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The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-30
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Personal.

Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt is famous
for her devotion to her three lovely
children. She walks and drives with
them, superntends the making of their
clothes, plays and romps with them
and has goodnight chat with them
before they go to sleep each evening.
Lord Curzon is said to be one of
the most economical dressers in the
British peerage. He wears his clothes
out fairly to the last thread. One
of his yalets is a practical tailor and
keeps trousers and coats in the best
of condition. Seven pairs of trousers,
seven coats, seven waistcoat and seven
pairs of boots serve the Indian vice
roy. wearing one of each suit a week
through. He spends not more than
$500 year on his apparel. No one
can make cent on his cast-off cloth
ing.
Two wills of more than ordinary
note were presented to the register of
wills in New York a few DAYS ago.
One was that of Sir William E. H.
Lecky the noted English historian.
making disposition of a fortune of
$3.50 900. 1t covered sheet of ordinary
sized letter paper. The other will was
that of Edward Brook, the cotton
thread spinner of Hudderfield, Eng
land, covering fifty pages, closely writ
ten, disposing of an estate of over Sill
100000. Both decedents We're possessed
of American securities. Hence the fill
ing of the Wills.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-30
Pet superstitions.

A young woman in Bucks county
tavern cut off a lock. Of yellow hair
and threw it into the fire, says an ex-
change.
1t burned with feeble and dull
flame, and soon went out.
oh, DEAR" she cried, that is a sign
that I won't live long"
Then she explained gravely that and
other superstitions of the Pennsylvania
Dutch.
If a lock Of your hair burns bright
and long" she said. you will have a
happy life of seventy years or more.
but if it burns weakly and soon goes
out, your life wifi be both sad and
short
ITO test your sweetheart's humor,
make him stir the fire. If he stirs it
to hearty blaze, he is good humored.
If he makes it smoke and fade, he is
hard to live with.
If you walk backward, the errand
you are bound on at the time will fail
ITO cure warts, rub a black snail
over them, but the snail must after
ward be impaled on a rose thorn.
To prevent cramp, wear an eelskin
garter about the left leg below the
knee.
The first person to enter your house
on New Years Day will, if he be light
haired, bring bad luck to you; if dark
haired, good luck.
If the fire goes out on New Years
Eve trouble is foreboded"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-30
A PERTINENT INQUIRY.

If it be true, as reported, that the
Slater building was not constructed
in accordance with the specifications.
the question arises, whose duty was
it to see that the specifications were
compiled with? If it was anybody's
duty, then is the party responsible
going to be called to account? And
we are informed that the building
was not provided with fire escapes
We are sure that there is an ordinance
requiring fire escapes for such a
building as that was Is it nobody's
duty to see to it that new buildings
that come within the terms of the
fire escape ordinance are provided
with fire escapes? If not, of what good
is the ordinance? If so, who is the re-
sponsible party? Wouldn't it be well
TO have an inquiry for the purpose
of finding out why the responsible
party didn't do his duty in connection
with the Slater building? Mayor My
ers is quoted as saying that the Slater
tragedy will probably result in hav-
ing all buildings that come within the
terms of the fire escape ordinance
equipped with fire escapes. Is it not
somewhat strange that it required a
tragedy to bring about compliance
with the ordinance?
It is stated that the chief of the fire
department made a report on the
Slater building in which he criticised
its construction much more severely
than the building inspector criticised
it. He doubtless viewed 1t from the
standpoint of the risk to which fire
men are exposed in handling a fire
in such building.
We are sure THAI public sentiment
condemns the construction of flimsy
buildings within the fire limits and
that it favors all reasonable precau-
lions for the protection of life in
buildings whether they are hotels
flats, lodging houses or business build
ings.
When the reports of the building in
spector and the fire chief come before
Council that body ought to see to it
that proper precautions are taken
against a repetition of such a tragedy
as that which occurred in the Slater
building. and that it is made the duty
of somebody to see to it that what
ever ordinances on the subject are
adortad ara an forced
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-30
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The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-30
BRIGHT BITS.

