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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-05

Are we coming once more TO day OF
tall spars, bellying sails and really truly
Jack Tars instead of machinists and
freight handlers. in fhe foreign trade?
That IS the prediction that is freely made
al the Philadelphia Maritime EXchanS e
Within a few years. II is believed the
tramp steamship win have virtually DIS
appeared from the Oriental carrying trade
and It's place will be taken by the square
rigger of towering masts and may cord
age. Already indeed, the movement from
steam to sail is said to be under way.
That far-seeing corporation the Standard
Oil Company. has for a year or two been
securing desirable sailing ships for It's
trade with the East. until at present 1t
has quite a considerable fleet. As Illus
trating how the prices of ships have gone
Up. two years ago the American clipper
Eureka, in good condition, was sold for
$4,000. She was transformed into a
barge. A vessel of similar tonnage and
in no better condition was sold recently
for 10000.
The reason for the change of motive
power is not far 20 seek 1t lies in the
increasing difficulty of securing coal at
Algiers. Port sid Colombo and other way
stations TO the Orient. Al present tho
prices Of coal are 50 high as to be almost
prohibitive and ships leaving Philadei-
phia or New York for China are com
PEELED to sacrifice anywhere from 1000 to
800 tons Of carrying capacity 10 their
coal supplies. Heretofore they nave taken
on only 500 tons of coal, or enough to carry
them from one coaling station to another.
Thus freight room was economical. But
with coal prices soaring and the stocks
at the stations being only sufficient for
the regular liners and the war ships, the
freighters are compeSled to change their
plans British shipping merchants have
taken steps to anticipate this coal ques-
ton by changing many of their ships
in the China and Japan trade to oil burn
ers.
Ten years ago il was practically impos-
sible 90 operate a sailing ship in the ORR
entail trade probably; the steamers had
driven them out. 1t is predicted by a
Philadelphia shipping man that ten
years hence it will be practically impos-
sible to operate freight steamer in the
Oriental trade proftably; the sailers will
drive them out" The Bew clippers, how
ever are to be a vast Improvement upon
the old They will be of steel. Mr.. Ar
thur Sewail of Maine has already built
one or two of the type for the California
trade, and is now building another They
ere fast and staunch ships, and have enor-
nous carrying capacity Within twelve
months, according to the belief OF the ship
ping man quoted. the building of steel
clippers for the Eastern trade will be be-
gun on the Delaware, and hundreds of
such vessels viii be constructed within
the next dozen years. "They are the
only class of craft that can carry goods
to and from the Far East at a profit"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-05

Senator-elect Joe" Blackburn is famed
far and wide for his apparently mex
haustgb,e fund of anecdotes. THE Sen
ator has an unconscious stream of humor,
and some good stories are told on him
which ne never recited,'' said a prominent
blue grass politician the other day to
writer in the st. Louis Republic Il re-
member when Mr.. Blackburn was prac-
ticing law in Kentucky, which may show
that he fears nothing. A young fellow
came into his Office, and, after showing
some recommendations and expressing
longing desire to get work of some kind,
was given an opport unity 10 do something.
Mr.. Blackburn handed him a VIII and
tod him 10 go to a certain house and
serve the paper on the tenant. Now,
don't come back and say you couldn't
find him, he cautioned. Nail il to the
door if you have to, but serve it. The
eager young man started out and re
turned an hour later, minus his hat and
collar and with his face covered with
bruises, and his clothes torn into shreds.
Well" said Mr.. Blackburn, did you
serve it?' No, s.r, replied the battered
employee. The tenant licked me and tod
me to bring the paper back 10 you
Blackburn arose from his chair, and
towering up with indignation, said: Here
sub, take that writ back and serve 1t
on that tenant, sub, and tell him, for
me, sub, that by heavens, sub, he can't
intimidate me through you, suh.'
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-05
OLD MEN IN WAR,

