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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-11
Cleanup OF Carpets

Getting the carpet stock to rights after in
ventory, necessitates clearance of several small
lines of carpets oil cloths and mattings.
We make prices so tempting that you can't
afford to ignore them. At least you will want
some Of these mattings for the summer cottage
BIG VALUES IN CARPETS
Drum printed wilton velvet carpets, desir-
able parlor patterns, $100 and $1.15 "a.
qualities, at per yard. ................ ~
Heavy wilton velvet carpets-three pat
terns-regular $1.25 and $1.35 Q9N
qualities, at per yard .............. CA2C
Smiths administer carpets, in handsome
parlor patterns, regular $1.25 quail OK,
ity, at per yard SOC
OIL CLOTHS
Cleaning up some oil cloths in 1, / IL and
2-yard widths at these reductions:
35c quality at 24c square yard.
30c quality at 22c square yard
25c quality at 10 1-2c square yard
MATTINGs
China mattings that have been selling at
IL 1-2c, at per yard, 10 Lee.
25c Japanese mattings, blue and straw and
and green and straw colorings, at 15c per yard
25c China mattings, at 15c, is 1-2c
and II 1-2c per yard
-.---..>-~-.-~~~>-~~~-
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-17

closest friends of a possible President
of the United States and, therefore,
with all sorts of influence and power
almost within his grasp, but he is
also a lawyer of extensive and wealth.
producing practice. His personal his
tory includes one term as Lieutenant
Governor of the Empire State. He was
only 33 when elected to the second
place in the state government. being
the youngest man who ever sat in the
Lieutenant Governors chair in Albany.
Twenty-Five years ago, in 1882, he was
first sent to the Legislature from Buff
falo, when only %, the youngest New
York state legislator on record but
one. He became a favorite of David
B. Hill at once, and the two have been
very close ever since, their political
regard for each other never wavering
a moment, even during Mr.. Hills years
of political eclipse.
Twelve years awo the Democratic
big Four" in New York state was
said to be Mclaughlin, Murphy ed
ward of Troy, not Charles F. of New
York;, William f. Sheehan and
Croker. OF these Croker was, of
course, the great leader. He is now,
on his own motion, ostensibly at least,
permanently "out of it," Edward MUIR
ply has long been thought to be out
of 1t, but he may now come to the
front again, while Sheehan-well, he
is pretty sure of a new and long lease
of prominence and certainly of pro-
fessional advancement, whether Judge
Parker shall be elected or not.
Whether or not John c. Sheehan
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-17
"PARKER," THE OFFICE CAT,
PUTS DOGS TO SLEEP
Has u Toes, Is Front Claws and One Eye, and
Is Champion Fighter

Hundreds of people who enter the
Morning News business Office during
the run of a week pause an instant
to stroke the back of big tortoise
she'll cat that lies on the edge of the
counter just inside the door.
That cat is Parker"
There is no more docile Household
sphynx" in this broad land than Par
ker" under ordinary circumstances.
Parker" loves to be stroked, as every
well-ordered cat does, and purrs as
happily under the hand of friend as
IL her whole life had been spent in a
boudoir on cushions and she never
knew what the excitement of combat
was.
But Parker" is a child of fortune,
nevertheless, and knows the strenuous
life. Indeed, it is strongly suspected
that she revels in the whrlwind COM
bats that come her way daily; some-
times two or three times a day.
AS said above. she is docile; and she
is friendly with all creatures. save
alone dog. But a dog Parker" can
not and will not abide, for single in
slant. 1t is apparently the one pur-
pose OF her life to keep dogs out of
the Morning News business Office, or
to whip every dog that dares poke his
nose in that door.
Has IL In For Dogs.
Away back in her family history
somewhere, evidently some dog did a
mean trick to one of her ancestors. The
desire to avenge that act has been
inherited by Parker" and she is i'm
mensely intent upon wipins out the in
suit.
Since Parker cannot possibly aden-
tify the particular dog against whom
abe has a grievance, she has declared
war upon the whole dog tribe.
Two months ago the big tortoise-shen
cat drifted into the office, unlimited.
n1m1n0 fFem nobody knew where. She
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-17

