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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-25

three or four times There is the keynote.
lucky may or may not prevail. but that his
opinion Is sought so zanxiously Is a, tribute
to the way his influence has grown since
the New York delegation was Instructed for
Parker. -. q t','-4
The republicans Of New York are watch
Ing developments passively It is good for
them to forget their own. snarls for while.
Many of them are away. The amen corner
in the Fifth Avenue Hotel is deserted and
the oracular views which usually may be
had there are lacking a present. Usually
these views are pretty keen and sound.
When the corner fills up again some of
them will be worth hearing.
CHARLES NJ PEPPER
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-25
MANY CENTENARIANs.
Marked Increase in Their Number in
Recent Years.

From the King.
England has had ten celebrated centen-
arians, whose joint ages reached the total
of 1,3O1 years. Arranged In order of SEN
iority their names are as follows: Henry
Jenkins, 1863: Catherine Countess of Des-
mond, 1G2; Thomas Parr, 1852; Peter Gar
den, 13I; Jane Scrimshaw, 1913; John Phil
Ups, III; Isabel Walker, 112; Thomas
Laughter, III; Patrick Gibson, Ill, and
John TAFT, no
Frugaity of diet placidly of temper, free.
dom from mental worry and excitemen:
and the constant practice of all sorts OF
outdoor exercise are prescribed with one
accord by the more recent Longevity special
lists as conditions precedent to the attain.
ment of long life. Yet no more marked in
crease in the annals of longevity has ever
been noted than that which marks the
decade between 1893 and 1903, although il
forms part of an era of telegraphs, tele.
phones, motor cars and life under high
pressure generally, while many of the most
remarkable cases Of prolonged existence
occur in crowded cities and where one
would least expect them. The records for
1903 were remarka ble but the month OF
January. 1904. is exceptionally important
both as regards the number Of patriarchs
who have died since the year began and
the frequent mention of still living centen-
arians. The following persons passed away
between January l and January a. at the
age of 100 and upward, viz: Catherine
Hughes, Fryduff, Armagh, III; James
Conway, Castlebar, 113; Charles Green
Brighton, 1OS; August Daniels, Cape Town
1O6; William Burke, Ballingsloe, 1b4; WILL
lam Foster. Fermanagh 1O4; Frau Kauff-
man, Cologne, 104; Peggy Moran, Bastick
Dublin, 1893; Ann Davies, Wales, 1O8; Frau
Menninger, Mulheim, 1903; Patrick Forde
Mill street. Cork, 1O2: Nine. Hardy, Rouen
101; Mrs Margaret Brough Newton, Tox-
teth, 1O1 cher father dying at 95 and her
mother at 1889; Gustave Five, Liege, vet.
eran of the Belgian army; Henry Wilkin-
son, Newly Wiske, -Northallerton: MARY
White, Dunmauway,, Scotland; Jane Boil
ten, Ticehurst, and Augustus Frederick
Whatley, Cirencester; at 1OO-eighteen CEN
tenarians in all. 81 II
The following centenarians celebrated
their birthdays during the first month OF
1904: Mrs. Jenkins ,0tterford, Taunton
1O6; Mrs Bremridge. Sdemouth, 1903: Mrs
Honor Coleman, Cleeve, Yatton. 1O3 Mr.
Wallace, Gorumna, Galway, 1O7; Mrs
Waterloo Finch, Waterloo road, Carnaryon
100; Mrs. Jane Scott, 4Craigrothie 100; s.
Kemp Bexley, 1Q2r Kent, one of the coun.
ties most famed for longevity of late years
is represented by Mrs. Nutting, Margate
and Mrs. Hannah May. Leigh doth lob
while the ancient city of York, which
boasts of possessing the oldest landlady in
the united kingdom, in the person of Mrs
johnson of the Bumper Castle Inn. 90
contributes to the list. of fully fiedged CEN
tenarians Mrs, Castle, Watergate, 1O1
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shadow is very curious. The Shadow
catchers" are known as "angel men,"
They charge exorbtant prices for their
work, and are the aristocracy of their pro-
fession. The person DESTROYS of regainng
his shadow must neither drink nor smoke
for several weeks
Chant Of the "Angel Men"
When he is declared fit by the "angel
man. the whole village troops to the near
est cotton tree, and, forming a ring, dances
about the worker and his client, chant
ing:
Lord, have mercy, oh!
Christ, have mercy, oh!
Obeah pain hot, oh!
Lord, come fe for) pull he, oh!
no we put he, OH
A pirit tex he OIL
An we come fe pull he, OH
Shadow, you fadder you. oh
BwOy, you ladder want you. oh.
Bwoy, your modder want you, oh!
Faster and faster the ring circles, till
many fall exhausted. When the "angel
man" concludes things have gone far
enough he gives the signal to stop. and de-
clares his client restored to health. Then
the cotton tree is pelted with eggs and
newly killed chickens placed at its roots
to compensate "the deaths for the loss Of
their shadow.
However childish the obeahman and his
devices may appear to the enlightened
American reader. he is very real and
very serious menace to the West Indies.
With compound of the fine fur from
the inside of the bamboo he inoculates his
white enemies with the seeds OF tubercu-
losis With ground glass placed In their
food he prepares the way for an agoniZing
death. So skillfully does he work that the
victim, while conscious of feeling Ill, does
not realize till too late that he has incurred
some servants hatred for some probably
fanced injury, and that the obeahman has
been called in
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Massaging the Heart.
IN the New York Herald.

