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The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-15
Sight
Is
Priceless

But 1t takes an expert who has hao
years of study on the anatomy OF the
eye and reflection of light to give
PERFECT SIGHT and at the same
time relieve all strain from the nerves
and muscles of the eyes. In the seven
months / have been in Savannah L
have tested and fitted glasses to over
1000 people, over half Of which was
wearing glasses that did not fit, and a
great many with second and third
quality lenses. Does this speak Wen
for our city? I think not. You do not
run any risk in getting your glasses
from us. You want them right-ex-
actly right. You are secured against
even the possibility OF error
HINES OPTICAL co.,
DR.. Lewis A. Hines. Refractionist, 14s
Whitaker ST.. near Oglethorpa Ava
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-15

The State Senate of Missouri has
passed a bill providing for the tax
ing, branding and licensing of foreign
lords and noblemen, both real and bo-
gus, found running at large in the state
of Missouri" and providing severe pen
alties for violation of the said law, ito
the end that the young women of Mis-
souri, may be protected and fully warn
ed against engaging in a speculation
of such risky and dangerous character
as investing in such enterprises
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-15

connect at Casino with Thunder
bolt Line.
MONTGOMERY AND THUNDER
BOLT LINE,
Via Cattle Park and Sandf1y.
Leave Thun- Leave Mont
derbolt gomery.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-15
THI1NnERROLT LINE

City Market to Casino via Brough-
ton, st. Julian, Habersham and Boil
ton Street Junction.
Beginning at 700 a. M, cars leave
the City Market for Thunderbolt ev-
cry Is minutes, until 200 p. IN, after
which time cars leave every 10 min
utes.
Cars leave Bolton Street Junction
Is minutes after leaving time at Cfty
Market.
Beginning at 7:oS Q. m. cars leave
Thunderbolt for the city every 16
minutes, until 2:25 p. m, after which
time cars leave every 10 minutes as
long as traffic warrants.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-15
WEST END LINE.
(Lincoln Park.)

Beginning at 1920 a. m, cars leave
west side of City Market every 40
minutes until 1 p. m, after which
cars leave each terminal every 20
minutes until midnight.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-15

A new infant industry has sprung up
facture of idols. to be used in heather
temples. a merchant Of Seoul, Korea,
is at present in Tacoma, Wash. for
the purpose of contracting for the man.
ufacture of a number Of idols, to be
shipped to his own country and to Chi
ma. Some months ago a small con-
signment of American-made idols was
sent to Seoul, where they met with high
favor. For some time England and
Germany have had practically a mo-
nopoly of the idol trade; now Uncle
Sam steps forward and demonstrates
that he is in a position to make just as
good gods as anybody else.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-15

c. B. KIDDER, Manager.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-15

guests. placing the negroes at tables
with white people. The walters at the
banquet were white girls. Smoot re-
quired the white girls to serve the ne
groes. All save two refused. Some
of the guests left the place. Asked
why he had made a mixed company at
his banquet. Smoot replied: IF Pres
ident Roosevelt isn't too good to en-
terrain colored people at the White
House, I don't see why I shouldn't
have negroes as nv guests"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-15
COLLINSVILLE LINE,
(Fair Grounds and Dale Avenue. }

Beginning at 6:45 a. M, cars leave
Bolton and OFT streets every Is min
utes. Returning, cars leave Estill
avenue, and Waters Road at e52 a.
M, and every Is minutes thereafter,
connecting with cars on the Thunder
bolt Line until midnight.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-15

Dacco is necessarily included IN this
chapter. Like all elements which
have an effect upon the nerves. it
differs widely in it's action upon diff
ferent individuals and no sweeping
statements can be made. Upon most
constitutions it's action is deleterious
1t is always injurious before the De-
riod of complete development, and can
not be used before the age of 25 with
out harm. DR.. Seaver, director of the
physical laboratory at Yale, tabulated
the record of the students entering
that university during nine years,
when all the young men were exam
ined and measured. The smokers av-
eraged fifteen months older than the
non-smokers. They were also shorter
in stature. Nicotine interferes with
growth, and its effect in that regard
is very measurable. At Yale, during
the four years course. the non-users
of tobacco, although taller when thew
enter, gain "a per cent. more in hight
and 26.7 per cent. more in girth of
chest than do the habitual users. DIR.
Hitchcock, OF Amherst College, found
even greater differences. The differ
ence in the lung capacity is very strik-
ing in the two classes, and has been no.
ticed by all observers. 1t shows the
erect of tobacco on the respiration,
nicotine being a potent. depressor. AS
regards the effect of nicotine on the
mental processes, IL is more difficult
to interpret the meaning of statistics.
Out Of the highest scholarship men at
Yale only 5 per cent. use tobacco,
while of the men who do not get an
pointments, so per cent use it. It is
not necessary to interpret this as
meaning that mental decreptibude fol-
lows the use Of tobacco by young men.
for there are other factors to. be con-
sidered; but 1t is certainly not condu.
Give 10 the best work.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-05

