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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-18
THE MODEL HUSBAND.

The Rev. George w. Brownback, pas
tor of the Pilgrim Congregational
Church, of Reading, Pa, who adver-
tised for a wife. received 1000 appli-
cants for his hand, and then married
an attractive Paterson, N. j., girl, re-
ferred last Sunday, says the. New York
Herald, to the large number of d.
vorces granted in this county and then
spoke on 1.-The model husband" His
text was Colossians. 3, 10. Husbands,
love your wives. and be not bitter
against them" He said, in part:
THE model husband is one who
thinks more OF his wife than he does
of himself or any one in the world.
THE successful business man keeps
close watch on contracts to see that
they are fulfilled. Husbands, how
long Ia IL since you have looked at
your marriage contract?
MANY a man, without appreciation
of the beautiful flower he has taken
unto himself, becomes careless and
negligent. A model husband is a man
Of good memory. He remembers the
introduction that set his heart hutter-
ing. He remembers the walks together
before marriage. Therefore he does not
get half a square ahead and then bawl
out: Susan Jane, for heavens sake
why don't you hurry upT
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-18
URGING THE GROWTH
OF THE SEED.

Genuine Scotch canniness shines
through this story which the Philadel-
phia Ledger publishes: "a widow one
day in spring was seen by the clerk of
her parish crossing the churchyard
with watering pot and bundle. "Ah,
Mistress Mactavish." said the clerk,
whats yer business wi sic like gear
as that y'are carryin ?" "Ah, Weel,
Mr.. Maclachlan." replied the widow,
I'm just goin' to my gudeman's grave
I've got some hay seeds in my bundle,
Which I'm going to sow upon it, and
the water in the can is just to gle 'em
spring like!" 1.-THE seed Wilma want
the watering" rejoined the clerk.
They'll spring finely themselves. -
That may well be-" replied the widow,
but We dinna ken that my gudeman,
as he lay a-deeing, just got me to
promise that I'd never marry again
Till the grass had grown above his
grave. And. as I've had a good offer
made me but yestreen, We see, 1 dinna
like to break my promise, or be kept
a lone widow, is We see mel"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-18
COULD WE BUT KNOW.

= The blissfulness Of ignorance is our
salvation in household matters" said
a woman of experience, to New York
Tribune representative. "Just fancy
what state we would be in If we
knew all that went on in our honest
Why. our lives would be made perfect
ly miserable! II we could see how our
food is prepared. how our dishes are
washed and broken, how we are in
daily jeopardy on account Of careless
ness about fires and lamps, and how
our directions are generally disregard
ed we would not have one moments
peace. Luckily for ourselves, we each
individually secretly think that al
though our neighbors' establishments
are laxly run, our own-due TO our SUI
perior executive ability-is all that Il
should be. After all. n IL were not for
such self-delueions In this ana in
everything else IN life, what unhappy
mort ais we would be!
'Bpt 10 come back 20 our subject In
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-18
PASTE JEWELS OF
THE FOUR HUNDRED.

These very rare jewel robberies in
the smart set" said a downtown Jew
eler of international reputation, to the
New York World, will some day lay
bare a certain secret that New York's
society queens fondly imagine is kept
sacred in their own circle OF friends.
This secret has been divulged from
time 10 time during the last twenty
years, but nobody seems TO remember
II, and each time II is received with in
credulous wonder. So I'm not breaking
any trade rules in telling II now,
though you probably won't believe me.
Look at this tiara" unlocking his
safe and drawing out a wide morocco
box, wherein, on a bed of satin, gilt
tered a half-moon-shaped mass OF
gems std gold.) How much would
you say II was WORTH There are sew
enty-eight diamonds in II. The small
est weighs ~ carats. Come. put a
value on H."
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-18

