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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-20
NOT IN THE "sMART SET.

A London cable, dated May 16, states
that Mr.. Carnegie had left that city
for Skibo, Scotland, and that during
his stay in London nothing aroused
him so much as a suggestion that he
belonged to the smart set" in Amer
lea. He declared that he wanted it
distinctly understood that he had no
sympathy with those who make up
that set. Speaking to some friends he
is reported to have asked: do you
think 1 would belong to the smart
set?' Further along in his talk
influence in America takes those
people seriously. All that Raw
Pork Jr.. and the smart set
achieve is to make themselves ridicu-
lous by playing at caste and by aping
the European aristocracy. We laugh at
them. They count for absolutely moth
ing in the life of our nation. In Amer
lea more than anywhere else 1t is three
generations from shirt sleeves to shirt
sleeves There is no single hereditary
IOTluIE III fAilEllNd NAlNA AiOl DClAb
split up. Aristocracy cannot exist with
out primogeniture and entail, and our
laws know neither"
OF course there is nothing new in
all of this, but it is refreshing to have
a man of Mr. Carnsgie's calibre speak
so plainly about a class of people who
play so important a part in newspaper
accounts of the social life OF New
York. Mr.. Carnegie hasn't had much
time to give TO what is called society,
and none at all 10 give to the amuEe-
ments Of those whose whole life IL Civ
en- up to seeking amusement. His has
been the strenuous life. In making
himself the greatest iron master Of
the age he had 10 keep his mind busy
with problems that required the in
tensest thought. II he had had his eye
on the Smart set" he wouldn't now be
giving away millions Of dollars every
year. And why should any class Of pep
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-20
When the Broker stumbled.

A Third street broker was telling the
other day of how a young thing, re-
Gently married to a colleague of his
on the exchange, discovered that her
hubby had been indulging little too
freely in the cup that cheers, says the
Philadelphia Ledger. At first she held
her breath, she was that frightened.
Then followed a long period of sus-
penSe, wherein she determined to find
out beyond all possible doubt whether
her suspicious were we'll founded. To a
dear friend she confided the source
of her trouble; and from this friend
she learned that it had always been
said that man even slightly intox1-
Gated cannot pronounce words of any
length. Whereupon the young wire
decided that it would be a good plan
to try.
When next the friend met the young
wife she was in a. state of great agita-
ton. When asked if the suspicious
had been verified, the young girl burst
into tears and said they had.
81 handed him this list" she said
between Sobs, fishing from her bag a
paper which she gave to her friend
and which contained the following
words:
"Phthisis, photochrony, hypochon-
driasis, parachronism, phenakisto-
scope, plesiosaurus, antimonianism,
pseudaesthesia.
"And," she continued, while her
friend read the list. che missed nearly
half of them"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-20
The Haunted Main.
Frank Lille Pollok in Youths CO
DaniOn

Frank Lille Pollok in Youths Com
panion.
There's a tide of dreams and stories
drifting up the bitter main,
Strewn with wreck of ruined glories,
salt with streams of ancient pain,
Through the fog walls split in sunder,
from the seas of sun and thunder,
And the Carib isles of wonder dream
ing still of scarlet Spain.
OF the galleons burned or taken, sack
ed and sunken hull and mast
When the Southern seas were shaken
by the corsair cannon Blast,
And the lordly ports affrighted
throbbed with panic when they
Black-hulled ships from seaboards
blighted where the ath's-head
flag had passed.
tered by those sons of dark re-
nown,
And the Spanish treasure scattered
careless-handed up and down,
When from ravage red, inglorious,
came the buccaneers victorious,
And the reeking crews uproarious rev.
eled in Port Royal town.
Red Port Royal!-fathoms under now
lie rotting fort and pier,
Drunk with crime and gorged with
plumber, swallowed by the sea
CULTS sheer;
And the sea that scourged with
slaughter, mindless of the woe
they wrought her.
Lulls beneath her quiet water picaroon
and privateer.
Stately don and English rover, long
ago they paid the debt,
And the sunny tides sweep over their
white bones with coral set;
But above the towns their raided, of
the golden shores invaded,
Broods the memory unfaded Of their
dark vendetta yet.
Massacres and ambassadors, rich ar
madas laid aboard,
Iron-hearted desperadoes, seas Of gold
and blood outpoured-
OF these things the ports are keeping
vengeful memory unsleeping
From the years Of wrath and weep-
Ing when they lay beneath the
sword.
sim they smile. the windward. Lee
ward Islands OF the haunted
main;
But when storm drives IN from sea-
ward, through the midnight hur-
rlcane
Rides spectre grim and CORY, rent
and req with feud ana fOray-
Ger the waves Of savage story swaeDe
the ghost o. slaughtered spain.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-20
THE METCALFE LETTER.

