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Special Notices —Corned Beef and
Saurkrout, M. S. Gardner; Ship No
tice, Southern Shipping Cos., Agents.
Business Notices —A Quick Lunch,
Sommers' Cafe; Second-Hand Bicycles,
G. W. Thomas; Dayton Bicycles, Wal
ter F. Higgins.
Grand Opening To-day—B. H. Levy,
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Cigar Company.
Carry a Liberal Stock —Pete Dailey.
Old Fashioned Bye Whiskey—Henry
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macy.
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How About Your Light—Savannah
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Pharmacy.
Corn Whisky—The Delmonieo Com
pany.
A Dash of Color —Connor & Sullivan.
Easy Patent Leather—Byck Brothers.
Foods—Royal Baking Powder.
Clothing—Leopold Adler.
Me for the Masonic —Masonic Tem
ple Pharmacy.
Legal Notices —In the Matter of T.
7. Willis of Bulloch, Banrkupt.
Savannah Theater—Friday Matinee
and Night, "Happy Hooligan;” Satur
day Matinee and Night, "The Mar
riage of Kitty.”
Cheap Column Advertisements —Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For
Rent: For Sale; Lost; Personal; Mls
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Tli- Weather.
The Indications for Georgia and
Eastern Florida for to-day are for fair
leather, with light variable winds.
A New York doctor claims to have
killed a cat and brought it to life
again. But as he did it only once
we fall to see anything so remarkable
about it. Hasn't a cat nine lives,
anyhow ?
It is estimated that South Carolina's
tales of liquor, through the dispen
tary establishment, will this year ag
p-egate 13,000,000—the highest figure
tver reached. But the profits to the
ihate will not show a corresponding in.
crease, it is predicted. It seems that
the establishment has for some months
keen engaged at working off a lot of
tld, shop-worn, moth-eaten and other
wise unsaleable whisky at bargain
prices, which circumstance has made
the profits k little less. There Is no
onger any pretense, by the way, that
the dispensary is a temperance insti
tution. All the energy' of its man
igement is now directed to increasing
toe sales and making money. It seems
i little strange, by the way, that South
rarolltra hesitates to take over the to
laceo, cigarette, opium and cocaine
trades and make monopolies of them.
There ought to be good profits in the
lales of those articles.
It has passed Into a proverb that
there are only three generations be
iween shirt-sleeves and shirt-sleeves,
it seems that there is even less lapse
tt time between genius and mediocrity,
•r greatness and Insignificance. Only
i few days ago we saw Thomas A.
Edison advertising to the world,
ihrough the newspapers, that he re
tarded his son as incapable of invent*
rig anything of use or devising any
lew and useful process. And Mr. Ed
oon. the father, stands in the very
front rank of electro-mechanical gen
uses and inventors. And now New
fork dispatches contsin the statement
that a son of Cyrus W. Field, hitherto
inheard of by the public, has been ar
lested In that city for petty larceny.
Fhe family to which Cyrus Field be
onged became one of the most famous
n the country. He laid the first At
antlc cable and was the father of
toe greatest telegraph company In the
sorld. One of his brothers, Stephen J.,
sas a Justice of the United States Su
•reme Court: another brother. David
thidley, was a great lawyer, and still
mother brother, Henry M., Mecatne
me of the foremost clergymen In New
tngland. And yet, only one generation
•moved, and of the hlood of this
treat quartette, there appears a plll
ttole degenerate.
IIRY4VI RESPONSE TO CRITIFISM.
In hi* speech at Maysville, Mo., on
Monday Mr. Bryan said he believed
his hearers would give him credit for
courage enough to oppose Parker
openly if he didn't regard him as the
best man for the place, and that he
hoped his reputation for truth and
veracity- was such that his friends
would believe him when he said he
was supporting the Democratic nomi
nees by every means in his power.
The foregoing was no doubt called
out by the criticisms of some of the
things Mr. Bryan has been saying. He
is expected to make forty speeches in
Indiana before the close of the cam
paign. The National Democratic
Committee depends largely upon him
for Democratic success in that state.
When he consented to speak in Indiana
there was rejoicing at the Democratic
headquarters, but after he had de
livered a few speeches in Nebraska
there was grave doubt in the minds of
the Democratic campaign managers as
to whether they hadn't made a mis
take in inviting him to speak in
Indiana or anywhere else.
There is no doubt that Mr. Bryan
wants to be true to the Democratic
platform and ticket, but the truth is
he isn't in full sympathy with them
He finds it hard therefore to be en
thusiastic in his speeches for the Demo
cratic cause. Besides, he finds it hard
to serve those who were not in sympa
thy with him in his two campaigns.
