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The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-06
A Free Pass Story.

Speaking of Congressman Bakers
refusal of a pass offered him by the
B. and o. Railroad" said a Westerner,
according to the New York Post, "have
you ever heard the story of the Kan
sas legislator who started an agita-
tion for purity in politics?
" Fellow legislators said he on the
opening day of the Legislature, stand
ing up for a speech and putting on a
look of righteous determination, let
us make this session long to be re-
membered by having it wholly free
from any faint of dishonesty
He made a long speech in this
strain and ended by stepping up to
the stenographer's table and laying
down railroad pass.
" In order to back my words with
deeds, he concluded, I will lay down
my pass on this table; and 1 urge ev-
cry other member of this Legislature
who stands for clean government to
step up and do likewise
Not a soul stirred.
1.-The speaker watched them for a.
few moments with a triumphant CLEAN
in his eye. Presently, when everybody
had had a chance to lay down his pass
and nobody had improved it, he burst
out:
"'Not an honest man in the cham
Der! Very well. You thought you had
me, didn't you! Well, you haven't.
That's last years pass
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-06
-e--0-
BRIGHT BITS.

-"I hear that he married an actress. -
IAN men do."-Detroit Free Press.
Has he great poetical magma
tion?"
81 should say so; he imagines he's
a poet!"-Baltimore Herald.
An Advantage.-First Actor: The
advance agent has to hustle.
Second Actor: Yes; but he doesn't
have to attend the performance.-Puck
Miss DeAuber Gan amateur art
isD: Rave you ever been done in
oil, Mr. Marks?
Mr.. Marks: WE'LL I guess yes.
Miss DeAuber: And who was the
artist?
Mr.. Marks: Artist nothing! 1t was
a promoter that did me.-Chicago
News.
-Waggsby: Old Publicity is beyond
a doubt the most eccentric man ever
saw.
Naggsby: How SOP
dozen papers have printed portraits
of him, and the contrary creature
actually looks like every one of the
pictures.-Baltimore American.
Goodman: 1 think I made an i'm
preston on Luschnsan to-day. 1 point
ed out to him that if he'd only save
the money that's usually spent for
his drink, he'd have several hundred
dollars at the end of year
hewitt: Wrong tack. If you want
Luschman's friends. = Philadelphia
Press
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-06
Personal.

Mrs. Leland Stanford has given to
the university of which she is the pa
troness the famous Brugsch Bey col
lection of Egyptian antiquities. 1t con-
tains a vast number of objects, large
and small, dating from 5000 to 5000
3. C.
Paul Gabel, who died in New York
last week at the age of "a, is reputed
to have been the originator in Amer
lea of the "delicatessen" store. He
was a native of Germany and opened
a delicatessen store in New York city
nearly three-quarters of a century
ago.
Bernard Joseph Ward, soldier, ora
tor and inventor, has died in Phila-
delphia, and doctors say that grief
over Pope Leo's death FASTENED the
Quaker City mans end. Ward was
born in England sixtyfive years ago
and studied for the priesthood. At the
age of % he was deported to Australia
because of his radical Catholicism, but
escaped and came to this country. He
distinguished himself in the Civil War
and President Lincoln, at Gen. Grant
suggestion, gave him a medal. De-
ceased was an ardent champion of Irish
home rule and a devoted admirer of the
Pope.
Rev Sanford Olmstead, the Episco-
palian bishop of Colorado. is noted for
the skill with which he can collect mon
ey for charity. Here is an instance of
Bishop Olmstead's address as a collec-
tor. He called on man one day who
was well-to-do. but somewhat close.
He asked for money for some worthy
charity. and the man said: I'd give
something gladly, but the fact is I've
only $500 with me in cash-$30O that
I've put aside for my funeral" You
trust God with your SOUL said Bishop
Olmstead, "but you're afraid to trust
him with your funeral. eh?" This COM
ment gained the bishop a generous con-
tribution.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-06
The Cooling Peppermint.

