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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-07-11

The members of a certain learned So
ciety had been INDUCING in birthday
festivities, and when dinner and the
subsequent enjoyments were over Prof.
jones started off to trudge the half
mile or so to his home, says the Pitts
burg Bulletin. The professor is a very
clever man, and noted for the keen
ness of his intellect.
The excitement and the unusually
hearty dinner, followed by the abstruse
discussion in which he had been en-
gagged, had given him a headache; so.
approaching an electric light post, he
pressed his throbbing brow against the
cool iron. Thus he stood for a few min
utes. Then, feeling a little chilly. he
outtoned his overcoat preparatory to
proceeding on his way home, but. to
his horror, when he attempted to leave
The post he found himself unable to
move.
A brain such as the professors works
quickly, and the reason for his deten-
ton soon seemed clear. Evidently the
current which fed the lamp above had
become diverted from it's course and
was passing through his body, binding
him to the post in the process. Death
CHASTITY and horrible, stared him in the
face. Gradually his backbone would
oecoAle dlSsolVed to a jelly, and while
the awful process was going on he
must stand there as helpless as a but
terf1y pinned to cork,
In his terror he gave vent to his feel
ings in a mighty yell This attracted
the attention of a policeman, who hur-
rled up, and then shaking with laugh
ter, listened to the professors expla-
nation. When he had finished. the DO
hceman unfastened the professor
oyercoat from the post round which
he had inadvertently buttoned IT,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-07-11
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Philadelphia Press (Rep.) says:
1.-THE Georgia. peach is coming in mar
ket, and as long as the supply lasts
there will be no question as to wheth-
er the people of that state are fully re-
constructed. To produce a peach like
the Elberta demands soil that is
thoroughly United States"
The Washington Post Qnd.) says:
1.-THE Hon. James Sullivan Clarkson
has been appointed official keeper of
the administration Southern delegate
kennels. But the Southern delegate
has learned a few new tricks since the
time the Iowa man was considered an
expert in that sort of work"
The New York World (Dem) says:
Mr.. LittIefield of Maine is smart
man and his new antitrust law may
beat the old one all hollow. But John
Sherman was a smart man too in his
day, and there are plenty of people who
think the antitrust law he drew was
not nearly as weak as the efforts of
successive Attorneys General to en-
force it,
The Chattanooga Times (Dem.) says:
President Roosevelt said in his Pitts
burg speech that Cuba shall have reei-
the heavens. We are inclined to think
so ourselves. but some of the United
States senators will have to get short
on sugar first. and that may not hap
pen until the millennium. What the
Cubans really wanted and needed was
reciprocity now. and the President fail
ed 20 deliver the goods
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-07-11

The Straits Budget of Singapore,
tells a story illustrating the results at
tanned in the teaching of English to
Chinese pupils. The following anecdote
was placed before them to retell in
different English:
One day an Irishman came running
into a farm-yard and shouted loudly
for a spade. The farmer asked him
what he wanted a spade for. The
Irishman replied, ITO dig out my
friend, who has fallen into bog" The
former asked him how deep his friend
was in, and Pat replied, up to his
ankles" The farmer thereupon re-
fused to lend his spade, and said that
if the man was only up to his ankles
he could walk out. But" replied Pat,
che fell in head FOREMOST
Mark the result:
One day an Irishman came running
in farm, and shouted with a spade.
The farmer asked him what is the
matter. An Irishman replied, "To dig
out his friend stuck in the mud" The
farmer said he thought about his an
kles. Then he tried to get up his feet,
and then he sink down again. Then
he asked the farmer, how many in
and how many out" was replied He
said -four in and eight out"
probably the most sublime concep-
ton in the above is the rendition of
head foremost into -four in and
eight out"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-07-11
PERSONAL.

