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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-18
personal.

Sidney Lee, at present perhaps the
best known of English writer's on
Shakespeare, is coming to America for
the purpose of delivering d series of
lectures on Great Engishmen of the
Sixteenth Century" He will also dis
cuss Shakespeare and National Bio
graphy' during his stay. Mr.. Lee will
probably be in Chicago some time in
April.
Prof. Dewey of the Boston In
stitute of Technology i'm speaking be-
fore the convention of educators and
business men at Ann Arbor, Mich, de-
plored the lack of fitness shown by
college graduates for the hard realities
of life. Prof. Ripley of Harvard Uni
Nersity urged the enforcement of bust
ness methods of eXacting attention to
study all through a university stu
dents course.
The New York Press says that
when John d. Rockefeller, Jr, swore
the other day that he had debts of
$500 600 he performed a surgical oper-
alton on his conscience for the re-
moval of a personal tax assessment"
The same paper adds feelingly that
the poor young man deserves a great
deal of credit for the brave show of
courage which he has been making in
public during these many years, when
all the while he has been harassed by
numerous creditors, yet avoided the
bankruptcy court and Ludlow street
Jail "
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-18
CURRENT COMMENT,

The Kansas City Journal (Dem)
says: "A strange oversight on the
part of the Kansas house and Senate
has been noted. None of the S13 door,
keepers, 961 sergeants- alarms or 3S7
superintendent of ventilation has
been supplied with a clerk or stenog-
rapher."
The Philadelphia Ledger Qnd1
says: Chicago is cited as a shining
example of the profitable management
of an important public utility by a
municipality. For fifteen years the
city has operated its lighting plant and
has developed the largest municipal
lighting property in the world without
increasing the taxes or creating debt
in aid of the enterprise. During the
period named the city has. spent for
the construction and operation of the
plant $3.400,67e. If It had rented the
lights supplied by the plant during
the fifteen years it would have incur
red an expenditure of $S,535,S75 In
other words. the cost of the plant has
been saved in its operation"
The Springfield CMass.), Republican
Qnd) says: "Susan B. Anthony's
comments on the question of small
families went mercilessly to the point.
As for the average Harvard man hav-
ing only two children, she said: That
is quite enough. Harvard graduates
do not always make the best fathers
When told about President Roosevelt's
imprecations upon married couples
who have few or no children, Miss
Anthony Immediately asked how many
children the President has. The pur-
pose of her question was plain, but
she was completely foiled. Mr.. Roose-
welt is the proud father of six. If he
were not he would hardly dare, even
with his rare courage, to address to
the country homilies on large families
Yet even Mr.. Roosevelt is scarcely in
so good position 10 lecture other peo-
pie on this subject as he may think
He was born rich, inherited a for
tune, and never had TO earn his own
living. An early marriage and many
children were ca silly his lot without an
accompanying stringency in the family
exehequer. A review OF the presidents
material circumstances in connection
with his views shows that. after all
ne has not quite understood the poorer
mans position. But still he is safe
from the terrible Fetort which Susan
3. Anthony, spinster. was prepared 10
hurl al him. The President has SIX"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-18

BRIGHT BITS.

Husband Grritably).-"It isn't a
year since you said you believed our
marriage was made in heaven, and
yet you order me around as if |
wasn't anybody" Wife Calmly
Order is Heavens first law."-New
York Weekly.
The Mistress.-"So you have de.
cided to get married? Don't you think
you are taking great chances. Bird
get?" The Maid-"Shure OF don't
think so, mum. Oh behave iv'ry gerrul
ought to git married at least wanst
in her loife. Judge
-Graspit-"Yes, I'm self-made
man." Cynicus-"Well, l must say you
are entitled to great deal of credit
for your charitable act" Graspit-
What charitable act?" Cynicus-"Re-
lieving the Lord of the responsibility.
Chicago Daily News.
Mrs. Smith.-"Did you ever no.
tice what a way Mr.. Slyder has of
looking in another direction when a
lady is standing in the street carp"
Mrs. Black-'I don't know that l
have; but l have noticed him do it in
church when the contribution box
came along. Boston Transcript.
But, mamma" protested Miss
Bulyon, why are you sending out in
vitations for a diamond wedding? You
haven't been married nearly long
enough for that" whats that got
to do with it?" demanded Mrs. Bull
you. Your fathers financial stand
ing would make anything less than a
diamond wedding absurd. Chicago
Evening Post.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-18
And the Man Died Poor.

