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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-29
roo MrcH EnrCATIoN.

Are the young people = this country be-
ing over-educated? Mr. Coils ?. Hun
tington. the railroad magnate thinks they
are. In a speech delivered in san Fran
cisco not long ago he declared that much
Of the distress in the country at this time
is dye to the "over-education Of the
masses" while preparation for profess
sionaI life requires advanced knowledge"
he went on to say, "it seems TO me that
the vast majority of our young people
spend too many of their vigorous years of
youth inside school-nooms and not enough
In the practical work of life"
Mr.. Huntington enjoyed very limited
educational advantages in early life, hence
it may be said that he has the uneducat-
ed but successful mans prejudices against
higher education. Still is there not prob
ably some basis for what ne says? There
seems to be a widespread Idea that the
young man or the young woman who
spends the most years at school and stud
les the greatest number Of books has the
best chance for winning success in life
Still, probably every reader can recall in
stances in which young men have left col
lege, filled with theory. but totally in
capable of taking up the practical things
of life and making Roadway with them.
On the other hand there are many exam
pies of comparatively uneducated men
who have made great successes in their
understandings. However. it would prob
ably be well to make a distinction just
here between education" and book
learning" for no one would say that Mr..
Huntington himself was an uneducated
man, Notwithstanding his lack of drill
ing in text books. An education, in the
best acceptance of the term, means a
great deal more than the acquisition of
certain information from books or precep-
tors. A youths brain may be crammed
full to overlooking with chemistry, ply
sizes. trigonometry, PHYSIOLOGY, etc, and
at the same time that youth may be edu-
Gated in less degree than another who
has done but little if anything more than
master the "three RS" but has mean
time studied nature in the crops, the
trees, the birds, and mankind, and has
cultivated his mechanical and construc-
tive instincts at the n1ecnanic's bench or
forge
We do not of course, mean to say with
Mr. Huntington that the youth of this
country as a whole are being over-educat-
ed. We do not think they are. Knowl-
edge is power, and one can hardly get
too much of it. But it is probably true
that in great many individual Instances
too much Importance is attached to the
number of books and the number of hours
a pupil studies, and too little importance
TO whether the pupil Is being educated
or mercy ''crammed." The pupil may be
acquiring IAN education" rather than
| knowledge.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-29
BRIGHT BITS.

-Pre-empted-"F cried the ex-
plorer as the North Pole hove in sight.
Il annex this district in the name of my
gracious sovereign"
TOO late" murmured native lacon-
ically. "An this district is under the
coutrol of the ice Observation-Disclosures
North American.
what do you consider the greatest
object of interest in American" asked Miss
Cayenne.
well" answered the lecturer, II arriv-
ed here day before yesterday, and
'Of course" she exclaimed, apologetic-
ally, 81 meant the greatest object of in
terest next 20 yourself. Washington
Star.
--Mother-I don't like the looks of that
boy saw you playing with on the streel
to-day You mustn't play with bad little
boys, you know!
Son-Ohl he amt bad little boy, man.
ma! He's a good little boy! He 5 been
to the reform school two times, and
they've let him out each time on account
of good behavior!-Puck
Would Not Be Investigated-"You ask
me-" said the captured pirate, "how
many vessels 1 have robbed and scuttled
on the Spanish Main?"
81 do" said the captain OF the war
ship
Then" said the naughty prisoner, ''in
the first place, l won't answer no ques-
lions about me personal business; Gnd,
besides, I disremember. See"'-Puck.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-29