He thinks he is doing Judge Parker
good service, but his speeches don’t
have the ring of sincerity. His heart
isn't in his work. This is so evident
that the Democratic campaign mana
gers are afraid that he is doing more
harm than good. They are hoping that
he will speak out frankly for Judge
Parker In Indiana. In Nebraska he
said, and in Missouri he is saying,
that he thinks Judge Parker Is the
best man of the bunch of candidates,
and therefore should be elected, but
his manner indicates and his words
seem to convey the idea that he isn’t
the man he would like to see at the
head of the Democratic party. Natural
ly he fails to arouse much enthusiasm
for the ticket.
Mr. Bryan’s lukewarmness, the at
titude of Mr. Heanst’s paper up to a
recent date and some things which Mr.
Watson has said have served to create
an impression that there was some
sort of an understanding between them
and their followers to the effect that
If the Democratic party were defeated
in this campaign they would reorg
anize it along lines In harmony with
their views. This Impression perhaps
does Mr. Bryan an injustice, but if he
has an idea that he and others can
reorganize the Democratic party in the
event of its defeat in the approaching
election he is very much mistaken.
He certainly wouldn’t have any fol
lowing of Democrats worth mention
ing if the belief should be entertain
ed that he was Indifferent as to whether
Judge Parker was elected or not. If
he hopes to he honored by the Demo
cratic party at any future time he
must make It clear that he ie doing his
best for the ticket in this campaign.
In the speeches he is yet to deliver he
must make a better impression than
he has by those he has already de
livered. There must be no further ocS
casion for him to make explanations.
THE SPOT AND FUTURE MARKETS.
One of the leading New York papers
says that that city is to be the chief
and, practically, the only future cot
ton market from this time forward,
and that New Orleans is to be the
great spot cotton market. This state
ment Is based upon the fact that Wil
liam P. Browne now makes New York
his headquarters, and that he has virt
ually abandoned New Orleans for his
cotton future business. Browne, Sully
and Price are all now located In New
York, and the price of seats in the
New York Cotton Exchange has risen
from |*oo in 1899 to *B,OOO at the pres
ent time.
Sully and Price have been in New
York since they began business, and
It seems on the authority above quoted
that the fact that Browne has changed
his headquarters to that city makes it
the great center of cotton speculation.
Mr. Browne is. of course, a big opera
tor, and it is understood that he made
a great deal of money in the season
of 1893-3, but if he stays In the
cotton future business many years he
will not have much to show for ths
reputation he enjoys of being the
greatest bull operator in this country,
If not in the world.
If the Southern farmers and coun
try storekeepers are wise they will ob
serve the operations of Messrs. Browne,
Sully and Price without taking any
part in cotton speculation. They will
be far richer at the end of ten years
by keeping out of the cotton future
market than if they risk their money
in It.
But the way cotton is coming into
Savannah there is some reason for
thinking that New Orleans will not
be a much bigger cotton port than
she is. Savannah's cotton commission
merchants, brokers and exporters are
showing a great deal of enterprise. Sa
vannah's cotton territory is being ex
tended each year. It is estimated that
Savannah will get more than 1,500,000
bale* of cotton this season.
The weather this fall has been ex
ceptionally fine for harvesting cotton,
and the indications are that the crop
will be larger on this account than it
was thought it would be at the be
ginning, or even in the middle, of Sep
tember. There must be fields that are
heavily fruited since, In our dispatches
yesterday, there ware accounts of some
remarkable cotton-picking records,
one 14-year-old boy picking 465 pounds
in ten hours and a 11-year-old boy
picking 371 pounds in a day.
It is an extraordinary thing what
stupid suggestions are sometimes se
riously proposed by sednte and sober
men. In the Rock River Conference
of the Methodist Church in Chicago
the other day one brother got up and
proposed flogging at the post for the
guilty party In divorce cases. Of course,
If he had suggested a cost of tar and
feathers and riding on a rail It would
have been Just a* seriously considered
and stood aa much chance of being
accepted.
SAVAXXAH MORNING XEWS: WEDXESDAY.OCTOBER 12. 1904.
DON'T GIVE SOMETHING FOR
NOTHING.
There i* a lull just at present in
Itinerant advertising schemes, that is,
schemes of shrewd and pleasant
spoken solicitors for getting money
from business people for advertise
ments in bogus newspapers, pamphlets,
circulars, cards, etc., so that what is
about to be said on this subject can
have no personal application what
ever. But the holiday season Is near
at hand, a time when advertisers feel
liberal and are free with their con
tracts, hence it is practically certain
that the peripatetic solicitor with his
floating advertising scheme will shortly
be on hand looking for a harvest of
dollars. Ho is a good man to inquire
about. Last spring the Savannah
Chamber of Commerce a- reso
lution requesting merchants and oth
ers approached by solicitors of other
than standard and recognized publica
tions of merit to submit to the Adver
tising Committee of the Chamber the
propositions made to them for adver
tising. and that contracts should be
withheld until the committee of the
Chamber could investigate the schemes
in question and report on their merits.
