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The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-23
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Charleston Post (Dem.) says:
while Ambassador Mccormick was
entertaining Col w. ]. Bryan at a st.
Petersburg restaurant, servants rush
ed in to inform the ambassador that
his house was on fire. Here's a good
chance for Republicans to show that
the former Democratic leader is a
sure advance agent of calamity"
The Baltimore Sun Dem.) says:
Tor long time we have heard the
campaign cry that the business inter-
estS and prosperity of the country de-
manded the election of the Republican
candidate. Mr.. German evidently pur-
poses to use this cry next year on the
Democratic side. 1t will, if Mr. Cor
man has his way, be the Democratic
policy to enlist the prudent business
sentiment of the land in behalf of the
Democratic candidate for President
upon the theory that Mr.. Roosevelt is
not a safe man to intrust with the
management Of affairs"
The Philadelphia Ledger says: 1--WE
must prepare to guard the cotton fields
of the South against the worst pest
they have ever known-the boil wee
vii. 1t is not too much to say that
here is indeed a menace which may
completely nullify all our speculations
Three years ago the insect first APP
peared in the Texas fields, but it ex-
cited little comment and wrought COM
paratively no damage. Conservative
official estimates, however, affirm that
during the past season ii destroyed
more than 100000 bales of cotton-rep-
resenting a money loss of $25, 000, 900.
That is most alarming; and small Won
der that the state of Texas should in
vite the national government to CO.
operate in measures for its extermina-
ton. Indeed. the whole South, threat
ened with invasion by the desolating
insect, has united in calling upon Con-
gress to appropriate a large sum for
purposes of experiment. And Congress
cannot fail to act. 1t is sincerely to
be hoped that some means may be de-
vised for its destruction; If not, the
farmers salvation lies only in an ear
~ maturing cotton, which produces be-
fore the weevil begins operations, for,
be II said with grace, IL is OF lazy hab-
its, waking up TO destructive mood
well on In the summer. The Public
Ledger is far from wishing TO exag-
gerate, but the gravity Of this new
pests inroads quite eclipses the sig
nificance OF ls-cent cotton. The short
age Of b00, 900 bales la Texas. created
BY its ravages, has been no small fac
TOR In the present discouraging Hitua-
ton. And who knows what another
year may bring7'
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-23

When went to school, says a writer
in the Minneapolis Journal, the boys
used to have an idea that a cent, if
buried in some particularly favored 10
cality, would grow. When Shorty
Hitchcock saw Spot Maloney at recess
he took him over to a corner of the
school house yard, and the following
conversation took place:
Say, Spot, let's go up in the woods
after school an bury cent in the
corner of the pasture lot"
"Whaffor2"
Gosh, didn't you know that cent
buried in the corner of a field'd GROVE"
mo: will it?"
"sure. Boney Nason's got one buried
across the river. He says he's sure to
man told him about it.
Gee, amt that great! Where'll we
get the cent?"
A problem as complex as this usual
ly broke up the enterprise. But there
were boys who managed to get hold
of a cent now and then, and the ex-
pertinent was often tried. That it al
ways failed never seemed to weaken
faith in it. There was some kind of a
hoodoo explanation found, and another
spot was tried. Once when Shorty had
an Indian .Tomahawk (made out of a
clapboard) buried, for no particular
reason except to have something to
keep secret about, Pewee Jackson, ex-
cavating a corner of the pasture ION
suspicion" found it with mighty joy,
and inferred defunct cat in it's place.
The shock to Shorty when he discov-
cred the feline substitution was so
great that he almost neglected his
meals. Notice 1 say almost" No
boy ever neglects eating unless he is
pretty far gone. That sense of aw-
full secrecy and Importance in having
something buried somewhere is prob
ably an ancestral trait due to our pro-
genitors having to conceal their treas
ures instead of putting it in a bank
or in the safety deposit vaults, as we
do to-day, when we have anything.
Possibly this same evolutionary basis
may be found for the great joy we feel
in getting something concealed from
the assessor.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-23
INDEX 10 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Special Notices-Wanted, Lippman
Drug CO.; Bids Wanted for Feed, Po-
lice Department; Dividend Notice. Com
mercial Bank of Savannah; Dyeing
and Cleaning, Savannah Steam Dye
Works.
Business NOTES.-The Finest, Theus
& Co.; After Theater, Sommers' Cafe.
Yale Bicycles-T. A. Bryson.
Last Call on Christmas Gifts-At
Foye & Eckstein's.
Sale Square Pianos-McArthur &
Sons Co.
Weak Eyes Made Strong-Hines OPP
teal Co.
Right Sort of Christmas Gift-Mu-
tual Gas Light Co.
Holidays Gifts-Thos. West & Co.
Special Sales of Holidays Gifts-Dan-
lei Hogan.
How Nature Lends-Royal Baking
Powder.
If You Appreciate Fine Laundry
work-E. & w. Laundry.
Petition to Change Name-Southern
Mutual Drug Co. "'f-,
To Our Patrons-The Delmonico Co.
Castor Oil-Rowlinski, Pharmacist.
Christmas Goo6s-Lattimores'.
Chocolate and Bon Bons-Conidas.
Original Club Coektails-Henry Solo
mon q Son. -.....
Legal Notice-In the Matter of ]. C.
Williams & Sons of Montgomery Coun-
ty, Bankrupts.
Savannah Theater-"Railroad Jack"
Thursday, Matinee and Night; "Sher-
lock Holmes" Friday, Matinee and
Night.
Medical-Herpicide;D DR.. Pierce's Col
den Medical Discovery; Stuart's Dys-
pepsia Tablets; Medical Lake Salts.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Hel
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For
Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personal; Mis-
cellaneous.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-23