Gimme a nickle's worth of pepper
mint lozenges, demanded a stout in
dividual, as he waddled up to the coun-
ter of a downstown drugstore, says the
Philadelphia Press.
Yes, sir" replied the affable clerk.
who was trying to make an empress
sion on a pretty girl slipping soda at
the fountain in the front part of the
store.
"Mmm," gurgled the portly man, as
he placed two of the CONNECTIONS in
his mouth. 'Them's the kind! That's
the stuff Better'n all the soda in
Christendom."
What do you mean by that?" in
quired an elderly man who was vim
ing the Precipitation from his brow.
why, it's jes this a way" answered
the man of girth. IF you try to drown
your thirst this weather you only NM
water inside that has got to come
out through your pores. Then Won
wilt your collar and look as IL some one
had turned a hose on you But I dor,+
drink anything. Not mel I les NM
one or two of these peppermint lozer '
ges In my mouth They moisten IN nv,
mouth and then / don't want n drill.
then ! don't sweat Try H. TRY a.
Tell you what it's great"
And he walked. out Of tho ETC..
chewing peppermint lozenges ana a.,
S'al Gu
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-06
WALL STREET. TROUBLES.

1t is clear now that the so-called
wall street experts know nothing of
the cause that is disturbing Wall
street, and has been disturbing it for
months. The other day when the fall
ures of Taylor and Stow were an
nounced it was said by these experts
that the limit of the downward move
ment of the prices of stocks had been
reached. They had been saying that
lost confidence in them. Still 1t did
seem as If stocks would go no lower,
and there was a very general belief
that there would be an improvement in
prices in the near future. Yesterday,
however, the downward movement Of
prices began again, and one failure was
recorded. 1t seems that the feeling In
the street was that of depression. be-
cause of the evidence that the best in
formed men in the street were wholly
at sea as to what might be expected
relative to the movements of the stock
market in the near future.
Nobody seems to know what It is
that Is such a dead weight on the mar
ket. 1t may be that the alarm over the
industrials is pulling down prices. and
yet Mr.. Morgan, in his talk about the
resignation Of Mr.. Schwab from the
presidency of the United States Steel
Corporation took occasion to say that
that corporation was in a better con-
dition financially and in every other
way than at any other time since its
formation.
There may be such a thing as talking
too much and too often. 1t is proba-
BILE that Mr.. Morgan stated the truth,
but there are those doubtless who
think that If the steel corporation was
in such a good condition there would
be no reason for calling attention 10
it. The frequent assertions that the
steel corporation and other Industrial
concerns are all right have the effect
to some extent, of weakening public
confidence in them. If there is really
no reason why stocks should go lower
a slight improvement in the prices of
them ought to take place In the near
future.
The crops. from the accounts that
are being published. are good and rail-
road earnings keep up remarkably well.
Railroad securities ought to rise in price
and ought to strengthen confidence In
other securities
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-06

men for an investigation of the recent
corner in cotton. it might find it diff
hcult to get the testimony necessary
to make out a case against those re-
sDonsible for the corner.
OF course the cotton spectators say
that it was possible to run up the
price of cotton as they did for the
to the demand. Whether or not this
is true will appear probably when the
new crop begins coming in. If the
crop Of this season was actually short
then the price Of cotton of the new
crop will be pretty high, but if It
wasn't, then the price will drop down
with great rapdity, particularly if
the movement of cotton to market is
rapid.
STILL 1t is doubtful If the mill men
will be able to bring enough testimony
to the attention of a Congressional
committee to justify Congress In leg
islatlng against the cotton corner. The
farmers have more influence than the
mill men in Washington. and if they
prefer that cotton futures shall be sold
it is hardly probable that Congress will
take any action putting a stop to their
sale
1t would be a good thing for the
South, however. if the sale of cotton
futures were prohibited. 1t is a safe
estimate that cotton planters and 9th
ers in the South waste many millions
of dollars annually, by specializing in
these futures. For some reason or
other the Southerners are always on
the bull side Of the market at the
wrong time, ard consequently lose
their money. The South would he
enmpa, lively rich day if her peo-
pie had put no m"neY in cotton futures
since the close Of the Civil War,
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-06
INDEX TO new ADVERTISEMENTS

