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The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-16
FULTON,s PENSIONERS.

An Atlanta dispatch in the Morning
News yesterday stated that the Com
missioner of Pensions had begun to
pay out the SSS5OO0 appropriated by
the Legislature for pensions, and that
934 of the pensioners reside in Fulton
county. 1t is probable therefore that
Fulton county gets more than 100000 d
year out of the state treasury for pen
sions. The same dispatch contained a
statement that many of those who
drew pensions on Tuesday were as well
dressed as if they were in receipt OF
comfortable incomes. The inference is
that many of those who draw pensions
are in more comfortable circumstances
than those who help to pay pensions.
And yet the finances of the state are
in a most deplorable condition on ac
count of the enormous amount distrib-
uted in pensions. The public property
fund was di avn on heavily this year
to assist in getting the state out of
financial difficulties. What is to be
done another year no one appears to
know. Those who think about it see a
iuSHeI tdN rate. WHeu d higher Idle 10
imposed the people will cry out against
excessive taxation, and yet they would
net instruct their representatives to
institute as~thorough investigation 81
the pension rolls for the purpose of
finding out whether or not persons were
drawing pensions who were not entitled
to them.
There seems to be ground for saying
that if pensions were confined to vet
Grams and widows of veterans who are
in INDECENT circumstances there would
be a very great reduction in the
amount OF the pension charge. 1t is
evident that the next Legislature will
have to take radical step OF some sort
if the state is kept out of serious finan-
cial trouble.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-16

Incidents frequently occur to show
that the President of the United States,
after all, is only a man. and sometimes
an awkward one at that. The other
evening at a dinner given to the retir-
ing Postmaster General the President
trod upon the beautiful train of Mrs.
Roosevelt just as a man not used to
such things might have done. There
was an ominous sound of ripping silk
followed by dead silence. The President
apologized, but the damage had been
done. However. deft maid with a
mouthful of pins soon made temporary
repairs.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-16
BRIGHT BITS.

1.-The speaker seemed to think that
the sale of liquors can be stopped"
But that's nonsense. You might as
well try to stop the Prohibtionists
from thinking it can."-Puck
Willie ate an apple ripe;
Lodge in his tracheal pipe;
When at last he died of choking,
Mother cried, ooh, how provoking."
Cornell Widow.
Newt wonder If it amazes a girl
when a fellow catches her under the
mistletoe?
Ted-It must she always seems to be
rooted to the spot.-Sacred Heart Re-
view.
In the Performance of His Duty
Mrs. Hauskep: You needn't deny it,
Della, l saw you permit that police
man TO kiss you last night.
Della: Az coorse, ma am. Shure, We
wouldn't have me resist an officer
would ye?-Philadelphia Press.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-16

1t seems TO us that the more the
proposition of Representative RiXey OF
Virginia, namely, that the doors of
soldiers homes be opened to eX-Con-
| federates is discussed the greater the
chances will be that it will meet the
approval of the Southern people. There
may be reasons for rejecting it,, but
| those in favor of it are II great deal
stronger. one of the reasons against
Virginia. is that the Union and Con-
federate veterans could not get along
together AS far as we are able to
observe the people who have been do
ing the fighting for the past thirty
five years are not those who actually
fought in the Civil War. The latter
stopped fighting when the war ended,
and ever since that time those who
wore the uniform of the Confederacy
and those who wore the uniform of
the Union have been getting on to-
gether in the most amicable manner.
And it will be found on inquiry that
the old soldiers of the South who are
in INDECENT circumstances will not
raise objections to Mr.. Rixeys prop
osition. They want some of the com
forts of home in their declining
years. They are passing away rapid
ly, and in a few more years there will
be none of them left. If there is an
honorable way to make their remain
ing days comfortable why not accept
it?
1t is not as if the North alone
supported the soldiers homes. The
South contributes to their support in
proportion to her wealth and popula-
ton, and has done so ever since they
were established. TlX-Confederates in
these homes therefore would be but
accepting assistance from their own
people. Mr.. Lambs suggestion that
they would be there as a matter of
charity is all nonsense. They would be
there as a matter of right. What the
South contributes to the support of
these homes amounts to more than
the cost of the support of the ex-Con-
federates who would seek shelter in
lneln WOulu De.
That there are many ex-Confeder-
ates who are in need of a home was
shown by q statement in the message
which the Governor of South Caro-
lima sent the Legislature of that state
on Tuesday. His statement was that
if the state intended to erect a home
for it's old soldiers of the Confederacy
there ought to be no delay about the
matter, because the veterans were old
and would not be here long to enjoy
it. Those who needed a resting place,
he SAID needed it at once.
In view of the fact that so large a
share of the revenues of the govern
ment is collected from the South it
would be but just il the pension sys-
tenn We're extended to the ex-Confed-
crate soldiers. The pension burden
which this and some of the other states
carry is a pretty heavy one, and, as
they are not overburdened with wealth,
it limits their ability to support their
public, school systems. Mr. Rixey's
proposition is worth more than pass
ing thought. 1t ought to be given very
careful consideration.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-16

