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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-10

Great Scott! they must have litera-
ture to burn, so it seems. But hold
on what's this. Eh?"
1t was a postscript that he had over
looked at the bottom of the letter.
"P. S.-You refer to some agent of
ours in Bellports of the name of Jero-
loman. We beg to advise you that
we have no agent anywhere of that
name, and have. as yet sent no agent
of any name to the vicinity of Bell
port, though we were about to do so.
There must be some slight mistake.
wv"
There was a slight mistake. The
president and the Office force found it
out few days later when the presi-
dent received another bulky package
through the mail. He did not recog-
nize the writing. He tore the pack
age open with feverish haste. From
it there fell a number of loose papers.
1t was more literature about the En-
pire safe. But with this Letter was
letter also.
Gents" it said. II may be doing
dopy thing to send you this, but
I'm taking chances that you'll never
find me. The next time you let a real
cracker-jack like me into your bank
during business hours, to see how the
land lays and to get his hooks on your
door knob, you want to find out who
he is first. Why, / had you all run
ming. Did you think 1 couldn't swing
that safe? Did you? Say, 1 could
a done it in no time. But it was bright
in me just to lay down and let you
fellows think / didn't know what was
what, Say, I'm much obliged all right.
1t made my job as easy as rolling off
a log. And say, what if I had been
caught? Ten to one that old guy that
you've got, Birtwhistle, 1 mean,
would've let me off. He would have
| thought that it was modern business
methods-that's all. And it would
have been, for I'm business to the
| core. Say, it was all right the whole
thing; ! can't work it again, for
guess the sleuths have guessed few
by this time; but it was all right for
once. Say when you buy your new
| safe-as you will, of course-just send
me my bit of a commission on the
price; it's owing to me by the safe
| concern. Here's a lot of stuff that
| they've printed about the safe; 1
picked it up somewhere. and you can
have it. So long. Say au revoir-
well, guess not. Affectionateiy
"P. S.-Say, there are not many
safes that 1 really like to tackle, but
the one that like the best of all, and
can do the most with, is that there
safe I told you all about-the Late
Test safe of the Empire Safe Con-
Germ. Don't tell 'em 1 said so, for
! they know it's so already"
So much for Mickey Walters, pro-
fessional craftsman. The burning
question in Bellport is this one,
| Where is he?
He and some $4,000 of the Bellport
banks are together. That is all-and
| that is enough.
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Now" he said. IT think 1 can show
these chaps a trick or two. See IL
don't. Will they want a new safe?
Well. I guess yes
The front of the safe was fully visible
from the front doors. The Waterman
from time to time that night peered
into the front door and looked upon the
safe. But he was mistaken. For in
stead of looking upon the safe he was
looking merely upon the picture of
safe painted upon a piece of gauze. 1t
was the scenery to the little drama that
was being enacted within the bank.
But whereas, upon the histrionic stage,
the actor steps out in front of the arti-
fetal landscape, in this case the leading
man lurked behind it.
Now" said the safe man to HIM
self, L guess this is just about as easy
as one, two, three" With a rapidity
which did not aracterize his per-
Torrance of the afternoon. he twirled
the combination knob, back and forth,
and back again. Finally, with a swish
he threw back the ponderous door,
Then he burst into sounds of rapturous
delight. For it had been even as the
president had said-the safe was full
to overlooking with good, sound, genu-
inc currency.
Full to the gunle," said the agent,
full to the brim." He secured as
much of it as he could conveniently
carry. Then he closed the safe, pack
ed up the flimsy cloth. and moved to-
ward the window whence he had en-
tered. The agent of the safe concern
had deliberately robbed the safe.
IF this" said the agent, don't put
good business in the way of the En-
pire Safe Concern I'd like to know.
That's what"
Next morning. in the counting house,
pandemOnium reigned. The bank was
robbed-everybody was wild, from the
president down to the runners. Rob-
bed ANONYMOUSLY robbed And by a
burglar who had left no trace.
How the dickens" exclaimed the
president, how the dickens could it
happen? 1t never happened before.
How could it happen now?"
The robbery had happened this time
just because it had never happened
before. The president tore his hair
in wild dismay. But it was useless.
The bank had lost, and lost heavily,
and there was no help for it.
THAT little safe man." said the pres
ident to the teller. was dead right
We ought to have had a new safe.
We've got to have one now, for the
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ONE WAY TO SELL A SAFE
BY j. LEICESTER HOI.NfE.
Copyright, 1904. by G. B. Mitchell.