Meetings-Post A. T. P. A.: Solo
mons Lodge No. l. F. & A. M; Ca
lanthe Lodge No. %, X. of P.
Special Notices-Ship Notice,
Strachan & Co.. Consignees; Fishing
Tackle. Cornwell & Chapman.
Business Notices-Extracts, Solomon
G. Son; Preserved Peaches, A. M. &
C. w. West.
Amusements-P Of Sacred
Heart Church at South End To-day;
Trip on Two States by Moonlight Fri
day Night.
Attention Mil Men-Brobston, Fen
dig & Co.
FinanciaI-statemen of the Condi-
'tion of the Savannah prust Com
pany.
Beer-Schlitz Brewing Co.
Silverware-The Gorham Co.
Every Effort Exerted-The Savan-
nah Steam Laundry.
Cheap for Spot Cash-At ,Latti-
mores.
Have You Tried Them--At Rowlin-
skis.
New Pack Green Tea-The Delmon-
leo Company.
Schools and Colleges-The Donald
Fraser School for Boys, Decatur, Ga.
Medical-Peruna; Mulrs Grape
Tonic; DR.. Hathaway.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Hel
Wanted. Employment Wanted. For
Rent, For Sale. Lost, Personal, Mis-
cellaneous.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-06
why He Ate YoII~s of Eggs.

Lady Yarmouth, who was Miss Alice
Thaw, of Pittsburg, was presented at
the Court of st. James in June, says
the New York Tribune. Since her ar
rival at the Yarmouth estate she has
received much attention from the peas
ants, and many small presents have
been bestowed on her. She told to one
of her American friends who visited
her in England the following story.
which she got from a woman whose
sick child she was visiting:
The woman complained to Lady Var
mouth of her difficulty in getting along,
and of an experience she had had
with a boarder.
1.-THE first morning this man stopped
here" she said, she began to eat boil
ed eggs very greedily. Egg after egg
he ate--three, four, five, six-and it
was only the yolk of them that he
swallowed; the white he didn't bother
with at all.
when he dug his spoon into the
seventh egg my temper got the bet
ter of me, and I said in severe tone:
Don't you ever eat the white of the
egg. sir?"
Surely not, my woman" he an
swered. The yolk is the bird; the
white is the feathers. Would you have
me make a bolster of myselfY -
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-06
WHAT CAN CONGRESS DO ABOUT
1T.

The cotton mill men. 1t seems, are
going to see if Congress will not I'M
dertake to prevent corners in cotton.
There is no doubt of course that Con-
gress can prohibit the cornering of cot
ton, but IL it consults the wishes OF a
majority of those who are interested
in the cotton crop Will it do so?
or course the mill owners have suf-
fered greatly this season on account
of the high price of cotton. Many
mills have been shut down be-
cause cotton goods can't be man
ufactured except at loss But
while the mill owners may want
the dealing in cotton futures
prohibited, it is by no means
certain that the cotton growers would
favor such prohibition. In the opin-
ion of, perhaps, a majority of them
the cotton future business is a great
assistance to them in getting for their
cotton somewhere near what It is
worth.
The cotton growers who held on to
their cotton during the present season
got a very good price for TIA better
price than cotton has brought In many
years. The cotton growers also be-
lieve that the present high price OF
spot cotton are due 10 the corner that
was run during the past few months
IN cotton. II, therefore. Congress
should grant the request OF the mill
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-06
The Psychologist Explains.

Pointing to the machine of which he
was the proud and happy inventor, the
celebrated psychologist evinced by a
sigh the deepest sense of satisfaction,
says Life.
Another step" he exclaimed, lis
now made possible in the education of
the American child. By placing in
fants in this machine for only an hour
day from infancy up, the total num-
Der of impressions sent through the eff
ferent nerves to the corteX is regis
tered. Dividing these over a given
number of years by the average num-
Der of days and noting the increase by
years, we have the average increase,
which checked off by the sum total of
facts, registered in my new system Of
examinations, enables us at last to APP
ply the double-e1try system of book
keeping to the development of real
child culture"
But" we asked innocently-for it
was evident from the start that we
were mere tyros, and hadn't the faint
est idea of the extreme value of
science-"what do you gain thereby"
Whereupon the psychologist pushed
us aside with a sign of contempt.
why, my living, of course" he ex-
claimed with a touch of real pathos.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-06

