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The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-17
CURRENS COMMENT.

The Norfolk (Va) Landmark (Dem.)
says: 'It seems as if Congressman Les
ter, of Savannah, sized Mr.. Roosevelt
up some time ago in an accurate way.
Mr.. Lester after vainly endeavoring to
keep the President from appointing
colored collector of customs at the
Port of Savannah, said despairingly
that he could not understand Mr..
Roosevelt and did not believe anybody
else could-that it was impossible to
reconcile what the President said with
what he did. I give him up said
Mr.. Lester. II this thing goes on,
everybody will follow suit"
The Philadelphia Record CDem.) says:
occasionally the Prohibitionists are
able to win a point in the game of poll
tics. The election of the Democratic can
didate for Attorney General in New
York is case in point. Many years ago
the temperance candidate for Governor
through a political fluke was elected
in that state. Where there is one sue
cess for the aquarians, however there
are hundred failures. AS a rule their
candidates have been a handicap
rather than a help toward proper Leg
islation for the control of the liquor
traffic. All experience has shown that
sobriety has been more largely secured
by the taxation and regula ton of the
making and selling of intoxicating
drinks than by the more rigid effort
of total prohibition"
The Louisville Courier Journal (Dem.)
says; I'VE are not considering Mr..
German as a Presidential quantity. We
are considering him as our leader in
Congress. In this character he is al
ready drawing the fire Of the Republi-
cans. Their abuse OF German reminds
one OF their abuse Of Tilden. II is fer
vent and sincere. IL means fear. Il
means hatred and II means business.
There is not one CLEAN OF humOr or
contempt IN Il. II warns the cookies
OF the Democratic heart and makes a
Democrat feel that at last he has q
leader. who viii not use bows and ar
rows against krag-Jorgensen rifles,
but VIII meet the enemy. and all along
the line. with improved artillery full
eaissons and unefring marksmanship."
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-17
BRIGHT BITS.

II call my dog Tonic" said the
logician. because he is mostly with
a slight infusion of bark."-Baltimore
American,
Tommy Mother, is it a
sin to say rubber-neck? Madame
Backbay-"It is worse than a sin,
Thomas; it is vulgar. Harvard Lam
poon.
-"Biggs-"I understand that you lost
ment of yours" Boggs-"Yes, I did;
but 1 expect to get it all back again.
I'm writing a book on how to raise
chickens."-Judge
Hiram, / see where that college
that our Zeke goes to up in Chicago
has bought $4,000 bugs" Gosh, Man
day, don't send any more money, an
maybe we can pay his schoolin' in po-
tato bugs. Daily News.
Mrs. Youngthing (solicitously)-
Aren't you hungry this morning,
George?" Mr.. Youngthing-"Y-Yes, my
dear; but this predigested, already pre-
pared breakfast food doesn't taste like
the predigeSted, already prepared
breakfast food my mother used to
serve me."--Puck.
-Mistress-"Poor darling little Top
syi I'm afraid she will never recover.
Do you know, Bridget, 1 think the
kindest thing would do to have her
shot, and put her out of her misery!"
Bridget" Deed, mann, l wouldn't do
that. Sure she might get better, after
all, an then yes be sorry ye''d had her
killedi'-Punch,
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-17
Revising the Tariff.

The New Orleans Democrat
CDem.), which does not take much
stock in talk of tariff revision "by its
friends" recalls the following anecdote:
i see that the Republicans have been
revising the tariff" said the late Ros-
well p. Flower of New York to Thomas
b. Reed, in commenting on the McKin-
ley rates. "Yes?' inquired Mr.. Reed
Yes, said Mr.. Flower; land do you
know what 1T reminds me Off" No.
said Mr.. Reed: what does it remind
you OFF, WELL" said Mr.. Flower,
ut reminds me of the way the farmers
build their fences out in Kansas. They
build 'em four feet high and six feet
wide. And when a cyclone comes along
and blows them over, they're higher
than they were before" THAT is the
Kind of tariff revision the county
always gets when the Republicans go
into the revising business" saws the
TimeS-Democrat.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-17
Afraid to Risk If

