SOCIETY.-!GAVE CHILDREN’S BALL

Harmonic Club's Entertainmentat the Guards Armory.

A most happy gathering of youngfolks was to be seen yesterday after-noon in the Guards Armory at thechildren’s Purim ball given by theHarmonie- Club. The big hall need-ed no other decoration than the brightlaughing faces, the pretty white frocks,and ribbons of pink and blue, of thechildren, who were guests of the clubfor a delightful afternoon, and thescene was one to be greatly enjoyed.

Before the dancing began there wasa Punch and Judy show very clever-ly manipulated by young LawrenceSemon, to the great amusement of thesmaller members of an appreciative

audience and even to tearful terror onthe part of some of the very little folks,who were, however, speedily consoled.When this portion of the entertain-ment was concluded, and while thefloor was being cleared for dancing,the children, to the sound of music,were assembled at the upper end ofthe hall, and formed for a march. Asthey passed the recess under the smallgallery each was handed some gay-colored favor, a paper extension toydecorated with flowers, and as theywent around the i;oom blowing thefunny little gifts out to full lengththe sight was very amusing. Later inthe afternoon each child received abox of Huyler’s candy, and refresh-ments were served.

The amusement committee of theHarmonie Club, which had charge ofthe affair, is' composed of Mr. HugoI. Frank, chairman; Mr. G. L. Kay-ton, Mr. A. M. Brown, Mr. Carl J.Herman, and Mr. A. B. Levy.

Many young ladies were present tolook after the pleasure of the children,among them being Miss Irene Frank,Miss Viola Frank, Miss Mamie Smith,Miss Bessie Lilienthal, Miss EstelleGutman, Miss Blanche Mohr, MissStella Levy, Miss Hortense Stern,Miss Brown, Miss Lily Traub, MissRita Gutman, Miss Freda Traub, MissJulia Epstein, and Misses Viola andNorma Eckstein. Among the visitorswere Miss Pauline Leers of Atlantaand Miss Hamerschlag of Philadel-phia.

Among the young people and chil-dren present were Miss Gena Ferst,Miss Edna Mohr, Miss Lucile Levy,Miss Eunice Lippman, Miss NanetteHexter, Miss Rena Adler, Miss MildredEhrlich, Miss Lena Shulhafer, MissEdna May Byck, Miss Mildred Byck,Miss Carlyn Byck, Miss Nathalie De-wald, Miss Elisa Dewald, Miss ClariceDewald, Miss Katharine Hirsch, MissMildred Ferst, Miss Ethel and MissMildred Guekenheimer, Miss LouiseGrouse, Miss Jane Kuhlman, Miss RuthKuhlman, Miss Clare Lilienthal, MissKatharine Lovenstein, Miss MarjorieLeyser, Miss Clarice Levy, Miss RfetteLevy, Miss Doris Lippman, Miss Hen-rietta Gazan, Miss Rosalind Schwab,Miss Miriam Schwab, Miss DorisSmith, Miss Rita Weil, Miss TessRosenbaum, Miss Dorothy Rosenbaum,Miss Aline Rosenbaum, Miss DorothyStern, Mists Irma Anna Schaui, MissIrma Solomon, Miss Etta Solomon,Miss Hildreth Schaui, Miss Ruth Solo-mons, Miss Irma Lovenstein, Messrs.Joe Byok.JJoe Belsinger, D. A. Byck.-Jr., Frank Ferstt, Leon Ferst, AlvinFerst, Harold Ferst, Monie Ferst,Tracy Newman, Harold Eckstein, SimsGuekenheimer, Milton Gerst, EmanuelGutman, Lesfer Lilienthal. CarolMarks, Arthur Marks, Julian Meyereof Atlanta, B. Harold Israel, EdwinFaver, Bernle Prager, Lawrence Sem-on, Philip Shulhafer, Richard Rosen-heim, Sidney Rosenheim, Mark A.Schaui, Jr., Sylvan Weil, Edwin Weil,and Max Guthman.