There arc few investments that pay
better than advertising, provided it is
done right. Advertising is the modern
way of letting the people know what
one has for sale, at what price arti
cles can be purchased, etc. Money that
Is paid for giving publicity to one’s
business is well spent, where the ad
vertising account is looked after with
as much care and judgment as are be
stowed on other Items of expense. And
newspaper advertising as the best
medium through which to give public
ity to whatever a business man may
have to communicate to the public.
Being aware of the value placed on
newspaper advertising, there are peo
ple who get up all sorts of worthless
schemes for securing advertisements
in publications that have newspaper
names, but are not newspapers. These
bogus publications have no readers
except those who read their own ad
vertisements in them, and possibly a
few others to whom free copies are
sent. This class of advertising is or
dinarily no better than other itinerant
advertising, and no scheme of the
kind should be accepted unless It has
the Indorsement of the Advertising
Committee of the Chamber of Com
merce, the duty of which body is to
"send for persons and papers” and
make a thorough investigation of the
scheme and the men at the head of it.
It Is risking nothing to say that one
half of the itinerant advertising
schemes presented to the business men
of this and other cities are worthless
or fraudulent. In that they bring no
return for the money paid for them.
It would be well for our merchants, 1n
the interest of good morals, if not
from the standpoint of financial econ
omy, to have the Chamber of Com
merce investigate closely the proposi
tions made to them by the projectors
of advertising schemes.
THE COBTKIA Ol' SCANDAL.
The fact that Mr. Cortelyou, the
chairman of the Republican National
Committee, occupied a position that
gave him an acquaintance with the
affairs of the trusts before he accepted
his present position Justifies the state
ment that his action in collecting cam
paign contributions from them
amounts to a national scandal.
The Republican leaders are doing
their utmost to disabuse the minds of
the people of the suspicion that Mr.
Cortelyou has done or is likely to do
anything that is wrong.
The fact that the Republican lead
ers are making such stupendous ef
forts to defend Mr. Cortelyou against
the attacks that are being made upon
him shows they recognize that he is
in need of defenders.
In his speech at Baltimore on Mon
day night former Senator Hill of New
York said: “From the day Mr. Cor
telyou was made manager of Mr.
Roosevelt’s campaign he has been dili
gently employed collecting campaign
funds from the very corporations
whose business operations and secret
affairs he had recently been investi
gating. The motive for this extraordi
nary.action is scarcely disguised." Mr.
Hill, of course, said a good many oth
er things about Mr. Cortelyou. What
they were can easily be Imagined.
Probably never before in this coun
try was there a case like that of Mr.
Cortelyou's. The Republican party pre
tends to be fighting the trusts, and yet
we find it openly stated in the news
papers that its national chairman is
calling upon them for campaign con
tributions. And the fact must not be
overlooked that Mr. Cortelyou knows
ail about the affairs of the trusts, be
cause of his recent connection with
the Department of Labor and Com
merce. It has been intimated that Mr.
Roosevelt, having him in mind as his
campaign manager, put him at the
head of that department so that he
would be in a position to force the
trusts and various other combinations
of capital to make liberal contribu
tions to the Republican campaign
fund, but, of course, there Is no truth
in that intimation. Still, it will hardly
be denied that Mr. Cortelyou’s posi
tion as the head of the National Re
publican Committee amounts, under
the circumstances, to a national scan
dal. No explanation that the Repub
lican leaders make of the matter, no
denial that Mr. Cortelyou is doing
anything wrong serves to satisfy the
people.
Mr. Cortelyou may be handling Mr.
Roosevelt's campaign in a way to com
mand attention and excite applause,
but from present indications he will
cost Mr. Roosevelt more votes than he
will gain for him. Mr. Hill, in his
opening campaign speech, hit the
weak point of Mr. Roosevelt's cam
paign easily, and he will hit it many
times more before the campaign Is
ended.
Walter Wellman, Washington corre
spondent of the Chicago Record-Herald
(Rep.), has been In Indiana for some
days, getting a line on the political
situation. Being in sympathy with
the Republican party, Mr. Wellman
would naturally look on things from
the most favorable point of view pos
sible for the Republican#. It la hla
opinion that Rooseveut will carry the
state for President, but that the Dem
ocrats will carry the Legislature, and
thus win the two Senate seats now
held by Fairbanks and Beveridge. And
he believes that Chairman Tom Tag
gart has his eye on one of the Senate
seats, and that he will get It. Even
this Is a concession of Democratic
strength In Indiana that is very grati
fying. But the National Democratic
Committee is probably better acquaint
ed with the situation in Indiana than
Mr. Wellman is, and the committee is
certain that the Democratic party has
an excellent opportunity for carrying
the state for Parker.
