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THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 3, 1904.
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The Weather.
The Indications for Georgia for to
day are for rain, with brisk to high
east winds. Eastern Florida, rain, ex
cept fair weather in extreme south
portion with brisk fro high southeast
winds.
Two Colorado women are fugitives
from justice as a result of having reg
istered twice for the coming election.
In all probability they have been
reading the Pennsylvania papers or
mayhap have visited that state, where
even corpses vote twice.
In the midst of the seeming proof
from the Chicago divorce courts that
marriage is a failure the news to the
contrary from St. Louis is refreshing.
Twenty-five years ago a couple in
that city were married with the un
derstanding that if either was dissat
isfied at the end of a quarter of a
century they would separate. On the
silver anniversaVy of their wedding
they both, decided to marry again,
making the compact for life.
While the coroner’s jury in Omaha
was attempting to decide what had
caused the death of James Black, the
man arose from the slab in the morgue
on which he had been stretched out
and Inquired what was going on. The
Jury took to their heels. Out of con
sideration for the fun the man had
furnished them and the chance he had
given them to earn a Juror’s fee they
should have at least been courteous
enough to have answered his ques
tion.
During a sermon In Dowle's taber
nacle a man suddenly jumped to his
feet and then with a yell toppled over
In an epileptic fit. Instantly a young
woman in the choir fainted. ''Elijah"
stood perfectly- mute and seemed to
forget all about his healing power, go
widely advertised. Then when some
wicked "heretic" yelled "Get busy”
Dowle had him ejected from the tab
ernacle. Evidently the apostle does
not have his miracle-working power
always on tap.
The Colorado labor unions have Is
sued a circular calling upon all friends
of union labor to vote against Roosevelt.
Probably the President will term this
Ingratitude Inasmuch as he once upon
a time hel|ied out union labor in Penn
sylvania. Hut the Colorado laboring
men are uncertain as to just how his
actions during the coal strike helped
them or how his refusal to Interfere
In the Western muddle was a blow at
the trusts and monopolies that were
crushing Uistu.
HOW IT REACHES HOME.
The average reader is not greatly Im
pressed when he is told how the tariff
affects steel billets, or blooms, or
structural shapes. Those are abstract
and intangible terms to him. He knows
they mean something, but Just what he
cannot say. But when the average
reader, man or woman, is told that
the breakfast batch of biscuits cost 50
per cent, more than they did two years
ago, then we have a concrete proposi
tion that reaches home. And that Is
precisely the condition of affairs to
day.
At the beginning of November, 1902,
the wholesale price of flour was about
$4 per barrel; now the price is $6.40 per
barrel. The millers and Republican
leaders say this increase is due to the
fact that there has been a shortage in
the American wheat crop suitable for
milling into the standard grade of
family flour. So far as it goes, that
is true; but it doesn't go far enough.
Taking advantage of the natural short-
age, Chicago grain speculators have
sent wheat and flour prices soaring.
They were enabled to do this by rea
son of the existence of a tariff which
shuts out importations of Canadian or
other wheat to meet a possible short
age in the American supply. There
was raised the greatest abundance in
Canada of the very grade of wheat
that makes standard family flour. Had
American millers been permitted to
import this wheat, the Chicago spec
ulators would not have been able to
manipulato prices and every Ameri
can family's breakfast, dinner and
supper table would not have been lev
ied on for tribute. The tariff, there
fore, operates to make the American’s
daily bread cost him more money.
But, oddly and unjustly enough, the
tariff in this instance, as in others,
operates to the benefit of the foreign
consumer, who can buy American
milled flour much cheaper than is pos
sible to the American citizen. For in
stance, the Minneapolis flour miller is
permitted to import Canadian wheat in
bond, to be manufactured into flour
for export. He pays the government a
duty of 25 cents a bushel on the wheat.
If he sells the flour in Canada or
other foreign country, he gets a re
bate of about 24 cents on the bushel;
but if he sells it in the United States,
the whole tax stands! The tax. thus,
is added to the cost of the American
people’s food, and the foreigner gets
his bread from our mills cheaper than
we can.
Is there another country in the world
that would submit to such manifest
injustice? Three-quarters of a cen
tury ago England was in a ferment
because of the corn laws; but the
chutnpions of those laws never pro
posed anything as indefensible as our
wheat tariff.
A CALL TO DEMOCRATS.
Hon. George P. Munro, chairman of
the Democratic Executive Committee
of the Fourth District, has issued a
call to the voters of his district that
is worthy of the most sincere and
thoughtful consideration of the voters
of the whole state. In it is pointed out
the fact that it is not only the duty
of Democratic voters to turn out and
cast a large vote for the national
ticket, but a privilege that should be
eagerly availed of by all Georgia elec
tors who are sincerely desirous of
promoting the well-being of the coun
try.
