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The Weather.
The indications for Georgia for to
day are for showers and not so warm,
with light variable winds. Eastern
Florida showers and not so warm, with
light variable winds.
The Belgians In the Kongo have been
cruel to the natives. Now let Presi
dent Roosevelt send a protest to Brus
sels. His diplomacy seems to make us
the censor of the affairs of foreign
countries. ,
Ohio is out of debt; doesn’t owe a
penny . On the first day of the pres
ent month the Past outstanding $250,-
000 of bonds were paid and canceled,
and the state had a clean slate for
the first time in nearly forty years.
Birmingham Age-Hertild says:
“A full college of cardinals consist of
seventy members, and there is now
only one vacancy, the seat filled by
Cardinal Vaughn.” We pass this along
to the Norfolk Landmark, which holds
the chair of English.
Mr. William E. Corey, who has been
made "assistant president” of the Bil
lion Dollar Steel Trust, is another of
Mr. Carnegie's prodigies. He went to
work for the iron master at $1 a day
and gradually pulled himself up by the
boot straps to the top of the ladder.
“By Mr. Calvin of Richmond, a bill
to relieve electors from giving their
ages on registering, except to swear
they are of age.”, The coy Mr. Calvin!
Is this a measure of self-protection?
Is he nearing that period In life when
it is no longer quite pleasant to have
people know how many summers and
winters have passed since he came to
bless a fond household and help build
up the country? But, pshaw; the idea
is preposterous. Mr. Calvin can never
grow old, hence he can never be
ashamed of his age. With him present
youth and cheerfulness and good fel
lowship will be perpetual, hence it is
for others that he takes thought in his
bill to protect one’s age from the ques
tionings of the registrar. But for
whom? Does he foresee woman suf
frage, and is he taking steps to make
himself solid with the new class of
voters? In Kansas, we believe, they
■ek women their ages before permit
ting them to register, and more than
•ne vote has been lost because of the
Impertinence of the law that requires
that the age be stated. Women have
refused to tell the registrars how old
they were, and have gone away high
ly indignant because the innocent
functionaries of the system tried to pry
into their most sacred secret. Under
Mr. Calvin's proposed law there would
be no necessity for any such embar
rassing quest]ori as "How old are you?’’
And every woman voter in. Georgia
call the name of Calvin blessed.
LESS PATRONAGE FOR THE POLI
TICIANS.
Senators and representatives will
feel that an injury has been done them
if it turns out to be true that the rural
delivery service is to be taken entirely
out of politics. The politicians fail to
understand how the Postmaster Gen
eral, who is a practical politician,
could have reached the decision to take
this vast and growing patronage away
from members of Congress. It is a3-'
serted that congressmen have found it
of immense benefit to them in their
efforts to keep themselves In Con
gress.
It must not be understood of course
that Democrats have been treated as
liberally in dealing out this patronage
as Republicans. Democrats have been
able to secure a small percentage of
the rural free delivery routes which
have been established, but it is pretty
safe to say they have been given no
more than was necessary to prevent
them from objecting to favoritism and
bringing the matter before Congress.
Recently we called attention to the
fact that of the 11,199 rural free deliv
ery routes established the four states
of Ohio, Illinois, lowa and Indiana had
3,792 of them. From this it will be seen
that four skates have more than a third
of the whole number. Evidently there
was a determination of the Republi
can leaders to use the rural free de
livery system for all it was worth to
get Republican congressmen from
those states und to hold those states
firmly to the Republican party.
It Is not believed that the taking of
this patronage out of politics is in ac
cordance with the wish or Judgment
of Postmaster General Payne. It is
thought that the President ordered this
new move in politics, believing proba
bly that it would be a popular one. and
that he would be the gainer by It, not
withstanding the fact yiat the poli
ticians are against it.
It may be that congressmen will en
deavor to force the President to re
scind the order by threatening legis
lation that will cripple the service or
by threatening to oppose some of the
President’s pet measures. It is not
believed that they will be satisfied to
have the rural free delivery service
taken out of politics. In their efforts
to get the service back Into politics
they will probably give the President
a good deal of annoyance.
NOT DIG ENOUGH FOB THE PLACE.
It is admitted that Mr. Charles M.
Schwab has practically withdrawn
from the presidency of the United
States Steel Corporation, generally
known as the billion dollar steel trust.
His withdrawal is the subject of a
great deal of editorial comment, and
naturally so. He is only about 40 years
of age, and when he was made presi
dent of the great corporation the news
papers in all parts of the country
pointed to him as an example of what
could be accomplished by courage, per-,
sistence, thrift and close application to
business. The attention of the young
men of the land was called to him, and
they were told that if they would im
itate his virtues they could hardly fall
to succeed.