They are having a particularly mud
dy campaign In the Fifth Maryland
Congressional district this fall. The
Democrats are determined to beat Syd
ney Mudd for Congress if it can pos
ffibly be accomplished, and to help
along in that direction they have al
ready nomirtated two Mudds for of
fice In the district, and are looking for
a negro of the name of Sydney Mudd
to nominate him for something—any
thing. It is believed that with so much
Mudd in the field there will be more
or less confusion of names, and that
the vote of the original Mudd will be
accordingly cut down. The trick is one
that is hardly to be commended for
clarity and straightforwardness, but
when It is a matter of Mudd at best
the subterfuge may be condoned.
Fifteen deaths in eight days in a
certain small district of New York
city have stirred the police and health
authorities to an investigation and
some of the newspapers to wild spec
ulation. The dead were all adults,
seemingly In robust health a short
while ago. One newspaper had a sen
sational story suggesting a suicide
club, but the coroner’s physician said
the suggestion was nonsense. His the
ory was that the deaths were caused
by the drinking of impure whisky, as
in several of the cases examined by
him there were evidences of acute al
coholic poisoning. Of the fifteen vic
tims seven were women; which appar
ently indicates that whisky drinking
among women In New York is almost
as great as among men.
Since Mr. Bryan’s statement that
Nebraska will go for Roosevelt has
given the Republicans so much pleas
|une, why shouldn’t Col. Guffey fill
their cup of delight to overflowing by
conceding them Pennsylvania?
PERSONAL.
—“The flower lady" is an interest
ing and so far mysterious visitor, who
frequently brightens the lives of pa
tients in the Hahnemann Hospital,
Philadelphia. Every visiting day she
arrives In an automobile with a
quantity of flowers, which she dis
tributes among the sufferers. When
anyone asks her name she merely
laughs and says: “I was once in a
hospital for a long time. A good wom
an brought flowers to me and made
me very happy. I made up my mind
that I would do the same some day.”
—Queen Helene of Italy, who recent
ly gave birth to a son, is 31 years
old, having been bprn on Jan. 8, 1873,
the third of seven daughters of Prince
Nlckolas, lord of the Black mjoun-‘
tain kingdom of Montenegro. One
writer says: “She came dow r n from
the mountains with all her native fresh
ness clinging to her, a striking fig
ure, six feet tall, with dark Ifair and
eyes, but with a complexion of scar
let." Victor Emmanuel was two years
wooing her. Upon the birth of their
first child the queen gave a cradle
or *2O in money to every babe born
that day in Rome, or Naples. Essen
tially a womanly woman, the queen is
perhaps the most attractive royal per-
Bonage of the day, and certainly she
is the most beloved and admired woman
in the kingdom of Italy.
BRIGHT BITS.
—"Old Mrs. Grum hasn't been in
such good health in years."
"Why, I never heard her complain
more!”
“True. But she has more energy.”—
Life.
—•Mutual Sympathy.—Highwayman:
Your money or your life!
Jones: Sorry, old chap; but I'm Just
back from my vacation, and
Highwayman: Shake, old man: so
am I, or I wouldn’t be doing this.—
Judge.
—Pop! Pop! (scene: Restaurant in
Switzerland). —Tourist (to Manager,
who knows English)—"There are two
bottles of wine in our bill. We had
only one bottle.” Manager—“Aeh, he
is anew waiter, and zee confounded
egho of zee mountain must huve de
ceived zee garcon.”—Punch.
CURRENT COMMENT.
The Chattanooga Times (Dem.) says:
"The acting Governor of Alabama has
refused to call an extra session of the
General Assembly, probably acting on
the theory that less of legislatures is
better for the people.”
The Montgomery Advertiser (Dem.)
says: >'We see very little comfort In
the prediction that Hay will remain In
the cabinet if Roosevelt is elected.
Hay is a sort of safety-valve, but we
doubt if he can keep the lid on if
Roosevelt Is given a full term.”
The Charleston Post (Dem.) says:
“Watson says that Populist electors
will be put up in all the Southern
States except South Carolina, Why
slight us, Toni? Thera are two or three
Populists in South Carolina, left over
from Tillman’s “light in the West"
breakaway, and they ought to have
somebody to vote for. Perhaps Watson
Is hoping that these will go over into
Oeorgia and vote his ticket there,"
The Galveston News (Dem.) says:
"Judge Parker is a great peacemaker.
