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The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-30
The Baker Family History Dates Back Beyond the Conquest

One line OF Bakers traces back to
F-argallus, the 156th monarch of all
Ireland, another line to Robert Bruce
of Scotland, and still a third to Edward
/. of England,
The names is variously spelled
Bakes, Brakeman, Blackwell and Ba-
kere, and it is interchangeable with
Baxter, which is only another form
of Baker.
The family history dates back TWEEN
ty centuries, or beyond the Conquest.
Records of the family are found in
the Heraldic Visitation OF Essex.
1884, a volume which may be consult
ed at the British Museum. In the
early part of the seventeenth century
no gentleman's library was complete
without THE Chronicles of the Kings
of England" a book written by Sir
Richard Baker. After his death the
work was continued by Edward Phil
lips Miltons nephew. Thomas Ba-
ker's valuable manuscript collection
of thirty-nine volumes is divided be-
tween the British Museum and the
Cambridge Library. His life was writ
ten by Horace Walpole.
Henry Baker. poet, born 1908,
founded the Bakerian lectureship of
the Royal Society. He married a
daughter of Defoe. The Bakers can
lay claim to many another ancestor
renowned in the literary world. to say
nothing of the great explorer, Sir
Samuel Baker.
Francis Baker, with his wife, three
children and four servants came over
in the Planter" from Norwich Eng
land. Five years earlier, in 1880, came
Edward Baker who settled In North
ampton, Mass. His will exhorts his
family to lead pious and peaceful lives,
and he made request that his funeral
should be without ostentation. This
was a period of great extravaganza;
for example, it is on record that 5000
pairs of gloves and 200 gold rings
were furnished for one funeral. So
great did the expenditure become that
in 1742, a law was passed forbidding
any extra outlay except six pairs Of
gloves for the bearers and one fur
the minister.
Whenever war was declared, the
Bakers we're always among the first
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-30

1t was young Baker who had given
the warning which caused the lights
to be hung in the tower. Perhaps 1t
was he himself who hung UP the Lam
terms in the highest window. Reuben
Bakers name Is on the Revolutionary
muster roll in the Massachusetts arch
ives, end Remember Baker was with
Ethan Allen at the capture of Ticon-
deroga.
The romantic story Of dashing Capt
Baker of Northampton is preserved in
the Massachusetts archives. He was
taken captive at the massacre of Deer
field and carried TO Canada He es-
capped, was recaptured. threatened
with death at the stake. and rescued
just In time not to spoil a good story.
This was not the end of his romance
by any manner of means-a pretty
widow, Christine Otis lie Ban. who
had also been taken captive, met him.
This meant another capture, but OF an
entirely different kind, and they were
married. The richly decorated blanket
of an Indian sachem and his powder
horn, taken by Capt. Baker from an
Indian, whom he had killed, are still
family relies.
Did you ever hear Noah Baker
preach?" asked one anent a Baptist
Drother, whose sermons were lengthy
and his everyday discourse somewhat
prosy.
II never heard lIim do anything
else" was the reply.
A representative Baker is tall and
stalwart, with hair slightly tinged with
red, eyes gray and complexion fiorld
The bearing Is somewhat stately and
very dlgnifed.
Burke gives thirty-four Baker coats
of-ar1ns. The one reproduced Is ar
gent on a satire engrailed, sable. Ave
escallops of the field; on a chief OF
the second; Hon PEASANT OF the first.
Crest, a dexter arm endowed. vested,
azure, cuffed argent, holding in the
hand an arrow of the last. In her
aldry, a satire or st. Andrews cross
is symbolic OF courage. and the re-
ward of those who have scaled the
walls of towns. Bngrailed lines de-
note the possession OF land. Escal-
lops or shells were granted to those
crusaders who were truly noble. The
lion always has high place In her
aldry, and the arrow signifies martial
readiness.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-30
Is YOUR DIARY RIGHT?
ASK MISS UP-TO-DATE.