weakened the popular support of re-
publicanism, must inevitably be
strengthened by that party's stub
born maintenance of the Dingley
schedules and by its lodging of the
reciprocity issue in every way known
to crafty tactics. Voters can cherish
no hope of relief from the tariff bur-
den at the hands of the republican
party.
On the other hand the democratic
party, distinctly recognized as the
party of tariff reform, appeals to
the people with exceptional potency.
In the senate this party has just
won a signal victory by compelling
the removal of the tlriff on anthra-
cite coal. The republican party was
afraid to do otherwise than yield,
for the simple reason that public
sentiment demanded relief from in
tolerable conditions created by the
tariff protection of coal monopolists
who used their power to the peoples
injury. The placing of anthracite
coal on the free list has taught the
people of this country a valuable les
son that could not have been taught
otherwise in so emphatic and convinc-
ing a manner. The road to relief
from the exactions of the trusts lies
through a reform of the tariff. This
task must be intrusted to the demo-
cratic party for faithful perform
ance
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-05
A POWERFUL SOCIETY.
The katipunaus of the Philippines
Are n Strong Body of Des-
perate Fighters.

Aguinaldo owed his power only to
the fact that he was head of the
Katipunan society. When he was
caught he vas succeeded by Deodato.
and under the latter there will be
fighting to the very last swamp, says
Pearson's Weekly.
The Katipunan is n of the most
powerful of existing secret societies,
having at least $4,000 members. 1t is
constantly growing, because each new
member is required to secure two
others before becoming an initiate.
The English of its name is Venerable
Association of the Sons of the People"
1t was formed first to fight the Span
iards in revenge for the cruel death
of DR.. Kizal. 1t now desires the in
dependence of the islands. Deodato
is a man of enormous personal
strength and an absolutely fearless
fighter. Like most Of his kind, he is
a born mountaineer, and intends to
carry on a guerilla warfare until he
and his followers are exterminated
or until absolute independence is
granted. Then he proposes, it is said,
to become president of a new repub-
lie, which would be a constant men,
ace to all her peaceable n~eighbors, es-
pecially to northern Australia.
For some years past a man named
Venning, said to belong to the Clan.
na-Gael, has been at work in the Klon-
dixie region endeavoring to foment a
general conspiracy against both the
British and United States govern
ments. Food and weapons have been
struggled in by him and hidden, and
a large number of miners are said to
have promised to back him when he
gives the word.
The overthrow of the existing gov
eminent and the establishment of a
new republic are Venning's aims. If
such a rising does take place it will
inevitably lead to discord between the
British and American settlers, and so,
perhaps, cause serious international
complications.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-05
TO FOOL d PEOPLE.
Republicans Ii n TraBsPar-
emit subterfuge

Antitrust legislation is still in a
chaotic state. The Judiciary commit
tee of the house of representatives
has reported a bill which will proba-
bly, pass the lower house. 1t was col
laborated by the Littlefield subcom-
mittee and Attorney General Knox,
and the latter is said to be fairly
satisfied with it, which is an indica-
ton that the trusts do not fear it.
1t is mainly intended for spectacular
purposes, for it is well known that
the judiciary committee of the SEN
ate will not report it. as Chairman
Hoar favors his own bill and the
other republican leaders are nearly
all favorable to the corporations.
The senate leaders have their own
trust programme to overcome the
obstacle of the statehood bill which
has the right of way and cannot be
displaced, having a majority in its
favor. The oligarchy that rules the
senate found themselves helpless to
prevent Senator Quay from passing
the statehood bill, unless they re
sorted to a long flibuster, which is
now in progress. But the adroit pol
iticians who always control legisla-
ton in the senate, have evolved a
plan of strategy that they hope will
show that they are still omnipotent
President Roosevelt has informed
Senators Aldrich and Spooner that
some sort of antitrust legislation is
undoubtedly necessary to save the
republican party from ruin, and they
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-05
MINDANA0'S DEATH VALLEY.
An Expansive Depression In the Is
land That 10 Overriding by
Poisonous Mists.