From The New YORK Herald.
Prof Keen, the distinguished surgeon of
Philadelphia, In an address TO medical
society of that city has advocated direct
manipulation of the heart in cases of chloro-
form poisoning where The organ has ceased
to beat. The plan IS to open the chest wall,
grasp the exposed heart in one hand and
make counter pressure over the chest wall
with the other. Strange to say two cases
OF profound asphyxiation were restored in
this way out of twenty-seven in which the
method had been used.
While this radical and daring maneuver
proves the wonderful resources of modern
surgical science. 1t can hardly be practical
III the majority of cases in which such a
course Is Indicated Not only must precious
time 81 kst Ii opsAirf the chest wall. which
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Ignorance Of the Bible.
From the New York Evening Post.

From the New YOfK Evening Post.
Ignorance of the Bible seems to be-if one
may venture the bull-the chief attainment
of the modern college student Bishop Pot
ter has wept over the conditions at Yale,
President Harper is suffering from chronic
melancholy because his favorite book is so
Hyde finds that even the piously bred sons
of Maine do not enter Bowdoin with any
too much biblical lore. The last college to
be heard from is Johns Hopkins, where If
anywhere, life and learning are taken seri-
eighty an editorial which alluded to the
Ethiopian changing his skin and to the
shadow moving backward on the dial. OF
the eighty young gentlemen but one could
identify the allusfans; and he is a candidate
for the ministry The rest Of the class are
doubtless sustained by St Paul's comfort
able exhortation to the Corinthians: IF
any man be ignorant, let him be Ignorant
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-25
MONEY TO LEND.

The statement given out by State
Treasurer Park, who is state bank
examiner, that the state banks are
in an excellent condition, and that
many of them have more money than
they know what to do with, is a most
gratifying one. One only of the banks
in their recent examination made
bad showing. and the cashier Of that
one had been specializing. It is safe
to say that the condition of the ma
tional banks of the state is as good as
that of the state banks.
1t has not been so many years since
Georgia was almost wholly dependent
upon New York for money with which
to move the cotton crop, and it was not
possible to return the borrowed money
until the end of the year. Indeed,
there was a debt due New York pref
ty much all the time. Now Georgia
has big balance in New York almost
all the year around, the exception being
the first two months of the fall.
The fact that the banks are so well
supplied with money is due to the high
price Of cotton during the past few
years. The farmers and the country
merchants are better off than they have
ever been before. Another good cot
ton crop, with the price of cotton rang
ing around 10 cents, will be follow
ed by great improvements on the farms
build better houses and outbuildings
and will adopt better methods for the
fertilization of their land, and the
merchants and others in the towns
will build better residences.
Indeed, the signs of progress will be
visible on every hand. The surplus
will seek investment, and we shall see
a great increase in the number of man.
ufacturing plants. That will create
a demand for additional labor and from
the North and East will come immi-
grants and with them will come capt.
tai seeking investments.
The banks will be anxious to keep
the money on deposit with them In
circulation, and, hence, there will be
no difficulty in getting money. OF
course, those who have no security
to offer will have as much difficulty
in getting loans as they ever had, but
nowhere can people of that class easily
get money. The outlook in Georgia
for greater development of the states
resources is better now than it has
ever been before. With continual
ton of the present prosperous condi-
lions for few years Georgia will be
one Of the richest states in the union.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-25
The Ceremonr Interrnnted.

