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The Globe-republican., 1901-11-14

Umbrella repairing. ETC., at the Novelty
Works
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-10

Lieut.. Gov. Woodruff and Wu-ting-
fang, the Chinese Minister. are per-
sonal friends. says the New York
Times. They were together on a steam
er crossing the Atlantic about two
years ago and formed an acquaintance
which has been kept up as closely as
their diverse interests and distance
apart permitted. Recently in a hotel
corridor they were chatting when sev-
eral acquaintance of Mr.. Woodruff
approached and were presented to the
distinguished diplomat After a few
minutes conversation one of them said
to Minister Wa:
Pardon me, but may I ask if you
learned English in America or at
-home?"
II learned the language in China"
replied the Minister.
ut is wonderful said the question
err. How well you speak it. You use
it as well as l do
Il use it better than you do" replied
WI Ting-fang, because you who live
in this country do not use pure Eng
lish."
The native born American hesitated
a moment at the frankness of the
Minister and then said: Il know we
do not, but l mean that you speak 1t
as correctly as If you had learned it
at Harvard College"
This was met by still more frank
ness.
Il speak purer English than I should
if 1 had been taught anywhere in this
country" the Minister said. "In China
when we learn English, we learn the
pure English. At Harvard every one
has some Yankee dialect"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-10
ChfId's Odd Fancy.

An interesting story illustrative of
the strange fancies that seize upon a
child's imagination was told the other
day in an uptown hotel by a South
erner, the son of an ex-Confederate
officer. says the New York Times.
Qlil l was a big boy" he said IT
had an idea that the late Gen. Robert
Z. Lee was a relative of my family.
/ had the idea so strongly in my mind
at the age of that held to it despite
many corrections from my father, who
strove in vain to set me right.
1T happened that Gen. Lee died
All the stores in my native town were
closed for a day, and heard my father
say he was very much grieved. The
stores being closed made me think it
was Sunday, and ] couldn't under
stand why we should have two Sun
days in a week. Long afterward
never went TO church on Sunday with
out thinking of Gen. Lee. And
couldn't imagine why my father should
be grieved unless some relative was
dead. -.
II heard him call the Generals name
in speaking of the deceased, and, when
I first started to go to school, l used
to point out his picture in the history
book to the youngsters, boasting to
them that l was his kinsman. So per-
sistent was my unintentional falsehood.
to which l adhered against the reproof
of my teacher, that / was ordered to
stand with my face to the wall one
whole afternoon after school hours"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-10
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Hartford Comm Times (Dem.)
says; IAN idea of the great enlarge
ment of the army is conveyed by the
statement that of the 2479 nominations
sent to the Senate Friday by the
President. 1875 were promotions in the
army and 262 were naval promotions.
In the whole list there were not more
than dozen appointments actually
made by President Roosevelt"
The Springfield CMass) Republican
Qnd) says; Thirty odd years ago
the Republicans in Congress were I'M
dertaking to set up the constitutional
right of Congress to tie the hands of
the President, and compel him to keep
in his cabinet ministers whom he did
not want there. Now the Senate Ju-
dietary Committee wave aside opposi-
ton to the confirmation OF the APP
pointment of Attorney General Knox.
on the ground that the President
should be allowed entire freedom in
choosing his own advisers within the
restrictions of the law. This Is the
right view. II Mr.. Knox is a trust
lawyer, and the President wants him
in the cabinet. that is his affair, and
so is the responsibility of the appoint
ment, whatever II may be-"
The Philadelphia Times (Dem.) says:
"The long drawn-out negotiations for
Miss stones release have made most
men rather skeptical Is there indeed
any such person as Miss Stone? II
there is, what proof have we that
she Is In captivity? she and the mys-
terious Nine. Tsilka have figured in
the dispatches so long that we are
curious to know about them. They are
living in caves; one or the other OF
them is dead; they are on the point
of being released by brigands: they
are not to be released. All these re-
ports sweep down upon us in confus-
ing number. and Il may be hoped for
the sake of truth that some one will
rescue them before long. Here Is an
opportunity for some young cavalier.
It would be as honorable a death as
10 die and bleed In a duel for the fair
Queen Of Holland in order that she
might be avenged against her hus-
hand The besieged legates in Pekin
did not have so much trouble getting
rescued as the two missionary women
IN Bulgaria"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-10
YArEs, rRo-poER PRocLAMATIoN

