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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-04
A strenuous Sky. Pilot.

There is a strenuous chaplain at the
League Island Navy Yard. His name
is Carroll l. Wright, and he is maxi
ing religion more popular than it ever
was among the Jack tars.
Mr.. Wright's motto is:
Make the body healthy and the
soul becomes more ti1lable."
With that purpose in view he has
arranged a series of boxing matches
among the sailors, and he referees the
bouts personally The Rev Mr.. Wright
insists upon a tWenty-four-foot ring
and Marquis Of Queensberry rules. He
allows shortarm jabs on the break
away" but will not tolerate punching
in "clinches.'
Occasionally he stretches his prerog-
atives as referee to cheer the COM
batants. The boxers always brighten
up wonderfully, even though they are
a bit 'groggy," when the chaplain
yells:
Good swing, JIM" or 60 in at him
now. Bill"
The chaplain himself is mo SLOUGH
with the gloves Once in a while ne
puts them on and gives a backward
pupil points and a black eye. It has
been his experience that the more black
eyes and bloody noses he can, dole
ONS " IAAC hlCAi llle passive ana
tractable they are when he steps out
Of the ring, opens the Bible and says,
Let us pray"
i expect to have something to &C.
cupy the boys time continually" said
Mr.. Wright yesterday. when there
is no boxing we will have singing, clog
dancing and vaudeville entertainments
on the ships and in the dining hall Of
the camp. shall organize and train
a football team here in the fall. and
l shall challenge the best teams in the
country. l find that there is good
talent here, and 1 shall make use Of
it.
If you don't keep a mans thoughts
on wholesome things they are sure ia
md their way into unwholesome chan
nels."
Chaplain Wright is minister Of
the Church of Christ. He came to
League Island from the receiving shin
wabash, at Boston. He served two
years on the battleship Massachusetts
and a year on the New York.-Phi1a-
delphia North American.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-04
killed Him In Cold Blood.

1t was after dinner in the little cafe
beloved by literary Bohemia and the
diners at the end table were swapping
stories of their most startling expert
ences. Each had told a thriller and all
eyes turned to the longhaired poet
who wrote only martial lays, says the
New York Press.
Il had a terrible experience once"
he said. THE memory of it haunts
me now. 1 inflicted the most awful
fate possible to imagine upon a fellow
creature. 1t was in Germany. l didn't
know the language very well, and 1
suppose I must have made some blum
der in addressing a fiery looking chap
at a hotel there. What it was 1 don't
know, but at any rate he declared he
had been insulted and demanded duel
on the spot.
lone of us, he. cried, in tones of
fearful wrath, shall never leave this
room alive!"
81 knew him to be an expert swords
man. But was afraid? No! So let
it be-, I said. And then 1 rushed out
of the room, locked the door behind
me and left him there to die!'
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-04
A Novel Hat.

Rev. John Mathews. who was a pio-
neer Methodist preacher of Alabama,
has been remembered for his strict
views and many peculiarities, says
Lippincotts.
His wife, who was more liberal in
her ideas, was fond of dress, and
once sold a bureau and with the mon
ey bought a new hat.
The following Sunday Brother
Mathews, being disturbed at the be-
ginning of his discourse by several of
the congregation turning to see the
late arrivals, said:
Brethren and sisters, don't bother
to look around any more. I'll tell you
who comes in
This he did calling each one by
name, much to the modification of the
tardy members. His wife was among
the last, and when she walked down
the aisle he said:
Make way there for Sister
Mathews. She is coming with bu
reau on her head"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-04
The Arrow. Head.


