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New-York tribune., 1902-03-02
ESPECIALLY so.

FROM The Philadelphia Record.
A lot of trouble may be made
BY giving things erroneous names
'TiS well to call u spade a spade,
Especially In poker games.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-29
REFoRMING GERMAN LANGUAGE.

A radical reform in the printed Ger
man language is about to be adopted
/ by the German newspapers published
/ in this country The editors of these
newspapers have been in consultation
for some time and have reached an
! agreement by which in short time
they will simplify the spelling of words
and replace the German with the Ro-
man alphabet. Spanish is probably the
most scientific of modern languages.
From it have been dropped all super
fiuous letters i'm spelling, and each
letter is given always the same sound.
1t will probably not be possible to
work so radical d change with the
German at once. but it is proposed to
take a long step in that direction. Dou-
BILE letters and combinations of conso-
nants will be discarded where they are
not absolutely essential, and generally
the effort will be in the direction of
making the spelling simpler and more
nearly phonetic. And instead of the
fancy. decorated letters of the Ger
man text, the plain and simple letters
of the Roman alphabet will be used.
The reform outlined above has been
adopted by a number of scientific and
sociological papers in Germany, and is
growing in favor On account of pride
of race there was for time consider
able opposition to the dropping of the
ornate German alphabet, but that OPP
position is rapidly disappearing. espe-
cially among the more educated class
es. who welcome the change as being
a long step in advance. The letters of
the German alphabet are difficult to
learn and tiresome to the eye. They
were designed by monks in the Middle
Ages, and the fancy curls and curves
that characterized them were intended
to beautify the books that were writ
ten and illumincd by the monks before
the invention of printing. In the old
days a monk would spend day or
more IN writing one short page, and it
was his effort to make it as artistic as
possible. The old English was written
with the same character of fanciful
letters, also designed by monks. But
the English have long since discarded
the ornate characters for the simple
and easy letters of the Romans.
1t is worthy of note, by the way,
that reformers in Japan are transpos-
ing the old sign language of that coun-
try into written language like that
of the European nations, and that they
are making use Of the Roman alpha
bet. With Germany and Japan coming
to the use of Roman letters, Russia is
about the last of the great Powers to
adhere to an individual alphabet. 1t
may be that the Roman alphabet will
prove the means to the end of uni
versal language.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-29
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READING AND SEEING

President Woodrow Wilson of
Princeton thinks that Bacon's proverb
that reading maketh full man should
be qualified. A man needs to do much
more than read; he should get out into
the busy, busting world and see life
and come into contact with his fellow
man. He says: 81 don't believe the
natural, carnal man was ever intended
to sit down and read book. For
my own part 1 would rather walk out
and talk to some man--see life through
the eyes and feel it."
Prof. Wilson did not, of course, mean
that there should be no reading. He
has himself written books. and good
ones at that which he hopes and ex-
poets will be read quite extensively.
And he is himself a reader of books
and newspapers and magazines. What
he meant was that a man should not
lcck himself up with his books as sole
companions and hold little or no COM
munication with other men. The stu
dent is all right if he takes his books
in moderation. but he should not be-
come a recluse and a book-worm. The
man whose sole pleasure is books is
apt to become crusty and morose. He
lives in the past and sees life through
the eyes of his authors. The student
who both reads and sees lives in the
present and is apt to become an in
vestigator who will add something,
possibly very little but still something,
for the improvement of the times.
Prof Wilson says he has found II
difficult to make the connecting link
between the university and the COM
mercial world. But he is satisfied that
the great problems of the dav cannot
be solved solely through the studying
Of books. There must be contact and
personal observation
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-29
PERSON AL.
instance.

