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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1904.
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'I 11.- Weather.
The indications for Georgia for to
day are for fair weather, with fresh to
brisk northwest, winds. Eastern
Florida fair weather with fresh north
west winds.
It may be interesting to prohibition
ists, and others, to know that this is
one of the most temperate countries of
the world; that is, it stands low in
the scale of countries in the amount of
alcoholic beverages consumed. Offi
cial statistics gathered by the govern
ment show this to be true. In the per
capita consumption of such beverages
France leads with 10.21 gallons per
year. Belgium, owing to its heavy
beer consumption, follows with 7.33
gallons. Next in order come Italy
with 6.61 gallons, Germany with 5.53
gallons and the United Kingdom with
4.99 gallons. The per capita consump
tion of the United States is 3.23 gal
lons, of Sweden 3.05 gallons and Rus
sia 1.30 gallons. While Russia stands
lit the foot of the class in per capita
consumption, she consumes actually
more gallons of liquor in grand total
than any other country. She has an
Immense population, but the majority
of the people are too poor to buy spir
ituous liquors.
Mr. Osborne's article on the recent
election and the political outlook, which
(we published yesterday, is an able pa
per and one that will doubtless at
tract considerable attention throughout
the state. It contains a number of
points that ought to set Democrats to
thinking. One of them is this: “It Is
not an extravagant statement to make
when I say that there is not a cor
poration in the United States to-day
of national importance that does not
have upon its pay rolls a force of hlgh
aalarled men who have no other duty
than to beg, badger, cajole and intim
idate legislative assemblies into grant
ing the monied Interests some advan
tage which the public does not share.”
That this is true will hardly be ques
tioned; it cannot be questioned suc
cessfully. And yet, Is it not equally
true that the corporations often have
to fight in self-defense, to prevent the
fconflsoatlon of their property toy means
of antagonistic legislation? It some
times happens that in legislative
bodies there are unscrupulous men who
get together and form cliques for the
express purpose of squeezing money
out of the corporations. They frame
bills aimed at the corporations, and
then say to them In effect. “Now, come
across with so muoh money, or we will
put this thing through.” It has been
only a short while since the public
was shown an example illustrating the
point in the Missouri boodle cases.
The Missouri boodlers, prominent mem
bers of ths Legislature, went deliber
ately about their blackmailing schemes,
■which they practiced successfully on
a number of corporations. This is not
said, of course, in defense of the em
ployment of lobbyists by corporations,
but to sngssst that legislators them
selves often create the demand for tb
lobbyists through their own cuiwup
kUsa,
biennial sessions.
The people of South Carolina, In the
recent general election, ratified by a
large majority the proposed constitu
tional amendment providing for one
session of the Legislature each two
years, in place of one session each
year; and In so doing they took a step
forward. Of all the states of the union
there now' remain, but four having an
nual sessions, namely, Georgia, New
York, New Jersey and Massachusetts.
The others have biennial sessions ex
cept Alabama, which has one session
in four years; and it is an open ques
tion if Alabama has not shown great
er wisdom than all of her sisters In
making the sessions so far-between.
Nobody, except possibly a few poli
ticians. will for a moment claim that
Alabama suffers from ar.y lack of leg
islation, while there is abundant evi
dence that some of the other states,
our own Included, have too much leg
islation, and too much politics mingled
with legislation. Georgia, a* a mat
ter of fact, had three leglslayve ses
sions in two years only recently. Did
the results of them—the good that
flowed from them—compensate the peo
ple for what they cost? It seems to us
that a negative answer is the only one
that can be given to the question.
In Adopting biennial sessions South
Carolina has taken a step that will re
sult In saving the taxpayers many
thousands of dollars In cash each two
■years* besides much annoyance by
unnecessary legislation. With fewer
sessions, the legislators will devote
more attention to matters of general In
terest and less to local and factional
political differences, during the time
they are In session at the capital on
public business. Not so many ephe
meral and picayunish law's will be
passed. Conditions in the state that
are affected by enactments w’ill be more
settled; there will be few’er half-baked
statutes on the books, and more re
spect for the laws that are passed.
We congratulate South Carolina, and
sincerely hope that It will not be long
before Georgia will follow' her lead.
There may possibly be enough public
business in New York, New Jersey and
Massachusetts to warrant annual ses
sions of their legislatures; but that
certainly cannot be truthfully said of
Georgia. Ohio, Indiana, Illinois have
much larger populations and greater
wealth than Georgia, and they get
along finely with biennial sessions.
