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The Weather.
The indications for Georgia for to
day are for rain, with east winds.
Eastern Florida rain, with brisk east
to southeast winds.
The participants in that “war” at
Zeigler, 111., are almost as poor marks
men as the gunners of the Baltic fleet.
Nearly every passenger steamer ar
riving at New York. Boston and Phila
delphia brings in its steerage from a
dozen to fifty Russians who are run
ning away from home to avoid service
in the army. Meanwhile Japanese are
returning home from all parts of the
world for the purpose of enlisting.
Speaker Cannon has expressed the
opinion that there will be no important
legislation by the session of Congress
■which begins to-day with the excep
tion of the passing of the regular ap
propriations bills. That means the
Bpeaker. who occupies a somewhat au
tocratic position, will see to It that
there shall be no tariff revision.
The engineer who rebuilt the forti
fications at Port Arthur for Russia
after the evacuation of that point by
the Chinese and then later the Japa
nese, was a brilliant genius. This Is
shown by the success that the Rus
sians have had in holding the place
against the most shrewd, desperate
and persistent attacks. The central
idea In constructing the chain of for
tifications was that each fort should
be under the guns of several other
forts, so that in the event of one be
ing captured by an enemy a concen
trated fire from several others could
be turned upon It. Even 203 Meter
Hill, about which there has been so
much talk in the dispatches recently,
is under the fire of several other forts,
so that it is by no means sure that
the Japanese will succeed in holding It.
A contemporary notes that a corre
spondent of the Manchester (England)
Guardian, "after a three-months’ trip
through the cotton belt of the South,"
is convinced that the question of In
creased acreage depends almost entire
ly upon the temper of the negroes,
"who are at once the most shiftless,
contented, thriftless, happy people In
the world." He says the bulk of the
cotton Is grown by negro tenant-farm
ers, and that It rests with the Indolent
negro whether or not the South turns
out cotton enough for the world. It Is
difficult to Imagine where this corre
spondent of the Manchester Guardian
<ould have spent his three months In
the cotton I*'lt and secured such gross
intslnforiiidtlon. All of the fsds go to
also* that the great bulk of the cotton
crop Is raised by while farmers, and
I*ol l*e pi uport 100 of while lei met s Is
otoaany it* teasing.
the fight ox the boll weevil.
The proceedings of the convention
that has keen called to meet at
Shreveport to consider the question of
the possible extermination of the cot
ton boll weevil will be watched with
interest throughout the civilized world
by persons Interested In the cotton
trade. The success or failure of the
cotton crop of this country Is a mat
ter of largest moment, not only in
the United States but in other coun
tries as well. And that the production
of cotton in large quantities is threat
ened by the boll weevil is a fact too
well known to need to be commented
upon. So far, It Is true, the weevil
has appeared in only two states —
Texas and Louisiana—but the authori
ties agree that it is only a question of
time when it will cover the entire cot
ton belt if means are not found to stop
its progress. It is the purpose of the
Shreveport meeting to evolve a prac
ticable plan of checking the advance
of the weevil, if possible.
Two of the men best Informed with
respect to the boll weevil are Prof.
Stubbs, head of the Louisiana Agri
cultural Department, and Prof. Mor
gan, the chief entomologist of that
state. And they agree in taking a
rather gloomy view of the outlook.
The Guatemalan ant has dropped out
of sight. Nobody is paying a great
deal of attention to it now, and no
body expects it to solve the boll wee
vil problem. Prof. Stubbs expresses
the opinion, in the New Orleans Pic
ayune—in which opinion Prof. Mor
gan coincides—that the only way to
get rid of the pest is to suspend the
production of cotton in the territory
infected by the weevil; to prohibit
cotton growing absolutely in such
territory, until such time as the bugs
and their ova have been starved and
killed off.
In view of the fact that cotton is
the main dependence of the people in
the territory in question, it would be
necessary for the states and the gen
eral government to come to the re
lief of the planters during the period
in which they were prohibited from
planting cotton. The cost would be
very large, and there is some doubt
that the states and the gen
eral government could be read
ily induced to make the nec
essary appropriations to reim
burse the cotton planters in the affect
ed territory. But if that is the only
way of getting rid of the pest,
wouldn’t it be a matter of economy to
adopt that policy at the earliest possi
ble moment?
