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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-25
CAB DRIVER TOLD OF
HIS EMPLOYERS THEFT.
Was Arrnigned Before Recorder for
Larceny of Imp Robe.

Was Arrnfgned Before Recorder for
Larceny of Imp Robe.
Alton Smith, charged with the lar
ceny of a lap robe from ]. H. Furber.
was given a hearing before the Re-
corder yesterday morning. Smith was
caught with the goods.
Mr.. Furber got in a cab driven by
Smith and noticed a lap robe, which
he had missed. He at once had the
negro arrested. In court yesterday
morning Smith stated that he was
driving for Lewis Woods, who owns
the hack, and that it was Woods who
had stolen the lap robe. Woods. it
developed, was an employee of Mr.. Fur
Der. He was arrested yesterday aft
ernoon and will be given hearing this
morning. Smith was remanded to the
City Court.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-25
Improved Steamship Service ne
tween Savannah ana Bosto,

The Ocean steamship Company VIII
commencing with the month ~ Janu.
Any. Increase me saiiinFs between ~
yannnh anG Boston fo two aailnra 49,,
week fflis Hill ifnFo Farnnrab "a
Mondays epf rhurriays. HaHing flrsrf
ln both GlF0Oiioln.-a
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-25
Xmas Rates SeabOard Air Line Rail-
way.

Account Of Christmas. the Seaboard
Air Line Railway will sell tickets to
the public on Dec. %. "a. 25 and 81
1904, and Jan. 1, 1905, at rate of one
and one-third first-class fares for the
round trip to all points east of the
Mississippi and south of the Ohio and
Potomac rivers. These tickets will be
limited for return until Jan. T. 1905.
Full information at city ticket office,
No. Bull street. Phone 2S.-ad.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-25
S. P. C. A. OFFICER
C0NFISCATED HORSE.
Was So Thin He Had to Throw BIan-


Was So Thin He Had to Throw BIan-
ISet Over it.
Special officer Frank Wall made his
first arrest yesterday as the special
representative of the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
The detective discovered a very thin
horse doing duty as a public dray mo-
tive power. He carried the decrepit
animal to police headquarters and
threw a blanket over it to keep the
hay from blowing out
The negro who was driving the
horse at the time, named Henry Wat
son, was carried to the police station.
but 1t has not yet been decided whether
or not he will be prosecuted.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-25
Frenzied Finnnce.

The chapters that have gone before
OF "Frenzied Finance" by Thomas w.
Lawson, have been printed in a PAM
phlet form, and will be sent most
paid, on receipt OF price go cents !
For sale at Estills News Depot. No
IS Bull street, corner of Bryan, No. 2
east, Savannah. Ga.-ad.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-25
sHRrNERs' CHRISTMAS BASKETS.
Nearly Four Hundred Were Distrib-
uted Among the Poor.

Nearly 400 Christmas baskets were
given away 70 the poor yesterday
morning by Alec Temple Mystic
shrlners. Early IN tho morning the
baskets we're arranged by the commit
tee. and as soon as . O'Clock the re-
cipionts o. the donation began 10 gath.
er. The distribution lasted until after
2 o'clock. The baskets were given
from the basement Of the building ~
the northeast corner or Bryan and
whitaker streets.
only those who had cards signed by
one % the hhriucrf or minieiar
were entitled 90 basket Buf some
time paaf the fhrinera notified ihs
public thar they would appreciate ~
names M deserving pauloF Furnished
~ anyone, and in THE manner fhey
Continued on seventeenth Pa.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-25
Abbotf's Eass India Cora Paint.

~ you would be- free ~ cornH ana
buniOnH afk your druFnlai Tor ABB
b0ftf Enfi india Corn Paint f0rnH
without nny pain 10 trouble simply
apply fhif wonderful corn paint A. dl-
rfofod.~al.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-25
Students and Teachers Rates Ac-
count Christmas, via SeabOard Air
Line Ry.

