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The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-08
A TASTE OF IMPERIALISM.

Here and there evidence is crop
ping out that the people are becoming dis
satisfied because Congress has failed to
repeal the war taxes. 1t is asserted by the
administration that we are at peace with
all the world, and yet the war taxes are
still being collected. 1t may be said that
We are having trouble in China, and that
the cost of sending an army there is very
great The trouble in China had not be-
Republicans cannot say their refusal to
reduce the war taxes was due to expeudi-
lures in China.
While we are not at war with the Fill
ipinos We are doing a good deal of fight
ing in the Philippines, and it costs a vast
amount of money to maintain the $1,000
soldiers there. The Indications are that
even more soldiers than are there now
will have to be kept there for many years
if the policy Of holding the islands as a
permanent possession prevails.
The money spent in holding the Philip
pines is giving the people taste of inn
periaiism. To rule people without their
consent a large army is NECESSARY, and a
large army means heavy taxes. No ar
gument that Mr.. Bryan or any other
orator will make during the presidential
campaign will have 80 much influence
with the people as these war taxes which
they are now paying. They cannot see
that the Philippines win ever be of much
benefit to this country. But they know
that they are costing great deal of
money and many valuable lives.
Some of the Republicans are claiming
we cannot honorably get rid of them--that
we are under obligations to the whole CIV
iIized world to hold on to them and pro-
vide them with am enlightened, liberal and
stable government. If that is the case
then the Republican party ought to be
turned out of power for insisting upon
having them. The main reason why Il
insisted on having them was that il
thought 1t would gain great glory by
adding so much territory to the republic
and that the popularity thus acquired
would be sufficient TO give il long lease
ol pVWefs II ulu hot iotsee thal the fsi-
ands would be a costly Professionalism
an army would be necessary to hold them
and that their commerce would not be
sufficient to offset in the smallest degree
the sacrifices the American people would
have to make to rule them.
The Republicans are saying that i'm.
perialsm will not cut much of a figure
in the campaign. 1t is beginning to look
as If the people would give very little at
tention to anything else.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-08
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Meeting-Clinton Lodge No. 81 F. and
A NJ.
Special Notices-Gout and Catarrh of
Bladder Cured. by Suwanee Springs Wa
ter: Special Notice DR.. NJ. a. Morris, vet
Urinary Surgeon; Notice to City Court Jn-
rors; Notice. Central of Georgia Railway
Company; Levan's Table dHote; Why Do
Keep Such Fine Meats? John Funk;
City Market; Ship Notice. Capt. Falk of
the German Bark Frieda; Pinkussohn &
Co; Up-to-Date Bargain Store: Forest
City Independent Club Picnic to Tybee,
Aug. 8.
Business Notices-Le Panic Cigars; Har-
ward Beer at Hicks Restaurant.
Mineral Observation-Disclosures
Fruit Jars-Cheaper Than Ever, Geo. w
Allen & Co.
Pitted Olives-At MINISTER'S.
Ladies Shirt Waists and Skirts at Half
Price-B. Fl. Levy & Bro.
Boys "Armor Clad" Shoes-Byck Bros
Legal Notices-Citations From the Clerk
of the Court of Ordinary of Chatham
County; Notice to Debtors and Creditors,
Estate Warren Palmer WILCOX, Deceased
In the Matter of Mrs. b. Levison, Bank
rupt.
Mineral Water--Apollinaris.
Educasional-Mt. st. Agnes College for
Women. Mt. Washington, Md.
Cleveland Blcyeles-Wm. & H. H. Latti-
more
Medical-Munyon's Kidney Cure; Hoods
pills; Castoria; DR.. Hathaway Company;
r. r. r.; Horsford's Acid Phosphate.
Auction Sales-Guardian's Sale, by j.
Mclaughlin & Son. Auctioneer.
Cheap Column Advertfsements-Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal: Miscellaneous.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-08
Ahead of Poe.