Persons desiring to be fully and fair
ly informed with respect to the revo-
luton in Panama could do no better
than follow closely the series OF let
tiers which we are publishing from
a special correspondent now on the
scene. Three letters OF the series have
been published and others will follow
from time to time until the whole
situation is thoroughly covered and all
pertinent facts brought out. The let
ter in yesterdays paper, for instance,
dealt with the men and corporations
involved in the plot to bring about IN
dependence and showed what part the
railroad company and the Americans
connected with it took. 1t was also
shown how a diplomatic agent had
been sent to Washington to sound this
government, but returned to the 18TH
mus without having accomplished his
purpose. Our correspondent asserts,
and gives facts to bear out the as
sertion, that the new republic was
born of greed, not of patriotism. 1t
was and is a scheme of money, from
first to last. The narrative as car
ried along in the series ofletters is one
of the most interesting in contem-
porary history.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-23
A. Real Ghost.

A young woman at a country house
party one Christmas had been thrilled
with delicious horrors by tales of
ghosts and hobgoblins told by certain
of her fellow guests about a generous
fire just before they separated for the
night, says Country Life in America.
The next morning she appeared at the
breakfast table ready for departure,
and, when pressed to explain her rea-
son for going, finally confessed that she
was afraid to sleep under that roof an
other night. She said that about mid
night she was awakened by a stealthy
STEP and to her horror saw a spectre,
all in white, at the foot of her bed, and
it raised it's clawlike hands and actual
ly drew the coverlid off the bed. There
was no hallucination about it, for the
coverlid was gone!
While the interest was at its hight, a
belated breakfaster appeared and re-
marked genially:
How cold it was last night! Know
ing that the room next to mine was
unoccupied. took the liberty of help
ing myself to an extra covering from
there!"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-23

An American missionary just home
from Corea informs Tip that the lam
guage of that much-coverted land is
about the most difficult on earth for
q foreigner to use with any certainty
says a writer in the New York Press
This, on account of words which,
with slightly varying affections, are
used to express entirely different mean
ings My missionary friend once was
preaching to natives and, as he thought,
assuring them that, unless they lived
righteously, they would go to a place
of which report said nothing good. But,
to his perpleXity, mild establishment
rather than dismay was the express
sion on the faces of his auditors
Afterwards they told him they saw no
reason why, for their sins, they should
be sent to-the local postoffice. On an
other occasion when the reverend gem
tleman was describing the helpless
plight of a tiny butterfly who had
got into a spiders web, his congre-
cation laughed outright. The mis-
sionary found out afterward that the
creature they had understood him to
mean as struggling vainly in the silken
tolls was a donkey.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-23
GEN. REYES WISELY ADVISED.

