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SOME REPUBLICAN FIGURES.
Republican campaign orators are
fond of quoting figures alleged to show
how highly prosperous the country is
under the present administration. Con
nected with the Treasury Department,
and therefore under the direction of
the Hon. Leslie M. Shaw, Secretary of
the Treasury, there is a bureau of
statistics, which has apparently re
ceived orders to furnish all of the
figures that may be required to uphold
the Republican contention. At any
rate, the bureau has lately been pour
ing out statistics as grist from a hop
per, all going to show that everybody
Is getting rich under the influence of
a benign Republican administration.
It was this bureau that demonstrated,
with figures, some weeks back that
while the cost of living had advanced,
the wages of workingmen had in
creased in still greater proportion!
But how valuable are the figures so
glibly quoted by the Republican ora
tors? What basis of fact is there be
hind them? It will not do to say they
are "official,” inasmuch as they coma
from the- bureau of statistics, and
therefore decline to further discuss
their correctness. The old adage that
figures cannot prevaricate may be
true, but there is another old saying
to the effect that there are three
means of misleading the people, name
ly, with "lies, and lies and statistics."
Hon. Leslie M. Shaw, Secretary of
the Treasury, and therefore in author
ity over and in close touch with the
bureau of statistics, made a speech in
New York the other evening. While
singing the praises of the glorious
Dingley tariff he instanced the bene
fits that had been derived by working
people specifically and the whole coun
try generally through the tariff on cut
diamonds. “Why,” he said, “the dia
mond cutters of this country are now
earning $12,000,000 a year, w-hich other
wise would not be paid out in wages!"
Mr. Shaw emphasized the point, and
beamed genially when he had driven
it home. A million dollars a month
added to the incomes of workingmen!
Wasn’t that something to be proud
off? And the benevolent tariff did it!
There were several manufacturing
Jewelers and diamond merchants in
Mr. Shaw's audience. They were
amazed at his figures. They hadn’t
any idea that so great a business in
diamond cutting could have grown up,
under their very noses, without their
knowing anything about it. They got
together and talked the matter over,
and finally started a little investiga
tion on their own hook. They had
the means of locating every diamond
cutting establishment in the country
and ascertaining how many men
were employed. The Evening Post
says what they learned was that
there were approximately 400 diamond
cutters in New York city and, at a
liberal estimate, about 100 in all the
rest of the country, making 500 in the
United States. The average w-ages of
a diamond cutter is approximately
S3O a week, hut the gentlemen investi
gating agreed to call the average wage
S4O a week so as to make a calculation
on outside figures. Taking these
figures—and they were made by men
whose business it is to know every
thing about the diamond trade—it will
be seen that the total annual wages
paid to American diamond cutters is
only a little more than $1,000,000. From
this it would appear that Secretary
Shaw was Just about $11,000,000 a year
off in his calculation with respect to
the benefits conferred by the tariff
on cut diamonds.
Is this a fair sample of the accuracy
of the statistics of the Republican
spellbinders?
SOWING THE WIND.
Every day that passes furnishes
some new examples of the truth in
Hogarth's picture of the idle appren
tice ending his life in shame on the
gallows. Though one hundred and fifty
years have passed since the artist’s
pencil told the story, yet were he alive
to-day he could draw his subjects from
real life. The case of the burglar
murderer Duncan Is in point. Of good
family, with more than ordinary abil
ity, and with a good education on
which to build, he buried his talents
in idleness and wasted his substance
in riotous living. Asa result, within
a few weeks his miserable life will end
by the law’s decree at the hands of
his outraged fellowman.
The case of this man, so well remem
bered by Savannahians, is but one of
myriads that might be taken to illus
trate the necessity of reaping what
we sow. The law is relentless and
cannot be escaped, and if to-day we
sow the wind, in the harvest of the
future we must reap the whirlwind.
The ones that escape the reaping are
so very few that they but furnish the
exceptions which prove the melancholy
truth of the law and its merciless man
date. Though in many cases the final
catastrophe is long postponed, yet all
that Is sown must sometime bear its
harvest.