The principal function of our annual
sessions It has been said, Is to afford
the politicians an opportunity to get
together in Atlanta once a year and
make slates —at the expense of the tax
payers. How long are Georgians go
ing to the willing to foot the bills of
these political caucuses of the slate
makers?
• AN EDUCATED SEN TIMENT.
A petit jury in West Chester, Pn„
has sustained the action of the school
board of their city in separating the
colored children In thfe public schools
from the white. This verdict was re
turned In the face of a direct charge
from the court to the effect that such
action was Illegal, as it was a dis
tinction on account of race and color.
Despite the law, however, the Jury re
quired but a few minutes to reach its
findings and, Judging from the ex
pressions of the Pennsylvania news
papers, eminent satisfaction has re
sulted.
The verdicts of juries are, as a rule,
the expressions of public sentiment
and may well be taken as indicating
the drift of the general opinion In
the sections in which they operate.
In the case in point, the jury was
indirectly passing upon a matter of
greater significance than the question
formally presented to them. Practi
cally they were asked to take a stand
either for or against the separation
of the races. That they stand for that
separation indicates that the North Is
rapidly coming to coincide with the
South in sentiment, at least In so far
as the race question is concerned.
The reason for the change is evi
dent. The Northern man Is learning,
through growing contact with the ne
gro in large numbers. Just what the
Southern man has known for genera
tions. He is more and more coming
to realize that there Is a bar between
the white race and the black that
’cannot be surmounted, a 'bar that ex
ists from nature and that is not the
mere result of an unfounded preju
dice. With this realization comes Its
kindred knowledge, that the separation
of the races, so far as social equality
is concerned, is best for both, and
that all things which tend to teach
or establish such equality must be
abandoned.
This change In sentiment through
out the North, as it manifests itself
from time to time, is a matter on
which the entire country may con
gratulate Itself. It means a great
step toward the solution of the race
problem and the doing away with the
sectional friction that has resulted.
Judging from the newspaper reports
this righted sentiment Is Increasing
throughout the North. Let it but be
come general and a better feeling will
be brought about between the two
great sections of the country. The
Northern white man, recognizing that
the Southerner knows best how to
deal with the race question will leave
It more and more to him to solve and
larws which were passed at the dictate
of a wrong sentiment will be either
repealed or allowed to become Inop
erative through disuse.
Sentiment is supreme and will pay
little heed to any laws contrary to
it, as the case In Pennsylvania Illus
trate*. Though often shaken Into er
ror, yet. like the needle of the com
pass, it will finally right itself, though
in t many casts the righting Is of com
parative slow progress.. Any step In
that direction, the educating and
righting of sentiment, is therefore a
subject on which any country may
will felicitate Itself.
If Mr. Douglas' election to the gov
ernorship of Massachusetts Is due In
a great measure to the fuel that he Is
one of the state's largest and most
liberal advertisers, as has been fre
quently aaserted of late, the Democrat*
rot Pennsylvania might do well to look
up Dr. Munyon and get him to moke
the race next lima
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: MONDAY. NOVEMBER 14. 1904.
COMPETITION* FOR THE COTTON
FARMERS.
The American Cotton Manufacturer
in its current Issue calls attention to
the effort that Is being made to grow
cotton In the Argentine Republic. It
says the specimens of cotton grown
there this season which it has receiv
ed by way of Liverpool compare fav
orably with our medium grade of up
land cotton grown in the Carolinas,
it being, however, a little more silky.
Its staple varies from three-quarters
to a full inch, and it apparently con
tains less than the usual amount of
short fibres. The opinion Is express
ed. however, that after being pass
ed through the saw gin It would not
compare as favorably with our upland
cotton as it does before being ginned.
The point which the American Cot
ton Manufacturer wants to bring out
is that the effort that is being made tr.
many parts of the world to grow cot
ton is bound to have some effect upon
the cotton supply eventually. It leans
to the opinion that some of the ex
periments that are being made In other
lands will result so successfully that
the South will have considerably more
competition in the production of cot
ton than It now has.
Apparently the American Cotton
Manufacturer doesn’t agree with Mr.
Edward Atkinson, that the experiments
that are now being made are not like
ly to be more successful than those
that were made during our Civil War,
that there is no other country in the
world that can produce cotton in com
petition with the Southern States of
America and that the spinners of the
world will have to depend upon these
states in the future for their cotton
supply as they have in the past.
