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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-08

A suit brought last week by a fash
ionable Fifth avenue dressmaker
against an equally fashionable custom
er also dwelling on the sacred street,
disclosed a new method by woman with
desire but no convenient cash to get a
Turing gown. 1t appears in the court
proceedings that the case in question
was only one of many and that the
method had become so common a one
that almost all dressmakers did bust
ness with many customers on that
basis.
The unpleasant fact came out that
an appalling number of unkind hus-
bands had cut down their wives al
lowances for clothes in the last few
years. and, until last week, they, no
doubt, walked abroad stiff necked and
naughty imagining that they had curb
ed their spouse's love of finery. But
now they are all overhaullng real es-
tate records with palpitation of the
heart; for what they learned. last week
was that a whole lot of Independent
wives had been in the habit of giving
the dress maker mortgages on what
real estate they happened 10 own. And
many a man who gave his wife coun-
try seat or other gew-gaw in the way
of real property, and many others who
had wisely put their property in their
wives names 'in case" are not at all
happy now. Duane.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-08
SOUTHERN BANK

of the State of Georgia.
NdPAldl --s..s-.-..-........ $oUU, UVU
Surplus and undivided profits. ..$434, 900
DEPOSITORY OF THE STATE OF
GEORGIA.
Superior facilities for transacting a
General Banking Business.
collections made on all points
accessible through banks and bankers.
Accounts of Banks, Bankers, Mer-
chants and others solicited. Safe De-
post Boxes for rent.
Department of Savings. Interest pay
able quarterly.
Sells Sterling Exchange on London
Ell and upwards.
JOHN FLANNERY. President.
HORACE A. CRANE, Vice President.
JAMES SULLIVAN. Cashier.
DIRECTORS:
JNO. FLANNERY WIN. w. GORDON
p. A. WE'LL WV. GORDON. Jr
II. A. CRANE JOHN NJ. EGAN
LEE ROY MYERS JOSEPH FERST
II. p. SMART CHARLES ELLIS
EUGENE KELLY JOHN ]. KIRBY
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-08
The Citizens Bank

CAPITAL 100000.
Transacts General Banking
business.
SOiicitS Accounts of individuals,
Merchants, Banks and Other Corpo-
ratfons.
Collections handled with safety.
economy and dispatch.
Interest, compounded quarterly,
allowed ON deposits in our Savings
Department.
Safe Deposit Boxes and Storage
Vaults.
MILLS b. LANE, President.
GEORGE c. FREEMAN, Cashier.
GORDON L. GROVER, Asst. Cashier.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-08


1t up where he could see it.
l have discovered queer new auto
mobile side-line. Lately, when driv-
ing along the Boulevard and Ocean
avenue, 1 have noticed several rusty.
rotesquely patched automobiles driven
by persons in state of repair no bet
ter than their machines At first I
supposed naturally that they were ma
chimes being driven to repair shops by
workmen. But | saw the same ma
chimes with the same men so often
that 1 inquired and found that reg
ular tugboat business on land has been
established by entefprisifg spirits.
They are machinists who manage to
pickup old battered automobiles cheap
and they cruise up and down the re
quented thoroughfares, just as their
congeners of the water do in tugboats
looking for any one who wants tow
They do not lack for business and
one cannot drive far without beholding
one of these land tugs chug- chugging
along with a disabled aristocratic
pleasure craft at the end of a hawser
l suppose that it won't be long before
one of the automobile privateers cap
lures an abandoned auto and holds it
for salvage.
H. B. Fullerton, who probably was
OilC VI Tic lllOSl PiilulCS4u NlClllllo
of an automobile smash-up that ever
was, has at last recovered from his
unique and ingenious injuries entirely
and is attending to his business as the
special traffic manager of the Long
Island Railroad as violently as ever
For several weeks after his machine
tried to. cut wildcat engine down
without any real success, the surgeons
spent contemplative hours trying TO
re- atIfnt11nhila
parts that had become part of his con-
stitution. Fullerton tells meNthat it
was almost pathetic to see the disap-
pointment of an eager surgeon when
he would find, as he did over and over
again, that what he thought at first
was beautifully shattered bone real
ly was only some fragment or another
of the ivory attachments of the auto
mobile The surgeons almost apollo
gized to him for not being able to ire
pan his skull. and they sympathized
with him like Samaritans when they
found unexpectedly that a silver plate
would not really be needed for the top
of his head.
Fullerton certainly has the distinction
of owning the most thoughtful friends
probably that ever lived. When he
was in the hospital, dieting and forbid
den everything except milk to drink,
those friends struggled champagne into
his room and drank it with simple
Christian forethought before his eyes.
He scarcely had returned to business
before they started an endless chain of
requests for passes over the road. Last
week the railroad company issued or
ders to all its conductors and trainmen
that they must wear black neckties,
and now some friends of diabolcal in
ventiveness has started an endless
chain of red neckties. Fullerton
thought it was a rather amusing joke
the first day. but his mail has swamped
hiI. and he says he hates now to get
up in the morning because he doesn't
want to see a necktie any more, much
less put one on.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-08

