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The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-13

The postman had brought better. adj
dressed in a singularly cramped hand to
George Ferguson, Esq. says the Chicago
Tribune.
Il wonder" unused Mrs. Ferguson.
closely inspecting the penmanshp, who
that can be from
If she had suspected that the incident
would find IFS way into print, she would
have said whom" of course, but the
other way was easier to say, and, besides
the language is changing.
Il never object to George opening my
letters" she continued land | think I'll
open this. 1t may be family business any
how, or it may be something that ought
to be attended to right away
The envelope was loosely sealed. 1t
yielded readily 10 the careful insinuation
of a darning needle under the flap, and
in another moment she had opened it and
was persuing the contents.
My dear Ferguson" the letter began,
'ff you will meet me at my office to-mor
row morning we will confer about that
matter we were discussing yesterday and
will come to some conclusion. In the
meantime l may tell you in confidence
that Ruggles will not come into the
scheme at ALI We shall have TO carry it
through ourselves. | may as well caution
you III duulllOH IndI Whatever you write
to me about it should be addressed to
me at my office instead of my house as
my wife, though an excellent woman in
every other way, has habit of opening
my letters and l don't want her to know
anything about it till we have all our
plans perfected. Your wife. you tell me,
never opens any letters addressed to you.
Such woman is indeed jewel, and do
not wonder you are proud of her.
d,
much perplexity How can I look George
in the face after such a-such al do be-
lieve it's a decoy letter after ALL
Then, with a firmly compressed lip, she
carefully sealed it up again and sat down
to think about it
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-13

A north-country miner, aged seventy
three, visited a lawyer to make his will
says Tit-Bits. The old mans property
consisted of two small cottages, which
had cost him f15O. The lawyer asked him
how he wished to dispose of it.
Ma auld woman is to hev it all so lang
as she's ma widow after that BARNS tc
hev all" replied the client.
What age is your wife?" asked the
lawyer.
'Seventy-two, was the reply
How long have you been married?"
over fifty years.
The lawyer suggested that under the
circumstances he should let his wife have
the little property during her life, wheth-
er she remained a widow or NOT.
IA winnot. "A winnot," exclaimed the
old man; "Aa'll hev ma ain way"
But surely you don't expect an old wo-
man now over seventy would ever dream
of marrying AGAIN."
The miner looked the lawyer full in the
face. and answered very solemnly:
well, sonny, thor's ma knowing what
young chaps like yerser will dae for sill.
err"
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-13
HOW TO GET SUGAR MILLS.

Fifteen citizens of Ocala, Fla, have
started movement to erect a sugar and
syrup plant at that place. They have is
sued a prospectus outlining their proposed
plan, and it ought to be attended with
success. 1t is proposed to form com
pany with capital of $4,000 for the boil
ing and refining of syrup and sugar.
Shares are to be 800 each, payable in in
stalments. AS soon as half of the capital
perfected. AS the business grows the Gap
ital will be increased. The sum named
as the original capital will be ample for
a small start. 1t is pointed out that,
while the cane season is short, the pow
er machinery need not remain idle be-
tween seasons. 1t can be used for other
purposes requiring power, in the grinding
of corn, for instance, thus making ii pro-
ductive of an income the year around.
By establishing a mill for cane at Ocala
the farmers of Marion county will be af-
forded a market for their cane. The mar
ket for the products. of the mill is al
ready made. There is a demand for all
the sugar and high grade syrup that can
be produced. The syrup, however, must
be of uniform grade and good quality to
secure remunerative prices. 1t is to be
the care of the plant to secure this uni
formity Under the existing system of
syrup making in Florida, hardly two bar
rels of syrup, even when boiled by the
same man, are OF the same grade This
fact, very naturally. keeps Florida syrup
from acquiring a reputation for excel
lence. And, it may be remarked just here,
that what is said of Florida in connec-
ton with this sugar and syrup business
applies with equal force to South Geor-
gia.
The prospectus of the OcaIa sugar and
syrup enterprise asserts. with truth, that
we have no grounds to complain of hard
times as long as we neglect to take ad-
vantage of the opportunities laid at our
feet by bountiful nature. Our soil, il
says. is as rich in syrup as the soil Of
PENNSYLVANIA is in oil. BY employing the
same degree of energy, we can produce
syrup in almost as great quantities as
PENNSYLVANIA is producing oil. The aver
age Florida land South Georgia) pine lands
viii produce six to eight barrels of syrup
to the acre, while the best pine. mixed
woods and hammock lands are good for
from ten to thirty barrels to the acre.
lis not this a mine worth working" asks
the prospectus. It certainly is. and the
Floridians and South Georgians are los
ing time by not going ahead and working
it at once. The ocala people propose to
begin on a small scale, and work up to
a bigger one. Their example ought 10 be
followed throughout the section.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-13
HUMoR IN CH1CAGo's SCHOOLS.