Perhaps the American Cotton Manu
facturer hasn’t studied the subject as
carefully and as thoroughly as Mr.
Atkinson has. We agree with It. how
ever, In the opinion that if, “the new
lands prove to be well adapted to cot
ton, and the price of cotton continues
near 10 cents a pound, they will be
able to compete with the cotton grow
ers of this country, and if the
price should ever drop to near the cost
of production, or the American eost
be materially increased, the foreign
grower would be in a much stronger
position” because of the cheaper la
bor of most of the localities in which
the new lands are situated. As yet,
however, American cotton growers
haven’t so much reason to fear compe -
tition as they have the boll weevil.
VALUE OF FIRE DRILL.
Two recent incidents Illustrate the
value of the fire drill in buildings
where considerable numbers' of chil
dren are habitually assembled. The
first of these was the fire in a public
school In New York, In which 2,500
children were safely marched out of
the building In a few minutes, with
out accident. We have already pub
lished the details of this occurrence;
details that must have arrested the
attention of and called forth exclama
tions of gratitude from every parent
who has children in the public schools.
The second Incident was at Castleton,
Staten Island, where fire broke out in
the Nursery and Children’s Hospital.
The 150 children of the institution had
been perfected In the fire drill, and
when the alarm was sounded every
one of them fell quickly into line and
marched out to safety, without the
slightest sign of panic or excitement.
By way of contrasting the effective
ness of the fire drill, it is necessary
only to refer to the Greenwich Ave
nue School fire. In New York, some
years ago. In that case the children
had not been drilled for a fire emer
gency. When fire was discovered in
the building the wildest panic ensued.
A scene of Indescribable horror follow
ed, and there was such loss of Ufe and
limb that those who recall the disas
ter do so with a shudder,
The City Council of Savannah has
passed an ordinance requiring the fire
drill at least twice a month In all
public schools, and once a. month In
all buildings where fifty or more wom
en and children are regularly assem
bled. It seems to us that the provi
sion Is a wise one. It may be that the
drill will never be actually needed.
Our school buildings are well con
structed and the children are well dis
ciplined. But at the same time, the
occasion might arise when the drill
would possibly he worth many pre
cious young lives.
At all events, the drill Is a precau
tion on the line of safety. It will
require very little time and no extra
expense. Its practice, at unexpected
times, will familiarize the children
with the danger call and teach them
to remain calm when the danger sig
nal is sounded. In the recent case of
the New York school, not a child could
be Induced to utter a word or get out
of line until the building had been
emptied and the classes dismissed by
the teachers. It was a splendid illus
tration of the value of training for an
emergency.
The success of the fire drill In time
of danger depends, of course, upon
the coolness, courage and good Judg
ment of teacherß and principals. A
hysterical teacher might, indeed, de
stroy the self-possesion of a class that
had been formed In good order to
march out of the building. The drill,
therefore, will be a good thing for the
teachers as well as the pupils. They
will be always on the qul vlve for an
alarm, but In the great majority of
Instances they will be uncertsln as to
whether the call Is for practice or for
an actual fire. The element of doubt
will give assurance to teachers and
pupils alike; and after the practice
has been held for several months, the
people In the school houses will be
found moving out with calmness and
precision at the call of the alarm.
A Rome cable says that J. Plerpont
Morgan is to be knighted by the King
of Italy In appreciation of his having
restored to the church at Ascoll the
famous cope stolen from It some time
ago. In addition the city of Ascoll u
going to make Mr Morgan a hand
some present. Meanwhile the fellow
who stole the rope seems to have been
lost sight of entirely. Maybe he Is re
garded as so much of an artist In crime
Urnt only admiration is felt for him.
Where’s Depew? Nothing has been
heard from his stnee the election. This
Is a rather odd circumstance, in view
of the fact that he seldom loses an
opportunity to talk. But he isn’t talk
ing now, so far as the general infor
mation goes. Is it because he Is not
altogether happy over the outoome?
There is strong talk in New York of
retiring him from the Senate, where he
has for some years been one of the
most conspicuous chestnut vendors.
Gov. Odell, who Is now boss In New
York, Is said to favor putting Depew
on the shelf and giving his job to
somebody else. Odell is suspected of
having a hankering for the place him
self, with ex-Gov. Black as his second
choice. Asa matter of fact, almost
any change ir. the New York senator
ships would he for the better. It has
beer, a long time since the Empire
State was represented by ocher than
patronage brokers.
