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The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-27
A Maryland Vulcan.

The storm was severe, and almost
everybody in the place was reminded
of meteorological disturbances as bad
or worse, says the New York Times.
Freaks of wind, hail, rain and light
ming were described with that atten-
ton to detail which stamps the brand
of truth on all narratives. Old SWal-
low however, remained quiet until the
flood of "reminiscences ceased. Then
he remarked:
"I hate liars"
The general movement in his direc-
ton was checked when he continued;
I'm not hitting at any one here. l
was thinking of a blacksmith 1 knew
down in Maryland. You fellows think
you can tell storm stories. Why, one
of his tales beats all of yours put to-
gether. He told me that he was stand
ing in the door of his smithy once
when a thunderstorm came up. He
was idle at the time because, unex-
pectedly, he had run out of a certain
kind of iron he needed to make set
Of shoes for a trotter called Mabel B.,
entered in a big race to be run the
next day.
THE lightning, he said, was nothing
out of the ordinary although it was
pretty sharp. All at once he was
struck. He declared that he did not
know where the bolt hit him, but
claimed that he was not even stunned
The bolt dropped to the floor, and he
was seized with an idea Picking up
the bolt with his tongs, he fastened
to work, and before 1t cooled he forged
1t into a set OF shoes for the trotter."
"Of course you don't believe that?"
said a listener.
"Of course not! How could he han
die that bolt quickly enough to forge
four shoes out of it before 1t cooled?
I do hate liars"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-27
Personal.

Nine. Rejane. the French actress,
who has just finished an engagement
in London. carries with her wherever
she goes a pair of carriage mules pre-
scented to her by the King of Portugal
The animals are of pure Andalusian
breed and stand nearly fifteen hands
high.
Commander Booth Tucker of the
Salvation Army has purchased a sew
enty-acre farm near Spring Valley, N.
Y, and will turn the place into a
summer retreat for ailing children and
mothers from the crowded districts of
New York city. About $50 persons can
be accommodated there when propos-
ed Improvements have been made.
Carrie Nation was advertised to de-
liver an address at a park in Scran-
ton, Pa, under the auspices of a
street railroad company, which would
benefit by carrying crowds expected
to attend. Mayor Council ordered
that the saloon-smasher be prevented
from speaking there, as the park, being
public property was not intended for
such a meeting as Mrs. Nation was
advertised to hold.
One night last spring an old-fash-
toned sparkling bee" was held at the
farm of ]. w. Graham in Tucker coun-
ty, West Virginia. Numerous we'd
dings have resulted, the most notable
being a triple event last Saturday,
when three of Mr.. Graham's children
We're married to young farmers of the
neighborhood. The ceremonies were
conducted by a Methodist clergyman
and drew an immense gathering of
relatives and friends.
Prof. G. 4. Kemp of the University
of Illinois is now conducting expert
ments at Cripple Creek, Col, in regard
to the effect of a high altitude on per-
sons who have poor blood. He is be-
ing assisted by five students of the
Champaign college. who have one of
their fingers punctured twice each day
and from three to four drops of blood
taken out and carefully examined. Prof.
Kemp expects to remain in Cripple
Creek for at least twenty days.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-27

In the United States Senate, when a
member is conducting the discussion
of some bill which attracts much at
tntion, he is called upon to reply to
all sorts of searching criticisms, says
the Saturday Evening Post. To get a
contested measure through requires
strength of purpose, nimble wit and
complete knowledge of the subject.
The ordeal also levies upon the physi-
cal strength of the man in charge of
the measure.
One day during big debate IN the
recent session, Senator SpoOner, who
was in charge, did not feel so well as
usual, and forthwith consulted a ply
stefan, a man who is a close student
of public affairs.
There Is nothing serious the matter
with YOU" said the medical man; you
have been on a strain, that's all. I'll
give you some pills which you will
find to be an excellent tonic. Take
them in the morning just before go
ing to the Senator"
How MANY shall I take?"
THAT depends upon circumstances, +"
replied the physician. Lets see; who
is slated to criticise your bill to-mor-
roW?"
The Senator from Wisconsin men,
toned the name of a colleague known
as a strong and resourceful debater.
Take three pills." said the physi-
clan.
who's to be your opponent the next
day?"
The name of a senator not quite so
formidable as the first was given.
1.-TWO pills" said the doctor. and
who's the man you meet in debate the
following day?"
The name was given.
zone pill will do. And who is down
to assaiI your bill and ask you ques-
lions on the fourth day."
Senator Spooner named a senator
who evidently had not impressed the
physician.
You may omit the pill entirely that
day.
The Senator laughed. Next week l
am to have Tillman of South Carolina
on my hands," he volunteered.
ION that day take four pills before
going to the Capitol and one every halt
hour during the rest of the day"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-27
MAGIC OF CHEMISTRY.

