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The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-12
Personal.

in consequence of the recent at
tempt upon his life, King Leopold of
Belgium has resolved not to ride in his
motor car in the future and has or
dered it sold.
Lady Bancroft, the London actress
(this was before her husband got a
handle to his name) accidentally cut
her hand one morning In the evening
she was talking about it to her fellow
players. 1T is lucky thing for me,"
said she, that I'm not a drinker, for
a wound such as this might be a very
serious thing if 1 had alcohol in my
system" "Oh, yes" conceded a bon
vivant in the group, that's a well
known fact. Indeed, L often cut my
finger to see whether I've had enough"
The appointment of Cheremetiev as
successor to Pobledonostchev in the all
powerful office of procurator of the
holy synod has created a most favora-
bic impression among the advocates
of a more liberal Russia. M. Chere-
metiev is said to be all but the direct
antithesis of Pobiedonostchev, who was
the leader of the reactionists and
worked continually for the stiffenlng
of the Russian despotism. Chereme-
ltcN 10 IGSdIQcu DIS d HAL VI
tory and tolerant disposition and it is
believed that he will soon revoke many
of the oppressive measures instituted
by his predecessor against the dis
senterS.
Renewed attention Is being drawn
to the fact that hardly any of the
leading men of New York were born
in that city. This is especially notice
able in professional and commercial
life, nearly all the prominent editors,
lawyers, preachers and financiers and
many leading physicians hailing origin
lily from outside the confines of Man
haitian island. No native New Yorker
was ever elected president. There have
been, since 1777, when George Clinton
was elected governor, fifty-fve guber-
Material elections, and but four of the
long lise were born New Workers. In
the last so years but one New York
City man has been elected a United
States senator.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-12
THE EDUCATIONAL MOVEMENT.

1t seems, from what appeared in our
Washington dispatches yesterday, that
John d. Rockefeller is the chief pro-
moter of the bill that was recently
passed by the lower branch of Con-
gress for the creation of a general
board of education. The proposed
board is doubtless part of the plan
to which the attention of the South
ern people was called last year and
also this year by Robert c. Ogden and
Others who visited Athens and other
places in the South and delivered ad-
dresses and made contributions to a
number of educational undertakings
of a meritorious character.
There is no doubt the South Is in
need of all the help she can get in the
matter of education. She Is doing the
best she can with the means at her
command, but these means are limited,
and will continue to be for many
years. Mr.. Rockefeller and many other
rich men at the North have a great
deal more money than they know what
to do with, and it seems that 1t is their
purpose to use a portion of 1t to as
sist in the education of the masses
where it will do the most good. OF
course money spent in this way Will
not rear monuments to the donors-that
is. monuments in the shape of stately
college buildings or splendid libraries
but If these rich men are ambitious to
be remembered, and have their memo
ries honored, they can use their money
in no better way than by assisting to
lift up the masses, by extending the
benefits of education to those who
would not otherwise get them.
Mr.. Rockefeller has given a great
sum of money to Chicago University
and he has contributed literally to
other institutions. An institution for
the discovery of the causes of the va
rious kinds of diseases from which the
human race suffers and the remedies
for diseases he founded and supports
His wealth is so vast that he can
assist greatly in advancing the cause
| of education in localities where assist
ance is needed without lessening. to ar
appreciable extent, the volume of his
wealth; and there are many Others
| who can, and no doubt WILL give lib
/ orally as soon as the plan is perfected
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-12
SENATOR BACoN,s SUGGESTION.

