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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-02

The United States government owns
large number of Krag-Jorgensen
rifles that it would like to dispose of,
since it has adopted a new rifle for
its army. The government of Cuba has
an army for which it has no rifles,
and would like to buy the Krags. I'm
der these conditions 1t looks as if the
two governments ought TO be able to
"get together" and make trade. But
there is another thing to be considered.
There are in the United States several
corporations that manufacture rifles.
They think they ought to be given the
opportunity of selling new arms to the
Cubans, and they have told the United
States government so. In view of the
fact that these manufacturers of arms
are possessed of political influence, our
War Department has decided that only
Congress can authorize the sale of the
Krags to the Cubans; and Congress
will not be in session for several
months.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-02

80 cents dozen the year around. In
the latter county one man, who gave
attention to poultry as a side line to
his farm, sold more than 1886 worth of
eggs. In Kansas, and Iowa, and near
er home, in Tennessee, poultry is look
ed upon as of great value, and it JUS
titles that view. Has Florida any adj
vantages for poultry raising that we
do not possess in Chatham county? Of
course it hasn't. Our people just
don't" that's all
The poultry business cannot be
profitably conducted in a haphazard
manner. 1t must be given intelligent
care and close attention, like any other
business. But there is probably no
business of any kind that promises
better returns for intelligent care than
the production of eggs and chickens
for market. There ought to be a hun
dred poultry farms in this county.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-02

Savannah, Ga,

OPEN ALL THE YEAR.
$50 rooms with south and southeast
EXPOSURE 300 feet broad and spacious
piazzas. Open court. Delightful, cool
and pleasant during summer months.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-02
ISLE OF HOPE LINE

MONTGOMERY LINE.
ween Montgomery and Fortieth st.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-08-04

whose assemblages We're diverse and
often astonishing. Artists and writers
attended them. musicians and player
folk, with leavenins OF accepted $50
ciety" They were truly heterogeneous
gatherings.
Eagerly Darlington scanned the
rooms. 4 long haired yiolinist had just
finished a Beethoven sonata, and there
was much clapping OF hands. Caring
ton was presented to Mrs. Billings,
who was surrounded by a bevy OF
pretty girls. A moment of gallant con-
versation, and then his face lii up with
n sudden joy that caused his hostess to
look up in politely suppressed wonder
In that group, now in setting Of pink
and white, but with the same laughing
face of the gIistening beach and wave.
stood his lady of the sea.
An hour later they sat together on a
window seat listening to prima DON
mas song.
Il have picture would like you to
see, Miss Langford," he said diffident-
ly. He took the photograph from his
pocketbook and showed it to her.
She gave little startled cry. and the
unmounted print fell from her hand.
"Why-why, you were at Berkeley
innr' she exclaimed.
II took n picture of the beach, but
not that one" he said slowly ''And
yet that Is the one found in my cam
era"
Their eyes met for an instant. and
the girl flushed crimson. Silent and be-
wildered, she studied the photograph.
Suddenly she broke. into the laugh of
the water witch again.
"No less surprising was the picture
my sister took of me-" she exclaimed
excitedly "The water and rocks were
lovely, but l was nowhere to be seenr'
Now the mystery is no longer mys-
teriousr' laughed Darlington. Its plain
enough. / saw another camera in the
hotel office, but never thought until
this instant that l might have picked
up the wrong one. Your sister took
picture with my camera, and l took
one with hers" Suddenly he became
silent and after moment or two stam-
mered, IL suppose this is your sis
ter's property. but may l not keep it?"
The girl tossed her head and smiled
in mock hesitation. She had been turn
ing the picture around and around in
her hand Then the smile and the warm
blood left her face in company, and
there was an almost imperceptible
tremor of the long dark eyelashes. On
the back of the photograph she had
read:
my mermaid"
Again their eyes met, but hers were
quickly withdrawn. Her hesitation was
real now.
Both were silent another moment. He
sat eagerly, expectantly. Her eyes were
fixed on the floor, and as she slowly ex-
tended her hand and placed the picture
in his he felt the warm touch OF her
finger tips.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-08-04

