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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-27
Soap or Brandy?
Which Is Responsible for the Degen-
eracy Of the Kamr7

Which Is Responsible for the Degen-
eracy Of the Kaffr?
An English writer asserts that the
English people have greatly deteri-
GRATED physically because Of the too
frequent use OF soap. "The English. :"
he says. are too clean. The Creator
gave US natural oil TO protect the
skin and make it supple, and we pass
Par time removing this oil with soap.
I'm consequence, We are more vuIner-
able to colds, TO rheumatism. and to
all sorts Of diseases. Soap opens the
pores Of the skin, and disease enters
with ease. Look at the Kahirs. They
begin 10 deteriorate only when they
become civilized. when they are too
clean"
Important if true. While'it is pos
sible. Of course, to sustain injury by
depriying ones skin of the natural oil
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-27
PLAN TO SETTLE
RED CROSS CASE
Committee Confers With
the President.
GOVERNMENT RECOGNITION
Compromise of Factions Proposed and
Miss Barton May Withdraw a.
Head of the Society.

In a conference at the White House
yesterday. Senator Proctor and Repre-
sentative William Alden Smith took IN
with the President the question OF how
best to settle the factional differences In
the Red Cross between Clara Barton and
her opponents The question OF national
recognition Of the society was also dis
cussed.
At the last meeting Of the Red Cross.
ex-Secretary Richard Olney was re-
quested p name a committee to take I'D
these matters. Senator Proctor and Mr.
Smith. with General Ainsworth. form
the committee. The President IS in SYM
pathy with the efforts Of the committee.
It is thought Congressional action viii
not be needed to accord national recog-
milton to the Red Cross. Whcther this
recognition contemplates Government
oversight of financial matters is not AZ
dieated.
Compromise Proposed.
Miss Barton has ssked for an addi-
tional week 20 make reply to the Con-
gress investigating committee on the
charges the anti-Barton element has
made. After this extension was grant
ed. the Barton faction proposed a peace
arrangement by which Miss Barton was
TO resign as president. the charges were
TO be withdrawn. and the Investigation
discontinued
The insurgents want no compromise
AID say they viii push the Investigation
to the end They want a full airiEg Of
the Red Cross financial affairs
For Eastern War.
An entertainment was given in Bos-
ton recently under the auspices OF the
American National Red Cross, Clara
Barton president. for the benefit
Of the .RussO-Japanese War Red Cross
Work" The admission fee was 50 cents
Both Japan and Russia have declined
the aid OF the American Red Cross, and
many members of the organization re-
gard il as strange funds should be
raised for nations that have refused to
accept assistance
1t was said at the White House yes
terday that the committee was IN no
way hostile TO Miss Barton In regard
to giving the society a measure Of Gov
eminent standing, it is said nearly everR
civilized nation has made the Ked Cross
semi-offcial organization.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-27
Sounding Brass. "A"
An Attack of Mysteries in q Religious
Contemporary.
We clip the following from the col
umns of a contemporary:

Contemporary.
We clip the following from the col
umns of a contemporary:
salt Lake City is a hotbed Of iniquity,
stronghold Of anarchy, q breeding place Of sedi-
ton. It is incompatible with decent. demo-
cratic, twentieth century government. And Reed
SmOot represents this whole system. He is in
the Senate to represent it. We wonder whether
senators are willing 70 be fellow members with
he representative Of such an institution. We
wonder whether a man who stands for al Or
ganization whose head openly confesses that for
fourteen years he and lis associates have openly
and deliberately violated the law of the land
as 10 polygamous marriages, and that in the
eyes of the law he and they are adultere-s. can
be recognized as a lawmaker in the United
States. We do not vet know at this writing
whether Mr. Smoot is similarly guilty or not,
Bi.' AZ makes little difference. He is in the
Senate by The consent and to carry out the
wishes Of the Mormon hierarchy. That seems 10
he already proven. We trust he will be dealt
with as the thing he represents deserves to be
deal- wish
If the foregoing were taken from
secular publication, it would not be
worth Teprinting. But it is the Ian
guage of the Evangelical Messen-
ger" published in Cleveland, Ohio. 1t
is full, as one must confess at once,
OF sweet unreasonableness." It
breathes so much the spirit of Chris
tian love and forbearance. II is so
charitable. And that is the reason,
too, We presume, why so many effu-
siOns of this character, appearing in
the religious press. are as sounding
brass, or a tinkling cymbal" Chart
ty rejoiceth in truth but the
Evangelical Messenger" seems to us
to be neither charitable nor truthful.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-27
cHAMBERLAINs BIBLE CLASS.

