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The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-08

From the Smart Set.

With many a man idly sport
Through summers gay commotion.
l hold my court at each resort
AT mountain, lake or ocean.
l swim, l row, hunt, / dance
With every age and station,
The ancient lord, the young divine
Upon a brief vacation.
l chatter, chatter as we row
Upon the trimming river
For men may come and men may go.
But l go on forever
l listen oft on evenings fair
To lovers fond recital,
With here and there a millionaire.
And here and there a title:
And now and then a poet-swain
Beside me as we're sailing,
Who sings n sentimental strain
To mandolin's soft wailing
/ lead them on, and then say mo, -
Upon the trimming river
FOR men may come and men may go,
But ] go on forever!
I'm quite at home at any sport,
At billiards, golf croquet,
Bridge, ping-pong and on tennis court;
I'm belle by night or day.
l sketch, I pose. | wear swell clothes
! talk on book or star:
! sing the very latest songs
And twang the light guitar.
] chatter well Of all ] know,
Beside the trimming river
For men may come and men may 90,
But ! go on forever
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-08
Shad Changing Their Homes.

One of the unexplained phenomena of
the movements of shad is that, coinci-
dent with their disappearance from
Connecticut waters. where the schools
arc perceptibly diminishing, they are
appearing in large numbers in the
Ohio river. The first shad caught in
the latter stream was in 1875. 1t was
considered such rarity that it was
sent to the Smithsonian institution.
During the past five years the fish has
been multiplying there at an eXtraor-
binary rate and it is now caught in
quantities within five miles of Cincin
natl. If the shad schools are mig ,ating
from the Connecticut river to the Ohio
they must be doing it by the way of
New Orleans, as it is impossible for
them to cross the AlleghanIes.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-08

1T doesn't require any great length
of time to learn a language if one has
patience" said man who has mas
tered several languages, according to
the New Orleans Democrat, "and when
] hear man regret that he is not
able to speak French, or German. or
Spanish, or some other language un-
known to him l cannot conceal my
amusement. In nine cases out of ten
l might say that the men who express
a regret of this sort handle English
very poorly il that happens to be their
language. The chances are that their
vocabularies are extremely limited, and
it would probably surprise them to
know that despite the advantages OF
birth and education they could not
command more than 600 or 700 words
in English if their lives depended upon
it. Yet they are able to carry on intel
lgent conversation, and many of them
may become forcible. and even axio-
matte in their sayings, and they plunge
into discussions of literature, art, mu-
sic and other subjects of such fine ele-
gance, and do it rather successfully,
too. Now how long ought it to take for
man to learn 800 or 700, or even 1000
words in any language? Certainly it
ought not to take any great length of
time, and from my own experience I
know that it does not. OF course, l am
not speaking now of mastering so that
one can get the full benefit of all the
refnements of speech in a particular
tongue. But I have in mind the idea
of speaking intelligently in a given
language and being able to understand
perfectly what is said in return have
system which have worked out, and
1t has been of vast benefit to me, and
has enabled me to learn a number of
languages. 1t occurred to me while I
was in Mexico few years ago on i'm
portant business. l could not speak a
word of Spanish, and could not un-
derstand the language. 1 concluded
that | would learn the language. MY
plan was simply this; / made up my
mind that l would not retire at the
close of any day as long as l was
there without learning at least three
words in Spanish how to pronounce
them and what they meant That
would give me ninety words per
month. or something over 1000 in a
years time. l stuck to the task, and I
was there nine months. and as a re-
suit of my system / was not. only able
TO converse in Spanish, but carried on
my correspondence in Spanish. / don't
suppose l could write an essay in the
language, but | can speak 1t. write If
and understand it and it was all
brought about by the three words a
daV system -
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-08
The PARDONING POWER.