Not Fair.-White-'Tve noticed
that the wicked generally get what
they deserve" Black-"And I've no.
ticed that the good don't Life.
what an awful lot of trolley ac-
cidents occur at that crossing!"
Yes, that's the liveliest corner in
town"
Huh! I'd call it the deadHest."-
Philadelphia Ledger.
What did your fountain pen cost
vou?"
"Twenty-six dollars
WHAT"
"One dollar for the pen and. $25 for
the suit it ruined philadelphia Rec
ord.
-Steadfast and True.-Father: But
I'm afraid he is a young man of tickle
character!
Daughter: Oh. no, he isn't, papa.
Why, he has smoked the same brand
of cigarettes for nearly six months!-
Puck
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-30

BARRIERS have differences respecting
their occupation as well as people en-
gagged in other occupations. Just now
the BARRIERS of this city are wrangling
among themselves as to whether they
shall keep their shops open on Sunday
morning, as permitted by the city or1i-
nance, or close them promptly at mid
night on Saturday night. keeping them
closed until Monday morning. A pc
tition is being circulated asking the
City Council to amend the ordinance in
accordance with the Saturday night
programme. There are two fac
tions probably who want the ordinance
amended, namely. those who want a
fun holiday on Sunday and those who
go to the homes of customers on Sun
day morning. charging 25 cents for a
shave on such occasions.
Those who want full holiday on
Sunday are afraid that II their shops
are closed on Sunday while their COM
petitors keep open shops they will lose
some Of their regular customers. A
man who is accustomed to being
shaved every day will hardly consent
TO remain unshaved on Sunday. If he
cannot shave himself he will hire a
barber to come to his home and shave
him, and if he cannot get his regular
batber to perform that service he will
get another barber to do it, The
chances are that the barber who shaves
him on Sunday will shave him on the
other days of the week.
But the barber who is against closed
shops on Sunday says that he will
keep a sharp lookout for the barber
who goes to the homes Of his custom
ers and have him indicted. There is,
therefore. a promise of work for the
courts and trouble for BARRIERS in
closed shop ordinance.
1t is about as clear as anything can
be that men who are accustomed to
shave every day are not going to sub
NIT to having their faces unclean on
! Sunday. on that day OF the week par
| ticuarly they want their faces clean.
A man with twelve hours growth of
beard on his face doesn't feel comfort
able at church with his wife and chill
dren, and the young man with. eighteen
hours growth Of beard doesn't make a
pleasing impression on his best girl
when calling on her on Sunday night.
In hot weather beard grows fast.
II may be accepted as a fact that
the closing Of the barber shops on
Sunday morning isn't going to give sat
isfaction TO the BARRIERS or TO their
customers. We are not dealing with the
question from q moral standpoint, but
from the standpoint Of fact. There are
some men, Of course, who would con-
sent to have unclean faces on Sunday.
in order that BARRIERS might have a full
days rest on Sunday or because they
! think IL wrong for BARRIERS to work at
their occupation on that day. but the
great majority of men prefer to have
clean faces. II they look at the ques-
ton at all from a phlanthropic or
/ moral standpoint they satisfy them
selves by the thought that the barber is
| getting paid for his time and can take
a rest when there Is dearth Of bust
ness and that cleanliness Is next to
godliness.
So Il viii probably come 20 this,
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-30
CURRENT COMMENT.

The New York Times (Dem.) says:
After careful reading of this speech.
and a comparison of it with Mr..
Roosevelt's frequent deliverance upon
public affairs before he aspired to the
presidency, we are unable to concur in
the opinion we encounter occasionally
that the President is better than his
party"
The Baltimore Sun (Dem0 says:
The result of the election next No
vember will show whether the people
think as favorably of the Republican
record as the President and other Re
publicans do. and whether they think
as favorably of Mr.. Roosevelt as his
party thinks of him and as he seems
to think of himself"
The Louisville Courier-Journal Dem)
says: Watson and Tibbles-did you
know they are the nominees of the
Populist party?-are running on "A
platform upholdng the right of labor
to organize. But who denies that
right? The right which is denied is
that Of organized labor. or organized
anything else to say that nobody who
does not belong to the organization
shall be permitted to earn living"
The New York Post Qnd) says:
But 1t is, after all, the total i'm
preston made by his speech which Is
the main thing. II is a chastened, a
timid, a hedging Roosevelt which Il
presents 20 the country. Mckinley
himself could not hive sided away
more carefully from dG ;erous issues
negro Acknowledgement, for example.
or taken refuge more gracefully IN un-
meaning platitudes about capital and
labor. The question is, can this last?
II the campaign lags will not those
favorte old properties. the spurs and
sabre and SLOUGH hat. be brought again
upon the stage? All will depend we
suspect. upon the popular reception Of
the actor IN his new role. But for to-
day. al any rate. the temporarily sane
and safe Roosevelt stands as the lead
ing trophy thus far, Of sane and
safe Democracy"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-30

namely that those who want to keep
their shops closed on Sunday will fol-
low their inclination in regard to the
matter. and those who want to keep
open shops will also do as they please.
provided no change is made in the or
dinsnce. And is il not a good rule to
let each man do as he likes so long as
he keeps within the law? The city now
permits an open shop until II a. m. on
Sunday. The ordinance seems to be
satisfactory to the public but it isn't
to some of the BARRIERS. The way out
Of the difficulty is this: let the BARRIERS
who are against open shops on Sunday
keep their places closed on that day.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-30
"Lost" Art of Advertising.