Secretary Wilson's recent interview on
the possibilities of tea culture in the South
hae moved some OF our contemporaries to
glowing prophesies Of American DONNA
ton of the tea market at some future day.
These cheerful views, however, are taken
mostly by papers in the North or the
West, where but Iittle is known Of the sub
ject. There isn't any question that tea,
of a very fine quality, can be grown IN
the South. But that is merely one item
in the tea producing business, and the
smallest one. The great item, and the
one which precludes the profitable pro-
ductiOn Of tea In this country at present,
is labor. Except for this question of the
cost of labor. we could produce not only
our own tea, but our own fax, hemp
jute and other materials which we are
now obliged to import. Tea must be
picked assorted, rolled and cured by hand
In China, CeyIon, India and Japan this
work is done by the cheapest labor in the
world; and the product is admitted to this
country free of duty. It has been found
that American producers cannot pay the
American rates of wages to tea hands and
sell their products at the prices Of foreign
tea, which are about as high as consum-
ers viii pay. And il is out of the ques-
ton 10 build a high tariff wall around the
country for the benefit Of tea growers. The
only hope for successful American tea Gull
ture, therefore, lies in the possibility of in
venting machinery for picking rolling and
curing the leaves. Until we get such ma
hinery, we shall BE compelled to continue
to buy tea from the Orientals.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-29
startled by an Indian.

The late Prof. Marsh loved to tell of an
adventure which once befel him while a
member of a party of fossil hunters in the
Indian country says Forest and Stream.
The whole party realized that they were
in a dangerous country and all hands
we're careful not to wander far from the
command; or if two or three fossil gath
erers did go off from the main body they
took with them a number of soldiers 10
stand guard while they worked.
One day Prof Marsh was hard at work
on his knees in the bottom of the narrow
ravine digging away the soil from a bone
which stuck out of the bank. He was en-
tirely absorbed in his task, and noticed
nothing of what was going on about him
until the brilliant sunlight was cut off by
a dark shadow, and he looked up to zee
standing above him a grim Indian war
rior holding his rifle ready.
The professors heart leaped into his
throat. He forgot where he was. He
strove to utter a propitiatory How" but
his dry lips refused to form the word, and
he could only swallow, trying to get rid
of the lump in his throat. Suddenly the
savage bent toward him and spoke.
''Have l the honor Of addressing Prof
Othneil Charles Marsh, the eminent pale
ontologist of Yale College?" he inquired
The revulsion of feeling was almost too
much for the professor who was now
even less able to speak than he had been
before.
1t developed that the Indian as a small
boy had been sent East. Christianized.
educated, taught the element of theology
and sent back to the West to civilize his
tribe, but he had not carried the civiliza-
ton far.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-29
a Romantic story From Madrid.

hear romantic story from Madrid
which, If true. will account for the defeat
of Cervera's feet, the destruction of the
Spanish armada in the Philippines. the
capture of Santiago. the loss of Cuba,
Porto Rico and the East Indian colonies of
Spain and all the other misfortunes which
that nation has suffered and re-establish
the ancient theory that the opal is the un-
lucky jewel, writes W. E Curtis in the
Chicago Record.
Nhen Alfonso XII was in exile in Paris,
according 10 this yarn, he became ac-
quainted with the Countess de Castiglione.
VINO mad the reputation of being the most
oeautltul woman in France and promised
that II ne was ever restored to his throne
she should share il with him In 1878
after the dissolution of the republic, ne
was called TO reign. but he had no sooner
met the pretty Mercedes Montpeusier.
granddaughter of Louis Philippe, than he
forgot all about his VOWS and the charms
or the French Countess and was quickly
married But the Countess did not forget
ABOUT him. With malice in her heart and
a deep desire for revenge she obtained
from some dealer in supernatural mer-
chahdlse one of the most brilliant opals
ever known, which had brought misfor-
tune upon every person who possessed il.
She had it newly mounted in diamonds
and sent ii as wedding present TO the
bride.
As everybody knows, Mercedes died be
fore the end of the honeymoon, and in The
distribution of her effects the opal went
TO her grandmother, who Immediately took
the smallpox and lived but few weeks.
A sister of Queen Mercedes inherited the
ring and speedily succumbed TO it's fatal
influence
For several years the baleful jewel lay
in the treasury of the house of Montpen
sier but in the winter of 1915 the Duke
| of Montpensier sent it to the queen, giving
her an account of its character and beg
| ging her to have IL destroyed. Instead of
! obeylng his injunction Christina took ii
| to the royal chapel and with a golden
| chain hung it about the neck of the vir-
| gin that presides at that altar.
Up to that hour her reign had been I'M
usually peaceful and prosperous. but all
| al once conditions changed, and trouble
| began to brew in every portion of the
! Spanish domain. Revolutions broke out
in Cuba and the Philippine Islands, crops
| failed, financial panics ensued, conspira-
cies were discovered, and everything that
| could injure and annoy the government
seemed to come in quick succession. The
! explanation Of all this is that the hoiy
mother was offended by the gift of the
accursed opal, and millions of people o.
| Spain believe that their national disaster;
| are due to that fact.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-29
sENTENCED TO SUNDAY SCHOOL

