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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-14

One of the most famous. tender and
is called There's a Light in the Window
for Thee Brother" L was written by
Rev Edward Dunbar the story Of whose
career is a romance and a tragedy. In
his youth Dunbar was of rowing dis
position. He lived with his mother at
New Bedford. Mass. 1t was her custom
to set light in the window for him at
night to guide his steps and to assure
him Of a welcome. When about IS years
Of age he went 10 sea for a three years
cruise. During his abs noe his mother
fell i'll and died. Shortly before she
passed away she left this message: Tel
Edward that will set a light in the win
dow CT heaven for him" When the yourg
man returned and received the message
he was profoundly impressed, and re-
formed and became a preacher. During
the process of his r. formation he wrote
the famous song. He was talented and
eloquent, and had no difficulty in con-
tracing a desirable marriage with a
young woman of his native town. Five
one Sunday morning the town was dumb
founded when il was announced that
Rev Mr.. Dunbar had disappeared, leav-
ing wife and children. He went to Kan
sas, and to Minneapolis, where he held
revival meetings. In Minneapolis he
married a handsome young heiress. His
Massachusetts antecedents becoming
known he was prosecuted for bigamy,
convicted and sentenced 20 the peniten-
tiary. When his time was up he went
forth from the prison a vagabond and
a tramp. Some years afterwards he APP
Piled at the Cofeyville Kan, Jail for
nights lodging. He was i'll, and died the
next day. His body was placed in a
pauper's grave. Recently the church
people of the town have erected a simple
slab over his grave, concentrating the
fact that he wrote the beautiful song
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-14
Personal.

M. de Blignieres. whose death is an
nounced. was joint controller with Sir
Evelyn Barring NOW Lord Cromer) of the
Egyptian debt in the time of the condolnin-
ium.
John Howard Bryant. a brother of
William Cullen Bryant. recently celebrated
the ninety-third anniversary of his birth
at his home in Princeton, Ill. He is the
only surviving member of the family and
has local reputation as a poet.
The Prince of Wales has developed
quite a passion for automobilism, and has
proved an adept in handling his new built
car himself Ii is painted a dark brown
with wheels picked out with red and is
quite stunning turnout. The Prince had
it at Ascot with him. where he enjoyed
several spins.
The Rev. w H. Murray, a missionary
in Pekin and one Of the men whose fate is
yet uncertain, became interested in the
condition OF the blind in China some years
ago, and to help them devised a system
of representing the sounds of the Chinese
language by raised dots. II has been found
that by this means a blind Chinaman can
learn to read in three months, much less
than one who can see and uses the ordi-
nary alphabet, as there are only 4SO
sounds in Chinese, while of written char
acters there are more than 1900.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-14
Henry Paine's Repartee.

The late Henry w. Paine of the Massa-
chusetts bar was once defending a char
ity case in which boy of Is was charged
with arson, says the San Francisco Wave.
He made out a strong case to prove the
defendant an idiot. After charge from
the judge which was practically an or
der for acquittal, the jury brought in a
verdict of guilty. The judge asked Paine
If he would move for a new trial 81
thank you for your suggestion" was the
answer, but l am oppressed with the
gravest doubts whether l have the right
to move for new trial. Your honor, /
have already asked for and have re-
ceived for my idiot client the most pre-
cious heritage of our English and Amer
lean common lava trial by a jury of
his peers" Paine had an old quarrel
with the Supreme Court, and never lost
an opportunity of showing his contempt
for that body. Once, riding from Bos-
ton to Cambridge with a load of law
books. he was accosted by a young Har-
ward man with the remark: You have
quite a load Mr.. Paine. Law books,
suppose?' "Oh, no." was the answer,
"ony Supreme Court reports"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-14

Marion Butler of North Carolina seems
likely to be the cause of some little en-
barrassment TO the national Democratic
campaign It is very well known that he
is not popular with the Democratic party
in his own state, for reasons that need
not be enumerated. so well are they under
stood. Indeed, IL has been pretty broadly
limited to him that his permanent depart
ure from the state would be matter of
pleasure to his fellow citizens who are
Democrats. Meantime Butler is strong
Bryan man. and is said to have the
friendship of the Democratic candidate.
There has, in fact been some talk of But
Ter going on the stump for the Democratic
national ticket. Should he do so, il would
hardly do the ticket any good in North
Carolina. Meantime. should Mr. Bryan
repudiate Butler it might cost the ticket
heavily in Populist votes in the West,
where the North Carolina man is said TO
be quite strong as chairman of the Popu-
list National Committee.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-14
THE GOODYEAR IMPROVEMENT.

