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The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-10
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The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-10
THE METRIC SYSTEM.

The House Committee on Coinage,
Weights and Measures has before it
a bill to fix the standard of weights
and measures by the adoption of the
metric system. The metric system is
used in France Germany and other
European countries, and its advocates
claim that its adoption in the United
States would tend to simplify calcula-
tions to a very considerable extent.
1t is pointed out that under present
arrangements three systems are en-
ployed in the minis of this country;
avoirdupois weight for the purchasing
of supplies, troy weight for coinage,
and the metric system for scientific
work. At the custom houses, foreign
invoices are calculated by the metric
system, whereas the tariff charges on
imports must be calculated by the sys-
TENS of weights and measures that OBJ
tain in this country. This neeessitates
a considerable amount of work in the
custom house, and often more or less
confusion on the part of importers, who
are compelled to buy under one system
of weights and measures and sell I'M
der another.
1t will not be denied that the metric
system has some advantages over our
mixed system. But it would re-
quire a long time and cost a lot or
money to make the change from the
present standards to the one proposed.
All of our people are now familiar with
ounces and pounds, and inches and
yards. An ounce or an inch means
a definite thing to them. Some few
of them may have an idea respecting
grams and metres, but the idea always
takes into consideration the relation
of ounces and inches to these units.
All of our conceptions of distance,
weight and capacity are based upon
the standards with which we have be-
come familiar. They are now, and
schools. To change the standards
would require the ''unlearning" of all
that we know about such things and
learning a system that is entirely new
to the mass of the people.
The difficulty of learning and adopt
ing the new method of calculation
would be far from the only obstacle in
the way. Our lands have been bought
and sold by feet, rods and acres; our
machinery has been constructed on the
scale CT inches. feet and pounds, as
have also our ships and railway cars.
The manufacturers have drawn their
models and patterns in accordance
with the old scales and contractors
and builders base their calculations
upon the same. Interior merchants
and farmers buy and sell by the old
rules, with which they are familiar and
satisfied. Is it a good idea to discom-
mode, if not actually embarrass for
a greater or less length of time, all of
these interests for the sake of aiding
the scientists and the custom houses
to easier calculations? That seems TO
be pretty nearly the sum of advan-
tages that are to be brought about by
the proposed change.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-10
She Was a Daisy.

Teacher in Sunday-school, expatiat-
ing to her class on the wondrous
works of God, according to the New
York Commercial:
Little children, do you know how
great God is, how marvellous are his
works? Little children. do you know
God made the universe? He made the
earth and all that therein is. He made
the sun to shine by day and the moon
and stars to shine by night. He
made the hills, the great rivers. the
trees. the grass. He made the lion
and the lamb, the birds, the flowers;
He made you. little children; He
made me: He made a daisy"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-10

There is good fishing story in an
Irish contemporary, says the London
Globe. Two enthusiastic anglers ar
ranged a fishing match to decide the
respective merits of the worm and the
minnow as bait. -Four hours they sat
patiently on a bank without getting
so much as a nibble. At last the
proprietor of the worm suddenly said
that ne had got a bite. and jerking
his line out G the water. discovered
at the end Of 1t the other mans min
now. which, having by this time
grown hungry, had devoured his
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-10
slightly Nervous.

Everything was in readiness, says
the Philadelphia Times. The groom,
the best man and the minister were
gathered in the vestry. The organist
began to play and the minister start
ed for the door.
Wait one moment DOCTOR" called
the nervous groom. rs it the right or
left hand the ring goes on?"
THE left" hurriedly replied the
minister.
And. doctor. isis it kisstermary to
cuss the bride?'
But the minister had fed.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-10

An exchange calls attention to the
fact that Delaware has had no repre-
sentation in the Senate since Senator
Kenney went out on March last, and
that she had but one senator for some
years previous to that time. 1t is an
open question whether Delaware of
right ought to have more than one sem
ator. She is hardly bigger than
fish ball; yet the constitution gives her
representation in the Senate equal to
that of the most populous state in the
Union.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-10

Gov. Dole of Hawaii has been sum-
moned to Washington to explain the
charges that have been made against
his administration. AS a result of the
hearing of the complaints against
Judge Humphreys, charges have been
filed against Dole. The Bulletin of
Honolulu. for some, months has been
roasting the Dole government and al
leging against it about all of the sins
in the catalogue. The anti-Dole peo-
pie viii now have a chance of proving
what they have charged.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-10

During the time that Delaware has
been without full representation in the
Senate. public documents to the credit
of the Delaware senators accumulated
to the extent that three carloads of
them were hauled out of Washington
the other day and consigned to the
state officials at Dover. AS a matter of
nadt, a very great sum of the public
money is every year wasted in printing
'pub. docs" that are never read by
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-10
AS SEEN BY AN ENGLISHMAN.

