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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-06


Five barrel lots special.
SHOT-Drop, $1.65; b. B. and large,
s190; chilled. $3.50.
IRoN---MarIet firm; refined. s1.so;
Swere, &c.
NAILs-Cut. 1920 base; wire, s2.Os
base.
BARBED WIRE = Sass per 100
pounds.
GUNPOwDER - Per key, Austin
crack short, $3.50 key; half keg, $3.50,
quarter key, $1.40; champion duckinx.
quarter keg, $2.25; Austin smokeless'
half kegs, sS.45; quarter, 1870; thrae
pounds, $2.10; one pound, 75c; less 20
per cent on smokeless.
Cotton BRgginE and Ties.
BAGGING-Market firm: 1% pound
7AQ%c; sea island bagging, 9A0sNc
TIES-Standard 45-inch arrow, s4c
@s1oO.
COTTON PICKING sHEErs-22@
25c each.
TwINE-Per pound. or hank, 149
15c.
HAMs--sugar cured. 12hc14o; pic
mics. 9G9hc.
ID. S. butts .................... az
-. . plates '',..:................
Western heavy bellies .........-S if
Eastern pBnt bellies ................sL
Eastern medium bellies -
Nj
p. s. c. II. sides ..................Sl
Smoked G.. r. sides ..........,..9 az
LARD-Pure, I'm tierces, sMc; 5o-
pound tins and S0-pound tubs. SIC.
compound, in tierces. SIC; 50lpound
tins and so-pound tubs, 6ssQshc.
miscellaneous.
FIsH-Mackerel. haifbarrels No
1. $40; No 2. $3.50; No. 3. IS; kits. No
/, Si.40; No. 2. Sl.30; No. 3, t1.iO. cod
fish, i-pound bricks, &c; 2-pond brlcLs
sac; smoked behring's per box. ig020c'
Dutch herrings. IN kegs. ti.IO; new
mullets, half barrels, 81
6YRUP-Market quiet; Georgia ana
Florida syrup, buying AZ 22a2Sc: SELL
Ing AZ z5@zIbsc; sugar house. at 1910
iec.
WAx-27c.
HIGH WINEB-Basls. t1.2s.
HONEf-Dull. strained, IN barrels,
fte gallon.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-06-25
ODD THINGS ABOUT ANIMALS
Deceptive Appearance of Some Serves
as a Means of Protection
Against Enemies.

Few of us, | think, realize how many
wild creatures there are which live, like
the famous Snowman, p. 7. Barnum, did,
by 'fooling the public There are mil
lions of creatures whose very existence
depends upon their appearing to be
something which they are not. This de-
ceptive appearance, says Woman's Home
Companion, is called "mimicry, and the
creatures which profit by It are said to
mimic" those things which they re-
semble. Generally Speeding, mimicry
Is of two kinds-'aggrcssive' and pro
tectiyc." In the far north, where the
ground is almost perpetually covered
with snow, and where a dark object
may be seen for miles, We find the polar
bear, the snowy owl and other creatures
mimlcking the snow, their resemblance
to which gives them a chance to APP
proach their prey unseen, but in order
that they may not have an undue ad-
which they use for food, we find the arc
tic hare and other small animals also
mimickins the snow, in order that they
may sometimes escape the sharp eyes
of their enemies. Further south, how
ever, you will notice that white wild ami
mails are very uncommon; they would
be so conspicuous that they would
be unable either to approach their prey
or avoid their enemies. SO, instead,
some of them mimic the sand and peb-
bles of the beach, the brown leaves of
the woods and the moss-covered rocks
and tree trunks.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-06-25
THE BODY GROWS SHORTER
Between the Ages of Fifty and Ninety
People Lose Three Inches
Of Their Height.

What are the proportions of the idea
human body?" The vcxed question has
never been answered c|onclusiyely, ac.
cording to the London Leader.
A %corollary of it is this: "Wha are
the proportions of the average healthy
man or woman as we find them?" Not
even to this has a reply been given.
However, we are approaching II. Sci
entists have made myriads of measure
ments of tho stature of man, and some
OF them are quoted by Fleet SURGEON Wit
liams in the annual report on The health
Of the navy, just issued.
TO begin with, the boy when born is
about half an inch taller than the girl
This difference is maintained till near
the age of 10, when, in this country anG
America, the average girl is taller and
heavier than the boy. This hating, SC
10 speak, on the part of the male is speed.
lily recovered. and he again outruns the
female in size.
At the period of full development the
mans average height, compared with
the woman's average, is as Is to 10.
Both men and women maintain their
maximum height till the age Of so years,
when they begin to grow shorter, until
at 80 they have lost three inches,
The reason for this dwindling is at
tributed To the sinking OF the soft pcrts
between the bones and to the stoop grad
ualiy acquired by old people.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-06-25
IN THE LION COUNTRY.
Thrilling Adventures and Deeds of
Valor Performed by Hunters
in Africa.