1t seems that the President has ask
ed Gov. Yates of Illinois to come to
Washington for the purpose of having
a talk about the proclamation which
the latter issued last week calling on
the people of the state to make con-
tributions for the Boer women and
children who are held prisoners by the
British in military camps. In his
proclamation the Governor said that
the death rate in these camps was fear
full and that there was lacking proper
food and medicines for the sick.
OF course. the proclamation is calcu-
lated to embarass the President great
ly. In fact it may be the means of
getting this country on, an unfriendly
footing with Great Britain. An agita-
ton like that which Gov. Yates has
started may spread over the entire
country and create such a sentiment
that the President will have to take
notice of it, and perhaps call the at
tention of Congress to the outrages
which, ii is alleged, Great Britain is
committing in South Africa-the out
RACES consisting of barbarous treat
ment of the women and children who
have been concentrated in camps.
The mass meeting that was held in
Chicago on Sunday night for the pur-
pose of asking the President to take
steps to bring the war in South Africa
to a close was a monster one. 1t is
certain that there is a strong senti-
ment in this country in favor of the
Boer cause, and it would take very
little to stir 1t into demonstrations that
would attract the attention of all Eu-
rope,
The congressional campaign has been
begun practically, and to- have such
a movement spreading as that inaugu-
rated by Gov. Yates must be alarm
ing to the Republican leaders. If the
Republicans did not espouse the cause
of the Beers they might lose the con-
troll of the House, and if they did
espouse 1t the government might lose
the friendship of Great Britain. There
fore, Gov. Yates, who is a good Re-
publican, but probably not very
long-headed young man, has been
asked to go to Washington to see what
can be done to offset the blunder which
the Republican leaders think he has
,,ooda
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-10

Lord Kinnaird, the English noble
man, is not only IN acknowledged
authority on football, but is an ortiain-
81 minister of the established church.
Senator Heitfield of Idaho is
noted collector of rare editions. He is
the possessor of more curious and in
teresting books centuries old than any
other man in the Senate.
Prof. William e. D.. Scott, curator
of ORTHODOXY at Princeton University,
has been devoting considerable time
Of late to find out how various kinds
of birds have acquired distinctive
songs that characterize different
species. It,
1t is twenty-five years since Mrs.
Frances Hodgson Burnett came into
fame with her book. That Lass O. Low
rie's. She will always be remembered
as the author of Little Lord Fauntle-
roy, which was not only one of the
most successful books. but one of the
most profitable plays on record. The
dramatic copyrights brought her a
fortune of about 100000. She was fif-
ty-two years old on Nov. "a
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-10
The Sunday Question.

AS grown-up folks are divided on
the question of what is proper and
what is not proper to do on the Sab
bath, perhaps two little girls, neigh
oors in West Eighty-second street
may be forgiven for mild dispute,
overheard one recent Sunday after.
noon, says the New York Commercial
Both little maids were freshly dress
ed. and were evidently out upon the
steps for a breath of air. after their
dinners. The younger one, full of the
JOY of living, was working off some of
her youthful spirit by walking up one
side of the stone steps and down the
other.
''Oh, you oughtn't to do that on Sun
day. 1t isn't right, and your nam.
ma won't like it. That's what they
call breaking the Sabbath" said the
older one, about IL years old. She was
standing still, and looking very re-
proachfully at her companion.
well, l don't care. What's a girl to
do outdoors Sunday?" petulantly ask
ed the little girl.
why, nothing, Of course Just stand
round"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-10