Prof. William Phelps, Commonly
known as "Billy,'D who has been re-
peatedly declared by the students as
the most popular instructor at Yale,
recently adopted system of marking
examination papers in which he used
letters instead of numerals, says the
New York Times.
What does this "A on my paper
signify" asked a puzzled student.
Admirable" smiled the professor.
Mine has a b on it." said another.
Stands for bully"
You've put &C. on mine. What's
that for?"
well, Co is rather commonplace. 3"
And mine has a d."
Because it's damnable." chuckled
the professor.
A student, with an "E" on his paper
started question. but thought better
of it and didn't care to have his curl
osity satisfied as to whether 1t was
excellent or execrable
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-17
PERSONALS.

1t is announced that William H.
Day of New York city will attempt to
organize at Glen Erie, village on the
Hudson river, an art-producing COM
munity similar in character to that
founded in England under the auspices
of William Morris. Mr.. Day is an arch
itect and painter, who in his youth
studied under f. E. Church and
Thomas Cole. His purpose is to estab-
lish studios and factories to be rented
at nominal cost to artists and artistic
workers.
A London newspaper man, said to
be capable, was suddenly called upon
to write an obituary of Bret Harte.
With a mind full of something else
we are not told what-he wrote a col
umn and a half and sent it to the
printer. When it came back in proof
he was Mortified to find that he had
written a lengthy article about Mark
Twain. 1t was too late to rewrite the
obituary and he was obliged to change
the name and the titles of the books
and let the article go in.
For the first time in the history of
Yale University a president of that
institution has entered actively into
athletics. A few days ago President
Arthur T. Hadley, as a member of the
faculty tennis team, played against
the regular Yale team. His side lost
by five matches to three, but DR.. Had
ley defeated his youthful antagonist.
He was attired in conventional tennis
costume and proved to be an adept,
winning easily in straight SETS Rev.
Arson Phelps Stokes, secretary of
Yale. was not so successful and was
badly winded at the close.
Such long time has elapsed since
anything has been heard from Joe
Mulhatton, "the worlds champion
liar" that he is generally supposed to
have been dead for years. Therefore
when he suddenly turned up in New
Orleans a few days ago his friends
greeted him as one returned from the
dead. He has been mining in Arizona
for eight years, and in all that time
has been practically lost to the world
"A number of new liars have appeared
during my absence" says Joe, but
they had better look to their laurels
am tired of mining and will now take
to lying again.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-17

After the first of next January the
old-fashioned parlor match will go out
Of use in New York city, and parlor
matches will be permitted in the city
only for sale and shipment to purchas-
ers outside the limits of Greater New
York. After that time only safety and
sulphur matches may be used in the
city. 1.-The parlor match is a very dan
gerous thing" says Fire Chief Croker
land its sale should not be allowed.
Not only has II caused many fires, but
many women have been burned to
death by their skirts becoming ignited
by stepping on matches of that kind. :"
Mice and parlor matches make a COM
bination that has caused many a mys-
FERROUS and disastrous blaze. ParIor
matches in the hands Of children. and
OF adults as well, are a source OF per-
petual danger. Many insurance COM
panies provide in their policies that
parlor matches shall not be used in the
buildings insured The movement
against the dangerous little hre-sticks
Is good one, and the quicker Il is e1-
tended TO the stiles throughout the
country the better II viii be FOR prop
erty owners.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-17
a GIRDLE AROUND THE EARTH.