inclined to take French leave and go
off, just say TO yourself that this is
only the very latest English way of
making guest feel himself at home,
and that you are really treated with
distinction in having 1t taken for
granted that you are to the manner
born' and know how to take care of
yourself.
THE first afternoon arrived at Mrs.
Tiptop's," he continued. 81 found the
house party at tea in the hall. Mrs.
I. received me languidly, and then
turned to the lady next to her and con-
tinued some interesting conversation,
In which they evidently had been en-
gagged when entered. All the people
there were distinctly of her set, and as
] am newcomer in social life in New
York 1 did not know one of them ex-
cept by sight. After a glance at me
they paid no attention to me whatever.
and / was left standing awkwardly
alone. At first l felt as l have de-
scribed, /. e., so indignant and so awk-
wardly out of the swim that l seriously
contemplated walking out of the room
ana out of the house. Then 1 remem-
bered that I had been told it was the
newest fashion of making guests feel
independent, and that it was up to me
to make all advances. Well, fortu-
nately am not shy, so plunged in. 1
sauntered up to the best looking wom-
an. and said / hoped she would not
mind playing the Good Samaritan to a
stranger. She was very gracious and
nice, and drew one or two men into the
conversation. Some allusion was made
to horses, subject in which 1 am well
up, and when we went off to dress for
dinner I felt quite comfortable. My
hostess. too, I found later, was both
kind and cordial when 1 directly at
tackled her. In fact, every one there
was nice, and 1 ended by enjoying my
self immensely"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-18

the way of servants. I had a funny
instance of the case in point the 9TH
er day. / went to call on Mrs. x
rather early in the afternoon, and was
surprised at the appearance of the
footman who opened the door. He was
without his coat. His hair was rough,
and as he took my card Che had no
tray l noticed that his hands were
anything but clean. 1 thought, of
course, his mistress was out, and that
it was on that account that he was
so careless, and 1 was surprised when
he said she was in. After showing
me into the drawing room he went
back to the pantry, probably, for
while 1 was wondering if Mrs. X
allowed her servants to announce her
guests in that fashion. l saw him re-
appear with his coat neatly put on,
hair brushed perfectly smooth and a
silver tray on which lay my card,
which he proceeded to take upstairs
to her room. OF course, poor Mrs.
X thought he was all right, and
she will never know that he was
properly attired for her, but not for
her visitors"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-18
AvANNAH MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY SEPTEMBER Is 1904

The listener. vaguely remembering
some rule about 800 per carat at
normal rates" did a bit of lightning
calculation, tempered by guesswork,
and hazarded the reply:
About $3.50, exclusive Of the
gold?"
About SIPS. inclusive of the gold."
answered the jeweler.
But the diamonds"-
There isn't a diamond in this til
ara. No, nor in this big necklace"
drawing a cleaning circlet from the
safe. And the pearls in this fourteen
string collar average a value of Is cents
each"
But how
That's the point. The gems that
you people cape at at the opera are
often worth about $500 for the lot"
But haven't the -Four Hundred any
real jewelry?"
"Of course they have. Every one of
the limitations that you see is an exact
model of some real piece of jewelry
that is locked securely in some safe
deposit vault somewhere. Those family
jewels are too precious to be logged
about to operas and ordinary dances.
There are too many clever thieves who
would spend thousands of dollars in a
conspiracy to steal them. So limitations
are made and are worn, except on
state occasions. The limitations are
good enough to deceive the casual OBJ
server, and they make practically as
much of show as the real article
Every first-class thief understands
this, and you almost never hear of a
genuine jewel robbery among the
-Four Hundred Now and then some
amateur grabs a bracelet or a neck
lace, but no wild effort is made for its
recovery. How the poor thiefS must
swear when he finds that the priceless
gems he risked his liberty to win are
really worth about 81 WHOLESALER"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-18

the Mining Exchange building, where
she was employed, without damaRin9
her white low shoes and a pair of fam
cy stockings. So she deliberately re-
moved the shoes and stockings and
started down the street barefooted.
Policeman Michael Horkans stood az
the corner of Fifteenth and Curtis
streets when he saw the young wom-
an coming down the street. She was
followed by big crowd and she was
running to escape. In her hand she
carried her shoes and stockings. Hors
kans attempted to find out what ali thA
trouble was about, but the young wom-
an disappeared in the Mining Exchange
building.
What did you do it for?" asked the
policeman.
Il had no idea it would attract any
attention" replied the young ladv
Il had to get back here in a hurry
and l didn't want to ruin my shoes .
On the desk in front of her were the
shoes, pair of white kids"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-18
BLUE BARRED
T0WELLING'S DAY.

