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Disraeli Wrote or Approa ching Marriage.

From The London DdtlV Chroniclc.
Disraeli autographs. formerly among the
scarcest, threaten to glut the market. AZ
least a dozen have been put into the hands
last few days.
One Of the number has that touch OF nature
which makes men kin. 1t is a letter written
to announce his marriage and is addressed
to his uncle MIR. Basevi. the Parliamentary
lawyer. Il rather think. he says, that YOU
will not be so much surprised as ] am. that
am going to be married, and you can even
hazard a conjecture as TO the lady who is
about to make me a happy man.
Alas there is no footnote to say whether
and TO what extent the nephew drew" his
uncle. A wedding present was likely to be
accepts able enough to Disraeli at that date,
when he was still in the hands Of HIS conf
patriots-the Jews and though h his uncle
was q man Of means. he was also man 2f
The sun., 1904-08-07
A Chronological impression.

Ftom the Washington S1dr.
January's made for work an February, too.
Comes round to give de folks chance 70 shsw
what dcy kin do.
Oars Christmas an Thanksgivtn' day 0catter1n
through de year
An spring TO staht you singln' cause do skyis
bright an clear.
Mos every month dat comes along some special
work will show.
E1ceptin' one. OATS Angus. Den dc world moves
kind o slow.
You feels like loain frum de dawn until de shadows
fall.
It pears like Angus WASH made fob ything ct ali.
II gives de OIL thermometer q second chance TO
climb
1t jes slips in between de fireworks an dc reed bird
time.
De sleepy days Is noddin like de branches OF dc
trees
Dat S bendn whah dc clover Is invitin' Of do bees.
when folks divided up de year. I reckon II WAS
found
Dey had mo- sunshine dan dey really needed TO 20
round.
pey found some extra time dat somehow didn't
At In pat.
o. dat.
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Baby.

From the Houston Post.
Wee tow headed baby,
Like butter ball,
Half Inclined to laughter.
Half inclined TO souaN,
Dimplcs In your elbows,
Dlmplc In your chin
Looks like God had made you
To put dimples inl
Looks like God had made yot,
Roly poly boy.
With your mouth a.pucker
Eyes a-dance with Joy,
Just to carry dimples
What-have YOU a pain!
Dear, such twisty faces
Arc a sign OF rain
Half a laugh. half crying.
Don't know what to do,
Gulping. sobbing. signing,
Tell YOU, baby: You
Stick like that to mother
Always when In doubt
All the years Of all your life,
And you can't lose out.
The sun., 1904-08-07
An Appeal to Maud.


Come into the garden. Maud.
And see how the weeds have grown.
They're getting SO thick.
And growing so quick,
can't pun EN- all alone.
So come into the garden. Maud.
And give me helping hand.
There's lot OF witchgrasS
In the lettuce, alasi
And It's growing to beat the bandi
Come into the garden. Maud,
And do weed the onions flrsti
The lettuce Is bad,
And the beets make me sad.
But the onion bed Is the worst.
So put on your bloomers, Maud,
And tackle the pesky weeds
without any fuss.
For woe Is US,
II ever they scatter their seeds!
Come into the garden. Maud,
For the black bat, night, has flown.
There's plenty OF work,
So don't try TO shifk
And leave II to me alone.
Just quicken your motions. Maud.
And Danish that naughty sneef
And knccl down In the dew,
For it's right up to you
To help get this garden clear'
The sun., 1904-08-07
No Escape From Athletic Girls.

And the athletic girl, whose vgor Is the vigof
Of man. whose talk Is the talk Of man. who invsdes
his smoking room. his billiard room. shares with
him the whiskey decanter and the cigarette boz
and win not let him have his tailor 10 himself
-she 10 not likely 70 keep her influence over him
far long.
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evening and compliments we're due to him.
but because he had distinct advantage
over his fellow conductors who were pres
ent. Nikisch does not compose.
How easy for him to outdo in amlability
those who are icted with the desire Of
augmenting the musical literature. Vein
gartner is also a very polite and amiable
man, but he composes. and he who escapes
favors publicly is always in disadvantage
to him who can offer them
Nikisch was most curious to produce a
work of his dear friend Feli1 next season
at Leipsic, and Weingartner under such
obligation to his friend Arthur, will manage
to be present at the performance.
Conductor Bernhard Stavenhagen, an
other guest Of the evening, has wife who
sings, and the people in Leipsic-so Nikisch
said-have long been wishing to hear her.
Would she accept an invitation to sing at
one OF the Gewandhaus conoerts2 I dare
say she will, and Nikisch will conduct her
Accomplishments with unsurpassed skill.
II nothing else, this little symposium
taught us the advantage the non-composing
conductor has over his composing fellow
artist. But it taught other things besides.
None of the local opera house conductors
was present Why did they stay away?
Probably because prima donnas are not In
the habit Of celebrating the triumphs Of
their competitors,
1t is obvious that the Munich General
Musikdirektor. Felix Mottl. especially has
been put in an awkward position through
this aGastspiel" of Nikisch and Vein.
gartner. He had just accepted the posi-
ton as the first and omnipotent Kapell-
meister OF the Munich Hoftheater when
these two outsiders were called upon to
conduct two Of the most important works OF
the repertoire.
To be sure, such measures indulged in by
do not harmonize very well with higher
artistic principles; nor can the spirit Of dis
ciplne among the Hoftheater forces benefit
by them.
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SACRED HEART ACADEMY

