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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-13

seems to be agreed that the fever is
due to the condition of the water sup
ply. There was an old reservoir that
had not been used for long time. Into
this the citys water supply was turn
ed 1t is claimed that the condition
of the reservoir was bad. In a very
short time after water was turned into
it the fever appeared. The whole pop
ulation practically. was infected with
the disease. but only a small percen-
tage has thus far succumbed to it.
1t will be weeks before the epidemic
comes to an end. In the meantime the
people are greatly in need of assistance,
or at least a large portion of them is.
Philadelphia has responded literally,
but the responses from other sources do
not appear to be very generous. The
appeals for assistance are so urgent
that there doesn't seem to be any doubt
that there is much suffering in the
city.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-13

We have it on so good authority as
Senator Depew that there are probably
100000 millionaires in this country,
but according to views expressed by
him at the dinner given by John D.
Rockefeller, Jr., to his Sunday-school
class last Tuesday evening, million
aires are not the happiest people in
the world. The man who has a mill
lion dollars isn't in the ten million
dollar class at all, and the man who
has ten million dollars isn't noticed
in the fifty million or hundred million
dollar circle. Therefore, if man
strives only to be rich he seldom gets
rich enough to be contented, and hence
happy. There is always some fellow
who is richer than he is, and is able
to look down upon him from the stand
point of wealth.
AS a matter of fact, the income from
a million dollars is more than suffi-
cient to satisfy the reasonable wants
of any man, but the more wealth a
man has the more numerous are his
wants. Therefore the man with a
very moderate fortune is just about
as we'll off as the man who has a hun
| bred millions of dollars. Besides, a
man who has a fortune amounting to
millions of dollars is always worried
to find safe investments. He finds it
is harder to keep his money than it
was to make it. Hence, it doesn't
bring him the satisfaction he thought
| il would.
Unless he be one of the few very
rich men of the world his wealth
brings him no special distinction, and
! it is often the case that in addition
| to the burdens it imposes upon him
it deprives him of genuine friendships
among his acquaintances. If he doesn't
| give as freely as the public thinks he
ought to such objects as the public
is interested in he is made the subject
of comments which are not conducive
! to his peace of mind. Great fortunes
have attractions for about all who
haven't them, but those who have
them do not find them a source of un-
alleged JOY.
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THE FORTUNATE rNwAsHEn.

1t looks as if the time were coming
when none of our old-time beliefs would
be left to us. From time immemorial
the belief has been entertained by self
respecting people that in order to keep
clean and well it was necessary to bathe
often. In ancient times great care was
given to the bath, and in modern houses
as much attention is given to the bath
room as to the drawing room.
But in a recent lecture in Chicago
before the Electric and Surgical Soci-
ETY. of that city, Prof. John Dill Rob-
ertson made the following remarkable
statement: when the people leave off
bathing there will be little or nothing
for the doctors to do. Pneumonia, colds
and hundreds of other ills result from
the foolish habit of washing the body.
TO battle is to be dirty, for you thereby
make a sewer of the skin. Blood, at
tracted by the skin, gives up products
that should be left to seek a natural
outlet. and soil the skin"
The professor said that he had not
taken a bath in two years, and that
he had a number of patients who fol-
low his example in this matter. He
called attention to the healthy condi-
ton of country boys, the boys on
the farm, who do not take a bath dur
ing the entire winter, and wouldn't in
the summer If it were not for the
pleasure they find in swimming. They
are healthier far, he says, than city
boys. Indeed, they furnish the brain
and Drawn that prevent cities from
going to decay. He called attention to
an Eskimo who had never been sick
in his life, and perhaps had never taken
a bath, but who, when brought to Bos-
ton and given a bath, was stricken with
pneumonia and died.
In the course of his lecture Prof. Rob-
| ertson gave the reasons why bathing
is not conducive to cleanliness and
health. They may be excellent reasons,
but they will hardly be accepted as
| enthusiastically not until other
eminent members of the medical pro-
fession support him in his rather SEN
sational position. And even then those
who are accustomed to take a bath
every day, or at least two or three
| times a week, and those who have
spent large sums in fitting up their
bath rooms will hold to the opinion
that the theory that bathing is I'M
healthy and uncleanly is a fad that
will have only a short life.
1t is quite certain that in this part
of the world there is as much, if not
more sickness in homes that are without
bathtubs than there is in those which
are furnished with those thought to- be
necessary articles, and the mortality
among the unwashed is certainly as
great as among the washed. And those
who battle frequently are undoubtedly
more acceptable to those who have a
delicate sense of smell than those who
are stranger to soap and water. Dr.
| Robertson, by his new cult, may gain
little notoriety, but it is doubtful
If he will make many converts among
those who believe that cleanliness is
next to Goodness.
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Hampton,s FIRST battle.