What the newspapers said was well
enough, but they failed to take into
account the fact that he might not
succeed in his new position; that he
might not prove to be capable of bear
ing the responsibilities connected with
it. He started off all right, as soon as
he got into harness, as it were, but he
did not fulfill the expectations that
wore entertained of him. Asa matter
of fact the position was too big for
him. It unsettled him, and, as a con
sequence, he began to show that lack
of level-headedness so necessary to a
man at the head of a great industrial
enterprise. While he was a subordi
nate, and had Mr. Carnegie to lean
upon, he was capable of accomplishing
great things. When he was thrown
upon his own resources he discovered
that he was out of his depth.
Mr. Schwab's antics in Europe a few
months ago made the European stock
holders of the Steel Trust uneasy and
his connection with the United States
Shipbuilding Company impaired the
confidence of the Americans of the
trust in him. It Is said that the stock
holders generally came to the conclu
sion that he was not the man to direct
the affairs of the greatest industrial
combination in the world. Therefore
the Finance Committee of the Steel
Trust was practically forced to retire
Mr. Schwab and put a man In his place
in whom the stockholders had confi
dence.
Of course, Mr. Schwab is nominally
the head of the corporation yet, but
the man who has been made his assist
ant is authorized to do all things it is
necessary for the president to do with
out consulting Mr. Schwab. That is
only an easy way of letting Mr.
Schwab down. Doubtless he will be
out of the Steel Trust management al
together in a very short time.
Ten days ago New York was com
plaining of the unseasonably cool
weather: now people are dying on her
streets from heat. For violent fluc
tuations of temperature, New York
probably leads, the country. No doubt
one reason of it is that the great city is
almost entirely devoid of trees, except
in Central Park, while most of the
country for miles around has only
small patches of trees. Savannah’s de
lightful and even climate and tempera
ture may be attributed to the fact that
she Is full of and surrounded by trees.
A death from heat in this city is a
rarity, and there are probably not half
u dozen nights in the summer when
one may not sleep comfortably in the
refreshing breezes that come up from
the oc-ean and sift through the cool,
green leaves. And by day the trees
afford a shade that is most grateful. By
day and by night our trees are a bless
ing to us, wherefore we love them. *
The railway papulation of the United
States, that is those who work on the
railways in the operation of trains and
repairing of tracks, is estimated on
official data to be upwards of 1,307,000.
The families directly supported by these
o|ieratives are calculated to embrace
not less than 5,200,000 persons. Count
ing the men employed by the Industries
that furnish supplies for the railroads,
it is estimated that not less than 8,000.-
000 persons in the United States depend
, on the railroads lor their living.
AVANXAIi MOH.MMI NEWS: SATURDAY. JULY 4. 1903.
I'HODI'KHITV THREATENED.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
stockholders of the Pennsylvania Rail
road have just subscribed and paid
$90,000,000 for new stock in that great
corporation, and, that too, without
causing any disturbance in financial
circles, and notwithstanding the fur
ther fact that the United States Treas
ury Is running over with money, the
revenues being more than $53,000,000
greater than the expenditures, there
are expressions of doubt as to the con
tinuance of prosperity. While the
newspapers are calling attention to
the fact that the syndicate that un
derwrote the Pennsylvania Railroad
loan did not have to advance a nickel,
the stockholders, scattered in all parts
of the world, furnishing every dollar
needed, some of the ablest of the
country's financiers and business men
express the opinion that the crest of
the prosperity wave has passed, and
that unless certain conditions change
hard times are to be expected.
A day or two ago, just as he was
about to start for Europe, Marshall
Field, the eminent business man and
financier of Chicago, in response to
a question as to the business outlook
said: ’’l should say that the word'
precarious is the one that would best
fit the situation as it is at present.
While I have no desire to discourage
the public, I am satisfied that we have
reached the topmost point of our great
prosperity, and that for a time at
least there will be need for the great
est care among business men.”
Mr. Field said the chief danger to
the greatest interests or the country
lies in the attitude of organized labor.
Strikes, he said, have been carried to
such an extent that no one knows wh'at
to figure on. Further along in his talk
he said that our export trade was
menaced by the effort to force up
wages to a point where the cost of pro
duction will prohibit exports—will
make it impossible for this country to
compete for trade in the markets of
the world.
It is not to be expected of course that
we shall not have hard times again.
