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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-12
A Clever woman.

She was a sharp-eyed, Independent
little woman, and if the conductor had
been a reader of character he would
have known better than to try to
match his wits against hers, says the
Buffalo Express.
She had ridden two blocks before the
conductor got around to ask for her
fare.
This is as far as 1 want to CO."
she said. ''Pll get off here"
But you can't get off without pay
ing your fare" said the conductor,
stupidity.
Il can't, eh," she answered. "Wen,
let me see you collect it."
She made for the door, but the con-
ductor barred her way and refused to
pull the bell rope.
You stop this car or you'll be sorry
for it," she exclaimed. angrily.
"You must pay your fare before you
can get off," the conductor kept re-
peating.
That was all he could think to say.
Very WELL" said the woman, plump
ing herself down in a seat again. Il
guess 1 can ride free as far as you
can afford to carry me-"
After a couple of blocks more the
conductor pulled the rope and said,
somewhat sheepishly:
You might as well get off here,
then, if you won't pay your fare
The woman stepped haughtily to
the street, and then turning, with a
smile, said sweetly;
This is really the corner that I want
ed. knew you'd carry me block
or two after 1 told you 1 wouldn't pay.
so began the quarrel early"
AS the conductor gave the rope two
especially vicious jerks she called after
him:
II wouldn't have done it if you had
MT carried me a block past my street
Yesterday
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-12

For eighty successive summers
Samuel Grant of West Bangor, Me-,
has worked in a hay field. He COM
menced when he was years old and
has kept at it every year since. Mr..
Grant is as strong and nimble as d
man half his years, and enjoys the best
of health at all times.
-Forty-eight children and seventy
eight grandchildren is the proud record
of a family of seven sturdy brothers
who came from Germany in the years
between 1855 and 1870 and held their
second reunion on Aug. % in Milwau-
kee. They are Frederick, Charles,
John, Henry, William, Helmut and
Ernest Eggebrecht, and their respective
ages are 70, II, So, 50, Sc and 50 years.
Prof. Charles a. Lindeley of Yale
Medical School and secretary of the
Connecticut State Board of Health in
a recent lecture opposed the embalming
of dead bodies, except in special cases.
He said it would be more in accord
ance with the teachings of science if
decreased persons were not so tightly
incased in impermeable coverings, but
put in the ground in such manner
as to have free contact with surround
ing earth.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-12

III certain village, not very long
ago. benevolent looking doctor of
Tered to give a thermometer to every
cottage, carefully explaining it's use.
says Tit-Bits. Soon after their arrival
district visitor entered one house
Wnere the new Thermometer hung
proudly in the middle of the room,
dangling at the end of string. The
VISITOR complimented the owner upon
1t and inquired if she remembered the
instructions.
"Ay, that I do" was the reply, 81
angs un there, and 1 watches 'un, un-
til e gets above 60"
Quite right, Mrs. -" said the
lady, much pleased that the directions
given had taken root, land what do
you do when it gets above COZ"
why, then" was the unlocked for
answer, Il takes 'un down from the
nail and puts 'un out in the garden,
and cools un down bit"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-12

Postmaster General Payne says he
cannot understand why so much
fuss" has been made over the case of
the removal of Miss Todd from the
postofice at Greenwood, Del. on the
sole ground that she was Objectionable
10 Mr.. Addicks' representative in the
United States Senate. Similarly POST
master General Payne could not I'M
derstand why SO much fuss was made
when il was discovered that there
were boodlers and grafters in the
Postofiice Department. The reason for
MI Payne's hardness Of understanding
Is that be regards the COMMUNICATION
of public office as being merely
secondary consideration in politics. tho
prime consideration being 10 use such
oftoe FOR the benefit ~ the machine
ana is faY0rltes. What me people
cannot understand n why the Pres-
esnf retains Payne m Office. after he
haa heia che administration 40 h. Oh
p'nprpm ~ pursuing a cold -bloodsd
ppAny ~ political apolau0n.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-12
A SUGGESTION FOR BoOKER WASH
TNGTON,


