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The Indications for Georgia for to
day are for cloudy weather, rain In
north and east portions, with brisk
north winds. Eastern Florida rain,
with variable winds.
The rate war between the trans-At
lantic liners is not yet ended. Why
hasn't Atlanta, the city that an
nounces -that ail its efforts on rate
questions spring from altruistic mo
tives, taken a hand in this rate war?
A New Jersey man has gone Insane
because he could not conscientiously
decide which way to cast his ballot in
the presidential election. It would be
Interesting to know Just what was the
matter with the conscience of a man
that couldn't decide between safety and
sanity and recklessness and extrava
gance. Probably he lived too close to
Pennsylvania bosslsm.
An Indiana man’s heart stopped
beating for three hours and
then started in again. The man feels
no ill effects from the cessation of
pulsation. If the thing occurs too
often he will have to get out an in
junction to restrain his heart from
stopping during working hours or his
earning capacity will be so greatly de
creased that he will starve to death.
When Theodore Roosevelt was a
Civil Service Commissioner he made all
manner of threats against the Harri
son administration if the Civil Service
laws were not upheld in both the letter
and the spirit. He religiously kept up
the cry for reform in this department
through the following administrations.
Yet Mr. Cleveland violated the laws
but five times, Mr. McKinley but six
times, while Mr. Roosevelt, in the three
years that he has been President, has
■lxty-three violations to hls credit.
“Oh. what a fall wua there, my coun
trymen!”
The dream of Dr. Edward Everett
Hale of “The Mun Without a Coun
try” has been verified. An Ohio man
applied to the courts for naturalisa
tion papers, but didn't know Inywhat
country be had been born. Hls mother
brought him to America when he
wae but a few weeks old and died
while he wae yet an Infant. Ae a re
sult he Is not a citizen of this court
hi Aitd cannot prove that he is a clf
isen of another. Hls only consolation
knowledge that be wae boru
beret
HEFISIXG TO “STAND PAT.”
In an address from the platform of
his special car at Bridgeport, Conn.,
Judge Parker scored the Republican
cry of “stand pat.” "The whole of
modern progress,” he said, "has come
largely from the refusal of the world
to ‘stand pat.’ Each successive gener
ation has recognized the virtues and
accepted the labors of its predecessors,
but in doing so none has ever declined
or refused to recognize new demands
or to correct old abuses.”
By those few words, the Democratic
candidate makes a ringing appeal for
progress. He does not take the ground
of the radical who scorns all that has
about it the touch of age and de
spises that which a former generation
has found of value. Neither does he
take the ground of extreme conserva
tive that sees danger in everything
that has not been tried and who would
rather drown In the flat boat of his
ancestors than safely outride the flood
in a modern vessel. He has struck
the golden mean that runs between
the two extremes. He takes the ground
of the student, the philosopher, and
the judge, in preference to the "caprice
of the adventurer” or the mustiness of
the antiquary lost In contemplation of
the, past.
It is to men who have held like
opinions that the progress of the world
is due. Had Ceasar "stood pat” on
the Seven Hills of Rome there would
have been no Roman empire. Had
the barons of England “stood pat” on
the past there would have been, no
Magna Charta. Had thirteen col
onies “stood pat” on the British pol
icy there would have been no United
States. The progress of the world Is,
as Judge Parker so concisely puts It,
"largely due to the refusal of the world
to ‘stand pat.' ”
In a few short sentences the New
York man has riddled the catch-cry
of the Republicans. He has knocked
the foundations from the principal ar
gument of his political opponents. Yet
at the same time comes his guarantee
of safety In the promise to only "recog
nize new demands and correct old
abuses.” He puts himself on record
as pledged to what is for the ’ best
interests of the nation of to-day in
stead of what is working its people
injury. In two sentences he sums up
the issues of the campaign and asks
the voters to choose between progress
and fatal stagnation—to vote for the
protection of the triists or for the bet
tering of themselves.
HOMICIDES IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
The Charleston News and Courier
devoted practically a page of its
space last Sunday to a summary of
the crimes of violence committed in
the state during the past ten months.
Each separate case was recorded in
the brief space of three to ten lines,
yet it required seven columns of small
print to contain them all. There are
forty-one counties in the state. The
report, covering thirty-two of the for
ty-one counties, showed that in the
ten months there had been 160 homi
cides, an average of five homicides for
each of the counties covered, and
about one homicide for each two days
during the year.
