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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-31

The girl willing but her parents were OBJ
durate., He pretended TO give up hope and 10 be
reccncfled the idea OF being merely a friend or
the family and he took out the girl and her father
for automobile drive TO Havre At dangerous
part OF the road he suddenly put o. the fourth
speed. and the sprans away at a terrific rate.
The girl sat still and showed no fear. but her
terrified father shouted to the man who wanted TO
be his son-in-Iaw 10 stop. Consent to my mar
riage with your daughter all the mOtorist
replied. Stiu the tore along. and if any OBJ
stace had appeared in the road At least three IA
taties would have occurred stop! We shall
all be killed." the girls father continued 10 cry
Most certainly we shall said the determined
young man. grimly If you don't consent at once
/ am going send the machine into the dltch
and at this rate that means quick DEATH As ne
spoke impaired violent lurChes from side 10 side
TO the car. Il consent L CONSENT gasped the
now vanquished parent Immediately the car
slowed down, and the rest Of the journey was done
at a steady touring pace. But during the motor 5
previous mad career a policeman had jotted down
its number. When the girls father. 70 whom the
machine belongs. appeared in court in answer 70
the summons. his future sOn-in-ldw accOmpanltd
him. and looked exceedingly pleased with himself
When a fine OF 10 francs was imposed the younger
said he would pay it himself. with pleasure
He COnfided TO the magistrate that the DAY had
been named.-(LOndon Telegraph
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BOTTLE RAISED PIGS.
Hozc the Lack of Mothers MiIk
Vas SUPPLIED.

Besides being tho inventor of the ocean telephone
Professor Michael l. Pupn, instructor in electro
mechanics in Columbia University. and leading
wireless expert in this country, is the inventor
Of a bottle trough for raising shoats when the
mother refuses to care for her family The in
ventor owns a beautiful summer home the
Knowles. in Norfolk Conn., where he and his
daughter. Miss Vava Pupin, spend most OF their
summer and a few weeks each winter enjoying
the climate for which that lofty tableland in the
Litchfeld Hills is noted. Professor Pupin keeps
considerable fancy stock his country place and
1t is said be his intention to erect n large
stable the coming season, land which he has
been developing for several years at great eX-
pense He once said, "All men have their hobbies,
and land development is one of mine" 1t is es-
timated that the stone and rock removed from the
acreage owned by him. and situated between the
railroad tracks of the Central New-England com
pany and the Five Mile Drive, would build three
great castles.
Professor Pupin added swine to his farm stock
last year and since that time has raised huge
porkers. Old farmers look upon him as a practical
farmer. Norfolk people long ago made up their
minds that he IS IA practical road builder. for he
made OF Il Low and swampy roadway leading to his
place the best piece of highway in the town.
One of his prize sows gave birth TO litter Of
seven pigs recently and refused. to own them. IN
stead Of showing motherly devotion to her young
she killed two Of them before they could be taken
away from her. How TO save the other pigs was a
conundrum the inventor farmer could not answer.
and finally Professor Pupin himself was called from
New-York in a last hope Of devisins n means
for saving the remaining five pigs. He was
equal to the problem that confronted him. and
which farmers in the neighborhOod had failed
TO solve, and concluded to bring the
pigs up on the bottle. He secured five bottles, TO
each of which was fastened n nipple and then built
a small trough. In side Of which were hve
holes Just large enough TO permit the necks of the
bottles and the nipples 10 pass through The bot
ties were filled with warm milk and placed In
position. The little pigs took hold of the nipples
and sucked away until the bottles were empty. The
shoats were fed in this way until they were old
enough TO drink To keep the pigs warm they
were housed in a wooden box In The Kitchen or the
farmhouse.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-31
ZEBRA AS DOMESTIC ANIMAL.