What sort of reception viii the
resolution adopted by the International
Hotel Stewards Association, which met
! in annual convention in Indianapolis
! on Thursday, in which Booker Wash
ington was urged to establish an ad-
| dition to his institution for the train
| ing of men and women for employ
ment in the dining room and kitchen,
meet with at the Tuskegee Institute?
1t is a very Sensible resolution. and
may have the approval of Booker
Washington, but we venture to
say that it viii not carry
joy to the hearts of his stu
dents. And yet one of the greatest
needs of the present time, need that
if felt in about every household in
the land, is that of competent servants
in homes and hotels 1t is prac-
tically impossible to get competent
walters, mbermaids, cooks and
other servants.
Service in kitchen and dining room,
in fact all service in homes and no.
tells, is well paid. Competent servants,
those who know how TO cook or do
homework, and are willing to do it,
without being directed every day, can
get better wages than can be earned
in average clerical positions or as fac
tory operatives.
We are not prepared to say whether
or not Booker Washington has a de-
partment in his institute for training
men and women for the dining room
and kitchen, but we assume he hasn't,
or else the International Hotel Stew
ards Association would not have adj
dressed a resolution to him on the sub
ject. The students at his institute are
not aiming to graduate into dining
rooms and kitchens. The men are
thinking of becoming lawyers, doctors,
preachers, mechanics, teachers and
few of them farmers The women
probably are thinking of becoming
teachers. governesses and some of them
probably would be willing to become
children's nurses.
1t is a mistake that all of the negro
schools are making-the mistake of not
that is offering. Competent and will
ing employees in hotels and in homes
can almost name their own wages, but
those who have had little college.
learning, not enough to be of any spe-
cial benefit, will not think of accept
ing employment that seems to put
them in the position of servants. Be
sides, they are averse to employment
that calls for continuous work. Even
Booker Washington would find it diff
cult to make a department of his in
stitute a success that had for it's object
the training of men and women for
employment in dining room and
kitchen.
We are not prepared to say what
percentage of students of the negro
agricultural and mechanical colleges in
the South becomes farmers, but we
venture to say it is very small-not
so large as the percentage that un-
dertakes to study the Greek and Latin
languages. How much better it would
be for the students of these institu-
tions if the managers of them could
see the ACCESSIBILITY of training their
students for the places that are wait
ing to be filled, for the work that is
to be done!
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-12
SEPARATE QUARTERS FOR FELL
ONY CONVICTS.

