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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-13
Had Money to Invest.

A few days ago the Emporia (Kan.)
Gazette printed this burlesque "ad," which
might appear in the Rev. Mr.. Sheldon
Christian daily:
'Wanted-A Christian man wants money
to invest. viii guarantee 20 per cent. per
month. No chance to lose, as everything
will be managed by Christians, Address
Brother Bolton, this Office"
The editor had no idea that anybody
would take it seriously, but a widow saw it
and answered it. A reporter called on her,
and found that she actually had $1,000 to
lend to a good Christian who must have
certificate from his pastor that he at
tended church and prayer meeting regu-
larly. She asked no other security.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-13
NO EXCUSE ron IGNORANCE.

In the last number of her Anglo-Saxon
Review Lady Randolph Churchill makes
the rather curious statement that the
people of England were in complete ig-
norance of the true character Of the Beers
prior to the beginning of the war in South
Africa This ignorance was not confined
to that class of people who are supposed
to take little or no interest in matters
outside of England. 1t extended, says
Lady Randolph Churchill, to all classes
of the British public, even to those who
pretended to be authorities OH all matters
pertaining to South Africa 1--WE had been
persistently taught" she writes, that the
Beers were fools and towards, and would
not face British soldiers on the battle
field. 1t was declared that the Dutch
farmers would not risk their lives in or
der that the Hollander clerks in Pretoria
might fill their pockets with stolen gold.
The so-called South African experts were
particularly in evidence in asserting that
a very little taste of war would send the
Beers trooping home in disgust"
1t seems strange that well informed peo-
~ple in England should have any such idea
of the Beers. The history of South Africa
was open to them. They had but to read
it to learn that Inc Beers had shown them
selves in battles with the British to be
among the very best fighters in the world.
Surely no Englishman of ordinary intelli-
gence had forgotten Majuba hill. And it
is within the last two or three years that
a few farmers hurled back Jameson's
raiders and made many of them pris-
oners.
The Beers are among the best rifle shots
in the world. They have proved their
soldierly qualities on a hundred battle>
fields with the savages with which they
are surrounded They had to conquer the
country they occupy and the people from
whom they Wrested it were both numer-
GUS and warlike Surely the English peo-
pie must have shut their eyes to the facts
about the Beers. If they had wanted
the truth it would not have been difficult
for them to find it, assuming that they
were ignorant of it. There was certain
ly no excuse for ignorance.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-13
Two Kinds of Devils.

1t was proud day for the printers
trade when two men who had been appren-
tice boys in composing room presented
themselves before the bar of the Unite1
States Senate TO be sworn in as members.
says the Newark News. They were Peter
c. Pritchard and Marion Butler, both of
North Carolina
Il didn't know you could make a sena-
tor out of a devil" jocularly remarked
David B. Hill, then a senator from New
York.
"Oh, yes" retorted Senator Lodge, "the
transition is a natural and easy one-on
your side of the House"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-13
CURRENT COMMENT.

Leslies Weekly Qnd) says: 1.-THE APP
palling loss of the British during the brief
course of the war in South Africa will be
comprehended better by comparing it with
the loss the United States has sustained
thus far during its extended period of
warfare in the Philippines. The total
British casualties thus far aggregate very
nearly 10000 including about $500 killed,
nearly 5000 wounded, and the remainder
prisoners. Since Aug. 6, $685. the total
losses of our troops in the Philippines ag
gregate only about one-third of the British
losses, OF, TO be more nearly exact, 1868.
OF these only COL were killed or died of
wounds or accidents, while S4S died of dis
ease, 1919 were wounded, and less than
fifty were taken prisoners. While the
British are only at the beginning of their
stupendous task in South Africa, it looks
as if the campaign in the Philippines was
very nearly approaching its end"
The Springfield (Mass) Republican Qnd)
says: THE coquetting with bimetallism by
the Senate Republicans is particularly
dlstastefui to those gold Democratic pa
pers which have braved much local abuse
and loss of patronage by standing by their
principles through the silver campaign
The Richmond (Va.) Times calls the Aid
dodge and declares that "it will be worth
more to MIR. Bryan than to the Repubi-
cans, as campaign material"
The New Orleans Picayune (Dem) says:
THE Beers appear to be able to still keep
the British forces separated by making at
tacks at widely separated points. They
have apparently abandoned their purely
defensive tactics, and do not hesitate TO
attack when good strategy warrants such
a course, although they are careful not to
push their offensive movements too far
from their intrenched positions"
The. Chicago Record Qnd) says: lone
of the important reasons why the United
states Senate should give its sanction to
the policy of naturalization of the Nicara-
qua canal is that such naturalization will
dispel the harmful suspicious of the Unit
ed States now existing in the Latin Amer
lean republics"
The Chicago Chronicle (Dem.) says:
Dispatches from Zipboomfontein an
nounce that Sir Redvers Butler once more
attempted to cross the Tugela yesterday
and got licked, as usual. dw&stf."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-13