WOMAN’S EXCHANGE MEETING.

Avery well-attended meeting of theBoard of Managers of the Woman’sExchange was held yesterday morn-ing at the Guards Hall. Mrs. John M.Egan, the president, presided.

After the usual routine reports, therewas a special report from the FinanceCommittee with regard to the recent

f-*ale of the Decorative Art Society of

Baltimore, held under the auspices ofthe exohange. The sale was evenmore successful than had been antici-pated and netted a neat sum to theexchange as commission on the sales.A vote of thanks was offered to Mrs.Watson for the use of rooms at the DeSoto.

A special committee has been ap-pointed to further the success of thenew department of art embrodiery inthe exchange. It is composed of Mrs,ICarow, chairman; Mrs. Steele, Mrs.Walter Charlton, and Mrs. C. W. Saus-sy.

The morning was taken up principal-ly in discussing various arrangementsconnected with the play that is to begiven for the benefit of the Woman’sExchange by the Dram’atic Club Eas-ter Monday. Several ladies volunteer-ed to assist in getting up the pro-gramme, and great interest was shownin the matter generally.

Mrs. Charlton made a motion thatwas carried, to the effect that an ar-ticle be written by some member of

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Current Events was held yesterday aft-ernoon at the Woman's Club, and wasa particularly enthusiastic and pleas-ant one. .Mrs. William Harden, thechairman, opened the subject of theafternoon, "Song and Story," with apaper upon the world’s great story-tell-ers, the influence of their work uponpeople in every land, and the still un-ceasing demand for stories. The topicof the afternoon thus delightfully in-troduced. Mrs. Leaken, followed witha charming account of a trip to Hava-na. Mrs. Skeele gave a sketch of“Robin Hood," and Mrs. Tutwiler dis-cussed the short story writers of theSouth. Mrs. Stoddard gave an inter-esting account of Mission furniture,and ifs history, and Miss Mary S.Jones spoke upon Folk Lore.

There will be a meeting of the boardof managers of the club next Tuesdayafternoon at 4:15 o’clock, and this willbe followed at 5:15 o’clock by the meet-ing of the section interested in parlia-mentary law.

SOCIETY PERSONALS AND EVENTS.Miss Nannie Nisbet is expected this

week from New York to visit amongher relatives here.

Miss Rosalie Cox of Knoxville, isthe guest of Miss Eliza Lamar Hull.

Mrs. Gordon Harrison will enter-tain Friday with bridge whist forMiss Rosalie Cox.

Miss Payne of Philadelphia is theguest of Mrs. A. R. Lawton.

Mr. Ray Lefferts, who has beenvisiting, Mr. and Mrs. Rauers at St.Catherine’s, has returned to New York.

In a little supper party last even-ing at Bannon Lodge, chaperoned byMrs. Wayne, were Miss Mary Wayne,Miss Laleah Adams, Miss CorneliaMaclean, Mr. Thomas Denmark, Mr.Raymond Sullivan, and Mr. WillisWilder.

Mr. Campbell Krenson has return-ed from Poughkeepsie.

Miss Irene Frank expects to spendnext month with friends at Rincon.

Mr. and Mrs. John Heard Hunter,who have been spending a fortnightIn Southern Florida,, have returnedhome.

Mr. John I. Stoddard of Washing-ton, Is visiting Mr. and Mrs. H. M.Stoddard.

A son was born recently to Mr. andMrs. J. Sullivan Bond.

Mrs. T. J. Hotchkiss of WaycrossIs visiting her sister, Mrs. W. D. Mil-ler on West President street.

In a box party last evening at thetheater were Miss Rosalie Cox ofKnoxville, Miss Eliza Lamar Hull, Mr.Dan Hull and Mr. Ed. G. Thompson.In another box were Mrs. G. E. Har-rison, Mr. and Mrs. W. Gordon Har-rison and Miss Belle Harrison.

Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Maclean leftyesterday morning for Florida on theirway to Nassau. They will stop atJacksonville, St. Augustine, Daytonaand Ormonde on the way down, andwill spend the rest of their time inNassau.

