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The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-04
wells VIII he Manager.

Richmond. Va. Sept 3.-It is an
nounced that arrangements have been
made between T. G.. Leath and Jake
Wells whereby the Leath circuit Of
theaters, consisting Of Richmond Nor
folk, Newport News. Petersburg
Lynchburg, Roanoke and Charlotte.
N. c.. will hereafter be under the di-
rect management OF Jake Wells Mr..
Leath will retire from active service.
but will be president OF the new COM
pany. Jake Wells will be the general
manager. The new organization will
be known as the Leath theatrical
ComnanN.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-04
WOMAN WAS FOUND
WITH HER THROAT CUT.
BIOOdhOunds ON Trail and n
LynchinE May Follow.

Charlotte n. c.. Sept. "A special
from Clarkton, n. c., says that Mrs.
George Packer of that town was MUIR
dered there to-day about noon. Her
body was found In the woods her
throat having been cut. one negro has
been arrested and another is under
suspicion.
Boodhounds we're placed on the trail
tonight. and n the criminal is caught
and the proof Is conclusive, a iynchlng
viii likely follow, AZ the community
is very much stirred over the double
crime, which was brutal IN the sx-
trome
The neuo arrested is not thought 70
be the guilty one.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-04
ATTACKED AND SEIZED
RUSSIAN POSITIONS.
kurOpatISin's Report Upon His Com
mand's Discontinue.

mand's Discontinue.
st. Petersburg. Sept. S.-The follow
ing report has been received from Gen.
KuropatlSin, dated Sept. 3:
The enemy last (Friday) night at
tackled and seized most Of the positions
occupied by our troops at sykwantun
and the troops holding the positions in
question retired 10 a rear guard posi-
tion between the villages OF shansun-
tun and Shitshsnga.
The same night the First Siberian
Army Corps, which had sustained
heavy losses during the last five days.
ana which was in danger OF having ~
nank turned owing 10 the enemy's SUI
perior forces. retired several kilome-
tfrn 10 the westward.
In these clrcumftancsa. I ordered
Lao Yang evacuated snd the troops
20 retire noribward."
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-04
JACKSONVILLE NEGRO
KILLS A WHITE WOMAN
Mrs. n. b. harrow was shot by
wash Bradley.

Jacksonville. Fla. Sept. S.-wash
Bradley. a negro. shot and mortally
wounded Mrs. N. B. Barrow yester-
day. Mrs. Barrow died this afternoon
at o'clock.
Bradley has~not been captured. but
his capture is expected soon. II Is
reported that he was at Kanapaha this
afternoon. Several posses are search
ing for him. excitement Is intense and
II caught he may be lynched. The
reward offered for his apprehension
has boon raised 70 $50
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-04
Address OF President Diar.

Mexico City, Sept. 3.--At a Cabinet
Council. over which President DiaE
presided. the main points TO be touch
cd by the President In his forthcoming
message 10 Congress on Sept. i6 inst,
was discussed. II Is learned that
the message will make no allusion 20
the question OF monetary reform. and
this Is accepted here IN business cir
cles AZ indicating that the plans for
the adoption OF tho gold standard BY
Mexico have been indefinitely post
poncd.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-04
TERRELL GOING TO ROME.

Rome, Ca. Sept a.-Gov Terrell has
accepted tho invitation 20 attend the
reunion He will be handsomely eu-
tertained while here.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-04

Continued on Sixth Page
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-07-30
SOMETHING ABOUT BATHING
Common Sense Should Be Used in
This as in Every
thing Else.