CSss.on 'or 0"s snnnd % Tesfnhesster' NI.
An Ideal location on shores Of Long Island Soundi
registered by the regen!s prepares for college snd
military training develops promptness, mAnllneas
and obedience. Term begins Sept. Ath:
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using about eight small cards. When he has 70
take these in he secs It will rive sweep, and 70
the eards on tSe tsSie and 1sElnS in Two tens only
b bets he cannot do this.
D Is IRht, L.
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ID
and Els hands are dead
D's hand Is dead. because he lifted It. but Els
hand Is not. The rule Is that DIS six cards shall
be spread face down and the dealer shall draw
one at random, giving 1t TO TO complete his hand.
afterward throwing the remaining ,ve cards OF
DIS dead hand into the discards, without showing
any OF them to the other players looking at them
himself.
p J. NJ. wants 10 know II there Is suoh thing q
. sure winning hand, and II so what II Is.
As the suits have no rank In poker the best
possible hand, a royal nush. A Q 10 Of any suit,
may still be tied by royal hush In another suit:
although II cannot be beaten. It Is not sure TO
win. but 1t cannot lose.
aasis sa1% soGG ssss
poker to hold up kicker with q small pair.
As these questions must be put as a matter Of
odds or percentage. the answers must be on mathe-
matical principles. II can be demonstrated that
pair OF deuces Is as good as pair OF tens 10 draw
70 against openers and that the deuces will win as
many pots as the tens In the long run So. II
player Is going to como In against openers with
anything less than OPENERS II docs not matter
how small his pair may be-N Is Just as good as
any higher pair which Is still lower than actual
openers. As TO holding up kickers. the chances
OF improving the hand arc diminished. but many
players consider II an advantage to vary the draw
occasionally, so that they shall not be always put
down for trpets when they take two cards only.
J. H. c. says: The opener, having three nines,
askeo for infes cards BY mistake. but corrected
himself before the dealer had nun them on An
other player bets he must stand by his nrst call
and take the three cards.
II the next player has not been helped mistake
In the number Of cards asked for can be rectined
without penalty. II Is not fair To hold player too
severely to mere slip of the tongue.
,so He makes The trump and n eds g. putting him
isiiins irTi 70 reach lis bid 81 J. Il Is agreed that
he goes back $50. but u this 70 be taken Oh the
slate, which stands At s7o with the melds 70 ee
taken on the score - stood when bidf
The score whom A bid. All he made On bis b,d.
both melds and play az lost - \ soss bsek 10
from 40
The sun., 1904-08-07

a ship having broken masts with rough waves
ss m Bas s.ss 4sSu
on the other side Is , fI ssEed ship sailing through
On tf the broken ms.ssd ship i sk.PeF%ent
ppS the sosntry a, ths. date The 1ppeeanos s's and
Tyler Too" "eampaign, Please give me the, slrniH.
II rare and also OF what value II any q Please give
TIE inscription which Is on the tomb Of Albert,
had Inscribed besides the name DC. ii was pub.
lished. think years ago In The Sun. but cannot
would come and lie beside him * the E!srnsi Rest S
s. p. TABER WILLKTs.
1. This Is political token and the Inscriptions.
refer TO Van Burens nscal bill OF 1887 dlvorcing
the Treasury from private banking and trade,
and to the Whig agitation led by Daniel Webster
for It's repeal. 1t Is not and Is worth only about
10 cents. 2. The only Inscription OF which we can
md any record Is:
queen Victoria and her people. to the memory
OF Albert Prince Consort, as tribute Of their graft
tude for q life devoted 70 the public good"
Ihsve coin Of septimius Severus in a very good
state Of pIsseIyson. ,S The ooyeIse bears ar The En-
IN Britain The p ,5 , has three female nEIrss
ing downward. The Lettering here is q fttle moro
u sS eoS 1 sad oi .na asoDs ss
Can you tell me whether II Is valuable. other
wise than as relic. NUAIsM.
The coin Is one classed by dealers as q "nrst
brass" 1t Is not rare and its commercial value
Is Insignificant. There arc not many really rare
and valuable old coins floating around nowadays.
They are like the genuine "Strsds".-prctty well
all accounted for and In the possession OF conec-
tors. A. the leading dealer In the city puts Il:
Il buy over 100 old coins daily In my business.
outside Of what get st oorectors' sales, &C.,
dont meet with really rare or valuable ooin. on
q average, moro than once in nvs pears"
The sun., 1904-08-07


