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The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-02
Miss Caustic Caught.

The wit is more to be dreaded than your
worst enemy, says the Louisville Times.
Witty people have way if slapping a
title on you which sticks for life These
things bubble up on their lips and woe
to the victim. He or she is ruined and
made a public laughing stock; even your
best friend will giggle on the sly. One So
ciety girl here, really nice girl has the
habit, however, of sitting in judgment on
the family standing of other people She
will make some disparaging remark and
conclude with: "Oh, well, you know and
I know they are really not to the manner
born"
Now this girl does not come of aristo-
cratic blood on her maternal side. Her an
cestors were simple, honest tradesmen,
who never pretended to style or had any
ambition to pose as aristocrats. They
were in the shoe business. One day the
girl was talking much as usual. The wit,
alas, was on deck loaded with back num-
Der facts. oh" said Miss Critic with a
toss of her head, as she mentioned a
debutante, 'of course she is not to the
manner born. l always like to express
myself in quotations"
80 do l." said the wit, softly and wick
edly, my favorite is let not the shoe
maker go beyond his last"
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-02
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BRIGHT BITS.

How did you like the pictures at the
art exhibition" Splendid. I met ev-
erybody and l never received more at
tention in my life. "-Philadelphia Times.
-Mamma-"Why, Susie, you've offered
your butterscotch to everybody but lit
tie brother. Why didn't you hand it to
him?" Susie with innocent candor)-
Because, mamma, little brother always
takes it."-Current Literature.
q overheard that man who calls on
you say something about betting, Bridg-
ct / hope he doesn't frequent pool
rooms?" Sure, ma'am he doesn't know
there's such a place in New York. He's
a policeman, MAJ ."-Yonkers States
man.
The Sequel have written an arti-
Gle on How to Live on $3.50 a Week, 4"
he explained to the editor. We'll" said
the editor, you had better write the
sequel to it," II do not understand. ="
why, How to Get the Two-Fifty. -
Baltimore American.
Then We Get the Figures.-"One new
er knows mans real value until he
is dead" commented the thoughtful wo-
man. True" replied the worldly wo-
man. Previous to that we can only
speculate on the amount of dife insur-
ance that he carries. Chicago Post.
Changed Her Mind.-Lady Visitor
well, Maisie, L have come after that
new baby; you know you told me last
week that you didn't want it, and that
l could take it home" Maisie-"Weli,
you can't have it. 1 want it myself now;
but III get you a piece of paper and
you can cut a pattern. "-Leslie's Weekly.
-Badinage.- Jack-"Miss Pechy's poo
die is dead. Did you hear about it,"
Tom-"Yes. I'm going up to call on her.
Jack-"To condole with her, 1 suppose. "
Tom-"No; to propose to her. now that
my rivals out of the way Jack-"Ah!
You want to get in before she takes up
with some other puppy. "-Philadelphia
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-02