Perhaps some of the many who love
and admire this grand old hero of
many battles" would like to hear of
his first encounter" and so 1 tell it,
writes Kate Lee Ferguson in the
Charleston Post.
Seated before a blazing wood fire
in the dining room of his home in
Mississippi. he told it to me, and so,
l give it to you.
Picture to yourself II you can the
cleaning columns and sloping lawn of
his fathers home near Columbia. Be
yond the grounds lay an enclosure de-
serted of fowls and ducks, in the CEN
ter a pond on whose bosom a grand
old drake swan and lorded it over his
countless wives. Filled with arrogance
and vanity he strutted on the green
sward and attacked all invaders. Young
Wade was his especial enemy, and
many a time had the boy been held
and beaten by his wings. Christmas
came, and packed away between his
good aunts, they hied themselves into
town to purchase the usual supply of
toys. When they reached the store
Wade was asked what he wished"
He chose a sword, "a good strong
one" He said to the salesman, ex-
aiming the blade tehderly and test
ing its strength on the floor and
against the counter: II am in dan
ger" he said. Il need a good sword"
When the carriage reached the low
er gate, which opened on the paddock,
he requested to be let out, and the
rest of the party proceeded on their
way without him.
In few moments he was met by his
old enemy-but-"I give (the generals
own words) II Immediately braced
myself for the encounter by placing
the butt of the sword against my
breast. and as Mr.. Drake flew to-
wards me with outstretched wings he
pierced himself through and through,
the cleaning blade coming out of
his back dripping with blood. A thrill
ran over me such as never was equal
ed in any other battle of my life"
He was only 6 years old at the time
of this, his first victory, God bless
him.
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CURRENT COMMENT.

The Memphis Commercial Appeal
Dem.) says: Mr. Roosevelt having
been able to distinguish a construc-
tive recess between two sessions of
Congress that ran into one another
could also, no doubt, see a mathemati-
cal point with the naked eye"
The Philadelphia Record (Dem.) says:
Heath says he'll stay on the Repub-
lican National Committee. Good! He
says there is no reason why he should
resign. Neither is there if the Ma
tional Committee shall discard all dis
guises and conduct the campaign I'M
der the true colors of the Republican
party. Perry s. Heath is a typical
Republican politician. He represents
exceptionally well the spirit and pur-
poses of the party and the Democratic
party ought to hope earnestly that he
will stay not only till the convention
shall meet, but till the votes shall be
counted in November"
The New York Commercial Qnd }
says: Bank clearings for November
lend color to the assertion heard so
often lately-'at least, until with the
last few days-that the only blue spot
in the country is Wall Street" While
these exchanges for the country at
large show a falling off of about 20
per cent. as compared with those of
November 1902, those outside of New
York city show a slight gain-thls,
too, in the face of considerable de-
clines in Boston and Philadelphia. In
the Southern States the gain was over
II per cent; in the Pacific States nearly
6 per cent, and i'm the other Western
States about 4 per cent; while in the
New England and the Middle States
there were sharp declines. Apparently
it is only a question of time, and a
short time at that, when the effects
of prosperity in the South and the
West will be felt in the East. Business
in the East never remains long in the
doldrums when the rest OF the coun-
try Is prospecting. II was profra BILE
crops IL will be recalled. that set
business 10 booming In 1897. and just
the reverse state OF things that plunged
Il into the dumps and kept II there
for several years prior TO that period"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-13
THE HANNA NOON.