A. G. Carpenter, of Chicago, has
recently returned from the Philip
pine islands, where for three years
he has been roaming around in I'M
explored and uncivilized parts of the
islands examining into the mineral
possibilities of the country. During
his visit to the islands he represent
ed a Chicago company, to which he
has but recently made a report of
his observations in the newly ac-
quired territory. Of all the unpar-
alleled things which he saw, Mr.. Car
penter says hat the mueh-talked-of
Valley of Death in the island of Min
danao is the most wonderful and
mysterious, says the Denver Repub-
lican.
1.-The famous valley" he says, "is
far inland in this large island. The
interior of the island is covered with
mountains and there are many indi-
cations of volcanic eruptions. After
n range of mountains is crossed
there is a deep descent. This is the
edge Of the valley. 1t looks like the
rim of a great crater, but it is too
large for that. 1t is surrounded by
high mountains and covers many
square miles.
when crossing the mountains the
traveller sees a heavy mist similar to
a fog hanging over the land beneath
him. The mist is heavier and dark
err than the most dense fog and it
has never been known to clear away.
As my party of five went down the
mountain-side we felt that we were
approaching that mist.
"The air that we breathed was
heavy and foul. We knew that there
were poisonous gases in the atmos
phere from the very effect which the
air above had upon us. As l was not
out upon an expedition to find how
much suffering we could endure I
called a halt long before we were in
the thick of the mist. We decided
at once to return to the mountain
tops and survey the valley at a dis
lance. l was anxious to make some
lcPoIO u thC NdilCy, loI HALVES udu
brought nuggets of gold from the
neighboring islands which were
larger than any that I had ever be-
fore heard of. They said that they
had found these at the edge of the
Valley of Death.
mo one has ever been known to
cross this strange valley and several
parties which have made the at
tempt have failed and have been
forced to return to the mountains
exhausted and sick. Many people
have been overcome by the poison
Gus gases and have only been res
cued by their companions whose
lungs were not so quickly affected.
$50 far as I can understand, I be.
lieve that there must be some vol.
canic fssure somewhere in the val.
ley and from this is constantly pour.
ing forth the poisonous vapor which
ever hangs over the valley. From de.
scriptions of other volcanic gases ]
believe that this is the explanation
of the mist which hangs over the
Valley of Death"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-05
LEGISLATION ON THE TARIFF.
alton Of the Dingley
Schedules.

In a recent discussion of the OUT
look for tariff Legislation n the clos
ing days of the F~ifty-seventh con-
gress the conclusion is reached by
Harper's Weekly that a very meager
result may be expected and that even
the presidents slight recommends
tions appear to be unheeded, says the
St. Louis Republic.
Save for the reciprocal tariff trea-
ties now in the hands of the senate
committee on foreign relations there
are no tariff measures in sight, and,
according to Harper's Weekly, the
fate of these reciprocity treaties may
safely be predicted. That with New
foundland will not be approved. The
treaty with France, land the whole
tribe of 'Kasson treaties have no
chance of confirmation" The Cuban
treaty may be confirmed by the sem
ate if it can be brought to a vote.
The Philippine bill, originating in the
house and providing for a reduction
of the Philippine tariff. has some
prospect of passage. although the
beet-sugar interests may prevent in
the senate as great a reduction as
was voted by the house.
The record thus likely to be made
by the republican majority in con-
gress will place the republican party
before the people in next years
presidential campaign under a handi-
cap of serious proportions. The
growing sentiment in favor of tariff
revision, which has already greatly
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-05
All In q Name.