ming it. A friend begged him to blow
1t up where he could see it.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-08

Sounds Thrilling: -Bobbie-"Paw
will you buy me a book" Father -
what is the name of the book you
want?" Bobbie-"Nicaragua Bill. -
Ohio State Journal.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-08

Ordinarily your real New Yorker will
apologize to you for leaving his be-
loved aggregation of sky scraper walls
and street gulches even when it is as
were burning just beneath the side
walks. But last week the most hard
ened sufferer from Newyorkesis was
vociferous in declaring that it was a
relief to get away. New York is nasty
now. No one can deny it, or tries. The
subway excavations, carried on care
fully and with remarkable skill though
they are. furnish enough dirt to give
the city constant dust bath. Where
the subway does not grow, manifold
holes sprout in the night under the
careful cultivation of those desirable
landscape gardeners, the gas, steam
and electrical conduit companies. And
to crown the achievement of the dirt
makers, everybody has begun to use
soft coal.
To-day New York as seen from the
sea. is vague, jagged heap crowned
with black SCOT from TO- 900 spewing
kilns. All its cyclopean magnificence
of piled-up steppes and spires and bat
Elements and gables is lost. Its one
glory of city that truly was Vene-
tan is lost. Its gilded facades and
cornices that made it shine in the
morning sun like a splendid shield cast
on the sea are lost. And lost with
them is the white linen of the finicky
New Yorker.
New-York tribune., 1902-11-26
BAR To HONOR JUSTICE HARLAN

Washington. Nov, 25.-Justice Harlan. Of the
United States Supreme Court will have comDlstsd
twenty-five years of service member Of that
court on December g. and his friends az the bar
throughout the country have arranged 20 express
their appreciation OF his services by dinner in bis
honor that evening at the New Willard HofsL
IN this city. The purpose Is 70 make TIE affair
national one. The President and his Cabinet, IN
Justices Of the Supreme Court the Speaker Of Ih'
House. the President OF the Senate and some other
men OF note will be guests OF the bar. and about
thousand invitations have been sent to lawyers N
all OF the Union practising before the United
States Supreme Court. Among the members OF the
committee invitations. which represents al piHs
circuits into which the United States is divided
are: Attorney General Knox chairman; Secretary
Root. vice-chaiEnan; ex-Secretary Olney, OF MAS
sschusetts; Representative Littiefeld, OF Name
Senators Pistt OF Connecticut Morgan, OF Ala
bama: culherson, of Texas; Spooner ot Wisconsin
and MItch6H. OF Oregon; ex-AttOrrey General
Grtggs, OF New-Jersey. Governor Montague. OF w
ginia; John T. Dillon OF NewYork City; eX-Sonc-
itOr General Maxwell OF Cincinnati, ex-senator
Carter. OF Montana. and others
New-York tribune., 1902-11-26
THE FATE OF TIE BRIDGE.