ANNOUNCEMENTS.The Entertainment Committee of

the United Daughters of Confederacy,will meet this morning at VeteransHall, at 11 o’clock.

The table cover disposed of by CircleNo. 1 of the King’s Daughters wasawarded to Mr. C. J. Brinkman.

“THE AMERICAN GIRL””DR. GRIGGS’ SUBJECT.

Lecture nt Lawton Memorial WellReceived l>y Large Audience.

A Targe and representative audienceheard Dr. George Waverly Briggs, ofLouisville, in his lecture, “The Amer-ican Girl,” at Lawton Memorial lastnight. His subject was well handledand (interested the audience. Thespeaker was frequently applauded.

Dr. Briggs began his lecture by quot-ing the tribute paid to American wom-en by the former Chinese ambassador,Mr. Wu Ting Fang, which he said wasthe most finished and brilliant compli-

ment ever paid woman. He believedit a more wholesome thing to lookupon it, not as an achievement, butas an ideal yet to be attained, shininglike a star in the future, toward whichevery young American woman shouldbe urged to strive.

The chief elements, he said, are“Sagacity and saintliness.” These werediscussed in that order, and with a witand humor, and a power that is rare-ly heard upon the platform. Dr. Briggsbrings to bear on his subject not onlythe witchery of oratory, but the skillof a vigorous thinker.

The lecture closed with a tribute toAmerican mothers. “These are thetrue saints,” he said. "No curiousrobes as they walk the streets pro-claim them the brides of another life.The dust of prosaic care, God knows,too often hides their beauty from them-selves. But when the gates are flungwide the out rushing light, divine ef-fulgent, shall place the halo where itought to be, and when the King comesHe shall know His saints."

To this closing eulogy, the audiencethat for an hour had been shaken withmerriment and laughter, listened witha jleep and impressive silence.

WOMAN CHARGES DESERTION.In the Superior Court yesterday An-

nie Eves Dunham filed a petition fordivorce from her husband, William J.Dunham. Absolute divorce and ali-mony is asked. The complainant asksthat she be given the custody of thefour minor children. The spit is basedon the grounds of desertion.

BANK ADDED*NEW DIRECTOR.The Commercial Bank yesterday

added Mr. Solomon Sheftall to Itaboard of directora. thus giving a boardof eleven member*. Under a recentenactment of the Legislature thisnumber can be Increased to fifteen.Mr. Sheftall Is a prominent andprosperous wholesale grocer and liasbeen engaged in that business in Sa-vannah for some fifteen years.

AT THE THEATER

WILL PREACH TO WOMEN.From the subject “Traps of Satan,"

Rev. Lincoln McConnell will preachthis afternoon in Trinity Church towomen only. The meeting will be heldat 4 o'clock. Mr. McConnell has madean unusually good impression on ailwho have heard him and his specialsermons have been of unusual meritand productive of much good. In At-lanta a few weeks ago he addressedan audience of 1,700 women.

Gifts to Chainlier of Commerce.The Chamber of Commerce has re-

cently received a number of gifts fromits members which add materially tothe attractiveness of the rooms. Thepresents were given at this time Inorder to have the rooms show up wellon the occasion of the smoker, Murch22. Several handsome plants havebeen received from the florists, andthree tabourets from Messrs. Lindsay& Morgan.

Trinity Chareh Was Crowded.Every seat in Trinity Church was

taken last night and Rev. Lincoln Mc-Connell preached another strong ser-mon. He took for his text: “I praythee have me excused.” His sermonwas more serious than usual.

LOCAL PERSONAL.Mr. H. M. Booth of Atlanta arrived

at the De Soto last night.Mr. Max Isaac of Brunswick is

among the guests at the De Soto.Mr. J. B. Adams of Brunswick is

spending a few days at the Pulaski.Mr. R. B. Allen of Mllltown was

among the arrivals at the Pulaski yes-terday.