Idleness but furnishes the desire for
those passing pleasures which with
their madness banish ennui. At times
during the revelry over the wine cups,
In the bought gaiety of singing and
dancing women, and In the flush of
winning at the gambling table, the
harvest is forgotten in the excitement
of the sowing. “Eat, drink, and be
merry" is the natural toast when the
blood tingles with the wine-warmth,
when the senses swoon in the hot
breath of the lascivious bacchanalia,
or when the heart beats high as It
counts the gains so easily won with
the painted cards. Yet even then the
whirlwind harvest Is forming, forming
with disgrace, ruin, and death for the
wind-sowers, and as surely as they
have sown they must reap.
At the poker-table, at the house of
the fallen, and over the wine-cups—
(those Inseparable companion vices of
idleness)—too many of our young men
are to-day beginning to sow the wind.
Sooner or inter they must reap the
whirlwind, and the pity is that they
will carry down with them In the rush
of ruin the broken hearts of those who
loved them and did their best to fit
them for a brighter harvest. The very
attractiveness of these vices makes
them the more dangerous and the more
potent tempters to ftnai ruin. Until
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. OCTOBER 30. 1904.
society looks upon them In their true
light, until It stamps them with dis
approval Instead of passing them over
as “Just wild oats,” in sentiment they
support them, and we doubt If the
army of wind-sowers will decrease or
the whirlwind harvest find fewer hands
to gather it In. Until the sentiment
of society eradicates the causes the
dire effects must continue.
POWER OF THE PAST.
Western society is apparently rudely
shocked by the conduct of the two di
vorcees, Lawrence C. and Genevieve
Phipps, formerly man and wife. As far
as can be learned from the newspa
per dispatches all that they have been
guilty of is riding together in an au
tomobile and enjoying themselves gen
erally. Because such a course is con
trary to the sentiment that a severance
of the marriage tie should mean the
breaking off of all social intercourse,
society is “shocked."
Be that sentiment right or wrong,
the Phipps case calls attention
to the trivial grounds on which
divorces are so often granted,
grounds that the bewildering elab
orateness of legal verbiage and the
eloquence of the pleas of the attorneys
have seemingly dignified into causes
of great moment. After the decree
has been granted by the court and the
pitiful tale of petty discords is ended,
however, the divorced husband and
wife may see the insignificance of the
causes which led to separation.
We have called attention heretofore
to the fact that hasty marriages are
fruitful of divorce, and it is not to be
doubted that the haste with which di
vorce suits are instituted is also one
of the chief reasons for the increase of
the evil. A false pride works against
the withdrawal of the proceedings
when they have once been begun and
the libel Is pushed forward until It
culminates In a decree.
Then follows a natural revulsion of
feeling. The ghosts of the past come
forward and in eloquent silence plead
for a restoration of the union- Memo
ries of the courtship, the honeymoon,
the first days of housekeeping unite in
their pleading with the recollections of
the birth of the first child, the joy of
parentage, in the rearing of the off
spring and the happiness born of little
arms sweet-necklaclng the years. Or
there comes the bitter-sweet sorrow of
the hour when both parents stood by
the open grave of the one who went
away, and comforted each other as
best they could. These and a thousand
others unite to prove, that the past,
despite Its troubles, was filled with a
joy that made it dearer than the emp
tiness of the present.
If these things were taken into con
sideration before the divorce proceed
ings were instituted it cannot be
doubted that the divorce evil would
grow less. If the human mind can be
taught, through the schools and the
churches, to dwell more on its joys
than on its sorrow, a great forward
step will have been made, not only In
lessening the divorce evil, but in the
bettering of humanity and the aug
menting of its happiness. The power
of the past has proven sufficient to
work great reforms In the individual
and to partially rectify many an er
ror, and if the Phippes have
found that they have erred
in seeking a divorce, we con
fess that we can see no better way
of rectifying the error than that of en
tering on a second courtship, filled
with memories of the past and pledges
for the future.
THE APPARENT CRIMINAL IN
CREASE.
An epidemic of blank pessimism
seems to have attacked the moralists,
and they are woefully lamenting an
apparent increase in crime. The direct
cause of these lamentations is the
publication of statistics by the chiefs
of police of several of the larger
cities, calling attention to the in
creased number of arrests made and
the greater percentage of criminals
as compared with the entire popula
tion.