The suggestion, in the shape of an
amendment, made by Senator Bacon,
that state be made out of Oklahoma
and the Indian Territory. and named
Jefferson, is an excellent one, and there
ought to be no hesitation in adopting
il. One of the states Of the Union ought
TO be named Jefferson. We have state
capitals and towns and counties named
Jefferson, and it would but be just to
the memory of the great man who
played so important a part in the for
nation of the Republic to have a state
named after him.
Oklahoma and the Indian Territory
would make a great state. That sec
tion of the Union has a remarkably
fine climate and soil that is known
far and wide for it's fertility. At the
present time the two territories have
a population of about 100000, and
would, therefore, on becoming a state,
have at once the position Of an import
ant commonwealth. OF course there is
a great deal of scheming to have Okla
nOfnd ana lne lnuldn leTIltOTy duiIlll-
ted as separate states. In that case
there would be more offices. and offices
are what the men who are engineering
the statehood business are after.
Arizona and New Mexico also want
to become states-at least some of
their citizens want TO fill the positions
of United States Senators, Judges, Gov
errors, District Attorneys, etc. New
Mexico has just about the necessary
population for statehood, but Arizona
hasn't. 1t is the understanding that
very many of the people of New Mex
leo and Arizona don't want statehood.
In both territories the Spanish Ian
guage is spoken by a majority of the
people, who have very little sympthy
with American institutions. Wouldn't
it be well for these two territories to
continue as they are awhile longer?
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-12
CURRENT COMMENTS.

The Mobile Register Dem.) says:
Let us hear from the brethren on this
subject. What do they think of Henry
Watterson? But he cannot get elect
ed? Name the Democrat who can, and
we will consider the objection"
The Louisville Courier Journal (Dem.)
says: ut is clear that whatever may
be the standard, a fiuctuating and I'M
stable currency is bad for business.
Mexico is confronted with a trouble
some question. To retain the present
standard is bad for business, but a
change of standards is beset with
many difficulties. If the interests of all
classes are to be safeguarded."
The Philadelphia Record Dem
says: 'If labor unions included the
great majority OF the wage earners the
facts that some Of them are forcing
their members TO leave the National
Guard-a lieutenant In Indiana has felt
compelled 10 reslgn-and that others
oppose attaching letter boxes 70 street
cars, because the United States would
than be a party 10 q street railwn v
strike accompanied by violence, would
be- very serious signs. II happens how
ever that only "A small part Of the
wage earners are ia the unions. and
not nearly an the members of the un-
ions sYmpafhize with. 30 cooperate fn.
the aggressive policies ~ the aeltators
whose antuFunism 90 the government
is Inspired in great measure b. social-
isn. With ap occasional aash VI anar.
chanm,"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-12
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Meetings-PalestineC onmandery No.
2. X. T.: Mistletoe Camp No. 4, Wood
men of the World.
Special Notices-Ship Notices, }. f.
Minis & Co, Agents; Notice to Stock
holders. Southwestern Railroad Com
pany; Read This, g. A. Mercer, Jr;
Ship Notice, Strachan & Co, Agents.
Terrific Crash in Blanket Values
Daniel Hogan.
Christmas Presents-Allen Bros.
Special Daily Sale No. lib. H. Levy
& Bro.
Extracts, Colognes. Etc.-Get 1t at
Rowlinskps.
Silver Polish-The GOrham Co.
Just as Easy-Stemberg & Co.
Amusements - Mrs. LeMoyne In
"Among Those Present" at Theater
Christmas Matinee and Night; THE
White Slave" at Theater To-day and
Tonight.
Pure Foods-F'orce.
acknowledgements Vinol; Castoria;
DR.. Hathaway; Kodol.
Cheap Column Advertisements-He
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For
Rent: For Sale; Lost Personals; Miscel-
laneous.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-12
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The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-12
Jes, Fore Christine.

Father calls me William. sister calls
me Will,
Mother calls me Willie-but the fellers
call me Bill
Mighty glad amt girl-ruther be a
boy
Without them sashes. curls an things
that's worn by Fauntleroy!
Love to chawnk green apples an go
swimmin' in the lake
Hate to take the castor-ile they give
FIR belly-ache!
Most all the time the hull year roun'
there amt no flies on me,
But jes' before Christmas I'm as good
as kin be.
Got a yaller dog named Sport-sic 'em
on the cat;
Fust thing she knows she doesn't know
where she is att
Got clipper sled. an when us boys
go out to slide.
Long comes the grocery cart an we
all hook a ride!
But sometimes, when the grocery man
is worritted and cross.
He reaches at me with his whip. and
larrups up his boss.
An then l Ian an boiler: "Oh, you
never teched me-"
But jes before Christmas I'm as good
as i kin be.
For Christmas. with its lots an lots
OF candies cakes an toys.
Was made. they say. for proper kids,
an not for naughty boys:
80, wash yer face, an brush yer hair,
an mind yer p's and as,
ANA don't bust out yer pantaloons, and
don't wear out your shoes;
say fessufn' % the ladies. an Yes
sur 20 ths men.
An when theys company don't pass
Yer plate Tor pie again.
But ihinkiu' ~ the things yersd Ike
90 see upon that tree
jest fore Christmas, D. a. good a.
ger klu be- --Euxsne Fieid.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-12
A Black Spot for the Leopard.

