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The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-12-02
COLLEClAN TO DUST CHINA
Vanderbilt Family Employ Univer-
sity Graduate at Big Salary to
Keep Specks Off Bric-a-Brac.

There is no doubt that there are good
positions for those who want them. One
of the women of the Vanderbilt family
employs a young woman to dust her
bric-a-brac. The young woman re-
ceives a big salary for her work, and
her hours are short, and her time is
practically her own. In the Wander
bilt mansion she occupies her own suite
of rooms, and when she goes out to
drive she has her own ransom. A
saddle horse is at her disposal. The
object of employing Figh-salaried
young woman is this. In the drawing
room there are rare pieces OF bric-a-bra
that cost hundreds of dollars. In a tiny
cabinet in the dining-roon there rests
a tiny cup and saucer that cost 81 GOO.
1t is a rare bit imported from England.
1t once belonged to Quee Elizabeth.
''If | were to employ a ceen gir3 to
dust my bric-a-brac." reasC is Mrs. Van
She would break more in a minute Ii an
l pay her in year. | mII t get re-
fined. cultivated young wo an who will
realize it's Importance, aad its beauty.
and it's value" And so she pays 5000
a year to college graduate to keep
the numerous pieces of bric-a-brac dust
ed The young woman rises early 20
complete her task. and. again, in ths
afternoon she dusts. Indeed. she is
busy all over the house all during the
day
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-12-02

who 70 one Of his old friends and
knows him well, story Of how my
hopes had been dashed and the editor
of the Review no longer wanted my
manuscript Papa saw that l was
heartbroken; it did him good. He grew
slowly better.
q" Now he is all right, only he sus-
poets me. He has locked up my manu-
scripts of "The Mortal Test" and he
watches me closely whenever he sees
a pen in my hand
" But what will you do?' I asked
her
What is there left for me? l shall
remain a schoolmistress.'
"And two big tears rolled slowly
down her cheeks. At he~ very start
she had met the bitterest enemy Of
woman writer's in all Paris-her
father!"-From the French, in N. Y.
Sun. >~
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-12-02
WHY

Snuggle down and listen,
Listen, Locks-o'- gold:
Snuggle down and listen,
Listen, Three-year-old;
Know what makes your eyelidS weigl
Down this way at close Of day.
Makes you tired out with play?
Were you never told?
Dearie. don't you know 1t.
Know it, Locks gold?
Dearie don't you know it,
Know it, Three-year-old?
Know why slumber seals your eyes.
Know why darkness wells the skies,
Why the wild birds hush their crieS3
Were you never told?
Dearie, now you're sleepy.
1 believe know;
Dearie, now you're sleepy,
! believe it's so
You will snuggle down and lie
In my heart and arms, that's why:
Still and happy, bye-o-bye,
Bye-ob baby-lo.
Daytimes you are running,
Running, Three-year-old:
Daytimes you are running,
Oh, my Locks-o'-gold,
Like sunbeam here and there,
l can't catch you anywhere,
Till-you're sleeping, l declare!
Bless you Locks-o' gold.
j NJ Lewis, in Houston Post
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-12-02
Cutting the Salary to Fit.

The Employer believe, sir, that
you pride yourself upon your excessive
modesty, do you not?
The employed-Well, yes; l may say
that I do.
The Employer-In that case, it occurs
to me that your salary may not be suf-
ficiently modest to suit YOU l beg to
assure you, however, that this matter
will be attended to at once, and that
henceforth you will have no reason to
blush On pay days. That is all.-Tit.
Bits.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-12-02
Pride.

why don't you sell that yellow dog:''
"Mistuh," said Erastus Pinkley, dat
proposition is er insult to my friends
IL I knew anybody foolish enough to
buy dat dog / wouldn't associate VIII
him" m."-Washington Star.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-12-02
Positive Information

There goes man with a very in
teresting history" said the clerk in the
book store.
"You don't say? How do You
know"
81 just sold it to him. ."-Philadelphia
Press.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-12-02
Holding Trade.

Clerk lady in the front of the store
wants some elephant tusk jelly. What
on earth shall do?
Fashionable Grocer-Tell her We just
sold the last lot to boarding house
keeper, but we'll get another hogshead
in soon. She'll change her mind then
N Y Weekly.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-12-02
Inherited.