The man was brisk and business
like in manner. Are you the presi-
dent?" he inquired.
The old man at the desk swung
slowly about and faced the stranger.
81 am" he answered somewhat aus
terely, what can do for you?"
He was Birtwhistle, the head and
front of the Bellport Bank. The
stranger uttered a sigh Of satisfaction,
and stepping forward laid richly
engraved card upon the desk"
Il am the representative" he said.
"of that concern"
The president mechanically seized
the bit of pasteboard and read it
aloud. 1t was the business card of
the Consolidated Empire Safe Con-
Germ, a New York company. The pres
ident grunted and tossed it to one side.
Il guess" he remarked. that you
can save yourself the trouble. We
don't want any safes to-day
The stranger, without an invitation,
seized a bent reed chair, and drew it
up toward the desk.
t'Now. Mr.. President" he said, II
know you don't want any safes. But
my business is TO make people want
'enl. even against their will. A good
safe is a good thing and people never
know it until something happens
something that proves that the old
safe isn't up to the mark. Then they
buy a new one-they lock the stable
door after the automobile is a couple
of hundred miles the other side of
town. We've just put on the market
the newest, latest. best and cheapest
bank safe that the world has ever
seen; absolutely and uncompromising-
~ moth, rust and burglar proof; sim
pie. easy, direct and positively safe"
He produced a book containing
photographs of various safes and
handed it over. Then he stood up
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-10
HOME OF THE SEAL.
Built Under the Ice and of the Same
Shape as the Esl1imO's House.
From ST. Nicholas.

From ST. Nicholas.
Although the seal spends it's life in
and under the water it is an air.
breathing animal and cannot live for
any great length of time without air.
AS winter spreads sheets of ice over
the fast-freezing Attic sea, the seal
breaks hole in the ice over the wa
ter where it lives. This hole it is
very careful to keep open all winter
long, breaking away each new crust
as it forms, so that, no matter how
thick the ice becomes, the animal al
ways finds there a breathing place
and a passage to the surface of the
ice above, where it can get fresh air
and take a nap, for it does not sleep
in the water. Then, again, although
the seal can exist for a time out of
the water, it has to seek its food in
the sea: so that without both land
Cor ice) and water it could not sur
vive the Arctic winter. How, after
once leaving its breathing hole in search
of the fish upon which it feeds, the
seal can find it's way in the dark I'M
der the ice, a yard in thickness and
spreading over many miles, back again
to its hole, no one knows; but it is
not the less certain that when it needs
air it swims as straight to it's breath
ing place as a bird could fly through
the air TO its nest.
When the seal is about to build her
house she first makes the breathing
hole larger, and then by means of
her strong claws and filppers, or fore
paws, scoops out the snow, taking 1t
down with her through the ice until
she has made domelike apartment
of the same shape, though not the
same size as that built by the Es-
kimo Unlike the huts built by man,
however, it cannot be seen from with
out, for above it stretches the long
slope of untrodden snow, and the baby
seal, for whose comfort the house was
built, and it's mother, are safe from
any foe that cannot find where the
house is by the sense of smell
The house, however, is sometimes
discovered by the great polar bear.
who, when his nose has told him that
he is upon the top of the seal house,
leaps in the air and, bringing his feet
together, comes down with all his
great weight, breaking through the
roof and catching the baby seal be-
fore it can get away. Hooking one of
his sharp claws into its little flipper,
the bear then does a very cruel thing.
He let's the cub down the breathing
hole. so as to lead the anxious mother
to come to II as it struggles in the
water. When she does so. he slowly
draws it UP again, and, as she follows
il. strikes and secures her with the
claws of his other foot.
Very few of these seal houses are
found out. however, either by men or
beasts of prey; and they last until the
feeble Arctic summer partly melts the
snow that covered and concealed. them.
OF course, by this time the baby seal
has grown large and strong enough
to take care of itself, and lives a great
way from its place OF birth.
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Diet and Cancer.
From the London News.

