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School Children lndianizcd.

From the Kansas City Journal.
The teacher at the Red store has a
complaint to make against her pupils.
The Red store is an Indian trading post
as old as Fort Sill. and the children who
live there have grown up attending the
mission school with the Indian children
and associating with them in their play
As a result the white children have learn
ed the Indian language, wear gaudy
sashes. paint their faces and put feath-
ers in their hair. They shoot arrows as
well as young bucks They are now at
tending their first district school and
though holding high regard for authority
refused to be taught civilized people
They read their lessons aloud in study
and insist on wearing feathers, sashes
paint and brass earrings and finger rings
in the schoolroom. They 1abber half
the time in Comanche and continue to
run away to the mission school, where
the Indian children are. The teacher has
resolved that educating an unbroken
white child in the Indian language is
quite as onerous as educating the real
Indian.
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WORDS OF PRAISE FOR A
PROGRESSIVE MERCHANT

Henry J. Porter. head of the popular
firm of II. J. Porter & Co.. Of Augusta.
Ga. is making rapid progress in fitting
up the handsome store on First avenue
in Birmingham. which this concern will
open very soon. A recent number Of the
Augusta Chronicle contained the follow
ing appreeiatiYe article;
Mr.. Henry J. Porter, head Of the II. ].
Porter company, left Tuesday for Bir-
mingham, Ala, to superintend the opep-
ing of his magnificent new clothing and
furnishing store in that city.
While Augusta does not feel that she
Is giving Mr.. Porter up entirely, for he
still retains his interests in this city, and
has even improved and enlarged his Au-
gusta store, his departure for Birming
ham at least opens to him a new field Of
endeavor, and his friends here are pre-
dieting for him the same phenomenal sue
cess in the Alabama metropolis that has
characterized his business career in Au-
gusta.
Coming to Augusta less than nine years
ago from that thriving little North Geor
gia town, Gainesville, where he had al
ready demonstrated his ability in the
commercial line, Mr.. Porter entered the
clothing and furnishing business here
under conditions that might have dis
eouraged a less determined, less ener-
getie man.
An already crowded field confronted
him. and many there were who predicted
that Mr.. Porter would not find the easy
sailing that he anticipated. But, conf
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TWO REMARKABLE CLOCKS.
Wonderful Old Timepiece Owned by
Arkansas Lady.