n GIhDLE AROUND THE EARTH.
The news dispatches a few days ago
contained short item from Vancou-
yer, B. c., announcing that the cable
between that point and Brisbane has
been completed and satisfactorily test
ed, and that within a few weeks the
line would be open for business 1t
was also stated that the section of the
cable between Bamfield Creek and
Tanning Island, the longest in the
world was working excellently, and
that a test had shown that 100 words
per minute could be transmitted over
1t with newly invented transmitter.
Forty-four years ago when Cyrus w.
Field succeeded in laying the first
ocean bed there was an enthusiastic
demonstration in celebration of the
event. But, so used have we become
to ocean cables and remarkable feats
of engineering, that we look upon this
laying of the first Pacific cable, the
longest and deepest of all cable lines,
quite as a matter of course, and it's
news value is only a few inches OF
newspaper space. And yet the COM
pletion of this cable binds the British
empire together with wire, and for the
first time puts an actual girdle of cleo
trical communication around the
world. And, what must be very graft
flying from the British point of view,
pretty nearly the whole girdle of wire
is under the British flag. A message
may now be sent from London to
Canada by cable, across Canada to
Vancouver by overland wire. and from
Vancouver to Fiji, New Zealand and
Australia without having passed I'M
der any but the British flag. Then the
system passes on to Singapore, Hong
Kong, Bombay and Alden with but a
single landing under the Dutch flag.
The work was accomplished in a
very short space of time. Only a few
months ago two steamers started on
| the two sections of the line. There
was no delay and no accident to mar
the progress of the work. Owing to
the great depth of the ocean valley to
be crossed-in some places six miles
there were fears of troublesome
bitches in the work; but none occur
red. 1t was feared. too. that the great
| pressure of the water at that depth
would interfere seriously with the
transmission of messages. But that
fear has been brushed aside by actual
woI king tests. The British have
shown us that the way to build a
cable line across the Pacific is to build
it. and not talk about it so much. An
American company, by the way. is at
present laying Pacific line, which ii
promises to put into commission with
in the next few months.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-17
What Ais the Drummers.

Two dry goods drummers met yes
terday morning in the lobby of a no
tel, says the Philadelphia Record. Fine
weather we are having, isn't it?'' re-
marked one. mo, it isn't" snapped
the other. at is too warm. 1t is I'M
seasonable. From its effects am suf-
fering with severe attack of can
celitis.' "Cancelitis Queried the first.
What the deuce is cancelitis? 1 never
heard of it," well, then, you are
lucky" was the reply. "Cancelitis is
an ailment that affects me after 1 have
sold a lot of goods for cold weather.
and when the weather refuses to get
cold. Then the people l have sold the
goods to cancel their orders, and 1 con-
tract a case of cancelitis." Il believe
1 am suffering from the same COM
plant" said the other drummer. Lets
go and take something for it,"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-17
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The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-17
A Substft.Ite.

Father" said the young man, ac-
cording to the Chicago Chronicle, "I
should like to try one of these systems
of physical exercise that are advertised
in the papers. They are cheap, and
you don't need any apparatus"
Il will furnish you with one, my
son, that l tried with great success
when I was a young man, and I'll
warrant it to be as good as any in
the market
Gould take it here at homer"
Yes; that is one of it's chief mer-
it's"
Any apparatus necessary"
Yes, but it's quite simple. I'll fur
nish it,
Can l take it in my room?"
No; you can take it out at the
woodpile. You will find the apparatus
there, all ready for you, my son.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-17
This Bad old World.

From the Baltimore American.
There's plenty of good in this bad old
world.
In spite of what cynics say,
There's many hand held out to help
Another on his way.
The world is selfish. the world is cold,
And its idol is success;
Yet it often steps aside for fear
On the fallen it will press.
There's many a hero gives up his life
In humble duty done.
With no hope OF glory to shrine his
name
Past the setting of the sun.
Dearly the world loves dollars. and
vet,
In spite of it's grasp and greed
There's many dollar freely spent
On the widow and orphans need.
Bad as it is, with its vice and sin,
This old worn world of ours.
1t bends with awe before pure things,
And love and faith are powers.
1t may follow the winner with hon.
age and cheers.
Though his right lies in a fog:
But there are plenty in it who'll boldly
still
Stand up for the under dog.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-17
An OUTSIDER FOR sPEAkER.

