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The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-08

office pondering the problem he heard
terrible row in the bonded ware
house. Rushing over to it, he looked
through the window.
The elephant had got over his sea-
sickness and grown cross. He was
trumpeting Viciously and playing foot
ball with the rum barrels. In few
moments he STAYED in the heads of
half dozen of them. Then he stop
ped to suck up huge draughts of the
pure spirit with all the enjoyment of a
hardened topper.
This has got to stop" said the col
lector general to his deputy. THE
department will have to pay for that
rum. I wouldn't mind standing the
poor beast a drink if he wants it, but
not thousand barrels"
He opened the door, took a dog bis
cult from his pocket, which he had in
tended for the breakfast of his pet ter
rier, and made affectionate advances
to the enraged elephant. Here, Tow
ser! Come along, old chappie! Did
'ums, them"
The elephant threw back his ears
and glared at the cajoler wickedly for
a moment; then squirted a trunkful of
rum over his immaculate white duck
suit. and made rapid advance, which.
however, was much slower than the
outraged officials exit.
A hurry call was sent for the circus
proprietor, and he was informed that
he could take his elephant away. The
authorities had decided that the ami
NAL was an educational institution,
entitled as such to admission on the
free list. But would the proprietor
please pay for the broken barrels of
rum?
"Caramba! Nevair!" shouted the in
dignant Cuban. But I will to re
court drag you for re damage to my
elephant. Perceive him, senior! He is
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-08
To-day I leave III st land of Devils

with ropes end, but e just caught
me round the leg with that ere trunk
OF is an throwed me overheard
Strewth, 1 was damned near drown
ed! If I ever carry elephant passen-
gers agin may 1 be everlastingly keel
hauled"
At last, after infinite trouble. the
elephant was hoisted on to the wharf,
Where he staggered about i'm drunken
FASHION, looking very seasick. The
crowd scooted in terror. but a plucky
Customs officer shooed the beast back
as he tried to escape into the street,
and said to the circus proprietor.
chocolate-colored Cuban:
Hou'n have to pay duty on that
elephant, sir"
How much, senor?"
But there was the rub. When the
Legislative Council drew UP its elab-
crate tariff schedule, enumerating
thousands of articles from kerosene
70 baby incubators. it had not con-
templated the importation of ele-
phants. They We're not mentioned in
The list. hut the Jealous Customs Off
Ger contended that they were implied
under the vague heading, "other ami
mails intended for agricultural pur-
poses. So. after a heated argument
with the circus man, who insisted that
Rt'NHSuGIlu SIOulQ De let III OH Lue
Tree list as an article intended for
educational purposes" the poor beast
was placed in bond in a warehouse
along with about a thousand casks
OF Jamaica rum
The Customs officer hurried to the
mead of his department, the Collector
General of Customs and asked him:
What about elephants?"
The Collector-Geperal of Customs
telephoned his chief. the Colonial Sec
rotary:
What about eIephants?"
The Colonial Secretary telegraphed
His EXcellency the Governor:
What about elephants?''
dis Excellency the Governor sent a
ghttering aide-de-camp to pull that
very lazy gentleman, the Attorney
General, out of bed and to ask him:
What about elephants?"
Meanwhile the poor collector general
OF customs was learning a thing or
TWO about elephants AS he sat in his
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-08
Don't Delay. Don't Wait Come Tomorrow
BARRIOS DIAMOND DISPLAY
LEOPOLD ADLER'S.