took up her position at the far end Of
the counter from the door, and at once
drew a dead-line there, beyond which
no dog dared attempt to pass. For
some weeks she guarded this trocha,
engaging in frequent spirited encount-
ers with her mortal enemies, and al
ways winning.
Then she advanced her lines to the
advertising clerks window, near the
door, where advertisements for lost
dogs are handed in. 1t would seem
that she wanted to get earliest infor-
nation of any wandering dog, to be
prepared for his possible appearance.
This position she has since held,
against all corners.
During practically all the hours
that the business Office is open
from s a. m. to midnight-"Parker
is to be seen doing on the
counter ledge, just inside the door, APP
parently oblivious to and careless Of
how the world wags. But let a dog so
much as poke his muzzle inside, and
there is an instantaneous transfor-
nation scene. Parker" Immediately
becomes living catapult, of chain
lightning promptness.
Parker Is Wonder.
No matter what the size of
the dog or what its breed
bulls, terriers, mastiffs, Newfound-
lands, black-and-tans pointers and
ours are all the same to her-"Parker"
aims straight for and alights upon its
back near the shoulders. And when
she alights she is screaming her bat
tie cry and working all of her claws
to their limit. No dog has yet ap-
peared that can stand the fury of the
attack. When the dog has fed, yelp-
ing In pain and terror. Parker"
springs nimbly back to her resting
place and dozes until the next victim
shows I'd.
Parker" 10 not a handsome cat. She
has cue good eye, one extra toe on each
of her paws, and a more or less al
lapidated LEFT ear. But for concen-
trated energy and devotion to purpose,
she will measure up to any cat In
town.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-17

use the ice in my refrigerator as a
sort of skating place. They spend ths
days skating around on the ice, anu
even at night find some of them tooI-
ing around as If they had some impoI-
tant task TO complete before the sun
came up. What temperature can an
ant stand? That's what I would Ike
to know. From the ease and manitest
comfort they displayed while ramblils
over the ice at my place 1 would 1udBs
that zero would not daze them to any
considerable extent, 1 suppose tne.
have educated themselves up to ln5
point where they can endure the co.
without much suffering. II may %
due 10 the exigencies OF the strueblo
for existence. one Of the things neses
sary IN the ceaseless fight for life. b ',.
whatever the cause of Il. you can puSS
the ant down as being able TO stanu
more cold than the average human D.
ing"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-17
RUFUS W. SMITH, President.
Savannah Preparatory School,
MILITARY.
Ormond B. Strong, ABB, Head Master
DIRECTORS:
Hon. S. B. Adams. Rev. j. Y. Fair.
Rev. c. H. Strong. Mai. 0. B. Strong

Hon. ). b. Adams. Rev. j. Y. Fair.
Rev. G. H. Strong. Maj. 0. B. Strong.
DIR. ]. G.. Van Marter
For five years this school has main
tanned an honorable record for thor
ough, conscientious work, having sue
cessfully prepared 80 boys for college
entrance examinations and as many
more for business careers.
In five years it has grown to be the
largest private school in the city,
each successive year showing a mark
ed increase in attendance.
During the past year it has erected
a modern three-story school building
perfect in sanitary and ventilating APP
pointments and completely equipped
with new furniture and apparatus.
Five efficient instructors devote
their entire time to the work of the
school, conducting both afternoon ana
evening study periods. The teaching
staff has never been so strong as for
the coming session.
The school has been awarded schol-
arships, giving free tuition in three
leading colleges. Its diploma is ac-
cepted in lieu of entrance examina-
tions by all Eastern universities. rec
ognizing this form of entrance.
Six Directors Scholarships, PROVO
ing for half of the tuition fee, will be
awarded to satisfactory students upon
application. Tuition 500 per annum
in all classes.
Catalogues at Connor's book store
and Knights Pharmacy.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-17
MoRToN's SUMMER SCHOOL,
III Park Avenue, West.

