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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-19
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Chicago Record Qnd.) says: "Secre-
tary Gage, in his interview defending the
Presidents civll-service order says the ex-
emption of so many positions in the Alas
kan service was made necessary by The
great distance from Washington" As the
Philippines are farther from Washington
than Alaska. is the public to understand
that Ii viii be impracticable, in the opfn-
ion of Secretary Gage and the administra-
ton. TO apply civil-service regulations to
those islands when subjugated? Either
Secretary Cages excuse for the Alaskan
exemptions needs modification or the
United States should beware Of enterine
upon a colonial policy so far from home Ii
viii never do to intrust the white mans
burden 10 the spoiismen."
The Cleveland Plain Dealer CDen) says:
up in steady old Maine indignant citl-
zens got together and tarred and feathered
an obnoxious professor of some new relig-
ious cult, riding aim on a rail. and then
ordering aim to make himself scarce. And
now staid Vermont has had tar-and-
feather bee of d somewhat similar sort.
While no serious damage was done the vic
Tins, both cases are nonesthe less repre-
hensibe examples of mob violence, and the
law-aDiding reputation of each state is
smirched quite as badly as the victims
backs.
The Houston CTex) Post CDem.) says,
Booker T. Washington, the noted negro
educator, has just returned from a trip to
Europe and says that the condition of his
people here is much better than that of the
poor white people across the waters. He
also quotes another negro, who has trav-
eled much more abroad than he has, as
saying that the South is the best place for
their race, and advises them to stay where
they are"
The Philadelphia Record CDem) says.
Attorney General Griggs has decided that
the concession granted by Spain to the
Western linton Telegraph Company OF OK
elusive rights TO lay cables TO Cu0a,
though an admitted monopoly, cannot be
Voided by the United States during the
forty years for which ir was originally
granted. IL is a property; vested right"
The Chicago Times-Herald Qnd) says:
"Dewey's fame is now secure beyond a
doubt First he won great naval vic
tory without losing a man; next scent
ciear was named after him, and now the
Dewey nutmeg CRATER has been placed up
on the market It is glorious TO be CRATE"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-19

Whether or not Tod Sloan punched the
waiter is much more popular question
than whether or moi the American, the
British or the Russian arbitration scheme
will be adopted a The Hague.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-19

Two new dances are announced for the
coming season, by the National Associa-
ton of Masters of Dancing. They are
called the Harvest dance and the Princess
Louise gavotte. This seems to us like
downright treason. Here are two new
dances, either of which might have been
called the Dewey and the other the
Funston, ana they go and give them some
the least bit of patriotic suggestion about
them. DO these dancing masters imagine
that the American people are going to
dance these pieces?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-19

If Jerry Simpson is not an migrate, he
comes pretty close to being one. He is
now saying that you might as we'll DIS
cuss a last years bird nest as silver at
IL to / this year"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-19
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Meetings. ibernian Society; Clinton
Lodge No. 81, F. and A. M.
Special Notices-Grand Ball at Hotel
Tybee, June 90 Notice, Robert II. Tatem;
Notice 20 the Odd Fellows of the City of
Savannah.
Business Notices-C. v Hill & Co. Re
frigerators, Henry Solomon & Son.
The Place to Turn--Byck Bros.
Special Sale of Baby Carriages-Lindsay
& Morgan.
Railroad Schedule-Florida Central and
Peniusular Railroad
Steamship Schedules-Ocean Steamship
Company; Merchants and Miners Trans
portauon Company; French Line Com
pagnie Generate Transatlantique.
Rex Vienna Sausage-Cudahy Packing
Company.
Bicycles-Monarch Bicycles.
Medical-Duffy's Pure Malt Whisky;
Castoria; Cutieura Remedies; Horsford's
Acid Phosphate; Bradheld's Female Reg
ulator.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Hel
Wanted; Employment Wanted For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-19

1t is rather difficult to figure out wheth-
er or not the Hon, John Temple Graves
has been vindicated, in his criticisms of
the university, by the report of the board
of visitors.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-19