Fairhead, of Jacksonville; chief mus
tering officer, d. L. Way of Sanford.
Headquarters of department are St.
Augustine.
Doing my fifty-three years in jour-
nalism / have seen many thousands
of newspapers "come and CO." only
a few even celebrating their silver"
anniversary, and fewer their golden"
anniversary, and still fewer their
Centennial" as the venerable News
and Courier of Charleston, s. c.. has
just done. l have a fine collection of
souvenirs and centennial editions" but
nothing, all in all, that surpasses that
of the News and Courier. My first
visit to Charleston was made in the
early fifties, and yet | can remember
how much / enjoyed a call at the
then old Courier office, and with what
great courtesy l was treated in my
effort to gather up all the facts of
sensational hanging the day / was
there. A prominent young man had
murdered slave in cold blood, and for
this he was hung. Owing to his promi-
nence the military was called out to
guard him to the place of execution,
to prevent any rescue on the part of
his friends. The News and Courier
has my grateful thanks for copy of
it's magnificent centennial edition. May
1t live long and prosper.
A Florida newspaper comments on
the court martial" of the Missouri
explosion. There has never been a
court martial in either of the cases
of the u. S. S. Missouri. There have
been courts of inquiry, which is a far
different thing from courts-martial. A
court of inquiry simply decides wheth-
er a court-Tnartial is necessary, but
has no power to inflict penalties or
punishments. AS to the first court of
inquiry, 1 think it was Inconsistent
and evidently tried to shield President
Roosevelt's brother-ln-law. the COM
mander of the Missouri The last
court of inquiry could not censure any
person or suggest a court-martial, as
no person was responsible for the ex-
plosion. II was the result of defective
arrangements in the turrets and fault
mess in the system for discharging the
guns. While 1t was a sad disaster,
from any point of view, II will result
in great benefit to the navy in future
operations. The defects that led to
the disaster will be remedied as far
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-08
SIDNEY HERBERTS LETTER
Facts of Interest to Confederate and Union
Veterans and Others

ness the same old Iooseness in swear
ing will prevail. Gen. John
G. Black commander-in-ch of the
G. A. r., has been attending the Ala
bama Department Encampment at
New Decatur. on April 49, and he then
made a quick run down to Montgom-
cry, entering that city Sunday morn
ing, April 20, an honored guest of its
citizens of the G. A. r. / am sure the
general was quite surprised at the
wonderful growth of that city, which
he entered first on April 90 1865. at
the head of the Thirteenth Army
Corps. He was in the fight at Fort
Blakeley, Ala, where he won his
brevet of brigadier general. 1t was
a bloody battle, by land and water,
Gen. Steele commanding the Union
forces and Gen. Liddell the Confeder-
ates. The seige lasted some ten days,
and the Union losses in killed and
wounded were 1900 and the Confeder-
ates 400, with several thousand taken
prisoners.
There were two errors in the tele-
gram to the Morning News about the
new hall of Kit Carson Post, G. A. r.,
of St. Petersburg, Fla. 1t is not the
first hall owned by G.. A. r. post
in the South, for Chas. Gabriel Post,
Oh JdckSonVllIe, owned us TWO Dulld-
ings and lot before the great fire there.
Col. Chase, of st. Petersburg is not
now" but has been, commander of
the Department of Florida. II is al
ways best to have these matters right,
and then there can be no confusion
of claims hereafter. Command
er Henry Narcotic, Of st Augustine,
has made his appointment of depart
ment staff officers of the q. A. r. for
1904, as follows: Assistant adjutant
general, George II. Spencer, of st.
Augustine; chief of staff, Geo. p Healy.
of De Land; assistant quartermaster
general, Alex II. Levin, of st. Angus
tine; judge advocate. VIM. James. of
Jacksonville; chief of aides, Harry G..
Clark, of Palatka; inspector, ]. S.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-08

