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Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1903-10-03
Business Removals.

During the past week Golden S
iewelry store has been removed to
one of the storerooms in the Golden
block, around the corner on Brougher
avenue and the Miners drug store has
moved into the room on Main street
vacated by the jewelry store.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1903-10-03

W. D. Michigan has the best COM
pliment Of men for all classes of
painting, papering and decorating
also signwriters that any city coulp
wish
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1903-10-03

For carpets, rugs, art squares
and house furnishings, go to E
Marks & Co. z
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-07
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Galveston (TeX.) News Dem.)
says: 1T is to be hoped that the de-
termination that the isthmian canal
shall not be brought into politics, or
be used in politics in any way, will not
be departed from, and that the Senate
and House will do what they can to
put the enterprise under way without
considering what effect it would have
on the ms or the outs"
The Birmingham News Dem.) says
"The meat trust which makes no re-
duction to the small dealer, although
cattle on the hoof has fallen 40 per
cent, is assuredly not one of the good
trusts that one hears at times eXtoll-
ed. The patient people wait and wait
upon the Attorney General, but no re-
lief comes. Perhaps from the very
excess of the burden may come real
iZation to the consumer that the only
relief from the meat trusts and other
trusts is in getting a party in power
which does not cringe and cover from
its duty"
The Philadelphia Record Dem.)
says: "A lieutenant in the Connect
cut National Guard has resigned be-
cause he feared that in doing his duty
as a member of the American Fedora
ton of Labor. If that Ncrupuious
young man who finds his obligation to
his union incompatible with his obli-
cations to his state and country shall
carry his notions of fealty a little fur
Their he will next be asking for a di-
vorce from his wife. 1t often happens
that while the striker strikes the wife
goes hungry, and this might readily
lead to domestic controversy"
The Baltimore Sun Dem.) says: ut
may wen be doubted whether the Pres
ident is acting with due regard to the
best interests of the colored race by
giving them office at this time. Poll
ties and the desire for office were for
years the curse of the black man, and
it is likely that Booker Washington is
right when he says the colored man
had better address himself to learning
q trade, acquiring property or learning
how to make good farmers and let Of
fees and politics alone. The appoint
ment of one negro to Office in a South
eTn state seems to demoralize thou
sands of other negroes, to make them
lawless, bumptious and disinclined to
work. Perhaps the kindest thing the
President can do for the negroes is TO
keep them out of office. The appoint
ment of a few dozen members of a race
which has 100000 or 10000. 900 mem
bers can scarcely. under any circum-
stances, be Of advantage to the great
body"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-07
BRIGHT BITS.

-Father-"This is going to hurt me
more than you, my SON." Son-"Hold
on, Pop! Please remember that Pm the
consumer in this case, and you're the
striker and operator. Puck.
-Bacon-"A dog that runs under a
carriage is called a carriage dog, is it
ndr?" Bgbert-"Certainly." We'll
what would you call dog that runs
under an automobile?' why, a dead
dog!'-Yonkers Statesman.
-DeAuber-"This is a little sketch
that ] dashed off hurriedly just to
keep the wolf from the door" Criti-
cus-"Well. if that doesn't frighten
the life out of the wolf, l miss my
guess. Chicago Daily News.
Massachusetts Man-"You deprive
more than half of your citizens of the
ballot. Your representation in Con-
gress ought to be cut down" South
Carolina Man-"So ought yours. The
popula ton of your state is nearly all
women, and they don't vote, either"
Chicago Tribune.
Got a pair of satin slippers for
my wife Christmas, but they didn't fit
her." remarked the Married Man.
did it make her angry?" asked the
Wise Guy. Angry" repeated the
Married Man, with a superior smile,
"I should say not! They were two
sizes too small. "-Cincinnati CONNER
cial Tribune.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-07
Personal.

