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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-22
EdisOn's Way of working.

The play of Thomas A. Edison's
mind is as wonderful as the charac-
teristic way in which he does his read
ing, says the New York Times. Out
side of his technical reading he is said
never to read book unless it is spok-
en- of to him by his wife or some
friend Then he sits down and reads
until he has finished it. One evening
he happened to be unusually engrossed
with some problems" and was nerv-
ously pacing up and down his library
like a ged lion.
To divert his thoughts his wife came
in and picked up the first book she
saw. 1t happened to be THE Count
of Monte Cristo"
"Efave you ever read this story?''
said Mrs. Edison to her husband.
mo, l never have. Is it good?"
Mrs. Edison assured him that it was.
"All right. 1 guess I'll read it now"
and within two minutes the problem, -
whatever it was, had been forgotten,
and he was absorbed in Dumas great
story. AS he finished the book he no.
ticed the light of day peeping in and
on looking at his watch found it was
o'clock in the morning.
No sooner had he laid down the
book than the forgotten problem
jumped into his mind, and, putting on
his hat, he went to his laboratory and
worked increasingly, without food or
sleep, for thirtysiX hours.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-22

wants the Senate to vote on the report?
The reason is plain. He wants the re-
sponsibility for the Crum matter shift
ed from his shoulders to that of the
Senate, and the Senate wants the
President to shoulder it. II the Senate
should sustain the report and reject
DR.. Crum, the President could say to
the negro politicians that he did all he
could to make DR.. Crum collector Of
customs at Charleston. If, on the other
hand, the Senate should confirm the
nomination the President would get
credit for the nomination, and his
chances for getting the negro delegates
to the Republican National Convention
would not be impaired.
But what would happen if the Sem
ate should fail to act on the report of
the committee? Why. as soon as Con-
gress adjourned the whole Of the negro
influence of the country would he
brought to bear on the President to
appoint DR.. Crum ad interim collector
at Charleston. And if he refused, he
would run the risk of losing the negro
delegates to the Republican National
Convention. 1t can be readily seen,
therefore. why it is that the President
is so anxious that the Senate shall vote
On the nomination of DIR. Crum. He
wants to get out of a position that
may become very troublesome to him
in his efforts to secure the nomination
of his party for President.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-22
COMPROMISE OR AN EXTRA sES-
SION.

The indications are that there Will
be either a compromise on the omni-
bus statehood bill which will include
the Cuban and Colombian treaties or
an extra session of the Senate soon
after March 4. Senator Morgan
seems determined to defeat the Colon
bian treaty and Senator Quay is very
firm in his demand for a vote on the
omnibus statehood bill.
Senator Morgan is the only senator
who is opposing the Panama route for
the isthmian canal. He has been fight
ing so long for the Nicaragua route
that he is firmly convinced that the
canal. to be a success, can be built on
no other route. Nobody doubts his
sincerity. but there is question as TO
his moral right TO block legislation by
setting up his judgment against the
judgment of all the other senators.
Just now he is trying TO talk the Co.
lombian treaty to death, and if it can
be beaten that way he will succeed.
There is no man in the Senate, in fact
in the country, that equals him as
longtime talker. He has been talk
ing several days and appears to be as
fresh as when he started. This is re-
markabe in view of the fact that he
is 70 years of age. He hopes, of course,
to prevent the adoption of the Panama
route by defeating the Colombo
treaty.
Why Senator Quay is out of touch
with his party in respect to the omni-
bus statehood bill is not known. 1t is
suspected that he has plans in respect
TO one or more of the territories that
concern himself and some of his per-
sonal friends. Whatever his purpose
is there is no doubt that he is making
a very determined fight for the pas
sage of the bill. While there is no
understanding between him and Sena-
tor Morgan the effect of their joint
efforts is to block legislation complete
ly. 1t looks, therefore, as if there
would have to be a compromise If
there is to be ratification of the trea-
ties-a compromise that will amount to
a victory for Senator Quay. If the
majority holds out against the de-
mands of Senator Quay and the talk
ing of Senator Morgan an extra ses-
sion of the Senate will undoubtedly be
called
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-22
President Roosevelt on a Lark.