blame because the public in all probability
will be inclined to discover something
new and remarkable in his composition.
for no other reason than that the celebrated
conductor thought it worth his while to play
it, This reminds us OF the time when the
prima donna made the composer famous
by singing the principal part Of his opera.
when, some years ago, well known
tenor jokingly called another famous tenor
the last prima DONNA" he forgot to an
nounce the greater conductor AS the
prlna donna's successor. 1t seems that
Npuolic musical life cannot flourish without
some arrangement of the natural order
OF things
To sing as artistically and beautifully
as possible is nothing more than the plain
duty Of the artist. and the enthusiastic
applause may be looked upon as the pleas
ant duty Of the public. But over a splen-
did rendition and the applause it receives,
the composition is too often forgotten.
Vet the facts are 80 simple. No genu-
iney valuable composition can be lifted
above its own level, not even by the most
exquisite reproduction: hence the COM
poser should never receive second, but
always first consideration. The merits
OF the prima donna conductor may be or
may not be Of a higher order than those
OF the prma donna singer. but in all es-
sential points the conductors case is the
same as the singers.
German musicians and the public Of Ber-
I'm, Vienna, Munich. &C.. seem to be par
TALLY blind to this fact. They are conductor
crazy, as we have been prima donpa-crazy.
1t was certainly blessing that Wagner
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-24

accepted, nothing less than a death in
the family should prevent attendance
at the party. Etiquette demands a
call from each guest within a week
after the dinner, whether the invita-
ton was or was not accepted.
As the guests arrive, the hostess re-
ceives them in the drawing-room. She
must have something pertinent and
pleasant to say to each. She must be
mistress of herself, even though some
untoward guest delays the dinner by
his late coming. To be too early at
a dinner party is a blunder: to be one
minute-one-half minute-late is a
crime. 1t is said that too many
cooks spoil the dinner" but the guest
who comes last and keeps it waiting,
is the real spoiler.
If hostess has servants, the butler
or the waitress announces dinner by
coming to the drawing room door and
drawing aside the curtains, or he says
to the hostess, Madam, dinner is serv-
ed" Of course, if there are no serv-
ants, the hostess simply invites her
guests to the dining room in any pref
ty, informal way.
The hostess takes the arm of the
gentleman of the highest rank present.
while her husband offers his arm to
the lady of the highest rank. These
NO0EASS ACdu anu the OLQ6fS IOl-
low, according to precedence. the diff
ferent couples having been settled by
previous arrangement. Husbands and
wives and near relatives are never. sent
in together.
II is not customary to make general
mtroduct1ons at dinner party, but
the gentleman must be introduced to
the Iady whom he is to take into din
ner. 1t IS quite unnecessary to ask
1ne lady's permission to do this.
mere are vendettas and hatreds in
society as bitter as any of those that
once tore the Italian republic into
pieces but 1t is the recognized law of
good society that they should not he
remembered at dinner party, If a
hostess has been so unfortunate as to
bring together heterogeneous elements
A guest converses with his intimate
enemy at a dinner as if he were bos-
ON friend.
OF course, there is everything in
placing guests properly. Take care
shat wisdom, as represented by Miss
Minerva, is not thrown into juxtapo-
sluon with Folly, as represented by
young Moneybags; that the new poet
IS merclfuIly separated from his old
crltlc; that the two wits of the marty
are not placed on one side of the
table with the most brilliant woman
OF the party between them; seat them
as rar apart as possible, each one he
ing a star There is usually a heavy-
weight at every dinner, and too fire.
quently there is a man who has come
10 eat. Every hostess, at some time
III her career, has struggled with both.
Inc hostess, according to the pres
eht rational arrangement, has nothing
10 DO except to converse with her
eussts. She IS no longer required to
or carving huge joints of meat, as in
the olden time, when the lady who
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-24
BY WILLIAM THORP.
Copyright, 1904, by William Thorp.

