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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-28
SIDNEY HERBERT'S LETTER
Facts of Interest to War Veterans and Others.

. There is also a difficulty in
separating Southern and Northern born
cadets and officers. For example, star
graduate at West Point this year.
Ralph T. Ward CNo. 81 was born in
Missouri, but appointed from Colorado,
while John ]. Kingman mo. A., was
born in Nebraska but appointed from
Tennessee. This, however, evens up the
claim of Southern merit, giving four
star graduates to the South and one
to the West. The present class. TO
graduate next June, has Dewitt Z.
Jones, of Ga, as No. 1, and Ernest
Graves, of North Carolina, as No. 3.
the other three being from the West.
The Augusta Chronicle refers
to the late Burton S. Harrison, private
secretary to President Jefferson Davis,
but his name was Burton n. Harri-
son. His talented wife, who is quite
a popular writer in New York, is known
simply as Mrs. Burton Harrison. The
distinguished son is named Francis
Burton Harrison. =" When the
Spanish-American War opened up u.
s. Senator Sewall, Of New Jersey, who
was a major general of volunteers in
the Civil War, was given the same rank
but declined to leave the Senate. 1t
now appears Senator Fairbanks want
ed to resign and go into the army
but Gov. Mount refused his resigna-
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-28

was a real cute job on some friends
from near Rochester, N. Z, not long
ago. Having invited the friends to
go out on the Rubber Neck Bubble
with him he hired half a dozen boys to
post themselves at certain street cor
ners and wait for the Bubble" When
it came along they were to accost the
passengers with such EXPLANATIONS as
Hello, Fairport!" Hey. there, Spen-
cerport, how's the apple CROP" The
scheme worked and the boys earned
their money all right, much to the
CONSERVATION of the upstate men and
the huge amusement of the New York
err. 1t wasn't till after they had
reached homo few days later that
the Country cousins" grasped the fact
that a joke had been played on them.
Having made the discovery they
planned revenge on their New York
friend Last week he made a business
visit to Rochester, his friends met him
in that interesting city and showed
him around. Long before he had made
the circuit he wished he had never
been funny at their expense, for they
turned hardly a single corner with him
that he didn't hear some one yell out:
"See the Broadway jay. fellows! or
THAT Teller looks like Bowery tough.
don't he?"
At first he pretended not to notice
the gibes, but after about an hour Of
IL ne threw UP his hands and invited
his friends to lead him to the local
Waldorf Astoria, where he played the
role of host with liberality and grace.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-28

pressed into service within the last
fortnight.
The Rubber Neck Bubbles" are
great sport for the street gamin. They
are not always devoid of humorsome-
ness for New Workers that grade a
good deal higher than the street
ganin. And it's quite as good snort
10 ride on one Of them as II is to stand
IN the street and watch them 20 by.
For this reason the loads often con
tain New Workers among their pas
sengers. though. OF course. most OF
these are out-of-towners.
IL Is getting 10 be so that wise
New Workers who have country
cousins'-a country cousin" you
must understand, Is any one from
out-oftown, whether related TO YOU
or not, who may be visiting YOU
to entertain. 10 air them on the
Seeing New York" outfit It's by AIN
odds the cheapest way OF exhibiting
the town 10 unaccustomed eyes. and
though n used 10 bother a bit. Do-
body cares now how voclferously the
street idlerE call out Rubber neck. %
"Hayfeed" or Country cousins. Il" An
fact. the hardened townsman likes II
immensely
THE real country cousin" though
~ sometimes broken ~ BY n There
hre waggiah New Yorker generally
metropolitan BY adOpiion--who get 4
lot n amusement out Of g.
one n these put up shat be thought
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-28

