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The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-09
A REAsoNABLE BEaUEsT.

The request which the Board of Man
ciety has made of the city, namely to
pave that portion of State street that
is on the north side of Telfair Acad-
envy. is a very reasonable one. 1t is
stated that on account of the present
condition of the street vast amount
of dust Sits into the academy and in
jures the works of art. The cost of
the improvement would not be very
much. The city ought to be willing to
do something towards preserving the
treasures of the academy.
The academy is not appreciated at
its full value-at least it does not seem
to be. judging from the number of
citizens who visit it in the course of a
year. Visitors to the city seem to
place a higher value on it than home
folks. AS a matter of fact it con-
tains some of the most valuable works
of art TO be found in the entire eoun~
try. There is no such collection any
where else in the South. The time is
coming when it will be the city's great
attraction. and will be known far and
wide.
Director Brandt is giving the best
years Of his life to the work of making
the academy an institution that will
be among the best of it's kind in the
country. What he is doing may not
be appreciated now at it's full value.
but it will be sometime. He knows
what pictures are good and he is buy
ing only the best. IL is within the
bounds of probability that some of
the pictures which he has chosen and
put in the academy will be worth. a
quarter of a century hence, twenty
times as much as he gave for them.
The Board of Managers of the His
torical Society is fortunate in having
so eminent an artist in charge of the
academy-an artist so enthusiastic,
conscientious and capable and so anx
ious that Savannah shall have a coll
lection of works of art that will re-
fleet credit upon her and of which her
people will be proud.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-09
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Philadelphia Record (Dem) says:
1.-THE hasty action of the House of
Representatives in passing the Philip
pine tariff bill without serious discus
sion before the recess has met with
almost universal condemnation at the
hands of the public press. Even the
most violent advocates of protection
have not been able to say a good word
for this enormity. II is the duty of
the Democratic minority in the Senate
TO insist upon the most radical amend
ment of the provisions of this bill. They
should make their stand on the de-
cision of the Supreme Court that the
Philippines are not foreign country
and combat TO the uttermost the Fora
ker Interpretation of the constitution
that we can have a different tariff for
every territory in the country"
The Louisville Courier Journal
(Dem.l says: 1T is observable that
some of the high tariff Republican or
gans are very indignant at Oxnard's
suggestion that government bounty
be paid on Cuban sugar the ground
of their Indignation being that gov
eminent bounty is something that has
to be paid by the people. IL has not
been SO long, however, since these same
organs were unfolding their party for
voting a government bounty on Amer
lean sugar, and they are even now urg-
ing that government bounties be paid
on American shipping
The Norfolk (Va) Landmark (Dem)
says: IA man who has recently re-
turned from the Congo Free State de-
scribes the condition Of affairs there
as disgraceful to civilization. oh. that's
nothing, Look at South Africa and
the Philippines No great nation rs in
fashion nowadays unless II maintains
disgrace 10 civilization somewhere"
The Chicago Chronicle CDem) says;
AT last we are face TO face with the
real test Of our moral responsibility
for Cubu's permanent prosperity even
though her own nugs flies. not ourF
We shall see now whether our high
tarin priests can Induce the American
pcoplo 60 giro the struggling cuhans
a stone when they asked for breads
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-09
A rRnrnLEsoME ISSUE.