Bishop Gambler of Georgia recently
told one Of the national lawmakers
from that state an experience he had
when he first began to preach the Cos
pei and tie nuptial knots, says the
Washington Times.
''One day I was called on and en-
gagged to marry "a couple in one of the
out-of-t he-way districts. I found the
house a rudely constructed log affair,
with but one room and a loft above,
which was entered by a ladder and a
trap door. A big table was in the CEN
ter of the room, and it was loaded
with good things to eat, everything
having been cooked on an open fire.
place which took up nearly all of one
side of the room. The bride and groom
lined up and was proceeding with the
ceremony, and while in the most i'm
pressive part of 1t, the old lady poked
her head out of the trap door in the
loft and called:
Sally, turn them chickens and jag
em with a fork
The command was obeyed by the
daughter, she leaving the trembling
bridegroom while she Jagged 'em with
fork. 1 could not help laughing at
the righteousness of the whole affair,
and I have never witnessed a marriage
ceremony since without remembering
this experience"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-25
bright BITS.

Harry: I hear Tom is going to
leave off drinking and marry an heir
ess.
Dick: That's just the way facts get
twisted. He is going to keep on drink
ing and marry a snake charmer.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
Visitor: Your governess seems
very good-natured.
Lady of the House: Yes, poor thing,
her father lost a lot of money, so I
took her as governess for the children.
Visitor: Poor, poor thing Isn't 1t
terrible how unfortunate some people
arel-Punch.
Yes" said the city editor, with a
note of regret in his voice: II was
sorry to discharge Spacer He was the
best fire reporter we had. The trou-
Bile came last week. He wrote an obit-
uary of Van Sandt Sapleigh and end
ed by saying, The loss was fully COW
cred by insurance. Puck.
Mabel" said Mrs. Subbubs,
sternly, when that young man was
leaving you at the gate last evening
I heard several sounds like kisses. .
Indeed" replied the girl. "Oh, ]
know! What you heard was the noise
he made pulling his feet out of the
mud as he walked down the path. -
Philadelphia Press.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-25

The old saying that every dog has
its day seems TO be well exempIifed IN
canine high society. for the fashion in
small dogs changes every year or two,
so that during the last few decades al
most every breed has had its turn. says
the New York Tribune. A woman
whose family has always been dog
lovers was enumerating the dogs in
the family within her memory the 9TH
er day.
My earliest recollection" she said,
was a fat plethoric King Charles
spaniel belonging to my mother.
He, 1 remember. was succeeded by
a shivering. tiny black and tan toy
terrier, with a ratty tail. Next came
a faWn colored pug, with black muz-
zle and tightly curled caudal append
age My own dogs just after that were
a fox terrier and a bull terrier-beau-
ties both-and soon after black poodles
were all the rage, although we never
owned one. Then a bat cared French
bull reigned supreme in the family,
succeeded by a dear. affectionate Bos-
ton terrier. A Japanese spaniel was
our next importation, and then a pair
of Pomeranians, who own us now"
The last breed is, perhaps. the pres
ent reigning fashionable dog, although
there are others who are coming to the
fore, but whose price and rarity as yet
make them prohibitive. The griffons
are, perhaps, the newest pets, a well
bred dog finding ready sale at 49,
600. They look somewhat like tiny
Irish terriers. being ginger colored and
rough haired. but with faces that
probably give them their name, as
their sharp ears and pronounced fea-
lures bear some resemblance to the
pictured heads of the tabled griffon.
If you pay $1,000 and obtain one of
these little dogs, that are literally
worth their weight in gold, it will
probably die. as griffons are extremely
delicate, and any attack of indiges-
ton may prove fatal.
Freak dogs are rather the fashion
just now-little "cur" dogs that have
some oddly of color or shape. These
small fellows are often very attractive,
for what are known as eur dogs
that is. dogs of no particular breed
at all--are frequently the most intel
ligent and the most lovable.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-25
PERSONAL.