The letter which Richard Lee Met
| calfe, editor of the Omaha World-Her-
add has written Norman E, Mack, edi-
tor of the Buffalo Times, and national
! committeeman for New York, is at
| tracing considerable interest in politi-
| cal circles, mainly because Mr.. Met
| calfe is Mr.. Bryan's closest political
friend, and it is the understanding that
the letter expresses Mr.. Bryan's views.
The letter is in reply to one written
by Mr.. Mack recently, in which he ex-
pressed a desire for harmony in the
Democratic party-said, in fact, that
he thought the two wings of the party
could get together.
The purport of Mr.. Metcalfe's letter
is that the two factions of the party
cannot get together except upon the
Kansas City platform-that in discuss
ing the question of harmony, attention
has been given to candidates and not
to the platform. He thinks that if
agreement can be reached in regard to
the platform there will be no great diff
fculty about getting candidate.
ACCOrulHB 10 tlfS view the DlHneIdillSCS
will not give up the silver plank in
the Kansas City platform. On this
point he says do you think that a
Democratic platform that fails to make
explicit reference to the money ques-
ton would command the respect either
OF bimetallists or of single gold stand
ard advocates?"
From the foregoing it seems that Mr..
Metcalfe thinks the two factions could
not harmonic because they couldn't
agree upon a declaration on the money
question. In view of the fact that that
question is practically settled-is no
longer an issue--we do not see why the
two factions could not get together. If
they couldn't 1t would be because of
the determination of each to stand by
the position it has heretofore occupied
and not because of anything depending
upon the platforms declaration in re-
spect to the money question. There
doesn't appear to be any demand for
the free coinage of silver at present.
If there should be it would be time
enough then to make point about the
platform declaration in regard to 1t.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-20
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Personal.

Joseph Vallot, the French scien-
fist, whose observatory is located on
Mount Blanc. has the highest home In
the world, being $4,000 feet above the
sea level.
The busiest man in London is said
to be w. T. r. Preston, the Canadian
emigration commissioner, whose work
in that position for the four years he
has held office has given great salts
faction to the Dominion government. In
early life Mr.. Preston was a news
paper man.
Edison has made but one speech in
his life; it was not a brilliant one. He
had agreed to lecture on electricity be-
fore girls seminary and had engaged
friend named Adams to work the ap-
paratus while he talked. But when the
inventor arose to address his audience
he felt so dazed that he simply said:
Ladies, Mr.. Adams will now address
you on electricity and l will demon
strate what he has to say with the APP
paratus."
Archbishop Ryan of Philadelphia Is
very fond of joke and in spite of his
mu1tifarious duties finds time for
many amusing quips. When Bishop
Spalding of Peoria visited the arch
bishop some time ago it was arranged
that the Western man should be en-
tertained by lady prominent in social
and charitable affairs. The archbishop
wrote him, giving some details regard
ing his prospective hostess, and ended
his letter thus; The lady who has all
these virtues treats her husband like
a brute. p. S.-She is very fond OF
hIyItaS of r&F
for the Prevention ot Cruelty to
Animals"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-20