He made Gorman and Rayner shake
hands. He made Belmont and Tag
gart swear undying friendship for
each other. He made Tammany put up
Its tomahawk, which it had raised
over the head of Mr. Ilearst. He got
Mr. Bryan on the stump. He assuaged
the ruffled feelings of Gov. Hogg. He
made Hill and Murphy walk arm In
arm. In fact, he seems to have pleas
ed all disturbed persons except Tom
Watson and George Fred Williams.’’
The Springfield (Mass.) Republican
(Ind.) says: “Faultfinding with Mr.
Bryan's way of appealing 1 6 his old
friends to support Judge Parker, on
his stumping tour, may be entirety out
of place. From hl standpoint he
couldn't pretend to be enthusiastic
over the nomination and maintain his
reputation for sincerity. On the other
hand. Mr. Bryan may knew better
than any one else Just how to lead a
Bryan Democrat up to the polls with
a Democratic ballot in his hands. He
Is evidently talking with perfect oan
dor. and, after alt, candor paye in the
long run.”
In Kansas After the War.
A writer in the Boston Herald says
that after the Civtt War a Boston man
was stopping at the Planters' House,
the principal hotel of Leavenworth,
Kan., and coming down to breakfast
late one morning he partook of that
meal with the landlord.
"Well. Mr. ,” said the landlord,
“how do you like our Western coun
try?”
“I like It very well,” said the Bos
ton man, "or would if society here
were In a more settled state.”
"Nonsense,” said the landlord, "our
society is as settled as that of Bos
ton.”
Just then a man named Anthony
burst into the dining room and out of
a back door, with a man named Jen
nison pumping lead at him at every
jump, and following him out into the
outbuilding in the rear of the hotel.
“How about society being as settled
here as in Boston?” said the Boston
man as he and the landlord crawled
out from under opposite sides of the
table.
“I had forgotten about that An
thony-Jennison matter,” said the land
lord, “but If Doc Jenntson has caught
up with Anthony that is settled by thl3
time."
Fun on the Farm.
“I’ve bought a farm about ten miles
out of town,” said the nfan with the
black eye, as he entered a lawyer’s of
fice, according to the Philadelphia In
quirer.
"Exactly—exactly. You've bought a
farm and you've discovered that one
of the line fences takes in four or five
feet of your land. You attempted to
discuss the nfatter with the farmer,
and he resorted to arms.”
“Yes.”
“Well, don’t worry. You Van first
sue him for assault. Then for bat
tery. Then for personal damages. Then
we’ll take up the matter of the fence
and I promise you that even if we don’t
beat him we can keep the case in court
for at least twenty-five years. Mean
while, he’ll probably ham-string your
cows, poison your calves and set fire
to your bam and you can begin a
new suit almost every week. My dear
man, you can have fun from now on
to the day you die of old age.”
Too Great a Resemblance.
Bishop Olmsted, of Denver, is inter
ested in a number of charities, and
obtains many generous contributions
on their behalf from rich Episcopal
ians, says the New York Tribune.
There Is in Denver, however, a mil-'
lionaire who will rarely consent to
help Bishop Olmsted’s pet projects.
He is a generous man, and in his own
way he assists the poor, but to organ
ized ch'arity, for some reason, he
heartily objects. The Bishop often
asks him for subscriptions, but these
requests are almost invariably refus
ed.
Recently the millionaire had his por
trait painted. Bishop Olmsted met
him the other day and said:
“I saw this morning your admir
able portrait.”
“And did you ‘ask it for a subscrip
tion?” said the millionaire, smiling.
“No,” said Bishop Olmsted. “I saw
there was no use—lt was so like you.”
Hnmor of the College Boy.
Talking of the humor of the college
boy, says the Boston Post, John Ja
cob Astor said:
"My class at Harvard was 'BB, and
we had in 'BB a typical college humor
ist. He and I, one autumn day, took
a long walk in the country.
“At noon we stopped for luncheon at
a little inn. We were placed at a long
table with a dozen persons, and plates
of a liquid that was called pea soup
were set before us. In my soup there
was not a pea, but in my friend’s
there was one.
"All of a sudden he startled every
body by leaping up, peeling off his
coat, beginning, as it seemed, a regu
lar disrobing act.
“ ‘Here,’ said I, 'what are you
about?’
“ ‘Why,’ said he, unfastening his
neck tie, ‘l’m going in after that pea.’ ”
A Southern Ball.
"■When I was a student at the Uni
versity of Virginia,” said Surgeon
General lUxey of the navy, according
to the New York Tribune, “there used
to be an old man named Tom Crabbe
who cleaned my boots and ran my er
rands.
“Tom, one morning, came into my
room in an excited and gay mood.