A feature of the reports, carefully
made from the official records, is that
in practically eight cases out of ten
the homicide was committed by a
negro, and in a majority of the cases
both slain and slayer were negroes.
When one remarks the amount of
lawlessness in South Carolina, it is
well enough to keep in mind which
race it is that fills the jal! and keeps
the courts busy. That, by the way, is
not meant to convey the Impression
that the whites have not been guilty
of crimes of violence. The reverse is
true. And the records show that no
white man was convicted of murder
and sentenced to death, though twen
ty-four of them were tried. Of this
number eight were Convicted of man
slaughter and sixteen were acquitted.
During the period two negroes were
convicted of murder and sentenced to
be hanged, and twenty were convict
ed of manslaughter and sentenced to
the penitentiary. During the ten
months period there were four lynch
ings in the state, the victims being
three negroes and one white man.
Commenting on the showing made by
the reports, the News and Courier
says: “The people of the state are
utterly condemned by the record. The
few plain, bald facts we have given
speak out against us and our civiliza
tion. The state is smeared with blood.
We must wash it out In the name of
justice and humanity."
We wish it were possible for us to
extend sympathy to our sister state
and at the same time point to our
own record as showing how brethren
should dwell together in peace and
unity and how the laws should be
enforced. But, unfortunately, In this
matter Georgia Is in the same boat
with South Carolina. The ever-ready
pistol is Just as nimble In this state
as It is on the other side of the Sa
vannah river, and it is just as hard to
get a murderer convicted here—partic
ularly if his skin is white—as it Is
there. The Jury system Is regarded
as one of the foundation stones of our
system of Justice, but when some of
the verdicts of Juries are contemplat
ed, especially in murder cases, an hon
est opinion forces the admission that
justice fails as often as it wins by*
the Jury box. We need a sterner and
stronger public sentiment with respect
to crimes of violence.
A motion has been filed in the
United States Court in Chicago to de
clare an Indian who owns property in
severalty a citizen of the United
States. We have been civilizing the
Indian with the shotgun and bad
whisky for more than 300 years and as
yet he has not reached a stage where
he can be declared a citizen. This
should be encouraging news to the
Filipino! _
Mrs. Richard Roether of Hnbesonla,
Pa., dropped dead whlls chasing a hen.
If she had been a man she could have
eased off her feelings by turning loose
Home remarks on one section of the
world to come and this would have
lessened the effect of vain endeavors
tp capture the elusive lien.
SAVAJNNAH MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 4. 1904
THE GROWING DEFICIT.
In his thanksgiving proclamation
the President calls attention to the
fact that "the year that has closed
has been one of peace within our
borders, as well as between us and
other nations.” The harvests have
been abundant, he says, and the peo
ple and the government have prosper
ed. No one will deny the correctness
of the statement, nor will there be ob
jection to the returning of thanks to
the Most High for the condition of
prosperity In which the country finds
itself.
But, Isn’t It a bit disappointing to
know that, in the midst of our peace
and prosperity—when affairs are run
ning smoothly along in their proper
channel and there is no occasion for
extra expense—the government's de
ficit' is heavy and growing? On the
same day that President Roosevelt is
sued his proclamation the Treasury
Department made public its statement
for October, showing the deficit for
the month to be nearly $4,000,000. Ex
cept for the payment into the treasury
of more than $1,000,000 by the St.
Louis Exposition the shortage would
have been more than $3,000,000, or at
the rate of $60,000,000 a year. For
four months, one-third of the year,
the deficit is $21,809,006. And there are
reasons for thinking that the expen
ditures, during the past few months,
have been kept down as much as pos
sible by deferred payments, in order
to make a good ante-election showing
for the administration.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Taylor predicts that the surplus of
the remaining months of the year will
wipe out the deficit up to date. But
that is merely an expression of hope
ful opinion, for which there seems to
be in sight no justification. During
the period elapsed of the fiscal year
the War Department has cost $5,000,- •
000 more, the navy $9,000,000 more and
the civil and miscellaneous payments
have been $5,000,000 more than for
the corresponding period last year.
These expenditures, of course, were
authorized by Congress. Upon Con
gres, which is Republican, and upon
the administration, which is Republi
can. must rest the burden of respon
sibility for this very bad showing In
national housekeeping in time of
peace and prosperity.
The Republican party claims to be
the party of "business sense.” Is
there business sense shown In the con
tinued Increase of expenses over in
come? If a private enterprise were run
on the same plan, how long would it
be able to keep out of bankruptcy?