Even so good a thing as a bath ome
times does more harm than good. A
person should use common sense about
bathing, as well as everything else. The
following sensible words about bathing,
lately published in the Liberator, seem
so practical and to the point that we
give them for the benefit of our readers:
Exercise before bathing, SO that one
feels comfortably warm.
Allow at least three hours TO elapse
after a full meal before taking a full
bath.
Every form of warm bath, whether
general or local. should be followed by
cold water application of equal extent
but only for a moment of time, in the
case of general baths.
The weekly warm bath of those who
lake a cold bath daily should last not
more than ten minutes.
Chilliness after a bath indicates that
ii has done harm rather than good. Find
out the cause, and do not repeat it.
Train yourself gradually to the use
Of the cold bath, beginning with tepid
water, and decreasing the temperature
by degrees from day to day,
After partly drying with the towel,
vigorously rubbing with the hands un-
til quite dry will usually prevent chilli
ness.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-07-30
OPPORTUNITIES IN BRAZIL.
New Lines of Construction That Will
Probably Offer Openings for
Skilled Labor.

The construction of the great Rio
| have repeatedly reported, and the
demolition and reconstruction of a
number of streets in the city, already
commenced, ought to furnish an eX-
ceptional opportunity to American.
building contractors-the American
iron and steel industry, the building
hardware trade, plumbing and Other
similar trades and industries related
to architectural construction of private
and public buildings.
The new dock works will neCessitate
the construction of a large number of
big warehouses, and along the new
avenues planned hundreds of modern
four and tive-story houses will take
the place Of the present old, low
slovenly-looking buildings.
The reconstruction will begin i'm
mediately. Modern architectural
science, modern architectural build
ings, and the steel and iron construc-
tons are almost unknown here, There
is no reason why they should not be-
come appropriate and popular. l con
slider this a great chance for American
industries and suggest that competen,
agents of the respective branches OF
industry should come down here and
investigate the field. l hope to SEND
details later.
EIrrFNE
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-07-30
INTERCEPTED CARS MAIL.
An Incident of Official Business Which
Shows Bondage of Rus
sits Ruler.

A very striking proof of the cars
bondage was recently afforded when
the ear dispatched one of his personal
favorites, a certain NJ. Klopoff, into the
central provinces of Russia to report
on the true condition of affairs there,
about which he had previously received
official Information. He desired. writes
George Weisc, in Success, to test the
accuracy of bureaucratic reports, but
he knew that letters from NJ. Klopoff
direct to him would inevitably be
opened and suppressed if they con-
tanned statements of which oficialdOm
diSapproved. In order to avoid this
espionage, he ordered NJ. Klopoff to
mail his reports in small envelopes of
the pattern used for private letters,
not straight to the palace, but to the
address in ST. Petersburg Of a certain
Gen. HcSse. Gen. Hesse was entrusted
with the secret. and he undertook per-
sonally to carry all the letters received
from NJ. Klopoff to the czar. NJ. Klo-
poff went on his mission, but out of IS
letters which he posted to Gen. Hesse
for the car, only Ave reached their
destination, A strong ruler would
doubtless make a vigorous effort to lib
crate himself from this tyranny, but
the car is essentially a weak man,
The unhealthy, pale, almost gray color
of his complexion betrays his want OF
physical health and strength, while the
amazing Inconsistencies Of his reign in,
dictate successive ]surrenders to conflict.
ing influences. 1t is characteristic OF
his weakness that he never strikes out
a new line Of thought or action on his
own initiative, and that his decision on
any given question of policy is nothing
more than the choice which of two OF
more courses recommended to him BY
different advisors shall be followed
He ia never a leader like the German
emperor, but is continually being lee
by some influential man or group o.
men.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-07-30
WILLING TO GO PART WAY.
Miser Was Ready to Compromise with
Doctor Who Wanted
His Body.

Mark Hanna's successor. Gen, Dick,
was in his youth a teller in an Akron
bank. OF his banking experiences, says
an exchange, he sometimes says:
"One of the depositors with our firm
had the reputation of being a miser. I
don't know whether he was a miser or
not, but | do know that he would some
times make in one day three or four de-
posits-now a dollar. now two dollars,
now so cents. Did you ever hear of such
a thing?
"They used to tell a queer story about
this old fellow. They used to declare
that a man once went to him and said:
I'm a doctor, and I'll give you $40, 600
if you'll let me kill you. | want to see
how, cut in a certain vein, a man dies
THE old miser wrinkIed his forehead.
Let mt think a bit, he said.
There was a long silence.
well? said the visitor.
"'Give me till tomorrow said the
miser. I'll think this business out
thoroughly, and tomorrow I'll give you
a decisive answer, yes or no
so the MAI went away, and the next
day he returned. The miser said to him:
"I can't let you kill me for $4,000,
friend. I've figured ii all out. and l find
that your money would be no good to
me after | was dead. I'll tell you what
| will do, though. I'll let you half kill
me for $5,000.'"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-07-30
GRAPE JUICE PREPARATIONS
Products Of Turkey Which May Be
Worthy of Imitation in the
United States.