Account of the Christmas holidays,
teachers and students of schools and
colleges upon surrender of certificate
signed by the superintendent. princi-
pai or president of school or college,
Will be sold tickets via the Scaboard
Air Line Railway to all points east
of the Mississippi and south OF the
Ohio and Potomac rivers at rate of
one and one-third fares for the round
trip. These tickets will be sold Dec. II
to "a. inclusive, and will be limited
for return until Jan. s, 1905. Parents
desiring to have their children spend
Christmas at home can secure valuable
information by calling at Seaboard
city ticket office. No. 7 Bull street or
phone 2S.-ad.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-25
staboard Air Line Railway. hes,
Line TO Jacksonville, Florida.
and South.

The seaboard Air Line is the short
line. operates Pullman service on all
trains to Jacksonville and Tampa. and
makes the quickest time. only four
hours, Savannah to Jacksonville Tick
ct Office. No. Z Bull street. phone "a.
--ad.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-25
Low Excursion Rates to Jackson
vile via SeabOard Air Line Rail-

The Seaboard will sell excursion tick
cts to Jacksonville and return at rate
$40 for the round trip, Dec. % and 20,
good, returning. until Jan. 4, account
Southern Educational Association
meeting. Full information city ticket
Office, No, Bull street..-,ad.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-25

Ho ~ pc not Fef away nom me-
ISSUE Ay charge wac that at me
opening n the iaaf Gensrni Assembly
mere were on the scene d horde ~
niff.nnnrine Whe had c0nfpired and
fnniflfrnffd together 10 defeat N
Mni'hf young Georgian f0r preffrment
NliNIn hH own party and fhnf fhf
ffHfIWfn of fhf Democratic 0Heusr
Hf NIa lnffrfnarn0f. iH ihlr ffuo or
81 H nf ifHef lhat ~ ihe question
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-24

and all wooden framework should bs
 heavily coated with retardent paint Pin
 rails and beiayinE pins should besof iron
 and with this treatment Professor Nor
 ton believes the contents of the stage
 could be no longer considered as of an
 exceeding infiammable nature. {
 Although the public will undoubtedly
 be more than usually susceptible, to panic
 during the present winter Professor Nor
 ton feels that there is no good reason for
 anybody to stay away from the theatre
 because of the developments of the past
 few weeks Theatres are never safer
 than they are at present as a result of the general cooperation of owners, man. agers and building Inspectors from one end of the country to the other. The greatest safeguard against panic lies in the knowledge, on the part of every in- dividual in an .udience., that the theatre can be emptied without accident provfd- ed that individual win keep cool and go out with the others. not try to get ahead of them. And the theatres can help this feeling by providing multitude of aisies. each leading to an exit; exit pas sagee which are kept separate until the street doors are reached; separate stair ways for each gallery; signs and lights over each exit door; fire escapes of arn- pie proportions. covered with a roof and furnished with lights; doors which can not be locked and whose brass catches rust. All these things taken to- gether would make It almost impossible for an audience. even in panic, seriously to injure itself. The public should make 1t a business to understand Ahe distinc- ion between a safe theatfe and an un- safe one.l With such a general under leading as 1t would to absolute rigor on the part of building inspectors and more universal carefulness on the part of managers and of theatre, owners. the danger of future theatrical ~i,orrors would be practically -eliminated. ..4t,,<a
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-24
Cowboy Poetry.

There is not much cowboy poetry ex- tant, and what exists is hard to find. Miss Marie Manning has gathered some good specimens of it into her novel Ju- dlth of the Plains. Here are some of the stanzas of that universal anthem of the cow-puncher the West over: "'Oh. bury me not on the lone prairie The words came low and mournfully From the cold, pale lips of a youth who
 fay
 On his dying couch at the close of day. "'Oh. bury me not on the lone prairie, In narrow grave just six by three Where the wild coyotes will howl OCT me. Oh, bury me not on the lone prairie.'"
 The Ballad of the Mule-Skinner" runs thus, with a capital lilt "As I was going down the road. With a tired team and heavy load. I cracked my whip and the leaders
 sprung The fifth chain broke, and the wheelers
 hung.
 The off-horse stepped on the wagon
 tongue"
 And a song which is said to have saved the life of man who sang it as he was about to be hung: "'WhoNl weep for me. on the gallows-
 tree,
 As sway in the wind and sing? Is there never a tear to he shed for me,
 As I swing hv 2 hNmpen string? Who'll weep. who'll keep Watch. as I'm rocked to sleep,
 Rocked by a hempen strlng?'"
 It is noticeable that the songs, though cheerful in form. are characteristically grim in humor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-24
GEO ICE W. SWEENEY, Prop.