The Washington Mirror of Aug. II, has
a rather nasty attack on Col. Goodyear
of Brunswick, and his improvement at
the mouth of the harbor of that city. IL
also attacks Congressman Brantley for
assisting Col. Goodyear to get the har-
Dor improvement contract.
The attack is of course unjust. Col
Goodyear has obtained the depth of water
on the bar he contracted to get, and Is.
therefore, entitled to his money. We do
not know whether he got the depth by
means of dynamite or by dredging. IT
does not make much difference how he
got it, The survey shows that the depth
was there when the survey was made.
1t is well known that very able engin-
GERS hold that ocean bars can be opened
and kept open by dredging at much less
cost than jetties can be constructed and
kept in repair. If we are rightly inform
ed engineers do not take much stock in
the dynamite plan for deepening bars. but
they are becoming converts to the dred.s-
ing plan. The new and powerful dredges
now in use. accomplish wonders.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-14

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NDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Meetings-Ancient Landmark Lodge No.
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Levan's Bill Of Fare: Grand Moonlight
Excursion. Last Of the Season. on We'd
nesday Evening.
Business Nohces-Savannah Steam
Laundry: E & W Leundry; Georgia
Syrup. The s. W. Branch Company; Gem
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The 1000 Yards Of siIks-P. T. Foye.
Legal No1ices-Notices to Debtors and
Creditors Estate Clara NJ. Ellis, Deceased
New. Strictly Up-to-Date Stock-At the
Bee Hive.
Auction sales-Trustee's Sale, by Plat
shek & Co, Auctioneers; Old Hoss Sale,
by /. D. LaRoche Auetioneer; Trustees
Sale, by Isaac D. LaRoche, Trustee.
Grape-Nuts-Sold by All Grocers.
Insurance Statement - Semi-Annual
Statement of the Massachusetts Life In
surance Company.
Wanted-Shoe Statesmen Wanted.
Proposats-For Dredging in Harbor Of
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-14
ENTANGLEMENF SHOULD
AVOIDED.
BE;

The position occupied by the government
OF this country in the Chinese trouble is
very generally approved. 1t has been
made clear that the United States
are not seeking territory Their pur-
/ pose Is to rescue Mr.. Conger and those
dependent upon him in Pekin. China I'M
derstands this, Or ought to by this time.
Ii Hung Chang has been authorized to
open negotiations with the Powers for
peace. The sooner he accepts the terms
proposed by the United States the better
It will be for China. II the Chinese gov
/ eminent will co operate with the allies in
getting the occupants of the legations to
a place of safety-at Tien Tsln or some
other port-the United states viii act as
her friend. But II is doubtful If they will
undertake 10 negotiate terms OF peace
with Ii Hung Chang until their demand in
regard to the ministers is compiled with.
Occupying 90 favorable a position, the
United States should be extremely care
full not to become eniangled in any of the
schemes of the other Powers for acquiring
territory. IL is understood that the Unit
ed States have agreed to the appointment
of Field Marshal Won Waldersee as COM
maDder-in-chief of the allied forces. 1t is
absolutely necessary. of course, that there
shall be a oommander-in-chief but the
United States should have it distinctly
understood that the agreement Is not to
last beyond the rescue of the members OF
the legations.
1t seems TO be the understanding in
Germany that ii is TO continue beyond
the liberation of the foreigners in Pekin--
that IT is to continue until there is com
pete subjugation of the Chinese forces.
It is doubtful if there is any such under
standing in this country. If it Is Ger
manys plan TO completely subjugate the
military power of China, then it is her
plan to demand a large amount of ter
ritory as indemnity Are the United
States ready and willing to help Germany
grab a large section of the Chinese en-
pire? We do not think So 1t is not the
desire OF this country that the empire
shall be dismembered. That being the
case. 1t is probable that our government
mas w" NNt0ASi ~ AtN''iS INV W. AA4Nii
government that II accepts Field Marshal
Won Waldersee as commander-in-chief only
so long as the allied forces are engaged
in securing the release of the foreigners
in Pekin. Without such a limitation this
country might find itself entangled in the
schemes of the European Powers.
II looks now as II the foreigners in Pc
kin would be liberated or assassinated be-
fore Field Marshal Won Waidersee could
reach the allied forces. In that event there
might be no need for his services. so far
as the American army is concerned.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-14
A Little Sermon.

