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The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-30
BRIGHT BITS.

-Booker-'I see, a Western Shaks-
perean scholar has revived that old
discussion about Bacon. What do you
think about it?" Rooder-"Wel. all l
know is that we have to pay Is cents
a pound now for the same stuff we
used to get for II. Philadelphia Led
ger.
-Ethel-T can't decide which of
them to accept" Kate-"Why, that
ought to be easy" Ethel-"I know.
but you see, Jack. always gives me
roses, and Reggie always gives me
violets, and the florist tells me they
cost exactly the same price ."-Cincin-
natl Commercial-Tribu
Mrs Suddenrich: I never heard no
such way of talkin' as you've got into
at boardin' school.
Daughter: I've learned to speak as
the teachers do.
Mrs. Suddenrich: Well, JUS drop it.
Them poverty-stricken hirelings don't
move in our set.-New York Weekly.
The speeding trains came together
with dull, sickening thud. A mo-
ment later the happy pair sat facing
each other in the corn field, far awaV,
Well, what are you crying for?" ask
ed the man.
The lady wept anew.
lit is our first falling out" she
sobbed.-Cincinnati Commercial rib-
une.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-30
Personal.

The Duchess of Bedford is the pro-
prietor of skating rink in London,
which is one of the most fashionable
afternoon haunts in the English me-
tropolis, The Duchess herself is in
daily attendance and an enthusiastic
skater
William H. Eustis of Minneapol
is being urged as a candidate for
Governor of Minnesota by his friends.
He has thus far refused to give his
consent, but it is thought probable
that if the delegation from his own
county is united in his support he will
be found in the running.
This is one of the favorite sayings
of President Diaz of Mexico: "A strong
personal government is necessary for
Latin race" That is what he has
always aimed to give the people of
Mexico. Another of his sayings is.
The strongest alliance | know of is a
commercial alliance"
To honor the memory of Emilio
CASTELAR,, the celebrated Republican or
ator and former President of the Span
lsh republic, his friends intend to
raise monument to him at Madrid.
subscriptions for this purpose have
been received from all quarters of Eu-
rope, Mexico, Cuba and several count
tries of South America.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-30

Senator Frye was in a reminiscent
mood the other evening. and told me
of McKinley's first appearance on the
floor of the House of Representatives,
says the National Magazine
He was genial. yet. somewhat shy"
said Senator Frye, and when we drew
lots for seats he drew a very good
seat and 1 drew a poor one. The next
morning 1 found all his things in my
seat, and my books and papers had
been removed to the better seat that
he had drawn.
How is this, Major?' I asked;
there's some mistake
" Not at all, Congressman he re-
piled, graciously; this seat belongs to
you
No, this will not do, I said; you
drew this seat and l must insist upon
you keeping it
Now, look here, Congressman said
Mckinley, you have been here before
and you are likely to obtain the at
tentfon of the Chair and address the
House, while this is my first term, and
l am expected to do nothing but look
wise
Yes, but the rules of the House?'
L replied.
What are the rules of the House
between friends? You take the seat, >
was the answer of the future Presi-
dent"
Maj. Mckinley never failed to win
friends wherever he went, and his
superb selfshness and goodness is a
treasured memory of all who knew
him.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-30
CURRENT COMMENT.