The best of men may swear in a right
eous cause without giving offense, writes
Victor Smith in the New York Press. The
trouble with DR.. Rainsford's big damn
is that it may encourage the young wom-
en- of st. Georges to murmur small oaths
under their breath. The motto of every
devout female is, "Our preacher can do no
wrong" The late Mrs. Paran Stevens,
acknowledged social empress of New
York, had among her most precious pos
sessions a string of carefully selected
''cuss Words some of which were noted
for their vigor when her majesty was
aroused. Most women and girls say Dog
gone-it." plague take it!' Confound it!'
and similar innocent things. The man
who says he never swore may safely be
set down as a liar. What we all object
to is a perpetual interlarding of ones
speech with meaningless profanity. A
stout honest, explosive oath on an oc-
cason of high pressure is as satisfying
as a benediction.
Queen Eizabeth's faVorite oath was by
God!' Roman women swore by Castor!'
and both men and women by PolluX!
The most common Roman oath was by
Herculesr' In the early part of the nine
teenth century swearing was regarded as
Going back. Charles VIII swore "By
Gods Light!' and Edward the Confessor,
by God and His Motherr' The Cheval-
Ter Bayard's oath was by Gods Holy
Day." Francois I. used ION the word
of a gentleman!" Henry III. ION the word
of a gentleman, king and knight!
Henry V. "By'r Ladyr James I. ION my
soul!' King John by Gods tooth!' and
by the light of our Lady's browv' Louis
XII by Gods Eastern and Louis XII.
The devil take mel Otto. l. of Germany,
swore by my beard!' and Philip II. of
Spain, by the soul of my fatherr' Rich
ard III. swore by my George and Car
terri and William the Conqueror by the
spsendor of Godr'
Late writer's say that when George
Washington's horse stumbled and threw
him into the James river the. future
father of his country swore roundly. And
III bet he did He probably used a SEN
sible OATH In England the young men
about-town used the most senseless oaths,
a fashion picked up from Lord Popping
ton Some were Sun, burn mep' Curse,
catch me-" stop my BREATH Let me
blood!' Run me through Strike me
stupid!' Knock me DOWN. Split my
windpipe!" RAT mel" Strike me uglyr'
Strap my vitalsr etc. A churchman of
my acquaintance swears by Godfrey p
Country boys say Dad rat ity' and
"Drat it!' Hayseeds are quoted with
"Gol-darn it!' 'Gosh-henr' "B'goshr'
Ding my cats! Blame my fool SOUL"
and Go tew thunderr'
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-02

Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans was
once in the lighthouse service. In a
Sailors Log" published by the Apple
tons, he tells of one of his experiences as
follows:
Il found most of the lighthouse keepers
in Virginia waters colored men, put in
office by Gen. Malone and his followers.
Many of them had to be removed, gen.
orally because they would go to sleep and
neglect their lights. One of them l had
20 remove for a very curious offense, or
rather he removed himself when he found
l was going to do it. l visited the station
where he was on watch, and was inspect
ing when l noticed that he followed me
about, splitting frequently when he
thought l was not observing him.
learned from the principal keeper, col
ored Methodist minister, that the fellow
was chewing herbs and splitting around
me as hoodoo to prevent me from re-
porting the various irregularities 1 dis
covered When he found that l had re-
ported them all, and asked his removal
as well, he jumped overheard and was
not seen again."
He tells also this story of trial of a
lighthouse keeper, before the Admiral,
who was then in the lighthouse service:
THE keeper of a light on the western
shore of Chesapeake bay was charged
with offenses enough to have hanged a
dozen men. | notified all the witnesses
to be at the station on a certain day to
give testimony in the case. After long
hearing the lawyer who represented the
side of the oomplainants admitted that
he had failed to show cause for removal;
but the charge of drunkenness still had
to be heard. The witness to this charge
was a fisherman who had been playing
cards with the accused keeper, and upon
being sworn testified that he, the keeper,
was undoubtedly drunk-very drunk.
asked what the indications of drunkenness
were. Well, sir, the accused was play
ing seven up with me, and had only two
to go when 1 dealt him the jack and
deuce, and he begged; now, you can't
convince any man in Matthews county,
Virginia, that a man who would do that
wasn't drunk; certainly he was drunk,
sir, and ought 20 be turned out 1 sent
to the Treasury Department many cases
where the evidence wasn't even as in
eliminating as the above"
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-02
GREAT BRITAIN ALARMED.