The country, being great and rich is
In no danger of the bankruptcy court
yet awhile. But it is not so great and
rich that it can afford to stand for
reckless extravagance In the conduct
of Its affairs.
PARKER'S EPIGRAMS.
Judge Parker’s speeches are charac
terized by a terseless, plainness and
directness th'at are especially pleasing.
He is not a phrase-maker, like Secre
tary Hay and Mr. Cleveland. He Is
not an -orator, like Bourke Cockran
and Senator Beveridge. He deals In
no word-painting, and hls similes are
few. He prefers' plain, simple lan
guage, that no man can possibly mis
take. And yet his addresses abound
in epigrams that deserve to sink into
the public mind and be permanently
recorded there. Some of these epi
grams, from hls recent speeches, fol
low:
This nation will no more hold an
other people in perpetual bondage than
it will tolerate the enslaving of indi
viduals by Its citizens.
A combination of individuals to con
trol the market price of products of
any kind Is void. A combination of
corporations for a similar purpose is
alike void. Why should there be any
hesitation In enforcing the law against
great corporations for illegal business?
Shall the partnership between the Re
. publican leaders and the trusts con
tinue with profit to both and hurt to
the country?
Shall the trust contributions of mil
lions to the campaign fund secure the
right to continue the wrongful taking
of many millions a ye*ar from the peo
ple?
Illegal methods of making money
do not constitute legitimate business,
although those who resort to them may
pose as business men. Our purpose
Is to deprive, so far as possible, these
Illegal combinations of their present
Illegitimate advantage.
These excerpts are fairly Illustrative
of Judge Parker’s style and manner
of thought. They show that he has
an important message for the coun
try and knows how to deliver It.
The coal trust In Pennsylvania is
now making an effort to break down
the law which requires a coal miner
from another state to be a resident of
Pennsylvania anthracite regions for
two years before he can mine coal.
The law was passed to Insure the safe
ty of the miners and to guard against
mistakes that might easily be made
by miners unfamiliar with the condi
tions in Pennsylvania. It proved a
barrier to the ’ coal barons breaking
the last anthracite strike by importing
cheap labor from other states. Asa
result they wish to get rid of the law,
following the usual course of the trusts
in disregarding the personal safety
and rights of the common people when
they conflict with their own interests.
Yesterday was the birthday of the
Mikado of Japan, but his generals were
unable to present him with Port Ar
thur as a gift. For thus interfering
with their plans Gen. Stoessel will
probably get It all the harder. Inas
much as he himself admits that he
cannot hold out much longer, out of
oourtesy he might have yielded in time
to allow hls opponents to make an ap
propriate gift. The delayed gift will be
highly appreciated by the Mikado when
It does come, despite the fact that It
failed to arrive on schedule time.
It Is stated by a Washingtonian who
hns kept tab on the matter that there
are fifty-seven federsl officials holding
positions In the departments at Wash
ington who have been engaged In cam
paign work for Roosevelt. None of
them have been dropped from the gov
ernment pay roll and yet poor Ja
cob Bunn in Philadelphia was thrown
I out because he solicited funds for the
! Republican campaign. If the President
I wishes to pose as a civil service re
former he would do well te gel some
one to first reform him
After all the excitement caused by
the announcement that Harry Thaw
and the pretty chorus girl, Evelyn
Nesblt, had been married in Europe,
the two young people return to this
country and both deny the marriage.
It is now In order to speculate whether
Harry was playing a little joke on his
relatives or whether he was Just put
ting out a feeler to determine whether
It was safer to get his fortune and
then marry the girl or to marry the
girl and take a chance on getting the
fortune. He had evidently determined
on getting that fortune, at any rate.
In the ecstasy of his eulogism of
President Roosevelt Senator Fairbanks
referred to him as “trusty, true, and
tried.” That he and his party are
“trusty” the Democrats have always
admitted. To just what sentiment or
opinion he has been ‘true” it might
be difficult to decide, barring what he
believes best for his own interests.
He is now being “tried” by a jury of
the voters of America, “tried” on a
charge of being a dangerous man for
the presidency. The indications are
that the verdict of Tuesday will be
"guilty.”
In taking the stump at the closing
week of the campaign Judge Parker
has made a political master-stroke.
The enthusiasm which he is arousing
in New York, New Jersey, and Con
neeticutt is spreading rapidly through
the entire country and presages a
Democratic landslide. The enthusiasm
will have reached its zenith on elec
tion day. Had he taken the stump
earlier in the struggle thd zenith
might have been passed and the
dreaded decline set in.