1t has been predicted that the cur
rent century will be one of develop
ments in chemistry, as the last was of
developments in mechanics. There are
stin mechanical apparatus needed and
TO be invented, but the probabilities
are that about all of the really great
inventions along those lines have been
made and that what follows will be
development of old ideas rather than
the bringing forth of new ones. In the
line of chemistry, however things are
different. That field, though titled for
a long time, has lately given forth such
results as to force the conviction that
its possibilities have scarcely more than
been touched upon. 1t is only within
the period that has elapsed since the
beginning of the new cycle of the cal
endar that radium and polonium, most
marvellous new substances, have been
discovered. Their properties are said
to be such as to upset a number of
accepted theories and open the way for
the development of new marvels in the
chemical laboratories.
In ancient times the alchemists
searched for the philosophers stone"
or the substance by means of which
base metals and dross might be trans
muted into gold. In a sense the chem
lists have found the philosophers stone.
since to-day they are turning many of
the worlds formerly waste products
into valuable articles of commerce, and
thus indirectly into gold; and we shall
sec very much more of that sort OF
thing during the next quarter of CEN
fury. And If what has been accom-
plished recently is an earnest of what
we may expect of the future. there are
marvellous things ahead. 1t has been
only a few years since coal tar was
looked on not only as a waste product
but as an abominable nuisance; now
it is one of the most valued Of products
of the gas-making plant. The chemists
have taken hold of it and made lit
orally a hundred or more by-products
from it, ranging from paints TO flavor
ms extracts served at the soda foun-
The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-27

talns. Many of the new medicinal pow
ders are coal tar extracts. And so it is
with the cotton seed, formerly thrown
away by the farmer. To-day the seed
is no small part of the cotton crop in
value giving oil, meal and cake as
direct products, and soap, cooking fats,
salad oil and other articles as collateral
products. Corn oil is a new product
that has given excellent results and is
full Of possibilities. 1t is believed that
it will vet be made to yield the much
wanted substitute for rubber. Gum
shoes and other articles are already be-
ing made from 1t. Wood alcohol is be-
ing made from sawdust in Germany,
and the alcohol is being employed for
the generation of power. What pros
poets there are in this particular mat
ter in the immense sawdust piles of the
United States!
These are only few of the waste
products that have been turned to ac-
count, and good account, by the chem
lists. There are many more in their
class-the bagasse of the cane p1anta-
tions, the cotton stalks of the Southern
fields, the reeds of the vast marshes
the shavinGs of the wood working mills
etc. There are possibilities in all of
these things. 1t has been said that by
means of chemistry the big packers of
the West have been enabled to utilize
every part of hog except the grunt.
And so it will be in other lines,
The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-27
index 70 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

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Solomoas Co.
MISUNDERSTANDING Good Show at
the Casino This Week Pains Fire
works at Fair Ground Tonight; Now
for the Hob, at Hotel Fybee.
The Best Is the Cheapest-Llndsay
& Morgan.
Proposals Wanted-For Painting
Hospital and Constructing Brick Piers
Under Same, and for Constructing
Porches, Etc, at Fort Fremont, 5. G.
Silver Polish-The Gorham Co.
Our Special Blend of Tea for Icing
THE Delmonfco Co.
Bargains in Bicycles-At Lattimores.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Pharmacist
Hotels and Summer Resorts-Grand
Atlantic Hotel Atlantic City N. j.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Hel
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For
Rent: For Sale; Lost; Personal; Mis-
cellaneous
The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-27
WHERE IMMIGRANTS GO.