The Washington correspondence of
the New York Tribune reports that
there is some academic speculation in
the capital on the 'desira bility of hav-
ing for Speaker of the House of Rep
resentatives a man who shall act as
the servant of the body and not its
master In other words, why not take
an outsider. a man not member of
the House, and make him the presiding
officer. There is nothing in the Con-
stitution to prevent an outsider from
holding the Office. and there is only
precedent for confirming the speakership
to members of the House. The Con-
stitution provides that 1.-The House OF
Representatives shall elect their
Speaker and other officers" and goes
no further. Each House makes its
own rules, so that if in the next Con-
gress the House should desire to avail
itself Of the services of an outsider of
brain and impartiality, it could pass
the necessary rules and place in the
position a man who would merely ex-
ecute the wishes of the body and could
not exercise the tremendous power that
has lately come to be welded by the
Speaker.
Under the constitutional provision the
Vice President is the President Of the
Senate; but he is not a member of the
Senate, and has none of the privileges
that are peculiarly senatorial. His an
nouncements Of appointments are
merely perfunctory, the selections hay
ing been previously made by the Sem
ate itself and the names only passed
up to him to be read. He has no vote
on any question, save in case of
tie, when he is empowered to cast the
deciding ballot. The Senate, therefore,
is a self-governing body in the fullest
sense of the word. But at the other
end of the Capitol. the House is gov
erned by the Speaker and the Commit
tee on Rules. 1t is in the power of
faction to direct legislation at will;
fact which has caused a great deal of
complaint on the Republican side as
we'll as among the Democrats. How
we'll the popular branch of a legislative
body may be presided over by an i'm
partial OutSlQeT Is seen III the CASE VI
the British House of Commons, the
Speaker of which is not a member of
the body, yet he holds Office term after
term. His parliamentary rulings are
always with a view to fairness and
justice, and never for partisan advan-
tage; in which they differ from many
of the rulings made in our House Of
Representatives.
1t is not to be hoped, however, that
the Republicans, who will control the
reorganization of the next House, will
make any such departure from prece-
dent for the purpose of securing fair
ness in legislation. AS a matter of
fact, they do not desire impartiality on
the part of the Speaker. They want
him to be an extreme partisan, who
Will use every means in his power to
smother the opposition and promote
the schemes of his friends.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-17
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The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-17

According to Mr.. Cleveland, former
Gov. Hill is still a presidential posi-
bility. In an interview at Norfolk last
Friday. where he is enjoying himself
shooting ducks, Mr.. Cleveland made
this statement, but he declined to talk
generally about the political situation.
In this connection it is but justice to
Mr.. Hill to say that Judge Parker, the
presiding judge of the New York Court
of Appeals, has come out in a state
ment in which he denies the story that
Mr.. Hill was opposed to his nominal
ton. 1t has been published very gen.
orally throughout the country that Mr..
Hill contrived to prevent Judge Park
er's nomination for Governor because
ne was afraid If he were elected ne
would be the choice of the Democrats
of New York for President-in other
words. would push Mr.. Hill off the list
of presidential candidates. Judge
Parker says that Mr.. Hill urged him
70 accept the nomination, and would
have gladly used his influence in his
behalf. but that he begged him not 20
do 20. This puts at rest the stories
that Mr.. Hin kept Judge Parker from
getting the nomination. II Judge
Parker had been nominated the chances
are that he would have been elected
lie is q man OF great ability and pop.
uiariiy.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-17
Older Than His Father.