rroin the youth s Companion.
Deep Graded in the forest clay.
Long lost it snugly slept away
w nile winter, summer, passed 1t DER
through twice a hundred years, or
more;
While saplings into oaks upreared.
While rood by rood the land was
TIL glancing from the paleface pillow
1t walked to meet the world of Nov,
And on my study desk it lies,
A derelict. in mute surprise.
Where vanished is the em'rald shada7
The aisles Of the primeval glade?
The deer's shrill snort, the turkeys
call? .
The Indians measured cultural?
The moccasin, the copper face
me war-whoop and the striped grim
ace? . '''i
Perchance, could but thy tale be told
Some wrinkled arrow-maker. old
Another Minnehaha's sire,
Close crouching by his wigwam fire
With patient labor, chip by chin
Show wrought thee-barb and edge
and tip;
And strtding over trunk and brook
A Hiawatha came-asd took.
The mind may paint, but cannot give
The breath TO make its figures live
Gone are the hands that shaped thee
so. '''Ne
Gone Is the warrior and his bow.
Gone Is the quarry and the oak.
Gone are the wild. red forest-folk-
Like their own bolts forever sped.
Gone all thy world. o arrowhead
Edwin L. Sabin.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-04
BRIGHT BITS.

II wonder why bees make honey?''
queried the inquisitive boarder. 'T
suppose" replied the cheerful idiot.
they make it to cell."-Chicago Daily
News.
-" Tain allus de useful people dat
makes de mos stir in de worT," said
Uncle Eben. "a man wifi razzer
tracts mo- 'tention dan de folks what
give de party an paid fob de fresh
ments. Washington Star.
-Admiring Citizen-"Col. Offutt,
how can you afford to give the cleo
tricity for the illumination of the city
on so many public occasions?" Col
Offutt-"Oh, that's easy. 1 just charge
it to current expenses baltimore
American.
Mrs. Strongmind--"Our society has
appointed me chairman of a committee
whose object is to try to bring about
reduction in rents" Strongmind-
I'm glad to hear 1t. my dear. You
can begin at once on my trousers.''-
Chicago Daily News.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-04

The Los Angeles (Cal.) Times has
just won in the matter Of strike OF
its printers. A Sreat fuss was made
over the trouble by outsiders. but as
IA as could Ne Sd1sAJ by its appear
aTce the Times did not seem 10 b. az
fected. Gen. Harrison Grey Otis. edi-
tor of the paper, who left the eu,-
;orial chair for some me to ,,erye his
country in the Spanish war and did
conspicuous service in the Philippines
has recently received a complimentary
letter signed by nearly every employer
of Los Angeles congratulating him on
the successful outcome of the difficulty
in the Times Office In his reply Gen.
Otis says that the worst phase of the
labor problem lies in the fact that so
called organized" labor is so often
badly advised and ignorantly led.
Labor strikes. boycotts and picket
ing, prescription and abuse Of other
workmen-all these. with their con-
comitant evils. are indefensible and
dangerous, and when accompanied by
violence they become conspiracy" says
Gen. Otis.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-04

Vermont had the premium snake
story last week. At West Hill lives
Orrin Clark, a farmer, who owns a
remarkably fine and motherly Plymouth
Rock hen. Some weeks ago this hen
lest her sitting Of eggs, following
which she herself mysteriously disap-
peared. But she was not lost. In her
state of mind over losing her eggs
she wandered into a nearby swamp,
where she found nest of adder eggs.
These she appropriated and resumed
her interrupted task. After a time her
efforts were successful, and one day
last week she appeared at the barn
yard followed by a brood of little
snakes, to which she proudly clucked.
The chief rooster of the flock saw the
little wigglers and, thinking they were
worms, started in to dine on them.
But he didn't swallow one. Mrs. Hen
seeing his movement full of menace to
her charges, attacked him and gave
him such beating that he took ref
uge under the barn, from which re-
treat he has not yet been coaxed.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-04
Personal.

Honey but high compliment was
paid by the Lecompton, Kan, Sun to
the memory of Mark Miglario, a ma
tive of Italy, who recently died after
farming In that vicinity for many
years. The Sun says: HE will be
missed by all who knew his upright
honesty. His loads of wood were al
ways large. His cord measured
cord. His bushel had four pecks.''
After a year of hard work Rev. ].
w. Van Kirk. pastor of Grace Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, Youngstown,
O., had the satisfaction of seeing the
edifice dedicated last Sunday. Mr..
Van Kirk almost built the place with
his own hands, digging the foundation,
helping to lay the stones and taking
part in the plastering and decorative
work. The structure is worth about
$4,000.
Like most musicians-especialIy
thouse hailing from Southern Europe
Mascagni is of a highly nervous tenn
permanent. This popularity manifest
ed itself emphatically when he was
rehearsing Iris" for it's production
in the Metropolitan Opera House, New
York. In the course of an intense
love scene he kept shouting at the
male singer for more vigor until the
man became ratified" and sang wo-
fully out of tune The exasperated
composer stopped the rehearsal, call
ed the performer down to the footlights
and Kissed: Since all other methods
for making this passage effective have
failed let me suggest that you try
singing in the proper key"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-04
CURRENT COMMENT.

