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The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-09
A DOZEN POISONED BY
EATING ICE CREAM.

Rome, Ca, Sept. ga dozen per-
sens are very ill at Lindale, and it is
believed their sickness was caused
from eating ice cream at a lawn fete.
It is thought that some kind of poison
got in the milk. The cream was made
by two negroes. The matter has Gre
ated a sensation and is being much
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-09
Cedartown, Ca. Oct. s, 1891.

Cedartown Ga. Oct. s, 1891.
Mr.. A. B. Girardeau. Savannah. Ca:
Dear Sir--I enclose you so cents for
one bottle of Johnson's Tonic for a /.
friend OF mine. lost one boy with
Typhoid Malarlal fever the 14th Of
June soon afterwards my other
three children were taken with it
procured two bottles of your Johnson's
Tonic which cured them. I was taken
down with ii, and on the fourteenth
day the doctor said there would be no
change under six days Soon after he
left the Tonic came that had sent
70 YOU FOR. began taking it, and
when the doctor came the second dav
he pronounced my Fever broken and
confessed Johnson's Tonic cured me.
G. w. GROCE,
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-09
A COUNTY WITHOUT TAXES.
TerreIPs Fourth Successive Year
without a Levy.

Dawson, Ga, Sept. S.-The County
Commissioners have decided to levy no
tax for 1904. This makes the fourth
successive year that citizens of Ter
rell county have had no county tax
to pay. Notwithstanding the fact that
the county has been put to extra
heavy expense the past year on ac-
count of the new system of road work
ing, it now has $4,000 loaned out at
interest, and this, together with the
revenues to be derived from the dis
pensary system and other sources, will
pay the expenses of Terrell for the
next twelve months
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-09

+
I believe that those ordinary trou-
bles known as Biliousness, Chills and
Fever. or Fever without Chiils can
be promptly relieved and cured by
faithfully taking Johnson's Tonic ac-
cording to directions--2 teaspoon
fuls every hours--8 doses in "a
hours, until one or two bottles be
used. In about years 1 have sold
not less than 20 to rs gross. In most
cases, when it fails to cure" 1t is not
faithfully or intelligently used.
have refunded for bottles in as many
years. e. A. PHILIPS.
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Extract from a Letter Dated Granite
Vile, s. C.. Aug. %, 1889.
At the age of so. with Twenty-Five
years of active practice, am care
full observer and cautious in endors-
ing proprietary medicines, but I can
conscientiously endorse your Johnson's
Chill and Fever Tonic as one of the
best combination remedies for Chills
and Fever I have ever used. 1t cor
reefs the vitiated secretions Of the
liver, relieves costiveness, and pro-
notes the absorption and assimilation
of food, thus fulfilling all the indica-
tons claimed for it. Yours truly.
T. P. EDWARDS. NJ. D.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-09
Office of F. A. GULLEDGE.
Verbena, Ala, Aug. 81, 1896.

VSIUVIdI AIel'' Aub' 0Ai 4oVU'
Mr.. A. b. Girardeau, Savannah, Ga:
Dear Sir--In reply to yours of the
29th inst, 1 will say that freely en-
dorse all you or others have said or
could ever say about Johnson's Chill
and Fever Tonic. Two months ago
my father, who is So years old, was
stricken down with Bilious Fever, and
came near dying. I began at once
with the Tonic, giving him a dose
every two hours. Within a week my
father was able to walk about the
house. persuaded him to take a
second bottle, and under its use he has
grown strong. Although IS years old
on the gath of last June, he has to-
day taken a horseback ride of six
miles unattended. Yours very truly
r. A. GULLEDGE
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-09

discussed. It is not thought any of the
sick will die
The Washington times., 1904-10-30
EVANS IDEA OF 1T.