Mr. J. G. Moore of Groveland arrivedin the city yesterday and Is registeredlat the Pulaski.

Capt. W. C. Vincent of Bluffton. S.C., passed through the city yesterdayen route to Columbia.

Mr. \V. J. Williams of Argyle ar-rived in the city yesterday and isregistered at the Screven.

Capt. John I. Stoddard of Washing-ton, D. C., formerly of this city, is intown, and is staying with his brother,Mr. H. M. Stoddard.

Mr. H. Maddox of Morrison, Fla., isin the city, a guest of his brother, Mr.G. E. Maddox. Mr. Maddox is in Sa-vannah purchasing machinery for theMorrison Phosphate Company.

Mr. Joseph M. Solomons returnedyesterday from Green Cove, Fla.,where he has been engaged In lookingafter the affairs of the late Dr. J. B.Read. Mrs. Read is at Green Cove.

The second appearance of Miss Ame-lia Bingham during the present seasonwas a theatrical event of no small im-portance In Itself. It was of very live-ly interest to those yho had seen heronly in Clyde Fitch’s light and charm-ing comedy, for which her talent wasso marked, that it seemed Impossibleshe could be equally happy In thestage adaptation of Dumas' "Olympesde Cleves,” with all that It requiredof passion and tragic Intensity.

To say that there was no disappoint-ment would be mild praise. The pro-duction. with three such actors in thecast as Creston Clarke, Henrv Wood-ruff and J. H. Gilmour, was a re-markable one, and as far as it con-cerned Miss Bingham alone most in-teresting. Perhaps its most admirablefeature was her exquisite delicacy, al-most spirituality, in handling a partthat the slightest gesture or accentmight have made offensive. There wassufficient comedy to give her oppor-tunity for the display of her prettiestpowers, and a convincing emotion inthe deeper scenes that carried the au-dience beyond criticism into a displayof very genuine feeling. Therewas perhaps a certain weaknessof voice in the climaxes and even a lackof power, but at no time a false note.Always most charming in the sconeswhere woman’s wit or woman’s ten-derness could be shown, as in the salonscene, or the earlier supper scene inJacques’ attic room, she was strongand sincere enough in the heavier partsto prove that her ambition to enterthe higher drama was far from mis-taken.

Of the support, praotically an all-star cast,it would be Impossibleto speakadequately, or to know which to ad-mire most for cleverness. CrestonClarke as the diplomat, churchman andstatesmaVi: Woodruff as the impetuousand ardent lover; Gilmour as the faith-ful friend, whose innate nobleness tri-umphed over all rule and law.

Of the several plays of a similarcharacter that have been here this sea-son, “Olympe," as presented by MissBingham and her company last night,was the most interesting, from thestandpoint of morality, the least of-fensive, and the saddest.

Lewis Morrison will present his fa-mous characterization of Mephisto forthe last time here, on Thursday night,in his elaborate scenic production of"Faust.” For twenty seasons he hasplayed this part, until the names ofFaust and Morrison are almostsynonymous, so closely has he adheredto his own dramatized version ofGoethe's story of Faust and Marguer-ite. Seats are now on sale. Orchestra,$1; balcony, 76c and 50c; gallery, 25c.

On Wednesday night, March 16, SamS. Shuberth and Nixon & Zimmer-man's production of “The Girl FromDixie.” which made a hit during itsthree months’ run at the MadisonSquare Theater in New York city, willbe presented.

On Monday, March 21, after a neededrest, it is announced. Mad. AdelinaPatti will be beard in Savannah forthe last time. * A subscription list isnow open ,at the Savannah Theater.

APPROPRIATED* MONEYTO SAVANNAH CHARITIES.

Benevolent Society Last Night Ills-bnrniMl Wore Than JffiOO.

At the meeting last night of the com-mittee of the Savannah Benevolent As-sociation, more than SSOO was dispensed

among the different charities of Sa-vannah. The meeting was held at thehome of Mr. George C. Freeman, No.216 Gaston street, east.