The friends of Mr.. Roosevelt have
been greatly disturbed by the talk that
has been current in favor Of Senator
Hanna as the Republican nominee for
| President. There hasn't been, and
! isn't now, any organized movement to
| bring about the nomination of Mr..
! Hanna. He has said he wasn't can
/ didate for the nomination and it Is
| quite certain that he hasn't made an
| effort to create sentiment in his
own behalf But the talk of him
! means that there is a great deal Of dis
satisfaction in the Republican party at
| the prospect that Mr.. Roosevelt will be
| the nominee. The dissatisfaction isn't
| among those in the ranks. 1t is found
among the leaders and those who,
heretofore, have been depended upon
for campaign funds. If the dissatis-
| faction We're general Mr.. Roosevelt
would be dropped without much cere-
mony, but he is popular with the
masses, and the politicians are COM
PEELED to do what the voters of their
party want done.
Mr. Roosevelt has the confidence Of
those in the ranks of his party. They
believe that he is in earnest in the
fight he has begun against trusts. And
to strengthen that belief the admins
tration papers have been publishing
story to the effect that the railroad
and trust magnates of Wall street re-
Gently sent a trusted agent to him to
secure a promise that if he would agree
to adopt a policy in matters affecting
financial and business interests which
they would map out they would with
draw their hostility to him. According
to this story he Indignantly refused to
enter into such an agreement, and
then the Hanna boom was started.
1t is doubtful If Wall street men ever
approached Mr.. Roosevelt with the
view of getting from him a pledge to
adopt certain policies in respect to
matters in which they are interested,
but the story that they did answers
the purpose at this time of increasing
Mr.. Roosevelt's popularity with Re-
publicans in the ranks.
II is SalQ IIldl all lIle llitiiDCAS u 'NN
Republican National Committee, with
possibly two or three exceptions, are
of the opinion that if Mr.. Roosevelt is
elected President he will wreck his
party. and hence, they are against
his nomination, but they are all shout
ing for him. They are afraid to do
otherwise. 1t is practically certain
that he will be the nominee, and they
cannot afford to be in opposition to
him.
AS has been stated many times the
politicians of the Republican party are
doubtful about Mr.. Roosevelt's ability
to carry New York, at least those who
are against his nomination offer that
as the main reason why he shouldnt
be nominated. The advantage Mr..
Hanna would have as the nominee is
that Wall street money would be spent
freely for him.
But Mr.. Hanna isn't going to be
nominated. The boom started for him
lust as the National Committee of the
party was meeting in its annual ses-
sion was simply an outcropping of the
dissatisfaction at the prospect of Mr..
RooseveIts nomination. At the present
! time the indications are that Mr..
Roosevelts name is the only one that
will be presented to the nominating
convention
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As to Pepper.

If you ask for pepper. says Victor
Smith in the New York Press, it is a
steamhammer to a toothpick your gro
Ger will produce the white variety
something practically unknown to CIV
ilization in this part of the world
twenty years ago. l despise the stuff,
1t has not the old-fashioned pepper
taste. Its only claim to notice is that
1t is less pungent than black pepper
and is not so readily seen in the food
1t is more expensive than black pep-
per. The principal woods employed
in its manufacture are white poplar.
ash, hard maple and birch. In India
they make white pepper by decorti-
eating the black pepper berries, and
that is a very superior condiment. II
Is, however. too expensive for gem
eral use. For particulars concerning
the manufacture of American white
pepper. see report of the Senate on
adulteration.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-13

BRIGHT BITS.