Cardinal Gibbons recent severe criti-
cism of woman's rights women and So
ciety leaders has not only attracted
great deal of attention, but it has caused
much comment. The women who are
workers for the rights of women general
ly condemn his utterance as far as they
are concerned, saying that he does not
fully understand and appreciate their pur-
pose and their efforts, but, as a rule, they
agree with what he said about society
leaders. One of those who has taken no
tice of the Cardinals criticism is Marga-
ret e. Sangster. In an article in the
World of last Sunday she says.
At the door of society leaders to-day
lies, 1t must sadly be confessed, a great
and terrible accusation-that of breaking
down the conscience of the country as to
the serious ends of life, and of too often
condoning certain shameful infringements
of morality. Time was that we in Amer
lea held universally that no position was
more honorable than that'of the matron
presiding in sweetness and grace over her
own household or than that of the moth
er gathering her little ones around her
and bringing them up in the nurture and
fear of God. 1t has come to pass by al
most i1nperceptible graduation that the old
sentiment no longer everywhere obtains,
that American women in our great cities
and in our most refined, exclusive and
highly civilized circles, dread maternity
and shirk it's burdens and responsibilities.
The society leader cannot, in view of her
life in the glare and whirl of constant
amusement afford to resign the best
years of her youth and strength 10 that
which, in the poets view, is woman s
common lot, when happily married, viz,
ito bear to nurse, to rear" Children are
little Interruptions; crowded nursery is
in these days and in polite society, look
ed upon as a pitiable anachronism.
What our country needs is return to
the plain living and high thinking of it's
earlier days. AS wealth increases and
luxury becomes the rule there is a grow
ing aversion to domesticity; our women
care less than formerly for home, and
Jour men more and more become the will
ing slaves of their wives and daughters
tolipg without stint that these may lead
a soft and beautiful eXistepce, Tapped in
ease. going hither and yon and spending
their DAYS as much away from home as
by the fresde. The republic may well
pause and take a sober thought on this
subject of tremendous and vital import
ance, and although Cardinal Gibbons is
somewhat too sweeping in his conclusions
he utters word which is by way of a
solemn arrest and should not be lightly
passed by without attention.
The truth of much, if not all, of the
foregoing will be admitted without ques-
ton. That being the case, it is apparent
that there is a crying need for a great
reform in this country in the social life
Of the people,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-13

the agreement may be declared void. be-
cause one of the partners, Mr. Phlpps'
has not signed it,
1t is evident that Mr.. Carnegie's riches
give him trouble as well as joy, but II Is
doubtful if any one rejoices on that ac-
count. He has been, and is, very liberal
with his wealth. He has given away
large sums, and is still making princeiy
donations to schools and Libraries There
is no danger of course that he viii beggar
himself Stiil, the fact that he has all
ready distributed millions of dollars for
the benefit of the deserving makes that
part of the world that knows of him feel
very kindly toward him.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-13

Last week a New York newspaper called
the attention of the police to the play,
Sapho, alleging that it was too vile to be
permitted and asserting that no man or
woman who valued his or her reputation
could afford to attend the theater and
witness the production. A few days ago
another paper got jury of seven women
and five men to attend the performance
and render a verdict with respect to the
play The jury stood six for and seven
against the piece, being a majority of one
holding it to be immoral. 1t is worthy
of comment, by the way, that of the seven
women only two were against the play,
while of the five men only one was in
favor of il
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-13

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-13

1T is rumored- in Georgia. says the
New York Mail and Express, that Hon.
Tom Watson is prepared to break into the
Democratic party again." We do not re-
call that Mr.. Watson broke" into the
Democratic party at any previous time;
but if it is his desire to return to the old
organization we do not believe he would
experience any difficulty in securing ad-
mission at the front door. He wouldn't
find it necessary to use a Jimmy.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-13

The most trustworthy data obtainable
says the New York Sun, justify the state
ment that during the century Europe has
been drained of about 100000 persons
seeking to better their fortunes in other
lands. The greater part of this number
found Judgment in the Americas. The
high tide of European exodus was reach
ed in 1882. when the United States alone
received 10000 immigrants. 1t is not like
ly that during the new century the immi-
grafton, at least to the United States will
be as large as during the century now
drawing to close for the reason that
the public lands have been about all taken
up, and what was formerly the wilder
ness is now dotted with farms ard thriv-
ing Villages
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-13

