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The Weather.
The Indications for Georgia and East
ern Florida for to-day are for fair
weather, with variable winds.
Mr. Carnegie doesn’t think universal
peace will be possible before the year
8000. That will give the steel trust a
considerable time to earn profits on
war manufactures with which to pay
Interest on its bonds held by Mr.
Carnegie.
The St. Louis Exposition will prob
ably not be called on to pay that
*IOO,OOO airship prize. Meanwhile it
has got more than *IOO,OOO worth of
free advertising out of the competition.
Why did not the management think of
It in time and offer a prize of *500,000
for a competition between perpetual
motion machines?
Some of the New York papers are
commenting with praise and appre
ciation on a bit of courage and orig
inality showed by Miss Alice Roose
velt the other evening, on the first
night of the grand opera. The Globe
■ays: "She arrived early, in time to
hear all of the first act. What won’t
this young woman do next!”
The Board of Aldermen of New
York has passed an ordinance limit
ing exhibitions of skill, speed and en
durance to three hours' time. The
measure is aimed specifically at six
day bicycle races. It is claimed that
to new law will “stop the painful
•nd demoralizing exhibitions of self
torture which excite a morbid and un
healthy public interest, and against
which the better sentiment of the
community is crying out.” At the
same time a measure Is being prepar
ed for enactment by the next session
of the Legislature of New York that
will revive prize fighting.
It has been promulgated as anew
policy of the President'* cabinet that
cabinet secretaries will not attend
banquets and other functions and make
speeches, except on such occasions as
they can properly do so as public offi
cer*. The President !• credited with
having expressed the opinion that there
has been too much running around
the country and banquet speech-mak
ing bv the cabinet officers, and thst
they would do batter to stay In Wash
ington and attend to their duties. It
seems a little odd, by the way, why
the president didn’t think of this thing
prior to the election. Pretty nearly
stl of the members of the ra bluet left
to go on the slump for
u .tel.
A SPECIAL TARIFF MESSAGE.
The President has completed his
message, and it Is understood he
doesn't discuss the question of revis
ing the tariff. It is said it is his pur
pose to discuss that subject In a special
message. That he favors revision
seems to be assumed. The fact that
there Is a good deal of heated discus
sion of the question of tariff going on
within the Republican ranks Is a sat
isfactory indication that the Presi
dent's mind is turned in the direction
of reducing at least some of the tariff
schedules. He seems to be of Jhe opin
ion that the tariff declaration of the
Republican platform does mean some
thing. In fact, he has said all along
that if the tariff needs changing it
ought to.be changed by Its friends. As
the Republicans claim to be its
friends, and they now have an ample
majority to do as they please, it
wouldn’t be at all surprising if, in a
special message, he should favor a
pretty substantial reduction.
Immediately after the election, in
discussing the question of tariff revi
sion, it was noticed that he gave the
most attention to what was said by
those leaders of his party who are
known to favor tariff reductions, and
it is being pointed out that there is
considerable anxiety among the
great industrial trusts, those which
are the chief beneficiaries of the tar
iff, as to what the President is likely
to say in regard to the tariff if he
should send a special message to Con
gress on the subject.
It is believed that the Increasing ex
penditures of the government will
make It absolutely necessary to lower
the tariff in some important particu
lars so as to Increase Importations,
and thus increase the revenue. The
estimates for the navy alone for the
coming year call for $114,000,000.
The Idea is being thrown out by
those who are opposed to revision
that the thing to do to increase the
revenues is to put a tax on tea and
coffee. It is doubtful, however, if a
tariff tax of that kind would be pop
ular even with the Republicans.
It is evident that the Republican
leaders see that some of the tariff
schedules will have to be reduced In
order to satisfy the revisionists in
their own ranks. The "stand-patters”
will have to make some concessions to
the revisionists. If they refuse there
will, In all probability, be trouble in
the ranks of the party.
TWO STIIANUE CASKS.
In the great cities there are frequent
happenings that are out of the usual,
and some of them are so strange as
to arouse general Interests and excite
a great deal of comment.
One case of. this kind occurred in St.
Louis this week, phases of which are
appearing in our dispatches every day.