There is seldom or never a condition of
affairs that attracts the attention
of the public but that some one
comes forward with an explanation
of it, The fact that Great Bri-
lain was poorly prepared for war
on the outbreak of hostiities in South
Africa and the further fact that at the
beginning of the war she suffered a de-
feat in almost every engagement, excited
comment.
An anonymous writer in the National
Review offers an explanation for Great
Britain's want of preparation for war and
for the lack of success of her generals in
command. The explanation is that
old men dominate the British war office
and command her armies. The writer of
the article in the National Review I'M
doubtedly accepts the view of Napoleon,
who is quoted as having asserted that
Eat sixty, men are no longer good for
anything"
The Sun of New York. commenting on
the National Reviews article, points out
that cid men as well as young men have
been, and stin are. successful in war.
While it is true that in our war of seces-
sion the three generals who achieved the
greatest distinction on the Union side
We're comparatively young men-Grant be-
ing about forty when he began to come
into prominence Sherman forty four when
at Atlanta and Sheridan thirty-four when
made commander of the cavalry of the
Army of the Potomac-the most promi-
lie
were well along in middle life Gen. Lee
at the beginning of the war was fifty
four, Gen. Joseph e. Johnston, fifty-two
and Cen Albert Sidney Johnston fifty
eight.
In mere recent times Won Motke was
siXty-six at Sadowa and seventy at Sc
dan. Some of the generals whom Napol-
con and his marshals encountered were
quite well along in years.
The British generals who met with set
backs in South Africa. before the arrival
of Gen. Roberts, are not old men. with
the exception of Cen White. who is six
ty-five. Gen. Methuen is ifty-fve Gen
Gatacre ifty-seven and Gen. Butler fifty
one. Gen Roberts, who has just met with
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looks, therefore. as if there We're not much
in the theory that Great Britain received
set-backs in the beginning of the war
because old men We're in charge of her
government and at the head f her troops
As matter of fact President Kruger is
older than Prime Minister Salisbury. and
the Boer Generals Joubert and Cronte. are
older than Butler and Methuen to whom
they were respectively opposed. The Ma
tional Reviews explanation does not ex-
plain
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-05
BARGAINS IN ISLANDS.

Tt is pretty well understood that Den
mark will offer us her job-lot Of West
Indian Islands at marked-down figures
Holland is said 90 be watching the out
come of the Hckering, with a view to
offering Uncle Sam another bargain in
islands. in the event that Denmark makes
a sale. There has been some talk of the
price TO be paid Denmark for her three
little dots in the ocean running into
the millions of dollars. In that event
the Dutch government might naturally
expect 70 get ten millions or more for its
holdings in view of their greater extent
and developments The area of the Dan
ish West Indies is 1873 square miles, wIth a
population Of 1900, while the area of the
Dutch islands is 400 square miles, with
population of $1,000.
The islands which Holland would like
30 dispose Of are six in number. namely,
Curacao, Buen Ayre and Oruba near the
coast of Venezuela, and ST. Martin, 81
Eustatius ana Saba in the Leeward group.
Curacao is the largest and best known
of the bunch. II is remembered by Amer
leans especially because it was The fast
stopping place of Admiral Cervera's fleet
before ne went into the trap at Santiago.
ana generally because of the liquor which
made Curacao famous. This island con
tains 2l0 square miles and 10000 popu,a-
ton. The other islands range in size
from five miles up to ninety-five. The
total revenues of the SIX islands are about
$255,o0o. and the total expenditures upwards
of $2S00o0. The deficit is made up each
year by the maternal country. Holland.
The transfer of the islands to the United
States, therefore, means that they would
cost the purchase price phs $4,000 per
year, the amount of the annual deficit
The same sort of thing is true Of the
Danish islands, which are said to be cost
ing the Danish government 100000 year.
And when Uncle Sam had purchased the
Danish and the Dutch West Indies. he
would be stih far from Kidding the archi-
pelago of the foreign Powers. Great Br;-
tain owns something like 600 islands in
that section, and France is pretty well
established there also; and il would cost
a pretty considerable sum to buy them
out, even at such bargain counter sales as
that proposed in the case of the Danish
possessions.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-05