1t being settled that hard work is
the secret of success, the question now
arises what is the secret of hard work
Puck.
-Governess-"Oh, Kitty, you careless
child! There are not two RS in very.
Rub one of them out" Kitty-"Yes.
But which one punch.
-Kate-"They tell me that Fred has
proposed to Minnie Eva-"And we
have always been led to believe that
Fred was not drinking man!'-Boston
Transcript.
Mr.. Grouch-"Can't you stop that
kids bowling? What's the matter with
him?" Nurse Girl-"Well, sir, he was
chased by a crazy man wunst an he
thinks you're him. Chicago Daily
News.
Count Nottapenni-"Las' night L
giVa re leetle heent to Miss Roxley
Eat 1 vouldlika she would marry wiz
me-" Ascum-"And did she give you
any encouragement? Count Nottapen-
nil do not know. She simply say to
me, What kinda re nerve food do you
use ?"-Philadelphia Press.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-13

The officials of the town of Butler,
Pa, where an epidemic of typhoid
fever has prevailed for a number OF
weeks. are now making strong appeals
to the entire country for assistance. 1t
seems that the Relief Committee has
collected all the funds it can, and yet
there are many cases that have not
proper attention. There is a lack of
food, of medicines and of nurses.
The town has a population of $4,000,
and there have thus far been 1900
cases and about So deaths. The death
rate has been comparatively light, for
the reason, probably. that the disease
has not been malignant. Stnl. it has
been severe enough to practically par
alize the business of the town, so that
most OF the people who have cases Of
the disease in their families are in
need OF assistance.
Such an epidemic Of typhoid fever
seldom occurs, but il is the belief that
In this case the town authorities or
the health authorities are to blame. It
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-13
sTERHIZED BARBER SHOP.
A Famous Shop in the Carrollton Ho-
tel. Baltimore, Maryland.

The barber shop in the Carrollton
hotel, BaltimQre, sterilizes everything
1t uses in ths shop. The sterilizlng
is done by heat. The towels, the raz-
ors, the strops, the soap, the COMBS
and brushes are all sterilized before
being used on a customer. Where
there is no sterilization, have the bar
Der use Newbro's Herpicide. 1t kills
the dandruff germ, and it is an anti
septic for the scalp, and for the race
after shaving. All leading BARRIERS
everywhere appreciate these potent
facts about Herpicide and they use
il. DESTROY the cause, you remove
the effect" Sold by leading druggists.
Send 1Oc. in stamps for sample to the
IIerpicide Co, Detroit Mich.
Livingston's Pharmacy Company
Special Agents.
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80 PAGES.
lADEG 10 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Meetings Irish American Friendly
Society
Special Notices-Fruit. Pound and
Wine Cake, Schaffer's Bakery; Grocery
and Saloon for Sale, Henry Suffer;
Fertilizers, T. S. Hayward & Co.;
Turkeys and Cranberries. Jas. ]. Joyce;
Cheapest and Best Rooms, Forest City
Hotel; If You were Not Pleased. NJ. S.
Gardner; 1904 Juvenile Bicycles, C.
Hamp Leopold.
Business Notices-Let Us Fix 1t, G.
w. Thomas; Our Sunday Dinner, In
ion Station Restaurant; Christmas
Gifts, A. L. Desbouillons; Wiring Your
Christmas Tree Abrahams & Putzel;
Electrical Novelties for Holiday Pres
ents, Electric Supply Company; Sug-
gestions for Christmas, r. Van Keu-
rem & Co.; Holiday Gift Books, The
Coonor Book Store; 1t Is Impossible,
Theus & Co.: Crystallized California
Fruit, Hardee & MARSHALL Christmas
Trees, Thee Groot.
Yale Wheels-T. A. Bryson.
Increasing Attendance at Our Christ
mas Sale-Rhodes-Haver Furniture
Company.
This Store is the Best of the Present
Generation-Foye & Eckstein.
By Request-Sternberg 6 Co.
Grand Opening of the Toy and Doll
Department-Leopol Adler.
Prices Touch the Lowest Notch
Metzger & Brunson.
The Holiday Season Has Arrived-B
H. Levy & Bro.
Remarkable Values This Week
jackson G. Gutman.
Furs AS Gifts for Women-Walsh &
Meyer.
Are You Going West-Western and
Atlantic Railroad.
Suggestions for Christmas Gifts
At the Bee Hive.
Just When You Are So Busy-Mc-
Grath & Ransford.
We Are Now Ready for Holiday
Business-J. L. Morrison & Co.
The Best Candy is Here-Jerry
George.
Consult Me and be Cured-Dr. ]. T..
Gault
Pianos-Phillps & Crew, Savannah
Parlors.
Holiday Gifts-Thos. West & Co.
Christmas Presents-Gustave Eek
stein & Co.
Useful Holiday Gifts-The Metropoli-
tan Company.
For Men of Brain-Cortez Cigars.
A Christmas uggestion-Daniel
Hogan.
Airships-T. A. Bryson.
Blood Poison Cured-Dr. J. Newton
Hathaway.
A Full Dress Suit for Evening Wear
Leopold Adler.
You'll Be On the Go Christmas-Sa-
vannah Steam Laundry.
Chocolate Creams, etc.-Conida's.
Now Lay Me Down to Sleep-Latti-
mores.
Old Crow Bourbon and Hermitage
Rye-Henry Solomon & Son.
Holly Wreaths and N1istletoe-Row-
linski. Pharmacist.
Railroad chedules-Atlantic Coast
Line.
Christmas uggestions-McArthur &
Sons Co.
Neckwear for the HoIidays-Falk's
Around the Corner.
New Subscribers-The Bell Telephone
Company.
Christmas Presents-Allen Bros.
Christmas Offerings-Ludden &
Bates Southern Music House.
There Is Every Intelligent Reason
e. q w. Laundry.
Ideal Specialties-Leo Frank.
For the Feasts-The Delmonico Com
pany.
A Carload of Pierce Cars-R. v. Con.
nerat.
Clear-up Sale Of Ladies' TAILORED
Suits-B. II. Levy & Bro.
Town Talk Flour-Dougan & SheftaIl
Auction Sales-Typewriter, Piano
Furniture, ETC., by c. II. Dorsett, Auc
t!oneer.
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The weather.

