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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-05
INCREASED EXPECTATION OF LIFE

At the meeting of insurance actu-
aries in New York recently several
papers were read on a subject which,
at first glance, appears to be para
doxlcal. 1t was with relation to the
matter of longevity and the expecta-
ton of life, and the testimony of sew
eral gentlemen, backed by statistics.
went to show that during the century
recently closed there had been a con-
siderable Improvement in the expecta-
ton of life; and yet people do not live
longer than in the past. Otherwise
stated, a greater number of persons
reach the age of puberty than hereto
fore, though they do not grow older
than the average of hundred years
ago. This, it was stated, is because of
the better care children receive in the
present day, because epidemics are
now treated more intelligently and sue
cessfully than ever before, and because
there has been a great advance in
medical science. During the past for
ty years the percentage of mortality
from certain diseases has decreased in
very marked degree.
1t thus appears that the increased
average of longevity, while a fact ca
pable of demonstration, is neverthe-
less something of a delusion. 1t has
to do particularly with the weak, and
not with the strong. Fewer infants
die and the lives of invalids are pro-
longed by improved surgical and hos
pital attentions. But the hale and
strong do not attain greater age. In
deed, there is room for a reasonable
doubt that the strong of the period
live as long as did their foreparents of
hundred years ago. There was less
food adulteration, fewer stuffy and ill
ventilated fats and less high-pressure
living when our great grandfathers
were growing up and in their prime
than there are to-day. In their day the
order was the survival of the fittest,
and those who survived were sturdy
specimens. Since their time there has
been no increase in the vitality of
sound and healthy adults. What i'm
provement has been made has Injured
TO the benefit of the weak, according
to the statements made before the act
uaries. There cannot be two opinions
with respect to the humaneness Of the
evolution. but has the race been i'm
proved? Is the average not now rela-
lively weaker, instead Of stronger?
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-05
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-05
A DEFICIT IN sIGHTs

1t begins to look as If the Governor
and Controller General were rather
hasty in fixing the state tax rate at
five mills before knowing what the re-
suit of the franchise arbitrations would
be. The desire of the Governor TO keep
down the rate is of course commend
able In the highest degree. but it is
better to have rate that will cover the
appropriations than floating debt
A debt of that sort is a constant source
or annoyance. Besides 1t is expensive.
since interest has 10 be paid on Dor
rowed money.
The opinion is expressed that, judg-
ing from the amount of the assessments
of the franchises of the Seaboard Air
Line and the Southern railroads, there
will be a difference between the states
actual income and the income which the
Governor and the Controller General
counted on of at least 100000.
OF course, the time had come for fix
ing the tax rate, and that is why the
Governor and Controller General acted
before it was known what the Valua
ton OF the franchises would be, but
perhaps they might have strained a
point and waited a few days more. A
deficiency of 100000 will prove trou-
blesome, and will tend to provoke the
Legislature to attempt additional legis-
lation in respect to the taxation of
franchises.
As a matter Of fact, however, the
Legislature ought not TO have increased
the appropriations beyond what there
was the very best of reasons for think
ing the amount of the revenues would
be. 1t would have been better to have
a surplus until the amount of the
franchise tax was pretty well fixed
than to have a deficiency.
When the public property fund was
turned into the general fund it was
thought the state would get out of debt,
and that in future it would not have to
borrow money to keep the common
wealth's machinery going until the next
years taxes began to come in, but
from present appearances the same old
system of borrowing Will have to be
resorted to. and perhaps the school
teachers will again be put into the posi-
ton of waiting for their salaries
1t isn't good policy for the Legisla-
ture to appropriate more than the
amount of the revenues. OF course, the
Legislature agreed with the Controller
General that the franchise tax would
yield a great deal more than it now
promises to do, at least this year. but
as that tax was an unknown quantity,
ought not the Legislature in making
appropriations, to have assumed that
it was doubtful if much revenue would
be obtained from it until the franchise
matter was entirely settled? It was
the current gossip that if the franchise
assessments were high the corporations
would contest the law in the courts.
1t may turn out that there will not
be as much difference between income
and the expenditures as now seem prob
able. 1t is certainly to be hoped there
will not. In the meantime wouldn't it
be well for the members of the Legis-
lature to take into consideration the
advisabflity of giving the people
chance to vote on the question of bien-
NAL sessions, and of seeing what can be
done to lessen the pension burden by
taking from the pension list those who
are not actually in need of assistance?
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-05
Then Life Would BE a joy,