Mrs. Mary Scott Harrison Mckee,
daughter of the late ex-President
Harrison, has brought suit to force the
sale of valuable Indianapolis real es-
tate in order that she may obtain her
portion in the property
Senator Pettus raised a laugh
while discussing the militia bill He
had submitted to several Interruptions
with good grace, but when Foraker
kept on talking for some fifteen min
utes the venerable senator from Ala
bama-he is the Oldest man in the
Senate-tapped his desk sharply and
said: See here, Mr.. President, | have
been trying to make this speech for
some time, and l don't want any other
senator to make it for me either"
Foraker looked astonlshed for a mo-
ment, but took his seat amid a general
laugh.
Henry Neal. Speaker Henderson's
colored messenger has occupied his
present position ever since his appoint
ment by Mr. Randall. Then he said he
hailed from Pennsylvania, and as sue
ceeding speakers were chosen he
promptly changed his birthplace to the
various states from which they came.
1t rather stumped him when he was
Informed that Hr. Henderson was a
native of Scotland, but he compromised
by declaring himself a resident of
Iowa. On March 4next he win doubt
less transfer his allegiance to Dam
Vile, Ill. He has hardly ever been out
of Washington inr his life.
The mutability of the United States
Senate is we'll illustrated by a musty
roll call discovered on Saturday. 1t was
used Jan. 81. 1877, almost twenty-six
years ago. The roll shows seventy-f five
names. OF these but five are now
members of the Senate-Allison, Cock
rell, Jones of Nevada, Mitchell and
Teller, Allison and Cockrell are the
only ones who have served continuous
ly since that date. On the roll call
are the names of Bayard, Blaine, Burn
side, Conkling, Frelinghuysen, Hamlin,
ingalls,, Logan, Mcdonald, Morrill,,
Oglesby, Salisbury, Sharon, Sherman,
Thurman and Window.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-29
BRIGHT BITS.

Friend: And to what do you at
tribute your immense holiday trade?
Dry Goods Man, Well, we positive
ly remove the price mark from pack
ages.-Brooklyn Life.
-"Cholly has room to let in his up
per story" said Miss Frocks to Miss
Kittish.
But I don't wish to rent fat"
added the latter.-JrcNe.
Mr.. Brown: Yes. Slader is pas
sionately fond of horses but he loves
his wife, too.
Mrs. Brown: He loves anything he
can drive.-BostoR Transcript.
He: When marry, the girl in the
case must be both handsome and in
telligent.
She: Then you really believe that
people should marry their opposites.-
Chicago Daily News,
Yes, he's given up the political
job he had"
THE ideal Why, 1 understood it
was regular little sinecure."
80 it was. but after the last cleo
ton it became a little insecure. >
Washington Star.
Tt seems to me-" remarked the
customer, as she watched the man at
the market trim the slice of ham she
had bought, you are wasting a good
deal of that meat"
Not at all, madam" he said, genial
ly, Il weighed it first. Detroit Free
Press.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-29
Changed the Treatment.

"It was a downright lie." laughed the
returned traveller, according to the De-
troit Free Press, but it was done in
a good cause. and 1 don't regret it.
While l was in California 1 CHANGED
to find myself one day at noon in
thinly settled part of the country, and,
coming to a small rundown ranch, l
decided to stop and see if L could get
my dinner. The old lady who came to
the door made me welcome and in
vited me to step inside.
" You'll have to wait a few minutes
she said, cause I'm awfully pressed
with work. You see my husband is
sick, an l have to do his work as we'll
as my own, an it comes dreadful
hard
I'm sorry to hear that your hus-'
band is sick, madam, said L. What
seems to be the matter?
1 guess it must be something aw-
full she answered, cause he sent So
the thought method. An now every
day he gets a message through the air
what tells him that he is awfully sick,
an that he mustn't get up before
O'Clock in the mornin', an not to think
of dom any work, an to eat pie an
cake three times a day.
Just then her husband came loung-
ing in. He was big, overgrown speci-
men of man, with nothing the world
the matter with him but laziness, and
l was seized with an idea. Springing
up, L grasped him by the hand and
shook it heartily.
" I'm glad to see one of my pa
tients! l cried. I've been worried
about you for some time; so | decid-
ed to come out and see you PERSONAL
ly. From what L hear from your wife
L am afraid that the wires have been
crossed and that you have not been un-
Outstanding my thought messages
Didn't We tell me to stay in bed
till 9 o'clock in the mornin' p he asked,
weakly.
Not a bit of it, l answered, cheer
fully. My instructions to you were
to get up every morning at o'clock
and split wood for two hours before
breakfast. AS for pie and cake, they are
the worst things you can eat
Madam said l when 1 was ready
to leave, your husband is a very sick
man and nothing but hard work will
save him. Hard work, madam, and
lots of it,
III see that he gets it, she an
swered grimly. I've got an idee he
got them wires crossed on purpose
When l reached a bend in the road
L looked back. The old lady was al
ready introducing her husband to the
woodpile.''
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-29

