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The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-29
Testing Fares

As the conductor received the fares
he gently scratched each coin on the
edge with the nail of his forefinger,
says the Philadelphia Press.
rs that some new good luck sign
that you are working" asked the man
who rides on the platform and asks
questions.
No: but I'll tell you what it is,
though. It's one way of beating the
company. The fast of the matter is,
l am getting old. The company does
not know how old I am. If they Gid
they'd fire me mighty quick. Then
where would l be? 1 am getting so
old my sight is failing fast. If put
on glasses it would be q give-away
on my age. 1 can't tell by sight wheth-
er a coin is a quarter or a Nickel nor
the difference between a new one-cent
piece and dime, so 1 just scratch the
edge"
What good does that do?"
why, it's simple enough. The sill
yer pieces are all milled on the edge,
while the nickels and coppers are
smooth"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-29
BRIGHT BITS.

Stern Father-"So, sir! You want
to marry my daughter, do your" Ter
rified Young Many yes, sir; but not
any worse than she wants to marry
me. "-Chicago Tribune.
-Edyth-"Aunt Margaret used to
say she wouldn't marry the best man
on earth" Mayme-"And did she keep
her word?" Edyth-"Yes; but she got
married just the same. Chicago Daily
News.
First Sportsman-"Good guide, is
hep" Second Sportsman-"Oh,, yes! If
necessary, he'll do the shooting and
bring home the game and let you say
you did it and whip anybody that says
you didn't."-Puck.
-Harlemite-"If you wrote yester-
day morning, how is it only got your
letter this EVENING"" Downtowner-
Probably because 1 affixed a special
delivery stamp, and wrote across the
envelope, Rush, Brooklyn Life.
And let's have plenty of palms. -
said Mr.. Cumrox. THAT is a very
good suggestion" answered his wife
'I'm very fond of palms." Yes:
they're useful as well as ornamental
There's nothing handler than a good
big bunch of palms to go to sleep be-
hind during a musicale. "-Washington
Star.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-29
ATOMIC THEORY ABANDONED.

Following the discovery of and ex-
periments with the new substance
called radium, some of the worlds fore
most scientists have been forced to the
conclusion that the old atomic theory
is incorrect, and several of them have
discarded it as untenable. Profs.
Crookes, Curie and Lodge within the
past few weeks have declared them
selves to this effect, and advanced a
new theory of matter that is so pro-
found as to make the old theory APP
pear as a primary lesson beside it
The substance of the new theory may
be explained in a few sentences, but
to comprehend it's full scope and logi-
cal sequences would tax the worlds
greatest minds.
The old theory is that the atoms of
elements consist of indivisible units.
The new. theory is that instead of be-
ing indivisible, each atom is a whole
stellar system of infinitely smaller but
absolutely identical units, all in or
bital motion; that matter is not sta
BILE in its atoms, but is constantly in
constantly undergoing disintegratl IN
and change. This latter, however. may
be so slow as to battle the conception
of the human mind. In some instances
it may require millions of years for
changes of consequence to occur, yet,
according to the new theory the pro-
cess is going forward, just the same.
", a1nnn Of fhn h
stances is the disintegration of %tons
sufficiently rapid to be easily OBJ
served, and yet the efflux from radium
is so infinitessimal that one square
inch of surface would lose only grain
in a thousand million years. In more
stable atoms. even longer periods of
time are necessary to changes. Prof.
Lodge, however, afffrms that the
changes seem bound to occur accord
ing to fixed laws.
The character of a substance, ac-
cording to the new theory. depends
upon the number of units, or ions, in
it's atoms. A hydrogen atom contains
700 such ions, an oxygen atom 1920
ions, and when 1920 ions are COM
bined into a single atom, the result is
gold. Thus by reason of the disin-
tegration of atoms and the rearrange-
ment of their ions various substances
are produced after the lapse of the re-
quired number of millions of years.
Discussing the new theory, the London
correspondent of the New York Sun
says 1t is in effect an astronomical
one; that chemistry has in fact be-
come the astronomy of the infinitessi-
NAL. "One is led to wonder, then if
the earth and the other planets are
not mere ions forming a single atom
of a higher universe, where perhaps
they constitute speck of dust that
worries the careful housewife in the
world above u.s.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-29
Modern Castles in spain.

