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The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-19

Sir Frederick Treves. the famous
English surgeon, says that he was very
lazy as a student. He never won a
prize; indeed, according to his own ac-
count, he never had the audacity to
try for any.
Maj. Horace Glenthworth Devan-
DIRE, the only American serving in the
Austrian Army, has just died in vi
emma. He was at one time engaged in
the American diplomatic service at
Rome and Vienna.
Elder D. Lindsey of Marion, o.,
is believed to hold the worlds record
for membership in the Odd Fellows.
He entered Kosciusko Lodge, No. So,
in 1916, being, therefore, in the 57th
year of his membership. He is 50 years
old.
1t transpires that the ailment from
which e. j. Baldwin, better known as
Lucky" Baldwin, is suffering is a
malignant cancer. The nature of the
disease has been concealed from his
friends for some time. There is no
hope of his recovery.
Professor Mason of the Smithson-
ian Institution says that the most
needed achievement of 1903 is the dis
covery of a satisfactory method of
economizing electricity. Some day, he
says, in the not distant future the
river will make all the electricity we
want. We shall harness the streams
and they will heat every house, run
| every wheel and light every lamp.
jay Cooke, the venerable financier,
always wears a felt hat of a pale
fawn color. Three or four of these
| hats are given each year to Mr.. Cooke
by his friend and neighbor, John B.
Stetson. They are made of
the fur of South American
| squirrel that is only to be captured
among the nights of the Andes. They
have to be so carefully and slowly
made and their material is so costly
that to buy and sell them would not
pay.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-19
CURRENT COMMENT.

The shooting of Editor N. G. Con-
zales by Lieut.. Gov. J. H. Tillman on
the streets of Columbia, S. c., has at
tracted more editorial attention on the
part of the newspapers of the country
than any other recent tragedy. North
and South the act is severely con-
demned. Inevitably the name of Sena-
tor Tillman is drawn into the discus
sion of the matter. A leading North
ern Republican paper. the Philadelphia
Inquirer, says: "At the very time the
senior Senator from South Carolina
was denouncing Attorney General
Knox as murderer and hurting intel
lectual birthstone against many men
in public Office, from the President
down, his nephew shot down in cold
blood an editor of Columbia who had
dared to oppose his political preten-
sions. The crime was the worse be-
cause the perpetrator was Lieutenant
Governor of his state" A leading
Democratic paper, the Brooklyn Eagle,
says: zone who recalls Ben Tillman's
animal animadversions on Grover
Cleveland his brutal assault on Nc
Laurin, his verbal villainies toward
Roosevelt, and his assault, Thursday.
on Knox will admit that his murder
Gus nephew is his literal understudy;
ana that the nephew of his uncle and
the uncle of his nephew are both men
of whom South Carolina cannot be
proud and whom South Carolina can
not keep in place-if that state would
retainer regain-the right to be re-
garded as a member of the family of
civilized commonwealths." The opin-
ion OF leading Southern Democratic
paper, the Norfolk Landmark, is as fol-
lows: TT is a coincidence that on the
very day when Editor Gonzales was
shot down because of his personal crit
icism of Tillman the nephew, Tillman
the uncle in the Senate of the United
States delivered a speech in which a
violent personal attack was made upon
Attorney General Knox. The TiIlmans
have INDUCED in personalities as much
as anybody else in South Carolina pol
itics, and there are men who have as
much provocation to shoot them as
either of them had to shoot Mr.. Con
tales. 1t does seem to us that human
life Is too precious a thing to throw
away In unnecessary exchanges Of lin
guistic vitriol, which ought to have
passed out with the code duello."
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-19
His Name in Doubt.