The Populist party and candidate
are to be entirely eliminated from con
sideration. There are now but two
parties in Georgia, the Democratic
party, whose boast has always been
that Georgia is the banner Democratic
state in the Union, and the Republi
can party composed of colored voters,
augmented by a few designing white
men who always officiate at the pie
counter.
"Under present conditions,’' says
Chairman Munro, “the white men of
Georgia will never divide again po
litically. I believe in the honesty of
the Caucasian race. The man who Is
dishonest in politics is dishonest in
business The man who eiders a Dem
ocratic primary as a Democrat and
participates therein is in honor bound
to support the nominees of the party.
This ip no time for division. Every
vote cast against Parker is an indorse
ment of Roosevelt. Every voter who
stays at home and declines to vote is
indorsing Roosevelt’s attack on the
social customs of the South. Let the
South speak in no uncertain tones.
There are but two candidates, Parker
and Roosevelt. No other candidate will
obtain an electoral vote. There is but
one banner a patriotic Georgian can
afford to enlist under and that Is the
banner of Democracy.’”
That admirably summarizes the sit
uation. so far as Georgia is concern
ed. The issue is clear cut. There Is
no half-way ground. A vote for any
other candidate than Parker is a vote
In favor of Roosevelt and the extreme
ly undesirable policies for which he
stands. And a failure to vote Is also
In aid of Roosevelt, social equality,
mllttaism, special privileges, high
taxes, and the like. Since the death of
McKinley we have learned enough of
Roosevelt to convince us that he is
not the man we care to have represent
us to the world or direct our Internal
political affairs. We should, therefore,
make his condemnation at the polls
overwhelming, In so far as It lies In
our power to do so.
The Norfolk Landmark and the
Charlotte Observer are having a
heated argument regarding the sex of
the angels and as to whether or not
they have wings. This Is a direct In
sult to (he politicians all over the
country, for Inasmuch as the angels
do not get a Vote they cannot possi
bly be an issue in this campaign. The
campaign will end In a few days and
the Landmark and Observer should
let It have the limelight for that short
length of time.
Bostonians are highly Indignant with
the proprietor of the Albemarle dots
because ha rented some of the rooms
to a degress. This Is another proof of
the fact that Boston likes the black
Idol best when he la down In Geor
gia, Mouth Carolina and Mississippi. In
timate knowledge of the ways of th
black man is a gietti Iconoclast.
fcAVAJNNAH MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 3. 1904.
JUSTIFICATION BY CASH.
In every address that he ha* deliv
ered and in every political letter that
he has written Judge Parker has
placed stress on the moral side of the
issues of the campaign. Republican
speakers have either ‘'answered” him
with ridicule or laughed at an appeal
to the public conscience. If they have
attempted to answer the charge of na
tional immorality born of certain of
their acts, they have almost invariably
set up the plea of Justification by cash.
To the charge that there was a na
tional unrighteousness and moral tur
pitude in the course of the Republican
party and President Roosevelt in the
Panama affair, they point to the mater
ial benefits that will be derived from
the Canal as a refutation. To the in
dictment of extravagance in the ad
ministration of the Philippines they
plead that future receipts will more
than balande the outlay. To the ac
cusation of moral obliquity In a free
people holding as conquered subjects
the people of distant islands they point
to the benefits to be received as a proof
of innocence. In brief, they are ap
parently seeking to purchase the
American conscience and to Justify the
administration by alleged benefits con
ferred through Its actions.
On one charge alone have they failed
to bring out this argument—the charge
that they are securing heavy campaign
funds from the trusts as a result of
intimate knowledge of the inner work
ings of the giant monopolies. On this
question a chilly silence is maintained
by Mr. Roosevelt, Mr. Cortelyou, and
the Republican speakers. The stock
argument can not be twisted into a
refutation here and their silence seems
to indicate that a denial cannot be
made. Asa result they ridicule Judge
Parker’s plea to the moral sense of the
voters and characterize it as the clutch
of the drowning man for the straw.
The faith of the New York judge in
the American conscience seems to be
in a fair way of being justified. In his
New York city address and in his New
Jersey speeches he has been greeted
with cheers and his plea for “devotion
to principle and high moral ideas" has
been enthusiastically applauded. The
awakening of conscience is marked by
a wave of spontaneous enthusiasm.