An amusing story is told in the Eng
lish papers about Kaiser Wilhelm's
fondness for surprising his army and
his navy. When the squadron was at
Kiel, some time ago, the officers at
tended a court function in Berlin. A
young naval commander while ming
Cling with the crowd of gayly uni
formed courtiers, thought he espied an
other naval friend in front of him. His
friends back was turned toward him,
so he pushed up to him, and, placing
his hand on his shoulder, he said
How are you, old fellow? Come, let
us go and surprise the aquarium to-
night" His supposed friend turned
around, and, to his horror, the naval
commander found that he had clapped
Admiral Wilhelm on the back. The
commander stood aghast, but the
Kaiser saw the joke. Excellent ideal"
he said. Keep quiet, and we will start
at once" And the biggest kind of
torpedo raid was the result, and, to
the Kaiser's great glee, he was able
to torpedo every battleship and cruiser
in port that night.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-20
Mile. and the Irishnnn.

Gen. Miles is quoted by a fellow off,
GER as telling the following story on
himself, says the New York Tribune.
"It was during our pursuit of Chief
Joseph" said the general. zone ex-
ceedingly stormy night we encountered
on our march in the Bearpaw noun
tains a few woodchoppers' cabins. The
woodsmen We're not inclined to be very
hospitable, but we finally induced them
to share with us the protection their
huts afforded.
''They consented, however, only upon
condition that they should not under
any circumstances be compelled to give
up their beds. 1t fell to my lot to share
the bunk of the boss, very stern Irish
man, who was not delighted with his
guest.
Hoping to establish an entente COR
dale, 1 said banteringly, as We were
preparing to retire:
Come now, Patrick, you know
you'd be a long time in Ireland before
you'd get chance to sleep with gen.
eI;al.'
land it's OF that am thinking he
instantly retorted, that you'd be a
long time in Ireland before you'd iver
be made a gineral.'
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-20
THE Negroes OPPORTUNITIES
PASSING.
THE

Mr.. Otis Ashmore, superintendent of
public instruction in this county, is the
author of very interesting and in
structive article on the Solution of the
Negro Problem" which appeared in
the Philadelphia Ledger last Sunday.
AS the article is two columns in length
we can do no more than refer to two
or three of it's leading points.
1t is Mr.. Ashmore's opinion that the
negro's opportunities for lettering his
material condition and for taking a
higher position as citizen are rapidly
passing. He refers of course to his fail
ure to acquire lands while they are
cheap. The white population is in
creasing rapidly in all of the Southern
states, and it is taking up the lands.
Soon there will be no cheap lands for
the negroes. II they were thrifty, pro-
gressive and ambitious tens of thou
sands of them would now have their
little farms, where only hundreds have
them. Instead of renting land as most
of those who are farmers do, they
would be land owners, and feel the re-
sponsibilities that accompany the own
ership of property.
OF course Mr.. Ashmore agrees with
the great majority of the white people
of the South that a mistake was made
when the ballot was given to the negro
given to him at a time when he was
utterly unprepared even to take care
of himself, much less to direct the af-
fairs of the state.
Much of the education the negro is
now receiving. is says Mr.. Ashmore, of
no possible value to him-that part of
1t relating to the professions and to
commerce. His salvation Lies in the
soil and the mechanic arts" His best
employment is now and will continue
| to be "in the industrial lines of activ-
ity." OF course Mr.. Ashmore is right
| about this. 1t would be a blessing to
both races If the negro would accept
this idea. There are ample rewards
and happiness in the industrial field.
The trouble is that only a few negroes
comparatively are willing to prepare
themselves for either skilled or I'M
skilled work. Not one in dozen Of
either the men or the women who earn
a living as servants is competent.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-20

Two X-ray experimenters in New
York make interesting announcements.
One says he can duplicate with x-ray
apparatus many of the miracles mem
toned in the Bible, among them the
descent of the Holy Ghost in a pillar
of flame. He demonstrated this by
placing a man on a glass plate and
then causing electrical flashes to COM
pletely enwrap him so that he appear
ed to be in flame from head to foot.
When the current was turned off the
man had not sustained the slightest in
convenience. Another demonstration
was the producing of brilliant halo of
flame above the head of a priest. The
other experimenter has discovered that
rays of light emanate from the human
body. They are not visible to the hu-
man eye, though they are powerful
enough to make a print on a sensitive
plate. He believes that there are ami
mails of the lower orders to whose eyes
the rays are visible.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-20
For Sale by All Grocers,