"It's all we'll enough for Van Asterbilt
success but he had 'em to begin with"
"Had what ?"
Rocks. s."-Philadelph Press.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1904-12-20
Somuloshoitcn / Geras

SoreoragsboI0er &. ~. Compton
ira 8ittsbrrgs, GeroS, iagoe / ct 80.
rcorag / Sort 8ortb, at aarets Bonn.
uIosbsit ianoipnIigOi5 inobragte no.
get UNDER If 0iIloner @aller; men
oerai bar 100000 Meolemmer al
Sarmers' linton / Ieras, Sn6ian
territory % Sflaboma omtrent en-
Niaion paa !SounO. 6armerne ifIert.
ner, at Observation-Disclosures bar
Haao iii OF betaIe 10c pr. Bun0, og
Be iorisger at opnoa zen Bris, ga Ben
e. rimelig. 8crimoo opmintrer 6or.
tuin9en Dem life til al boloe lin Bonn.
rtlo | t2c.
$4,000 npe @cSIcmmer bar iuO.
rpeI0t zig / 6c]rrnlu8cr efter 9(ars.
msoet / Sort 8orth, % / Seras Itnar
M 10000 Ran0 / zen. SfLa6omu
ei enoni life foulmCt op til $4,000,
ion oct iielge 2opcH MAJ baoe for
al faa en- iGrifiIt screening. Ger er
Iofale 6oreuinser / arfmias og an.
ore Stater, men Dc blioer itaaenSe
unoer Seras, inStil De bar mange
Reblemmer not til at optreoe ieIp.
itRnbia.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1904-12-20
Woo SlaaoepoIitifen.

ct Telegram fra 8aibington for.
tRaer, at TeprGientauter fra geiter
er imoo Hesieringen5 6laaoepolitif.
De timber oct upanfrUDet, at Rarinen
sges enouu mere. Get er iiRr 10
ling. DC peser pan. Suis bore sfibs.
ueriter fnIoes me6 arpoiere og Slaa.
ffibe, blioer Der ingen a~nleoning til
at ifaiie en- itsrre SnnbeIsfloaoe, ION
ednbet ina fart trrnger. oa nnar
Bensene eoar til arissifibe. bIiper
Der liSet tiIopers til offentIiee 9ps,
ninser os til llSbeOrins al Same oa
5lobcr. Seitens Sppoiition penSer
Jig iiGr mob Rarireminiiteren o.
R~r9iioenten.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1904-12-20

ben herte set uforflar!ige Sfpbninl
bog iig. Miot imeaem SUreneS Sill,
Iineer msotes iaa be 10 aioelinger
ser boer iirr bar paa @iempei, ol
baaoe &usiere og Sopanaicre bar iac
forbauiet, at De bperfcr oioite no Ell
Ter ino. Oct fom til Saanoeenlrn1
oa opito0 ct ipore Speftcffcl men fleS
iprrt Iioet BLOB, for Set bar iao
msrft, at oct bar ~ponlfcIigt at itiuC
Sen ira 6ienoe.
ct Telegram ira gtufocn peo al
berette. at Sopaneierne foripuer u
neiiife Trooper I RarbCOcn al Sin.
mintin meb Irtineri. q ifnI ole.
rebe babe ifaffet Dem So &ruppite
9anoner.
g Sofio offentliggiorOes ben t7be
September TO 9rene, iom General
Stesiel Den lobe bopoe operienot
General Roai aneooenOe 9eifpttel'
fen al De rusiiife Soipitoler. Oct enc
9rep Loo iaaleoes:
Seq meobeIer 9em beroeO, at De-
res Irtiaeri bar bomborOeret bore
SoipitoIer, ser err Iette at ifieIne peo
Gsbe 3orS.S lag, Tom er lpnlige ira
Seres Grtiaeriitilineer. Seq onmo'
Der Gem ON at forbnOe bette Som'
buroement. Seq retter Oeune In'
mooning iii Gem no ira min bsie
geteIIe for bore iapre SeIte, iom efter
qlimrenoe aampe meh QereS crop
per MI Iigger iaareoe / SoipitaIernC
UNDER 8soe aors.Slaa. 9lanot Sel'
tene err Ser Here iaarebe Sapaneiere.
Seq benptter anleoningen til at oper'
bringe Gem Soriifringen ON min
bsieite Reipeft."
Oct anoet 9rep ienotes meb en-
Mono, Tom bapbe 6ulbmagt til at
nnoerbauoIe nteo Hogi ON 6lptninJ
af ScipitaIerne uoenfor Den farlige
Bone unoer 8ombaroemcnter.
General gtogi ipareoe meget
bsfligt, at Saparserne nr,oer belle
9~eleiringen aIbrig meo Billie baDoe
ifuot pad rusiiife Soipitaler eller
Sfibe meb 8sbe aors.SIog. "gten
Sc peb", tiger ban, "ot unoer ct
Reimbursement trRffer ban life altiO
oct Waol, man bar iigtet pao." Ser
til err ben itsrite Gel at ben ruSiiifc
8orniion uipnlig ira De iapaneit'
ife Stiliu9er, boorior bet er BAN
iimuligt at garantere at Soipttalernc
life bill rammes al Streififuo.
30 iapaneiiife Sfi6e, transport
bamperen "Monhu" % Soipttaliti.
bet "Hobiua" foQiOcreoe ben 17oc
Sec. uoenfor Sbongbai. 9egge leo
'nogen Sfabe. "3obila" bIep iot
paa 9ano og oe ipge % iaareoe lpfte.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1904-12-20