There is a movement on foot to have
the National Good Roads Association
visit Griffin and give a. demonstration
there in modern road building. There
is probably no section of the state in
which such a demonstration would be
more productive of good results. The
Georgia Experiment Station is situat-
ed just outside the corporate limits of
Griffin. The station is visited annual
ly by hundreds of farmers from all
over the stately the class of farm
ers who dominate their sections and
mold neighborhood opinion. A section
of good road from Griffin to the Ex-
pertinent Station would be an object
lesson that would in effect instruct the
whole state. 1t is sincerely to be hoped
that the National Association can make
arrangements to visit Griffin and con-
struct a section of road as suggested.
The people of Georgia are beginning to
awaken to the advantages of good
roads, and any assistance given them
at this juncture in the way of best
methods to be employed will bear good
fruit.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-10
Listened to Patti.

There is a man who fancies he is
the head of the house, says Tit Bits.
This particular man has several small
children, and it pleases him to dis
course a great deal on the training
of the young.
A few days ago he had friends visit
ing him. His two little sons began to
play about noisily. 1t is one of his
theories that children should obey i'm
plicitly, and he wanted his friends to
see how he carried it out in the train
ing of his own family.
Johnny" he said. sternly. stop that
noise instantly"
Johnny looked up in surprise. then
grinned little.
"oh. Freddy" he said to his brother,
as they went on with the noisy romp,
Just listen to papa trying to talk like
mammal"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-10
UNHAPPY COPPER SPECTATORS

The impression is that the very great
fan in the prices of copper stocks has
reduced to poverty hundreds of
people in all parts of the country and
seriously impaired the fortunes of
others. For two or three years cop
per stocks were favorites both for in
vestment and for speculation. About
year ago there began to be depres-
sion in the copper trade. and the divi-
dends on the stocks of the various cop
per mines began to be less.
The Amalgamated Copper Company
it capitalized at $155,OOO.0OO. Early
last winter the stock sold read
lily at $3.50 share On last
Saturday it sold for less than
sos a share. showing loss
in about a year of more than SIS, 00O,-
900. The stock is worth now $31, 900. 900
less than it was two weeks ago. 1t can
be readily understood from these fig
ures that there has been a vast amount
of money lost by somebody.
One of the heaviest losers is said to
man who built the yacht Constitution
to defend the Americas cup, and who
was not permitted to sail his yacht in
the race because he was not a member
Of the New York Yacht Club and
would not transfer his yacht to MEM
Der of the club for the purpose of en-
tering her in the trial races. Accord
ing to accounts Mr.. Lawson's losses
amount to as much as 100000. He
insists, however, that he is able to
hold on to his stock and intends to do
so. There seems to be an impression
that he is not liked by the New York
ers because of the position he took
when the question of entering his
yacht as one of the defenders of the
Americas cup was under consider
alton, and that there would be no sad
ness aong them if he should fail. The
plucSy Boston man, however, seems
to be able to take care of himself.
In some quarters there is a DISPOSE
ton to believe that the Standard Oil
Company is engaged in bearing the
stock, and that it is responsible for
the financial ruin of hundreds of per-
sons who had their entire fortunes in
vested in copper stocks. The truth.
however, probably is that the falling
prices are due to the depression in the
copper trade.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-10
TEXAS LUMBERMEN IN TROUBLE,

