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The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-14
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Cleveland Plain Dealer (Dem)
says: Carl Schurz says a war be-
tween this country and Germany
would be several unpleasant things,
notably an absurd atrocity and muir
derous nonsense. Murderous nonsense
when accompanied by guns and other
unpleasant things can be made very
baneful. Mr.. Schurz is right in every
particular"
The Norfolk CVa.) Landmark (Dem)
says: Unless its Philippine currency
legislation goes through Congress. the
administration claims to fear another
insurrection in the islands. AS the ad-
ministration can produce an insurrec-
ton at any time by simply instruct
ing the War Department to stop call
ing the insurgents 1adrones' and the
American soldiers 'constabulary,' this
fear is well worth needing"
The New Orleans Picayune (Dem)
says: 'It is a pity that so picturesque
a figure as Capt. Hobson should be
retired altogether from association
with the navy, to whose annals he
added one of its most brilliant pages.
As a private citizen, Capt Hobson
will, of course be less in the public
eye, but, nevertheless, the American
people will always have a soft spot
for the hero of the bold attempt to
bottle up Cervera's fleet in Santiago
harbor."
The Hartford Comm Times (Dem.)
says: "A lot of announcement facts
about Grosvenor of Ohio are coming
out. now that his scheme for 'spong-
ing on the New York millionaires BY
means of a subscription book has been
exposed. 1t appears that he was a
provost marshal in Georgia at the
close of the Civil War, and was Of
flcially rebuked by President Andrew
Johnson for his irregular conduct. II
also appears that although always in
the enjoyment of perfect health he has
long been the recipient OF a govern
ment pension of $50 a month. in addi-
ton TO his salary as a member of Con-
gress. But he is, let IL be remem ber-
ed, powerful opponent Of the
trustAS
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-14
Points i'm Great Careers.

One day when John D. Rockefeller
was about IS years of age. he had his
shoes polished by a city bootblack, says
the Chicago Tribune.
The boy charged him 10 cents.
THAT is too much" he said to him
self. Hereafter 1 will black my own
shoes and save money"
The next day. in pursuance of this
resolution, he purchased a box of black
ing and a brush and proceeded to give
his shoes a shine.
He had finished one shoe and was
about to begin on the other, when his
silver watch. valued at S3.75. slipped
out of his upper vest pocket and fell
on the floor, breaking the crystal and
doing much damage to the works in
side.
He picked it up and examined it.
Nevertheless" he said, with a look
of firm resolve on his usually impas-
sive features. 81 shall continue to do
my own blacking-but I'll make some
body pay for that watch"
How he proceeded to do it later on Is
a matter of history.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-14
Actions and Words.
The Rams Horn.

Inc KAN horn.
Here's a sentiment worthy to keep in
your mind
AS you travel through life, for it's true
you win find,
That you're not so much valued by
what you may say,
AS by what you may do in practical
way;
For unless you perform what you say
you can do,
Grave doubts will arise that you're
honest and true.
Though your voice be as sweet as the
song of the BIRDS
Remember that actions speak louder
than words.
Nor would I discourage the message
that cheers,
Or the prayers, or the blessing of SYM
pathy's tears:
They are always in order, they help
in their way
To hasten the dawn of millennial day.
But little more gold sandwiched in
with your prayers
Would Danish more tears and tighten
more cares.
Though your voice be as sweet as the
song of the birds.
Remember that actions speak louder
than words.
&C. w. Scarf.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-14
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Special Notices-Proposals for Fur
nishing Police Department With Sum-
mer Uniforms; GARDENERS List; At
Joyces.
Bushes Notices-Our Delicious High
Grade Coffee, A. NJ. & C. w. West;
Sale of Cotton at Wilmington, N. c.
Don't Wait-Get 1t at Rowlinskfs.
Piano Buyers-McArthur & Sons
Co.
1t Is a Long Journey-Savannah In
vestment Company.
Stetson Hats-B. II. Levy g. Bro.
Saturday Specials-Gustave Eek
stein & Co.
sAn Attraction Worthy of Notice
Metropolitan Clothing Company.
Silverware-The Gorham Company.
Savannah Theater-Hoyt Comedy
Company To-day, Matinee and Night.
Foods-Baker's Cocoa; Grape-Nuts.
Whisky-Hayner's Rye.
Medical-Cuticura Paines Celery
Compound; Pinkham Remedies; Syrup
of Figs.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Hel
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For
Rent; For Sale; Lost: Personal; Mis-
cellaneous.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-14
Glad to ObIige.