Rear Admiral Robley j., Evans as
everyone in the navy knows IS an Of
ncsr distinguished Tor much direcmess
Of speech. Shortly after the Maine dis
aster. he was summoned to Washington
from his post at Key West, where he
had been on duty as superintendent Of
thar lighthouse district. The four bat
tleshIBs of the North Atlantic feet had
been anchored on Tortugas, when a tor-
pedo boat brought the news OF the
TRAGEDY in Havana. and Evans had his
own ideas as TO what the battleship
feet should have done
III you had had am officer I'm com
mand of that fleet" he said 90 Secretary
I.ong. 'sthis matter would have been set
tied by now
what do you meaue" Long inquired.
Merely this that If the officer in COM
mand had banged those four battle
ships over to Havana Jbat morning and
said 10 BIanco. Hands up, / wiz sta
ton my own omcers an your mine COM
nections 10 see thai no more accidents
occur. and my government viii have an
opportunity Of making its tuvesuga-
ton
Amy ofHcer in the navy. Long in-
terrupted. with much acerb.ty "who
would have dared take zucl. a step
without cousultiuE this department
would have been sharply called 10 ac-
count"
"And been the next President of the
United States" WAS the grim regort,-
Minneapolis Times.
The Washington times., 1904-10-30

years was known only BY its quota
rious, cited by the great Hebrew mas
terss and which was discovered, accord
ing 10 some, iu Asia Minor before Sutro' s.
death. 1T Is now one OF the rsrest and
most Interesting books among them all
The larger speciaIUes are not alone.
or sJiu greater human interest are the
uucouuteds Individual curiosities Of the
library One may ind battalions % vol
umes. bearing beneath their covers a
collection of book plates of unknown
extent and on this side and that sur
prises siie iu wait for him who can spend
an afternoon In picking and peering
amidst the dusty disorder.
Some Famous Bibles.
There are some fine old ecclesiastical
tOmes-the Vinegar Bible and the Rritch-
es Bible as WE'LL here is the pra yerbook
that belonged to James i, all bound I'm
carved rosewood here the Psalm Book
that was put into The hand of Charles
III when he sOIsmuly entered London al
the Restoration. here another PRAYER
book, perhaps tear-staiued BIZ a king
the property OF the unhappy George III
There seems an endless supply OF these
books with a history. with an assOcia-
ton. with a tale hanging upon them
and you could spend a long cycle Of
hours hunting down one md after an
other.
But there is also here a brave coIlec-
tiOu OF those brave old publications, The
English broadsides and pamphlets that
IN their day built the freedom or the
press. and went abroad with an IRE
sistiole literary virility. Sutrc spared
no pains 10 gathering them, and IN the
anphleteeriug epoch this collection is
completely representative
Files OF old newspapers. which one
iutuitiveiy feels grew out Of the broad
side termination, are stacked together
Boa froWuing dignity. Complete files of
London and Liverpool dalIies, that open
% accounts Of Waterloo and ill., Battle
oil the Nile, OF the speech on concilia-
ton, and u the invention Of the teIe
The Washington times., 1904-10-30
LONO-DISTANCE SPEED TRAINS

No less wonderful is the performance
OF the Great Westerns PaddingtOn-
Bristol train, which Is operated by the
way of Bath. anG which runs IIsls miles
AZ the average rate of 591 miles per
hour. The CaIedOuian comes third with
a train between Forfa and Perth, 82lz
miles. at the rate of 50 miles per hour.
Following this are eleven other trains.
each on different roads which negotiate
daily journeys from 80 TO 10 miles long
at an average speed varying between
SOB and SIS miles per hour.
During the winter and spring months
the Northern Railway OF France takes
the palm away from the Northeastern
by a train between Paris and Amiens.
which makes the distance. SlI5 miles
In ~ minutes, or at the average rate OF
68.z miles per hour. Other French trains
also show remarkable speed the Nord
Company for example. having hve
trains which travel at an average rate
of one mile per minute over their entire
Journeys. and fifty runs with speed
above So miles Der hour. The fastest
regular train Of this company runs be-
tween Paris and Lougueau, a distance
of 1884 miles. made al the rate of g.
miles per hour. There are three runs
by this company from Paris TO st. Quen-
tin, 952 miles. at the rate of 604 miles
per hour. and one run from Paris q
Busigny 1922 miles. at the rate OF COZ
miles per hour.
American train speeds are constantly
increasing, but unt1 conditions Of road
bed, right OF way and Of travel gener-
ally are similar to those OF British rail-
Ways the high-speed records Of those
roads viii probably not be eQualed
The Washington times., 1904-10-30
Famous Protestant Monk Rules Community
in Strictly Medieval Fashion at
Village in Lovely
Welsh Valley.

