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The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-20
BRIGHT BITS,

-Husband-'T can't see, my dear,
what good that border of fur does
around the bottom of your skirt" Wife
-"Well, it does lots of good. 1t shows
the neighbors that you can afford it,
Chicago Daily News.
EIIassett-"The way people rave
over slender girls makes me tired. I
think the plumper a girl is the pref
tier she is" Gessett-"Ahl congrat-
ulate you, old man; so Miss Dumping
has accepted you, h?'-Philadelphia
Press.
intrinsic value should never figure
in considering a Christmas gift" 1T
never does with me-" answered Miss
Cayenne. What touches me is the
thought that anybody has been willing
to brave a crowd of holiday shoppers
for my sake. Washington Star.
Deacon Jones-"Don't you think it
wrong for your husband to go fishing
on the Sabbath?" Mrs. Brown
Wrong? It's positively wicked the
way he wastes his time and his money
on tackle and bait, and hardly ever
brings home more than one or two
mean little fishes. Boston Tran
script
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-20
Estimating Each Other.

MY word. Fitznoodle," said a War
Office clerk. according to the London
Express to a colleague who sat at the
next desk. Just look at that workman
on the roof of that building over the
way!"
Whats the matter with him?" in
quired Fitz, CHANGING through the win
dow at the individual indicated.
Matter" retorted the other, why,
I've been watching the lazy beggar
for the last twenty-five minutes, and
he hasn't done stroke of work all the
time"
At the precise moment at which the
above conversation occurred a British
workingman was addressing his
mate"
Sy, Bill" he remarked in a tone of
deep disgust, dye see that ere loaf
in War Offs clurk in that room darn
there? S'elp me. if Hi amt bin a
watchin' i'm fur nigh on art a hover,
an the boomers done nothin' but stare
bout o. tn winder the ole blessed tyne.
That's the sort O. chap as we pys taxes
ter keepi"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-20
LEGISLATIVE COURTESY.

! The Governor has vetoed the bills
] creating new city courts for Waynes-
boro in Burke county and jefferson
in Jackson county. The Attorney Cen
| eral had given an opinion that the
| bills were unconstitutional for the
! reason that the judges and solicitors
] general We're named in the bills, where
as the constitution says the Legisla-
ture has not the right to elect court
officers through the passage of bill.
The Governors action will meet with
general approval; not so much because
the bills were unconstitutional as be-
cause they were representative of a
class of legislative abuse that ought
to be stopped.
The principal business of the session
Of the General Assembly recently ad-
journed was the changing of the names
of county and city CONTEMPLATING
ping-pong with the courts between the
names county and "city"-and pass
ing local bills for the benefit of hang
ers-on around the court houses. And
this, Of course, at the expense of the
taxpayers of the state. It has come to
be the practice in Georgia that when
the decisions of a judge, or the acts
of about any county or city officer,
do not suit certain parties, or the Off
Ger gets on the wrong side in state,
county or municipal politics, the Leg
islature is called on and the Offend
ing officer is legislated out of a job
through the process of changing the
name of his court or his office. This
kind of legislation goes under the plea
that it has to do with local affairs,
and that the members representing the
locality involved ought to have their
way. They are assumed to know what
is best for the people they represent,
though they may in fact represent a
clique and not the people at all. That
is Legislative courtesy" and by means
of it a great amount of log-rolIing is
done every session for the benefit of
the political rings, big and little.
The people are growing tired of this
using of the courts for the purpose of
furnishing some persons and rewarding
Others according to their politics. They
are tired of seeing the instrument of
law and justice made a football by
the politicians. The Governor would
have done the state a service had he
vetoed every bill changing courts and
judges, on the ground that he would
not countenance such proceedings. A
few vetoes for the sake of decency
would stop, or at least curtail, this
sort of legislation.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-20
CURRENT COMMENT,

