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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-23
BRIGHT BITS.

In These Days of weddings-The
Mother: "She says she'll elope." The
Father-"Let her do it. It's cheaper
Life.
"A Hit, Sure!-Penner: What are you
doing now?" Skribbs-"Writing songs"
Penner-"Any of them become popular
yet?" Skribbs-'SNo but l turned out a
Mother one yesterday that had fifteen
grammatical errors in it."-Puck.
-Customer-"And is this chair really an
antique piece of furniture?" Dealer-"An-
tique. madam! There's no doubt about
that Why, 1t was so worm eaten when
l bought it that I had to have a new
back and new seat and three new legs
made for it."-Tit-Bits.
Good Riddance-"wake Up, Henryr'
cried the good woman. in the dead OF
night. There's a burglar In the house. l
just heard him in the dining room. "
Good" Henry replied, sleepily, IF We
don't disturb him maybe he'll take away
that chatting dish of observation-disclosures
Press.
-Sisterly Sympathy-Gwendolen How
late you are. dear. What have you been
doing all the afternoon" Maude-"Help-
ing the Grugsbys at their at home and
making myself generally fascinating and
agreeable" GwendDIen-"Poor thing!
What hard days work for you."-Punch.
Much Cleverer-"Don't you think a
woman is clever enough to do any work
that man can?" inquired the lady with
a resolute jaw. "Oh she is much clev-
erer than that" answered Miss Cayenne
."She is clever enough to make the man do
the work and give her the benefit of it,
Washington Star.
First Hotel Keeper-"Yes; I am going
to have the sea-serpent attraction again
this year" Second Hotel Keeper-"That
is old. ] am going to have a young wo-
man wade out beyond her depth every
hour. l have just ordered a few gross of
medals, and each rescuer will be present.
ed with one. '-Philadelphia Record.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-23
ventriIoqui.m Extraordinary.

One of the peculiarities of Sothern's
elaborated jokes, says The People,
was the way in which he worked
up to them. He pretended to
have accidentally discovered that he pos
sessed the gift of the born ventriloquist,
and arranged an experiment on the occa-
sion of a supper party given in his honor
at pleasant house in a London suburb.
There was a foolish kind of hanger-on
of Sothern's. vino loved to boast of his
intimacy with the famous comedian. He
had often said, II wish you would let
me help you in one of your practical jokes,
Mr.. Sothern." Sothern humored his de-
sire. Mr.. Edgar Pemberton tells the
story in his Memoir of Sothern."
The comedy must, for my purpose, be
reduced to paragraph. You know how
fond the professional ventriioquist is OF
talking up the chimney to an imaginary
man on the roof. Sothern had arranged
for his siavish confederate to mount the
roof by a ladder and play the part of
the voice on the roof, which he did to
perfection, and Sotherns success as
ventriloquist was voted nothing short of
marvellous. Supper being over, the party
adjourned to another room, at which point
Sothern said Good night" to his friend
above, at which cue it had been arranged
that the seapce should be concluded.
Sothern had, however, plotted against his
man, who, when he wanted to descend,
found that the ladder was gone. By hook
or by crook the deceived confederate found
his way TO the chimney of the smoking
room, where the supper party were set
Ting down for a long evening. Presently
a voice was heard calling down the Chin
ney, "Sothern! Sothern! For heavens
sake. come and help me! can't get down
and it's raining like madH' Sothern was
taken aback for moment, but only to
be In ecstasies the next at the exclama-
ton of his friends, who considered the
voice only another example of Sothern
skill. You said you could do no more,
your voice was tired, and here it is
stronger than everr' Sothern, accepting
the compliments of his friends, managed
in a short conversation with the voice
on the roof, to let his unhappy confeder-
ate understand that as soon as possible
he would go out and help him down. Al
ter time, just when Sothern was about
TO slip out and release his friend, his host
went to the chimney and, all the more
TO emphasize Sothern's success, as he
thought, called out, Are you still there?"
This was the last straw upon the rain
drenched back of the sufferer. "Oh, go
to bazesr came the angry reply, and
with it a piece of mortar that ratified in
the CRATE, you're a beast!"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-23
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Meetings-Confederat Veterans and
Sons of Veterans.
Special Notices-Andrew Hanley Com
pany; Savannah Building Supply Com
pany: Auction Tomorrow, John L. Ar
cher, Auctioneer; Notice, c. A. Stiles; Re-
ward of 800, Posten & ALLEN; Notice to
City Court Jurors.
Business Notices-Hin Refrigerators'
Henry Solomon & Son; lone Minute Cof-
fee Pot" A NJ. & C. w. West; Better
Than Stocks, R. Van Kuren & Co..
Hotel-Hotel Victoria, New York.
Whiskey-AIurray Hill Club Whisky;
Old Quaker Rye Whiskey.
Electric Pase-Stearns Electric Paste.
Watches-Waltham.
Medical-Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root; Nc
Elree's Wine of Cardui; S. s S.; TUFTS
Pills; Worlds Dispensary Preparations;
P. p. p; Peruna; Get 1t at Rowlinskis s;
Lydia Pinkham Vegetable Pills.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-23
Badly Timed Compliment,