The indications are that (his awaken
ing-coming just at the crucial mo
ment of the campaign and when the
zenith of Republican enthusiasm has
been passed and the decline is setting
in—will spread through the entire
country and result in a Democratic
victory. The voters are asked to
choose between the man of conscience
and the party of cash and the faith
of Judge Parker in the moral stand
ard of the masses of the people seems
more certain than ever before of their
endorsement at the polls.
“GOD SAVE PHILADELPHIA.”
Beginning last Sunday, there will go
up from the 600 pulpits in the City of
Brotherly Love until election day the
prayer, “God Save Philadelphia.” And
there can be no doubt that Philadel
phia stands sorely in need of divine in
terposition, for her salvation. That
she is the most boss-ridden municipal
ity on the American continent seems
to be conceded. That the bosses and
the rings that dominate her affairs are
the most shameless and corrupt in the
country nobody ever challenges. When
an example of ring rule and utter rot
tenness is desired. Philadelphia Is in
variably instanced. It was a New
York ringster of unsavory reputation
who, some time ago, said: “Why,
they don’t even have to hide when they
steal in Philadelphia!” He wasn’t so
much surprised at the stealing, but
that it should be gone about boldly
and without concealment.
The campaign of prayer for the sal
vation of the city has been carried
into the very homes of the people by
neighborhood meetings held in private
parlors, and the baneful and far-
reaching effects of the stupendous reg
istration frauds committed by the
dominant party have been explained to
the taxpayers by experts in the em
ploy of Mr. Carr, a Democratic nom
inee for Congress, who is making his
fight upon local Issues only.
Some idea of the vast frauds com
mitted may be gleaned from an open
letter by Mr. Carr, in which he com
pares the registration in New York
with the assessment in Philadelphia.
The registration in New York shows
nineteen voters in every one hundred
population. The percentage of regis
tered or assessed voters in Philadel
phia is thirty to the hundred popula
tion.
A leading Philadelphia paper some
weeks ago charged that the Republi
cans were not only colonizing tramps
and aliens for election purposes, but
were registering men long since dead,
as well as dogs, cats and even chick
ens. That Is merely one detail of the
fraudulent system under which Phil
adelphia suffers. The same sort of
thing extends through every branch of
the city government. Is It any won
der that the decent people are praying,
"God Save Philadelphia!" But, does
Philadelphia want to be saved? isn't
she corrupt because she likes it?
The body of Oom Paul Kruger has
started on Its journey to South Africa.
There were no scenes surrounding the
removal of the body from Its resting
place In Holland. No funeral marches
and no concourse of mourners follow
ed the coffin to the ship that Is to
bear It to the country from which the
old man was an exile. Six wreaths
from former President Steyn were the
only tokens of esteem that adorned
the casket and the Indications are that
as little attention will be paid to the
body of the old warrior when It reach
es his old home. There Is a pathos
about it all that every one feels,
the puthns of the quiet, unan
nounced return of the exile to a last
resting place in his loved land. And
yet the fate of Oom Paul Is but the
fate of every man that puts himself
In the way of advancing civilisation
and whom "dreams of empire" lure to
destruction.
President Roosevelt did well to Is
sue hts Thanksgiving proclamation be
fore Tuesday next. Thankfulness will
probably be a hard thing for him to
assume when the votes have all been
counted.
Rev. J. H. Sobey, for seventeen years
an American missionary stationed at
Colon, writes, in regard to the Panama
rebellion: "When the Panamans learn
ed that their action would not be op
posed by the United States they de
clared their independence.” Rev. Mr.
Sobey can hardly be accused by the
Republicans of writing for political ef
fect and yet his letter certainly proves
that the Panama leaders knew, before
they began their revolt, Just what po
sition the United States would take in
the matter. If not, how did they
know that such a course "would not
be opposed by the United States?” .Un
intentional testimony has been brought
forward that tends to substantiate the
claims made by Senator Culberson that
the President connived with revolution
ists to rob Colombia. That Panama
affair is a skeleton in the closet Of the
Republicans that will insist on rat
tling.
Bishop C. C. McCabe in the course
of a sermon at Hartford (Conn.) said:
"I do not want wars and I do not like
them, but there is just one war that I
would like to see. I' would like to
see the United States and the British
government form an alliance to make
Turkey stop her Armenian murders.”
A month or so ago the cables an
nounced that several bands of Ar
menians had massacred several score
of Turks, and yet at that time there
was not one word calling for United
States interference heard from the
learned bishop. It really does seem
to make a difference In this world as
to just whose ox is gored.
