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The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-09
Personal.

Lady Henry Somerset, the English
temperance and woman's rights advo-
cate, is consistent in all things. She
Keeps only women servants in her
houses and on her estates. Tall wom-
en- are her footmen, a stout woman is
her butler and women have Charge of
her stable.
king Oscar of Sweden, it is said,
is a Spectator on a fairly large scale
and has made large amount of money
by dealing in stocks and by privately
buying up out-of-t he-way slums in
Stockholm on the chance that they
would be wanted for street improve
ments in course of time
1t is generally considered bad form
to look gift horse in the mouth, but
the people of Salem, Mass, are ask
ing how it comes that the late Mrs.
Mary Ropes was able to bequeath a
million dollars to charity while she
and her sister paid taxes on but $780,
900 real and personal property.
Baron Speck Won Sternberg, the
German ambassador to this country.
quietly sailed for Europe last week.
He is to undergo an operation on one
Of his ears while abroad. His name
was omitted from the passenger list
and only a few of his most intimate
friends knew of his intended trip.
Joseph Denney, a resident of Chero-
kee, Ia, is native of New York state,
but went to Iowa more than ninety
years ago, He is the father of twelve
children and has sixty-six grandchil-
dren, ninety-four great-grandchildren
and one eat-grandchild. At his
last birthday 10 descendants congratu-
lated him.
-Sylvanus Merriman Stebbins Of
Riverside, Mass who was born April
4, 1917, has the proud record of hav-
ing voted for every Democratic candi-
rate for President since he cast his
first vote for Martin Van Buren, in
1910, when there were two Democratic
candidates for President. Mr.. Stebbins
cast his vote for the little giant"
Stephen A. Douglas.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-09
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Chattanooga Times (Dem.) says:
The Endorsement of the Alabama lily
whites will hardly induce Senator
Hanna to declare himself a candidate
for the presidency. AS we understand
ii he is quite a level-headed man and
has no desire to go humping against
stone walls. Beside, Senator Hanna
isn't a lilly white so far as any public
utterance of his indicates"
The Cincinnati Enquirer (Dem.),
which sometimes has queer ideas of
politics. says respecting the recent
elections: las to the Democrats, it
has long been understood that Tam
many was gravitating toward the
supporting of Cleveland. and that sup
port will now be weighty and carry
with it beyond doubt the backing of
the state. One now hears Cleveland
and a Western man; Hanna and an
Eastern man."
The Hartford ,(Conn.) Times Dem.)
says: "One of the reasons assigned for
the failure of the shipbuilding trust is
that it could not bring it's watered
stocks and its heavily laden bonds to
the market. There are other trusts
notably the mercantile marine trust
that are in the same predicament, but
with powerful financial support they
still manage to keep their legs. The
mercantile marine trust still INDUCES
the hopes of being nourished by large
subsidy from the next Congress"
The Louisville Courier Journal
(Dem.) says: THE Republican victory
in Ohio was fully anticipated long in
advance and was due to causes quite
apart from the greatness of Mr. Han
ma. The personal popularity with his
party in Ohio need not be questioned,
but the assumption that his election
was necessary to the continuance Of
business prosperity could not have de-
oeived any but the least intelligent of
the voters. The magnitude of the Re
publican majority was due simply to
the failure Of the opposition to har-
monize ON sound Democratic doc
triRes."
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-09
BRIGHT BITS.