Thomas Dixon. Jr., who is perhaps
the best-paid lecturer in this country,
has a son who inherits his fathers
cleverness. His repartee is quoted by
all the family acquaiAtances. The
other day he asked his father for a
goat. The father replied:
MY son, that is one combination
that l positively refuse to have on
this farm-you and goat"
Mr.. Dixon went away to lecture and
when he returned the son was ready
for him.
Papa" he said, why have you CIV
en- up preaching and given all your
time to lecturing?"
II am after the almighty dollar"
was the reply.
Yes papa, more after the dollar
than the Almighty" he said.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-12
Burying on Trial.

A Blairgowrie man, according to an
English exchange. had married a ma
tive of Kirkcaldy. Some years later
when the woman was dying she said
to her husband, "John, I've been a
good wife to you, and 1 want you tc
do me a favor"
"Weel, oman, what is it,"
"Weel, John, it's jist this. that vel
bury me among my ain folk at Kirk.
caldy"
"Hoots, oman. 1t Gamma be: tel
you it Gamma be-"
"Weel, John. if We dinno TAX me tc
Kirkcaldy I'll haunt We; my speerit IL
haunt ye."
'Aweel, if oft comes to that, oman
I'll haze to do it; but I'll frye ye ir
Blairgowrie first"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-12
The Doctors Narrow Escape


ST have always insisted" she said,
after long, sweet silence, that I
would never marry a doctor or a
preacher"
He turned pale and a look of despair
crept into his eyes. says the Chicago
Tribune.
Arthur" she exclaimed. what is
the matter?"
With a heaving sigh. he answered:
Cant induce you to overcome your
prejudice? All, tell me. tell me that
your decision against doctors and
preachers is not irrevocable."
Six weeks before she had written a
message on an egg and sent it out into
the world. The frail messenger had
fallen into Arthur Higgleson's hands,
and there they were sitting on the bag
gage truck at the railway station,
waiting for the hack. which they had
vey them to the hotel, where they had
planned to be married.
She looked UP into his eyes with a
wild yearning and cried:
Are you preacher"
mo" he groaned, mot that-not
that"
ooh, tell me. tell me-" she walled,
"that you are not a DOCTOR"
He hung his head. There was a guilty
look in his eyes, and she knew that the
worst had come.
At last, pulling himself together with
a mighty effort, he turned to her and
said:
Yes. Emeline. You have guessed
the truth. / am a doctor. But why
should that matter? Why do you dis
criminate against preachers and doc
torS?"
Because they have to be among
women so much" she sadly replied II
should want my husband all to my
self"
Love" he cried, then we may still
be happy. 1 am a horse DOCTOR"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-12
Formidable Preparations.

"Yassir," said Uncle Asbury, accord.
ing to the Washington Star. us got g
daughter In DE high school,"
Il suppose you are very proud Of
her?T
Deed I is. An whut's mo-. she's
gwine ter be a grit hep to her father
She's studyin' geometry at de present
time, an she's sayin' dem lessons ovel
an over agin SOS 1 kin hear EN-"
Whats that for?'
"Well sub. I allus was kind o. anx.
ious TO preach, but 1 nebber didn't hat
de words to stand de competition. Now
/ reckens when l STAINS up in front o
dat congregation an gifts to telling 'en
bout hypothenuses an pahiellogram:
dey's gwine to rise up an admit dai
dey's listenin' to language sho' nun.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-12