But, excepting the strikes, there does
not seem to be any ground for assert
ing that troublous times are already
in sight. The views of such men as
Mr. Field, however, should be given
very careful consideration. He has been
a student of conditions which precede
hard times for many years and is not
an alarmist.
OPENING OK THE PACIFIC CABLE.
The ceremonies connected with the
opening of the Commercial Pacific Ca
ble to-day will be interesting but not
elaborate. The President, the Emperor
William, King Edward and Gov. Taft
will take part in them. The first mes
sage will be sent, to Gov. Taft by the'
President from Oyster Bay. It will go
direct to San Francisco, thence to Ha
waii. From there it will go to the Mid
way Islands and thence to Manila.
Gov. Taft will send from Manila a
congratulatory reply to the President
which will go to Hong Kong, thence to
Bombay; from there tft St. Petersburg,
thence to Moscow, from which place it
will go to Berlin and then to London,
from which city it will be transmitted
to Oyster Bay. In all there will be
twelve relays. It is hoped that not
more than forty seconds will elapse
from the time the President sends his
message until he gets Gov. Taft’s re
ply.
Immediately after this interchange
of messages between the President and
Gov. Taft, the Emperor William and
King Edward will exchange greetings,
and then each of them will send to the
President a message congratulating
him on the completion of the cable and
their good wishes in connection with
the nation’s holiday.
The opening of this cable brings this
oountry-into closer touch with its pos
session in the East. The new line is
3,000 miles shorter and the cost of ca
bling will be much less. It is the un
derstanding that the toll will be $1 a
word. During the Philippine war the
cost of cabling to Manila was $2.35 a
word, and it was not until 1901 that
the rate was reduced to $1.66 a word.
The amount which this country has
paid for cabling to and from Manila
since it came into possession of the
Philippines amounts to many hundreds
of thousands of dollars.
The Commercial Pacific Cable was
projected by the late John W. Mackay
who called the attention of the State
Department in the summer of 1901 to
his intention to construct it. It is re
grettable that he did not live to see
the completion of his undertaking.
That it will be of vast benefit to the
commerce of the world and will exert
a wonderful influence in the direction
of civilization there is no doubt.
New Orleans recently rejoiced in the
prospect and promise of another great
railroad between that city and the
Golden Gate. The New Orleans and
San Francisco Railroad Company was
organized, applied for franchises in
the streets of New Orleans and receiv
ed them. Later these franchises were
confirmed by the Supreme Court of
the state; whereupon, according to
the Picayune, the directors held a
meeting and changed the name of the
corporation to "The New Orleans Ter
minal Company." ”It is not a railroad
at all,” says the Picayune, “but only
a terminal company to handle the cars
of other roads. * * The entire affair
was a speculation and nothing more.”
Thus fades the dreVtm of a great inter
state trunk line from the Pacific to
the Gulf.
Mr. Schwab is going to take another
vacation of two or three months. He
is just back from a vacation of some
months in Europe, but his health, it
is said, demands more rest. A reporter
who called on him at his New York
home says he found him ruddy, ro
tund and smiling, looking like a man
who would relish beefsteak and onions
and could run a mile or shoulder a
sack of salt. But the Wall street doc
tors have prescribed rest for him and
he will have to take it.
A New England visitor in New Or
leans the other day walked up to a
policeman and said; “You are rather
a good looking and well-built fellow,
but I am puzzled as to your racial
classification. Are you a white -nan
or and negro?" He was arrested and fill
ed |2O or thirty days in Jut'
The millionaire ship subsidy beggars
in this country win notice with inter
est the fact that England will not re
new her subsidies to merchant ships
that may be used by the government In
time of war. One of the claims of the
subsidy hunters of this country has
been that American ships could not
compete with the subsidized ships of
other countries. It has many times
been pointed out that this argument
was so misleading as to be false, since
England pays no subsidies to any ex
cept a few fast passenger and mail
carrying ships, while the bulk of her
vast commerce is transported in the
slower vessels called tramps, which re
ceive not one penny of bounty from the
government. Now that the bounties
to the other ships are to be withdrawn,
the bounty hunters will not have a peg
left on which to hang a plea for gov
ernment aid.
The naval floating dry dock at New
Orleans, instead of being an expense
to the government, has actually proved
to be a source of revenue. So great
is the demand for use of the dock by
merchant vessels that there are always
several craft on the waiting list, and
the receipts from commercial docking
been sufficient to meet all expenses
and leave a balance to be turned over
to the Navy Department.
Congressmen Thomas of North Caro
lina, says things are particularly dull
politically in his state Just at this time.