The only business before the com-mittee was the disposition of the bal-ance of the money on hand, set asideby the association for distributionamong the non-denominational char-itable organizations of Savannah. Thecommittee made donations, it will beremembered, from part of this moneysome time since, and also appropriatedSSOO for wood to be distributed amongthe worthy poor. This left a balanceon hancT of $659. Applications were re-ceived from several charitable organ-izations last night, and the money wasdistributed as follows:Florence Crittendon Home SIOOPorter Aid Society (auxiliary to

Georgia Infirmary, to which $l6Owas at the last meet-ing of the committee) 50

Louisa Porter Home 100Mary Telfair Home (t 2 families).. 100Circle No. 12, King's Daughters (to

aid In providing for the inmatesof the proposed home for incura-bles) 100

Bethesda Orphanage 100This makes a total appropriation of

$550, and leaves a balance on hand of$lO9. Every member of the commit-tee was present. They were: Messrs.George C. Freeman, Joseph M. Solo-mons, J. H. Johnson, Col. J. H. jCstill,W. D. ICren3on, J. Moultrie Lee, F.D. Bloodworth, and G. B. Pritchard.

Hoinethfng of a Rattler.Valdosta. Ga., March B.—Mr. Abram

Kelley, • who lives on the Brin-son plgcf, four miles above here,killed rattlesnake yesterday whichmeasured five and a half feet long andhad thirteen rattles. The rattler hadjust caught a full grown rabbit andhad it about half swallowed when Mr.Kelley shot It. Mr. Kelley’s son und anegro boy were in the field at workwhen their dog got after a rabbit andran It Into a gopher hole. They fol-lowed the dog. but when they reachedthe hole they saw a huge rattler in it,the snake having already caught therabbit. YoungKelley ran to the houseafter hfs gun and his father returnedto the field with him and killed thesnake.

LAWYERS WRESTLEWITH THE JUDGESHIP.

Aaguita Bar Aaanrlnllon Had a Res-olution Offered.

Augusta, March B.—At a largely at-tended meeting of the Augusta BarAssociation to-day, resolutions wereintroduced by Hon. Joseph B. Cum-ming, declaring it the sense of theassociation that stability in the Su-preme Court is one of the elementsmost conducive to its Independence,respectability and usefulness, and thatn Supreme Court judge should be re-moved as far as possible from prac-tical politics, and the people shouldremember that judges could not makea canvass for votes. There was aspirited debate over the resolutions,all agreeing with the principle involv-ed, but those friendly to Judge Evansdeclaring the action was untimely andwould be construed as taking sidespolitically.

The vote came on a motion to post-pone action until the next regularquarterly meeting, and resulted In atie, 24 yeas, and 24 nays, but a changeof one vote made it 25 yeas, and 23nays, and the action was postponed.Both sides claim the victory. Cham-pions of the resolution says even thosewho opposed action indorsed the prin-ciple, and those who favor JudgeEvans think the postponement of ac-tion on the resolutions saved his cam-paign from a serious slap In the face.

Krnurr anil Britton’. Opening.The Kenner & Britton millinery

opening yesterday was one of the at-tractions of Broughton street. Thestore was crowded all day and theladies were enthusiastic over thehandsome display of fine millinery.Everything was pretty and several ex-clusive designs came in for especialpraise. The house exhibited many ofthe latest models and among them anexquisite one of soft white chiffonfolds, exquisitely finished, with ahandsome ostrich feather and a clus-ter of raspberries on the bandeau.

Another beautiful model is of pinkmaline and soft silk, trimmed indainty pink June roses.

A most charming hat Is in pale bluemaline with ah effective trimming ofblue bachelor's buttons. Another at-tractive creation is of violet chiffon,beautifully blended together in threeshades. The crown is a large bellshape, covered with silk violets.

A most effective child,'s bonnet Is ofshirred blue chiffon, finished withstreamers and forget-me-nots.

The display will be continued to-dayin order to allow ample time to ex-amine the fine work turned out by thisestablishment.'

VALDOSTA’S NEW COURT HOUSE.