Republicans have been claiming
that they had a working majority in
Illinois of 60,000. With 44,000 work
men thrown out of employment be
cause of a strike caused by a reduc
tion in wages that working majority
has been greatly cut down. The coal
trust cut the wages and it is not
probably that the losers, the working
men, will vote to sustain the party
that protects' the trusts. Suicides do
not occur by the thousand!
Because the Illinois coal hoisting
engineers refused to accept a reduc
tion of 5.55 per cent, in wages, imme
diately following a big reduction in
the spring, 44,000 Workingmen of Illi
nois are thrown out of employment. It
would be interesting to hear Secre
taries Shaw, Hay, and others address
a gathering of those workmen on the
“increased prosperity” of this country.
A Pittsburg girl had a man arrested
because he offered her $5 for a kiss
and the Judge sent him to jail for ten
days. He deserves the penalty. When
kisses In Kansas are valued at only
1 cent each, a man who will offer to
squander $6 for only one deserves to be.
held on a lunacy warrant.
PERSONAL.
—Dr. K. M. Pqlkonen, a distin
guished physician -of Finland, *■ for
merly chief surgeon, of the big hos
pital In Helsingfors, and now travel
ing In the United 'States, believes that
happier times ate In store for his af
flicted country. Ttfb' new governor, he
says, has given the Finnish people to
understand"! that the fattempt to Rus
sianize them is to be abandoned.
—At one time King Peter of Servia
was a redhot socialist. That was while
he was living a comparatively obscure
life in France. He Is believed tp be
the first socialist to mount a throne.
King Peter Is usually pictured In one’s
imagination as a heavy-jowled, beetle
browed ruffian, but photographs taken
at hls coronation show a pleasant, in
offensive-looking man, greatly over
shadowed by a perfectly monstrous
crown, almost as high as a stenogra
pher's pompadour.
BRIGHT BITS.
—Hoax: My wife went out to shop
to-day and lost a pocketbook contain
ing S2O. ,
Joax: Did she lose It going to the
stores or coming buck?
Hoax: Going; I said there was money
in It, didn't I?—Philadelphia Record.
—The Poor Missionary.—" Now, my
child,” said the cannibal mother to her
youngest hopeful, “I want you to be
on your good behavior and not make
a pig of yourself."
“What for?” demanded the young
savage.
“Because we’re going to have that
new minister for dinner.” —Philadel-
phia Press.
CURRENT COMMENT.
The Baltimore Sun (Dem.) says:
"In one of hls numerous eulogies of
the President Senator Lodge pro
nounces him a many-sided man. This
seems to indorse the Democratic view
that Mr. Roosevelt has the bad habit
of looking in too many directions at
one time.
The Philadelphia Record (Dem.)
says: “Judge Parker also spoke in
graceful and vigorous language of the
contrasting expansion policies of the
two parties. Nearly all the additions
to the public domain have been made
by the Democratic party, tout Its ex
pansion policy was the acquisition of
practically unoccupied regions, to be
peopled by our own citizens. For the
first time In our history the Republi
cans have embarked the country upon
a process of expansion that consists
in the conquest of remote peoples, and
of holding them subject to a wretched
compromise between autocratic and
representative government that pos
sesses the vice of both and the virtues
of neither.”
The Norfolk Landmark (Dem.) says:
“The call for an International peace
conference at this time by Mr. Roose
velt is so obviously a bit of political
flubdub that it Is sickening. He Is
fond of accusing hls opponents of in
sincerity. The mote in hls brother's
eye he sees clearly, whether It Is there
or not, but the beam In hls own eye
does not disturb him at all. The case
rests with the voters. Some of them
Hke Bonibastes Furiooo, and some of
them do not; but we do not see how
any of them can like Itombasles Fu
rloso in the garb of a Quaker.”
The Galveston Dally Newa (Dem.)
saya: "Of all the eulogies that have
been paused upon the President by all
the members of hls cabinet and by
Others who owe to him their offices
and honors, non# can ecltpss the re
markable tribute laid at the feet of
Mr. Roosevelt by hls first secretary.
Mr. Hay. He commends everything
the Strenuous Men hse ever done, end
Is for big-stirkery and the hot-air |m>l
|ry with all hls soul. If the flattery
of Mr He fails lo tniL Mr. Rouse
veto eli a. then nobody “mode to be
astonished if the latter should pro
claim himself a god.”
No Its tor Lynn.