Brig. Gen. James F. Smith of San
Francisco became colonel of the First
Regiment, California National Guard, in
1884, went to the Philippines in 1898, be-
came the first American governor of the
Island of Negros in 1899, and is now a
brigadier general of volunteers, says the
Philadelphia Post. His rapid advance
ment recalls an incident that marked the
time when he was elected colonel.
The election was held in the evening
During the day Mr. Smith, who is a law
yer was engaged in defending fifty Chi
namen charged with gambling. During
the hearing the judge suddenly asked the
prosecutor to point out certain ones of
the indicted Cinnamon who were supposed
to be standing among the horde of orien-
tails in the back of the room. The prose-
cutor could not and asked Mr.. Smith to
do so. Mr.. Smith declined, the prosecu-
tor persisted, the judge insisted. and the
future general, remaining defiant. was
sent 90 jail for contempt of court
He went to jail late in the afternoon,
and that very evening was elected colo
mel. The next morning the newspapers
throughout the state published a brief
Associated Press dispatch from San Fran
cisco relating the fact that James +.
Smith had been elected colonel of the
First Regiment. The fact that he was
also in Jail was omitted. A friend of Mr..
Smith. who had gone to Napa the day be-
fore, saw the dispatch and Immediately
sent the following congratulatory tele-
gram:
THE right man in the right place"
When the message was delivered to the
new-made colonel in jail he couldn'd see
the humor of II at first. Then he realized
that his admring friend did not know the
place" where the message found him
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-23
NO ENCOURAGEMENT FOR REPUBLI-
CANISM,

Senator Carmack of Tennessee, in an
interview published in the Washington
Star on Mondey, pointed out that there is
no rush in the South towards the Repub-
lican party, and that there is no indication
that there will be. In his opinion all this
talk about there being a strong Repub-
lican party in the South, if the ballot is
taken from illiterate negroes, is without
any substantial foundation.
There was a time" says Senator Car
mack, when Mr.. Mckinley and other Re
publican leaders could have done the
South real service, but at that time she
got from the Republican party nothing
was a time when it paid the Republican
party better to wave the bloody shirt
There was more political capital in doing
that than in doing justice to the South
ern people. The attitude of that party to-
wards the South then was summed up in
the words Confederate Brigadier This
brigadier was forbidden to draw his sword
for the Union until it was needed in the
war with Spain. We rejoice" says Senator
Carmack, that sectional hatred has pass
ed away, but we do not forget that it
would have passed away years ago, had
Mr.. Mckinley and other Republican lead
ers desired ID to pass"
Senator Carmack points out that there
has been no elimination of the negro as a
political factor in any of the Southern
states. Even in those states in which the
ballot has been taken from the illiterate
negroes. the negro is as prominent in con-
ventions of the Republican party as he
ever was. He is looking forward to the
time when he will have the ballot again.
Many of them have it now because they
are able to comply with the educational
qualification, and the number of negro
voters is increasing all of the time.
There were of course a good many
Democrats in the South who voted the
Republican ticket in 1896 and in 1900, but
they do not go near Republican conven-
lions, and they have no intention Of going
near one. They are Democrats, and will
remain such.
Senator Carmack admits that IL the ne
dency among the whites to divide on party
lines would be strong. but as long as the
negro has the ballot they are likely 10
stand together.
And there is another reason why the
South will remain Democratic. 1t is that
the Republican party represents the Or
ganized greed of the country, and is at
open war with the principles and tradi-
lions of the republic. II is not, therefore,
a party that commends itself to the con-
sentative South. In the Senator's opinion,
1t will not be until the South is dominated
by such influences as control in Pennsyl-
vania and New Jersey that the Southern
people win welcome the Republican party.
That Senator Carmack speaks the senti-
ments of the leaders of the Democratic
party in the South there is no doubt. and
time will show that these sentiments are
correct.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-23
THE GREENE AND GAYNoR CASE.