Already some of the trusts are ap
parently taking steps to rocoup them
selves of the sums they contributed
to the Republican campaign fund. It
has been announced that the price of
steel billets will be advanced from
$19.50 to s2l per ton. An expert says
they can be manufactured with a fair
profit at sl2 per ton. Every manufac
turer who uses steel billets as a raw
material will be coni (Killed to contrib
ute to the trust's recoupment fund, and
all consumers of steel articles will be
taxed higher for the articles they buy.
Thus, In the long run, it will be the
consumer who will have to repay the
money the trusts expended for cam
paign purposes.
King Edward of England a few days
ago celebrated the sixty-third anni
versary of his birth. The Pension Bu
reau at Washington would call him a
deorepid old man, and a year hence he
would be too old to remain on the ac
tive list In the American army. And
yet all who have come In contact with
King Edward know him to be a hale,
vigorous, hearty man, showing not the
least sign of bra In-fag or physical
break-down. However, he comes from
particularly vigorous and long-lived
stock. He was past middle age when
his excellent mother departed this life
and left him the throne of one of the
greatest Powers of the earth.
There is said to be deepest gloom in
Panama over the outcome of the recent
election In this country. A correspond
ent at Panama cables: "The Isthmians
now believe that their fears are well
founded, and that the Isthmus Is doom
ed.” That is, they look for the United
Stales to gobble their territory. Sec
retary Taft is going down there soon
to tell the people they have nothing
to fear. Maybe he will be able to con
vince them that the man who was
their good friend at the time of the
revolution is not going to turn about
and eat them up.
FEHSOXAL.
—Haydn’s house in Vienna, where
he wrote "The Creation” and “The
Seasons” and where he died May 31,
1809, Is to be become the property of
the city by purchase.
—Mrs. W. S. Peabody, wife of the
Governor of Colorado, has been elect
ed to membership In the Archaeological
Institute of America. She was con
nected for some time with the Bureau
of Ethnology at Washington.
—Miss Ruby Cooke, daughter of
Lady Cooke of Easthope, England, is
believed to own one of the finest col
lections of dogs in the world, Including
Mighty Atom, which weighs just two
and a half pounds. Another of her
fads Is photographing, at which she
and her brother are experts. Also she
goes in for fine embroidery, plays the
guitar, mandolin and banjo (in addi
tion to the piano, of course), and is a
famous candy-maker.
BRIGHT BITS.
—“I should not think suoh a promi
nent man would care to have a cheap
cigar named after him.” "Why not?
He likes to have his name in every
one’s mouth.”—Town and Country.
—“Do you believe there is luck in a
rabbit’s foot?” “Well,” answered Mr.
Erastus Pinkley, after deliberation.
“I'll say dis much. It’s luckier to be
kicked by one of ’em dan by a mule’s
foot.”—Washington Star.
—“You don’t mean to say that you
gave that tramp something to eat?”
queried Mr. Polk. “Yes. I Just couldn’t
help it,” replied his wife, “for he re
minded me so much of you.” “You
mean he looked like me?” “Oh, no!
but when I asked him to do a little
work for me he said he hadn’t time.”
Philadelphia Press.
ITIIHBNT COMMENT.
The Philadelphia Record (Dem.) says:
"Temporary defeat will not prevent
Alton B. Parker from holding the posi
tion to which he Is entitled In the coun
cils of the Democratic party. These
people fondly err who Imagine that the
great constitutional and historic party
of the country is dissolved by tho re
sult of fhe election. The party has
too long been used to such extreme
popular manifestations to doubt a re
turn of the sober second thought of the
people.”
The New York Tribune (Rep.) says:
“Mr. John Morely, now In Washington,
Is agreeably surprised at his first ex
perience In American politics. He had
expected, he sa.vs, to find all business
practically suspended for six months
and the people excited, but Instead
lound the people calm and business the
most active In years. Asa matter of
fact, American Presidential elections
are probably growing less and less de
monstrative every year. Only when
some Issue of vital Importance Is to be
settled 1* there anything of the exclt
ment and delirium Mr. Morely expected
to find.”
The New York World (Dem.) says:
“Mr. Roosevelt's oportunitles to pro
mote the general welfare of the country
nre almost Umltlesa The greatest
danger that menaces his Administra
tion lies In his short-cut means to the
end. and In his predilection for meddling
unduly In International politics. It Is
unfortunately true that nothing human
Is foreign to Mr. Roosevelt, whether It
be In China or Tlmbuctoo or Patagonia.