During the summer a distinguished
member of the French academy
rented a cottage in Savoy, and when
the time came for his return to Paris
he went to say farewell to the owner
of the cottage, a prosperous farmers
wife, says the Brooklyn Citizen.
81 hope you will write your name
in my album before you CO." she
said.
with pleasure" he replied, and,
taking the pen, he wrote his name
in the book.
Thanks" she said, "but won't you
please tell me your profession, so
that I car write it after your name?"
ooh, put it down land owner" he
answered.
"But that isn't a profession" she
said.
"Well then, put down 'academi-
%cian,'" was his answer.
These words seemed to puzzle her,
and therefore he asked with a smile,
Don't. you know what an academi-
clan is?"
mo, not quite" she answered, "but
it's such a long word that the pro-
fession must be a splendid one."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-05
The difference.

He was a man who was getting $50
a week and was having luncheon with
his tiancee in an uptown cafe. The
lady ordered chicken salad, followed
by black coffee and waters. The man,
who could have ordered everything
on the bill and not felt a hole in his
pocketbook, had consomme and Little
Neck CLAIMS and drank water. The
waiter got ten cents.
A clerk who was kept busy earning
his salary of $1s took his sweetheart
to an expensive seaside resort. It
took 20 minutes to decide what they
wanted to eat. Finally the order
came, heaped high up on a large tray.
At the lady's place the waiter de-
posted roast beef, mashed potatoes,
chicken croquettes, with peas, a salad
Of lettuce and tomatoes and q cup OF
coffee.
The man, wondering how he could
get a winter overcoat, ate a porter
house steak, with mushrooms, fried
potatoes, green Q and coffee.
For dessert they had ice cream and
fancy cakes, with more coffee. The
waiter got a quarter.-New York
Herald,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-05
Couldn't BE Bought.

1t happened in the south-not the
new south, but the old south, where
they lived in the same old way, re-
lates the Brooklyn Eagle.
The enterprising yankee thought
he saw some Opportunities"
"This looks like good land" he
commented.
ut is" replied the native, careless.
ly.
"But the people here don't make
the most of it,"
"They don't" admitted the native.
II could make three times as much
out of it as they do"
"You could if you could get It,"
"Can't / get it?"
"Well, hardly"
"Not ii / pay twice what it's worth
to the present owners?"
"You couldn't buy it for ten times
what it's worth to them"
"Why not?"
stranger" said the native, weari-
ly, "you don't seem to quite get the
hang of things here. If they sold
they'd have to move away, wonldn't
they?
"Of course"
well they're too lazy to move.r
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-05
FUN IN A JUSTICE COURT.
Case in which a Negro and an Italian
Figure with Considerable
Prominence.

A case was being tried at a down.
town courtroom recently, in which an
italian and a number of negroes
were witnesses. The negroes were
first called upon to give their evi'
dence. With the exception of a child.
ish inclination to wander from the
main point at issue, a tendency
which in attempting to curb, afford.
ed the attorneys in the a an op'
portunity for strenuous effort. Theil
testimony was finally given to the
entire satisfaction of all concerned
says the Chicago Record-Herald.
Then came the Italian. His frst
move brought an expression of dis
may and perplexity to the faces Of
his legal inquisitors. Without pre-
lude OF provocation he began in the
most excited manner to pour forth
a perfect torrent of Italian. The
perplexity of the attorneys was
clearly shared by the presiding mag
i~strate, whose linguistic attachments
ended with a knowledge of his moth
er tongue. He was completely taken
aback, and so plainly did his face ex'
press his feelings that n of the
darkies, immensely tickled by ths
oddly of the situation, burst into Q
loud guffaw. Instantly the judicial
eye was bent upon the offender with
threatening severity and the magis.
terial voice fairly doomed through
the suddenly quiet room:
"Stand up, sir! Stand up!"
Trembling from the consequences
probably attendant upon his want
of respect, the culprit obeyed amid
an impressive silence.
Sir" asked the judge, with al
ominous frown, "can you designate
anyone here who speaks Italian?'
Half frightened out of his wits by
the terrible possibilities which ht
imagined to be consequent upon his
failure to point out such a person
the darby rolled his eyes f~earfully II
the direction of the Italian and des
ignating the latter with a trembling
%forefinger stammered in tremuloua
tones:
"Yais, sub, jedge, youah honah, dat
man do"
Order was only restored afteI
three Of the spectators who coult
not, or would not, control theil
mirth had been elected from thu
crowded courtroom.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-05
OF THE PRESS.