Among the Rhodes scholarships
youths who sailed on the Ivernia for
Oxford in September Paul Nixon, of
Wesleyan, was conspicuous, says the
Baltimore Herald. It was Mr. Nixon
who conceived and carried out that
idea that all those Intelligent young
men should depart for the other side
In the same boat.
Some reporters, on the day he sailed,
tried to get from Mr. Nixon a volumi
nous interview. They tried to per
suade the young man to give at length
his views on the wisdom of the Cecil
Rhodes scholarships. He would not
talk, however.
“1 don’t want to bore you and the
public,” he said, smiling. “I don’t want
to put myself in the position of the
lecturer whom Oliver Wendell Holmes
rebuked.
“This lecturer was dry—as dry as I
would be If I should attempt to criti
cise the Rhodes will. He called on Dr.
Holmes one day and the two men,
knowing one another well, talked to
gether jocularly.
“ ‘Well,’ said the humorist, ‘what are
you doing now?’
“ ‘Lecturing,’ said the lecturer.
“ ‘Still lecturing, eh?’
“ ‘Yes. I hold forth at Lynn tonight.’
“ ‘l’m glad of it,’ said Dr. Holmes.
‘I never did like those Lynn people."
A Question of Knowledge.
Two men In Kansas City were hav
ing a heated argument concerning the
location of a certain theater in New
York city, says the Chicago Record-
Herald. The one Insisted that the
house stood on lower Broadway, while
the other was equally confident that it
was up town.
Finally the first man, becoming an
gry, exclaimed. ‘‘Perhaps you think
you know more about New York than
I do? How often have you been thei'e?”
“Once,” was the epigrammatic re
ply.
“Well,” exclaimed the other, in
triumph, “I’ve been there five differ
ent times, and I ought to know more
about It than you do.”
The vanquished one was silent for
a moment. Presently he spoke with
a smile on his face: “How long did
you stay In New York on each of the
five visits you nfade?”
The other scratched hls head a mo
ment before replying, and said “Well,
each time I was there for two or three
days. How long did you stay on the
only visit you made?”
“Seventeen years,” was the calm re
ply. That ended the conversation.
Out of Order.
P. J. Carlon, a well-known young
New York lawyer, tells this story
about Senator Albert Beveridge, In the
New York Times. "Several years ago
the ladies belonging to a certain club
in Indianapolis held a meeting at which
the speakers were all to be wonteft.'
Mrs. Beveridge was one of those who
occupied seats upon the platform. Dur
ing the afternoon Mr. Beveridge enter
ed the hall and was given a seat next
to his wife. At the conclusion of the
address of one of the ladies Mr. Bever
idge arose, approached the front of the
platform, and began talking to the
audience, without having been invited
or Introduced.
The chairman of the occasion was
William Deacon, now managing editor
of the Indianapolis News, and he did
not like Beveridge, anyway. Through
out the talk of the Senator-ty-be
Deacon sat with his head resting In
hls hanids. never once- lifting his eyes.
When the finish came, he drawled
out, without looking up: “The lady
who has just spoken Is out of order.”
The Real Article.
Oliver Herford tells of the meeting
between a little girl of his acquaint
ance in New York, aged 9 years, and
the Earl of Yarmouth, who married
Miss Thaw of Pittsburg, says the Bos
ton Post.
According to Mr. Herford, the young
ster in question had earnestly sought
an opportunity to gaze upon a real
specimen of the nobility, so when her
father, the host at a dinner given the
Earl, finally allowed her to enter the
dining room her wish was gratified.
The child looked at Yarmouth long
and searchingly.
“And are you really an English lord,
sir?” she finally asked.
“Yes,” responded the Earl, laughing
ly. "Really and truly an Earl.”
“Well, you see,” continued the little
girl, "I had never seen a lord, and I
always wanted to so much.”
, "So I understand,” answered< Yar
mouth, "and I am glad that I have
been able to gratify your wish. I
suppose now you are quite
“No, not satisfied,” replied the
youngster, sadly; "I’m disappointed.”
Something Lacking.
Mayor McClellan admires the Aquari
um and thinks it Is a beneficial and
pleasing municipal adjunct, but he is
not above telling a story about it, says
the New York Tribune. According to
the Mayor, a fond father once prom
ised to take hls little girl to the watery
show at the Battery, saying: "We will
see the fishes in their native element.”
In due time the Aquarium was vis
ited and its finny wonders were in
spected. As father and daughter were
leaving, the former noticed that the
latter seemed disappointed.