The Pilgrim Teacher for February
says: 'England's distinguished eX-see-
rotary o the colonies. Joseph Chamber
lain. has figured in many different roles.
bat few persons are aware that he has
been prominent IN Sunday school work.
With the possible exception OF Mr. Glad
stone. he is the only English cabinet
minister who Is on record as ever nav
ing taught a Bible class. His teaching
was in connection with the Methodist
chapels in Birmingham and Carter >
Lane IN London
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-27
Sir Edwin Arnold.
Journalist First, Poet Afterward, Man
of Letters Always.


of Letters Always.
The death of Sir Edwin arnold has
called forth sundry expressions of
opinion curiously accurate in the i'm
preston which they give of the life
and work of the man. The retire
ment from prominent public life in
which his later years were passed
did, perhaps. have upon his reputa-
ton something Of that settling and
analyzing effect which the period i'm
mediately after a mans death often
has. 1t is an old story. the dimming
OF the glory of a popular idol when
q generation arises that, knows not
Joseph or. on the other hand. the
tendency to ignore ali detraction and
see nothing but good in the dead. In
the case Of Arnold, however, the
world seems to have taken him for
the man he was.
II mas been well said that his Light
of Asia" owed its immense popuIari-
y not to its intrinsic merit so much
as 10 the time at which il was put
forth. An English and American
public-Darticularly the American
had Just awakened to the perception
OF something good in Eastern life. In
our case a missionary epoch. in which
the heather were regarded simply as
material for conversion, had been fol-
lowed by a less dogmatic season Of
doubt Of all doctrines and interest in
all human nature. We were getting
the first returns from Oriental trade.
and beginning TO admire japanese art.
OF course, away back In the DAYS of
the East Indian companies, our mer-
chants and rich men had their treas
uTes from India, Japan, and China.
but ordinary fork were, in the eighties.
only beginning to feel the charm OF
Japan. And then came the exquisite
musical verse Of Arnold, to reveal to
people who knew nothing Of Bud
dhism the essential beauty and rea-
sonabieness of its doctrines. The
Light Of Asia" is not a great poem
but il is q very beautiful one: and t.
WIS written by a man who knew the
East through and through, and was a
trained scholar with keen sense OF
literary values. He might be said 10
hold brief for Buddhism; and his
poem was-certainly a telling plea. II
is safe 10 say that American ideas of
Hinda religions were perceDtibly
softened and made more reasonable
by the very general reading and dis
cussion of that poem.
Sir Edwin Arnold was an execution
10 the general rule Of Auglo-Saxoa
insularity and racial pride, so marked
as TO be actually of an opposite type
to the majority Of his countrymen.
Early IN life he FELT the East
a-caliin' " and needed little else. He
was the interpreter between the home
staying Englislnman and that mystic
rious, fascinating, baleful, yet human
group Of peoples whom ne knew so
we'll 1t is worth our while to study
such men and understand their value.
Enthusiasts may dream OF a time
-ghen al men viii be brothers and
all racial and national lines be wiped
out; but that time will never come.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-27
CANAL MAKES A DESERT

The Ismalia Canal in Egypt has pro-
duced a curious effect in making a
desert out Of some lands that were for
meriy very fertile. The canal has not
only raised the general level Of the sub
soil water, but has been the means Of
bringing TO the surface salts of soda
that are moro or less injurious to the
Record.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-27

a temperance theorist says that mans
desire for drink may be cured by eating
a raw apple whenever IL comes on. The
temperance theOrist can hardly be sup
posed TO know much about II from ex-
pcrience; but perhaps he means that the
eating of a quantity Of large raw apples
would give the victim such stomach
ache that he could rot possibly think of
anything else.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-27

which is its protection, is it not more
reasonable to suppose that the degen-
Grafton of the Kaff1rs is due, not TO
the English soap and cleanliness, but
to English rum and brandy? This is
a suggestion, merely.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-27

The Spanish city Of Bilbao has a mayor
who has decided that the ringing of bells
Is unsuited to "A modern city. The city
OF New York has not come TO that con-
oiusion, and this is the first New York
has heard Of Bilbao.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-27

Booker Washington meets the argu-
mcnts Of some people regarding the use
lessness Of negro education by pointing
out the fact that the average negro has
had about one-ffth as much money
spent on him as the average white man,
and the latter is not exactly what you
can call overeducated.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-27

Ernest Crosby recommends that the
danger OF fires be decreased by not
heating the houses so much Undoubt-
eddy, man Is in no danger of fire in
snow bank, but who wants to live
there?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-27

The public might not object so much
to street sweeping skirts If there were
dustpan attached
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-27

New Jersey, the mother Of trusts, viii
begin 10 have maternal anxieties.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-27
JAPANESE PROVERBS.