1t seems that the governments of Eu-
rope, through their representatives in
| Washington, are advising Colombia
through Gen. Reyes, that it would be a
| great mistake for her to engage in a
war with the United States on account
of Panama. She has nothing to gain
by such a course and everything to lose.
She couldn't make any Roadway
against the United States if she should
attempt to re-establish her sovereignty
in Panama, and Gen. Reyes is informed
that Colombia wouldn't receive any as
sistance from European governments
because all of them want the canal
built
1t is probable that Gen. Reyes is not
thinking seriously of advising his gov
eminent TO attempt to recover posses
sion of Panama by force. What he
hopes to do is, probably, to get for Co
lombia share of the SO. 100000 which
we are to pay for canal concessions.
1t may be also that he hopes that the
Senate will refuse to ratify the treaty
with Panama. There seems to be an
impression in Washington that if the
treaty is ratified it will be by a very
narrow margin. The Republicans
haven't votes enough to ratify it, and,
besides there are one or two Republi-
can senators who are believed to be
against it. AS to the course the Demo-
cratic senators will pursue in regard to
it there is a great deal of speculation.
The chances are, that If 1t were not for
the fear that defeat of the treaty would
put off the construction of an isthmian
canal a long time the Democrats would
vote against it. AS the situation now
presents itself therefore the probability
is that enough Democratic senators will
support it to insure its ratification.
On Monday the Louisiana Legislature
passed a resolution instructing the sem
ators from that state to vote for the
treaty, and it would not be at all sur
prising if in other Southern states like
action should be taken where legisla-
lures are in session. Where legisla-
lures are not in session mass meeting
and board of trade resolutions will
doubtless be passed.
If the Hoar resolution is adopted,
however, and the President makes a
showing to the effect that our govern
ment wasn't responsible for the revo-
luton in Panama. Democratic oppo-
sition to the treaty may cease. The
Democratic senators are not opposed to
the canal being constructed on the Pan
anna route; they are simply opposed to
the methods believed to have been used
by the President to get the necessary
concessions for the building of the ca
nal. They contend, and with very good
lished respecting recent events in Pan
anna, that the revolution there was TO-
mented by the United States, and that
if, under such circumstances, the
treaty with Panama should be ratified
an extremely dangerous precedent
would be established, a precedent far
from creditable to this country.
The Hoar resolution will be adopted
and the President will send all the in
formation in his possession relative to
what took place on the isthmus. If the
showing made does not place this coun-
try in the position of having instigated
the revolution and made II successful
the treaty, in all probability. will be
ratified.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-23

DISCRIMINATING LADIES.
Enjoy Using Herpicide on Account o
Its DiStinctiYeneSS.

The ladies who have used Newbro's
Herpicide speak of it in the highest
terms, for its quick effect in cleansing
the scalp of drandruff and also for its
excellence as a general hair-dressing.
1t makes the scalp feel fresh and II
allays that itching which dandruff
will cause. Newbro's Herpicide eftec-
lively cures dandruff, as it destroys
the germ that causes it. The same
germs causes hair to fall out, ana
later badness; in killing it, Herpicide
stops falling hair and prevents bald
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for it lends an aristocratic charm TO
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stamps for sample to The Herpicide
Co., Detroit, Mich.
Livingston's Pharmacy Co., Special
Agents.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-23

Candidates for truant officers in
Chicago were the other day given a
list of about twenty-five words to
spell. Two of the candidates managed
to. spell every word wrongly. In the
list were such words as "incorrigible."
curriculum separate" and Job
streperous." The probabilities are
that a great many fairly we'll edu-
Gated persons would stumble and fall
over the same. words. But, an inter-
esting question is, of what benefit to
police officer would it be to be able
to spell such words? Would it be of
assistance to him in capturing truant
pupils?
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-23