Two hundred years before Christ a Chi
nese statesman and poet, Kia vi by name,
anticipated Edgar Allen Poe's master
we have on the authority of the Book
buyer, and Mr.. J. Dyer Balls Things
Chinese" (Scribners), in which the Chi
nese Raven reads as follows:
THE FU-NIAO, OR BIRD OF FATE.
Twas in the month Of chill November,
AS can very we'll remember,
In dismal, gloomy, crumbling hall,
Betwixt moss-covered, reeking walls,
An exiled poet lay
On his bed of straw reclining,
Half despairing, half repining;
When athwart the window sill,
Flew a bird of omen i'll,
And seemed inclined to stay.
To my book of occult learning,
Suddenly l thought of turning,
All the mystery 40 know
OF that shameless owl or crow,
That would not go away.
wherever such a bird shall enter,
Ills sure some power above has sent her
$50 said the mystic book to show
The human dweiler forth must co.
But where, it did not say
Then anxiously the bird addressing,
And my ignorance confessing,
Gentle bird, in mercy deign
The will of Fate TO me explain,
Where is my future way?"
1t raised its head as II 'twere seeking
To answer me by simple speaking,
Then folded UP its sable wing,
Nor did IL utter anything.
But breathed "Wel-a-day!'
More eloquent than any diction,
That simple sign produced conviction,
Furnishing 10 me the key
OF the awful mystery
That on my spirit lay.
Fortunes wheel Is ever turning,
To human eye there's no discerning
Veal or woe in any state
Wisdom is 20 bide your fate:''
This is what Is seemed to say
In THAI simple "Well-a-day."
This is not very good poetry, but II Is
a Raven poem without doubt. We
know that
"Ther mis- no newe guise that II mas
olde'
But we should be glad none the less "a
know more Of the euphonious Kai vi. "a
see the original Chinese. and to be as.
lsured Of the translators candor.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-08
CHINESE OFFER STRONG RE-
SISpANCE

II is evident that il is not going to be
an easy task for the allies to reach Pekin.
It is a question whether they can reach it
at all without large reinforcements. The
meagre accounts of the battle that has
been fought on the road to Pekin show
that the Chinese are prepared to make
very strong resistance. If ii be true that
the killed and wounded of the allies num-
bered 1900. il would not require many
more such battles to make them halt and
wait for assistance.
No doubt the loss of the Chinese was
far greater than that of the allies. Sup
pose 1t was five times or even ten times
as great! They could stand many such
losses. They could lose an army of 100000
and scarcely miss 1t. But every man of
the allies is needed The allied army is a
small one, and it has a dangerous road of
seventy-two miles to travel in order to
reach Its destination. And when ii
reaches Pekin it may encounter a great
army-an army of perhaps 10000 men.
Ii is fair to assume that the Chinese
have not been idle since il became known
II was the purpose of the Powers to send
an army to rescue the ministers. No
doubt they have been collecting their SOL
diers from all parts of the empire with
the view of infieting great defeat on the
allies. If the invaders should be driven
back, and put in peril at Tien Tsin, there
would be an uprising of the whole Chi
nese people. They hate foreigners and
them out of China and keep them out if
they should force the allied army to re-
treat to Tien Tsin.
If those in authority at Pekin really
wanted peace they would have given up
the ministers when the demand for them
desire to risk themselves and families
with a Chinese escort the Chinese would
have permitted small force of the allies
to come TO Pekin and take them to Tien
Tsin. 1t is clear that there has been no
intention to give up the ministers except
on terms made by the Chinese authorities.
Ii would not be surprising if among the
terms would be one that all foreigners, in
GLIDING missionaries, should get out of
China and stay out, and that all territory
coded by the empire in recent years UNI
der compulsion to European Powers
should be restored
The statement made by Ii Hung Chang
that the ministers were sent to Tien Tsin
several days ago is not credited, even in
China. 1t is doubtful if the Chinese gov
eminent will give up the ministers until
1t is compelled to do SO.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-08
ENGLAND's FINANCIAL CONDITION