The German boom seems to be gath
ering size and weight, like a SNOWFALL
rolled down hill Democratic State
Chairman Hall OF Pennsylvania says
the delegation Of his state win be for
German in the convention. Represen-
tative Bankhead of Alabama says his
state is in favor OF German. A re-
cent poll Of the Georgia Legislature
showed German to be the favorite OF
the members. And thus it goes The
convention is still some time off, but
it is not too early for public opinion
to begin to take shape, and it seems
to be shaping itself towards the Mary
land man.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-06
THE PRICE or COTTON.

A question that is attracting atten-
ton and becoming the subject of dis
| cussion is whether or not the price OF
| cotton is higher than it win remain
| provided the evidence is that the croI
/ of the coming season is only an aver
age one.
OF course those who are on the bull
side Of the market insist that the
scarcity of cotton is what has put up
it's price, and not the manipulation OF
spectators. 1t is true of course that
If there had not been a scarcity of
cotton the spectators wouldn't have
been able to force the price up as high
as they have, but there would have
been a remarkable rise in the price
even if there had been no speculation.
The indications now are that cotton
growers are going TO get an unusu-
ally high price for the crop of the
coming season-the season beginning
Sept /, but will a very high price be
of permanent benefit to the cotton
growers? That is a question which no
doubt many of them are now con-
sidering. At the present price there
must be a very great advance in the
prices of manufactured cottons. The
higher price will have the effect of
limiting consumption. Mills will be
running on half or two-thlrds time be-
cause OF the difficulty Of getting rid
of their product.
And there Will be another effect
Of the higher price of cotton. 1t will
stimulate other nations to produce
cotton in their possessions. Russia,
Germany. Great Britain and France
are now engaged in trying to make
themselves Independent of the United
States in the matter of cotton. While
in years gone by similar experiments
have been made without very salts
factory results its doesn't follow that
experiments that are now being made
will not be successful.
The high price of cotton therefore
will have a tendency to do two things,
namely, to lessen consumption of cot
ton goods and to increase the supply
of raw cotton The question which
arises therefore is whether in the long
run the abnormally high price OF cot
ton is likely to be of permanent bene-
fit to cotton growers.
If the present price of cotton could be
maintained the South would soon be-
come the richest agricultural section
of the United States. Those who are
taking a rosy view of the situation
are insisting that the present price
will be maintained and the South viii
get between $14O,OOO.O 900 and $15O,OOO. 1000
a year more for her cotton crop.
Should their views of the situation
prove to be correct the prosperity OF
the South would be phenomenal.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-06
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The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-06

Recently compiled data show that
insanity is considerably on the increase
in England. In 1883 the proper
ton was one insane person to each 5s6
OF population. Last year. this proper
ton had become one insane to 29s of
population. That is a very high per-
centage, and the health and sanitary
officials OF the country are much dis
turbed by the facts It is believed
that most cases Of insanity are caused
by the drink and drug habits. Hered-
iiy Is responsible for large number
Of the cases, by reason Of which there
Is revival Of talk Of enacting laws
to prevent the marriage Of persons Of
unsound mind or liable 70 become
mentally unsound
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-06
A Real Conversation with Clancy.

Once a year Clancy comes up to
Meadowville to plow the garden, says
Lippincott's.
You have a new horse, Clancy"
says |.
Il have says he.
Where's the old one?"
Traded her fer this one
What was the matter with her?"
Shed bad kidneys and weak
back"
placer"
"Shure, she won't be there long.
That man could sell her at the hunt
club fer a high jumper; anybody'l
b'lave him"
professional horse trader?" I ask
ed.
mo. the preacher"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-06

Vague but ominous whisperings Of
another great coal strike are being
heard in the anthracite regions. Ac-
cording to these whisperings there will
be no strike this year, but that next
year, with presidential election on,
the men will go out and refuse to cut
a pound of coal unless all of their de-
mands are complied with. 1t is argued
by some of the leaders that more
pressure can be brought to bear on the
mine owners in an election year than
at any other time.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-06