Mr.. J. Stephen Jeans of London,
secretary of the British Iron Trade
Association, has given close personal
attention to the development of indus
tries in the United States for a num-
Der of years. Summarizing his OBJ
servations to date in an article in a
recent number of the Manufacturers
Record, he says: IF l were seeking
an investment for my children and
myself, if 1 had been young man.
think 1 would vary Horace Greeleys
injunction and Go South"
The reasons that lead to Mr.. Jeans
to this conclusion are clearly and sue
cinctly stated. While the whole ter
ritory of the United States. he saws
is richly endowed with natural re-
sources, he knows of no section with
it's cup of blessing fresh from natures
hand so overlooking as the Southern
states, which have not only gold. lead.
"copper" iron, coal and other minerals.
but which in respect to agricultural
products, including cotton, are at least
equal to if they do not exceed, any
equally large area of the earths sur
face with which he has become ac-
quainted during the course of very
considerable travels in four continents.
He points out that the present center
of the iron industry of the United
States is hardly where it should be
naturally since it is necessary to haul
coal and ores over long distances to
that center, while "in the South the
cost of producing pig iron is admittedly
cheaper than in any other locality
within the wide folds of the United
States, and can possibly be brought
down to a figure that would make
it cheaper than that of any locality
in the world"
The South, however, has been ham,
pered by various adverse circum-
stances, the greatest being lack of CAP
ital. One strong reason why it has
been hard to interest foreign capital
in the South, he says, is that it has
been difficult to secure perfect titles
to property. He relates an incident in
which the late Duke of Marlborough
had about perfected arrangements TO
invest largely in Southern properties
but was ''choked off on the question
of titles" There are probably numer-
Gus instances in which promising
schemes have fallen through from this
same cause. Investors do not care to
buy worry, uncertainty, litigation and
distraction with their investments
However, there is less and less of this
drawback every year, and the South
is gradually, surely forging to the
front
Mr.. Jeans does not think the South
should be in feverish haste. 1t is rich
enough to wait for normal develops
ment THE natural resources of eli
mate, soil and mineral wealth which
it possesses do not, like the riches of
some more mushroom districts, or
places built on more artificial founda-
tions, threaten to take wings If
they cannot be utilized with advan-
tage and profit to-day. they can keep
and in the process of keeping the value
will increase. There are not many
Alabamas in the world there is no
other in the United States" And the
same observation applies to some
other mineral districts in the South.
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The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-10

March II has been fixed as the day
for the vote in the Senate on the ship
subsidy bill. 1t is predicted that the
bill will be passed. 1t would be inter-
esting to know why the Senators de-
sire to bring Patrick's Day into dis
repute
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-10

The Republican leaders of Congress
are beginning :. to look forward to an
adjournment in June. Senator Hale
sees no reason why Congress should
1. Some other Republicans think June
Is about the date that may be counted
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-10

A bill has been introduced into the
Maryland Legislature authorizing the
city of Baltimore to acquire and oper-
ate the eity's street railways. 1t is
proposed to submit the matter to vote
of the people If they ratify the prop
osition, Baltimore is to be authorized
to experiment with municipal owner
shin
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-10
The weather.

The indications for Georgia to-day
are fair weather. variable winds; and
for Eastern Florida, fair weather,
light to fresh east to southeast winds.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-10
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The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-10

Nikola Tesla says the fact that the
signal corps of the army telephoned
without wires over a distance of 4S0
feet the other day is nothing remark
years ago he talked through the air
with a person eight miles away. 1t
is beyond the power of the average
person to keep up with the wonders
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-10

There are in course of construction
in shipyard at New London, Conn,
two Of the greatest freight carrying
steamships ever built in this country
1t required no subsidy to insure their
construction. They are owned by the
Great Northern Railway, of which
James j. Hill is president, and are
designed to carry freights between
this continent and the Orient. They
are American owned and American
built vessels; but oddly enough, they
are to be sailed under foreign flag.
Some foreign governments are not so
particular as we are about where the
ships that fly their flags are built. What
those governments want is the mer-
chant marine. and they are willing
that the ships shall be built wherever
the owners please. 1t is stated, upon
what authority cannot be said, that
the new monsters of the Great North
ern are to fly the German flag. for the
reason that the German navigation
laws are the most liberal and favor
able to owners of such ships. Mr..
meet the case of these American ships
going under a foreign flag
Prince Henry has now been in this
country a little better than two
weeks. He has swung around the cir
Gle OF his Southern and Western tour
and returned to New York. All of
the time he has been in pretty close
touch with the people, and the people
have had the opportunity of forming
an opinion of him. That opinion can
not be otherwise than favorable. On
every occasion Henry has shown him
self to be a man of warm heart and
good common sense. His speeches
have been models of frankness and
good taste. He has made no bad
break" nor has he said one word bet
ter left unsaid. The impressions he
has created is decidedly to the advan-
tage of himself and his imperial
brother.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-10