"Humor brightens and quickens the
mind" says Mr.. Charles r. Barrett, su-
perintendent of the Chicago Athenaeum:
therefore, he is in favor of introducing
humor in the Chicago public schools. He
went on to tell, in a recent lecture be-
fore the Cook County Teachers Associa-
ton, how he was sure that a story well
told would open and develop brain cells
and quicken the mind. "Conundrums are
in order in the class room" he said. Tell
new conundrums and the pupils will learn
to appreciate them" Then he illustrated
what in his opinion was a new" conun-
drum, suited 20 the capacity of Chicago
school children thus: Spring this upon
your children, and see how they will
brighten up"
When does lettuce blush?'
when it sees the salad dressing"
This example of the perfect riddle. no
doubt carefully planned by Mr.. Barrett,
who expected to see his hearers convulsed
with the wit of it, may be about the
right thing for infantile Chicago; but 1t
evoked not one smile from the assembled
teachers. The men looked sad, and the
women blushed in embarrassment.
Still, there may be something in Mr..
Barretts idea. after all; that is. provided
the "humor" can be introduced at such
times and in such manner as not to in
terfere with the other work of the school.
There IS an old saw that runs to the eff
feet that every person must eat peck
of dirt during his or her life. Likewise is
it true that every person is called upon
to swallow pecks and bushels of old
stories and alleged humor during life
time. If it could be so arranged that
the children could be fed on the chestnuts
in their young and robust years, while
the digestion is good, it might save them
unpleasant moments in later life. They
would learn the whole catalogue of chest
nuts, beginning with. when is a door
not door," while at school; they would
become familiar with the ear-marks of
the reVamped witticism, and learn to dis
tinguish from the first sentence of a story
which one of the thirteen joke-roots, as
defined by Mark Twain, the story was
based on. Then by deft and delicate
suggestion, it might be conveyed to the
narrator that the listener knew all about
it, having learned it at school. Thus
much time and nerve force could be saw
ed; and time is money, as is also nerve
force
When Chicago gets it's "hop, skip and
jump theory of teaching words by suit
ing the action to them, and its humorous
department, fixed in the public school
curriculum, it may well boast that its
system of instruction is the greatest of
it's kind, extant.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-13
M'KuNLEY,s SOUTHERN POLICY.

In the West Democratic papers are in
/ sisting that the reason why Mr. McKin-
/ ley is making efforts to capture Southern
! states is that he and other Republican
leaders are becoming afraid that their
party is going to lose some of the states
OF the North which they have been car
rying.
The Chronicle of Chicago says: "Repub-
deans expect to lose the great command
ing states at the North. They are try
ing to make UP for their anticipated
Northern losses by heavy Southern gains.
The work to accomplish this is in pro-
gress."
II may be that the Chronicle has man
aged 10 get at the secret of the effort of
lican party in the South. but we do not
think il has. The building up of a South
ern white Republican party will require
time-a great deal of time. II cannot be
done in year or in a half a dozen years,
if at all. 1t cannot therefore be that the
President and his party are looking to off
set losses in the North by gains in the
South in the very near future.
The truth probably is that they are not
anticipating losses in the North at pres
ent, and that the main reason they are
DESTROYS of building up white Republic
can party in the South is to relieve the
Republican party from the stigma of be-
ing a sectional party They have tried
for a generation and more to build up a
Republican party in the South with the
black man at the front and they find
they are no nearer to accomplishing that
result than they were when they began.
Therefore they have adopted new tactics.
It may be true that the hold which the
Republican party has on the great COM
handing states of the North" is very
slender, but it does not seem to US that
If that is so il has anything to do with
the appointment of Democrats to office in
the South. If the Chronicle has inside IN
forma ton bearing on the subject it ough:
to give it to the public.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-13

We explained at great length that much
depended upon the hanging of a picture
indeed, unskillful hanging might spoil the
whole effect says the Detroit Journal.
Uncle Hiram deemed this altogether
reasonable; he recalled an instance in
point:
Back in 49," said he, when l was in
Californy. they was a chap in our camp
by the name of Bill Saffies. Now Bill
was the pictur of health the fust time ]
see him. Everybody said he was. But he
got sawter p'miscous like with other
folks prop'ty, an one night lot o. fei-
lers that didn't know a thing bout art
took him out an hung him, an after that
Bill want no pictur OF health tall. Every
bodyt sec him said he want. Jes' you
say, the hangin's the main thing, pears
like"
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-13
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Meetings-savannah Volunteer Guards;
German Friendly Society.
Special Notices-Andrew Haney Com
pany; Savannah Building Supply Com
pany; Baseball at Bolton Street Park. S.
J.. P. c. of Savannah and Augusta Picked
Team; Notice to Members of Confedcr-
ate Veterans Association.
Business Notices-Hill Refrigerators.
Henry Solomon &, Son; f. & W. Laundry.
Legal Standardization from the Clerk
of the Court of Ordinary of Chatham
County.
Watches-Waltham Watches.
Biscuit-National Biscuit Company.
Legal Sales-City Sheriff's Sale.
Pearline-James Pyle & Son, New York.
Medical-Castoria; Apiolene; Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters; DIR. Hathaway Co
HeiskelTs Ointment; Get 1t at Rowlin-
skis.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Help
Wanted Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-13
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The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-13
Mark Twain Rend the "Nevs.-