THE man to carry the Democratic ban
ner to victory is German said Perry Bel
mont, prior to sailing for Europe the other
day. Mr. Belmont is the president of Mr..
croker's Democratic Club. which recently
gave the so dinner in New York 1t may
be that his expression was not inspired
by the Tammany chieftain but it proba-
bly, comes very close 70 it. Mr. Belmont
would hardly have announced himself in
favor of German If he had not known that
Mr.. Croker and Tammany were in favor
Of that gentleman. All of the indications
are chat Col. Bryan will have the regular
democracy of New York arrayed in OBJ
position 10 his nomination by the next
Democratic national convention
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-19

The Chicago police department makes
count of the population each year. The
census is taken by the policemen on each
beat The latest count. il is alleged, gives
the city total population of above 1000
On
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-19

The Baltimore Herald prints on its edi-
torial page a number Of industrial items. %
headed by this one: THE South hasn't
a cotton yarn mill" The Herald must
know very little about its own section or
the country.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-19

Bauaster and Fitzsimmons are now in a
position to eondole with each other upon
the unhappy fate Of the favorite who fails
20 win out.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-19

Possibly if the Paris police mad. larger
supply of patrol wagons, there would be
fewer political crises.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-19

The Chicago Times-Herald expresses
the opinion that Mobile auto be a good
place for horseless carriages
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-19

A tea saloon" has been opened in New
York. Iced tea may be had at cent a
cup, hot tea at2 cents, and with cream and
sugar at cents. Tea punch whatever
chat may be, is quoted at cents, and
other seductive concoctions of tea aud wa
ter and ice and sugar are on the list at
-imiarly small prices. The promoters of
lno tea saloon" hope 20 enuce men away
s'""l he sel"ns where alcoholic beverages
are sold, and induce them to drink tea.
which, according, to one of the promoters.
rs both food and drink" Similar sa-
looms have been established in London.
and few of them are said to be self-tup-
porting. 1t remains TO be seen, however.
whether New Workers viii so to a saloon
! for their Tea. Many of them take lea in
salons" but il may be that they will Oh
oeet to the extra 20" in the word.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-19

The Prohibitionists of Maryland are in
to the political field already with a state
ticket. For Governor they have nomina-
ted Prof. Swami. a teacher of music
There is much promise of an interesting
campaign in this nomination. Prof. Swami
may have his opponents at a disadvantage
unless the other parties are very careful
He might institute a musical canvass, III
which event the other candidates would
not be in the same class with him. Such
a campaign would not be altogether
unique. It will be remembered there was
one in Tennessee some years ago, when
Bob" Taylor fiddled his way into the gov
ernorship
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-19

A Western inventor has perfected what
he calls a tornado destroyer. 1t is cam
non mounted on a pivot, with wind vane
and an air trigger The weather vane is
for the purpose of aiming the cannon.
AS the tornado approaches, according to
the inventor, the cannon will be automat-
ically aimed directly al the funnel-shaped
cloud, and when the velocity of the wind
reaches sixty-fve miles an hour. the trig-
ger will be snapped and the cannon dis
charged, the projectile throwing the fun
mel off its balance and breaking UP the
storm into a harmless zephyr. To our
mind, there is one fault to be found with
this apparatus. AS is verys well known,
those tornadoes are big whirl-winds; they
travel in a circle. BY the time the We
locity of the wind reached sixty-five miles,
the point at which the defamation would
occur the cannon might be sweeping
around the circle at rate that would give
the shivers to all those who CHANGED TO
be within range.
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therefore, that all will be more or less

therefore, that all will be more or less
interested In the appearance Of a new
pest that threatens to do untold dam
age to the birch tree. The first report
Of this pest that we have heard comes
from the regions of the country Dor
dering on Lake Superior. The bark
there has been so long and seriously
affected that it is difficult to find whole
barked trees within few miles of the
lake, and it is said that the Indians
have to journey sixty miles inland to
find trees with enough perfect bark to
serve for the building of canoes.
The bark is damaged by an insect
that forces itself into the breathing
pores Of the bark-that is, into the
little brown patches that are charac-
teristics of birch bark. The insects
breed in these places, and the success
sive colonies take up their residence
under the bark. The bark in time
curls and splits and is cisfgured as
shown in the Illustration. Small curls
Of wax are given on from the sides
and end Of the insect, the end wax be-
coming a long wax hair extending on.
Of the tree for several inches. These
was threads are for the carrying OF
Of the excrement, which is one kind OF
honey-dew The insect is SO little
known that no remedy has as yet been
proposed, nor is it known how wide
spread are its ravages.
The Globe-republican., 1899-12-14
Crops In Great Britain.