The effect of the opinion of Attor-
ney General Hart that felony convicts
must be kept separate from INSIDE
meanor convicts during hours of rest
and conVersatio and that they must
be under guards and attended by PHI
sicians appointed by the state will
have the effect of deterring many of
the counties from taking the share of
felony convicts to which they are en-
titled. No doubt most of the counties
which have applied for convicts were
of the opinion that they would be at
no expense for the convicts they Sc
cured. 1t appears, however, that they
will have to build quarters and stock
AIDES for them and that they will have
no control of the guards and physi-
clans, though they will have to pay
them. The number of their misdemean-
or convicts may be much larger than
the number of felony convicts they re-
ceive from the state, and yet the state
will dominate unless they employ two
sets of guards and physicians.
We have no doubt of course that
the opinion of the Attorney General is
correct, and we simply call attention
to it as indicating an oversight on the
part of the Legislature. 1t is evident
that it was the purpose of the Legis-
lature to favor the working of the fell
ony convicts on public roads, and it
did not intend to impose additional
burdens on those counties which pre-
ferred working certain number of
such convicts to receiving the value of
their labor in school money. 1t failed,
however, to make a close study of the
laws relating to convicts already in
existence.
1t may be that an effort will be
made to amend the law at the next
session of the Legislature so that the
burden that the counties which desire
to receive felony convicts instead of
the school money which the convicts
represent can do so without mourning
extra expense.
The purpose in modifying the law
to the extent of permitting counties
to utilize felony convicts on their
public works under certain favorable
conditions was to gradually get rid of
the present convict system. If that
purpose is accomplished it is clear that
counties will have to be relieved of the
burden imposed by keeping the felony
convicts separate from the misde-
meanor convicts. 1t seems to us, also.
that the counties will insist upon APP
pointing the guards and physicians.
since they have to pay them. 1t is
probable that it viii require several
session Of the Legislature to perfect
the law i4saia
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-12
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Washington Post Qnd.) says:
Mr.. Germans return from his Euro
pean trip seems to have disposed of
what little there was left of the Par
ker boom in the South On the other
hand, the German sentiment is grow
ing very rapidly, with a vigorous and
wholesome growth. So conservative
and sedate a newspaper as the Savan-
nah News, which, by the way, makes
no secret of its affection for Mr.. Cleve-
land, is equally frank in recognizing
Mr.. Germans strength with the De-
mocracy
IF Senator German should become
a recognized candidate for the nominal
ton, those Democrats who are OPP
posed to a reaffirmation of the Kansas
City platform would acknowledge his
leadership and consent to receive in
structions from him. For that reason
and others it is probable that the pro-
posed action of Senator Germans
friends on the occasion of the meet
ing of the Maryland Democratic State
Convention is likely to meet with pref
ty general approval
Commenting on this, the Birming-
ham (Ala.) Age-Herald says:
" The Parker wave, which never
had any excuse for existence, has left
Georgia without any distinct leaning
in the preliminary race, but the declar-
alton of the News for Mr. German is
pretty good evidence that Georgia pre-
fers to trust a man that the United
States Senate trusts, and that all we'll
Informed men trust, including ex-Sen-
ator Jones of Arkansas, who is chair
man of the Democratic National Exec
utive Committee
Our esteemed Alabama contempor-
rary, of course, means to say that the
Savannah News is of one mind with
itself as regards the ridiculous story
set afloat in 1894 to the effect that Mr..
German had betrayed the so-called
Wilson tariff bill into the hands of the
octopus. and to point out the fact that.
Notwithstanding a certain sentimental
preference for Mr. Cleveland. the Sa-
vannah paper Is ready to join the rest
Of the influential and conservative
journals of the South in paying tribute
to Mr.. Germans great services, both
as loyal partisan and a patriotic
statesman.
There has been no question of
trusting Mr.. German, other than this
question of the fate of the Wilson
bill for in all other respects his De-
mocracy has offered no point of chal-
lenge or attack. Even here the scan
dal never had a shred Of truth or rea-
son in it, and no Democratic leader
in the Congress of that time ever gave
1t serious or respectful audience. As
we have frequently explained, the
measure formulated by Mr.. Wilson
himself was amended out of its original
shape long before Il went 10 the SEN
ate. so that the bill which Mr.. Cor
man, IN conjunction with other Dem
ocratlc leaders. trimmed into practical
shape, was not the Wilson bin az all
That had been disposed OF before II
left the House II is hardly worth
while 10 thrash over this old straw.
however. Every one familiar with the
events ~ the long session of 1894
knows that the measure as b was fin
ally enacted into law contained al
the tariff reform that had the small
rst chance ~ binding is way 10 the
statute books"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-12

For thirty years the Hon. A, NJ
Dockery, Governor of Missouri, had
worn a full and flowing beard. 1t was
his pride, falling to the second stud in
his shirt front in ambrosial waves
The beauty of that beard was the talk
of Missouri, and Gov. Dockerys chief
amusement was in stroking it affec-
tionately. But one day in August
just past, the thermometer climbed up
to the 100 notch. and the Governor
found the beard to be rather more on
pressive than pleasure giving, so he
told his barber, Take it off to a Van
dkye cut" The barber did his work
in artistic manner, but the Cover
nor's friends were not we'll pleased.
Why" said one, you look like Bill
Phelps" Now Bill" Phelps name
has been considerably banded about
recently in connection with the Doodle
investigation of members of the Leg
islature. Col. Phelps has earned. de-
servedly or not. the reputation of be-
ing the smoothest lobbyist in the bus
mess and with possessing the ability
TO twist certain legislators about his
fingers To be told that he looked like
BIZ Phelps just at this juncture
was more than Gov. Dockery could
stand, so he went again to the barber
and instructed him to make it a clean
shave. And that is why his most init
mate friends now feel that they need
an introduction TO the Governor Of
Missouri.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-12
BRIGHT BITS.