with cabbage and corn bread on the ta.
 hIe: what Beau Brummel he is in bro- Rans; what a connoissieur he is over
 wood cuts in cheap newspapers pasted on
 the cabin walls: what a virtuoso a banjo
 makes him; what a critic his impersona-
 tions of his own shortcomings and dis-
 cOmdtures show him to be.
 No negro will ever be found in the In- ferno because of hypochondria. Those
 who would interpret his Duoyancy as an evidence of shallow -mindedness or defi-
 cient sensitiveness, read but poorly. It is not because the negro does not feel keen" ly, but because he has enough of hope to
 rise above and out of the dumps. He simply outlaughs his tears, In these two leading traits-cheerfulness and buoyancy we find the key to the negros persis- tence in growth, numerically and dynam- tcally' as we'll as his refusal to look upon himself as doomed. His good cheer gives him faith and his faith gives him good cheer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-24

who uon,d rather see a son dead than see him expelled from college as q convicted end confessed thief. oo,,.os ,,o-
 But what is the rich boy at college college uo- ro ing who turns l,is room into poker re- re- sort? T He Is generally merely initiating sI1s tbe customs of his fathers club. where the M steady poker habit prevails He is @ do- ing at college. perhaps. what ms .o,o'',a om., father is doing practically every eVelri z of his life. The college stnoenls nese i'o, invented or manufactureo the VII ..o,, uo ~, their poker plaques. It mas DeeA p'''90N along to them by their elders;
 "tS Mnreoyer the sentiment which encour-
 .ao mo eotravagance and display at college ,g n,orclv so much food for such epldenl. 10 ios % C,,t if out of the college life and HanhIinS scS would sink to minimum. The s.cniieqe swell' is the person who infects bis fellow students with this malady.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-24
...They would Have Curls.

Miss Mare Manning, author of Judith of the Plains, whose travels have always yielded material for good stories, is fond of telling of a family, she encountered while taking a horseback trip in Ten nessee.. They were typical backwoods people,, far of of civilizations highway. In conversation it transpired that the eldest daughter, Lucia, had recently re- turned from a town. and had brought home a pair of curiing-irons. The entire feminine portion of the family had since spent their spare time in hair:-curling, out without avail. Not curl would come. Miss Manning sympathetically inquired into, the trouble, and discovered that they had never heated the curling-irons. Over joyed at this discovery, general curling operations were promptly renewed. and at the end of the performance every wo- man of the family had head. not only thoroughly curled, but equally wcll scorched
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-24
COLLEGE POKER EPTDrMrcs.
The "CollegA Swell' is the One Who
 Infects His Fellow StuSents,

New York Mail and Express.
 The ruin of student at Brown Cniver- sity. which is located at Roger Williamss s piouslv named city of Providence, has been traced to an epidemic of poker that has been prevailing among the students. It appears that several rooms of students of the University have been centres for the propagation Of gambling. The stu dent in question. deprived by these games of his home allowance, and feeling him self obliged to keep up the racket" re- sorted to stealing from his fellow stu dents, it is said. and was found out.
 There have been intlmations that the poker epidemic has had at least a mid outbreak at other Eastern colleges which are much patronized bv the sons of rich men. It IS not too much to say that such epidemics are to be classed with those of dphtheria, typhoid fever and other diseases. They poison the souls of the boys instead of their bodies; and priGe In an honest record is still not so rare thing but that parents are to be found
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-24
The Austrian Emperor's Family -. Affairs.

r The Archduchess Elizabeth of Austria, who is unpleasantly involved in the most recent European gossip of imperial fami- lies. is written about in a book just pub lished by the Harpers. A Keystone of Empire. In this intimate biography of her grandfather. the Emperor Francis Joseph. by the anonymous author of The Martyrdom of an Empress. the author details the many family troubles that have burdened this now aged emperor. That his trials are not yet over is evident in the late exposure of domestic condl- tions fin his immediate family. The Arch duchess Elizabeth is daughter of the illsfated Prince Rudolf.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-24

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  ask
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  mark, Malt Whiskey is sold sealed bottles only H Tasf oSS fuYyM Nal skeylC N. T. E -,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-24
Mrs. Deland's Flower Mission.