It never appeared again to the pi0us
watchers. but on each recurring aun!-
veTsaTy of the blessed vision Father Ig-
natiUs and his little community have
celebrated the festival Of "Our Lady Of
IIauthony' And row, having acquired
the necessary funds. they VIII give per-
mauent expression TO their faith IN the
form of "a marine statue, representing a
female figure with outstretched arms,
holding IN one hand the Lamp OF
Truth" Ia which light VIII be kept per
PetUauy burning
Here the devout father fondly believes
that in the DAYS TO come when the
Church OF England shall have seen the
error Of it's ways. and censlng its efforts
10 reconcile science and religion, rcvertz
20 the faith and methods II frs earlier
guides. pilgrims lrJn afa- will gather in
thousands for prayer and Inspira ton
and miraculous healing.
The Priests Career.
1t was in 1851 that the Rev. Joseph
LEICESTER Lyme then a curate. twenty
four years old. determined to embrace
the life Of a monk. while stin retain
ing his allegiance to the English Church
Assuming the name OF Father Igns-
aus l-r l-la- alieLup teQ To 1UuuQ mon
astery al Norwich But the bishop for
bade him 90 preach. mobs attacked him
and his companions. and penniless and
i'm broken health he was driven out OF
the town
For years thereafter his life was d
story OF persecution. endurance, pluck.
and tremendous resolution. ending ia
1870 In the calm of Llanthony Abbey.
But it was a sorry haven of refuge
be first found there. He slept for a
time i'm a cowshed, while the other
monks occupied a windowIess barn close
by. However times mended, and as the
means were provided ne wrought a
wondrOus change in that peaceful Welsh
valley until then almost uninhabited
Back to Middle Ages.
The visitor, viewing 1T for the first
time. seems suddenly transported back
through the dead and gone centuries
to a scene that belongs TO the Middle
Ages-au illusion to which d singular
air ci reality is lent by the figure Of
Father IgnaJius aTrayed as an abbot
I'm the garb OF ST. Benedict. with ton-
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graph, lean fratenaly on bound files
OF French Wspapers-the journals OF
the Prussiau war and the ''Moniteur
UuiVerselIe' OF the Revolution. They
seem better than the mornings paper
seemed, and you would finger over
them except for your friend who is an
expert on binding. a crank on press
" DIRK. and an authority on iIluminations.
He is calling you 20 leave the literature
OF the books TO admire the technical art.
OF iuuminatious there is no enc. the
volumes from the Belgian monasteries
contain many periods and even different
schools of this art Bindings OF beautl-
full workmanship made before machinery
know books, or books machinery, and
the press work of the German cities
shares interest with old Latin manu-
scripts OF the ninth century and several
fine examples of the English rress-the
Aldiue ana tho Elzlver.
Will Attract Scholars.
For seven ye1r- the sutro library has
been hidden from the world, and for
seven years the lawyers have fought
over SC. Although it's existence is almost
forgotten there are stiu some interests
IN It's nnI disposal. which are ever
WatchfuI for "a decision. To the Cali
fOsnia schools and colleges IL has d pc
culiar significance because If 1t stays
near San Francisco, is kept intact. and
lis opened for use. there is little ques-
tlou that IL viii attract many great
scholars 10 the protessorships H. the uni
yersities. But ror the present. the Sutro
cOlleCtIOn-One OF the largest and most
valuable libraries In the couutry-re-
mains ln its solitary confinement. Prob
ably no one congress OF volumes IS equal