Senator Bacon of Georgia, the chair
man of the Committee on Woman's
Suffrage, had an experience a few days
ago that he will not soon forget. SAYS
the Washington Star Upon leaving his
committee room with several friends he
found a well-dressed and intelligent
looking colored woman with something
of the air of new woman" of the
twentieth century.
rs this the room of the Committee
on Womans Suffrage?" she inquired,
addressing the Georgia senator.
Being assured that it was the Com
mittee on Womans Suffrage room, she
inquired further.
Can 1 see the chairman of the COM
mittee?"
She was informed that the chairman
of the committee was before her.
WELL" she said, II want to see if
L can get some help for our women
and children?"
Senator Bacon, who is a typical
Southerner and the embodiment of
courtesy to every one, regarded his
visitor a moment in silence. and then
asked in what way help could be given
the women and children of whom their
spokeswoman pleaded. 1t. was a new
idea to him that the colored women
and children of the South wished to
vote
There is a great deal of suffering
among our women and children, and
heard that this was the committee to
come to-" said the visitor. ito secure
help for them"
Senator Bacon courteously explain
ed that this committee related to the
question of women's right to vote and
that suffrage" did not mean suffer
ing" His visitor asked him if he
knew where the suffering committee
room was located, and then, learning
that she was from Tennessee, he sug-
gested that she confer with the Sena-
tors from that state
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-29

A boom in favor of the reelection of
Senator Vest seems lately TO have
been started by Missouri newspapers.
with some prospect of success. Here
tofore it has been regarded as prac-
tically assured that Ex-Gov. Cum
shoe Bill Stone would capture the
prize without contest. since Senator
Vest gave it out some months ago that
he would not be a candidate to sue
coed himself. 1t has been developed.
however, that the able and eloquent
Vest would not decline reelection if
it were rendered to him, but that he
objected to making a fight for the Of
flee. A number of the leading news
papers have taken the matter up and
are doing what they can to persuade
the members of the Legislature to give
the place to Vest again. Unless Stone
has got his members cinched he may
find himself disappointed when the
ballots are counted
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-29
A Missing Household Word,

1t was recently in a well-known
club-room and one of those rare occa-
sions of conviviality in which the best
falO Times. The party numbered a
dozen, all prominent locally, and some
whose fame is more than local. a
good spirit prevailed, because none but
the best of spirits had been flowing,
and the spirit manifested itself in a
brilliancy of speech that dubbed from
every one present to such an extent
that an impromptu toast-master was
chosen to keep it in curb by having
each speak in turn.
So up rose Mr.. POSTMASTER and,
casting his eve about the board. let it
rest upon the man the fountain of
whose eloquence was first to be let
loose
Gentlemen" said the POSTMASTER,
-"as becomes the occasion, 1 will intro
duce the wittiest man first, Mr.. -"
(pause).
Gentlemen, / take pleasure in in
Producing to you one whose name is
a household word in buffalo
pause and embarrassment.
Gentlemen, it affords me great
pleasure to introduce a man whose
name stands for civic pride and all
that is best in this community
Qause and embarrassment.
Gentlemen. the man 1 am about to
call upon first is known to me for the
last twenty years, and to some of you
perhaps longer. I will not dwell upon
his qualities, his talent. They have
made him famous. You all know to
whom / refer. The man whose name
rushes to all our lips "a long
pause).
Il refer to the third gentleman to
my right" and as the POSTMASTER sat
down amid an uproar he said to his
neighbor, "I'll be hanged, but his name
wouldn't come"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-29
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-29