Mrs Margaret Deland's success as the author of pr. Lavendar's People and .ne creator of good old Dr. Lavendar. is equalled by her success as a foricultur- ist Much has been written of her love of flowers but not of the humane and practical use to%which she has devoted it,. As, some one has said. 'she has but to touch plant to make it live" and the result is house and garden over flowing with. blooming plants. including even; such difficult experiments as a fig tree. When winter is over. 1t has been Mrs. Deland's custom to hold a sale of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-24
nh. NsprO,s Richest Heritage.

% Tbe % company for the extraction of sugar S-ono corn stalks has never been able to nav any dividends, but one for getting sunshine out of humble life under pres sure has never defaulted sirce the Amer isa, negro took charge of the works. It is wonderful what an epicure he becomes
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-24
An Authors Intentions.

J. Storer Cioustons humorous love story. Our, Lady's Inn. published here by Harper & Brothers, is issued in London by the Messrs. Blackwood. MT. Clouston is young Englishman, who has several novels to his credit, among them The Adventures of NJ. d'Haricot, published in America last year. According to AIr. Clouston, he intended the D'Haricot book to be a satirical comedy, but it was greeted as a farce. Our I.ady's Inn he intended as a, contribution to serious liter ature. but the Lord knows" he adds, what it will be considered"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-24
A Tala of a Wac

! "A pc -tinent inquiry comes from Vest eFn reviewer of Mark Twain's story in the Christmas Harpersg entitled "A Dog s Tale What we want to know" says the Western man. lis this-has this sto y enharced Mark c'wain's reputation as a wag?'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-24
Between the Acts.

You don't look like an inebriate." I'm no1."
 And yet you Say when you want to gee drink many people were moved?'
 Yes. they had to stand up while l came down through the orchestra aisle.'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-24
spencer,s Antnhinnranhu.

Herbert Spencer's will instructS his tIus- tees. the Hon. Auberon Herbert, Henry Charlton Bastian. and David Duncan, to have his autobiography simultaneously published immediately in England and the United States. It also authorized the of biography by MT. Dan can in one volume of moderate size.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-24

The Goncourt academy has awarded it's first price of sl 900 to a novel entitled Forces Ennemies." psychological study of laadmtn. i,y NJ. Torquet. who writes under the pseudonym of John Antoine Nau The author was for years in the French merchant marine. rising from sea man to assistant purser. Hitherto he has been quite unknown, except to a few | who are acquainted with his translation into French of one of Dostoievski's noy- eis. The prize book is said to, show the influence of Edgar Allan Poe and Baude- | laire
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-24

her flowers and devote the proceeds to some worthy charity. An ulterior pur- pose of the sale is to show women how flowers may be cultivated indoors, and become a source of profit to gentle women who need to earn money.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-24

The latest news from England about MT. swinburue is that he has quite re- covered his strength and is now hard at work over his printers proofs. He has two books torthcoming-a. volume of new verses and a collected edition of ali hls poems. -
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-24

A peculiar Interest attaches to the opinion of so experienced political lead- CT as Senator Albert J. Beveridge, who, sft tr reading Alfred Henry Lewis' suc- cessfui novel, .The Boss" writes as tcl- io"s: Every page reads like a recoi d ot real experience. The whole book has the atmosphere of veracity"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-24

It is said that Baldwin Sears rema. k able novel of Southern life. "The Circle m the Square," which has attracted so much attention. Is being considered with q View to sdramatization
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-24