II those who are doubtful as to the
correct course to pursue in any given
situation will remember that even the
wrong thing is overlooked If one is but
absolutely polite in the doing of il
their relief might be great.
A gensleness of demeanor and q
courteous response or question can
never be out Of place. A man may
wear a business suit of clothes to an
evening wedding less noticeably than
q truculent air Of insolence. If he be
perfectly well bred as far as behavior
goes, it matters not SO much what his
outward garb, although by an unwrit-
ten law of social observance certain
clothes are the correct thing for GER
tain occasions.
Politeness is never wrong. Its prac-
dce goes nearly all the way toward
the goal of the right thing in the right
place. We hear Of polite insolence, but
insolence is never polite, and 1t is new
er, under any circumstances, polite to
be insolent.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-08-04
No. 20
some osa Plants.

There are few plants that have not
been utilized In one way or another by
mankind for food, paper. drugs, or In
other ways. Among many not so well
known may be mentioned the Japanese
wax tree, bearing punches OF fruit
growing like grapes which contain a
species of wax used in making candles.
Another tree, found in the Pacific Is
lands and known as the candle nut,
yields large quantity Of oil, while the
kernels are strung together on stick
and lighted as candle. The fruit Of
the candle tree Is between three and
! four feet in length and about an inch
In diameter, and of yellowish color.
AS they are seen hanging from the
tree they present the appearance Of a
number Of wax candles The telegraph
plant, which grows In India. is slen-
der, erect shrub, so called because Of
some resemblance to signals in the mo-
ton of it's trifoliate leavcs-the two
side ones rising and falling alternately
for a time, and then resting. Some
times many of the leaves are In motion,
and sometimes only few, the greatest
sctivity being in the early morning,
and not depending on the wind
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-08-04
WHEN YOU CAN'T SLEEP.
Just Pretend You Don't Want to Rns
You'll Soon Drop on.

Just Pretend You Don't Want to and
You'll Soon Drop on.
When we are kept awake from our
fatigue the first thing to do is to say
over and over to ourselves that we do
not care whether we go to sleep or not,
in order to Undue ourselves with a
healthy Indifference about it. 1t will
help toward gaining this wholesome
Indifference to say: II am too tired to
sleep, and therefore the first thing for
me to do is to get rested in order to
prepare for sleep. When my brain is
well rested it will go to sleep; it can
not help it. When 1t is well rested it
will sleep just as naturally as my lungs
breathe or as my heart beats"
Another thing to remember-and 1t is
very important-is that an overtired
brain needs more than the usual nour-
ishment. IL you have been awake for
an hour and 1t Is three hours after
your last meal take half a cup or a
cup of hot milk. If you are awake
for another two hours take half a cup
more, and so, at intervals of about two
hours, SO long as you are awake
throughout the night Hot milk is
nourishing and a sedative. 1t is not
inconvenient to have milk by the side
of ones bed, and little saucepan and
q spirit lamp.-Leslie's Weekly.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-08-04

The following superstitions In con-
nection with New Years are still be-
lieved in various parts Of England,
Ireland, Scotland and Wales: On New
Years morning go to well or foun-
tain and leave an apple and nosegay,
aud the water will keep fresh and be
more wholesome all the year. III dark
complexioned man crosses your thresh-
old first on New Years day you viii be
prosperous; If blond, unlucky, and II
a redheaded man dire disaster viii sure
ly follow. Before locking the door for
the night on New Years eve place a
gold coin near 1t and let 1t remain
there until the church bells ring the
next morning, and you will have plen-
ty of money all that year. So strong is
the belief in this last adage in some
places that dark complexioned men are
paid a small gratuity to call early and
walk through the first floor OF the
house, entering by the back door and
leaving by the front.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-08-04
The Tourist and the Porter.

An English tourist was discussing the
relative merits of British and Ameri-
can railway service the other evening
when he suddenly sprang the following
clincher on his cisatlantic cousins:
81 tell you, though, there's one point
you folks are behind in, and that Is the
lack Of consideration shown white pas
sengers in having them pass inspection
by an African. Why, the idea of such
treatment is an insult to any gentle
man.
"a few days ago when boarding one
Of your famous express trains was
chagrined, to put 1t mildly, to be asked
by a liveried colored man to show my
ticket to him. subsequently learned
that this same individual is nothing
but train waiter. Such thing could
not happen in my country."-New York
Press
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-08-04
Nation without a Language.