THE BISHOP POTTER IDEA.
The “Bishop Potter saloon” idea seems
to be taking root here and there. It
doesn't appear to have had much
growth in New York city, where it
first cropped out as the Subway Tav
ern, but elsewhere it has made friends.
A few days ago we called attention
to the fact that the Episcopal Bishop
of the Pittsburg district of Pennsyl
vania had urged the adoption of the
“Bishop Potter saloon” in that city—a
saloon where there Is recreation for
workingmen and thetr families and
where there is no treating or excessive
drinking—and now it is stated that the
local ministerial association of Winni
peg, Man., is about to start a “Bishop
Potter saloon” in that city. It will be
located on a residence street and will
have a swimming bath, a gymnasium
and a reading room.
Winnipeg is a thriving city, and
doubtless there is a great deal of
drunkenness there. The purpose of the
ministers is to lessen drunkenness by
establishing a saloon where the aim of
those who visit it will not be so much
to get liquor as to pass a pleasant
hour or two. Their idea is that many
men get to be drunkards from going
to saloons where there is more or less
treating. There may be some who will
acquire the drink habit In the “Bishop
Potter saloon,” but the chances are
that the number will be small In com
parison with the number that acquire
it in the saloon where treating is en
couraged.
MEXICO ON A GOLD BASIS.
During the first Bryan campaign the
sllverites used Mexico as one of their
standing arguments. It was a happy,
prosperous and progressive country,
they said, and this fortunate condition
of affairs, it was claimed, was wholly
due to the fact that the government
permitted the free coinage of silver.
At that time the talk was that under
no conceivable circumstances would
Mexico abandon silver. It was said
the Mexicans were so sure they were
right in their financial theories that
nothing could Induce them to restrict
the coinage of silver. The Mexican
people were looking forward to the
time when they would practically own
the world, because of the prosperity of
their country on a silver basis.
It turns out that everything that
was claimed for Mexico wasn't true.
The Mexicans have begun to see that
their silver money and silver standard
do not bring the prosperity it was
expected it would. Therefore Mex
ica has arranged to get on a
gold basis. The proposed basis
isn't quite In harmony with the
gold basis in this country, but it will
doubtless lift the government out of
Its financial troubles. The ratio be
tween silver and gold Is to be 32Vi to
1, Instead of 16 to 1. The government
thinks the ratio It has adopted will
enable the silver miners and mine
owners to get rid of their silver at
a much better advantage than if the
ratio of this country should be adopt
ed. The chances are, however. It Is
mistaken. In Its finances It will be
out of touch with all the great com
mercial nations. Mexico, whiM she
was getting on a gold basis, should
have gut *n the one ot/upleil by the
gold standard nailer,*. She will find
eventually that she will have to take
that position. China Is thinking of
adopting the gold standard, if she
does she won't adopt the halfway meas
ure that Mexico bus.
The most sbsent-mlnded man In th#
country has been discovered |ti New
York. He forgot that be wuss mar
ried men, and went off and took to
himself a second wife. He will be
given lime to collect bis wits in state's
prison.
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: MONDAY. DECEMBER 5. 1901
THE DOGGER BANK EPISODE.
The Washington Post takes the posi
tion that the United States government
shouldn’t have accepted the invitation
to take part In the North Sea Commis
sion, for the reason that the American
Commissioner will have to decide the
most of the questions that will arise,
and that the chances are that we shall
either make an enemy or lose friend.
It is the fact of course that the
American Commissioner will be the
arbitrator on whom will devolve the
duty of deciding the questions on which
the commission will divide. He will
be the unprejudiced and unbiased ar
bitrator, the one whose country is
farthest removed from the parties at
interest. But why should either Great
Britain or Russia take offense at this
country If the American commissioner
shouldn’t decide in accordance with
the views held by one or the other of
them, as the case might be? Both
know that he cannot decide so as to
give entire satisfaction to both, and
each ought to be able to see whether
or not he decides in accordance with
law, precedent and common sense. If
he does, neither will have cause to
complain, and if he doesn't this coun
try ought not to be blamed, for it
seems to be admitted it has chosen
wisely in sending Admiral Davis to
act as one of the commissioners. He
is represented as a man of high char
acter and judicial temperament.