Summer session commences June
49, Individual instruction given to
those needing coaching.
]. R. MORTON, NJ. A.. Prin.
Ca. Phone $50.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-17

There is a very popular belief that
the small ant cannot stand much cold"
said a man who lives in the upper
part of New Orleans, according to the
Times-Democrat, but the idea is en-
tirely wrong. There may have been a
time when the ant could not endure
low temperatures but that time has
passed, If 1t every existed. The fact
is that the ant seems to rather like
the cold. II / may Judge from expert
ence at my own home. They have for
some time been in the habit OF making
the ice box their headquarters. They
simply live there. II Is the one favor
lie spot with them. Nor are they the
least bit inclined TO shun the ice. Up
TO very recently had thought that
the ant was in the habit OF burrowinE
deep into the ground IN order 70 escape
the rigors of the winter. But there Is
nothing in this old idea Why, they
are % fond OF cold things that they
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-17

The "sorest" New Yorker over the
nomination is Charles Francis Muir
ply, Tammany leader, and the man
whose novel and audacious political
strategy in 1908 was the admiration
of all Tammany men and other Demo-
Gratis AID the despair of the Republic
cans in the City of New York.
Mr.. Murphy surely played a deep
and skillful game last year in the
municipal election, and as surely he
tried a very deep one this year in the
campaign for Presidential nomination.
That he didn't succeed in the latter is
probably due quite as much to the
extreme unpopularity of Tammany
with the Democrats of the whole
country as to his own greenness in
national politics.
Charles F. Murphy, like Richard
Croker, his predecessor as Tammany
leader, is a silent man." and there are
two opinions as to the real cause back
of his silence. Duane.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-17
South Carolina
Military Academy
LAGRANGE, Ga.

This is the State Military Academy.
Session begins Oct. /. $3.50 a year.
This includes Tuition, Clothing, Medi-
cal Attendance, Washing. Light and
Heat.
Brig. Gen. E. A. Darlington, U. S.
A., says: ANY graduate bearing the
diploma of the S. c. M. A. is capable
of performing the duties of a Second
Lieutenant in the u. S. Army"
Address
COL. ASBJJRY COWARD. Sunt.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-17

New York, July 16.-It is not so very
long ago that many Democrats and
practically all Republicans were fully
persuaded that David B. Hill was
permanently and hopelessly "out of
it," so far as public affairs were con-
cerned.
Even Hill himself had. and prob
ably still has, no further expectation
of ever winning the highest reward
in, the gift of the voters. though for
many years he believed fully that he
might one day dwell in the White
House, and men of all parties consid-
cred him a presidential possibility at
least.
But his management of the Parker
boom for the presidential nomination
may have rehabilitated Mr. Hill in
some degree He is not yet entitled
TO be termed a President maker, to
be sure, but he has namd his party $
candidate at a time when it was rent
and torn as political parties have not
often been, and, should Parker be
elected. Hilrs power, though entirely
unofficial might be something not to
be reckoned with lightly. 1t was in
teresting to note how eagerly certain
Democrats who long ago gave up all
hope of the Sage of Wolfert' 8
Roost" had begun to show renewed
loyalty to him when Parker's famous
dispatch to the convention was made
public. All this week it has been even
more interesting to note the slow
crystallizing of what is to be the final
view upon the eX-Senator's part in the
matter.
1t has always been said of Mr.. HILL
as it has of almost every public man
of any note, that his memory for
names and faces is almost super
natural in its accuracy. Here's a
yarn told day or two ago upon this
point:
Coming to this town on a certain
occasion, he met on the train be-
tween here and Albany a well-knowr
Republican member of the New York
Legislature. The legislator knew
HILL and the latter appeared to know
the legislator very well, too but some
thing happened early in their tall
to daze the legislator very mucl
indeed.
How is the old man?" queried tn,
Democratic leader cheerily, seating
himself by the others side
Hes very well' said the Repub
lican guardedly having not the slight
est idea as to whom Mr.. Hill re
ferred.
prolonged and eXtravagant panegyri
of Hugh Mclaughlin, the venerable
Democratic boss of Brooklyn. 1t wa
clear TO the Republican that the Dem
ocratic leader had mistaken his man
had taken him for a Brooklyn stat
senator whom the Republican mucl
resembled. After a moment or tw
Mr.. Hill began to discuss inside Dem
ocratic affairs in a way that made /
clear to the Republican that he mus
presently reveal his true identity
even at the risk of appearing rude.
Just then another big Republican
with whom Mr.. Hill was unacquaint
ed, entered the car. The legislato
stopped the ex-Senator's flow of polit
zeal condolences long enough to In
troduce him TO the newcomer. ant
then hurrledly excused himself. Late
some Of Mr.. Hill's personal and politi
cal friends heard about the incident
and had many a quiet laugh over II
though they were never bold enough
70 chaff him about It.
On the day OF Mr.. Parker's nomina
ton the papers began 20 print the bet
ting odds, and will continue to DO so
OF course, until the election in No
vember. But they did not publish
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-17