There were thirty-one beet sugar
factories in the United States in 1900,
and forty-two in 1901. The total pro-
duction Of beet sugar in 1901 was 1885,
600 tons. an increase of los, 900 tons over
the year preceding. Nine factories are
now in course of erection. The lead
ing beet sugar state is Michigan, with
twenty-eight factories and an invested
capital of s14,90O.OOO. Colorado comes
next with seven factories and an in
vested capital of $5.OOO,0O Fifteen
states have factories and investments
averaging over 100000 each. The
very great majority of the beet sugar
is manufactured in the West. OF the
Eastern states New York has one man.
ufactory, New Jersey one, Ohio three
and Pennsylvania one. According to
the estimate of a special agent, the
sugar beet crop is worth to the far
mers approximately s14.0OO,OOO a year.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-10

The Metropolitan Street Railway of
New York has instituted a pension
system, which is to go into effect on
July l, next This is said to be the
first pension system ever established
by a street railway company. 1t pro-
vides for voluntary and involuntary
retirement of all employees between
the ages of 65 and 20 years of age who
have been continuously in the service
of the company for twenty-five years.
Those whose employment has been for
thirty-fve years or more win receive
40 per cent. of the annual average
wages Of the ten previous years; thirty
years service will carry a pension of
30 per cent, and twenty-five years of
% per cent. The fund is to be supplied
by the company. The employees will
not be asked to contribute to it. The
Pennsylvania Railroad has a some
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-10
SAVANNAH ELECTRIC ca

For Isle of Hope, Montgomery. Tbpo-
derbolt, Cattle Park and West End
Daily except Sundays. Subiect -
change without notice.
New-York tribune., 1902-08-20
PLACE NAMES
THEIR ORIGIN AND MEANING SET
FORTH IN GEOLOGICAL SUR
VEY BULLETIN.

Washington Aug. I9 CSpeciaD.-The origin or
some ten thousand place names OF the Onlteo
States is given in a bulletin of the GeologlcaI sur
vey. now press which promises TO De a WORE
of considerable interest, as embodying rnuch loc4.
and general history. During the compilation OIL
+ba work a large correspondence has been carrleo
m with State and local historical societes' county
and township officers and individuals IN al PaI -
of the country. resulting in the collecuon ol Ns'
quantities of valuable material Whlcn o'iiei w.
would have been unavailable Henry "aili.et'' ''i0
geographer Of the survey, in his letter OF trans
-oi++al saws he has compiled the names from
various sources printed and manuscript ana 'He
publication Is designed. not only for purposes OF
information. but TO induce criticism and aooitoiS
with view Of obtaining in the future All pos
sib1e information the subject.
The following specimens indicate the scope and
character Of the work
s+ata nar7e6 from an Indian tribe. There are sey-
sra explanations Of the meaning G4nes Of The sgT w0Ff
means here rest" Haines in his American
Bailey-County in Texas. named FOR one OF me me
men who fell at the Alamo. March 8, lAoo. ms ms
which is the only record Of him; ~, o-,st,
or6 !! ,ro30 29 the being Derivation
6T ss.o Sro coid8ei samGeI 4. Starrow used
the name in letter to General Jacob Brown in
Fngrs6 81 Via Onion FiverD," scho0icraft. in
abundantly the wild species OF Cepa or
Ieek." bishop Baraga gives: From Cheag. or
Sikag skunk kind OF wildcat" John Turner
defines skunk as 'she-Pahg'; onion, ''she-gansa-
winzhe." skunk weed. When the word hTst ap.
Peared the country was inhabited by tribe OF
Miamis. in whose dialect the word for skunk was
'Se-Kaw- Kaw.'' II is said that the wildcat, or
skunk. named from the plant
Coeur d'Alene-Lake and town IN kootenai
County. Idaho; named from a tribe OF Indians
French name. meaning needle hearts, OF "awl
hearts" Some authorities say that this name was
given TO these Indians because the expression was
used by chief Of the tribe TO denote his opinion
of the Cana dian trappers' reanness- The Rev
NJ. Eeils says that the name was given 10 the
tribe by members Of the Hudson Bay Company
because of their sharpness in trade
Chesapeake-Bay in Maryland which gives
name to several places in the country. An Indian
name. variously explained. Heckewelder says it
is corrupted from "TschischwaPekt." which is
compounded OF 'Kitshi.' highly salted.' and
bay" Others give Che great" and "sepi"
waters" ". ". Tooker says that the early form
was ''Chesepiooc." from "K'che-sepi-ack,'' 'coun-
try on a great river
Lewis and Clarke-River in Clatsop County
Oregon and county IN Montana named for Cap-
tain Meriwether and Captain William Clarke Of
the Lewis and Clarke expedition
Zunt-Ftver in New Mexico. nan ed for an Indian
tribe. the name said TO they live IN mud
houses; another authority favors ''the people OF
the long nails"
The bulletin includes short bbuography of the
subject
New-York tribune., 1902-08-20