The effete East is not to be permit
ted to get ahead of us, even in mar
vicious natural phenomena. The ca
bles the other day reported the Sea
Of Azov TO be gradually disappearing.
This is matched by a dispatch from
Utah saying that the Great Salt Lake
OF that state Is drying up and that
within a certain number OF years it's
bed will be a desert unless steps are
taken 10 supply the loss from evapora-
tlon. Years ago there was a steady
supply Of fresh water from the ada
cent mountains and hills, but this has
been practically destroyed through the
aenuaing of the mountains OF timber.
IN Ten years the level u the lake has
iallFn about SIX feet, and the rate Of
IAN seems % be gradually Increasing.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-23

The Smart Set has at length taken
notice of Col. Watterson's attacks upon
it. Commodore e. T. Gerry, a repre-
sentative of the Set, has declared that
Col. Watterson ought to visit New
port and see the fashionables as they
are, instead Of looking at them through
a telescope and hearing of them
through yellow journals. And. really,
there is much to commend in this OBJ
servation Of the Smart Sets spokesman.
If Col. Watterson were to stretch his
legs under Newport mahogany he
might modify his opinions regarding
the social element that makes that re-
sort famous.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-23
BRIGHT BITS.


Hes mercenary wretch.
what makes you think so?''
"He married Miss Goldie Rox, and !
was trying to get her myself. Chi
cago Evening Post.
Father: 1 don't think your fiance
knows the value of a dollar.
Daughter: Well he'll know the value
of SO cents when he gets my Christ
mas present.-Judge.
-Maudie: Aunt, do you think BERTHE
Coldcash did right to smile at me so
often in church?
Aunt: Where did BERTHE sit?
Maudie: Up in the gallery just back
of us.-Chicago Daily News.
Mr.. Pneer was looking over his
small change. "Some contemplate
scoundrel, 1 see," he said, "has passed
slug on me for a nickel Like as
not it will take me a week to work
it off on somebody else Chicago
Tribune.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-23

In reading of the Russian Japanese
affair it will be helpful to keep in
mind the fact that the bone of con-
tention between them is the Korean
peninsula. All talk about Manchuria
does not amount to a great deal, as
Manchuria is a side issue as between
them. Until the two Powers can come
TO some satisfactory understanding re-
specting Korea, there will be friction
with a possibility of hostilities.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-23
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The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-23

Republican leaders are disposed to
growl because Chicago hotel keepers
are putting up the prices of rooms for
the period of the Republican National
Convention. Rooms that ordinarily
cost IS per day are to be had only for
$40 day, the landlords asserting THAT
the advanced price is made necessary
by their increased expenses in antici-
patton of the convention. The Chica-
go landlords. never noted for their
modesty, are good Republicans in
principle, as they believe in putting on
the screws when they have the chance.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-23

Rev Clyde w. Broomell OF the
swedenborgian Church. West Utica.
street and Atlantic avenue, Buffalo. for
years was a cowboy In the Bear river
cattle country OF Colorado. Al one time
he was foreman OF a big ranch. Mr.
broomell went West on account OF
ms health having regained which he
entered "A theological seminary. IA
graduated IN time 20 secure the Ruiz
felo pastorate not long ago.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-23

We shall probably learn during the
next few days whether the United
States are or not at war with Colom-
bia. If Colombia is trying to get troops
into Panama, there will no doubt be
some powder burned.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-23

Elias Hartz, the famous goose-bone
weather prophet of Reading, Pa, says
he has seen eighty-nine winters and
forecast the weather for most of them,
but the current winter is going to be
the hardest of them all.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-23

If that story of the Berkshires lead
coming up hot from the bottom of the
ocean was not true, it should have been
more deliberately told. A wealth of
detail is needed when the story is weak,
but bald truth can be set forth in a
few words.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-23
DEMOCRATS GETTING TOGETHER,