will be carried along on the Parker
wave is not yet apparent. John c..
was with Tammany last fall in the
Mcclellan campaign, and later Tam
many fought Parker all it could, as
everybody knows.
John c. Sheehan, however, may not
have been with Tammany in it's anti
Parker crusade; he has certainly been
against Tammany at times. When
Low ran the second time for Mayor
and was triumphantly elected, John
c. Sheehan, as head of the Greater
New York Democracy, supported Low
with all his strength.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-17
University School for Boys,

STONE MOUNTAIN, GEORGIA.
A select Home School, limited to sixty boys
For catalogue write
w, B. GRIFFIN, "A. NJ, Principal
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-17

Tammanv he would be available to
help fight Tammanys battles on the
platform, and prominent Tammany
men, it is said. have repeatedly ar
ranged tentative legal partnerships TOT
him with highly successful practltloh-
ers. This has always been an easy
thing to do, since Mr.. Raines's power
with the Jury is we'll known to the bar
of this city and, indeed, the entire
state.
state Senator McCarren of Brook
lyn, who has been fighting Tammany
harder than he ever did the Republic
cans. and who was for Judge Parker
months ago, greatly to Tammany S
distress and disgust, has, of course.
been overwhelmed with congratu-
lations since his return from St.
Louis.
His prominence in the local Democ-
racy is of several years standing now;
it was increased nightly last fall by
his winning the upper hand in his con-
test with Hugh Mclaughlin, the old
time Brooklyn boss, and the nominal
ton of Parker has. of course, added
enormously thereto. Mr.. McCarren is
understood to be a man of some con-
siderable property, though he started
out in life with no money and few
| advantages. The biggest segment of
.
enjoy is said to have been the result
of some exceptionally fortunate Wall
street speculation INDUCED in five or
six years ago. He cleaned up $4,000
direct in that way at that time, and
has turned that money over several
times since then in various enter
prises.
/ Another New Yorker who has plenty
of reason to be gratified over the out
| come of the St. Louis Convention is
| William f. Sheehan, who acted as the
direct ambassador of the nominee
! when he sent his famous telegram to
! the convention about the missing gold
plank In the platform.
| BILLY" Sheehan and his brother,
! John c., are excellent examples of
what brightness, cleverness and per-
sistence may accomplish in this won
| derful country of ours. Thirty years
! ago "red-haired Billy" Sheehan, the
15-year-old son of "Bir' Sheehan, the
day laborer, was learning the moulder's
! trade ia a Buffalo foundry. Before
! that he had beent newsboy, and it
is said that until the lad entered his
teens neither he nor any of his family
had even thought of any career but
that of wage-earner for himself.
To-day he is not only one of the
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-17

On the day OF Mr.. Parker's nomina-
ton the papers began 20 print the bet
ting odds, and will continue to DO so.
Of course. until the election in No
vember. But they did not publish
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-17
NACOOCHEE INSTITUTE,
SANTEE, GA.

SANTEE, GA.
Superb health resort. Christian, CO.
educational. Room for so. Teachers
graduates with abundant experience
Opens Aug. Is.
REV. j. T. WADE, Principal.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-17
KLfNDWORTH
Conservatory of Music.

Piano, voice, violin, organ, cello,
literary department, languages, elo-
cution, art. Faculty: Artists of national
reputation. Boarding Department-Di-
plomas. Fifth year book sent on appli-
cation. Address Kurt Mueller, 235
CORTLAND avenue. Atlanta, Ga.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-06-10