1t has been discovered that a San
Francisco firm having a contract for
furnishing medicinal supplies for the
troops in the Philippines has been
guilty of gross fraud. The firm made
one shipment of 100000 auinine tab
let's, or what it received pay for as gun
nine tablets, which upon analysis prov
ed to be nearly all starch. There was
scarcely more than enough quinine in
the tablets to give them taste. Loss
Of contract is not sufficient punishment
for such frauds, where the lives of the
soldiers may depend upon the articles
furnished.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-16

That Richard Croker is still power
in Tammany Hall was shown the other
day in his naming of Lewis Nixon to
be his successor. MIR. Croker was
able TO do this Notwithstanding he
was laying down the reins of the or
ganization, was without patronage.
and was going away to Europe. There
are many politicians in New York
who think Mr.. Croker will continue to
be the actual head of Tammany Hall
and viii govern from his home i'm Eng
land through Mr.. Nixon.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-16

The Rev. Minot j. Savage of New
York in a sermon the other day de-
Tended Wall street against the charge
Of gambling. The great things for
which Wall street exists are not gamb.
ling he "a q IN part. Mr.. Richard
Cookers opinion OF the street does
not coincide with that OF the Rev Mr..
Savage. Says Mr. Croker. Il would
rather play poker or faro. where YOU
can see the dealer. than go down in
Wall street where the dealer cannot be
seem
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-16

Dr. Wilbur de Lyon Nichols. Of New
York. the new Ward McAlister of
American Society" Is likely to find
himself In some very warm water be-
fore great while. Not content with
limiting the real thing in American
society TO mere handful Of persons.
he now SAYS that inc society women
Of New York are IN bad way respect
ing the drink habit he says that in
dulgence in strong drink IN on an
alarming increase among then. and
agrees with another preacher Nho the
other day said that many society w0m-
"n spent their sundhys gambling and
drinking. However. he did not think
ule gambling habit VAS increasing.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-16

The City Council of Hinkley, Ill, has
got itself into the papers by expelling
one of its members for being a bore.
The technical charge against the mem
Der was Conduct unbecoming an al
derman." The facts We're that the
once started talking it was next to
impossible to stop him. The other
councilnen put up with being bored
until patience ceased to be a virtue,
and then fired him. No doubt there
are other city councils that could do
more business by adopting the bore
recipe of the Illinois Council
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-16
E Rev. Cornelius Hudson

The Rev. Cornelius Hudson, a
Methodist minister of Phoenixville.
Pa, is a believer in rag time" music.
and says the church needs good deal
OF it. "The music OF the age" says
this clergyman. reflects the spirit of
the age. At present, formality is dis
carded and everything is full of energy.
State and formal music has given way
TO the more boisterous rag time. .
Why? Because it is full of energy and
IS typical of these commercial days"
1T will be recalled that the Salvation
Army has made a great success OF
adapting popular tunes TO religious
words.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-16