It is announced that the Board Of Estimate
will give public hearing this morning upon
the subject of the proposed surrender of thes
great Central Bridge TO a trolley company and
it is said that the Board is altogether likely
to give its assent to the surrender. If it will
be we'll to remember distinctly the crcum-
stances of the case. They are, briefly stated
in respect to the bridge itself as follows: The
Central Bridge built at great expense
to the public. on the express understanding
and explicit stipulation that il should never be
used for railroad or trolley purposes. Evasion
of that stipulation was made possible by means
of piece of sneak legislation. And now the
city government is asked to ratify that "sneak"
performance and to violate the original pledge
TO the public, for the benefit of a selfish
poration So far as the rights and wrongs of
the travelling public are concerned the facts
are these: Lack of direct trolley cOmmunica-
ton between the lines in The Bronx and those
in Manhattan, on the West Side, is a great
hardship TO thousands of people. Such connec-
ton of the lines should, of course, be provided
by the trolley company at its own expense.
But the company declines to do it at its own
expense. because it sees a chance to do it
at public expense by grabbing the Central
Bridge; and the aggrieVed passengers instead
of demanding that the company shall do its
bridge. Truly. it is a strange spectacle!
We are aware that ii has been said in be-
half Of the trolley company. first that there
is no place where it could build a bridge for its
own use, and second, that the federal gov
ernment would not permit the building of
other bridge across the Harlem in that region.
The one statement will have no force to any
one who has ever taken a good look at the
place in question. There is ample room for
bridge, If only the company would build one
The other excuse would have vastly more
weight if it were accompanied with & state
ment of the date and tenor of the application
which the trolley company made for leave to
erect such bridge, and of the War Depart
ment's refusal. Such statements have been so
conspieuously lacking that some seeptcally In
clined people have been led to express doubts
as to whether the company ever sought permis-
sion to build bridge or ever was denied such
permission.
In any event, the companys contention that
it cannot get permission TO build a bridge
should be borne well in mind, especially by the
authorities who hx the rental to be paid for
the use of the Central Bridge by the trolley
lines For II the company would build a bridge
if IL could get permission, then it should be
willing 20 pay fer the use of the city's bridge
a rental proportionate 10 the interest on the
cost of a bridge Of its own. In that there is
some remorSeless logic which should not he
forgotten nor overlooked.
New-York tribune., 1902-11-26

tons for the place he holds a feature of the
present controversy. Again. If Coroner Jack
son betrayed into an excessive warmth OF
expression in his allusions to the District At
torneys office, still more TO be regretted is his
description of the County Medical Society and
the State Medical Association as bands of an
archsts" Considerable allowance may be made
for a man who, feeling that he must hberate
his emotions or perish. and grabbing hastily for
a sonorous epithet, lays hold of one which does
not exactly fit the case; but the coroner cannot
reasonably plead that excuse for choosing the
designation which he has applied to majority
Of the medical and surgical practitioners of
New-York. In the first place, they are not an
archsts. whatever else they may be. In the
second place, the tone value of that word is
small Remembering that the bearings Of an
observation lays in the application on 1t, and
submitting the cOroners language to that test,
we find it sadly lacking. Judged on the other
hand by its adaptability to the relief Of mental
distress, it is equally failure.
In view. therefore Of all the circumstances,
we are forced to conclude that Coroner Jackson
has fallen far below the level of his oppor-
tunity. He has contributed little or nothing to
the discussion of the important question wheth-
er or not the coroner's Office is fit to survive.
New-York tribune., 1902-11-26
1 CORONER'S MISTAKE.