TO This iu iuIerest-It is "a scholars do
main, and bi5lphile s. paradise. which
has never been explored.
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a bed and a meal may always be had
for the asking by the wayfarer at
LlaHLhCny Abbey. Father IgnaJius be-
neves I'm the hospitality that asks no
embarrassing questions Of its recipient.
II is a medieval England that he yearns
TO see restored. ''hIonasteFies were
never so much needed as now, he says.
If we had our mouasteries back the
lands they once held for the poor would
revert 70 the poor aEain, the land cues
ton would be settled The WOrknOuseS
forced on us by Elizabeth when the
mOnasteries were destroyed would be-
come empty and useless
He Hates Liberalism.
II is the liberal tendencies of the
English Church which excite Father
Ignatius' greatest ire He once avowed
that f. would give him great pleasure
10 tear Bishop Gore Of Worcester limb
from limb because ne spoke Of Adam
and Eve as a pair Of anthropoid apes.
BY vyav of contrast he is fond OF re-
calling his friendship for Bradlaugh, the
atheist. whom he admired as brave
soul and an honest man
II is an eminently fitting spot that
Father Ignatius has chosen for his eX-
detrimental turning back Of the clock OF
time a few hundred years. Lower down
the valley lies the picturesque ruins OF
the ancient Abbey of LlanthOny, recall
ing. memories Of the piety OF an earlier
age. Tradition has &c that IT was found
ed on the site Of the hermitage which
ST David. the titular saint of Wales
had there built FOR himself.
In the reign Of William Rufus so runs
the story a retainer OF a great Norman
baron. wearyIug OF the deer chase, threw
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amount Of attention that Sutro and his
ageuts paid 10 Ben JOus0u. IL is pleas
ant 20 read Drink 10 NE only With
Thine Eyes from a first edition. but
one wishes that there was more Chaucer
5ld more Dryden.
Sutro made no preJense TO stick 10
English books. I'm the middle eighties
the Bavariau authorities, after a perse-
cution OF the monks. found tremendous
collection OF m0uastic volumes upon
their hands. Literally the dust Of CEN
turtles was in their clasps, and though.
without doubt their pages were FUN
Of new and original lights Of medieval
history, and though Sutro purchased
them iu carload lots 10 bring to Amer
lea. they have set 90 Zoe explored.
These books, from convent and mOnas-
-ery. form the greatest collection on
medieval history in this country, q
mine Of romance, st0Teh0Use of mar
Vicious literary wares
Chronicles From Mexico.
The luck OF sutro did not end. Not FAR
separated. ehroHologicaIly, from hjs Ba-
varIau purchase. came the acquisition
uf a poudCrous collection of manuscripts
and old chronicles from Mexico but, as
far as can be learned. this library mas
never been moved from the boxes lu
which it was shipped and knowledge OF
Mexican and California history. Of Aztec
and Indian ethnol0gy. of the Jesuit
movement ia the Southwest. which these
old velIums contain. is sun nailed down
under pine boards. Just at present Cali
fornia. especially southern California. Is
taking q renewed interest in her own
history in the early days Of the sub
jugation Of the Indian for seven years
more than one eminent scholar ia this
neld has looked for tn opening OF the
Sutro Library.
A great number Of Hebrew books and
manuscripts. gathered together by the
collector who found iu these volumes a
natural racial interest is still undo
sCr.bed and lacking "a complete cata-
Iogue Among them Is the famous He
brew History OF the World. which for
The Washington times., 1904-10-30