An English correspondent of the
Farmers Review writes under date Of
October %: Drouth has once more
come to stay with US, only one-half
inch of rain having been measured in
London since the 4th of this month.
Most Of the wheat has been sown un-
der excellent condition. but rain =
needed for the finish, as the land -
dry and hard once more. A fair crop
Of potatoes is being harvested to great
advantage in this dry period. There
is more disease than was anticipated.
and potatoes ere likely to be high thu
winter. Mangel-wurtzels are bein0
pulled and st0red-a fair crop. But
Swedes and other turnips are very
poor, and. as TIE hay crop was . short
one. the keeping of live stock throueh!
the winter viii involve 4 very heayyk
expenditure for imported foods, al
cakes are going up in priee.
The Globe-republican., 1899-12-14

Liverpool and have them handled there
by progressive merchants Of other
countries.
The deep-water harbors on the gulf
Of Mexico have been our first step.
The acquisition of the PHILIPPINE is
lands has given us the final resting
place for our commerce. The construc-
ton of the Nicaragua canal and the
improvement of the American mer.
chant marine are the stepping stones
between. On them the people of the
United States will go ahead to the
greatest business activity and CONNER
cial prosperity the world can offer.
Without them we will have . surplus
of products to be sold by merchants OF
other countries at whatever price We
can get or they are willing to pay.
Important as this question is. it is also
a simple one and as it is to be in the
coming campaign, it is well that now.
when there is no political excitement.
every voter give it his careful consid-
Grafton.
The Globe-republican., 1899-12-14
The Good Roads Agitation In Canada.

1.-The latest idea in municipal road
making has been preached by coun-
cilor of Shoal Lake district" says the
Deloraine (Can) Times. 1T is worthy
CT consideration and the scheme might
work elsewhere if not in that particu-
lar section of country. His scheme is
to borrow $50, 900 at per cent interest
and running for term of thirty years.
with which four main roads could be
built through the municipality under
the supervision of a competent engi-
neer, which would immensely improve
the teaming facilities of the munich
pality. The interest and sinking FUND
charges for this expenditure would be.
according to the councillors estimate,
$4,000 per year, whereas the present
expenditure on roads is $4,000 a year
and annually becoming larger. This
would admit of the same rate of taxa
The Globe-republican., 1899-12-14
A Business Proposition.

There is side to the Philippine
question which appeals to the common
business sense of the American people
as we'll as one which touches their pa
triotism. The United States is the
greatest producing nation in the world.
1t is estimated that with a population
of IS, 900, 900 people we produce enough
for $50, 900, 600 people. With that much
surplus to dispose of, the serious ques-
tiOn is where we can sell it to the best
advantage and at the largest profit.
1t is unnecessary to say that the
American people will protect their
home market at the same time that
they are reaching out for others. They
recently had experience of neglecting
home markets under the unlamented
Wilson tariff law, which they will not
desire to repeat. But in addition TO the
home market we must have others.
There is one only market in the
world which may be considered open
to all Corners and that is in the
orient. There are more people in the
countries along the eastern coast
Of Asia than there are in any equal
area in the world. They are producers
of articles which the United States
wants to buy, and they are consumers
of products which the United States
has to sell. 1t is practically an unde-
veloped market, for the people are only
learning to want civilization. But they
are learning rapidly and the market
will increase SO fast that in a few
years the nation which has its share,
or the biggest share of that trade, will
be the wealthiest on the globe.
The people of eastern Asia are be-
ginning to want beef and wheat bread
and clothes The stuff the United
States has to sell is mainly made of
these articles Other countries also
have them to sell and we will meet
competition, but with our possession
of the gateway, which is the harbor of
Manila, and the prestige and influence
which commands respect and draws
trade, there is no doubt but that the
United States can take the first place
among the commercial nations which
do business in eastern Asia
In order to get small part of this
trade, the governments of Germany,
France, England and Russia are spend
ing large sums of money. maintaining
large establishments in the way of ar
mics and navies, and are ready to fight
in order to maintain their commercial
position. The war in the Philippines
was not waged by the United States
for this purpose, but the result Of that
war is to give to our country the pre-
ponderance of influence and the best
hold on the trade of the Asiatic ma
tons.
The question comes to every Kansas
farmer whether ne wants the products
of his farm to go by the nearest and
cheapest route to the great market of
tho world. or whether he il afraid to
extend his business and il willing
= - content with sending them to
The Globe-republican., 1899-12-14
It is Up to Us.

