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The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-03
CURRENT COMMENT,

The Washington Post (Dem), says:
Curb the power of the trusts, by all
means. Limit them to a legitimate and
useful exercise of their activities. There
is much to do along these lines, and in
telligent and courageous action is ur-
gently desired. But to abolish them is
impossible. That is the dream of a Wis
ionary, the hope of a brooding anar-
chist, the prattle of silly demagogue."
The Philadelphia Record (Dem.)
says: Edmond Therey acknowledges
that he has lost the wager of a 10, 1000
franc breakfast that sixteen kilos of
silver would buy one kilo of gold by
the end of 1902, which he made five
years ago with Yves Guyot, and he will
give the breakfast at the end of this
month. Several foreign economists will
be invited to attend. If any of the
Kansas and Nebraska Populists shall
get invitations they will have to de-
cline them, for their faith in silver is
as strong as ever, and this breakfast
will be in the nature of confession
that not only silverism, but bimetallism.
has collapsed"
The Louisville Courier Journal
(Dem.), says: Publicity is a good
thing as far as it goes But it is like
faith without works. 1t is of no value
unless it is acted on. We have good
deal of publicity with reference to beet
sugar, as was shown in these columns
yesterday, but it is not yet apparent
that those interested in this commodity
do not own the country. We have a
census report showing that the average
labor cost of manufactured goods is
about IL per cent. of the product. vet
we maintain an average tariff of so
per cent under the pretense of pro-
tecting labor by covering the difference
in wages at home and abroad. 1t has
been demonstrated over and over that
many of the duties of the Dingley tar
iff are useless for revenue, not needed
for protection, and good only to shelter
monopoly and promote trusts. Yet
we are told that that law must not be
touched, that it is a sin even to suggest
its revision. We do not so much need
publicity as willingness to act upon
the knowledge We already have"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-03
PERSONAL.

Col. Thomas Wentworth Higginson
has turned his S1st year and is still in
fairly good health, passing considera-
bic time at his writing table. Among
New England men of letters only DR..
Edward Everett Hale is his senior.
The completion of the great Nile
reservoir recalls Lord Miners story of
what a wise native told him twenty
Years ago. IF you are going in for
charlatanism," said the Egyptian, re
lieve the land tax. If your object is to
give hospitality to Egypt create a re-
serVoir.'
In obedience to the oft-expressed
desire of the late DIR. Parker. the
great nonconformist London preacher,
hardly any mourning was worn at his
funeral. No sable drapery hung about
his coffin, which was covered with
flowers, and the funeral was simplicity
itself. DR.. Parker always declared
despair to be essentially non-Christian.
Maj. Gen. Adna r. Chaffee. home
from China and the Philippines, has
been visiting the scenes of his child
hood in Ashtabula county, o. In re-
Spouse to some question in regard to
the war" in China the general said:
1T was rotten, from a fighting stand
point-no war at all, in fact. The Chi
nese troops are very inferior soldiers
The General has great admiration for
the Empress of China. whom he pro-
nounces to be wonderful woman.
Congressman Loudenslager came
upon party of friends in a. cafe and
said to them, with appearance of some
excitement: Ever hear of this fellow
who can stick out his tongue and touch
his ear?" All declared such a thing
to be impossible. 'Oh, no, it isn't. Why,
| can do it," said the man from New
Jersey. Everybody present made bet
with him on the subject and then Lou
denslager won all around by sticking
out his tongue and touching his ear
with his finger.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-03
4 PRosPEROUs YEAR,