Work of Demolishing tlie PresentBuilding Wil) Begin To-dny.

Valdosta, Ga., March B.—The countyconvict gang will begin tearing downthe Lowndes county court house to-morrow to make room for the hand-some structure which is to take itsplace. The old building was erected in1869-70 and ’7l at a cost of $14,500. Jtwas built of brick manufactured inValdosta, Judge J. C. Wlsenbaker, stilla citizen, being the contractor. Thebuilding in those days was a hand-some structure, but for the last tenyears It has been entirely out of har-mony with the handsome buildingsthat have gone up all around it.

Contractor Algernon Blair wrote theCounty Commissioners yesterday thathis bond has been approved by the Fi-delity and Deposit Company of Balti-more, and that he will be here In lessthan ten days to begin work on thenew building.

CITY BREVITIES.Mr. Charles V. Hohensteln was yes-

terday admitted to practice in theUnited States courts.

suicTdes.Prom the New York Commercial.

Frederick Hoffman, statistician ofthe Prudential Life Insurance Com-pany, has compiled a table that showsthat suicides In the United States arerapidly Increasing. In MHO there weretwelve suicide* to every 100.000 of pop-ulation. Almost every year since thenthe percentage of suicides has Increas-ed. Last year there were seventeenfor every 100,000 of population.

The city that show* the largest per-centage of suicide is Hoboken, N, J.The population consists largely of Ger-mans. The suicide rate in Hoboken dur-ing I*o2 was *5.7 for every 100.000 ofpopulation, or over twice the rate forthe entire country. For a period l#*2-1001 the ten cities leading In the per-centage of suicide, with their rates,were as follows:St. Louis .....UlHoboken ~*4,6Chicago ....... 23 4Oakland 5*5New York titMilwaukee *.l1 ‘inrinneti .11.SNewark ......If *

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THE LYNCHING IN OHIOUncle Mingo Finds the Method Very

Orderly.BY W. T. WILLIAMS.

There was an excited discussion atthe restaurant over the recent lynch-ing case at Springfield, O. •

"Tain’t no use talkin',” exclaimed theproprietor; ’’for all dem Yankees talkso sweet mout' 'bout de nigger, an’sayin’ how awful he is treated by dewlte people ob de Sout’; wen de scratchcome to de scratph, dey Is Jls’ ’bout asquick at and lynchin' ac' as anybody.”

“Dat ain’t no lie,” said Sclpio Jen-kins.

“It's de trut'.” said Cyrus Solong."Has you only Jis’ fin' dat out?” ask-

ed Uncle Mingo. “If dere was as muchniggers up Nort’ as dere is down Sout’,lyuchin’s would take place mo' oftenerdan wot dey does now. De 'only tingIs, an’ I spose It’s werry much to delrcredit, dey goes about it eep a muchmo’ quieter an’ orderly manner up dere,if we kin Judge by de repotes.

"Dere was de nigger; no doubt hewas a bad nigger all right. He gitde policeman to go wid him to git delaw on a obstroperous gal. Him an’de gal gits argufyln', so cose he Jls'nachally draws his gun an’ shoot degal. ’Dat’s goin’ too fur.’ say de po-liceman; 'now I has to arres’ you.’Cose den. dere wasn’t nothin’ lef fprhim to do. ’cep' to pump de policemanfull o’ lead, wlch he perceeded to do.O yes; he was a bad nigger all right.

"Comes along de mob to de Jail, wer-ry quiet ‘an’ orderly." 'Gib us de nigger,’ dey say; 'we

wants to lynch him.’“ ‘Sorry can’t oblige you,’ say ile

sheriff; ’but I reelly can’t do it. It’sagin de law,' he say.

“ ’O. well, een dat case,’ say de mob,‘we won’t insis’; we won’t raise depint.’ An’ wid dat, dey perceeded tomelt i‘apidly away quite permlscuous,an’ een a werry orderly manner.

“But bumbye de officers hear bam-bam at de back do’ ob de Jail, w’erede mob was hammerin' away werryorderly.