monds in the field" at the g. A. r.
Encampment in Boston. The Journal
refers to Gen. Samuel z. Chamber
lain, who has the distinction of being
the individual into whose hand Gen.
Lee placed his sword of surrender"
But the Boston Herald says: Gen
Joshua L. Chamberlain of Brunswick
Me-, who received Lees sword when
he surrendered at Appomattox, was re-
elected president "of the Chamberlain
Association" Now, as is well known,
l have over and over again proven in
these letters that Gen. Lee never sur
rendered his sword to Gen. Grant "or
any other man. The Boston Journal
confounds Brevt Brig. Gen. Chamber
lain, an after the war general, with
Maj. Gen. Chamberlain, u. S. W, to
whom was given the honor of receiving
the surrender of Gen. Lees infantry,
which he did in a manner that show
ed him to be AN officer and a gentle
man" of the highest Christian charac-
ter. When we organized the Society
of the Army of the Potomac in New
York, in 1863, he delivered the grafton.
in which he paid sincere and noble
tribute to Gen. Lees army, and from
that day to this he has held the warm
affection of his comrades and the peo-
pie of Maine, of which state he has
been Governor as well as president of
his alma mater, Bowdoin College. He
was my schoolmate in boyhood and a
youth of the noblest elements of char
acter.
The other Chamberlain was a pri-
waite in the regular army during the
Mexican War and came out of the Civil
War a colonel of volunteer cavalry,
and was given the brevet of brigadier
general. The two men are as unlike
as day and night, as Maj. Gen. Cham
berlain, whose old army wounds pre-
vented his being i'm Boston, would
never insult his invited guests. This
BIT. Brig. Gen. Chamberlain did in the
meeting of the ex-prisoners of war,
making a speech in which he made a
bitter and uncalled for attack upon the
Confederates. And yet a large num-
Der of distinguished ex-Confederates
were in Boston as the invited guests
of z. w. Kinsley Post. G. A. r. AS
soon as these Confederates saw the
attack in the Boston Herald, an appro-
pirate and dignified reply was made
to 1t by Gen. w. j. Behan, u. c. v.
of New Orleans. Perhaps this ill-timed
action on the part of Chamberlain de-
feated the movement for a grand re-
union next year i'm Washington, ID. c.,
of the G. A. r. and the u. c. ",
which was tabled in the encampment,
having been defeated at Hartford,
Conn. when the Society Of the Army
of the Potomac-and the Connecticut
G. A. r. held a joint encampment. A
few more fools. North and South, like
this Chamberlain, must die off before
such really harmonious reunion OF
the Blue and the Gray can be held.
The fact is all the best elements on
both sides are getting along in peace
and fellowship. Sidney Herbert.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-28
LETTERS TO EDITORS
Some of Which Are Appearing in New York
Papers

New York, Aug. 27.--Some of the pa
pers which print literary supple
ments" on Saturdays have been CIV
ing up a good deal of space lately
to letters from those who write arti-
cles for the magazines and daily jour
nails, but succeed in producing reject
ed addresses only.
These letters are devoted mainly to
criticism of the editors who reject
their manuscripts. According to the
writer's the editorial business is just
now at very low ebb indeed The
magazines, they say, are full of the
commercial spirit; the editors no long
er care to buy anything that has a
SAVIOR of literature about it; only those
things which will sell the magazines
are now sought after.
But, say the letter writer's, this at
titude on the part of the editors is
defeating the very purpose for which
it has been adopted. The circulation
of the weeklies and monthlies, they
aver, is constantly falling off simply
because the editors, instead OF pub
fishing literature, are filling their
pages with commonplace stuff, sup
posing their readers to be fond of IL,
whereas the readers really are sim
ply thirsting and furnishing for the
literature" that the letter writer's
can't get accepted. They aver that the
modern editor is both "short-sighted"
and ignorant" and that he could get
many points from editors of a half
century ago.
1t is more than probable that the
editors Of to-day do occasionally re-
ject articles that are richly worth
publishing. 1t Is also likely that some
of the articles published are common
place and without interest to many
readers.
But 1t is also possible that most of
the rejected matter is pretty thin Cruel
so thin. in fact, that If much of IL
were fed out TO the magazine readers
of to-day the circulation Of the maya
zines 1t appeared in would suffer a
serious relapse. And II is certain that
judging from the actual present circu-
lation of most Of the magazines and
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-28

