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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-14
A MAN wITHOTT A COUNTRY,

Antonio Opissio, who is residing in
the city of Washington, has appealed
to the courts there to aid him in dis
covering what he is and where he is
at" He was born in the Philippine
Islands a subject of the crown of Spain,
but he has been living in the United
States since the close of the Spanish
American War. Entering a college in
this country he recently completed a
course of law, taking high rank in
his class. Having qualified himself in
his profession he desired to enter upon
the practice of it, hence made appli-
cation for admission to the bar The
point was raised that he was not a
citizen of the United States. To cure
that disability he made application to
the proper authorities for naturaliza-
ton. Here again he was disappointed
Under the treaty between the United
States and Spain it was the privilege
of Filipinos to retain their allegiance
to Spain, but Opissio had left home
without availing himself of this privi-
lege. AS a prerequisite to becoming a
naturalized citizen of the United States
one must forswear allegiance to some
other independent government or pow
err This Opissio could not do; his own
country has not an independent gov.
! eminent. In the eye of the United
States law he cannot renounce allegi-
ance to the Filipino government be-
cause that government is dominated by
and subject to the government of the
! United States.
In this dilemma Opissio asked for a
rule against the clerk of the court tC
which he applied for naturalization tC
! compel the consideration of his case
! This, however, was denied by the Dis.
trict Supreme Court, leaving the ap.
! plicant still suspended in air, mar
without a country Now Opissio. i,
! again an applicant for admission to the
bar of the District of Columbia, ant
| hopes to be able to get a decision tha
will put him in the way of ascertain.
/ ing. his political status and that o.
those of his fellow Filipinos who fine
! themselves in a similar situation. He
| argues that, having failed to formally
| express his intention to preserve his al,
| legiance to Spain, his default make;
him a citizen of the United States un'
| der the automatic working of the
treaty of Paris,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-14
BRIGHT BITS.


i want to see the parade" walled
the boy. MY son." replied the father,
who had experienced the usual vicissi-
tudes of civic celebrations. IN put
you in the cider press and you'll have
all the sensations without going so far
for them. Chicago Evening Post.
But" said the heiress whose beau
ty wasn't even skin deep, "how
am l to know that you are not marry
ing me for my money!" 1T is an even
break replied the young man who
was addicted to the Glove habit. How
am l to know that you are not marry
ing me to reform me?"-Chicago Daily
News.
Miss Cutts-"He's an awfully in.
quisitiye bore, isn't he?" Miss Ann
Teek-"O! Awfully. He was trying to
find out my age the other day, so
just up and told him / was fifty. That
settled him. Miss Cutts-"Weu. !
guess it is best to be perfectly candid
with that sort of ellow."-Philadel-
phia Press
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-14
ERSONAL.'

lit was a Connecticut girl, Florence
Mary Fitch, who took a doctors degree
with honors at Berlin University, being
the tenth woman to win such an honor
in the history of the university. Three
out of the nine others were Americans.
Miss Clara Barton has not ceased
her labors in behalf of the Red Cross
Society, notwithstanding the recent eff
forts to depose her from the presidency.
She is formulating plans for new and
large fund of probably 81 ,000, 900 for the
extension of the work.
Jerry B. Sullivan, Democratic can
didate for Governor of Iowa, is the
law partner of John B. Sullivan, the
firm having offices in Des Moines. John
b. is Republican and has been on
the stump against Jerry B. In a
speech before the Republican Club of
Polk county he caused d good deal of
amusement by repeatedly referring to
his law partner as Governor Sullivan"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-14