Among the people Of the world the
Swiss are alone in having no language
they can call their own. According to
recent visitor to the little country
about three-fourths Of the people Of
Switzerland speak German, while the
remainder divide four other languages
among them-mainly French and Ital-
ian-the languages varying, as q rule,
according to the proximity Of the peo-
pie to each country whose tongue
they speak. Public documents and
notices are printed in both French and
German. In the Swiss national parlia-
ment the members make their speeches
either in French or German, for nearly
all the members understand both Ian
guages. The orders Of the president
are translated by an official interpreter
and furnished to the newspapers in
both languages.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-08-04
HIS MERMAID
BY HENRY THOLENS
Copy right, 1908, by t. C. Mcclure.

by Jovc, Jack, you must wait until
I get ny camera for that afternoon sun
over the water. Aren't those clouds
magnificent? The rocks on the beach,
the woods over yonder, the wares al
most too lazy to break as they come
rolling up--I can see the picture now,
printed deep down on scpia paper, fast
to a prize at the amateur exhibition"
Jack laughed good naturedly.
"All right, old man; sail in, but hurry
up he said.
Five minutes later George CARING
ton had snatchcd his camera from the
broad hallway of the Berkeley inn,
snapped ii at the waterscape, and he
and Jack Grayson were OF on fishing
trip. Ii was the last day of their vaca-
ton, spent wandering down the coast
at random, seldom two nights in the
same place.
The final days sport over, CARING
ton sped back to the city In a train,
camera, fishing kit and grip beside him,
tanned and tired, but happy. He reach
ed his apartments and thought OF the
last picture of clouds and rocks and
sea. He must develop it forthwith, and
he did.
"A vacation of jolly good fun with
out n romance" he mused. Nature,
sunshine, fresh air, good chum and
good fishing; nothing more to be de-
sired"
The film sank in the developing fluid,
and in Il few seconds the outlines of a
coast scene appeared First came the
blotches of black, representing the high
| lights-clouds and the crests of waves
By an alchemy which never ceases to
be marvellous all the delicate grada-
tions of light and shade filed in until
the perfect picture appeared.
Then occurred something which caus.
| ed Darlington to gasp in astonishment
and almost drop the developing tray,
| for in the center of the picture, head
and shoulders visible above the crest OF
a breaker, appeared the form Of young
woman, like mermaid arising out OF
the sea. There was a saucy tilt to the
laughing face, and the bare arms were
outstretched as beckoning mermaid's
| might have been. Darlington knew that
| no human being had been in that ex.
panse of sea while he was on the beach
With almost feverish haste he made
a print from the film. There was no
| doubt about it. 1t was no freak ef-
| feet.
The girls face, which he had never
seen before, seemed to mock him in
mystery Clad in a dainty bathing
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-08-04
WOODEN BREAD.
1t Is Possible to Make a Palatnblc
Loaf From Sawdust.

1t Is Possible to Make a Palatablc
Loaf From Sawdust-
AS long ago as 1884 Professor Aute-
rith of Tubingen succeeded in making
tolerably good quartern loaf out Of a
deal board. Everything soluble was
removed by maceration and boiling;
the wood was then reduced to flbers,
dried in an oven and ground, when it
had the taste and smell of corn flour.
A sponge was then made by the addi-
ton of water and the sour leaven Of
corn flour, and 1t was baked and found
to be better than a compound OF bran
and corn husks.
Wood -four boiled in water forms
also a nutritious jelly, which the pro-
fessor found both palatable and whole
some in the form of cruel, dumplings
and pancakes.
Professor Brande has also recorded
the making of bread from woody fiber.
He says: Before me is q specimen i'm
ported from Sweden. Seeing the close
relation between the composition of
starch and lignine. the conversion of
the latter into bread does not seem so
remarkable" He also cannot praise
the quality OF sucfrbreafs
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-08-04