President Roosevelt had more fun
than a schoolboy OH lark at the we'd
ding of Senator Cockrell's daughter re-
Gently, says the Baltimore News. He
rambled among the guests at the
breakfast, told the girls how pretty
they looked, shook hands with and
complimented the matrons and 'jol-
lied" the beauX.
At the breakfast he proposed the
health of the bride. He made a speech
in which he referred to the beauty of
the bride and the luck of the bride
groom. Then he came to the father,
the senator from Missouri.
81 revere Missouri" said the Presi-
dent. 1T is a grand old state. But 1
wouldn't live there if l could"
There was a gasp of establishment,
and the many Missourians present
moved uneasily in their chairs.
NO." continued he, Il wouldn't live
there if l could, because 1 think so
much of Senator Cockrell and admire
him so greatly that 1 don't see how l
could keep from voting for him, and,
as he is a Democrat, you know, that
would never, never do"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-22
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Chattanooga Times Dem.) says:
American people. First q presiden-
tial yacht was bought and fitted up at
an expense of about $550000. Then the
White House was enlarged and i'm
proved at an expense of $500, 900. And
lastly the expense of running the
White House has increased from $685.
900 to $4,000 a year.
The Philadelphia Record (Dem.)
says: at ought to temper Republi-
can criticisms of the South a little to
reflect that nearly thirty years ago
Congress DISTINGUISHED all persons in
the national capital in order to sup
press the negro vote, and every prop
osition to restore the electoral fran
chise to the people of the District of
Columbia has been opposed by prop
erty owners and the friends of good
government. Yet the cOlored popula-
ton is a smaller proportion of the to-
tai in Washington than in many parts
of the South"
Qnd) says: THE Democratic party
has practically disappeared in Phila-
delphia, judging by the election for
Mayor this week. The Republican
candidate, Weaver, in a very apathetic
contest, won by $4,000 plurality, while
the total Democratic vote was not
much more than 10000. Judged by
election returns, year after year. Quay
is the greatest political boss America
has produced. He annihilates the OPP
position. notwithstanding the corrup-
ton of his own rule"
The Louisville Courier-Journal
Dem) says: president Roosevelt is
reported to have been surprised at the
interesting discovery that the globe
in the White House. which was pre-
pared from British admiralty charts,
sustains the contention of the United
States in all particulars in the Alaskan
boundary matter But il is surprising
that he should have been surprised.
Such surprise could result only from
an ignorance Of the case not easily eX-
cusnble in the President OF the United
States. An English maps up TO "A few
years ago sustained the contention OF
the United States. for the Canadian
claims are only a few years old"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-22

During the past week it was an
nounced from Washington that Mrs.
Roosevelt, wife of the President, and
Mrs. Knox. wife of the Attorney Gen
eral had found it necessary to forego
for a time attendance upon social
functions, in order to secure much
needed rest. They had literally been
broken down by the demands of So
ciety upon their time and strength, and
their physicians called halt. General
attention was directed to the cases
of these ladies because they are in
public life and are therefore person
ages of more than ordinary interest.
AS a matter of fact, however, social
life in Washington is probably not
more exacting and wearing than in
some other cities. The New York So
ciety woman is probably the hardest
worked creature of her class. DIR.
George F.. Shrady declares that the
toll of such a woman is harder than
that of any kitchen maid or washer
woman. Practically every society
woman complains that she is tired
and no doubt she really is more
fatigued than if she had done a days
manual labor. A days manual labor
is always followed by a night of re-
freshing sleep, which is denied the
devotee of society.
But in the small cities as we'll as the
large ones the social whirl is going at
a gait that is apparently being con-
stantly augmented; and. unfortunately.
young women are being brought up
with no ambition save to engage in
that whirl and live up to it, AS soon
as they leave school they are ushered
into society,"" without having been
taught any Of the old-fashioned do
nestle arts that made the grandmoth-
ers such charming hostesses and en-
tertainers. The girls have no pract-
cal knowledge of the realities of life.
and are untitled for the great duties
of home and fireside.
And what does the very fast social
pace of the period bring to those women
who attempt to keep up with it? Nerv-
Gus disorders and often shattered
health. "Sanitariums and health re-
sorts are crowded with social wrecks,
and neurasthenia was never before so
prevalent as now" says DR.. Cyrus Ed
son of New York. The same authority
declares that the daily routine of So
cial life one of intense and ever pres
emit excitement, leads the way to the
use of stimulants. The consumption of
alcoholic drinks is largely on the in
crease among women of the better
classes in the large cities, while it is
decreasing among men. DR.. Edison
says this is due to prevailing customs
in society. Late hours. nervous ten
sion and loss of sleep create a demand
for wine, and even whisky and alb
sinthe.
There should be a return to the old
fashioned ways in social matters. 1t is
not likely that we could go back to the
customs of colonial days, but we can
/ at least call a halt in the mad pace of
! the present and inculcate in the rising
| generation of women those sterling
traits OF character that distinguished
the old-fashioned girls and made them
| the sweetest and gentlest creatures on
earth, and the sweethearts and help
/ meets of their husbands after mar
rage.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-22
Divine Right.