Great Britain showed signs of uneasi-
ness when Mr. Morgan's billion dollar
| steel trust was formed, but she pulled
herself together and concluded that her
| steel interests were not in so much dan
ger after all. The purchase by Mr.. Nor
gan of the Leyland Steamship Line, how
ever, has alarmed her. In the formation
of great steamship trust to be owned by
Americans the British people see the be-
ginning of a movement 40 deprive Great
Britain of her supremacy on the ocean.
The Leyland line owns large number
of steamers which are engaged in the
Atlantic. Mediterranean and West Indian
trade. 1t is reported that the line is TO
be combined with abe Atlantic Transport
line, and that $4,000 900 is to be spent in
building new steamers for the combina-
ton.
That looks as if a bold movement were
to be made to control the carrying trade
of the United States. Naturally Great
Britain is beginning to wonder what her
people are going to do to earn money with
which to buy bread and meat from the
United States.
1t is evident that Mr.. Morgan is getting
himself disliked in England The COM
ments in some of the English papers on
bis career and performances are not COM
plimentary to him. They think he wants
to own the world.
Sir Christopher Furness, at one time
| owner of the Furness dine of steamers,
In commenting on the Morgan purchase
of the Leyland Line said: Il am opposed
to consolidation because l believe it kills
competition. MIR. Morgan is friend Of
mine, but | believe he would be wiser If
he would stop pling up burdens, in the
shape of millions, for his children. l don't
believe the great concentration of wealth
in the United States can be for the coun-
try's good"
This is very mild comment, but IL
shows The tone of the English mind. The
English people want Mr.. Morgan 90 con-
| fine his activity to forming trusts of the
industries and businesses of his own coun-
try. The stupendous aggregations OF cap
| itaI which Mr.. Morgan handles alarm
them. Apparently they are afraid he will
buy London and annex It TO New York,
so as 20 prevent it from being a rival
money center.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-02
PERSONAL.

Gen. Porter, the United States ambas-
sador al Paris, has a quality of manner
and of voice which is rare, except among
certain distinguished soldiers, and which
is a pleasant contrast to the brusquerie
of lesser heroes The other day Rich
ard Croker, the boss of Tammany, called
on him. The car of New York an
nounced himself. 81 could not pass
through Paris, General, without shaking
hands with you" Delighted to see you"
replied the ambassador. Il will do any
thing for you-except vote for your The
Tammany boss laughed good-humoredly.
Writing about Thomas Jefferson's ac-
count book, w. e. Curtis the Washing
ton correspondent of the Chicago Record
Herald, says: while he was minister
to Paris a lady in the United States had
the courage to commission Mr.. Jefferson
to buy her a pair of corsets, but failed
to send the dimensions. He exercised his
best judgment, and sent them with a
playful letter: Should they be too small
he says you will be good enough to lay
them by while. There are GIBBS as
well as flows in this world. When the
mountain refused to come to Mahomet he
went to the mountain
Preparations are being made to cele-
brate the Jubilee of Sir John George Toll
lemache Sinclair, Bart, of Thurso Cas-
tie, Caithness, as his father, Sir George
Sinclair M. p, the friend of William ~
handed over the management of the Ulb-
ster estates to him in 1851. Sir John
who was a lieutenant in the Scots Guards,
was born in Edinburgh in 1925, and sue
ceeded his father in 1868. He owns about
1900 acres. His grandfather, the first
baronet, was the most famous Scotsman
of his day, founder of the Board of Agri-
culture and originator of the first sta
tistical Account of Scotland" Q791-" 99,
which contains a description of every
rarish in Scntland
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-02
PARkHURST'S CHARGE OF SHIFT.
LESSNESS

The New York Times defends the
South against the charge of shiftlessness
made by DR.. Parkhurst in his sermon
last Sunday, and it makes a very good
! defense. There was, however, no need
of making any defense. The record the
| South made in the Civil War is a suffi-
Gent refutation of that charge. A shift
less people, comprising but a quarter of
the population of the country ana nav
ing scarcely any resources, except agrl~
cultural, could not have successfully re-
sisted for four years the rich and power
ful North in the most gigantic war of
modern times. The courage, patience
and resourcefuIness shown by the South
ern people in that war prove beyond all
doubt that they cannot with truth be
called shifuess. The Times calls atten-
ton to the fact that the Southern SOL
diers returned from the Civil War to find
their homes destroyed, and all of their
property gone. They had to begin at the
bottom, as it were, and build up their
section anew. And is not what they
have accomplished in thirty-five years
sufficient to convince any unprecedented
person that there is no ground for call
ing them shiftless?
1t may be that the South has not in
creased in population quite as fast as the
North. but why has she not? Simply
because the millions of immigrants from
Europe have settled in the North, and
these immigrants are noted for their large
any immigration, for the reason that
the home-seeker will not go where the
negro is so largely in the majority in
the laboring population.
But, Notwithstanding this drawback,
the progress Of the South in wealth and
population has been tremendous. In the
last five years the number of spindles in
the South has doubled, while there has
scarcely been a perceptible increase in
the North. The cotton crop has trebled
in the last thirty years, and the railroad
mileage is more than 1ve times greater
than il was in 1860.
There is no occasion to caH attention
to the wonderful development of the
South's iron and coal industry, and to
her remarkable progress in other fields
of endeavor. The whole world knows
about them. If DR.. Parkhurst had
formed his opinion of the Southern peo-
pie from what they have accomplished
since the Civil War instead of from the
appearance of a few cabins which he saw
from the window of the car in which he
made his recent visit to the South, he
would not have called the Southern peo-
pie shiftiess. If he had given due weight
to their achievements in the Civil War
he would have reached the conclusion
that ii was impossible for them to be
! shiftless. The percentage of iliterates
among them may be greater than among
Northerners, but even with that disability
they are able to think as logically as
their brethren of the North, and to see
even clearer than Northerners that if the
republic is to prosper there must be
close adherence TO the principles upon
which it is founded.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-02
FLORIDA's QUARANTINE PROPOSE
TION