aesire TO call the attention of Ameri-
can grape growers TO several Turkish
preparations from grape juice which
strike me as worthy of consideration
possibly of imitation.
Basduk.-Freshly expressed grape
Juice is evaporated down to the consis-
ttncy of molasses. A considerable
amount Of -four or starch is mingled with
1t and the mixture is spread in thin sheets
upon cotton cloth and exposed for two
days to the sunshine. After drying,
these are then removed from the cotton
Ia damp cloth being applied to the re-
verse side in order to loosen the sheets),
and for three months they are preserved
in tightly closed jars. After this period
there seems to be no risk Of decomposi-
ton in the product, which resembles
leather in pliability and appearance, the
color being that Of the grapes employed
at the outset.
Kessme-This preparation differs
from the preceding in that coarse wheat
grits are employed instead Of -four or
starch, and the resultant product is oh
tanned in cakes half an inch thick, after
drying on metal plates. II is less tough
than the basduk and more savory.
Suzuki (rojik, in Armenian).-The
meats of walnuts are strung closely to-
gether on pieces of stout Irvine a yard
long. These strings are immersed in
the mixture of grape molasses and flour
described above, and after receiving a
coating about one-fourth of an inch in
thickness are withdrawn and hung up
to dry.
The last two are preserved for a few
months in jars, as in the case of the
basduk.
These three preparations are excel
lent articles of food, the last two being
especially savory, They offer much
nutriment in a compact form, and are
exceptionally well adapted for the needs
of the oriental traveller.
In these days of grape cures" when
unfermented grape juice is prepared on
a large scale for the use of invalids and
thN dhSAllN NuilHS IhC lHOuIHo mhCh
fresh grapes are not easily obtained, il
might be we'll to consider whether these
condensed forms of grape Juice might
not be adyantageously introduced into
American dietaries.
Personally, | have found these grape
preparations attractive and satisfactory
additions to the somewhat limited list
of comestibles available in this region
and exceedingly convenient when jour,
neying.
MIIDNI G IL
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-07-30
THOMAS II. NORTON.
RIVER SEINE HAS PIRATES.
And the Freebooters Keep the Paris
Gendarmes Busy Hunting
Them Down.

A black and stormy night-the whole
sky tapping with wind-we hunted the
pirate of the Seine. In a slim naphtha
launch we slipped down from the old
bridge of Sevres, past Billancourt and
under the dark mass of the viaduct,
relates a writer in Outing.
There were five of US in the launch,
four were men of the river police. |
was a mere guest of theirs, welcome
for the sake of my company and cigars.
RAIDERS, wharf robbers, pickersup of
cables and casks, pirates and poachers.
Notably, however, we were hunting the
men with the nets.
1t was two O'Clock in the morning
when we shot the bridge at Point-du-
Jour and crept on toward Meudon. We
had just passed the Paplars at Billan-
court when the sergeant hushed us
down. We carried no lights and the
launch went almost noiselessly through
the toss and storm of the night. We
heard clearly enough, however, the fall
of oars, soft but regular. Over near
the Isle de Robinson dark forms how
cred on the water. At a venture you
might have guessed there were two
skiffs and six or eight men. One of
the boats glided out into midstream.
There were two men at the oars. A
third fellow was standing.
Suddenly there came a swish as the
net was cast, and then-in a track of
light the launch drove down on the
skiff. SO sudden and unexpected was
the onfare of our light, so unlocked
for our appearance that the poaehers
| squealed as though they had seen a
ghost. One of the oarsmen flung him
self overheard and swan for shore.
The %sergeant's revolver barked-he
fired in the air-but the swimmer
came not back. The other two poach-
ers were mild-mannered men. We
lowed them to the Break-o'-day. 1t
was the first stage in their journey to
New Caledonia, | understand, for they
were old and sinful.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-07-30
Circus Men Favor Small Towns