Mr.. McGregor, chief engineer of
toria Nyanza. has crossed the equa-
tor over a hundred times in two years.
The line of the equator runs across the
northern portion of the lake.
Psychologists have declared that
the face of every human being, when
closely examined, resembles some an
imal. ]. Swift Mcneil the Irish MEM
Der of Parliament, applies this test
to Mr.. Chamberlain and claims that
the colonial secretary's face bears a
by no means far-fetched resemblance
to that of a fox, especially when one
looks at his profile.
Mary Gallagher, GO years old and
worth $4,000. was found starving in a
hovel at Englewocd, n. J., the other
day and taken to a hospital. She had
several thousand dollars in money on
her person, but declared she could not
afford TO buy food. After being sent to
the hospital a man half her age and
claiming to be her husband appeared
upon the scene and tried to get pos
session of her hoard, but was fore
stalled by the public administrator.
Among the bills which the French
Chamber of Deputies will discuss i'm
mediately after it's Christmas and New
Year HOLIDAYS is one to transfer the
remains of BalZac. Renan. Michelet
and Edgar Quiuet to the pantheon. No
tice of an amendment in the shape of
an additional clause to include the re-
mains of the late M. lola in the pro-
posed translation has been given,
among it's signatories being M. Bris-
son, M. Jaures, the chief socialist lead
er, and M. De Pressense.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-07
lADtl ~ NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Meetings - Stockholders Chattahoo-
chez and Gulf Railroad Company;
Stockholders Savannah Trust Compa-
ny; Georgia Chapter. No. 3, r. A. NJ. {;
Mass Meeting of the Citizens Club.
Special Notices-Ship Notices,
Strachan & Co., Agents; Ship Notice,
John A. Calhoun, Agent; Ranges and
Stoves. Cornweu & Chapman; U. D.
C's Thanks.
Business Notices-If You Enjoy a
Good Cup of Coffee, Hardee & Mar
shall.
7o-19O8-Ludden & Bates Southern
Music House.
Short Sharp Cold snaps-Mutual
Gas Light Company.
Removal Sale-Wm. a. H. II. Latti-
more.
The Skilled Pianist-McArthur &
Sons Co.
For Sale-H. II. baltimore, Real Es-
tate Dealer.
Warburgers-Get 1t At Rowlinski's.
Silver Polish-The Gorham Company.
Medical-Golden Medical Discovery;
Puracamph; Cuticura; Cascarets.
Amusments-"La zarre," at Theater
Tomorrow Night.
Cheap Column Advertisements
Help Wanted. Employment Wanted;
For Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personal;
Miscellaneous.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-07
The Cow or the Bike.

An Irish farmer went into an iron
monger's shop to buy a scythe, says
Tit-Bits. After serving him the shop
man asked him if he would buy BIZ
cycle
What is that?" queried the Irish
man.
It's a mchine to ride about the
town on"
And, shure, what might the price
of it be-"
Fifteen pounds"
I'D rather see fifteen pounds in a
cow"
But what fool you would look rid
ing around the town on the back of a
Govt"
"Shure. now" replied the Irishman,
mot half such a fool as I'd look try
ing to milk a bicycle"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-07

Judge s., of Boston, who is a great
fisherman, for some years past had
been in the habit of bringing back
from Newfoundland, the scene of his
piscatOrial labors, such marvellous
stories of his catches that his friends
grew more and more skeptical, says
Life. The judge, in order to remove
all doubts about his honesty, finally
procured a set of special scales and
triumphantly weighed all the fish he
caught, and for his friends inspection
kept the record thus accurately made.
Recently while the judge was away
from home, there was an addition to
his family.
she judges scales were used, and
they recorded the baby's weight at 4S
pounds.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-07
He Made a Mistake.

The man who was soliciting for a
charitable institution argued long and
earnestly. He wanted a contribution
of 500. says the Chicago Post. Final
~ the merchant reached for his check
book.
1.-THE Lord loveth a cheerful giver."
quoted the solicitor with cheerful satis-
faction.
Does HEP" asked the merchant, hes
itating.
You'll find it in the Bible" asserted
the solicitor.
The merchant put back his check
book.
Il was about to give you $780," he
explained, but I couldn't possibly do
that cheerfully. Doubtless it would be
more pleasing in the eyes of the Lord
If kept down to point where 1 can
be cheerful
Thereupon he handed a IS bill to the
solicitor and smiled pleasantly.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-07