The fiscal year ending June 80 last
was a record breaker in immigration.
The total arrivals for the twelve
months were S57,O46, being an increase
of a little more than $1,000 over the
previous high water mark, made in
1882. Where did all of these newcomers
go? What are the chances of their be-
ing assirnilated into the population?
A compilation of data by Commission
ar Sergeant shows that 80 per cent. of
the immigration was what may be
classed as undesirable, coming from
Italy, Sicily, Sardinia, Hungana and
Russia and of these Sc per cent. stop
ped in the states of Massachusetts,
Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York,
New Jersey and Pennsylvania, while
9S per cent. stopped east of the Mis-
sissippi river, leaving but per cent.
for distribution throughout the great
West. Probably per cent. would
cover the proportion that came South.
OF the arrivals from Russia, the Jews,
6S per cent. stopped in New York and
SO per cent. in the six states named.
OF the total immigration &c per cent.
went to swell the population of the
Eastern cities, while only 10 per cent
went west OF the Germans, Scandi-
navians, English, Irish and other of
the more desirable classes, by far the
large majority pushed on into the in
terror of the country. very few stopping
on the coast. They are the home seek
ers and builders who came over to
grow up with the country"
The vast hordes pouring into the
northeastern section are of the classes
that huddle together in the cities
crowd by the dozens into one room, live
on what an American family would
throw away, work cheaply, take no in
terest in the institutions of the coun-
try never become citizens, and add
little If anything to the wealth and
prosperity of the country. If it were
possible to scatter these people broad
cast over the sparsely settled sections
there would be some hope of making
Americans of them; but they decline
to be scattered, prefering TO live, OIL
rather exist, in their own squalid colo
MES in the slum districts. about the
mines and the manufacturing centers
There is already an immigration prob
lem confronting the cities of the north
! east and year by year it is growing
more acute. At the moment there is
probably more foreign than native
blood in New York, and the same is
no doubt true of Pittsburg. and other
centers into which immigration drifts
The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-27
MIR. BRYAN's DEFENSE.

Mr. Bryan seems to have thought 4
necessary to defend himself against
| the attacks which the newspapers be-
gan to make upon him Immediately
after his attack upon Mr.. Cleveland
! in his recent speech in Chicago. II
is doubtful If anything which Mr.
| Bryan had said against Mr.. Cleveland
! previous to that time was so strong
! ~ and bitterly resented as what he
said in that Chicago speech has been.
| The reason probably is that the at
tack was uncalled for, and, besides,
sentiment in the Democratic party
seems to be much more favorable to
Mr. Cleveland just now than it is 10
Mr.. Bryan.
In the current number of the Com
moner Mr.. Bryan devotes two and
a half columns TO defending what he
calls his Democracy. After naming
the charges he proceeds to deny
or explain them. He devotes a con-
siderable space TO the charge that he
voted for Gen Weaver, the POpulist
candidate for President, in 1892.
There is no particular reason why
Mr.. Bryan should feel it necessary to
defend his Democracy. 1t is a fact Of
course, that he voted for the Populist
candidate for President in 1892, but it
is well understood that the Democratic
National Commute thought it advis-
able that Democrats of Nebraska and
some of the other Western states
should do so. 1t was believed that
the success of Gen. Weaver in those
states would assist the Democrats in
electing their ticket
Mr.. Bryan must think there is dam
ger that the genuineness of his Dem
ocracy win be seriously questioned.
Otherwise he would not give up so
large a part of his paper to It's de-
Tense. The fact that he was the nomi-
nee of the Democratic party twice for
President ought to be sufficient an
swer to any one who questions the
genuineness of his Democracy.
It is regrettable that Mr. Bryan
finds it necessary to worry about such
a matter. If his party is not con-
WINGED now about the genuineness of
hts Democracy it will never be. AS a
matter Of fact, however, could he not
render his party a much greater serv-
ice by trying TO harmonic its two
wings than by devoting his time and
talents to such a matter? 1t would
certainly seem so, Mr., Cleveland does
not have to defend his Democracy. He
doesn't notice charges that he isn't a
Democrat. In that he shows good
Judgment. He let's his record speak
for him. If Mr.. Bryan is wise, he win
not waste time in future trying to
show that he is a Democrat and has
always been, but will devote his time
and talents to getting Democrats to-
gether so that they will have a chance
of winning in the presidential contest
next year.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-27