THE PHOTOGhAPH.
suit, she fitted into the picture as if an
artist hand had posed her there, a
dainty bit of indisputably human life
that rounded out the scene and per-
fected it. Fate had tossed romance
into his vacation after all.
He recalled the events of the day.
Grayson and he had reached the inn
just before noon, tired by a tramp of
a half dozen miles from a fishing sta
tion farther down the coast Dinner,
then rest; the snapshot and the final
two hours fishing that closed the fort
nights holiday, leaving the camera in
the hotel Office beside his grip while
he was gone; then supper and the
train back to the city. All this was
clear enough. But how did the mer-
maid creep into his camera2 Caring
ton stared at the laughing face In
blank perplexity. Only one point was
certain. 1t was the prettiest face he
had ever seen in his life.
A paper he had recently read in a
scientific journal flashed across his
mind 1t dealt with the Photographic
discovery of new light ray invisible
TO the eye, but duly recorded on
the peculiarly sensitized Photographic
plate.
''NoDsensew he promptly said.
THAT'S a flesh and blood girl. She
has the face of an angel, but angels
don't wear bathing suits with all those
frills."
Next day he jumped on train and
was whisked to Berkeley inn. He
sought the manager and showed him
the picture.
You recognize her, of courseT Car
Iington asked, with a careless air.
Il should say 1 did," said the man.
ager, with smile. That's the hand
some one of the Langford girls, who
We're here a month with their aunt
Went back to town only couple Of
days ago. Splendid picture. Taken
right here on the beach, too," he added
in quizzical tone. Il didn't know you
were acquainted"
Darlington rejected the conversations
al tender. Yes; | think it's pretty
good" was all he said. But just be-
fore train time he sought the porter
and casually asked him the destination
Of the Langford baggage two days be-
fore.
New York, sah,'' came the ready re-
sponse. Thank you, sah."
The journey had not been altogether
i'll vain. And while other passengers
Oh that train chatted gayly together or
read their newspapers or watched the
panorama of forest and farmland and
the twinkling lights of villages there
was one young man whose eyes and
attention did not wander from photo
graph he held before him.
Three months later he was at enc of
Mrs. Bloomer Billings receptions. He
did not know Mrs. Bloomer Billings,
but he had not been idle during the au-
tumn months, and without being
Sherlock Holmes he decided that he
must get an invitation, and he did.
Mrs. Billings was a literary lady
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-08-04

The whales that swim about the is
lands which lie Off the coast Of Norway
and Finland in March and April travel
immense distances In May they turn
up at the Azores or even at the Ber-
mudas and sometimes pay visit to
the Antilles. They swim fast, for In
June they are back again on Norway.
Some Of these whales have been known
to bring back evidences Of where they
have been, for harpoons of the peculiar
kind used of the coast Of South Amer
lea have been found stuck in them
st. James Gazette.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-08-04
Good Hunor.

According to ancient theory. there
are four principal humors in the body
blood, phlegm, choler and melancholy.
The predominance Of any one de-
termined the temper; hence the express
sion "choleric humor," etc. A nice bal
ance made n good compound called q
good humor, and a preponderance OF
any q bad compound called an III or
bad humor.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-08-04
Grand Advice.

A shoemaker came to the minister
asking his advice because that sweep,
his landlord, had given him notice to
quit and he would have nowhere to
lay his head" The minister could
only advise him to lay his case before
the Lord. A week later the minister
returned and found the shoemaker
busy and merry. '"That was gran ad-
vice We gied me, minister" said the
man. "I laid my case before the LORD,
as we telPt me, an moo the sweeps
deid." - Geikie's Scotch Reminis-
conceSo
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-08-04
why In This SOt

A father of four boys has discovered
that different sounds travel with e.
ferent velocity.
A call to dinner, he says, will carry
over q ten acre field in minute and
a half, while Il summons to return to
work takes from five to eight minutes.
-ChumS
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-08-04
Her Curiosity.