On their faces these reports do seem
to Indicate that criminality Is In
creasing, especially in the larger cities.
However, If all conditions are taken
into consideration, it is doubtful If
any material gain will be shown. In
the first place a large part of the
criminals are found among the lower
class of foreigners that come to this
country. The recent decided lower
ing of the rates of the lWg steamship
tines from Europe to America makes
it much easier for their class to im
migrate here, and that they are tak
ing advantage of it the reports from
the large ports seem to show. Once
here, they begin committing their
crimes, and though criminality seems
Immediately to make a big Jump, no
real gain has been made, taking all
society Into consideration. The only
difference Is that more crimes have
come under the eye of the statistician.
Possibly another reason for the ap
parent increase will be found nearer
home. Crime, from the standpoint of
the criminologist and the statistician,
is not a violation of moral law alone.
Violation of the criminal statutes is
the essential element. It should be
remembered In this connection that
nearly every session of the different
state legislatures passes new law*
making criminal acts that were there
tofore not given legal disapproval. Ar
rests and convictions follow and
though again an apparent criminal In
crease results, In reality as far as the
moral standards of society are con
cerned, there Is none. Indeed, the
very fact the acts previously approv
ed are made criminal seems to indi
cate an elevating of the moral tone.
Then, too, modern inventions and
enterprises have given us more
sources of information an<J naturally
we hear of more criminality, the bad
news coming in with the good. Other
causes also enter to gtve an sppsrent
Increase to crime, but It is exceeding
ly doubtful if any material gain Is
mads. We prefer to believe thst
when all the conditions are taken in
to account that no cause for lamen
tation exists, but rather cause for re
joicing that the world Is steadily
growing better.
This morning we publish the call of
Stale Chairman Yeomans for a heavy
vote in Georgia. Beyond a doubt he is
right in his statement that it is the
duty of all who voted In the April pri
mary to vote at this election. A small
vote would be a quasi-indorsement of
Watson and Roosevelt. It might fur
nish the opening wedge that would
split the Democracy of Georgia and be,
as Chairman Yeomans suggests, the
means of later throwing the balance
of power Into the hands of the blacks.
Let Georgia Democrats turn out in full
force and announce to the country their
belief in the principles of Democracy
and their disapproval of Republicanism
and Watsonism.
Pennsylvania physicians are interest
ed In the fact that a private of the
Pennsylvania National Guard was not
injured by a bullet fired point-blank
at his breast, claiming that the air in
his lungs was sufficient to turn aside
the steel-covered bullet from a Krag-
Jorgensen rifle. The brand of Repub
lican air in the boss-ridden state is
respectfully referred to the Czar and
the Mikado. There might be a great
saving in the casualties in the Far
East if Senators Penrose and Knox,
and Messrs. Durham. Flinn, Oliver and
Brown could be persuaded to go over
and address the soldiers for several
hours each day.
The dropping of city pensioners who
were found to have pianos tn their
homes, or other evidences of being able
to look out for themselves, will no
doubt be commended by all thinking
people. It is a good move against in
discriminate charity and tends to pro
tect the really needy and deserving
poor from those who depend on blind
ing the eyes of charity in order to
avoid earning an honest living.
The Indianapolis News calls attention
with evident pride to the fact that the
sun greeted Senator Fairbanks dur
ing his stumping tour in the Central
West. Our contemporary, which seems
to construe this into a heavenly justi
fication of Republicanism, should re
member that the Scriptures call atten
tion to the fact that the rain and
the sun are given alike “to the just
and unjust."
Alexander Kiss, a man with only one
'arm, one leg, and one eye, has been
executed in New York for murdering
his wife. Mrs. Kiss should have kept
on the side of her husband which was
short the eye, the arm, and the leg.
If she had there would probably have
been two Kisses alive ito-day. And
by the way, “What’s in a name?” Kiss
does not sound so w*arlike and mur
derous.