you wouldn't think now, would
you," said the man behind the linen
counter, that there could be fashions
in dish towelling? Well, there are.
Nowadays this red barred dish
towelling is drug on the market. but
we can't get enough of the blue to
keep up with the demand.
why? Well, 1 tried to answer that
question for quite while, but gave it
up and took it home for my wife to
puzzle over. She told me right off.
Don't you know she said that
every one now has a blue and white
kitchen? Tiles or tiled paper, porce-
lain kettles and china spice boxes and
all that-everything that you can think
OF in blue and white, even to linoleum
for the floor. OF course folks want
their dish towels to MATCH"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-18
Mss Hannah e. Mershon. Col
ingSwOod, N.J., saws:

my model husband doesn't wait I'M
til his wife dies to give flowers. A
single rose, perfumed with love in
life, is worth more than dozen wreaths
on the casket lid.
when you go home put your arms
around your wife and tell her how
sweet and beautiful she is. 1t may be
stretching the truth, but God will for
give you and your wife will be hap
py.
Remember how blind you were to
her faults before marriage. If You
have discovered them since, keep your
eyes tightly closed.
"A model husband always remem-
bers he is the husband of one wife.
When you think less of your wife and
more of another the breakers of hell
are before YOU
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-18
NOT A TACTFUL HOSTESS.

AS might be expected, the junkshop
guest chamber is sure to prove a pit
fall for the unwary, says a writer in
the Century. Having not long ago
put the finishing touches to a portrait,
1 went into the country to pass a cou-
pie of days with my sister, mere ac-
quaintance. At dinner the first even
ing, wishing to start the conversation
pleasantly. I asked:
Whose portrait is that in my room ?
Such charming facet"
After chilly silence my hostess an
swered:
THAT is my husbands first wife,
The conversation rather languished
during the rest of our meal, but 1
made no efforts to revive it.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-18
at is VERY ENGLISH"

III you go 10 visit at a house for
the first time where everything IL very
English. you know" said popular
young bachelor, 10 New York Tri-
bune representative, "and are received
with Indifference; n you are ushered
into q room where there is n loi Of men
and women whom you DO not know.
who pay no attention 10 you, and 10
whom you are not introduced, n, On
'e-f YOU feel entirelg out 81 n aNd
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-18
WENT BAREFooTED
TO SAVE HER SHOES

A pretty blonde stenographsr. says
the Denver Republican. created a sem
saaon on Fifteenth street yesterday
afternoon during the storm. she had
gone out 10 lunch and When she lsft
the restaurant she saw fhaf h would
he impressive 10 retain % A. onios h
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-05-28
Withdraws Her Support

Washington. May 27.-Mrs. Phoebe
Hearst. mother of William r. Hearst,
has withdrawn her financial support of
the kindergarten training school which
she established here and which foi
eight yea has borne her name. She
recently announced to the directors of
this institution. which has taken high
rank on account OF excellence of Its
training. that she could no longer bear
the expense of $4,000 per annum re-
quired to maintain it, She said the
condition of her finances would no
longer permit the outlay, certain of
her investments having been unprofit-
able.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-05-28
SHE WILL BE PROSECUTED
Aged Physician Admits Pay.
ing "Hush Money"