Pine Crest Villa. Maitland, Fla, Aug
27.-Midshipman Jones, mentioned in
my last letter, is from Norcross, Ga,
not Waycross. Cadet Dewitt c. Jones,
at the head of the present graduating
class at West Point, is also from Nor
cross, as we'll as his brother, Second
Lieutenant Clifford Jones, who gradu-
eted in 1903 into the artillery corps
1t is possible that all three are brothers
On Tuesday next, Aug.3O, oc-
ours the "Silver wedding of my good
wife and myself. 1t is very seldom
that two persons so mismated reach
such an event in their marriage life.
She is a Methodist, a "Reb," and an
aristocrat, while 1 am Baptist,
'Yank," and a commoner. And yet
we have lived a quarter of a. century
together with an ever-increasing af-
lection for each other. Our most seri-
Gus difference is on the money ques-
ton, yet we are both gold Democrats
She wants to die rich, but / am striv-
ing hard to die poor in this worlds
goods and rich in treasures in heav-
en-" My race however is nearly run,
for 1 have passed the "three score and
ten" mile stone, and can only finish
my course in daily increasing weak
ness. l have before me two letters
from honored venerable friends, one a
graduate of Yale in 1912, and the other
or Bowdoin, near the same period. The
former is a feeble old man, living near
me in Florida in enforced quietness,
while the other, an Ex-Governor and
banker in Maine seems to be quite
active in public affairs. But most of
us "old fellers" are of a more retir-
Ing disposition. / see that my dear
old friend, Mai. Mark Newman, of
Sandersville. Ca, has retired from his
long and efficiently held official posi-
tion with the Georgia Agricultural So
ciety. The tribute paid him by the
society on his retirement for old age,
~ one that is seldom won or deserved,
but In his case is both appropriate
and deserved With the National En-
campment OF the 6. A. r., I'm Boston,
my official connection with that or
ganization came to a close after years
OF earnest and laborious service, much
or II performed on a bed Of pain and
weakness. Old age and army wounds
now compel me to give up that serv-
Ice and become I'm realty "a back num-
ber.' have been active IN no other
organization for many, many years
have often spoken of the unre-
liability OF even official records In the
matter OF names. For example. b.
Brig. Chas Fitz Simons. n. s. w.,
mas Just died in Chicago. His name h
given IN Hameralys army roll as
F1tzelmmon." but Hoffman has IL on
hls ROLAND both are called Official
"f1tz Simmons" But Union ana COM
taaaTata Records" has Il Fitz slmona.'
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-28

Madrid claims to have the oldest
woman in the world, Maria Nieto, who
has lived in three centuries. having
been born in ISL She was twice
married and had nineteen children, all
of whom she survives.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-28

Most OF the year only two Of these
numbering vehicles are In commission.
one OF which conveys It's passengers
over the thoroughfares OF the town
above Thlrtieth street. and one which
traverses the downtown streets. Oc-
casionally. all summer long, this year
there has been squirt OF business
which would call a third automobile
into commission. but they have been
Few and seldom"
Just now i've or xix are IN use-and
crowded 20 the guards every day.
Yesterday eight NJ them. each with
from thirty % forty aightaeera aboard.
were sighted in the vicinity or Grants
Tomb at the same time. Even the
four-h0rfe coach uaed by the company
in ifa earliest days, before n owned
any automobiles ~ 49, WaH OUT yes
terdaV and Il has been frequently
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-28
Rubber Neck Rubbles
Practical Jokes Connected With AUTOMOBILES

New York Aug. 27.-That the sea-
son when sightseers most do congre-
gate in the metropolis is approaching
is shown by the unexampled patronage
which is being bestowed upon the
Rubber Neck Bubbles"
In the vernacular of New York the
term Rubber Neck Bubble" is applied
to the enormous. elephantine automo-
biles conducted by the Seeing New
York Company
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-28

; weeklies, their editors are a pretty
capable lot after all. Not everything
they publish may be literature. but
most of it is what the readers want,
as they are proving abundantly by
buying more periodicals every month
than they ever did before.
Take the case of the magazine
whose editor lately started the pub
lcation of a series of articles giving
the inside facts in a series of vast
mining deals. Though only just start
ed, the series has already brought up
the monthly sale of the magazine to
400, 900 odd copies-a greater circula-
ton than that of all the New York
monthly magazines combined fifty
years ago. The editor of another
magazine that has made the exposure
of graft Of all sorts it's standby for
several months has profited immense
ly by its course. The two old standard
magazines that have gone in for color
illustrations have been benefited inn
, measurably by doing so, and so on.
Viewed i'm the light of their actual
success, the editors of to-day, It will
be seen. are pretty clever men. AS to
the literature of to-day, and that Of
fifty years ago
Here is an example of the '1itera-
ture that used to be doled out in the
periodicals of their time to our fathers
and grandfathers--I have copied II at
random from a periodical published in
the fifties:
He was speaking in low, earnest
tones as il he would entreat her stay.
" Dear Mary. hast thou well weigh
ed my sorrow for thy loss-my loneli-
ness without thee-the pangs of a d.
vided heart? Consider, dearest! 1t
Will be only few months, and then
/ shall be ready to go. Why shouldst
thou be severed from me-now, when
l have just come to know how very
previous thou art?' ."
The amateur critics of the editors Of
to-day declare that the latter have
educated their writer's out of all SEM
bance of naturalness-that only stilt-
ed, dull, commonplace matter is now
admitted to the magazines. It would
be pretty hard work TO find anything
quite as stilted as the extract. | have
just given in any of the periodicals
published to-day.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-28
WHITE
STONE
LITHIA
WATER