Florida, it seems. is taking steps to turn
| her quarantine stations over to the Ma
/ rine Hospital Service. A joint resolution
/ is pending in her Legislature for that
purpose. 1t Is a question whether or not
the Marine Hospital Service will be will
ing to operate the stations upon the con-
ditions imposed by the Legislature. 1t is
provided in the joint resolution that the
stations shall be controlled and operated
by the Marine Hospital Service by and
through the executive officer of the State
Board of Health.
IL we understand this resolution the
health officer of Florida is to be the real
head of the quarantine service operated
by, and at the expense of, the general
government. 1t may be that there exists
some understanding between the health
authorities of the state and the Marine
Hospital Service, but it is doubtful if
there is.
If there isn't, it is almost certain that
the provision of the resolution relative to
supervisory control by the executive Of
1cer of the State Board of Health will
pital Service. There does not seem to be
any very good reason why the Marine
Hospital Service should take charge of
the quarantine matters of the state and
pay the bills, If the state retains the
right to say how long a time vessels shall
be detained at quarantine if detained at
all, whether or not they shall be fumi-
gated when they come from ports in
fected with yellow fever and to pass upon
various other matters of a like nature.
1T may be that the Marine Hospital Ser
vice has accepted the mosquito theory of
yellow fever If it has, it may take the
position that there is no need of detain-
ing vessels at quarantine and that no
benefit is to be derived from fumigating
either vessels or cargoes or the clothing
of passengers
If Florida and the Marine Hospital Ser
vice should come to An understanding, and
the general government should take con-
troll of quarantine matters in that state,
it is pretty certain that the Marine Hos
pital Service would be given control of
quarantine at all of the Southern ports
in the very near future.
1t would be interesting to know whether
or not the Health officer of Florida re-
commended that the Marine Hospital
Service be given control of quarantine at
that states ports. There is nothing in the
proceedings of the Florida Legislature
which indicates that he has expressed an
opinion on the subject. In view of the
fact, however, that ne is still to exercise
a supervisory control of all quarantine
matters it is fair to assume that he ia
vors the resolution.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-02
THE GOVERNOR AND HIS CRITICS