A Philadelphia woman has been in
jured as a result of being run into
by a football squad hurrying to catch
a train. If this keeps up we can ex
pect 'to hear of a law being passed
requiring football players to wear a
large numbered tag when on the
streets in order that they may be iden
tified, ala automobile.
A Delaware pastor has announced
that yet another political party is to be
organized in that state. That poor Ad
dicks—ridden section of the country
should garb Itself In sackcloth and
ashes and lift its voice in the woeful
iamentatlon, “My cup runneth over.”
PERSONAL.
—lt is said that, save In the case of
royalty, no expense for medical at
tendance in England has ever equalled
that incident to the Illness of Lady
Curzon, formerly Miss Mary Letter
of Chicago. Sir Thomas Barlow,
among the most eminent physicians
in Great Britain, was recalled from
abroad and ha* spent days at a time
at Walma, as have other professional
men scarcely less celebrated.
CURRENT COMMENT.
William Jennings Bryan in the Com
moner (Dem.) says: “This nation that
spent four years bringing seceding
states back into the Union, recognized
a seceding section of Colombia with
Inexcusable haste! If it had been Eng
land, Germany or France, instead of
little Colombia, we would now be en
gaged in a bloody and expensive war.
But, it may be said, that the Presi
dent would not deal that way with a
large nation. Then shame on a Pres
ident who would bully a little repub
lic like Colombia and treat It as he
would not treat a big European gov
ernment!”
The Philadelphia Record (Dem.)
says: “President Roosevelt does not
speak in the campaign from considera
tions of official propriety, but it Is
plain enough that he has inspired Phil
ander C. Knox, Senator by syndicate
selection, to make a malignant attack
upon the character of Alton B. Parker.
Knox knows even less of the politics
of New York than he does of the pol
itics of Pennsylvania, and that is
saying a great deal. He has merely
made a parrot-llke repetition of what
Roosevelt has whispered in his ear
concerning Judge Parker, David B.
Hill and August Belmont. He is
therefore only a proxy in the work of
slandering Roosevelt’s political ene
mies.”
The Pittsburg Post (Dem.) says;
“The majesty and authority of the law
demanded by the American people has
degenerated into running amuck.
They are in fact laughed out of court
by the late attorney general, acting on
the Inspiration of President Roosevelt.
And why should it not be a matter of
sport and ridicule? The Supreme Court
of the United Saates opened wide the
doors to the Attorney General and the
President, were they disposed to take
up and enforce the decision involving
the constitutionality and rightfulness
of the Sherman law. But not a sign
has come from either of them. The
trusts are more powerful and more as
sured of their great power to-day than
they were before Attorney General
Knox took the field against them.”
The Galveston Dally News (Dem.)
says: “The climax is certainly reach
ed when this candidate, who misuses
even the power of the high office in
his own interest, actually approves
rank and costly campaign documents
like that ’cooked’ report of Commis
sioner Wright, fashioned to prove that
wago* have increased more than prices,
or when the candidate, pretending to
be silent himself, orders o&btnet offi
cers and other employes of the govern
ment to canvass for him, and an Act
ing Secretary of State to reply 'offl
tfiaUy’ to charges made by an oppos
ing candidate Tho American people
have been duly warned. They have
found sufficient warnings In Mr. Roose
velt's open misuse of a high office and
flagrant abuse of power. There has
been In this country heretofore no
suoh daring misappropriation of pub
lic service and ptffello money."
Breaking; It Gently.
"What do you want, little boy?” she
asked, says the New York Press.
"Is this where Mr. Smith lives,
ma’am?”
•Yes.”
“The Mr. Smith that runs the bank?”
“He is an officer in a bank.”
"The Mr. Smith that went on a trol
ley car this morning?”
"I presume he went on a trolley car.
What—’’
"Is he the Mr. Smith that was in
that street car accident?”
“I haven’t heard of his being in any
street car accident.”
"Didn't hear that he’d sprained his
ankle jumpin’ out of the car when the
train run into it?"
“No. Little boy, you frighten me.
What has —”
"Didn’t hear how he run to a drug
store fur a piece of court plaster to
stick on a little cut he’d got over one
eye?”
"Not at all. For mercy’s sake—”
"He isn’t in, is he, ma'am?”