Small towns for ~circuses,' said NJ
j. Bowling, the press agent Of the
attraction which was in Louisville
recently, ARE more profitable than
cities the size of Louisville. The rea-
son for 1t is that the country for
miles around sends in It's inhabitants
whenever a circus is in a small town.
and the expenses are very much light.
err. Practically no tickets are given
away, taxes and licenses are low, and
the rent of the grounds is light, In
a town the size Of Louisville even the
water that your stock drinks costs
YOU. and the grounds also cost money,
For my part, | much prefer playing
in a small town. as the troubles are
much less numerous. Louisville Cour
Ter Journal.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-07-30
COLLEGE CUSTOMS.
Institutions of Learning in the West
Have Some Surprising
Performances.

There are certain college customs
which are universal, but each unlYer-
sity has certain institutions peculiar
70 itself, and among the great western
universities Of the United States there
have grown up some that are abso-
lutely unique. One Of the most sur
prising, says the Chicago Inter Ocean
is the BARRIERS day of the University
OF Michigan. Some years ago the
sOphomOres, before Easter, caught a
few freshmen and gave them hair cuts.
The freshmen paid them back in kind,
and there grew up an annual festival
Of a week when the two lower classes
20 about with shears to remove the
locks Of their rivals. The week is cell
cbrated just before the Easter holidays,
and most Of the members Of the two
lower classes leave for their homes
looking like conviCts. This year there
were only 20 men out OF the two classes
that escaped the operation, which is
performed with more zeal than skill.
Far out at Leland Stanford, in Cali
f~ornia, they have what is called a plug
ugly" On a night in the spring all the
men come out with ancient top hats on
and hen begins a battle royal. with the
object Of breaking as many of the hats
as possible. The battered stOyepipes
are kept by the students as souvenirs,
and in every room in the university
can be found the remains of what was
once a tile.
A club recently formed at the Uni
versity Of Missouri is. however. the
strangest of all collegiate organiza-
tions. It is called the Hobo club, and
its avowed purpose is the encourage
ment of the state Of hoboism. The first
convention was held three weeks ago
in a little town some 50 miles distant
from the university, and each member
came on foot or by freight, attiTed in
nondescript garments, like a true fol-
lower Of the road, 1t is specified in
the constitution that a member will be
expelled If he spends any money on
they way to these conventions, and
during the week all the students be-
come tramps in every sense Of the
word. The club now has a member
ship Of 200, and the novelty Is SO TAX
ing that there is talk Of forming other
| chapters at other universities and hold,
ing each year a hobo" convention.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-07-30
Sunday Trading in GERMANY

Sunday is especially the day when
the peasants come from the outlying
towns and villages to do their shop
ping. The several employees unions
and societies favor shorter hours on
Sundays, while many of the store
keepers desire to treat Sunday as one
Of their best business days, with many
customers and large receipts. 1t has
finally been decided and agreed that
from Whitsuntide until October / of
each year the stores may be open on
Sundays from IL O'Clock until one
o'clock and from October / until Whit
suntide from IL O'Clock until three
O'Clock, and that, in addition, the
grocery and provision stores may
open from eight O'Clock. till nine
o'clock Sunday mornings.
e. I. LlEFlELD.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-07-30
Politeness of American Children.