The New York Times tells this story
of George F. Baer:
One evening during the strike the
president of the Reading Railroad was
homeward bound in a street car, when
a fellow passenger who had a little
clearing and a lot of woodland up on
the mountain began to expound his
theory that as coal was one of ma
lures gifts, the public had a right to
help itself to anthracite.
Mr.. Baer listened patiently to the
harangue, and said quietly:
That's a good idea, Mr.. -. l am
short of wood, and I'll just send a man
up to your place to cut a few cords
for me. Trees are natures gifts, you
know %
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-22
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-22
Love Your Enemies.

An Irishman and a clergyman were
travelling together in a railroad car
one day when the son of Erin, to the
CONSERVATION of his companion, pro-
duced a flask of Irish whisky and pro-
ceeded TO quench his thirst, says the
Philadelphia Ledger.
MY good man." ventured the cleric,
ARE you aware that drink is your
worst enemy2"
IAN, faith I am, Sorr," replied Pat,
with a smile.
"Then why do you take it?" appeal
ingly inquired the astonished parson.
"Shure, because the Boible tills me
to love my inimies," was the reply.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-22
Lines.

From the New York Sun.
Fishing lines,
Measuring lines,
Lines received from friend,
Main lines,
Through lines,
Lines of conduct to mend,
Marriage lines,
Art lines,
Lines of descent Of kings,
Sharp lines,
Check lines,
Lines that business brings,
Telegraph lines,
Steamboat lines,
Lines that are found in verse,
Imaginary lines,
Odd lines,
Lines of travel to curse,
Chalk lines,
Outlines,
Lines of argument we borrow,
Double lines,
Curved lines,
Lines of policy to follow,
Trolley lines,
Clothes-lines,
Lines we make with a tool,
But hard lines,
Were those lines
The lines We got at school!
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-22
TRYING TO AVOID RESPONSIBILITY.

An interesting discussion is now go
ing on in many of the Northern papers
in regard to the nomination of DR..
Crum, the man named as collector of
customs at Charleston. 1t is whether
or not the Senate ought to vote on the
report of the Committee on Commerce.
which was adverse to DR.. Crum.
IT will be recalled that the President
took the position, Immediately after
the committee made its report. that the
report ought TO be submitted to vote
of the Senate. IL is clear from what is
appearing in the Washington dis
patches that the senator's do not want
to go on record in respect to the nomi-
nation-that is. the Republican sena-
tors do not. The Democratic senators
are ready 10 sustain the report, and
they are not Directing 10 vote. The
DIRECTORS are the Republican senators.
And why b. Il that the President
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-22

Mrs. Hetty Green, 1.-The richest wom-
an in America" has foreclosed a mort
gage held by her on the Fifth Presby-
terrain Church in Chicago. II believe in
churches said Mrs. Green to a news
paper reporter. II had twenty-eight of
them at one time-mortgages on twen-
ty-eight, l mean. But when they get
to squabbling and fighting among
themselves, and ignore the payment
of their just debts, why-I foreclose
the mortgage" The people of the Chi
cago church stopped paying interest
four years ago and fell to squabbling
among themselves" Mrs. Green said.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-22

BRIGHT BITS.

The Star-"Didn't you think I was
really ill?" The Soubrette-"Why, of
course! I never suspected you of
acting!'-Puck.
The Bride-"Oh! Jack! How de-
lightfully romantic it is to think that
we are actually an clipping couple"
The Groom-"You don't regret it, do
you, darling?" The Bride-"Oh! No!
But l do wish we could have eloped
with fathers consent. "-Brooklyn Life.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-22
Hewitt Had n NimbIe wit.