What are the possibilities of the Sun
day school as a reformatory for juvenile
Iawbreakers? Mayor A. R. Campbell, of
Bowling Green, Wood county, Ohio, has
instituted an interesting experiment along
that line. He has sentenced a bad boy,
James Firsden, aged 10, to compulsory at
tendance at Sunday school and church
every Sunday for eight weeks. the alter
native being twenty days in jail
Notwithstanding his youthfulness, FRS
den is spoken of as the terror
OF the village. He has been
in the hands of the law be-
fore, and only short while previous to
committing the oftense for which he was
brought before the Mayor he had served
term of thirty days IN Jail. Knowing
that to send the boy back to Jail would
result in his being discharged at the ex-
piration of the sentence more than ever
hardened in his evil ways, the Mayor
determined upon the novel expedlent of
compulsory attendance upon religious SER
vices. AS an inducement 10 get him in
terested in the Sunday school, Firsden
was told that If, after the expiration of
the eight weeks, he could bring a certih-
cate of good behavior from his Sunday
school teacher, he would be given a dol
lar
Ii is not the nature of a child to be
bad all of the time. The most of those
that become perverse or positively wicked
| are made so by surrounding circum-
/
supposng the child to be normal, soft
and warm spot There may be some little
| difficulty in reaching 1t, nut 1t is there
! and may be touched and worked upon if
the right methods are applied. But il is
! possible, by wrong treatment. 10 so harden
| the heart that It will in after years re-
| sist all advances and reject goodness and
| uprightness. 1t is generally conceded by
| criminologists that when a child is sent
to Jail or to the penitentiary, that child
is almost inevitably started upon ca
reer of crime. The prisons are schools
of evil and vice to the young It is sell
| dom that a child who has served a SEN
tence in Jail or penitentiary. in the COM
| partnership Of hardened criminals. ever
/ grows UP 20 ue SoON ana uSSIul MEMBER
Of society. Upon these facts is based
the growing demand for reformatories for
| juvenile lawbreakers.
1t may be that Mayor Campbelrs plan
OF compulsory attendance upon Sunday
school win be attended with most graft
flying results. Young Firsden will first
pay attention to the lessons because of
the dollar which he is to receive; and then
he win probably become interested in
them without the incentive of a monetary
consideration He will be treated kindly.
and the advantages of an orderly, upright
life will be impressed upon him. His as
sociations will arouse the dormant sense
Of sef-respect During the continuance
or his sentence, his ears viii not be con-
stantly assailed with curses, base ecnver-
sation and vile stories by criminals: he
will not be greeted with a Jalors frown
ana probably kick; his liberty will not be
cut off by locks and gratings On the
other hand, the time Of his sentence will
be made cheerful with music and pleasant.
: smiling, clean companions, each of whom
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-29
A philippine MadrigaI.
From the washington Star.


Oh. come, my love, and we will rove
Altar in tropic scenes;
New joys await US, treasure trove,
Among the Philippines.
Well train the dashing trolley car
A jungle path to seek,
And hear conductors near and far
Make music while they speak.
Banay-banay we'll see some day,
Our journey shall not lag,
Till we have found far Mandanlay,
And quaint Sapangpatag.
Bright feathered birds we will alright
AS we our course pursue
While gaudy flowers tint the light
Shed by the cleaning dew.
So come, my love, and we will rove.
Where nature never frowns,
And mystic melodies are wove
While one calls off the towns.
Wen seek Tay Tay and Malibay,
Bagbag and Pulilan,
And Bosoboso, Bacolor,
Likewise BagumbayaT
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-29
Dewey wouId Not stand Extortion.

