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The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-04
LOST IN THE snrFFLE.


Mayor Myers regrets greatly that the
Committee on Resolutions at the State
Convention lost track of his resolution
recommending that the state take
charge of the public roads. He is OF
the opinion that the people favor il,
and would vote for il, il they had the
opportunity. We have no doubt they
would. There is a very general desire
for good roads. The farmers realize the
necessity for them and the people Of
the towns want them.
But there is no probability that the
Legislature viii legislate in accord
ance with Mayor Myers resolution.
And the reason is that the state can
not afford TO do so. In the first place
q large amount would be taken from
the school fund. The Mayor says that
this would soon be made up by the
increase in the taxable wealth OF the
state which good roads would cause.
There would, Of course, be an increase
In Che value Of taxable property, but
this increase would no more than keep
pace with the increase in the demand
for additional school accommodations.
But if the convicts were put to work
on the roads how would they be main
tanned? They would have 10 be guard
ed. fed and clothed. That would cost
something like $780, a year So there
would have to be an increase in the
tax rate not only for the amount
which would be lost to the school fund
burt also for the amount required for
the support of the convicts. 1t is evil
dent al a glance that the Legislature
isn't going to incur such a great in
crease i'm taxation for an improvement
for which the people, in great ma
jorfty of the counties, now manifest
a degree of indifference that is almost
unexplainable. We say indifference, be-
cause if they really were willing to
make sacrifices for good roads they
would do as this county is now doing,
to limited extent. Each of the coun-
/ ties would, under the existing law, take
the share of the convicts to which it
is entitled and improve its roads.
or course the county taking its con-
victs would have to bear the expense
of guarding, feeding and clothing them,
and 1t is because of this burden that
so few of the counties have taken ad-
vantage OF the present law. Still the
people would favor Mayor Myers reso-
hutton because it would seem as if they
were going to have their roads inn
proved without cost TO them.
There is a chance for better roads
in this immediate section of the state.
We notice that Screven, Bryan, and
Liberty counties show some disposition
to follow the example of Chatham, and
do something towards making their
roads better. A campaign of education
might induce the people of these coun-
ties to impose small tax upon them
selves for road improvement purposes.
And it may be that Congress will, in
the course of "a year or two, enact
the good roads bill that is now being
pressed upon it's attention. That bill
permits any county to apply for its
share of the proposed appropriation.
That is the only hope there is at
present for the kind of road improve
neut which Mayor Myers would like to
see inaugurated in this state. II is
practically certain that the Legislature
will not take charge of the roads and
undertake to improve them with the
convicts.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-04

An Englshman complains that
Americans ARE all becoming as sim
liar as Chinese" He says they all
dress alike. even TO hats and canes
There is no individuality to be noted
anywhere. If the halter says a Ger
tain shape of hat is the correct thing,
every American will put II ON and
wear il. no matter how fil-beeon1ing. Ii
the tailor says a certain cut of coat is
correct, you couldn't give the Ameri-
can anything else. because he does not
dare to dress differently from his
neighbors and the crowds on the
street Americans. he says, are on a
duh, tame level that i'll COMFORTS with
our boosted liberty Of action. And, in
so far as fashions and dress are con-
cerned, possibly he is more than half
right.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-04
The Line May HAVE Been Blocked.

Johnny's papa is what Johnny terms
a railroad magnet which may ac-
count for the fact that the infants idea
of heaven is that of a celestial railroad
terminal. subject to the usual terres-
trial delays, says the New York Times.
The other evening papa and mamma
overheard the following conversation
in the nursery:
Mabelle, who had been in a brown
stody for some minutes: Johnny,
didn't grandma go to heaven before We
were born?"
Johnny, noncommittally: She start
ed"
Mabelle: Then how is it we didn't
meet herr"
Johnny, assuming the paternal man.
ner: she hadn't arrived when we left
Maybe she didn't make connections"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-04
Last Chance to Dance.