A recent exploring expedition along
the boundaries of British East Africa
killed 80 lions and had some thrilling ad-
ventures, says the Chicago Daily News.
Capt. Maud, VINO was in command,
writes. Baird had a few days before
been mauled by a lion. The brute
charged out from a patch of bush and
Baird's shot failed TO stop him. The
next moment the lion had knocked him
down and was mauling him, Baird's
fox terrier, James, which had hitherto
had well-merited reputation for discre-
ton, performed prodigies of valor, and
positively found his way into the lions
mouth. But he was not to his majesty's
taste. and was elected, strangely enough,
with little hurt. Meanwhile Baird'stw
shiliaris behaved splendidly. One
caught the lion by the tail and pulled
while the other very coolly shot him
through the heart. Baird had several
wounds, some of them deep, but the mir
acle of his escape, as well as that OF
udlltSi woo tNpldiiNu NhNh ! woo SStu
that the lions jaw had been broken by
Baird's first shot"
Capt Maud also says: Threading my
way through the thorn bush, | got a
shot at a fine leopard, and was lucky
enough TO lay him low. A little far
theron sighted Mr.. Buffers camp, from
which | had been separated for more
than ten days, and vas soon receiving
congratulations N my leopard from
Butler, Baird and Duff, who modestly
pointed to the result of their mornings
sport-four fine lion skins, then being
pegged out TO dry. They had also Sc
cured two pretty little cubs, which we're
fed on timed milk, but it did not agree
with their internal economy, and after
a few days they died"
Another adventure is thus related:
1.-THE next day Jcmadar Shahzad Mir
was charged by a lioness after she had
received a bullet in the heart from my
rife. The amount of vitality these
brutes possess after having been NOR
tally wounded is extraordinary. Shah
zad Mrs hand and arm were badly
maulcd, Luckily. the caravan was
close up, and | Don had his wounds
dressed"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-06-25
A Missouri Munchausen.

There are some pretty fair Nimrods
In Missouri now, but a story which is
printed in an old history of Galloway
county shows that some of those Of
former days could make contemporary
sportsmen look like 80 cents either as
shots or as raconteurs, says the Kan
sas City journal. MIR. Calvin Tate"
according to this history, says that
the wild pigeons were so plentiful one
summer that frequently when they
would aliGht on a tree it would bend
down to the ground with their weight.
He went hunting one day, and seeing
q fine lot Of pigeons in a tree he
hitched his horse TO ono of the limbs
and fired and killed 800 at one shot
The rest few away, aud as soon as
the tree was relieved of their weight
It Strengthened up, carrying his hors,
with it., and the poor brute had to
hang there until he could 20 home
and get an AK and cut the tree down.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-06-25
FIRST COFFEE DRINKERS.
According to Arabian Historians the
Pcrsians Were Original Users
Of the Decoction.

Although Arabia is the land of coffe,
now, a research proves that the frs
coffee drinkers were Arabs, dwelling no
in Arabia, but in Persia.
1t is said by the Arabian historians
that a multi of Alden, Gemal-eddin, in
PRODUCED coffee into Arabia after a triJ
that he had made through Persia, wher,
he saw men drink the decoction of tn,
brown berry for the first time.
At first the Arabs we're cautious abou'
its use, and rarely took it unless they
needed physic, for they looked on cotfe,
as a drug and not as a pleasing bey.
erage.
According to Schehab-eddin, an Ara
bian author of the early Christian era
the first ones to make an extensive us'
of coffee were the Arabic priests. who
having discovered that coffee rendered
the drinker wakeful, used it literally II
order to be able to remain awake
through long nights of special religion,
observances.
In Mecca the berry was not used IN.
til it wa introduced by the priests; ant
when they did so introduce it, they, too
did it only for religious purposes. Blu
it was not long before everybody wa
drinking it.
1t is believed that. after having be
come popular throughout Syria ant
what Is now Turkey, its use spread into
Europe by way Of Venice, which wa,
then the great center Of trade with tn,
orient.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-06-25