One of the radical elements of the
German Reichstag has determined
upon the introduction of a bill depriv-
ing the Kaiser of the pardoning pow
er. save in very few cases. The ac-
ton is said to be inspired by the Kais-
er's 'scandalous prediction for par
doning fashionable .murderers, es-
pecially duellists."
To US the movement has the ear
the only nation that suffers in it's
moral stamina and it's peoples respect
for law, by the hasty and ill-consid-
cred exercise of the pardoning power
on the part of the executive.
We are far from BELIEVING that Kaiser,
President or Governor should be di-
vested altogether of this power, which
serves a useful purpose when it is
used to correct those errors "of which
the law, by reason of It's universally.
is capable" The courts, in the adj
mtnistration of the law, unquestion-
ably make mistakes and when they
result in the Imprisonment of the in
nocent or the er-punishment OF the
guilty. the mistakes should be cor
rected.
For believing safeguards should be
thrown around the exercise of the par
doning power every newspaper almost
that is picked up shows a reason.
Pardons are dealt out as rewards for
political services, as payment for per-
sonal obligations or at the fearful sug-
gestion of some good mother or sis
ter who is wasting her affection and
squandering her faith on a black
guard.
The punitive power of the law finds
its Justification in the deterrent effect
its exercise is supposed to exert upon
the criminally inclined members of
society. This cannot be great when
the criminal with white skin can
expiate minor soffenses by a fine and
murder itself by a few brief years of
Imprisonment.
The courts are liable to err, certain
ly, but not at all to the same extent
as the executive of a government.
whose investigation of an appeal for
pardon is usually conducted ex parte
and to the accompaniment of a Wo-
mans sobs. Its misuse is sufficiently
frequent to warrant the suggestion
that the pardoning power, If it can
not be hedged about with legislative
safeguards, should all the more be ex-
ercised with an abundant caution.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-08

In the current number of his paper,
the Commoner. Mr.. Bryan criticises
the Presidents recent speeches on
trusts with great severity. He declares
that the President has put himself in
the position of apologizing for trusts
instead of denouncing them.
He calls attention to the fact that
the President. in his Minneapolis
speech, delivered just before the assas-
sination of President Mckinley. as
Stunning that the administration would
put forward a pro-trust candidate for
the Republican nomination for Presi
dent took very pronounced anti
trust position, but that ever since he
has been in the White House he has
been pointing out the difficulties in the
way of compelling trusts to obey the
laws and warning the public against
adopting rash measures against them
for fear that industrial disaster may
be brought about. "A careful reading
of the Presidents Providence Speech
says Mr.. Bryan, will convince any
candid man that the executive is more
alarmed lest the people may injure
themselves morally by hating the
trusts too much. than he is lest they
be hurt by the trusts"
There is. of course, some foundation
for what Mr.. Bryan says. 1t will be
recalled that the President in his Prov
idence speech said; I'VE are passing
oh, r~tn Of fnp fa1
prosperity, and such period is as sure
as adversely itself to bring mutterings
of discomfort. II in a spirit of suller
envy those who have not been SO for
tunate insist upon putting down those
who have profited most by the years
OF fairness they will bury themselves
in the crash of a common disaster"
1t may be true, of course, that the
President was not seeking to protect
trusts by talk of this kind, but it is
certain that what he said was open to
that Interpretation. If he had been
warming the people against being en-
vious of those whose wealth had been
legitimately obtained, his language
NOulu nave pSSH iIloie appropriate UuL
he was talking about trust magnates,
whose wealth is believed to come
largely from violations of the spirit and
letter of the law-from combinations
formed for the purpose of exacting I'M
just profits from the people.
1t is not expected of course that Mr..
Bryan will see anything to commend
in what the President says In regard
to trusts or any other public question,
but in order that what he says may
be effective it must have the stamp of
truth and sincerity and bear the test
Of reason. The Presidents speeches on
the trust question in his New Eng
iand tour are certainly open to the at
tack which Mr.. Bryan makes upon
them.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-08