Senntet anpenSte omtrent belle "a.
gen Den t5oe til gebanolins al Bill.
lem ON 5iIippinerue. en- RGfte
amendments ioreiIoees os oebatte.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1904-12-20

20 iapaneiiife Sfibe, transport
bamperen "Mtonhu" % Soipitaliti.
bet "8obiua" foQiOereoe ben t7oc
Sec. uoenfor Sbnngbai. 9egge leo
'noaen Sfabe. "&obila" bIep iat
paa 2ano og oe ipge % iaareoe lpfte.
Iigt brogt ilono.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1904-12-20

GOtti. paa Sioe 50
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-28
ENJOYING VACATION.
Mail Driver Found Greatest Plea
sure i'm watching "Sub" DO His
Work.

Mail Driver Found Greatest Plea
sure in watching "sub" DO His
Work.
From the Youths Companion.
Miss Van Colts mind was much dis
turbed by the apparent monotony Of
the lives of the country people round
her. She was spending some weeks in
the mountains and had met a number
Of the inhabitants Of the neighboring
houses. "They are fainting for the
stimulus of variety, poor thingsw she
exclaimed one day. They are eating
their hearts out In this terrible tread
mill existencel l know it, feel it,"
Have you ever talked with any Of
them about IT" inquired a friend who
had many more years to her credit
than had Miss Van Colt.
mo, ] don't like TO. They must he
very sensitive about such limitations"
"Oh, I don't know. Try II some day"
Miss Van Colt began her investiga-
tions with the driver Of the old mail
coach. He had made that same round
daily, he told her, for the last TWEEN
ty-three years.
with no respite in all that time?"
in tone Of deep confederation.
mo what, miss"
mo vacation--no holiday"
"Oh, yes. miss they give me two
weeks every summer. Pay runs on all
the same. an ! don't have thing to
do day nor night"
oh" with sigh Of relief. that IL
something! And Of course you spend
Il In town"
"stumpyille? No stree"
"Oh, no. I mean the city-seeing the
sights and keeping 10 touch with the
great world or reading maybe Or
how do you spend those precious four
teen days2'
The old mans face frightened ~ the
direct question. He had been evidently
somewhat puzzled over the preface 10
Il.
"Oh. we'll" he returned, o. PLACID
rerniniscenoe. there amt much 10 Do
around home. Jimmy he looks after
chores. mostly. So ! don't mind TAX
ing my own pleasure. an : generally
20 over the route with me other man.
Irs wonderful hoW 40 rests . body 10
zee hla work done for him ike tnat.
an before bic very eyes. tool"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-28
A TERRIFYING FAD
1t Has Been Inaugurated by the Presidents
Dduohter

washington, Aug. 27.-By the way,
a new fad-to most people a terrifying
one-is already in sight, having been
inaugurated by this popular young
woman During her last visit to
Washington she went to the establish
ment of a local dealer in birds and pet
animals. and while there was partic-
ularly attracted by long, sinuous, and
very active serpent of the kind known
as "gra So snake. The reptile was in
frisky mood that morning, disporting
himself all over the place, gracefully
writhing about the chandeliers and
suspending himself by the tail from
every convenient projection. "Oh, 1
think he is just grand. CALCULATED the
Presidents daughter. DO take him
down for me-" The request was inn
nediately complied with by the deal
er; and instead of screaming as most
Young girls would have done when the
rapidly undulating body of a yard long
snake was handed to her, she caressed
the. harmless little reptile and wound it
around her shoulders, boa-fashion,
While she searched her purse for coins
10 pay the not-small price of her new
net Then she entered her waiting au-
romobile and rode home with the liv-
ing boa still wound lovingly around
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-28