eff there's one thing more ingrained
in the average man than another it is
the feeling that he is entitled to some
property that some one else is keeping
him out Of" remarked a man who look
ed as if he possessed plenty of COM
mon sense. says the Philadelphia
Ledger.
Even now I hatter myself that l
know a little of life and the world, and
l have read the newspapers enough to
be alive to the fact that many unprin-
cipled men make a livelihood by dis
covering claims that never existed; but
I'm ready to admit that 1 felt more
than elated the other day when I re-
ceived notice from one of these agen-
cies that I'd better call, as l might be
interested in a case they had under
investigation.
This man questioned me as to my
family history as far back as l could
remember, and it wasn't long before 1
was as much interested in the matter
as he seemed to be. There was no
doubt he had studied up our branch of
the family pretty industriously, for he
told me many things that got me in
terested in his scheme at once, and I
began to feel that if there were i'm
posters in the business at least he
wasn't one. According to his way of
figuring there was $3.50, 900 tied up with
red tape in one of the English courts,
to which 1 came in on the ground floor
for one-fifth.
II began to feel that perhaps my
mother was right, after all, when she
commended that the family had been de-
frauded out of large inheritance, and
] felt sorry that 1 had once told her
that If kpnt nf
erty it was by the rightful owner
When the man saw 1 was interested
he grew eloquent and dilated upon the
ease with which the fortune could be
obtained. OF course 1t would require
money, but / would be a fool not to ex-
pend a little when the return would be
so great. 1 allowed him to exhaust him
self in picturing my good fortune, and
then 1 sprang a little scheme of my
own.
"'If there's anything in this 1 said,
you can bet I won't allow it to slip
through my fingers
Anything in it?' he echoed, slap
ping me on the back. why, man, the
money is as good as if it was in your
pocket
"I'm so glad to hear you say So 1
replied, dropping into a very confiden-
tial tone, because, to tell the truth,
I'm rather embarrassed just at pres
emit. Say can't you let me have $40
for a day or SOP"
MY words seemed to stagger the
man, and he dropped back in his chair
as if he had been shot. When he show
ed no inclination to respond to my re-
quest left him, feeling satisfied that 1t
wasn't advisable to push a claim for
thousands on which I couldn't borrow
a twenty-dollar BILL
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-29
Did Not Report.

Col. Mills, superintendent of the
West Point Academy. has a reputa-
ton for sternness even among army
men, says the New York Tribune.
Years ago, when he first took COM
manG Of the post at Buffalo. he found
that station extremely lax in disci-
pline. and Il was no secret among his
friends that he proposed to work
some reforms. shortly after his in
StAll2tiOn he was one day annoyed
by the receipt Of a telegram from a
subordinate OF on a Through, which
Rad wan not report to-day. as ex-
g%ctsd SccoVnt unavoidable circum-
stances.
TIE tone 81 the message was not
az ali 70 Col. Mills mind. and he
wired a: once in reply: Report as
expected Or give reasons"
Within an hour the following mes
s2Es same over the wires, dated from
) hospital in New York:
Train of-can't ride; legs off
can't walk. Win not report unless
you insist"
The colonel did not insist.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-29


Bishop Nicholson of Milwaukee has a
story of personal experience to tell to
those who seem swamped in worries,
according to the Milwaukee Journal.
1t happened during the first years OF
his ministry, when he was rector or a
Philadelphia church. The parish mat,
tiers, social and financial, were in a bau
way, and Strengthening them out was
slow work. He was distinctly discour-
aged one day when, having gone 10
New York on business, he stopped TO
look at the Brooklyn Bridge, then
building. A man, covered with dirt,
was working on the abutments.
That's pretty dirry work you are en-
gagged in," said the bishop.
"Wen. yes" answered the laborer,
"but somehow we don't think of the
dirt, but of the beauty which Is to
come out of our work"
1T was the lesson l needed, and
went back to Philadelphia the better
for it," said Bishop Nicholson.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-29
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Meetings-Alee Temple, A. A. o. N.
NJ. s.; Stockholders Georgia Telephone
and Telegraph Company.
Special Notices-Ship Notice,
Strachan & Co., Consignees.
Business Notices-Second- hand Bicy-
cles, C. W. Thomas.
Old Fashioned CASTLE Soap-Rowlin-
ski.
A Sure Saving-At Lattimore's.
Tea for Icing-The Delmonico Com
pany.
Anusements-The Merry Monarchs
at the Casino; Now for the Hop, Hotel
Tybee.
Railroad Schedules-Seaboard All
Line Railway.
Silver Polish-The Gorham Company
Cheap Column Advertisement
Help Wanted; Employment Wanted
For Rent For Sale; Lost; Personal;
Miscellaneous.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-29
THE PROGRAMME FOR GEN. woop