1t is noticeable that newspaper and
book writer's have good deal of in
fiuence at the White House of late.
Booth Harrington, William Allen
White, a Kansas City editor; William
Marion Reidy Missouri newspaper
man; Albert Shaw, editor of the Re
view of Reviews; Jacob RiiS and Hen
ry Loomis Nelson may be mentioned as
among those whose influence has con-
tributed to appointments. Then Henry
Cabot Lodge was a historian before he
became a senator and Dudley Foulke
is a writer as well as civil service
refcrmer.
The King of Siam could teach
American nepotists something of the
game. His sons fill the positions of
controller general of finance, minister
of justice, commander in chief of the
army and deputy superintendent of
the navy, his only surviving full broth
er is minister of war half brothers are
minister of public works. minister of
the Interior minister of foreign affairs,
minister of finance, minister of local
government, director of the privy purse,
minister of the royal household, direc-
tor general of hospitals and high COM
missioner, and a cousin Is director
general of customs. One way and an
other the Chulalonkorns seem to be
doing quite well.
IT. p. O'Connor in his London
weekly calls attention to the fact that
all members of the present British cab
met have been in office nearly seven
years tremendous strain on any
body. no matter how robust in health
or ardent in ambition. Most of them,
too, are so well off that they do not
care for the big salaries they draw
Curiously enough, Mr.. Chamberlain is
now one of the men to whom the $685.
900 a year that goes with his office is
a consideration. He was worth about
$S000,000 at one time, but he bought a
costly property and has lost a good
deal in speculation. Consequently, he
is not by any means so well to do as
he was when he entered the cabinet.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-07-11
How He Lost Her.
From the Chicago News

From the Chicago News.
He hardly dared to touch her hand;
He deemed she was so far above him
That he would never have the sand
To even think that she could love
him.
And so he let concealment prey
Upon the cheek he lacked so badly,
And dumbly watched her day by day
And moped about and acted sadly.
1t may be she his secret guessed;
If so, she never seemed to show it.
But then, if love is not expressed
girl can't be supposed to know it.
She let the foolish fellow CALL
He had a crude idea of spooning;
He seemed afraid to talk at all
And sat and took it out in incoming.
Another sutton came at last.
Who was not shy about his wooing;
She knew ere many minutes passed
That there was something certain
doing.
And one week from the day they met
Ills ring was on her second finger;
Also, the happy day was set
That lover surely did not linger.
And No. he dropped and pinned.
Recovered, some time later mated,
And ever after was inclined
70 thank his luck stars he waited.
The moral is, when all is done
Our love We should not hide nor
smother,
But, anyway, it's six of one
And half a dozen of the other.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-07-11
IN THE FIELD OF DIPLOMACY.