But how could the United States re
fuse the Invitation to take part In the
arbitration? They are committed to
arbitration as a means of settling in
ternational difficulties. If they had
refused to accept the invitation and
assist Russia and Great Britain in set
tling their North Sea trouble they
would have admitted practically that
they had no confidence in that means of
adjusting international troubles. They
would have been In no position to ask
another nation to arbitrate difference
they might have with a foreign power.
Of course there is a chance that
Great Britain or Russia will not be
satisfied with the decisions of our
commissioner, but that is a chance we
must take. As long as we belong to
the great family of nations, and sanc
tion arbitration, we cannot refuse to
lend a helping hand in arbitrations
whenever called upon to do so.
MISTAKEN ABOUT THE SOUTH.
The Northern papers will get tired
after awhile probably of printing and
commenting on letters they are receiv
ing from Alabama, Virginia and some
of the other Southern states in which
it is said that the thirteen states
which voted for Parker should secede,
that the South will never fight another
political battle, that the Southern peo
ple have abandoned all hope of ever
having another Democratic President
and stuff of that sort. As far as we
Wave observed the Southern people are
not in despair over the political situa
tion. The few who are had probably
picked out the office they expected to
get in the event of Parker's election.
Their disappointment has been so great
that they have been compelled to give
expression to it in doleful letters to
Northern publications.
Of course, the people of the South
are greatly disappointed at the result
of the election, but they don’t feel
that the Democratic party Is going out
of business or that the South is not
going to have any voice in the gov
ernment in the future. On the con
trary, those who look at the political
situation philosophically are practical
ly sure that at no very distant day
the South will have a big share in
the government. The Democratic party
has suffered other just as great de
feats and within a comparatively short
time was in control of the government.
The South is the most conservative
part of the country as it is the most
American. The time is coming when
there will be need for her conserva
tism and Americanism, and it may
come soon. In the meantime she is
getting along all right. She is grow
ing rich. She Is turning her unoc
cupied lands into productive fields and
is building factories ‘and opening her
mines. Her prosperity will not be
checked by the failure <sf the Demo
cratic party to get control of the gov
ernment at the recent election. Let
those who think there will never be
another Democratic President write
letters to the Northern papers if they
want to. It will do them good to
express their disappointment, but let
the people generally give their atten
tion to their fields and factories and
rest content with the assurance that
the South and the Democratic party
are coming to the front again. They
will not be disappointed.
Delegates to the National Convention
of the Woman’s Christian Temperance
Union, in session at Philadelphia last
week, are highly indignant at what
they regard as a most outrageous piece
of business on somebody's part. A
great mass meeting was held one even
ing In the Academy of Music, for which
an elaborately printed programme had
been prepared. Imagine the horror of
the delegates when they saw on the
page opposite that which contained the
name and portrait of their beloved
President, a flaring advertisement ad
vising that after the meeting the read
er of the programme should go to a
restaurant near-by and get a bottle
of a certain beer. In another place
there was un advertisement suggesting
the use of a certain brand of whisky,
because of Its alleged purity and age.
And furthermore, cigars of various
brands were advertised In the same
folder. The blue ribbon people think
that they were 111-used.
Another Ideal shattered! The coun
try has become fairly familiar with
"Bill" Sewell of Aroostook county,
Maine, the friend and hunting guide of
President Hooscvelt. “Bill" has always
been described as a big, brave, typical
backwoodsman and hunter, somewhat
Illiterate, but possessed of an abund
ance of mother-wit; the sort of man
who loves to live In the open and has
mile patience with the intricacies of
liolitlcs. liui, It seems, “Bill" Is a poli
tician, after all, and Is making use of
his friendship with the President to
obtain stt office. He wants to be col
lector of the port at Houlton, and a
dispatch says he le hustling for In
dorsements to be sent to tbs President
Daring the next three weeks this city
will be infested with boy thieves. They
have already begun their depredations.
These thieves are white boys; and the
worst feature of the business is that
their parents nearly always uphold
them in their larcenies and pilferings.
The boys are anticipating Christmas
and gathering material for bonfires in
the Park Extension. They do not
hesitate to break In anywhere that they
can find a barrel or a box than may
be emptied of its contents and carried
away to be added to the store of com
bustibles. Nor do they stop at barrels
and boxes, but steal also whatever
pine wood or loose boards or scantling
that they can lay their hands on. Com
plaints to their parents are invariably
met with the response, "Oh, it’s only
the boys’ fun; if you insist I'll pay
for what they have taken; but let them
have their fun.” That is to say, it
Is all right to steal to make a holiday.