Almaretta is a statuesque mahog-
any-colored creature. perhaps p years
old. says the New York Sun. She is
only a few months from the South.
Last Wednesday evening she asked
Mrs. Brownsmith to allow her to go
out on Wednesday instead of Thurs
day.
Why" asked Mrs. Brownsmith.
"Thar's t be a daince."
"Oh, you can go to a dance any
time"
Nom. This's me last chance
Goodness, your last chance? Why?"
"Cose y see, m Ah'm a-gwine Z
get 'ligion next Thursday an be taken
int de church.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-04

Grand juries. as well as petit turies,
sometimes do peculiar things. At Pat
erson. n. j.. the other day. the grand
jury returned a true bill in the case
of James Richards, charged with as
sault and battery. When the case was
called an officer led before the court a
mite of boy, 4 years old. and stood
him on a table so that he could be
seen. He had been engaged In a fight
with another tot of about his own age.
The second child's mother made a
complaint TO a magistrate and the mat
ter in some way got before the grand
jury. without knowing whether the
accused was a man or a child. the jury
returned an indictment. ana the
a-year-old prisoner had to so before
the court. He was. Of course. dis
charged.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-04

An insurance paper says there are
two men in the United States who car
ry life insurance amounting 10 $500, =
900 each. One man is insured for $780,
OOo Eight carry policies of 500 200.
Three are insured for 100000. Poll
Giles for 100000 are held by twenty
seven men. On 1000 selected lives the
amount Of Insurance. written Is nearly
$3.50 O00. 900.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-04
THUNDERROLT LINE

City Market to Casino and Thunder
bolt via Bolton street junction.
Beginning at $50 a. m. cars leave
CITY Market for Casino and Thunder
bolt every half hour until 200 n m
after which cars run every Is minutes
until 1870 p. m.
Cars leave Bolton street junction Is
minutes after leaving time at CITY
Market.
Beglnning at 1888 q. m. cars leave
Live Oak station for city every hale
hour until 2:3S p. M, after which
time cars leave every Is minutes until
1908 midnight.
Car leaving Casino at 1l:55 will run
south on Barnard street to Fortieth
and north on Abercorn to Bolton
street
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-04
FREEGHr AND PARCEL CAR

Leaves east side Of City Market for Thunder
bolt, Cattle Park, Sandfy Isle of Hope and ali
intermediate points-9:I5 a. M. 1;I5 D. m, 6:15
p. m. p -
Leaves Isle of Hope for sandny, Cattle Park.
Thunderoolt and all intermediate points-o:0O
a. M, II 100 a. M, 800 D. m.
Freight car leaves Montgomery at $50 a. 10.
ular parcel car for city
Parcel car from the city carries freight to
Montgomery on each trip.
Regular parcel car carries trailer on each
trip for accommodation of passengers
Any further information regarding paSsen
ger schedule or freight service can be had by
applying TO L. r. NASH Manager
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-04
MEN ARE POWERLESS
TO Fight Against Disease Unless They
Strike at the Underlying Cause.

Strike at the Underlying Cause.
To treat Dandruff and Failing Hair
with irritants or oils on which a para
site germ will prosper, is like scoop
ing water from the ocean to prevent
the tide from rising.
You cannot accomplish satisfac-
tory cure without having a right un-
derstanding of the fundamental causes
of the trouble.
You must kill the Dandruff Germ.
Newbros Herpicide does this be-
cause it is especially made to do that
very thing.
When the germ is removed, the hair
has no choice but to resume healthy
growth and beauty.
Destroy the cause, you remove the
effect
Sold by leading druggists. Send Ice
IN stamps for sample to The Herpicide
Co, Detroit, Mich.
Livingston's Pharmacy, Special
Agents.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-04