Washington. March %.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-27
NEW RAILROAD FOR
WESTERN FLORIDA

VIII Connect ApaIachicoIn with
quincy, and Maybe cambridge.
1t is not improbable that in short
time new railroad will be built in the
western part of Florida, to be known
as the Apalachicola and Northern, and
TO connect Alphabetical with Quincy.
A company has been formed of North
ern capitalists to build such line
and has already secured its charter.
An examination of the proposed right
OF way has also been made, and SO
soon as funds are available it is be-
heved the work will be begun.
The distance between ApaEachicola
and Quincy is about seventy miles, and
the territory is one rich in timber that
Will be manufactured and marketed
SO soon as the line can be constructed
The prospective railroad also means
much for the prosperity of Apalachi-
cora, the business of which will be ma
terially increased by communication
with the inland cities.
Though the line has been planned
only so far as Quincy it is hardly like
ly that that city will be made its ter
mlnal, for already a request has been
made by cambridge that the road be
extended to that point. It is yet prob
lemat1cal when the actual construction
or the line will begin.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-27
CHANGES MADE IN
PLL0TAGE COMMISSION.

Mr.. j. H. Hunter has resigned as a
member of the Board of Commission
ers of Pilotage for Savannah, and the
board has recommended to the Mayor
that Mr.. Joseph Hull be appointed in
his place.
The term of Mr.. j. F. Minis has ex-
pired and the board has recommended
that he be reappointed. These recon-
mendations by the board will be taken
up by the Mayor at once and he will
probably make his appointments in
time for them to be presented to Coun-
Gil for approval Wednesday. The ap-
pointments will doubtless be made in
accord with the recommendations of
the board.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-27

BAMBOO FURNITURE, AT AUG
ton Monday, 29th, screens, music
stands, corner chairs, easels, jarde-
Mere stands, flower stands. G. H.
Dorset.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-27

FORTUNE TO BE MADE AT
Greenville; the Crescent mineral
spring, pavilion, six houses, barn, or
chards and twenty-seven acres of
house lots within city limits for $500,
though $4,000 cash was refused for a
portion when Greenville had half pres
ent population. VIM. Goldsmith, Jr.,
Greenville, S. c., will show it.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-27
TO ESTABLISH LODGE
OF KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.

Grand Keeper of Records and Seals
William H. Leopold has received an
application from Arlington, Ga, ask
ing that a lodge of the Knights of
Pythias be organized there as soon
as possible. The petition has thirty
nine signers, and steps will be taken
at once to organize the lodge.
The credit for the good showing
made belongs largely to DIR. Hugo
Robinson of Albany, who has done
all in his power to help the Airing
ton movement along. The name of
the new lodge has not been selected,
though it will be No. 1856. The new
lodge, when established, will make 135
the total number of subordinate lodges
in the domain of Georgia.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-27
ORGANIZED SOCIETY
TO AID NEGRO FARMERS
Negroes Will Organize Local Bodies
in Each County.