as possible in vessels already in COM
| mission, and will be avoided in all the
new warehips to be commissioned.
Capt. Charles Young Of the Ninth
United States Cavalry who has been
detailed as military attache to San
Domingo and Haiti, is one of the very
few negroes who have succeeded in
graduating at West Point, and he
failed i'm a certain sense but was pull
ed through by political influence at the
tail end" of the class of 1889. He
has, however. made a very good record
| I'm the army, and during the Spanish
American War he was major of Ohio
volunteers He was born in Kentucky,
but appointed to West Point from
Ohio. There is no place In the United
States army for a negro captain, as
he would be placed over white lieu
tenants. There are positions, however,
to which he can be. detailed, as in
the case of Young (and one other ne
gro, lieutenant.) Under the new law
as to chaplains, the negro chaplains
of the two negro infantry regiments
Will become majors, the highest rank
ever held by one of that race In the
regular army David Moniac, the AL
ALBANIA Creek Indian, a graduate of
West Point, was only a second lieu
tenant in the army when he resigned,
but he was a major of volunteers when
killed in the battle of Wahoo Swamp,
Florida. Ely S. Parker, the New York
Senaca Indian, was only first lieu
tenant in the regular army, but served
as colonel and aide to Gen. u. s.
Grant. He was, however, brevet cap
tain, major, lieutenant colonel, colonel
and brigadier general of the United
States army.
The people Of Oakland, Cal, have
been celebrating with due honors the
eighty eighth birthday of Hon. James
Kellogg, a well known retired banker
of that city, who is not only MeM-
can War veteran, but was the first
American consul appointed to the City
OF Mexico. No mention is made in TIE
Herald of his ante-war history but
am pretty sure that this honored vet
eran is no other than Second Lieu
tenant James Kellogg of Col. Henry
r. Jackson's Georgia regiment i'm the
Mexican War And as he is a brother
to the father of the famous Clara
Louise Kellogg, and was appointed
Continued en- Page Thirty,)
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-08

Low rates, shortest route, quickest
time! Choice of two routes, via At
lanta and Nashville or Birmingham.
Sleeping cars all the way.
Leave Savannah a. M, Central
time), arrive st. Louis 1:S5 p. M, next
day. Leave Savannah p. m, arrive
st. Louis 1908 a. m. second morning.
Season tickets 1855; eO-day tickets
1920 15-day tickets, $26.05.
Coach excursion tickets, good only in
coaches, on sale May Is and 81, good
returning ten days from date of sale,
$20.10. Proportionately low rates from
other points.
For full particulars, Worlds Fair
literature, maps, etc, call on or write
j. s. Holmes, c. T. and p. A., 81 Bull
street, Savannah Ga.-ad.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-08
St. Louis worlds Fair, April sO--De-
cember 4, 1904.

Low rates and superior service from
Savannah via Southern Railway
Round trip tickets, with season limit.
1885: sixty-day limit, 1872, or fifteen
day limit, $26.05. Only line operating
through Pullman sleeping cars
from Savannah to ST. Louis
Southern Railway is the Worlds Fair
Short Line" Call on me for any de-
sired information, e. G. Thomson, C, p,
and T. A., 141 Bull street.-ad.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-08

Worlds Fair, st. Louis. Low round
trip rates via Atlantic Coast Line. Sea-
son tickets on sale April rs, and daily
thereafter $685.. Sixty day tickets on
sale April rs and daily thereafter, 1872.
Fifteen day tickets on sale April 25 and
daily thereafter $26.05. Coach excur-
sion tickets on sale May 16 and 81,
limited ten days, including date of sale,
$2O10. Ticket agents will furnish full
information.-ad.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-08

Pine Crest Villa, Maitland, Fla. May
lit was Cadet j. A. Hambrick of the
Glass of 1857 who asked Prof T. J.
Jackson if a gun could be invented to
shoot around a corner. He became a
major of a Virginia regiment in the
Civil War, and his classmate, Rev. J.
c. Hiden, d. D., prominent Baptist
minister, who was a chaplain in the
Confederate army, told this story on
him. Graduates of the Virginia Mill
tary Institute can all testify that no
kind of a joke ever brought a smile to
"Stonewall' Jacksons sober counte-
nance. In the Morning News
sketch of the Old Midway Cemetery,
on April "a, mention is made of the
grave of James Mckay Mcintosh, "a
distinguished officer of the United
States navy" He was appointed a
midshipman in 1911, became a lieuten-
ant in 1878, a commander in 1885, and
captain in 1S49. He died in the serv-
i've on Sept. /, 1860. 1 see that
the children have placed a suitable me-
mortal at the grave Of Brig. Gen. P. j.
Semmes, c. S. A., in the cemetery at
Columbus, Ca, his old home. He was
captain of the Columbus Guards, colo
mel Of the Second Georgia Infantry,
and brigadier general, all during the
year 1861. He was MORALLY wounded
at Gettysburg, and died July 10, 1863.
his DTlBdQe, later commanded Dy Col.
Goode Bryan of the Sixteenth Georgia,
was composed of the Tenth and Fiji
tieth and Fifty-first and Fifty-third
Georgia regiments, the latter COM
manded by Col. Cater GEM J. p.
Simms. not Semmes, as sometimes
printed.
There seems TO be trouble in store
for the overzealous young fellows who
cxfy 20 fxryr fhssafa 4 81
to their real age when they en-
listed in the Union army during the
Civil War. Will they be willing to
come UP and swear that they are IS
years old when in fact they are only
CO? l fear that In this pension bust
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-08