But If h* can curb the desire to hear
the clank of the Hough Rider’s spurs
In Downing street, Wllhelmstrasse and
the Qual d’Croay—if he will devote hie
tireless energies to domestic
affair* and keep hie mailed
flat off the map of tha world—
ha le uapable of giving the American
people an Hdmlnlatraxion that will
ahlne forever in the history of the Re
public.”
Rather Prehistoric.
In a Virginia village, the pastor of
a small colored congregation was giv
ing a series of sermons on miracles,
says Short Stories. In the rear seats
of the little church were five or six
young people who had recently come
back from a college In a nearby state
with very different views on religion
than when they had left It. There
fore they were very critical of the old
preacher’s religious explanations.
On this Sunday he arose and an
nounced hts theme as follows:
“Breddern an’ sfstern. I shall dis
course dis mornin' on de power of de
miracle, as announced procedingly, an’
I am gwine tel take as example de
chillern of Isreal acrossin’ of de Red
sea. Der wus Moses on de brink of
de sea, and right behln’ him wus de
army of Pharoh. An’ all at once'st,
breddern. de sea froze over es solid
es a rock, an’ he chillern and Moses
walked across.”
At this moment one of the young
r.-.er. la the rear rose up and said:
“Why, parson, that can’t be possible,
'cause the geographies tell us that
water don't freeze at the equator.” The
old man hesitated a moment, and then
replied, scornfully: "I jest knowed one
of you young niggers wus gwine ter
dispute de work of de Lawd. Young
man, when the Red sea froze der
varn’t no geography, and der warn’t
no equator.”'
Want Educational Facilities.
Some communities of the Indian Ter
ritory. In their deep anxiety for the
privileges of education, appeal to the
Secretary of the Interior, says the
Kansas City Journal. The following Is
a letter written by a citizen of Gray
son:
“Mr. sektarey of the intar.
“Sur, I wish to ast you fur a free"
scool here in the town of Greyson i. t.
and we wish a free scool. our children
need a scool ’and we no it is in your
hand to sa and let us no. Pleze sur
give us a free scool, We hav 100 and
50 studnee all redda fur scooling. We
had a privat scool and becose every
boday wuld not pay up the scool stop
ed so if you can giv us a free scool
let us here from you.”
There are some fullblood Indians who
live in communities remote from the
tribal schools who are anxious for an
education and who are under the Im
pression that the government has es
tablished a boarding school. One of
them writes from Shakespeare, I. TANARUS„
as follows:
“I wont you to tell me how you do
charge to school at one month. 1
wont to know if you can board me,
how you do charge it and will pay
you every month.”
Fools and Their Money.
A stout woman rode up to the White
street entrance of the Criminal Courts
building on a bicycle late last Sunday
afternoon, rfays the New York Sun.
Sitting on the steps outside were half
a dozen men talking about the elec
tion.
“Beg pardon, gentlemen, * m a palm
ist,” said the woman, “and for 25 cents
apiece I will, without a doubt, tell you
in advance the returns of the election,
and who your next President will be.”
One man thought she was demented
and moved away. Another said he
would like to know, and produced a
quarter. Another man added a quar
iter. When she saw no more corning,
the woman opened a small bag she car
ried. Handing a card to each of the
men she said:
“Gents, look them over and I’ll re
turn for them in five minutes. Please
don’t lose ’em.”
The men looked the cards over. They
gave figures from various states which
the card f*aid Parker would carry.
Then one of the men happened to turn
the card over. On the other side it
said:
“I'm a fool, ain’t I?”
They waited nearly an hour for the
woman but she hasn’t come back yet.
Disappointment Was Too Great.
Admiral Johnson spent the summer
In the New Hampshire mountains, says
a contemporary. At his hotel one day
a conversation about shipwreck arose.
“Well, if I were shipwrecked,” said
a rich man, "I’d be sure, before I
drowned, to write a farewell letter,
seal it up in a bottle, and consign
it to the waves. Then my friends
would know what had become of me.”
But Admiral Johnson objected to
this course.
“It Is not wise,” he said, “to put
much trust in bottles. They often break
and sink, and often, when they are
found upon the waters, no heed is paid
to them. So many of them, you see.
are hoaxes. Did you never hear of
the old shellback who found a bottle
afloat at sea?
"Well, this man drew the bottle up
and as he opened it he said:
Rum, I hope. Gin, I guess. Pa
peral”
~ A , n<l J >ac * t to the water again went
the bottle and its contents.”
