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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-28
McNALLY
On Seifisflness insured.
By LAWRENCE PoRcHER HExr.

"Td have me life INSURED" said Pat,
''ixcipt I always knew
'Twould be me nasty luck to die before
tn thing fell due
IL 'spose We mean" responded Mack,
that il We was inshured
Ye feel as though ye'd die before TIL
policy matchured?
"If that's tn thought ye intertain
about yer preshus life,
It's plain to me, ye are tn man that
don't deserve a wife,
But. since We are a married man, an
talk tn way We do,
| think We need inlightmint about yer
pint av view.
a." 'Tis not me hope to show We how
we've made u sad mistake,
l only wish to make We see tn foolish
view ye take;
FIR TO me mind, tbs plain to see that
if We was INSURED,
Ye'd make yer home a dwellin' place
that could not be endured.
yer life insurance policy would be
an awful thing;
It's hard to make we understand tn
sorrows it would bring;
do not know av amy scheme that
IldS a. pCANti Dieail
TO satisfy tn nature av a mean an
silfish man.
"Ye'd flash it in tn faces av yer chill
her an yer wife;
Ye'd make thin think it was tn thing
that made we cling to life;
Yed boast about yer charity, an sadly
shake yer head,
AS though We thought yer fambily
would love to see We dead.
They'd be but little pleasures In tn
life ye'd make thin lead;
They wouldn't dare to ask We FIR a
thing they didn't need
An, if they did, We wouldn't fail to
cheerfully rafuse.
Becoz. we could remind thin av tn
life insurance dues.
"Ye'd talk about tn blnifts yer loved
vans would racieve;
Ye'd make thin wonder If yer death
would really make thin greave:
An thin ye'd sadly blow yer nose, an
meekly wipe yer eyes,
An say man that Is INSURED is loved
becoz he dies.
"Yed tantalize yer patient wife ontil
she'd wish, perhaps
lie u lose yer Jul, 4 lHlll she KNOW
yer policy would lapse;
An she would rawther face tn thought
av future poverty,
Than be tn wan to binifit be silfish
charity.
"Th life insurance policy is made FIR
ivry man;
It's good to have yer life INSURED as
often as We can;
Av course, We have to die to win, but
whin a man inshures,
He should not wear his shroud before
tn policy matchures."
"Ye've talked so much" retorted Pat;
Il don't know phwat We mean;
Ye'd rawther clraw tn rag, than amy
man / liver seem"
II mean" said Mack, that amy man
that claims he loves his wife,
Should niver make her rue tn day
that he INSURED his life."
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PEOPLE WHO HAVE
ALMOST FORGOTTEN
HOW TO WALK

A race that can hardly walk, has
been discovered in New Guinea. So
unused are these people to progress
ing on the solid ground that their feet
bleed when they try to go any dis
lance.
They were discovered by Sir Fran
els p. Winter recently, when he made
voyage into one of the parts of this
territory that had remained unex-
plored hitherto.
The race is that of the Ahgaiarpbos,
and since time immemorial they have
lived in swamps, their houses being
perched on bamboo poles and elevated
about twelve feet above the mud and
water.
AS a result, since there is no solid
ground any where near them, gener-
alton after generation of these people
has depended entirely on canoeing and
swimming for its mode Of locomotfon.
They are such good swimmers that
they can glide over and between the
half submerged reeds like water snakes,
and it is as natural for an Ahgaiambo
to slip into the water to go next
door" as 1t is for a woman in this
country to throw a shawl over her
head and call on a neighbor.
They never leave their swamps, but
remain nldden IN them from the time
they are born until they die; they are
as shy as the crocodiles and reptiles
that dwell there.
. This life has changed their bodies SO
that they look unlike any other hui
man beings in the world. As they
never walk, their legs have become
small and fiabby, and their feet are so
soft that blood flows from the crack
ing skin as soon as they are called on
to tread on hard ground.
Sir Francis Winter describes these
strange beings as follows, in a report
TO the Australian government:
THE men would be of good stature,
If their bodies, from the hips down,
were in proportion to the upper part.
They have good chests, thick necks
and powerful arms. But from the hips
down they are shrunken creatures,
looking more like apes when viewed
from the side than like human beings.
Their feet are short and broad and
wonderfully thin, with weak toes.
They are 50 feeble that they look al
most as IL they lacked joints.
1.-THE feet of all the people whom
saw rested on the floor when they stood
or sat- in a way that reminded one ir-
registibly of wooden feet, because they
were so helpless and clumsy.
1.-THE knee was hidden in wrinkled
folds of skin and over the thighs and
loins the skin hung in habby layers,
hiding the outline of the body"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-28