“ ’My daughter, sir,’ he said, ‘has a
little baby. A fine child. Twelve
pounds in weight.’
“’When was it born?’ said I.
“ ‘This morning,’ answered Tom.
" 'ls it a boy or a girl?’
“ ‘Do you know, sir,’ he said, T for
got, tn the excitement, to find out
whether I was a grandfather or a
grandmother?’ ”
The family was planning the
It Pays to Be Polite.
In one of the churches of New York,
according to District Attorney Jer
ome, there was once an old woman
who insisted on bowing her head
every time the name of Satan was
mentioned during the service or ser
mon. The rector, after noting this ec
centricity for many months, asked
her:
"Madam, why do you bow at the
name of Satan? It is. not customary,
you know.”
"Oh, I know that,” said she, “but it
doesn't cost anything to be polite, and
one never knows what will happen.”
The Dentist Stood Ontalde.
George B. Shaw, the playwright, be
ing asked how he came to choose so
odd a place as a dentist’s office for the
opening scene of the comedy. Bald:
"My eariest recollection is of a dental
Joket on my cousin John’s large mouth.
John, it seems, went to have a tooth
filled, and the dentist told him to open
his mouth to its fullest extent. John
did so, and such an alarming orifice did
he reveal that the dentist exolalmed:
“ 'Don’t trouble to open your mouth
any wider, sir. I Intend to stand out
side to fill this tooth.’ ”
No Chaser to team.
breakfast table to attend, later In the
day, the funeral of a deceased neigh
bor, but Isabel, aged 6, was, very much
to her distress, to be left at home,
says Llppincott’s.
"But I’ve never been to a funeral,"
the little girl pleaded. "I want to go
to one Just dreadfully."
"Never mind, His.” said the little
maid’s brother consolingly, "perhaps
you can go to your own aome day.”
"Well," flashed Isabel indignantly,
"If l don’t have a little practice I
shan't know how to behave even at
that one.”
Dirty Children in the glams.
Susan B. Anthony, on her return
from Europe, talked In an engaging
way to the New York Times about the
things she had seen over there. Of
a certain slum she said:
"The children of this slum arn dirty
very dirty. I hardly know how I may
make clear to you the superlative de
gree of dlrtlnees that makes them. I
was told, for one thing, that a moth
er In this slum often goes out on the
street and washed half a dosen chlld
ren'e faces before she is able to find
her own child. H
ROOSEVELT ADVISES WOMEN.
From the Baltimore Sun.
Chicago, Oct. 9.—A letter from Presi
dent Roosevelt on “How to Bring Up
Children” was read and discussed at
the monthly mothers’ meeting of the
Oak Park Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union yesterday. The letter was
read by Mrs. W. F. Arnold, and many
times she was interrupted by expres
sions of approval. However, when she
read the sentence, ’’Train your chil
dren to use their fighting instinct on
the side of righteousness. Do not pun
ish your boy for what is merely an
overflow of animal spirit, because he
is healthy and full of life,” a cry of
protest arose from many of those
present.
“There has never been a fight but
both combatants thought they were
on the side of righteousness,” said Mrs.
Margaret C. McFadden, secretary of
the mothers’ department of the organ
ization.
"I would never train my children to
fight. Bpys are too prone to fight any
way. However, one live boy will up
set all the rules ever made for his
training.”
“Common sense is the most essential
requisite in training a child,” wrote
the President, “and that faculty should
be developed in the child.
“The mother should not be a cross
between a housekeeper and a nurse.
The father, too, should do his share
in training the child. Self-control, love
and confidence are essential to the
training of womanly girls and manly
boys.”
“The President has given many ex
cellent suggestions,” said Mrs. W. F.
Arnold. “Would it not have been well
If he could have told us how to do
those things Instead of what to do?”
CHESTNI TS AS A CURE FOR THE
LIQUOR HABIT.
From the Philadelphia Record.
“There should.'be less drunkenness at
this season of the year than at any
other time,” said a specialist in nerv
ous disorders who has a private sani
tarium for the treatment of wealthy
dipsomaniacs. “It is not generally
known—ln fact, I claim the honor of
the discovery—that roasted chestnuts
are a good antidote for liquor. The
average man who drinks under high
nervous pressure, not for the sake of
sociability, but because the alcohol
stimulates him to great effort, is the
one whose nervous system Is most
quickly undermined. He may never
get drunk, but there is the constant
demand for over-stimulation that
works damage in the end. No sooner
does the effect of one drink wear off
than there is the craving for another.
Now, if that man would eat a few
roasted chestnuts instead of taking an
other drink when the feeling comes on
him, he would find that the substance
of the nuts, having quickly absorbed
the liquor already in his system, had
appreciably decreased his longing for
more alcoholic stimulant. It isn’t a
theory. I know is to be true.”