The police are practically powerless to
prevent the raids of the boys, as they
are operating everywhere, In groups.
It seems to have become an establish
ed custom in Savannah that petty lar
ceny shall be indulged in each Christ
mas season; and the parents are re
sponsible for it.
Every year, at the close of the foot
ball season, when the casualties have
been counted up, there is considerable
talk of endeavoring to have the game
prohibited by legislation. A strong
movement of the kind has been started
in Illinois, where several young men
have been fatally or seriously Injured.
But It is not likely that anything will
come of it. The fatalities from the
game up to and including the Thanks
giving matches numbered thirteen.
When it is considered that thousands
of men in all parts of the country took
part in the games it will be seen that
the percentage of fatalities was very
small. The hunting season and the
football season opened about the same
time—in September. From Sept. 7 to
Thanksgiving day sixty-six fatalities
due to hunting had been recorded. Why
wouldn't it be just as sensible to move
for a legal prohibition of hunting, if
chances of accident are to be taken as
the basis from which to govern sport?
The annual slaughter on the railroads
is a much more serious matter than
either the fatalities on the football or
the hunting field.
When Italy has presented a statue
of Julius Caesar to the United States
it would seem to be In order for Mene
lik, Negus of Abyssinia, to come across
with a statue of his distinguished for
bear, King Solomon.
PERSONAL.
—The King of Italy has bestowed
one of the highest honors in the gift
of the Italian crown upon Salvatore
Pizzati, millionaire and philanthropist
of New Orleans. It Is Knight of the
Crown of Italy and was bestowed In
recognition of Capt. Plzzati’s princely
gift to the Italian poor of his home
city.
—Miss Bessie H. Smith, daughter of
a farmer near Richfield, N. J„ has en
tered her name In Paterson as a can
didate for mail carrier. She wants a
rural free delivery route. Before mak
ing her application Miss Smith under
went a physical examination and the
doctor assured her that she was in the
best of health. The work is arduous.
The carrier must report at the postof
fice in all sorts of weather at 6:30 a.
m. Miss Smith is well educated and
thinks she will have no difficulty in
filling all the requirements which in
clude a knowledge of horses and the
delivery route, which covers sixteen
miles. The salary for the first year is
$550. Out of this the carrier has to
supply a horse and vehicle.
BRIGHT BITS.
—The Maestro’s Advice—“ The ques
tion is. Do you love him?” “No, I
don’t.” “Then marry him, by all
means. If you really loved him it
might interfere with your career."—
Puck.
—Applicant—“Yis, sor; Oi’m out av
wur-rk. Oi used to be a mothorman
on th’ trolley, but Oi got discharged fer
recklessness.” Mr. Bubbles (inter
rupting)—"Good! I’ll engage you as my
chauffeur.” —Judge.
—“What do you think of this idea
of voting by machine?” “Well,” an
swered Farmer Corntossel, “I under
stand that politics is run by machine
up to that point. I don’t see any rea
son for stopping.”—Washington Star.
—Deacon Jones—“Didn t I see you
coming out of a saloon last evening?”
Slingsby—"Lucky for me you didn't
see me when I was going in. I might
have had to pay for somebody else's
drink besides my own.”—Boston Tran
script.
CURRENT COMMENT.
The New Orleans Picayune (Dem.)
says: “As for the South, its plain
policy Is to attend strictly to Its own
business and devote Itself to getting
rich by the development of its extra
ordinary material resources. With the
increase of wealth and population the
South will regain Its political power
and be as great as ever.”
The Boston Traveler says: "The
proposed amalgamation of the seven
branches of the Presbyterian church
would gerrymander the President of
the United States into the denomina
tion that harbored Harrison and Cleve
land. Mr. Roosevelt Is of the Reformed
communion, one of the seven, formerly
known as the ‘Dutch Reformed.’ ”
The Mobile Register (Dem.) says:
"There Is a movement to oust Gov.
Vardatnan from the presidency of the
forthcoming anti-boll weevil convention
to be held in Shreveport, the reason
being that the convention expects to
ask for the sympathy and aid of Mr.