There are now two scholars I'm poll
itics in New York. One is Seth Low,
the Mayor. With his career the pub
lie is familiar, by reason of his recent
candidacy. The other is Lewis Nixon,
who has succeeded Richard Croker at
the head of Tammany. Mr.. Nixon,
who is only forty-two years old, was
graduated at the head of his class at
the United States Naval Academy, and
took a. three years course at the Brit
ish Royal Naval Academy. In Eng
land, as in America, he excelled all
of his fellow students. At the age
of thirty he was back in Washington
designing battleships. and a little later
became Assistant Naval Constructor.
His work was so efficient that the
Cramps made him an offer that he
could not refuse, to become superin-
tendent of their great establishment,
and he resigned from the navy. A
few years ago he established ship
yards of his own. His career has
been a remarkable one. and shows
what a young man with brains and
the right kind of an education can do
in this country. Mr.. Nixon. by the
way, is of Southern blood belonging
to an old Virginia family.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-16

Col. Tom Ochiltree, formerly a con-
gresham, but now connected with a
telegraph-ca company. is in Wash
irgton to hear the arguments in Con-
gress on the question of a government
Pacific cable. Col. Ochiltree says that
''while the promoters who want subsi-
dies are talking" there is a man who
is going to work to build a cable. The
man, of course, is John w. Mackey, and
Col. Ochiltree predicts that he will
have the work completed from the Cal
ifornia coast to Honolulu before Con-
gress adjourns
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-16

That coronation commission will
have at least three very rich men on
it Whitelaw Reid is a millionaire, and
the fathers of Secretaries j. P. Nor
gan, Jr., and William Wetmore are
nillionaires
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-16

SO IT is settled that Upton is to come
over again, with a third Shamrock.
Americans will be pleased TO greet
him. They like the man because he
plays fair and does not pout when he
Is fairly defeated.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-16

Mr schwab promptly denied the
sensational gambling" stories sent out
from Monte Carlo. Next time be- will
probably not put himself Boz position
10. give color 10 such yarns.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-16
MONTGOMERY.

7 II O4NDEhBOII.
Car leaves Bolton street junction 5:S0
a. m. and every thirty minutes there
after until 11:30 p. m.
Car leaves Thunderbolt at 500 a. m.
and every thirty minutes thereafter
until 1900 midnight, for Bolton street
junction.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-16
PROPOSALS WANTED.

FORT FREMONT. S. c., JAN 10 10;
1902. Sealed proposals in triplicate WI
be received here until IL a. M, fep.
IA, 1902, for installing water and seWei
system, including pump-house' puinp
ing machinery, tanks, distrlput'ne
Mains etc. also detached lavatorS a.
this post. Information furnished on az
plication. u. S. reserves right 10 re
ject or accept any or all proposals ..
any part thereof. Envelopes shoulu " y,
marked Proposals Water system
Addressed Earl w. Taylor, Q. NJ.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-16
The Wenfher.

The indications for Georgia to-day
are for fair weather. with light west
erly to northwesterly winds. Eastern
Florida, showers, with variable winds.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-16

FREIGHT AND PARCEL CAR.
This car carries trailer for passengers
on all trips and leaves east side oil
city market for Isle of Hope, Thun-
derbolt and all intermediate points at
800 a. M, 100 p. M, 500 p. m.
Leaves Isle of Hope for Thunderbolt'
City Market and all intermediate
points at 500 a. M, HOO a. m, 2:4c
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-16

WEST END CAR.
Car leaves west side of City Market
for West End 500 a. m. and every ~
minutes thereafter during the day 10
til 1880 D. m.
Leaves West End at 500 a. m. and
every 40 minutes thereafter during the
day until 1900 o'clock midnight.
LUCIEN MCINTYRE, Gen Manager.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-16
S. T. & |. OF HOPE R'Y AND c.
& S. R'Y SCHEDULE

For Isle of Hope, Montgomery, Thun-
derbolt. Cattle Park and West End
Daily except Sundays. Subject to
change without notice.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-16

Scrofula is but modified form of Blood
Poison and Consumption. The parent
who is tainted by either will see in the
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-16