The New York Sun, as rabid a Re-
publican organ as exists in this coun-
try, is at least honest In its discus
sion of the proposed constitutional
amendment to control trusts Speaking
OF the effort made by the Republicans
in the Fifty-sixth Congress to pass a
resolution calling for a constitutional
amendment of this character, the Sun
says: at would have been adopted
at that time, however, not with any
expectation of amending the constitu-
ton, hut for political humbug only,
that is, to head off the Democrats on
this issue in the presidential campaign
then about TO begin" Which is about
the way the Presidents talk about
trusts and constitutional amendments
affects us.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-08
-
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Pittsburg Post (Dem.) Says:
That coming session of an expiring
Congress will probably go ahead of the
late session. The fact is that the
country has entered on course OF
extravaganza it finds itself unable to
check. The mere waste of money is
not of so much account. for there is
plenty where that comes from, but the
evil results are in general demoraiiza-
ton of the people, as illustrated by
profligate extravaganza"
The Philadelphia Record (Dem.)
says: 1.-The fact is that the Independ-
ent Republicans of this state are much
more strenuous supporters of their ma
tional administration than is the MAJ
chine, which has no interest in poll
tics but the spoils. Ii is the shallow
est of all the pretenses of machine
politics that opposition to machine mis-
rule and corruption in state and mu-
nlcipal governments imperils party
success on national issues"
The Springfield Republican Qnd.)
says: But when masses of men and
capital dispute. and disorder and suf-
fering and great losses ensue, the cry
is that there is no room for arbitra-
ton and IL must never be compelled:
let anarchy prevail and force deter
mine the issue-compel arbitration IN
minor cases but never In these great
labor conflicts so subyersive OF the
peace and comfort OF the people ana
The orderly progress OF industry. How
can such an attitude as that be lusti-
ned, or, rather, how can IL be pre-
vented from appearing ridiculous
among civilized beingsg"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-08
Personal.
turbed.

A Breslau journal announces that
Gerhart Hauptmann has a plan OF
building national theater, la Bay
reuth, at Schreiberhau, in the Giant
mountains where every summer about
fifteen or twenty performances of Ger
man plays could be given. Haupt-
mann is at present writing the fourth
act of his play, Der Arme Heinrich"
and he is also at work on novel.
-Charlemagne Tower, the United
States ambassador to Russia, has pre-.
scented to the Philadelphia Library a
valuable collection of $500 Russian
books, including the works of the prin-
cipal Russian authors, and embracing
the whole field of its history and liter
allure. They are finely bound. A cata-
logue will be compiled in Russian and
English, and will be distributed to the
learned societies of the United States.
Prof. John Henry Gray, who is
now in Europe as an agent of the
United States government investigat-
ing the cause of the restriction of pro-
duction in foreign industry, is profess
sor of political economy and social sci
ence at Northwestern University. Prof.
Gray is graduate of the Illinois Nor
NAL University of Harvard and a doc
tor of philosophy of the University of
Halle, and has occupied his present
chair since 1892.
H. J. Courtney OF Dublin is to sail
early next month for this country to
make an 'Irish"a speaking tour
through the principal cities of the
United States andd Canada. Mr..
Courtney has been prominent in the
Gaelic speaking movement from it's
beginning, and has addressed in Gaze
lie open air meetings in various parts
of Ireland and has organized Gaelic
crusades in the counties of Dublin,
Louth, Wicklow, Limerick Sligo and
his native county of Kerry.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-08
INDEX 10 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Meeting-German Friendly Society
Special Notices-Notice to Creditors
C. Sims, Pembroke, Ca; Dinner Bill
of Fare, Union Station Restaurant.
This Week-Unusual outdoor At
traction at the Casino.
Special for Two Weeks-Belsinger &
Gross.
Sept. Sect 1t At Rowlinski's.
Amusements-Tim Murphy in "Old
Innocence" at Theater, Wednesday
Night.
Uneeda Biscuit-National Biscuit
Company.
Washing Powder-Pearline.
Beers-A. b. C. Beers.
Medical-Castoria; DR.. Hathaway
Company; Wrlght's Indian Vegetable
Pills.
Cheap Column Advertisements
Help Wanted; Employment Wanted;
Tor Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personal;
Miscellaneous.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-08

An example of cheerful. philosophi-
cal resignation to the inevitable is af-
forded in the conduct of Miss Fannie
l.. Baker, of Newark, whose wedding
to Frank E. Westervelt was scheduled
TO take place the other evening. At
failed to turn up, but Miss Baker did
not permit this untoward event to in
terfere with the enjoyment of the even
ing. Until midnight she shared the
merriment of the wedding guests and
was the gayest of the gay. 1t is posi-
BILE that at the time her smiles con-
cealed a real unhappiness, but 1t seems
to US she has every real reason to re-
iOice
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-08
The New Artist.