What? AVith eight candidates for Gov
ernor already in the field, and as many
more eligibles out In the bam getting
hay seeds into their hair in anticipa
tion, of announcement! How many
candidates for one office does it take
to make lively politics in North Caro
lina?
The twenty-first biennial internation
al convention of the Society of Chris
tian Endeavor will meet in Denver
next Thursday and be in session five
days.
PERSONAL.
—Former Congressman Joel P.
Heatwole of Minnesota denies that he
is a candidate for the governorship of
that state. He is doing well in busi
ness life and declines to be lured back
into politics.
—Chamberlain and his fellow pro
tectionists in England are called upon
to overcome the effect of a rather
catchy nickname. “Dearloafers” is
the word invented, and already it has
begun to have some effect in the cam
paign of protection against free trade.
—Charles F. McKim, the well
known architect of New York city,
has been awarded, with the approval
of King Edward, the gold medal for
the promotion of architecture, an hon
or conferred by the Royal Institute
of British Engineers. Mr. McKim is
the second American to win this dis
tinction.
—Mile. CaUchet, a' young lady living
in Montmarte, France, has toured the
world, paying her expenses by lectur
ing and by giving lessons in French.
She went first to Belgium and then
to London, Dublin and Glasgow. Sub
sequently she visited, .(America, Africa,
Australia, China arid Japan, and re
turned to Paris via, Russia and Ger
many.
HMIGHT BITS'.
—"Have you ever made anything on
the races?” “Yes. I went out to the
track one day with $lO that I intended
to bet and didn't.”—Chicago Record-
Herald.
—Mrs. Pince-nez—“l can congratu
late myself that all my daughters have
married well.” Mrs. Lorgnette—“ H'm!
All of my daughters have married well
twice.” —Life.
. —‘‘ln his letter of application he
claimed to be a man of regular habits.”
“Well?” “Well, the very first time I
saw him he was drunk.” "Well, you
never saw him sober, did you?”—Phil
adelphia Press.
—“I hear the major is coming up to
spend a week with you.” “Yes, and I
am fitting up a room for him to enter
tain his friends. I put ir ten chairs
and a sideboard.” "Where is the ma
jor from?” "South Carolina.” "Then
you had better put in ten sideboards
and a chair.”—Chicago Daily News.
O R RENT COMMENT.
The Chicago Chronicle (Dem.) has
this appreciation of a well-known
statesman: "We note the arrival in
I>es Moines of the venerable William
B. Allison. It is hardly necessary to
say that the sage has no opinions on
any subject and will have none until
after the convention, when he will
demonstrate mathematically that he
was with the dominant faction all
the time. If your uncle were thrown
overboard from a ship in midocean
he would come up with a valuable
pearl oyster in each hand.”
The Chattanooga Times (Dem.)
says: “A negro was chased into the
river at Chicago the other day and
almost lost his life because he had
the gall’ to try to work in the freight
house of the Chicago and Alton Rail
road. It isn’t healthy for negroes to
seek employment in Illinois. They ap
pear to be all right as theoretical or
naments and as illustrations for learn
ed articles on ‘civil rights and social
privileges,' hut as ordinary human be
ings entitled to earn their daily bread
by the sweat of their brows, they are
not 'in it’ in Illinois.”
The Columbia (S. C.) State (Dem.)
says; “The convict problem is at last
disturbing the usually tough con
science of the Georgia legislator. They
would do well to accept the South
Carolina laws in that matter—our con
vict laws are much more honest than
our tax laws. Right now, while they
are thinking about it, is the time for
Alabama and Georgia to discard their
convict systems. In South Carolina
convicts who can be employed on
farms are given hard, healthy work.
They are humanely treated and there
is no opportunity for scandals.”
The New Orleans Picayune (Dem.)
says: "The solution of the negro
question is for them to emigrate to
Northern cities in such numbers that
they can hold the balance of political
power, that is, control the elections
in each. Then they will make the
whites feel their power and force
them to give in return for support
a fair share of offices and public
plunder. Indianapolis has a popula
tion of about 170,000, of which 1,700
are negroes. These 1.700 negroes, one
per cent, of the whole, are able to
dictate the politics of the chief city
of the great state of Indiana. The
negroes could not ask anything bet
ter in a political way than this. Then
let them emigrate and thus obtain
control of all the Northern cities where
they are wanted. This will settle the
political status of the negroes and give
the Northern people something real
to worry over.”
Option on Each Hide.
A Japanese vase had been brought
forward, and a German in the crowd
offered $2, says the Cleveland Plain-
Dealer. A second bid not being beard,
the vase was withdrawn, the auction
eer stating that he could not sell on
one bid.