The Hoyts have unlimited license in
the photography of their name. Some
OF the forms are Holt, Hottie, Hoitt,
Hoyte. Hoytt, Hoyet, Hoyett,
Hoyette. Hoyght, Height, Hight,
Hite Hyatt, Hayte. Hattie, Hayt,
Hayts and Haight.
The family makes no claim to de-
scent from the Norman invaders whose
names appear on the Battle Abbey
Roll. nor did any first settler in this
country come over in those ships of
historic fame-the Mayfiower. the
Fortune, the Ann, and the Little
James. The family is also unique in
another particular, that ii has no rec
ord of descent from "three emigrant
brothers"--a sacred tradition cherish
ed in nearly every American family.
Simon and John Hoyt were the first
to arrive here, but it has never been
proved that they were brothers.
The family has had it's full share of
military titles. There have been colo
nels. captains and minor officers in
almost every generation. One of the
noted men of his day was Gen
Epaphras Hoyt, of Deerfield, Mass.
He was as ready with the pen as with
the sword. and was the author of one or
two works on military tactics. He
devoted his life to perfecting the vol
unteer military system of the coun-
try.
Ard Hoyt was missionary whose
discourses carried conviction, judging
from the following anecdote:
After a sermon on human deprav-
tty, gentleman stepped up to him and
said: II can take such insult from
no man. / came to hear the gospel
preached, and in the morning you
took up my case, and evidently leveied
your whole sermon directly at me
In the afternoon you pitched into me
again, and pictured out so infinitely
the delinquencies of my whole life.
that knew you intended to be per-
sonal. demand an apology"
Although the minister had never
seen the man before, he had some dif-
ficulty In convincing him that his SER
mon was not personal affront.
The following story illustrates the
straits to which preacher was often
reduced in olden days:
One morning, the wife of the Rev.
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a nsherman's rig-gum boots, overalIs,
flannel shirt and SLOUGH hat.
Early in the afternoon we left the
mouse and struck out across country
for the beach. A sloop was cruising
up and down not far off shore, but our
appearance caused her to stand in
shore. She got close in enough for
us to wade out to her and get aboard,
then she stood down the sound. A
white man and two Siwash Indians
had been sailing her-they were Quin-
lands accomplices or confederates.
his gang-Rafferty, a big, American
porn 1rishman, and Jim and Tom, the
Siwashes.
THE sloop was a big craft and
coulo nave carried forty men aboard
II necessary. She was fitted I'D as a.
deep sea trawler, and carried all the
requisite appliances for the business.
1t was past evening when we stood
In shore again and landed at a. small
Jetty below a cluster of huts upon an
embankment. We all went I'D. There
We're few white men in the village.
out most of the inhabitants were ST.
washes. Ten minutes walk brought
US TO Quinland's headquarters, a big,
wooden farm house. All of us had
| supper together, served by Siwash
squawS, and while we were eating I
heard hum of talk in some adioin-
ing room.
After supper we all followed Ouin-
land through a back door, and then I
round myself in large, barnlike room
crowded by what l thought were In
dians. They had long, black hair
hanging loose around their necks. and
were dressed in overalls and blankets
But what attracted my attention was
what was being done to one of them
He was leaning back in a BARRIERS
cha1r and Chinaman was stric<ing a
gauze like plaster on the side of his
eye. Then he painted the mans face
with grease paint. The man got up
he would have been taken for an In
dian by anybody. Another man took
his place in the chair. 1t didn't take
me second, in spite of his long hair.
to see that he was a Chinaman. but
flve minutes later. when he got up
again, his yellow skin was brown, his
eyebrows Strengthened out, and /
would have sworn he was a Swah.
AN hour later we started down for
the landing; we three whites, the two
Siwashes, and twenty of those Indian
lied Cinnamon. The Celestial who
had superintendent the make-ups came
down as far as the landing. He was
the agent for the highlander tong in
Frisco who imported the Cinnamon.
For each coolie that stepped aboard
the sloop he planked down an Ameri-
can gold eagle, in all, $40O. Quin-
land divided at once-a hundred to
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each or us white men and fifty apiece
to the Siwashes. Pay in advance was
the CUSTOM.
well, we cast off and set sail, and
stood down Sound for the fishing
banks, with three dug-out Indian ca
noes towing behind US. The China
men were jamhed down in the cabin,
their baggage piled up in the peak
and covered by fish nets.
1t was about midnight when we
saw the red and green lights of a
small steamer bearing right down on
us from the American shore. There
was flash of brilliant light and we
sat blinking like owls-they had the
searchlight on us.
Boat ahoy!' came the hail.
"Quinland answered:
"'Halloi'
What aye doing out here?'
" Fishing
The revenue steamer came close up
and made a circuit about us. Rafferty,
had dived down into the cabin, but
before the cutter came in on our
stern he was up again. Their light
shone down our companion way and
showed them only a litter of fish nets
with one Siwash Indian stretched
across the top.
All right came a voice from the
shore until daylight
But we didn't AS soon as her
stern light dwindled down to a mere
dot, we stood in straight for the
American shore. 1t was three in the
morning when we hove to about a
mile off shore. Then those twenty
made-up Siwashes were tumbled up
and put into the three canoes. Quin-
land got into one, in another and one
of the genuine Siwashes in the third.
Rafferty, and the other Indian swung
the sloop around on the other tack
and in few minutes they were stand
ing off for the channel.
The three canoes made for the
beach. We soon landed through a
small surf and hauled the canoe uI
into the brush. Then the whole
crowd of us struck inland at a quick
walk. Quinland leading.
Dawn was just tightening the hori-
ION when we reached a small clearing
Two wooden shacks stood in the mid
die. Quinland knocks at the door OF
one of them. An old squaw came to
the door.
Here's where you stay all day
with six of our men, Quinland said to
me. If anybody shows up and asks
questions, jolly 'em along. I'll come
for We tonight. so you'd better sleep,
but be ready to stand off any stran-
gers
six Chinks were left under my
charge, then Quinland struck out into
the woods with seven and Jim hit off
in opposite direction with the other
seven. Then / fell asleep.
Next thing 1 knew the old squaw
was shaking me violently.
Quick! Wake up! Quick Come
men on boss hacki'
II jumped up in a hurry. The sun
was shining in through the dirty,
cracked window. My Cinnamon were
sleeping about on heaps of nets. I
went outside-five mounted men were
coming across the clearing. They
were all armed with rifles and revolt
vers.
Hello, mister said the foremost
horseman, as he came up.
Hello, stranger 1 answered.
'How's fishin'?' he asked, with OBJ
vious carelessness.
:" Pretty bad
I'VE continued that style of CONVEX
sation for some time, but l felt l was
talking with a man who had definite
end in view. He was eyjng the house
and it's surroundings suspiciously.
'Ye don't mind our restin' here
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Story OF the
HOyt Family
BY ELEANOR LEXINGTON.