The action of the Department of
! Justice in asking assistance from the
/ Department of State in the Greene
/ and Gaynor case causes no surprise.
/ 1t is probable that the majority of
those who have followed the case
closely since it got into the Canadian
courts have become satisfied that the.
United States will not be accorded
fair treatment under the law unless
a very strong pressure from the Brit
| ish government is brought to bear upon
the Canadian authorities.
The case which Special Assistant At
torney General Erwin makes out for
action by the Department of State is a
strong one. 1t seems that the counsel
for Greene and Gaynor run the prov
ince of Quebec to suit themselves.
Those of them who do not fill leading.
offices of the province appear to be
related to those who do. Hence in
legal affairs things go pretty much the
way they want them to go.
The impression we get from the
statement made by Mr.. Erwin to the
Department of State is that there is
no good reason, legal or otherwise,
why the Extradition Commissioner at
Montreal, who issued the warrants for
the arrest of Greene and Gaynor,
should not pass at once upon the ques-
tion as to whether or not the offense
with which the fugitives are charged is
an eStraditable one. It seems. how
ever, that it is the purpose of the
counsel for Greene and Gaynor to pre-
vent the case from being heard by the
Observation-Disclosures. In fact, it be-
gins to look as if they intend to pre-
vent the case from being heard at all
on its merits, unless it be by an Of
fetal known to favor the fugitives.
The extradition treaty might as well
be abrogated if it cannot be enforced.
And it begins to look as if it could
not be. simply because those who have
charge of the machinery of the law
find it to their interests not to have it
enforced. 1t is probable that there is
an element in Quebec that would like
to have it understood in this country
that that city is a safe refuge for
criminals from this country. There is
money to be made out of such crirni-
nails, since the great majority have
plenty of money to spend. If Greene
and Gaynor were without money the
efforts in their behalf would not be
half so energetic and jealous as they
are.
1t is of course impossible to say
whether the British government will
take up the case that our Department
of State will present to it with the
sincerity and vigor that we have
right to expect, but it would not be
surprising If it should go as far as IT
could in the direction of aiding the
United States in getting possession of
the fugitives without creating ill-feeI-
ing between itself and one of its most
important colonies. 1t wants to retain
the goodwill of the United States, and
for that reason Canada will be asked
probably, by the home government, to
facilitate irz every way it can the re-
turn of the fugitives to the United
States.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-07-11
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Meeting-Mistletoe Camp No. Al,
Woodmen of the World.
Special Notiees-Andrew Hanley
Company; Bill of Fare, Union Station
Restaurant; Special Notice, Retail
Merchants Association.
Publications-Webst Dictionary.
Uneeda Biscuit-National Biscuit
Company.
Cigars-Amerlcan Cigar Company.
Beers-A. B. c. Beers; Pabst Beer.
Ohicial-Liquor Licenses.
Special Excursion From Savannah
Via Seaboard Air Line.
July 11-Get 1t at Rowlinskfs.
Washing Powder-Pearline.
Medical-Cuticura Remedies; Blood
Wine; Cascarets; Mothers Friend; DIR.
Hathaway Company; Dead Shot YER
mifuge; Castoria Worlds Dispensary
Preparations.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Hel
Wanted; Employment Wanted For
Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personal; Mis-
cellaneous.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-07-11
NKIGHT BITS.

Dark Waters.-Reporter: In de-
scribing this new drinking fountain
would you say 'the water issues from
an ornate pipe in a little stream OF
'jet?'"
Snake Editor: It's just Schuylkill
water, isn't it?
Reporter: Yes.
Snake Editor: Then you'd better
say "a little stream of jet."-Phila-
delphia Press.
One Mans Wisdom.-Diggs: What
became of your friend Wages?
Biggs: He went out West about a
year ago and married widow with
half a million.
Diggs: Now, that's what call TAX
ing time by the forelock.
Biggs: How so?
Diggs: Why he celebrated his gold
en- wedding fifty years ahead of the
schedule.-Chicag Daily News.
Truly Modern.-"No," said the up
to-date person, I'VE are not going to
have any firecrackers or other fire.
works in our town this year"
Here we express our mild surprise,
adding that it really seems unpatri-
otto.
ooh, possibly" he smiles. possibly
But, then, you know. since SO many
of us have automobiles we find that
we can injure a great many more peo-
pie with them than with the anti
quated means you mention. "-Balti-
more American
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-07-11
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SaiIOrmen Hard to EsIense

Jack Tar is noted for a complaining
disposition, says the Chicago Chroni-
Gle. He fancies his lot is a hard one
and perhaps it is-and never seems
to weary of finding fault with. his
surroundings. He has never been
known to be satisfied with any posi-
Die condition of affairs, no matter
what efforts might have been spent
in pleasing him. A good example of
this is shown in a story told by the
skipper of a large American sailing
vessel now moored at a PHILADELPHIA
wharf. On his last trip from San
Francisco to that port he had with
him some passengers, so to prevent
friction he hunored the seamen more
than he otherwise would have done.
On the second day out the crew all
+. came aft and demanded to see the
skipper.
well, boys, what's the growl now?"
he asked
"Wot we wants to know, cap'n."
began the old salt, lis, are you a-goin'
to feed US on this muck right along?''
The spokesman, an old seaman.
stepped forward with a tin of beef in
his hands.
We'll" answered the captain, cit
isn't swell grub, I'll admit, but what
can I do?'
Give us cabin fare" growled a doz-
en- voices.
The captain agreed. The steward was
ordered to prepare the timed stuffs
of the officers for the "fo'cs'le," and
also to have the cook make them cab
in pastry.
For several days all went well. Then
the men came aft again.
WELL not satisfied yet?'' asked the
captain.
No" growled the old seaman, 1--WE
don't want any more of this stuff. Give
us back our old whack.''
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-07-11