FROM the New York Press.
If a Teller didn't have t. go t. bed at
s O'Clock,
If no cradles wuz Ground tn house
he had t. rock and rock;
II he didn't have t. stay at home when
company comes round,
III ne didn't have t. go t. school, ner
figger up a sum,
I'd just like t keep on livin fer thous-
and years t come.
If a Teller didn't have t. wash himself
behind tn ears;
If he took things from tn pantry, an
had afterward no fears:
If he didn't get a lickin' when in
swimmin' he wuz found;
If he didn't Have t. speak a piece
when every ones around
II ne never had t. take advice from
people old an glum,
Id just like keep on Twin fer a
thousand years t. come.
If Teller didn't have t. keep tn
clothes he had on clean;'
If his dog wuz just tn biggest any
one had ever seen:
II tn boys Ground tn corner bowed
their heads when he went by;
Ii ne never had t do a single thing
upon the sly;
II whenever he might wish t. he could
lay Ground at home,
III just like keep on Twin fer a
thousand years t. come.
If Teller could buy peanuts an some
ice cream by the brick,
An then have no one t. tell him that
they'd surely make him sick"
II that cannon by the schoolhouse,
when he wished it, would be fired
If he could but go a-fshin' an stav
there until he's tired;
If he never fer tn ball game failed r
have the proper sum,
ia just like keep on Twin fer a
thousand years t come.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-05
BRIGHT BITS.

DO figures ever lie?" he asked.
AS he looked out to sea.
Some may-but mine does not"
she said,
Then blushed delightfully."-.
Cincinnati Tribune.
Girl With the Gibson Girl Neck
II wish 1 had hands as white as
yours" Girl With the Julia Marlowe
Dimple-''You'd be sorry if you had
They show dirt SO easily"
-Landlady-'I'l have to request you
to pay in advance, Mr.. Shortleigh."
Shortleigh-'tWhy, amt my trunk
good for weeks board?" Landlady-
No; it looks like one of those emo
tional trunks" Emotion
al?" Landlady-"Yes one that is
easily moved. Chicago News
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-05
Like Attrncfs Liz

When off duty Prof. Richards of
Yale enjoys a joke, and his pupils often
come to him when they have heard a.
new one, says the New York Times.
He adds to the fun sometimes with a
witticism of his own. Such was the
case when one of the students perpe-
trated the following antiquity:
Professor, wouldn't you like good
receipt for catching rabbits?n
why, yes" replied the professor
what is it ?"
We'll, you crouch down behind a.
thlck stone wall and make a noise like
a turnip," answered the youth eig0
Cling in ecstasy.
on, better way than that would
be for you to so and sit quietly in a
bed of cabbage heads and look ma
tural ~
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-05
THE PEOPLE ALL
In Chorus Cried, Give Us NewbrO's
HerDicide.