The negro as a weapon Of revenge
is about to be used in Washington by
stilson Hutchins against Charles c.
Mum, with whom he has a quarrel OF
several years standing. Mr.. Hutch
ms and Mr.. Mum own adjoining resi-
denees ON Massachusetts avenue. BE-
tween the. houses there is strip u 4.
few feet Of land, the ownership 81
which Is IN dispute Mr. Hutchins and
Mr., Mum have quarreled over this
land for long time. and have gone
into the courts about a. Sir. Mum
has apparently little better than held
~ own ip these controversies d. ORE
ger 10 get even. 3d. Hutchins is goo
SAG ~ rcnt bis residence a. b. used
es nn orphan asylum Tor negro chu-
eren Thaf he s pretty SCH assured
Nill not only derreane fho value 81
Munf's property. bui drive mat aeuur.
mpn to another nfiFbbofho0d
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-29
"oBEY" IN THE MARRIAGES VOW.

There are strong minded women who
insist on the omission of "obey" from
the wife's vow in the marriage cere-
mony, and of late many clergymen
and magistrates studiously avoid the
use of the word, being apparently
fearful of wounding the sensibiities- of
the bride at the altar. A Western
clergyman the other day said that he
had dropped "obey" from the mar
riage ceremony, because a man has
a right to wifely obedience only so
long as he deserves it," Would re-
tanning the word secure to an un-
worthy husband a continuance of
wifely obedience? Certainly not The
marriage vow, in the same sentence.
requires the wife to "love" and hon
or" the husband. No objection is made
to those requirements. Yet it will not
be contended that the husband who
dishonors himself must continue to be
honored by the wife because of her
vow. The husband who proves recre-
ant to his great trust, who is found
to be liar, thief, a murderer or a
sibly be honored by good woman.
Obey as it is used in the mar
riage ceremony does not CONTEMPLATE
a slavish compliance on the part of
the wife with the wishes or commands
of the husband. There is no ohliea-
ton on the part of the wife to do
that which she knows to be wrong be-
cause her husband tells her to do it.
Love, honor and obey" says the rit-
ual. The three specifications are to be
taken in connection with each other
The woman who loves and honors a
man will obey his wishes, even before
they are put into words; and it is the
same on the part of the man. He
VIII give the queen of his household
precisely the same obedience that she
gives him-the obedience of love. 1t is
the desire of each to please the other.
A Queen of England once told her hus-
band, II will give you any amount of
obedience if you will give me an equal
amount of love" She understood the
word in its highest meaning and knew
that 1t would not be unbecoming a
| queen to render her husband the obe-
dlence that it was the sincere desire
OF her heart. as a loving wife, to give.
| The late Queen Victoria. it is said. in
sisted upon obey being retained in
the ceremony that united her with the
husband she idolized. because sine
wanted to be married as a woman.
not as a queen"
In the household where there is real
love and affection. there are no such
things as commands and obedience in
an offensive or oppressive sense.
Wishes are anticipated wherever they
may be, and obedience is yielded not
through fear or because of the word
ing of the marriage formula, but be-
cause it gives mutual pleasure to wife
and husband.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-29

1t would be highly interesting to
have from Senator Hoar of Massachu-
sets the name of that eminent Re-
publican Senator" who, he says, re-
marked in his presence recently that
he was very sorry I'VE had ever abol-
ished slavery" There are mot a
great many Southern people who are
sorry that slavery is no longer an
American institution. There are no
eminent Republican senator's from
the South, hence the one who regrets
the passing of slavery must be a
Northern or Western man. Why is he
sorry? Does he believe the negro to
be unfit for freedom and civil rights?
Is the negro, in his opinion, unable
to think and act for himself? Senator
Hoar ought to uncover for inspection
this Republican senator who thinks
so differently from the majority OF
his party.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-29