The New York Tribune announces
that West Virginia Democrats are
preparing to take “desperate meas
ures” to carry their state by "reject
ing all ballots favorable to the Re
publicans when there is irregularity in
the markings.” If such a course Is
characterized as “desperate” the Eng
lish language has no word to fittingly
describe the action of the Republicans
in colonizing Virginia and Pennsylva
nia negroes in the pan Handle State.
Senator Fairbanks has extended for
giveness to his daughter, now Mrs.
John W. Timmons, for her elopement.
It has been noticed before that the pre
sentment of coining defeat has had the
effect of softening the hearts of men
toward old friends from whom they
had become estranged. Can it be that
Senator Fairbanks has come to believe
that the claims of Republican victory
come from “prophets that prophesy
falsely!"
The Leipzig Gpenzboten, one of the
most prominent gapers of Southern
Germany says: "Should Roosevelt be
elected again it may with certainty be
taken for granted that the pow rather
loitering imperialism will at once soar
again into a powerful flight.” Evi
dently our German contemporary has
peeped benind the, peace-mask donned
by the Republican candidate and has
taken the man at bis true measure.
(Chairman Corteiybu has advised all
the Republicans t(i keep working un
til after election day. That airy con
fidence of the Republican chairman
seems to be on the verge of a sudden
drop, as it was only a few days ago
that he announced the victory had
been won.
Just as a Wisconsin Republican step
ped forward to shake hands with Gov.
LaFollette he dropped dead at his feet.
If the strenuous Governor has that
much power no wonder that his ene
mies fear him.
bright bits.
—"Your daughter’s music is improv
ing,” said the professor, “but when
she runs the scales I have to watch
her pretty closely." “Just like her
father, said Mrs. Nuritch. “He made
his money in the grocery business.”—
Philadelphia Ledger.
—Doctor—"l suppose when you go to
work you ride.” Patient—" Yes, sir.
I ride up and down.” Doctor—"Ah!
thought so. That's the cause bf your
trouble. Sedentary habits. Stop rid
ing. Patient—“But I’d never be at
work if I didn’t ride up and down. I’m
an elevator man.”—Philadelphia Press.
CURRENT COMMENT.
The Philadelphia (Pa.) Record
(Dem.) says: "There Is something sin
ister and menacing In the policy of si
lence which the Republican leaders
have Imposed upon their presidential
candidate. The campaign has so
shaped itself that an authoritative
disclosure of the relation between the
Republican candidates and the trusts
that have been rallied to their sup
port cannot be In honor withheld.
What was the inducement that sud
denly converted outspoken enemies In
to confidential friends?"
The Pittsburg (Pa.) Post (Dem.)
says: "The administration carries on
the business of extracting stump
speeches from Us office holders in the
colonies, who constitute a big part of
American Imperialism, in response to
the well-tempered and prudent obser
vations of Judge Parker. It provokes
the remark. What right has Roosevelt
to run a telegraph line around the
world at the expense of the taxpay
ers to meet legitimate criticisms on his
public acts at home? It is something
unusual in the conduct of American
politics. The President telegraphs a
long extract from Judge Parker’s
speech to one of his the
Philippines, and his response is pre
cisely what might be expected from a
well-paid officeholder sure of advance
ment and waiting on preferment."
The Norfolk Landmark (Dem.) says:
"We hear constantly more about the
Infamy of saying things likely to In
terfere with 'the government’s plans,'
or likely ‘to give the government
trouble’ In some of its Imperialistic
undertakings. The talk takes on more
and more the sound of what Is usual
In nations governed by the monarchial
system, where the people and the
government are separate and distinct."
The Baltimore Sun (Dem.), In speak
ing of Judge Parker'a speech, says:
"His Republican friends have been
kept busy explaining that hts speechss
wilt not hurt his political opponents.
Still, If* the speeches are Innocuous,
why should all the members of the
President's cabinet, reinforced by
some of the assistant secretaries, be
put to work answering the judge on
the stump and through the newspa
pers? Why should the Republican
press, from one end of the country to
the other, deem It necessary to publish
labored ‘refutations' of the Demo
rrattr candidate's charges and argu
ments? If the judges political oppo
nents rosily felt that he was doing
them no harm (hey would make lees
noise 011 the slump and lit the pises."
Neatly Cuiniillwiented.
George Grey .Barnard, the sculptor,
is hard at work in France, in the town
of Moret, upon his decorations for the
state Capitol at Harrisburg, Pa., says
the New Ybrk Tribune.
An American, visited Mr. Barnard's
studio in September, and, while he was
watching the sculptor modeling, a
strange looking figure reeled past the
window—a long haired man in a vel
vet coat.