sured crown and the pastoral star in
/ his hand.
The monastery and its great church
are bathed i'm the golden sunlight. IN
the meadows may be seen the brothers
of the monastery, with their habits
tucked around them, tossing hay and
| laughing and playing with some of the
children who attend the monastery
I school. coWled and hooded figures fit
about the corridors; i'm the convent gar
! den Beuedictine sisters are walking the
/ lowing OF cattle and bleating Of sheep
sound pleasantly i'm the ears no DUff OF
railway engine or screech Of steam
whistle obtrudc "a suggestion of the
strife and hustle Of the modern world;
over all seems TO brood a spirit OF in-
finite calm, peace, and cOntentment-
His Discipline Severe.
But 1t is not 90 live a life OF pastoral
ease that Father Ignauus gathers around
him those who are prepared 10 forsake
the world and its ways. The discipline
he imposes is severe. None who are
above doing the most mental work are
received into the community The
novice. whatever his learning. has TO
serve his apprenticeship with scrubbing
brush and pail.
The monastery bell, which sounds 80
romantic 10 the outsider. f. for the IN
mates a stern taskmaster From 2
o'clock ia the morning until al night
81 keeps them on the move every day
in the year, 5ummoniug them 10 prayer
OF 10 work The clustered monk Is not
permitted to leave the grounds He is
allowed TO converse with his female
relatives only through q grating.
The monks and nuns live in a state
OF utter iguorance-bIissfUI ignorance
Father Ig'satius considers it-of all that
trauspires in the modern world. News
papers are forbidden them. They are
allowed TO read only such books as
Father Iguatius considers orthodox, and
few such are produced nowadays. He
rej0iCes in the knowledge that many
Of them are unaware whether Victoria
or King Edward VII reigns over Eng
land
Not Ignorant Himself.
For himself he adopts a very different
mental diet. but that. he explains. Is be-
/ cause he has TO 90 out into the world
and combat heretIcs, and he has proved
himself iuviucible 10 the influence OF
modern thought To the suggestion that
the young men under his training should
/ be kept abreast Of the specuIations OF
the day ne once replied: eve never all
/ low ourselves 10 think. II Is all de-
cided FOR Us. If We doubt one thing the
/ whole thing must go Don't talk rub
3 bish 10 me about there being more faith
IN honest doubt than in half the creeds
1t Is all settled for Us, and there Is moth
ing to dispute"
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himself down to rest on the grass, and
was so impressed by the ruins OF the
old chapel that he resolved thencefOrth
TO devote himself TO the service Of God.
He laid aside his belt and girded him
self with q rope, instead Of fine linen he
put on hair cloth, and instead OF his sol
dter's robe he loaded himself with heavy
irons.
Old Suit Of Armor.
His suit Of armor he wore as a gar
ment 10 harden him against the temp
tations OF Satan. and he continued to
wear It until it was worn out with rust
and age. His reputation for sanctity
and pieJy thus established people flock
ed to him, money ana lands were be-
slowed upon him And In course OF time
uprOse q magnificent church the rem
nants Of whose beauty are preserved in
one OF Turner's works.
Walter Savage Landor bought the old
abbey and a lot of land round about it,
IN 1907, and sought 10 establish himself
there as d model country gentleman. He
pulled down some new buildings which
had been erected in the abbey, and start
ed a house of his own which was never
finished. However. he contrived To live
for a time IN the abbey and even brought
his bride there This by the way was
a pretty girl ne had met at a ball in
Bath, when he remarked 10 q friend,
That's the incest girl IN the room and
III marry her. Lander spent $40 oQQ
on improvements In the course Of three
years, but his efforts at agriculture
proved a costly failure, and overwhelmed
with worries and financial ruin ne fled
from England. Father Iguauus, with
al his visionary ideas has proved a
much better man of business than the
famous author.
f. Isle SMELL
The Washington times., 1904-10-30