At the last days sessions of the
farmers conference at the Georgia In
dustrial College, society having in
view the lettering and improving of
the negro farmers was organized.
The following officers were elected:
President, r. R. Wright; vice presi-
dent, D. L. Jackson; second vice pres
ident, R. H. Thomas; secretary, T. L.
Coffin; and treasurer, I. Bryan. Steps
were also taken to organize local So
cieties in each county of the state to
cooperate with and assist the general
society.
The morning session was devoted to
talks by different farmers on the
work of the farm and the essentials to
success. The common expression was
that faithful work, saving of money,
and abstinence from liquor, would
bring success. One negro told of his
start ten years ago with only 81 and
by perseverance he to-day owns a
farm of 100 acres.
Prof. Work discussed THE cultiva-
ton of Rice and Oyster Picking"
This work has been an object of spe-
teresting points were brought out by
the speaker. The address will be is
sued in bulletin form and distributed
among those who wish it.
The afternoon session was devoted
largely to a talk by Prof. Carver on
FOOD products. Adulteration was
stated to be very common and many
instances were given of things which
has been personally tested by the
speaker. A bottle of whisky was
shown which, under actual chemical
test, was proven to contain no alcohol
Whatever. One brand of cow-feed
proved to contain so per cent. of pine
saw-dust.
At the close Of the session $500 pack
ages of seeds, furnished by the United
states, were distributed. A resolution
OF thanks to Senators Bacon and Clay
Congressman Lester and the Georgia
delegation was passed by the confer
ence. 1t was mainly through their eff
forts that the distribution was made
possible.
At the close of the conference the
opinion was unanimous that it had
been the most successful one yet held.
much has been accomplished and much
good has been derived. The highest
compliments were bestowed upon the
work which is being done at these
conferences. Bishop Gaines of Atlanta,
DIR. G. S. Dickerman of New Haven.
secretary of the Southern Board Of
Education; Prof. Cairn of Tuskegee
Institute; Prof. Hurd, principal Of
Beach Institute, and y. A. Hopkins
OF the magazine the Voice Of the Ne
gro, were among the best known Wis
itors who compllmented the teachers
at the institute.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-27
PHOTOGRAPHY.

WILSON ON A PHOTOGRAPH
stands for the best; give your friend
or relative photo made at Wilson's
studio, and no apologies are necessary;
the average person seldom has a pho
tograph taken and should, therefore,
have the best, regardless. of cost; how
ever, at Wilson's the, best are always
made at prices most reasonable and
the cost will please as well as the pho
tos; moral, 1.-THE best is always cheap
est" Go to Wilson's Studio, Al Bull
street; both phones.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-27

The foregoing report shows the fig-
ures of membership of all divisions
May l, 1903, and Jan. l, 1904, and will
be of considerable interest to the mem
bers of the T. P. A. who are interested
In the race for the horns. The show
Ing taken as a whole is a very fav-
orable one, but seven states showing
a loss, and the largest loss with but
one exception, being but &C. Texas
seems to have suffered most, but there
appears to be no reason why their loss
should not be made up before the ma
tional convention. The total loss of
members is 209, and the total gain
LOGS, showing a net gain of S59.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-27
r.P.A.S TO CHOOSE
STATE DELEGATES.

statement by National Chairman
shows Healthy Growth of Order.
Post A Travellers Protective Associa-
ion will hold a meeting in the Screven
Hb1ss this afternoon at 4 o'clock.
rhe chief matter to be brought up
9 the election of delegates and al
.ernates to the state convention to
be held in Augusta in April.
The members of the association are
much interested in a recent state
nent issued by the national chair
nan of the order in regard to the
membership, which is as follows:
Nav Mar, Nav
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-27

Florida. Geo. Chaplin, Boston, Mass.
MORE MONEY IN POULTRY
than oranges. The Terry or Cordova
Vineyard. where Mr.. Terry expended
$4,000, short drive from Ponce de
Leon; many Scuppernong and Niagara
grapes; forty acres enclosed in chicken
wire for game preserve or mammoth
poultry plant house, barn and shed;
price $1,400, $500 cash. balance per
cent; see pictures of above in Chapins
illustrated catalogue, mailed to every
hotel (ask for it). Geo. Chaplin, Bos-
ton Mass.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-27

HOT STUFF STOVES AT LESS
than cost; closing fout our stock of
wood, coal and hot stuff stoves at less
than cost Savannah Crockery and
Hardware Company, S05 Broughton,
west.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-27
Commissioners Inspected Jail

County Commissioners Paulsen and
vetsburg yesterday made the regular
quarterly inspection of the county
Jail. The committee was pleased with
the condition in which they found the
Jail. All the prisoners are well pro-
vided for and the premises are kept in
the best condition possible.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-27
Funeral of John w. otto.

The funeral services over the re-
mains OF John w. Otto were conducted
Yesterday afternoon from the family
residence. No. 3O7 McDonouRh street.
west. Rev, w. A. Nisbet, pastor Of the
Westminster Presbyterian Church.
conducted the services. The interment
"As " Laurel Grove cemetery.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-27
Personal.