HiOiu tHe 1OHQOn news.
OF the 27.4S7 who died of cancer In
England in 1901, probably the majority
were operated upon by cutting out the
diseased part. The expectations from
radium and the X-rays viii end in dis
appointment, because the sources and
maintenance of cancer lie in the inn
purities of the blood, and can only be
contended against by a process of puri-
fication. Cancers is not formed when
the blood is pure, and will wither away
when its impure sources are removed.
Pure diet and not too much of it Will
cure cancer. This assertion is sustain
ed by a case described by Mr.. Sidney
Beard, of Paignton, Devon, of a lady
who eighteen months ago was seen by
two consulting surgeons, who declared
that she was suffering from typical UNI
doubted cancer of the breast An ope-
ration having been declined the patient
was induced to adopt an exceedingly
limited and fruitarian diet. Gradually
the activity of the growth ceased, abb
sorption and the wasting of the It's
sues slowly occurred. and to-day it's site
is marked by a scar-like nodule Of ma
terial presenting none of the signs OF
an active, malignant growth. The sur.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-10

news has spread; our old safe has
got to take the blame; our depositors
know about it, and we've just got to
do something. I'll write the Empire
Safe Concern, and if that little fellow
comes around in the meantime I'll
talk to him.
Accordingly he wrote the Empire
Safe Concern in the following tenor:
Gentlemen: Your representative,
Mr.. Jeroloman-I think that is his
name-called here a day or two ago
to advocate our purchase of your
Late-Test safe, exhibited on page 1 of
your catalogue. Will you kindly send
him here once more. or quote us low
est price on safe of the enclosed d.
mansions. We want one right away"
The Empire Safe Concern answered
Immediately, as was natural, for the
concern was quite as enterprising as
had been it's agent.
u. Il. Birtwhistle, Esq,
president, etc.
Dear Sir: Yours of the End receiv-
ed. We enclose you revised price list
of our Late-Test Safe No 3, we think
we will just fit your wall space. We
have noted in the daily papers your
misfortune, and must congratulate
upon your good sense in putting in a
good safe at once. From the accounts
it looks to us as though the craftsman
was clever one.
1--WE beg leave to inclose you some
of our literature which possibly you
may be able to hand to some other
bank man in your town. Very truly,
Empire Safe Concern.
Per W."
Literature" said the president, as
large quantity of Ii tumbled out.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-10
McNALLY
On the Rounder
By LAWRENCE PoRcHER HExr.