The antitrust laws of Texas are be-
coming troublesome to capitalists of
that state. On Saturday a petition was
filed in the District Court at Austin,
the state capital. against the John II.
Kirby Lumber Company, for penalties
arising from alleged violations of the
antitrust laws of the state, amounting
to $4,000
The company is capitalized at $780,
100000, and only recently succeeded in
buying up a number of mills and a
vast amount of timber lands in East
ern Texas. 1t is alleged that its pur-
pose is to control the output of pine
lumber in that section of Texas. The
greater part of its stock is held by
Boston capitalists.
1t is said that the Attorney General
OF the state refused to bring the suit
on the ground that before the COM
pany was formed the chief man in 1t
consulted him on the question as to
whether such a company would be a
violation of the anti trust laws. and
he had given the opinion that il would
not. 1t is also said that a BANQUET
was given at Houston recently to Mr..
Kirby, the principal man in the com
pany, TO celebrate the success of the
companys efforts to get control of the
pine lumber business of Eastern Texas.
and that the Governor was one Of the
guests. From this it would appear
that there was no intention to violate
the antitrust laws, and that 1t is diff
ficult to form companies in Texas for
great enterprises without running the
risk of violating these laws.
There are indications that the peo-
pie of the state are becoming tired of
these laws. They would not object, it
is said. to anti-monoply laws, but
they see that the legislation that grew
out of the antitrust agitation Of a
year or two ago-agitation which GER
tain politicians encouraged as they
were then seeking office-promises TO
do the state a vast amount of harm.
At least one Of those who got into Of
fee because he so bitterly denounced
trusts, is now said to be a part owner
Of a very considerable trust, he hav-
Ing made 100000 or more in the oil
section.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-10
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Meetings-Ancient Landmark Lodge
No. 2s1. F. & A. M.
Special Notices-Notice. Ludden e.
Bates S. NJ. H; Ship Notice. c. Tones,
Master: Retail Merchants, Union
Transfer Company; Ship Notice. Will
hanson e. Rauers, Agents; Ship No
tice, J. f. Minis & Co.. Consignees;
Election of Directors, The Merchants
National Bank of Savannah; Notice to
Stockholders, Southwestern Railroad
Company; Saurkraut, Mrs. Norre's
Delicatessen.
Business Notices-Henry Solomon &
Son; Bishops California Glaze, A. M.
& C. w. West; Pierce Chainless BIZ
cycles, r. V. Connerat; Art Vases, r..
Van Keuren & Co.
Are You Puzzled?-B. NJ. Levy &
Bro.
Santa Claus Headquarters for Useful
Goods-Lindsay & Morgan.
Cris-Crossed-Mrs Ella r. Berry.
In Olden Times-M. Dryfus.
Baking Powder-Royal Baking Pow
der.
watches-American waltham Watch
Co.
There Is No ecessity-Palmer
Hardware Company.
Medical-Thacher Medical Co;
Grape-Nuts; Blood Wine: Cascarets;
Pinkham; Pyramid Pile Cure; pr
Hathaway; Castoria; TUFTS Pills.
Legal Notices-In the Matter of @.
NJ. Carroll of Valdosta, Bankrupt.
Legal Sales-City Sheriff's Sales.
Amnsements-"Th Belle of New
York" at Theater Tomorrow Night
Cheap Column Adertisements-He
Wanted, Employment Wanted. For
Rent, For Sale; Lost, Personal, Mis-
cellaneous.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-10
The Dye of His Blood.

Billy Stuart is out with a brand
new yarn, ana it is a good one, says
the Cincinnati Enquirer. Mr.. Stuart,
with a number of bachelor friends,
lives on Mcmillan street, near Wood
lawn avenue, East Walnut Hills.
He usually takes a constitutional
each morning. and not long since no.
ticed that the upper parts of the tele-
phone poles in the vicinity Of his resi-
dence were being decorated with coats
of vivid green paint.
One morning as he was passing one
of the poles an Irishman seated on top
carelessly let drop can of the green
paint.
1t struck the sidewalk and was lib
orally spattered about. None of it.
however, by exceeding good luck, be-
smirched the immaculate trousers of
Mr.. Stuart.
A moment later another Irishman
appeared upon the scene, and noticing
the green paint spilled all over the
sidewalk, looked up and anxiously in
quired of his comrade aloft:
"Doherty, Doherty, hav' We had a
hemorrhage %
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-10
BRIGHT BITS.