Don't forget the sacrifice sale of
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-22
Marriage of Good Temper

not made to feel upon the spot that good
nature Is better than any impeccability?
We have. most OF US, seen exquisite
housekeepers who all but follow the in
truder about with a broom. who are ready
to dust the chair you rise from. require
overshoes to be left outside the door who.
IL you take a book from one room and lay
It down, carry IL back before your eyes;
who make more circumstances OF broken
china than Of broken bones. And most
OF US prefer for a companion the home
body, who makes no fuss about anything.
but who is tender and csressing and gay
and consoling and sympathetic and always
sweet tempered. although there be fun on
her floors. and hicks on her dishes, and no
meal ready at its appointed hour. And
most OF US. again. rather than with the
petulant and fault-hnding man. or with the
stern and sour and solemn incarnation OF
all the virtues, or with the lofty and SUI
perior soul, without whose wisdom and
learning the world could not %reyolve, would
choose companionship with the ot-hand
happy go-lucky fellow, who. II the dinner is
late. says Never mind, IL will be all
the better when it does come" or IL We
ourselves are late for church or theater or
outing says: We'll we will enjoy 1t all
the more when we get there" or, II the
servants are rebellious. cOndones Il by de-
clsring: I'VE can't expect perfection for
the price we pay" And this man may
have his better faults, he may not be at
home as much as you would like. he may
be too careful about the spending Of his
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-22

In fact, good nature Is q charm that
never dies. Beauty fades, accomplishments
fail. but good nature survives till all else
falls to dust. 1t blends the opposing and
contradictory elements like a fortunate
solvent. II acts precisely as sunshine does.
and where you find it happiness 1ourishes
and life is enriched. In any individual
It declares the existence Of a calm and
strong nervous temperament, and nothing
lends itself more to peace and prosperity
in a household than that. 1t is a blessed
thing. then, that such a trait can be es-
tablished; that repression here and ex-
preston there, and determination every
where will make It grow and thrive and be-
come a habit. 1t is the outer embodiment
OF love, and the man who is seldom with
out It is the one TO whom the town turns.
on whom the beggars smile, after whom
the children run, whose presence soothes
trouble, and whose wife is sure that even
II she wears her old bonnet she Is lovely
in his eyes.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-22

II II were necessary 20 give an opinion
as to what is the FIRST and chief constituent
Of a happy marriage one might hesitate
for a moment over the thought Of many
almost indispensable virtues. and daily over
that OF absolute trustfulness on both sides.
but one. II thinking and weighing DELHI
~erately, would decide presently that the
real requisite for happiness in marriage is
good nature. Not that a tempest once in a
great while may not be worth while TO
clear the air and to show how good the
other Is. but in the long, round year the
sunshine and fair weather is the best.
What will you not pardon to a sunny
faced rogue? A man may commi count
less peccadilloes. a thousand o~ffenses
against good taste, even be guilty Of sins,
but an unfailing sweetness Of disposition
will win forgiveness OF them all. A woman
may be extravagant, a poor housekeeper,
even slatternly. or a provoker OF scandal,
but there is no disruption in the household
Of which she is mistress as long as with a
smile she Acknowledges her fault. though
her sin is ever before US. A pair Of dimples
has saved many a little scamp from a
whipping; they are just as useful when the
scamp is older and the dimples are slipping
into wrinkles For the dimple is not only
evidence OF the smile itself, but it stimu-
lates the smile of others.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-22

During his farewell visit to his boyhood
home at Hannibal. Mo. Mark Twain
preached the first sermon in his life in the
Baptist church during the regular Sunday
service. The church was crowded, there
being at least 1000 persons In the audience.
many OF them being friends and compan-
ions OF his youth. Rev. Everett Gill, pas
tor of the church. preached a sermon OF
about fifteen minutes, taking as his text
"GRrlands for Ashes" In the course Of
his remarks he paid an eloquent tribute to
Mark Twain by speaking Of his sterling
character, the life work OF sixty-seven
years. On closing he asked the humorist
to take the pulpit.
Mark Twain, filled with emotion. arose
from the pew in which he sat, with all
eyes OF the immense audience turned to
him. The occasion was a most impressive
one. The veteran writer, with his long
white hair hanging in curly locks, was to
preach to the people OF the city where he
had spent his boyhood days. The theme
OF his sermon was THE Gospel OF Good
Cheer" The remarks were listened to
with intense interest.
81 thank Rev. DR.. Gill for the privilege
which he has offered by permitting me to
say a few Words he said. Il will not
take the pulpit, for 1 should be embar-
raised with u~nsanctihed tongue II I did.
1t might be we'll for me to stand there on
a weekday, but on Sunday l think the place
for the layman is in the pew. so with your
permission l shall remain here at my seat
and tell you what l have to say. Here
anyone can talk without reproach. Even
here in this humble capacity 1 am doing
what you are always doing-preaching. The
art OF preaching Is to influence you. From
the Dnlnif and from the mnutha ~ all Of
you the preaching goes on all the time.
Our words and acts are not for ourselves,
but for others. They are like the tidal
waves of the seas that encircie the earth.
They are heard about us when they are
uttered. We are preaching all the time,
even II we do not know it. We forget that
We carry influence. We ought to remem-
Der it. however, and make it a constant
reminder. We had better see that our con-
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-22