81 am afraid our new artist is a lit
tie too realistic" said the city editor
to the manager.
What has he done?" inquired the
chief.
II told him to illustrate Bingle-
woods article on the human types that
visit the public parks replied the
city editor, according to the Cleveland
Plain-Dealer. "'Seize upon the salient
features in the story | said as 1
handed him the proofs, and show EN-
up the best you know how"
That word salient" said the chief,
should be used with discretion"
Il guess that's right" the city edi-
tor admitted. well, you should have
seen the sketches he presently turned
in. They were we'll done, but oh my.
The first one l looked at had a lot of
men, women and children dangling
from ropes all about the music pagoda.
What's this?' / asked. That he re-
Piled illustrates the line They hung
around the band all the afternoon.
That's just what he said"
"q'he new artist must be a humOrist,"
the chief remarked.
mo, 1 think not" the city editor
said. HE seemed to be in dead earn
est. The next sketch represented a
mob of people running after several
grinning figures mounted on slender
legs and labeled 2 o'clock % O'clock 4
o'clock The artist saw that 1 was
puzzled. That pictures out, he ex-
planned; the line They chased the
merry hours away" Good idea, isn't
it?" My response was to gather up
the sketches and hand them to him
with a shake Of the head. He looked
a little disappointed.
What did he say?' inquired the
chief.
"All he said was, I guess, maybe, 1
dunno what salient MEANS"
II thought he didn't" said the chief.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-08

A negro preacher in New York has
cast the political horoscope of Mayor
Seth Low, announcing to his congre-
cation that his honor is to become
President of the United States. The
preacher based his conclusion on the
Mayors fitness to solve great prob
lens and the probable need of such
a man in the presidential chair. AS
Mayor Low has not exhibited special
ability in the solution of the problems
of municipal government, it is to be
feared that IL dependence is placed
upon the hour calling the man his
scholarly meditations will not be dis
turbed.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-08

A social observer of humorous SYM
pathies reports to the Listener a trait
of Chinese servant employed In a
suburban family which reveals a GER
tain capability for ready assimilation
with American methods of dealing with
the tramp problem. A hungry tramp,
says the Boston Transcript, called one
Monday afternoon at the kitchen door.
and was promptly challenged by John.
To John the tramp told his tale of woe,
ending with an humble petition for
something to eat.
Like fish," asked John. in insinu-
ating tones.
Yes, like fish," the tramp answer
ed.
Call Fliday," said John, as he shut
the door, with a smile imperturbable.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-08

The germ of speed madness" has re-
spect neither for age or condition. One
of its most recently reported victims
is Peter Peterson of New Milford, N.
j., who celebrated his SEVENTEEN birth
day by the purchase of an automobile
and now has issued a standing chal-
lenge to anybody who desires to accept
1t TO race from New Milford to Dam
bury. Peterson says II he could be-
come the owner Of an air ship he would
die happy-and he probably would
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-08

The eyes of the country's Democracy
are turned just now upon Tom John
son. the somewhat bizarre and spec
tacular Mayor of Cleveland and the
leader of the party in Ohio. 1t is a
bit hard for Democrats of the old
school to agree with some of his doc
trines and theories, but it is quite i'm
possible to deny recognition of the
power and originality of the man, the
strength of his purpose and his ability
to control his fellows. That he will
make his influence felt within the
party lines is certain, even if he fails
to achieve his alleged ambition and
become it's standard bearer for the
presidency.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-08
COMMISSIONER wRIGHT's REPORT.

The Record-Herald of Chicago
was very much disturbed because the
President withheld from the public so
long the report of Carroll ID. Wright.
commissioner of Labor, on the strike
in the anthracite coal section. The re-
port was submitted to him about two
months ago, and was not published
until last Thursday
The Record-Herald seemed to think
the report might be helpful in settling
the strike. There are reports
and reports these days, and there isn't
enc in a dozen OF them that is worth
anything-that is, that helps to solve
any problem or throws light on any
question. The Record Herald might
ask what benefit is ever derived from
the voluminous reports which the va
rious investigating committees ap-
pointed by Congress make? Are they
ever heard of after they are printed?
There seems to be some ground for
saying that most of the reports made
by congressional committees and pub
lie officials are intended to give the
printers of the government printing
Office something to do rather than to
assist in the settlement of public
questions. The wonder is where the
government slows away the innumer-
able volumes of reports of one kind
and another turned out by the gov
eminent printing office every year.
In this connection it is worthy of
notice that one of the papers read at
the meeting of the American Bar Asso-
citation last week dealt with the re-
ports Of cases decided by the various
courts of the different states and OF
the United States, and suggested that
something be done towards eliminat-
ing a large part of the matter put
into such reports. 1t is a fact that
these reports are becoming so numer-
Gus and are so voluminous that it Is
practically impossible for lawyer to
keep in touch with them. or at least
to make himself familiar with their
contents.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-08