There is $615. 319.367 in gold in the
Treasury and financiers agree that the
outlook is promising for a prosperous
year Keene, Sage, Housman and 9TH
er Wall street men who are on the look
out for signs of hard times say they see
nothing in the situation to cause the
least uneasiness. The farmers are
prosperous, manufacturers are max
ing money and the railroads are doing
better business than ever before in
their history.
There are pessimists of course who
think they see signs of coming trou-
BILE. But there have been such Droph-
cts of evil ever since the present period
of prosperity began. They have rea-
sons for the views they express, but
then it is an easy matter to find rea-
sons for all sorts Of views on any sub
ject.
The corn crop is an enormous one
and it is beginning to move. Corn will
be cheaper this year than it was last.
and therefore living will be a little
and wages rising the wage-earner
ought to share in the good times as
well as the capitalist. The price of cot
ton is good, better than it was at this
time last year, and Southern farmers
are in good shape. Experience teaches
that prosperity comes in waves and
that we have period of prosperity
and then a period of adversely but the
present period of prosperity may last
"A little longer than previous prosper
Gus periods have. 1t is to be hoped il
will, and that when the period of adj
versity comes it will BE- shorter than
it usually is.
According to James r. Keene the
noted Wall street Spectator. the only
cloud on the horizon is the lack of suf-
fcient money for the transaction of
business, but, then, legitimate business
has not suffered greatly from the lack
of money Only spectators like Mr..
Keene have been pinched now and
then for means to carry margined Sc
curities. Still. little more money
wouldn't hurt, and 1T may be that Con-
gress will give it's attention to this
matter at an early day. The Secretary
of the Treasury and bankers have GER
tainly talked enough about IL to in
tiuence that body to take hold of it in
earnest, and, that too, at very early
day.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-03

Representative Richardson of Ten
nessee, the leader of the Democrats on
the floor of the House, is of the opinion
that the Democrats will select one of
three men for their standard bearer
in 1904. namely, former Secretary of
State Olney of Massachusetts, Sen
ator German of Maryland and Judge
Alton 4. Parker of New York. He
seems inclined TO favor Judge Parker
Each one OF these men has his sup
porters in various parts of the coun-
try. Mr.. Olney has many friends in
the West and so has Judge Parker.
/ Senator German has more supporters
| in the South than in any other action.
Mr.. Richardson thinks the prospects
! for the success of the Democratic
party in the next presidential contest
/ are good, and he says they are be-
/ coming better all the time. In look
| ing over the political situation he
/ finds there is very determined feel
! ing in favor of a revision of the tariff,
and he is confident that there will be
no revision as long as the Republican
party is in power, for the reason that
the element of that party which favors
high protection is In control of the
party.
Mr.. Richardson points out that the
Republicans are trying to head off
tariff revision by shouting that the
purpose of the Democrats is not fair
revision, but free trade. He says that
they know, as every Democrats knows,
that there is no demand for absolute
free trade. All that is proposed by the
Democrats is a tariff that will be
just to all interests. The effect of
terests great advantages over others.
1t enables trusts to flourish at the ex-
pense of the people.
OF course the wing of the party
which is in sympathy with Mr. Bryan
will have great deal to say about the
making of the platform and the nam
ing of the ticket, because it is abso-
lutely necessary that there shall be
harmony in the party IL there is to be
success. Mr.. Richardson is of the
opinion that Mr.. Bryan favors Mr.
Olney, though Mr.. Bryan has not COM
mitted himself to him. The fact that
the great political club of Omaha. the
capital of Mr.. Bryans state, has been
making efforts to get Mr.. Olney to
visit Nebraska and meet the Demo-
cratic leaders there is not without
| significance.
There will be a great deal of specu-
lation from now until the meeting of
the nominating convention as to plat
form declarations and candidates, but
in the meantime, it is safe to say, the
two wings of the party will be getting
| closer together.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-03
Polite Discrimination.

When George Lederer, the chorus
picker, was a younger man he used to
do all of his own stage managing, says
the New York Times Now he does a
part of 1t, but only long enough to get
the company in trim. While he was in
charge of affairs he declares that he
had lesson in diplomatic discrimina-
ton taught him, which he has never
forgotten.
1t was during a rehearsal. Lederer
stepped out in front of the unruly
group and said: II want all the prin-
cipals to the front of the stage"
Immediately there was rush. Every
chorus girl, every stage mechanic, all
the AYE, aye. sirs'-in fact, every
body within hearing scrambled pell-
nell toward the footlights. Several in
candescent globes were broken. Mr..
Lederer was nonplussed. Finally he
restored order. Then he walked out in
front of the line again.
'Win those ladies and gentlemen
who have more than two lines to speak
In the forthcoming production of this
piece kindly move toward the front of
the stage?" he asked.
Since then he has never used any
other query when Sorting OUT
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-03
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Special Notices-Thanks of Board OF
Directoressses of Florence Crittenton
Mission; Plenty Goodies, Jas. J. Joyce;
Brains, Triple, etc, at Gardeners; Ship
Notices, Strachan & Co.. Agents.
Business Notices-Prunes, A. M. &
C. w. West; Fine Elgin Creamery But
ter, The S. w. Branch Co.
A Trade Winner-The Metropolitan
Clothing Co.
Financial-Savings Department, Sa-
vannah Trust Co.
musements-Lecture by Gen. John
B. Gordon, at Guards Hall, Jan. s.;
Mabel Paige at Theater To-day and
Tonight.
Silverware-The Gorham Co.
Foods-Baker's Cocoa.
Medical-Vinol; Laxative Bromo
Qunine Tablets; Hatcher Medical Co. !;
Cuticura.
Whisky-Hayner Rye.
Pens--Esterbrook Pens.
Cheap Column Advertisements-He
Wanted, Employment Wanted, For
Rent. For Sale. Lost. Personal. Mis-
cellaneous.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-03
TicI1ed Reeds Sense of Humor.

