maj. SeloVer had a
parrot which he taught to cry vocifer-
ouslv. "Great man, Jim Keene!" This
pleased Keene and added to his fame,
and also to his self-conceit. For the
first and only time in his life he de-
parted from his rule of always dress
ing tastefully, and attired himself in
a long, white overcoat. which made
him the subject of many more news
paper articles than would have been
written about him otherwise
Somebody tempered with the par
rot after awhile, so that the bird, after
declaring Keene to be a great man,
would make a pause and add, in a
sepulchral tone, like hell" This ad-
vertised Keene still more, though 1t
made him very angry, and almost
caused him to break with Selover. All
this time, though, there was probably
some animosity between Gould and
Keene. They worked together specu-
lating in Geographic stocks, but in
1877, or year later, they broke friend
ship Keene opposed Gould and won
lots of money from him. This made
the two implacable enemies, and, be-
ginning in 1878, Gould inaugurated a
series of campaigns against the West
erner, which were destined to end in
victory for the Wizard. He was help
ed a good deal in this by the decline In
general business following the extern
sive strikes of 1877. Ii was not until
May, 1854. however that Gould was
able to say, truthfully that he had
taken Keene's scalp.
Keene's first heavy losses arose
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unanimous report in favor of Noyes. as
only two Democrats stood by Rock
well. These were Judge Cobb of Ala
bama, who asked during the debate
'iAr. Speaker, where was 1 at?"; and
Mr.. Gillespie of Pennsylvania. On the
floor Cochran, as a Tammany man.
made big speech. O'Ferrall in reply
ing, ridiculed the Tammany mans eff
fort He said Cochran had simply bel
lowed, and hadn't advanced a single
argument.
And then he went on to tell a story
TO the effect that an old negro was
caught out in a forest during a terrific
thunder and-lightning storm. Finally
the negro prayed. He said: 20, Lord.
please to give me more light and less
noise"
The same day O'FerralI also made a
lifelong enemy of Gen. Joe Wheeler of
Alabama, by comparing that fidgety
little man with a mosquito. Rockwell
retained his seat, however, as most Of
the Democrats went back on the com
mittee. 1t was really a fight between
Cleveland and Hill that year, which was
carried to the Chicago convention in
the summer. Cleveland beat Hill out
there, and O'Ferrall then had his in
nings.
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One story which occupied columns in
the newspapers at the time, tells how
he barely escaped being put off a train
when on his way TO his suburban home
because he had forgotten his COM
mutation ticket and wouldn't pay his
fare. Another tells how he allowed
the obtaining of judgment for a small
coal bill against him because he did
not like the way he had been asked
to pay 1t.
His enemies are numerous, for he
has the gentle art of making them in
quite as great a degree as ever James
Mcneil Whistler, the postmaster in
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-02

and she greeted each other cordially
and began to talk of old times. she
proudly recalled having borne the III,
ture Pontiff in her arms and narrated
with glee how the Countess, his motn-
err had taken two of her children win
her to a dinner party, and how little
Gicacchino was so restless that he had
to be banished from the table. Mari
anna Moroni was the young girl VINO
was charged with the execution of the
penalty.
But are you perfectly sure it was
To- asked the Pope. ''You might have
mistaken me for my brother, who was
there, too"
mo, your holiness" promptly re-
sponded the old woman; your brother
behaved much better than you, and ne
was allowed to remain at the table.
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that art, possessed it. His friends ara
numerous. toos but they are all a ittle
afraid of him; for his tongue is sar-
castle TIC a fault. and no one is ever
able to tell when he is going to lose
his temper.
No one knows whether his private
fortune" which he mentioned the dav
after the suspension of T. ]. TayIor
G. Co., is really seriously involved or
not. Even if it is, there is no reason
why he should not rise again excent
the reason that is furnished by his
age. He is now past 60 and his health
is not of the best. Duane
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-30
METHODISTS FORMED
CHURCH BROTHERHOOD
First Step in Missionary Movement Inaugurated
Last NIGHT

The first step looking toward INSTALL
ing the Methodist missionary move
ment and the Inauguration of the in
stitutional work in Savannah was
taken last night when Methodist
Brotherhood was formed. The meeting
was held in the auditorium of the
Trinity Methodist Church and forty
eight were in attendance and signed
their names to the constitution as
charter members.
The first step taken at the meeting
last night was the adoption of a con-
stitution. This business occupied the
greater part of the session. After con-
siderable discussion a constitution of
six articles was drawn UP and adopt
ed. The constitution states the OBJ
jects of the Brotherhood, the name,
and who are eligible for membership.
The name of the organization is The
Union of Savannah Methodists of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. South"
The membership is composed of the
Savannah Methodist pastors and the
official members of the four Methodist
churches. After deciding upon a name
the following officers were elected to
serve during the ensuing year: Presi-
dent, Mr.. Samuel b. Adams of the
Wesley Monumental Church; vice pres
ident, Mr.. Gordon L. Grower of the
Trinity Church; secretary, Mr.. w. H.
Fifer of the Epworth Church; and
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-30
ALL ARE IN GOOD CONDITION
AND IT WOULD BE UNJUST TO DIS
BAND THEM, HE SAYS.