"Now, ladies and gentlemen,” the
auctioneer cried out, spreading a large
rug on the floor, "here is a piece of
goods worth S6O. Do I hear SSO? Do I
hear $40?"
"Ten dollars,” shouted the German
who had bid on the vase.
“Ten dollar*—gone. Sold to my friend
there.” the auctioneer replied, jotting
down the price on a pad.
"Hold on a minute,” cried the pur
chaser, "you can't sell on vun pid.”
“Oh, that’s optional with the auc
tioneer,” stammered out the former.
"Veil, den,” the German called back,
with a parting nod, “keep your rug if
It’s obtional on a rug und unobtional
on a vase.”
Pecuniary .Visibility.
Dr. Benjamin Ide Wheeler, president
of the University of California, when
a guest at the AVhlte House last week,
told an interesting story in regard to
Dr. Joseph Lp Conte, who was a world
authority on the science of vision, says
the New York Tribune. He was illus
trating how to detect the blind spot in
the human eye. Taking two coins, the
great naturalist placed one in each
hand before him on the table. “Look
at. both of these steadily, ’ he said,
“and gradually move them in opposite
directions. Presently they will pass be
yond the range of vision. That is due
to the blind spot. Continue the move
ment, and the coins will soon re-emerge
to view.” The genial philosopher then
added. Dr. • Wheeler says, that the
young men and women of his class
should experiment for themselves at
home. “If you are unsuccessful,” said
Dr. Le Conte, “use some object other
than coins, for some people have no
blind spot for money.”
A Household Jewel.
A family in the southern part, of
the city employed what they believed
to be a "household Jewel,” says the
Philadelphia Ledger. For a few days
she proved to be all they had antici
pated, and everything went smoothly.
One day, however, the husband came
down to breakfast and made the an
nouncement that they must get rid of
the new girl.
“Why, John, you must be crazy,”
said his wife with amazement. “She's
the best girl we ever had, so respect
ful, and a fine cook.”
“That makes no difference. She
isn't honest.”
“Oh, well, we’ll never miss a loaf of
bread once in a while; her folks may
need it more than we do.”
"That isn’t it. Early this morning I
saw her creep into our room, go to my
pocket, take my pocketbook, and empty
it.”
"Oh, well, dear, perhaps it’s force
of habit; you know she's been mar
ried.”
An Ingenious Customer.
Yesterday afternoon, relates the
Paris Messenger, a well-dressed man
was standing outside a bookseller’s
shop, on the Boulevard, closely ex
amining one of Balzac’s works illus
trated by Gustave Dore. “How much
this Balzac?” he asked an assistant.
“Forty francs,” was the reply. “Oh!
that’s far too much. X must see the
master about a reduction,” continued
the prospective customer, and, suit
ing the action to the word, he took up
the book and went into the shop. Ap
proaching the bookseller he took the
b6ok from under his arm and asked
what he would give for it. “Twenty
five francs highest offer,” he was told.
The offer was accepted, the man
took his money and left. “Well,”
queried the assistant after he had
gone. “Were you able to hit it off with
that gentleman, sir?” “Oh, yes; I man
aged to get another copy of that edi
tion of Balzac for only 25 francs.”
When the situation was explained to
him the bookseller cursed heartily,
after which he lodged a complaint with
the police.
Court Bulletin.
Special from London, In Life: The
King was severely taxed to-day by
the pressing persistence of govern
mental business. Beginning at 10 in
the morning, he attended the Lords’
cricket matches, and was then seen
shortly after at a luncheon given by
his Bobs, the Duke of Winterview. Im
mediately after, the Queen's Garden
Party claimed his attention, and was
followed by a hurried inspection of the
race course. Later, his majesty re
viewed the corps of American beau
ties—and then repaired to the tenth
annual dinner of the Dubs of the Fast
Order. We hardly need mention that
the usual theater duties of the even
ing were faithfully performed by our
sovereign, and the labors of the day
culminated in the attendance upon a
grand ball given by the Duchess of
Brazenbox.
In view of the fact that these events
necessitated eight distinct changes of
apparel, we are to be congratulated on
the possession of one who is thus able
to discharge the state duties of our
great nation in so worthy and faithful
a manner.
The Assurance of Science.
From the Chicago Tribune.
("Mothers may readily ascertain if
their babies are too fat by comparing
their measurements to the tables of
statistics giving the proper weight for
infants of all ages and sizes.”—Medical
Expert.)
