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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-11

The value of music as an incentive
to cheerful and rapid labor is becon-
ing more and more recognized. Every
river steamboat man in the South
knows that freights are handled bet
ter and quicker when the deckhands
are singing a lively air. In many large
cigar factories. the one in this city for
instance, piano music is employed to
inspirit the workers, and their nimble
fingers fly fast in rhythm with lively
music. The same idea is being made
use of in the United States navy, and
now when there is reason for hurry in
the coaling Of a ship the band is sta
toned near the gangways, where it
plays two-steps and marches during
the time the men are passing coal bags.
At the Brooklyn Navy Yard the other
day test was made of coaling with
and without music. and the gang that
stepped TO the time furnished by the
band won out by a considerable mar
gin.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-11
Some queer Answers.

In an article on Negro Pedagogy
the Charleston News and Courier
brings forward some examples of the
learning which inspires the negro with
the hope to be a teacher. In a liter
airy examination the test, Name some
literature you have read, and write a
short paragraph about the merits of
and piece that pleased you," educed the
following:
This dredful Oar. and Dismal day
has Sweep my Glories all away my
Sun Goes down and my days Goes
Past and 1 must leave this world at
Lost
The applicant may have felt the in
fiuence of the coming decision on his
pa pert was a dreadful day for him
if he had amy hopes.
Pillow deep, while the sluggard
sleeps. and you will have Corn to
sell and Corn for yure own use"
Il have read about Cargo Washtan
the hike of CRATE men was not ATTAIN
by suctiran fife but whies thay COM
pany sleep thay was tarling up in
the night"
"Longfellow-Life is real and Life
is Earnest life is an Ithmus."
"Longfellow's Ship of State-Truth
lure ever oll tile SCdLOlu, rang lore ever
on the throne. But the future swas
the scafold, and the dine is left I'M
known"
But oh that Dredful Judge. I'll
see Shall I that awful sentence her
Depart We Cursed Down to hell and for
ever Their to DWELL
''Heighth by Great meen reatched
and keeped were not obtained by sud
den flight. but they, while their COM
panions sleept were toiling upward
in the night"
j. G. Whittier, Water-fowel And so
beside the Sallen Sea I waite the mufal
oar, no harm from him can come on
Ocean nor on Shoes"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-11

Disastrous accidents are becoming
frequent in the navy. 1t has been
only a short time since a premature
explosion in one of the great guns of
the Massachusetts killed or injured all
of the crew of its turret; and yester-
day came the information of the fatal
explosion on the Iowa, with a greater
list of killed than resulted on the
American side in the fight off Santiago
in '9S. Was there carelessness, negli-
gence or inexperience in connection with
the handling of the Iowa's great gun ?
A court of inquiry will of course be
held, at which all of the available
facts will be brought out. It is worthy
of note, meanwhile, that only a short
time ago Admiral Evans made a
protest to the department against put
ting young officers of insufficient train
ing in charge of the heavier guns.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-11

Washington clubdom is considerably
agitated because of the fact that Gen.
Corbin was recently blackballed for
membership in the Metropolitan Club
The Metropolitan is one of the swell
clubs, and is much affected by mill
tary men. 1t is claimed there was no
reason, apart from personal prejudice,
why Gen. Corbin should have been de-
MED membership, and that his rejec-
ton was caused by army officers who
had asked him for favors and been
denied. At the bottom of the whole
thing, in all probability, lies the fued
between the two cliques of the army,
or the Miles and Corbin partisans. that
have been making things unpleasant
for each other on all possible occasions
for some time
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-11
His Inside Information.