The Oldest living actor is said to
be Edward Miles, now in London. He
is 80 years old. He went on the stage
in 1884.
"A doctor writes in the London
Lancet that as regards sanitation and
ventilation the English churches re-
tain the custom of the middle ages
"A London doctor, by grating the
sciatic nerve from a live spaniel into
a mans lacerated wrist, is said to
have saved the hand from amputatfon.
DIR. Jameson, the Cape of Good
Hope premier, is now in London. He
is said to be negotiating a scheme for
the disfranchisement of the Cape ma
tives.
Rev. William Richardson of Lewes
England, died recently, leaving will
on the margin of which he wrote:
This is all twaddle. Only wreckage of
an estate" AS the "wreckage"
amounted to something over S87, 900,
the estate must have been of fair pro-
portions originally.
Patrick Keerwin of Seward, West
moreland county, Pennsylvania, the
oldest voter in the United States, cast
his twenty-f1rst presidential ballot for
Parker and Davis. He is 107 years
years months and / day old and
takes the same keen interest in poll
tics to-day as he did fifty years ago.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-25

people. but until the time of the as
sassination of Won Plehve he seemed
powerless to take any step for the
amelioration OF their condition. With
the advent of a more liberal man in
the office of Minister of the Interior,
however, seems to have come will
ingness on the part of the government
to hear the complaints Of the people.
The zemstvos petitions. considered in
itself. was weak and impotent. But
it may mark a turning point in the
political fortunes Of Russia. 1t in
duces the hope that the forthcoming
revolutionizing of the Russian govern
ment-which is inevitable in the very
nature of things-will be bloodless and
through legal process. and not by
means of civil war and its attendant
horrors.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-25
THE zEMsTVOs.

In Russian affairs il is quite likely
that the Zemstvos viii be much heard
of for some time to come, as they
have been during the recent past in
connection with the petition to the
Car for at least a measure of popu-
lar government for the country. 1t is,
therefore, of interest to have some I'M
Outstanding Of who and what the
Zemstvos are. The noun is plural. In
English it would probably be rendered
"local councils" There is nothing in
American or English life exactly cor
responding with the zemstvos, since in
Russia all power is lodged in the CEN
trail government and the local councils
are merely advisory, if indeed so much
as an advisory function can be claim
ed for them. They have no law-mak-
ing power and no executive rights.
Their acts are impotent, except as they
may meet with the approval of the
bureaus at st. Petersburg. Yet, how
ever poor and meager may be the fune-
tions of the Zemstvos. these bodies are
the sole representatives of the political
will of the people in Russia.
The creation of the zemstvos was
one OF the acts OF Car Alexander IL
while he was in that liberal mood that
induced him to grant the emancipation
OF the serfs. They are elective bodies,
embracing all classes of the population
mobiles, merchants, artisans and even
peasants. Roughly and very generally
speaking, they may be compared with
the English county councils or the
American boards OF county commits
sioners. Their original duties were to
look out for roads and bridges, the
provincial schools, the paupers and the
insane, and such other non-political
matters as were rather beyond the du-
ties OF a municipal government. 1t is
believed to have been the purpose OF
Alexander II to gradually enlarge the
powers OF the Zemstvos and thus lead
the people up TO an idea Of popular
government. But there interviewed a
powerful reactionary movement. and
instead OF larger liberties being ac-
corded TO these representatives OF the
people, their functions were abridged
and they became merely shadows OF
what they were intended 10 be. Blu
reaucratic fear OF them resulted In
their being reduced 10 practical moth
lngncss By royal cdiot.
Nicholas up 10 a recent date has fol-
IatraI the faaafmf.r.n - ia eafH.a. IL
: doubtless feels deep sympathy for hls
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-25
RDEz 10 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Meetings - Palestine Commandery
No. Z. K. T.: Mistletoe Camp No. 4,
Woodmen.
Business Notices-Deicious Blue
Points, Sommers' Cafe; Bicycle Re
pairing, G. w. Thomas.
Cloak and Waist Sale-Estate Daniel
Hogan.
Friday Specialties-Gustave Eckstein
& Co.
A Sale of Lace Curtains-Leopold
Adler.
Foods-Postum Food Coffee.
No, Never Mind-E. & w. Laundry.
Oranges-W. D. Simkins & co.
Magazines for William
Estill.
Special Bargains-Knight's Phar-
macy.
For Two Days-Livingston's Phar-
macy.
Fireworks Headquarters-Hen Sol
ONION & Son.
Never Lose Favor-Le Panic Cigars.
Without Jar-Lattimores.
Tormenting letter.. T. Shuptrine.
Choice Cheese-The Delmonico Co.
Let Us Convince You-Rowlinski,
Druggist.
Savannah Theater Tonight,
Faust"
Cheap Column Advertisements-Hel
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For
Rent; For Sale; LOST Personal; Mis-
cellaneous.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-25
A Discriminating Verdict.