Kitchener answered with-Silence. II was
noted tina the walls grew less, however.
But that was mainly because the walters
were being sent home as fast as ships could
carry them. Some Of them were sent to
less comfortable places by the grim,
homely sidar. They were sent TO battle.
Many OF them died. He never showed by
any sign tina he was sorry or glad or re-
lieved or Indifferent. Just that level
glance and that entire silence. Kitchener
is making a failure of it," rang the dis
patches. Silence. Kitchener is despair
ing Of winning out Silence. Another
appalling defeat for our arms" Silence.
Once he broke that silence. He sent a
d~ispatch-"Send me more men,"
II was the march on omdurman over
again. Silence and work and silence-and
then-the end.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-22
G

John 8. Huyler OF New York has given
$4,000 to promote the work OF the Chrls-
tan associations of Syracuse university
Rev. DR.. William Barrou Frisby, one OF
the most eloquent ministers In the Protes-
tant Episcopal church, has just died at
Boston.
Rev. Charles T. Olmstead Of Syracuse,
N. Y, has been named coadjutor bishop
to Bishop Frederic Dan Huntington or the
central New York diocese.
part, Alaska, drove 100 miles in a dog
sled on his way to attend the presbyterian
anniversaries held in New York recently.
The Episcopal church in this country has
nine chaplaincies in Europe. These have
resulted IN Paris, Rome, Dresden and else
where in the rearing OF beautiful churches.
The late Archbishop Corrigan Of New
York had 10000 communicates n6 priests
and 276 churches under his Jurisdiction. He
also exercised jurisdiction over churches In
Rev. Delno C. Henshaw of Chicago
preached a memorial sermon at the grave
OF his father, buried in the cemtery at
Kalamazoo, Mich. on June 10. IL was the
Tooth anniversary of his fathers birth.
James n. Rogers' prominent In Baptist
Mosiems embraced Mohammedanism. He
says he expects nothing but ostracism as
a consequence OF his change of faith.
In ST. Margaret's, Westminster, London,
is a pew with the American flag under a
glass cover. The pew bears a plate marked,
Reserved for the American visitors" The
pew is one OF the best in the church, being
Immediately behind those reserved for the
House of Commons.
President Roosevelt in his message to the
sunday school children of Brooklyn said:
Il am glad to have a chance to express to
the children OF the Sunday school union
how glad l am that they are hitting them
selves to become in the future Christian
citizens Of this great republic
This Is not a theater." said Father Ed
ward J. DUFFY OF st. Mary's church, Islip.
Long Island, as he ordered two women to
leave the church because they did not wear
their hats. They were summer visitors
from New York and had stepped from
their hotel across the street 70 attend the
were Interested. They left the church
highly indignant at the clergyman's man
ner and remarks.
In a talk 10 -workingmen the other day
Bishop Ingram OF London said: Human
nature always reminds me of the story OF
the two frogs hat fell into a pot of cream.
one OF them soon gave up the struggle as
a bad job and without much ado sank 10
the bottom. The other, striking out with
all his legs and persevering eventually
found himself resting upon a pat OF butter
churned by his own efforts TO get his head
above the level OF the cream"
Archdeacon Kirby Of New York, who has
recently celebrated his golden wedding
was the first missionary TO penetrate within
the American Arctic circle. He crossed the
Rocky mountains on foot 10 visit the In
dians OF Alaska. He translated the New
Testament. the prayer book. a hymnal and
other books into Chippewa During his
twenty-five years Of missionary service he
built six churches. The most eastern OF
these Is separated from the most western
- 1900 miles