A perfect remedy for In
digestioni Uric Acid, Kid
ney and Bladder Affections.
Never fails.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-28
Attention.
Watch O0r Weekly Lists of
New Subscribers, Pub-
lished Every Sunday.

The Southern Bell Telephone and
Telegraph Company has installed
since last Sunday. Aug. q. telephones
for
r New Subscribers.
BUSINESS
PSI Bay g. Cash Grocery Company.
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-28
Duffy'S Pure Malt Whiskey.

II regulates the stomach and bowels.
revives the falling strength stimulates
the hearts action. outlets the nerves.
and keeps the body cool and comfort
able. "Dunvs" contains no fusol oil
innl whiskey Prescribed by doctors
FOR so years
All dfugRIsts and FrOcerf. or direct
81 "a bottle. Medical booklet free. Duffy
Malt Whisky CO., Rochester, y. Y.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-28
HEAT PROSTRATIoN
HEART FAILURE

Seldom, II ever. occur where the sys-
tenn is kept healthy and vigorous by
taking
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-28

A Florida editor wants to know why
Rear Admiral Schley can't talk or
write about the battle of Santiago, il
Roosevelt can do so. Well, ii is a very
easy question to answer. First, Their,
Col. Roosevelt was never a regular
army officer, and left the volunteer
service at the close of the Cuban cam
paign. He was therefore at liberty to
write a book about that battle. Sec
ondly, as President. he is commander
in-chief of the army and the navy
and as such can write and talk with
out rejecting upon a superior officer.
Rear Admiral Schley is still an Off
Ger of the United States navy, al
though retired from active service. and
he can neither write nor talk in a
manner to reflect upon his superior
officers. This rule applies to all Off
GERS alike in the army and navy
While there are a good many
honorary women colonies in the no.
bility Of foreign lands. and a few so
called women colonels on a few fool
ish American governors stats, / think
there is bue one woman admiral in
the whole world. The late Gar of
Russia conferred the title of admiral
upon Queen Olga of Greece. daughter
of the Grand Duke Constantine of Rus
STA. Queen Olga has always been a
lover of the ocean. and deeply inter-
ested in naval matters. She does not
consider her title of admiral as a mere
honorary one. for she attends naval re-
views and inspections and has won
the highest praise for the expert man
ner In which she conducts her in
spections on such occasions.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-28

A sketch of Maj. Gen. Mansfield
Lowell, G. s. A., says he was born i'm
the District of Columbia, but fails to
add that his father. Joseph Lowell. was
a native of Massachusetts, who became
a surgeon in the u. S. A. In 1872 and
was surgeon general from 1918 till 1896
the date Of his death. The son grad
uated from West Point. I'm 1912, but re-
signed from the army in 1854. with his
classmate. Maj, Gen. Gustavus w.
Smith. c. :. A., a Kentuckan. who was
No. s and Lowell No. in the class.
When the Civil War came on Smith
was street commissioner in New York.
with Lowell as his deputy, and both
came South and entered the Confeder-
a e service. This fact created the inn
preston that they were both New
Workers. Dear old Gen. James
McQuade. L. S. ". who shared with
Gen. Horatio c. King the honor Of be-
ing the Poet Laureate Of the Army Of
the Potomac" once paid this tribute
10 the "Old Confeds." which was re-
ceived by our society with great cheer
ing
when life's campaign is al an end.
And we are mustered out.
The Yankee cheer and Rebel yeiP
VIII mngle IN one shout:
Wen greet our late antagonists.
And then no more shall know
Nor Union nor Confederate
with Benny Hayens, OH
Death called McQuade. and be went 10
Join comrades ~ long ago
M the land of Peace. where now Ne
dwelh with Benny Hayens. OH
There were 40 Ia rnraf uf,,,o firb-
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-28

ton. But Congressman Joseph Wheel
er, of Alabama, went as major general
of volunteers and did not resign. How
ever, he declined to draw his pay as
Congressman during that war.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-01-21
Boys Underwear.