Senator Platt still insists that the
coal strike will come to an end within
a week. The coal operators say that
he knows nothing about the matter
and that he has already delayed the
settlement of the strike at least two
weeks by his meddling. 1t is rather
remarkable that man of so much
prominence as Senator Plat should
say the strike viii come to an end in
a week, or two weeks, unless he was
in a position to know what he was
talking about. Ills refusal to say on
what he bases his assertion of the
early ending of the strike is suspicious
to say the least of it.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-08

A convict in a Pennsylvania peniten-
tiary is anxious to confess his guilt of
crime for which another man was
tried and convicted The innocent de-
PENDANT occupied a cell adjoining that
in which the real perpetrator of the
offense was serving time for another
of his crimes and proximity to the
man he had SO deeply wrqnged induced
repentance and the offer to make tar
dy amends. 1.-THE ways of providence
are past finding out"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-08

A lover so Wen qualified to make
smooth the course of true love as one
who gave an exhibition of his prowess
in Kentucky the other day deserves
TO succeed. lie marched his bride up
TO the altar in the midst of pro-
traeted meeting. threw out OF the win
dow two OF her brothers who at
tempted TO interfere and had the knot
tied before the congregation could re-
cover from its establishment or the an
gry relatives get back In the edidce
through the door. There is a hint of
the Young LOchinysr IN such a wooing
that compels admiration. The groom.
enyeloped in the glamour Of strenu-
osiiy, ought 10 be- on easy favorite in
'he race Tor any presidential appoint
mem he may choose % make.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-08

A score of young men and women of
Brooklyn have organized what they
term the Bachelors and Old Maids
Coterie." the avowed purpose of which
is to discourage matrimony and to
frown down the small attentions the
stronger sex is wont to pay the fairer
and gentler. 1t is an even bet that the
members of the club will afford In the
course Of the next few months strik-
ing examples of the absurdity of it's
excuse for existence. When two or
three, of opposite sexes, are gathered
together 1t is altogether likely they
will find something more intimate and
interesting to talk of than the consti-
tuition of the eoterie would naturally
suggest.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-08
COLLINSvILLE LINE,

tFar GROUNDS and Dale Ave.)
Beginning at 500 a. m, cars leave
Bolton and OFT streets every Is min
utes; returning. cars leave Estill ave-
nue. and Waters road at 6:o7 a. m. and
every 10 minutes thereafter, connecting
with cars on Thunderbolt line. Be-
ginning at 900 p. M, cars run every 80
minutes until 1900 o'clock.
Through cars are operated between
Market and Thunderbolt via Collins
vile and Dale avenue as follows:
Lv Market Ly. Thunderbolt.
6:45 a. m. 1880 a. m.
6:45 p. m. 7:3O %. m.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-08

The Columbia State is making an
earnest and determined effort 10 de-
feat John Gary Evans and secure the
election OF Latlmer 10 the United
states Senate Anything that savors
OF Tinwan or Tilimanism the State alb
hors and the record OF Candidate Ev-
ans in this regard II little 10 its taste.
Tomorrow VIII decide whether its ef-
forts have been In vain.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-08
The weather,

The indications for Georgia to-day
are fair weather, except showers on
the coast, fresh east 10 south winds;
and for Eastern Florida showers,
warmer in north and north central
portions, light to fresh winds, mostly
east to south
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-08
Montgomery AND THUNDER
BOLT LINE.

for city.
sConnects at Sandfiy with parcel car
for Isle of Hope.
THUNDERBOLT LINE,
City Market to Casino, via Bolton
StreeA Junction.
Beginning at 5:45 a. m, cars leave
City Market for Casino at Thunderbolt
every Is minutes until 1870 p. m.
cars leave Bolton Street Junction Is
minutes after leaving time at City
Market.
Beginning at 6:53 a. M, cars leave
Casino at Thunderbolt every Is min
utes until 1908 midnight