Stephen Putney, Jr., of Richmond, Va.,
aocompanied his mother and sister to
the St. Louis flair. Young Putney is
the son of a prominent man, reputed
to be a millionaire. He remained at
the hotel one evening while his mother
and sister went to the exposition.
When they returned he was nowhere
to be found. Thinking he had gone out
somewhere for a while they were not
alarmed, but when towards midnight
he didn’t make his appearance they or
dered a search for him. He has not
been found yet, though it Is said a
trace of him has been discovered in
Kansas City, from which place an an
nonymous letter has been received say
ing that his whereabouts will be dis
closed on receipt of a certain sum of
money. It may be that the writer of
the letter knows nothing about the
boy, but hopes to get money from the
anxious parents by pretending to know
where he is. His disappearance was, of
course, mentioned in the newspapers,
and unscrupulous persons could easily
pretend to be able to produce him.
The other case is that of Charles D.
Reohr, the secretary of the Traders*
Union Life Insurance Company of New
York. A day or two ago Mr. Reohr
was arrested on a street car by a well
known detective, who charged him with
having stolen a scarfpln from a passen
ger on another street car. The detec
tive handcuffed him and dragged him
to a police station, where he was a
prisoner during one whole night. The
detective said that he was standing on
the side of the street and saw Mr.
Reohr, while standing on the platform
of the oar, commit the theft.
At the hearing before the magistrate
no one appeared claiming to have lost
a scarfpin, and Mr. Reohr showed by
his sister that he had boarded the car
on which he was arrested only a few
moments before the arrest was made,
and that he went directly to the car
from an elevated railway station,
where he had been to put her
on an elevated train. Before going
to the elevated station he and his sis
ter were In a fur store, where they
went to make a purchase. On his own
behalf Mr. Reohr said he had not been
on the car on which the alleged theft
was committed.
Naturally he Is very much aggrieved
and has announced his purpose to have
the detective prosecuted for perjury,
and to sue the city for damages. In
his opinion there never was a rob
bery on the car In question and that
the detective was drunk. The police
authorities, however, say the detective
wasn’t drunk, but they oannot explain
his strange action if no robbery was
committed. It seems Impossible that a
man of Mr. Reohr’s standing could
have committed the theft, and it ap
pears hard to believe that the <Rtee
tlve could have arrested an entire
stranger without a very good reason.
It is one of those strange cases for
which there doesn’t seem to be any
explanation.
Two steamships sailed from Tacoma,
Wash., the other day for Japan, with
heavy, mixed cargoes. One of them
carried 2,t00 bales of cotton and the
other eome 3.000 bales. Both carried
steel rails, tobacco and harness. The
cotton, of course, was ahlpped by rail
across ths continent from the Houth.
When ths Panama canal has been com
pleted, cotton, tobacco sod Iron ship
ments Intended for ths Orient will t>#>
shipped from a Southern port -New
Orleans, Usivsstoa or SftVsnnsS.
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 26. 1904.
LAWSON’S STORY,
When Thomas W. Lawson of Bos
ton began writing his story; “Fren
zied Finance.” in one of the maga
zines, It was thought by many that
he wouldn’t fulfill the promises he
made in the opening chapter, but those
who entertained that view are discov
ering they were mistaken. The story
is more sensational than anything that
has appeared in print in many a day.
It exceeds In human Interests anything
the yellow journals have been able to
discover, and it Is written in a style
that catches the popular fancy. It is
claimed that the magazine that Is
publishing it has reached a circulation
of more than 600,000. When It is re
called that this magazine had only a
moderate circulation before It began
publishing the matter furnished by
Mr. Lawson, it can be readily seen
what a tremendous interest there is In
the kind of a story he is telling.
Asa matter of fact the people like
to read about millionaires and their
doings, even though the story is print
ed in a dime novel series, but when It
is printed in a reputable magazind and
Is written by a man who is a reputed
millionaire himself, and is known to
have participated In some of the most
sensational deals in Wall street, as
well as In the financial streets of other
cities of the country, the story has a
double interest.
Mr. Lawson pretends to tell of the
tricks and the lawless methods by
which the magnates of finance accu
mulate their great fortunes. He re
veals how the Legislature of a great
state was bought and raises the veil
on gatherings of financiers who were
assembled to agree upon plans for
fleecing the public.