The Boer war is causing uneasiness in
financial circles in London. Ii was stated
in our dispatches day or two ago that
the English government was seeking to
borrow $4,000, 900 in. New York. It is UNI
derstood that the bonds that are offered
there will be taken. Therefore some of the
gold of the United States will go to the
Bank of England. But the rate of inter-
est that England is now compelled to pay
for money is very close to per cent. The
government of this country had no trouble
in getting all the money il asked for at
the beginning of the Spanish-American
War at per cent. and these per cents
now command premium of about per
cent. English consols are offered at s7l4.
1t is not surprising, under the circum-
stances, that there is uneasiness in Lon
don's financial circles.
The Boer war has proven far more ex-
pensive than IL was thought it would be.
Ii has already cost over S300,000,0o0, and
the end is not yet in sight. England nas
an enormous debt. She is rich, of course.
but her resources are not inexhaustible.
IN Idct tHey are Steduliy pecOiniuB Sihdller
This country is cutting into her commerce
in a way that is making her merchants
and manufacturers extremely anxious In
steel products Americans are underselling
English manufacturers in the London
markets. II they are undertaking them
at home what must they be doing in other
markets in which they compete with them?
If England feels the financial strain of a
little war like that in South Africa what
would be her financial condition il she
should become involved in a great war? A
great war growing out of the Chinese sit
uetion 10 which she would be a party is
not improbable II is not to be wondered
az that there are anxious faces among the
statesmen and leading business men of
England.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-08
A Valuable Book.

1t was an open car, says the Washing
ton Star. A man OF years and sedateness
sat next to a young man who was con
sulting a pocket dictionary By and by,
and without any premonitory symptoms,
the sedate man said:
ITS in there. l was looking over one of
them books yesterday and ! picked out
the very words
What do you refer to?' asked the
young man.
ITO what a woman up my way called
me when I asked her to marry me-"
And what was it?"
"A concave catalepic semi-annual old
dot. At first ! DIDN'T exactly know
whether she meant to say yes or turn me
down but after looking in the dictionary
I made up my mind that she was not for
me. Mighty handy, these dictionaries are,
when you get stuck on a hard word, eh?'
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-08
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The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-08
Prince Remembered Playmate.

Ten years ago when the crown prince
of Japana was in his thirteenth year, his
hiehness spent a summer at Futamigua-
ra Ise, says the Cleveland Leader. While
out on the water one day the Prince no
ticed fisherman's boy of about the same
age as himself, whose skill in swimming
drew forth his admiration. The lowly
youth whose name was Yei, was present
ed to the Prince. and there sprang up
friends hip between the two. His highness
was once more back at Ise the other day,
on his wedding tour and the Prince
thought of Yei. He wanted to see his old
friend, and, after a good deal of trouble,
the order was conveyed to YET now
grown a sturdy young man, but still poor
ard Icwly. In high delight the Prince ia k
ed freely of the past and then allowed
Vel to take leave of him loaded with va
rious presents.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-08
PicIxard and Pickard.

There arc two ministers in Cleveland who
bear the same surname, says the Cleve-
land Leader The yare Rev. Ward Beech
er Pickard and Rev. William l.. Pickard.
Some time ago Rev. W. 3. Pickard was
sitting In his study at his home on Fourth
avenue when his wife brought him a
daintily scented envelope. She said that
a man in evening attire and who looked
to be a blushing groom, had given her
the package.
Mr.. Pickard tore open the envelope and
found a gold eagle. He guessed what it
was for and for whom it was meant, so
he forwarded X to DR.. w. l.. pickard.
Another funny incident happened. DR..
W. L. Pickard was conducting Sunday
school meetings in a small town After
the services an elder came to him and
said that a poorly clad man was waiting
in the ante-room to see him. DR.. Pickard
went into the room and confronted the
stranger. The man stammered and halt
ingly said that he wanted to see Mr..
Pickard. The minister replied that his
name was Pickard, and asked, What can
do for your
We'll, I wanted to see Mr.. Pickard, as
am friend of his. but if you are half as
good minister you will lend me quar-
ter"
He got the money.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-08

An English paper records the following
instance of the ingenuity of Col Frank
Rhodes when the relief column was max
ing it's way to Mafeking and Plumer and
Baden-Powell had sent messages asking
for details as to numbers, guns and sup
plies. 1t was impossible to trust
straightforward answer to the risks of the
road, and so the native runners were sup
piled with this ingenius reply:
"Our numbers are the navel and military
multiplied by 10; our guns are the number
of sons in the Ward family; our supplies
the O. C. Ninth Lancers." 1t would have
puzzled the Boer intelligence department
to find out that the Naval and Military
Club is at "a Picoadilly; that the house
of Dudley has six sons, and that the Off
Ger commanding the Ninth Lancers Is Col
Small-Little.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-08