Senator John w. Daniel of Virginia,
recently told a story illustrating how
the negro race was divided in it's al
legian2e during the Civil War, says
the New York Times.
A negro boy was sent to school in
little hamlet on the James river
and the teacher asked him his name
Il dunno 'xactly,' said the boy. "It
mought be Jef'son Davis Higgins. an
it mought be Adm Lincoln Higgins. ~
Don't you know which it ISL" asked
the teacher.
Nanny lows it's Jef'son Davis
replied the boy; but my ole mar
won't hab it nohow. an says it's
Adm Lincoln. They'se been scrappin
bout it s'lOng as l kin rec'lect, an
sometimes nanny gets tn best o. it
an sometimes tn ole man.
We'll, what do the neighbors cal
your" asked the school teacher, TAX.
ing in the situation.
"Oh, theyse don't bother with nc
family scraps. They jes' calls me
Nose"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-19
VENEZUELA IN A BAD WAY.

The situation in Venezuela is get
ting worse all the time. There is no
immediate prospect of the raising of
the blockade, and the country is on the
verge of starvation in consequence of
it. The Instruction is about as for
midable as ever and there is no money
in the treasury. A forced loan has
been decided upon and the wealthy
citizens must at once raise for the
government about $500, 900.
Naturally there is opposition to the
loan, and many of those who have
been assessed have announced that
they will go to Jail before they will
pay the assessment. They doubtless
understand that the loan will never
be repaid, for the reason that there is
no probability of the government being
in a position to repay it. The award
in favor of foreign creditors will be
large enough to take all of the surplus
of the treasury for half a century.
1t is said that the foreign residents
are not to be assessed for the forced
loan, but they might as we'll be If they
are engaged in business With such
conditions as now exist they are al
most certain to suffer great pecuniary
losses.
There may be times when Venezuela
is a good place in which to make
money, but they are few and far be-
tween. The bad times, brought about
by Instruction, come so often that it
must be difficult to make much head
way In the direction of accommodating
property.
There is nothing In the dispatches
to indicate that the 100000 called for
is needed to make the cash payments
demanded by Great Britain and Ger
many. There has, in fact, been no
such demand made yet. There has
been only an announcement that a
cash payment will be required, and
that the blockade will not be raised
until it is paid. President Castro
doubtless wants the money he is now
calling for to enable him to continue
the struggle against the insurrection-
lists. When the time comes for paying
the money demanded by the allies an
other forced loan will be in order.
Doubtless the wealthy men see this
and that is one of the reasons why
they propose to resist the payment of
any forced loan.
OF course President Castro will pro-
coed to collect the money, and by do
ing so he will increase the feeling of
hostility to himself. Robbing the peo-
pie will do more to weaken him than
the assaults upon his army by the in
surrectionists. If he comes out of his
present troubles on top he will show
himself to be better soldier and states
man than the people of Venezuela be-
| lieve him to be.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-19

A queer kind of crank lives at Lex
ington, Miss. His fad, or whatever 1t
may be called, consists in sending to
the postofice at Albany, N. Y, postal
money orders payable to prominent
men, all for the sum of cents. He has
bought orders payable to Senator Platt,
Senator Depew. President Roosevelt,
Richard Croker. David B. Hill and a
number of other persons, all for 5 cents
each. The postal authorities are be-
coming annoyed, but since he pays his
money for the orders there seems to
be no law under which he can be stop
ped from INDUCING his freak.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-19
For Thirty-nfne Cents.

A local business man who was once
the representative of one of the big
mercantile agencies tells a story OF
how he became a member of the bar
OF the state of Virginia a number of
years ago, says the Washington Star.
he had occasion to go to one of the in
land counties of the state to make an
examination of the county records. in
order to ascertain the standing in the
county of a number of country mer-
chants. Upon reaching the railroad
station he found it necessary to drive
distance of ten miles or more over a
road which was a mere apology for a
highway. Reaching the county seat, he
went TO the clerks office in the Court
House and proceeded to look over
the records as he had done in many
other places without any objection. be-
ing offered. While he was still on his
nrst book he was asked by one of the
clerks If he was member of the bar.
Not in Virginia." he answered in a
tone indicating that he was a mem
Der of the bar elsewhere.
I'm sorry" said the young man.
but in this county ii is against the
rules for anybody other than a lawyer
to handle the books
1t was explained to the clerk that
Tue leSdl talent IN the nrmS employ
could not be found, and as the lawyer
lived more than two miles away he
would not have time to get him unless
he missed the next train.
There will be no trouble in arrang-
ing the matter" the clerk informed
the Washingtonian. Entering a private
room, the oath subscribed to by at
torneys was administered, and a GER
tif1cate showing the stranger was a
full-fledged lawyer was handed over
to him.
What shall 1 do nows9" the clerk
was asked.
PAY the fee," he answered.
What is the amount?"
"rhirty-nine cents" was the clerks
prompt response.
The money was paid and the man
from Washington returned and told
how he became a lawyer for the small
sum of thirty-nine centa
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-19