"Once was father of four-good man of
a goodlier wife;
A ball in the brain makes all in vain
hope, happiness and life;
Now, on the hearth of hell I hear, and
the hearing is half hell's pain:
He died for his country. hero-he sleeps
with the nobly slain!
o. vain is the lie as a solace commanders
and conquerors tell
He'll is my country, We patriots, and no
heroes have honor in he'll.
But on earth the blood of the slaughtered
the crimes of the state atones-
Lost, lost to meas 1 to you-my Mary,
my little ones"
The red hands must be dead hands the
red face must be gray,
Yesterday all red with life, white with
death to-day.
What is a soldiers life?
No more than soldiers wife,
For his red hands soon are dead hands;
his red face soon is gray.
and 1 was the only son of two gray
heads left behind,
I, whose naked ribs make moaning in
the wind
Deep sank the sword OF the foeman and
the cords of my heart laid bare,
But my parents wound no steel can sound
misery woe and despair
l sat me to the battle with maryland
many did die,
Whilst they who scribble with pens see
no wound and hear no cry.
Where the sword or the shot Stays one. the
pen Stays ninetyand-nine-
In the sight of men | was slain by the
pen-father and mother mine!'
The red hands shall be dead hands, the
red face shall be gray.
Yesterday all red with life, white with
death to-day.
And you with the only son.
Where is that only one?
Say his red hands now are dead hands !,
his red face now is gray.
III.
Much have We lost, We comrades, yet
have lost more than all
The beloved whereof | was well beloved
wormwood and ashes and gall!
Ye nave lost what We once possessed and
your memory stakes your pain.
But l have lost what l never possessed
o, surely twas mine to gain
And let her wait and let her weep-she
Teeps not, She waits not alone;
On the enemy's side I made many a bride
who shall no bridegroom own.
Ye makers of war and your masters, fake
the curse re-arisen in mel
Take the curse from the lips OF my loved
one, and the curse of the millions to
be-"
The red hands must be dead hands, the
red face must be gray,
Yesterday all red with life, white with
death to-day.
You on whom sorrow doth fall
Judge three and be judges of oil:
For the red hands must be dead hands /;
the red face must be gray.
Herman Scheffauer.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-05
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Special Notice-Ship Notice, Strachan &
Co, Consignees.
Business Notices-E & w. Laundry; lie
Panic Cigars
Legal Notices-In the Matter of NJ. Y
Mcintyre, Bankrupt; Citations from the
Clerk of the Court of Ordinary of Chat
ham County; Application TO Sell Real Es-
tate of Ella Jones, Deceased
Amusements-Y. Nj. C. A. Course, George
KEENAN, to Lecture at Guards Hall
March 6; The Floor Walker" at Theater
Matinee and Night; Theodore Thomas at
Theater March 10.
OF Interest to Mothers-Lindsay &
Morgan.
Biscuit-Uneeda Biscuit Company.
Medical-WarneT' Safe Cure; Horsford' $
Acid Phosphate; Hoods Pills; DR.. Hath
away Company; Ayers Pills; Castoria
Warmers Safe Cure.
Cheap Column Advertisements-H
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-05
Testing His Theories,

"All men love each other if they only
knew it," said a fair-headed young stu
dent of the University of Pennsylvania,
who was speaking from theory, says the
Philadelphia Record. Sociology was his
hobby, and he had spent much of his time
proclaiming the theories of Tolstoi Re-
Gently in a wordy argument he contende
that fraternal feeling between man and
man. employer and employe, rich and poor,
was ever paramount If only given the op-
portunity of expression. Then he propos-
ed to give proof, and was encouraged to
do so by several friends.
After the last snowstorm he donned The
garb of a poor man out of work. and, arm
ed with a shovel. went forth to find pave
ments to clean. He soon secured Job"
at a fashionaby appointed house on Pine
street, above Fifteenth, where the maid
agreed that % cents was a fair price for
the work. When he had finished, the
maid appeared and said: The missds
says the last man done the work for 10
cents, and that's enough for you; you
fellows want the earth, anyway" Before
the Tolstoi enthusiast could say anything
the door was shut in his face.
He did not give up, and after a long
siege of doorbel pulling he was engaged
by Walnut street physician to clear his
pavement of the snow. The doctor offered
80 cents for the job. Here's a true Illus
tration of my theories" thought the youth,
as he went TO work.
Near the finish he fell on the pavement
and cut his head. He hurried to the doc
tor, and in about tive minutes the little
wound that had been made on the che TX
was covered with cour plaster The So
biologist was about to deliver volley of
thanks when the doctor said: my pro-
fessional charges are two dollars. If you
haven't the remaining dollar and half,
come around and clean my sidewalk the
next time it SHOWS" The young man 5
IJtopian ideas have vanished.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-05

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-05
A NALIABLE HOG.