These are halcyon days for anarchists.
Luccheni. who essassinated the Empress
of Austria, is serving a life sentence IN
Geneva, because there is no death penalty
in Switzerland; young Sipido, who at
tempted the life of the Prince of Wales
in Belgium, is at large through miscar-
riage of justice, and 1t transpires that
Bresci, who killed King Humbert, cannot
be executed for the reason that capital
punishment has been abolished in Italy.
AS long as these men live they viii be re-
garded by others OF their class as heroes
and an Inspiration to similar deeds. 1t is
worthy of remark in this connection that
there are in this country five states in
which the President might be assassinated
without the murderer suffering capital
punishment These states are Colorado,
Rhode Island, Maine. Michigan and Wis
consin. In each the death penalty is for
hidden by Law.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-08

Maurice de Fleury, an erudite French
man, says that the term, love SICK" is
not an empty phrase. According to him,
love is a malady of the mind, to be class
ed among the most distressful of diseases.
What are these foreign scientists going
to leave us in life that is sane? Nordau
says genius is insanity, Lombroso says
crime is insanity and now this other man
comes along and says the grand passion
of the heart is insanity Must man be
as unimaginative and as Unconditional as
clam to be classed as normal?
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-08

Dudley Township, Haskell county, Kan,
came into prominence four years ago as
the only township in the country to give
a plurality for Palmer and Buckner. Dud-
ley township comes forward again this
year, with a paramount issue that is en-
Bradley, Republican, and Willis William
son, Democrat, are suitors for the hand
OF Miss Kincaid. she has informed them
that she viii marry the one that carries
the county Tor his candidate for Presi-
dent The electioneering that they are
doing is said TO be something wonderful
TO behold
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-08

1t is a medicine for weak women. 1t is q
purely vegetable medicine and can be
taken by the most delicate. Kidney Dis
eases, Rheumatism and all diseases OF the
Blood. Stomach and nerves soon succumb
to its wonderful effects upon the human
system. Thousands of people in Georgia
recommend it. Price s1.e0.
QUAKER PAIN BALM is the medicine
that the Quaker Doctor made all of mis-
wonderful quick cures with. It's a new
and wonderful medicine for Neuralgia,
Toothache, Backache. Rheumatism
Sprains. Pain in Bowels; in fact. all pain
can be relieved by it, Price &c and Soc
QUAKER WHITE WONDER SOAP. a
indicated soap for the skin, scalp and
complexion. Price 10c cake
QUAKER HEALING SALVE, a vege-
table ointment for the cure of letter, CO.
zema and eruptions of the skin. Price
l0c a box.
FOR SALE By ALL DRUGGISTS
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-08

The New York Commercial, phiiosophiz-
ing upon plantation labor and the educa-
ton OF the negro, reaches this conclusion:
"a negro cottonfeld hand with a good
education ought not to be any more of an
anomaly than a hired man on a New
Hampshire farm. who can demonstrate
problem in algebra during the nooday
lunch. and he is by no means uncommon"
This presupposes the mental equality of
the negro and the white hired man" of
New Hampshire: IN which premises the
Commercial fatally errs. Whether or not the
negro with good education" ought not
to be" an anomaly as a farm hand. the
fact remains that such farm hand Is not
only an anomaly. but is nou-existent
country but mona of them Is TO be found
as hand" on a farm. 1t is the negro
idea that as soon as he acquires an edu-
cation. even If II be only superficial one,
that he must enter one of the professions
or hold a political office. With his educa-
ton he takes on too much dignity to work
with his hands. He looks upon the ability
to read, Wrlte ana clpner as an open
sesame to all OF the good things and soft
snaps of life. He must be a preacher, q
teacher. a lawyer or a politician. or he will
be nothing az all. There is no such thing
as the dignity OF labor In his lexicon.
Booker 7. Washington has frequently re-
marked upon this characteristic OF the
race. and he Is doing his beet to counter
act IL; but 20 far the fruits Of his efforts
are not visible.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-08