Dewey Would Not stand ExtOrtiOn.
The truth of the following story about
Admiral Dewey is vouched for by Jabez
Potts, who sent it from Hong Kong to
the Chicago Record:
Admiral Dewey, though something of a
martinez on board his ship, which is much
more spck and span than The other Amer
lean war vessels in Manila bay, is ore of
the most approachable of men. No mat
ter what may be the station of those hav-
ing dealings with him, he is courteous to
all alike-Asatics and Europeans. The
former do NOT altogether understand this,
and sometimes mistake his affabilty for
gulliblGty until they receive a rude awak-
ening. The ships are frequently visited
by Filipino tradesmen, and on one occa-
sion a shoemaker went on board the Olym-
pia with a pair of boots which Dewey had
ordered
"Wen. my man." said the admiral in a
CHEEKY tone, you have brought nay shoes;
how much do you want?"
'Three dollars was the reply.
"Al right here you are" said Dewey,
holding cut the money. 1t at once flashed
across the shoemaker's vision that If he
had said S. it would have been just the
same, and he accordingly exclaimed, "Oh,
no, no; never mind now! Do some other
time" hoping that when some other
time" came the admiral would have for
gotten the price mentioned in the first
instance. A few days afterward the shoe
maker returned with a bill. ITO one pair
of Shoes So" Being very busy at the
time, the admiral was rather ruffied when
the man presented himself On scanning
the account ne at once detected The dusky
Crispin's dishonesty. Tearing the bill jnto
pieces, he called out; Orderly, throw this
man overheard" And the unfortunate
shoemaker was dragged to the side of the
vessel and unceremoniously plunged into
the "brIDY''
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-29
Personal.

Ian Maclaren has Travelled Il, 900 miles
in America, visited twenty-six states and
lectured in fifty-eight cities.
'--Tolsoi is an enthusiastic cycIist. He
declares that he has 10 thank his bicycle
and his vegetarian diet for the robust
health which he still enjoys at the age
of 40
Senator Hanna owns a theater in
Cleveland which is one of his pet hobbies
He gives it a great deal of thought and at
tention and when in town is, with Mrs.
Hanna, confirmed first nighter."
Gilbert K. Harroun. secretary of the
Cuban Educational Association, says that
more than fifty young Cubans and Porto
Rlcans have already been placed in edu-
cational institutions in this country and
by next November these students will
number 1000.
ID. o. Mills, the New York philanthro-
pist, is called upon daily by long trains of
people seeking financial assistance either
for themselves. their friends, their
churches or charitable institutions in
which they are interested. The total
amount for which he is asked in one day
often comes to over 100000.
C. L. Watson Of Glasgow, designer of
the Britannia, Valkyrie and other famous
yachts, refuses to have anything to dc
with a boat after it once leaves his hands.
He has never owned yacht and so jeal-
ously does he guard his model room thar
no one has ever gained access thereto save
Lord Dunraven whom Mr.. Watson now
styles "Doneracing," and Lord Lonsdale
who represented the German Emperor IL
the building of the Meteor
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-29

A new pest of the pea plant is reported
in Maryland. Entomologist Johnson of
that state says the insects are of the
class of pests commonly called plant
lice" and also that they are hard to hght.
1t seems that they gather only on the I'M
der side of the leaves, which curl over
and protect them, thus making it hard to
reach them with the means usually en-
ployed for destroying plant insects. Steps
are being taken by the Maryland agricul-
tural department to combat and destroy
them, If possible.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-29
FOR A COLLEGE AT SAVANNAH.