The New Orleans Item (Dem.) says
Now that Minnie Cox has been drop
ped from the Indianola postoffice, the
President has an opportunity to APP
point her postmistress at Danville, Ill.
The Houston Post Dem) says:
That little Cuban campaign came
just in time to give the money sharks
the desired opportunity to put up the
interest rate on President Palma"
The Hartford Comm Times Dem
says: Papers filed in this country
for new corporations with a capital
of S1,000,000 each or more in July,
represented the unusually small total
og S106, 100000 or the low water mark
Of the current year. For the seven
months of 1903, the total is 1851 sol, =
600. compared with $1,724, OO0, 900 last
year in the like period, and 81, 712, 700,-
900 in 1901"
The New York World (Dem.) says:
Judge Lochren's decision in favor OF
the Northern Securities merger, made
yesterday in ST. Paul, is not final;
an appeal lies to the federal Supreme
Court. In any case it does not alter
or lessen the effect of the recent de-
Slsion tp the federal governments
favor in the suit brought against the
big railroad merger under the Sher-
man antitrust law"
our choice for President is Sena-
tor German said Representative
Bankhead of Alabama to a representa-.
tive Of the New York Herald. He
satisfies all alike, thus consolidating
the various factions Of the party. II
is the belief in the South that he can
be elected IL nominated. He is about
the only man who is likely to carry
New York state against President
Roosevelt and he has behind him the
business strength of the country as
we'll as the Southern and Western
voters. He can. am certain, have
the Alabama delegation"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-04
Applied Dictionaryitis.

Mrs. Mixitt. whose husband recently
achieved wealth. and as result
bought 200 feet of books for his libra
ry found much to interest her in the
volumes, says Judge. Especially was
she taken with the dictionary, the
study of which she found to be a great
help to her in conversing with the Gull
tured people whom she met at differ
ent places.
Some friends called one evening to
bid the MiXitts farewell before the lat
ter left for their European tour
Now" said one of the friends,
when you go to climb those noun
tains you be sure that you have a
good guide
we WILL" said Mrs Mixitt II
wrote to the landlords of all the hotels
where we will stop and told them to
retain us the services of their best
pathOIogists."
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-04