her neck. Not to create a false i'm
preston 1 must explain that the home
progress was not so specta cular as it
may look in print, because the snake
is no larger around than a lead pencil
and with its bright green, iewel-like
brilliancy of coloring might easily h
mistaken for one of the fashionable
bead-chains, were it not for it's con-
slant and lively movements. Now the
grass snake is fast becoming a society
fad. The dealer of the pet animal es-
adjustment alluded to has placed an
order for as many of the reptiles as
he can secure. and states that he is
not able to supply the demand that has
been created for them. The chameleon
is another reptilian pet that will prob
ably again become faShiona BILE through
the favor it has found with Miss Roose-
welt. You remember that this beau
tiful little lizard was much worn
some years ago by ladies, who attached
them to their gowns by a gold chain.
AS it is represented that the chain tor
tured the little creature to death by
preventing it from obtaining its food,
ut is most voracious feeder notwith-
standing the popular impression that
1t lives on air, and will dispose of an
astonishing number of flies if given
the chance, the humane society finally
opposed the practice of wearing them
so strenuously as to break up the Gus
tom.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-28
1.-THE PUBLIC. BE DID,"

Editor Savannah Morning News: In
a short item respecting the. anthem
ITCHY Of the public damned" utter
ance attributed to William H. Van
: derbilt, and you incline to the belief
that Mr.. Vanderbilt never used the
words credited to him.
You are in error, however. The late
Clarence z. Dresser, then a reporter
for the Chicago Inter Ocean, was the
man who ELECTED the historic utter
ance. 1t was some twenty years ago,
and Mr.. Dresser had been assigned to
go down to Hammond, Ind, to inter
view Mr.. Vanderbilt. who was en- route
to Chicago in a special car.
Mr.. Dresser succeeded in gaining ad-
mittance to the car, but he could get
nothing out of the railroad magnate.
who fatty refused to talk Finally Mr..
Dresser said:
you should know, Mr.. Vanderbilt,
that your views are of interest to the
public"
whereupon the son Of Cornelius bit
the end off A fresh cigar, crossed his
legs and remarked indifferently:
ooh, the public be id"
The utterance became historic,
though Mr.. Dresser nllnSelI attached
no great importance to it at the time.
He printed it as a mere matter Of
news, and found that he had given
publicity to a phrase that was to be
national in its fame. II may be added
that Mr.. Dresser always declared that
he did not believe Mr.. Vanderbilt real
ly meant what he said. 1t was the
utterance of a man who had perhaps
had a bad nights sleep and didn't
want to be bothered.
But he undoubtedly said it, just the
same. c. M.
Chicago, Aug. %.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-28
THREE WE'RE KILLED.

One of the boilers in the boiler room
of the Green Bay Phosphate Company
at Green Bay exploded Thursday, bad
ly wrecking the room, a lot of machin-
cry, etc. The other boilers were also
damaged to some extent. Three ne
groes We're killed outright. besides Sc
riously injuring three others, two of
whom will die, in all proba bility. The
boilers were insured in the Fidelity
and Casualty Company and the in
spector had made a thorough inspec-
ton of the boilers on Monday of the
present week. The men Immediately in
charge of the boilers were instantly
killed, so it will never be positively
known what was the cause of the ex-
plosion, but one of the survivors says
his companion was putting water in
the boiler, the water being low at the
time, so that is probably the cause.
Col John Beatty, one of the owners and
general manager, has had a run of
hard luck this year. Last Christmas
he and his wife were shot down by the
roadside by a would-be assassin, a
negro, who is now serving time for
his crime. In January his fine phos-
phate plant was burned, and the new
plant, which had been built on the site
of the original had just been COM
pleted when the boiler explosion oc-
c1Irred
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-28

The visit of Miss Alice Roosevelt to
Bar Harbor came to close last Sun
Gay evening, when she took the train
Tor portland. Me, where she remained
until Tuesday. She was accompanied
by Mrs. Harriet Blaine Beale, daugh-
Ter OF the late 'Plumed Knight -
Ihey were met at the Portland sta
tlon by Col. Frederick Hale, son of the
MAINE Senator, and driven to his res
iuehce on state street. On the follow
ing Tuesday Miss Roosevelt left for
Newport, where, no doubt she will be
as lndefatigable as ever in the pursuit
OF pleasure. This favored young per
son, basking in the reflected light of
papa, has been the honored guest of
many distinguished families. At New
port she went first to Mr.. and Mrs.
Ogden Mills. and thence for notable
week to 'Beaulieu," the beautiful sum-
mer home of Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius
vanderbilt. Elaborate dinners are
gwen each evening in her honor and
every swiftly passing day is crammed
full of new delights. Her favorite
morning walking costume is a white
hnen tailor-made gown, short almost
10 the shoe tops, a cream colored straw
nat trimmed with ribbons and roses,
tan shoes and green silk parachute,
which is rather too large to be called
a parasol and too small for an UNI
brella. The presence of the fleet of
the New York Yacht Club enlivened
Newport greatly during last week.
Miss Roosevelt was guest on several
yachts during the races She was one
of the big party taken off by Col. and
Mrs. John Jacob Aston, on the Nour-
mahai, last Friday. There is now talk
of woman's race with the S0-footers,
the women taking complete charge of
the boats and steering them, with the
men on board acting as crews. In
that event the Presidents daughter
will steer one of the boats. although
her knowledge of sailing is limited.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-28
SKULL IN A LOG.