She looked into her baby’s eyes
And marvelled how they looked at
her,
And then she gazed with some sur
prise
At the wee child's diameter.
She took the tapeline thoughfully
And measured him, then donned
her hat
And hastened to a grave M. D.
To ask him: “Is my child too
fat?”
She said: “He’s 18 inches tall,
Ten inches thick, and 14 wide.
Oh, doctor, will that do at all,
Or has he nature's laws defied?
Of course, he’s big, and pudgy, too,
But still he’s dear, indeed, to us.
Please tell me what we ought to
do—
If we should love the overplus!”
The doctor' hummed and hawed a
while.
Consulted his statistic book,
Then crowded back a fleeting smile
And turned to her with sagest look,
“I find,” he said, "that your child’s
weight—
-18x10x14? Yes?—
Well, the statistics plainly state
It hinges on his heaviness.”
The mother heaved a sigh of joy
And said: “How splendid science
is,
Thht it can show me that my boy
Has naught which really is not
his!
But. doctor, wh’at if I mistake?
What if”—twas here she sighed
again—
“ What If an error I should make,
And he should be 14x10?"
“Be calm,” the wise old doctor said.
“It matters not If he b wide.
Or thick, or if from feet to head
He’s smaller than from side to
side.
18x10x14—it
Depends alone on what he weighs."
face with peace was
Now, happy, with her babe she
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—The wonderful target practice of
the British navy, 49 per cent, hits
(which has since been beaten two
points by our Atlantic squadron in its
quarterly practice), is said to be-large
ly creditable to a mechanical contriv
ance invented by Capt. Scott, of the
English navy, called a "dotter,” by
which a small paper target drawn to
a scale is caused to move In front of
a gun with a combined vertical and
horizontal ‘movement. While the tar
get Is in motion the gun pointer en
deavors to train the gun so as to keep
the cross wires of his telescope on the
target. Whenever the cross wires are
“on” an electric connection causes a
pencil to make a dot on the target, the
dot representing a real shot on a real
target at 1,000 yards. Thus the men are
accustomed to train the guns under
the disturbing conditions of a ship in
a seaway.
—The life of the Scotch boy, Donald
Smith, now Baron Stratheona and Mt.
Royal, would read more like romance
if it were not so studded with im
probabilities. People like their ro
mances to be possible; it is only from
reality that will be endured the
touches of extravagance which turns
standard fiction into fairy tales, says
the Cosmopolitan. Young Donald
Smith, dreaming in his Scotch village
fdf the stirring adventures of a fur
trading uncle in the wilds of North
America, and afterward becoming fur
trader himself, first as a clerk of the
Hudson bay company in the bleakest
corner of its vast territory, “pitiless
Labrador,” then climbing, after years
of hardship and fidelity, t° be a chief
factor of the company and resident
governor in America, and finally in
his old age governor of the home com
pany in London, high commissioner
for Canada and a peer of the realm—
that is romance.
—William Kemp, an English comic
actor who flourished during the last
years of Queen Elizabeth, and who
belonged to the same company as
Shakespeare, and “created” Dogberry,
danced from London to Norwich, a
distance of 114 miles. He was accom
panied by a servant, an umpire and a
man with a tabor and pipe. Crowds
hindered his start on Feb. 11, 1600, and
many met him at every place. Several
tried to dance with him, but none could
rival his pace; the most successful
were women. Although delayed by a
snowstorm, he did it in nine days, and
on the way accepted a challenge or
two, each time corning off best, except
when a Chelmsford maiden of 14 danc
ed till he was “ready to lie down.” On
his return he wrote an account of it,
which ends with a warning to those
with whom he had made wagers that
if they did not pay up he would pub
lish their names. The “Nine Daies’
Wonder,” as the title runs, is a merry,
readable pamphlet. Among other cu
rious information in it is the statement
that the customary way to deal with
pickpockets at the theater in those
days was to tie them to a post.
—The Kurische Ilaff is a lagoon, or
back water, of the Baltic, in East
Prussia, extending along the coast for
about fifty miles, south from Memel.
It is separated from the sea by a nar
row sandy ridge. It is easily frozen
over in the winter. Then the smug
glers fix runners on to their boats and
sail on the ice. Russian duties on
spirits and silk are high, and these
are the articles which the smugglers
are fondest of trading over the fron
tier. The Prussian revenue, or excise
men, are very keen in the pursuit of
these smugglers, and have supplied
themselves with boats that are faster
on the ice than those of the smug
glers. The latter, when they find
themselves pursued, put out long hooks
and propel the vessels like a punt. But
the excise boat, it once fairly within
sight of the smuggling craft, usually
runs it down in the end. In vain do
the smugglers throw overboard their
cargo to lighten the boat, and. per
chance, to tempt the excisemen with
booty. They are inevitably caught up
with, and fhen a fight ensues with
boathooks. Sometimes the smugglers
at bay are more than a match for their
hunters, and get away after killing or
disabling some of their pursuers. Yet
the smuggling traffic flourishes in spite
of the wideawake excisemen.