Col. Jack Chinn is in favor of abolishing
the carrying of concealed deadly weapons
in Kentucky. He proposes a novel means
to the end. He would legalize dueIing.
but with a proviso that no duel must be
fought within twenty-four hours from the
time of a quarrel; violation of this pro-
vision TO be a capital offense. BY COM
polling would-be fighters to sleep over
night upon their grievances, Col. Chlnn
thinks there would be fewer homicides.
particularly if the dueling law were back
ed up by another making ten years in the
penitentiary the penalty for carrying con-
cealed weapons.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-13

Friends of Commander Richard VAIN
right. of the Gloucester, are not sure that
ne VIII be able to accept the appointment
rendered him by the President, to be SUI
perintendent Of the Annapolis Naval Acad-
envy TO succeed Admiral McNair. VAIN
right Is poor man, with only his pay.
$SVo year, to live upon The post of
superintendent at Annapolis is one which
calls for an expenditure of more than
that sum annually in the entertainment
of guests. All distinguished visitors to
the academy become the guests of the sl-
perintendent, and about commencement
times the guests are always numerous
The appointment is a compliment of
course, but it is hardly the kind of one
poor man can accept.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-13

The prohibihonists of Kansas are to use
in their campaign a photograph showing
Gov Stanley taking a drink in Leaven-
worth saloon. There was a time when
such picture would have been considered
conclusive evidence that the Governor had
taken the drink as shown. But in these
days OF trick photography when it is
possible to depict a man holding his own
head in his lap or under his arm, photo
graphs have not that reputation for verac-
ity that is given to figures.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-13

The lockout in the building trades in
Chicago, which went into effect on Satur-
day, bids fair to become quite an extend
ed labor fight. On the first day 32,00l men
Were affected, and il is said the probable
ities are that the number will be run up
TO 10000 or more within few days, unless
some compromise should be agreed upon.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-13

Mayor Flower of New Orleans has be-
gun an anti-gambling crusade. A cap
tain of police and several patrolmen have
been called upon by the Mayor to show
cause why they should not be removed
from office because of their failure to dis
cover and suppress gambling in the linn
its of their precinct. That sort of treat
ment usually has the effect of opening the
eyes of the police to things they were pre-
viousIy unable to see.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-13

Commander Schroeder of the navy will
probably leave Washington shortly 90 be-
come the governor of Tutuila, our newly
acquired possession In the Samoan group.
Schroeders island is little larger than
the island Of Capt Dick" Leary; but
It is doubtful If the Governor Of Tutuila
will be able to get so many interesting no.
tees in the newspapers as the Governor
Of Guam
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-13

A bill has been introduced into the New
York Legislature for the protection of
trees in the rural districts Ii Is provided
that signs shall not be nailed to trees, nor
shall any ring or bolt or iron or other
metal be fastened into or upon tree for
the purpose of hitching horses or other
animals thereto, or of supporting bicycles
or other vehicles. The provisions do not
apply of course to private property
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-13

Gen. Wheeler is to marry a rich widow as
soon as he returns from the Philippines,
the General seems TO be rather slow about
coming back.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-13

A New Jersey lunatic has had his reason
restored by a blow on the head This
ought to suggest a way of curing some of
the calamity howlers.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-13

Riley Grammar, one of the most uoto-
rious of modern turf plungers, is said TO
be penniless, ill and almost deserted by his
friends. Not only that but he is $4,000 in
debt for bets lost on the races. This is
the fourth time that Grammar has been
busted" while at least three times he
has been worth approximately half a mil
dion dollars. If it were not that his
health is gone he might get on top once
more. His career furnishes, of course, an
object lesson on the folly Of gambling.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-13
The Weather.

The indications to-day are for rain, fol-
lowed by clearing and colder, for Georgia,
and for fair, with colder in extreme north
ern portions.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-13

Butler and his men probably do not miss
their "bawth" tubs so much since they
have been crossing and recrossing the Tu-
gela river SO frequently of late.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-13

registered at the POstomce in Savannah.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-13

Dispatches from Zipboomfontein an
nounce that Sir Redvers Butler once more
attempted to cross the Tugela yesterday
and got licked. as usual dw&stf"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-02-17
SECRET OF HUMAN COLOR.
German Scientist Makes a Valuable
, - DiRonvQrv r