From the Arkansas Gazette.
Mrs. A. G. Robinson of 40 Summit av-
enue. this city, owns two curious and
ancient clocks which are the wonder of
all who have seen them. Although these
clocks are lag and $50 years old, re-
spectively, they keep perfect time.
One of the clocks was made by Henry
Roi of Hamburg, Germany, in 175S. This
clock is S1a feet tall and is very simple
of construction. Its works are made of
brass and consist of a couple of wheels
10 which are attached two weights of
fifteen pounds each. The strings that
Hold the weights in position are made of
cat CUTS and are the same that Herr
{ Roi put in the clock when he made 1t.
The pendulum consists of a concave brass
disc filled with lead and suspended by
| a single piece of flexible steel. The gong
Es made of brass and has a remarkably
clear sound. This gong has the word
l-'Worms' In old German letters across
hhe face of 1t and it is supposed that 1t
twas made In the city of Worms, in Ger
many. The face is made of a kind Of
eheet steel and Is painted black on the
back side. The front is painted white
and has flower decorations. These decor
atons are characteristic of German
decorative work All the decorations on
hhe woodwork are hand carved and rep
resent a great deal of patient labor. The
works are In a fine state of presentations
and Mrs Robinson says that repairer
has never touched the works since the
clock has been In the family.
1t was first purchased in the United
states by a Mr. Nolan of Boston. and
has his name on the back side of the
face. The clock was next purchased by
Mrs. Robinsons grandfather and carried
10 Kutztown, Pa. where it remained UNI
Til few weeks ago, when Mrs. Robinson
had 1t expressed to Little Rock. When it
arrived and was nnpacked and stood up
IN the corner ii began to strike. and after
II had struck 100 times Mrs. Robinson
sent her little daughter for some of the
the neighbors to come in keeping ac
count Of the strokes In the meantime.
When the neighbors came they all count
ed till 1t stopped striking, and when it
stopped II had struck $50 times. In
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EASTER Inv RUSSIA.
Men, Women and Children Drink
Vhodka and Laugh.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
In no land is Easter more joyously
bacchanalian than in Russia. Men, wom-
en- and children drink vhodka and laugh
Even the wives of the long haired Mo-
sale looking priests drink with shaggy
whiskered men, laughing and crying with
joy.
The Russian conception of the resur-
rection is decidedly Russianesque. Every
where churches are iammed with a bed
lamite throng of intoxicated worshipers
and crowds on the streets cross them
selves in front of the churches Laugh
ter and drinking is the order of the day
Staggering, rough-hewn men kiss each
others boards and joyously give each
other the greeting and response, Christ
is risen today
Yes brother, It's true
The meeting of a pair of Russian whis-
kers is a sight never to be forgotten
Kissing, drinking and laughing. the pop
ulace abandons itself to a religious costa
cy as truly wonderful as il is contradic-
tory to the usual conception of a proper
celebration of the day. Cold and snow
but serve to give freedom to the flow of
the pious vhodlxa and zest to its drinking
Perhaps Easter on a drunk may not be
Suct common occurrence III the latter
days as formerly. The refinements of
modern ctviliza ton are slowly penetrat-
ing this land of Ursa Major and the time
may come when temperance sentiment
VIII check the flow of vhodka and fear
of the deadly microbe will do away with
the pious kiss, and Easter be decorously
observed with millinery and good music
The presentation of elaborate Easter
eggs Is a fad among wealthy Russians
No expense is spared on this extrava-
gance. Women expect from husband or
lovers some costly gift in their Faster
eggs
This custom extends to the court. or
perhaps extends from the court. OF all
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ability that may yet land him on the
stage. His fierce attack on his assail-
ants. with the muzzles of six shooters in
by any professional, His only weapon is
the shovel, and he fails to brain his man
by very narrow margin
After one of the robbers gets him down
and beats his brains out with lump of
coal, his lifeless body is picked up and
thrown off the tender. This part of the
camera work was done with such min
utiae of detail Is to puzzle the sharpest
critic. BY clever manipulation the body
of the living fireman disappears during
the Draining process and its place is ta-
ken by a dummy which defes identifica-
ton. 1t is the dummy that is thrown off
the tender.
This scene was photographed just as
the engine was passing upon a bridge 100
feet above a roadway in neighbering
city, and the effigy happened to fall di-
rectly in front of trolley car packed
with passengers. The motorman, seeing
a man descending from the train head
over heels, was panie-strcxen. The car
went over the PROSTATE form and was
stopped Passengers got out pell NELL
shouting, crying, and generally showing
excitement. For a little while there was
intense excitement, followed by some TAIL
swearing by the conductor and motorman
when the true character of the man"
was discovered
During the hold-up of the passengers
of the robbed train 1t looks as though
more than hundred persons leave the
several cars and form in line to be search
cd The men and women are employees of
a big factory In one of the Oranges. all
hired for the occasion to help the picture.
The desperadoes are cowboys picked up
in the streets of New York and tough
looking lot they are The horses look
like some of Colonel Cody's broncos.
ange mountains-with the surefootedness
of burros. The men are good riders In
the pursuit by the sheriff one is shot In
the back as he dashes madly down hill
and the manner in which he tumbles
from his horse and strikes the ground
leaves the spectator wondering If he. too,
IS not dummy, for it does not seem pos
sible that man could take such a fall
and live.
In most of the striking features of the
drama the action is too quick. Men drop
dead too suddenly when shot-except the
passenger who is killed when trying to
escape The effigy of the fireman is too
hastily grabbed up and tossed off the ten
der The telegraph operator Is apparent
" stone dead the instant the butt of the
pistol touches his head. All this is tho
result OF poor acting but the results are
certainly astounding. The fremans re-
sistance and death are superbly acted.
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dent of his own ability and with firm
faith in the business methods that nad
brought him success elsewhere, he en-
tered upon his Augusta venture with un-
daunted spirit.
Pushed Way to Front.
On the principal that nothing is too
good for his customers, nothing too big
for II. J. Porter Il Co. to undertake. he
practically forced his way to the front.
In the course Of time, he demonstrated
once more the truth of the old adage:
There Is plenty of room at the top
Henry Porter made friends and custo-
mers by the and hundreds. Once
a customer, always a customer was his
motto. His trade Stuck" Therefore
every new customer added that much
more to the volume of Porter & Co.'s
business from year to yeaf-unti today
this house enjoys one of the finest pat
ronages of any clothing house in the
state. or in the south. And its custo-
mer's are made up of people Of all classes.
Henry Porter knew enough not to try to
build up great business by catering to
any one class. His stock was made up
notwithstanding fine enough Tor the
latest purse, and also clothing solid
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obliging Tradesman.
lie New York Times.