I 10 serve their country"
: The shrewd Dutch merchants will
/ often do a good stroke of business
| with these revOlutionisJs. selling them
arms, ammunition. schooneTs and
boats; and sometimes even going the
length OF arranging a little fIbusteI-
/ ing expedition on their behalf. But
I the Dutchmen always insist on pay
I ment in advance. Some of them have
made considera BILE fortunes in this un-
orthodox line OF business. The Dutch
officials wink at it. they are more
concerned about bringing money into
the colony than in strictly enforcing
the neutrality laws.
When Guzman Blanco ruled Vene-
zuela he set the fashion OF establish
ing spies in Willemstad to watch the
revolutlonists and detect their plans
He had lived there himself as a refu-
gee and Matched his plots. so he knew
the ropes. Ever since then every
Venezuelan dictator has followed the
example. When GuZman Blanco fell
from power, he went back to Willem-
stad to live. and he soon found that he
was logged by spies wherever he
went
one day he turned around and
seized a sneaking, hang-dog fellow
Why, you rascal" he exclaimed. L
know your face. Where have l seen
you before? Why do you follow me
about everywhere"
Your Excellency saw me at the
Yellow House in Curacao three years
ago the man replied. You sent me
mere to watch Dr.. ROjas Paul When
he became President in your place,
DR.. ROjas Paul told me to stay here
and watch you"
President Castro at present main
tains several spies in Willemstad to
watch the movement of the Matos
and Andrade parties. Andrade was
the late President OF Venezuela. and
wants TO get back: MatOs is the man
who desires to be President. but still
more keenly wishes for vengeance on
Castro for having had him dragged
from bed one night and paraded
through the streets of Caracas dress
ed only in a blanket
Curacao is known throughout the
West Indies as the place where il
never rains. In this respect IL differs
greatly from the other islands, in
which torrential showers that turn a
dry gully into a mighty river within
five minutes are of frequent occur
renee. An American consul who went
there was told OF this characteristic,
but on the day he arrived at Willem-
stad the rain came down in torrents.
The tile roof of the dilapidated one
story hotel in which he put UP did
not seem to be much in the way of
the downpour." as he quantity ex-
pressed it, and in a short time every
room Of the house was flooded.
Why don't you repair the roof?'
he asked the landlord, Indignantly.
1T rains too hard" replied the
phlegmatic Dutchman
of course 1 don't expect you to do
it now, But I suppose you'll go 20
work on il when the rain stops
oh. no; ! don't think it is worth
bothering about" said the landlord.
putting philosophically at his damp
pipe. Il have been here for twelve
years. and il has never rained before.
Likely enough it won't rain again in
my lifetime"
Rain would be greatly valued in Gu
racao if only it would come. for there
is no place on earth where fresh water
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-24
McNALLY
On the Pride of Possession.
By LAWRENCE PoRCHER HExT.

I've bought cow" said Pat O'Flynn,
an now me cup av tea
Is favored wit tn richest cream, av
highest pidigree."
THAT amt so bad" responded Mack,
but, though tn cream is good
Yer COW has kicked a jealous pans
through all yer nayberhood.
"Th' COW we've bought has filled We
wit a pride we can't conceal;
A year ago We niver drimpt av milk
FIR ivry meal;
A year ago We laid no claim upon a
head av stock,
But now We are tn cattle-king-th'
hwy av tn block.
Eye think about yer COW all day; We
boast about her breed;
Yer mind is full av pals av milk an
bags av cattle feed;
An whin We gaze upon her form We
often wonder how
Ye liver lived so nanny years an niv-
er owned cow.
Yer COW receives yer finder care; We
love to watch her eat;
Ye feel certain pride in ivry move
mint av her feet;
Ye talk to her as though We thought
she understood yer speech;
Ye think they's nawthin' she can't
learn, that annywan can teach.
"Ye hasten through yer daily task, an
hurry home at night;
Ye feel an anxious eagerness to know
yer cows alright
An whin We grab tn Imply pail, yer
grave an thoughtful brow
Betrays tn great importance av tn
milkin' av COW.
we've caught tn simple little twist
that starts tn milk to flow;
Ye love tn job, although we find tn
work is awful slow;
An though the pail is big enough, yer
aim is still so high
That nanny times tn stream av milk
is spattered in yer eye.
AN thin We blush. an try to smile;
We wipe tn milk away;
An if tn COW could talk, We wonder
phwat she'd have to say,
FIR ivry time we miss tn pail, she
views we wit surprise,
An makes we feel as though she
thought we should apologize.
1T makes yer naybers sore to see tn
way Ne carry OAs
It's turned yer head, becoz We have
COW to call yer own;
They smile tn smile av jealousy, an
watch We wit a frown-
They say We act as though We owned
tn only cow in town.
But lave thin be; We own tn COW;
an so we should be proud;
Ye can afford to drink more milk than
all tn jealous crowd;
But all yer pride will flee tn day We
settle down to learn
Tn art av maxim butter wit tn
dasher av a churn.'
IT mean to make 1t pay" said Pat;
IN soon have milk FIR sale,
An thin, perhaps, ye will not think
me cows a fairy tale"
II hope yen sell enough" said Mack.
ito dress yer wife in silk,
But, II We do, somewan will speak av
water in tn milk"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-24