The name Hoyt, although it has an
derived from an old Saxon word. "heit-
err" signifying Joyous" or it may
come from the word holt" meaning
to leap, to caper. Hence, the name
belongs to that class which had it's
origin in personal peculiarities.
The word, as a surname. doubtless
originated with some man who was
noted for his lively spirits, and who
excelled in athletic feats-in leaping
and wrestling.
The Hoyt family, in general, seem to
have inherited something of the physi-
cal ability of their progenitor. Many
bearing the name have been noted for
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-28

Ard Hoyt said to him: MY dear, our
provisions are all gone. What shall we
do?"
He answered: 1.-THE Lord win pro-
vide"
But what shall be have for break
fast?"
rs there no flour?"
None"
mo Indian meal?"
None"
mo potatoes?'
None"
mo bread?"
None, except a few dry crusts"
DRY crusts! They are far better
than we deserve. Let us have them
and thank the Lord for His great
mercy in giving them to u.s."
AS there was a COW in the family,
the crusts were put to soak in some
milk and placed on the hearth by the
fire, while the family had morning
prayers. During worship, a pet dog
tumbled into the now scalding milk.
Great yelplng on the part of the dog
followed, and great CONSERVATION
among the children. They were
obliged to go to school without their
breakfast. nor had they any dinner.
The delinquent congregation, hearing
of the straits to which the family we're
reduced, sent liberal provision before
nightfall.
Unfortunately, there is no descrip-
ton accompanying the original en-
craving of the Hoyt arms, herewith
reproduced. 1t is difficult to give a
name to the charge, a device gules on
shield argent. 1t might be regarded
as form OF the millrind, but for the
absence of an opening in the center.
The helmet is the open helm of the
German empire, and does not Indicate
the rank.
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heir strength and feats in running and