Love letters by proxy must natur-
ally be stale. fiat and Improbable; vet
there are some 300 young women in
the United States who viii receive
such letters during the next week or
two. They win be written by the
secretary Of the new Governor Of
Kansas 70 women who have written
70 the Governor proposing matrimony.
The Governor, bachelor. promised
that II elected he would get married.
The newspapers took notice Of the
promise, and eyer since the election
Coy Bailey has been receiving letters
from women offering themselves for
'is name and affections The great
80 Eumber ~ letters has come from
sew hngiond' Not one Kansas girl
paf thrown herself ai the Governors
"fi Gov Bailey however. says a.
h"t lp ihf markef for vie. bat
Nssn hf soes 20 HOOK for one hs All
- - eaislae ~ hia oan state.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-29

In Colorado the House of Represen-
tatives is Republican by three major
ity, while the Senate is Democratic by
thirteen majority. The Legislature is
to elect a United States senator at its
coming session next month The Re-
publican majority in the House is go
ing to attempt to unseat fifteen Dem
ocratic members and L1-e their places
may be safe Republican majority on
joint ballot. When the attempt at I'M
seating begins. there is going to be
fun in Denver
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-29
This Really Happened.

: There has always been the risk of
discovery; that much she had known.
but that the genius of Christmas
should take the trouble to appear in
person and confront her while she
stood surrounded by the evidences of
her guilt-that was a contingency she
was not prepared to meet, says the
New York Times. So, like all of her
kind when backed against the wall
Of adversely and hemmed in by adj
verse circumstance, she lifted up her
voice and wept, the while declaiming:
"Oh, Mr.. Santa Claus, couldn't
help II; ! wasn't goin' 20 play with
my presents; anyway, not TIL you
gave them 20 me. But Della Brooks
said there wasn't any Santa Claus
She said nay mamma told hsr mamma
that she bought our presents an hid
them in the closet under the stair. -
when everybody went Ouf 1 just look.
ed IN % see an'-an'-y0u camel"
Then santa claus spoke Now. Sis
stop yer cfyin', an ! WON'T take Yer
away nos. but II ever Reich yer
peekiu' ahead ~ ime aEaln / Won't
Pa yer IN ~ easy"
Then b. returned % fhe wagon Of
thf fntefprisinR hrn ulaf had semi
lf delivery men ogt dressed % 4 II
sania and drove on saucalnF
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-29
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Cincinnati Enquirer CDem)
says: THE Standard Oil Company is
said to have recently netted 5000 900
by single advance in prices. of oil
more than enough to cover Mr. Rock
efeller's recent educational benefac-
tons. Possibly Mr.. Rockefeller is
getting ready for another present to
the public. One way, though OF dy-
ing poor is to cut down the profits"
The Norfolk Cva) Landmark (Dem.)
says: What nonsense it is to mag
inc that if The Hague Tribunal arbi-
trated the Venezuelan debt question
the Monroe doctrine would be subject
to review in that COURT The question
is simply, What does Venezuela owe
each nation concerned, and what
would be fair terms OF payment? The
Monroe doctrine cannot be arbitrated
by anybody"
The Philadelphia Record (Dem. !
says: "Eighty-hve cotton spinning
companies IN Lancashire report a net
loss on this years business. The mills
IN FAN River paid average dividends
this year Of 6.47 per cent. against 5.53
per cent. last yeaT-an Increase In the
amount OF dividends OF 1904 sos. The
AAftNtNAn tHiH year were iuc Ahfkhfi
IN ten years except IN 1898. 1895 and
1900. IN each 81 which years the diyi-
bends exceeded 8 per cent
The Charleston Post (Dem) says.
"col Bryan is In Mexico telling the
people ~ that country what dire
things VIII come % Them n they aban-
don the silver standard. which fhfy
have practically determined o. % be-
cause ~ 81 utter funlify 90 serve the
currency needs ~ progressive couu-
tfy Col Bryan should talk a. fhs
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snd 20 HN piafrcaf purpose ~ rm-
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