Continued from Page Twenty-two.)
sees. She devotes one page in her diary
to each performance, preserving the
cast as it appears on the programme,
and surrounding it with newspaper
and magazine cuts of the actors. Be-
low this she writes her personal crit
icism of the play, and adds, perhaps,
1.-The newspaper criticism which ap-
peals most strongly to her.
A young woman who has kept such
diary for the past year. at the OPEN
ing of the present dramatic season,
took much pleasure in watching the
gradual advance of actors who last
season gave promise of doing better
things.
The diary of the camera girl is the
simplest of all. She takes at least one
picture a day and it's caption tells
the tale. 1t may illustrate some scene
in her home life, or carry some pleas
ant social memory, or tell of walks
afield or trips aioat.
The owner of new freighting
steamer on the Great Lakes, recently
entertained a party of friends on his
boat for its initial trip, and a photo
graphic diary of the journey was kept.
A girl who has been keeping a cam
era diary for several years has an
almost complete record of social
events in her own set, and is the en-
Wy of every woman in her circle.
The athletic girl can keep the snap
piest sort Of diary, and IL she hap
pens to belong to a country club she
will mix it's various social events with
athletic records. She will enter in
this book not only her own records
on the golf links or the tennis court
but she win clip items Of interest
regarding women In various sports
with photographs as they appear in
print and interesting personal facts,
which in time win develop into a
scrap book OF great value.
The advantage of calling these
diaries instead OF scrap books is mani
fest. One is apt TO accumulate clip
pings for a scrap book and, with the
very best intentions, postpone making
II up from day TO day. But, IL every
night or the first thing after breakfast
In the morning, an hour IL devoted to
making up a fresh page. the work will
be done systematically.
The oldest little diary ever kept was
the self-confessed possession OF a
boarding school girl who was always
doing the wrong thing at the wrong
moment. She headed her little book
very pathetically. Things / Must Not
DO Again." and she said that nearly
every night q clean page bore fresh
evidence Of her heediessness.
A member OF Mrs. Cynthia West
over Alden's Sunshine Club has what
she calls her sunshine diary" Not
only does she count that day lost
when she falls TO enter some kindly
deed, but she scores the page with a
big black cross as a mute but eloquent
reproach.
The American girl seldom casts
aside an old custom without substi-
tutinR something better, and certain
II is that the diary Of the hour, writ
ten toward or around some particu-
lar object. ~ infinitely more interest
ing than the selfish vaporinss. 70 ego
tistioai and empty. which girls OF
EARLIER generations wrote
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-30

The first snappy days whet the APP
petite for oysters, and after a summer,
during which they have been crossed
off the housewives order slate. they
take on an exaggerated value in her
estimation.
1t is enormously supposed that the
oyster. raw or stewed, is easily d.
gested. In truth, 1t requires two
hours and ffty-five minutes to digest
a raw oyster, and three hours and
thirty minutes to thoroughly digest
stewed oyster; while eggs, soft-boiled,
will digest in an hour and thirty min
utes; turkey, in two hours and thirty
minutes, and broiled lamb in the same
time.
Stale oysters are absolutely poison
Gus, and raw oysters carry germs of
many diseases, notably typhoid. Many
particular housekeepers never serve a
raw oyster on the table, because Of
this last-named fact, holding that the
cooking of the oyster destroys any
infectious germs.
If oysters are served raw the bon
vivant demands that they come to
him direct from the shell. and the
housewife should order them opened
and delivered at the last minute be-
timed oyster, which is the only sort
seen in many inland cities, is utterly
unfit to be served In the raw state.
In fact, It is preserved, not raw.
Only very large oysters should be
served on the half-shel, and these
should be garnished with lemon cut
In eighths. Horseradish and crisp,
salty crackers should always be pass
ed with the raw oysters.
The most acceptable method for
serving small oysters raw is in the
form Of a cocktail. Have them cold
and free from bits of shell. Put not
more than half dozen in each cock
tail glass, or sherbet cup, and Just
before sending to the table, cover
with a dressing made in the following
way: A tablespoonful OF tomato cat
sup, the same quantity of lemon juice.
five or six drops of Tobasco sauce.
half teaspoonfu1 OF Worcestershire
sauce, and salt to taste. This guam
tity will make three cocktails.
Serve with oyster cocktails thin
slices Of brown bread and celery. The
cocktails for company affairs are
sometimes served in lemon cups, set
in sherbet glasses. II the oysters are
very choice and the dinner is small,
a followed block OF ice, Earnlshed
WIFI nuts bHelillhu anu uOWefSf dduS
to their flavor and attractiveness. The
ice for a large dish Of oysters may
be followed with the ice pick. Cut
away from the sides and center so as
to leave a wall about two and one
half inches thick A brick or iron
may be heated and a cavity melted
out. Lay the block on a folded nap.
kin. Ice molds used by caterers to
hold raw oysters are often shaped
like small apples, shells and flowers.
Receipts for a good oyster stew are
without number. The special point is
a broth that Is piping hot. filled with
plenty Of oysters The oysters must be
as hot as the broth, 80 that one Will
not feel a chill when they strike the
teeth. They must not be cooked
enough 20 be toughened o. shriveled.
II thickened with eggs or aour tho
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-30