their strength and feats in running and
lifting, as we'll as for their stature.
1t is recorded of one Bejamin Hoyt,
who was born in Salisbury. Conn, In
1905, that he held up the whole side of
q barn, which would otherwise have
fallen and crushed number of per-
sons. Slngle-handed, he carried into
the fort barrels OF water, which no
other man could lift without assist
ance; and he could hoe two rows as
fast as his neighbor could hoe one. His
children were also remarkable for their
great strength.
Another Hoyt was noted for his
stentorian voice. Standing NJ the
door OF his house. he could call work.
men from the field across the valley.
three-quarters Of mile distant,
throwing his voice over nifty acres Of
intervening woods
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-28
BY MAHLoN II. WING.

"Iow stupid those smugglers of
cinnamon were at Niagara" said the
man with the sun-browned face. mot
because they were caught, for that
may happen to the best of us, but to
employ such commonplace methods
that even farmer would suspect them
if he saw them. Tried to run them
across in a boat where revenue off,
GERS are as thick as flies.
'PshawI We played finer game
out West. I was in the business three
never caught once. although I've had
some close squeaks. One of the
closest calls 1 ever had was on my
first trip. OF course, 1 was quite green
then. That was five years ago.
1T had just come down from the
Alaskan gold fields, dead broke-so
broke that I was willing to take up
any honest scheme that would bring
in dollars. You Fasteners may laugh
at that, coming from an ex-smuggler.
but West Coast Adventures have a
code Of morals entirely their own.
Men out there who would not cheat
an individual" out of a postage stamp
consider it quite legitimate to do the
government, when it is only a ques-
ton of evading the revenue laws.
IT was in Victoria, then, when I
met an Irishman, named Quinland,
with whom had been shipmate some
years before on a sailing ship. He
sized up my condition in a minute
then took me in tow. 1t didn't take
US ten minutes to understand each
other thoroughly. He gave me $40
on the spot, and was to meet him
next day outside of town.
II kept my appointment. 1t was at
a small way house several miles out
on the Esquimalt road. 1 had been
practically on the beach for a week.
so I had no idea that I was any too
stylishly dressed. But when I met
Quinland in the bar room he gave
me the CLASSY stare, and it wasn't till
l had followed him out to the wood
shed that he would condescend to
recognize me. Then he was choking
mad.
what's the matterT I asked him
innocently.
He swore.
What We think?' he growled. 4
don't want to be seen talkin' to dude.
Go an take a room for the night, and
don't let on you know me. I'll sneak
up later with some proper toys. Get
that billed shirt and stiff collar offs
quick as ye can
IT did as he bid me, and an hour
later he sneaked up to my room with
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BENTON HARBOR, Mich.-(Special
rrespondence.) -This quiet little city
by the lake has been thrown into an in
lace Hadley, resident Of New York
city. Your correspondent made spe-
cial trip to New York and called on DR..
Hadley to learn the secret Of the mys-
terious power which has created such
furore. The doctor was found at his
laboratory, No. 1881 Broadway, sur
so you have come to learn how l gave
life and health to Mrs. Germond?" said
the doctor in reply to a question put by
the reporter. $50 your people say 1t
was a miracle; that 1 possess divine
power. Nothing of the kind. 1 have
simply discovered a secret law
of nature heretofore unknown
you see that large glass jar.?"
said the doctor, pointing to a
fagon filled with ruby red liquid that
seemed to CULVER and vibrate with the
tremendous dynamic forces it held.
That is the secret of my power. That
liquid you see there is life, distilled life,
the arch enemy of disease and death.
With it I can cure any disease-aye,
can revive some when life seems to be
Mrs. Germond was not dead. OF course,
| know what the doctors said, but the
doctors are often wrong. Hundreds of
people are buried every year who are
not actually dead. 1t is simply a case
OF suspended animation They seem to
De dead, but they can be revived with
mat liquid you see yonder.
When you consider that my discov-
cry will cure Bright's disease, consump-
uon, cancer and other heretofore in
durable diseases, as well as less dam
gerous ailments, is it any wonder that
II will bring the dead back to life in a
case of suspended animation? That
iquld contains the vital elements of a
living being. 1t makes the heart beat
ana the brain think Doctors have
heard of my discovery, and they have
sought out and brought their worst
cases to me, thinking they might find
ohe l could not cure. have complete
~ baffied them all. l have proved my
mastery over disease. l have demon
strated that can cure those at any dis
lance, Just as well as those / see per-
sohally. This shows the power is not in
me but in my discovery. Here is let
Ter l Just received from Mrs. Laura
Fitzpatrick, of No. 1856 South Third
street, st. Louis, Mo. She was practi-
cally dead when my treatment reached
her The doctors said her hours on
earth were numbered, that there was
not the slightest chance for her to live.
Many of her relatives and friends had
already hidden her long, last farewell.
Yet my discovery saved her, restored
her to life, health and strength; and
remember that ! never even saw her.
read her letter for yourself. You can
puhush 1t II you so desire. 1 have her
permission to do this"
The reporter copied the following ex-
tracts word for word, from Mrs. Fitz-
patrick's letter:
would have been dead had II not
Deen FOR you. My friends all say that
your curing as hopeless n case as mine
vas a miracle Of healing. had been
peated by over thirty doctors. and they
denounced my case incurable. and all
lailed 10 do me any lasting benefit /
suLefed as no human tongue can tell.
ltu heart disease, ovarian and womb
uouple, catnrrh ana neuralgia Of the
stomach, bowels ana liver. had no
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Australian Mothers Use Chamber
lafr,sa Couwh Rau,adxy