"Mrs. Chellus looks bad, doesn't sheY'
eyes, and no wonder. She's been
awake every night for week past"
"The idea! What was the matterT
"She discovered about week ago
that her husband talks In his sleep,
and of course she had to listen. PHIL
adelphia Ledger.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-08-04

"Does your father ever kiss your
mamma, WillieY' asked the lady who
had once been the gentleman's sweet
heart.
"Yes, every morning when he goes
away to the city"
Dear me! And to think that once
doubted his couragew-Chicago Rec
prd-Herald.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-08-04

stiII Able to Attend to Business.
81 told Uncle Simon that he was get
ting too old and feeble to attend to
business"
"Did he take Ii kindlyT
"He threw me out Of his Office
Vanity Fair.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-08-04

"I suppose you had perfectly lovely
time at Wexford's house partyT'
"No, 1t was fizzle. Mrs. Wexford
has so little tact. She was always ar
ranging 1t so that the men would have
to pair off with their own wives."-
Exchange
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-08-04
For Hubby,s Eyes.

Shopman-You want q nice motto to
hang up in the house, ma'am? How
would Heaven Bless Our Home or
"No Place Like Home" do? Severe
Looking Lady-Wouldn't do at all.
What 1 want is a card to hang up In
the hall bearing the words Better
Late Than Never"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-08-04
[ruSScS.

If you are ruptured this will
interest you. We have the
agency for the Smithsonian
Truss which allows absolute
freedom Of movement and holds
at the internal ring" the only
place where a truss should
hold, but very few do.
When a cure can be affected
with a truss, this truss will
cure. Children can often times
be cured with a properly fitted
truss.
Satisfaction guaranteed. If
after a months wear you are
not satisfied, your money will
be returned.
Come, or write for literature.
Don't forget our special
Saturday sale, a 6Oc box Of
candy for 35c. on Saturday
only.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-08-04
Looking Pleasant.

Photographer-Now, sir, il you'll look
q little less as though you had bill
to meet and little more as Though
you'd just been left legacy you'll be
q picture.-New Yorker.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-08-04
fro BE CONTINUED ]
The Other Way.

eWhy did mamma spank you today ?
Because you are bad|'
"NopG; tause mamma was bad
Houston Post.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-08-04

Emotion turning back on itself and
not leading on to thought or action Is
the element of madness.-J. Sterling.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-08-04

l consider tliae as ,rea sire. t.e-
cresslns every night, AMI t'.at which
every day din.inisLes seer ia.;5teJ
forever Sir William Jones'
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-08-04
Announcements.

To accommodate those who are partial
to the use of atomizers in applying liquids
into the nasal passages for catarrhal tr0u-
5les, the proprietors prepare Cream Balm in
liquid form, which will be known as Ely's
Liquid Cream Balm. Price including the
spraying tube is IS cents. Druggists or by
mail The liquid form embodies the med
icinal properties of the solid preparation. a
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-08-04

Nasal Catarrh quickly yields 20 treat
ment by Ely's Cream Balm, which IS agree
ably aromatic. 1t is received through the
nostrils. cleanses and heals the whole sur
face over which il diffuses itself. Druggists
sell the soc. size; Trial size by mail, 10
cents. Test it and you are sure to continue
Al
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-01

grazing and timber lands for sale in
1taSca, Aitkin and Cass counties
KING Lumber company is one of the
leading lumber firms of the county and
does very large business.
Alton Bros. run the main feed stores
OF the town and also deal in farm
machinery and have several thousand
acres of farm lands in the county for
sale.
John Costello is proprietor of the
Grand Rapids Bottling works and
agent for the Minneapolis Brewing
company. Mr.. Costello has been here
nineteen years.
George Riddell came here In 1894 and
he runs large blacksmith shop and
plows.
w. B. Holman is dealer in iron, pine and
nrst-efass farming lands in Itasca, Cass
St Louis and Beltrami counties also i'm
proved farms in Assiniboia and North
write him
c. c; Miller is treasurer of Itasca coun-
ty and is in his third term.
GIadstone, one Of the first-class hotels of
the town.
w. c. TyndalI is a farmer of 100 acres
OF Itasca land and is agent for A. Filter
Brewing Co., of Duluth.
george r. Meyers, one of the leading
ana improved and unimproved farm lands
Tor sale cheap and will furnish you any
information you desire of this country
n. j. Farrell has been in the town for
nine years and has been county auditor
since 1898 and gives good satisfaction
James Murchie has been in Itasca coun-
" Tor thirty years and is in his second
term as county surveyor.