81 stayed out late last night" said
Pat "a frind av mine was sick;
An so 1 told me wife, but she believes
it's all a trick"
THAT MEANS" said Mack, I'VE need
not try to fool her amy more;
Perhaps we've tried tn same old gag
too many times before.
Eye may not make a practice av ca
rousin' lvry night,
But ivry time We don't come home yer
wife is seized wit fright,
An though We have a good Excuse to
tell phwat kept We out,
Yell find her in a frame av mind
that's free av amy doubt.
Perhaps, in reckless momints. we've
been fool enough to brag
About tn fun ye used to find in takin'
on jag:
An whin We stayed out late last night
yer wife was bound to think
Ye'd started out upon a round av riv-
ihry an drink.
80, whin We set beside yer friend-th'
wan We said was sick
Yer wife was lookin' at tn clock an
countin' ivry tick:
She drew a FLETCHER av yer rounds;
she tracked yer block be block
She traced yer wild carousal be tn
hands upon tn clock.
"She saw you drift from bar to bar,
she heerd We swear an boast;
Ye sung tn songs av rivilry an drank
tn drunkard's toast:
She heerd We order fancy drinks, an
toss tn timptin dice
Ye went tn rapid rounds av sport re-
gardless av tn price.
Her mind was full av lurid thoughts,
it dwelt upon yer past
Shed heerd that in yer younger days
We loved to travel fast,
An If her thoughts had led her feet
to go an hunt we down,
She would have searched the nayber-
hood av ivry dive in town.
But whin tn clock was strikin' two,
an still We failed to come,
She knew yed been arristed as an or
binary bum;
Yer rippytation tumbled low, FIR, in
her mind, she saw
TIL man that she had married in tn
clutches av tn law.
AN whin, at last, We journeyed home,
as sober as could be.
Ye did not dream yer wife would think
ye'd been out on a spree;
Ye did not know she was awake, be-
set be foolish fears,
Ontil she met we at tn door, in anger
an in tears.
AN, though We tried to tell tn truth,
an done tn best we could,
TIL story that we handed her was
nightly little good.
Twill take We long to straighten
things, an look her in tn face;
TIL service that We done yer frind has
caused yer own disgrace"
Il can't stay out at ALL" said Pat;
IF I'm not home be dark
Me wife imagines, right away, I'm on
drunken lark"
Eye used to know tn ropes" said
Mack, IAN that's the reason
why
Yer wife will not believe We whin We
prove an alabi."
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and looked over into the counting
room.
How long have you had your
safe?"
The president reluctantly and wear
lily named the date of it's installation.
The safe man gave vent to a low
whistle.
Good Lord" he exclaimed. why,
you ought to be ashamed of yourself
to have an old safe like that. It's dis
graceful nothin' less. You, a good,
moral, pious bank president, and with
an old box like that. Why, look here,
don't you know that there are cracks
men who can open a safe like that, not
with powder but just by listening TO
the combination tumblers as they turn
the handle? Why there's a dozen
men. any one of whom would make a
short and clean job of that in five min
utes, / can name one right now.
You've heard O. Mickey Walters-the
fellow who cleaned out the First Ma
tional Bank of Monroe. across the
river. Well. sir, that was his method
Slick as a greaser. Why. our own
men can handle an old safe like that"
The president smiled. Our old safe. -
he said, has been tackled, and has
stood the assault
Has it?" returned the agent in some
surprise. then it was by bunglers
But here, I'll tell you right now what
I'll do with you. You're game, II
bet. I'm a fair safe expert myself-all
our best agents are-and I'll make a
bargain. with you. You come inside
the bank with me. shut the safe and
lock it. Don't tell me the combina-
tion. and then I'll tackle il. See? Il
/ don't have the blamed thing open
and ready for business in, say, ter
minutes without a scratch. why then
TN quit. If l do, then you buy a new
safe
The president was game. He had
considerable faith in his safe. but he
was willing to have it tested; 1t COST
nothing. and might be of service.
.,I'Il admit" said the president SLOW
". that a man like Mickey Walters
Who is notorious for that sort of thing
II ,can see how he might crack our
safe in the way suggest, but the safe
Is a good one, and I'll go you. You try
vour best on her, and II you succeed
NAV. consider your suggestion.
n was within a few moments o.
closing time, and they waited until
tl,e d0ar of the safe had been swung
- ano fastened. Then the president
80 the safe man entered the count
s...s.rooy, Two or three clerks gain
a,s6 around to see what was up. the
explained. One of the tellers
~ o,1f his watch and held II In MS
hand. "a. -. .afe man.
80 turn this thing, and see whether
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BUSINESS LOCALS.

Winkler wishes his patrons a pros
porous and happy new year. He VIII w
found at his stalls this morning WI"
a good supply of good things.
Frank Werm, jewellery store, ia Buis
street, is showing a beautiful me a.
ladies' watches and chains at popuia -
prices. Save money by buying O.
Werms. ,..a
Chas. A. Cox, the practical TIN pia,o
and sheet iron worker; tin, slate sa''
gravel and tile roofing; best WORK. ~"
est prices. 142 Barnard street. 49,
For Christmas presents, noIn, ng
Appreciated like nice tru ,.e'
suit case or bag, for half you pay en-
1',hsrs at chatham Trunk Factory
Broughton. corner Abercorn. ,sv-
A. L. Desbouillons, the reliaolet c5es
eler. is showing a fine line OF wa on
clocks and jewelry ware. Get prreet
rings. pins and charms. 4S Bull stIeTi IN
,Metzger & Brunson, have s o,sIts ana
beautiful line of white ana Sintsr
black waistings for fan ana
wear. The newest inportansn
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-10