Impervious to criticism, though by no
means oblivious of it, Thomas B.
Reed, according to his intimates, hard
ly relished the title of GEAR" so
generally conferred upon him in the
day when as speaker he ruled a frac-
tious minority in the lower house of
Congress, says the New York Times.
1T is an epithet, not a sobriquet,
he once remarked to me-" said a friend
of the ex-speaker the other day; "but
[ well remember one occasion on which
he really enjoyed the title
I'VE were talking along Pennsyl-
vania avenue one day when a news
paper wagon dashed up to the curb
near us and the driver called to several
newsboys:
Here y'are, boys, new extra Bomb
thrown at the czar!'
'Aw, g'wan," replied one of the
urchins. That's a fake. Here's the
car comm up the street.
Mr.. Reed shook with convulsive ap-
probation of the newsboy's idea that
there was only one cara certain
ponderous man from Maine"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-03
OFFICIAL.
LIQUOR LICENSE.
City of Savannah,

Office Clerk of Council,
Savannah Ca. Dec. 2s, 1902
The following applications to retail
liquor during the year 1908, were read
at meeting of Council Dec. "a. 1892,
and referred to Committee of the
Whole. w. P. BAILEY,
Clerk of Council.
Chas. Abel. 2o1 Bay street
Brown Bros, Anderson and East
Broad.
Brooks & Green. 1923 West Broad
street.
Thos. F. Beytagh, 1927 East Broad st.
H. H. Bunger, 1915 Ogeechee road.
o. D. Brodman, Randolph street and
Ogeechee avenue.
Chas. Brickman, Indian and West
Broad streets.
Geo. Christopher, $40 Sims street
Geo. christopher, 102 West Broad
street.
Hugh Donohue. 633 River street
Mrs. Geo. Ducott. 646 Bay street,
west.
John ]. Eliopoles, 2s4 Randolph St
East End Grocery, East Boundary
and Broughton streets.
John H. Grimm. Drayton and Presi-
dent streets.
F. Grimm. Randolph and President
streets.
Henry Gerken, IT'S Wheaton street.
w. H. Gartelman, West Broad and
Thirty-second streets.
Estate Mary Horrigan, Bryan and
Houston streets.
C. H. Hoffman. rs East Broad street.
Thos. L. Hill, Wayne and jefferson
streets.
L. E. Hodges SOS Oak street.
M. S. Hansen. "a West Broad st.
A. III. Hitchman, 319 West Broad st.
c. D. Kersen. 212 Broughton street,
west.
Fl. F. Kuck. 1875 Anderson street.
east.
Harry Lange, West Broad and Stew
art streets.
C. F. Luerssen, 1923 Bull street.
Nicholas Lang, 80 Barnard street.
John Lyons & Co., % Broughton
street. west.
John Meyer, Anderson and Randolph
streets.
C. A. O'Brien. Charlton and West
Broad streets.
Est. N. Paulsen, River and Barnard
streets.
John T. Radstraw. whatley avenue
and Montgomery street.
r. Remler, Drayton and Liberty SITS.
John Ripke, Drayton and McDonough
streets.
Bernhard Remler. Arnold and ogle-
thorpe avenue.
Philip Sanders. Bull and Best SITS.
Loci Sable, Waldburg and Burroughs
streets.
Q. E. Stirarius. 242O Bull street.
John Stahmer, Bryan and Ann SITS.
John F. Tietjen, 225 West Broad st.
. Eli Veruki, AZ Barnard street.
H. Wood. 242 West Broad street.
watson d Powers. De Soto Hotel.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-03
Kitchen Culture.