In the course of his wanderings
about the great city Uncle Jed drop
ped in at the office of the weather de-
partment and looked curiously about
the room, says the Chicago Tribune.
How do you fellers know" he said,
addressing one of the assistants,
"what the weather is goin' to be, any,
way?"
cts an easy matter" replied the
other. II can tell you how you can do
your own predicting, if you want to.
You have seen these weather charts
they hang up in postoffices and other
public places, haven't your"
YES" said Uncle Jed. ''but they're
all Choctaw to me-"
That's because you have never
studied them, or they have never been
explained to you. On those charts you
will find what we call the highs and
lows and their general direction
plainly indicated. 1t is presumed that
the meteorological student is ac-
quainted with the approximate veloc-
ity of these. Now, by carefully observ-
ing the charts from day to day and
noting the relative variations in posi-
ton of these highs and lows al
ways remembering that the lows as
they appropinquate from the occtdent
in the direction of the observer are in
dicative of an augmentation in the
calidity of the atmosphere, with pos
sible precipitation either in crystalliz-
ed or globular form. and that as they
pass and recede in the opposite direc-
ton, the sequarious highs will be ac-
companied by an increasing gelidity
in atmospheric conditions and not in
frequently a period of lucency, you
will have no difficulty in making your
own foreca SITS. That is perfectly plain,
is it not?"
"Ye-es," said Uncle Jed, backing
hastily toward the door.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-14
How jerome Hit the Truth.

A story told by William Travers Je-
rome during the last mayoralty cam
paign in New York. not only interest
ing in itself, but also it illustrates how
surely, when one hits the bulls-eye
in the dark, the bul's-eye rings, says
the Youths Companion. When Mr..
Jerome was attending dinner at an
out-of-town club, he was asked to
make a speech on the conditions in
New York. He responded to the re-
quest, and described the situation as
very bad. To indicate how bad it was
he narrated a purely imaginary case.
He told how there was a shortage
of lemons in New York, and how some
merchant cabled through London to
the Dediterranean ports, and ordered
1900 boxes of lemons to be sent to him
at once by fast freight. AS his lemons
came in a day ahead of the other
steamers, he had a chance to make
dollar a box. Mr.. Jerome went on to
recount how the merchant, on trying
to get his lemons through the customs
was met on the wharf by a man who
greeted him and said:
You are Mr.. So-and-So? Are these
your lemons?"
YES" said the merchant.
all the HedlIH Inspector, SAID
the man, land l think those lemons
will have to be picked over by hand"
This meant 36-hours' delay, and the
loss of all the merchants advantage
in having his lemons a day ahead.
What fixes it?" he asked, signifi-
cantly.
Two HUNDRED and fifty" said the
inspector.
1T goes" said the merchant, and
paid the money, which went into the
blackmailer's pocket.
When Mr.. Jerome got back to the
city the next day, a friend of his,
fruit Inspector, came into his cham
bers after the court had adjourned, and
sat for a while. Finally he said, II
might as we'll have it out. The health
commissioner sent me down to find out
how you got on to that lemon story"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-14
BRIGHT BITS,

-Violet-"Do you think lady would
smoke a cigarette?" Daisy-"Not If it's
the only one a man has."-Harvard
Lampoon,
-Penelope-"Ferd says Ethel Is an
angel" blackwell, he must be a
harp, then. She's playing him for all
she's worth. "-Judge.
Brady-"The grocer is going to tack
a Fresh Egg sign over his door. l
suppose that will be another lie nail
ed ".Chicago Daily News.
-Auntie-"You know you ought not
to be playing shops on Sunday" Ma
jorie-"But, you see, auntie dear, we
were just pretending it's Monday!"-
Punch.
The Aunt Ceiling the story of the
Sleeping Beauty)-"What do you think
did the Prince give the Kings daughter
to wake her? Well, how does your
mama wake you up? What does she
give you in the morning?" Elsie-"A
spoonful of codliver OIL, Auntie."-
Brooklyn Life.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-14
A COFFEE COUNTY TRAGEDY.