to rush to arms. Young William Ba-
ker, mere stripping. first carried the
news OF the approach of the British
TO Concord.
IF the British march
By land or sea from the town to-
night,
Hang a lantern aloft in the beifry
arch
OF the North Church tower as a
signal light.
One, If by land, and two, IL by sea-
This had been Paul Revere's com
mand:
And 10! as he looks on the belfry's
hight,
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-30
BETTER THAN SPANKING.

Spanking does not cure children OF
urine difficulties. II Il did there would
be few children that would do n.
There II constitutional cause for
this. Mrs. NJ. Summers. Box 404. NOtre
Dame. Ind. will send her home treat
ment 10 any mother. She asks no
money. Write her to-day n your
children trouble you IA this way.
Don't blame the child. The chances
are II can't help IT, 3
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-30

Cover with a deep layer Of fine bread
crumbs, dot with butter and brown
quickly In the oven.
Oyster Cronstadt is another nice
way to cook the mollusks for a lunch
con course. Take round loaf of bak-
er's bread at least two days old and
scoop out the center. Do not break
the crust. and leave 1t at least an
inch and a half thick. Dry the
crumbs In slow oven and roll very
fine. Measure three cupsfuI and fry
a light brown in hot butter.
Make a sauce from one quart of rich
milk. or half milk and cream, and
three tablespoonful of -four. Season
with salt. pepper and a teaspoonful
OF onion Juice. Fill the followed loaf
first with layer of the sauce, then
one of oysters, sailed and peppered
moderately, layer Of the sauce, and
lastly one OF the Drowned crumbs.
Fill the shell in this order and bake
slowly thirty minutes. One quart Of
oysters is sufficient. Garnish with
parsley and slices OF lemon.
As soon as the celery has a fne
flavor combine II with oysters for a
salad course for your Sunday night
tea. Fry half a dozen large oysters
rolled in cracker or bread crumbs in
a small tablespoonful OF butter and
set them away to cool. Rub your
salad bowl with a raw onion, cut
the oysters into small pieces and mix
with six heaping tablespoonsful Of
celery Make a dressing from a quar-
ter OF a cupful OF sour cream whipped
to a froth, the yoke Of an egg and
pinch OF salt. paprika, mustard and
sugar, and one tablespoonful of OIL
Add the cream the last thing. and IL
MT arffi0fonfiu TART add a lfffIa Iarnou
juice.
For informal suppers and chatting
dish cookery nothing Is better than
PANIED oysters with sherry or deviied
oysters. II the oysters are to be
PANIED heat two tablespoonsful Of
butter In the blazer and lay In as many
oysters as you can conveniently.
When the edges begin to curl add two
tablespoonful of sherry. cook a min
ute longer and serve on crisp roast.
For deviled oysters mix a pinch OF
cayenne, half teaspoonful of salt, a
quarter to a half teaspoonful OF curry
powder, a dessertspoonful OF Worces-
tershire sauce, and a tablespoonful OF
butter. Put this in your dish. and
when II Is hot add one-fourth pint OF
oyster liquor and twenty-five oysters.
Turn several times and cook until the
oysters plump.
A leftover OF macaroni combines
delightfully."- with a few oysters. Use a
layer of the macaroni and layer OF
oysters. as for scalloped oysters. Sea-
son in the same way, and II cheese IL
liked. cover the top with It before bak-
ing. Any white sauce left over and
added 70 the dish improves II. Cook
until most Of sauce or moisture Is abb
sorbed, as few things are more I'M
palatable than a scallop that suggests
bread-and-milk poultice.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-30

SCUBA is the woman to help us. II
we Ole on that journey. well, at least
we shall have done our best"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-07-09
TRUSTS.