The Clement bill, which provides for
the extension of the present convict
lease for another term of five years,
| will come before the House this morn
| ing. and IL is expected that the COM
| promise bill, which was defeated by
week will be offered as a substitute
for it.
1t may be that with a few slight
changes in the compromise bill the
House can be induced to accept it. 1t
ought to be possible to make changes
majority of the House. Unless some
thing like that is done the chances
are that there will be no convict lease
legislation at this session.
The minority can hardly expect that
the majority will abandon its posi-
ton entirely. There is no doubt that
the majority is supported by the SEN
timent of the people. who want a begin
ming made in the direction of using the
convicts in building good roads
throughout the state. Rather than
have all convict lease legislation fail
the majority will doubtless make con-
cessions. The minority must do the
same thing or take the responsibility
of defeating all legislation in respect
to the convicts.
But what assurance is there that
a comprimise bill. if passed by the
will ha
ate? That branch of the Legislature
showed how it stood on the convict
lease question, by the vote by which
it passed the Clement bill. 1t was
clearly in favor of extending the pres
ent lease for a term of five years. Is
that it's position now? If so a COM
promise bill would stand but little, if
any, chance of being passed.
The Legislature has been at work, in
way, on convict lease bills for pretty
nearly two sessions. The amount
which these bills have cost the state
is large. Already the people are Won
dering why it is there is so much diff
ficulty in settling the question of the
disposition of the convicts. There
doesn't seem to be good reason for the
delay in dealing with the matter. The
people do not see why there should
be delay. If the majority wants to
experiment with the convicts on the
public roads there isn't any satisfac-
tory reason why it shouldn't have it's
way in the matter. 1t is true that the
public school fund might lose a few
thousand dollars, but what the people
would lose in that way they would
gain in having good roads. Indeed, we
are not sure but that the people would
be the gamers from every point of
view if a considerable part of the rev.
enue received from the hire of the
convicts were applied to bodybuilding.
The action of the House on the convict
lease question this morning is await
ed with keen interest. The session
of the Legislature is pretty near it's
end, and unless the minority shows a
disposition to let the majority rule the
probability is that there will be a
failure to accomplish the chief object
for which this summer session was held
at an expense of something like SEQ
| 900.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-04
INDEX 10 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Neetings-Savannah Lodge No. lSS'
p. P. o. Elks: Confederate Veterans
Association; De Kalk Lodge No. 9, 1.
o. F.
Special Notices-City Property to
Rent. H. E. Dreeson. City Marshal;
500 Reward. T. ]. Ball
Business Notices-Rolled OK Tongue.
A. Nj. g. C. w. West: Pure Soda
Drinks, solomons Company.
Amusements-To Hop at Ho-
tel Tybee.
Insurance Statements-Thames &
Mersey Marine Insurance Co
Take Kalola six Days and Eat Any
thing-KaIola Company.
$500 to Jacksonvirle-Seaboa Air
Line.
Beer-Schlitz Brewing Company.
Silverware-The Gorham Company.
Salad Oils in Cans-The Delmonico
Company.
Warburines-At Rowlinsks.
BICYCLES at Cost-At Lattimores,
Be Particular-Savannah Steam
Laundry.
Auction Sales-Large Lot and Cot
tage at Tybee, by l. d. LaRoche, Auc-
tioneer: Valuable Building Lot, by
Platshek & Co. Auctioneers: Valuable
Securities, by c. H. Dorset, Auction
eer.
Observation-Disclosures Remedies; Pc
runa; MuI1's Grape Tonic: DR.. Hath
away.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Help
Wanted. Employment Wanted. For
Rent For Sale. Lost. Personal. MisceI-
laneous.
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DEMOCRATIC ISSUES.

In an interesting interview on his
arrival in New York from Europe a
| day or two ago Senator German said
| that in his opinion the issues in the
coming presidential campaign would
| be tariff reform. economy and honesty
in public Office. II these are made the
declarations in the Democratic plat
form the factions of the Democratic
party ought to have no difficulty in
getting together.
The Senator was asked if he were
candidate for the presidential nomina-
ton of his party. In reply he said
he had not been considering himself
or any other individual for office. 1T
is not for us" he said. TO think Of
men. but to be guided by the best
interest of the party" There is no
doubt that at the present time he is
the most thought of and the most
talked of man for the nomination. He
has the advantage that he is not at
war with either faction of the party,
and neither faction is opposed to him.
AS is well known. the differences be-
tween the factions are based upon is
sues that are practically dead. Evil
IDENTIFY he thinks it a waste of time to
wrangle over such issues.
1t is a fact that is worth taking no
tice of that the warmest adherents of
the Kansas City platform in the
United States Senate are among his
closest friends and admirers, and, at
the same time, the prominent Demo-
Gratis who were conspicuous supporters
of the gold standard in the last presi-
Dental campaign regard him as
about the best selection the party
could make for the presidential nomi-
nation. From this statement 1t is ap-
parent that he has maintained a pref
ty evenly balanced position on the
dead issues.
And on the question of the trusts
his position seems to be satisfactory
to both factions. The antitrust PEG.
pie welcome him to their conferences
and the upholders of trusts do not
regard him as unfriendly. In the in
terview to which we have called at
lenIlOH ne SdlQ the trusts seemed TO
be regulating themselves pretty well.
BY that he meant that only those
which were not over-capitalized and
which were honestly conducted stood
any chance of surviving. He quoted
the late Senator Brice in speaking Of
them as follows: They all have in
corporated in them the seed of death"
OF course, Mr.. Bryan would oppose
the nomination Of Senator German,
because he does not like him, but the
men who gave Mr.. Bryan a hearty
support in both of his campaigns
would give Senator German all the
help they could. That being the case,
1t would not matter much if Mr.. Bry-
an should take a stand against him.
The Democratic party must be har-
monized if it is to stand much of a
chance of electing the next President,
and Senator German can come nearer
harmonizing it than any of the other
candidates for the nomination that
have been mentioned. That is one of
the reasons why his boom for the NOM
nation is likely to be permanent.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-04