Question of Politeness. Not Opinion.
Representative Cooper of Texas tells
a story about Gen. Sam Houston of
his state and a practicing physician
who did not like the old general, be
ing strenuously opposed to him polit
ically, says the Nashville Banner. One
day, after a heated political discus
sion, the physician said:
“General, I like you well enough so
cially, but politically I would not be
lieve you on oath.”
“I would Relieve you, doctor,” was
the quiet reply of the general.
“Then, sir,” vehemently exclaimed
the doctor, "you have' a much better
opinion of me than I have of you."
“Not a better opinion, doctor, but I
simply have a little more politeness
than you have.”
Rills In Tronlile.
From the Irrigator.
I’ve got a letter, parson, from my son
away out West,
An’ my ol’ heart is heavy as an anvil
In my breast
To think the boy whose futur’ I had
once so proudly planned
Should wander from the path o' right
an’ come to such an' end.
I tol’ him when he left us, only three
short years ago,
He'd find himself a-plowin' in a mighty
crooked row;
He'd miss his father's counsel and his
mother’s prayers, too;
But he said the farm was hateful, an’
he guessed he'd have to go.
I know tha’s big temptation fflr a
youngster in the West,
But I believed our Billy had the cour
age to resist.
An' when he left I warned him of the
ever-waitin’ snares
That lie like hidden sarptnts in life's
pathway everywhere*;
But Bill he promised faithful to be
keerful, an' allowed
He'd build up a reputation that’s make
us mighty proud.
But It seems as how my counsel sort
o’ faded from his mind.
An’ now he's got in trouble of the very
worstest kind!
His letters come so seldom that I some
how sort o’ knowed <
That Billy was a-trampln’ on a mighty
rocky road.
But never once Imagined he would bow
my head In shame
An’ la the dus'd waller his ol' daddy’s
honored name.
He writes Iron: out In Denver, an' the
story's mighty short;
I Jess can't tell his mother—K’ll crush
her poor ol 1 heart 1
An’ §o I reckoned, person, you might
break the news to her—
Hill's in the Legielatur', but he doesn’t
■ay what furl
MR. MCHI'KZ WILL ROT GO BACK.
From the Philadelphia Record.
The following amusing exchange of
letters has been made public in Ne4lr
York:
BRISTOL SAVINGS BANK,
Bristol, Cbnn.
Howard A. Warner, President.
Miles Lewis Peck, Treasurer,
19, 26, ’O4.
Carl Schurz, Esq.—
Dear Sir: Your printed letter Is at
hand. Conditions here seem very un
satisfactory to you. I wonder you do
not return to your native land. That,
I think, is the best way for those who
do not like the views of the rulers of
this country—the voters. Yours re
spectfully, Miles Lewis Peck.
24 'East Ninety-first street, N. Y.
3 Nov., 1904.
Miles Lewis Peck Esq.—
Dear Sir: I thank you for your com
munication of Oct. 26. I have received
similar letters in the course of almost
every political campaign, but they
were uniformly anonymous. Yours is
the first one of which the author was
proud enough to sign it with his name.
This deserves recognition ar.4 entities
it to an answer.
Your demand that I should leave
this country on account of my politi
cal disagreement with Mr. Miles Lewis
Peck is unkind. I have lived in this
country over fifty-two years, and a,*,
to judge from your letter, you are still
young, it may be that I was one of
those voters, of whom you speak as
the “rulers of this country.” before
you were born. I have become at
tached to it. During that half cen
tury I have also tried to serve It, in
peace and in war, not to your satis
faction, perhaps, but as best I could.
And now to be turned out of it be
cause I do not agree politically with
Mr. Miles Lewis Peck of Bristol, Conn.,
is little short of cruel.
But the rule you lay down is also
unreasonable. In justice you will have
to apply it, as well as to me, to all
other persons in the same predicament.
You will then, supposing you to be in
the majority, send all those who dif
fer from you politically out of the
country—the foreign-born to their na
tive iands, and the native-born to the_
homes, of their ancestors. But It is
probable—l may say certain —that the
remaining majority would also divide
Into parties. You. being always of the
majority party, would then, according
to your rule, read the new minority
party out of the country. Now you
will see that this operation, many
times repeated, might at least leave Mr.
Miles Lewis Peck of Bristol. Conn.,
on the ground, lonesome and forlorn,
in desolate self-appreciation.