Waiter! Waiter!" yelled a red-faced
man at breakfast time in an upper
Broadway restaurant, says the New
York Press. Now. see here" he
growled, as the waiter drew near,
these eggs are not fresh. No, they're
not, and there's no use of your telling
me that they are. Moreover, this ba-
con is not broiled in the way 1 told
you to have it broied, and your coffee
is not fit to drink. BAH
A young man on the other side of
the room who was quietly smoking a
cigarette over his coffee looked up
when the red-faced man began to fill
the place with his complaints. AS he
did so, his eye caught that of the
waiter, who had served him for many
months, and as the best of feeling pre-
vailed between them both men smiled.
The young man then nodded for his
waiter to approach.
Your friend George is having a
hard time with that kicker over there,
isn't he?" he said. Does d man ever
gain anything by raising such row.
Don't you believe it, sir" replied
the waiter eagerly. I'VE knows perfect
ly when a customer really has a kick
comm to him and when he is kickin'
just to show off. OF course, if a Gus
toner is liberal with his money we
don't mind him shown off a little;
but, all the same, walters is human
just like everybody else, and when the
harpoon is thrown into 'em too hard
tehre'S many little ways in which they
can get square. Now, d'you know
what's the matter with that man over
there? He's been to the theater."
What do you mean?" asked the
young man, his curiosity considerably
aroused.
It's like this" replied the waiter;
I'm off duty at o'clock, and L takes
in a show about once a week. Now
did you ever notice that when they
have a restaurant scene in a play the
customers are always made to treat
the walters as if they was dogs? It's
Come here, waiter!' Run away and
play, waiter!' That sounds funny or
the stage, and it always gets a laugh
and l amt got no objections; but the
trouble is that many men who think
it sounds smart get the idea that's the
proper thing to do in real life.''
sThey want to prove they are mer
of the world by making you walters
stand around, eh?" suggested the
young man.
That's it., exactly, sir. And when
ever an extra lot of kickers comes oul
way we knows there's a play on Broad
way with d restaurant scene in it, just
like there is at the present time
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-14
who Rules My House.

From the New York Press.
Who rules this house l love so we'll
This mortal tenement of clay?
Within this castle where l dwell
l Outlines wonder who holds sway
'Tis true l call the place mine own,
But there be power behind the throne.
7 sometimes hear the noise of strife,
The awful din, the clash of arms;
And then I tremble for my life
And shrink away from wars alarms.
Were / not such an arrant knave
l would be master here-not slave.
But / am weak-I am not strong:
l cannot always cleave to Right.
Sometimes the giant hand of Wrong
Lays on and holds me in its might.
Who rules my house? / wonder why
l may not know until / die?
Lawrence Porcher Hext.
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-14

The Georgia Hussa1s show the proper
spirit in their determination that Sa-
vannah dealers shall be given the OPP
portunity to re-fi1rnish their club
rooms. 1t is too often the case that
SaVannahians. absolutely without rea-
son, send elsewhere for their goods.
Merchants of this city are as well able
as those of any other to supply the
wants of all. Their goods are as ex-
cellent and their prices as low as can
be found anywhere else. Pride in local
establishments and a desire to help
their own city should make other
marts for retail buying practically un-
known to all Savannahians. There are
many men of wealth in the city who
would scorn to buy an article elsewhere.
if il could be obtained here. On the
other hand, there are wealthy men who
buy everything they can in other cities,
notably New York. This is largely
through habit. Possibly twenty years
ago they desired some article that they
could not find here. They thereupon
ordered it from New York and estab-
llSHeu a precedent tney nave S4tl'e Ia
lowed, forgetting that Savannah mer-
chants of the present are progressive
and that, if there is a good thing.
they have it. Possibly there was
necessity in the first instance to order
from New York: now there is none.
Those who instituted this custom, so
hurtful to the business interests of
Savannah, now that there is no neces-
sity for following 1t. should seek to re-
pair the injury they have done local
trade by buying their goods at home.
Let influential citizens who have made
it their practice to buy elsewhere visit
the places of the Savannah merchants;
let them observe the stocks, and thea.
when they see that they are helping
neither themselves nor their city by
patronizing merchants Of other places,
let them set an example that others
will be sure to follow.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-14
But Pu.rie Had Nine Lives.