From the New York Times
Maurice Barrymore sometimes used
to perpetuate harmless practical jokes of
the Theodore Hook type" said Wilton
Lackaye. "One afternoon Barry while
walking down Sixth avenue with a
friend. halted abruptly, and disappeared
into a ready made clothing store. The
friend followed and found him addressing
the storekeeper:
"'Will You please take that suit of
clothes out of the Window" he asked
'"rhe clothier thinking he was to have
n sale, quickly complied.
"<Thank you. said barrymore. turn
ing VI his heel.
but don't you want to look at it?'
burted the merchant.
No replied Barry No. no. | mere
IN read your polite sign, ANY suit taken
out of this window by reonest.' Much
obliged. !"
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enough but cheap enough for the leanest
pocketbook And one man was treated
the same as another. II was "one price
to all And the honest man who paid
his debts was just welcome to open
an account with Porter & Co as the rich
est man In the community.
Made Friends; Won Success.
Such were the methods employed to
build up the magnificent clothing business
of Porter & Co In this city; coupled with
splendid pers nal qualities that could not
fail to make friends and win success.
And such are the methods that will be
employed to build up another great Por-
ter clothing house in the Magic city of
Birmingham Indeed, with his past expe-
rience' to guide him. and his past splen-
did Success to give him courage. Mr.
Porter has undertaken his Birmingham
venture on even broader lines.
In the first place, he has had built for
him one of the finest store houses in that
progressive, up-to-date eity-a magnifi-
cent three-story structure of yellow
pressed brick, fitted throughout with the
finest store fixtures that could be found.
Everything has been made to Mr.. Por-
ters order. and when he opens up his
Birmingham house next week. he will
have an establishment that from top to
bottom. is his own creation, his own idea
of what an up-to-date clothing store
should be.
The Birmingham Plan.
1t is hardly necessary 10 add that his
Birmingham stock has been purchased
along the same liberal, up-to-date lines.
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few minutes it commenced again and
struck five times. The wonderful part
about this is that the clock was not
wound up.
The other clock is feet and inches
tall and was made by Benjamin HILL 1t
is $50 years old 1t has only one weight,
and that is fastened to a chain and moves
over a wheel similar to sproeket wheel
on bicycle The wood decorations are
simple
The jeweler who packed the first clock
at Kutztown said that the works were
good for a hundred years to come. We're
all antiques as useful and as well made
as these clocks. practical people would
admire them more.
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LIN EN- AND WHITE
GOODS--SPECIALS

36-inch plain soft finished
nainsook, regular Csc quail;
ty; Monday. -. 800. ..... 15c
No. 500 Imperial Long
Cloth, SO inches wide, 10
yards to bolt; special,
bolt. ...... ...... ...... 1.5e
White Persian Lawns, in 10
to 20 yard lengths, sells reg
ular for 12hc to Csc yard;
your choice Monday at sec
and. ...e.. -. -. 10c
Large size and heavy white
Quilts; special for. =. loo
17x34 Hem linen Huck
Towels, colored border, at
$1.20 dozen, or each. 10c
22x45, all Linen Hem
stitched Huck Towels, very
special at. -. 49,. -. -. csc
Linen Suitings, 100 pat
terms and styles to select
from; price, yard, from Csc
to. 80. 49,. -. 80. CSC
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Silks and Dress Goods

To know of the good values in
this department for Monday come
and inspect for yourself.
"a and 27-inch Taffeta Silks
in pin checks and stripes,
$1.00 quality; Monday at. 75c
19-inch Dress Taffeta, in
the new Dresden effects,
navy and brown, Toe quality;
Monday at. -. -. -. 59c
24-inch, all Silk Crepe de
Chine, full range of colors,
Slut quality; Monday at. 85c
Yard-wide genuine PONCE
Silk, MONDAY at. $500. 98c
45-ineh Nnb Wolfe in black
and colors; SOC quality; Mon
day at. ....s $500. 69c
36-inch all wool Albatross,
in black and colors Monday
at. -. :. =. -. 45c
3S.ineh fancy Mohair in
navy and black: Monday at. SOC
44-inch all wool Wolfe, very
sheer quality: the colors are
grey, champagne. hilo green,
tan and black; Monday at. 98c
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Our Great Record in Cuba.