Roosevelt's administration and of a
Republican Congress; and there is
more than a suspicion that Gov. Var
daman Is persona non grata In that
quarter. Gov. Vardanian might sud
denly astonish the world by doing the
reasonable thing of resigning the presi
dency, but—well, we do not expect It.”
The Houston Post (Dem.) says: "So
far as the South Is concerned. It will
do just what appears to be necessary
four years hence. If It Is proper to
put forward a Southern candidate, he
will be urged not beoause he Is a
Southern man, but because he is a na
tional Democrat, one who represents
the noble purposes and lofty Ideals of
a national party, The South has a
number of su<h men, and when the
Judgment of the party concentrates
upon such nuui he will he nominat
ed. Very likely, the next nomine., win
be a Southern man. If so. It will not
be because of tbe stale or section of
his residence, but because of his supe
rior avellsbtllty as a candidate. South
ern Democrats era not sectional."
An Ere Specialist.
J. K. Perry, representative of
Faulkner & Cos., a woolen firm of Chi
cago, wears a glass eye, and he doesn’t
care who knows it, says the New York
Globe. Concerning this he told the
following:
“If you are ever troubled with your
eyesight,” said he, "and wish to have
the defect remedied, see that you go
to a genuine specialist. I have only
one eye now, and I am naturally care
ful about looking after Its welfare.
Not long ago my eye did not seem
to 'burn' Just as brightly as usual,
so I went to a man in Chicago who
claimed to be a specialist in diseases
of the eye. He took me Into his con
sulting room and requested me to stand
in the light, so that he could get a
good look at my eye. As he examined
it from time to time he shook his
head gravely.
“ 'How is it?’ I asked, trying to sup
press a smile. 'Anything serious?’
“ 'You have gout In your family,’ he
replied evasively.
“ ‘No, and there never has been,’ I
said.
“ 'Well, at any rate, you have it
yourself; I can see that from your
eye.’
“ ‘Anything else wrong?' I asked.
“ I must be frank with you,’ he re
plied; 'that eye of yours requires im
mediate attention or you will Jose the
sight of it in a short time. I think I
can give you something that will
quickly fix the trouble.’
‘‘Well, I thought that specialist had
carried his bluff far enough. When I
hold him he had been examining my
glass window all the time he began,
of course, to blurt out all sorts of ex
cuses, but I fled.”
How Hanna Saved John Ellsler.
Perhaps no other of the many anec
dotes which have been told of the
late Senator Marcus A. Hanna, says
Success, shows more clearly the man’s
true greatness, his steady loyalty to
his friends, and, withal, his innate
business shrewdness, than the follow
ing about the strong right hand of
helpfulness, which he once held out,
in time of need, to old John EUsler, the
dramatic manager.
About the time that Mr. Hanna
took up his home in Cleveland, Mr.
Ellsler, whose career is, to-day, one
of the traditions of the American stage,
built the Euclid Avenue Opera House
there. He had put practically all his
money into the venture, so that, when
some enemies started to drive him
to the wall, with the intention of buy
ing in the property at some merely
nominal figure, they had very little
trouble in forcing the house into the
hands of the sheriff. Mr. Hanna had
met Ellsler, and liked him; moreover,
he felt that the effort to bring the
best “shows" into the West was one
that deserved well; so, on the day of
the sale, he was on the edge of the
crowd that had gathered to see the
new theater change hands.
The bidding ran well, with Mr. Han
na always a little in the lead, till,
at length, it went to him. Then he
made Mr. Ellslefi his manager on
shares, backed him up generously, and,
in general, so guided and guarded the
destinies of the house that, at length,
it passed again into Mr. EUsler's sole
control, the transaction having prov
ed, finally, advantageous for all con
cerned.
Xotliing Unnsnnl About That.
“What’s the meaning of this word
‘trite?’ ” asked Archie, according to
the Chicago Tribune.
“I can tell you better by illustrat
ing it,” said Reggie. “Suppose you
hear a conversation of this kind;
“ 'How do you do, Miss Flyppe?
Beastly weather for the time of year,
isn’t It?”
’’ ‘lt’s perfectly horrid.’
“ ‘I don’t think I ever saw worse
weather. Did you?’
“ ‘I never did. Never in my life.’
“ ’Coming around the corner, I
thought the wind would blow my head
off. Beastly wind, isn't it?’