The Washington Post Qnd) says:
people who kill their cattle afflicted
with the foot-and-mouth disease should
be paid for the same. What about the
man who sorts his potatoes and is
obliged to throw away the bad ones.
Then there is the newspaper publisher
who would not object to receiving
compensation for the papers that are
spoiled in the process of printing. But
there are so many other industries the
Secretary might benefit in this man
ner that it is not at all practical for
us to attempt to enumerate. If we are
going in for paternalisn, why show
discrimination"
The Springfield (Mass.) Republican
Qnd.) says: There seems to be very
general acquiescence in the propriety
of naming the new state to be formed
out of the last parcel of the territory
included in the Louisiana purchase af-
ter President Jefferson. There will
never be another extension of the ter
ritory of the Republic to compare in
Importance with that which gave us
the control of the Mississippi Valley
and the outlet of the great river at
the Gulf. Even If Jefferson had not
written the Declaration OF IndeDend-
ence IL would have been no more than
a deserved honor to name state in
the Union and a star in the flag after
him"
The Louisville Courier Journal
CDem.) says: There is a movement
10 make the District OF Columbia a
state. Senator Gallinger represents IL
I'm introducing resolution IN the SEN
ate 10 amend the Constitution OF the
United States SO as 10 provide that
the District OF Columbia shall have
representatives IN the Federal Con-
gress and IN the Electoral College the
senators and electors 10 be- chosen By
direct vote 81 the people II viii be 4
long time, however, before the District
can be- admitted 10 statehood through
constitutional amendment. ~ Il easier
for Democratic territory 10 be ad-
mitfed 10 statehood through a Repub-
hcan Congress than it is 10 amend ne
Federal Constitution"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-20
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Remit by money order. check or reg
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The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-20

Two travellers. unknown to each
other were chatting Familiarity in one
Of the compartments of a railway car
riage of a Monte Carlo train. says
Tit Bits.
"On your way to Monte Carlo, sir,
that delightful and exclusive home
for all gamblers?"
THAT is exactly where am going"
And you will play just a little,
suppose ?"
Il do nothing else. sir. It is my
business"
Gracious! You don't mean to say
you make a business of it?"
Yes, sir; twice a day regularly. And
never by any chance lose"
I'm that case, perhaps you will ex-
plain your system to me?"
Certainly, with pleasure. I play
the yiolin!"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-20
Men who Handle the Mail.

From the Chicago Railway Mail.
Here's to the men who handle the mail.
When the trains are speeding fast
Over the tracks of the iron rail-
Through the country broad and vast:
Through city and town and hamlet. far
From sun-bright East to the ROSY
West,
And back and forth from South to
North,
And back and forth
From South to North,
They go on their mission blest.
They stand with the shadow of danger
near,
But their hearts ne'er quake nor
quail;
For they pay no heed to the thoughts
of fear
Brave men of the railway mail!
And whether the weather is foul or
fair,
Or the people frown or smile.
Or stock hold sway
In the market, they
Are "on the run" most all the while.
Their work is hard; with a ,tireless
touch.
And never a thought of fail.
And a fixed intent that meaneth much.
They distribute the piles OF mail.
Heroic men I'm the van OF life,
Where duty has deed TO do
As they come and go
Let each one know
It's for you, my friend. for you
The heart Of the world Is great ana
good.
And treasures the deeds Of men
Who strive IN the bond Of brotherhood
LIES battle for bread 10 win,
But. listen. The end OF the trip r.
near
.. thrill Of the engine biestl
And the wheels say Rest"
Ana the men are bleef,
For their hearts sing Home a
laRiiR
Joseph w. Hgmphres.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-20

Two million dollars is the sum Secre-
tary Moody asks of Congress for the
naval academy at Annapolis, for ex-
tensions and Improvements. And it
looks as if Congress would have to
provide the money. The naval estab-
lishment has far outgrown the school,
For severaIe years there has been a
shortage of officers, and the shortage
becomes more acute each season. The
navy is being increased all the time,
but the number of officers to handle
the ships is not being increased in the
same ratio. If we are to have a great
navy, we must have a great number
of trained officers to handle it.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-20

An odd reason is given by the New
York correspondent of a Philadelphia
paper for the refusal of the New York
Stock Exchange TO admit Lawrence
Waterbury to membership. Mr.. Wa
terbury is credited with having made
100000 in speculation recently. Gas a
matter of fact says the correspond
ent, ''it is thought that his disposition
is to be little too reckless in specula-
tion," and for this reason he was kept
out of the organization.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-20