From the London Spectator.
1t is a record the United States may
well be proud of. for no self-interest col
ored their efforts to give a community
a new start in civilized life One fact
bears eloquent testimony to their sue
cess. Now that Spanish sovereignty has
departed a current of Spanish immigra-
ton has set in--an Industrious class from
northern Spain. who can appreciate the
merits of an orderly government.
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Hard to Get In.
Washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
"Can we get out this way?" asked one
of a party of ladies of Representative
Babcock. in one of the house corridors.
the other day.
Eyes, madam answered the Wiscon-
sin statesman who has just come off
victorious in hard fight for renomina-
ton. you can get out most any way"
Then he added reflectively: Its lot
eisier to get out of congress than 1t is
to get in"
"Oh, we didn't have any trouble at all
getting in." returned the woman, who
failed to see the point.
Il did madam" said Mr.. Babcoct, as
he solemnly bowed his farewell.
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= Miss Rose Hennessy, we'll known as =
poetess and elocutionist of Lexington,
KY, tells how she was cured of uterine
inflammation and ovaritis by the use of
Lydia E. Pinl1ham's Vegetable Compound.
DEAR Mrs PNKHAM bdy helped through
For enjoyed the best of health and thought that would always
chilled
months while menstruaing this inflammation
My called Compound
cures had performed and made mind to for months and
at the close of entirely well.
II have advised number of lady friends it. and all
themselves satisfied results
HENNEssY, 4o s. Broadway Lexington KY
The experience testimony of some
America question
Pinkhams Vegetable will trouble
removing the and restoring
normal and healthy condition
"DEAR Mrs PNKHAM About two consulted ply
stefan about health which had become wreced that
able had backace bearngdown palms,
across the abdomen nervous and irritable and this
discovered unable help decided
found that
was doing good My appetite returning the pains disappear
ing, and the general benefits were well marked
realize pleased taking the medi
for three months found that completely
well hearty the
monthly PERIOD without Yours truly
Miss PEARL ACKERs 1877 North Summer St. Nashville Tenn
million
do not believe will help me- If ILL do not hesitate
vice is free and helpful. Write to-day. Delay be fatal
Or nm
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the curious and expensive Easter eggs
to be found i'm Russia none is more won
derful than those possessed by the wom-
en- of the royal household. 1t has been
the custom for generations for the czar
to present the czarina with an Easter
egg containing some valuable gift per-
haps a souvenir of some particular event.
One egg In particular took ten months
in construction by a goldsmith and COM
memorates a royal problem.
The present czar in his youthful days
was one of the principals in an altogether
irrational love affair. Neither the frowns
of the court nor the vehement expostula-
tions of his parents served to cool his
ardor or diminish his determination But
even the heir apparent to the Russian
throne has to submit to authority at
times, and the young man was sent on
an educational tour around the world
Out of sight out of mind proved true once
more, and the royal heart continued to
beat time to decorous love tune.
The mother of Nicholas H. was so
grieved at his absence that the czar or
dered made for her an Easter egg con
tanning the presentment of the shin in
which her son had sailed away. This
model was made of solid gold mounted
on beryl stone and was complete in
every detail.
The first Easter egg presented to the
present empress was large golden one
enameled In rose color and containing n
perfect model of the royal carriage in
which the czarina rode TO the cathedral
on her wedding day. The coach is of gold
with red enameled cushions and hung
with curtains The panels are ornament
ed with the imperial crown set with dia-
monds.
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READY WEAR
DEPART ENT

In this department Monday we
will show all the new styles in
waists, skirts and shirt waist suits
Notice how low they are priced.
Ladies' Silk Shirt Waist
Suits, made of taffeta silk, in
black, blue and brown, full
sleeves, worth $4,000; Mon
day only. -. go. $500
Ladies' white and black
Jap wash silk Waist, the
latest styles; special Monday 800
Ladies' White Shirt Waist,
made from fine lawn, hem
stitched front, back and
sleeves; real value, $1.50, at. loo
Beautiful line Etamine
Dress Skirt, trimmed in the
latest style; prices from
$1,000 to. X. 800. Is 10
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Burger Dry Goods Go.
1913 SECOND AVENUE 1915

The Store with Spring Styles every department
the beginning of the offering Spring and
Summer Goods exceedingly Low Prices Below
Specials for Monday and Tuesday:
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PURE LlNSEED OIL.