simultaneously with the announcement that
The immediate benefciar!es Of the coroner's Of
fee had no intention Of letting the case against
them 90 BY default, Coroner Jackson, being IN
able TO hold himself until they could concen-
frate their FIRE Oh the enemy, exploded with
great violence yesterday afternoon. We cannot
say whether or not his colleagues approve Of
his prompt and solitary performance, but they
can scarcely deny that he used copious and
passionate vocabulary with unbounded free
dom Nevertheless, our own impression is that
when the smoke bas cleared away it will be
found that the execution was not prodgious.
1t is entirely proper that those who most ar
dently desire 10 preserve the functions and
emolpments of the existing system should unite
in its defence. Indeed though we have long
thought that the legislature would do we'll TO
provide a substitute, our opinion is that it
ought not 10 be abolished until whatever argu-
nents there are in its support have been fairly
heard Nor was it altogether unnatural that
Coroner Jackson should let his emotions over
power him, for District Attorney Jerome's ut
terances on the subject. 10 which he felt him
self impelled 20 reply yesterday, were not as
smooth as bread poultice. Moreover, Coro-
ner Jackson is fired with the usual and some
times commendable zeal of a convert having
formerly gone on record as an opponent of the
ancient civil institution whose remarkable
merits be has since ascertained. But il is prob
able that he has committed an error of tactics
as well as OF taste In declaring that the Dis
trict Attorney is liar and intimating that a
commission de lunatico ought TO be appointed in
his case. Yet we do not fully acquit Mr. Je-
rome. whose most conspicuous quality is not
discretion, and who has right to live In
happy ignorance Of the fact that his tongue is
an unruly member. The question at issue is
grave and important and IL he sees fit to dis
cuss IL he should not subject those who disagree
with him TO unnecessary provocation Light is
what we want-not noise-and the retort which
NE invited is not Illuminating
II viii not be generally admitted, for example.
that Coroner Jackson is justified In asserting
that "the coroner's office. has been shown in
the past is Of more value to the public and the
public interest than the District Attorneys Of
'fce," end that the duties of the public prosecu
tor would be more satisfactorily performed il
they were intrusted 10 the coropers There are
few propositions which are not at least de
batable, but we honestly think it would be a
waste Of time t. make Mr.. Jeromes qualifca
New-York tribune., 1902-11-26
THE nIPLOMATIc CORPs.

Washington, Nov. 25 (Speciap.-The Russian Am
bassador, accompanied by the Countess cassini and
her guest Mile. Des PIanques. returned to the en-
bassy this morning. They went to $ew-York sew
eral days TO attend the dedication OF the new
Greek church. As the Countess had rot issued IN
vitations for the tea which she A~d intended to
give tomorrow 10 introduce Mile Des Planques
she has decided TO postpone the affair until later
IN the week
The Mikado OF Japan. through the japanese Min
lister and Nine. Takahra, has conveyed 20 Mrs
I. 5. Grant autograph letter from himself aAd
a photograph OF the infant son OF the Crown
Prince. The Mikado expressed In his letter his
-nciation OF Mrs. Grants thoughtfulnsss in add
iLs the lRyette OF his grandson and renewed his
sentiments OF friendship for the various members
@ the Grant family. Mrs. Sartoris received the
japanese Minister Mrs. Grant while greatly
improved. IS still confined 10 her room
Baroness HengelmtileF wife OF the Austrian Min
lister. has been confined her for the last
week from illness and is therefore. unable TO re
ceiVe her friends at present.
The appointment OF Major Otto Etzel TO be
military attache OF Germany Washington Is an
pCuDCed.
New-York tribune., 1902-11-26
PENSIONS FOR AGED PREACHERS.