Lord Kitchener will probably arrive
in London sometime during the be-
lated festivities of the coronation. But
will he permit himself to be wor-
shipped? Those who know the man
think not. They recall how he con-
Quoted himself upon his return from
the SOudan after crushing the Khalifa.
At that time. it will be recalled, he
was raised to the peerage and given
a purse of $50, 00O.- An elaborate BAN
quet was given by the merchants and
business men in his honor, at which
eulogistic speeches were made and he
was unanimously assured OF Eng
lands everlasting appreciation and
gratitude. Kitchener listened to it all
with i'll concealed Impotence. After
a while it came his time to speak.
What he said has been thus reported:
Gentlemen, am much obliged to you
for the complimentary things that you
have said of me. You say that you
are anxious to show your good will.
Very well. You know all about bust
ness and finance. Tell me how 1 can
invest this $4,000 so as to get per
cent. on it," When Kitchener gets
back he will have another bunch of
money to invest. and if his well-wish-
ers will kindly assist him to an per
cent. investment of It, he will no doubt
be willing to let the Qualification go
at that.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-07-11
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DEBT LIMIT OF CITIES

The recent decision of the highest
court of Iowa, in a case in which the
city of Burlington in that state I'M
dertook to exceed it's debt limit in the
purchase of water-works, is attracting
good deal of attention from Chicago
papers, where there is a strong move
ment to exceed the debt limit for the
purpose of building subways for street
railways.
1t was held in the Burlington case
that as the city had reached it's debt
limit of per cent of it is taxable prop
erty the contract for the purchase of
water-works on credit was illegal. It
seems that the court went into the
merits of the question pretty thorough
ly, and made it clear that neither for
the purchase of public utilities nor
for anything else can city exceed its
debt limit.
According to what the Chicago pa
pers have been saying about this case
the opinion prevails there that obliga-
tons, whether they are in the shape
of bonds or notes or unwritten con-
eASSNS', 6AN Gil ny q CITY III EXCESS OF ltS
debt limit are void OF course this
view is based upon the opinion that
the courts in other states would de-
eide in this matter of the debt limit
Just as the Iowa court decided.
In the Iowa case an effort was made
to show that the city of Burlington
would not increase its debt by the pur-
chase of water-works for the reason
that the income from the works would
pay the interest on the debt and pro-
vide a sinking fund for the liquidation
of the obligation. The court held that
1T made no difference whether the bur-
den of the taxpayers was increased or
not, the effect of the purchase of the
water-works was to add to the city's
financial obligations, and therefore the
purchase was illegal.
1t is probable that in many cities the
debt limit is being practically ignored.
1t is all right enough as long as the
question as to the legality of obliga-
lions incurred is not raised, but there
isn't much doubt that if it should be
raised, and it is likely to be at any
time. those holding the evidences of
the Illegal contracts would find them
selves in possession of a lot of worth
less paper. They would come to the
conclusion that they took a big risk
for a small compensation.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-07-11

1t is understood that the Republicans
are going to make extraordinary eff
ing election. and thus prepare the way
for the election of a Republican to
succeed the Hon. George G. Vest in
the Senate. Missouri has not had a
Republican senator since Carl Schurz,
affect to think the opportunity has ar
rived to again elect Republican SEN
ator. 1t has been rumored that Secre-
tary Hitchcock is a candidate for SEN
ator Vests place, but the secretary de-
MES that he is a candidate. II looks
now as if ex-Gov. William Joel Stone
would be the Democratic candidate.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-07-11