Of raising the blue rose, for. as De Candolle
great authority this subject. has pointed ouI
yellow and blue are the Fundamental types or cor
in flowers and these colors antagonistic, IIlu.
ually excluding each other. Yellow by culture
NAV be changed into red white. but never lnto
blue On the other hand. blue will pass into rtu
but never into yellow There is a yellow rose
hence there is no blue -..,
Although the blue rose is extremely prob lenla u
cal a green rose can be raised Mr. Mitchell, Wh9
was well known English horticuturist. exhibited
several green roses as far back 1856. The leaI;
stalk bud and flower of the green rose resemDeu
those of other roses, except in their being OF UNI
form color. and the flower was deciously fragranG
Bromley in her book entitled "A woman 5
Wanderings in the Western World. mentions that
she saw a green which as lovely ana
fragrant as any normal one. In an exhibition held
at Mannheim scme years ago a prize was given 70
this kind of rose, the petals Of which resemoleo
leaves in form as well as in color.
New-York tribune., 1902-08-20
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Blue AND GREEN ROSES.
From The Chicago News

From The Chicago News
Reported success by horticulturists in the artin-
ciai growth Of the much desired blue rose dates
back some considerable period and In 1855 the blue
rose was thought to be accomplished fact. That
year paragraphs appeared in French, English and
american newspapers that Persian horticuturist
ne s nanosoIne standing premium offered for that
mower bg tne horticultural society of Paris was
not pald there is every to doubt the truth
tulness OF the report Nor there any hiitfv
New-York tribune., 1902-08-20
PROJECTION AND MEAT PRICES.

few DAYS ago the butchers. in conYeruon as as =
on cattle and meat TO the end that this saPpoSeo SEQ
shelter for the alleged meat t[9sI nlSI1C d farIS
nrS of my State would quite UNANIMOUSLY
against sGch Z an A he butchersF convention dis
cover a sentiment, wellnigh universally expressly
geat packers. But I happen TO have tenant
out in Iowa who has me bunch OF G@'o.e5 Gl G
,rrites me- that he Is willing TO sell them 10
butchers if they Will pay as Tuch as me pacAe1S @
buy this meal OF the butchers as Of the packers.
anv one 10 make an kinds of money If he viii but
give the farmer as muCn money LOT MS peeNsS
Suppose we take the tariff of beef. and then
suppose the herds Of cattle -rom Mexico ana SCUM
They viii find their way TO the stockyards, and
the butchers will be cona2eec to oia aga'Ilst te @
packers then. as now No; the TeihoNa4 .e % olte
tariff on live stock meat would not restore
ers. but the packers co0td sIato II. IoL , osLs
less than organized capital could enter me import
countries refrigerating ships and other expensive
equipment I happen 10 know that al least one,
f5eId for more thsn two years The farmer, as it
is, has ample reason 10 be apprehensive.
have taken occasion TO look this matter UP
since reading Of these resolutions, and I think
other than the protective tariff IND that there
were received at the stockyards in Chicago in ne
month OF July, 1852. $500 ess peeves and 10000
less hogs than IN the same month one year ago;
That means 100 less animals per day The q
road alone, during the entire month. brought from
the Southwest, where the corn crop failure
last year. 1850 less fat steers per day this year
than last
Let no one understand thise 70 be 9 defence OF
the packers extenuati6n Of their offences.
A suit is now pending against them and if the
allegations OF the petition sustained (and that
seems probable) they are going nave trouble.
and Il viii take very much more acute form
1han II would 10 say II the farrnt Of the United
States that their INDUSTRY shah be opened 0
competition from the unlimited ranges Of South
America
The senior Phil Amour told that he got
men, While young man, by watching the iron and
coal miners. He said: Whenever these men were
at work used to pack every ham could get my
hanos on ana my old partner would say. Phil,
you viii break Us up would answer: No Those
lelio"s are working But when the coal and
workers were idle used 10 sell everything I could
dispose Of