The Hon. Tim" Tarsney, solicitor
of The city Of Detroit and former mem
Der Of congress from the Saginaw dis
trict Of Michigan, tells a story of an
lrishman in his district, a liberal con
tributor to the campaign fund and a
strong man financially, but with little
or no education. Some of the boys
thought it would tickle the old man
to propose him for chairman Of a big
political meeting, but they had no idea
he would accept. lie did accept, how
ever, and on mounting the platform
made the following speech:
"Gintlemin Of the Conyention-l
congratulate you most heartily upon
the choice Of yurc chairman. You
kin rest assured that as long as the
bulluk Of the population constitutes
the masses of the people there will be
no danger from the privileged few.
The convention is now ready for bust.
ness."-Philadelphia Post.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-06-25
FOOD FACTS


A prominent physician Of Rome,
Georgia, went through a food expert
enee which he makes public.
1T was my own experience that first
led me to advocate Grape-Nuts food,
and | also know from having pre-
scribed it to convalescents and other
weak patients tn tue food is a Won
derful rebuilder and restorer of nerve
and brain tissue, as well as muscle. 1t
improves the digestion and sick pa.
tents always gain just as / did In
strength and weight very rapidly.
81 was in such a low state that I
had to give up my work entirely and
60 to the mountains Of this state:
but two months there did not improve
me; in fact I was not quite as swell as
when | left home. My food absolutely
refused to sustain mo and it became
plain that | must change; then | be-
gan to use Grapefruit food and in two
weeks | could walk a mile without
the least fatigue and in five weeks re-
turned to my home and practice, taxi
ing up hard work again. Since that
time | have felt as well and strong as
/ ever did in my life.
"As a physician who seeks to help
all sufferers | consider it a duty to
make these facts public" Name given
by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Trial 10 days on Grape-Nuts when
the regular food does not seem to sus-
tain the body will work miracles.
There's a reason"
Look in each pkg. for the famous lit
tie book, "The Road to Melville"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-06-25
GIRLS BECOME "FLOATERS."
Lack of Work Makes Tramp Stenog-
raphers of Many in Search
Of Employment.

In her failure to get steady work, the
girl who comes to New York is apt to
become a lonely, homeless thing of no
continuing city" known and disrespect-
ed by business men under the title of "a
noater," says the Era Magazine. A
"loater" is a girl tramp ~stenographer,
who lives from hand to mouth and town
to town. who gets started rolling round
and does not want any moss, will not
stay in any position long, simply max
ing enough in each place to get on to
the next. 1t is an ugly form of wander
lust. The foaters are held unreliable
and firms have become weary of engag-
ing them. The number of fioaters is
sadly on the increase. Last month the
agency of a New York company in Los
Angeles reported 60 in that city and
throughout the south came word OF con-
tinued increase in the number of these
restless, ~nestless birds, pathetlcally fol-
lowing the summer.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-06-25
NATURAL ROMAN CANDLE.
Such Seems to Be the New Metal Ra-
dunn Because of Its Won
derful Properties.

The new metal, radium, which has
been so much talked and written about
during the last few months. turns o1t
to be a sort of natural Roman candle,
since, in addition to giving light, ii also
shoots off bodies of two different sizes.
The light itself from this mysterious
substance is not like ordinary light,
writes Edwin Tenney Brewster, in st.
Nicholas. Even a small fragment sealed
up in a glass tube SHINES with a weird
glow like a freely, but bright enough to
read by. Moreover, If these rays fall on
certain other substances, as, for exam
pie, diamonds, it causes them also to
glow with a similar unearthly radiance;
and, like TX rays" which enable one
10 see his own bones, they will go
through a plank or a dictionary, We
never use metallic radium, because it
has neyer been entirely separated
from other materials. We haven't it
touse. We are, therefore, compelled to be
content with some salt "a miXture) of the
metal. One exporimenter consequently
placed the least pinch of radium bro
mide in a glass tube, and screwed 1t
tightly inside a rubber thermometer
case. This he put in an iron box, with
a silver soup-tureen and four sheets of
copper above il, yet in some way the rays
got out. After all, | don't know that
it is any more difficult to answer why
this light goes through iron than why
the light of a candle goes through
glass.
But a piece of radium, in addition to
giving off these peculiar rays, sends out
such Il shower of little particles that it
is like a sort of exploding battery Of tiny
rapid-fre guns. These, as | said at the
beginning, are of two sizes. The small
est are the smallest particles known to
science. Indeed, as they travel some
200 times faster than a bullet from
a rife, they must needs be pretty
small not to wipe out everything within
range. The others are much larger, per
haps by a thousand times, and they do
not travel so fast. But even these are
so small that, after millions upon mil
lions Of them have been shot off the most
careful weighing with a balance for
which a hair is a heavy weight, cannot
detect any loss, Now, these smaller
bodies are the mysterious "electrons'
which, as they stream against the walls
OF a Crookes tube, produce the X rays.
So they seem quite like old friends. The
larger ones come still nearer home. They
are like the minute particles of vapor
which are always being sent off by any
substance, such as water, or alcohol, or
camphor, or ice, which is drying up or
wasting away, But the remarkable
thing about radium is that, while the gas
which goes off into the air from these
familiar substances is still water or al
cohol, or what not, the gas from radium
is not radium at all, but helium.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-06-25
MADE A SLIGHT MISTAKE.
Government Official Was Bound to
Get Right, But Again
Got Wrong.