HETTY GREEN'S SUCCESS,
From the Broadway Magazine.
“I consider that I owe all I am in
life to the principles instilled into me
by my father,” said Hetty Green, rich
est woman in the world, in a recent
interview. “ ‘Daughter,’ he repeated
again and again, ‘cultivate common
sense and Judgment. Learn how to
manage your brains and you will
know how to manage your fortune. In
telligence is better than Greek and
Latin, and good morals will stand by
you better than a fine education.’ I
was Just 14 years old when I went to
the bank and deposited $25, my first
savings. My father went with me and
was very proud of my thrift, for it
had cost me some sacrifices. I am
proud to say that I have added to that
first $25, and haven’t yet drawn it out,
"The trouble with most persons,”
she continued, "is that they want to
spend, but they don’t want to work.
No man or woman in my employ stays
awake until 2 o'clock in the morning
thinking out investments. Well, that's
how hard I work.
"I have endeavored to bring up my
boy and girl,” she continued, "on
commonsense principles, and I spared
no expense either.”
VERSE COMFORTS ROCKEFELLER.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.
Cleveland, Oct. 9.—Among the speak
ers at the annual rally of the Euclid
Avenue Baptist Sunday-school to-day
was John D. Rockefeller, who said:
"I have a little piece of paper here
and in it a little verse of Just four
lines. I wish every person in this
room could speak them. Where do you
think I got them? From a daily New
York newspaper. All praise to the
newspapers and the publishers of
newspapers for such beautiful little
lines. lam going to try to repeat
them without looking at the paper;
There is so much bad In the best of us,
There Is so much good in the most
of us,
Tt hardly behooves any of us
To talk about the rest of us.
“That little verse is a great comfort
to me. It contains so much of that
charity which we should all feel for
our fellow men.”
BEATEN BY 30 DAYS' SERENADE
From the Philadelphia Record.
Cabot, Wis„ Oct. 6.—The thirty days’
serenade has come to an end, and the
young men who broke the world's
charivari record are victorious.
On Sept. 7' Prof. Verbeck, principal
of the High School, came home with
a bride, and when he was serenaded
that night refused to furnish refresh
ments for his tormentors. The latter
agreed to keep up the racket until
they were victorious, and they did so.
To-day Prof. Verbeck issued a state
ment acknowledging his defeat and
promising to give the serenaders a
feast. To celebrate the victory the
High School boys, who led In the mis
chief, presented the bride to-night
with an elaborate and costly hall
clock.
CONVERT WAS TOO HEAVY,
From the New York Presp.
Philadelphia, Oct. 9.—Unable to bring
a woman convert weighing 300 pounds
to the surface, Bishop Crowdy called
for held to-day during a negro bap
tism in the Delaware river, opposite
East Camden. A score of men, un
mindful of their good olothes, plunged
Into the water to the rescue.
Mrs. Jennie McLain of Coatesvllle
Pa„ was the convert. The Bishop eas
ily lowered her beneath the surface
of the river, but encountered difficulty
In raising her to her feet, It is thought
possibly on uccount of a fainting spell.
Mrs. McLain was carried ashore by
the rescuing party. She had swallowed
some water, but she soon recovered.
oniuix OF RUSSIA'S EAGLE.
From the London Globe.
The two-headed eagle, which Is the
emblem of Russia, has an ancient ori
gin In symbolism. If not in natural his
tory. It Is traceable to primitive Bab
ylonia, and Is found on Hlttlte menu
insnts of Cappadocia, It was adopted
by Turkoman Princes, and also
brought to Europe by Crusaders In ths
fourteenth century. Apparently the
German Emperors got it from Crusad
ers and passed It on to Russia and
Austria.
the WtPTEFIx'KANSAP MAN.
From the Abilene (Kan.) Reflector.
There was something new in town
to-day. A Sallna man with an autb
moblle put on a pair of kid gloves and
oiled his machine. Then he threw them
away and put on anew pair. That
struck the crowd as very wasteful and
extravagant.
After Dinner
To assist digestion, relieve distress
after eating or drinking too heartily
to prevent constipation, take
Hood's Pills
Sold everywhere. 25 cent*.
SAVANNAH ELECTRIC CO.
WINTER WEEK DAY SCHEDULE,
Effective Oct. J, 1904.
ISLE OF HOPE I.INK.
Between Isle of Hope and 40th Street.
V V '„ 40t t, S *; Lv. Isle of Hope.
V™ PM ' A.M. P.M.