There was once little boy who was
very lazy-so lazy that he would not eat
oranges because he would have to spit
out the seeds. says the New York Press.
The only thing he would do was to FISH,
AID he would not do this unless his moth
er dug the worms for him. This she
could not do often, for she had to work
hard taking in washing to support two
daughters who WI re studying art in Paris.
One day. af er the minister had prayed
sorrowfully over the boy, there came ATOMS
a man whose business it was to make
biscuits out of pussy willows. He was
also a politician, ard IL the moon was net
made out of gre n cheese you would new
er have known il by what he told you.
II see" said the man cunningly. that
you are fishing You have doubtless had
TO dig the worms for your pastime. Dig
ging worms is work. Let us tell yop how
10 get them without working any"
Then the man told him to make some
hollow tin birds. holding their mouths
wide open, and when he had found some
nests with young birds in them to take
the young birds ont and put the tin birds
in instead The parent birds, the man
told him, would fill them full of worms,
and all he would have to do would be to
Climb the trees and gather them.
The boy thought it would be a fine
thing to watch the old birds make fools
of themselves and get the worms with
out working So he went and Appended
himself to a tinsmth and learned how TO
make tin birds. When he had made
lot he put them in the nests, and the
first dey he collected fourteen bushels of
worms.
Having more than he wanted, he es-
tablished a worm emporium and sold
them to anglers in the neighborhood,
where he soon became a wealthy and in
fiuential citizen and paid his mother the
very highest price for putting Chinese
gloss on his shirt fronts.
Thus We see, children, that 1t never
pays for parents to despair so long as
politics has still a philosophy.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-14

In Paris Mrs. Potter Palmer issues
cards stating that she will receive at her
"hotel on such and such days. BY some
means one of these cards got into the
hands of one Hobson in New York, who
cabled TO Mrs Palmer that he would ar
rive in Paris with his family on a GER
tain date and he would like her to re-
serve rooms for the party in her hotel.
Upon his arrival in Paris Hobson went
at once to the Palmer residence, from
which he was promptly elected. Then he
instituted a suit against Mrs. Palmer for
damages. and she wrote him hot letter
resenting his alleged insult to her. To
this Hobson replied that he did not un-
derstond how a noted Chicago hotel keep
er Potter Palmer could feel insuted
because one imagined that he kept sim
liar hostelry in Paris. The mistake arose
from the fact that the word hotel is
often used in French, as 1t was on Mrs
Palmers card, to signify lofty private
mansion.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-14
The SenntOr's Criticism.

One of the most lovable men 1 ever
knew is r. R. Hit of Illinois, chairman
of the Committee on Foreign Relations,
says the Washington correspondent of the
st. Louis PostDiSpatch. He has spent
nearly his whole life in the practice of
craftsmanship. When a mere boy he re-
ported geographically the great Lincoln
Douglass debates, which in itself was q
liberal political education. Then he spent
several years in office in Washington. For
eight years he was secretary of legation in
Paris under Elihu B. Washburne, and for
much Of that time was charge d'affairs.
He was assistant secretary of state under
Blaine. lie has been in Congress many
years. He excels in the decilate art of
story telling.
Not long ago in the cloakroom l was
talking with him about Thomas Hart Ben
ton, whereupon he told me an anecdote OF
Benton's most masterful antagonist, Sen
ator James Stephen Green of Missouri.
Senator Green" said Mr.. Hit, was
not only a man of splendid genius, but also
of charming manner. He boarded at the
National Hotel, where he was popular
with men and women. The latter found
out that the Senator was not much of a
churchgoer. and insisted that he should
mend his ways in that regard. One Sun
day he was late for dinner. The women
asked him why.
. have been attending divine worship,
replied the Senator, gravely.
To what church do you go, SENATOR"
asked a woman.
- don't know answered the courtly
Missourian.
Who preached?' they asked
don't know he said. 4 walked up
the avenue, turned up Fourth street, and
entered a church on the left hand side
This was an Episcopal Church.
How did you Pike the service?', asked
another woman.
1t appeared to me- answered the
Senator, that there was too much reading
OF the journal and too little debate. p"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-14
Plenty Left for a Sandwich.