According to the accounts which we
have been publishing two negroes were
shot to death and half a dozen or
more wounded by two white men near
Mcdonald. Coffee county, a few nights
ago, and no arrests for the crime have
yet been made, although, if reports
are correct, there does not seem to
be any doubt as to the identity of
the guilty parties. AS far as we are
able to learn there was absolutely no
excuse for the crime. In fact, there
was no provocation. A good many
negroes were attending a festival at
the house Of one of their number. The
white men approached the house and
without a word of warning began
shooting into the crowd.
The verdict rendered by the coroner's
jury was that the two negroes who
were killed were shot by persons I'M
known to the jury. 1t is probable that
no other verdict could be rendered be-
cause of the lack of evidence, the ne
groes who knew the criminals being
so terrified that they refused TO tell
all they knew about the affair. II 1t
be true, however, that the persons who
committed the crime are known gener-
ally there ought to be no delay in
bringing them to justice. The good
name of the county demands that steps
be taken at once to arrest the parties
who are known to be, or are suspect
ed of being, guilty.
It is said that the crime had aroused
a profound feeling of Indignation
throughout Coffee county. 1t is not
surprising that it has. The people of
that county are against lawlessness of
all kinds, and particularly are they
against such reckless and wanton
crimes as that near Mcdonald. Their
Indignation in tina case is no less be-
cause the victims were negroes.
If the guilty parties are not ar
rested before the next term of the Su-
perior Court of Coffee county we are
sure that the grand jury will indict
them, provided sufficient evidence
against them can be secured,
and that the evidence is obtainable
there appears to be no doubt. The
crime was a horrible one from what
ever point it may be viewed.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-14
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The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-14

Is publicity a panacea for trust evils?
Let us see. In the city of ST. Paul re-
Gently the Standard Oil Company lost
a local suit for damages to the amount
of $4,000, on account of injuries caused
by gasoline. There was a plenty of
publicity about the trial. Almost as
soon as the verdict had been rendered
the company announced publicly that
the price of oil and gasoline had been
advanced; land in nine days" says a
st. Paul newspaper, "the company had
collected enough extra from the local
public to pay all the costs" Evidently
publicity did not operate to prevent ex-
tortion in that instance.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-14

1t is now the understanding that
Associate Justice George Shiras of the
United States Supreme Court will re-
tire on Monday, Feb. %. AS is we'll
known, he will be succeeded by Judge
William R. Bay of Ohio. who is now
on the federal circuit bench. Judge
Day will be succeeded by Solicitor
General John X. Richards, who has
been identified with the prosecution of
the cases against the Northern Secur-
tiles Company, the beef trust and the
extradition proceedings against Greene
and Gaynor.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-14

The cuirass, lance, helmet and
sword are to be abolished in the
French cavalry service. The war Of
flee has reached the conclusion that a
change in the arms and accoutrements
OF the cavalry is absolutely necessary.
The cuirass, lance and helmet have
grown to be worse than useless under
conditions of modern warfare, and the
sword has become obsolete as a fight
ing weapon. There is no more hand
to-hand fighting, as in days of yore.
The fire-arm is the modern weapon,
which must take the places of all
Others. French cavalry officers will
still wear small swords more as a
badge of rank than anything else. but
Tor fighting purposes they will carry
pistols. while the men will be armed
with the new small-bore rifles that
/ discharge steel bullets
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-14

The addition to the new cabinet fam
lily of the Secretary of Commerce and
Labor will bring the number of execu-
tive portfolios up to nine-a somewhat
famous number. Five of these cabinet
positions-state. war, justice, treasury
and postoffice-date back to the begin
ming of the government. The Navy De-
partment was added in 1898, the Interior
Department in 1S49 and the Department
of Agriculture in 1889. 1t will be OBJ
served that there is a 80" in the date
of each addition. the latest being in
1903.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-14
Hoods JdrSdpdrilld
and Pills