A Christian Scientist, while walking
in the country, came across a small
boy sitting under an apple tree doubled
UP with uain, says the Philadelphia
Ledger.
MY little man." he said, what is
the matter?"
Il ate some green apples" moaned
the boy, land, oh, how 1 ache"
You don't ache" answered the fol-
lower of Mrs. Eddy; you only think
so.'
The boy looked up in establishment
at such statement, and then replied
in a most positive manner:
That's all right; you may think so,
but I've got inside information"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-11

Lieut.. Gen. Nelson A. Miles is to be
retired from the service next August
for age. At that time several impor-
tant changes will be made among the
high officers of the army. One promo
tion said to be slated is that of Brig.
Gen. Leonard Wood to be a major gen.
eral. 1t is the understanding that the
President has determined to place Gen.
Wood in command of the army in the
Philippines, and orders to that effect
will be issued early next fall, when
Maj. Gen. James F. Wade will be re-
called from the islands to the United
States.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-11

Some of the Northern newspapers
are stirring up furious tempest in
a teapot with respect to Capt. Edgar
Bellairs, author of a work called LAS
1t Is in the Philippines" The work.
it appears, criticises the administra-
ton of Gov. Taft. Its author was
formerly in Cuba in the capacity of a
correspondent, and sent dispatches
decidedly friendly to Gen. Leonard
Wood. Some of the newspapers of
New York have been looking into the
record of Capt. Bellairs, and do not
hesitate to charge him with a number
of ugly things. They assert, among 9TH
er things that he served term in the
Florida penitentiary for forgery and
that his picture is in the rogues' gal
lery in New York. Their allegations
are denied by Capt. Bellairs, who says
he will meet the charges at the proper
time and disprove them. The contro-
versy, by the way, must give a good
deal of satisfaction to Col. E. G. Rath-
bone, formerly director of posts i'll
Cuba. Col. Rathbone charges that he
was prosecuted by Gen. Wood and
convicted on illegal evidence. Anything
that would tend to detract from the
reputation of Gen. Wood would be
pleasing to Rathbone.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-11
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-11
RACE AGITATION DISCOURAGED.

The very substantial majority by
which the Union League Club of New
York city refused to approve a resolu-
ton to investigate the disfranchise-
ment of the negro in certain of the
Southern states, and a resolution de-
manding that the South permit the ne
gro to have the ballot or lose a por-
ton of her representation in Congress
and the Electoral College, shows that
marked change has taken place in
the North in regard to the negro. The
Union League Club is composed of
leading Republicans - representative
Republicans-and when it speaks it ex-
presses the sentiment of New York Re
publicans generally. Resolutions like
those that were turned down on Thurs
day night would have been passed in
that club without much debate a few
years ago The defeat of the Teso-
lutions is therefore significant. 1t
means that the Republican party is
not as much concerned for the negro
as it once was-that it regards him in
a light somewhat different from what
it once did.
There has been some talk of bring
ing up in the present Congress the
question of reducing the representation
of those Southern states which have
taken the ballot away from illiterate
negroes, and it is possible that the
resolutions that were rejected by the
Union League Club were introduced
into that organization with the view
of finding out what the sentiment
among leading Republicans in regard
to this question of reducing the South's
representation was. If there was doubt
about it there isn't so much room for
doubt now.
A marked change has taken place
in public sentiment in the North in
regard to the negro, particularly as to
the policy that should be pursued in
regard to him in the South. The senti-
ment seems to be, or at least is getting
to be, that the South understands him
better than the North does, and is bet
ter qualified to deal with him. And
the North is becoming satisfied that
the South will deal justly with him.
AT one liINe JHe NUT I'll lHOuSHL lLoiL
she was not affected in any way by the
race problem and that therefore she
was free to settle the problem for the
South. She is finding out that the race
problem concerns the entire country,
and that it cannot be solved by sim
ply saying that if the South doesn't
permit the negro to have the ballot she
shall lose representation in Congress
and the Electoral College. She is be-
ginning to show a willingness to let
the South deal with the matter in her
own way.
The South will feel kindly to Mr..
Robert c. Ogden. president of the
Southern Education Board, for his eff
forts to have the resolutions tabled.
He hit the nail on the head when he
said that to take action on the reso-
luton would only make an unpleasant
subject more unpleasant.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-11
AN EVIDENCE OF PROSPERITY.