This word of late has been in every
ones month, and many are wondering
what the word signifies, though no one
has yet been found who will deny that
NEWBRO'S HERPICIDE does the
work. Well, for the information Of
thousands of people who like to know
all about a good thing, we would say
that HERPICIDE means a destroyer
or killer of Herpes" Now Herpes
is the family name of a disease caused
by various vegetable parasites. A slrnl-
scalp, and falling hair; this is the MI
crobe that NEWBRO'S HERPICIDE
promptly destroys; after which the mar
grows. Sold by leading druggists. Sehu
10c in stamps for sample to The Herpl-
eide Co., Detroit, Mich
Livingston's Pharmacy Co., Special
Agents.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-05

Call me liar. do you" exclaimed
the little man with the red head.
You'll apologize for that or take a
licking!" according TO the Chicago
Tribune.
The other man repeated the offense.
Then there was fight.
II was a fierce battle. but the other
man whipped
Il didn't want TO do it," he said
but nothing else would satisfy Won. .
The little man picked himself up.
brushed the dust OF his clothes, re-
moved the evidences Of the conflict
from his nose. and turned 90 his an
tnFonlst
stiniy. :.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-05

Is the sea captains glorious privi-
lege of swearing at the crew to be
taken away from him? 1t would seem
so, if a Chicago report is correct. Chi
cago, of course, is not a saltwater
port, but the manners and customs of
the sailors of the great unsalted seas
of the North are not much different
from those of the men who go down
in ships to the hriny ocean. 1t falls
out that there is a seamen's union in
Chicago, which insists upon the re-
spectful treatment of it's members.
Thus when Capt. Thompkins of the
steamer Hiawatha ordered Wheelman
Nadeau to port yer helm" without
saying please" Nadeau was slow to
obey. And when the captain had sworn
at him in three or four languages, Ma
deau reported the matter to the union,
which ordered every sailor to leave
the vessel. Nor would the union call
off the strike until the captain had
apologized.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-05

A Pennsylvania man five years ago
declared by the courts to be dead has
made his appearance at Altoona and
is suing for an inheritance. The courts
are trying to find some way of restor-
ing him legally to the land of the liv-
ing
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-05

In Baltimore a man who stole the
bulk of his deceased fathers estate has
been removed as an executor of the
property. Inasmuch as he is in Cen
trail America with the funds, it is not
likely that the removal will annoy him.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-05

The latest Postoffice Department
scandal has to do with smuggling Gu
ban cigars. Superintendent Kempner Of
the registry system is charged with
having carried on an extensive cigar
business through the medium of the
registered mails. and with using his
official position TO cover his operations.
The story goes that Kempner solo
Struggled cigars 10 a dozen or more
officials OF the Washington city post
office and Of The aepartment.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-05

Gov Jelks Of Alabama does not think
the newspapers should have publish
ed the facts with respect ~ peonsge
cases 10 that state, holding that the
good name % Alabama bas been hurt
BY such publications. Eut has the
Governor not observed that The pub
Betty given the matter hasa wF0pRhf
a quick reformation There b. moth
ing IKE pItiieity ~ eousef illegal 49,
lions ano reform sbusef.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-05

The dispatch in yesterdays paper
telling of the fatal accident on the
South Carolina and Georgia Extension
Railroad, wherein six persons were
killed and twenty-four injured, con-
cludes with this sentence: THE tim
bers of the bridge were rotten, and to
this fact the wreck is ascribed.v Why
were rotten timbers permitted TO re-
main in a railroad bridge? Who is re-
spousible for the condition of the
bridge? These are questions that de-
mand an answer. 1t is by no means
difficult to ascertain when the timbers
Of a wooden bridge are rotten. An in
telligent inspection by even a novice
in raiiroading would disclose the fact
of rotten and dangerous rimbers. Were
not such inspections made? Were in
spections and repeirs neglected, as a
matter Of economy There sometimes
occur accidents that are unavoidable.
The accident under consideration does
not seem 10 come under that head. n
q nas due % rotten bridge timbers
then somebody was al fault, and the
fespoDsibility ought 20 b. placed where
belongs. People who patronize the
Threads have right 20 demand that
al possible measures OF preoauflon
shan be taken 70 preserve their lives
aa6 limbs.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-05

Jersey justice has a difficult question
to settle. A man rented a cottage at
Seaside Park. After living in it week
he moved. The landlord has sued him
for 500 for the seasons rental. The
man says ne was compelled to move
because his wife and children were be-
ing "deviled to death" by mosquitoes.
Now, the question is, can the bite of
mosquitoes break a contract?
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-05

A New Haven factory owner stopped
an incipient strike among his girl en-
ployes the other day by Treating the
whole crowd to ice cream and choco-
late That man is a Napoleon of in
dustry.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-05
The weather.