A London chemist believes he has
discovered a method of forcing vege-
tation by means of which fruits and
flowers can be produced at will, with
out regard to seasons. The process is
said to be simple. The plants are
stored in a small galvanized tank.
Then ether is poured into a small cup
fixed at the top of the tank, whence,
after the tank has been securely fas-
tened, the ether is allowed to evap-
crate for period of forty-eight hours.
During this time the plants shed their
leaves, and may be described as being
in a state of intoxication. After this
period the plants are exposed to the air
for another period of forty-eight hours.
This in turn is followed by a second
period of etherization, after which the
plants are removed to an ordinary
forcing house, and within two or three
weeks begin to flower freely.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-19
RoBBERIEs OF SMALL BANKS.

Sensational robberies of big banks
are almost unheard of these days.
Chilled steel vaults, time locks, bur-
glar alarms and vigilant night watch
men armed with revolvers or shot
guns-probably the latter more than
any other agency-have put the Jimmy
Hopes out of business pretty nearly.
But while the banks of the cities
have apparently secured practical inn
munity from felonious raiders, from
the outside, the small banks of coun-
try towns are still regarded as the le-
climate prey of cracksmen, who ap-
pear to have been more than ordi-
narily busy during the past three or
four months. Several cases of safe
cracking in banks, and a number of
others in postoffices and business
houses, have been heard of in this and
and current winter. There were ar
rested in Columbia, S. c., a few days
ago three or four men who are be-
lieved to be members of an organized
gang Of safe blowers that has been
operating in this section for several
months. And they seem to have found
business good, since they were we'll
supplied with money, which they spent
1avishly.
1t appears from the official statistics
of the American Bankers Association,
compiled by the Pinkerton agency,
that there were ffty-six banks
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-19

The temperance people of Delaware
are working in the right direction for
the repression of the liquor traffic in
their state. They are urging the Leg
islature to pass a local option law.
which will give the people the right
to say at the polls whether they will
have license or no license. The cause
of temperance in Georgia has steadily
gone forward under the local option
plan, which is the best method of gov
erning the liquor traffic that has yet
been devised. Under it the sound
American policy of self-government is
obtained and there is an incentive to
the continuance of a vigorous cam
paign of education against the evils of
strong drink. In many instances when
a prohibition law is passed the pro-
hibitionists feel that their object has
been accomplished and stop work.. but
where local option is the rule the pro-
hibitionists and other temperance
workers continue to labor to bring
every community into line by It's own
votes.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-19
A Business Arrangement.

Sir" he said to her father, accord
ing to the Cleveland Plain Dealer. this
is practical world. The spirit of COM
mercialism cannot be throttled by the
tender bonds of sentiment. Perhaps
you have noticed this?"
II can't say 1 have" replied the stern
parent, but that needn't detain you"
"Of course not" said the youth with
an affable smile. What 1 was about
to say is that while / am sitting up
counting your daughter 1 feel that it
would be no more than fair to offer to
pay for the gas 1 assist in consuming"
Good" said the old man. And how
about the coal? Do you expect me to
throw that in?"
Certainly not" cried the youth. IN
gladly throw in the coal. Bless you, 1
worked my way through college tend
ing a furnace"
And the old man smiled approvingly.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-19
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The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-19