The indications for Georgia for to-
DAY are for rain followed by clearing
and much colder weather; cold wave
Sunday night, with winds shifting to
nigh northwest. Eastern Florida rain.
followed by clearing. and much colder
weather with brisk TO high south
winds.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-13

Against his will, it seems, Mr.. Will
liam Jennings Bryan is to be forced
into the category with the Four Hun
dred. While he is in Europe hobnob-
bling with royalty and the nobility, a
young woman in Newport is preparing
to bring a breach of promise action
against his son-in-law, the artist who
married his daughter a few weeks
ago. With a will case on hand and
a breach of promise suit in the fam
lily, Mr.. Bryan will find 1t difficult to
keep out of the Smart Set of Newport
and New York.
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II am always glad to have va

II am always glad to have you
play with Johnny Uujohn. He is a
good little boy, and l know you won't
get into mischief when you are with
him. What were you playing, Tom
my. Bandits. mamma. He was a
murderer In cave. and / WAS a de-
tectlve, and We was shootin' at each
other with wooden guns."--Chlcago
Tribune.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-13

engines racing down street, and SINH
lar incidents, have become familiar to
those who attend vaudeville shows. 1t
is promised, however, that we shall
shortly have something novel in the
moving picture line. Several scientists
in Philadelphia are engaged in making
moving pictures of a human heart at
work, and of the movements of the
brain. When these have been completed
one may watch on the canvas the
Publications of heart or the move
ments of a living brain when it is
agitated by varying ideas.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-13

The Republican National Convention
goes to Chicago. AS mater of fact,
this had been settled for some days
before the vote was taken, as no other
city seemed to be a formidable rival
of the great city on the lake for the
honor. 1t goes without saying that
the convention will be well entertained,
since in their breezy way the Chica-
goans are famous hosts. And it seems
quite likely that the Democratic con-
vention will be held in the same city.
Thus in the next election it may be
that voters will be able to take their
choice between Chicago platforms"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-13

In New York there is a forgery
queen" on trial. She is q years old,
and the newspapers say she is the
prettiest defendant that has ever been
on trial in the General Sessions. When
it came to the selection of a jury the
other day, she took leading part in
the proceedings. She objected to old
men and bald heads. Only nice look
ing young men," she said, would be
considered competent to pass upon the
merits of the case. AS a consequence
she got her desired twelve nice look
ing young men," and the chances are
that they will acquit her.