Here, says the Argonaut, is a favor
lite anecdote which Abraham Lincoln
was in the habit of relating: James
Quarles. a distinguished lawyer of
Tennessee, was one day trying case,
and after producing his evidence rest
ed, whereupon the defense produced a
witness who swore Quarles completely
out of court. and verdict was rem
dered accordingly. After the trial one
of his friends came to him and said:
why didn't you get that Teller to swar
on your >sfde?" 81 didn't know any
thing about him." replied Quarles. i
the friend, for he would swar for
you jest as he'd swar for the other
side. That's his business. Judge, that
Teller takes in swarrin' for a living"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-04

In Boston the other day a messen-
ger boy stumbled and spilled 1000 sill
yer half dollars all over the sidewalk
on crowded street. At once there
was scramble and fifty people were
picking up the coins. What did they
do with them? They returned every
blessed one of them to the boy, and
hoped he had not barked his shins
when he fell down.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-04

One of the famous religious schools
of France is situated at Domremy,
where Joan of Arc was born. 1t is
under the auspices of the Catholic
Sisters of Providence. who educate the
girls of the village gratuitously. One
of the peculiarities of the school is
that all of the girls are named Joan,
after the immortal heroine. The gov
eminent has taken steps to close the
school and expel the sisters, under the
new law of associations.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-04

Mr.. Edison thinks that every i'm
portant discovery. ought to be put to
commercial use, if possible, hence it
was nothing strange when he took
up the study of the X-ray some time
ago to see what could be made of it.
But his Investigations have been sud-
denly checked in painful manner.
Mr.. Edison himself experimental with
The X-ray at intervals and only an
hour or so each time, but one of his
assistants, of the name Of Daily, de-
voted his whole time to the mysterious
light. After a time Mr.. Edison dis
covered his eyes were falling rapidly,
and about the same time Dally's arms
began to bother him. Edison managed
to save his eyes, but both of Dally's
arms have been amputated to save mis-
life. The rays, Mr.. Edison says, caus-
ed the trouble, but he is not going to
give up the search for the secret of
them.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-04

A man who talked himself to death
was buried at Waterloo, Ill.,, one day
recently. He had received wound in
the jaw in a runaway accident. The
doctors told him that he would be
all right in a few days, provided he
kept still and did not talk. This. how
ever, he declined to do and talked all
most necessarily. The movements of
the jaw kept the wound irritated, and
finally blood poisoning set in and he
died
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-04

Thrifty Connecticut may always be
depended on to turn an honest dollar.
To her list of commodities, including
shoe-peg oats and wooden nutnnegs.
she has now added painted tomatoes.
In the harvest each year there are al
ways a number Of green and other
wise worthless tomatoes, which have
hitherto gone to waste. A Connecti-
cut genius discovered that by a judi
cious treatment of these vegetables
with red paint, they might be canned
and palmed off on unsuspecting house
keepers as the finest products of their
Kind In the market. Indeed, the genius
in question discovered, and prohted by
the discovery. that it was not essen
TALLY necessary to put tomatoes only
IN the cans Of tomatoes" but that
almost any vegetable for which no
other sale could be had might be treat
ed with red paint, mixed with a few
tomatoes sold as the real stun. The
Philadelphia health authorities have
discovered the trick and ordered a lot
OF the canned tomatoes from Con-
nssticut destroyed.