Little ElmerG-Papa, what is a
trust? Prof. Broadhead-A trust, my
son, is large body of wealth en-
tirely surrounded by envy.-Harper'
Bazaar.
This merger question must be
pretty important after ALL" What
makes you think so?" well. see the
Federal courts are deciding it both
ways. Detroit Free Press.
II really must send the cook
away, George; she uses such dreadful
language sometimes What kind of
language, dear?" "Well-oh! the same
as you use. you khow!"-Brooklyn Life.
-Papa-"Tomny, you mustn't eat
so much. Everybody VIII be calling
you a little glutton.' Do you know
what that is?' TOMMY suppose
it's a big glutton's little boy."-Phila-
delphia Ledger.
-Butler-"I know that butcher acts
rather queerly at times, but the doc
tors say he is in full control Of his
mental faculties" Baker-"Yes, but
that cannot call for much of an effort,
you know."-Boston Transcript
Mrs. Brackett--I always enjoy
Mrs. Turner's company so much!
Her conversation is so interesting, you
know! Mrs. Burker-Yes. my husband
says that Mr.. Turner tells her every
thing he does.-Boston Transcript.
Mrs. Bridget, well
have fried eggs for breakfast. and
Bridget-"We can't, mum, there's not
an egg in the house" Mrs. Newliwed
well, then, just make an omelet. 1
like that better nyway."-Philadel-
phia Press.
why don't you go to work?" de-
manded Mrs. Goodart. Eyer see," be-
gan the grayhaired old loafer, II got
a wife an four children to support"
But if you don't go to work, how
can you?" Lady, as 1 wuz sayin',
1 got a wife an four children to sup
port ME. "-Philadelphia Press.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-09
AS TO GAMBLING,

A big manufacturing concern In Chi
cago that employs several thousand
men has posted notice to the effect that
those employees who gamble and smoke
cigarettes may expect to be discharged;
that people who are addicted to these
vices are regarded as being irrespon-
sible and undesirable in places of trust
Special stress is placed on the inter-
diction of gambling, and the men are
given to understand that the prohi-
bition in that matter is absolute. II an
employee is known to wager money on
horse races, cards, dice or other
schemes of chance, off VIII go his head
The corporation has a special force of
detectives employed to watch its clerks
and Others in positions of trust The
spy system is distasteful. but it affords
bracer to those OF the clerks who may
be morally weak.
Gambling is probably the besetting
vice of the country. So common is II
that its vernacular is heard everywhere
I'm bet you a dollar you are wrong"
is frequently heard on the streets, in
the Office or in the parlor as the climax
of an argument. The wager is regard
ed as the test of accuracy of judgment
and the person who is ready to back
his judgment with his money feels that
he has given the strongest possible
demonstration of his faith. But the
great incentive to gambling is not to
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-09
Thing. That went wrong.

Archibald Henry Harris. young man
who for a year or more had been send
ing stories to magazines, only to have
them returned to him with kind
notes from the publishers explaining
that his efforts, while full of merit,
were unfortunately not available for
their use. was in despair, says the
Chicago Tribune.
One day in sardonic mood, he sent
the same story to two different mag
aZineS.
It was not particularly good one,
and he knew in his own mind that II
fell far short of the standard he had
set for himself.
Both editors returned the story.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-09
49,, -----
The World Is Growing Old,

from the Chicago Tribune.
The world is growing old
1t used to have the time
To laugh at stories told
Or marvel over rhyme:
1t used to listen, glad
When some one had a song:
1t Sorrowed with the sad.
And sought to right the wrong.
The world is growing old
1t used to run and play,
And only seek the gold
That made a merry day:
IT once had time to spare
To lie beneath the trees
And hear the music there
The songs of birds and bees.
The time it used to lose!
A rose in bloom could hold
Those who to-day must choose
The petals brown and old.
A leafy stretch of trees
Was counted something good
A prospect made to please
1t never understood.
1t did not know the hush
When day dreams come at noon
Should be time of rush
And clamor: nor that soon
The clinking gold of trade
Would be best to behold.
One time it sang and PLAYED.
The world is growing old.
The world is growing old
1t has no time to sing:
Its stories all are told:
No more the rafters ring
With shouts when some blithe song
Or carol gay is sung.
The world has lived too long
But one time it was young.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-09
A Faithful Dog.