We recognize that the gigantic trusts
and combinations designed TO enable
capital 10 secure more than its just
share Of the joint products Of capital
and labor, and which have been fostered
and promoted under Republican rule,
are a menace TO beneficial competition
and an obstacle TO permanent business
prosperity a private monopoly is in
defensible and intOlerable.
Individual equality Of opportunity and
free competition are essential 20 a
healthy and permanent commercial pros
perity, and any trust. combination or
monopoly. tending TO destroy these by
controlling production. restricting COM
petition or fixing prices, should be pro-
hibited and punished b. law. We es-
pecialiy denounCc rebates and discrim-
ination by transportation companies as
the most potent agency in promoting
and strengthening these unlawful con-
spiracics against trade
Any trust or unlawful combination en-
gagged in interstate commerce which is
monOpOllzing any branch OF business or
production should not be permitted TO
transact business outside of the state
Of its origin. Whenever il shall Ice cs-
taD!ished in any court Of competent iur-
lsdlctlon that such mOnOpOliZa ton exists.
such prohibition should be enforced
through comprehensive laws 10 be en-
acted on the subject
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-07-09
What Each Party Says
On National Issues
PIanks From the Platforms of Both the Great
Parties on the Issues of the
Campaign
REPUBLICAN,.
TARIFF.

Protection which guards and develops
our Industries is cardinal policy of the
Republican party The measure Of pro-
lection should always at least equal the
difference in the cost Of production at
home and abroad. We insist upon the
maintenance of the principles Of protec-
ton, and therefore rates of duty should
be readjusted only when conditions have
so changed that the public interest de-
mands their alteration, but this work
cannot safely be committed TO any other
hands than those Of the Republican
party To intrust it TO the Democratic
party is 20 invite disaster
Whether. as in 1892. the Democratic
party declares the protective tariff IN
constitutional, or whether ii demands
tariff reform or tariff revision, its real
object is always the destruction OF the
protective system. a Democratic tariff
has always been followed by business
adversely; a Republican tariff by bust
ness prosperity.
We have extended widely our foreign
markets, and we believe in the adoption
of all practical methods for their further
extension, including commercial rcci-
procity wherever reciprocal arrange
ments can be effected consistent with
the principles Of protection and without
injury TO American agriculture. AmcrI-
can labor OF any American industry.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-07-09
HOME OFFICE PURCHASED.

The National Benefit Association Of
this city has purchased the fye-story
brick building at COS + Street northwest.
formally known as the Capital Savings
Bank Building. This building has more
than twenty splendid office rooms. all
of which are at present occupied. and
viii be remodcled. and used as a perma-
ueut home of the organization.
The National Benefit Association is a
corporation controlled by some Of our
leading Colorcd citizens ia different parts
Of the country and lS engaged ia the
business OF industrial insurance ex-
clusIvely a number OF the most success
ful agents from different States were
invited 10 Washington last week for q
conference with the management and 10
inspect the home Office
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-07-09
NEGRO PROBLEM.

The race question has brought count
less woes 10 this country. The calm wis
dom Of the American people should see
10 il that il brings no more. To revive
the dead and hateful race and sectional
animosities In any part Of our common
country means confusion. distraction u,
business, and the reopenlng Of wounds
now happily healed. North. South, East.
and West have but recently stood to-
gether IN line Of battle from the walls
Of Pekin 10 the hills OF Santiago, and.
as sharers of a common glory and a
common destiny, We should share fra
ternally the common burdens.
We therefore dcprecate and condemn
the bOurbOnlikc. selfish. and narrow
spirit OF the recent Republican cOuvcu-
ton at Chicago, which sought 10 kiuGIe
anew the cmbeTs of racial and sectional
strife, and We appeal from Il 10 the
sober common sense and patriotic spirit
OF the American people
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-07-09
MERCHANT MARINE

While every other industry has pros
pered UE0er the fostering aid Of Rcpub-
Ican legislation, American shipping. ell
gaged in foreign trade in competition
with the low cost OF construction. low
wages, and heavy subsidies Of foreign
governments, bias not for many years
received from the Government or thu
United states adequate clcoura cement
OF any Kind. We therefore favor lcgIa-
IatiOu which viii encourage and build
mp the American merchant marine. ami
we cordially approve the Legislation o.
the last Congress which created the
Merchant Marine Commission 90 hives
t.EaLe and Ecp0rt upou This subject
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-07-09
DEMOCRATIC
TARIFF.