whenever an unknown person of dis
tlngulsled appearance enters my office, |
am reminded OF the experience OF Frank
Y andcrlIp." said a senator's secretary,
according to tine Washington Star. when
Nanderlip was Secretary Cages private
secretary, before he got wei acquainted,
he paid little attention to the people he
did not know. One day a member Of the
cabinet called on Secretary Gage and was
ignored tor some time by Iandcrlip,
hnally going into the private room I'M
announced. The cahinet officer complained
to President Mckinley, and the president
mentioned il TO Secretary Gage, who
thercupon reprimanded Nanderlip.
THE next day, Nanderlip turning over
a ncw Leaf, one OF the first persons to
enter was a distinguished looking old fell
low with a partriarchal beard. Nanderlip
received him with great consideration,
handed out a char, which the old fellow
took with gravity and some w%onderment.
seating himself opposite, Vanderlip asked,
with a most engaging smile, What can
1 do ion you, slr?'
"'Oh, nothing. replied the visitor. !
Just came to wind the clocks"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-06-25
SCHOOL BOARD IN TURKEY.
Questions ~Propounded to a Youth at
Examination Who Proved
to Be q Wonder.

A young Turk, who is a Yale Gradu-
ate, tells of his early experience as q
school-teacher in Turkey. He thus
earned the money that brought him to
this country, says the ST. Paul Globe.
II was Just lG," he says, when
went to Salonika to be examined. On
account of my youth, | found much diff
lculty in getting a hearing, but at last
the day was set.
Il was ushered into the board room
and found myself surrounded by old,
gray-bearded men in snowy white tur-
bans, seated on diyans against the
walls. Some smoked cigarettes.
"'Our first subject said the eldest
and most venerable in a deep, solemn
voice. will be geography.
AN attendant unrolled a map OF
Europe.
Where said the first member OF
the board, is Turkey, and what is Its
capital?'
"My answer was correct, and they
noddeu approval
NOW he continued, what is the
capital Of sweden
Stockholm, replied, readily.
"Point to Switzerland ON the
map
81 did so.
"Mashallah! Mashallah!' they ex-
.t.!a..1 tAnnthnr N~Fnn1GrTnl' IIp
knows, this beardless boy
Next came history. | was asked
TO name all the sultans since Ottoman
TO Abdul Hamid, Fortunately, |
knew the first three sultans, then ! went
of into a tumble Of names any
that came to my head until suddenly
| ended with Abdul Hamid Khan the
Second. During my wild. historical
travelling the board sat passively
frowning, but as | ended they broke out
into pleased CALCULATIONS.
"'Now comes arithmetic said the
president. We shall ask you a diff
cult problem, for which you may have
half an hour to work over
of a load Of hay, weighing a
thousand kilos, be sold for a plaster and
a half a kilo, what is the price Of the
entire wagon load? Take your time
with it,
"They turned away and left me to
myself. At the end of 90 minutes |
submitted the answer, carefully marked
out on paper.
Mashallah! Very good! You are
q great scholar they exclaimed.
Nov read SOM verses from tho
Koran they commanded.
81 read for ten minutes. singing out
The rhymes. The examiners closed
their eyes in esthetic delight. I
stopped.
"'Go on, boy, you read beautifully.
Read it over again
81 did, and they listened, nodding
and signing approval.
""Hashaliah. Mashallah!' was all
they could say. And the certificate
they gave me stated that | was a most
wonderful scholar, fitted to teach in any
of the sultan's schools"
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had found tho Danish Erickson expcdi-
tim on SnupdprE island in a pitiahia