Here is a pathetic story told to my
informant, the venerable Judge N. A.
Patterson, by his father, as an in
cident of which he knew says a writer
in the Springfield Republican.
In the early days of North Carolina
a man rode long distance on horse
back TO collect q debt Of several hun
bred dollars. He took with him, for
company and as a protection against
robbers a dog to which he had long
felt much attached He collected the
money, all in silver dollars. These
he tied up in strong sack, dashed
it to the saddle behind hiTrl and start
ed for home.
When they had Travelled about half
of the homeward journey the dog mani
tested great deal of uneasiness, to
which he gave expression by nervous
barking and frequent dives at the
horses forelegs. The man was sorely
puzzled, and watched the dog for some
time to see if he could find an ex-
plantation of its strange conduct. His
reluctant conclusion was that it had
been bitten by a mad dog and was
the victim of hydrophobia. And so
to save his horse and to put the poor
dog out of the misery he supposed
1t was suffering, he drew a pistol and
shot it. Not wishing to see 1t die. he
applied the spurs to his horse and
rode rapidly for some distance. The
thought came to him, Il would rather
have lost the money than to have been
forced to kill that good dog"
Thus reminded of the treasure. he
put his hand around behind the sad
die, to see if the bag was safe, but it
was not there. He turned and rapidly
rode back. When he reached the point
where the dog first commenced to
bark and plunge at the horses legs
he found the bag of coin, and the
poor victim of his cruel mistake dy-
ing there. with his paws resting pa
tiently on either side of his master 8
treasure. He had tried so hard TO
make the master understand, but had
failed, and paid his life as the price
of his fidelity.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-09
George WdShinGt0n'S
Queue.
II Hid n Luxuriant Suit of Straight
and Very Dark Hair.

The Father of his Country conceal
ed 81 luxuriant suit of hair beneath his
queue wig Many now wish the old
fashion were in vogue, to conceal
thinned hair or badness. Yet no one
need have thin hair nor be bald, if
he cure the dandruff that causes both.
Dandruff can not be cured by securing
the scalp, because it is a germ dis
ease, and the germ has to be killed.
Newbro's Herpicide kills the dand-
ruff germ--no other hair preparation
will Destroy the cause, you re-
move the effect" There's no cure for
dandruff but to kill the germ. Sold
by leading druggists. Send 1Oc in
stamps for sample to The Herpicide
Co.. Detroit. Mich. Livingston Phar-
macy Co., Special Agents.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-09

Mrs. Langtry saw Sig. Marconi for
the first time the other evening, says
the Chicago Tribune, and the incident
caused her to tell her own peculiar ex-
periences with wireless telegraphy.
Il had dined with a friend the night
before 1 left London" she said, land
when we passed a vessel telegraphed
by the new method, The ocean does
not part us
Ten days later I had a telegram
back from my friend with request to
explain what it meant. 1t read: The
ocean has no pants on
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-09

Last year the Socialist vote in Mas
sachusetts amounted to 33,62s. and
there was much speculation with re-
spect to the apparent growth of So
cialism in New England. In the recent
election the Socialist vote dropped to
25.222. The candidate was the same
in both elections. hence there was no
consideration Of personal popularity or
ability involved in the loss of more
than 5000 votes in a year. The Spring
field Republican says this years vote
probably shows the real strength Of
the Socialist party in the state; that
last year there were many BRYAN
Williams votes"' cast for the Socialist
candidate.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-09
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The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-09

The stu quoque" argument is never
n very good or satisfactory one, new
ertheless there is some grain of pleas
ure to be derived from using it to
those Northern communities that are
continually criticising us on the race
question. Here. for instance. we see it
asserted that the normal Republican
majority of 1900 to 1000 in Union coun-
ty. New Jersey, was turped into a
Democratic victory of nearly 1000 in
the recent election because of the fact
that a negro doctor had been nominated
by the Republicans for coroner. The
Republican newspapers took the posi-
ton that. as there were white men
enough in the county to fill all of the
offices, a negro should not have been
nominated. In Princeton. N. j., too.
there is much dissatisfaction because
A. b. Davis, a colored man, has been
appointed a mail carrier, notwith-
standing he was the only one of several
candidates who passed a satisfactory
examination. So numerous have be-
come the complaints to the Princeton
postmaster that, according to a special
to the New York Times, steps will be
taken to have Davis removed" In
the North they will not let black men
hold the offices of coroner and mail
carrier, and yet they roast" us be-
cause we do not want them for post
masters and collectors of customs.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-09
Both editors returned the story.
THE CARELESS TRAVELLER.