Stories of Mark Twain's London expert
enoes are leaking out, says a London pc
riodical. Some time back, he went to con-
suit well-known West End dentist, not
ed for keeping his patients waiting a long
time, and for Indifference TO the age of
the magazines and papers left on his
waiting room table to beguile their te-
dunn. Mr.. Clements was kept waiting for
a solid hour. and when his turn came his
patience had given out. But he contented
himself, as he entered the consulting
room, with the caustic remark:
81 see, by your papers, that there is
prospect of war with the Transvaal"
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-13

A notable ocean race was started al
the port of New York on Saturday. The
racers are the clipper ships fairfield of
Glasgow. and Vincent of Liverpool. They
are laden with iron and steel products,
for Melbourne, Australia. The average
time from New York to Melbourne is
about 100 days. The skipper Of the Glas-
Cow ship is a canny Scot. and that of
the Liverpool boat a Britisher. They
have made up neat little purse which
the winner Is to take down as his own.
"Do you hope to win the race, skipper"
asked a shipping clerk Of the Scotchman.
Il hope so, laddie." replied the bronzed
OF sea dog. Il dinna see that l can hailp
it. I'm taking a Bible and a keg O.
whusky. and ] think that the LORD 'ull
be with us" And there isn't a bit OF
doubt that the old fellow meant precisely
what he said.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-13

Mayo. Moore OF Omaha has got sick
and tired OF trying to enforce Puritani-
cal blue laws in a progressive twentbeth
century city," therefore he has rescinded
his orders to the police to close every
thing on Sundays. Hereafter as long as
Moore is Mayor the city will be run
wide open" The Mayor SAYS he is con-
v,hced that he viii have the support Of
tie majority Of the people OF the city in
, the new order Of affairs. .
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-13

The Maryland census trouble has been
settled. The director of the census saws
he is satisfied that the padding of the
rolls was more of a stupid blunder than
a crime. The enumerators in some places
counted residents twice, and in other In
stances counted them where they should
not have been. After a careful investi-
CATION the returns have been scaled down
by zoos leaving the population OF the
state at 1,lss.4 40. Ii is probable that the
cases against the enumerators will be
dropped n WIFI not be FORGOTTEN that the
accusation has been made that in every
instance where there was padding IL was
in a Republican section aud that the
enuneratore were said to have received
their instructions from certain of the
leading Republican politicians. In some
cases II is said the enumerators were
furnished with named copied from tomb
stones. with Instructions 10 add them to
their lists.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-13

Col. Thomas P. Ochitree. formerly OF
Texas, now Of New York, sailed for Eu-
rope the other day, accompanied by a
valet. story has it that the Colonel is
going to England TO place American
money, for a number of sports, on the
international yacht race, if he can find
English money to cover it, and that the
valet went along to carry the cash.
Meanwhile, on the trip over and in the
British capital, Col. Ochitree will while
away the time by teaching any inquiring
person something of the mysteries OF the
great American game of draw poker.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-13
The weather.

The indications for Georgia to-day are
for showers, with higher temperature in
fresh southwesterly; and for Eastern
FLORIDA, fair weather in Southern, show
ers in northern portion. fresh southeaster-
ly winds
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-13

Mayor Tom johnson of Cleveland has
ordered all of the Keep off the Grass"
signs in the parks and elsewhere in that
city to be removed at once Grass, he
says. was intended not merely to be
looked at, but to be trodden upon. and
for children TO romp and play on. He is
not averse 20 having certain grass plots
set aside to be looked at only, but he
objects to oil Of them being forbidden
ground.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-13

The parole of the Younger brothers
from the Minnesota penitentiary is said
20 have been brought about through the
fundamentally OF Senator Stephen b.
bakins of West Virginia The Youngers
and Frank and Jesse James were men,
bers of Quantrells guerillas during the
war. Elkins was in the union army. The
Youngers and Jsmeses knew Elkns per-
sonally. During one of Quantrelrs raids
young Elkins was captured, and ordered
taken to the rear. While being carried
back the Youngers and Jameses contrived
to get him into their custody. and ar
ranged for his escape. Elkins is said TO
have remembered the incident gratefully,
and 70 have befriended the men later
when they got into trouble. For some
time, II is said, he has been working in
the interest Of the Youngers.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-13