Gov. Gambler feels that he has not been
treated justly by some of the Northern
papers which have commented upon his
recent interview in which he gave the
public his opinion of the Ogden party and
its mission. His opinion of these papers.
which we published yesterday, shows that
his temper has been considerably ruff1ed
by the injustice they have done him.
As matter of fact they have treated
him unfairly. They accepted as true all
the statements which appeared in the dis
patches which purported to give his opin-
ion of the Ogden party and the various
members thereof AS matter of fact
these dispatches were very much distort-
ed. They made the Governor say things
he did not say-at least he says he did
not say them. If the dispatches had
contained only the truth it is probable
that the Northern papers would have
found nothing to criticise in them.
OF course these papers in the Northern
cities which made the charges against the
Governor respecting lynchings, and other
matters to which he calls attention. knew
these charges were not true when they
published them. Their purpose was evil
IDENTIFY to get even" with the Govrnor
for saying what they supposed he did re-
specting the Ogden party and the North
ern people. 1t would be better for every
body if public men and newspapers would
not permit their feelings to control their
public utterances.
Just what took place at Atlanta, while
the Ogden party was there, we do not
know. The inference from what has
taken place since, and from what the
Governor says, is that the Ogden party
expected the Governor to give it the
glad hand when it arrived at the cap
ital of the Empire State of the South. On
his part, the Governor probably expected
that some of the members of the distin-
guished party would do him the courtesy
of calling on him. AS far as we are able
the Governor and the Governor paid no
attenti ion to it.
After all, does 1t not seem as If 1t would
have been the proper thing for the party
to do to pay its respects to the Governor?
1t was not to be expected that the Gov
ernor would run around the town seeking
an opportunity to pay his respects to the
members of the party, even if it was an
nounced that its purpose in visiting the
South was to distribute wealth IN
aid OF education. If the party had called
on the Governor no doubt he would have
been glad TO show it any courtesy
in his power and there would have been
none of the unkind talk which has found
its way into the newspapers.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-02

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The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-02
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Meeting-Solomon's Lodge No. 1. F. and
A. NJ.
Special Notices-suwanee Springs, su-
Ehler's Cafe Friday Evening; Ship No
tfce, strachan & Co, Consigness; a. c..
Oelschg, the Florist.
Business Notices-Harvard Beer Henry
Solomon & Son, Wholesale Agents; Birth
DAY Stones, r. Van Keuren q Co.; Pic
mic Supplies. A. NJ. & c. w. West
Legal Notices-Ctations From the
Court of Ordinary of Chatham County.
Garden Tile-Edward LovelPs Sons.
Going to Europe-Thos. Cook & Son,
New York.
Financial-Saratoga Oil and Pipe Line
Co. of Beaumont. Tex; Texas Geyser OH
Company of Beaumont, Tex.
Savannah to Buffalo-Via Seaboard Air
Line Railway
Grape-Nuts Food-Postum Cereal Co
Proposals-For Building Training Dykes
Savannah River, Near Augusta. Ga.
Whisky-Old Quaker Rye Whiskey;
Murray Hill Club Whiskey.
Hotel-Hotel Victoria. New York; Park
Avenue Hotel New York.
Electric Paste-Stearns' Electric Paste.
Medical-Plantation Chill Cure; DR.. Kill
mer's Swamp Root; NcElree's Wine OF
Cardm; S. S. s.; Worlds Dispensary
Preparations; Ponds Extract; Castoria
TUFTS Pills. Coke Dandruff Cure; DR..
Hathaway Company.
Cheap Column Advertisements Help
Wanted: Employment Wanted; For Rent
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-02

1t cannot be said that the beet sugar
industry is on a boom, but 1t is certainly
growing with rapidity. There are already
is operation i'm various parts of the coun-
try twenty-nine beet sugar factories, and
thirteen others are in course of erection
The acreage in sugar beets has been
doubled in the past three years. and 1t
is certain that It will continue to grow
for many years to come. Several years
ago, when the industry was in It's IN
fancy, It was proposed to place bounty
on beet sugar and the assertion was
made that without such aid from the gov
eminent the business could never be firm
~ established in this country. However,
no bounty law was passed. and the beet
sugar industry seems likely to go right
along increasing until It makes the
United States independent of other sugar
producing nations.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-02

The shortage OF cotton seed seems to
be widespread. II is not so severe in
Georgia. according to the information,
as in Alabama and Mississippi, for the
reason that the damage 10 the young
cotton from cold was not so severe in
the former state as in the two latter,
and there win not need to be SO much
replanung. Last fall the planters sold
all the seed they made with the excep-
tion Of one planting. and must now go
TO the oil mills to get seed-if the mills
can spare them. Alabama planters have
already been sending to Americus and
other Georgia points in search of seed;
and they have been accommodated as far
as was possible. The oil mill people
should and no doubt will do what they
can towards relieving the situation. and
that without running the prices of seed
up on the planters. It might be good poll
icy for them to let tho farmers have the
seed at cost, with only legal interest and
expenses added.