The sale of a block of lots on Thirty
sixth and Thirty-seventh streets for
2O,5OO, reported in yesterdays Morn
ing News, is evidence of the growth
of the city, as we'll as of the increase
in the value of real estate.
Six years ago IS, 900 would have been
the outside price for such property,
and fifteen years ago $1,000 would
have been the price for about ten lots
in that vicinity. A gentleman who.
about the latter date, bought a little
more than five acres of land for $4,000
was put down by his friends as little
less than a weak-minded man, if, in
fact, he were not verging on lunacy.
That property is now we'll built up,
and lots of thirty feet frontage, with
out Improvements, are worth $1,000 to
$500.
While there is still quite a vacant
area between Thirty-second and For
ty-second streets, two-thirds of the
lots are not for sale, the owners of
them preferring to hold them as in
vestments, the annual increase in
their value being much more than
could be obtained in interest on the
money invested in them.
There is no better indication of the
growth and prosperity of the city than
that found in real estate transactions,
and from that viewpoint, just now,
Savannah is on a quiet boom. The
market for lots is active and the prices
there is steady demand for houses,
either for homes or tenements.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-11

The stringent, not to say revolution
airy, libel bill pending in the Penn
sylvania Legislature was introduced
by and for the benefit of the mem
bers of the Republican political ma
chine. They hate the lash and light
of publicity. hence the effort to hurt
the newspapers. The Record says that
under the proposed system of fines for
misdemeanors, a Millionaire publisher
could be quickly bankrupted. That
is precisely what the gang would like
to bring about. With publishers bank
rupted there could be no newspapers,
and stealing could be prosecuted with
impunity 1t is well to mark the
public man who hates and fears the
press.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-11

We want to make Savannah a City
Beautiful and City Progressive. We
can do both. No better material to
work on can be found anywhere. And
to the dual end we have made a good
start. The new foliage and flowers of
spring are showing us how nature and
gardening will give us beauty, and
the builders and business hustlers are
pointing the way to greater prosperi-
tn
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-11

The lynching spirit seems to be quite
strong in New York city, and it is
probably only because of the great
police force that is maintained there
that no more lynchings occur in the
streets of the metropolis. The Tribune
says: Every time a small boy gets
run over by a trolley car in this city
some fool sets up the cry, Lynch him!'
and the police have to be called to
protect the motorman from hysterical
people wanting to work off their feel
ings, and rowdies ready to take any
excuse for making disorder. Week
after week the newspapers report
scenes substantially similar to that
which occurred in Lexington avenue
yesterday" Neither the Tribune nor
any other reputable newspaper calls
the people of New York lawless and
bloodthirsty because of these manifes-
tations of the lynching spirit in the
heart of the greatest city of the coun-
try. But let a similar demonstration
occur in the South, and the Northern
press, with a few honorable exceptions,
is ready to denounce the whole sec
ton as lawless and bloodthirsty.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-11

An amusing political story comes
out Of Chicago, in connection with
the election of Carter Harrison to
the mayoralty for the fourth time. It
is to the effect that Mr.. Harrison and
Mr.. Hearst of New York have pooled
their political fortunes with the pur-
pose in view of capturing the Demo-
cratic nomination for the presidency.
must come from the West, then Hearst
is to support Harrison, but in the
event that an Eastern man is de-
manded, then Harrison is to throw
the weight of his influence in favor
of Hearst.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-11

Joseph B. Fay is suing for divorce
because, among other reasons, 1.-The
nice, brown crust" was scraped off
his baked beans. The reader will be
apt to jump to the conclusion that this
interesting suit was brought in Bos-
ton. But it wasn't; Philadelphia is
the place.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-11

1t has been good many years since
the Battle of Shiloh was concluded:
nevertheless Gen. Lew Wallace insists
upon fighting it all over again. And,
oddly enough, it is Gen. Grant and
not Gen. Buell. who are under the fire
of Gen. Wallace's heavy guns.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-11
The weather.