Mr.. William H. Seaver, of the Ma
tional Steel and Wire Company, gave
some interesting testimony before the
House Ways and Means Committee
the other day. He said that the steel
billet cost $40 Jess abroad than at
home, and added: AT the present
time we can buy it abroad and pay the
duty cheaper than we can buy it at
home" Mr.. Seaver was asked if his
company sold it's finished products for
less prices abroad than at home.
"Yes," he answered, because we get
the benefit of the drawback" That is
how the tariff works for the benefit of
the trusts at home and consumers
abroad.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-19

any license tax from the distillers the
people in the vicinity of these distil-
leries would not drink the less. pro-
vided the distineries were permitted
to remain in operation. OF course,
these distilleries do not sell liquor by
the drink. but it seems they sell it in
f1ve-gallon lots. People in the vicinity
of them purchase it in that quantity
and divide It and the expense. But
it is not apparent how the cause Of
prohibition or temperance would be
advanced If the proposed legislation
should be enacted. The distilIeries
would still sell in f1ve-gallon lots if the
government did refuse to receive a
license tax from them.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-19

The name of Robert Edward Lee will
stand side by side with that of George
Washington as long as the history Of
the American republic is read. They
were men of the same heroic mold,
and though one was the leader in a
successful war against the injustices
of king and the other the unsuccess-
full comnander-in-chiefo of a war waged
to preserve the liberties won by Wash
ington, they stand forth in history
among all men as representatives of
the highest and best type of Ameri-
cans.
The great Lee, the anniversary Of
whose birth is celebrated to-day by
those whom he led in battle and their
descendants. was not the commander
of the Confederate armies until Nc
CleIlan advanced upon Richmond in
1862. After the wounding of Gen.
Joseph =. Johnston at the battle of
Seven Pines, President Davis placed
Gen. Lee at the head of the Army of
Northern Virginia, there to remain I'M
til he had achieved immortal fame for
himself and his soldiers.
In the fall of 1861 Gen. Lee command
ed in Western Virginia, which cam
paign, with the exception of the vic
tory of Gen. II. r. Jackson, was bar
rem of results. He was detached from
that command and assigned to duty
on the South Atlantic. This service
brought him to Savannah. where his
impressive figure was often seen upon
the streets 1t was by his direction
that the defenses on the sea islands
and other unimportant places on the
coast were abandoned as indefensible
against the fleets of the enemy, with
their superior cannon. On land and
away from the enemy's gunboats the
Confederates could meet them, if not
with equal numbers. at least without
warships to help them. Gen. Lee was
on his way to Port Royal the day Ad-
miral Dupont attacked the batteries
on Hilton Head and compelled the
evacuation of that point; thus demon
strating the correctness of Gen. Lees
views. Tybee Island was evacuated,
ana uOuDIleSS tOTL EuldSkl would also
have been had it then been known
that the works could be reached from
Tybee. Gen. Lees foresight doubtless
saved the Confederacy much valuable
ordnance and the services of thou
sands of soldiers. The wisdom of his
inner lines of defense was further
shown when the demand for troops to
reinforce the armies in the West and
in Virginia was made. The men were
spared from the coast without danger.
Gen. Lawton's brigade, from this To-
cality. was sent to Virginia, where it
became a part of Stonewall Jacksons
famous corps, and later on Gen. Mer-
GERS brigade was sent to reinforce
Johnston's army in upper Georgia.
Gen. Lee paid Savannah visit after
the close of the war and was welcomed
as no other man was ever welcomed
before. He was the guest, a part of
the time. of Gen. A. r. Lawton, who
then lived at the northwest corner of
York and Lincoln streets, and then at
Mr.. Andrew Lows, on Charlton and
AbercOrn streets. where he held re-
ception of Confederate veterans.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-19

The rumOr that John w. Gates
would retire from stock speculation
was promptly denied upon the author
ity Of Gates himself. One would as
soon believe that James s. GARRISON
were about to retire from specializing
in Southern Republican delegates as
that Gates would retire from dallying
with the ticker.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-19
CoLLINSvILLE LINE.