-Reviewer-"Is there anything left
to say about this new historical novel?"
Light Hearted Editor-"Of course; say
it is just as good as all the rest of
then--and just as bad as all the rest
of them. Life.
Yes" said the young nobleman, 81
am to be married to Miss Boodlington. J"
THAT demonstrates my theory" said
the embittered author. Il have al
ways said that a catchy title would
sell almost anything. Washington
Star.
First Drummer-"Doesn't your firm
make kick when you turn in such
heavy expenses" Second Ditto
Never; they simply take the amount
out of my salary. Oh, they are the
best people to work for you ever saw"
Boston Transcript.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-12

Sir" said the caller. pale with an
ger. according to the Chicago Tribune,
you had an item about me in your
paper this morning in which you said
was 'torturing the Western cities
with a lecture on political economy
l shall ask you to apologize and re-
tract. If you don't you will get into
troubled"
Sir" replied the editor of the Daily
Bread Il will acknowledge that an
explanation is due you. l did not in
tend to say you were 'torturing' the
Western cities with your lecture.
wrote it touring but since then
have read the lecture and have decided
to stand by the item. There will be
no apology and no retraction."
Reckoning to his fighting editor he
waited for the trouble to begin.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-12
index 10 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Special Notices-Dr- Purse Has Re
turned to the city; Fresh and Fine, NJ.
S. Gardner: The $3.50 Auto, James J..
joyce; Dividend No. 20, Peoples Saw
ings and Loan Company; Ship Notice,
Williamson & Rauers: Special Notice,
Louis w Roberts, Receiver; Dainty
and Delicious. Union Station Restau-
rant.
Business Notices-Good Bicycle Ton
ic, G. W. Thomas; For To-day, A. M.
& c. w. West.
What Do You Think of This-B. H.
Levy & Bro.
Legal Sales-City Marshars Sale of
Ground Rent Lots.
Petitions for ncorporation-Savan
nah Georgia Laundry Company.
Our Made-to- Measure Clothes-B. II.
Levy & Bro.
Savannah Theater-"D Devils Auction"
Matinee To-day and Night.
e. & w. on a Package-E. & w.
Laundry.
Financial-Commercial Bank OF Sa-
vannah.
Silverware-The Gorham Company.
Foods-Grape-N Nuts.
Get Your CoupOn-At Lattimore's.
California Fruits-The Delmonico
Company.
A Curtain Stretcher-Lindsay & Nor
gan.
Removal Sale-At the Bee Hive.
Medical-Fig Syrup; Pinkham's Rem
edy; Herpicide.
IS Cheap Column Advertisements
Help Wanted; Employment Wanted;
For Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personal;
Miscellaneous.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-12

Stephen Playsted, muscular ma
chinist of New York, is endeavoring
to teach the world a lesson that would
be Of the utmost benefit to it. He
says that eating is merely a habit, a
useless and very expensive one. To
demonstrate his theory he is working
at his trade regularly without taking
solid food. For seventeen days he has
continued at work, subsisting on three
pints of water per day, taking one pint
at time at meal-times. If Playsted
can teach us how to get along without
steaks and roasts, we shall be able
TO bid defiance to the meat trust and
put some money in bank. But then
there is danger that some trust would
come along and get a corner on the
water.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-12