The indications for Georgia for to-
day are for partly cloudy weather,
with fresh to brisk south winds. East
ern Florida, partly cloudy weather,
with fresh to brisk northeast winds.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-11

Shamrock III seems to be doing
things" Her promise is such as to
put the defenders of the cup on their
very best mettle.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-08-14

now 1 hope you will let me go.
can have a chance to tend to some
more important business"
He was moving toward the door,
when Job stepped forward and
barred his way.
Zone moment, please"
what is it now?" angrily.
"Where is the young lady-Grace?''
"How dare you address her by that
name, fellow" and, if a look could
kill, the little man would have been
annihilated then and there.
perhaps I have more right to ad-
dress her by her first name than
YOU" muttered Job, while a look of
unutterable sadness came over his
worn old face.
There was something in the express
sion of his companion that caused
Ellison to eye him curiously. There
was some strange mystery about the
man before him that often set him
thinking.
81 dare say you will find the young
lady in the garden" he said, at
length. what can you possibly
have to say to herr"
"Much more than I dare say" and
the shadow again passed over the
rough features. "Be sure that it
will not be a word about her birth.
I shall not speak of that"
"You are a queer mana queer
man." muttered Ellison, and then
he hurriedly left the room, shaking
his head as over a problem he was
hopeless of solving.
Job watched him go with faint
smile.
"How he would have liked to show
his claws, and yet he was afraid. A
coward at heart, he hesitated how to
act, even when it was only broken.
down ex-convict against him.
He approached the window and
looked down into the sunny garden
It was the sight of young girl
seated under tree, that suddenly
changed the expression of his face
completely. He seemed to be more
deeply moved than at any time since
he had been fencing with James Eli
| son for an antagonist. He returned
| to the center of the room in deeI
thought, and then:
Eyes, I must see her. It will be
such great good news that her lover
is free, and that have smoothed the
way TO their happiness. 1t will com
fort the poor child. God bless her!'
| And, leaving the room, he went down
the stairs into the garden, with q
smile of anticipation on his face.
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"PooR PAPAl"
KANSAS

One day, about a month ago.
As George, all in Sunday best,
Was waiting till t was time to go
To Sunday dinner with the rest,
He sighed a little sigh, and wished he
knew
OF something nice" a little boy might
do.
And papa, all at once began
To sing; the noise he made was more
Like swarming bees, or thunder, than
The tune we know as Shining Shore"
And little George, with blue. wide-open
eyes,
Regarded papa with panied surprise.
His loving. loyal little soul
Was troubled by nameless dread
AS, with a lnoiseless step, he stole
To where his mama sat and read.
He laid one little hand upon her book,
And met her eyes with anxious, pleading
look.
She closed her book, and on his hair
She laid her fingers, soft and cool;
But with gesture of despair,
George pointed to the music stool,
And, in two words. voiced pity, fear, and
dread:
poor 'papaw This was all that George
said.
Why mama sh1eked. and dropped her
book,
And laughted aloud. George could not
5 see;
Nor why his grandpa fairly shook
With merriment and childlike glee.
George left the room, and started down
the hall;
He did not understand the joke at all.
Charles Perez Murphy, in st. Nicholas.
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CHAPTER XIV.
A yICTORIOIJs DEFEAT.