A certain lawyer who was a candidate
for a municipal office went out canvass
ing one day and knocked at a cottage
door The door was opened by woman,
says London Tit Bits.
is your husband in, Mrs. -" in
CURED the lawyer.
mo. sir" was the reply, but know
what you want. My husband is sure to
vote for you, because you got him off for
stealing that ham last week"
mo, no: alleged stealing of the ham,
corrected the lawyer.
Alleged be blowedr' was the woman's
smiling reply. We've got a bit of it left
still Lemme give you a sandwich out Of
IL sir"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-14

The largest schooner in the world is
scheduled TO be launched at Bath. Me,
to-day, The craft is 345 feet long. 46 feet
beam and % feet deep, and will have six
masts. 1t is estimated that she will be
able to carry at least 5000 tons of coal.
only fourteen men, all told, will be requir-
ed TO handle her. With this small work.
ing force. and having large carrying ca
pacity, her owner believes that the new
vessel will be cheaper than barge. Twen-
ty-five 10 thirty years ago vessel of her
size would have been q square-rlgger. and
would have taken a crew Of twenty-five to
thirty men.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-14

Talk about credulity! Walter Wellman
writes to the Chicago Times Herald that
he has found a well-informed Kentuck-
ian who believes that Kentucky sis a
cinch for Mckinley at anywhere from
10000 to 5000 votes" And Wellman says
he believes it. II seems that after a man
has been Washington correspondent
for years and years, and has led one or
more Arctic expeditions, he ought TO be
able to tell when anybody is "stringing'
him
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-14
The Greatest Prencher.

A story in the Scottish American runs
that some Paisley viewers were speaking
about their ministers, whea one said that
/; was wonderful how much his minister
could bring out of Scripture. He had
known him to preach several sermons
from one text Another said his minister
surpassed that, for he had preached six
sermons from the shortest text I'm the BIZ
BILE But that's naethin' to my wife"
said the third. "Shes been preachin' to
me for sixteen years frae nae text
at a."
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-14

The Republican State Convention OF
Wisconsin, recently in session, adopted a
resolution in favor Of abolishing all dele
gate conventions for the nomina ton of
party candidates 1t is proposed that all
candidates shall be nominated by direct
vote OF the people. under the Australian
ballot system. This is merely an elabora-
ton Of the primary election system, which
has obtained in several Of the Southern
states for many years. The Wisconsin
proposition is that the result Of the pri-
mary shall stand alone as the voice of the
party, while it is the practice in the South
10 have the result of the primary ratified
by delegate convention.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-14

Not even was Joan Of Arc an original
character. The Chinese had one of her
kind hundreds of years before the French
Joan was born. The name OF the Celes-
tiai Joan was Mou-Len. and tradition has
It that in the garb of man she led the
Chinese troops 10 overwhelming and brill
liant victories. The position occupied by
the present Dowager Empress as the
leader Of an empire in which women gen.
orally hold an inferior position is not.
therefore, altogether novel.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-14

So far as is known Mr. Debs Is still rum
ming for the presidency on the Social
Democracy ticket. Mr.. Debs would
greatly increase his popularity if he
would follow the example of Mr.. Towne
and aid in concentrating the opposition
TO the Republican party under one head.
Under existing conditions he knows that
his candidacy is merely an aid 70 Mr..
Mckinley. Still it may be that that is
the reason Mr. Debs is running.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-14

The San Francisco Chinese will shortly
dedicate their new joss house with much
pomp and ceremony. 1t is of brick. and
is said to be one of the finest Chinese tenn
pies outside of the Celectal Empire. hav-
ing cost upwards of $4,000 The god OF
war is the principal deity in the new tenn
pie. This god is carved of wood, elab-
orately garnished with gold and stands
about three feet high.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-14

The Shah of Persia has proved gooal
customer to American manufacturers who
are represented at the Paris Exposition.
His Majesty has purchased sixty bicycles
two automobiles, 100 telephones, three pho.
nographs, and ten sewing machines OF
American make. which he will take home
with him. 1t is his purpose 10 create
bicycle police force In Tsbcrsn, his cap
ital.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-14
The Weather.

The indicat tons for Georgia to-day are
for generally fair weather, with light to
fresh southwesterey winds; and for East
ern Florida, generally fair weather, with
light southwesterfy winds.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-14

The gate receipts of the Fitzsimmons-
Rubin fight in New York the other night
were $4,000. OF this amont the fighters
received $4,000. the winner getting 70 per
cent and the looser % per cent.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-14

The proba bilities are that the Shanghai
prevaricator is being made the scapegoat
upon whom tc load number of the Gins
of fake writers tor the yellow press in
New York