CoIOred Commands of Georgia win
Compare FavOrabIy with Any
Volunteer Organizations in the
UniOn-Spirit of Rivalry to Excel,
and Ambition to Please the Gov
eminent Exists in All Commands.
Inspection of the COIOred Troops
Will BE Completed Tonight.
Col ]. H. Deveaux, who is one of the
foremost figures in colored military cir
Giles of Georgia, said yesterday that the
threatened disarmament of the colored
military companies of the state is a
matter that he believed those in au-
thority have not premeditated.
Il notice from the papers," he said,
that there seems to be a preconcert-
ed movement, imaginary or real, 1
do not know which, to abolish all of
the colored commands in the South.
This statement is supported by the
statement that the provisions of the
Dick bill, making it possible for color
ed offices to command white troops,
has alarmed the whites to such an
minds to do away with the colored
troops entirely. This 1 do not believe
1 do not believe that Inspector General
Obear had any such idea when he or
dered the disbandment of the Georgia
Artillery, but that he took this action
with the same motive that prompted
him to disband two white commands
1T is true that the stringent rules
of inspection put in force by the gov
eminent, and which are strictly en-
forced by regular army officers, makes
it very hard matter for companies
Of state guards to pass successful ex-
aminations, and as a result a large
number of both white and colored COM
mands have been disbanded. This is
not been more generally so of the
colored than of the white troops.
Never before in the history of Geor.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-30

treasurer, Mr.. H. A. Cordson of the
Grace Methodist Church.
1t was decided that the officers
should have a board of directors with
whom they could confer on any mat
tiers of Importance and in whom the
control and direction of the Union
should be vested. These directors
were to be four in number, one to be
chosen from each church in the city.
The following were selected last night:
Mr.. Cornell, Wesley Monumental: Mr..
S. B. Rustin of Grace Church, and Mr..
Edward A. Wright of Epworth Church.
The director who will represent the
Trinity Church, was not chosen at the
meeting last night.
After the work which is so soon to be
undertaken by the Methodists of Sa-
vannah had been partially explained
the Union adjourned. 1t was decided
to meet again at the Trinity Church
at the call of the president.
The presiding elder of the Savannah
District, Rev. T. D. Ellis, was unable
to be present at the meeting last night.
once of the organization of the union
and the election of its officers. The
next meeting will be called as soon as
Rev. Mr.. Ellis can be present. AT
| this meeting the full scope of the work
| to be undertaken will be explained and
all the different departments elabor-
| ated upon. The treasurer will also re-
| port concerning the financial status of
| the movement and the active work in
augurated without unnecessary delay.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-30

gia have the colored troops been in
such a state of eXcellency. I believe
that they compare favorably with any
volunteer companies in the Union. This
increasing severity of the demands
made by the government, and the an
proved methods and increased supply
OF equipments has brought the voun.
teer troops of the country up to a
standard but little below that Of the
regular soldiers.
THE commands in Savannah are en-
listed up to their full strength, the men
are prompt at drills take pride in their
companies, engage in a commendable
spirit of rivalry among themselves, are
willing disciples of the drill master and
are ambitious to be recognized as valu-
able additions to the National Guard
Their disarmament while such a spirit
of ambition and honest endeavor pre-
walls would be a serious setback tc
their spirits, and 1 do not believe that
the officials of the state will tolerate
it,
Col. Obear inspected the Chatham
Light Infantry at their armory last
night. There was full complement
of officers and men present, almost
the entire enlisted strength of the COM
mand being present. The officers Of
the command were highly satisfied with
the showing made, and believe that il
will receive favorable comment from
the inspector general in his report
AS is his custom, Col. Obear would
make no statement bearing on the
showing made by any of the COM
mands that he has inspected until his
final report is made to the Governor.
Tonight the Colquitt Blues will be
inspected, which will complete the in
spection of the colored commands OF
Savannah.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-30
AS SURE AS THE SUN
RISES
So Certain VIII BE Your Cure of
Piles If You Desire Immediate
Relief From Pain.