The great stage scene of the piece
was ship wreck. and after the YES
sci had gone down only the comic man
and the heroine were to be seen toss
ing on a frail raft on the boundless
ocean, says Answers.
The comedy merchant had expected
ed that his woe-begone appearance
would raise a laugh, but even he was
astonished at the roar which went UP
when they saw him.
At last he was able to get hear
ing.
Il wish" he said to the heroine,
that we could get out and walk
home, but it's so jolly wet"
The audience was too exhausted to
laugh any more, and the voice of the
man in the gallery sounded painfully
clear:
IF 1 was you," he said, II should
do it. There's a cat been hopping
about on the waves for the last five
minutes, and she don't seem to ave
suffered much!"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-14

c1O0 10 you may say Sill 30, so
your honour Sir Marks. send me this
hundred eleven by Bryan himself, who
and 1 prays for your success always in
Trim and no more at present
Signed in the place of
Jenny Carr's Wife
his
Bryan Garraty
mark.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-14

The advertising methods of the Sa-
vannah Chamber of Commerce are
fruitful of results. The whole state
may thank Savannah for what she is
doing. With applications for infor-
nation about Georgia lands coming in
at the rate Of seventy-five in one mail
it is certain that many of the writer's
will take advantage Of the opportuni-
ties that will be offered. Georgians who
have lands to list should not delay in
communicating with the Chamber of
Commerce. - 4, L.,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-14

Sir Henry Irving and his company
of eighty-two persons have sailed from
London for New York. Sir Henry will
play Dante" in this country. He says
the American people will like Dante"
and that he will scarcely be called upon
for other pieces from his repertoire. Sir
Henry says: The American people
are such earnest readers and students
of all the great personages in litera-
ture and history" He is prob bly,
mistaken as to the motive of those who
fill his houses. They will go to see
him because he is Sir Henry Irving. If
he were anyone else playing Dante"
he would not draw such crowds. A
poll of his audiences, before he appear
ed each night, would scarcely discover
that half of those present had any ia
miliarity with the subject of his play.
of those curious to see Irving, those
who take in anything new as a mat
ter of principle and those who were
there because others were and because
Irving is the fashion, 1t would be bet
ter if the American public were sway ed
by the sentiment for which Sir Henry
gives it credit. .Shakespearean plays
or those by other gneat masters are
educational; they. are aMakeners of
thoughts and inspirations to deeds to
which none could be moved by the idle
folderoi of present-day comedies and
comic operas and the nauseating i'm
morality of some of the society plays
that have no apology for existence
save that the people go to see them.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-14
bonds.

The government would embark upon
no small undertaking if it should at
tempt to follow the suggestion of DR..
c. L. Parks of Atlanta and educate the
negroes of the South. Hanna's slave
pension bill and this educational
scheme should be "hooked double. d"
Neither, however, stands any chance of
ever passing Congress. That body
would regard them as sectional meas
ures, involving vast expenditures
Pensions for union veterans are the
only sectional measures of commen-
surate financial vastness that Congress
cares 10 pass. Either of the plans
for the. negroes, would pour vast sums
IRON the public treasury into the South.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-14

George Guenther, 60 years old, and
his wife, who live near Sandusky, O.,
have been attacked by mobs three
times since they were. married two
weeks ago. In the last attack both
Guenther and his wife were wounded
Why were the attacks made? Because
Guenther is white and his wife is
that shocks the chromatic sensibilities
of Ohioans when seen in matrimonial
bonds.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-14

The other military commands of the
city should follow the example of the
First Infantry. which has determined
to present an appearance on Cover
nor's Day at the Savannah Fair that
will uphold the city's military reputa-
ton in the eyes of the Governor and
his staff. Extra drills should be held,
and those who have members of the
military in their employ should see to
it that they are given opportunity to
attend meetings and appear with their
commands on the day for which prep
aration is being made
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-14

Gov. Terrell entered readily into the
spirit of the officers of the Savan-
nat Volunteer Guards He commend
ed the enthusiasm that prompted the
determination of the corps to visit st.
Louis. The Guards deserve to carry
many men, and doubtless they will.
They will be representatives of whom
Savannah may be proud.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-14
LONG ON ROOSEVELT.