Mr.. Carter has an attorney at Leaven-
worth, Kan. who is now doing the talK-
ing for him. The attorneys name Is
John H. Atwood. Either he doesn't know
anything about the Carter court-martial
case, and the Greene and Gaynor case,
or else he supposes the public doesn't.
He gave an interview to the Kansas
City Times the other day, and it would
be difficult to get more mistakes in col
umn than he got into the interview.
For instance, he said that it seemed
to him that the government had been try
ing to prevent a trial of Greene and the
Gaynors, and that he could not under
stand why the order sending them to Sa-
vannah for trial was delayed so long. The
impression he wished to create was, evil
IDENTIFY, that Greene and the Gaynors were
anxious for a trial at Savannah, but that
the government wouldn't give them a
chance to show their innocence. United
States District Attorney Erwin ought to
send Attorney Atwood the record of the
proceedings before the United States com
missioner in New York. From it he would
and the Gaynors were to return to Sa-
vannah.
According to Attorney Atwood Mr..
Westcott is the bad man of the story.
1t was he who refused to give the testi-
mony that would have shown Mr.. Carters
innocence. He refused to testify before
the military court. He ran off to Europe,
and let Mr.. Carter be convicted. Attor-
ney Atwood forgets of course that Mr..
Westcott did not go to Europe without
good deal of urging, and that if he had
remained and given testimony which he
subsequently gave Mr.. Carriers sentence
might have been severer than it was.
According to Attorney Atwood. the Pres
ident found nothing in the court-martial
proceedings which justified the conviction
of Mr.. Carter, and would have set him
free if Mr.. Westcott had not returned
from Europe and made an affidavit which
prejudiced the Presidents mind.
Clearly in Attorney Atwood's opinion
Mr.. westcott is very bad man. Mr.. Car
ter, it seems, is going to make every eff
fort to be present at the trial of Greene
and the Gaynors. 1t is the purpose of his
attorneys to sue out a writ of some sort
with the view of getting for him the priv
ilege of attending the trial He will have
plenty of time to think about the matter.
There is no probability that the trial win
take place before next fall.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-23
was Cut Out for a Critic.

The musical critic was unable to attend
the pianoforte recital. but the handy man
on the paper allowed that he could do the
thing easy enough, says the Boston Tran
script And this is how he did it:
Herr DiaDsons recital last evening at
Acoustic Hall was the most recherche
event of the musical season. Herr dap
son is a master in cantilever, and both
in his automobile and in his tour deforce
he wrought wonders of tonic stimulation.
He was especially potent in his dolce far
niente passages, and in his diminuendo
crescendo appoggiatura he displayed a
chronological skill that was simply won
derful
There was also a marvellous musician
ly abandon in the mute bars, the instru-
ment in these parts of the score being
forcefully impressive in silent fortissimo.
But it was perhaps in andante capriccioso
that he excelled himself. Here he dis
covered a coioratura, a bravura and an
ensemble that fairly electrified his audi
ence
Herr Diapson, it is true, occasionally
erred in an overponderosity of rutabaga,
and again in too lambert lustspiel; but
these lapses were hardly noticeable in his
rendering of cantabilious iutermezzo. The
recital, upon the whole, was marvellous
exhibition of poca hontas Instrumentation
and incandescent cavatina'
Slug four, who takes lessons, said there
was something wrong about it, although
he couldn't say exactly what, and the
managing editor, upon looking the cri-
uque over was free to admit that it was
all Greek to him; still he said that it
seemed to read all right, SO far as he
could discover to the contrary, and it
was quite in the line of the regular critic
composition-more luminous indeed, and
he didn't see why it shouldn't be printed.
1t was lucky, he said, that they had so
able an ail-round writer on the staff.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-23