CBy a Disillusioned Bachelor.)

CBy a Disiilusioned Blackberry
From Punch.
When I was young-as every one
agreed
And when my gladstone heart no
burden carried,
l had a very near escape indeed
OF getting married.
My income was diminutive. it's true,
Yet that was but a small considera-
ton.
I met my love and fell a victim to
Her fascination.
The day arrived when resolved to try
If my persuasive eIoquence could win
her,
For Ito her fathers house, one even
Was asked to dinner.
Although took some other female
down,
1 did not mind at all, for was able
To watch my fair adored one smile or
froWn
Across the table.
Now half way through the dinner we
had got,
And Pip-a-pat my frenzied heart was
beating,
When suddenly CHANGED to notice
what
My love was eating.
Asparagus, that coy elusive thing,
She swallowed with an energy most
frantic
although it may be very nourishing.
It's not romantic).
The nodding heads, when lifted from
her plate,
Toward her ruby lips she started
thrusting.
The scene that followed l don't hesi-
tate
To call disgusting.
1 felt that must gaze at her, perforce.
All! how the recollection of it lin
gers
The melted butter ran it's wayward
course
Along her fingers.
She even smacked her lips, devoid of
shame;
But, as the pile of heads before her
Within my heart there fiickered out
the flame
That love had kindled.
The mad. delicious moments of the
past
For once and all were absolutely
ended.
I left the house much sooner at the
Than / intended.
Young men, if any maidens Won adore
BE guided by a sensible suggestion
And watch them eat asparagus before
1ou put the question:
The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-27
| TxpographicaI Tragedy.

you must have a bunch of humor-
lists working on your linotype ma
chimes, haven't your" asked the poet
according to the Indianapolis sun.
Haven't noticed that any OF them
have any failing in that line" answer
ed the editor. -
well you're a poor observer 10
you read your own paper?"
Occasionally"
Did you read my poem, To Agatha
in yesterdays issue|"
"N-no."
IT thought not. In the poem l wrote
a line which read, I love you better
than l love my life
THAT was a neat line"
land one of your linotype humorists
made it read, love you better than
l love my wife.
"Er-"
"Exactly-my wife. And my wife,
not being acquainted with the failings
Of these key thumpsrs, THINKS the
poem was printed exactly as 1t was
written"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-27

Bruno Wellenhaupt. aged 70, mu-
stefan, composer and teacher of New
York. was found dead in his parlor
the other evening. He was seated be-
fore his music stand, on which was an
open folio of music. On his lap lay his
violin, and the bow was tightly clasped
in his fingers. In appearance it seemed
as if he had leaned back and fallen
asleep, after having finished favor
lite composition. was an ideal scene.
The old man had been suffocated by an
accidental escape of Illuminating gas.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-27
THE "MoNO-RAIL" SYSTEM.