Prof. Dean c. Worcester, of Ann
Arbor, was appointed on the Philip
pine commission because of his kn0wl-
edge of conditions and peoples in the
orient. He is in no sense of the. word
politician and the conclusions he
reaches are those of the scholar and
Investigator. He agrees with Admiral
Dewey that there has been no time
since May 1, 1898. when the American
forces could have been withdrawn from
Manila without causing lawlessness
and destruction of life and property.
In a recent lecture at Chicago he sums
up the situation as follows:
''Those who affect to believe that we
are creating bloody disorder by our
presence in the Philippines; that the
natives would continue to hate US even
If we gave them good government; that
they would be better off under a very
bad government of their own than
a very good one administered in part
by ours and that the only logical
and honorable course open to us is
to withdraw our forces and leave the
peaceable and law-abiding natives of
the Philippine islands at the mercy of
Aguinaldo and his army, may be sim
cere in their convictions, but by freely
giving voice to them they are encour-
ing the ambitious Tagalog leader to
prolong hopeless struggle. The pro-
longation of this struggle is costing us
millions of dollars and, what is far
worse, good red American blood. Let
history fix the responsibility for it.
'Those of us who believe that the
flag should stay in the east and that
under its shadow we should patiently
teach to our new wards the lessons
they must learn ere they can take
their place in the great family of ma
tions as free and united people,
should stand shoulder to shoulder.
There is work for us to do. Let those
scott who will. The future of 10000
600 of human beings and the honor of
a great nation are in our keeping and
the eyes of the world are upon us.
Let us not prove unfaithful to our
trust"
The Globe-republican., 1899-12-14
Meeting the Issue.

The canvass among German-Amer
cans in Wisconsin made by the editor
of the Milwaukee Herald more than
justifies all that the Inter Ocean has
said of expansion sentiment among
German repu olicanS. 1t is clear from
this canvass that representative Ger
man republicans, with the straight is
sue of expansion in mind, are with the
president and against Carl Schurz. OF
100 representative Germans who an
sweced the questions submitted only
ten were in favor of withdrawing from
the Philippines. and of the remaining
30. So. speaking for themselves and
friends. are unequivocally in favor of
retaining the Philippines as ter
ritOry and property of the United
States and of giving to the Fill
pinos suitable form of government
under the direction and control of the
United States. Others are in favor of
retaining the islands under the control
of the United States, but giving to the
Filipinos the largest posi- BILE measure
of self-government. Mr.. Schurz and
the anti-expansionist orators generally
have enlarged upon the assumption
that the German republicans were nee
essarily antagonistic to the expansion
policy. The most was made of this
theory in Ohio and Iowa in the NOvem-
Der elections. The vote showed that
the German republicans were standing
by their party. The canvass in Wis
consir shows that nine-tenths of the
German-American republicans will
stand by the president on the expan-
sion issue.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Globe-republican., 1899-12-14