A rather odd case has just been decided
by New York court. In one of the up
per counties OF the state a prison guard
was discharged for using profane Ian
guage in the presence Of prisoners at
work in the stone yard. He brought suit
for reinstatement claiming that vigorous
language was necessary to the proper
discipline OF the convicts under him, and
that the use OF such language by him
was not SUFFICIENT ground for his dis
charge. The court agreed with the ex-
guard. and ordered him to be reinstated.
As side issue. when the swearing guard
had been discharged, it was found that It
took three non-swearing men TO do his
work. II vigorous language is an aid TO
executive ability, maybe that is why that
New York preacher made use OF II some
days ago.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-23

The Rev. Mrs. tor Mrs. Rev.) Mary E.
Frey created a sensation in the Williams
port, Pa, East End Baptist Church the
other day. when she preached sermon
IN winch she charged that the linen are
stumbling over the church into hell" 1t
Is difficult nowadays to "tell church
member from a non-professor of religion
she asserted. since so many of the church
members run to the theaters and operas,
ana play cards, dance, drink, lie and
cheat" She scored the church festival
too, saying: Imagine Peter saving to
Paul, Paul. we must get I'D an ice cream
festival to pay the expenses of the church
at Corinth.' A little more along this
Hne' and the Pennsylvania woman will
become as well known as Mrs Nation.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-23
A straight Tip for n Penny.

"A year or two ago." said a young man
to a friend, according to Tit Bits. II
spent a few weeks at south coast water
ing places. one day 1-saw a machine
which bore the inscription. Drop a pen
ny in the slot and learn how to make
your trousers last. As hadn't a great
deal OF money / thought an investment
OF a penny TO show me how TO save the
purchase Of pair OF trousers would be
small capital put TO good use. 20 / drop
ped the required coin In and a card APP
reared. what do you suppose Il recon-
lasf2"
Don't wear 'em. suppose"
NO"
what did Il say2"
Make your coat ana waistcoat frEt."
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-23
THE MoRNING NEWS Is pubIished


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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-23

Mr.. Charles NJ. schwab, president OF
the United States Steel Corporation, was
quoted in the dispatches the other day as
saying that the iron ore supply would be
exhausted in about sixty years. He ex-
plains in an interview that he was not
quite correctly quoted. What he said, or
meant 10 say. was that the present known
supply would be exhausted in about six
~ years II the present rate of increase in
consumption should be maintained: but
he expects other sources of supply to be
discovered. Neither he nor anyone else
has any knowledge of what future discov-
cries will show. Cuba gives promise OF
becoming prominent as producer of ores.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-23

II the recent rains were worth 81 900
to the cotton growers OF Georgia, as
they no doubt were, they must have been
worth twenty times as much TO the agri-
cultural interests of the South Atlantic
and Gulf States. The dry weather had
extended all over the area named. and
all crops were suffering for moisture;
then came the blessed rains, extending
from Palestine. Tex. TO above Charlotte,
n. c.. and covering practically the whole
South Atlantic section. All growing veg
citation was revivined. the truck farms,
the melon patches and the fruit or
chards as well as the cotton plantations,
became once more green. fresh and Wig
orous The precipitation was decidedly
reasonable" and lis beneficial effects
viii be seen Ia the harvest.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-23

A musician and his wife were on their
way home from a concert and were over
heard discussing the merits of the enter
tainment, says the Youths Companion.
1T set my teeth on edge" the husband
said. TO hear the orchestra playing
Yankee Doodle and Dixie at the same
time. The idea is all right, of course,
and even commendable from a sentiment
tai point of view, but the two pieces,
when played together, are full of dis
cords"
But didn't yon notice" said his wife,
who is something OF a musician herself,
that where certain notes or passages
would have beer discordant they were
omitted from one air to another, and left
TO the drums?"
"Of course / noticed IT," he testify re-
Joined, but | could hear the discords In
my mind Just the same! AchH
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-23