The Russians say they lost 500 killed
and wounded at the battle of Kin
Chou; the japanese report losses on
their side to be in the neighborhood of
1900. AT the battle of the Yaiu the
casualties were about 1000 for both
armies. The Kin Chou fight was I'M
doubtedly a severe one. But how do
the casualty lists of this most modern
of wars compare with the lists of 9TH
er wars? Have the improved, fiat
trajectory, long-range rifles made war
more deadly? Have the bullet-spitting
machine guns increased the casualty
lists? During the great American war
between the states Grant lost II. 600
men, at Cold Harbor, in twenty min
utes, according to the historians. AT
Shiloh the federals lost /, 754 killed and
s.40S wounded. and at Gettysburg s, 155
killed and 14,529 wounded. That was be-
fore the day of smokeless powder,
nickel-steel bullets and coffee-mll ma
chine guns. From the figures it would
seem that modern war is less danger
Gus than were the wars of the past.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-04

Two years hence. that is in 1906. sir
Henry Irving will have been an actor
half a century, and having rounded out
that period he says he win retire Sir
Berry Ia an excellent stage carpenter
who has succeeded In making a consid-
cradle number of people believe that he
is a great actor.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-04

We expected it from Atlanta, but
Charleston got ahead this time with a
local end of the Perdicaris story. Ion
Hanford Perdicaris, who now Ian
guishes a captive in the hands of Mo-
roccan bandits. is a Charlestonian, and
his mother was South Carolina worn-
an. Mr.. Gregory Perdicaris. father of
Ion, was native of Greece, who went
to Charleston something more than
half a century ago and built there the
city's first gas works. A part of his
fortune. it seems, was made there in
the gas business. Gregory Perdicaris, it
appears, married Miss Margaret Han
ford of Society Hill, S. c., whose faith
Ell, Enoch Hanford, was a professor in
the South Carolina College The
mother of Mrs. Margaret Hanford
Perdicaris was Margaret Dewitt
daughter of Capt. Dewitt of Marions
Brigade. One OF her sisters married
Judge j. J. Evans, afterwards United
States Senator. This seems to be sui
ficient TO identify the American gen.
tleman with the Greek name as COM
ing of good South Carolina stock.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-04
The Meather.

The indications for Georgia for to-
day are for fair weather. with fresh
scIthwest winds. Eastern Florida
partly cloudy weather. with brisk to
high south winds.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-04

Chief Justice Alton B. Parker Of New
York addressed the students of the AL
bany Law School in that city on Tues
day. During the course OF the address
he gave the students "a few plain rules"
embodying the secret of professional
success. IAN we have to do he said,
lis to do right; meet our share of the
burdens of citizenship in the commu-
nifty do the right thing between man
and man: do no fraud, but do every
thing that is right and noble for the
clients cause, and be careful to let
nothing happen that will lnjure our
reputation. If you do That you viii
succeed. 80 l would like to impress
upon you that reputation is worth more
TO the LAWYER than money; 10 be con-
sidered a man OF irreproachable repu-
tation is better than TO be a man of
ability" This is sound, wholesome ad-
vice, clearly given; and in principle it
is applicable to all walks Of life. The
chief justice will doubtless talk poll
tics in just as clear and forcible man
ner after the nominating convention at
St. Louis.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-04
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The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-04
COLLINSVu.I.ETINr

b9Rln1Ing az o;O5 a. M, cars leave Waters
road and Estlll avenue every 20 minutes nnttI
1905 midnight Until
Beginning at sos a m. cars leave City
Market for Watery road and Estill avenue ev-
cry 20 minutes until 1905 midnight.
Ihrough cars are operated between Market
ana 1hunderbolC via Colliusville and Dale
avenue as follows:
Leave Market. Leave Thunderbolt
645 A. M. So NJ
64S p. M 7 20 p NJ
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-04
WEST End LINE Hincoin Pam I

Car leaves west side of City Market for Lin.
coin Park 600 a. M. and every 40 minutes
thereafter until Has p. m.
Car leaves Lincoln Park for Market SEQ a. n
and every 40 minutes thereafter until u o clock
mi = $500
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-04

Peter West, aged SO, a veteran of the
Seventh Iowa Cavalry, is an applicant
for a pension. His papers show that
he has been married ten times, and
that nine of his erstwhile consorts are
still living, one of whom is still his
wife. He has divorced himself eight
times. and death relieved him once.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-04