Mr. Lawson doesn’t deal In abstract
statements. He gives the names of
the men who took part in the deals
by which investors were to be de
prived of their cash without being
given value received. He goes Into
details and gives conversations that
reveal the Inmost secrets of brokers,
bankers and financiers for piling up
great fortunes by means not recognized
as strictly legitimate. The rottenness
of the morals of these men, who stand
so well in their communities, Is alleged.
It Is impossible of course to say
how much truth there Is in the story
which Mr. Lawson is telling, but It Is
a sensational story without a rival,
and It is a story that tends to confirm
the belief of the people respecting Wall
street men and methods.
INCREASING CROP ESTIMATES.
The bears of the cotton market seem
to get a great deal of satisfaction
from the latest report from the gin
ners. According to that report there
had been ginned up to Nov. 14, 8,808,-
762 bales against 6,176,348 last "year.
It Is argued from this that the crop
will go above 12,000,000 bales.
In advancing this argument the bears
may be right, though the fact must
be taken into consideration that the
season was much earlier this year than
it was last, and that the season has
been exceptionally fine for picking ever
since It began. It is reasonable to
suppose, therefore, that the greater
part of the crop was picked early, and
was sent to the gins as fast as picked.
Of course, against this It is to be staid
that the exceptionally fine weather
for picking has enabled the farmers
to gather a much larger percentage of
the cotton than Is the case when the
season for picking is bad.
Still, there are good reasons for
thinking the bears are not far out of
the way in estimating the crop at 12,-
000,000 bales. There is undoubtedly a
great deal of cotton in the country
yet. Those who Wave traveled through
the cotton belt recently report that
in all the towns and at the ltailroad
stations a great deal of cotton is vis
able.
Assuming that the crop will reach
12,000,000 bales, the price ought to re
main around 10 cents. The markets
of the world were pretty bare of cot
ton when the present season opened,
and a crop of the size indicated isn’t
more than enough to satisfy the world’s
needs.
But the cotton farmers ought to be
careful not to over plant the coming
season. The indications are that the
acreage will be increased. The greater
sale of fertilizers is one indication. A
13,000,000 bale crop next yetar might,
and probably would, send the price of
cotton down to 7 cents. If not lower.
We want to grow enough cotton to
supply the world’s demand at a price
that will yield a fair price to the cot
ton growers. We don’t want to grow
cotton that will simply help make the
spinners rich. What they would like
to have is 5 cent cotton. At that price
the cotton farmer would find it hard
to get enough money to buy the neces
saries of life and pay his taxes.
As Americans, the people of this
country admire the Japanese, as Asiat
ics. They are willing to admit that
the little brown men are highly in
telligent, progressive, artistic and pa
triotic in a marked degree; that they
are soldiers and sailors and builders
and manufacturers worthy of all re
spect. But the Japanese are not want
ed as American citizens. A strong
movement has been started by the la
bor organizations to put them on the
same footing with the Chinese In our
immigration laws. Why are the Jap
anese not wanted? Is it not likely
that they would make as desirable an
addition to our population as the
hordes from Southern Europe that are
pouring into 'the country? The Jap la
not more of a cheap laborer than the
South Italian.
The completion of the Cape Nome
telegraph and cable line has revived
the project of telegraphic communica
tion with Asia by way of Bering sea.
It la now proposed that Bering sea
shall bo crooned by wireless telegraphy.
The distance from Cape Prlnc* of
Wales to East Cape on the Siberian
lltde is only about twenty-five mile*.
At East Cape connection could lie made
with the Russian telegraph company
holding th* Siberian franchise with
out great difficulty. By this rente. It
la claimed, a more certain and direct
line of communication with <’hlna, Ja
pan and the Far East could be estab
lished, and th* cost of transmission
would be Isas,
“The New York World prints a
letter from an Alabarpa man who
says he “feels constrained” to ex
press his opinion as “a true and pa
triotic American citizen of the
South,” to the effect that “if the Re
publican party should continue its
dangerous policies fr the next four
years and should triumph In the
next national election, the thirteen
states which voted for Alton B.
Parker should secede from the Un
ion and by force of arms resist an op
pression which means the early fall of
our great republic.” Bosh; poppy
cock; also fudge! The man probably
lost $2 on the election, and has look
ed momentarily ever since for the sky
to fail. And yet we confidently ex
pect to see this foolish opinion quoted
in some of the hide-bound Northern
Republican newspapers as representa
tive of Southern sentiment. For in
stance, it is just the sort of thing
that the Philadelphia Press would de
light to give publicity to.