“That is the town drunkard," said
Mr. Barnard. “He is a person of tal
ent, too. He writes verses, paints a
little, and has composed four popular
songs.
"Sometimes he says the pleasantest,
brlghest things. One evening, for in
stance, he was staggering homeward,
after an afternoon at the cafe, when
the town marshal met him.
“ ‘See here, Casimir,’ the marshal
said, 'why don't you stop drinking—if
not for your own sake, then for the
sake of your two boys? Your exam
ple to those little fellows Is pernicious.
It will ruin their career.’
"Casimir smiled, bowed and waved
his hand deprecatingly.
My dear marshal,’ he stuttered,
‘de-de-de-spite what you say, I intend
to make of my boys what you will
nev ®t_be able to make of yours.’
'What is that?’ said the marshal.
“ ‘Better men,’ said Casimir, 'than
their father.' ”
Court Learned a Lot.
Judge Alfred Conkling Coxe, of tlie
United States Circuit Court of Appeals,
was telling the Cornell Law School
students the other day of an up-state
Judge who came to sit in New York.
He reached the courtroom at 8:30, says
the New York Times. No one was
there, and he sat down to wait. At
9:30 in came a young man. He began
talking to the judge, not knowing who
he was. and told of a case of his that
was on for that morning. “I don’t
know the first thing about the case,”
confided the young man, “but there’s
an old duffer from Podunk coming to
hold court, and I’ll tell him my part
ner is sick or that there’s a witness
from Jersey we can’t get here, or
something of that sort. It’ll be easy
enough.”
Some time later, much to the young
man’s astonishment, the "old duffer”
ascended the bench. Several cases
were called and several lawyers gave
the same excuses for not being ready
that he had said he might give.
His own case was called. “Ready,”
said the opposing attorney. He look
ed up at the judge, and the judge
spoke. "Young man,” he said, “what
ever we do with these other eases,
we’ll grant you an adjournment if you
want it. The court learned a whole
lot from you early this morning.”
Still Witting.
Bishop P. P. Stevens of South Caro
lina was urging on a young man the
other day the importance of self ap
preciation, says the Boston Post.
“To think too little of yourself,” he
said, "is quite as harmful as to think
too much. Modesty and humility are
all very well in their way, but there
is great danger, by overlooking them,
of creating a Uriah Heep impression."
Bishop Stevens laughed quietly.
"I once knew a young minister,” he
said, “who was extravagantly modest
and humble.
“One Christmas Eve his congrega
tion called at the parsonage arid pre
sented him with a plush armchair.
“ ‘Your eloquence and goodness,’ the
m ongyegktion’s spokesman said, ‘are
the inspiration of this gift.’
“Tears flooded the eyes of the young
divine, he was so moved.
“T am unworthy of such kindness,'
he said. ‘All I am I owe to divine as
sistance. I— ’
“But he could proceed no further.
His voice broke,
“ ‘Don’t cry, young man,’ said a
deacon, dryly. ‘Your Maker has a
heap to do for you yet.’ ”
The Only Thing Left.
A grandfather well known in the
English House of Commons was chat
ting amicably with his little grand
daughter, who was snugly ensconced
on his knee, relates Short Stories.
“What makes your hair so white,
grandpa?" the little miss queried.
“I am very old, my dear; I was in
the ark,” replied his lordship with a
painful disregard of the truth.
"Oh, are you Noah?”
“No.”
"Are you Shem. then?”
“No, I am not Shem.”
“Are you Ham?”
“No.”
"Then,” said the little one who was
fast nearing the limit of her Biblical
knowledge, ‘‘you must be Japhet.”
A negative reply was given to this
query, also, for the old gentleman in
wardly wondered what the outcome
would be.
“But, grandpa. If you are not Noah,
or Shem, or Ham, or Japhet, you must
be a beast.”
He Win Mentioned.
“Some men have a very light grip
on fame," said Capt. Joseph M. Dick
ey, State Railroad Commissioner, as
he sat on the piazza of the United
States Hotel in Saratoga and let his
eye run over the crowd of Relegates to
the Republican State Convention, says
the Philadelphia Public Ledger. "It
reminds me of a friend of mine, who
was the editor of one of the Newburg
papers. A man died who had lived in
the town all his life and who was a
pretty good citizen, but my editorial
friend scratched his head in vain to
think of something he had ever done
to entitle him to distinction. All he
could dig out from the recesses of his
memory as a climax for the eulogy he
wrote of the distinguished deceased
was:
"Mr. Smith was once prominently
mentioned for the nomination as al
ternate delegate for the annual con
clave of the Grand Lodge of the
Knights of Pythias.”