The Cincinnati Enquirer has a story
from Columbus, o., telling how f. c.
Richter, merchant Of that city, re-
ceived in the ordinary course of bust
ness the other day a silver dollar bear
ing this inscription:
This Dollar was
Taken from JEFF Davis,
Pres't. c. S., when captured by
Coils. Pritchard and Harden in
Georgia, April 9th, 1865.
Presented to
Wilbur Andrews Mccoy
On his fifth birthday, Feb'y.
10th, 1866 by his
Father.
TT is believed by Mr.. Ritcher," says
the Enauirer's story, that the coin
was put in circulation accidentally, OF
that it was stolen from the owner He
will restore it to the person to whom
it rightfully belongs" The person to
whom it 'rightfully" belongs is Mrs
v. Jefferson Davis, widow of the late
President Davis, since it appears by the
inscription TO have been stolen from
Mr.. Davis at the time of his capture.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-04
SAVANNAH ELECTRIC co.

BETWEEN ISLE OF HOPE AND
THUNDERBOLT.
~ Isle OF Hope Lv. Thunderbolt.
M I'm: AM. PM.
o:UO b:Oo s7:22 Gas
es;V0 -. 1922 1882
81 minute wait at Sandfy.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-10-28
Action That Stays.

Action in the gait of horse is to
a large extent inbred. A good manv
horsemen succeed in educating horses
to step correctly, but this education
does not stick with a good MANY
horses. Some horsemen shoe their
horses heavily in front to get them to
pick their knees up, but this does not
become a fixed habit, and the horse
soon falls back into the old ways
when he gets used to the heavy shoes
Some try speeding the horse over soft
ground, and to some extent this inn
proves his gait, If it is continued lonp
enough to develop the muscles con-
cerned in that action, but If the speed.
ing is discontinued for long time the
action disappears. Another way to
induce an artificial action is to Law
down poles for the horse to step over
but this, too, produces but a tempor.
airy improvement. Only by SELECTING
and breeding can the action OF the
horse be permanently improved.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-10-28
Why Stock Need Fresh Air.

Formerly all classes of cattle were
considered upon the same general plan
as to stabling and care, but to-day the
experienced feeder of beef cattle Sc
cures best results when animals are
| allowed to seek shelter at will, to
choose between outdoor and indoor
conditions, as the system may dictate.
said H. M. Culbertson, in an address
to Wisconsin farmers. Opposite meth
DDS are found advisable with dairy
herds, for the cows quite closely con-
fined, well protected from cold and
storms, yield most returns for food
consumed. This, however, brings to
our attention the possibilities of dis
ease, unless these animal quarters are
well supplied with pure air and a sys-
tenn of ventilation.
We are told that all the activities Of
the body are dependent upon the cir
culation of blood, because it carries
to every extreme and minute part the
required elements, in solution, to build
and replace worn parts, as nature sug-
gests, at the same time flushing the
system and carrying away worn and
exhausted tissues and compounds poi
sonous to the body if permitted to re-
main. Returning to the heart, the
blood Is forced to the lungs, where
about eighteen times each minute q
supply OF fresh air finds it's way down
the very small air tubes leading to the
air cells, whose walls are composed Of
extremely delicate tissue or membrane.
which Is crossed and recrossed by
countless numbers of tiny blood pas
sages from which this waste product
from the body, called carbonic acid, in
quantities one hundred times as great
as pure air contains, finds it's way
from the blood to these air cells. At
the same time the oxygen of pure air
passes into the blood and very i'm
portant transfer takes place In about
ITO minutes every portion of the blood
Is returned to again unload more
refuse matter and be replenished with
the oxygen of pure air, the wonderful
inVigorator of the system.
1t is said that in an animal of 1000
pounds live weight, about three pints
OF blood passes with every heart beat
and there are about fifty beats per
minute. This means that great guam
titles of blood are being exposed in
the lungs for publication, and that the
activities within the animal, the diges.
ton and assimilation of new foods. the
growth in the young animal the build.
ing OF the meaty tissues in the feeder.
the replacing of worn material in the
laboring animal and production of
healthy milk in the milk COW, all de-
pend upon the circulation of the blood.
II animals are not constantly replen-
lshed with pure air and are forced to
breathe over and over again these i'm.
purities, poisonous If taken back into
the system, nature cannot do it's work,
complications arise and disease is like
ly to result sooner or later.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-10-28
The Good Stallion,