"No, he’s—”
"Name’s Henry E. Smith, isn’t It?”
“Yes, that’s his name.”
"Then he’s the same man. He won’t
be here for an hour or two. I guess,
’cause he’s stoppin’ to have one of
his teeth tightened that got knocked
a little bit loose when he was jump
in’ out of danger, 'y know.”
"Little boy, tell me the whole story.
I think I can bear it now.”
“Well, ma'am, he’s in the hosplttle
with four ribs broken, an’ one leg's
in a sling, an’ his nose is knocked kind
of sideways, but he’s gittin‘ along all
right, an’ he’ll be out ag'ain in about
a month, an’ here's a letter f'r the
doctor tellin’ ye all about it, ma'am.”
A Sham Boy.
"Hardship sharpens the wits,” said
Bishop Isaac W. Joyce of Minneapo
lis, according to the Boston Post. "I
have never known a brighter or better
informed lad than the son of a con
firmed gambler of Cincinnati.
“During my residence in Cincinnati I
saw a good deal of this boy. His
father's disgraceful conduct seemed to
stimulate hint to study and improve
himself. Instances of his precocious
and wise sayings were constantly be
ing passed about.
"The boy, coming home from a his
torical lecture one night, found his
father in the parlor playing for high
stakes. Luck was going against the
man, and his son, perceiving this, be
gan to crv.
“ ‘What are you crying for, Jim?’ the
players said.
“ 'At a lecture to-night,’ the boy an
swered, 'I learned that Alexander the
Great wept when he heard of the mul
titude of cities his father had con
quered. He feared that his father
would leave him nothing to win. Well,
I weep for an opposite reason. I fear
that my father will leave me nothing
to lose.’ ”
A Good Scarecrow.
Harlan W. Whipple, president of the
American Automobile Association, tells
this story at the expense of an en
thusiastic "autoist” who last fall made
a tour of the White mountains, says
the New York Times.
"The tourist, who was accompanied
by his wife and two other women,”
says President Whipple, "was clad In a
long brown duster considerably the
worse for being spotted -with axle
grease and Paving been torn in sev
eral places. He wore the regulation
goggles and a visored cap. One day
he met a typical New England farmer
driving to the village behind a slow
moving steed. Thinking he would have
some fun with the rustic, he pulled up
alongside of his wfagon and said:
“ ‘Say, friend, do you suppose I could
get work anywhere in these parts to
tide me over the winter?’
"Looking sharply at him and his
outfit for a moment, the native re
plied:
“ ‘There ain’t much dewin’ round here
when the snow flies, but if ye’d a got
here a month ago I cud hev gin ye a
job as scarecrow in my cornfield, and
I reckon ye’d hev made a pesky good
un, tew, in that ere git-up o’ yourn.’ ”
How Far Did He Hide.
"Pop” and Edward ivat' ■* 1 the
laughing- girls and "grown--. . ’ too,
as they swung round and round, perch
ed on the backs of mettlesome horses,
fierce lions and awe-inspiring, long
legged giraffes, on the merry-go
round, according to the New York
Tribune.
"Pop.” turning to comment upon a
small-sized youngster astride a huge
tiger, noticed the serious look on his
heir's usually smiling countenance, and
said to him, "Son, what makes you
look so thoughtful?”
"I was just wonderin’,” replied Ed
ward, who had just enjoyed a ride on
the merry-go-round, and having a
ticket in his pocket entitling him to
another ride was anxious to use It to
the best advantage, "whether X would
get a longer ride than I had on that
horse in the inner circle if I rode one
of the lions on the outside row.”
Fixing the Dower.
Barney Oldfield, the crack automobll
ist, is fond of pictures, particularly of
etchings. He said the other day, says
the Baltimore American:
“The best etching I have is one of
the leaning tower of Pisa. This etch
ing hangs over my writing desk.
“Looking up one morning I noticed
that the picture hung crooked. I
straightened it and resumed my work.
“The next day the picture was again
crooked, and the next day, and the
next. Finally, happening to be In the
room while the maid was cleaning, I
saw her deliberately take hold of the
straight-hung picture and tip it to one
side.