The indications for Georgia and East
ern Florida for to-day are for scatter
ed showers. with light variable winds
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-05

We would like to see what a cup
yacht Made in Germany could do in
the way of racing for the Americas
cup. Since the Germans lead the world
in fast steamships. they might give US
"a surprise in yachts.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-05

Dean Tufts of the University of Chi
cago announced the other day that
the average age of "co-eds'' of that in
stitution was 2S years, while the aver
age age of the men was 25 years. AS
a consequence of the announcement
Dean Tufts is for the time the most
unpopular man connected with the in
stitution, in the opinion of the girls.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-05

The Turks claim % have won vic
tory 81 ysneaianograifk0, but We 80
nof believe the went VIII ever hye ~
history 90 nObody viii a sef BE- able ~
gropo1ncs tils name gf fhe seele u
eDuGieG.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-05

The asphalt streets of this city are
not only in disreputable condition but
are becoming dangerous. Many of the
holes are not only calculated to throw a
bicycle rider, probably to his death.
but to strain or break a buggy or car
riage wheel. If the city authorities
are unable to make the asphalt COM
pany live up to its contract, they might
do well to fill the holes with gravel
That, TO be sure, would advertise their
helplessness, but it would improve the
condition of the pavements.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-05

A Boston newspaper man the other
day died of the govt. He probably fed
on the rich mental pabulum of the
Huh
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-05

No. Rupert: the ISastoria mentioned
that article for which children cry.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-05

The New York Sun has ascertained
on what is satisfactory authority to
itself that Grover Cleveland while
President never Travelled on a railway
pass, but paid full fare for himself
and family. Is that one of the rea-
sons Senator Tillman hates him so
ardently? Commenting on the using
of free passes, by the way, the Phila-
delphia Record says: 1T is entirely
probable that President Roosevelt ac-
cepts free transportation from the rail-
road companies, for he has made a
point of getting everything he could
out of the. presidency"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-05

One Of the neatest international tan
giles reported In many days has just
occurred. The steamer Stanley Dollar.
of British registry and owned By an
American. carrying Russian cargo
from a Chinese port bas been stopped
port.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-05

A prohibition hospital is to be erect
ed in Chicago, in memory of Frances
e. Willard. The chief cornerstone of
Its rules will be that no alcohol, in
any form whatsoever, must ever enter
its precincts. All of those tinctures
and other drugs compounded with al
cohOl must be tabooed by the physi-
clans practicing . in it, and however
weak a patient may be, alcoholic slim
ulants must not be administered with
in it's consecrated precincts. Since a
very great many liquid drugs are COM
pounded with alcohol, the doctors will
probably find themselves handicapped
by the prohibition rule. Still, it is
better that doctors should be ham
pered and patients should die than
that the pet theories of the prohibit
tionists should be affronted.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-05
POLISHED PLATE GLASS.

We are the Southern distributing
agents OF the Penn-American Plate
Glass Co. We carry at our Atlanta
warehouse the largest stock in the
South.
WINDOW GLASS, lots of II, all
sizes. single and double. at our ware
houses both in Savannah and In At
ianta. Doweli Pins, Blind Staples,
GLACIERS Diamonds, Putty and Points.
Mail orders promptly shipped.
FL. COOLIDGE & BRO,
SAVANNAH. ATLANTA.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-05

OLD NEWSPAPERS. 200 FOR IS
cents, az Business once, Morning
News.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1903-11-27