socialistic tendencies, but there is az
present noticeable in Russia three dis
tinct lines in which the people are MAX
ing way against the old established order
OF things In industrial centers labor or
CARNATIONS, in spite Of press censorship
and published warnings from the govern
ment, are making decided headWay'
Scattered over many provinces are NO
inconsiderable numbers OF educated, de-
voted people that have deliberately cast
their lot with the peasants in the desire
10 give the but recently freed serfs the
guidance and protection needed by peo-
pie so long down trodden, Tor ages
censely ignorant. These protectors are
largely "populists." the jealous people
who. in the early seventies, decided TO
give I'D their selfish ease TO work WITH
tie people; the higher order OF nihilists.
Though thousands of them were forced
by the police to surrender their work,
and many were exiled to Siberia, still TO-
day the element is Of marked strength
and a valuable factor in the rise OF the
peasant against despotism.
Separation from the Orthodox church,
a body OF people hostile to the official
church and existing government, is are
urious movement now gaining strength
In Russia and fraught with no little polit-
ical import. The dissenters have been,
and still are. severely prosecuted, but
they now number in greater Russia alone
\ y 600 600 people In addition to the fric-
ton caused by the detection from the
Greek church. is the complexity that
arises because of the widely diverse
forms OF religion existing in the coun-
try; the Roman Catholicism OF the Pol
ish population. the Protestant faith OF
the German and Finn. the Buddhism OF
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-06-10
KATHERINE POPE.
A Dog Story.

They were talking about the intelli
gence OF dogs. and after each man in the
group had cracked up his own, the
Mount Airy man said: 'Thave afox ter
rier named Troubles, who not only seems
10 understand everything that is said
to him. but who even takes in con-
versation of a general character that
isn't addressed t. him. Our servant
girl has been suffering from bad cold,
and the other day when she went out
into the yard TO hang up clothes, my
wife noticed that the ground was very
damp. Mary. you ought to have rubbers
on out there she called from the win
dow. Now. Troubles happened to over
hear this remark, and what do you sup
nose that dog did? He ran to the hall.
nicked up a rubber shoe, hustled out
into the yard and dropped II at the girls
feet. Then he hurried back and re-
peated the performance with the sther
shoe. Don't tell me dogs don't nnder-
stand iangiage. "-Philadelphia Record.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-06-10

aggregate Russian empire there are
over 100000 Jews.
Thouan now making advance in in I
dustrial matters. Russia is distinctly
An agricultural nation, 80 per cent. OF
All her people are peasants. The peas
ant rents from the landlord. as il Ire
land. the landlord. generally an aosen'
toe squandering his wealth abroad
and letting the cultivation Of the lana
resi- with the peasant Russia is very
large and very poor, which facts par
TALLY explains the lack of education
among the masses The number OF
those that cannot read and write Is
shamefully high. IS per cent, anu
while there exists among the better
classes realization that the nation Is
kent from progress by the ignorance
81 the muzhik, yet the fear that the lat
ter may prove too strong II allowed
an education has caused the ruling
conservatives TO keep the school book
from him.
Though the Russian peasant OF to-day
is degraded and squalid, his CONDITION Is
not nearly so low as it was back IN the
savs Of serfGom. The rural population oil
/ Russia by the eighteenth century was
/ rrouped in one common class. the seris'
REGARDED as the property OF the landed
proprietor Of the state, and a class oil
abuses which repeatedly called for re-
forms. About the middle Of the last cen
turv under Alexander H.. a powerful
ltheral reaction was inaugurated. The
yesr 1861 was marked by the sup
presslon OF serfdom; in 1864 refor-
nations were made in the courts
Of Justice and the jury system III
1865 steps were taken towards proNih-
cial seif-government These reforms
stirred the apparently Indifferent. iatal-
istic Russian. and there sprang up III th'
country a band of enthusiastic youth
sred with the Gesire to aid the submerged
majority. Russia's autocraey saw ons
rause for fear in the movement ano icoi
lshly and cruelty set 70 work 10 s'aihl
out the spirit OF brotherhood that wa
abroad. The would-be reformers were
arrested. put in prisons, sentenced De
hind closed doors to Siberian exile ln'
nihilists now changed their tactics
, Turned from reformers to assasslns
banded themselves into a secret society
laid daring plots. planned and executed
, deeds OF atrocity that shocked the worio
Al last the fanatics brought sfairs TO
climax: in 1881. after many attempts
succeeded in numbering Alexander IL
, the car that had begun the task OF liSer
, alton After the committal OF this bas
crime there was a political reaction
frum the center Of power there cease
70 emanate radical experiments on be
. hs!f of the people.
To-day the government seduously lei
rets o., snd makes effort to suppres