" ‘Martha,’ I said, ’that picture of
the tower—look how crooked you have
hung It.’
" ’I have to hang the picture crook
ed,’ said Maria, ‘to make the tower
hang straight.’”
Affected Her Faith.
A woman prominent as a Christian
Scientist tells this story on herself,
in the Baltimore American. She Wat,
calling on a friend, one who was not
"In science,” but who had the matter
under consideration, when Ida, the 8-
year-old daughter of the hostess, en
tered the room, wringing her hands
and wearing a most, doleful expres
sion.
"Why, dead, what’s the matter?” ask
ed the Scientist.
"I got a most awful tummy ’ache,”
replied the youngster.
“A stomach ache? Why, dearie, if
you had my faith you wouldn't have
any stomach achq,” said the visitor.
"And if you had my tummy ache
you wouldn't have any faith,” willed
the little girl.
Might t# His Sword.
A certain matron of Chicago, since
a habitue of royal courts, has always
been celebrated for her Malaprop
speeches, savs the Baltimore Ameri
can.
Once, while entertaining Oen. Phil
Sheridan at a dinner In Washington,
she devoted herself to making her
guest feel at home.
Noticing that he glanced at the no-,
hie array of knives and forks at his
place, she said In a cheery whisper:
’•Oh. that's your fish knife, general!
I alwavs have to tell my husband, as
he will start to eat his fish with his
meat knife!"
"Damn It. madam," said Sheridan,
In awful tones, Til sag the fish with,
my sward if It pleases me!"
A CARRIAGE OP A KING.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
In the Benguiat museum at the
World’s Fair there stands out, amid
the priceless treasures of the most
perfect art handicraft of all ages
and lands, a brilliant bouquet of col
or that irresistibly draws the eye.
On investigation It proves to be the
state coach of the King of Portugal,
all in red and gold, with decorations
of the period and style of Louis
Quinze. There are four wheels, the
rear ones, which are much the larg
est, being about four feet nine inches
in diameter.
The tires are studded with heavy
knob headed nails, which have been
the subject of heated discussion. One
theory is that they were put there by
the King’s orders, by way of penance,
to give at least a touch of irregular
ity to the motion of the vehicle; while
others hold that they are merely evi
dences of the carriage maker’s lack of
skill, or of the backward condition of
his art, the tires being nailed through
out, instead of welded to the wood.
According to another hypothesis they
were intended to prevent the vehicle
from slipping when on a steep grade,
and therefore to be looked upon as
up-to-date contrivances similar in
principle to those found on the
wheels of agricultural engines.
The body of the coach is panelled
in vernis martin, with paintings of
classical subjects—nymphs and loves
and beautiful women in extreme dis
habille. It is lined with Genosese
brocade velvet fringed with gold, and
is swung, like George Washington’s
coach, on immense strips of ex
tremely thick leather, which take
place of springs very satisfactorily.
One’s imagination is thrilled by the
thought of the splendors and gaieties
in which this court equipage played a
part during the heyday of the eigh
teenth century. But never again will
it be the center of a splendid caval
cade of nobles and statesmen, never
agaia will royal princesses lean from
its velvet windows to greet their fa
vorite gallants, never again will kings
be slain or betrayed upon its deep
cushions. Its days of glory are over,
henceforth its only mission is, like
Richard of the Lion Heart, "to point
a moral and adorn a tale.”
THE SENATE'S DYING THIRD.
From the New York Sun.
Below is a list of the members of
the United States Seriate whose pres
ent terms expire March 3, 1905, with
the length of time each has been a
member of that body. Ex-Gov.
Crane of Massachusetts is not yet a
member of the Senate, for he has not
been sworn. If Senator Fairbanks is
elected Vice President the Indiana
Legislature must elect a successor to
serve out his term, which expires
March 3, 1909, when the term of the
Vice President expires. Here is the
list:
Service
Name—Politics—State. in years.