But It may also happen to you to
find yourself some time accidentally in
the minority of the voters, and then,
according to your rules, you would
also be sent out of our beloved coun
try, to the home of your forefathers.
This, no doubt, would be very dis
tasteful to you, and, I assure you, you
would have my sincere sympathy. It
should show you, however, how un
statesmanlike your theory Is.
Let us agree, then, that it is. after
all, best for us to respect one another’s
right as good Americans to differ po
litically, and that this country is large
enough to hold both Mr. Miles Lewis
Peck of Bristol, Conn., and his hum
ble fellow-citizen, Carl Schurz.
SUPPLY OF OXYGEN FOR FIREMEN.
From English World’s Work.
An experiment has recently been
made in Paris with an ingenious ap
paratus, invented by M. Guglielminetti
and M. Draeger, by means of which
it is possible to remain without tef&r
of asphyxia in places where it would
otherwise be Impossible to breathe. The
apparatus is automatic, that is. it
has no connection with the air out
side.
It is composed of a -tube containing
a provision of oxygen, sufficient to
last a man for breathing purposes for
more than an hour, and a helmet of
aluminum fitting the head exactly by
nutans of a pneumatic pad. The oxy
gen is supplied automatically to the
man’s mouth and the air exhaled Is
received in a compressible bag.
It passes through a regenerator with
granulated daustlc potash, which ab
sorbs all the carbonic acid. A fire
man, provided with this apparatus,
went down into a cellar In which plies
of damp straw had been lighted, and
although there was suffocating smoke
from this, he remained In It for nearly
three-quarters of an hour without be
ing at all Inconvenienced by It.
TREE PLANTING ON TEXAS PI.AIN'S.
From the Galveston News.
The Fort Worth and Denver Rail
road is doing a good many good things
for the pan handle country. Not the
least promising of these is its effort
to promote the growth of forest trees
upon the plains. The prospective bene
fits are several. The trees will fur
nish firewood and fence posts, and it
is believed they will promote a more
even distribution of rainfall, lower the
temperature of the sometime hot winds,
and protect the crops from tsunh winds.
More than 16,000 trees were planted
in 1903, very nearly all of them be
ing of the jafack locust species. The
benefits are not altogether prospective.
One of the tree planters, A. Frinster
wald of Mobeetle, reports that for three
years past he has been getting fence
posts from seedlings planted seven
years ago; that during this time he has
got sufficient posts to keep his fences
in repair and to biiild fourteen miles
of new fence. It looks very much
as If this tree planting propaganda
would result in a beneficial revolution
in the pan handle country, greatly in
creasing its agricultural possibilities.
A REMARKABLE OPERATION.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.
How'ard W. Ferris, of Batesburg, S.
C., has Just returned to his home with
no lung or ribs on his right side, aft
er undergoing a hazardous surgical
operation at the Hahnemann Hospital.
Ferris had so far improved that the
surgeons were confident of his com
plete recovery. The operation was per
formed last August.
Ferris contracted pneumonia while on
a trip as a traveling salesman, and
for weeks was in a critical condition.
Physicians at his home removed pleuri
tic effusion from time to time, but
he failed to recover strength, and came
here. After a rib had been removed
last July a second operation was per
formed on Aug. 20. Dr. Carl V. Vls
cher cut out the affected lung and the
ribs. Twice while the tedious opera
tion was in progress the doctors
thought the patient had succumbed, but
each time saline injections revived him.
The rest wus a question of good nurs
ing.
A DOG’S FAITHFUL VIGIL.
From an Exchange,
When John Weakly walked from his
home, a few miles from Vineland, N.
J., to Newfield to catch a train for
Philadelphia, he laid upon the platform
while he bought a ticket a package he
was carryirig. The train came, he
hoarded It and forgot all about the
package. When he returned in the even
ing Weakly found his dog, which had
followed him to the station, guarding
the package. The animal hud stuck to
it all day, snapping at any one who at
tempted to take it.
THE W AR SPIRIT IN MOSCOW.
From the Moscow Gazette.
In our war with Japan we are like
a man attacked by a viper. It is not
enough to frighten it and leave It to
hide in a bush; it must be destroyed;
and We must do this without consid
ering whether England and the cos
mopolitan plutocracy object or not. No
quarter and no prisoners should to* our
motto.
Constipation
Headache, biliousness, heartburn, lndi.
gestion, and all liver uu M cur(K , hf
Hood’s Pills
Sold by all druggists. 25 cents,
SAVANNAH ELECTRIC CO.