Butte. Mont. May 27.-With de-
termination to clear a name that has
been unsullied, DR.. o. B. Whitfo d left
Butte this afternoon for Los Angeles.
where he VIII prosecute Bessie Dis
coll. a former Butte gill, for black
mail. For years he has suffered from
the prosecutions of the girl, he de-
clares. and now. despite the notor.e.y
he is gaining, he will publicly appear
in court against her.
According to Whitford, the trouble
began after he had effected the sal,
of half-million dollars worth OF MIN
ing property to an Eastern company,
Bessie Driscoll. well-known woman
in Butte, and a mysterious man con-
spring to get hold of some of his
wealth. DR.. Whitford characterizes
the acts of the girl as the basest in
gratitude.
II first got acquainted with the & g'rl.''
said the doctor. three years ago. when
I was called to attend her in my
capacity as physician. She was then
very i'll with the grip. She told m'
then she was a music teacher. but she
appeared to be poor. and / had great
deal of sympathy for her. After she
got better she continued to call at my
office.
After a time she told me that sh.
was in trouble and asked me to help
her. Finally. with the aid of a prom
nent woman here in the city. we man.
aged to send the girl away to New
Jersey. where her shame would be
known only to strangers. 1t was then
that / received The first intimation OF
he dastardly plot that they INTENDED
to work on me. I always addresse
her as MY dear GIRL but that is the
way always address my frirr.is 1
received a letter from her stating tho
IL / did not Immediately pay her s.Ijo
-he would expose me and declare me
the father of her child. At that time
my wife was seriously i'll. and | feared
for her in case there was any trouble.
finally gave her the money.
1.-The next time I heard from her 81
made another demand for $4,000 AIS {
refused her. Then she started for
Butte and said that she was going to
take a room in a hotel here and kill
the child and herself and leave a note
connecting me with the affair. AT that
time my wife was at the point of
death and / was nearly distracted. ]
agl eed to give her the $4,000 If she
would sign an agreement to release me
from all claims in the future. She
the money, but a short time ago
received a communication from her
lawyer demanding $4,000 from me on
her behalf"
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-05-28
THE COMING CIRCUS
The ACrObatiC St. teO,S One
of the Great Attractions

One of the many features of the
Gi eat Floto Shows. which will be seer
in Winnemucca next Thursday. is the
acrobatic st. Icons. comprising tive
young ladies. one man and a boy and
girl.
OF the young lad es. Miss Glare ST
Leon possesses the physique IF the
trained athlete. but she has a face OF
such delicate classic lines that only
generations of patrician ancestry arr
ommonly supposed to develop.
II is impossible to describe the mul-
-ifarious feats OF skill and strength
performed by this wonde full famils
If acrobats. but they embrace all the
tandard tricks of the athlete tha,
have been seen before. and In add
ticn several new ones that thew hav,
1vented. and which have not yet been
inflated by other trounes.
The great Floto Shows must keen
ip steady and boundiess search TO-
novelties. Having agents In everH
apital of Europe with authority to Sc
cure. at any expense. every extra
. dinary feature. enables them to find
At once anything that is new or thai
Is better than anything else vf the
sa'ne k nd that they may all eady have
II there Is any Improvement possi-
BILE, 1t Is made at once. The engag, :
ment of the celebrated ST. Icons L
an example of the Unreasonable al
vantage these shows have over all 9TH
ers In this country. particularly in
securing the very best things in nj
eireus l.ne tlaat is developed in Eur
ope. where the circus is a permanent
institution. in every city and stand
urea the same plane as the theate
Or orora house I'm the esteem and pa :
ronage of the public. AS result.
there is nothing In all the show worIo'
m any department of these great
shows that is not the very best of its
kind that the entire world produces.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-05-28

pieces of iron driven into the ground
was lately plowed up and put into al
falfa. The farmer who did 1t gath
cred many wagon loads of old iron,
which he dumped into the Carson
river to get ii out of the way. There
is now nothing left of Ragtown but
one house and a blacksmith shop.
1t is proposed with the water to be
stored there, to reclaim this great ex-
tent Of desert and convert a consider
able part of 1t into a densely settled
The soil. though sandy and in places
alkaline. is, as whole. of good quality
and with an adequate water supply
would yield good crops. Within the
present decade 1t is hoped that this
dasolate country will be covered with
farms and traversed by good roads,
transformation more wonderful than
anything the immigrant trains were
destined to find in Ell Dorado.
"One of the cur lious things about
over which the imm' grants passed with
go much suffering and where so many
persons died from thirst 1t has recently
been found possible TO dig wells and
get very fair supply of water. To
be sure, they did not have strength or
interest to dig. and naturally they
would have supposed that If they did
strike water ii would be alkaline. -"
Washington Times.
Fresh Cookies and Crackers at F. c.
Robins & Co.'S. 5-2S-3f.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-05-28
!, NEVADA, SATURDAY EVENING. MAY Is, 1904