Coincidence.
“When my wife was a little girl,"
said the guest to his host, according
to the Philadelphia Public Ledger,
"she swallowed a needle. A few days
ago. while seated at table, she uttered
a sharp cry and complained of a pain
In her foot. So Intense was the suf
fering that r physician had to be call
ed in. He made an Incision and ex
tract—"
"The needle?” quickly added anoth
er guest. < ,
"Vos.” answered the gentleman who
hnd related the incident, annoyed be
cause of the Interruption.
"When I wss a boy,” responded the
host, "I ran a ellver of wood in my
foot. At the time I though? I had
removed It entirely. One ihomlng, a
year ago, I felt a dull pain back of my
ear. I put my hand to tny head, and
there found —”
"The silver of wood?" again Inter
posed tho unmannerly guest.
"No,” retorted the host, "I found
back of my ear a lead pencil."
—Enrique Cortez, according to
private Information received In Wash
ington, is to be sent here by President
Heyss as Colombia Minister to the
United State*. Menor Corte* Is staid to
he In favor of thg> construction of an
authority for the statement that the
new Minister sill endeavor to sell to
the United States several Islands off
-the Isthmus. wliPh It Is believed will
b# used py the United States ss coaling
stations.
FEAR FOR EGYPT’S TREASURES.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
London, Oct. 24.—A British bluebook,
dealing with the irrigation problem and
other nfatters has revived the fears
of archaeologists concerning the safe
ty of some of the most notable ancient
monuments in Egypt.
It appears, from a dispatch of Lord
Cromer, that the first new work in
connection with future irrigation of
Egypt is almost sure to be the tighten
ing of the dam at Assuan. When this
is effected the river level of. water
stored at the reservoir will be 112 met
ers, or six meters higher than the
present level, and a further submersion
of the temples on the Island of Philae
will ensue. Sir William Garstin, in
another report, points out that this
will destroy much of their pictures
queness and will impair much of the
beauty of the present landscape, es
pecially at a time when tourists and
others visit Assu’an.
He also alludes to the damage,
through the action of deleterious salts,
to the lower parts—the stone walls and
columns of the temples; but does not
allude to the damage likely to occur
through submersion of their upper
parts, the great blocks of stone work
lying horizontally above the columns.
Neither Lord Cromer nor Sir William
Garstin refers to the almost inevitable
damage which must occur to the splen
did temple thirty miles south of As
suan, at Kalabsheh. This is a stone
temple of the Roman period, built upon
a brick base, which will be submer
ged, and is likely to decay quickly,
involving the fall and ruin of the stone
superstructure. The temple at Dak
keh is twenty-five miles or so south
of Kalabsheh, and its massive tow
ers are in finer preservation than any
others in Egypt. With the raising of
the dam, however, this monument will
also be submerged and more rapid
ly ruined than the temple at Kalabsheh.
These and other considerations are to
be submitted at once to the Egyptian
authorities, but the necessities of the
country are pretty certain, in the end,
to outweigh all historical and artistic
sentiment.
FJNK ELIXIR OF LIFE.
Milwaukee Cor. Chicago Chronicle.
Indians of the Chippewa tribe up
North have discovered the elixir of
life, according to Graham L. Rice of
Madison, former railroad commission
er, who has just returned from a trip
through the Superior region.
“What I tell you is true, every word
of it,” he insisted. "I can prove it
because I saw the Indians. You know
the Chippewas have their dances ev
ery year and trot around in a circle for
two or three weeks at a time, crouch
ing and muttering and going through
fantastic performances. They enjoy it
hugely, but if they can get hold of a
little whisky they like it better still.
It Is hard to get howevr, owing' to
the watchfulness of the federal offi
cials, and they had a comparatively
dull time of it this year until a few
days ago, when they actually discov
ered a fountain of booze flowing right
out of the rocks up there on Lake Su
perior. It is some sort of a mineral
spring, the water of which has an in
toxicating effect on the red men, and
they have been imbibing freely, and
the dance is likely to go on now until
the snow falls. The marshals • and
deputies are disheartened. They 'have
no right to prevent the Indians from
drinking spring water, but this foun
tain, which is up near Cranberry river,
is almost like alcohol, and the effect
is just the same as whisky. I saw the
Indians drinking it, and it certainly
made them drunk.”
TOO MOST CURIOUS LAKES.
From the Chicago Chronicle.
In central Asia, near the Caspian sea,
is a lake of beautiful rose color, while
the banks are covered with salt crys
tals as white as snow. From the wat
ers of this lake there arises a flower
like odor. The color and the odor are
supposed to be caused by vegetable
matter in the depths.