Andrew Carnegie is reported to have
said that some years ago he wanted
to cross a mountain in Pennsylvania
and a youngster offered to take him
over for so cents. Mr.. Carnegie
thought the price was too great, but
after long argument, paid it, mot be-
cause the trip was worth it," as the
story goes, but because 1 had to get
on the other side of the mountain"
Mr.. Carnegie adds: Il predicted that
the boy would some day make for
tune, and he has. His name is Charles
NJ. Schwab."
That reminds me of a story, says
writer in the Brooklyn Eagle. Years
ago a young man owned the only wood
yard in a prairie town out West. He
had a goodly store on hand when
heavy SHOWS came and blocked the
roads For weeks no wood could be
hauled to the town, yet the young man
went on selling at his regular price
of $275 a cord. A friend said to him
that he could get S. as easily, because
the people must have wood. The
young man said he knew it, but that
he was making a fair living profit. So
he continued to sell his wood at the
same old price. Everybody predicted
that he would always be poor, and he
is, God bless him! Never mind his
name; you wouldn't know it if you
heard it, but it is a synonym of hui
man love and tender sympathy
throughout all that prairie country.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-18

The dogs who travel on railways be-
cause they like to, paying no fares. yet
everywhere received and cared for by
trainmen as privileged guests, have
found an unlooked-for rival in a cat-a
handsome Maltese, says the Youth's
Companion. Five years ago, as the al
most sole survivor of the wreck of an
Ohio steamer, she appeared at the
union station in Cincinnati, and APP
pealed to the sympathies of the en-
ployes, who Immediately became her
friends.
AS she showed a desire to travel they
furnished her with a collar, on which
her name was inscribed, together with
few words recommending her to the
care of railroad men everywhere. Her
adventures since then are mainly mat
ters of conjecture, although many
strange stories are told of her.
She is known to have survived a dis
astrous railroad accident, and to have
crossed the Atlantic on a collier. Her
friends, having heard nothing of her
for many months after this supposed
that she was dead. She finally reap
peared on a Ward liner, coming from
Brazil to the United States, and a note
attached to her collar showed that she
had been on board a steamer sailing
from England to Rio Janeiro She
landed from a train at Buffalo recent
ly, and after a brief stay with her rail-
road friends at the station, departed
on train for Vancouver, and for the
present is lost to history
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-18
What He Told The Judge.

Representative Clayton of Alabama
tells d story of the way a representa-
tive Texas lawyer rebuffed a judge who
was discencerting him with questions:
1T is on S. H. CoWan, a prominent
lawyer of the Lane Star State and at
torney for the National Cattlemen's
Association. They had judge in Tex
as who was a terror to the lawyers. l
reckon he was something like the late
Mr.. Justice Miller, for he would go at
the lawyers practising in his court and
evidently try to bowl them off their
feet by vigorous questioning.
well, COWan, then young lawyer,
was trying a case before three judges,
of whom the man l have just men,
severely, and the lawyer was nearly
out of the ring at such a bombardment
of questions from the bench.
Now, don't be disconnected by my
questions, Mr.. Cowan,' said this judge.
Answer me just as you would the JUS
tice of the peace over in your county if
you were trying a case before him.
AT that Cowan was ready, quick as
a flash.
II always tell him. said he, boldly,
to keep his mouth shut
The other two judges could not re-
frain from laughter at that sort of re-
buff.
This judge remarked the chief
justice gravely, will now have to keep
his mouth shut
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-18
ANTI-TRrsr LEGIsLArIoN.

The Senate Judiciary Committee ie-
ported the Littlefield antitrust bill 70
the Senate on Monday with several i'm
portant amendments. The purport of
these amendments was given in our
dispatches yesterday. There is no ed
son for commenting upon them. how
ever, because the record of antitrust
legislation of this Congress is almost
completed. All that remains to COM
plete it is the passage of the Elkins
bill. That bill has passed the Senate
and it is slated to pass the House.
There is no particular reason why there
should be opposition to it. II amounts
to very little. It simply re-enacts the
interstate commerce law so far as re-
bates and determinations by railroads
are concerned. Indeed. il is not so OBJ
jectionable to the railroads as the in
terstate commerce law, because IT re-
peals the drastic penalties of that law.
The Littlefield bill may be discussed
to some extent i'm the Senate, but it will
not be passed by that body. The Re-
publicaus do not intend to permit it TO
come to vote. The suggestion has
been made that the omnibus statehood
bill is kept where it is so as to OBJ
struct any legislation the Republicans
do not care to enact but for the re-
fusal to enact which they do not want
to be held responsible.
1t is the understanding that the
President and the members of the cab
met are entirely satisfied with the anti
trust record which the Republican par
ty has made since the beginning of The
present session Of Congress. That rec
ord, as already stated. consists of the
Bureau of Corporations attached to the
new Department of Commerce and the
Elkins bill At one time the President
was understood to be very much in
favor of the Littlefield bill, but he does
not seem to think now that it is what
the present situation demands What it
is that has brought about a change in
his views no one appears to be in
position to explain. In his speeches
last summer he was very aggressive
i'm his attitude towards trusts. The
impression he created was that he was
going to smash the trusts. Instead of
that, he is content with the two little
antitrust measures to which we have
called attention-measures to which
the trusts have no objection. Indeed,
il is noticeable that the trusts papers
are commencing the President for his
change of mind in regard to trusts
saying that his extreme moderation is
striking evidence of his growth in
craftsmanship. But will the two little
measures-the Elkns bill and the Blu
reau of Corporations-satis the peo-
pie? WIN the people be willing to believe
that the Republican party has kept its
promises to them in the matter of
trusts? Unless we are mistaken that
party will discover, before the presi-
dental campaign has progressed very
far next year that the people nave
not been deceived, that they know ex-
actly how little the Republican party
has done to remedy trust evils and
that they are not satisfied with the
record which that party has made in
the matter of antitrust legislation.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-18