1t is expected that there will be a
lively discussion in the caucus of the
Democrats of the House tomorrow
night. 1t will be recalled that at the
meeting of the caucus, just before the
holiday recess, resolutions We're intro
duced by Representatives Mcclellan
and Fitzhugh which provided that sill
Yer should be dropped as an issue of
the Democratic party. 1t was said
at the time that they were prepared
by Mr. Croker, the Tammany leader,
and Mr.. Edward Shepard, who was
the Democratic candidate for mayor
of New York in the recent municipal
compaign in that city. 1t is evident
why it is desired by Democrats of the
East that it should be understood that
the Democratic party no longer in
sists upon the free coinage of silver.
The congressional campaign has al
ready begun. and free silver is a
stumbling block in the way of DEM
ocratic success in that section. 1t is
not a matter of so much consequence
in the West and South, although in
these sections it is doubtful if it is
generally thought it will be advisable
to push the free silver doctrine to the
front in the Congressional campaign.
There is of course good reason why
the caucus should not pass upon so
important a matter. 1t is not in the
power of the Democrats of the House
to set aside or nullify the platform of
the party. The platform adopted at
Kansas City will be the platform of
the Democratic party until it is
changed by another national conven-
ton. The result of an effort to nullify
any plank of that platform by the
Democratic members of Congress
might be very serious to the party.
1t is. known that some of the Demo-
cratic leaders are just as earnest in
their advocacy of free silver as they
were in 1896 and 1900.
1t is probable therefore that the eau
Gus on Friday night will decide TO
take no action on the McClellan-F'itz
hugh resolutions. In view of the fact
that the caucus has no authority to
modify the Democratic platform it is
probable that that is the wiser course
to pursue
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-09
IADL4 TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Meetings - Stockholders Savannah
Bank and Trust Company; Zerubbabei
Lodge, No. Is, +. and A. M.
Special Notices-City Bonds Wanted,
sinking Fund Commission; Notice TO
City Court Jurors; A Warming B. H.
Levy & Bro; Merchants Lunch, Geo.
c. Scbwarz; More Light, E. F. Broder-
ick.
Business NOTES.-THE Place to Get
the Best. Trapani & Branan's Annex;
Tomato Soup, A. M. & c. w. West;
Sausage specialties, The S. w. Branch
Company.
In our Ladies' Departmental. H.
Levy & Bro.
The Big Mill End sale-Leopoid Ad-
Ter.
Extraordinary Sale of Muslin Under
wear-Daniel Hogan.
Headquarters for Fine Harness and
Saddlery-Leo Frank,
Medical-Blood Wine; Grape Nuts;
Stuart's Catarrh Tablets; Lydia Pink
ham: TUFTS Pills; Castoria.
Amusements-Ma Lillian Nor
dica. at Theater Friday Night.
Mineral Waters-Apollinaris
Cheap Column Advertisements-Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For
Rent: For Sale; Lost; PERSONAL Mis-
cellaneous-
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-09
Painter and Doctor.

In London art circles a story is being
told about a famous French painter
and an equally famous French physi-
clan. says Tit-Bits.
The painter is a great lover of dogs,
and the other day his favorite st.
Bernard became sick and speedily grew
so weak that his master, determined
to save his life at any cost, sent for
the famous physician, feeling confident
that he could cure him. When the
physician arrived and learned what
was wanted of him he seemed at first
literally petrifed at the thought that
any one could have the audacity to
ask him to prescribe for a dog, but he
quickly recovered his composure and
examined the animal as careful as
though he We're a human patient.
Then he prescribed a medicine, and,
taking his hat, was about to go away,
when the painter approached and po-
litely asked him what his fee was.
The physician replied, blandly, that
he did not care to charge anything
for such "A triflng service. but as the
painter insisted, he said, quietly:
"Well, II you are determined TO re-
mnuerate me- | Will tell you how you
can easily do me favor. / have just
placed some new railing around my
country villa, and 1 would be exceed
ingly obliged If you would paint 1t for
me. -
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-09
PERSON NAL.

James N. Lam of Middletown. N.
Y, preacher, doctor and author, is
80 years of age and has been married
thirteen times. His first marriage &C.
Cured at Milford. Pa, in 1880.
Gen. D. o. Shays, known as the
leader of ,Shays' rebellion, in 1885. is
buried near Scottsburg, N. Y, and his
grave is so neglected that it is almost
impossible to find it. 1t is marked
with a common slate stone covered
with moss and colored, with age.
Rev. Henry A. Barry of the Cath
Ollie archdiocese of Boston has had
conferred upon him by Pope Leo XIII
the degree of doctor of sacred theology
a very unusual distinction to be re-
ceived from the sovereign pontiff and
one seldom granted by him, especially
to an American.
1t was particularly noticed at the
recent New England dinner in Phila-
delphia that the speech of Chinese Min
lister WI easily outshone all the others
so far as good English was concerned
Among the orators of the evening
were Justice Brewer, Mr.. Hamln, Mr.
Hill and Mr.. Cochran.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-09
PACKING HOUSES AND RAILROADS.