A correspondent of an English ex-
change tells story of an experience
which an old Sydney colonist, Mr..
Joseph Thompson, who lately passed
away at the age of Sc, used to tell with
d chuckle. He arrived in London on
a visit in the midst of a gloomy De-
cember, and one day at noon sud-
denly stood still in the Strand and
stared fixedly into the sky. Within
three minutes he had the usual crowd
round him, all asking, What is it?"
What's up?" They stared with him
at the murky darkness which to the
Londoner- represents the sky, and at
length some one ventured to ask him
what he was looking at. "Oh" an
swered Mr.. Thompson, I'm looking for
the sun. That's all! You see 1 come
from a, land where he's to be seen in
the sky at this time of day, and 1
hoped 1 might find him here, too. if
/ looked long enough"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-07
Ad HOnlinem.

Gen. Charles Grosvenor is an expert
in what is technically known as 1.-The
ready come back" says the New York
World. He was dilating in a speech
a day or two ago on the great McKin-
ley victory in 1900, and he mentioned
the sections of the United States that
supported honest money. He had
nothing to say about New York.
1.-The gentleman forgets there was a
section in New York" interjected Rep
resentative Fitzgerald of Brooklyn.
What section was that?" asked
Grosvenor
THE section from which comes the
intelligence of the state, Greater New
York, Representative Fitzgerald re-
piled, rather enthusiastically.
Il suppose the gentleman does not
come from that section of the state"
flashed Grosvenor, and the house yelled
with laughter.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-07
Hare and Hedgehog.

Ye Hare & We Hedgehog went on a
long journey. says Leslie's Weekly.
AS they passed through lonely wood
ye Hare suddenly became alarmed.
Heavens" he exclaimed, "whatte a
place for robbers"
''Lette me have thy purser' said We
Hedgehog. Nobody ever toucheth
mel"
When later We Hare asked for We
return of hys dough We Hedgehog
hs nded him We merrie ha-ha. your
purse is quite sayfe!" grinned We false
friende.
But I must have it," expostulated
We excited Hare.
"& whenne you get it," sedde We
Hedgehog. politely, please be soc good
as to lette me know!"
Then he sedde goodby and went his
way, leaving hys poore-friend busted
in a strange lande.
Ye lesson, children, is this:
First. Always carrie your owne
wadde.
Second. Your olde sock is your best
banker.
Third. Trust your friends with your
life, butte never with your monte.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-07

A woman with her little son, child
of years of age, inquired of a man
standing in one of our railway sta
tions: Can you tell me what time the
next train leaves for Scranton"
lat t-t-wenty- -inutes p-p-past
f-f-four." About five minutes later
she agin put the same question to the
same man, and he repeated the same
answer in the same suffering way,
says the Philadelphia Ledger. When
she approached him for the third time
with the same query he said to her:
'W-why do y-y-you a-a-ask me $3.50
m -m-many t-t-times? I-I-a-a-already
t-t-told you t-t-twice."
Il know you did" replied the wom-
an, but my little boy likes to see you
work your mouth"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-07
Esau and His Copyright.

Once a month it was the custom of
clergyman in a neighbOring town to
Philadelphia Ledger Among the ques-
tiOns asked was, Who was Esau? Sew
eral responded, but none of the an
swers were satisfactory, and as the
pastor was about to tell them one lit
tie fellow said; Il think / can tell you
what he did"
Well said the pastor, tell me
what Esau did"
'Esau was the fellow who sold his
copyright for a mess of potash"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-07
VHE MoRNING NEWs Is published

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THE WEEKLY NEWS, two Issues a
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Subscriptions payable Ia advance.
Remit by money order. check or reg
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Transient advertisements, other than
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Letters and kilograms should be eo-
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ager.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-07

a Lobster Tries to Catch a Mouse.
The young man kissed her and she
screamed, says the Chicago News.
Whats the trouble, Nellie?" de-
manded a stern voice from upstairs.
Il just saw a mouse she fibbed.
Presently the young man claimed
another kiss and the scream was re-
peated. Again came the stern voice:
What is it this timer"
Il just saw another mouse"
Then the old man came down with
the hOuse-cat, a mouse-trap and a
cane and sat in a corner to watch de-
VelOpmentS.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-07
THE FRANCHISE TAX.