The Democratic party has been and
Will continue TO be the consistent oppo-
nent of that class of tariff legislation
by which certain interests have been
permitted. through Congressional favor
20 draw a heavy tribute from the Ameri-
can people. This monstrOus perversiou
of those equal opportunities which uuT
political institutions were established to
secure has caused what may once have
been infant industries TO become the
greatest combinations of capital that
the world has ever known. These espe-
cial favOrites Of the Government have,
through trust methods, been converted
into mOnopOlies. thus bringing to an end
domestic competition. which was the
only alleged check upon the eNtrava-
CANT profits made possible by the protec-
tive system. These industrial combina-
tions. by the financial assistance they
can give, now control the policy Of the
Republican party.
We denounCe protection as q robbery
of the many TO enrich the few, and we
favor a tariff limited TO the needs Of
the Government. economically admins
tered. and so levied as not 10 discrimin-
ate against any industry. class or sec
ton. TO the end that the burdens Of taxa
ton shall be distributed as equally as
possible.
We favor a revision and q gradual re-
ducti5n Of the tariff by the friends of
the masses and for the Commouwoal,
and not by the friends of its abuses. its
eXtOrtiOns and IT'S Determinations, keep
ing III view the ultimate ends of equal
ity of burdens and equality Of oppor-
tuuitleS' and the constitutional purpose
of raising a revenue by taNaJiOu-tO wit.
the support of the Federal Government
i'm all its integrity and virility, but IL
simnlicitK.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-07-09
TO SPEND CANAL MONEY
ON PUBLIC WORKS
Panama viii Divide Ten Millions
Among Various Provinces for
Improvements.

II. A. Gud'ger, United States consul
general. writing 10 the State Depart
Inent from Panama, says:
The republic Of Panama. having re-
ceived the 100000 from the United
ste -tes-the amount due on account Of
itle canal contradictions 70 be intent
on carrying into effect the various pub
lie improvements throughout the re-
public which have been contemplated
for some time.
This idea finally eliminated in an act
By the national assembly on June 8.
1894, by which certain sums were APP
propriated 10 the various provinces, as
follows:
Province Of Panama, 81 loo. 900;
Province Of Colon, $4,000; Province OF
Chiriqul, $4,000 Province of Cocle,
$4,000; Province Of Los Santos, SS5G. 600;
Province of Vera Aguas, $50 600; Prov
ince Of BOcas del Zorro. $4,000
Section 6 OF the bill provides that
within sixty days the President Of the
republic shall send 10 each one of the
provinces engineers and architects.
whose duty IL shall be 10 study the va
rious improvements contemplated and
present plans and specifications show
ing cost etc, or each These plans and
specifications must be submitted 20 the
december 81 next
1.-THE act gives the President Of the
republic the right 10 admit free of duty
al material used I'm these public i'm
prCvemcnts
1.-THE improvements for the Province
OF Panama consist in part of the follow
ing: Capitol or public government build
Ing, municipal palace. palace Of JUS
tice. library and museum university
university for the sciences, school Of
arts. Offices and commerce: theatcr.
police station, public Jail. and normal
college FOR young men.
some two years ago Gov. Carlos Al
ban. who was at the time at the head
Of the Colombian forces on the Pacific
slope, was killed in an engagement in
the Bay of Panama. Subsequently
park was opened I'm the CITY near the
Panama Railroad station ana named In
EOu0r of this distinguished Colombian.
From time 70 time since that date there
have been some improvements Of this
park and now IN this bin an appr0pria-
ton has been donated Tor the purpose
of improving and beaUtifyiug Albau
Park
'In the other provinces the fund is
70 be used for various and suudry pur-
poses. among which are named the fol-
lowing Erection OF houses for the gov
eruDrs, police stations. normal schools
prisons, cJurtlouscs, hospitals. boring
artcsiau wells. erecting bridges OF iron
and wood across rivers and streams. and
opening up public roads through the
interior cleaning harbOTs and opening
up rivers, abllshing electric plants IN
various municipalities. erecting light
houses. and making other improvements
along the lines indicated above
If there are those who wish more sps-
ciilc information as regards these mat
tiers, Hon. Manual QuinterO V. secrc-
tary Of public works. Panama, viii
doubtless give the Information desired
or application"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-07-09
COPPER WIRE
STOLEN FROM CAPITOL

More than a ton Of insulated copper
wire, ranging in size from the smallest
to the stoutest cable. has been stolen
from the stcrerooms Of the Capitol with
~ the past few months. according to "a
report made 10 the police yesterday by
Superintendent Elliott Z. Woods, ia
charge OF the Capitol.
The wire, IT Is believed, could not have
been carried off at one time. Months
were required by the lOOtcr OF lOOters,
who could carry away only one Oh two
coils al a time Co prevent detection.
The police have no clue as 20 the Ideu-
THY Of the thief OF thieves, but went ["
work on the case as soon as u was
reported Captain Boardman has detail
cd several Central ONCE detectives.