geons are of opinion that these resui''
are due to dietetic treatment alone
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made review of the history of
the great men of the world, and
impressed upon the minds of his
audience and particularlar the stu
dents of the school, to take the
lives, the characters of these great
statesmen, who have done SO much
for civilization, and stand as an
example to be studio by future
generations.
Superintendent Olivier made
short address. reviewing the work
of the pupils of the school and
complimenting them for their
good work in their studies, and
awarding the medals to those who
had won them by having attained
the highest degree of proficiency
in their different classes.
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DR.. L. K. Guilbeau, who has re-
Gently graduated in Medicine at
the Tulane University, has decided
to cast his lot amongst US, aud is
now here, permanently located.
DIR. Guilbeau is young man from
Grand Coteau, and he comes to us
highly and strongly recommended.
Our people will be glad to well
come DIR. Guilbeau and recognize
him as one of ours, and we hope
that he will build a successful
practice, and that he will never
have cause to regret his coming to
st. Martinyille.
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The discussion of the appoint
ment Of the Assessor for st. Mar
tin parish has taken turn that is
quite peculiar, and the supporters
of Mr.. Victor Maraist, who recei-
we'd the endorsement of the Parish
Executive Committee, by a large
majority, say if the supporters of
Mr.. l.. G. Guidry continue their
fight to secure his appointment, it
will place them in the position of
having bolted, and to refuse to
submit to the rule of the majority.
Boltersl can they bolt? Some of
the leaders of that faction were
pretty severe on the boilers four
years ago, can they now play the
role they SO roundly denounced
when performed by others? Does
it net look strange and funny?
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Sued by His Doctor.

"A doctor here has sued me for $3.50,
which claimed was excessive for case
of cholera mOrbus," saws r. White, of
Coachella, Cal. AT the trial he praised
his medical skill and medicine. l asked
him If 1t was not Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy he used
| had good reason TO believe ii was. aud
he would not say under oath that it was
hot" No doctor could use better re-
medy than this iu a case of cholera NOR :
bus. II never fails. Sold by L. j. Liable.
For sick headache take Chamberlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets and quick
is certain. For sale 10y T. j. Liable.
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Worst of All Experiences.


Can anything be worse than to
feel that every minute will be your
last? Such was the experience Of
Mrs. S. H. Newson, Decatur, Ala.
"For three years" she writes. 81
endured insufferable pain from in
digestion, stomach and bowel trou-
BILE. Death seemed inevitable when
doctors and all remedies failed.
At length l was induced to try
Electric Bitters and the result was
miraculous. l improved at once
and now I'm completely recover
ed" For Liver, Kidney, Stomach
and Bowel troubles Electric Bit
tiers is the only medicine. Only
5Oc. It's guaranteed by L. j.
Liable druggist.
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No Competition.

The uniform success of Chamberlain's
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy in
the relief and cure of bowel complaints
both in children and adults has brought
it into almost universal use. so that it
is practically without rival. and as
everyone who has used it knows, is with
out an equal. For sale by L. j. Liable.
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SATURDAY, JUNE IS, 1904.
evvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
THE HIGH SCHOOL.

Monday. Tuesday and Wednes-
day of this week our people atten
'ded in very large numbers the
commencement exercises of the
st. Martinviile High School.
During the session just compile
ted many changes had been made
in that school, under the trained
supervision of Prof. James Brous-
.sard, principal of this excellent
school, who was assisted by a
corps of teachers as able and COM
petent as it is possible to find in
any school Of this or any other
state. Every one of the teachers
of the st. Martin High School is
a graduate of colleges of the high
est standing in this country, and
every one of the teachers has made
a special study of the methods of
teaching that are most approved by
the best institutions of learning.
The review Of the work of the
year just completed, shows that
the students of this school have
made wonderful progress and their
examination, as expressed by Prof.
Broussard, is far beyond their ex-
pectations.
The children who took part in
the exercises did so we'll that we
feel We cannot go into the details
of the differ ent plays, songs, drills,
tableanx and Rotations; every
thing that was presented to the
vast audience was as good as could
be expected, and was highly APP
precisted by the parents of the
children and the public.
President Liable of the school
board made an address on the clo-
sing night, reviewing the work
that was done during the past four
years, by the school authorities,
and il was gratifying to our people
TO know that today the schools of
st. Martin parish, without excep-
lion, will compare favorably with
the schools of any parish of this
or any other state of the union.
Good substantial buildings have
been built in every school district
ot the parish, nearly all of them
~ special taxation. and these bull
lings are equipped aud furnished
ss first class school houses should
,e, aud all are in charge of compe-
eut teachers.
Mr.. j. G. Daspir. of Breaux
3ridge, the orator of the occasion,
made a most brilliant address; be