When the Americans were cleaning
up Santiago and Havana they had un
limited means behind them, upon
which to draw. Gen. Leonard Wood,
as commandant at Santiago, ordered
that city to be thoroughly scrubbed,
drained and disinfected. He wasn’t
worried about where the money was
to come from to pay the cost. He
knew that Washington would furnish
it, in any amount that he might think
necessary. Now, the Cubans haven’t
any such resources on which to draw
for expenses. They are poor and
struggling. It is well enough to keep
these facts In mind when comparisons
are made of sanitary conditions now
and what they were under American
occupation. Meanwhile, Cuba is un
der obligation to this country to keep
clean and thus prevent dangerous fev
ers becoming epidemic. Maybe Cuba
will ask f us to let her have the money
with which to pay for the necessary
soap and chlorides.
American shipyards seem to be do
ing a good business In furnishing the
Far East belligerents with torpedo
craft of various kinds. Our dispatches
yesterday reported the arrival at Yo
kohama of five submarines from the
United States. an£ some days ago the
shipment of similar craft to the Rus
sian government was reported. In
half ft. dozen shipyards of the North,
it is said, men are working extra time
on torpedo boats for one or the other
of the fighters. Yet no question seems
to have been raised respecting a breach
of neutrality by this government in
permitting the ei-aHt to be constructed
and shipped. ’
The airship, competition at St. Louis
has developed about all of the various
sorts of accidents that can befall an
apparatus of" the kind, but not much
else.
PERSONAL.
—Mile, de areville, at one time lady
in. waiting to Empress Eugenie, is liv
ing in poverty in New York.
: ,OV 3,';*
. —Prince Aziz Hassan, nephew of the
Sultan of Turkey and a consin by mar
riage to the Khedive of Egypt, has ar
rived at San Francisco. He has been
making a tour of the country, and is
about to cail to the Orient.
—S. F. Nicholson of Harrisburg was
elected recording secretary, and Rev.
Floyd W. Tomkins of Philadelphia, a
member of the Executive Committee,
at the convention of the American An
ti-Saloon League, just held In Colum
bus, O.
—Prof. Robert Mead, chief of the
irrigation and drainage Investigations
of the Department of Agriculture, has
been selected to give expert testimony
for the government in the three-cor
nered legal contest betwen Kansas,
Colorado and the general government
for the control of the waters of the
Arkansas river for irrigation purposes.
BRIGHT BITS.
—Amateur Vlolincellist—“What’s the
next piece on the programme?” Neigh
bor—“SouSin’s orchestral fantasia,
•Night Among the Pyramids.’ ’’ A. V.
(much .taken back)—“Why, sir, I’ve
Just played that.”—Punch.
—“I alius knew Reub would turn
out a kindhearted boy,” said the old
lady, wiping away a teir with the
corner of her apron. "In this here let
ter he sez: 'Please send me another
*25. The other all went to feedin’ the
kitty.’ ” Cincinnati Commercial-
Tribune.
—“What d'ye want?” asked the
coachman at the kitchen door. "De
boss o’ de house sent me ’round here,”
replied the tramp, “an’ said you was
ter gimme anything I needed.” “All
roight. Come out to the stable an’
Ol'll turn the hose on ye.”—Philadel
phia Ledger.
CI RKENT COMMENT.
The Boston Traveler (Dem.) says;
“The news about a possible Parliament
in Russia seems too good to be true.
If Port Arthur would fall and the Japs
defeat Kuropatktn in the north, the
reactionaries who brought on this war
would have the last props knocked out
from under them and the Czar could
almost be depended on to stand by the
constitutionalists. As it is things look
bright. Think of It —only one newspa
per in Russia violently opposed to the
scheme for parliamentary govern
ment.”
The Houston (Tex.) Post (Dem.)
says: "The South is sectional only
under the compulsion of circumstance.