The New Orleans Times-Democrat
(Dem) says: IF the Moros will keen
busy for little while longer perhaps
all of this talk about Mai. Gen. Woods
lneXperience will have to be STONED
In these piping times of peace it is
something even for a corps commander
TO STAY seventy-fve men. The Senate
Will doubtless take note of this latest
achievement of American arms, and
assess the credit that is due to so dis
tlngulshed an example of what an I'M
tried soldier can do on occasion"
The New York World (Dem.) saws:
Mr.. Bryan now presents to the De-
mocracy as an ideal standard-bearer
Mr.. John W. Bookwalter, one of the
noble army of Democratic candidates
for Governor of Ohio, and one who en-
joys the additional distinction of not
having been beaten as badly as Tom
Johnson. There is inspiration in the
name of Bookwalter. 1t would thrill the
marching hosts of Democracy. At least
1t would thrill them more than the
name of the Hon. "Gumshoe BilI1
Stone of the baking powder trust
whose portrait was the first in Mr..
Bryan's gallery of presidential avail
abilities"
The Montgomery Advertiser Dem.)
says; If all the Democrats of the
Southern States will unite in a grand
effort for old-time Democracy they can
plant a sound man on a sound plat
form, and with the hearty Endorsement
such ticket would get from conserva-
tive citizens everywhere we believe
that success is more than probable. IT.
however, the Southern wing of the
party goes to the convention divided
or if, God Forbid there should still be
determination to cling to the I'M
Democratic theories which have twice
defeated us, then and in that case it
We're infinitely better for us to keep
our mouths shut and let the Demo-
Gratis of the North and East name both
candidates and platform.
The Albany IN. W Argus (Dem.)
says: IF President Roosevelt is to be
the Republican candidate, whatever his
strength in the jack-rabbit states, New
York Democrats need not fear him
Fresh from the CORY nights of Kettle
HILL touring the state in his Rough
Rider regimentals, he won for Cover
nor by only 1900 plurality, and was a
minority Governor, as the vote shows.
That year (Roosevelt Governor year,
Albany county gave a Democratic
plurality. With Roosevelt heading the
ticket, the Democrats of this county
swept the deck, and everybody knows
that the causes, which lost us the state
in 1898, were not the strength or the
popularity Of Theodore Roosevelt, in
this conservative and sensible old
commonwealth"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-30
rRoFEssIoNALIsM IN sPoRTs.

Professionalism in college sports has
been a subject of discussion for many
years. 1t seems, however, to be re-
ceiving more attention this year than
before. College presidents and leading
writer's on sporting topics have taken
the matter up and are endeavoring to
find a remedy for the evil; that it is
an evil is admitted on all sides. Presi-
dent Eliot of Harvard, writing of
football, said recently that the ethics
of war governed the game, generally
speaking Another high college official
said that many modern college sports
We're characterized by professional
ism, trickery and commercialism." The
spirit of the competing teams is too
frequently to win at all hazards"
rather than to win on merit. 1t is
charged that there are college coaches
who deliberately instruct the players
in tricks by which to lay out" their
opponents, and that those who be-
come known as star" players are the
men who are most successful in LAY
ing OUT the men against whom they
play most directly, Caspar Whitney,
the sports writer, excoriates the dirty
and contemplate" methods that are
frequently resorted to by players in
football games, such as falling with
stiffened knees on a man who is down,
driving the knee into a mans groin,
driving him in the throat with the ell
bows and knocking him on the head
when he is down in the skirmishes. II
know of teams" says Whitney, that
are coached and entreated by the
coaches to lay out their opponents.
These are not casual cases nor widely
separated cases; it is almost the rule
to coach a man to put out his VISA
Wis"
How is the practice to be stopped?
The adoption of rules merely will not
do it. Year after year rules have been
adopted designed to cut out profession
alism and brutality, but they have
been more honored in the breach than
the observance. There is always found
way around, in favor of the player
who is really desired, Unless a player
is Caught with the goods on" it is
difficult to prove professionalism
against him, and accident" is a word
that covers a multitude of sins. The
only hope, it would seem, lies in arous-
ing true spirit of craftsmanship in
the players and teams; a spirit of JUS
tice and fairness that would despise
bushwhacking and brutality. The
thrill of pleasure that comes with VIC
tory in honest contest fairly won is
the very soul of true sport.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-30
Edmund Kirk and JEFF Davis.

The death of ]. r. Gilmore, known
better perhaps by his nom de plume
of Edmund Kirke," calls up a story
about him and the President of the
Confederacy, says the New York Press.
Mr.. Lincoln sent him and Col. Jaques
to the headquarters of the Confeder-
ate government on mission of peace
in 1864. While in conversation with
various officials, including Mr. Davis,
he overheard the latter quote incor-
rectly verse of which he himself was
the author. He Immediately correct
ed the President, who, quite naturally,
was dumfounded at the apparent eff
frontery of the envoy. and how do
you know l am incorrect" sternly
asked Davis II am the author of the
verse" said Gilmore. Davis was much
impressed with the incident and de-
clared himself as pleased to meet the
author, even though he was an enemy
of the South.
When the war broke out Gilmore was
a merchant doing a large trade with
Southern cities. He was heavily in
terested in shipping, his vessels ply
ing between New York and all ports
on the South Carolina, Georgia and
Florida coasts. One of his fastest
ships was the brig Echo, which, be-
ing caught in one of those ports, was
captured by the Confederates and
christened the Jeff Davis. She was
the first privateer that preyed on
Northern commerce. The defeat of the
Confederacy, entailing the loss of for
tunes among Southern merchants deal
ing with Gilmore, so embarrassed him
in business to keep body and soul to-
gether
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-30