Senator Dolliver, of Iowa, just
"sloshes about on the tariff, and Sem
ator Allison faint saying a world
Cincinnati Enquirer.
--"Even Mr.. Hanna makes mis-
takes at times" says the Washington
Post. When American journalism gets
as defiantly reckless as this, it's time
to establish a press censorship.-De-
troit Free Press.
Presidential prophets are al
ready calculating how old Senator
Hanna will be in 1908. The point of
particular interest just now is how
old Mr.. Hanna will be in 1904.-Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
Senator Aldrich talks about "the
greed, if you please, OF the agricul-
tnral interests of the west" The lead
ing champion of tariff monopoly re-
bul<ing greed is a spectacle for gods
and men.-Portland Argus.
We do not see that the reelection
of Senator Platt calls for any further
comment. The Legislature had the
power to raise the standard of New
York's representation in the senate,
but the inclination or the courage was
lacking.-Syracuse Herald Qnd.).
Senator Plat, Of New York, is
to succeed himself, as it all along has
been evident that he would; but no
enthusiasm was manifested by repub-
lican members of the legislature over
their choice. There was no cheering,
but rather the demeanor of men who
were acting by the will of another and
not by their own. And such seems to
be the case.-Springfeld Republican
Cnd).
-"Ohio," says Hon. Marcus A.
Hanna, 'is an incubator of presidents,
and the industry still thrives." This
might be taken as a case Of counting
chickens before they are Matched, had
NOT MI. Hanna denied that his boom
is in the 1904 incubator.-Albany
Argus.
President Hayemeyer, of the
sugar trust, says that the proposed
antitrust legislation would be re-
~straint Of trade. Well, the trusts re-
strain or stihe competition, so they
ought not 10 complain II they are sub
jected to a little restraint themselves.
Rochester Union.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-05
POISONING AS A FINE ART.
Ing the Fatal Dose TO Avoid
:, Identification.

The whole question Of secret poison
ing is one of the greatest interest, and
one that is bound up with the romance
of past centuries, says London House.
hold Words. The word romance" is
used advisedly, for it undoubtedly
played a great part in the weird tales
that have been handed down and ac-
cepted so readily by lovers of the mys-
FERROUS. 1t is a sad fact that modern
day science should reject the larger
part of these picturesque stories. The
drinking cup is so devised that harm
less wine poured into it was immedi-
ately transformed into a ~death-deal-
ing potion, and the looking glass that
slew any one who CHANGED to glance
into tit is hard, indeed, that both
of these should be pronounced incom-
patible with our increased knowledge.
That rose, scented with insidious poi
son, which we have loved from school
room days-it is a pity to consign it
to the realms of fiction.
By way of compensation for the lie.
gends of which it has robbed us, mod
ern science has introduced us to or
ganic poisons undreamed of by the
artists of the renaissance. Consider
the, possibility of the micro-organism
in capable hands. The student new to
the work shudders involuntarily when
those carefully sealed glass tubes
which contain "~cultures" of this or
that deadly bacillus are handed round
for inspection. What if he were to
drop one and spread the germs round
among his fellows? Luckily these tox-
ms are not easily obtained, but in the
hands of a scientist-why, a modern
medici might destroy his enemies
wholesale and without fear of detec-
ton. A case was reported in the Eng
lish papers in 1S94-on the authority
of Dalziel's correspondent at Buenos
Ayres-which proves that the above
facts have not been overlooked. A
certain Prof. Beaurigard, an eminent
experimentalist on pathological sub
jects, was put on his trial for murder.
He appears to have given select din
ners, to which never more than three
guests were invited, and within "a
hours n or more of these guests
were attacked by what appeared to be
cholera or yellow fever. After Is
deaths had thus occurred the profess
sor was arrested and put on his trial,
but the ase against him was a fimsy
one, and was about to break down,
when a new witness appeared. During
a short adjournment the professor
committed suicide by means of a gold
capsule containing poison, which he
had concealed in a hollow tooth. At
ter his death the new witness-who
was the professors butler-explained
the manner of the crime. The murder
er was accustomed himself to bring
in and pound the ice which was used
for the liquor with which the banquet
terminated. This ice turned out to
be impregnated with cholera germs,
which, though frozen, had not lost
their poisonous qualities, for in the
human body they Immediately be-
came active principles for i'll. What
would not the Borgias, Catherine de
Medici, or the Marquis de Brinvilliers
have given for knowledge such as this?