1t IS reported that a systematic attempt Is ON
made by the British Government to domesrae
the zebra for use in South African possessions ="
is proposed to catch large numbers Of wild 'sas
and allow them to breed in captivity, trainirs M
young as drausht animals. No attempt. apparent
". will be made to tame and train the capta'sa
animals themselves. although this has often 0sea
accomplished with selected individuals The feo'
proper is very difficult to tame. but allied varieties
such as the South African GUagga- are more ea'''
domesticated. At the Cape, twenty years -
these were often seen working with draught noIses
still better success has rewarded recent ate~ ny
to cross the zebra with the horse and the ass
resulting hybrids which are called "Zeorolls. -
lively but dOcile. and easily trained Ihey I'D -
unusual muscular strength, and their imih1s -.
the bite OF the tseJss fly. which Is tatal " -.
horse makes them especially valuable Tor Alss.s15
service IL Is thought by some that the - 80
will supplant the mule. especially Tor WolA - =
trOpics.-(SuCcess.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-31
ANCIENT INDIAN JAR.
Rare Specimen Recently Discovered in This
State


r. Horracks. OF Fonda y Y. while stalking deer
during the last hunting season at the Little Falls
of the upper waters OF tire Sacondaga near Lake
Piseco. caught In heavy downpour Of rain was
Obliged TO seek shelter from the storm under the
lodges Of the Little Falls. While sitting there his
attention was attracted to what seemed to be a
round. brown bowlder partly covered with moss
Careessly striking 1t, it gave forth hollow sound
His curiosity being excited he dug away the earth
with his hunting knife and soon laid bare a sym
metrically formed earthen jar
The jar stands ten inches high At its largest
circumference it measures thirty inches and at it's
smallest twenty Inches. The circumference OF the
top mouth of the jar measures twenty-four
inches
The vessel the inside bears signs Of use but
Indian jars. The bottom is rounded. The ornamen-
tatlon around the top is of the usual style the
Mohawk pottery-that is a series of straight and
diagonal lines. The jar still bears the moss that
had gathered on the rounded bottom that was ex-
posed above the earth.
The jar is q wei preserved specimen OF Mohawk
pottery, and IS account of the shape OF the
top, which is cut IN three curves, forming three
points, which give it a triangular appearance.
II is singular fact that the three largest speci-
mems or indian pottery now in the valley were
found In the lake region of the foothills OF the
Adirondac<s-the Richmond jar the Hanson lar
and the Horracks jar.
The Horracks jar is in the possession of W May
Reid for the present ard Is interesting study
II IS not as large The Hanson jar, but to those
AmeTicans is OF equal yaloe~ Amsterdam Morn.
Ing Sentinel -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-31

terry OF the Lbertad includes twenty-eight pieces.
tbs largest being 14-pounders that of the Russell
Includes twelve 12-pounders and six SpOunders; the
Missouri has twenty small pieces. the biggest being
OF S-inch calbre and the Tennessee should have no
less than twenty-five S-inch guns and twenty-sx
smaller
An important feature OF the mounting of the
larger guns of the Libertad is their height above
the water. The two 10-inch pieces in the forward
barbetts are at elevation Of % feet. The after
guns are not quite SO high. Four Of the 7i4-inch
guns mounted IN classmates the upper deck,
one on each side forward and each side aft.
These are nearly far up the 10-inch guns The
other ten 71a-inch guns the main deck-hve
on side They have been placed close enough to-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-31
STRANGE ANTIPATHIES.
Instructive Dislike to Various Animals and
Articles of Food

The inexplicable aversion TO the proximity OF "a
harmless necessary cat" to which Shylock alluded
I'm his defence OF his anomalous monetary transao-
ton with the naughty Venetian aristocrat Is not
without occasional illustration in the annals OF
medicine. Matthiolus the famous commentator OF
Dioscordes. tells us of "a German who, coming in
winter time into inn TO sup with him and
other of hts friends the woman of the house, being
acquainted with his temper Oest he should depart
angry at the sight OF young cat which she kept
TO breed up. had beforehand hid her killing in a
But, though he had neither heard It. yet
after time that he had sucked in the air. in
temperament that had antipathy TO that creature
being provoked, he sweat and sudden paleness
that were present he cried out that in corner
other OF the room there cat that lay hid"
DR.. 5. Weir Mitchell has found numerous in
stances OF morbid susceptibility OF this kind
among living patients. Marcellus Donatus men
tons the case of "a nobeman of Mantua that could
not endure the slShI or a hedgehog without falling
into a syncope, and cold sweats Immediately upon
it," And the celebrated anatomst. Bartholin tells
his readers that there is in Hafria a man, In
other respects strong, healthfu and Of good cour-
age. who yet SO oft as he sees dog Though II be
never small n one) is not only affrighted but
also seized with commissions in his left hand"
Tho venerable item of biography that Cermanicus
could not bear the sight OF a cock nossesses ths
have been common feature-cons genital or ac-
quired-or the Persian Magi. The everyday horror,
spiders is, of course. too familiar TO all readers TO
require special comment. That the highest type
unreasonable antipathes is shown by the un conn
querable horror OF the sight of a leveret which
ali through life. A''"' "''''''
Among the extraordinary series OF clinical
lowing: "Jacobus Fovolivensis the most excellent
physician Of his hath left II witnessed of him.
s 1 sd Than o ss he b sS E he was
terYs same symptorna nppssxtng In him ~ 10 rsunj
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gether to be covered by that portion OF the armor
which is Z inches thick. Although these pieces
ten feet longer than the 6-nch guns common
other vessels. they little higher up, and
hence more advantageously placed for service when
there is much rolling from heavy Fears
often expressed that guns main deck will be
rendered useless in bad weather According to
"Enginee ing the broadsde guns Of the Lbertad
are 512 inches higher than those OF the battleshp
King Edward VII, and from two feet to two feet
and eight inches higher than the 6-inch guns OF
three classes or British cruisers. OF which the
Diadem, the Cressy and the Drake are types. These
and other characteristics of the ships
to prove suggestive to naval constructors all over
the world
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-31