1t was suspected of course when
Gen. Wood was sent to the Philippines
that the President intended him to fill
a high position there just as soon as
he could arrange to give him a posi-
ton of that kind.
1t seems it is his purpose TO maze
him a major general and put him at
the head of the military in the Philip
pines. 1t was his intention originally.
so 1t is reported to put him in the
place occupied by Gov. Taft and make
some other provision for the latter.
Washington advices say that the
President isn't going to find it an easy
matter to carry out his programme in
respect to Gen. Wood. There is much
opposition to him in the Senate. OF
course his nomination to a major gem
eralship would have to be confirmed
before it would become effective.
The opposition to him is not confined
to the Democratic senators. Repub-
lican senator's are said to object to
his further promotion unless he does
something deserving it. 1t is only
about five years since he was a sur
geon in the army holding the rank of a
captain. Now he is a brigadier gem
eral. 1t is probable that if the Presi-
dent could have his way Gen. Wood
would be in command of the army
within very short time.
We do not undertake to say whether
Gen. Wood is deserving or not of the
honors which the government has
showered on him. There is no doubt
that his rapid advancement has been
the cause of a great deal of dissatis-
faction in the army. Old army officers
feel they have been passed over in
order that this favorite of the Presi-
dent might be promoted.
Lately there has been a great deal
in the newspapers that hasn't been
to Gen. Woods credit. Whether Oh
not there is truth in the stories thai
are being told it is of course impossible
to say, but it is asserted that many
of the senators believe there is, .and
the statement is made that If his name
is sent to the Senate for a major gen.
eralship these stories will be lnvesti-
gated. They relate mainly to Gen
Woods administration of affairs ir
Cuba
II is said that the President will
send Gen. Woods name to the Senate
at the extra session which, it IS ex.
pected. will be called in November
Between now and that time it is prob.
able that Gen. Woods enemies viii
succeed in getting whatever informa,
ton against him there is TO be had
IN Cuba.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-29
Summer Rain.

Yestermorn the air was dry
AS the winds of Araby,
While the sun, with pitiless heat,
Glared upon the glaring street,
And the meadow fountains sealed.
TIL the people, everywhere,
And the cattle in the field,
And the birds in middle air,
And the thirsty little flowers,
Sent TO heaven a fainting prayer
For the blessed summer showers,
Not in vain the prayer was said;
For at sunset, overhead,
Sailing from the gorgeous West,
Came the pioneers. abreast,
or a wondrous argosy,
The Armada OF the skyl
Far along / saw them sail,
Waited by an upper gale,
Saw them, on their lustrous route,
Fling a thousand banners out:
Yellow violet, crimson, blue.
orange, sapphire: every hue
That the gates OF heaven put on
To the sainted eyes Of John
IN that hallowed Patmlan isle,
Their Ekyey pennons wore: and, Will.
] drank the glory or the sight.
Sunset faded into night.
Then diyerginR far and wide.
To the din horizons side.
silently ana swiftly there,
Livery saile0n ~ the air,
Manned BY SOME celestial crew,
out - precious cargo threw,
Ana the gentle summer rain
Cooled fhe feVeFea earth again.
Edmund Clarence sfedman.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-29
personal.