William Jones, a Hyde Park man,
started the other evening for Cincin-
natl. 1855.
After boarding the train he care
fully stuck his ticket inside the band
of his hat. ,-l Is 4. -
A few minutes later, however, be-
fore the conductor had come around,
and while the train was moving at
the rate of twenty miles an hour, he
carelessly put his head out of the win
dow.
But his hat, for some reason. did
not blow off
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-09

Secretary of State Layton of Della
ware is refreshingly frank in his state
ment of political situation as he sees
it. He says: Hanna spent thousands
in Ohio and is welcome at the White
House; AddiclSs spent hundreds in
Delaware and is left out in the cold"
1t might be inferred that Mr.. Layton
regards the welcome to the White
House and the being left out in the
cold merely as matter OF spending
thousands in one case and hundreds in
the other
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-09

Elias Hartz. the famous goose-bone
weather prophet sof Berks county,
Pennsylvania, has retired" from MAX
ing forecasts, after seventy-flve years
of .goose-bone reading. This, so far
as we can recall, is the first instance
of the retirement of a voluntary wealth
er prophet. AS a common thing, the
older the prophet grows the greater
interest he takes in the weather and
his predictions.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-09

One report says Gov. Bates of Mass
achusetts is being groomed for the
United States Senate to succeed Sem
ator Hoar; another report says the
person to be succeeded by Gov. Bates
is Senator Lodge. who is to become
a msmber of President Roosevelts
new cabinet. However. Col. Roose-
welt has yet to be elected to the
presidency before he can form new
cabinet.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-09

You don't have to wait to hear from
the back counties to tell how Pennsyl-
vania has gone" says the Philadel-
phia Inquirer. And that is true. One
has only to know what is Senator
Quay's pleasure to know six months in
advance of the election how Pennsyl-
vania will go.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-09

The Society of American Authors
has taken steps looking to lower
rate of postage on authors manu-
scripts. This thing of having to en-
close return postage with a manu-
script every time it is sent out makes
serious inroads upon the resources of
the average author.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-09
The weather.

The indications for Georgia for to-
day are for fair and warmer weather,
with fresh east to southeast winds.
Eastern Florida partly cloudy weather,
showers in south and warmer in ex-
treme north portion, with fresh east
to northeast winds.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-09

The election of Representative Nc
Clellan to be Mayor of New York will
occasion a vacancy in the New York
congressional delegation. 1t is the I'M
Outstanding that the nomination will
be rendered to w. Bourke Cochran.
who recently re-entered the Tammany
fold and made speeches for Mcclellan
during the campaign.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-09

Proud Mamma--You haven't kiss
ed the baby. Bachelor Uncle-Um-
ier-I'n try to remember next t,noe
I'll kiss her when I--er-come baclr
from China. when will that be9''
''Let-me-see. In about sixteen years. :"
London Tit Bits.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-09

There are rumors that the Addicks
Republicans of Delaware will support
Senator Hanna for the Republican
nomination for President. When it is
reliably reported that Senators Platt
and Quay are in favor of the nominal
ton of Senator Hanna, then will be
time enough to consider the Hanna
boom as really formidable.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-09

1t is remarkable with what kind
ly spirit the Republican newspapers
Of the North regard the rebels and
''secessionists" of Panama. They have
no words of condemnation for them, but
rather commend them for having
cleverly turned a shrewd trick. The
Panama people seeded for purely
money reasons, and our government
is backing them up. The Southern
people seeded because Of a great con-
stitutional principle, and there was
nothing too bad to be said about them.
A week or two ago a revolution
broke out in Santo Domingo and over
threw the government. Now another
revolution is in process of formation
to overthrow the new revolutionary
government. And in a short while
there will be still another revolution.
and so on. 1t is like driving a num-
Der of pegs through knot-hole, each
with another like it. 1t is not the
manifest duty and destiny of the Unit
ed States to stop that sort of thing by
annexing the brawling little republic?
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-09
WOOD TURPENTINE.