Apropos of the fall in the price of sill
yer, which has thrown into such con-
fusion the monetary systems of the
silver standard countries, and which
promises to hasten the placing of the
whole world upon a gold basis, the
New York correspondent of the Phila-
delphia Ledger reports that there has
been more or less talk in Wall street
of the proposal to withdraw the 81 and
81 bills, and of requiring the use Of
silver for all money less than IS. This
it is argued, would increase the demand
for silver, thus in measure restor-
ing its price and aiding in the work of
restoring the financial stability of the
silver countries and at the same time
Withdrawing the over-worked, dirty
and possibly disease-infected small
bills. 1t is safe to assert, however,
that nothing will come of the propo-
sition. The people simply will not
have silver dollars. Millions of them
are now stacked away in the treas
ury, and all efforts to keep a large
amount of silver in the circulation
have failed. North of Washington a
silver dollar is rarely seen in ordinary
trade, and in the South the tender of
as much as five silver dollars at a
time is often accompanied with an
apology.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-12
-
THE GOAL PROBLEM.

Tuesday was the coolest day New
York has seen in twenty-six years.
and the cold weather had the effect of
disclosing the extent to which the
poor of that city were without coal
1t is said that thousands of families
were literally without warmth in their
homes, and very many of them must
have suffered intensely, if, in fact,
they did not come near freezing. The
city appropriated 100000 for coal for
the poor, and it is safe prediction
that it will have to appropriate many
thousands Of dollars more before the
end of the winter if great suffering is
to be prevented.
We have been calling attention dur
ing the last few days to the fact that
the price Of coal oil is steadily rising.
1t will be third higher in few days
than 1t was a couple of weeks ago.
The rise is said to be due to the use
that is being made of crude petroleum
for fuel. Coal cannot be obtained in
sufficient quantities, and hence resort
in being had to other kinds OF fuel
among them petroleum. With the cost
of light and heat and food products
from twenty to twenty-five per cent.
higher the outlook for the very poor
is anything but cheering.
This cost Of coal is one of the things
to which the Coal Strike Com mission
will have to give serious attention be-
fore it agrees upon its report. If 1t
agrees to report in favor of an increase
in the wages of the coal miners, will
the increase come from the earnings
of the coal operators and transporta-
ton companies or will consumers have
to pay it? If from the earnings OF
the coal operators and the transporta-
ton companies the problem is an easy
one to solve, but if from the consumers
care must be taken not to increase
too greatly the cost of living. A small
fraction of dollar in the cost of coal
is matter of much Importance to
the poor of the cities.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-12

At intervals of four years the Prov
ince of Ontario. Canada. holds elections
on the question of prohibiting the liq-
uor traffic. The election on this ques-
ton was held last week. and the pro-
position was rejected. Since 1894 the
vote in favor of prohibition has stead
lily declined. The prohibitory method
Of dealing with the liquor question
seems TO be losing in favor about ev-
erywhere, and meanwhile the local OPP
ton method is gaining. Local option
gives the communities the right of self
government, and no system OF govern.
ment better than that has yet been de-
yised
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-12

Japan wants to know something
about John Barrett, who has been APP
pointed United States minister to To-
kio Is he big enough man for the
place? Japan would like to know.
Would he have been sent to Berlin or
London? Japan has nothing personal
against Mr.. Barrett. She has heard
that he sometimes talks TOO much and
that occasionally he may be indiscreet
IN The subject OF his utterances. stl,
u she can be assured that he is OF cal
ARE large enough 20 attend % a big
mission she wili not object 20 him.
Japan regards herself as one OF tho
important Powers 81 the world. and
She insists that her nelghbors shall
look upon her IN the same light. M.
ea1eh was big enough Tor siam. OF
eypfsei but there is a. considerable all.
N ssis''ss sstneen slam and Japan.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-12

seventy-hye operatives OF Lancas-
ter Pa, factory went on strike a few
days ago. Il appears chat they had
no fault to hnd with their wages or
their hours o. work. They were max
ms fairly good incomes ana were
without "a grievance. until the owners
" the factory pat a negro boss" over
them 10 supervise thoir work They
declared they wouldn't stand the IN
dignity, ana walked 0ut.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-12

District Attorney Jerome OF New
York II stlll hopeful OF securing legis-
lative sanction 70 his scheme for legal
izing the Sunday sale Of liquor under
restrictions in New York city. But
there ~ little chance Of bis success.
The country legislators. who are in
the majority. feel that Il DIS their
special mission 70 guard ihe morals 81
the city. and they are not going 10 per-
mit u 10 deaeerate the sabbath Win
legaizied sgloona
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-12