“What's the matter? Didn’t you like
It?” he asked.
“Oh, yes, I liked It,” replied the
child: "but I don't think we saw It all.
Where’s the fishes In their native ele
phant?”
The Odor of the Mothball.
From the Chicago Chronicle.
The coal Is In the ccfalbin and the bill
is nice and big,
The corn Is In the comcrlb and the
fat is on the pig,
The turkey’s In the barnyard and the
ax is In the shed,
And everyone Is anxious that the tur
key be well fed;
The leaves are gently falling, here and
there and everywhere,
And the odor of the mothball’s in the
air.
The open ears have vanished and the
crowded ones are back;
The ancient ones, the cihilly ones that
bump along the track,
To get aboard a man must fight and
with a dozen scrap,
And when aboard he's In great luck if
he can get a strap.
And with the ladles present there he
never dares to swear,
While the odor of the mothball’s In the
ulr.
The frozt Is on the sidewalk and the
side walk's on the bum,
You slip and fall, the Jar you get will
make the cuss words come;
The apple's In the orchard, the or
chard’s on the farm.
The grip Is In the atmosphere, the sore
is on your 'arm,
And all the folks are busted who are
coming from the fair,
While the odor of the mothball’s In the
air.
\
The tang la In the alder and the sugar
cane is ripe,
The hunter and the hobo now shoot the
festive snipe;
The mincemeat's in the pantry and the
pumpkin pie Is brown,
And the scent is in the overcoat, the
Jacket and the gown.
And that is why we smell It hare and
there and everywhere,
Just the od or ot the mothball in the
alb .
HOW CONVICTS TELEGRAPH,
From Spare Moments.
Every prison has its secret “tele
graph,” for it was not to be expected
that cunning offenders could be long
confined together, even on the “sep
arate cell” system, without discover
ing a method of secret intercommuni
cation. Prisoners "rap their mes
sages” to each other, and experience
has shown that an attentive ear may
receive and understand a communica
tion thus made through the thickest
prison wall.
The raps correspond regularly with
the letters of the alphabet, which is
arranged for the purpose into six rows,
the first beginning with “a” and the
last beginning and ending the series
with “z.” The first rapping indicates
the row in which the letter is to be
found, one for first, two for second,
and so on; the subsequent raps given
after a slight pause, show the number
of the letter in the row. At first the
table must be kept in mind, but after
a little practice the prisoner is en
abled to dispense with all conscious
reference to it, the message being
really received, as in the Morse teleg
raphy, in the form of , symbols stand
ing in place of letters.
In Russia the clew is not so much
in the system itself as in the nihilistic
method of manipulating language with
a view to concealment. This is clear
from what happened recently in one
of the central prisons. Kord had gone
round to protest, not only against an
excess of heavy work, but against the
bad quality of food supplied to the
prisoners, and the protest was to take
the form of a refusal to perform the
usual tasks on the men being called
together after breakfast. Somehow or
other the Governor obtained the mes
sage as it had been rapped through
all the walls, but he took It literally
as a plot to break prison by the whole
of the convicts, so he armed the whole
of the warders to the teeth, taking ef
fective measures to prevent the assem
bly on the morrow. This blunder had
a highly beneficial effect upon the
discipline of the prison, for the con
victs obtained not only Immediate im
munity from the heavy tasks to which
they had been accustomed, but after
ward enjoyed better food and more
humane treatment.
THE THINGS THAT GURGLE.
From the New York Sun.
Brandy is mostly a French or Cali
fornia product, but, with exceptions, It
is Englishmen who drink it in New
York—brandy and soda being a re
cognized English drink, most popular
with tourists. If it were not for New
Englanders, there would be little call
for rum, except by West Indians and
sailors. Rum New Englanders, when
they drink, drink Medford when visit
ing New York; others drink St. Croix.
In hotels or saloons near a railroad
or ferry there is a demand for cider.
It is the drink of the “York State”
folk when in town. New York cider
deserves its high reputation and its
popularity among up-State visitors,
and has withstood the competition of
fancy drinks, beer and highballs. In
the few neighborhoods where Hol
landers or Swiss residents are num
erous there is call for gin; “Rhine
wine,” either from Rhineland. Ohio or
Missouri, is a drink of Germans. Irish
visitors are the chief patrons of old
and new ale (mixed ale), the divider
ahd disturber of many an otherwise
friendly and neighborly party of the
weildisposed. The popularity of high
balls - has surpassed much of the de
mand for brandy and mixed drinks in
New York. Vermouth has largely
superseded brandy as an appetizer.