But a Bad Cook.-"I have a friend
who has kept a cook for nearly a year"
rs it possible?"
Yes; he's a Observation-Disclosures
Evening Bulletin.
Lord Foranheir: Il can trace my
descent from John Milton. How's that
for a descent?
Miss Millyuns: It's a great descent,
sure enough.-Tit- Bits.
ALI He Had.-Tom: What! A dress
suit and russell shoes; That's wretch
ed bad form.
Dick: I know. but a dress suit and
stockinged feet is worse.-Philadelph
Press.
And so Prince Charming and Prin-
cess Brighteyes got married, and he
hit her with chair. and she would
not give him any money to pay his
debts and keep up his string of horses.
And so they got a divorce, and lived
happily ever after.-Baltimore Ameri-
can.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-10

There have been fewer arrests in
Greater New York this year than for
FIVE years. If police statistics indicate
the morality of town. this ought to
show that New York is better as well
as bigger than ever before in its his
tory. AS a matter of fact, IL is charged
in the public prints, by perfectly reli-
abel newspapers, that there has lately
been more criminality in New York
than ever before. but that the Grim
mails have not been arrested.
The Herald the other day had
an article purpoting to show
that Birmingham, Ala, was the
toughest town in the United
states, because of the relatively large
number Of arrests made there. We are
inclined to think that town In which
all of the law breakers are arrested
and punished is not half so tough as
one IN which crime has police protec-
uon and criminals are made to "whack
up" with the police
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-10


AS we understand it Mr. G. c. Dick
erman. the field agent of those North
ern philanthroplsts who proposes to use
some of their money for educational
purposes in the South, is collecting
information that will aid the philan-
/ thropist in accomplishing the object
they have in view. He addressed the
Board of Education last week on the
subject of his mission, and it is said
that the address he made was an in
teresting one.
Unless we are mistaken 1t Is the pur-
pose of the association which Mr.
Dickerman represents to devote a good
deal of attention to the education of
the negro. 1t is not known of
course what the idea of these philan-
thropists is as to the kind of educa-
ton the negro should have. 1t is inn
portant that they should not make a
mistake. Unless they assist in provid-
ing the negro with he kind Of edu-
cation he needs they will do more harm
than good, and their educational eff
forts viii prove a curse, rather than
a blessing, to him and to this sec
ton.
The first thing to consider is this:
What sort of education will do the
most to fit the negro to become a self
respecting and useful member of so
Ciety? VIII a knowledge of Latin and
Greek and the higher mathematics,
now being so extensively taught in
some of the negro colleges. be so help
full to him that he ought to devote
larger part of his time to them? We
do not think so. We do not see how
these things are to be helpful to him
-s+-s -beea4tse- there is-n field In
which he can make them useful. Be
sides, a knowledge of them is calculat-
ed to unfit him for the occupations
which are open to him. With Latin,
Greek and the higher mathematics as
his chief equipment he has little taste
for the life of farmer or mechanic,
and there being no avenue open for
such qualifications as he has, the
idler and vagrant.
All the money available for the edu-
cation of the negro should be employed
in fitting him to become a mechanic
or a farmer. These occupations are
open to him, and if he is competent
he can always find something to do.
In fact, he can rise to the ownership
Of farm or the management of
business in which mechanics are en-
ployed.
The tendency among the colored peo-
pie, however, seems to be away from
manual labor. Parents who are earn
ing only a few dollars a month want
clerkships for their boys and don't like
the idea Of their girls going out to
service. With such notions, shared, of
course, by their children, there can
be no progress towards better citizen
ship.
If these Northern philanthropists
want to help the negro let them assist
him in getting an education that can
be used in earning a living. All he
needs of any other kind of education,
except that bearing upon morality and
character building, he can get in the
public schools. There should be schools
for teaching the boys to become farm
ers and mechanics and for teaching
the girls to become cooks, nurses,
dressmakers and house servants. and
in ali the stages of their education
a special effort should be made to Gre
ate a sentiment in favor of morality
and to teach them to seek to become
respected members of the community
In which they live
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-10
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