A recipe for making marriages happy
is given by Mrs. Ellis, a reformer of
Chicago. ''When parents educate their
boys to wash the Dishes" she says,
"there will be more happiness in house
holds. When a boy who knows how to
wash dishes grows up and marries he
will be fitted to do the homework and
make home happy" Since Mrs. Ellis
has mentioned it, maybe it really is the
lack of DISTINGUISHING husbands that
makes many homes cherries. The hus-
band who washes the dishes may nat
ura1ly be expected to do the cooking,
and the sweeping and the bed-making,
and the busting, and the spanking of
the children: and that would leave the
wife with ample time to attend club
meetings and be happy.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-12

Ebert Hubbard of the "Philistine. -
who has for years welded his little
hammer on about everybody and
everything OF note, incidentally knock
ing out a good many dollars from the
pockets of people who like to read dis
agreeable things. is now in a position
TO receive upon his own devoted head
some resounding whacks. which will
no doubt be administered with salts
faction from many sources. Hubbard
has been sued for divorce. as a con-
sequence Of which a romance" of
eight years duration has been un-
yelled.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-12

An interesting Christmas rattle is to
take place in Kansas. A young farmer
has put himself up as the prize. Tickets
are 25 cents each. Purchasers of
tickets are limited to manageable
women, and the farmer has registered
an oath that he will marry the woman
who draws the winning ticket, no mat
ter what her race or color. TO make
it more interesting, he will throw in
his farm for good measure to the win
ner. He says he has sold a consider
able number of tickets, and that the
drawing will be followed shortly by a
wedding
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-12
The Menther.

The indications for Georgia for to-
day are for cloudy weather, with prob
able showers in western portion. varia-
BILE winds. Eastern Florida showers,
with fresh winds, mostly southeast.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-12

1t is much easier TO pass laws regu-
lating labor in factories than it is to
enforce them. New YOrk's statue
books are plastered all over with laws
regulating labor. yet the president Of
the Consumers League of New York
says the factory laws are dead letters
all over the state. The president
says there is scarcely a factory in
which one or more of the laws are not
violated. In a great many cases, in all
probability, such laws are passed only
TO quiet popular clamor and are then
forgotten. Having secured the adop-
ton of the laws, the agitators feel that
their mission has been accomplished.
Members of the Womans Christian
Temperance Union of Syracuse, N. Y,
have appealed to Mayor Kline to expel
the Mormon missionaries from that
city. They say the missionaries are
making a vigorous house-to-house
canvass of the best residence sections
and endeavoring to convert the lady
of the house" to their doctrines; and,
according to reports, the missionaries
are meeting with some success. The
Mayor was forced to tell the w. c. T.
u. workers that he had no power to
expel the missionaries, but that the
men of the city must guard their own
homes in that matter.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-12

When ex-President Cleveland attend
ed the session of the National Civic
Federation in New York the other day
he found himself in the company of
several of the foremost men of The
continent and a number of distin-
guished visitors from Europe He took
no part in the discussion Of the great
question Of capital and labor, but re-
manned an alert and attentive listener
to all that was said. Yet it is asserted
by James Creelman in the World that
Mr.. Cleveland was the lion of the &C.
casion. So powerful was his
personality that he was the center Of
attention from the moment when he
bowed to the applause which greeted
his entrance until he Slipped away to
catch train for Princeton. .
His eyes were clear and bright, and
he seemed the most alert and attentive
man in the ROOM"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-12

x-Representatiye Bynum of Indiana
has given up his fight for the vacancy
on the Board of General Appraisers in
New York. He has been after the place
for the past five years. President Nc
Kinley sought to give him the Job, but
the Democratic senator's fought his
confirmation because he was nominal
ed as a Democrat. They held that he
sacrificed his claims to consideration
at the hands of the Democratic party
when he became manager of the Pal
mer and Buclxner movement in 1896.
The Democratic senator's said Mr.. By
mum was Republican, and that if she
President would appoint him as such
they would not oppose him. But the
Republicans were not willing to accept
him as one of their number, hence he
has never got the place; and now he
gives up the hope of ever getting it.