ican, accompanied by a good looking,
well-dressed young fellow. entered the
office. The young man displayed none
of the basnfulness that is usually so
apparent In an applicant for mar
riage license: neither did the young
lady. They were both business-like
when they approached the desk, and
they maintained that air during the
entire time that it required to fill out
the necessary blank. They answered
Danforth's quest ons without any hesi-
tat,on, and cordially thanked cupid
groom the paper that meant so much
to him and the young woman.
You are not very superstit.ous,
am glad to see,' said Danforth. as he
took the fee from the young man.
"Hows that?" said the young fell
low. What has superstition got to
do with a marriage licensee"
1T really has nothing to do with It.
smilingly answered Danforth. "only
there are lot Of people who woulc
fiCt TAKE OUT II llttii~E III get fldfiIt
on Friday. the 18TH. AS he spoke he
pointed to a large calendar on the
wall. Sure enough. it read Friday
May 18th"
y he young man seemed to lose his
courage the moment his eyes lighted
upon the big black letters and figures
As to the girl. she seemed ready -
faint. For fully a minute they gazed
blankly at each other, and then the
gi managed to gasp out something
that sounded like tomorrow" The
young fellow nodded affirmativeiy,
smiled a weak sort Of smile. anc
handed the license back to Danfortn.
ITS too much for me, old man, :
he sad. II guess We'll drop in to-
morrow."-S. F. Call.
Fruit jars. Jelly Glasses. Sealing
Wax. Extra Jar Rubbers at F. c. Rob-
ins G. Co.'S. 5-2s-31
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-05-28
IRRIGATION WORK
Wherein Nevada Will Be-
Greatly Benefited

"The most interesting thing | saw"
neer % the reclamation service. yes
te day In describing a recent inspec-
tion tour through the west. was the
construction work now going on In
Nevada TO convey water from the
Truckee to the Carson river and there
to store it In large reservoir short
distance above Ragtown.
This settlement was so named In
the days of the overland immigration.
because. after the caravans had
crossed the Carson desert, they rested
there to overhaul their outfits before
going up the Carson river and across
the Sierra Nevada mountains.
Near the spot where the reservoir
Is now building the immig ants went
into camp, washed their clothes for
hung them out to dry. where they
made an impression on beholdars
which has been preserved In the town
name. In general. travellers have pu
up at this place, abandoning what
ever was worn out or useless before
starting across the mountains
ITO reach Ragtown they had come
down the Humboldt river. from which
they had far supply of water un-
I'll they reached the Humboldt sink.
Beyond that the water was sometimes
very had as the country is full of al
kaline lakes. clear and of great depth.
very attractive to the eye. but ex-
tremely poisonous The horses and
mules would not ordinarily drink IT,
but simetimes, under intense thirst
they would rush into one of these lakes
and drink ( eely with fatal results
From the lower Humboldt over to
the Carson there Is fully forty miles of
very sandy. alkali desert--rolling.
hummocky ground-across which the
tired animals could hardly force their
way and the road In old times was
said to be literally strewed with bones
and with fragments OF household fur
n!shings dropped out on the way to
tighten loads. Many people died on
this last piece of road and their
frierds. on reaching the Carson river.
would bury their bodies In a little
cemetery which eventually came to
contain many hundred bodies. as was
shown by the gun barrels or other
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-05-28
friday-Thirteenth

"Only four licensed today, boys"
said CUPID Danfo'th last Friday to the
newspaper men who came into his Of
fee. as Is their daily custom. to get the
names Of thore who had secured lega'
permission to wed. This is the quiet
est dav have had in the fifteen yea~s
that I have had charge of the mar
riage license business"
How do you account for it?" asked
the scribes.
"Just take a seat" smilingly an
swered Cu@id. 1T viii be explained
am willing to wager. by the next
couple that comes in"
In less than five minutes a hand
some young girl, evidently an Amer