Not made by a trust and more
wholesome than Cream of Tartar Bak-
ing Powder.
Approved and endorsed by leading
chemists and physicians.
The continued popularity of our
brands and the future prosperity of
our business is not dependent upon the
passage of so-called pure food laws,
intended to. suppress competition.
We sell our products on their merits
and we 1efy competition.
Our old and relentless enemy, the
Baking Powder Trust, has just met
complete exposure and their bribery of
Missouri legislators is now known to
the world.
When you buy can of trust made
Baking Powder, you contribute to a
fund which is being used to corrupt
legislators and destroy competition.
Buy honest goods at legitimate
prices and help to promote home in
dustry.
Our Baking Powder, Soda, Cans and
Cases are all made in Savannah.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-20
THE TULLOCH CHARGES.

After thinking the matter over Post
master General Payne seems to regard
the Tulloch charges as being more Sc
rious than he was at first inclined to
think they were, particularly those
against the auditor and controller. The
charges have been dissected and the
matter relating to the different
branches of the service referred to the
bureaus having Jurisdiction.
1t will doubtless be some time before
a report will be made on them. In
the meantime those to whom they refer
will doubtless undertake to prepare a
defense. AS far as can be gathered,
besides many irregularities, there was
a great deal of downright wrong-doing.
To what extent the government was a
loser is of course unknown, but it is
probable that there will be vouchers
found for all of the money which was
paid out. The question, however, is
was the money that was distributed
with such a lavish hand spent for the
good of the public service or was it
simply given away under the forms of
law to political heelers and politicians
having a pull? The people will not be
satisfied unless the investigation IS
thorough.
From some things which appear in
the charges it seems that a great deal
of money was spent in sending inspec
tors to Porto Rico, when there was no
need for inspection there. 1t is said
that some Indiana politicians were
sent on inspection tours simply that
they might enjoy the trip it not being
expected that the service they would
render would amount to anything.
They were allowed handsome salaries,
all of their expenses were paid and
they were continued on the pay roll
is one of the charges.
No doubt it will be found that there
were many irregularities, to call them
by no harsher name, in the spending
of the public moneys during the Span
ish-American War, and for months
thereafter. AS to whether or not the
Tulloch charges will be sustained It is
impossible to say. but it would not be
surprising if they should be. There is
doubtless enough in them to make the
people feel that it is about time there
was a change in the government at
Washington. Unless we are greatly
mistaken the charges will play an I'M
portant part in the presidential cam
paign next year.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-20

A gentleman farmer of Long Island
says he has discovered that he can
get two crops a year from his land by
running a mild current of electricity
through the ground near the roots of
the plants. The electrical current, he
says, makes the plants grow just twice
as fast as they would naturally. In
this section of the South there are
many farmers-just ordinary, every
day farmers, without the gentleman"
prefix-who make two and sometimes
three crops a year on the same land,
without the necessity of going to the
trouble and expense of running cur
rents of electricity through the ground.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-20
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-20
CURRENT COMMENT.