In every respect except the one fateful
and peculiar condition which it un
derstands as no other can understand,
it is broadly national. If the President
will advise himself instead of being
advised by the preconceived notions of
an unreasoning doctrinaire, he will find
the genuine American spirit as virile
in the South as In the North: and we
belteve he will find among this peo
ple a deeper and less selfish patriotism,
a broader nationalism and a less ma
terialistic manhood than he can find
in any other part of the country.”
The Home Market Club is catching
It from all sides for Its militant “stand
pfttism.” The Hartford Times (Dem.)
replies to Secretary Clarke: "It is
‘sectionalism’ to ask the people of any
state to say where they stand on the
tariff question. Yes, but there's going
to be a great deal of this new section
alism before ths business Is settled.
It is odd how quickly the man who
seeks any Improvement In law or ad
ministration In this country la called
a traitor. Wa havs often heard the
trusts and overprotegted Interests In
this country likened to ths slavery
system, to which. Indeed, the favored
Interest# combined in support of the
present tariff bear a marked resent -
blance.”
These Twins lln<l Fan.
WilHam S. Skolfield of Lewiston
pulled out a faded old photograph
from his pocket, says the Lewiston
(Me.) Journal.
"There,” said lie, “Is the picture of
the two most remarkable twins that I
ever knew—the late 001. Alfred N.
Proctor and the late Capt. Albert E.
Proctor. Their features, dress and
manner of speech were precisely the
same.
”1 used to know them well when
they lived in East Boston. I remem
ber once I met them on the boat from
Boston to New York. They were go
ing over to New York with the Ancient
and Honorable Artillery of Boston, for
they were both distinguished veterans
of the Civil War. I had a gentleman
friend with me, and just as I was
about to go aboard the boat. I met, as
I supposed, Col. Al.
“ ‘Colonel.’ said I, ‘let me Introduce
my friend, Mr. So-and-so.’
“ ‘Col. Al?’ said he. ‘Why, you must
be mistaken; this is Albert!’
About an hour later, as we were well
out of the harbor. I was promenading
the deck with my friend, and I met,
as I supposed, 001. Al. again. This
time I was sure of tt, and I stepped
up to him with a most confident air.
“ [Col. Al’—said I.
“ ‘Now, look here,’ said he, ‘you just
Introduced me to this gentleman. Col.
Al is down in the cabin!’
‘‘After that,” continued Mr. Skolfield,
as he slowly put the picture away In
an inside pocket, ‘I never pretended
to distinguish the two men. The only
possible way that I could do it was to
see them together, and even then it
was very difficult. They prided them
selves on their wonderful resemblance,
and they dressed and talked and acted
as near alike as possible.
“Years ago we used to have a social
organization in East Boston, and we
used to hold assemblies every winter
1n Maverick Hall, of the old Maverick
House. It was a regular thing for Col.
Alfred and Capt. Albert to exchange
partners without anybody knowing It.
“ ‘I believe you are engaged to me
for this dance,’ 001. Al would say, go
ing up to a lady and making a pro
found bow.
“The lady would Immediately assent,
and after a swing around the hall, up
would come Oapt. Albert looking for
his partner, and so they had it back
and forth.
‘‘l remember one night at 11, just as
the last dance was on, Capt. Albert
came up to me and, with a twinkle in
his eye, said:
“ ‘Now, see me fool Hattie!’
“Now, Hattie was Cos!. Alfred’s wife,
and as he went up to her he most po
litely held out his arm and said:
“ ‘Well, Hattie, don’t you think It
is about time for us to be going
home?’
“Well, sir, she got up and took his
arm without the slightest hesitation
and walked to the dressing room. It
was not until they had 'actually start
ed for home that Clapt. Albert explain
ed, and she was as surprised as any
member of the party.”
Professional Courtesy.
“When I was a boy,” remarked T.
E. Ryan of Waukesha, according to
the Milwaukee Sentinel, as he caught
sight of some old patriarchs who sent
him Into the restrospective mood, “I
went into the Circuit Court room in
Madison, where George B. Smith and
I. S. Sloan, two of the greatest law
yers of their day, were trying a case
as opponents. Mr. Sloan had a habit
of puncturing his address to the court
with the expression, ’Your honor, I
have an idea.’ The case had been
dragging its weary length through the
hours of a warm summer day, when
Mr. Sloan said: ’Your honor, I have
an Idea—r-”
“Mr. Smith sprang to his feet, as
sumed a dignified position, and with
all solemnity imaginable, said:
“May it please the coure, I move
that a writ of habeas corpus be is
sued by this court immediately to
take the learned gentleman’s idea out
of solitary confinement.’