Fifty years ago. or in 1851, the popula-
ton of Ireland was 6,574.271. In 1901. ac-
cording 10 the census recently taken. the
population was 4i5e,546. Thus the loss
during the period named was more than
100000 or nearly SO per cent. In this mat
ter Ireland's loss has been America S
gain, since the most of the Irish emigra-
tion has been to the United States. In
the same period Of fifty years the popu-
,ation Of Scotland has increased from g.
ssS,742 to 4.47i.a57. Fifty years ago Ire
lands population was double that OF
Scotland; now scotlands population is the
larger. England and Wales have almost
doubled their population in the half-cen-
fury.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-23
LOWER GEORGIA To BE FAVORED

Nhe Journal of Atlanta appears to be
aggrieved at the intimation thrown out by
the Morning News a few days ago that
the North Georgia politicians were get
ting ready to capture not only the guber-
material chair but also all of the other
state house furniture and it hastens to
point out that all of the recognized cam
didates for the governorship are residents
of counties south of Atlanta. They may
reside below Atlanta, but all of them do
not reside in Lower Georgia. only one
of them can claim to be citizen of South
Georgia The others are citizens of the
middle part of the state, and do not prob
ably consider themselves South Geor-
gians
The Morning News is as much opposed
to sectionalism as the journal can posi-
bly, be, and that is why it puts in plea
now and then for an Office for South Geor-
gia.
The Journal must bear in mind that
the Morning News was not speaking OF
candidates. 1t was speaking of officials.
The fact that the gubernatorial candi-
0dNtS noN epOhth VI are HOI
North Georgians doesn't put Il beyond a
doubt that North Georgia will not capture
the governorship again. The point the
Morning News made was that 1t seemed
that the North Georgia politicians were
trying to find an excuse for shelving the
candidate now favored by them for Gov.
ernor and for naming a candidate from
their part of the state.
However. the Morning News is glad to
be informed. not by the Journal. however.
but by North Georgia leader, that the
oonclaves at Atlanta have decided that
Lower Georgia is TO have the guberna-
torial nomination next time. That means
Mr.. duBignon. of course, II he wants it.,
II he doesn't want il. then some other
candidate from this part Of the state. But,
let the fact be kept in mind that Lower
Georgia is not Middle Georgia.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-23

Chicago As at the front with another
discovery. II is "skoliosis," or school
room sickness" "Skollosls," says Prof.
suder, lis caused primarily by hard work
in the school room" lie is very much
afraid that the disease will make serious
inroads upon the constitution of young
America. 1--WE must do all that is posi-
ble," he says. Ito stop the spread of this
disease which will cause curvature of the
spine, and other chronic ailments" Reg
ular out-of-doors exercise he recommends
as the best preventive The fathers and
mothers of the present generation never
suffered from "skollosis" and did not
know anything about II. Maybe 1t was
because many Of them had to walk from
one TO five miles TO school and back five
times week. Juggling a lot OF books and
q dinner pail. thereby securing the prop
er amount Of out-of-doors exercise to
prevent on attack of the ailment. Walk
ing Is mighty fine exercise.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-23
MiIIer'S Hotel.

81, 80 and Al West Twenty-sixth Street,
NEW YORK.
This house is located between Broadway
and Sixth avenue. one block from Madi-
son Square. 1t is in the very center Of
the shopping. amusement and hotel dis
trict. The Broadway and Sixth avenue
lines of electric cars. with their transfers,
connects with all ferries, railroad depots
and other parts of the city. The house is
fitted up with all modern conveniences,
and for years has been the home of
many prominent people from both South
and North.
Rates-Single rooms, with board from
50 to $3.50 per day. Double rooms. with
board for two, from 81 to s.. Special
terms for a stay of two weeks
w. NJ. HAIGHT. Proprietor