- HE Paris, Lyons, and Mediter-
rance. Railroad has come to the
front with a bid for the long
distance speed record iu railroad
ing. SAYS tn Chicago Record Herald "
The announcement has been made that,
beginning in early winter, this company
viii put i'm service a train between Paris
and Nice. leaving the former at a. m,
and arriving at the latter place at 1850
the same day, thereby covering 1,OSl
kilometers. or 647 miles, in thirteen hours
and nifty minutes. The average speed
Tor the entire distance will therefore,
be about 4S5z miles per hour. The rea-
son for claiming the Ioug-distauce speed
record of the world is explained In the
statement that the Twentieth Century
Limited OF the New York Central and
Lake Shore Railroads, which now holds
the Iong-distanCe record. Jakes twelve
hours and forty-JwO minutes TO travel
/ 900 kiIometers, where the Nice ''rapide"
viii do that distance in eight minutes
less time.
For some years both British and CON
tineutaI trasas seem TO have eXcelled
in high speed sustained for long dis
tances. the effort being toward excel
Ience in this direction rather than in
the direction Of record spurts for short
distances. The express runs showing
the fastest start-Jo-stop performances
for 1904 on British railways has just
been compiled in London and the table
is a remarkable one. one railroad, the
Great Western has fifteen regular
trains which daily negotiate runs be-
tween los ana 245 miles at an average
speed OF hfty-nve or more miles per
hour.
The Northeastern makes the fastest
regular run in Europe with its train
be tween Darlington and York. dis
lance of 44Iz miles, which ls made al
the average speed of 6I.7 miles per hour.
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london. October @.
r. ATHER IGNATIUs, the famous
- Protestant monk" who de-
nouuces the higher criticism as
more dangerous 10 Christianity
than OPEN atheism. and boasts that he
would stiU believe everything ia the
Bible. even If IL said the moon was
made Of green cheese, has again fur
nished striking proof OF the unquesUou-
ing character Of his faith
At LIauthouy, in "a lovely Welsh vail
ley surrounded by mountains where ne
has established "a monastery and sum
moued the Middle Ages back 10 life. he
Is erecting a beautiful memorial 10 com
memorate a wondrous apparition OF the
Blessed Virgin which he declares ap-
peared there twenty-fosIr years age
Time was when such an undertaking
would have evoked a storm OF angry
protest and derisive comment in the
English press. But the popular esti-
mate of Father Iguatius has greatly
changed ia recent years.
Even those who most strongly differ
from his religious views have come 10
respect him for his elruesmess, sineeri-
ty and unselhsh enthusiasm. Many
have heard him in America. for he once
preached a mission from New York 10
san Francisco
Like Medieval Days.
His description Of the apparition, as
beheld by him and several Of his monks
ana lay brothers. recalls the numerous
stories OF spectral visions supposedly
witnessed iu medieval days when the
church ruled supreme and scOnng scep-
tics were unknown. According 20 Father
Ignatius the Virgins appearance was
heralded by a great circle Of light fash
ing out over the heavens and uluminat-
ing the whole country round about In
the center Of this circle there gradually
took shape "a gigantic figure standing
sideways with hand uplifted.
I'm the distance the monk says, "the
figure seemed TO be about sixty feet
high. but as IT descended IL assumed the
ordinary size Of q human being I saw
distinctly the outlines of the features
against the bright light and also the
exact form of the drapery. all as plainly
and clearly as III is possible for me 20
express
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Fifth Largest Library in
Country IS in Liti-
cation.
ITS FUTURE IS IN DOUBT
Millionaire Sutr0 Had a
Hobby of Which Few
Persons Ever Knew

- ACkED in musty old boxes. sheet
covered with cobwebs, always IN
6anser of destruction by IRE, the
The Washington times., 1904-10-30

HE Paris, Lyons, and Mediter-
rance Railroad has come to the
front with a bid Tor the long
distance speed record fra railroad
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APPEARANCEs DECEITFUL.

Your yard is pretty full of dogs, %
said the caller. Are they all yours 3'
No" replied the man OF the house.
flushing with resentment I'm uOt SO
burned poor as that Chicago Tribune,