Where an enterprising farmer buys
a good stallion he should be patron
lied by the other farmers. But in a
great many sections no farmer can
be found that will invest large sum
OF money In first-class stallion for n
number of reasons. One of these ia
that he does not feel sure that he
Will receive the patronage of the
other farmers. Another reason is
that he knows that If the investment
should prove to be a good one some
other farmer would want to make
money, too, and would be likely to
buy good horse and establish a COM
petition that would be ruinous. So
he concludes to let things remain as
Trey are. This is the strongest factor
against getting our farmers to i'm
prove their horseflesh. The easiest
solution seems to be to organize as
sociations that will buy stations for
the use of the communities. Then all
are financially interested and no one
will want to secure @ stallion for the
sake Of competing with the one al
ready purchased.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-10-28
oriain Of PREPAID postan.

The idea of a prepaid envelope orig
mated in France early in the reign or
Louis XIV, with M. De valfyer, who
in 1863 established, under royal con.
sent, a private penny post, placing
boxes at the corners of the streets for
the reception of letters wrapped In
envelopes bought at Offices established
for that purpose. M. De Valfyer also
had printed certain forms Of "billets',
or notes, applicable to the ordinary
business among inhabitants Of great
towns, with blanks which were to be
filled out with such special matter as
might be desired.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-10-28
HAD BUT ONE DRAWBACK.
Apart From That He Thought Yer.
mont a Paradise.


mont a Paradise.
A number of members gathered
about the seat of Representative Eos.
ter of Vermont yesterday were dis.
cu.sing cold weather in the New Eng.
land and other northern states. Mr..
Foster declared that Vermont has
sleighing more weeks in the year than
any other state of the Union, and to
prove this assertion related the fol-
lowing story:
Hank White, noted minstrel in his
time, who probably was the original
lend man." was a native of Vermont.
One Of his jokes used to run some.
thing like this:
$50 you come from vermont? the
middle man would ask.
eyes, am proud to say that was
born and raised in the good old state
of Vermont" White would answer.
"You make pretty good maple sugar
up in Vermont"
yes; our maple sugar Is the sweet
est on EARTH"
Have some pretty good horses up
there, too"
1.-THE Morgan horses bred in Yer
mont, are not excelled anywhere in
the world"
pretty girls, eh?"
Vermont has the prettiest girls in
America"
"Well, Vermont must be pretty
much of a state" the middle-man
would say, in conclusion.
Its the greatest state in the
Union" was Whites answer. There
is just one thing about it don't like.
For about six weeks in midsummer.
when the snow melts off, we have to
drag around on wheels. Washing.
ton Post.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-10-28
Roosts for Turkeys.

T. F. McGrew, writing in a bulletin
Of the United States Department of
Agriculture. says: Turkeys do best
when they can roost in the open. II
well fed they will thrive more in the
shelter of the trees than in a close
confined house. The troubles that
arise from allowing them to live in
the trees are that they become wild
and frequently are stolen. II housed,
their quarters should be airy, roomy
and perfectly clean. It is not wise to
have them roost with other poultry.
II found necessary to confine them, all
that Is needed Is shed or house that
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-10-28
CHAPTER XIV.

Five years had slipped away. One
autumn afternoon, not long after her
return from the seaside, Mrs. Stage
was sitting in her drawing-room be.
side the low table, from which she had
dispensed tea to five o'clock visitors.
There had been several of these, but
the last had just gone, and 1t was late
to expect more. She had taken ad-
vantage of being alone to fill a cup
for herself, from which she. was sip.
ping meditatively. Time had been for
bearing toward her; she was compla.
Gently conscious that few women with
q daughter nearly old enough to enter
society could boast of so good a figure
and such generally youthful effect.