Boys Underwear.
Lot boys Cotton fleece lined underwear
laid seams. not the cheap garment: sizes "a
"a priced from SOC soc: all going $500 II
Lot Boys and Misses Cotton ribbed under
wear. overland seams; splendid garment.
Sizes "A "a priced from 30c soc. All
going at ...... ........ ...... .............2(
Lot Boys and Misses Cotton ribbed under
OVERLAND splendid garment.
All in this closing out sale at the following
reduced prices:
15c Garments cut to .1Or
zoe Garments cut to .........12r
soc Garments 1lR
Acc Garments cut to ...............22c
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-01-21
Last Cot Price on Shoes.

Last Coz Price on Shoes,
36 pairs ladies' felt lined leather vamps.
$3.50 kind, all sizes. lace button, last cut
price ..............l Sr
Hamilton Brown (Security) shoe for boys and
girls ) to s, $1.25. cut price SOc
Sizes S12 to II, SLID. last cut price Ct 90
Sizes II = to . $500. last cut price 80. 81 10
Sizes to 5, 1925. last price .... 81 20
Hamilton Brown 01ighland calf school shOes)
for boys, 9 to H. We're $3.50, last cut prices Il 90
Sizes LIE to ,, We're s175, last price ST %
Ladies heavy calf skin shoes, heavy soles but
ton and lace. former price $175 and 5000
all in one lot at last price ...........S1 20
Boys baseball outing shoes. corrugated soles
sizes y to 2, $3.50 value. last cut price . 81 90
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-21
HARMONY PREVAILS
ALL OVER THE STATE

Parkersburg. Sept. 21.-Demo-
Gratis Of prominence representing
nearly every county in the State
assembled here yesterday at head
quarters, for the purpose of con-
ferring with State Chairman o.
S. Mckinney of Fairmont, who
has begun one of the most Wig
orous campaigns in West Vir-
ginia that has ever been waged
by his party. The political situa-
ton was discussed pro and con
at great length and the leaders in
attendance are pleased with the
result. Reports were made by
the county chairmen who were
here to the effect that the Dem
ocrats have made such gains in
most of the counties that the sue
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-21

since his death three children
have died.
The heart-broken mother has
the sincere sympathy of the en-
tire neighborhood in her sad
hour Of bereavement. Besides
the mother deceased is survived
by brother, who is still at home,
and a sister, who resides at Ne
Mechen, W. Va.
The funeral services were
conducted this afternoon at 2
O'Clock at the family residence,
and were largely attended. De-
ceased was a member Of the X.
of P. lodge at SteubenyiIle, O.,
and the members Of the order in
this city attended the obsequies
in a body. Interment was made
II the Padon cemetery at Paden
CITY.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-21
c. E. COLEMAN DEAD

After an illness of about a
year C. E. Coleman passed away
at his home in Paden City at an
early hour Monday morning.
Deceased was a single man about
"a years of age, and his death
was due to consumption.
Mr.. Coleman was a highly es-
teemed young man, and his un-
timely death is much deplored
by the community in general in
which he resided. The mother of
deceased is a widow, and has re-
sided at Paden City for about a
year. The family were residents
of Steubenville, O., previous to
locating at Paden City. Four
deaths have occurred in the fam
lily within the past two years.
The husband of Mrs. Coleman
YES the first to pass away, and
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-21

cess Of the party is assured this
fall.
1t was evinced at the meeting
that there is no discOrd in the
ranks Of the Democrats, and that
is one condition which favOrs
success. 1t was officially reported
by the county leaders that in
their respective counties the Re-
publicans are stumped because
Of discOrd and that there will be
many party men who will not
vote for the Republican candi-
date for Governor because Of the
alleged tax reform plans he adj
vOcated.
The organization of the DEM
ocrats was found to be the most
splendid in years, and already
harmonious endeavor for success
has been found effective.