1t seems that the Interstate Com
merce Committee is having very lit
tie trouble to find evidence that the
great meat packing firms of Chicago
and the railroads in many parts of the
country have been. and perhaps are
still, offenders against the interstate
commerce law. 1t is admitted that IL
has been impossible to maintain rates
except for a short time at the begin
ming of the year. The railroads there
fore are extremely anxious-at least
some of them are-to be permitted to
pool their earnings.
There can be but one result of COM
petition between great railroads which
depend almost wholly for their earn
ings on competitive business. and that
is ruin for the weaker roads. Either
that or consolidation. The people are
crying out against consolidation of the
railroads. They themselves are to
blame for it. They elect Legislatures
which grant charters for competing
lines. The competition becomes so
fierce that the competing roads have
to consolidate to save themselves from
ruin or else the weaker road goes into
bankruptcy and is bought by the
stronger one. In either case the re-
suit is consolidation.
1t is impossible to maintain rates
where there is strong competition. The
rates will be cut, in some form or other,
to get business. II a road attempts to
maintain rates which have been agreed
upon the other road. by slight con-
cession. will get all OF the business.
Unless roads are given the right to pool
earnings consolidation will go on until
competition is made practically inn
possible.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-09
BRIGHT BITS.

AT Last see that Wagson is
going TO get married" Pm glad he
has found way to support himself" -
Detroit Free Press.
-Harriet-"Have you read the mag
azine Charles?" Charles" Everything
but the matter that's inserted between
the front and back advertising pages;
but I guess I've got the cream of the
number. Transcript.
An Employer Smith-"Has Brown
any capital?" Jones-"No. But he
gives employment to great many
men" Smith-"What do they do?"
Jones-"Try to collect money due his
creditors. Chicago Daily News.
The Remnant Stage.-Manager-
I'VE are getting up a series of last-act
performances for suburbanites who
have to catch trains and have never
seen these last acts" Suburbanite-
How kind! But say! Why don't You
get up a series of first-act perform
ances for city folk who come in late
and never see the first act?'-Puck.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-09

China has saved her face once
more. although It took a lot OF tinsel
and paint and SILK umbrellas to do it.
The court re-entered Pekin in barbaric
splendor between long lines of kneel-
ing soldiers. The dispatches describe
the spectacle as one of scenic magnifi-
cence. yet there is strong vein of
sarcasm at the empty make belieyc OF
II an IL may be remarked, however.
that The glittering oeremonials in Pc
kin were just as real and significant.
from the Chinese point Of view, As will
be the pageant IN London next June
from the English p0int Of view.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-09

DR., Mentchikoy of the Pasteur Insti-
tute, Paris. fears that Prof. Loeb of
Chicago has not actually discover I'd
sible means of prolonging it. Said
he in an interview a day or two ago:
In my opinion it will always be i'm
possible to isolate special death bacil-
lus. Psychologists no longer discuss
the subject. / am unable to believe
that Prof. Loeb's researches will lead
to the discovery of such a bacillus. I
rather think they will lead to the dis
covery of the main thing-nourishment
necessary to repair and restore the
worn-out functions of the body"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-09

Now there Is talk of Andrew Car
negie as the civilian representative Of
the United States at the coronation of
King Edward. He is rich man, it
is pointed out. and could wen afford TO
maintain the dignity Of the position in
a manner that would not be possible
gressional appropriation behind him.
But Mr.. Carnegie Is not q native Amer
Jean. lie was born in scotland. Tho
people have about made up their minds
thai they would like to be- represented
bysGnover cleveland. Gen. Nelson A.
Miles and Admiral George Dewey.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-09