Continued en- Page Thirtyl
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-08

Copyright, 1904, by William Thorp. }
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-04

Mr.. Tiff is inclined to favor the plan CT Com
missioner Abraham Stern for cutting down from
five to three and one-half hours the school day
in the earliest two years throughout all the
city.
While a five hour day is probably good to
keep children off the streets in some parts of
the city" he said, Il believe in short school
days for the younger children. l know that Dr.
Maxwell said that Mr.. Sterns plan would sim
ply mean the calling of part time classes by an
other name. | would give every child educa-
tonal facilities great possible, but not so
great as to interfere with proper mental and
physical growth. In the Juvenile Asylum We
give children three hours of claSSwork daily;
more than that makes them restless. Our chill
dren average from seven to sixteen years of
age OF course, older children benefit from
longer hours in the classroom
In appearance the new president of the Board
of Education is well built man of middle
height. Although he passed the half century
mark in September, his dark brown hair and
heavy mustache show no suspicion of grayness.
His complexion is ruddy and healthy, and he
is in every way apparently as vigorous as most
men of half his years
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-04

s the legislature and not the Board Of Educa-
ton which change its organization and re-
distribute the powers and responsibilities
At the December meeting the Board Of Edu-
cation viii decide whether not corporal pun
isAment shall be rentrOduced into the pubic
hools Of this city. When Mr.. Tiff was asked
his opinion of the advisabty of such reintro-
duction he said:
The reintroduction of corporal punishment
would be decided step backward Other cities
have abandoned il The navy has no more fog
-lng. and the States have all done away with 1t
eSe-pt IN one or two cases where the whipping
post has been saved for wifebeaters only. My
experience as a teacher has taught me that in
every cIass there is a child whose home training
has left II in ignorance of moral suasion. If
the teacher does not whip boy of this sort he
thinks that the teacher is afraid. Yet such
cases are exceptional. pity such children and
I eyupathize with their teachers 1t is better to
suffer II the few cases than to be unjust in the
many. To whip Injuries the teacher and Injuries
the pupil There is always bound to be certain
amount Of passion stirred up in the teacher
when Furnishing a child hy whipping, resulting
in q punishment out Of proportion to the Of
fence. Only perfect teachers should be permit
ted 10 whip child, and We have none SUCH"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-04
WAXING GRANTS TOMB.
Continued from fifth page.

can be treated in quarter of hour. The
work now being done the tomb will cost
$3.50.
There are about eight thousand tons of granite
in the tomb. This was carefully examined by
professors of mining schools members Of the
United States Engineering Corps and chemists
before it accepted and all the tests were
passed. No stones set in the winter, owing
to the danger of settling. Each stone, after be-
ing laid, was allowed to lie some time before an
other laid upon it, in order to make certain
that it would not shift its position in the slight
est degree. The tomb is 80 feet square and $50
used in the interior Several slabs of this now
show stains which look like rusted iron. 1t is
said that these disappear and reappear again
at different seasons of the year, and that they
due to moisture in the walls Up to the
present time none of the methods tried have
been effective in eliminating them. The stones
may have to be replaced. Until this year
effort has been made to heat the tomb in the
winter. This year. with the idea that it may
have beneficial effect upon the stone, several
radiators have been put in Heretofore in the
spring moisture has appeared the walls
thick that it was possible to wipe it off with the
hand.
Within the last year two small rooms in the
have been turned into relic rooms. On the walls
are hung many framed sets of resolutions
passed by State governments, civic bodies and
patriotic and fraternal societies the time of
General Grants death. These were formerly in
possession of Mrs. Grant, and were sent to the
tomb in a zinc covered trunk belonging to her
which is still in the gallery of the tomb. Among
them is an odd memorial picture, embroidered
in silk by the japanese This picture is re-
markabe in two three particulars The
Oriental artist treated the subject in an Occi-
dental classical style. Then he gave the flag
lying across the body of the dead general more
than thirteen stripes, and close observation
veals the fact that he has portrayed Grant lying
with his eyes open, looking up at the symbOcal
figures of the North and South clasping hands
over his recumbent figure. In in the
flags and many volumes of memorial resolutions.
Among the flags is the which lOated before
General Grants headquarters throughout his
Virginia campaign. He gave it to General
Horace Porter, who his staff, and Gen
eral Porter has deposited it with the Grant
Monument Association
Fresh flowers constantly kept upon the
sarcophagi of General and Mrs. Grant by mem
bers of their family,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-04
SAGEVILLE SAGE.