A dispatch from Canada says that
Prof. Alexander Graham Bell has late
ly been making extensive experiments
with kites at his Cape Breton home.
and that by means Of them he has
found solution OF the dying machine
problem. So the solution OF that vex-
Ing problem must be quite simple. after
an. II Is wonder that the Chinese.
who have been dying kites for thou
sands Of years, aid not ma It ages
ags.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-20

The genius of the wooden nutmeg
still fiourishes in Connecticut. A few
days ago stranger appeared in the
town Of Derby and announced that
he had a few tons Of anthracite coal
that he would sell at the rate OF
fifty cents bushel. He would take
no orders for more than two bushels.
because he said his stock was limited
and he wanted 20 give as many people
"a chance 20 provide themselves with
little fuel AZ possible. lie took a
number Of orders. a day or two later
ne came around with a large wagon.
dumped the two bushels into the coal
bins ana collected his money. when
NE people attempted 20 build nres.
tnfy found that the supposed coal was
Nse@sn stone coated agih tar.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-20
THE GOOD WORK OFF DIR. LoRENz


The visit of Prof. Lorenz. the cele-
brated Vienna physician, is pretty
nearly at an end, and it is not too
much to say that his departure will
be profoundly regretted, even in those
parts of the country which he has not
visited. He came, as is well known. to
treat the daughter of Ogden Armour
of Chicago, a little girl suffering from
a congenital dislocation at the hip
He treated her successfully, and then
visited a number of our cities, in each
one of which he gave exhibitions of
his knifeless method of treating such
cases.
In New York he Strengthened out
club feet as well as restored to a nor
NAL condition congenital dislocations
at the hip. At the hospitals his demon
STATIONS were free, and patients
were treated without charge. OF course,
he was able to treat. but few cases,
but physicians will now take up his
treatment, make themselves proficient
in it and in the course of a very few
years congenital dislocations at the
hip will be treated as successfully as
the most ordinary cases requiring
surgical attention.
The thanks of the American people
therefore are not for the few cases
which he has treated during his visit
but for the method of treatment which
he has introduced. Now that it is I'M
derstood how this serious complaint
can be cured without the use of the
knife, and much more surely than with
| the knife, there will be fewer club
footed and shortlimbed cripples in
this country. DR.. Lorenz will leave for
his home with the good will of the
! American people.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-20

From the mechanical and artistic
points of view, the most atrocious
newspapers in the world are published
in Boston. Frank Munsey, who has
just bought the Journal of that city,
says they are horribly grotesque and
inartistic." and 'unutterably mat
tractive." He proposes to make the
Journal, one of the worst offenders,
hereafter a neat and comedy periodi-
cal But is Mr.. Munsey quite sure that
Boston wants a neat, artistic and at
tractive newspaper? Maybe the "hor-
ribly grotesque' things that Boston
has been getting are just precisely to
her taste.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-20

In Michigan there is an old law
which forbids the licensed sale of
liquor within eighty rods of a Gene
terry. Recently a man of the name of
Weeks built a hotel in the town of
Fulton and gave it to be understood
that he would apply for a license to
sell liquor. The temperance people
quietly organized a cemetery company
and located their cemetery so that it
is within less than eighty rods of the
hotel. hence the application for the
license had to be denied.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-20

The Senate passed the pension bill
without discussion. The bill carries
an appropriation OF $ls9, s47, 900. II Is
the biggest Of an OF the money bills
that Congress is called upon to consid-
er. No well Informed person. has the
slightest doubt that the pension sys-
tenn Is honeycombed with fraud and
that thousands Of persons are drawing
pensions who have no right 10 them.
And set the pension bin was passed by
the Senate without one voice being
raised in protest against the lnlqultous
and buraens0me system.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-20

Abdul Hamid. Sultan of Turkey.
must observe with pleasure the num-
Der of war ships in the Caribbean and
off the coast of Venezuela He hasn't
paid those missionary claims yet, but
with so many ships busily engaged on
this side, there will be fewer of them
to send to WORRY him.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-20

The Florida orange crop is approach
ing the million box mark and win prob
ably reach it next season. About half
Of the present crop has been marketed,
and a well informed dealer says that
the total viii be in the neighborhood of
100000 boxes. The fruit this year is
very fine in flavor. though the color is
not quite as bright as in former years.
The crop is averaging to the growers
about si.25 a box on the trees.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-20
PRovIDING AGAINsT SCANDAL.