The New York Commercial Qnd.)
says: 1--WE buy and sell 100, 900, 900
bales of cotton a year in New York
and New Orleans and raise only TO-
900, 900 bales. We could raise more but
it would keep us so busy we wouldn't
have time to buy and sell as much as
we do"
The Chicago Chronicle (Dem.) says:
IF the Southern brethren think they
are worrying Mr.. Payne any by chas-
ing negro mail carriers into the next
county they are a good deal mistaken.
These occurrences enable the Post
master General to divert public atten-
ton from other matters connected with
his department which worry him a
heap more"
The New York World Dem.) says:
Thus far Africa's competition in cot
ton, has not been seriously felt, al
though its production is an established
industry in Egypt and has been else
where carried on with some success.
But II our spectators play such tricks
with the market as they are playing
now they will force European manu-
facturers to look for new sources of
raw material, and that will mean a Sc
rious effort to develop Africa's capabil-
tiles. Great Britain, France. Germany
and Belgium, the great cotton manu-
featuring countries OF Europe, have
vast colonies in Africa, and II they
could make them supply the material
they need the situation that would be
cre%ed for us would be very serious
We now produce five-sixths OF the raw
cotton Of the world. Cotton IL our
largest single item Of export. We send
about $500 600 600 worth abroaH everty
year. omitting those sales. our total
imports IN most years have exceeded
our exports. The possibility Of losing
such a national asset ought 20 have
q SOLDERING influence even upon the
gamblers Of the Cotton Exchange"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-20

Japan has not so much faith in Rus
sian assurances as some of the other
Powers. While Russia is protesting
her good intentions. and meanwhile
strengthening herself in Manchuria
Japan Is working overtime at increas-
ing her navy in anticipation of what
she seems to regard as an inevitable
conflict. The Japanese government a
few days ago presented TO Parliament
a bill providing at once $50. 1000. 900 FOR
new warships and s55.OOO,OOO for the
running expenses OF construction for a
period OF twelve years.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-20
lNDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Meetings-Georgia Chapter. No. 3, r.
A. M Francis S. Barlow Camp, No.
SO. U. S. C. V.
Special Notices-NotIce to Water
Takers, 1. u. Kinsey, superintendent;
Corned Beef, Groots New Market;
Furnaces, Cornwell & Chapman.
Business Notices-Clover Hill But
ter, Geo. H. Ellis & Co.
When Will You Be In-B. H. Levy
& Bro.
Removal-McArthur & Sons Co.
Thee Hot Days Are Here-Mutual
Gas Light Co.
Auction Sales-Old Hoss Sale, Cen
trail of Georgia Railway, by C. H. Dor
sett, Auctioneer.
Proposals Wanted-For Lumber,
Tools, Wheelbafrows, Etc, at South
Atlantic Quarantine Station.
Are You Bothered by Ants-Rowlin-
ski.
Ladies' Bicycles-Wm. & H. H. Lat
timore.
Stylish and Serviceable-M. When
sky.
Summer Observation-Disclosures House,
Flat Rock, N. c.
Railroads-Excursi to Jacksonville,
Atlantic Coast Line.
Leather-Wolff' Prepared Leather.
Beer-Anheuser-B Busch Brewing Co.
Silver Polish-The Gorham Co.
Foods-Postum Food Coffee.
Medical-Medical Lake Salts; Swamp
Root.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For
Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personal; Mis-
cellaneous.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-20

Gov. Pennypacker Of Pennsylvania
may possibly be the first victim OF the
libel law that he signed the other day.
In his explanation Of his action he re-
ferred 70 an artist. Mr.. Nelan. who has
caricstured him, as a "yagabond" and
an "outeast." Mr. Nelan has an
nounced that he viii bring action
against the Governor Tor libel under
the new law.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-20


Does advertising a certain amount of
reward obligate the person who makes
the announcement to pay that amount
1t seems the matter is to be tested in
the New York courts. Some weeks
ago a rich New York woman dropped
a $4,000 string of pearls in the gutter
en- one of the shopping streets. She adj
vertised a reward of $500 for the return
of the gems. Subsequently the reward
was increased to $1,000. Two or three
days after the loss of the pearls they
were found by poor shop girl. AS
soon as she ascertained that they were
real pearls and learned who the owner
was, she returned them. The husband
of the woman who lost them gave the
girl 800. The father of the girl has
placed the matter in the hands of a
lawyer, who declares that he can,
through the courts, collect for the girl
the full amount of the reward adver-
tised.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-20

pie in this country ape the aristocracy
of Europe? The specimens that come
to this country to get heiresses for
wives are not to be envied. 1t is not
to be wondered at that Mr.. Carnegie
gestion that he belonged to the smart
set" in this country.