The widow of Brave Bill An
thony," whose GOODNESS the night that
the battleship Maine was blown up in
Havana harbor made him famous, has
been given a elerkship in the perman-
ent census bureau, with a salary of
$500 year. When Anthony committed
suicide he left his widow destitute.
Richard Strauss, who is by many
authorities regarded as the greatest of
living German composers, completed
his thirty-ninth year last week. His
father was Frank Strauss, first horn
player in the Munich Grand Opera
House. When II years old he penned
a symphony. His wife was Pauline
De Alma, well-known opera singer.
Oscar Johnson, who has just been
appointed assistant paymaster in the
army and ordered to Manila, was for
several years newsboy in Minneapo-
lis. He was recognized as a leader of
his associates and finally received a
position in the business office of one Of
the flour city's dailies. He has since
been promoted a number of times and
is highly spoken of by his employers.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-29
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Chattanooga Times (Dem.) says:
sit is graft and spells politics of the
worst sort that is responsible for the
postoffice scandals now, just as it was
the same thing that produced the Star
Route frauds. Moral: Turn the ras-
Gals out from top to bottom"
The Chicago Chronicle (Dem) says:
Congressman are now beginning to be
gathered in as a result of the Postofflce
Department unpleasantness and there
are indications that even some United
States Senators are sleeping in the barn
lest their slumbers be disturbed by A
deputy marshal calling at the house
with legal papers of a disagreeable
character. Mr.. Clarkson's dismal ap-
prehensions respecting the I'll effect Of
the proceedings upon the party are
entirely unjusthed, however. The
party has a strong stomach, as il de-
monstrated in the Star Route business.
IL is only when the other crowd does
something wicked that the party be-
gins 20 throw fits and otherwise evinces
signs Of nervous collapse"
The Cleveland (O.) Plain-D Dealer
(Dem.) says: "As the first important
Democratic convention Of the year the
Des MOines gathering was significant
as showing present Democratic tenden-
cies, especially ia the Middle West The
platform utteTances can only mean that
the chief issus - the last two national
campaigns ls reloRated 10 the grave
yard 81 dead and gone things, ana the
inference as - the leader in dose CAM
paisnf d. hardly ltgs Obvious. The 81
hence - fast years platform on tie
silver question Wa less eloquent. since
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-29
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The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-29

Chivalry still lives, and its home Is
In the mountains of North Carolina
On Quaker mountain the other day a
neighborhood quarrel resulted in a
pitched battle. In the midst of the
hostilities a picnic party appeared
moving along the road that separated
the enemies. AS soon as the fighters
saw the picnickers one OF them called
out. Boys stop shooting until these
young ladies and gentlemen pass" At
once the firing ceased and the young
ladies and gentlemen passed Ia safety
Could there have been finer chiyalry
even in the days when knighthood was
In flower?
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-29

Here's salye for tbe consciences OF
those Delaware lynchers: D.. George
r. Baier Of Norwood, Pa. says the ne
gro suffered no pain; that when he
was thrown into the fire he was IN.
sane from fright and excitement. and
that during the brief period between
ihe lime when be fret reached the
stake and when nfe was extinct his
frenzy was such that b. feit no path.
For q real nice. painless iynchine.
Therefore, burn the Wcum aliyai
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-29

T. Tom Fortune, President Roose-
velt's special commissioner to the Phil
ippines, has got back to the United
States, after a squabbe with the police
and a quarrel with the civil authorities
Of the Philippine capital. The sum and
substance OF 7. Toms Investigations
are that ne thinks the Philippine archi-
pelago would be a fine place for the
American negroes, with Booker Wash
ingtoE as governor Of the dependency.
And 1or that expression Of opinion.
which doesn't amoint to q pinch Of
nalt with salt worth 20 cents per 100
pounds. the people " the United states
snnsi pay some thousands ~ dollars for
tom's ira ceiling expenses 20 and
IRON ihs Islands. u Roosevelt really
Nhniea - ct - ~ that tr0ubis-nlak-
inf neu9. aa aas reported snen hs
cent nin ~ Manila why eianf ~ give
300 ihs 500 "a special oongfassioner A.
n'aif euotr in ceairsl Afrng
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-29

II IL alleged that one Of the reasons
an extra session - court was not
called "a Wilmington, Del. 20 Try the
negro White. VINO was iynched the
other das. Is that the regular session
had jusi ended and the officials wanted
90 SCI away ga their vacations ffad
an extra session been called b would
have delayed thsir departure for the
seaside sne fhe m0uutains f9F sever AZ
daya.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-29