One of the most singular lakes in
the world is the celebrated Pitch lake
of the island of Trinidad. This lake
spreads over an area of ninety-nine
acres and its surface is composed of
one great floating mass of asphaltum,
seamed with veins of clear water.
There is a similar fake in Venezuela.
The Pitch lake is a hideous place as
far as smells are concerned, for the
air all about It is heavy with noxious
vapors, and from the center of the
lake gushes a fountain of liquid asphal
tum, in which there "float and break
bubbles containing most horrible gases.
The workmen go out on the surface
of this lake and cut slabs of asphaltum,
which are carried away. But the next
morning the hole they left Is filled up
again with the pitch which has risen
during the night, so that the supply
seems to be inexhaustible.
This curious lake was discovered by
Sir Walter Raleigh when he landed ir.
Trinidad in 1595 on his way to the
mouth of the Orinoco In search of El
Dorado.
AN ANTI-PAT SERUM.
From the Philadelphia Record.
Experiments made by a French
physiologist, M. Kamond, on guinea
pigs, seem to him to Indicate the pos
sibility of a serum whose Injection
shall enable fat people to absorb their
own superabundant adipose tissue.
After Jlnjecting olive oil into the
peritoneum of guinea pigs, he found
that the operation, on repetition, An
ally determined a rapid absorption. He
then showed that the injection of se
rum from a guinea pig thus treated
gave< to a second animal power of
absorbing injected olive oil very rap
idly. The reaction seems to depend
on the oil employed, so that It Can be
easily told whether or not It was olive
oil. The experimenter thinks It possi
ble, by Injecting into a fat man a se
rum obtained from an animal into
which human fat had been previously
Injected, to make the subject grow
thin to some degree. But fat people
need not hope for too much, says a
writer in Cosmos. They have not yet
been experimented on, and though this
process may have made guinea pigs
lean it may not do the same thing for
human beings. Besides, It seems
aealrcely provable that the reaction
would be the same with the actual
bodily fat as with drops of emulsion
injected into the circulation from
without.
m KKV OF SIAM'S THIMBI.E.
From Modern Society.
The costliest thimble In the world Is
undoubtedly one possessed by the
Queen of Slam. It was presented to
her by her husband, the King, who
had it made at a cost of rather more
than $75,000. This thimble Is sn ex
quisite work of art. It Is made of pure
gpld In the fashion or shape of s half
opened lotim flower, the floral emblem
of the royal house of Slam. It Is thick
ly studded with diamonds and other
precious stones, which are so arranged
as to form the name of the Queen,
together with the date it her marriage.
Not long since a Paris jewsler made
a most elaborate thimble to the order
of a millionaire. It was somewhat
larger than the ordinary thimble and
th<* agreed price was $15,000. The gold
setting was scarcely visible, so com
pletely wes It covered with diamonds,
rubles and pearls In artistic designs,
the rubles sinewing the Initials of tbe
recipient.
Five or elg years ago a jeweler In
the Wet End was paid a sum of
nearly $16,00# for a thimble which the
pampered wife of a Mouth African
i weeps insisted on having made for
iiis. This was one mass of precious
oo*Mo~ utaptvbds and rubles.
All Humors
Are impure matters which the sirin
liver, kidneys and other organa caa
not take care of without help, ther* it
each an accumulation of theuL
They litter the whole system.
Pimples, boils, eczema and other
eruptions, loss of appetite, that tired
feeling, bilious turns, fits of Indiges
tion, dull headaches and many other
troubles are due to them.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
and Pills
Remove all humors, overcome all
their effects, strengthen, tone and
Invigorate the whole system.
“I had salt rheum on my hands so that I
could not work. I took Hood’s Sarsaparilla
and it drove out the humor, I continued
its use till the sores disappeared.” Mas,
Isa O. Baowa, Rumford Falls. Me. ~
Hood’s Sarsaparll<a promisee to
cure and keeps the promise.
SAVANNAH ELECTRIC CO.
WINTER WEEK DAY SCHEDULE,
Effective Oct. 3, 1904.
ISLE OF HOPE LINE! '
Between Isle of Hope and 4 oth Street.
V v ;„ 40tt l Kt - Lv. Isle of Hope.
A ;' P-M. A. M. P.M.
“in S : °0 1:00
sin Jin 7:00 2:00
8.30 2:30 , 8:00 3:00
* -ov Q • oo
11 an 3:30 10:00 4:00
1130 ••••• 11:00
1 :3 °. 8:00
••••• 11:20 *11:45
_ *Yia Montgomery to city.