OF course the details of such de-
velopment vary greatly with soil and
climatic conditions, but the main fea-
lures have been similar in all cases.
The most rapid development has oc-
Cured during the last two weeks OF
August, when the surprising average
growth of seven bushels a day is
shown. The most important fact,
however, is the continued growth dur
ing September. One-half Of the total
crop has been produced in all of these
experimental fields after August "a,
and nearly one-third of it on the av-
erage during September. 1t must be
borne in mind that all these plants
were sprayed with bordeaux-paris-
green-mixture and thus kept in vigor-
GUS growth Adjoining plots not
sprayed began dying in August and
In some cases were entirely dead early
in September, whereas the sprayed
plants remained comparatively vigor-
GUS until cut down by the frost.
The great Importance of protecting
the plants so as to secure their full
development is evident. 1t has amount
ed for several years past to an aver
age gain of over one hundred bushels
an acre in the total yield of marketable
potatoes.
The Globe-republican., 1899-12-14

ton being maintained as at present
and still leave $500 per year for main.
tenance of side roads. .
THE question of good roads is one
that is rapidly coming to the front
owing to the amount of fencing that
is being done. cutting of trails and
compelling the opening OF roads, often
through almost impossible places. II
is question not confined to Manitoba.
but is equally as important in many
parts of the territories. In many
places action will have to be taken
very soon, and we commend for con-
sideration the above. II any Of our
readers has better scheme we wonld
be glad to hear from him."
The Globe-republican., 1899-12-14
Development Of tie Potato.

The Vermont Experiment Station
has made observations for some years
upon the time and rate of development
81 tie potato tuber. It is Just bring
ting the investigations Of the present
season to a close and although the full
results are not yet obtainable their
general teaching il plain enough.
The plan in this work has been to
plant about the middle of May vigor-
Gus late potatoes, White Star and Della
ware being the varieties chosen. These
are sprayed carefully to protect them
fully against insects and blight. Dig
ging is begun in August first and con-
tinued upon adjacent plots at intervals
Of ten days through the remainder Of
the season. In this way the rate Of
tuber development for each Today
period during August and September
Is determined.
The results are surprising and
Of much practical significance. The
results thus far secured this year av-
eraged with those of two previous
years are given below. These figures
show the approximate dates Of digging
and yields to the acre of marketable
potatoes for the three seasons:
The Globe-republican., 1899-12-14

asparasus growers b the fhet TIT u
IL present and II likely to cause = -
GUS loss.
Life History.-The asparagus ruse -
due to q parasitic fungus growth. IL
is a minute plant derivin; its nourish-
ment from the sap of the asparagus
plant. The reproductive bodies Of this
plant are called spores. There are
three forms Of spores corresponding t.
the three stages of development In it,
life cycle. These forms are the aeeid>
ial or spring stage, ured0 or summer
stage, and ths teleuto or winter stage
The last stage il the most conspicu.
Gus on the plant because Of the dark
er color Of the spores.
Appearance on the Plant-Plants af-
fected with rust in the third stage
have numerous dark colored pustules
or spots. Of irregular shape. distributed
over their stems and leaves. These
pustules contain the winter spores.
The spores are found beneath the epic
dermis Of the plant, and. as they de-
velop. push 1t out and finally rupture
1t. With the rupturing of the epider-
mis- the spores are free to fall to the
ground or to be blown about by the
winds. As a matter Of fact. however.
most Of them adhere to the plant
through the winter. Under suitable
conditions they terminate In the
spring and infect the new plants, pro-
ducing the aecidial stage, thus the life
cycle Is renewed once more.
Injury to Plants.-The injurious eff
feet Of the rust is not easily estimated.
When severe 1t causes q premature
ripening Of the plants. and resulting
decrease Of product the ensuing year.
A continuance of the disease from year
to year eventually ruins the plants.
Preventive Measures.-No satisfac-
tory remedy has as yet been reported.
Spraying the plants with Bordeaux
has been attempted, but with little APP
parent success. Preventive measures
alone seem to be our only resource.
This consists in burning the stalks as
soon as they mature 1t is preferable
to burn over the whole field rather
thar to cut and gather in piles. because
fewer spores are distributed in the OPP
Grafton.