Remove all humors, overcome all
their effects, strengthen, tone and
invigorate the whole system.
az had salt rheum on my hands so that I
could not work. took Hoods Sarsaparills
and it drove out the humor. continued
its use till the sores disappeared" MRS.
Ira o. Brown, Rumford Falls, Me.
Hoods SarsaparIIIa promises "a
cure and keeps the promise.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-14

The "co-eds" of the Syracuse Univer-
sity have appealed to the young men
of the school to let their mustaches
grow. For ten years it has been the
smooth-shaven faces. Whether it has
any bearing on the petition or not, one
Of the ''co-eds" is quoted as having
expressed the opinion that "a kiss with
out a mustache is like coffee without
sugars
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-14
The Weather.

The indications for Georgia for to-
day are for rain, with fresh south
winds, shifting to north Saturday night.
Eastern Florida, cloudy weather, with
variable winds.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-14

Uncle Sam may shortly feel called
upon to do a little collecting with war
ships in one of the Spanish-American
republics. The government of Saliva
dor owes certain California capitalists
100000, and the debt falls due next
month. In 1896, after the Americans
and certain Salvadorean co-partners,
had formed a company and built ex-
tensive docks and warehouses, the
Salvadorean government seized the
property and drove the Americans out.
A claim was lodged with this govern
ment. A commission was appointed to
investigate the matter, and this COM
mission concluded that Salvador
should pay 100000. It is the under
standing that Secretary Hay will push
the matter.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-14
I'LL Hum0rs

Are impure matters which the skin.
liver, kidneys and other organs can
not take care of without help, there il
such an accumulation of them.
They litter the whole system.
Pimples, boils, eczema and other
eruptions, loss of appetite, that tired
feeling, bilious turns, fits of indiges-
ton, dull headaches and many other
troubles are due to them.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-14

A Chicago professor has discovered
that there are forty languages regu-
larry spoken in that city, and that
there are newspapers in ten languag es
regularly published there. He asserts
that Chicago is the second largest b.
hemian city in the world, the third
Swedish, the third Norwegian, the
fourth Polish and the fifth German.
More than fourteen languages are each
spoken by 10000 persons.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-14

In New Jersey the other day a wom-
an fell dead at bargain counter.
Nevertheless the rush continues I'M
abated
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-14

There is one good thing about the
senatorial deadlock in Delaware; the
state is not suffering from a plethora
of ill-considered laws turned out by
the current session of the Legislature.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-14

Z The French language has been taken
up again in the naval academy at An
napolis, after having been dropped as
a compulsory study for about a year.
The teaching now, however, is by ma
chinery. which it is hoped will give the
young men the advantage of a better
pronunciation. Photographs are used
for the exercises. and the records for
the machines are prepared in Paris by
the best professors of language in that
city. Formerly there were wrangles
among French teachers about correct
pronunciations. but with the machine
there can be no quarreling 1t gets its
pronunciation from headquarters, and
gives 1t out precisely as It was received.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-14

For as much as year the board of
health of the town of Bayonne, N. j.,
has been trying to get through the
Council a measure to prohibit women
from wearing trailing skirts on the
streets. 1t is argued that long skirts
sweep up dust and germs and are there
fore conducive to the spread of dis
eases. If the health board could make
fashion" amenable to the laws there
might be some hope for improvement,
but so long as it is the fashion to
wear trailing skirts, all of the health
boards in New Jersey cannot stop it.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-14

But 1T takes an expert who has hao
eye and reflection of light to give
PERFECT SIGHT and at the same
time relieve all strain from the nerves
and muscles of the eyes. In the seven
months / have been in Savannah
have tested and fitted glasses to over
1000 people, over half of which was
wearing glasses that did not fit, and a
great many with second and thira
quality lenses. Does this speak wen
for our city? i think not. You do not
run any risk in getting your glasses
from us. You want them right-ex-
actly right. You are secured against
even the possibility of error.
HINES OPTICAL CO.,
DR.. Lewis A. Hines. Refra ctionist, l4e
Whitaker St., near OglethoTpe ave
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-14