Admiral Schley is a good story tell
.er, says the New York Press. While
with a party of friends the other
night he was asked to tell something
rev about Santiago.
NO. he replied. Il must refuse to
talk about Santiago l am in posi-
ticn similar to that of Gen. Taylor af-
ter he became President. Every man
WHO fought under him at Buena Vista.
besought him for Office and naturally
to cement their chances all recalled
the famous battle and chatted about
it, until President Taylor was sick and
tired.
"Buena Vista?" he finally exclaimed
to one old soldier. why, there was a
time | thought ! commanded at that
battle, but / have heard so d much
about it since, and so many things
that never knew of in connection
with it, that l have concluded 1 was
not there
I'll tell you another story instead. 8"
the admiral continued to his friends.
Many years ago l was in charge Of
q nondescript vessel on the Mississippi
1t was what was called a double
ender, with a rudder at each end, and
had been SO constructed, | understood
that ii could go up the river and then
back down the river without turning
around in cramped quarters. One day
l conceived the idea of trying to turn
this craft around. I brought to the
task every method of seamanship I
knew, but found l did not have suf-
ficient room in the narrow harbor
where we were. Irritated in being balk-
ed in my purpose, heard this remark
from one of the sailors:
That's the best success in a ship
that the United States ever turned
out"
What in the devil do you mean by
that?' | inquired rather brusquely and
in bad temper.
Why replied the Jack, you see,
it was made to turn around for no.
body nor from nobody, and I'll be
blamed If il will "
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-18
A FACrOR IN THE RACE PROBLEM.

.
In the Church of the Messiah in
/ New York on Sunday the Rev. Dr.
/ Minot j. Savage, one of the most elo-
/ quent and noted ministers of that city,
/ addressed his congregation on Lin
/ coin and Washington as guides for to-
/ day" In the course of his remarks he
/ said that when the negro was given
| the ballot he thought that the race
| question in this country was settled,
that the negro would become a good
citizen. would be prosperous and that
there would be no conflict between the
| races. In his opinion that was the
view entertained by a great majority
of the people Of the North. He admit
ted that they were mistaken. He said:
The thing We have overlooked, and
We shall never deal with the race
problem nationally until we take it into
serious account. is the difference be-
tween the white man and the black"
In other words DR.. Savage now knows
that one race is the superior and that
there cannot be political equality be-
tween the two races and at the same
time entire harmony
We called attention the other day to
the statement made by Lincoln in his
great debate with Douglas, namely,
that there was d physical difference
between the negro and the white man,
that the white race was the superior
race, and that political equality was
rot to be expected for the negro.
1t is true that a number of state
ments have appeared in the public
prints to the effect that Lincoln must
have modified this opinion of his re-
specting the inadvisability of granting
political equality to the negro, because
he urged the Republican authorities
in Louisiana to grant suffrage to those
of the negroes of that state who pos
sessed sufficient intelligence and who
had fought in the Union armies.
While it is true that he may have
asked that the suffrage be extended to
certain of the negroes in Louisiana, it
does not follow that he changed his
views as to the inferiOrity of the negro
race. Political expediency may have
been the basis of his judgment in adj
vising that certain of the negroes in
Louisiana be granted the ballot No
one of course. is in a position to say
what would have been his position as to
the advisability of giving the suffrage to
negroes generally, as was done event
ually. but from the record he left on
that subject it is safe to say that he
would have been against granting 1t.
AS a matter of fact, however, Lin
coin was not in a position to form an
infallible opinion ON this subject. He
was able, perhaps, to see further into
the future than most public men of
his time, but his opinions were likely
to be changed by developments. At
the present time the opinion is gaining
ground in the North that political
equality for the negro is practically
impossible In that section a view of
the negro is spreading that did not
exist there when negro suffrage was
fastened on the country. That is the
admission which DR.. Savage made in
his sermon last Sunday. We have no
doubt that the race problem will be
settled. but not as the North started
out to settle il.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-18
INDEX 10 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Meetings-Francis s. Barlow Camp
No. SO, L. s. c. W; Georgia Chapter,
No. 8, r. A. NJ.
Special Notices-Sewer Connections,
Cornwell & Chapman; Fine Potted
Plants. Oelschig; ship Notice, Strachan
& Co, Agents; For Sale, T. S. Hey
ward & co.
Business NOTES.-THE Only Edison
Talking Machine, The Ray Co.
Thirty-third Annuel Inventory Sale
Ludden d Bates S. NJ. II.
We Feel Sure-Savannah Trust Com
pany.
a Nice Cold Morning Gas
Light Co.
Railroads--Cheap Colonist Tickets to
California, Southern Pacific Railway;
California Excursions. Atchison, To-
peka and Santa Fe Railway.
Heating Stoves at Cost-Wm. & H.
II. baltimore.
Fit, Style, Comfort-M. Wilensky.
Silver Polish--The Gorham Co.
Savannah Theater-Payton Sisters
Company Tonight; Hello Bill To-
morrow Matinee and Night.
Foods-Postum Food Coffee.
Insurance Massachusetts
Mutual Life Insurance Company.
Medical-Swamp Root; Cascarets;
Medical Lake Plaster; Paracamp; Py-
ramid Pile Cure; Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery; Mull's Grape Tonic.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Help
Wanted: Employment Wanted; For
Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personal; Mis-
cellaneous.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-18
FinaBcierinE.