The bill which Senator Morgan pro-
/ poses TO introduce fixing the salaries Of
the members of the Panama Canal
Commission is a timely one. He fore
sees there will be scandals connected
with the expenditure of the vast sum
/ Of money required TO construct the ca
/ nal unless the greatest care is' exer-
/ cised by the government.
/ His bill provides that the pay Of a
commissioner shall be $1,000 a year.
The other day he called attention to
] the pay the commission of experts the
government sent to the isthmus to pass
on the merits of the Nicaragua and
Panama routes. He said that each of
its members was paid $1,000 a month,
that compensation being paid for
thirty months. The commission
spent only about two months on the
isthmus.
In his bill Senator Morgan provides
that the commission shall spend a part
of it's time on the line of the canal.
That is a very proper provision if scan
dals are to be prevented. Unless the
commission knows what is being done
by actual observation contractors and
engineers may adopt methods for get
ting rich quick similar to those which
were adopted in the Savannah harbor
work.
But If the commissioners are required
to spend a considerable portion of their
time on the line of the canal the COM
missionerships viii not seem to be so
attractive as they now do. The pres
sure for these places is very great.
There are seven of them, and it is prob
able there are a hundred applications
for them. 1t would not be surprising
if the number were even greater. Some
of the ablest of the retired statesmen
are among the applicants.
-Four of the commissioners must be
civil engineers of recognized ability, one
of whom must be an army officer and
another an officer of the navy. There
is room therefore for only three poll
ticians. The announcement is made
that an agreement has been reached
between the United States and Colom-
bia, and that shortly a treaty will be
drawn covering the agreement. 1t is
therefore pretty certain that the canal
will be constructed on the Panama
route.
1t is none too soon for such a bill as
that of Senator Morgan. There have
already been scandals enough connect
ed with the Panama canal to make it
a by word for moral and political rot
tenness in every part of the civilized
world. Every precaution should be
taken to prevent scandals in connec-
ton with it after it passes to Ameri-
can control. When the work is under
taken it should be pushed along rapid
ly and should be completed without
unnecessary delay.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-20

One great difficulty in the way of
establishing a national theater in
Washington is the fact that every
congressman would waat a national
theater for his district, and we haven't
yet finished building postolices and
court houses.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-20

The New Jersey state prison board
has decided that striped clothes, the
lock-step and short hair are to be
abolished in the states prisons. All
"unmistakable signs Of the felon" are
to be done away with. After while
the gentlemen in Jail may be provided
with leather-upholstered easy chairs
and night-latch keys.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-20

A dispatch from the City of Mexico
is to the effect that SIR. 3ryan's visit
to that capital is to De on the invita-
tion of President Diaz, Minister OF
Finance Limant9ur and other govern
ment officials, who wish to consult him
as an expert on the silver question.
The Mexican gentlemen have gone to
headquarters for theory.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-20
COLLINsvILLE LINE.

(Fair Grounds and Dale Ave)
Beginning at 900 a. M. cars leave
Bolton and Oft streets every Is min
utes; returning, cars leave Estill ave-
nue. and Waters road at 6:07 a. m. and
every Is minutes thereafter, connecting
with cars on Thunderbolt line, until
1900 o'clock midnight.
Through cars are operated between
Market and Thunderbolt via Collins
vile and Dale avenue as follows:
Lv. Market. Lv Thunderbolt
6:45 a. m. 7:30 a. m.
6:45 p. m. 1880 o. m.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-20

Washington is to have home for
cats, with a matron and resident ply
sician. If they can get some of the
congressional old cats into it the coun-
try will be pleased.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-20
The weather.