The lot of the aged and outworn clergyman
is not usually a happy one. Almost any police
man, high or low, after score of years on the
payrolls, in which he may have been more or
less unfaithful to his duty and a positive injury
to the public welfare, can obtain retirement on
a pension and enjoy the rest of his life at the
expense of the taxpayers.
But too many of our self-sacrfcing occupants
of pulpits look forward to an old age of desti-
tuition. The present effort in the Methodist
Episcopal Church to raise an ample fund for
the support of superannuated preachers who
have kept the faith zealously is worthy of gen
erous support; and other denominations might
well follow most literally an example so worthy
of imitation
New-York tribune., 1902-11-26

sionally observed regarding a particular pre-
servatve. Whether such be the case or not,
it is at least true that all people are not or
ganized precisely alike. In every community
there are many men and women who. while
not invalids in the common sense of the term,
have some defective internal organ. They
perform their business, household and So
ciaI duties with average efficiency. but with
more or less of an effort. comparatively
small thing, to which others would be
insensible, will occasionally make mischief
with these people. Professor Wiley recognized
this truth when, over a year ago. he said In
"Leslies Weekly: THE public supervision
should look after the weak and diseased di-
"gestive systems rather than the strong and
vigorous; and there is no doubt of the perni-
"cious influence of these preservatives (sali-
"cylic acid and formaIdehyde) in cases of this
kind"
So far as they have been outlined by brief
dispatches from Washington, the tests about
to be made by Professor Wiley are designed to
show the effect of various chemicals on sound,
healthy young men. The results would be more
valuable if the programme were so extended
as to include infants, people who are advanced
in years, and a number Of subjects OF middle
age, in active life, but obliged to take more
than average care of themselves Some diff
Guilty would be experienced, perhaps, in ar
ranging to include such persons in the expert
mentS. 1t may be deemed wise to ascertain
the suscephbilities Of these classes in a differ
ent manner from that pursued with the healthy
young government clerks already enlisted The
food consuming public and those who legislate
for it, ought, however TO know the whole truth
about the preservatives now used and the
sooner they know it the better.
New-York tribune., 1902-11-26
TESTING FOOD PREsERT1rLKES-

The, experiments which Professor II. w.
Wiley chief chemist OF the Department OF Ag-
ricuture, is about TO begin this week were
doubtless suggested by the action Of the Ger
man Government last spring in putting under
the ban meat preserved with horax The i'm
mediate object Of the proposed tests is to find
out how just that decision. and. if possible
TO secure the basis for an official protest in be-
half of American packers whose expectation is
affected thereby. The conclusions Of Professor
Nionka, of the Imperial Health Office on whose
testimony the Bundesrath relied mainly in issu-
ng its decree have been called in question in
his own country as well as in the United States.
1t is possible. therefore, that he was in error.
At any rate it is in the highest degree desirable
Jhat the truth shall be fully ascertaned. The
greater need exists in this country than in
Europe because questionable preservatves
are said to be much more extensively used
here than elsewhere. Besides, of the meat,
fruit and vegetables put up by American pack
ers n vastly larger quantity is consumed at
home than is exported, Herein lies the chief
value of properly conducted inquiries into the
nealthfUlness of such articles of food.
In spite Of the large number Of Investigations
of the subject in the last three or four years
there is still need for more light Each set
If tests has been more or less limited in it's
Covered by several experts the latter have not
always agreed in their verdicts. Every now
and then there is n somewhat sensational reve-
iation like that made during the Cuban war
concerning the beef supplied to the United
States army. Yet it is doubtful IL the general
public today realizes how great is the variety
and quantity OF preservatiye agents that have
recently been introduced into service These
modern substitutes are cheaper and less both
ersome than the simple cooking and the appIi
cation Of sugar, salt and saltpetre by old
fashioned housekeepers In a few instances
however, they have unquestionably been dele
terious to the health of consumers while In 9TH
ers there has certainly been room for suspicion.
a fact which is not always kept in mind In
discussing the use Of borax, salicylic acid and
kindred substances is that the same drug. In
doses Of the same size does not always affect
different people in the same way Possibly the
failure to take this circumstance into account
may explain the divergence of opinion ocea-
New-York tribune., 1902-11-26
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