in those that poysoned. and hurt by tho
smell of IL as IL II had been something pesulential"
Johannes Querctanus. secretary to the French
King, Francis I. had such an antpathy to apples
that IL he was obliged to sit near them at table
for any considerable time copous epistaxis always
resulted.
we have known one patient IN whom the eating
of any raw fruit produced severe asthmauo symp-
toms swelling OF the tongue Any well cooked
fruit could be eaten with impunity. The celebrated
Julius Cesar Soaliger always grew deadly pale
when a plate OF watercress was placed near him
Zimmerman mentions the Of a woman Of his
acquaintance who trembled violently whenever she
touched the velvety skin Of peack The Prince
de Condo father OF the Inflated Due d Enghien.
could never attempt to eat fruit OF any kind
american Medicine.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-31
WRIGHTS FINE ESTATE
Dead Promoter Spent a Fast Sum
Upon 1T.

Lea Park. at Godalming. in Surrey. England. IA.
the country seat OF Whitaker Wright. the potOr.
GUS promoter whose death last week followed "a
closely upon his sentence TO seven years imprisOr
ment at hard labor. He spent over 100000 upon
the estate. and az time a little army az az
hundred man was employed upon its improvement,
The house contained famous palm garden hug.
ballroom. theatre. a great organ. many suites n,
guest rooms and observatory with a costly
telescope OF great power. The park comprised
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-31
MORE THAN THAT.

From The Chicago Tribune.
The Other Senator-We can't get around our
plain duty TO Cuba my dear sir 1t is just plain
now when
Beet Sugar SenatOr-Plain? It's worse than that
by CAD, sir? It's repulsive-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-31

about two thousand acres and contained several
marble fountains. statuary brought from Itaiy.
pagodas. summer houses. rare trees. lakes stocked
with game fish, a fine conservatory and nuxi
room under the water OF the chief lake, a MIN
ture mountain made order and many rare =
ported trees. The stables accommodated ~
horses The fittings were OF polished gun mem
Bass-relefs adorned the stalls.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-31
AMAZING WASTE OF BEER.

Tuesday. January &C. was red letter day in the
history of the North River. and it all came about
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-31
TO SAVE EXPENSE.

From Judge -
Their marriage was a hssty affair, unt5rslAs ~
Yes indeed They toll the minister 10 naIIH' - :
had engaged a cabMan BY the hour
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cOURTSHIP UP TO DATE.

A determined sutton has found way OF
using the motor car for matrimonial purposes
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-10
SOME QUEER LAKES
One Is of Pitch, Another Is Rose
Colored and "a Third Is Covered
With Salty Crust.