The indications for Georgia for to-day
are for cloudy and warmer weather,
with fresh south to east winds. East
ern Florida. fair and warmer weather.
fresh east winds
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-20
FREIGHT AND PARCET, ca,

Leaves east side of City Market for
Thunderbolt, Cattle Park, Sandfiy, Isle
of Hope and all intermediate points-
9:15 a. M, Ills p. M, Sis p. m.
Leaves Isle of Hope for Sandfy,
Cattle Park. Thunderbolt and all in
termediate points-6:00 a. M, I1:c0 a.
M, 1900 p. m.
Freight car leaves Montgomery at
$50 a. m. and 2:35 p. m, connecting at
Sandfiy with regular parcel car for
city.
Parcel car from the city carries
freight to Montgomery on each trip.
Regular parcel car carries trailer on
each trip for accommodation or pass
engers.
Any further information regarding
passenger schedule or freight service
can he had by applying to
G. o. NAGLE Manager.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-20
History With a Twist.

The gunpowder plotters were group
ed before James I, says the New York
Times. What's to be done with
them?" demanded the King of Lord
Bacon.
Give them stake apiece and fire
EN-" replied that eminent jurist, hunt
ing around for fagots.
AN right; but it's burning shame"
and, so saying, the British Solomon
lighted a match, softly humming the
operate lullaby, There's Be a Hot
Time"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-20
WEST END LINE.
II tnnnI Dell

Car leaves west side of City Market
for Lincoln Park 500 q. m. and every
40 minutes thereafter until 1:30 D. m.
Car leaves Lincoln Park for Market
$40 a. m. and every 10 minutes there
after until 1900 o'clock midnight
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-20

The Boston Post is disappointed in
the verdict Of the jury in the Blondin
case, which it refers to as a tragic
farce" Blondin killed his wife in a
most bloody and brutal manner. If he
was guilty of any crime whatever in
view of the circumstances, it was
murder in the first degree. Yet the
jury found him guilty in the second de-
gree, which saves his neck from the
moose. The Post comments: "Undoubt-
edly this verdict was reached by rea-
son of the reluctance of some members
of the jury to send a fellow being to
death. 1t is another testimony to the
inefiicacy of the death penalty in our
statutes"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-20

Diogenes peered out from his tub as
Alexander strolled by.
Look at the man in the barrel:
that's rum," was the impromptu regal
mot.
Wrong" rejoined the philosopher.
Its water; mother takes in washing,
though father is a big gun around
here"
Quick came the retort: Then you're
son of a gum" The courtiers duti-
fully snickered, but the philosopher
hurled a final shot.
Right this time, your majesty.
though l have but a single barrel"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-20
MONTGOMERY LINE.

CONNECTS at Sandhy with parcel car
to city.
sConnects at Sandf1y with parce. car
for Isle of Hope.
'@Goes to Montgomery on return trim
from Isle of Hope
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-20

The enormous amount of traffic done
by the street railways of New York,
surface and elevated roads included, is
shown by figures made public by the
State Railroad Commission. During the
fiscal year ending June 30 last the
roads carried 924. 1921 original passen-
gers; that is, passengers that paid
fares. Counting the transfers, the to-
tai number of passengers carried was
1,160, 030, S44. These figures are so enor-
mouse that it it almost impossible to
grasp their true significance. They
show, however that there were more
than 100000 passengers carried on the
cars of the several lines of railroad
operating in Greater New York every
day of the year.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-20

Six hundred Texas cotton growers
and scientific men met in Dallas the
other day to discuss the boil weevil
pest and take steps to check it. 1t
was resolved to ask the Legislature
for an appropriation to help in the
fight against the weevil. which is do
ing annually about $1O.OOO,OO damage
to the cotton crop, and to pass a bill
for the protection of insectivorous
birds. 1t was demonstrated by scien-
tifc men that the increase of insect
pests in Texas was largely due to the
slaughter of birds that formerly de-
stroyed the insects. And yet when a
bill for the protection of insectivor-
Gus birds is introduced in the Legis-
lature, some Smart Alec will call ii
bull bat bill and try to laugh it out.