In Mexico q group of lads from
Z to - will meet and each boy will
decorously lift his hat, and salutations
of extreme courtesy will be exchanged,
and then come the boyish chatter, the
run and the laughter, the same as
anywhere. Boys here treat their
elders with respect. An old man or
woman is not the butt of the youth
Of Mexico, rather for the old people
are reserved the shadiest seats under
the trees in the park. A Mexican boy
or girl on entering a room walks
around among the company, shaking
hands with them, and IN leaving the
room does the same. Urbanity Is
taught in the public schools as arith-
metic is at home. There is no one
jostled on the street; the best seat in
the horse car is promptly given up to
ladies', who never fail gracefully to
acknowledge the favor. | have never
failed TO see a Mexican gentleman fail
to give his seat to a woman, whether
she was richly or poorly dressed.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-07-30
phineaS Harl0We'S
Burglar 1
!" By WEBB DoNHELL

mn pUINEAs UtRLDWE folded bis
IVI t~IauErt.Wrap about his long. lanE
~ and went rrgatrgv upstalra 10 Bra.
u,s y,y vge f.rEi,o hgfao tauGl,-. set
in plf-fgshIgUra ranalnstirRs lie took
two. g. that one might always be- IA hand
Ia show whether the other we're etill give
ing Hight or not
Five mIDulra Iainr. FhlnraF was In bed
and sound asleep. the sole occupant uf
the big house I'm Rns,u alter street he
was not the gort TO ~, awake ltrulur
for iootglops creeping softly upstairs.
for the soft crruNiup " dDor-. burglar
iougIy turned. OF for the squeak OF "a win
dow sash being gently raised he wa
a matter.og- fact person. whOtOoh things
ms they came So when al one U'niorh
On this night be- suddenly awokc with a
consciousness that there was q burglar
IN his room. be took bin as he came,
though for the lie Of him he couIhnl
tell how he came. ,ycry window and
door having been carefully lOrbcd before
he went 10 bed.
The burglars back waaioward IN" bed
af phlucaa opened his eyes. and tho Int
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-07-30

Smith was met one evening with n
box of chocolates under one arm and
a big parcel of beefsteak under the
other.
Hello, Smith said Brown; going
in for housekeeping? l didn't know
you were married"
81 am not-yet.'
What are you doing with that chloe
olate and meat?"
Going to see my girl"
10 you have to furnish the fam.
lily with meat already"
oh. no; the chocolate is n present
for the girl, and the meat is for tbs
dog, | have to square myself with
both of them"-Stray Stories,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-07-30
GOOD OF BEING CHEERFUL
There Is a Wealth Of Comfort in shox.
ing to the World the Bright
Side Of Things.

A sunny disposition is a work OF arr
rather than a gift OF natGre. The raw
materials for cheerfulness lies all
around us like the colors the artist COM.
bines in his painting. II is for us 10 ra-
combine them. To achieve a serene
point Of view is just a matter of selee.
ton. One becomes a proficient optimist
in the same way that one becomes
proficient story teller, He selects ana
works over the things that produce the
effect he designs; what conflicts with
the effect he ignores or treats only as
shading, says the New York Mail.
How anyone can deliberately elect 10
look on the dark side of things, except
as a pose, an attitude, a sort Of gloomy
smartness, passes the understanding
An ugly or respondent temper is as In
artistic as a deliberately ugly painting
or a dull and reDulsiye story, and Won
come by it in somewhat the N man.
neT. 1t is a matter OF deliberate seiec-
ton. Now and then a misanthrope
gives his own bile concrete embodiment
by erecting a building designed to
worry his neighbors Through the sheer
malice of its ugliress. There is as lit
tie justification for q soul disposition
as there is for such a manifestation Of il,
1t involves a degree OF perverse premed-
itation.
There is a wealth of comfort in the
Did maxim, THE world is wide" That
is simply 10 say that it offers a limitless
field for selection. If one fact is black,
another is bright. II q friend is false,
somewhere true friends are awaiting
your coming. To sit in a dark corner
while bright life is everywhere about
you; to brood over a sorrow, a slight, a
privation, when a multitude of good and
generous and hopeful deeds illustrates
the daily life of the world; to rage at
the limitations of your own estate when
you a make your spirit sympathetical-
ly master Of everythjng--this is to de-
clare an indolent and wallowing spirit
1t is a form of voluntary seryitude to the
powers of darkness.