TITS an heirloom he said, as he
took out of his pocket a watch as big
as an ordinary alarm clock and shook
it to hear the works rattle my great
grandfather carried it,"
With what-a truck?" asked his
friend, according to the Chicago Post.
"Oh, that's all right" responded the
man with the watch. Have all the
fun you want, but you couldn't dupli-
cate it to-day for 5000"
Il suppose not. How much do Won
think the freight charges on it would
be from here to New York;"
I know it's big, but l tell you it's
priceless. It's old fashioned, but it's
all there
Yes, with some additions and bav
windows. But, really, is it reliable?'
Il can tell the time to a half minute
by it and swear to it. I'll bet | can
come closer to the exact time than
you now"
I'm go you" He pulled out a
handsome little stemwinder. glanced
at it. and said: It's 1926. Now GET a
crowbar and open your old safety de-
post vault and see what time you
make it,"
The other pried the old watch omen
with the back of a knife blade. stud
led moment and then said:
Let me see. This is Saturday. and
/ set IL last Thursday evening AT
That is a trifie over forty-two and a
half hours ago. At half "A minute Al
hour the total loss would be twentv-
one and a quarter minutes. now
make II l2;l4la. Adding twentv-one
and quarter TO that would make the
corrected time l2:35A. and I'm wiuing
10 leave IL 10 any chronometer in town
Talk about your reliable vtstcbesi
why, you can bet on this old heir-
loom and win every time. rs lo,.t
hah minute an hour for sixfv-
lhffe years All you've got 10 a. is
90 remember when you eef d 80 49,.
can figure the time down alnloat ~
quarter seconds" ~
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-12
The statements in the dispatches rela

The statements in the dispatches rela-
tive to Turkish outrages in the Ok
hrida district during the past month
say that 10000 to $4,000 persons have
been killed and 100 600 rendered home
less, destitute. and starving. In all
probability this is much overdrawn,
for the purpose of creating sympathy
for the insurgents and a sentiment
against the Turkish government. To
be very plain, the stories that come out
of the East relative to the doings of
Turkey should be accepted with very
large grain of salt. There is no pre-
varicator quite so expert as he of the
Orient who is talking either for or
against the Unspeakable Turk.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-12
Cold Kills the Germ.
Lieut.. Perry Says There Are NO
Bald Heads ia the Arctic Regions.

The people who come back from
Klondille testify to the fact that no
native bald heads are there. The eyl-
dence is that the cold climate kills the
germs that eat the hair off at the root
Lieut.. Perry, who went to the Arcuc
Regions, gives the same evidence. New
bros Herpicide has the same effect as
the cold climate. 1t kills the germ that
eats the hair off at the rots. and the
the hair grows again. Herpicide is the
first hair remedy built upon the prin-
ciple of destroying the germ that eats
the hair off. Its phenomenal sale dem
onstrates the correctness of the scalp
germ theory. Sold by leading drug
gists. Send 10c. in stamps for sample
to The Herpicide Co, Detroit, Mich.
Livingston's Pharmacy Company
Special Agents.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-12
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-12

Perry Heath's phenomenal luck has
not deserted him. Recently he made
an entry Of homestead on govern
ment land In Utah. only three days
had elapsed when IL was announced
that "one Of the richest coal discov-
cries in the history ~ the Western
country had been made on Heath's
homestead. or course Heath ana the
hand office knew nothing previously
about the COAL IL MS merely another
Demonstration of the fact that be- is
faY0rite ~ fortune.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-12
POLISHED PLATE GLASS.

We are the Southern distributing
agents OF the Penn-American Plate
Glass Co. We carry at our Atlanta
warehouse the largest stock in the
South.
WINDOW GLASS, lots of IL, al
eizes, single and double. at our ware
houses both in Savannah and in Al
Ianta. Dowell Pins. Blind Staples
Glaciers Diamonds, Putty and Points.
Mail orders promptly shipped.
FL. COOLIDGE & BRO,
SAVANNAH. ATLANTA.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-12
The weather.

The indications for Georgia for to-
day are for fair weather, with increas-
ing east to northeast winds. East
ern Florida, showers. with brisk to
high winds, mostly northeast.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-12
SOUTH CAROLINA
MILITARY ACADEMY,
CHARLESTON. s. C.

$3.50 per annum covers absolutely all
expenses, including Clothing, Board,
Tuition, Books, Medical attention. This
is the State Military College, branch
of State University. U. S. Army In
specting Officers describe its military
excellence as unsurpassed. For illus
trated catalogue, with full particulars,
address COL. ASBURY COWARD,
Superintendent S. c.. M. A,
Charleston s. c.