“ ‘lt’s just horrid.’
“ ‘The weather man says it’s going
to rain, doesn’t he?’
“'I think he does. I hate rain;
don’t you. Miss Flyppe?’
“‘I detest it. It’s horrid.’
“Now do you get the idea?” said
Reggie.
“ ‘No; blest if I do!" said Archie,
more mystified than before. “That’s
exactly the way I always talk when
I call on a young lady.”
Why He Couldn't Sell.
"Solly Joel, the wealthy South Afri
can racing rrtan, once wagered a friend
100 pounds that he could stand on
Westminster Bridge for two :hours
offering golden sovereigns for sale at
sixpence each and be unable to get
a bid, so suspicious is the average
person, says the New York Telegraph.
On a rainy evening he appeared at
one end of the bridge, shabbily dressed,
and, holding out a handful of sover
eigns, urged passersby to purchase one
for sixpence.
Not a pedestrian halted, and the
friend who had bet became desperate.
Grasping the arm of a seedy-looking
fellow, he thrust half a crown into the
man's hand.
“Here, my good chap,” said he, "take
this half crown and buy one of those
sovereigns the gentleman has for sale
there!"
The man took the money, put It in
his pocket, and said, with a grin:
"B’lime, gov'nor, not I—"arf crowns
is too scarce!” and he hurried across
the bridge, while Joel gave his friend
the laugh: and the two hours being' up,
collected his bet.
Side Lights on History.
It was a quiet little poker game—
archaic, of course—on Mount Ararat at
high tide, savs the Chicago Journal.
Noah had Just raised the pot limit,
and everybody dropped out but Shem.
“Call him,” exclaimed Japhet. “It's
a cinch, for the Bible says he has only
two of a kind.”
But it proved bad advice.
Noah had a full house. Later he
made more room by letting the dove
out for an airing.
Adam hud Just received news of
the death of his divorced wife, Lilith.
"Now,” he said, "Eve no longer has
any excuse for Jealousy.”
And he began to hum one of the
latest and most popular songs of the
day:
"There's Only One Girl in This
World for Me."
The rntient Darky-
Tile Hon. John Sharp Williams, lead
er of the minority in the House of Rep
resentatives, says that one day while
leisurely driving down a road near
his home town in Mississippi, he obser
ved a darky reclining under a tree
near the roadside, says Collier's Week
ly. The negro was gazing lazily up
through the branches of the tree, and
a hoe lay beside him In the cornfield
adjoining the road there could be seen,
Mr. Williams slates, many weeds im
peding the growth of the grain.
"Wlf.jt are you doing there, Mam?"
asked Mr. William*.
"I'se hash to hoe dal corn, sah," was
the answer.
"Then, what are you doing under the
tree —resting*"
"Net exactly, ash. I ain't hardly
testin', 'cause I ain't Hred. I'm wall*
in' US dr sun to go down, *o j an,
quit work.'*
ST. LOIIS FAIR FIXAXCES.
From the New York Globe.
No official statement has been made
of the finances of the St. Louis
World’s Fair which closed Nov. 30,
but certain preliminary estimates
have been made. From these it ap
pears that the holders of the $15,000,000
of the stock of the exposition will be
lucky if they receive back 6 per cent,
of the sums they paid in. In addition
to the $15,000,000 contributed by the
stockholders, $5,000,000 from individual
stockholders, $5,000,000 from the city of
St. Louis, and $5,000,000 from the na
tional government, something like $35,-
000,000 was expended by the national,
state, and foreign governments, by in
dividual exhibitors, and for mainte
nance by the exposition company. Of
this total $50,000,000 spent, besides the
$4,600,000 loan returned to the national
government which was a first Hen on
the receipts, approximately $900,000 is
left.
The total admissions to the fair were
19,000,000. Of these the astonishing
number of 6,000,000 came in free. The
receipts from the 14,000,000 paid ad
missions were approximately $6,000,000.
From concessions about the same sum
was realized. The value of the expo
sition salvage is estimated to be sl,-
000.000. Total receipts, actual and
prospective, are thus $13,000,000. Of
this sum $4,600,000 went to repay the
government loan, and the remainder,
except the small balance, went for
running expenses.