1t is not to he wondered at that King
Edward is angry with his laundering
Chief Secretary Wyndham for the seizure
The paper contained a severe attack upon
the King, to be sure, but if no notice
had been taken of it very few persons
would have heard of the matter. But
when the paper was seized, everybody
wanted to read the article, with the re-
published all over the world. So far from
suppressing the attack on the King,
Wyndham's action has had the effect of
giving it ten thousand times the publicity
it would otherwise have had.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-13

The Spanish naval congress, which has
been called by the Queen Regent, will
meet in Madrid next Friday In the heart
to heart talk between the delegates that
will ensue, they win be able to rejoice
in how great the Spanish navy was some
hundreds of years ago.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-13

Snow has been reported in England
during the past few days. 1t must be
that the Gulf Stream has been loafing
about the American coast, to hear the
latest news from Wall street; that is, If
the Gulf Stream has anything to do with
the climate of England
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-13

There are stories told in Washington to
the effect that a number of United States
senators were caught in the Wall street
crash the other day and more or less
badly hurt. It is alleged that one of them
lost SIS, GOETHE sum of a senatorial salary
for fifteen years
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-13

Cereal foods are up. meats are up.
stocks and bonds are up-just about
everything has advanced in price except
cotton The fieecy staple seems to be
slow in following the trend of the mar
kets
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-13
every day has It's dog

Every day has It's dog.
Probably the reason why babies never
go crazy is because they are baldheaded.
There are some men that the only way
you can keep away from is by asking
them to lend you money.
Any man with tact can be a successful
married man, but IL takes "a man with
real talent to he n successful bachelor.
No woman can bear a little sorrow as
easily as a man, and no man can bear q
great sorrow az easily as a woman
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-13
THE WINOLA.

This modern hotel is beautifully situa-
ted with full lake view on an eminenoe
of ground overlooking the main body OF
water $50 feet away. Pine grove of large
trees surrounds hotel. Orchestra will
furnish music at stated intervals during
day and evening. Cuisine first-class;
rates reasonable. Located on the direct
route to the Pan-American Exposition.
Illustrated booklet and other information
on application. c. E. FREAR, Prop,
Lake Winola, Pa.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-13

Miss Helen Gould is reported to be suf-
fering from nervous prostratlon In her
New York home. II Is whispered among
her friends that she has worried herself
sick over the Castellanes--the antics Of
the little Count Boni and the disappoint-
Gnents OF her sister the Countess.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-13
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Louisville Courier-Journal (Dem.)
says: THE rapacity of the so-caHed
Christian nations in assessing their in
demnity upon China seems likely to meet
some obstacle in the fact that an in
crease of the customs to a point thought
necessary 90 raise the revenue may be
so high as to cripple trade with the very
nations demanding the excessive indem-
nifty. In this situation the Powers will
find it incumbent to do some fine figuring
In order to fix a tariff that will at once
yield the required revenue without in
fiicting serious damage on foreign trade
in other words, to enable China to salve
the hurts of the Christians by filling their
pockets on one side without tightening
their pockets on the other side
The Baltimore News (Dem) says: Mr..
Bryan's cry is stll for fusion, more fu-
SION He declines to recognize the fact
patent to everyone except those so blind
they will not see that public distrust Of
the Democratic party Is created in large
measure by it's alliance with this Wild
eyed. long-haired contingent which has
forced its half-baked doctrines into che
party platforms until no conservative
business man, whatever his former politi-
cal predhecuons, 1S Wiling 10 entruSt
that party with power. Fusion, express
and implied. is what wrecked the Demo-
cratic party and yet Mr.. Bryan wants
more fusion"
The Springfield (Aass) Republican
Qnd) says: "A distinct boom for the
Panama canal seems to be in progress in
Washington. even in administration cir
cles. The government OF Colombia is
making earnest efforts to meet the con-
ditons set up by the United States re-
garding the old Panama canal company
and the canal concessions, and If the
forthcoming report of the Walker Com
mission proves TO be as favorable to Pan
anna as is now anticipated, the battle be-
tween the rival routes may become tiercer
than before since the De Lesseps fiasco."
The Cincinnati Inquirer Deml says:
"If the Republicans OF Iowa get Il into
their heads that the administration is
working Conger off on them for Governor
will they stand til II is a reminder Of
the way Mr. Plat dumped Gov. Roose-
welt into the vice presidency"
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-13

In Massachusetts, a number of wealthy
men own private fish-ponds 1t is against
the law in that state to fish on Sunday.
a bill was introduced into the Legislature
recently making it lawful for citizens TO
take FISH from their own private ponds on
Sunday. The bill has been rejected.