The resolutions adopted by the Jack
son Club of Nebraska, a Democratic
organization having it's headquarters
at Omaha, by which a number of DEM
ocrats who were expelled from its
membership because they refused to
support the Democratic ticket in 1896
and 1900 were reinstated, indicates that
the factional differences among Demo-
Gratis are disappearing, and seems to
| justify the belief that there will be no
difficulty in framing a Democratic ma
tional platform on which all Demo-
Gratis can stand.
The reinstated members are among
the most prominent Democrats of Ne
braska, but they couldn't agree with
those Democrats who advocated fusion
and were opposed to some of the
things which were put in fusion plat
forms.
One of these reinstated members is
DR.. George L. Miller. In the course
Of a talk last Sunday night he
said: This action means that those
4SCiiApol Il - ACpl NoCAANNu ny lllC OdNh-
sonian Club are now willing to accept
the Eastern idea of Democracy and to
support an Eastern candidate for
President. They recognize the hope
lessness of Organism and that the sal
walton of the party lies, in the East"
There has been, and, to some extent,
still is, belief that the Bryan forces
will insist upon controlling the national
convention-that is, they will strive to
have the Kansas City platform reaf-
firmed in it's entirety. If what DIR.
Miller says is correct there is no in
tention to bring forward the Kansas
City platform, the purpose being to
let the Eastern Democrats dominate
the conventional least, there will be
no great objection to permitting East
ern Democrats to shape the platform
in accordance with their views as to
what issues should be made in the
campaign.
We know pretty we'll now what
character Eastern Democrats will seek
to give the platform. In his speech
on the Hoar resolution a day or two
ago Senator German, the leader of the
Democrats in the Senate, said: What
want, and what I believe the peo-
pie want, not only in this case, but in
all cases that have arisen here, and
which are likely to come, is nothing
that will disturb the business interests
of this country, nothing that will put
in jeopardy, because of the fear of
some extreme action on the part of the
executive, the thrift and enterprise
that we have so long enjoyed"
Here we have the pith Of the reso-
luton which Eastern Democrats will
endeavor to have incorporated in the
Democratic national platform. If the
members of the Jacksonian Club of
Nebraska represent the sentiments of
the Democrats of the West generally,
when they say that the club acted
hastily when it expelled certain of its
members for political reasons, there
will be no difficulty in framing a plat
form on which all Democrats can
stand. A platform constructed on the
lines marked in the foregoing remarks
by Senator German would come pref
ty near meeting all requirements.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-23
The WenfI,er.

The indications for Georgia and East
ern Florida for to-day are for fair
weather, with light to fresh north to
northeast winds.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-23
Upton AGAIN A CHALLENGER.

1t is not known outside of the New
York Yacht Club circles what the let
ter which that club received from Sir
Thomas Upton day or two ago con-
tanned, but 1t is believed that Sir
Thomas, wishes to make another eff
fort to capture the Americas cup, and
that he wants an understanding that
not be of the extreme type.
It is not known of course how the
members of the New York Yacht Club
look at this matter. The Reliance,
which won the last race, is of the ex-
IRENE type, and it is said that, as a
matter of fact, she ought to have al
lowed Shamrock III much more time
than she did.
1t was not expected that Sir Thomas
would make another effort to capture
the cup. The impression was that the
next challenge would come from a
Clyde yachtman, but there is no rea-
son why Sir Thomas shouldn't keep on
challenging If he wants to. He has the
money and it seems to give him pleas
ure to keep the New York Yacht Club
busy in respect TO this matter.
In view of the fact that Sir Thomas
is about to send another challenge, it
is a question if previous races have
cost him as much as the newspapers
have stated they did. 1t is true that
he is very rich man and his fortune
is increasing all the time, but how
ever wealthy man may be, he doesn't
like to lose vast sums in such VEN
lures as that of capturing the Amer
ica's cup. 1t is true the capture of
the cup would confer upon him con-
siderable distinction. 1t would make
him a very popular man in Great
Britain, and doubtless would help his
business greatly. STILL if reports are
correct, he spent we'll towards $1,000
900 on each of the cup contests in
which he has engaged. The chances
of his winning in another contest would
be no better than they were in those
which have taken place.