The Gainesville Eagle quotes David
Johnson, a reliable farmer of Han county
as giving some interesting figures respect
ing his experience in pork raising. Mr.
johnson says he has one sow ten years
old from whose offspring he has sold 5000
pounds of pork, and he still has eight of
her shoats to be killed and marketed.
He has received an average of 5I5Scents
pound for the meat. amounting to s. 100
in total or $40 per year, "a sum eouai
TO hVe and one-half bales of cotton each
year 1T is hard to believe" says the
Eagle, that one hog would be as valu-
able as a one-horse cotton farm. and de
cldedly less expensive, but we quote the
figures given us by Mr.. johnson himself.
and he is thoroughly reliable" In max
ing the comparison, however, he must
have put the price of cotton very low.
1t is TO be regretted that Mr.. Johnson
did noe go more into detail respectipe his
valuable sow; give the breed and some
Facts respecting the cost of his annual
production of pork from this one source
as compared with the cost of nroducirq
The five and a half bales of cotton with
n
ment of net profits would have been much
more satisfactory than an estimate of
gross receipts. Still, it is unlikely that
the cost of raising the pigs was as grea,
as raising, picking, ginning. packing and
marketing five and a half bales of cotton
would have been. We have always be-
lieved in hog raising. sWe have no doubt
there is money in it, when it is economi-
caly managed. Mr.. johnson has demon.
strated, in the case of his faithful SOW
that it is a profitable business. even if
II cost him seventy-five cents on each dol
lar of his receipts from the sale
of his pigs to fatten and market them
piece of property that VIII give d ner
cent. net profit is worth special atten-
ton.
1t is not likely that there are many
stock hogs that are so proli6d
of offspring as this one of MIR
Johnsons, but every farmer ought
to be able to secure good breed
OF hogs and devote some time and atten-
ton to the production of pork. 1t is prob
able that an average of So cents a pound
or better, could be got for it. At present
the quotations are very much high
er chan that figure. BY raising
corn, potatoes, peas, exc, for feed-a part
of which the hogs could harvest for them
sef-mueh better profits could probably
be made on hog raising than on ciotton
raising Those farmers who. on account
of The present higher prices of'cotton. NAV
be contemplating an increased acreage i'm
that staple for the coming season. would
do well 10 consider carefully the matter
of raising hogs for market. There is ox-
tremely little likelihood of Cutting the
pork market, while there is great danger
Of quilting the cotton market.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-05

There seems to be an epidemic of scar
latina among royal personages on the con-
tinent. The Princess Christian Of Den
mark, who has been suffering from the
disease, Is still isolated from her family.
and the Cars youngest sister, the Grand
Duchess Olga, has been. removed to Lii
vadia, in order that she may be quite
away from all her little nieces 1t is only
a few weeks since there was an outbreak
IN a German grand ducal family. Some
anxiety was felt for the Czarowitz when
it was found that the Grand Duchess
Olga had this most infectious complaint
as her brother had been her constant com
panion; but 1t is hoped he has entirely es-
capped IT, In existing circums ances, it
need hardly be said, the health of the
Czarowitz has to be most carefully
guarded.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-05

A Melbourne dispatch says Secretary
Chamberlain has eabled 10 the Australian
government asking whether ii would be
able to send additional troops to South
Africa in the even of imperial troops be-
ing required elsewhere" Just whit
ELSEWHERE means the public can only
guess. II may be that il is the purpose
of the British government to take some
step to checkmate the advance of Russia
IN Persia or It may be that there IS
something else in view. The dispatch il
nkeiy to occasion a good deal of interested
and interesting discussion.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-05

1t is inconceivable that the cruiser
Charleston was lost through the drunken
ness of her officers. The discipline of the
navy and the esprit de corps of the oil
GERS. are sufficient to preclude any such
thing. The suggestion is a Islander upon
the navy. 1t is probable that when the
charges have been sifted il will be shown
that the story originated in the desire of
some fellow with a grievance to get even
with somebody.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-05

matio rapidity last week. Following
closely upon the relief of Kimberley. Gen.
Cronje was defeated and on Tuesday he
was captured, on Thursday Ladysmith
was relieved. Heretofore, except the
battle Of Paardeberg, the war has been
on British territory; hereafter in all prob
ability it will be confined to Boer terri
tory, with the scene of action gradually
moving toward the capital OF the Trans
vaal.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-05

A New York paper tells a circumstan-
tial story of how Charlie" the son of
Senator Clark of Montana, lost $lOS0o in
game of poker in Washington the other
night, The reading of the yarn must
have given severe pains to the thrifty
Montana legislators, to note that the
Clarks had so much more easy money
which they didn't get
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-05

On the great trunk railway lines the
depot lunch rooms are becoming things
of the past. Under modern conditions ten
minutes for lunch" means eight miles
lost TO fast trains. The dining cars save
these ten minutes to the through express
trains and railway managers seem TO be
inclined to the belief that the saving Of
these minutes and miles, even to local
trains, would be worth more than the
extra cost Of putting on lunch cars The
Pennsylvania. therefore. is abolishing the
lunch rooms and adding lunch cars.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-05

Some Of our hitherto practically useless
Southern woods are coming into good de-
mand We noted the other day the o.
'ablishing in South Carolina Of factory
for bobbins and spools for cotton mills
and the demand for dogwood from which
70 make these articles. And now we hear
that there has been set up at Sumter $.
c., a factory for making golf sticks Of
persimmon timber II is claimed that
persimmon makes the best gold stick in
the world.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-05

1t is said that ex-President Harrison
declines TO talk to the newspaper report
ers' except upon topics which he will write
on for the magazines. The ex-President
the other day was quoted as having
spoken in opposition to the Porto Rico
tariff bill. Presumably. therefore, he is
getting ready to roast the bill in one Of
the magazines