had found tho Danish Erickson expedl-
ton on Saunders island in a pitiable
state of restitution. Count Moltke, the
artist of the expedition, was very i'll.
The explorers, it was added, in the
company of Esquimaux, were living in a
tattered tent and their food was almost
exhausted, except a supply of eggs from
the island. They had only one gun, and
had abandoned their boat and one sledge
at the northern part Of Melville bay.
The Danes were entirely dependent on
the EsquimauX. The whalers left with
them supplies and materials to build a
new boat.
The Ammundsen expedition sailed
from Christiania June II, 1908. Accord
ing to programme 1t was first to go to
King William land, then to the east
coast of Greenland, and thence to pro-
coed for Behring strait.
The expedition VA characterized by
Prof. Schmidt, of Berlin. as undertake
ing the most important task in the do
main of terrestrial magnetism. 1t was
planned TO take a route never before at
tempted.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-06-25
CHill'S MINERAL WEALTH.
Mining One of the Principal Indus
tries of This South Amer
lean Country.

The famous coal mines of Lota and
Coronel have an annual yield Of ! ,000, 000
tons and employ some 5000 laborers.
This not only supplies Chili's needs, but
also Goals nearly all the European
steamers touching the border, says the
Engineering Magazine. The coal is
what is termed "soft." but it is of good
quality. The country imports some hard
coal. The most important mineral in
dustry is, Of course, the nitrate of soda
Chilli at present has over 100 nitrate
works. The crude material tcalled cal
iche), is found, under a conglomerate.
In beds varying from a few inches to Il
feet in thickness. The process of eX-
traction is one Of teaching and roiin-
ing by capitalization. About 400, 00C
metric tons Of 2,204 pounds each are an
nually produced, estimated to be worth
$4,000 900 in Europe. About iour-iifths
of all the nitrate exported goes TO Eng
land and the continent, Great Britain
alone making one-third, and Germany
a little less. A large amount of British
capital is invested in the nitrGe fields
1G of the larger companies alone rep
resenting a capitalization of more than
S4O,0 600. The Chilian government
exacts a duty Of sl1,j2 ton on all nitrate
exported.
In metal mining, copper m first
both as to present output and further
opportunity, The country needs mod
ern metallurgical processes and knowl-
edge of successful methods of handling
low-grade ores. Tho present produc-
ton is about 10000 tons of copper an
nually. Manganese is also an impor-
tant industry. Silver, once very highly
profitable, has declined; 1900 kilo-
grammes of silver were exported il
1900. Promising gold deposits exist, cs-
pecially in southern Chill; $4,000, 600 in
gold, gold ores and matte have been ex-
80 aA II -.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-06-25
HEAR FROM EXPEDITIONS.
Danish Scientific Explorers Endured
Many Hardships and Priva-
tons During Trip.

The Danish scientific expedition to
Greenland under the leadership of Erick-
sen has arrived at the Danish colony of
West Greenland, after much hardship
and suffering, The expedition reports
that it found the whaling ship Gjoa,
with Capt, A%mmundsen's magnetic
north pole expedition on board, at Dal-
rymple dock, All the members Of both
expeditions are well.
According to a dispatch from Dundee
IN November 1G last whalers who had
lust returned there reported that they
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-06-25
h for Plumber.

A visitor to one Of he hotels of Picking
was awakened during the night by the
noise caused by the fall Of a roll of pa
per. Getting oat of bed, he saw with
establishment 3 pole, to which was at
tacbed a fish line, moving about the
room. collecting various objects and re-
moving them through the window,
Upon going downstairs he was heard by
the %burglarious Chinaman outside, to
whom the rod belonged, and who es-
capped, leaving his fishing line behind
him London Mail.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-06-25

Some oddities in names were
brought out in a hearing before Mag
istrate Fitzpatrick at the Germantown
police station a few days ago, when
Cecil Grant, an Indian boy, who had
run away from a farm where he had
been employed, was arraigned pre-.
paratory TO sending him back to the
Carlisle school. When asked his name
the young brave replied: BLACK Bull
white mans name Cecil Grant. My
fathers name is Mr.. Skunk, and
mothers name is Mrs. Skunk, and
brothers name Is Lame Arm" All
this was said in almost one breath,
leaving the judge dazed and still
grasping for some proper handle by
which to address the copper-hued
Record.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-06-25
Selling the Opportunity.

"T am thy fathers ghost began the
manager of the company, who was play
ing the Ghost that night in place of the
regular actor, who was Ill. The player
who was doing Hamlet interrupted him:
Yes. Father used to work in one OF
your companies, but he said that yol
never walked for him and that | should
collect his salary the first time | saw you
Shall | write a recoipt?'-Chlcagc
Tribune.