The growth of the trolley system of
railroads is the marvel of the age. The
number of miles of trolley lines and
the amount Of capital invested in troll
ley companies is so great as to almost
exceed belief. And it must be remem-
bered that the trolley system has been
in successful use for only compare
lively few years.
The trolley system, however, hasn't
the speed that is desired in some To-
calities. What is called the mono
rail- system is to be tried between
Liverpool and Manchester, England, a
distance of thirty-four and a half
miles. According to the Saturday Re-
view 1t is proposed to make a speed of
10 miles an hour on this line.
The "mono-rail' system has been Of
ten described in the newspapers, Two
roads in accordance with this system
have been constructed in this country,
one near Coney Island and the other
at Patehogue L. /. Neither was a
success. 1t is the understanding, how
ever, that a great improvement in the
system has been made in recent years,
and there seems TO be no doubt that
the one to be operated in England will
prove to be success. or course, there
are some serious drawbacks to a road
of this sort, but, at the same time,
it has advantages-in the opinion OF
It's promoters. compensating advant-
ages. If it should prove to be as sue
cessful as its supporters believe II
will be it will not be long before cleo
trio roads of the 'mono-rair' kind will
be in operation in this country.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-27
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The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-27

For the first time in thirty-five years
the New York Sun is without Dana
influence in it's Office, Paul Dana. son
of the late Charles A. Dana, having
retired from it's editorship. For more
than two years the name of Mr.. Laf-
fan has appeared at the head OF the
Suns editorial column, but Paul Dana
during that time retained his chair as
head of the editorial staff. By the
recent death of his mother Mr. Dana
inherited considerable property. 1t
seems a little odd, by the way, to
think of the Sun without a Dana.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-27

Miss Edith Shayne of New York, who
doesn't spell it "Edythe," is the he
rome of an admiring circle of friends,
because of the trouncing she gave a
would-be masher at Manhattan beach
the other evening. Miss Shayne goes
in for athletics and was the captain
of basket ball team at college. At
the beach, while she was walking
with a girl friend, a bold young man
stepped UP to her, put his arm around
her waist and whispered into her ear.
Like lightning she swung her right,
1t caught the masher on the jaw and
he went down. AS he arose she
smashed him again and down he tum-
blad. Once again he attempted to
rise, only to be tOppled over again in
like manner. Then he was permit
ted to scramble to his feet, which he
did running. Miss Shayne then
Strengthened her hat, smoothed her
sleeves and continued her walk.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-27
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Norfolk CVa.) Landmark (Dem.)
says: "As Capt. Hobson has decided
to so into politics, it may be true that
he had eye trouble serious enough to
disable him. Absence of foresight is
no trivial matter"
The New York Commercial Qnd)
says: THE 100000 idle spinners in
Fall River on account of the high
to the announcement of higher prices
in manufactured goods"
The Charleston Post (Dem.) says:
1.-The only effect observable from Mr..
Bryan's recent attack upon Mr.. Cleve-
land is the rejoicing in Republican
circles over the wide gaping wound in
the body of the Democratic party"
The Raleigh IN. c. Observer (Dem.l
says: THE Governor has appointed
Hon. Henry G. Turner to the vacancy
on the Supreme Court bench in Geor-
gia. He is easily one of the ablest
men in the South, and will add to
his reputation on Georgia's highest
court"
The Louisville Courier Journal
Dem), discussing immigration, says:
The evils attendant upon the admis-
sion of a million souls largely made
up of the offscourings of Europe are
passed over in time of general pros
peHty, but they will be a burden when
hard times come on. Even those who
work distinguish themselves by law
lessness in strikes, and a great number
will become charges on the public. It
is an object to foreign governments to
rid, themselves Of criminals and sus-
poets, and no one can doubt that a
great number are able to get into this
country many even becoming natural
ized,"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-27

Pocahontas county, West Virginia,
is a wonder in its way. Its speciality
seems TO be to equalize the tempera-
ture by artificial means. For the Win
ter it has great deposits of coal. and
for summer it has a great under
ground deposit of ice. The ice mine
was discovered only a few days ago
A man prospecting about the side of
mountain in an aimless way noticed
a hole under some rocks, and pro-
ceeded to investigate. Tying a rope
to a nearby tree to save himself from
a possible fall he crawled into the
hole. Some distance in there was a
sheer drop Of ten or twelve feet, and
then the man found himself in a vast
cavern piled high with great and ir-
regular blocks of pure ice. The guam
tity Is estimated to be sufficient to
supply a large city for a whole sum-
mer. The discoverer Immediately set
himself uB in the ice business and is
doing a thriving trade.