We Gull the following correspondence
from the pages of the Hardwareman,
says the London Standard. The owner
of the hardware shop in an American
town, who wants an assistant, thus
describes his requirements to a factor
in another city:
He must be steady and sober-mind-
ed. Must not drink, smoke or play
cards of any kind. Must be absolutely
truthful and be one who don't run
after the girls or don't want to be out
evenings. He must be one who would
rather remain at home and read or
study l would like him to be one who
would rather be with elderly people
than young ones. He must be of a
pleasant disposition; always courteous
and polite to me and my customer. One
who never becomes impatient or an
cry, and who never INDUCES in Cos
sip or light talk. Who likes to go to
church twice on Sunday and to Sun
day-school once. Who don't care for
holidays and who never dances. Who
is not engaged and don't correspond
with young women. Who puts away a
little money each week, and don't care
to spend much on clothes"
The factors answer was brief and
to the point:
II cannot find you a boy like that
here. There is only one place where
one can be found. That is in heaven"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-30
VACCINATION AND DANDRUFF.
There is as Sure Prevention OF Bald.
ness as There is of Smallpox.

1t is now accepted that vaccination
renders the vaccinated person exempt
from smallpox, or at worst, he never
has anything but the lightest kind Of
a case. Now as sure preventive and
cure for dandruff, which causes falling
ered-Newbro's Herpicide. 1t kills
the dandruff germ. C.. H. Reed, Vic
tor, Idaho, says: Myself and wife
have been troubled with dandruff and
falling hair for several years. We tried
remedies without effect until we used
Newbro's Herpicide, two bottles of
which cured u.s." Hundreds of similar
testimonials. Sold by leading drug
to The Herpicide Co., Detroit, Mich.
Livingston's Pharmacy Co., Special
Agents,
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-30
lADEX 10 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Special Notices-Notice, Mcmillan
Bros; Ship Notice, Strachan & Co..
Agents.
Business Notices-Oysters in Every
Style, Union Station Restaurant: BIZ
cycle Sundries, G. w. Thomas; Tighten
Your Burdens, Casino Restaurant.
Savannah Theater-"Alexander the
Great" Tonight
Come to the Clean Store-The Del
monico Co.
Any Good Brush Will Do-Gamble's
Tooth Powder.
Proper ationery-Solomons Co.
DEMONSTRATIONS
Violet Toilet Soap-Rowlinski's Drug
Store.
Tom Moore Cigarros-Henry Solomon
& Son.
Stop Suffering DR.. ]. r. Gault
Railroad Schedules-Atlantic Coast
Line.
A Full Dress Shirt-E. & w. Laundry.
Correct in Performance-Waltha
Watches.
Medical-Herpicide-
Cheap Column Advertisements-Hel
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For
Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personal; Mis-
cellaneous.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-30
A CONSUMPTION CUE.