The Hon. Perry Heath of Muncie
Ind, is becoming more and more in
dignant as the Postoffice Department
investigation progresses. Indeed, 1t
has been intimated that he is already
so angry that he is contemplating a
long trip to Europe and possibly to
Eesypt to cool off
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-29

An interesting suggestion that is be-
ing discussed in New York is that
the six sloops Of the cup defender class
now in those waters-the Columbia,
Constitution and Reliance, and the
Shamrocks 1. IL and III. be brought
into competition in a grand race after
the cup contest shall have been decided.
All are good boats and to put the six
into race would be to awaken enthu-
siasm that would be widespread and
sincere. Sir Thomas Upton said the
other day that he would be ready for
anything" after the main event had
been decided. The proposed six-corner-
ed race would be something worth GO
ing miles to see.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-29

Notwithstanding the enthusiasm that
has been worked up in New York on
the Americas cup races. the betting
is said to be very slow. Little money
has as yet made it's appearance. The
first odds to be offered were by an
Englishman on the Upton boat, the
figures being $1,000 to $500. The bet
was taken
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-29

Word has been received in Washing
ton that the Congress of Colombia,
which convened a week ago, will
probably ratify the canal treaty with
in a short time. The Colombians
have probably reached the conclusion
that Uncle Sam cannot be held up for
a larger sum of money than he has Of
fered. and that $4,000, 900 loaf is bet
ter than no bread.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-29

Miss Stone. the missionary, is about
to return to Turkey and resume her
missionary work in that country. 1t
cost the people of the United States
$4,000 to get her away from there in
1902. 1t may be doubted that they
would again put up that sum if brig
ands We're to catch her and carry her
into the mountains.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-29

The newly laid cable to Manila will
be formally opened for business on July
A-Independence Day. The Filipinos
ought to celebrate the event enthusi-
Rsticaly, they have so much independ-
h0ca
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-29

~foaft Master 40 ohairmaa ~
public dinner Would you llke 10 pro.
p9ef your iQaaf nov. ny iofd. o.
shpNiq ~ - 'fm enjoy themselves i
pa ionEeff' Funch
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-29
The weather.

The indications for Georgia for To-
day are for fair and warmer weather,
with light to fresh winds. Eastern
Florida, partly cloudy weather, with
variable winds.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-29

Mira Ghulam Ahmad of Quadian, in
the Punjab, has sent challenge to
Elijah IL Dowie, at Zion City, near
Chicago. The Indian, who is a Mo-
hammedan priest, thinks Dowie is a
fraud and imposter. In order to prove
it, and at the same time to prove the
correctness of his own religion, he pro-
poses that he and Dowie meet in a
duel of prayer to the death At GER
tain time the praying is to begin, each
to his own deity, and the burden of
the prayers is to be that which ever is
the liar shall be stricken dead.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-29

Chicago may shortly be making
faces at Kimberley and telling that in
teresting town to go way back and
sit down, since its glory as a diamond
center has departed. According to
Prof. Crook of the Northwestern Uni
versity, there is a vast diamond field
between Chicago and Milwaukee, and
almost any day the mother lode may
be discovered. Already. he says, sew
enteen diamonds have been found near
Chicago, the largest weighing Ella
carats. They were deposited along the
shores of Lake Michigan by glacial
action IN the remote past. With char
acteristic hustle there are already Chi
cagoans grabbing in the sand for peb-
bles, but no new Koh-i-nor has been
reported. Isn't it wonderful, by the
way, what remarkable discoveries
these Chicago professors announce
from time to time?
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-29

In FIVE years there have Aes1 sisat
murders IN Delaware The se-e-srest
penalty inflicted in any case WAS siX
years in prison. In four cases there
We're no convictions. IN one case a
woman with a babe n her arms was
Drained With an ak by her husband.
He was sentenced to two years. A stu
dent in Wilmington was assaulted and
beaten to death with a baseball bat.
The murderer was sentenced 10 prison,
but was shortly pardoned. Such admin
istration of justice for crimes of vio-
lence is held to be largely responsible
for the lynching of the negro White