CleghOrns friends always insisted
that he had the making of a fnancier
in him, says Puck. Accordingly. when
they read in the paper that Cleghorn
was in Jail, they were in nowise sur
prised.
Cleghorn, it seems, formed a stock
company in oil. He got out million
shares, of a dollar each, causing them
to be quoted at the modest price OF five
cents. Then he borrowed $4,000, and
with it paid a dividend of per cent.
At once the stock rose to par, and Cleg-
horn sold out, at a profit of more than
$500 900.
After that he bought him a racing
automobile, and in due course was
locked W..
Just what l always thought would
happen" remarked one of Cleghorn's
friends, with a quiet laugh.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-18

A Boston clergyman the other day
preached powerful sermon on the
harmful influence of the Millionaire in
church. He probably turned the guns
of his eloquent denunciation upon the
Millionaire because there is no such per-
son in the church, therefore nobody
will have a right to feel offended. Had
he shot lower and hit the mere mil
lionaire, it, might have been the cause
of hard feelings.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-18

Experiments are being conducted
in Southern France in the production
of naturally colored silk Cocoons of
bright red and less brilliant shades
of blue and orange have been spun by
silk-worms fed on mulberry leaves
washed over with pigments OF CORE
spending color, and ii is expected that
in time any desired tint may be OBJ
tanned by varying the food OF The. in
sect. Cloth dyed in the wool would
cease to be a synonym for unfading
permanency In the MERGERS language
N science should provide the market
With taffeta dyed in the worm.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-18

The value of rapid mental calculation
was illustrated in Trenton. n. j.. a
day or two ago. Ed Smith. a milkman,
had his arms full of bottles of milk
when his new $3.50 hat blew off his
river. With lightninglike rapidity
Smith counted the value Of his cargo
OF milk and bottles and found it TO be
$12S. so he dropped his load. The milk
and bottles were total loss. but he
saved the hat and the % cents differ
ence in value.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-18

Notwithstanding the election is
eight months away, the New York
nayoralty campaign has already been
opened. The first meetings were held
last week and the agitation will be
kept up until election day. 1t will be
one of New York's longest campaigns.
1t seems TO be considered as settled
that Mayor Low will be the Republi-
can candidate. Who the Democrats
will put up remains to be decided.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-18

Capt. William Ashmead Courtenay of
Newry, S. c., has published for pri-
Vate distribution a monogra phi on the
Washington Light Infantry OF Charles
ton, S. c., entitled, "A Permanent Ben
efaction.' 1t is a brief but compre-
hensive narrative of that veteran mill
itary organization, which was founded
by William Lowndes in 1907. upon the
receipt of news of the unprovoked at
tack Of the British man-of-war Loop
ara upon the American man-of-war
chesapeake. The book. however. is
more particularly devoted 20 a history
Of the doings Of the Washington Light
infantry Charitable Association since
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