“So dey rush roun’ dat way, an'perceed to read de Declaration of In-dependence, an’ de Mancipation Procla-mation to de mob, wich was een a

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great good ’umor an’ werry orderly,an’ listen wid great respec’.

“But dat was only a trick an’ apleasant Joke on de part of de mob,cause wile dese perceedln’s was goin’on, de main army ob de mob swoopdown on de front do; ‘bund'antly per-wlded wid railroad Iron, batterin’ rams,col’ sledge hammers, cross-cut saws,pistols, an' all sorts o’ tings.

“Dey den perceeded, but always eende mos' orderly an’ quiet manner, tobatter down de do’s, broke open allde locks, an’ perform all dem sort obamusin' little tricks, wlch a mob dosswen’ It is een perfec’ order, an’ eensich a jokin’ ’umor.

" ’Now, will you be good, an’ gibus de bfank-blank-blankety-blank-blank nigger?’ de mob say een a laugh-in’ an' orderly wolce.

"So, cose de Jailer, een a orderly an’lawful manner, as by statute made an’pervlded, state an’ county afo'sald,turn ober an’ dellber de nigger to demob, seeln' dey was so orderly an’ eensich good ’umor, for fear, he say, datdey might kill some Innocent prison-ers. I don't zac'ly see wy dey had anyInnocent prisoners een Jail; but datwas up een Ohio.

"Still maintainin’ de mos' perfec'order, an' een mo’ an’ mo’ good ’umor,dey drag de nigger out de Jail, knock-ed him down, form a circle roun' him,an' een a werry orderly manner, per-ceeded to shoot him ’zac’ly nine timesby de watch; from wlch I 'lows deymus' ’a' tought he was a cat.

“Dls exhibition ob good 'umor bein’accomplish, dey perceeded to drag dedead nigger ’bout a mile mo’ or lesstroo de streets, wile yellin’ an’ scream-in’ een de mos’ quiet an’ orderly man-ner. Habin' arribed at de pint eenquestion, dey string him up by de neckon a telegraph pole, an’ den de per-formance come to a close wid de slde-spllttin’ farce, entitle ’Ebblettng eenorder; or. Perforatin’ de Swingin' Nig-ger.' Dls was kep' up for ’bout a hour,after which de mob perceeded oncemo' to melt rapidly away, wid a fewpartin' jokes an' shots, an’ seberalquiet yells.”

"As you so Jus'ly remarks,” said theproprietor, in a tone of bitter sarcasm,"It is werry ebbldent dat de wholeperformance was conducted een destrides' order."

"No doubt 'bout dat,” said UncleMingo; "an’ also een short order.”

SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY,MARCH 9, 1904.

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Other interesting statistics on thesubject of suicides in the United Statesduring the past decade have been gath-ered by Prof. William Bacon Bailey ofYale University, in connection with nisdepartment of statistics and sociology.The number of cases to which referencehas been made is 10,000. Prof. Baileyhas classified them us to age, sex, lo-cality and time. The predominant sui-cidal age is shown to have been between35 and 40 years. More suicides occurredby married persons than by those notmarried. Of the 10.000 cases observed,',781 were males and 2,219 were females.

The observations of Prof. Bailey es-tablished the fact that more marriedmen became suicides than did those ofthe other sex in like condition. Moresingle widowed and divorced womencommit the act of self-destruction than

do men in like condition. Shooting Isthe favorite mode and despondency Isthe principal cause of suicide. Mondayleads as the day most favored by sui-cides, particularly by males. Saturdayis the day of fewest suicides. Femalesuicides prefer Sunday to Monday asthe day to pnt an end to existence. Ofthe 10,000 cases under observation, 3,687occurred in the twelve hours beforenoon to 5,848 In the remaining twelvehours. Beginning with midnight thereIs a continuous Increase until 6 p. m.The three hours from 6 to 9 p. m. showa falling off, while from 9 o’clock untilmidnight is the period of greatest fre-quency.

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