EX-Secretary of the Navy John d.
Long has written an interesting ar
ticle for the Outlook which contains
some statements respecting President
Roosevelt's connection with the Navy
Department that are decidedly free
and unexpected. Mr.. Roosevelt, it will
be recalled, went from the New York
police commissionershlp to the Navy
Department as Assistant Secretary
under Secretary Long. 1t has many
times been asserted that it was AS
sistant Secretary Roosevelt who Sc
lected Commodore George Dewey TO
proceed to the Asiatic station where
he subsequently won enduring fame
and that it was he who insisted On
the ships of the navy being allowed
extra amounts of ammunition for tar
get practice, in anticipation of a war
with Spain. EX-Secretary Long does
not confirm these stories, but he does
say that his assistant was exceedingly
active and enthusiastic. His comment
along this line is likely to cause a fur
ny, certainly among the ardent admir-
ers Of the President, and possibly in
administration circles as well.
The ex-Secretary writes, in part:
His ardor sometimes went faster than
the President or the department ap-
preciated. Just before the war he, as
well as some naval officers, was anx-
ious TO send squadron across the
ocean to sink the ships and torpedo
boat destroyers of the Spanish fleet
While we were yet at peace with
Spain"
This bit of impetuosity, it seems,
was overlooked at the time as being
merely a manifestation of efferVescent
energy and bubbing patriotism. But
the Secretary was at length obliged
to "can down" his too enthusiastic
assistant. He worked indefatigably,"
Says Mr.. Long, Frequently incorporat-
ing his views in memoranda which he
would place every morning on my
desk Most of his suggestions had, how
ever, so far as applicable. already been
adopted by the various bureaus, the
chiefs of which We're straining every
nerve and leaving nothing un1One.
When l suggested to him that some
future historian reading his memoranda,
if they were put on record, would get
the impression that the bureaus were
inefficient, he accepted the suggestion
with the generous good nature which
is so marked in him"
The call down was accepted in
good part and the memoranda of
individual opinions ceased, but there
was no cessation of busting activity
in the Office of the busy assistant. His
typewriters had no rest" the ex-Secre-
tary says, and he was especially slim
ulating to the younger officers who
gathered about him and made his Of
flee as busy as a hive"
Mr. Long has now retired from Of
fee, but he is still in politics in Massa-
chusetts, where he has a large follow
ing. In all probability more will be
heard of the Outlook article.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-14

one hundred negroes of Illinois gath
er in meeting and condemn Booker
Washington for his Endorsement of the
constitutional amendment relative to
the negro franchise in some of the
Southern states. Washington's work
and observation in the Southern states
should certainly render him more -fami-
negroes.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-14
PHYSICAL CULTURE IN SCHOOLS.