Meetings have recently been held in the
provinces of Tacna and africa, Peru Cor
ChileO In which it was resolved that an
nexation 10 the United States would re
sought unless Chile speedily restored the
provinces to the Peruvian government.
In Bolivia, which country is threatened by
Chilean aggression. there is a good deal of
talk about annexation to the United
States. Recently a leading journal of
Switzerland openly advocated the annexa-
tion of that republic to the United States
What a magnificent scheme of empire all
of these suggestions must open UP 10 the
minds eye of the Republican bosses!
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-08

An evidence of the increasing importance
OF New York as a money center is to be
seen in the heavy subscriptions 20 the
new British war loan of 10000 900. Already,
IL IL estimated, more than one-hah OF the
total loan has been subscribed for In this
country. A few years ago the
floating Of any considerable part of Eu-
ropean war loan In the United States
would have been unthought of. Now. how
ever, American fnanciers have so much
money at their disposal that they are al
ways ia the market for first-class securi-
ties. domestic or foreign. even IL the secu-
rites offer low interest. There are good
reasons for thinking that the time is NOT
far distant when the financial center OF
the world win not be in Europe, but in
Wall street. New York,
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-08

Thirteen of the battleships enumerated
by the British Admiralty as belonging to
the first line of defense similar class
ifcation to the American first-class bat
tleships, are said to be armed with large
guns that are in no essential different
from the guns with which the Victory
was armed in 1906. They are old, muzzle-
loading pieces, awe-'nspiring to the sight,
but of little consequence if pitted against
the modern rapid-fre, breech- loading RI
fed cannon of much smaller caliber. The
best guns of this fleet of thirteen battle
ships, it is said became obsolete thirty
years ago. Many Englshmen are coming
to a realizing sense of the fact that con-
siderable proportion of the boosted Brit
ish navy is deploraby weak in both arrnor
and armament and that some of the
heaviest and most formidable looking of
the old battleships would fall easy prey
to the modern swift and powerful cruisers
that have been recently added to the ma
vies of other countries.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-08
The QuakGrs Are
Honest PEOPLE,

The Quaker Herl
Tonic is not only a,
blood purifier. but q
Blood maker for
Pale, Weak and De-
bilitated people who
have not strength
nor blood. 1t acts as
a tonic, it regulates
digestion, cures dys-
pepsla and lends
strength and tone to
the nervous system.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-08
The weather.

The indications for Georgia to-day are
for generally fair and continued warm
weather. with light TO fresh southerly
winds; and for Eastern Florida generally
fair weather. with light to fresh north
easterly winds.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-08

Richard Harding Davis went to South
Africa decidedly pro- British. He has just
returned to New York, and it appears that
while he is not exactly bubbling over
with contempt for the British army officer.
he Is pretty close to it. II is to be borne
In mind, however. that the American
army officers in Tampa. just prior TO the
invasion of Cuba earned the lasting dis
pleasure of Mr.. Davis by attending 10
their own business in their own way and
paying precious little attention to him.
Probably the failure of the British in
South Africa to fully realize the i'm
portance of Mr.. Davis at his own valua-
ton. had good deal to do with Mr..
Davis opinion of the British officers. At
al events. he says the English soldier is
loser of the worst possible sort. Lord
Roberts according to his view, lacks lot
of having the hardy Dutchmen beaten,
and the worst part of the war is yet to
come. He says the English stories of the
Beers having used poisoned bullets is all
stuff The Beers creased their cartridges,
to make them work smoothly, and where
thS NdAtCN anu INC SACtA SolhC eSSSNAANA @
green stuff formed. just as a green stuff
villa form in a brass candlestick." An
English soldier, who had one of the Boer
poisoned" cartridges, showed 1t 10 young
Consul Hay, and complained of the bar
barism of the Dutchmen. Hay placed the
bullet in his mouth and scraped off the
green STUFF with his teeth. Bring me
all of these you can get" he told the
Britisher, II like to eat this thing on
them T., ilss
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-08

Messrs. Bryan and Stevenson will to-day
learn officially that they have been nomi-
mated by the Democratic party for Presi-
dent and Vice President of the United
States.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-08

DR.. Harper. president of the University
of Chicago, is going to make the expert
ment of living on an expenditure Of Is
cents d day for each member of his fam
lily. He will do this for one week. Can
he possibly demonstrate any useful propo-
sition by any such experiment?