COnly nine replies were received tc
an advertisement for cook, while :
simultaneous request for a must,
teacher produced Ss9 applicants. -
Morning Paper.)
Belinda, it was fine of Won
To stoop to culinary toll.
But lettuceS, L think, can do
with less of vinegar than oil:
And yet, although you spoil a salad.
How sweetly you can sing a ballad
Not cen a lunatic would sing
A paean DER your buttered toast.
Your hand for pastry" is a thing
OF Which you have no right to boast.
But my artistic soul with glee notes
Your splendid touch upon the key
notes.
You have somewhat CHASTITY knack
OF OVERRIDING ribs of beef:
The way you serve up bacon black
Is, mildly speaking, past belief.
BUT while l wonder still 1 do know
How capably you render Gounod.
Potatoes are form of food
That you can never rightly cook
Zen when in contemplative mood
You studied Mrs. Beeton's book:
Ihey look and taste like tallow candle
Yet now you can interpret Handel!
You do not grasp the ms and outs
Or serving the most simple sweet.
your sausages and Brussels sprouts
Are quite impossible to eat;
You can't cook even a tomato
But how sublime is your vibratoI
You must have answered. it appears
10 me- the wrong advertisement
And out of two distinct careers
twas for the wrong one that Won
went.
Your cookery is far from sano:
20 IN for teaching the piano.
-AosIyn 1. Pigott in Harper's
Weekly,
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-03
THE HOLIDAY CASUALTY LIST.

The holiday week Is over, and those
who are preserved in life and limb have
reason to be thankful. The list of dead
and wounded of the Christmas season
would make an excellent showing as
the casualty list of big battle. Most
people dread the advent of the Christ
mas season, and give thanks when it
is gone. They make resolves about
what they will do next time: and next
time the dead and wounded are about
as many as before. If the Hottentots
were to engage in such bloody cele-
brations as we have every Christmas.
they would injure their very poor repu-
tation. Whenever an effort is made
to put stop to the sale of dangerous
explosives during the midwinter holi-
days, the plea is put forth that such
prohibition would injure investors who
had laid in stock of such dangerous
goods. Now, Immediately after the
ties of all cities and town to give no.
tice to all interested that the laws
would be enforced. and life and proper
ty be protected by prohibiting the de-
tonating of explosives within corporate
limits. The deaths and maimings in
cident to every Christmas holiday are
fearful to contemplate The death of
one person-even the loss of an eye
or a hand-cannot be made good by
the profits of a few traders or the ex-
cuses of fools.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-03
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The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-03
A Losing Advancement.

Farmer Goodman suffered repeated
losses from his hog yard. and. after a
good deal of patient watching discoy-
cred that his neighbor. Mr.. Nabber.
was the thief. says the New York
Times.
Being an exceedingly good-natured
man, Mr.. Goodman called on his neigh
Dor, and said to him:
'Neighbor Nabber. I have positive
proof that you have been-er-um-
we'll, rather careless in relation to nv
hogs. NY losses in consequence have
been much greater than I can afford.
L would like to make a compromise
with you, and not compromise you by
going to law. I'll give you 500 pounds
of pork every year if you will pledge
me not to-er-that is-not to be gull
ty of any further contributory negli-
gence in connection with my hog
yard"
But Nabber declined to make any
amicable arrangements: in fact. he
pretended to be offended by Mr.. Good
mans allegations. Conditions soon be-
came even worse, and good Mr.. Good
man was driven to a heroic measure.
He had his neighbor, Mr.. Nabber. in
dicted for hog stealing.
On the witness stand he told all
about his offer of compromise, and
said:
II am willing to renew it right now
If the judge will give his consent to
the arrangement, and the prisoner will
agree not to modest my hogs any more,
I'll give him 500 pounds of pork every
year, and let this case be dismissed. ]"
We'll, prisoner, what have you to
say to that?" asked the Judge.
After some moments of reflection.
with eyes FORWARD, the prisoner rails
ed his head and made reply:
Wal, ledge, 1 reckon I'll have to
accept the propositions, under all of
the circumstances. but I'm satisfied I
shall lose right smart of money
by it."
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-03
a Matter for the ocuIi.t.