Aldrich, Nelson W., R., Rhode Is
land 24
Ball. L. Heisler, R., Delaware .... 2
Bard, Thomas R., R., California ... 5
Bate, William 8., D., Tennessee ... 18
Beveridge, Albert J., R., Indiana .. 6
Burrows, Julius C., R., Michigan .. 10
Clapp, Moses E., R., Minnesota ... 4
Clark, Clarence D., R., Wyoming .. 10
Cockrell, Francis M., D., Missouri. 30
Culberson, Charles A., D., Texas ... 6
Daniel, John W., D., Virginia IS
Depew, C. M., R., New York 6
Dietrich, Charles H., R., Nebraska . 4
Foster, Addison G., R., Washington 6
Gibson, Paris, D., Montana 4
Hale, Eugene, R., Maine 24
Dick, Charles, R., Ohio 1
Hawley, Joseph R., R., Connecticut 2
Kean, John, R., New Jersey 8
Kearns, Thomas, R., Utah 4
Lodge, Henry C., R., Massachusetts 12
McComas, Louis E., R., Maryland . 6
McCumber, Porter J., R., North Da
kota 6
Money, Hernando D., D., Mississip
pi 8
Proctor, Redfield, R., Vermont 14
Quarles, Joseph V., R., Wisconsin . 6
Knox, Philander C., R., Pennsyl
vania l
Scott, Nathan 8., R., West Virginia 6
Sitewart, William M., R., Nevada . 18
Taliaferro, James P., D., Florida .. 6
ELEPHANTS IN CEYLON,
From the Lahore Tribune.
In the new Ceylon Handbook and
Directory an Interesting record is that
of the export of elephants from the
island during the past forty-one years.
In 1903 there were only eight of these
pachyderms sent out of the country,
one to British India and seven to Ger
many.
The price paid for these animals was
7,500 rupees, giving a modest average
of 825 rupees each. A royalty of 200
rupees per head was imposed in 1873.
and the number of elephants export
ed, which had fallen low before then,
dwindled in the next few yeasr to three
and even to one. In 1888 the royalty
was reduced to Rs. 100, in the hope
that business might revive and en
couragement be given to supplying
the new demand for Ceylon elephants
in the continental menageries. The
rajahs courts in India had previously
formed the chief market for them. The
total number sold in the time treated
of was 2,225, or an average of fifty
six per annum.
Mr. Alfred Clark, an expert, esti
mates that there are now only 2.000
elephant in Ceylon. The royalty in
1891 was again raised to Rs. 200.
Whether the effect of this will be
to permit the animals to increase in
undue proportion to their available
haunts or that sportsmen shooting
elephants will counterbalance the de
crease in the export remains to be
seen.
PHONETIC LAXINUSS.
From the London Dally Chronicle.
A paragraph on "phonetic laziness’'
recently brought the eccentric pronun
ciation of some of the curious place
names that adorn the map of England.
Some forms are unfamiliar and may
help travelers in out-of-the-way places
In that happy land.
These are the local pronounctattons:
Rhudbaxton is Ribson.
Woodmanoote is Uddenmueket.
Sawbrldgeworth is 9pser.
Churchdown is Chosen.
Sandlacre is Senjiker.
Little Urswlck is Lilosik.
Aspatria is Spethry.
St. Osith is Toosy.
Congresbury Is Coomabury.
Happizburgh is Hazeboro.
Salt Fleetby Is Sollaby.
Almondesbury Is Amesbury.
Congresbury Is Soomsbury.
Of places better known Utverstone is
Oost’n and Hurst mo nceaux Horae
mounces. It is a safe rule apparently
In Britain never to try to pronounce a
name acordlng to the spelling.
HUMANS WHO LIVE IN NESTS.
From the Chicago Journal.
Travelers who have returned from
the heart of Africa and the Australa
sian continent tell wonderful stories
of nest-bulldlng people who Inhabit
the wilds of those countries. The
buahmen of Australia are perhaps the
lowest order of men known. They are
so primitive that they do not know
enough to build even the simplest
form of hut for shelter. The nearest
they can approach to It Is to gather
a lot of twigs and gntss. and, taking
them into a thicket or Jungle, build
a nest for a home. The nest Is us
ually built large enough for the fam
ily, and If the latter be very numer
ous then the nests are of large else.
Sometimes the foliage above will form
a natural covering, but there Is never
njry attempt at constructing a protec
tion from surma.