The Morning News has received from
Mr.. ". S. Harden of Walthourviiie, Ca.
tae following communication, which will
be read with interest throughout South
east Georgia:
Permit me to trouble you for small
part of your valuable time to ask you a
few questions. ana air an idea ! have.
In the first place. would like to
know if you know of any institutions Of
learning supported by the state Of Geor-
gia, situated in the southern part of
the state, and If so, the location Of it or
them? I am of the opinion that all Of
these institutions are no nearer 10 US than
the city of Macon, where the blind asylum
is situated. Why cannot our part Of The
state have a normal and Industrial school
for the benefit principally of her own chill
dren, who cannot very wei afford to go
so far as Macon Atlanta or Athens? Why
are all Of The appropriations made for
de northern part of the state? Why are
all Of these schools situated there? Why
cannot we. through our representatives,
ask for an appropriation for the erection
of suitable building say in Savannah,
which VIII be supported by the state,
and be within the reach of every ambi-
tious youth, however poor? A building
which had a combination of all branches
which are of practical use, is about the
kind Of school have in mind"
The suggestion we think a good one,
and il should at once receive the co-opera-
tive support Of all of the people in
the section that would be benefited. And
North Georgia, as well as South Georgia,
should favor the scheme. This section
at present receives a minimum of
favors from the state. Whenever a
public institution is suggested North or
Middle Georgia puts in bid for IT, and
one or the other gets it. Those two Sec
lions, therefore, ought not only to raise
no objection TO the establishing of a
state chronological college. with a pre-
paratory school attached, at Savannah,
but should readily acquiesce in the propo-
sition. We should merely be asking to be
put on an equal footing with other sec
tons. and that some of the money which
we pay into the treasury be expended for
our own benefit Under existing condi-
tons many young men of this section are
denied the privilege of a archaeological edu-
cation because they cannot afford to go
to Atlanta, or college course because it
is not practicable for them TO go to Ath-
ems. A college such as is proposed in Sa-
vannah would meet their wants.
An organized movement should be made
at once for the purpose of impressing upon
the legislature the need for such college
in Savannah. and that TO establish it would
be but justice to this part of the state.
Young men especially should take an &C
tive interest In the scheme, not
only for their own benefit, but
on behalf of other young men who are
to come after them. We hope TO see the
movement taken up by the country press,
as wen as by individuals and clubs, and
| carried on to success.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-29
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Meeting-Clinton Lodge No "a. f. & A.
M
Special Notices-Grand Ball at Hotel Ty-
bee, May 80; A Special Auction Sale of
Lots on Eighth Street, John L. Archer.
Business Notices-Ciders. Henry Solomon
& Son.
Steamship Merchants and
Miners Transportation Company.
Auction Sales-Handsome Furniture, by
J. Mclaughlin & Son.
Cut Disc Harrows. Etc.-Falmer Hard
ware Company.
Bicycles-Monarch Bicycles,
The Old Staten Island Dyeing and Clean
ing Establishment Is Represented by
Lindsay & Morgan.
Rex Vienna sausage-Cudahy Packing
Company.
Legal Notices-Notiees to Debtors and
Creditors Estates Susan sheftan and
James O'Brlen, Deceased.
Elizabeth College, Char
Iotte, n. C.
Pearline-James Pyle & Son, New York.
Nledical-Dr. Hathaway & Co.; Ayers
pills; Castoria; Cuticura Remdies; Hoods
Pnlss Duffys Pure Malt Whiskey.
Cheap Column Advertisements-HelF
Wanted; Employment Wanted For Rent
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
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While We have nothing hut condemna-
ton for the efforts Of "Laborers' Union
Band" al Griffin, in this state, to regulate
the employment of labor in that city by
means which are not permitted by law, at
the same time we feel constrained to refer.
by way Of a comparison for the benefit
of certain pharisaical critics, to the re-
cent labor troubles at Pana and elsewhere
in The state Of Illinois, ana in connection
with which the Governor Of that state not
only upheld the mob. bot threatened to
meet negroes from the South at the state
hne with a Calling gun and shoot them
20 pieces" If they tried TO enter the state
10 earn a living. The Governor Of Geor-
gia. IL viii be observed, is not saying any
thing about shooting negroes to pieces
with Calling guns, but is doing all that he
can to safeguard their lives and property
and protect them in their efforts to earn
an honest living.