Observing the unmistakable Erin
brogue of one of the Central Park at
tendants, says an exchange. a visitor
who was stroiling through the park
remarked to him:
You come from the old country,
don't your"
AN shure Oh do"
Have you been long out?
"Oh bedad. if Ord lived in the ould
country as long as Olive lived in New
York Oh guess Ord b. tn owldest man
in the city"
You're a pretty old man, them"
"Oi'm oulder than my father-bless
his sowI-if he lived till Mkt October
he'd be did this twinty years"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-17

A New York paper, culling over the
presidential timber of the Democratic
party, says: Then, there is Gen.
Miles, a hero of many wars. He has
certain strong points of availability.
aside from the thirteen states where
the Democrats get most of their votes"
The thirteen states referred TO. Of
course. are those Of the South. These
states might cast their votes for Gen.
Miles If he were nominated on the
Democratic ticket: but they will take
precious good care to see that he is
not nominated. 1t was Gen. Miles who
put irons on Jefferson Davis, an out
rage which the South will never fer
get or forgive. 1t may be argued that
Miles was under orders. but that does
not alter the fact, and, politically.
Miles Will have to suffer the conse-
quences of It. No, Miles is not the
man for the nomination. The South
has no use for him.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-17
THE PANAMA CANAL DEAL.

Those who are interested in a canal
uniting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
by the Nicaragua route, and 1t seems
as if there were a great many of them,
are very persistent in spreading ru-
mors that the Panama Canal Company
cannot give good title to it's prop
erty, and that the government of Co.
which this government thinks it ought
to have before undertaking the con-
struction of the canal by way of the
Panama route.
The purpose of all this talk is Of
course to get up a sentiment that will
make itself felt by the Senate, so that
it will be impossible to secure the rati-
fication of the treaty for Panama ca
nal concessions which Secretary Hay
is now negotiating. No doubt there
will be some difficulty in getting the
necessary two-thirds majority, but it
is a safe prediction that it will be OBJ
tanned. Secretary Hay is not going to
send to the Senate treaty that Is SO
unfair that the country would not
support the Senate in ratifying it.
1t is probable that Colombia is try
ing to drive a hard bargain with this
country, believing she can get about
anything which she is disposed to ask,
but she will not lose the chance of
having the canal pass through her ter
ritory. Those interested in the Nicar-
aqua route see the chances for the Sc
lection Of that route steadily disap-
pearing and that accounts for their
activity in spreading misleading re-
ports.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-17
stand up for the under dos.
The Polish gazette Kurjir ]

The Polish gazette Kurjir Porany
states that at the present moment
there is now residing at Warsaw a
certain South African millionaire, the
owner Of some diamond mines in the
neighborhood of Kimberley Twenty
two years ago this gentleman emigrat-
ed from the town of Lodz, leaving his
wife and children completely destitute.
AS the wife could not pay for her
lodging, her landlord sold the few be-
longings and drove her into the streets
The money obtained from the effects
amounted 10 II roublef and she owed
the landlord 100. The tier has now
come 10 the South African millionaire
for the balance due him. The land
has also seized the gentleman's effects
until no pays the debt he incurred for
his rent twenty-five years ago
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-17

The Department of Agriculture's new
orange tree, to which we referred the
other day. and which 1t is claimed will
stand cold weather and bear fruit 200
miles north of the present orange belt
of Florida, does not produce fruit
of the sweet, edible variety. The fruit
is said to resemble in flavor the grape
fruit, and can be used for marmalades.
1t will not take the place of the sweet
orange, except for those who prefer an
acid fruit. The department, it is said,
has tried the tree as far north as South
Carolina, with promising results. The
new fruit bears seeds, which is said to
be a good sign. 1t is hoped that the
second generation of the plant will
prove better than the first.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-17

Representative Cannon of Illinois is
chairman of the House Committee on
Appropriations. He is a candidate for
the speakership, to succeed Henderson
of Iowa. Congressman who are hun
cry for appropriations will put these
two facts together and make it inter-
esting for Uncle Joe" during the win
ter. session.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-17

One Schultze, of Rochester, N. Y,
found an alarm clock to be ineffective,
SO he trained parrot to swear loud
ly early in the mornings, concluding
its volley of imprecations with, Now.
d. you, get up and get breakfast"
Mrs. Schultze says the birds profanity
constituted cruelty on the part of ner
husband, and asks for a divorce.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-17
The Weather.

The Indications for Georgia to-day
are fair weather except rain in north
ern portion: fresh southeast winds.
and for Eastern Florida fair weather.
light variable winds.