WE BUY FOR CASH, AND SELL
ten cents. Williams Bicycle Co.
WE SUPPLY HANSOMS AND
first-classs surveys for driving. shop
ping, visiting or quick calls; good
horses; polite drivers. Phones 413.
Union Transfer Company.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-27

GOOD HARTFORD TIRES 1886
each, put on free. Williams Bicycle
Co.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-27

M. A. STOKES RIBBON STORE
will sell for few DAYS the best soft
satin ribbon in lengths for the neck of
IL yards No. 40 for zoe; IL yards No.
so for Csc. This is our regular 15c and
zoe ribbon that other houses sell at 29c
and SOC. Don't fail to see these goods
before they are gone. We have any
ribbons you want from 1c to zoe per
yard.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-27
IN THE RAILROAD WORLD.

H. D. Wilson, assistant general pas-
senger agent of the Missouri Pacific.
with headquarters at Memphis; ]. E.
Rehlander, travelling passenger agent
of the same system, with Headquarters
at Atlanta, and B. H. Payne, assistant
passenger and ticket agent of the line
with headquarters at st. Louis, spent
yesterday in Savannah. Mr.. Wilson is
potentate of Alchymia Temple of Mys-
tic Shriners. He met a number of the
members of Alec Temple while here
Mr.. Walter Hale superintendent of
the fifth division Seaboard Air Line.
with headquarters at Savannah, re-
turned yesterday after a trip over
his division.
Circulars were received in Savannah
yesterday from the Macon, Dublin and
Savannah Railroad Company ANNOUNCE
ing the appointment to the place of
general manager of Mr.. ]. A Streyer,
with headquarters at Macon. Mr..
Streyer was formerly general passen-
ger agent of the Macon and Birm-
ingham. The management also an
nounces that Mr.. L. w. James has
resigned as commercial agent, that Of
flee being abolished.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-27
ron Observation-Disclosures.

FOR RENT, WELL ESTABLISHED
bar, equipped with new fixtures, corner
Barnard and Congress streets, facing
City Market. Apply to Horace Rivers,
Drayton and st. Julian streets.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-27

WANTED, MEN AT THE RELIA-
BILE Bicycle Store, 202 Jefferson, corner
Oglethorpe avenue, to solicit the sale
of bicycles. Perfect goods and good
sellers
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-27


ROOMS FOR RENT, IN SOUTHERN
part Of city. Robt. II. Tatem, real es-
tate dealer. Z York, west.
LOVELY ROOMS WITH LATEST
improvements. from 81 so per week up
TO s.: can step of the cars. from any
part Of the city. A. X. Mallette. Mar
shall House.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-27

GREEN, THE EXPERT VUL-
canizer, sells bicycles, tires, sundries.
at cheapest prices; punctures repaired,
15c.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-27
LOST AND FOUND.

LOST BEAGLE HOUND PUPPY,
female; white and black spots. Return
to Wagners, Thunderbolt road, get re-
ward.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-27
FARMS FOR SALE.

-~---->---~-~---~-~
FOR SALE, A GOOD FARM,
TX miles south of Sereven, Ga,
containing 172 acres of timbered land,
thirty-five acres under cultivation;
one good four-room house, kitchen and
dining room; extra good well water;
all necessary buildings; well stocked
with birds, small game; one and a
half miles from the Little Satilla river,
which stream is well stocked with all
the fresh-water fish, trout Dream and
all other kinds of fresh-water fish in
abundance. Also good outlet for stock
to the Great Back Woods for raising
stock. For terms apply to j., A. Hill
ton. or G. G. Grace, Screven, Ga.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-27

FOR SALE. 1 CARRY IN STOCK
launches of all sizes from Is feet to 80
feet, inclusive, 2 to IL horsepower in
elusive, all complete and ready to rum
Also the celebrated Howard engine
and the Regal engines, all using gaso-
line, and all in stock, which will be
furnished at a low price. Also, all sup
plies in the shape of batteries, dynamos,
etc. Apply to me- Jacob Lippman
corner Congress and Barnard streets.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-27

FOR SALE, GROCERY BUSINESS;
established trade. with or without
lease; a bargain. Quick care News.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-27
ENGINES AND ROLLERS.

ENGINES AND BOILERS, ALL
sizes: we have in stock 10 to rs horse
power; can supply larger sizes on short
notice. Hartfelder- Garbutt Co.. 301-
303-305' Bay street, west.