Thank heavens. the hearing of the
coal strike matter before the commits
sion appointed by the President is all
most ended. 1t has been an impair
tial hearing and a great mass of tes-
timony has been accumulated. The
arguments have been somewhat OBJ
secured by the denunciations of each
side hurled at the other, but the COM
mission may be depended upon to
make a finding that will carry jus
tice with it. The outcome of this
first attempt at arbitrating a big la
Dor question in this country will be
awaited with national interest.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-14

The New York Commercial Adver-
tiser makes some remarks on the
lethnrgic boom" Of Judge Alton B.
Parker But there is time enough for
II 70 wake up and get such a move
ment on 1t that nothing can stop It.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-14

There is a proposition before the
South Carolina Legislature to have
the dispensary establishment and its
methods investigated thoroughly. odd
ly enough there has developed a
strong opposition to any such investi-
cation. the opponents claiming that
everything is rocking along smoothly
and should be let alone. In the re-
cent gubernatorial campaign there
was no issue raised on the dispensary
matter. Every candidate accepted the
states liquor business as an estab-
lished institution and its permanency
as part of the states policy. The
present, therefore, would seem to be
a good time to go thoroughly into the
question of how the big establishment
is being run, since there can be no
suspicion of an Interior political mo-
tive in the inquiry. The people, who
are putting up their money to run the
concern, have right to know of their
own knowledge that it is being con-
Quoted honestly and economically.
And if il is, those who are in charge
of 1t have nothing to fear.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-14
Savannah Electric Co.

Schedule Daily Except Sunday,
In Effect Friday, Nov. z.
subject TO change without notice.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-14
MONTGOMERY AND THUNDER.

THUNDERBOLT LINE Especially.
City Market to Casino, via Bolton
Street Junction.
Beginning at 5:45 a. m, cars leave
City Market for Casino at Thunderbolt
every 10 minutes until IL: 80 p. m.
Cars leave Bolton Street Junction 10
minutes after leaving time at City
Market.
Beginning at 5:53 a. M, cars leave
Casino at Thunderbolt every Is min
uteS until 1908 midnight.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-14
EARLIER MARRIAGES ADVOCATED.

In hts annual report President Eliot
of Harvard University touches upon
subject that is of great interest to the
republic, and which is attracting very
general attention. 1t is the steady de-
crease in the size of American families.
President Eliot speaks only in refer
ence to the families of college grad
yates. He says that their families are
small because, as a rule, they marry
later in life than other men. Accord
ing to his view they give too much
time to the preparation for the duties
of life, and after their preparation is
completed it takes them several years
to get sufficiently ahead in the world
to take the risk of providing for a fam
lily. Being men of education they have
to maintain a certain position in the
world, and, hence, they cannot take as
great a risk in marrying as if they had
no position to maintain.
But, as a matter of fact, are the fam
lilies of college men smaller than the
families of other men of the same
class in life? 1t is safe to say they are
not. The size of families decreases as
people advance in wealth and educa-
ton. The nobility of England would
die out ii there were not additions to
it all the time from the middle class
There is no increase at all in the pop
ulation in France. That fact has alarm
ed French statesmen and they have
adopted means for correcting the evil
Rich people in this country don't want
| large families. They don't want to
| be bothered with them. In a recent
interview DR.. George F. Shrady of New
York city said: Il do not believe the
| fashionable woman of to-day wants
children, Even when she has them she
does not care for them properly. This
aversion to children is rapidly spread
ing through all classes of society"
1t is evident from this that small
families are not confined to college men.
The large families are found among the
poor who have hard struggle for ex-
istence. Somehow or other they find
time to care for children. The rich are
too busy with the various amusements
and pleasures which their wealth
makes 1t possible for them to have to
be willing to be tied down at home
caring for children. AS far as a nation
is concerned therefore wealth is not a
good thing for families to have. The
effect of 1t is to sap nations strength.
! --S-SS