WINTER WEEK DAY SCHEDULE.
Effective Nov. J, 1904.
ISLE OF HOPE LINTE.
Between Isle of Wop* and 40th Street
Sts
MS -- 6:00 i:00
coa J’J® 7:00 2.00
Ills 2:, .°. ! V°o°o 3 ”
iMo 3:30 ' 10:00
4*o i 11:00 VV*
••• • • s.Sti „ . . .:
7:3* I:s°
e , A . ,•••••! eV.vv
I l '*® *n-4s
_ . *Via Montgomery to city. ” 5
getween Isle of Hoe A Thunderb^TT
ArM Sle p° f x? ope -
-8:0$ ?;°°. \IH •;
*ll .nn *0.4.2 n 38
ii-OO *9-50 7S*
?12-mlnute wait at Sandfly.
Parcel car, passenger trailer.
nt„' IONT r jOMICnY SCHEDULE
Between Montgomery and 40th Street.
Lv Montgomery. LvT^OthSt!
<*:? •£> i!;lJ its
”>!& 8;8 {:
•Connects with parcel car for city
tThrough to Thunderbolt.
wait at Sandfly going to
Between Montgomery & ThundeboTl
A ; .¥• A. M. pTm:
600 3:05 7:22 3:38
.53 5:50 8:22 g.j*
8 7:3 S
MILL-HAVEN SCHEDULE.
Effective July 13. 1903.
Leave Whitaker and Bay streets.
n.M. A. M. pm PM
*!;• 10:00 i?i
•700 L°. : iP 1:20 900
7- 20 iV-oe 1:00 6 >
•20 12:00 jmo 7:20
|. 00 *:2O J 00
.1? 4:00 8:40
-* 20 4j4 0 ....
. Leave Mill-Haven.
P.M. PM.
voo 12:20 B 49
*V* 40 1:40 6:29
1:52 |:2O 7:00
S'?? , 8:00 7:40
?.?? *:4O 8:20
iolo :::::
•Dally except Sunday.
-*•* y Evening special.
I*ave Whitaker Leave Mill
an<L?i*y St*- Haven.
P-M. . p.M.
,?; 20 9 40
10.90 io : 20
10:40 li.oo
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.
COLLI XS VII,I .F. LINE.
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. ears leave
City Market for W r aters 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.
WEST END LINE (Lincoln Park)
Car leaves west side of City Market tor Ida
coin Park 6:UO a. m. and every 40 minutes
thereafter until 11:45 p. m
Car leaves Lincoln Park for Market 0:20a. m
and every 40 minutes thereafter until ISo'clock
midnight.
FREIGHT AND PARCEL CAS
Leaves east side of Cltv Market for Thunder.
t*>H- Cattle Park. Sandfly. Isle of Hope and alt
intermediate points—Oils a, 1: l& p. m.,:R
p Leaves Isle of Hope for Sandfly. Cattle Park,
Thunderbolt and all intermediate points—LOO
a. in., 11:00 a m . 1:00 p. m
Freight car leaves Montgomery at 5 M a ut.
and 2:85 p. m., connecting at Sandfly with rs C'
ular parcel car toi city.
Parcel car from the city came* freight te
Montgomery on each trip.
Regular parcel car carries trailer on eaoh
trip for accommodation of passengevw
Any further Information regarding paste*
fer sohrdule or freight service can be had ay
applying fo L. R. NASH. Manage*
A PARADOX .
Qn to the Golden Gate,
n comfort all the wray,
.et any one gtunsay;
Burn oil to keep you clean.
Unhealthy smoke
Reminds yon no more.
Nor cinders in your eye*
galore.
Exhaust your patience and
pleasant mien.
Remember the
SOUTHERN PACIFIC to all
points
Ixnitolann, Texas, Mexico M**
Californio. Special rate* to
Louisiana, Texas, New Moxloo
and Arizona In November and
Decent her.
Information cheerfully jrlven,
J. F. VAN RENMKLAEK
General Agenv
13 Peachtree street Atlanta, Go.
—
Lovers of poetry and music, as well
as the woman of fashion, will treasure
the Deoember (Christmas) Delineator,
which contains, as a prominent feat
ure, a selection of Love Lyrics fronj
the Wagner Operas, rendored
English by Richard Le Oalllenn# and
Illustrated In colors by J. C. IST*-
decker. The fiotton Is contributed r
well-known writers and the depar'
mente are attraeetve and helpful.
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