The Census Bureau has coined a
descriptive phrase that may be found
useful--"Continental United States"
II is in contradistinction TO Colonial
United States" Of course. and matches
very well with Continental Europe
Now It remains for Congress and the
administration TO make perfectly plain
the political relations that are to exist
between the Continental United States
and the Colonial United States.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-09

President Roosevelt is credited with
seeing mo danger in big surplus in
the treasury There will probably
be no big surplus in the treasury TO
be n source of danger when Congress
has toyed with it "A little while.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-09

AS might be expected of a strenuous
man, it is said the President has some
favorite swear-w words. though he tries
TO keep out of the beaten path of pro-
family and very, very seldom says any
thing that begins with big d. His
favorite explosives or calculations are
said to be, by Godfrey" and by
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-09

A gushing young woman the othel
day begged Ex-Speaker Reed to make
an epigram for her, she would so dear
IN love TO hear him say something
smart. Excuse me. madame, this is
my day for composing epic poems.
replied the big man from Maine; and
the young woman went away sorely
disappointed.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-09

A Paris cable asserts, upon the au-
thority of the man who sold the picture,
that Mr.. Pierpont Morgan paid $60O,OOo
for the Madonna of Raphael recently
purchased by him. That is 100000
more than the price first reported.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-09
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The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-09

Among the first measures introduced
into the New York Legislature at its
current session We're a bill to prohibit
flirting in public, a bill to prohibit live
pigeon shooting contests, and bill
TO make death the penalty for anarch-
istic attempts upon the life of any
high official. Some of this is freak
legislation, and some of it isn't.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-09

Kalamazoo has organized an ZAP
pendicitis club" the purpose of which
is to protect it's members from ex-
tortionate surgeons bills. Kalamazoo
has evidently become tired of being
famous alone for her name and her
cPlerN
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-09

It would seem as II the opportunity
was ripe for arranging a twenty-stanza
poetical contest, without gloves and
with all the feet needed. between the
editor Of the Triton Gazette and Mr..
Tench, Florida's commissioner to tho
pulled of az the exposition under the
auspices OF the coogier club Of Al
lanta. or course Col. Wrenn should be
the referee, since be has proved 90,
inspiration that brought both oandl-
dates into prominence
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-09

The annual attempt to find out the
best color for invisibility at sea is
about TO be made by the lords who di-
rect His Ma3osty's navy says the Lon
don Express. Dray and light gray have
long beeh favorites, but these are now
giving place TO sen green. a sickly
shade. which the handy man viii emu
late in his garments Of oilskin " not
in his hghting Kit. The new color viii
boz tried on the channel squadron II
an early dntc. The channel squadron
puts 10 sea in January and the dock
,urd painters are mixing the new in
visibility in their palntpois ready for
an initial attack of The brush on hull
Of the Magnificent.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-09

The visitors from Philadelphia were
fortunate in striking such delightful
weather. They found January days
in Savannah very different from what
they are along the Delaware.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-09

During the first eight days the pres
ent Congress was in session 1888 bills
were introduced in the House, of which
more than one-third went to the Com
nlittee on Pensions. There seems to
be no ebb to the tide of pension APP
plications, either through the Pension
Bureau or through Congress by those
who are rejected by the bureau.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-09
TIte Weather.