Representative Broussard of Louisi-
ana gives this as a specimen of a pc
culiarly drawn jury verdict. says the
Washington Times:
"A fellow had put load of buck
shot into the anatomy of a neighbor
who persisted in trespassing on his
land. The buckshot, each and every
one of them, hit where they would do
the most good, and the result was that
there was a dead man with his body
riddled with leaden missiles. Now, the
fellow who did the shooting was very
popular man, and had a good bank
account, too. 1t was evident from the
first that the coroner's jury didn't have
any idea of holding the man for MUIR
der. The jury deliberated long and
wisely, and returned this verdict:
The jury are of one mind-tem-
pOrarily insane"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-25
TO WEAR $2S, 900 FUR COAT.
From the Baltimore Sun.

AOAAA liz sun.
New York, Nov. "a Russian sa-
BILE coat, said to be one of the cost
Hest and most beautiful garments ever
made, will be worn this season by
Mrs. Adoloph Lewiston, wife of the
New York banker. No queen in Eu-
rope possesses a rarer garment, which
is said to have cost $2S, 900.
With the initial grand-opera pro-
duction last night opened the Drown
fur" season. Many and rare were the
sable and ermine garments shown
over proud shoulders of the elite, but
none can compare in elegance and
costliness of the $4,000 coat.
When Mrs. Clarence Mackay paid
$4,000 for a Russian sable cape sew
eral years ago the world gaped in
establishment.
Then came the amusing story from
Paris of an American woman who en-
tered a fur establishment in quest Of
suitable lining for an outer garment.
What sort of lining do you desire?"
queried the furriers.
Something durable-I fancy Rus
sian ISABEL"
It developed that the cloth to be lin
ed cost only SO a yard. Yet this
woman Of New York paid $4,000 for
the sable lining-S0 selected skins at
$3.50 each-only for the lining.
Why $4,000? For a variety Of rea-
sons. The difficulty was in the match
ing of the pelts, and a great stock
was required from which to find q
quantity sufficient for such coat.
And it is even harder to match sable
than pearls.
To blend 80 skins more than 5000
skins had to be examined. The skins
had to be evenly matched and perfect
ly blended, hence the great cost.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-25
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-25
To Re Sure.

Prof. Wiley of the Bureau of Agri-
cultures chamical department was
talking about explanations that do not
explain, says the San Antonio Express.
"These explanations that make moth
ing clear, these answers that throw no
light, make me think of an acquaint-
ance of my boyhood, Jerome Hert of
Indiana.
Jerome Hert had a thick head, a
slow mind. One day he was at work
in a lonely field when he heard a
voice from the upper air.
Hey! Hey, your the voice shout
ed.
Jerome looked UP in amazement.
About fifty feet above his head was a
balloonist. The balloonist, on a wager,
was doing a sixty-mile journey to Ev-
ansville. Now, though he had lost his
way, and from Jerome Hert he wished
to ascertain it.
Hey, there!' he repeated.
'Waal?' said Jerome
Where am ~ cried the ballonist.
"Thereupon Jerome made a reply of
that Opaque, dark sort that we are
speaking of.
Where are you? Why, up in ball
loon,' he said"