when does a man begin to want to get mar
ried?" asked the inquisitve youth.
when the woman in the case begins to want
him to want to-" replied the sage from Sage
yiIle.-(Chicago News
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-12
HOLY GHOSTERS
!. GO TO SHILOH
DELUDED PEOPLE BLOCKING TO
81 THE MAINE HEAVEN.
Leader Frank w. Sanford Orders All
His Followers from All Over the
World to Pack Up and Come at Once,
AS God Has Chosen This Place as a.
z Refuge s8@ 100 s.,c44 ~ ~. 3, r.

Durham, Me-, Nov 1o.-The Rev.
Frank w. Sandford has sent notices to
his followers all over the world telling
them that God has chosen Shiloh Me-,
as the place in the wilderness spoken Of
in Revelations, chapter II, as a refuge
for the true followers of Christ during
the persecution by the great red dragon.
In his message the leader of the Holy
Ghost and Us orders his followers to
pack up their earthly goods and come at
once to Shiloh, where, in order to take
care of the large numbers that are ex-
pected to respond to his latest command,
a great many small houses are being
built around Hilltop.
These houses are scattered around on
the farms that Mr.. Sanford has bought
and even on Hilltop itself. Some OF
these houses are being finished and plas
tered, while others are more cheaply
built. There is a strong tendency
among Sanford followers to comply
with this command, as he has announced
that any who do not come to him viii
probably be lost.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-12
Geyer,s Stationer.

The days Of the crisp banknote are
numbered. Instead of being crisp the
money which the government bureau Of
engraving and printing will hereafter
turn out will be soft and velvety, if i'm
ing conducted in the presence of treas
ury officers for the purpose Of demon
strating- the advantages Of the novel
chemical treatment for paper prove
satisfactory. The result of the adop
ton Of the new secret process will be to
reyolqtionize a portion Of the work con
money of the United States. Z.
un ee r, the new process it will take
just 90 days less time to manufacture
banknote than under the present
method. The chemical solution not
only renders the paper soft and ,yelvety
applying it to a Japanese napkin that
article becomes as soft and pliable as
a tissue Of silk. The chemical prepar-
alton acts as an antiseptic and proven
tive. When applied to old documents
prevent further decay.
Under the present process of print
thoro1y soaked in water. While it is
in this soaked condition one side of the
paper is printed. The sheet is then
placed in steam room and kept under
O. u1Su LUZ GulrCy udyS, IuS
time necessary for ink. to dry. The
sheet is again soaked as in the first in
stance, and the reverse side of the bill
printed. Thirty-day drying process
then has to be repeated. In cases
where third impression on the bill is
necessary, which is required when the
printing is done in two colors, the wet
| ting and drying process has to be re-
Npeated for. a third time,. and another
month is thus consumed in its prOduc-
ton. Besides the delay of this process
the wetting and drying rot the fiber of
the paper, and altho it is. E'starched' -
to give it the crisp appearance, the
starch soon wears out and the bill be-
comes limp and worn.
In printing bills on paper that has
been treated by the new process no wet.
ting is necessary. The ink loses none
of it's luster when applied to the paper
as under the old process, and is thoroly
dry, within 48 hours after the printing
4 is done.