After long struggle in the courts
the franchise tax of New York has
been declared unconstitutional by the
Supreme Court of that state. No doubt
the case will be carried to the Court
of Appeals, and perhaps to the United
States Supreme Court 1t is pretty
safe to say, however, that the decision
that has been made by the Supreme
Court will stand, as that tribunal is a
very able one. Besides, public senti-
ment was in favor of the tax, and if
the court could have seen it's way
clearly to declaring the tax constitu-
tional it would doubtless have done So
What is going to be the result of the
effort to tax franchises in this state?
The law taxing them has been enacted,
but it is doubtful if the franchise
owners will pay the tax until it
has been shown that the law is consti-
tutional. OF course, our constitution
is different from that of New York
yet it was asserted before the judiciary
Committee of the House that the bill
would not stand the test of the courts.
We call attention to this matter be-
cause we urged at the time the bill
was pending that appropriations be
kept within the states known income
that is, that no dependence should
be placed upon the franchise tax in
making appropriations. If we are not
mistaken the Legislature made appro-
priations as if the franchise tax were
certain thing. That being the case,
there is probability of a great short
age next year. The state is already
greatly behind in the payment of it's
obligations. The outlook is it will be
still further behind next year.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-07

The Mayor of the city of Leon.
Mex, which has a population of so. 600
issued the other day an order that ev-
cry house in the city must be painted
within a month. This order has come
to the attention of the Charleston
Post, which. suggests that Mayor
Smyth take under consideration the
question of his authority to issue a
similar order respecting Charleston.
There are in this city, according to
appearances, says the Post. many.
MANY houses that have never known
paint. How their thirsty sides would
drink it up" Go to. iconoclast,
Would you hide the patent of an
tiquity under a veneer of pigments and
hnseed oil? Would you wipe out the
duns and greys and messy greens that
the Incompatible old artist, Father
Time, has so lavishly bestowed upon
Charleston with the vandal bristles of
the modern union painter? No. con-
temporary; if Charleston were scraped
and painted, and secured and (pardon
us) fumigated- well, it simply
wouldn't be Charleston any longer. Its
characteristic atmosphere would be
destroyed, and life to many of its
charming people would no longer be
worth living. Leave Charleston as
she is. and visiting foreigners can
.'leNer call US an upstart nation be-
cause we have no antiques.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-07
SOAP AND CIVILIZATION.

A bin has been introduced in Con-
gress to place Guam under civil gov
eminent. From the time Guam be-
came American territory, on the day
that the Spanish Governor could
not salute the American ships that
captured the island, because he had no
powder, until the present, the island
has been under military rule in care
of the navy department. And by
means of Guam some of the officers of
our navy have been able to write their
names on the pages of fame. There
was Commander Richard Leary, for
instance, who gained more notoriety
through his order to the Guamites to
pair off and get married than he could
have secured in lifetime of scrupu-
lous attention to routine naval duties.
What makes this new Guam bill
more than ordinarily noticeable, how
ever, is the fact that coincident with
its introduction in Congress came the
information that we are now sending
to Guam nearly ten times as much
soap as we sent a year ago. This is
indeed encouraging. If the natives of
the island are taking ten baths now
where they took one before. it means
that they are rapidly absorbing civil
ization and that the time is not far
distant when they will require boots
and breeches-which we shall take
pleasure in furnishing them at a fair
profit. There is an opinion abroad that
the consumption of soap and whisky
marks the progress in civilization of a
formerly savage tribe. If that is true,
then the Guamites bid fair to take
rank with the most civilized communi-
ties or peoples before the first quarter
of the new century shall have elapsed.
Each ship stopping at the island has
as a part of her cargo the articles men,
tioned-the liquid "civilizer," however,
in larger quantities than the solid one.
The official figures made public do not
show the amount of liquors being con-
summed in the elevation of Guam, but
they do show that the people of the
island took nearly 5000 pounds of soap
during November, or at the rate of
$4,000 pounds a year. whereas twelve
months ago they got along with about
300 pounds a month-exclusive, of
course, of the soft soap" which the
Spaniards used to use on them.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-07
AN Exploded OIL BUBBLE:

The announcement was made a few
days ago that the Standard Oil Com
pany had secured control of the pro-
duct of the Beaumont oil field and that
prices were being steadily advanced.
Then there came an item in the press
news from New Orleans saying that
many manufacturers who had changed
their furnaces TO oil burners were rap
idly changing them back to coal burn
eTs, for the reason that fuel oil could
not be obtained from the Texas fields.
A day or two later came the announce
ment that one of the leading oil COM
panies had notified it's customers in
New Orleans that they would baye to
look elsewhere for fuel, As the company
could no longer supply the demand.
This is followed by a somewhat SEN
sationaI interview by President
Schlieder of the Lone Star and Cres-
cent Company. which states in plain
terms that the Beaumont field is play
ed out.
The Beaumont field has been going
down rap idly ever since last June" he
says. AT that time the gas pressure
suddenly diminished. and last July it
fell off altogether, so that the wells
ceased gushing. We tried to pump
from our wells, but could not get much
besides salt water. We tried to buy
from others, but lost money rapidly.
1t has been entirely a gambling prop
he Ne rtn 70 ttsia
or lose, and we have lost" other OPP
orators in the field declare that they
are pumping 70 per cent. of salt water
from their wells.
1T has been entirely a gambling
proposition from the first" is the way
President Schleider puts it. And the
gambling was fast and furious in the
earlier days of the boom. Considerable
fortunes were made by n number of
shrewd oil gamblers. Somebody will,
of course. have to lose the money so
gained by the fortunate ones. Upon
whom the final losses will fall will
probably never be generally known,
but it will be people who stood to
win or lose heavily, and lost" Mean
while the Beaumont fields have made
two or three millionaires.
When oil was first discovered at
Beaumont there were experts who ex-
pressed the opinion that only a pocket
had been tapped and that it would
soon be emptied. There were other ex-
perts. however. who thought a per-
manent source of supply had been
found. The boomers operated on the
strength of the latter opinion. Big COM
steamship lines were organized. Man
ufacturers changed their furnaces from
coal to oil and thought the fuel prob
lem had been solved. A great expan-
ing to the bringing in of new supply
Of cheap fuel. Every word picture Of
the future was painted in the most
glowing colors. And now it seems the
thing is about at an end, if President
Schleider is well informed; and there
seems to be no reason for doubling
that he is. In year or two, IN all
probability, Beaumont land will again
be selling for SIS to $40 an acre and the
few people who will remain there will
be engaged in the growing Of cab
bages, cucumbers and cotton, while
deserted oil derricks will dot the land
scape as monuments to one of the most
exciting oil flurTies of latter years.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-07

Some weeks ago a woman anarchist
of the name of De Cleyre was shot in
Philadelphia by Herman Helcher her
anarchist lover. The physicians who
examined her said the wound was nee
essarily mortal and that she had only
very short time to live. She was
taken to hospital, where she was in
formed that she would do well to de-
vote herself to prayers, as she would
surely die. But she is almost well and
will be discharged from the hospital
in day or two. The woman attributes
her recovery to the fact that she made
up her mind that she had work to do
and would not die until she had done
it; that she refused to die, whether the
wound was necessarily mortal or not.
The woman points to the fact that she
is alive as a demonstration that her
viii was stronger than death.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-07

1t is best for the kicker to know all
of the details of his grievance before
he begins kicking. President Roosevelt
was recently criticised severely because
the portraits OF former Presidents had
been removed to the basement of the
White House. He was charged with
being an egotist who did not think the
portraits of George Washington and
other of his predecessors good enough
to hang in his residence. 1t transpires
that the portraits We're merely removed
to the basement to be out of the way
during the renovation of the White
House and to have their frames re-
touched, and that they have now been
returned to their prominent places on
the walls of the main rooms. The
kiekers, therefore, ought to feel pretty
cheap.