One of the most singular lakes in the
world is the celebrated Pitch Lake of
the Island of Trinidad. This lake
spreads over an area of ninety-nine
acres. and it's surface is composed of
one great floating mass of asphaltum
scanned with veins of clear water
From 1t and a similar lake in Vene-
zuela. the worlds supply of asphalt is
drawn.
The Pitch Lake is a hldeous place as
far as smells are concerned. for the
air all about it is heavy with noxious
vapors, and from the center of the lake
gushes fountain of liquid asphaltum
in which there float and break bubbles
containing most horrible gases.
The workmen go out on the surface
of this lake and cut great slabs of as
phaltum, which are carted away. But
the next morning the hole they left is
filled up again with the pitch which has
risen during the night, SO that the sup
ply seems to be inexhaustible.
This curious lake was discovered by
Sir Walter Raleigh when he landed in
Trinidad I'm 1905, on his way to the
mouth of the Orinoco in search of Ell
Dorado.
Another strange lake is situated on
a peninsula which juts out into the
Caspian Sea. The whole surface Of this
thick and strong that man can ride
across II on horseback with safety.
In Central Asia, near the Caspian
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-10
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. APRIL TO- 1904

with the startling quickness of the
East, and now the cry "Allahu Akbar!
Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar!-Ashha-
oS an Ia ilaha Ill Allah!" sounded from
the neighboring mosque.
In the house which had been Ark
wr1ght's sat Orson, looking down upon
the man stretched upon a couch. He
tossed muttering incoherently. Orson
forced few drops of liquid between
his caked lips, then resumed his watch
and his inward struggle.
The mans condition was clear to Or
son. Worn to the bone with privation
and the mephitic atmosphere of the
lower coast, fever had again begun its
ravages. The dose of the night be-
fore still further beclouded the work.
ings of his brain, but this would dis
appear.
To Orson. familiar with the disease,
the course to pursue was equally clear.
He was as safe in Orson's hands as
in those of a physician-fever alone
considered. But the light showed Or
sons face as haggard as the mans
own. The struggle had been night
long. Remember! Orson had but to
withhold his hand-and all would again
be his.
An hour later and Orson had not
moved. There was a voice at his
shoulder, slowly scornful--
I'm the days when there were men,
what man wanted-he took!"
Orson got to his feet, facing the
woman who on that first day two weeks
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-10

them as on the day before, and when
the cheering had ceased the king took
their hands and said:
ct shall never be able to make you
| understand how grateful am for what
you have done. You have risked your
lives twice to kill off the monsters we
have feared so much, and If we had
money or jewels / would load you both
down. Now let us be merry, indeed"
Hans and Yuly had no more adven-
lures among the pygmies, although
they remained among them four weeks
longer.
Every day there was dancing and
singing and music. and sometimes
they went to the grove for fruit and
sometimes to the lake for ducks and
geese and melons.
BY and by the visitors began to get
homesick and long for their own
homes, and one day Hans said to the
king:
I'VE have been with you a long
time now and wish to see our own peo-
Die once more. You said that when
we wished to go, you would show us
the way"
"And so I WILL" replied the king.
while we would like to keep you
longer, we know that YOU have pa
rents and friends to think Of There
is the boat in which you arrived. Inc
river runs about ten miles and then
goes into the cliffs, the same as above.
You will float in a tunnel for many
hours. and then you will come out on
the seashore, and find people who will
tell you how to reach home"
The children started the next day.
Food was put into the boat for them,
and they gathered up many things to
show their parents on reaching home.
The people were so sorry to see them
go that nearly every one cried, ana
there were tears in the eyes of Hans
and Yuly as they waved goodbye.
For a time after their boat entered
the tunnel the waters were pretty
rough. but none got in the boat nor
did they meet any dangers.
They left the pigmy city at eight
o'clock in the morning, and at seven
at night the river carried them to the
sea. There was seaport there, with
many ships at hand, and no sooner
had they told their strange story than
the captain of one of the craft said:
"Children. / am going to sail to-
morrow and can land you within fifty
miles of your home. You shall go
with me and welcome"
-Four days later they were home.
They had been given up for dead,
and great was the amazement Of their
parents to see them walk in as fat and
red checked as ever.
Hundreds of people gathered to hear
their story and all held up their hands
I'm wonder.
When a week had passed the tanner
said to his son:
Hans, you have Travelled far and
seen much, and you must now go to
work in the tannery. There was a
lost river. indeed, but II you ever run
away to find another shall follow on
with a whip to find you'll"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-10