Australian Mothers Use Chamber
lRin's Cough Remedy.
The following letter from Mrs. w.
f. Mitchell of Bradford, Victoria,
Australia, shows that Chamberlain
Cough Remedy furnishes the same
prompt relief and is priced as highly
by the mothers of that far away coun-
try as in the United States. She says:
I'm my family of eight, all of whom
are subject to colds and coughs, 1 have
tried many cough mixtures, but have
found nothing so good as Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy. Even in
whooping cough it makes the attack
very much lighter. In fact, have
used nothing else since first trying it,
for its value was proved. l always
recommend it," For sale by all drug
gistS.
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what Dir. Clark says.

IL suffered Of rheumatism a long
time and found nothing to relieve me
until / took Graybeard. tried al
most everything l heard of. that is, in
the line OF blood medicine. All failed.
/ can't praise Graybeard enough for
what 1t did for me.
c. C. Clark,
400 Park avenue.
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what Mr.. strickland SAYS.

II took two bottles OF Graybeard for
rheumatism and was cured. A men,
Der Of my church took 1t for paraIy-
sis and 1t helped her surprisingly.
Rev. A. r. strickland,
Daisy, Ca"
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Atlantic Coast Line gives benefit Of
a short line mileage det0ehments be-
tween Savannah and Augusta. Ia
miles.--ad
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New sleeping Car Line to Augusta.

Southern Railway has inaugurated
tri-weekly Pullman sleeping car serv-
ice, leaving Savannah 1905, midnight,
Central time, on Mondays, Wednesdays
and Fridays. arriving Augusta 6:55 a.
M, Eastern time. For reservations or
information apply at city ticket Office.
al Bull street; phones S50.-ad.
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Graybeard Is sold at drug stores. 81
a bottle, six for IS. Graybeard Pills,
Csc a box. Graybeard Ointment, 2bc a
box.-ad.
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Graybeard is found at drug stores,
81 a bottle, six for IS. Graybeard pills
25c a box. GrGybeard Ointment, 25c
a box-ad.
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WHENCE CONES THIS MANS
MYSTERIOUS POWER OVER DEATH?
MIRACULOUS RESCUE FROM THE GRAVE!
Woman Threatened With Burial
York Worke
HEALS HERETOFORE INCURABLE DISEASES


Healing
RivalT o Ancient
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thin FOLKS

Should know that perfect digestion
and assimilation of the food ia the
first essential to the putting on of solid
flesh. Persons who have a weak
stomach and suffer from Dyspepsia,
Indigestion and Constipation are al
ways thin, because they fail to derive
Try 'Hostetter's Stomach Bitters at
once. II will strengthen the stomach,
perfect digestion and build up firm,
solid flesh. II never falls.
H0STETTER'S
STOMACH BITTERS
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Improved Brunswick Service via
seaboard Air Line.
Three trains daily. leaving Savar-
nah, 4:50 a. m, $3.50 a. m. and 2:2s
ad.
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"Ye've talked, so much" retorted Pat;
II don't know phwat We mean;
Ye'd rawther claw tn rag, than amy
man / iver seem"
II mean" said Mack, that amy man
that claims he loves his wife,
Should niver make her rue TIL day
that he INSURED his life."