The city of St. Louis is $5,000,000 in
debt on account of the fair, and her
citizens $5,000,000 poorer on account of
their subscriptions. As an offset, city
and citizens have the gains that have
come from entertaining the exposi
tion multitude. Yet some conserva
tive citizens are of the opinion that
these gains do not equal the losses
accruing from a derangement of reg
ular business and the slump certain
to come when the artificial stimulus is
gone. The amount contributed to the
fair is reckoned as dead loss—-as a
large expenditure for pride feeling. It
is not surprising to learn, therefore,
that St. Louis now looks at a world’s
fair as Chicago did in the fall of 1893
—as something to be endured once,
but never again attempted. St. Louis,
however, gains what satisfaction she
may from contemplating the fact
that her fair was the largest, if not
the largest attended, in the world s
history, and that she carried through
the largest municipal undertaking of
such a character ever attempted by a
city of similar population.
AUTO BEAT LOCOMOTIVp.
From Locomotive Engineering.
Press dispatches say that a gasoline
motor car recently built for the James
town, Chautauqua and Lake Erie Rail
way has proved to be a great success,
when a preliminary test was made.
The gasoline motor is a 150 horse power
engine, and when the initial trip was
made by the officers and directors of
the road, an ordinary steam locomotive
was made to accompany its rival In
case the gasoline machine failed. The
steam locomotive ran along a track
practically parallel to the one on which
the motor car moved. A run of about
twelve miles was made, from James
town to Bemus Point, along the shore
of Chautauqua lake. The distance was
covered in fourteen minutes, which in
cluded slow downs for curves and poor
track. The motor car traveled at about
sixty miles an hour and incidentally
ran away from the steam locomotive,
which was doing its best to see that
the motor car did not come to grief.
WOMEN NOW CARRY CANES.
New York Telegram to the Pittsburg
Gazette.
If you would be really up to date,
and all that a society girl should be,
you will have to send immediately for
a cane. Two women at Newport are
carrying canes, consequently all must
follow suit. “The lady and the cane”
has so far not appeared in Fifth ave
nue, but time will remedy the defect,
as the migration from Newport is now
on and winter homes will soon be open.
The first woman at Newport to affect
the walking stick was Mrs. J. C. Mal
lory, and now her friend, Mrs. Casimer
Derham, has joined her in the novelty.
They are creating quite a sensation
with their daily promenades, swing
ing sticks man-fashion. However, as
Mr. Harry Lehr, the social arbiter, has
not yet set the seal of his approval
on the innovation, a breathless public
waits to see if it shall be given his
imperial O. K. before getting into the
swim.
SAGE MAKES AN HONEST PENNY.
New York Telegram to the Pittsburg
Dispatch.
Russell Sage sent cold chills chasing
down Wall street's spine this after
noon by calling $20,000,000 of loans. The
stock market went to pieces in ten
minutes, and call money advanced
from 3 to 4 per cent. Apparently sat
isfied with the market, Mr. Sage put
out his money at 4 per cent. He had
scarcely done so when the Committee
of Safety poured millions into the
street, breaking the rate at 3 per cent.
The market began to recover at once.
When the gong rang at 3 o’clock trad
ers were trying to get their stocks back
again.
By this transaction Mr. Sage is
richer by one-three hundred and six
tieth of 1 per cent, on $20,000,000. This
amounts >to $555,55 —quite an honest
penny for a man of 87 to make in half
an hour.
IKON RING FROM BLOOD.
From the London Globe.
"Iron in the blood” expresses, no
doubt, a chemical fact as well as a fig
ure of speech, but probably not one
In a thousand, even among chemists,
ever saw ferrtim sanguinis materialized
to visible metal. This feat, however,
has been performed by M. Barruel,
head of the chemical laboratories of
Paris. M. Barruel, who has In his
time practiced much phlebotomy on
the human subject, has systematically
extracted chemically the ferrum from
the other constituents. This he trans
formed Into minute globules or
"pearls” of Iron. At last the Idea oc
curred to him to have them all welded
together, and the result is an Iron ring,
made from human blood, which he
wears on his finger.
FISH LEAP ASHORE BY TONS.
Sayvllle (L. I.) Cor. New York Times.
Great schools of deep sea fish dash
ing at torpedo boat speed through the
surf and far up on the beach are de
lighting and astonishing 'longshore
folk near this place. The fish are
from one to two feet long and of a
variety seldom seen In shoal water.