The judge smiled, the lawyers
laughed, the spectators burst forth in
a round of applause, and Mr. Sloan
was effectively squelched.”
The Well-To-Do Brother.
Frank Ver Beck, the illustrator, has
a brother who is a very successful
business man, says the Saturday Even
ing Post. Among a party of visitors
to Mr. Ver Beck's studio, one day re
cently, was a lady who met him for
the first time, in the course of the
conversation one of the callers made
a reference to this brother.
‘Some friends of mine,” observed the
lady, "know your brother. I believe
he is very well to do, is he not?”
“On the contrary,” replied Mr. Ver
Beck, sadly, "he is very hard to do. I
asked him to lend me *5 last week,
and he had the impertinence to say
that when I returned the five I bor
rowed last summer perhaps he would
think about letting me have this one.”
The Poor Artist’s Provider.
It is related of the late Mr. Whis
tler, says Leslie's Weekly, that he
went one day with an artist in Paris
who was not overburdened with this
world’s goods, and was surprised at
the sumptuous lunch provided. On ask
ing him how he managed to live so
well, his host replied: "I have a pet
monkey, which I let down from my
window by a rope into that of my
landlady and trust to Providence.
Sometimes Jacko returns with a loaf
sometimes with a ham. His visits are
full of surprises—one never knows
what may appear.”
Meditation Upon Modern Science.
From the Chicago Tribune.
They tell us that for centuries man
has made grave mistakes
In coping with his sicknesses—hia fe
vers and his aches—
And when we meekly try to tell what
grandma used to do
To cure a cold or stop a chill the doc
tors erv "Pooh! Pooh!”
The face of old Hippocrates is turned
against the wall.
The wonder is that anybody ever grew
at all.
They tell us that the carpets and the
big upholstered chairs,
The wells and cisterns and the rest of
all the old affairs
Were most unsanitary, and whoever
drew a breath
Within a rod of one of them was sim
ply courting death.
They’re burning sulphur in the chest
with grandma’s quilts and
shawl—
The wonder 4s that anybody ever grew
at all.
They tell us that our mothers and
grandmothers all were wrong—
In fact, they roast great-grandma in
some language that is strong,
And great-great-grandma comes in,
too, for criticism rough—
Because they let their children eat so
much unhealthy stuff.
And. oh, they vow 'twas wicked that
they did not let us bawl—
The wonder Is that anybody ever grew
at all.
They tell us that the Infant who ar
rived a month ago
Is handicapped by him or her of this
last day or so.
Because the newer children have the
vaatly greater chance
Of profiting by science in Its very last
advance.
The memories of childhood are the
sort that should appall—
Tbs wonder is that anybody ever grew
at oIL
PIG MIGHT HAVE CAUSED WAR.
London Truth recalls a curious tale
of the Falkland Islands which might
have caused war between England and
the United States, but which is now
quite forgotten.
On one of the main islands Is Stan
ley, where the Governor and a few
British reside. The Islands produce
grass, turnips and pigs. These pigs
used to be much Bought by American
whaling captains. The Governor al
ways insisted that they were British
property. The captains insisted that
they were wild pigs. During the Cri
mean War an American whaler appro
priated a pig, and then put into Stan
ley. The Governor classed the pig as
British, and when the captain refused
to give it up Imprisoned him.
A few days later an American ship
of war put into Stanley under the
command of Capt. Lynch. The cap
tain, hearing that an American citizen
had been clapped into prison by the
Governor, demanded his release, ask
ing the Governor if unprepared to
comply, to remove his women and
children, as the town would be bom
barded. The Governor released his
prisoner, and presumably the pig, and
sent an account to the colonial office,
and the British legation at Washing
ton was directed to insist upon an
apology.
Mr. Marcy, Secretary of State, ex
plained that Lynch was nervous be
cause he had had domestic trouble.
Britain could not accept this excuse,
but dropped the discussion, for with
a war with Russia on her hands it
was just as well not to get into hot
water with the United States.
Possibly, Truth suggests, the great
international question of the pig is
still undecided.
HANDLING TIIE LOADED GUN.