The indications for Georgia for to-
day are for fair weather with 4lsht
10 fresh westerly winds.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-09

Kipling's latest poem, 1.-The Island
ers," in which some of the officers of
the British army are indirectly re-
ferred to as "fannelled FOOLS" has
stirred at least some Of the Islanders"
to explosive wrath, and Kipling is be-
ing roundly denounced in the English
rress. Gilbert Parker. novelist and
member of Parliament. says the poem is
Sensational at the expense of truth; -
Herbert Paul says IL is "neurotc inn
perialism," and one newspaper says
Kiplng is ''insQlent, anaemic and white
lvered." with IT all, however, Kip
than ever. and he probably cares a
great deal for that
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-09

Only a short time ago Atlanta could
not find words too hard to hurl against
those who We're pursuing the dog in
the Manager policy with respect to the
depot question. Now she is pursuing
pretty much the same policy with re-
spect to the sub-treasury that Savan-
nah wants. This city was the first
applicant for the sub-treasury. and by
showing very much larger bank clear
ings than those of any other city in
the section, demonstrated the justice
of her claim for first consideration.
But Atlanta, in characteristic spirit,
has put in an application for the in
stitution. The effect will be, not to
carry the sub treasury to Atlanta, but
to prevent this section from securing
such an establishment. 1t is as if At
larta had said to Savannah. ''If can't
get it, you shall not have it," which,
to say the least, is not the spirit that
should exist between sister cities.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-09

While Americans are specializing on
how much their prospective isthmian
canal is going to cost, the Russians
are guessing how much they will have
to pay out for their Trans Siberian
railroad before it is completed. Twenty
years ago it was estimated that the
road could be built for $50, 100000 rou-
bles, but more than 100000, 900 roubles
have already been expended on the
work, which is yet far from compile
ton. 1t is now thought that the total
expenditure will be not less than L.
100000, 900 roubles, or about 100000, 600.
1t is seriously doubted that there will
ever be sufficient traffic on the road
to pay interest on the money invested
in it. However. it is chiefly a strategic
road, hence cost is not to be taken into
consideration.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-09

Those who have visited the Charles
ton exposition are surprised at its mag
nitude and are loud in their praises
of it. They say that in a few weeks,
when all of the exhibits are in place,
1t will rival the great Buffalo expo
sition It is an immense undertaking.
and it has the best wishes of all who
admire pluck, energy and enterprise.
Its promoters deserve success and
there is every reason to believe that
they will achieve it.
Thre is not another city in the coun-
try of the population and resources of
Charleston that would have attempted
such an enterprise-an enterprise that
gives the lie to the often repeatd as
sertion that Charleston is lacking in
public spirit.
There are few men to be found amy
where who are the equal of Gen. Wag-
ner, Maj. Hemphill and their fellow
for which progressive and public spir-
tied citizens are noted. They are ever
on the alert for opportunities to ad-
vance the welfare of their city.
The Charleston exposition will be
of far more benefit to the coast coun-
try. from Virginia to Florida, than
anything of the kind ever before at
tempted for the benefit of the South,
and it is to be hoped that Savannah
and the entire coast country will show
their appreciation of it by literally
patronizing 1t. If it should prove to
be only half as good as it promises to
be it will repay the people of this sec
ton who have never had chance to
see a, real big show like this, to visit
1t. There is no excuse for any one not
going who lives between the st. Marys
and Savannah rivers. Savannah alone
should furnish 10000 admissions. The
exposition is worth that much to her.
In fact it is within the bounds of rea-
son to say that it is worth a great deal
more. Besides the exposition Charles
ton herself is well worth seeing. There
are many places of interest within her
limits-places which have histories and
associations deserving attention.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-09

The Rev. Mr.. Turbush, Methodist
clergyman of Pittsburg. proposes that
the church endow Christian theaters'
for the purpose of rescuing the drama
from degeneracy. Is the drama really
degenerating? If we are not mistaken,
the theatrical profession is now upon
as high a plane as ever before in its
history, IL not indeed higher one and
with a greater proportionate number
of honorable and high minded men and
women engaged in it. In the time of
Shakespeare, and even later play
acting" was regarded as an undigni-
fed and rather low business. In the
time of Joseph jefferson, Henry Irv-
ing, Ellen Terry and Mrs. Gilbert we
know that many of the leaders of the
profession are worthy of all honor and
the peers Of any of those who watch
their portrayals of character.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-09

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