Their action Indicates that they are
fleeing from some peril of the ocean.
Old sailors declare that the advent
of the flsh Indicates an Impending vol
canic disturbance of the ocean's bed,
and that the creatures have felt its
first warning shock. In the meantime
natives are salting flsh down by tons.
OITLIVKM HIS PA LI. BK ARE HA.
Manchester (Va.) Telegram to the
Philadelphia Record.
gpencer T. Hancock, a well-known
merchant, will to-morrow celebrate his
eighty-first birthday and tbe fiftieth
anniversary of his marriage.
More then alxty years sgo his health
was bad. and he prepared a list of his
pallbearers. All of these are deed. and
he haa prepared a fresh list. Mr. Han
cock was one of those who rushed to
California In lHi when gold was dis
covered. From one of the nuggets of
gold he found he had a wedding ring
made for bis wife.
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WINTER WEEK DAY SCHEDULE.
Effective Nov. X, 1904.
ISLE OF HORElInel ~
Between Isle of Hope and 40th Street
iijf S:JS
1-30 ° 8:00 3-00
11-30 8:30 10:00 4:0 a
11,30 Vl-* 11:00
k -to 5:00
• M 2 * 100
...” io;3o
*Via Montgomery to city.
Between Isle of Hope & Thunderbolt"
i V J sle ° f Hope. Lv. ThunderboU
P *. AM - v*
800 6:00 Sl'- 22 *® ; so
•noo ::::: . illl Vit
512-minute wait at Sandfly.
_ Parcel car, passenger trailer
moxtgomery'scheduleT —
Between Montgomery and 40th Street.
Lv. Montgomery. TvTToth St
•5:50 llVso 1 * ;. A gfo Vso
t7:58 Vi:**. 10:30
. 8 : 5 .° I
♦Connects with parcel car for citv
'Through to Thunderbolt.
city " min Ute WaU at Sandfly SOing to
Between Montgomery & ThundeboltT
A fi -n A. M. pT m.
600 3:05 7:22 3:38
..53 5:50 8:22 6:38
MILL-HAVEN SCHEDULE.
.Effective July 13. 1903.
Leave Whitaker and Bay streets.
A.M. A. M. pm PM
6 : 40 12: <0 5:2$
•7 on I ;2 ° 6:00
700 11:20 2 : oo 6-40
7;20 12:0$ 2:40 7:20
|°2 *:2O 8:00
\i° n 4:o# 8:40
9 20 4:40
. Leave Mill-Haven.
•e 5v P-M. PM
®;2 12:20 6:40
700 11:40 i;00 *6:05
V-4n 1:40 6:20
2;1? 2:20 7:00
“■2O 8:00 7:40
!?2 2:40 8:20
••40 4.20 9:00
10.20 •. •• 6:00 ••
♦Daily except Sunday.
EVENING - SPECIAL!
Leave Whitaker Leave Mlll
and Bay St*. Haven.
P -M. p.m.
9:20 9-40
10:00 loiaS
10:40 11:00
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 LINE!
Beginning at 5:4S a. m. oars leave
Waters road and Estlll avenue every
30 minutes until 11:48 p. m.
Beginning at 6:15 a. m. cars leave
City Market for Waters road and
Estlll 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. 7:3,0 A. M.
6:45 P. M. 7:30 p. M.
WEST END LINE CLlansln Park)
Car leaves we 8 t side of City Market for Lta.
coin Park 6:UO a. m. and every 40 minutes
thereafter until 11:45 p.m. ' w
Car leaves Lincoln Park for Market 6:90a. as.
and every 40 minutes thereafter untlll? o’olook
midnight
FREIGHT AND I’AROFLCAR.
Leaves east side of City Market for Thunder
wi- Cat i le Parl f' , SaD o d ? v Isl ° f nd all
intermediate points—: 15a. m„ 1;I5 p. m..5:1l
p. nj.
Leaves Isle of Hope for Sandfly, Cattle Park.
Thunderbolt and all intermediate nolnt*—s-M
a. m„ 11:00 a. m., 3:00 p. m. “
Freight car leaves Montgomery at 550 a, ta..
and 2:35 p. m., connecting at Sandfly with reg
ular parcel car tot city.
Parcel car from the city carries freight t
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. R. NASH. Managen
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oiigin of the famous hymns of the
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