Miss Helen Gould has been re-
quested to undertake a difficult task.
namely, to arbtrate the differences be-
tween the striking mill girls OF Hol-
yoke Mass, and their employers. Miss
Gould has not indicated whether or
not she will undertake the Job. There
are some 1000 girls on strike IN Hol-
yoke for better pay and shorter hours.
They declare themselves entirely Will
Ing to abide by Miss Gould's award.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-06
Eczema
Saluda. N. c.. hiIv 40 Anon

Kalola Company, Savannah, Ga:
Gentlemen-LaSt winter while in
Savannah | was troubled with indi-
geStion and rheumatism. | tried
many remedies without getting anv
relief, and finally | got bottle Of
Kalola. After taking 1t was entirely
relieved of both troubles, and so far
have had no return. | can heartily
recommend Kalola to any one aflic.
ted with rheumatism or indigestion
Very truly yours,
T. E. McIVER
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-06

Gen. Miles may have his day and
his revenge, after all. The Grand
Army of the Republic will meet in
national encampment at San Francis
co in a few days. There is we'll
defined movement on foot to make
Gen. Miles the commander-in-chief of
the organization. Should that pro-
gramme be carried out it would be
in his power to make those officials
at Washington who have been sticking
pins into him for the last several years
walk chalk line. With the Grand
Army of the Republic behind him
Miles could dictate things at Wash
ington and have his wishes complied
with. There would be no more
"snubs" and "slaps" for him, such as
we have read about of late. He would
be more powerful than he was while
ranking general of the regular army.
lie would be sought and courted by
the rocking chair heroes of the de-
partment.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-06

We fear the Galveston News is sour
ed. 1t suggests that if Col James
Hamilton Lewis would build that tun-
mel under Boring Straits, then take
his friend. John Wesley Gaines and
go into it and stay there" the smile
on the face of Uncle Sam" would
broaden. But does the News realize
the terrible thing it suggests? Does
it not know that with both of these
luminaries permanently eclipsed, put
out, showed into a tunnel, eXtinguish-
ed, and so on, that the temperature
of this hemisphere would Immediately
drop below the absolute zero point and
life would be impossible? Would the
News make of this smiling and pros
porous country a wilderness of ice and
silence? Then let it not advocate the
abolition of those foci of energy
that keep the country palpitating and
fruitful.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-06

Chief Justice John Marshall knew
that water would tighten tire on a
wheel, and, when he once found a
wheel loose, he drove to a creek, says
Youth This wet one part of the
wheel. Then he drove out and backed
his horse. The same part of the wheel
went into the water again. Again he
tried it, all the time getting the same
part of the wheel wet. A colored man
came along, and, seeing the situation
told the judge to drive into the water
again. Then he took hold of a spoke,
turned it around and soon had all the
wheel wet. Judge Marshall said:
why, 1 never thought of doing that"
The colored man smiling replied:
''Well, some people nat'ly have more
sense than some others, anyhow"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-06
The Fly was particular.

A certain spinster in Indianapolis,
says the Journal of that city, who has
lived alone in her beautiful and state
ly home for many years. is one of the
city's most notable housewives. No
childish fingers have ever marred the
brilliance of her mirrors and windows
or played havoc with the handsome
bronZes and vases in the daintily
cared for dining room. At the horne
of her brother, where seven children
romp from morning until night, as
may be imagined, the same exquisite
perfection of housekeeping is impossi
BILE. One day her small niece returned
home after tea party at auntie's, and
in an awed voice said: Mama,
saw fly in Aunt Maria's house, but
(thoughtfully) it was washing itself"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-06
The weather.

The indications for Georgia for to-
day are for partly cloudy weather,
showers on coast, with variable winds;
Eastern Florida partly cloudy weather,
with variable winds.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-06

The Chicago Journal speaks of GER
tain books of wood in Cassel as prob
ably unique in the world But doesn't
the Journal know that the markets
are full of wooden books under the
guise of summer literature? Indeed,
the Journal itself sometimes makes
wooden Jokes