(Falr GROUNDS and Dale AVe.J
Beginning at 600 a. m, cars leav5
Bolton and OFT streets every is min-
utes; returning, cars leave Estill ave-
nue. and Waters road at 6:07 a. m. and
every Is minutes thereafter, connecting
with cars on Thunderbolt line, until
Il: 90 o'clock midnight.
Through cars are operated between
Market and Thunderbolt via Collins
Vile and Dale avenue as follows:
Lv. Market. Lv. Thunderbolt
6:45 a. m. 1880 a. m.
6:45 D. m. 1880 D. m.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-19

The story has long been current that
Mrs. Patrick Campbell, the actress,
was the original of the woman's fig
ure in 1.-THE Vampire" Sir Philip
Burne-Jones' picture made famous by
Kipling's rag and bone and a hank
of hair" poem. The artist himself has
now taken pains to deny the story.
The model, he says, was a woman Of
Brussels, who was paid for posing.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-19
The weather.

The indications for Georgia and
Eastern Florida for to-day are fair
weather, with light north to northeast
winds.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-19
WET END LINE.
(Lincoln Park,

Car leaves west side OF City Market
for Lincoln Park 600 a. m. and every
10 minutes thereafter until 1880 D. m.
Car leaves Lincoln Park for Market
$40 q. m. and every 20 minutes there
after until 1900 O'clock midnight.
FREIGHT AND PARCEL CAR.
Leaves east side of City Market tor
Thunderbolt. Cattle Park, Sandhy, Lsla
of Hope and all intermediate points,
s:15 a. M, 1:15 p. m, Sis p. m.
Leaves Isle of Hope for Sandfly,
Cattle Park, Thunderbolt and all In
termediate points-6:oo a. M. Hoo q.
M, 300 D. m.
Freight car leaves Montgomery al
$50 a. m. and 2:35 p. m, connecting at
Sandfiy witL regular parcel cav fos
city
Parcel car from the city carries
freight to Montgomery on each trip.
Regular parcel car carries trailer on
each trip for accommodation OF pass
engers.
Any further information regarding
passenger schedule or freight service
can he had by applying to
q. q. NACTT Manager.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-19

for Isle of Hope.
THUNDERBOLT LINE Especially.
City Market to Casino, via Bolton
Street Junction.
Beginning at 5:45 a. M, cars leave
City Market for Casino at Thunderbolt
every Ii minutes until 1870 p. m.
Cars leave Bolton Street Junction 10
minutes after leaving time at City
Market.
Beginning at $3.50 a. m, cars leave
Casino at Thunderbolt every Is min"
utes until 1908 midnight.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-19
MONTGOMERY LINE.

Connects at Sandfiy with parcel car
to city.
sConnects at Sandfiy with parce. car
FOR Isle of Hope.
'-Goes to Montgomery on return trim
from Isle of Hone.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-19
MONTGOMERY AND THUNDER.
Boil INE

Connects az Sandhy with parcel car
for city.
sConnects at Sanity with parcel car
for Isle of Hope.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-19

that liquor would not have attained the
proportions it did.
in his article on 1.-THE Coinage of
Words" in Harper's, Prof. Kittredge
tells of the real origin of some of the
suffixes by which the language is con-
stantly increased. THE ending of ly."
says Prof. Kittredge, lis an aibraded
form of the Anglo-Saxon lie, our like
Compare manly with menlike, godly
with godlike). So dom Tin Kingdom
martyrdom, etc.) is the Anglo Saxon
dom, our doom; here the complete word
has survived in a special sense, but is
no longer associated with the suffix
dom in our linguistic consciousness
The ending of hood lin childhood. wfd.
owhood, etc. has, of course. nothing
to do with the noun hood; it is an old
nad tlater nod, meaning Character
position, station and the like. which
has long been obsolete as an indenen-
dent noun. These three suffixes. w
dom and hood, old as they are are
traceable, step by step, in the history
OF our language, so that they afford
US an excellent opportunity of observ
ing the process by which an indenen-
dent word may sink from the position
Oh the second member of a compound
70 that or mere derivative ending.
10 hlng Alfred cild-had was a COM
pound word, for both parts were still
IN use separately as simple nouns. TO
US, however, childhood is no longer a
compound, but a mere deriyative of
chlld, made by means of the abstract
SUNK hood. Historically considered.
then, derivation by means of suffixes
is form of composition, and we should
expect to find the same freedom exist
ing IN the coinage OF new derivatives
that we have already observed In the
compromising of nouns"