Job Hendricks entered the garden
of white skirt in the distance, he
made his way in that direction. At
the same time he was .timid about
approaching the object of his quest.
Grace Ellison came running toward
him, but, when she recognized a
stranger, she drew back, and then,
when she recalled that she had seen
him before, stood for a moment I'M
decided in the path.
Job had taken his hat off, and as
he approached in a humble way, he
spoke in a stammering voice, while
his face colored like a bashful
schoolgirls.
Miss, L have good news for you"
what do you mean?"
"That to-day-to-morrow, at the
most-he will be free"
She stepped forward and took his
rough hands in hers.
"Are you sure-are you sure?''
drawing back again, as if doubling
such wonderful news could be true.
"No doubt about it, miss, since the
real criminal has confessed"
| She looked at him for a moment in
silence, and then held out her hands
to him with gesture that was at
| once graceful and childlike.
II believe you have something to
do with this"
"Not all I should have liked" and
then Job began strange perform
| ances with his handkerchief, while
for a, moment he turned away his
| head
81 am certain that you have been
instrumental in bringing this about, ~
and he, seemed to tremble as her
eyes, filled with a soft and kindly
look, met his.
IL did what I could" clearing
his throat with an effort, and then
after moments silence: 81
shouldn't wonder but Dick might ar
rive here at any moment. Perhaps
| he is even now in the house"
| She uttered a joyous exclamation
and then, without a word more, ran
by him in the direction of the house
| Job stood there for moment in
the sunny path, looking after the
bright figure, and then turned away
with a sigh.
II might have kept the good news
back for a moment, for, after all
this may be the last time 1 shall see
her"
He walked slowly down the patti
she had taken, and then flung him
self down on bench in the shadow
of the walls, hoping that by waiting
he might see her again. AS he sat
there, with eyes half closed, a steI
on the porch caused him to rise, anG
he found himself face to face will
Frank Ellison. For moment tn,
two men stood staring at each other
then instinctively rushed forward t.
grapple with each other.
But the stored-up hatred of year.
had given Hendricks strength, ans
the. struggle was short one. But
just as Ellison went down. a sho
rang out, and the old man fell. Tn,
garden suddenly became alive witt
men, officers and others, probabl,
detectives.
] AS Inspector Thorne, who SCENE,
in charge of the men, raised tn,
wounded man. he saw that he wa
badly hit, but Job could still speak.
Look for the man who calls him
self Frank Ellison,.I he said, in
clear voice, for Ellison. at the sigh
Of the officers, had escaped. He
the man you have been looking TO
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Legend of Gunpowder.

Great honor is paid to ST. Barbara
in Germany and Italy; why, very few
people, apparently, have up to now
been able to discover. A German Off
GER says that she is honored because
the invention of powder is, in a large
measure, due to her. Berthold
Schwarz, monk, he explains, opened
the Lives of the Saints" on ST. Bar
bara's day. and read the story of her
martyrdom, after which he reasoned
as follows: 1.-The heart of the virgin
was white as salt, the soul of her
tormentor was black as coal, and it
was sulphur from Heaven which pun
ished him for his cruelty. I will mix
these three things, and it will be a
wonder if 1 do not discover the phil
osoher's stone" He did mix them,
and as soon as he put the mixture in
fire a tremendous explosion fol-
lowed. Such, according to the Ger
man soldiers, was the origin of gum
powder.-Golden Penny.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-08-14

Notice is hereby gwen that I win sell
ut public auction in the Treasurer's ONCE
at Kinsley, Edwards County, Kansas,
commencing at a m. September 1st.
1903, to the highest bidder, the following
lands and lots described below to pay
tax and charges thereon for the year 1902.
Sale will be continued from day to day
until all said parce,s or tracts are sod.
H. p. KETELSON,
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American Sovereign Meets n King.

Some years ago Representative
Williams, of Mississippi, made tour
of Europe. In Rome he ran across
a fellow-American who was being be-
set by a mob because he had mad
vertently given a street vendor less
money than was due for something
he had purchased. Mr.. Williams ex-
tricated his fellow-countryman from
difficulty, and after that they were
great friends
On the last day of their stay in
Rome they went riding. Presently
they met magnificent carriage, the
occupant of which courteously bowed
to the two Americans. Mr.. Williams
touched his hat, but his friend sat as
stiff as a ramrod.
''Why didn't you bow?" inquired
Mr.. Williams. THAT man was king
Victor Emmanuel"
Il know it, was the deply, .but /
amt lowering to kings Washing
ton Post.