Curacao is known 10 most Amcri-
cans only as the name of an after-din-
ner cordial, but to the travelled man il
has a different meaning. 1t brings &c
his mind a charming little bit of Hol-
land cut out from the mother country
and dumped down in the blue waters
of the Caribbean, of the coast Of Vene-
zuela
Nowhere else in the world is there a
colony so much ike a miniature of
its mother country. When English
men, Americans and other white men
so TO the tropics they adapt their mode
of living to the climate. They live in
a different kind OF house to that which
they would choose at home; they wear
different clothes. eat different food, and
drink different drinks: they alter their
hours Of work. and imperceptibly
change their habits in thousand
ways.
Not so the Dutchman who goes to
live in his West Indian colony of Gu
racao. When he lands at Willemstad
he is delighted TO find himself in d
small replica of old Amsterdam. Blue
tiles, yellow dormer windows, old-fash-
toned gables, tiny fiat-roofed shops,
and massive gloomy warehouses are to
be seen on every hand, just as they
would be in a Dutch city. The people
3n the streets wear blue smocks. wood
en- shoes and other characteristic gar
ments of old Holland. They drink gin
though it is very bad for them in a
tropical climate. and they smoke long
Dutch pipes, while everybody else in
West Indies cr17oLTaa cigars Tbay-
are slow and conservative in their BUSH
ness affairs, conducting large CONNER
cial transactions according TO the meth
DDS of the burghers of Leyden in the
days of William the Silent They have
no use for such new-fangled things as
the typewriter, the stenographer and
the telephone. But they are scrupu-
lousy honest and upright, and so
shrewd that the most up-to-date
drummer" fails TO get to the weather
side of them.
One of the industries of this tight
little island is the Matching of revo-
lutions. 1t is a convenient jumping
off place for the exiled sons of Co
lombia and Venezuela who yearn to
liberate their respective countries.
Nearly every Venezuelan revolution
during the past century has been
Matched either in Curacao or in the
Those islands were the favorite re-
sorts of Bolivar. Miranda, and other
South American patriots before Co
lombia and Venezuela broke the bar
of Spain" To-day Willemstad is full
of liberal exiles who are out of favor
with the ruling powers at Bogota.
and with the supporters OF Andrade
and Matos. who failed in their recent
effort to overthrow President Castro
of Venezuela.
when a Venezuelan statesman is
out OF a job" said W. L. Scruggs,
late United States Minister TO Colin
bia and Venezuela, he goes to VIII
lemstad to mature his plans before
deciding whether his country needs his
personal services, so that the hotels
and boarding houses of that place are
usually more or less crowded with
generals out OF commission. and
doctors without patients. all anxious
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-24

". ]. Kirwan, Mayor of Severance.
Kan, has given under his hand and
seal a leap year proclamation which
concludes: 1T shall be lawful. right.
proper and fitting. and the unalien-
able privilege of any single woman in
this city. be she maid or widow, TO ask
or solicit the hand in wedlock of any
single man. young or old. whom she
may choose. And any man so asked
shall be in duty bound to accept such
proposal unless he can give good and
sufficient reason for refusing Such
reason being based upon the fact of
his being already engaged
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-24

~-Tams Bixby, chairman Of the
Dawes Commission, has given up MS
residence in Minnesota and become
citizen of the Indian territory, with d
view to running for the United states
Senate when the territory is admittea
to statehood or, as is possible, the
Creek nation is annexed to Oklahoma
and that territory admitted.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-24
CURACAO, THE
AMERICAN HOLLAND

THIS LITTLE DUTCH CARIBBEAN EXACT
MINIATURE THE MOTHER COJNTRY-BIUE TILES VEL
WINDOWS. SHOES
SEEN Observation-Disclosures DUTCIFSfEN ONLY
PIPFS-TRADE
sTENT-ONE ISLAND
REVOLUTIONS