Manufacturers of spirits of turpen-
tine, that is. spirits distilled from the
gum of the pine tree, have watched
with interest and possibly some degree
of apprehension the discovery of a
process for extracting spirits from pine
wood and knots. and the development
of that discovery. How will the wood
turpentine affect the market price Of
the pure product? they have inquired.
Manufacturers of paints, varnishes and
other products into which spirits of tur-
pentine enters largely have also in
terested themselves in the matter, in
the hope that the new product would
prove to be a first-class substitute for
the old, standard turpentine, because of
the high prices commanded by the lat
ter for some time.
The search for a satisfactory substi-
ture for spirits of turpentine is a CEN
fury or more old, and has been pros
ecuted by some of the leading chemists
of Europe; but so far their efforts have
failed. The product of the gum of the
pine tree as yet maintains it's position,
with nothing to completely and per-
fectly take it's place. Nor does it APP
pear to be likely that it will lose pres
tige, favor or price because of the dis
covery of the wood turpentine process.
A number of manufacturers who have
tried the new spirits as a substitute
for the old have reported their failure.
At the recent meeting of paint and var
nish manufacturers in St. Louis one
manufacturer told his experience.
Into tank of $50 gallons of varnish
he had put twenty gallons of wood tur-
pentine. After the mixture had stood
three weeks his foreman called him
down ITO smell the horrible smell that
was coming from that can of vaEnish."
The $50 gallons that had been treated
with the twenty gallons of wood tur-
pentine was then mixed with a second
tank of $50 gallons of varnish, thus
cutting in half the amount of wood
turpentine in the varnish. The varnish
was then sent out to the trade. The
first man who got some of it called
over the telephone to inquire, For
Gods sake. what's in this stuff"
Every customer objected to it because
Of the smell, arising from the creosote
in the wood turpentine.
1t is not to be understood that the
wood turpentine is Objectionable for all
purposes. Far from it. 1t is a useful
product, for which there is a steady
and expanding demand. So excellent
a thing is 1t for the purposes to which
it is adapted that it sells for only about
cents a gallon less than the turpen-
tine distilled from the gum. The point
we desire to make in connection with
the two products is that from present
appearances. there seems to be no rea-
son to fear competition between them.
Each has, and will probably con-
tinue to have. its own special uses.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-09

The General Electric Company, at
Its works in Schenectady, has for a
long time been engaged in working
out the details of a new system of
canal boat towing by electricity. 1t
IS known as the Wood system. and
the device which actually draws the
boat is called the electric mule" The
test OF trial plant erected along
the Erie Canal In front of the works
OF the General Electric Company, was
made on Wednesday in the presence
of Gov. Odell, and a number of dis
tinguished persons, including many
state officials, and it was declared to
be success in every particular I'm
der the present method OF towing by
mules a cargo of 160 tons to each boat
is considered very heavy going west
ward against the current. An cleo
trio locomotive of the Wood system
readily hauled four canal boats. each
loaded with cargoes of $50 tons, against
the current. at a speed of five miles
an hour. The demonstration was I'M
der the direction of the international
Towing and Power Company, of New
York, which controls the Wood sys-
tenn, aided by the General Electric
Company. The towing company had
expended $4,000 for the test. The
Wood system consists of two trac-
ton ways which run parallel with the
canal, elevated above the surface of
the towpath. One traction way is used
for east-bound towing and the other
west bound towing. The electric
rests on two wheels which groove
about the top rail. Beneath the To-
ccmotives are under wheels, also
grooved. The under wheels. by means
Of powerful springs, clamp tightly
against the under-rail, allowing the ma
chimes to run along on the single rail-.
The mule runs smoothly along the
traction way, and 10 large hook
which extends out from Il the haw-
sers OF canal boats are attached,