We do not handle authorizations. or sell
goods under misleading brands.
BIRMINGHAM PAINT & GLASS co.
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Mr.. Porter spent months in the eastern
maHkets laying in stock that would be
credit to his new house. and to the pro-
gressive city IN which he proposes to do
business-in which he proposes to be
leader in the clothing trade.
His own unfortunate illness, and ILL
ness In his family, prevented the opening
of the Birmingham house on the day
originally set, but 1t is yet time for IL to
aggressively inter upon the spring SELL
ing, and Mr.. Porter's Augusta friends
haven't the slightest doubt that before
the end of his first season the Birming-
ham Porter store will have taken its
place at the head of that citys many
high-class business establishments.
AS a prominent Augusta banker re-
marked Of Mr. Porter previous to his de-
parture: He Is, undoubtedly, one of the
finest as well as one of the most straight
forward young business men | have ever
known and his success in any communi-
ty IS assured at the outset. He goes to
Birmingham, not with any idea of aban-
doning his splendid Augusta business
but because he has the capital and capac-
ity to extend his business interests-and
Birmingham is fortunate to be able to
share such a man with Augusta.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-13

IralnS arrive Savannah as follows:
NO. 20, daily, from New York,
Washington and Cincinnati, $40 am.
NO. 80, daily, from New York and
Washington, $40 y. m.
No. so, daily, from all points West.
via Jesup, 1859 p. m.
No. "a, daily, from all points West,
via Jesup, 100 p. m.
All trains arrive and depart from
the Union Depot
THROUGH CAR SERVICE, ETC.
Trains SS and "a, THE NEW YORK
AND FLORIDA EXPRESS. Vesti-
buled limited trains, carrying Pullman
Drawing-roonl Sleeping Cars between
savannah and New York. Dining Cars
serve meals en- route.
TRAINS 20 and 80, THE WASH
INGTON AND FLORIDA LIMITED.
Vestibuled limited trains carrying
Pullman Drawing-room Sleeping Cars
between Savannah and New York.
Dining Cars serve all meals en- route.
Also Pullman Drawing room Sleeping
Cars between Savannah and Cincin-
natl, through Asheville and THE
Land of the Sky
For information as to rates, sched-
ules, etc, apply to
c. H. ACKFRT. G. NJ, Washington,
D. c.
S. H. HARDwIcK. G. P. A.. wash
ington. d. c,
w. H. TAYLoE, A. G. p A.. Allan
r. c. BLATTNER, Depot Ticket
Agent, Union Depot, Savannah, Ga,
e. G. THOMSON, C. P. & T. A., Sa-
vannah, Ga, 141 Bull street. Phones
$50.
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Jacksonville, Fla, April 12-Arrived,
steamer Altamore, Zaragosa, Puerto
Cabello, Venezuela.
Cleared, jeremiah Smith, Floyd, AL
bany, N. Y: Brooklyn, (Br), -,
Norfolk.
Kew West, Fla, April 12.-Arrived,
steamer Olivet. Turner. Havana and
sailed for Port Tampa
Sailed, steamer Villadouren (Fr.),
Galveston; cutter Onondaga, --,
Galveston; tug Massasolt, --, Tor
tugas.
Charleston, S. c.. April 12-Arrived,
steamer Comanche, Watson, New York,
and proceeded for Jacksonville.
Sailed, bark Mary Barry, Krum, Phil
adelphia.
Newport News, Va. April 12.-Sailed,
steamer State of Texas. Savannah.
Philadelphia, April 12.-Arrived,
schooner Chauncey E. Burk. Fernan-
dina; J. Howell, Jacksonville.
New York, April 12.-Sailed, Kansas
City, Savannah.
Delfzyl, April 11.-Arrived. Lopez
sum, Pensacola.
Pensacola, Fla, April 12-Arrived,
steamer E. o. Saltmarsh (Br), Rogers,
Tampico.
Cleared. schooner Donna CHRISTINA,
Axelsen, Cardenas.
Sailed, steamer Beta (Dutch). Byke-
boer, Zaandam; banks Agala Qt), FL
gari, Buenos Ayres; Waltikka (Rus.)
Farsell. Grangemouth.
Fernandina, Fla, April 12.-Sailed,
schooner Henry Weller, Trainer, Gardi-