The American consul at Moscow
sends an interesting and possibly i'm
portant communication to this govern
ment. 1t is to the effect that a Rus
sian engineer has brought from the
mines of Siberia specific for con-
sumption. The story goes that the
specific was discovered by an ignorant
miner; that the miner had successfully
treated a considerable number of cases
of consumption, and that upon his
death he bequeathed the recipe to the
engineer, who had been his friend and
benefactor. Our consul ait Moscow says
he has given considerable attention to
the matter and has faith in the claims
of the engineer as to the efficiency of
the remedy. The nature of the medi-
cine and Of the treatment are not dis
closed, but it is intimated that the
world will shortly be given the benefit
of the discovery, which, if it will do
what is claimed for it, will prove one
Of the greatest boons ever vouchsafed
the human family.
There is only a slender peg on which
sumption has been found. 1t seems
hardly reasonable to suppose that an
ignorant deliver in the mines of Siberia
accidentally hit upon the thing for
which the very best trained medical
minds of the world have been search
ing for so many years. And yet the
history of medicine is full of incidents
not less romantic than this narrative
from Moscow; several important
treatments and medicines have been
developed from unmedical sources.
Jenner is credited with having intro
duced vaccination in England; but it
is also claimed that he was largely in
fluenced to that end by the observa-
tions of Lady Mary Montagu in Con-
stantinople while her husband was
ambassador there. The lady knew
nothing of medical practice, yet she
was, in "a way, the means of causing
the great Jenner to make the expert
ments that have proved of inestimable
value to civilization. 1t was woman,
too, who first introduced quinine into
Europe. She was the Countess Chin
chon, wife of the Viceroy of Peru. who
had been cured of a fever by the use
of a powder made from cinchona bark
This was in 1859. Later some Jesuit
priests who had been missionaries to
Peru carried some of the powder to
Rome, where it was employed with sue
cess in the treatment of fevers. For a
number of years the orthodox ply
sicians of the period declined to have
anything to do with the powder, while
the Protestant Church utterly repudi-
ated it, The dispensing of the powder,
or quinine, was thus left in the hands
of Jesuit priests for nearly forty years,
until Robert Talbot, an English apoth-
ecary, took up the new drug and by
the use of it gained himself knighthood
and appointment as court physician to
Charles II. From the time of Talbot's
success the popularity of quinine was
assured, and to-day it is universally
used.
In view of these incidents in the his
tory of medicine, and others of the
same general character, 1t would not
be wise to pooh-pooh the idea of a con-
sumption cure coming out of the en-
pirical practice OF an ignorant Siberian
miner. Stranger things have hap
pened.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-30
"Sure Money!

Fred Lands, the attenuated Hoosier
representative. who quit work to come
to Congress, was lunching with friends
recently in the House restaurant. saws
the Washington letter of the New York
Tribune. Il am sorry that we are 90
ing to have change in the weather y
said Lands, as he gazed refectiveiy
at his cup of coffee.
Change in the weather." repeatAd
Jim" GTiggs, the hustling Georgia
manager of Democratic Congress- cam
paigns. why, L never saw a more
beautiful day in Washington-brigbt
bracing, and the sun shining so bril-.
liantly that we ought to be at the
races, instead of listening to tariff
arguments"
Cant be helped" insisted I.andis
I'VE are going to have 81 storm The
bubbles rising from the sugar in INV
coffee, and known to all loyal Hoosiers
as lucky Spots remain on the surfa ce
in the center of the cup, instead of
separating and going to the side. In
fallible sign Of change. 1t is as ga 70
TO bet on that sign as it would be 10
back the chances Of Republican sue
cess next year. Both are easy money, ;,
With a plying smile, Griggs called
Tor another Gun of coffee, but careful.
~ retrained from using sugar.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-30
MICROBES.

The time is in the memory OF per-
microbes" would send the average
listener to the dictionary to ascertain
what the word meant. But it is not
so now. Even the children in their
nurseries are able to discuss microbes
and warn each other against coming
in contact with them. Modern medi-
cal science has put us next" to the
fact that there are countless millions
of little organisms floating in the air,
swimming in the milk, swinging on
boards and even clinging to ruby and
kissable lips, ready to do their worst
to those who neglect to sterlize every
thing they touch. We are told that
the street cars, the theater the church,
the streets, the railway cars, are breed
ing places of germs; that cats carry
diphtheria, flies carry typhus and mos
quitOes yellow fever. At every turn
there is danger of infection from the
little bugs" of something or other.
Microbes snatch at us from around
every corner" says Eugene Wood in
Everybody's Magazine. I'VE can get
on the good side of a dog by patting
his head, and we can please the cat
by scratching her under the chin Qf
she doesn't scratch first. We can
tame other animals by giving them
food or by putting the weight of our
hand on them. If they won't be pet
ted or tanned, we can pick up a rock
and let them have it between the eyes,
But when a creature has no tail to
wag and nothing to purr with, how
can we pet it? How can we, without
getting a crick in the neck, stoop down
far enough to say Pretty microbe'
to something that is to us as a grain
of sand is to Mount Blanc? If it comes
to exterminating them, what chance
have we with creature that every
two hours breaks into two pieces, each
of which is a perfect organism, ready
in another two hours to break in two
again, and each of these halves to
break in another two hours, and so on
and so on until in three days the pro-
geny of one single bacterium numbers
4,772 billions? Nobody can keep up
with that rate of increase. OF all the
discoveries made by science it seems
to me that the most disheartening is
the discovery of germs"
Our grandparents did not know about
these things. They kissed and were
kissed; they danced, and rode in pub
lie cOnveyances, and sat with the sick,
and fOndled their pets in blissful ig-
norance of the horned and horrid lit
tie creatures that surrounded them on
all sides, and then lived to green old
ages. Without knowledge of either ap-
pendicitis or bacilli, they feared Meth
er and grew old gracefully. Their
peace of mind was not destroyed
whenever they came into the presence
of a person with a cough; the buzz of
a fly or the hum of a mosquito did
not conjure up visions of millions of
wriggling things seeking an entrance
to their veins to destroy their life's
blood. Now it is different. We are
germ-wise. But are we happier or
healthier? The development of the
germ theory was doubtless a good thing
from the standpoint of medical science.
But wouldn't it have been a good idea
for the doctors to keep their informa-
ton to themselves? They have given
the laymen just enough information to
make them uneasy, and frequently
foolish.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-30