Are you suffering from the agonizing
disease of piles? Is your life one of
pain and unhappiness and misery? Do
you want to be cured? Your cure will
be certain, complete and as lasting as
your life by using a simple, natural
remedy that gives immediate relief No
knife, no torture, no pain, and applied
in the privacy of your own home The
Pyramid Pile Cure has never failed
even in the most aggravated cases. 1t
is i'm the form of a suppository and is
applied directly to the affected parts.
giving instant relief. II win cure you
just as certain as you try ii. OF this
there Is no question or shadow of a
boubt.
A prominent Milwaukee lady says:
For years 7 suffered intense agony
from piles. My nerves were shattered
and many times / prayed that death
might release me from torture. No one
on earth can ever know what misery
and pain ] endured. Pyramid Pile
Cure cured me completely, thoroughly
and permanently. For two years /
haYe not had a symptom Of piles.
can never thank and praise you enough
for this blessed deliYerance f"
Pyramid Pile Cure D. for safe by ali
druggists "a 80 cents a package. m not
kept by your druggist Hlil D. sent "a
REQ ipt ~ price bf Pyramid Drug 10.
Main street Marshall. Mich
Write for free BOOKLET % The nature
tFfatnent anq cure ~ piles
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reporting tomorrow morning owing to
the fact that it is a Jewish holiday.
They must be in their places, how
ever, Friday morning. Supt. Ashmore
called attention yesterday to the fact
that lists of the books used in each
grade have been placed with the deal
ers and tSat the Jewish children can
secure their books to-day for to-mor-
row night. All of them know In what
grades they have been placed and they
must secure their books to-day or to-
morrow night, and not put the matter
off until Friday. None will be excused
from school work on Friday to go for
their books, as ample arrangement has
been made for them to secure their
books before.
A Bright Outlook.
1.-The outlook for the year is very
bright" said Supt. Ashmore. land a
prosperous school year is opening. All
of the teachers have returned for their
work and all know what is to be done.
The work for the year has heen
mapped out and there will be no de-
lay in starting. Everything indicates
that Savannah is to enter upon one
of the most prosperous schools years
in it's history"
No admission cards will be issued to-
day, the entire day being given up to
lueGllIlSS D6lW6Gu lilG SUPERINTENDENT
and the teachers. All the white city
school teachers will assemble at 10
o'clock at Chatham Academy for their
meeting and at II o'clock the white
country teachers will meet. At II
o'clock the colored teachers will as
semble at the East Broad Street School
All of the school rooms are in readi-
ness for opening work. The few teach
ers who had not reported on Mon
day arrived yesterday and reported TO
Supt. Ashmore.
All children must attend school IN
their own districts this year. and on
Thursday, they must report to the
school in their own district. If they
go to any of the other schools they
will be sent at once to their own. The
transfer cards have been sent to the
schools in which the children belong
and seats reserved for them there
This provides for their accommodation
in their own district school
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-30
MERCURY FOUR DEGREES
BELOW THE AVERAGE.

The mercury yesterday made a de-
cided change in its movements as COM
pared with Sunday and Monday. On
the first two days Of the week it regis
tered an excess of five degrees above
the normal on each day, but yester-
day there was a deficiency of four de-
grees. The maximum temperature
was 76 degrees, the point at which the
mercury stood at noon yesterday. The
minimum was recorded at 600 o'clock
IN the morning when 81 degrees was
the highest point reached This
made the mean temperature for the
day 81 degrees, four degrees below -
the normal temperature. The change
90 cooler weather WAS the subject 81
much favorable comment among those
who were on the streets. there being
less discomfort experienced iu moving
about
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-30
BULLOCK COUNTY NEWS
STATE FAIR EDITION.

Mr.. ]. r. Miller of the Statesboro
News is in the city to-day in the in
terest of his paper. Mr.. Miller is at
work on the State Fair edition of his
journal and is receiving much encour-
agement everywhere. He is doing a
great work for Statesboro and Bull
loch county and will issue from his
printing department a paper of fifty
pages. Day and night his men are
at work to get, the big edition off on
time and when printed it will reflect
credit on the men who made it. Mr..
Miller is the head and hardest mork-
er for the Bulloch country exhibit at
Macon and Savannah, and when he
gets it in shape and on exhibition the
first prize will be easy. The Savan-
nah merchants will be well represented
in the State Fair edition of The Bull
loch County News.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-30
Paine's CeIerv
Compound
Cured Her

aim for some definite object; a fixed
plan and purpose to be useful in our
day and time. The great American in
stitution is the home. There can be
no substantial progress or happiness
without decent homes, and the owner
ship of these homes is the surest basis
for our moral uplift. Strict and sterl-
ing honesty, not only in our business
transactions but in all our labor re-
lations, should be taught our children
by precept and example. Too often the
charge of shiftlessness, laziness and
unreliability is fixed upon the race be-
cause of so many young men parad-
ing the citys streets and hanging
around public places. This is cry
ing evil and must be abated. Insist
upon it that our boys and girls work
at home while they are under our con-
troll.
There must be a rugged insistence
upon a wise economy in the expendi-
ture of time. money and labor It is
needless to specify the numerous ways
in which our people fritter away their
time. money and labor. We must avoid
law suits and fuses; we must reduce
the criminal statistics; we must lower
the death rate"