Like several other members of the
House, notably Uncle Joe" Cannon.
Carter Glass. the new member from
Virginia. is a long-suffering victim of
his name. says the New York Tribune.
Pun after pun has been showered upon
him. The clerks at the desk are the
most fragrant offenders. When the roll
was called the other day on Mr.. Rich
ardson's motion to recommit the Phil
ippine tariff bill with instructions. the
reading clerk called: MT. Glassi"
AYE" answered Mr.. Glass. quickly,
with a pronuncia ton like eye"
AYE" repeated another of the
clerks, for the instruction OF the tai
lyman.
That's wrong" exclaimed another
clerk. There is not glass eye in this
House"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-03

correspondent of the Baltimore
Sun suggests that "rheumagraph" or
"rheumagram, from the Greek verb
"rheo," Ito flow. as a wave or cur
remit, is the proper word to designate
a wireless message. AS an alternative
the correspondent suggests ether
gram" which is made up of words IA
miliar to the public. The first sugges-
ton is almost too much a reminder of
rheumatism for it to be taken seri-
ously. The punsters would be contin-
ually having fun with it, Either
gram would probably be the more ac-
ceptable, since it's meaning may be
readily grasped.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-03

One ChiId's Invocation.

The five-yeaT-old daughter of a CALI
fornia family has habit of occa-
siona1ly wandering in her prayers said
just before she retires for the night,
says the New York Times. A few
nights ago she finished Our Father
with credit. but stopped after the open
ing line of Now l lay me down to
sleep"
go on. daughter" said her mother.
The little prayed ended, God bless
father" and the rest came after a
short pause.
well, dear, you haven't prayed for
yourself" said the mother.
"Oh, no! Wen. then, God bless me
and make me absolutely pure, like
Blanks baking powder"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-03

"Gasman' Addicks of Delaware
seems to be slowly but surely making
his way towards the United States
Senate. At a special election in Kent
county the other day he gained one
more vote in the Legislature, and now
lacks but five of having a sufficient
number to secure his selection on joint
ballot. The New York Evening Post
says: There seems to be some little
dispute whether voters in the Kent
county district received $40 or $50 for
their ballots. but nobody denies that
vote-buying by the supporters of Ad-
dicks was open and general" The
name of Addicks has become a syno-
nym for political corruption, yet he is
to-day recognized by the President of
the United States as the leading Re-
publican of his state.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-03

Inventor Thomas A. Edison predicts
great things for 1903. He says he has
perfected his new storage battery,
which viii be put on the market this
month, and which will put the horse
out of business. Medicine, he says, is
failure and the new year will push
it further than ever into the back
ground. Surgery, diet and antisep-
tics are the means of curing and pre-
venting disease which, to his mind,
will be most prominent hereafter. The
investigators may even discover the
germ of old age and a specific for it,
Mr.. Edison does not take much stock
in flying machines, because he can
see no commercial use for them. He
thinks there will be few, if any more
great wars. One of the tasks Mr.. Ed
ison has set for himself this year is to
see if he cannot get electricity direct
ly from coal.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-03

Gen. Miles is to return home by way
of the Siberian Railway. That win
delay his arrival in Washington be-
yond the date originally set. However,
both the general and the War De-
partment clique appear to be having
a good time with so many miles be-
tween them.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-03

Workmen are now busy on the foun-
dations of what is to be the tallest
building in New York, and, in fact, in
the world. 1t is the structure that is
being erected for the National Bank
of North America, and it will be
known as the Wall Street Exchange
Building. 1t will be located Just
across the street from the Broad Ex-
change Building and will occupy four
lots. From the street to the level
of the roof it viii be 1927 feet in hight.
and will have a floor space of about
nve acres; that is, It will have that
amount of rentable space. It is es-
timated that the yearly income from
the building will be about s40O. 900.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-03

Only five railroads went into the
hands of receivers last year. They
have an aggregate of 27s miles of
track, bonded debt of $500, 900 and
capital stock OF sS,s45.0OO. Only twice
in twenty-seven years has the record
of reeeiverships been lower-in 1881,
when five roads, but with less mile
age, were put into the hands of re-
ceivers, and in 1901, when four roads
with seventy-three miles of track
failed and were put into receivers
hands. Last year there were eighteen
foreclosure sales of roads, involving
a mileage of 6sS miles and stocks and
bounds amounting to s6,T95. o47 900.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-03

1t is stated that four great railway
systems, the New York Central, the
Pennsylvania, the Union Pacific and
the Southern Pacific, have at present
on foot schemes of improvements that
will involve an expenditure of not less
than $115.OOO,OOO within the next three
years, and that the most of this sum
viii be spent for labor.