The despised sage brush of the West
ern plains and foothills may, after
ALL solve the problem of a rubber sup
ply. While the demand for rubber
has been increasing steadily for a
number of years, owing to it's use for
tires on automobiles, bicycles, etc.
the supply has been dropping off, with
the consequence that prices have been
high and scientists have been racking
their brains to find a satisfactory SUBJ
stitute for it. 1t is said that a min
ing prospector, lost in the mountains of
Southern Colorado, was reduced to the
extremity of chewing the roots of the
sage brush to sustain life. Being some-
thing OF a chemist, the chewing of
the roots attracted his attention to a
gummy substance in them and he de-
termined to ascertain the nature of il
and whether or not it was good for
anything. His Investigations showed
that in the sage brush roots growing
at a high altitude there was some
think like 25 per cent. of CONNER
cial rubber. He formed company,
which has set up plant, and now good
rubber is being made from the hitherto
hated shrub. The supply of sage brush
containing rubber is said TO be almost
eXhaustless.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-30

This" said the genie. 'is a magic
ring. Rub it and you can have any
thing you want"
DO tell" said the merchant, accord
ing to the New York Times. Il think
I'll rub it and wish to have a lot of
such rings. Then I'll start jewelry
store, and I'll get all sorts of prices
for my goods because anybody who
buys will be able to rub a ring and
get his money back"
IAN right" said the genie. IT'S up
to you"
And he vanished.
About six months later the genie
called around again. The merchant
had opened a magnificent store, which
was filled with rings. But there were
no customers in sight.
How is business?' asked the genie.
Dead SLOW" replied the merchant.
Nobody will buy-dont want to pay
the prices. Very few people come in,
and those who do look at me, when 1
tell them about these rings, as sus-
piciously as if / We're Offering them
something in the line of common or
preferred stock. l can't do any bus
mess. In fact. I have to rub these
rings to pay the rent. / don't under
stand it. The country is prosperous,
but there seems to be a want of con-
fidence."
DO you advertiser asked the genie.
"N-no, didn't think it was neces-
sary."
"Chump!" exclaimed the genie fierce
ly How do you expect to do bust
ness if YOU don't advertise? What is
the use of giving a magic ring, to
fool like your"
70 time
rub a ring and wish the genie corked
I'D in a bottle, the genie had snatched
a ring, rubbed it and wished for the
rest. OF course he got them, and the
upshot of it was that the merchant was
Obliged to call meeting of his credi-
tors and persuade them to accept elev-
en- cents on the dollar.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-30

1t is extremely difficult to induce
New England newspaper to look on
both sides of question where black
man is concerned. Naturally, it seems,
the New England mind seeks to find
the black man a martyr and the white
man a merciless tyrant. That is the
position of the Springfield (Mass.) Re-
publican in considering the recent peon-
age cases before the United States
court in this city. Referring to the
fact that negroes were held for debts
by white men, it says Surely we are
not expected to include these (white
mem among the very best friends the
negro has in the United States. and
the ones best able to deal with the race
question" No attention whatever is
paid to the facts that the peonage cases
were reported by Southern white men
who insisted that the practice should
be stopped: that the court was pre-
sided over by a Southern white man
who imposed heavy fines on the de-
PENDANTS, and that the jury that would
have tried the cases, had they come to
trial on their merits. would have been
composed of Southern white men. The
white men who moved to lay the hands
OF the law heavily upon the shoulders
OF those who were illegally using the
negroes are certainly deserving of
credit and should be numbered among
the Negroes sincere friends.