The Savannah river at Augusta has
given up a piece of evidence that in
dicates foul mystery that will in all
probability go forever unsolved. Capt.
Twiggs dredge force are working just
in front of the city wharf, dredging
up sand to be used in laying the
vitrfied brick on Broad street. The
big scoop was lifted from the bottom
of the river and in it was a hollow log
some six or seven feet long. As one
of the hands lifted the log to throw
It to one side he noticed a peculiar,
round object imbedded in one side of
the shell of wood which, on eXamina-
ton, was found to be a human skull.
The skull was washed off and taken
into the office at the wharf where II
was examined. 1t would be impossible
TO tell from whence the skull came, al
though Il is likely that the log IN
which n was lodged foated down from
the upper part Of the river during the
recent rise. How the skull came TO
be so firmly imbedded IN the long Is
a mystery.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-28
GUYToN.


fifteen couples and was chaperoned by
Mr.. and Mrs. Ashe
On Monday evening Misses Birdie
and Evelyn Neidlinger entertained
very charmingly at their home The
parlors were decorated with maiden
hair ferns and Southern smilax. There
were between twenty-five and thirty
guests.
Yesterday the Sunday-school of the
Guyton Christian Church had its an
nual picnic on the banks of the Ogee-
chez at the new pavilion of the Hunt
Club.
Miss Ivy Dasher gave a very delight
full entertainment Tuesday evening
complimentary to Miss Mabel Sutton
of Savannah.
Capt. w. w. Gordon. Jr., and Mr.
H. c. Daniels of Savannah were the
guests of Mr. D. G. Heidi, Jr., during
part of the week.
Mrs. King, who has been spending
the month of August with her sister
Mrs. M. G. Tarver, has returned to her
home in Atlanta.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-28

A dispatch from Griffin TO the At
lanta Journal says: W. J. shlvers. a
farmer living about FIVE miles south
Of Griffin. was shot and instantly kill
ed yesterday afternoon by Henry Shiv-
ers. his i7-year-old son. There were
no witnesses 10 the tragedy. except
members Of the family and ~ FIRST
they claimed the killing was accident
al-thqt Mr.. shivers secured the gun
10 shoot nis wife, but 90 eeuhiinR he
one " the smaller children told a
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-28
FLORIDA.
LUMBER BARGE LAUNCHED.

The barge Southland has been
launched at the yards of the
Southern Shpbuilding Company's
plant at Jacksonville. The South
land is 1872 feet long, SO feet
beam and has a 19-foot depth
in her hold. She will draw 1713 feet of
water when loaded. She will have three
masts, which will be schooner rugged,
and will have a carrying capacity of
over 100000 feet of lumber. Her net
tonnage is $50.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-28
TICKET IN WASHINGTON.

The Republicans and Populists held
county convention at Vernon and
nominated the following ticket: State
senator, A. Pippin; representative, R.
L. Scarlet; sheriff, J. L. Jackson;
clerk, A w. Weeks; county judge, H.
Bush; county superintendent, l.. L.
Pratt; county treasurer, Joe Howell;
tax collector, Levi Yates; assessor,
Gadi Parish; surveyor, R. L. Thomp-
son
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-28
BONDS FOR WEST PALM BEACH.

There is great rejoicing at West
Palm Beach over the result of the bond
election. Last Tuesday the property
owners voted on the proposition to
bond the corporation for $4,000 for
street building and improvement This
was the second time a bond election
was held for this purpose, the first
time the issue meeting with defeat.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-28

The other day. just as the tide in
the Thames was turning from ebb to
flow and the fish were coming up the
river again, a very heavy rain, follow
ing several days of drought, suddenly
flushed the sewers of London, and the
rush of foul water killed the fishes by
the million, so that the dead bodies
covered the banks for miles.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-28
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA
NEGRO NOT CAPTURED.

The negro who shot and killed ]. A.
Bishop on train near Triton has not
yet been captured although rumor had
it that he was in Jail at Cordele
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-28

German acrObatf are Euperseding
the English in England. The reason ~
this a. fhat Germany has remarkable
number ~ circuseg~tbe best places for
the training ~ scrDbate. only about
one ln ten ~ the boyf VINO enter On ne
training H. found physically suited ~
the work,