From the American Field.
Persons when hunting in company
with others should exert the utmost
caution to prevent accidents. In climb
ing over fences the loads should be tak
en from the gun or the safety on
the gun should show “safe,” for often
it occurs that the rapping of the gun
stock against a fence-rail will jar the
gun off, and if a companion is within
line with the gun’s muzzle serious con
sequences are sure to follow. We fre
quently hear of such accidents, and
it is too late to remedy matters after
the mischief has been done, therefore
we say to our great army of readers:
never climb over or crawl through a
fence—rail, board, or wire—without first
seeing that your gun is in such shape
that a rap or a fall will not cause it
to be discharged.
It is also well when hunting with one
or more people to know where one’s
companions are all of the time and
to refuse to shoot at a bird going in
their direction unless the bird is high
enough so that that the charge will
go over your companion’s head. It
is far better to lose a dozen good shots
during a day than to fake one and
at the same time injure a friend, for
more birds can be found, while a ser
ious Injury to a companion, in many
instances, can never be repaired. The
writer has observed the above rules for
twenty-five ye’ars and has never had
an accidental discharge of his gun or
in the slightest manner “peppered”
a hunting companion, and others can
do as well if they will use necessary
precaution.
THREE SCHOOL ESSAYS.
From the National (London) Review.
On Babies.—Babies are very trouble
some and want a great deal of nurse
ing. We must hold them upright for
they have no bones to support their
backs only grisle. They want a bath
every morning and are very cross
when tebthtng, you must not let them
walk before they are old enough or
they will get bolleged.
On a tea party—l should like the
party to be held in the open air.
I am willing to have strawberry fla
vored Jelly after everything else. If it
is a tea party, the first thing I should
'like, is a cup of tea, and a piece of
bread and butter. Next, I should like
a little strawberries and cream, and
last of all strawberry flavored jelly.
On Benevolence.—l am a rich man I
live In Victoria Park I go visiting all
morning. In the afternoon I sit and
smoke, and at night I go to a dance.
With my young lady. Another day
starts I visit the poor people, then I
provide a soup kitchen. And I have
plenty of friends, for where their is
money their’s friend. I send my boys
to college to learn to speak correct.
My wife is busy in choosing which
cloths to put. on. I will now enclose
my letter.
HOW THE CAVERN RAT FINDS ITS
WAY.
From Tit-Bits.
The cavern rat, found In the Mam
moth Cave of Kentucky, is of a soft
bluish color, with white neck and feet.
It has enormous eyes, black as night,
but quite unprovided with irises.
These eyes are perfectly insensible
to light, and, when the experiment has
been made of catching a cavern rat
and turning it loose in the bright sun
light it blunders about, striking itself
against everything, is unable to pro
vide itself with food and finally falls
down and dies.
In its native depths, however, it is
able to lead a comfortable enough ex
istence, as its enormously long whisk
ers are so extremely sensitive that
they enable it to find its way rapidly
through the darkness. The principal
food of the cavern rat consists of a
kind of a large cricket, of a pale yel
low color, and which, like most cave
dwellers, is perfectly blind.
THE SQUAT OF A SHIP.
From the Iron Age.
Ships In motion in relatively shal
low water have a greater draft than
when at rest under the same condi
tions of loading. This interesting and
Important fact has been developed by
a recent investigation in New York
harbor. It has long been recognized
that the stern of a vessel in rapid mo
tion has a tendency to settle, but it
now appears that the entire shlo takes
what is known as a “squat”* under
such conditions. The importance of
the fact may be realized when it is
stated that a ship supposed to be
drawing twenty-nine feet of water,
passing over a bar where a depth of
thirty feet exists, will almost inva
riably strike bottom, even though her
speed be relatively slow. The magni
tude of the “squat" has In some cases
been found to exceed four feet.
—The late Col. W. C. P. Breckinridge
of Kentucky was a man of tremen
dous vitality. Once while engaged as
counsel in a case at Louisville which
lasted thirty days, one of his col
leagues In Congress died. Before going
to the court house to make an argu
ment In the case he wrote a two-and
n-haJf column obituary notice of his
old friend. He spoke at the court
house, closing the arguments of the
case In question, for three hours and
a half. Just as he sat down a mes
senger informed him that he was book
ed to make a speech to his constitu
ents at Ports at 2 o'clock, and at that
moment a special car was sidetracked
at th# depot to take him to the meet
ing. He left the building, summoned
a waiter from a restaurant to bring
him a sandwich and a cup of coffee,
and then took the train for Paris,
where he made a speech of three hours’
duration, which was pronounced one
of the greatest he ever delivered In
any of hia political rampaigua.