German Scientist Makes q Valuable
=, II 49, Discovery. T.
New York Herald: The secret Of the
coloring of the skin and hair of human
beings has at last been discovered by
Prof Henry Roughan, a German scien-
fist: The function of the skin he finds to
pc Tar more important than has general
ly been supposed, for it has much to do
with the action Of the lungs and kidneys
The increased activity of the skin in per-
sp1ration accompanies a decrease in the
secretion of the kidneys, and vice versa.
In other words, the skin acts as the reg
ulators of the temperature of the inner
organism, and the hair on its surface
plays no small part in this work
AS is well known, the outer skin con-
sists of two layers-the thin exterior
epldermis without any nerves in it, and
the deeper or mucuous stratum or rete
Malpighii, and between these lies mass
of connecting cells. The outer layer in
the men Of all races is always of yell
lowish gray color, and is transparent, the
coloring matter lying in the rete NAL
plight. Every change in the color Of the
skin is due to changes in this inner layer.
AS the outside of the skin is transparent
it shows the rosy color Of the inner skin
in the white races and the darker colors
in the other races, SO that when one
speaks of the negro as "colored man"
1t is on good physiological authority.
The microscope and chemistry have
shown the colorfng fluids that are found
in this inner skin, with pigment particles
of reddish brown, yellow and black.
These particles have been isolated, Prov
ing the theory.
rs It is still more interesting to find that
this same pigment has to do with the
color Of the hair. The brunette has dark
or black hair, because the coloring mat
ter which gives the skin its shade is the
same that passes into the hair. The
formation nf this 81 xmant a1Ias naca. hu
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-02-17

with eight patent trouser buttezs All but
che of them had the screw-threads
clogged with japan so they wouldn't work.
They netted So, American.
An American street peddler over here
with Waterbury watches, cheap: alarm
clocks and cheap novelties and contriv-
aEces would qu.s in disgust because tn.
buyers wouldn't give him time to bark.
There was native cook out at the ha-
c1enda de SeVilla, near Isabella A de-
tachment of Company L was stationed
there. One of them owned an alarm clocr.
that cost 50 cents on Eighth avenue. The
COOKS name was Clemente and Glenn
erte's soul yearned for that clock He
paid $40, Mexican, for the clock and then
paid IS, Mexican, for the key. Clemente's
salary is Sc, Mexican, a month I be-
lieve he exhibits, the clock at so much a
look. 49, = .r.-.i-s - r. --s.-:... :
, There is one American product with
which you can buy natives very soul
1 can take a single plug of American
sWeetened plug chewing tobacco and
travel on foot from one end of Negros
to the other and never want for a nights
lodging, a mess Of rice OF a shell of tubea.
l do not exaggerate when I say that
believe if Uncle Sam offered plug of
tobacco to each man, the Papiecios would
come in and surrender in a body. -le
only place where 'muscadi,'' as the ma
tives call 1t, can be purchased is at the
American commissary. Of course, only
soldiers can buy there. For a single chew
OF muscad1 a, native will do a weeks
washing for a soldier. Why sweetened
plug is on sale only at the cornmissary
do not know. If it is because of a high
duty it would pay to start a factory here.
1t takes thirty days and nights of the
severest description of exposure and hard
ship for me to earn $3.50 over here. I'd
cheerfully give that $15.6O for a good
photograph OF myself as made my debut
the other day on the back of water
buffalo swimming the BeIinbagin river.
The water buffalo's horns spanned four
feet ten inches. Most of the other fell
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-02-17
the action of blood and the circulation OF

Tie dcllOn OF DlOOd ana the circulation OF
lymph. IT, --.-r-. +
Proof that the coloring matter comes
from the. body has been possible only in
the last few years, when transportation
OF skin has been successfully performed
If some of the skin of a negro be trans
planted to the body of a man Of Cauca-
sian race it will very soon become white.
and If bits of white skin be transplanted
to negro they soon become black But
the negro grows gray in old age, and It
would have been expected that as his
skin does not become white his hair
ought to- stay black also. The cells. at
the base of the hair follicle are very del
1cate,< and in old age, when the vital
processes grow weaker, the pigment cells
dry up in white and black man alike, SO
this supports the new discovery. .s,..
Effect of climate upon the color of the
skin of men Of the same race is ex-
planned, too, by this discovery, for it is
not only the action of the sun on the
outer skin that burns it to a darker
color, but the action Of heat on the cir
culat1on. and secretions of the body has
an effect upon the pigments Of the skin.
The occupation, food, location Of the
home, whether on high or low ground,
IN woods or on sunny plains, all have
their effect upon the body, and, as con-
sequence, upon it's color
Persons having curly hair generally
haired friends, and it Is generally dark
er, because the coloring matter for each
hair Is constant in quantity, and in the
fine hair it has less surface to color, SO
it seems darker. This is the reason that
the coarse beard Of a man is always of
afHghter' shade than the finer hair on his
head. In curly hair it is found that the
curl has been given to it in the follicle.
The papillae at the base Of each hair
are in direct connection with the lymph
OF the mucous layer Of the skin, whose
delicate cells absorb the pigment and
give 1t up to the papillae of the hair. If
by any accident this stream of lymph is
cut off no more coloring matter reaches
the hair and it becomes gray This ex-
plains how a. person in great grief or
anxiety may have his hair change to gray
over night. The heat Of the brain may
destroy or dry up these delicate cells, and
his hair is gray henceforth.