Between Isle of Hope &~ThunderboU7
Lv. Isle of Hope. Lv. Thunderbolt
A. M. P. M.. A. M. P.M.
1■50
700 6:00 87:22 *5:50
.J; 00 88:22 6:38
I ni° , ’ *9:50 7:38
f 12-minute wait at Sandfly.
Parcel car, passenger trailer.
MONTGOMERY SCHEDULE. ’
Between Montgomery and 40th Street.
Lv Montgomery. Lv. 40th RL
A. M. P. M. A. M. PNT
*5:50 51:30 g-SO ISO
I*;* 0 10:30
T 7.53 t3:05 330
°:SO *s:*° .11!!! tzo
♦Uonnects with parcel car for city.
(Through to Thunderbolt.
city mimitH Wait at Sandfl y soing to
Between Montgomery ThundeboltT
A - p. m. a; M. P. M.’
6:50 3:05 7:22 3:38
.53 5:50 8:22 6:38
••••• 708 7:38
MILL-HAVEN SCHEDULE.
Effective July 13 iso*.
Leave Whitaker and Bay streets.
AM. AM. ' PM PM
Sin Jnin 12:40 6:20
•7 00 1:20 6:00
700 11: £ 2:00 6:40
; 20 12:00 2:40 7:20
| OO *:2O 8:00
•frt* tiff * ;4 °
, Leave Mill-Haven.
& ii A V?T PM ‘ PM
®; 40 11 12:20 5:40
•Jin 11:40 1:00 * B:05
I*a 1:40 6:20
8.20 ..... 8:00 7:40
0 ; 40 4:20 1:00
10-20 8:00
•Daily except Sunday.
’ TTTRDa Y EVENING SPECIaIT"
L tn^'i Vhl o. lcer Leave MlU
and ®?y Sts. Haven.
oHe PM.
0.20 9*4<i
10:00 loisa
10 40 1100
11:80 11:00
THUNDERBOLT line.
City Market to Casino and Thunder
bolt via Bolton street Junction.
uu'ng at 6:80 a. m. cars leave
City Market for Casino and Thunder
bolt every half hour until 2:00 p m
after which cars run every 16 minutes
until 11:30 p. m.
Cars leave Bolton street junction 1-5
minutes after leaving time at City
Market.
at 6:53 a. m. cars leave
Live Oak station for city every half
hour until 2:38 p. m„ after which
time cars leave every 15 minutes until
12:08 midnight.
COLLINSVILLE LINK.
Beginning at 6:05 a. m., cars leave
Waters road and Estill avenue every
20 minutes until 1:45 p. m„ after
which cars leave every 16 minutes,
commencing at 2:07 p. m.. until 12:07
midnight.
Beginning at 0:05 a. m.. cars leave
City Market for Waters road and Be
tll avenue every 20 minutes until 1:46
p. m., after which Thunderbolt cars
leave every 16 minutes, commencing
at 2:00 p. m„ connecting with Collins
ville ears at Bolton and Ott streets.
Last car leaves Market at 11:46 p. m.
WEST END LINE (Lincoln Perk.)
Car lesve. west side of City Market for Ll.
coin Park :uo a. m. and every 40 micutm
thereafter until 11:4ft n. m.
Car leaves Lincoln Park for Market 8:*0a. m.
and every 40 mlnutea thereafter until Ue'eleok
midnight
' FREIGHTASD PARCEL CAR,
Leaves earl side of City Market for Thunder
boh. Cattle Park. Sandfly. Isis of Hope and all
Intermediate points—o:U a. m„ l;lft pm., 4:11
LMvee Dle of Hope for Sandfly. Cattle Park,
Thunderbolt and all intermediate point*—4 00
a. m., 11:00 a. m., 3:00 n. m.
Freight car leave. Montgomery at ft M a Üb.
and 8:86 p. m.. connecting at Sandfly with reg
ular parcel car foi city.
Parcel car from the city carries freight to
Montgomery on each trip.
Regular parctl car carries trailer on each
trip for accommodation of puseageia
Any further Information regarding pawe
ger schedule or freight servloe can be had hy
applying to L. K. NASH Managea
FOOTBALL
TIME IS HERR AND WE HAVE
THEM—THE ONLY THING TO
KICK ABOUT IN OUR ENTIRE
STORE.
WE ARE HEADQUARTERS
FOR HEAD HELMETS, PANTS,
JACKETS, NOSE MASKS, SHIN
GUARDS, AND INFLATKHS.
Edward Lovell’s Sons
11$ Broughton Street. West
OLE HKWUPAPITKS. MS FOB M
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