Commenting editorially on the suspend ed publication of the Olympian, short lived monthly magazine of Nashville. Tenn. The Cincinnati Commercial-Trlo- une explains that the reason monthly magazines do not thrive in the South is that the right man has not yet been found down South to manage the business end of the magazine venture." The same inability to find the right man to cond Ict the business of a magazine, 1t seems, exists in the West. If that is the only trouble it ought easily to be remedied. We have hustlers of all sorts to spare in New York. But we do not believe that the lack of ability to sell magazines in other parts of the country Is the reason why so few magazines succeed that are published out of New York, though, of course. the distributing system here is largely developed. The dificulty rather Is with the. literary and pictorial quality of the periodicals. As we remember The Olympian, 1t was all pretty poor stuf. There are good literary magazines in the South, and they thrive. Chicago has its Dial and the various periodicals published under the auspices of the university. which Tn their way are unsurpassahle.- New York Times.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-24

prsraring for the press. It will conta,n plctiree add dcscriptions of the scenes porfrayed by Stevenson in his Cevcnnes Dook. Travels with a Donkey"
 It is understood that Prot N. s. sia- ier'- Of sHsrvard University, is complet- lnxi q new book of peculiar importance, upon which he has been engaged for sc.re tune, tune, lt is said that the title will be
 4ie CitzenS--a study of the Individual and the Government
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-24

Several publishers in New York estimate that more books are sold in the city of Plttsburs tAan in all the Southern States rut together. If this estimate IS a true one. and the publishers are in position to know whereof they speak. what are the reasons, what the causes of the sparce sales of the South? The Southern people are great readers. are cultured. The South was a great book-buying country before the war Not a great reducer of books in those days. At the present day the South is a great producer of books. Many of the great names in literature are those of writers Southern born and bred. lead able. Joel Chandler Harris, Thos. Nelson Page. Ellen Glasgow, Grace King, Mary Johnstone, Harry StillweH Edwards Frank Stanton. James Lane Allen. Charles Egbert Craddock (AIiss Murphee), Peter Hamilton. Hannis Taylor Fox, Harris Dlxc h. Robert Burns Wilson, Samuel Minturn Peck, Robert Loveman. Miss Weedon. Herbert O. Sass, Mrs. Mollie Moore Davis, Mrs. Ruth McEnery Stuart Miss 1llictt and man- more. If the South Is not a book-buying country, why Eot?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-24

Another R. L. Stevenson volume is new
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-24
PERSONAL AND PERTINENT.

MT. George P. Brett. President of the Macmillan Company. has been telling the Californians. among whom he has been visiting. that relatively to the popuia- tion''. they buy more books than the peo- pie of any other State in the Union. Said MT. Brett, to a. representative of The San Francisco Chronicle: -
 ''The sales of any good. book out here are astonishing. This argues the -prcs- ence of cultivated men and women in all parts of the State, many of them remote from regular lines of travel The Far West IS fuil or that buoyant American spirit which believes that. ther' strange 1 mixture of races now going on in this country is sure to produce the strongest race the world has ever known. And. the | writers of California share in this op- I timistn. ," %F , | Not only the book buyers in California does MT. Brett praise, but the book wr%t- CTS as well. particularly Jack London and Gwend0leIi Overton. As his company
 put forth about GOO books In the year 19C3,
 Mir. Brett certainly speaks with large | knowledge of his subject.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-24
IN THE CENTRE OF THE.
 SHOPPING DISTRICT.
ABSOLUTELY FIREPROOF.

The Only Hotel in Manhattan fronting on Broadway and Fifth Avenue.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-24
NEW. BOOK. NEWS
(continued from Page Nine.)

tlc drives. wolf hunts and lynchings. :
 Strong and virile as are the main scenes the story abounds in fun and humor.
 | expect to see Mir. Tfiiett.s quotations from her Books of Hiram made into a diary of fun, with word of wisdom like this for every day: . -ts,e, -,
 ''The hen that's surest of her chicks is the one that does her own setting.". z
 Romance is the loco-weed of humani- ty." 'R: q =
 The words of the wise are an expense but the lovin' parent don't grudge 'em.''
 '"raint always the quality of the grub that confers the flavor; but sometimes the scarcity thereof" Y -..
 We leave the book quite ready to dc. clare to those who have not had, as yet, the pleasure of going with the Eastern teacher through the brisk, exciting incl dents therein, that ''very tame life must be 10 those who dio not know Mrs. N1t.- lett over-seriOus to those who did mt know Leander.''
 The book is written with a fitness of phraseOlogy. a deftness and dellcacy of style that would make the record of a dull day delightful.-Judith of the Plains. By Marie Manning. Harper '& Bros. Publishers. Price, $f.5O.