The tradition which ascribes to South
erners and to Virginians a monopoly
of mint juleps Is a. traditiqh and noth
ing else. Martial strangers from Ten
nessee and Kentucky retain their pre
ference for corn whisky. Hungarians
dring slivovltz, and the few Mexicans
hereabouts disregard their own
national drink, pulque, for something
or anything more distinctively Amerl*
cai^.
Preceptibly the amount of liquor Im
bibed In New York city declines, but
receqt disclosures do not Indicate that
as the quantity consumed declines the
quality Improves.
THE ELECTRIC FIRE.
From the New York Press.
Theres was recently resurrected from
the old files of the Massachusetts Ga
zette a copy dated March 7, 1765, con
taining the following quaint and in
teresting advertisement:
A COURSE OF EXPERIMENTS.
On the newly discovered ELECTRI
CAL FIRE, to be accompanied with
methodical LECTURES on the Na
ture and Properties of that wonderful
element, will be exhibited by David
Mason at his House, opposite Mr.
THOMAS JACKSON, Distiller, near
Sudbury street—To consist of two
Lectures, at one Pistareen each Lec
ture—the first Lecture to be on Mon
day and Thursday, and the second on
Tuesday and Friday evenings every
week, Weather permitting.
OF ELECTRICITY IN GENERAL.
That our Electric Fire Is a real Ele
ment —That our Bodies at all Times
contain enough of It to set an House
on Fire—That this Fire will live In
Wgter—A Representation of the Sev
en Planets, showing a probable
Cause of their keeping their due Dis
tance from each other, and the Sun in
the Center—The Salute repulsed by
the Lady's Fire, or Fire darting from
a Lady’s Lips, so that She may defy
any Person to salute her —A battery
of Eleven Guns discharged by the
Electric Spark, after it passed through
eight Feet of Water—Several Experi
ments showing that the Electric Fire
and Lightning are the same, and that
Points will draw off the Fire so as
to prevent the Stroke. With a num
ber of other entertaining Experi
ments, too many to be inserted in an
Advertisement.
Tickets to be had either at hls House
above, or at hls Shop in Queen street.
PIPED MUSIC.
From Portland, (Ore.), Cor. New York
Herald.
Music out of a pipe, to be turned
on or off like gas, is the plan of a
company which has asked for a con
cession from the Lewis and Clark Ex
position. The company is represented
by N. O. Abbott, a Seattle attorney,
who Is now in Baltimore, Md.. and hls
proposition is being seriously consid
ered.
According to the story told the ex
position officials by Mr. Abbott, the
Inventor, whose identity remains un
known, plans to place an orchestra in
a central station. Tubes fitted with the
inventor's secret apparatus will run
from the station to the offices, stores
or residences of customers.
An arranged programme is to be car
ried out dally. A customer notes that
at a certain time his favorite music
will be played. He turns a key and
music from reed and string instruments
fills the room. It is believed the mus
ic may be served to customers as far
distant from the central station as lire
the customers of a central steam heat
ing plant which supplies an entire
city by underground pipes.
NKVBII SEEN BY HIM I*4 HUNTS.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
Washington, Pa., Oct. 26. —Word was
i received to-day of the death at Loo
i goo tee, lnd.. of Robert C. Ferguson,
infant sou of Mrs. Alice Ferguson,
widow of Contractor Ham ml T. Fer
guson, who was murdered at Wuet
Middletown.
The child wee born after hie father s
assassination, and, as hls mother U
I blind, he was never eeen by either per-
I eat. He was a bout 7 months old.
TonSghi
Just before retiring. If yonr liver | 8
sluggish, out of tune and you feel dull,
bilious, constipated, take s dose ol
Hood’a Pills
And you’ll be all right In the moraine
SAVANNAH ELECTIUC CO.
WINTER WEEK DAY SCHEDULE.
Effective Nov. 1, 1904.
ISLE OF HOPE USE '
Between Isle of Hope and 40th Street.
40U > St- Lv. Isle of HopeT
P ’ M ‘ A.M. P.M.
S:!£ ;••• 6:00 1:00
lln 7:00 2:00
I-. 55 2:30 8:00 S:00
y ..... 9'oo
10 30 3:30 10:00 *4:00
11 ‘ 30 ••••• 11:00
S: 2 ® ■••••• 7:00
_ *Via Montgomery to city.