—By argument of an ancient proverb
there are always on this earth at the
same time two human beings who re
semble each other in all respects, and
an English oculist points out that this
is certaintly true in case of rulers. An
old beggar who lives in Whitechapel
bears, according to him, a startling
resemblance to King Edward, so start
ling, indeed, that if the beggar were
dressed in royal raiment, he could not
be distinguished from the real King.
The British ruler, however, is not the
only one who has a double. The Czar
and the Prince of Wales are wonder
fully like each other. Indeed, .more
than one photographer in Europe in
variably sells a photograph of the
Prince to anyone who asks for a pho
tograph of the Czar. M. Bertolani, a
photographer of Salerno, was the
double of the late King Humbert of
Italy, and so proud of the resemblance
was he that he spent much of his spare
time studying the attitudes and ges
tures of his sovereign. For his labor
lie was well rewarded, since the sol
diers, mistaking him for the King, fre
quently saluted him. Herr Adolph
Hirschfeld, the double of Emperor Wil
liam of Germany, is by no means proud
.of the resemblance, and feels very un
comfortable when anyone mistakes him
for the Kaiser, for he fears that the
latter will frown on him sooner or
later, and will request him to leave
Germany. M. fternede, a wealthy
gentleman of Lyons, is the living im
age of King Oscar of Sweden.
—Charles F. Holder,the naturalist,de
scribing a pet pelican which he for
merly owned in Florida, says: “I can
not recall that the pelican ever refus
ed food. After the most impossible
feeding it had the same asthmatic cry
for more. It was only after many
months that I made the startling dis
covery that the pelican can never be
satisfied." He thus describes the fish
ing exploits of these birds: "In feed
ing they generally flew twenty to thir
ty feet above the water with rapid
motion of the powerful wings, holding
the head slightly upon one side that
they might observe the schools of sar
dines. When the latter were sighted
they would plunge blindly downward,
opening the mouth widely just before
they reached the water, endeavoring in
this clumsy manner to catch the fish,
which, not being able to see upward,
were entirely ignorant of the nearness
of danger. Rising after the plunge the
pelican invariably wags its diminutive
tail—a self-congratulatory act which
confirms the bird’s stupidity, for the
chances are one to five that it has
caught nothing. The bills are held up
ward, which throws the fish forward
or toward the point of the beak, where
it is often held for a few seconds, from
here being dropped, as it were, into the
throat, which is a very small orifice in
a veritable waste of pouch. At this
moment, perhaps, a laughing gull robs
tile pelican. Sometimes it alights on its
back, again on its head, and the stu
pid bird makes no resistance, the gull
often uttering its victorious ’ha-ha!’ in
advance. Just as the fish is thrown to
the tip of the beak and protrudes from
the side the laughing gull leans for
ward, snatches it and rises aloft—tq in
return, be followed by the swift man
of-ivar bird. In this simple way a peli
can will be robbed by successive bird*
and will swallow but a small percent
age of what it catches, which
explains why it Is hungry. I ■*
General Debility
Day in {and out there is that feeling of
weakness that makes a burden of Itself.
Food does not strengthen.
Sleep does not refresh.
It is hard to do, hard to bear, what
should be easy,—vitality is on the ebb, and
the whole system suffers.
For this condition take
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It vitalizes the blood, gives vigor and tone
to all the organs and functions, and Is
positively unequalled for all run-down or
debilitated conditions.
Hood’s Pills cure constipation. 25 cents.
Hon' Is Your Synovial Fluid!
A curious and interesting fact con
nected with the study of Human Anat
omy in that between every muscle of
the body there is a lubricating oil
called Synovial fluid, which enables the
muscles to move with ease. This fluid
is frequently attacked by the dread
enemy of mankind uric acid and the
first intimation that something is
wrong in that particular part of the
body is telegraphed to the brain
through the nerves announcing the
fact by steady, severe and unbearable
pain. The party so suffering has a
well developed case of what is known
as Muscular Rheumatism. It is also
a well-known fact established by chem
ical science that it takes an Alkali to
neutralize an acid. Now the next
problem, .to solve bv the sufferer after
these facts are firmly established, is to
obtain an Alkali that will neutralize
this uric acid and harmonize perfect
ly with the human system. His friends
at once call his attention to the fact
that Kalola (Crystallized Mineral
Water) is a most perfectly harmless
Alkali, being a product of nature. Aft
er taking two or three doses the pain
commences to disappear and the next
day the sufferer is entirely relieved.