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WINTER WEEK DAY SCHEDULE,
Effective Nov, l, 1904.
isle of hope Tine!
■gptween Isle of Hope and 40th Street.
A V M 0U p S \r Lv - Is ‘e of Hope,
file P ‘ M - ——. A. M. P.m.
7 i’2*w 6:00 1:00
830
S;“o 2 : 30 . l : : °o°o 0 ° 0 3 -°<>
11-30 3:30 10:00 :*OO
11-30 Vll*' 11:00
Si 10 ....... 7:00
- - * v| a Montgomery to city.
Between Isle of Hope & Thunderbolt:
v ’J sle ° f Hope. Lv. Thunderbolt
- A. M. P.m.
••••• *3:00 .... *l-60
T. 22 6:00 T:2B *6:60
♦ .f 00 >8:23 6:38
*ll.OO *9:50 7-s*
2-minute wait at Sandfly.
Parcel car, passenger trailer,
MONTGOMERY SCHEDULE.
Between Montgomery and 4 oth Street
Lv, Montgomery. Lv. 40th Sc
*5:50 llVso 1 * J g-^S
t 7-53 V* h ' 10:30 J:’8o
t7 o’. s A If oj, ...... *l*o
to’ nr ~— r 5*30
•Connects with parcel car for city
“hrough to Thunderbolt,
8 ml nut 9 at Sandfly going to
Between Montgomery & Thundeboll
A. M. P. M. A. M pv‘
6:50 3:05 7:22 3*B
:53 5:50 8:23 6:88
MILL-HAVEN SCHEDULE.
Effective July 13, 1903,
a Jf* ave Whitaker and Bay street*.
™ n r n PM * ps£ -
10:00 12:40 5:20
•non 2222 1:10 6:00
700 2:00 6:40
720 12:06 3:40 7io
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-9 20 4:40
. Leave Mill-Haven.
A. M. A.M. ivr P M
*7-00 ?w* 12:20
•4 22 1 :4# i:oo
7.20 -.... 91440 4:10
740 3:20 7:00
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’TTTRPAY evening' RP PICT at.
Leave Whitaker Leave Mtll
an<* Bay St*. Haven.
P.M. i ' pv
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THUNDERBOLT LINE.
City Market to Casino and Thunder
bolt via Bolton Street Junation.
Beginning at 6:30 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 5:63 a. m. cars leave
Live Oak Station for city every bait
hour until 12:08 mldnlght
COLLINSVILLE LINE.
Beginning at 5:48 a. m. cars leave
Waters road and Estill avenue every
30 minutes until 11:48 p. m.
Beginning at 6:15 a. m. cars leave
City Market for Waters road and
Estill avenue every 30 minutes until
12:15 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. T:80 A. M.
6:45 P. M. T:3O P.M.
WEST END LIN* rr. In coin Park.)
Car leaved west side of City Market for Lie
coin Park 8:uo a. m. and every 40 minutes
thereafter until 11:48 p.m.
Car leaves Lincoln Park for Market :*. t
and every 40 minutes thereafter until lto'olook
midnight
FREIGHT AND FARCRLCAK
Leaves east side of City Market for Thundss
*>’■ Cattle Park, Sandfly. Isle of Hopeand all
intermediate pointe—:Ua. m„ l;15p.
p. m.
Leaves Isle of Hope for Sandfly, Cattle Park,
Thunderbolt and all intermediate points—6-00
a. m., 11:00 a m.. 3:00 p. m. POinw-e.w
Freight car leaves Montgomery at 5.50 a. m
and 2:88 p. m., connecting et Sandfly with re t
ular parcel car foi city.
Parcel car from the city carrio* freight to
Montgomery on each trip.
Regular parcel car carries trailer on each
trip for accommodation of passengeut
Any further Information regarding P*sae
ger schedule or freight service can be had by
applying to L. U. NASH. Manages
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