before had turned over to him John
Arkwright's possessions.
The change in her was appalling.
Her fresh beauty had died. Save for
the variable lights in her eyes, life
seemed to have gone out of her. leaY-
ing her shrunken, number. But as her
glance rested upon the scarab on Or
sons finger, her old animation returned
and into her cheeks came again the
rich glow of youth.
"You" said Orson. "Why?"
"Am I not needed?"
'No!" said Orson. harshly.
Then you do propose to take what
you wish" She nodded toward the
figure on the couch.
He shook his head slowly from side
to side.
II thought not. Then you had bet
ter take that haggard face of yours
away to rest. He is safe. What is it
to me?"
And, though this was but the second
time he had seen the woman, Orson
felt that there was little sublunary in
deed for which she cared. He arose,
left the room and threw himself upon
his bed.
=
Hours later, when he again appeared,
she would not go till he had sought
his restaurant and eaten. Then, Il
will come to-morrow-with the muez-
zin's CALI
He thanked her, but protested.
She glanced again at the uncon-
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-10

stuff
"And I've seen him shift his step
so he wouldn't crush a cricket" put
in Zavakos.'
orson flushed uneasily. "They were
not crickets."
Cathcart persisted. "No more than
you are the old Orson." He turned
again to Zavakos. TT wasn't the do
ing-he was as quiet as a scythe now
ing grass, but he laughed again
"Orson, all hell looked out of your
eyes"
Drop it,"
At the note in Orson's voice the
two men looked at each other. But
Orson was already talking of other
things, his tone as gentle as be-
fore.
Zavakos bent across the table that
he might hear-for the air was full
OF the clanking glasses, clamoring
voices, the stunning of guitars, the
clash of cymbals. Red rays from the
perforated lamp above turned the blue
Wreaths of smoke into a haze of pur-
pie, and, beyond, through the arch
way of the court, hung the fiat, orange
DISK OF the rising MOON
Ofson had his glass half way to his
nps-then set it down. That was all.
There was not the change of a fea-
ture but for Orson the world had
turned over.
There had been a man to whom.
! after months of legal contest, the
courts had given-Orson believed with
a vile injustice-the title and estates
Orson had claimed as his own. That
man was also winning the one woman
Orson would ever love.
Then when the typhoon of 1902 had
struck the Equator" in the Indian
| Ocean and she had gone down with
| all on board, with her had gone the
man who stood between Orson and
his estates, between himself and the
woman. To him. as next heir, the
first had already come; the second in
due time he hoped to win.
Now, across the cafe, there in the
archway where the moonlight fell, sat
| the man.
There was no halt in the swing of
| the incident Orson told, but he was
thinking as a man thinks who has but
| an instant in which to decide his fate.
He finished the story and, as the
| laughter of the others mingled with
the noise about them, his glance fell
upon his hand as it lay upon the table
rested upon the h-Hotep scara-
beus in Arkwrights ring-setting, en-
circling his finger.
Its color was changing iridescently
| its opalesque tints showing sea-
green and the pink of the early dawn.
| Then among these, as of the sunrise,
shot reddish lights, until within all
seemed a living flame. And now in
| Orson's eyes were the same glints of
| fire.
| He looked about him. Close by,
| beaming, his one white hand rubbing
the other, strolled Julian among his
| customers.
Pardon a moment" Orson rose.
The cafe keeper turned at the sound
| of Orson's voice-met the eyes fixed
| upon his own. He was under an obli-
| cation to the Norseman that-villian
| though he was-Julian would not like
| ly soon forget. And, in that instant
of silence, Orson's- gaze seemed to re-
mind him of many things.
do you see that man there in the
| left of the archway?' Orson asked
| carelessly, Rather badly used up he
is; head leaning on his hand. Put a
gentle dope in the next drink he or
! ders-gentle, mind you"
Orson resumed his seat.
w.
1t was morning. The sun had risen
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-10
SAND PICTURES
BY H. p. t.

IF the Augustness would conde-
scend to take honorable repose for
but a moment until his servant can
get her miserable sands, she will
make for him the sand pictures"
That was the way little Japanese
girl spoke to the writer one day in
Kobe. An American child, even II
she could do what this little one did,
would have said, IF the gentleman
will be seated, l will get my sands in
a minute" They speak quantity in
Japan.
But she brought in moment three
little bags filled with sand--white,
blue and yellow-and then she led the
way into the garden. Seating herself
without disarranging single fold Of
her dainty kimona, she scraped a
smooth place on the gravel walk, and
poured out the white sand CARE
fully spreading in a little square.
Then. taking a handful OK the blue