In every country of the civilized
world Sisters of Charity are known.
Not only do they minister to the spirit
ual and intellectual needs of the charges
committed to their care, but they also
minister to their bodily needs.
With 80 many children to take care
of and to protect from climate and dis
ease, these wise and prudent Sisters
have found Peruna never failing safe
guard.
DR.. Hartman receives many letters
from Catholic Sisters from all over the
United States. A recommend recently
received from Catholic institution in
Detroit, Mich, reads as follows:
DR.. S. B. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio:
Dear Sir:-''The young girl who used
the Peruna was suffering from laryngi-
tbs, and loss of voice. The result of
the treatment was most satisfactory.
She found great relief, and after furtt-
er use of the medicine we hope to be
able to say she is entirely cured."-
Sisters of Charity.
The young girl was under the care Of
the Sisters of Charity and used Peruns
for catarrh of the throat with good re.
suits as the above letter testifes.
Send to the Peruna Medicine Com.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1903-11-27

pany, Columbus Ohio, for . free book
written by DR.. Hartman.
The following letter Is from Congress
man Meekison, of Napoleon, Ohio:
The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus,
Ohio:
Gentlemen: IT have used several
bottles of Peruna and feel greatly bene-
fitted thereby from my catarrh of the
head, and feel encouraged. to believe
that its continued use will fully eradi-
cate disease of thirty years standing"
David Meekison.
DR.. Hartman, one of the best known
physicians and surgeons in the United
States, was the first man to formulate
Peruna. 1t was through his genius
and perseverance that it was intro
duced to the medical profession of this
country.
If you do not derive prompt and sat-
isfactory results from the use of Peru
ma, write at once to DR.. Hartman, CIV
ing full statement of your case and he
will be pleased to give you his valua-
BILE advice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President OF
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1903-11-27
Short Scu1estions,


Stained knife blades should be rub
bed with a cut raw potato, dipped In
knife powder or bath brick, and then
polished in the usual manner.
Ink stains, If fresh, will soak out In
milk; If, however, they have been al
lowed to dry the application Of oxalic
acid or salts Of lemon will be neces-
sary.
Very wet boots should be filed with
dry oats and set aside for few hours.
The oats will absorb the moisture and,
swelling out. will prevent the leather
shrinking and the boots hardening, as
they would If put near the fire to dry.
To clean the ivory handles of knives
mix equal parts Of ammonia and olive
oil and add to this enough prepared
chalk to make paste. With this rub
the ivory and let it dry before brushing
it off. Several applications of the paste
may be necessary.
If your sewing machine works heav-
lily oil it thoroughly with paraffin. This
will remove all dirt and grit; but it
must be afterward wiped off carefully,
and the machine must then be oiled
with the ordinary lubricating oil. New
er use paraffin as a lubricant or you
will cause your machine to wear out
before its time.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1903-11-27

=
breath of the ice-king" this mise
the disgusting symptoms return.
throat can be kept clear of mucous
and splitting. Catarrh is nuisance
and source of annoyance, not only
to the one who has it, but everybody
else. The thick, yellow discharge
from the head produces feeling of
personal deflement, and the odor OF
the breath is almost intolerable.
The catarrhal poison brings on
stomach troubles and affects the Kid
neys and Bladder. It attacks the
soft bones and tissues of the head
and throat, causing fetal or partial
deafness, the loss of smell, and CIV
ing to the voice a rasping, nasal
twang. No part of the body is secure
from its ravages. Catarrh makes
you sick all over, for it is a dis
ease Of the blood, and circulates all
through the system, and for this
reason, sprays, washes, inhalers,
powders and salves have proven
failures.
The way to cure Catarrh thor
oughly and permanently is to cleanse
the blood of the unhealthy secretions
that keep the membranes of the body
infamed, and nothing does this SO
surely and promptly as S. S. S. As
long as the blood Is poisoned with
Catarrhal matter the discharge of I
of the miserable disease will continu