The late Abram S. Hewitt had a very
nimble wit and dearly loved joke, says
the Philadelphia Ledger" He was
once a guest at a dinner which included
the late Recorder Smyth and Senator
Evarts. The Recorder was poking fun
at the Senator, and, adjusting his eye
glasses, red from newspaper clipping
what purported to be a sentence from
a recent speech made by the Senator.
but which was in reality wholly fictions,
as the Senator knew quite we'll. At its
conclusions the laugh was long and
hearty at MIR. Evarts' expense, and no
one laughed longer or heartier than the
Senator himself.
AS soon as the laughter had subsidized
Mr.. Hewitt suddenly leaned across the
table and looking rather stern1y into
the smiling face Of the Recorder said.
in a well-assumed tone of reproach:
THAT certainly is a remarkable SEN
tence, your honor. but criticism of it
does not come we'll from you If to-
days newspapers are to be believed;
for they contain a sentence of much
greater length which is attributed to
you"
"Why--why-how is that. Mr.. Hew-
itt?' inquired the Recorder, with con-
siderable confusion.
Because" said Mr.. Hewitt. with the
utmost gravity and that grim smile
which always accompanied his best
sayings, you are there quoted as ut
tering a sentence that was to last
through the whole life of the prisoner. -
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-22

family. The brain that had done such
splendid work snapped. The next
morning he was taken to an asylum,
where he died. His heart literally
broke at the moment when he bowed
his head upon his desk"
it was a most pathetic scene, one
well calculated to stamp itself indeli-
bly, upon the brain of the observer. But
the Tribune steps in at this juncture
and says it never occurred. 1t says Mr..
Greeley got off the train that day at
Williamsbridge to spend the night
with Waldo Hutchins, and that Mr..
Depew rode on to the city. 80 van
ishes the touching fable about Mr..
Greeley's confession of failure to Mr..
Depew, the uncomfortable sobs, the
broken heart, the swapping of the
brain that had done such splendid
work and the removal to an asylum
next morning." comments the Trib-
une. The paper asserts that Mr.. Gree
ley coptinued to edit the paper for
several days after the Pleasantville
meeting, and died more than six weeks
later.
Nevertheless We still think it is an
ungraceful thing to spoil funeral
Grafton by questioning it's facts.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-22

The killing of a little girl at a rail-
way grade crossing in Chicago the 9TH
er day brought out the fact that eighty
persons had been killed at three grade
crossings in the same neighborhood in
ten years. The crossing at which the
child was killed had tower and a
safety gate" But the gate was up,
and the child walked on the track to
her death.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-22

The total expense of the Hon. e. w.
Pettus of Alabama of his recent re-
election to the United States Senate
was 81, that sum being the fee of the
Secretary of State of Alabama for his
services in the machinery of election
and notification. The Addickses and
Clarks and some others must have
been interested when they heard of the
Pettus expense account.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-22

In Germany a court has decided that
wearing a wig is a valid ground for
divorce, provided the baldheaded par
ty to the contract failed to tell the
other party of the facts of badness
and wig-wearing previous to their mar
riage.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-22

The Indications for Georgia and
Eastern Florida for to-day are for fair
weather. With fresh north winds
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-22

The only blind British officer ever
decorated svith the Victoria cross is
Capt. e. r. Towse. late of the Gordon
Highlanders, who also enjoys the
unique distinction of having earned
the coveted bit of metal twice. Once
was at Magersfontein in 1899, when he
made a desperate effort to carry his
mortally wounded colonel on his back
out of range of Boer rifles. A year
later he and dozen of his men charg-
ed a large party of Beers who sud
denly appeared. The latter. taken by
surprise, gave way for a time, enah-
ling Towse and his men to escape. On
that occasion he sustained wound
which resulted in total blindness.
Capt. Towse is So years old.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-22

George Sanger, the English circus
ard menagerie man. started his show
with a trick pony which he purchased
for $40. That was "A good many years
ago for Mr.. Sanger Is now rs, rich.
and the owner Of "A circus aud men
agcrie worth over half a million.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-22
FOR SALE,

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Baldwin Locomotives, lately over
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miles of 20-pound Steel Relayers; one
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motive. SABEL BROTHERS,
Jacksonville. Fla.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-22
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