Gov. Montague of Virginia. who was
one of the guests at the Tilden Club
dinner, is a real harmonizer. He says
he has no preference for the presiden-
tial nomination, but will be found
working with might and main for the
nominee. Meanwhile he does not under
stand how silver, or the money ques-
ton, can be an issue in the next cam .
paign, since the great influx of gold
has settled the question, at least for
the time. "There is plenty of money
now everywhere" he says, especially
in the South. Work. 1 believe, is plenti-
full, new Industries are being opened
up and thrift and industry are notice.
able on every hand. Therefore, 1 do
not see how money will be an impor-
tant factor in the presidential cam
paign of 1904"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-07-11

The young women of the town of
Fremont, Neb., have an organiza ton
which, if lived UP to rigidly, is apt
to do great deal of good; more, pos
sibIy, than a great many dry and
windy sermons could accomplish. The
purpose of the girls club. in short.
is to boycott the bad young men. The
girls pledge themselves that they win
not keep company with or receive at
tentions from any man who is not
total abstainer from the following
vices: Lying, swearing, stealing, keep
ing late hours or bad company, gam
bling, drinking and smoking. The
club has committees whose duties are
to investigate the young men of the
town and keep a record of their hab-
its, so far as it may be possible to
ascertain them. Every young man will
have a rating, which win be bettered
or lowered as the circumstances jus
tify. The black sheep are to be boy
cotted completely. They must become
good, or go without sweethearts and
wives
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-07-11

Cigarette smokers may resume the
collection of pictures of actresses and
others from their cigarette packages
which was suspended some time ago
by paragraph of the Dingley tariff
law prohibiting portraits. pictures, oou-
pons, ETC., in packages of cigarettes
and tobacco. That paragraph was re-
pealed by law enacted on the final
day of the recent session. The new
law. however. prohibits indecent pic
lures or writing or anything savoring
of lottery scheme.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-07-11
For the Children

Ohildren suffer from collie ana
serious forms of indigestion dining Sna
the not months, because they oVa9g
toao Inc stomach with improna..
food. There is no remedy 'wbic Ipe 7;
SO quick in relieving cole na;a -
as BLOOD WINE. tits perfectl1p saas
for children; has pleasant fa ss5e
they are eager to takeit. For sale aleu- h.,
Lippman Brothers. Druggists.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-07-11

A movement has been started in
New Orleans for statue to Gen. P. G.
T. Beauregard. The Picayune urges
that the people of the South owe
Beauregard a Statue, because he
fought with great distinction and sue
cess in Virginia at Manassas and Pc
tersburg; in Tennessee at Shiloh; in
mississippi at Corinth; in the Caro-
linas, and particularly at Charleston,
which city he fortified so impregnably
that it resisted every assault by land
and sea, and was never captured until
it had been abandoned by the troops.
The idea of a Beauregard statue has
much to commend it.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-07-11

The Standard Oil trust is alleged to
be trying to gobble up all of the candy
get a complete corner on candy as long
as there is Georgia syrup in the mar
ket and mothers preserving kettle can
be borrowed
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-07-11

A Johannesburg dispatch says the
Beers are returning to their farms in
streams, and that the. government is
furnishing them with supplies for one
month. A local commission in each
district will assist in the restoration of
the people to their homes, supplying
food. shelter. seeds and stock when
necessary. The removal of the Boer
prisoners in the island camps to South
Africa viii be expedited as much as
possible. Having fought a good fight
the Beers are now eager for peace and
will work hard for prosperity. They
deserve and will receive the plaudits
of the world.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-07-11

The latest labor organization is that
of the sea cooks, who have formed a
union. Hereafter the sea cooks must
be treated with most distinguished con-
sideration. or there will be no duff on
Sundays and Wednesdays.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-07-11

Secretary Moody's efforts to prevent
the newspapers from getting the news
prove to be just about as effective as
the efforts of the United States Senate
to guard against the publication of the
proceedings of its secret sessions.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-07-11

The booming of corn on the Chicago
market to 80 and 40 cents above the
level where the bull operators began
TO engineer the scheme is said to have
given John w. Gates profit on paper
of between 100000 and $4,000, 900. His
actual profits will be large, but may
not reach the figures named.