Between Isle of Hope & Thunderhmr
Isleof Hope. Lv. Thunderbolt
A. M. P.M. A. M. P.M.
7 ;®® 6:00 57:22 *5:50
11.00 . *9:50 7*38
?12-minute wait at Sandfly.
Parcel car, passenger trailer.
MONTGOMERY SCHEDULE.
Between Montgomery and 40th Street.
Lv Montgomery. Lv. 40th St
A. M. P. M. A. M P M
*5:50 51:30 g-fo i'.jo
S|;|J **•• 10:30 >:IS
T 7.53 *3:05 ,
9:50 58:50 Zll/. ;lo
12:05 11:20
•Connects with parcel car for city.
to Thunderbolt,
city ~mln* l t e wa ** a t Sandfly going to
Between Montgomery & Thundeboit
A - P. M. aTm. P. M.’
6:50 3:05 7:22 3:38
•:53 5:50 5;22 6:38
MILL-HAVEN SCHEDULE
Effective July 13. 190 3.
a Ji eave Whitaker and Bay streets.
A.M. A.M. PM. PM
•6 20 10:00 12:7b 6:20
.lee 70:40 1:20 6:00
700 7 1: 20 2:00 6:40
7 20 12:00 2:40 7:20
| OO *:2O 8:00
3 tn 4:00 8:40
-°2O 4:40 ....
. „ Leave Mill-Haven.
ra , A M - PM. P.M.
142 H :0 ° 12:20 5:40
7:00 77:40 1:00 *6:05
7:40 2:20 7:00
5 ; 20 8:00 7:40
? 00 3:40 8:20
:4 ° 4:20 9:09
10:20 ..,.j g ; oo . '
•Pally except Sunday.
*TTTr‘DAY EVENING' SPTCffrAT.- "•
Whitaker Leave Mill
an<7 ?. ay Sts. Haven.
P -M- P.M.
0:80 9: 40
10:00 10:20
i 1? :4 ° 17:00
77:20 12:00
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 at Thunder
bolt every half hour until 11:30 p. m.
Cars leave Bolton street junction
15 minutes after leaving time at City
Market ; ,
Beginning at 5:53 a, m. cars leave
Live Oak Station for city every half
hour until 12:08 midnight.
COLLINSVILLE LINK
Beginning at 6:05 a. m. cars leave
.Waters road and Estill avenue every
20 minutes until 12:05 midnight.
Beginning at 6:05 a. m. cars leave
City Market for Waters road and
Estill avenue every 20 minutes until
12:05 midnight.
Through cars are operated between
Market and Thunderbolt via Collins
ville and Dale avenue as follows:
Lv. Market. Lv. Thunderbolt.
6:45 A. M. 7:30 A. M.
6:45 P. M. 7j30 P. M.
WEST END T.INE I'llncoin Parle)
Car leaved west side of City Market for Lin
coin Park 6:00 a. m. and every 40 mirutaa
thereafter until 11:45 p.m. inmates
Car leaves Lincoln Park for Market 6:20a. m.
and every 40 minutes thereafter until 12 o'clock
midnight
FREIGHT AND PARCEL CAR
east side ot City Market for Thunder
bob, Cattle Park. Sandfly. Isle of Hope and aU
tnter me( jj a te points—9:ls a. m„ 1:15 p?m., 4:15
Leaves Isle of Hope for Sandfly, Cattle Park.
Thunderbolt and all intermediate nolnta
a. m., 11:00 am., 8:00 p. m.
Freight car leaves Montgomery at 350 A m_
and 2:36 p. m., connecting at Sandfly with reg
ular parcel car lot city.
Parcel car from the city carries freight to
Montgomery on each trip.
Regular parcel car carries trailer on each
trip for accommodation of passengeia.
Any further Information regarding passen
ger schedule or freight service can be had by
applying to L. K. NASH. Manages
FOOTBALL
TIME IS HERE 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 INFLATEKS.
Edward Lovell’s Sons
11$ Broughton Street, West.
Lovers of poetry and music, as well
as the woman of fashion, will treasure
the December (Christmas) Delineator,
which contains, as a prominent feat
ure, a selection of Love Lyrics from
the Wagner Operas, rendered Into
English by Richard Le Oalllenne and
illustrated In colors by J. C. Leyen
decker. The Action Is contributed by
well-known writers and the depart
ments are attractive and helpful.
BRENNAN & GO.,
WUOLOSALK
Fruit, Produce,
Hay, Grain, Etc.
$22 Bay Street, Weet.
Telephone 60S.
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