Hundreds have been cured by this
simple method. It will also cure you.
Interviews solicited and samples
mailed free to any address. “Take
Kalola six days and eat anything you
want.”
Kalola Company, Savannah, Ga.
SAVANNAH ELECTRIC CO.
Effective June 8, 1903.
Subject to change without notice.
ISLE OF HOPE LINE.
Between Isle of Hope and Fortieth St.
Summer Schedule.
Lv 40th Street. Lv. Isle of Hope.
A.M. P.M. P.M. A.M. P.M. P.M.
6:30 12:30 5:30 6:00 1:00 5:30
7:30 1:30 6:00 7:00 2:30 6:00
8:30 2:30 6:30 8:00 3:00 6:30
9:30 3:00 7:00 9:00 3:30 7:00
10:30 3:30 7:30 10:00 4:00 7:30
11:30 4:00 8:00 11:00 4:30 8:00
ISLHfOF HOPE LINE
Between Isle of Hope and Thunderbolt.
Summer Schedule.
Lv. Isle of Hope, Lv. Thunderbolt.
AM. P.M. A.M. P.M.
7:00 4:00 8:35 4:38
8:00 5:30 10:36 6:05
10:00 700 9:05
MONTGOMERY LINE
Between Montgomery and Thunderbolt
Summer Schedule.
Lv. Montgomery. Lv. Thunderbolt!
A.M. P.M. A.M. P.M.
*6:53 *2:53 §7:23 t4:38
6:53 3:53 8:35 '6:05 '
7:53 5:23 10:35 16:38
9:53 6:53 t7:3?
•Connects with parcel car for city.
AConnects with Isle of Hope car for
Fortieth street.
tConnects at Casino with car from
city.
~BETWEEN MONTGOMERY AND
FORTIETH STREET.
Lv 40th & Whitaker Lv. Montgomery
A.M. P.M A.M. P.M.
8:30 1:30 *5:53 2:10
10.30 3:00 6:5$ *2:53
' til:3s
•Connects with parcel car for city.
tXB minutes wait at Sandfly. Con
nects with Thunderbolt line at Casino.
THUNDERBOLT LINE
City Market to Casino via Bolton -Street
Junction.
Beginning at 5:45 a. m., cars leave City Mar
ket for Casino at Thunderbolt every 15 minutes
until 11:30 p. m.
Cars leave Bolton Street Junction 15 minutes
after leaving time at City Market.
Beginning at 5:53 a. in., cars leave Casino at
Thunderbolt every 15 minutes until 12:08 mid
night.
COLLINSVILLE LINe!
(Fair Grounds and Dale Avenue.)
Beginning at 6;00 a. m.. cars leave Bolton
and Ott streets every 15 minutes; returning,
cars leave Estill avenue and Waters road at
6:07 a. m. and every 15 minutes thereafter, con
necting with cars on Thunderbolt line, until
12:00 o’clock midnight.
Through cars are operated between Market
and Thunderbolt via. Collinsville and Dale
avenue as follows:
Leave Mafket. Leave Thunderbolt.
6 A. M. 730A. M.
6 45 P. M. 7 30 P. M.
END LINK (Lincoln Parle!)
Car leaves west side of City Market for Lin
coln Park 6:00 a m. and every 40 minutes
thereafter until 11:30 p. m.
Car leaves Lincoln Park for Market 6:20 a. m.
and every 40 minutes thereafter until 12o'clook
midnight.
Hi SIGHT AND PARCEL CAR
Leaves east side of City Market for Thunder
bolt, Cattle Park. Sandfly, Isle of Hope and all
intermediate points—9:ls a. m,, 1:15 p. m., 6:15
p. m.
Leaves Isle of Hope for Sandfly, Cattle Park.
Thunderbolt and all intermediate points—6:o3
a. m., 11:00 a. m., 3:00 p. m
Freight car leaves Montgomery at 5.50 a. m .
and 2:35 p. m.. connecting at Sandfly with reg
ular parcel car for city.
Parcel car from the city carries freight to
Montgomery on each trip.
Regular parcel ear carries trailer on each
trip for accommodation of passengers.
Any further information regarding passen
ger schedule or freight service can be had by
applying to C. B. KIDDEK, Manager.
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