Eruptions
Dry, moist, scaly tetter, all forma
of eczema or salt rheum, pimples
and other cutaneous eruptions pro.
ceed from humors, either inherited,
or acquired through defective dl.
gestion and assimilation.
To treat these eruptions with
drying medicines is dangerous.
The thing to do is to take
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
and Pills
Which thoroughly cleanse the blood,
expelling all humors and building
up the whole system. They cure
Hood' % Sarsaparilla permanently cured J.
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he had suffered for some time; and Miss
Alvina Woiter. Box 213, Algona. Wis., of pim
ples on her face and baek and chafed skin on
her body, by which she had been greatly
troubled. There are more testimonials 1*
favor of Hood’s than can be published.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla promises to
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SAVANNAH tLECTRIC CD.
SUNDAY SUMMER SCHEDULE.
Effective Sunday, June 12.
ISLE OF HOPE LINE ’
Between Isle of Hope and Fortieth St.
Lv. 40th Street. Lv. Isle of Hope”
A. M. P. M. A. M. P. M.
8:30 IT3O 9:00 2:30
8:30 1:30 9:00 2 00
9:30 2:30 10:00 3:00
10:30 3:00 11:00 3 30
11:30 3.30 12:00 4:00
..... 6 30 7.00
MONTGOMERY LINK
Between Montgomery and Fortieth St
Lv. 40th St. Lv. Montgomery.
A. M. P. M. A. M. P. M.
8:30 1:30 *7:50 812:30
10:30 2:30 *9:50 2:20
11:30 3-30 511:30 3:20
-30 5:20
C: 30 6:20
S :00 *7:20
•Through to Thunderbolt.
818-minute wait at Sandfly.
Between Montgomery and Thunderbolt.
Lv. Thunderoolt. Lv. Montgomery.
A. M. P. M. A. M. P. M.
8:38 1:38 7:50 1:08
10:38 *3:00 9:50 3: 2f
*35-minute wait at Sandfly.
‘ MILL-HAVEN LINE.
Schedule F.ftective July 13, 1904.
Cars run east on Bay street to Whit
aker, south to Broughton, west to
West Broad, south to Margaret.
Cars leave Whitaker and Bay street
for Mill-Haven *6:20 a. m., 6:40, *7:00,
7:20, 8:00, etc., and every 40 minutes
thereafter until 8:40 p. m.
Cars leave Mill-Haven for city *6:40
a. m.. 7:00, *7:20, 7:40, 8:20, 9:00 and
every 40 minutes thereafter until 5:40
p. m., then at *6:05, 6:20, 7:00, 7:40, 8:20
and 9:00 D. m.
Last car leaves Mill-Haven 9:00 p.
m.
•Extra, daliv ®xcet Sunday.
L. R. NASH. Manager.
Savannah
World’s Fair,
St. Louis.
Via Cent, of Ga. Ry, W. A A.
R. R., N. C. and St. L.
and I. C. R. R.
THE MOST DIRECT AND
PICTURESQUE ROUTE.
DalH. Dally.
Lv. Snvannnh. .7:ooam 9:oopm
Lv. Atlanta.... B:3opm B:23am
Lv. Chat'nooga.l:l3am I:2Npin
Lv. Nashville. . 7 :OOam 8:00pm
Ar. St. Louts. . ,3:4opm 7:oßam
Nice wide vestlbuled Draw
ing Room Sleeping Cars and
elegant Parlor Cars all the
way.
Free Reclining Chair Cars
Nashville to St. Louis.
Make Sleeping and Parlor
Car reservations In advance.
Battlefield Route,
Lookout Mountain,
Mission Ridge,
Cumberland Mountains.
Double Track Railroad.
Dining Cars, Buffet-Libra
ry Smoking Car.
For Tickets, Sleeping Car
reservations. World's Fajr
Guide Books and any other in
formation in regard to your
trip call on
J. S. HOLMES,
C. T. A P. A., C. of G. Ry., 37
Bull street, or address
FRED D. MILLER.
Traveling Passenger Agent
Illinois Central R. R., At
lanta, Cia.
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