5?? -••• 6:00 1:00
L 2O 1:29 7;00 2.00
* 2O 2:30 8:00 3:00
v.oO 900
10:30 3:30 10:00 *4:00
1130 11:00
I™ 5:00
i 20 8 00
"• 5:2? 9:00
*Vla Montgomery to city.
Between Isle of Hope & Thunderbolt
A V J Sle^ f ,^ ope ’ Lv - Thunderbolt
.voo AM - P.M.
1.2° 6:00 ?7:22 *5:50
11.00 ..... . *9:50 7*38
?1 2-minute wait at Sandfly.
_ Parcel car, passenger trailer.
MONTGOMERY SCHEDULE!
Between Montgomery and 40th Street.
Lv. Montgomery. Lv. 40th St.
A. M. P. M. AM PM
*5:50 51:30 gSO 1 3(i
t: 50 52:30 lo^o
+7:53 t3:05 5:22
9:50 tS:EO
*£ onn ts with parcel car for cltv
IThrough to Thunderbolt.
cJ 51S-mimite wait at Sandfly going to
Between Montgomery & ThundeholtT
P i*L A. M. p 7 M.
600 3:0o 7:22 8:38
753 5:50 8:22 6:Sg
MILL-HAVEN SCHEDu£bT^
Effective July 1 3 1 903.
Leave Whitaker and Bay streets! "
A.M. A.M. pm pm
# 6* 4 0 6’Ui
*7‘oo 1:20 6 :90
720 1V an 2 :09 6:49
1 12:04 2:49 7:20
|'.22 3:20 3:00
| t ° n 4 :0 8:40
920 *■ . . 4:40 ....
a w Leave Mill-Haven.
40 PM ’ PM
:I 12:20 6:40
•7?n 11 40 1:00 * 695
I’ 20 1:40 6:20
552 , 3:00 7:40
!.?2 * :4 O 8:20
i'iso ::::: US . 9:09
•Daily except Sunday.
..SATURDAY EVENING" SPECIAL ‘
L 2n^lS£ ,k * r Leave M ‘li*
w ay su * Haven.
P .M. p.M.
9:20 9•40
i0 : 99 io.4J!
-• 11:09
THUNDERBOLT LINE.
City Market to Casino and Thunder
bolt via Bolton street Junction.
Beginning at 5:30 a. m. cars leave
City Market for Casino and Thunder
bolt every half hour until 2:00 p m
Acr which cars run every 15 minutes
until 11:30 p. m.
Cars leave Bolton street Junction 1“
minutes after leaving time at City
Market.
Beginning at 8:58 a. m. cars leave
Live Oak station for city every half
hour until 2:38 p. m.. after which
tijf"® cars leave every tS minutes until
12:08 midnight.
COLT.rNPVTLLE LINE
Beginning at 6:05 a. m„ cars leave
Waters road and EstiU avenue every
80 minutes until 1:45 p. m.. after
which cars leave every 15 minutes
commencing at 2:07 p. m., until 12 07
midnight.
Beginning at 6:05 a. m„ cars leave
City Market for Waters road and Es
til avenue every 20 minutes until 1-45
p. m„ after which Thunderbolt cars
le . a '' e ver >' 25 minutes, commencing
at 2:00 p. m„ connecting with Colllnr”
ville cars at Bolton and Ott streets
L*t car leaves Market at 11:45 p m'
WEST ElfD LINE rtdiSMiinPirtt)— ~
Car leaves west side of City Market for Lin
coin Park 6:00 a. m. and every 40 minutes
thereafter until 11:46 p. m. ,u
Car lesves Lincoln Park for Market 0:20*. m,
end every 40 minutes thereafter until 12 o’clock
mflnignt
~Z 'FREIGHT AND PABCFLCAR
holt *.*.l*®?.* °!L V Market for Thunder
holt, Cattle Park. Sandflv. Isle of Hone and all
intermediate polnte-Oiß V!. lil*Tm"j:ll
Leaves Isle of Hope for Sandflv Carrie
rrasre. ;‘UTm medi4ta ' points - ,,0i
.ea r .* 1 fs h e C tf lea ™ Montgomery at 5.60 a ui_
ular parcel'car'foi'elty! 0 * a ‘ S * odfly r “'
Parcel car from the city carries freight to
Montgomery on each trip.
Regular parcel car carries trailer 0 n each
trip for accommodation of p&ssengem
Any further information regarding passen
ger schedule or freight service cun be had by
applying to L. R. NASH. Manager:
Lowest Kind ef Rates.
California
AND
Northwest
From Sept, 15 to Oct.
15, 1904.
Cheap One Way and Round Trig
ticket* on various dates to Texas. Ok
lahoma, New Mexico and Indian Ter
ri ory.
Write* tlck * tB trom *>* Point*.
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