III SANAL IN S0hOOl4Ss
In the introduction of physical Gull
ture into the schools the Board of Edu-
cation will recognize a valuable adj
junct of educational work that has
long since emerged from the Fad and
experimental stages. 1t has been es-
tablished upon a plane that in most
of the great cities of the country has
rendered it one of the most popular
and beneficial features of the schools.
Similar benefits will be derived from
it in Savannah schools. and parents
should welcome it's introduction.
Some ten years ago physical culture
was made a part of the instruction
given children in the public schools of
New York city. Men and women in
that city now note that schoolboys
and schoolgirls are stronger and more
sturdy of build, more graceful in their
movements and more healthy than
were these of the day when physical
culture was not practiced. But one
need not stop with this general evil
dence of observation. Ready made
clothing dealers, who have been in
their line of business for years, testi-
fly to the improved physical develop
| ment of schooboys, while dressmak-
ers declare that the schoolgirls are
tnore 1obmst. Clothing dealers say
that boys coats are now cut much
broader across the chest and an inch
| shorter in the back than they were
| "a, iS oIo fe
are deeper and shoulders more erect
| in the average schoolboy of to-day
The decade has not been required
to give proof of the efficacy of physi-
cal culture in the schools. 1t was
evident long ago. The improvement
of course, was gradual, but it is re-
markedly apparent now, ten years
after the establishment of the system
| So in Savannah may results be eX-
pected, but neither parents nor child
rem should look for them within a
week or a month. The Improvement
will be going on week by week, and
| eventually it will be marked. Let not
the system be hastily condemned, but
| let it have a fair test. Wait until tbs
child passes through all the grades
Then, if faithful and consistent prac-
tjce in the physical culture move
ments has been exacted, health, grace
and strength, promoted through ply
steal culture, will testify to the wis.
dom Of the Board of Education il
having made it part of the schoo
course.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-14

her school facilities, since she finds
that 60 per cent. more infants survive
than a few years ago, when less scien-
tific care of them was taken This
is a big item in prospective popula-
ton
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-14

During the time of a contested cleo
ton in Meath some seventy years ago,
Sir Mark Sumnerville sent orders to
the hotel proprietor in the town of
Trim to board and lodge all that should
vote for him, for which he received the
following bill, says the Dublin Free
mans Journal. He had it passed, and
it still hangs in Summerville House,
County Meath. The copy from which
this was taken was found among the
papers of the late Very Rev. Archdea-
con O'Connell Vicar General of Meath
Diocese, April Is, 1926:
My bill, your honor
6 s. d
To eating -166 freeholders,
above stairs, for Sir Marks, at
IS, Cd. a head, is to me......... 2 II
To eating-16 more below stairs
and two priests after supper,
is to me ......................... ? Is s
To C beds in one room and four
in another at two guineas
every bed. and not more than
in any bed al a time-cheap
enough, God" knOws-is to
me ........ ....................2 Is
To Is horses and mules about
my yard all night, at rs. every
one of them, and for man
which was lost on head of
watching them all night, is to
Inc 49,. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
For breakfast on tay in the
morning for every one of them
as many more as they brought,
as near as | can guess, is to
me ............. ................ IL
TO raw Whiskey and punch,
without talking of pipes and
tobacco as we'll as for porter;
and as we'll as for breakfast
ing, pot above stairs and
other glasses and delft for the
first day and night / am not
sure, but for 3 days and a half
of the election as little as
can call it, and not to be very
exact, ii is. in all or there
abouts, as near as | can guess,
and not to be too particular, is
TO me at least. 10
For shaving and cropping off
the heads of the 40 freeholders
for St. Marks. at 1Sd. for
every head of them by my
brother, who has vote, is to
me ................ ............. 10 !
For WON'T and nurse for poor
Tom Keenan, in the middle of
the night, when he was not eX-
pected, is to me ten hogs L
don't talk of the piper or for
keeping him sober, as long as
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-14
The weather.

The indications for Georgia and
Florida for to-day are for fair weather,
with light variable winds
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-14
POLISHED PLATE GLASS.

We are the Southern distributing
agents of the Penn American Plate
Glass Co. We carry at our Atlanta
warehouse the largest, stock In INC
WINDOW GLASS, lots of it. al
.,zes. single and double, at our ware
houses both in Savannah and in Az
ianta. Dowell Pins, Blind Staples
GLACIERS Diamonds, Putty and Points
Mail orders promptly shipped
r. J. COOLIDGE & BRO,
SAVANNAH. ATLANTA.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-14

The Brunswick and Birmingham
Railroad has made brave fight ever
since its first rail was laid. It's sue
cessful fighting ability is shown in
its gradual extension and its acquisi-
ton of other lines ,..----.---.....-