In Moscow" said Nathan Haskell
Dole, the translator of Tolstoi. Il saw
a little child crying miserably one
afternoon. He walked slowly down one
of the principal streets and his howls
and gestures OF despair soon brought
a big crowd around him.
What Is the matter. my child,
What troubles you? everyone said.
The boy paused finally. He looked
az the multitude which he had assem-.
bled. Then, lifting up his voice, he
shouted IN a shrill treble.
81 am lost. VIII somebody please
take me home 20 Ivan Troubetapoy
the champion clothier Of the south
End, who has just gotten In his new
stock Of spring overcoats. suits. neck.
ties, shirts, hats and umbrellas. which
he VIII sell cheaper than any one else
IN the city,.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-30

A new animal book will doubtless be
shortly forthcoming from Ernest
Thompson Seaton, the naturalist who
became well known as Seaton- Thomp-
son. Mr.. Seaton lives in Connecticut.
where he has a preserve on which he
has collected a number of wild ami
mails that he studies almost daily. The
other day some practical jokers got on
Mr.. Seaton's preserve and began max
Ding cries like animals, having first
spotted the naturalist hidden among
the bushes, and being in position to
note the effect upon him. They imi-
tated the owl. the loon, the jackal. the
catamount. etc, and saw that Mr.. Sea-
ton was immensely interested. Then
the jokers broke out in a loud "Ee-
haw; ee-haw!" Mr.. Seaton straight
ened up and looked puzzled, then be-
gan rapidly turning over the leaves Of
a book as if in search of something.
"Ee-haw! ee-haw!' again rang through
the woods, and Mr.. Seaton gazed Gu
rlously about in search of the source
OF the strange noise. Then he began
writing rapidly in his note book. He
had come across a new cry. from an
animal he had not met. The jokers
crawled away through the underbrush
and are now awaiting the prospective
new book which they are sure Mr.. Sea-
ton viii write on the incident.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-30
INDEX 10 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Meetings-Francis S. Barlow Camp
No 90, U. s. c. "; Southern Trans
portation Company.
Special Notices-Coal and Wood
Business. F. s. Jette & Son; Mayors
Report, ]. Robert Creamer, Clerk; AT
Joyce's To-day; Special Monday Sale,
Jas. G. Nelson.
Business Notices-Expert Mechanics,
G. w. Thomas While Your Folks Are
Away. Sommers' Cafe; Coffee, A. NJ.
& c. w. West.
% Per Cent. Discount-B. H. Levy,
Bro. & Co.
See the Good Things We Have-New
York Cash. Grocery.
Turkish Towels-Rowlinsk Druggist.
Sardines-The Delmonico Company.
Piece out the Season-Connor &
Sullivan.
One Half This Day-At South End.
Foods-Grape- Nuts.
Individual Attention-Red Cross
Laundry.
Antitartar Dental Powder-shup-
trines Drug Stores.
Obelisk Cigars-Henry Solomon &
Son.
Say Pete Daley to Your Tobacconist.
lie Panic Cigars-Henry Solomon &
Son.
Bicycle Day-At Lattimore's.
Medical-Herpicide.
Cheap Column Advertisements-He
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For
Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personal;
Miscellaneous.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-30
WILL THE SCENES OF 1894 BE RE-
PEATEDs

The question is being asked whether
scenes such as attended the great
strike of railroad employees in Chicago
in 1894 viii be seen during the
strike Of the employees of the meat
packers. OF course it is impossible
to tell what will happen in a city in
which there are 10000 toilers, many of
them on the verge of starvation, on
strike.
In considering the situation in Chi
cago the fact must be taken into con-
sideration that the great majority Of
the strikers are foreign born. Perhaps
the majority of them know nothing at
all about the laws of this country. It
is certain that at least two-thirds of
them cannot speak the English Ian
guage. Among the strikers at least
half. a dozen languages are spoken.
That fact makes it extremely difficult
to preserve order.
There is no doubt that it is the pur-
pose of the leaders of the strike to
prevent violence Of any kind. The
placards they have had printed in the
various languages spoken by the strik-
ers indicates that such is their pur-
pose, but it seems almost impossible
to prevent disturbances, and when
once rioting begins it is difficult to stop
it.
The multitude of idle workers are
fearful that they will lose their jobs.
They see thousands of non-union men
going into the works, and the con-
clusion they reach is that their places
viii be taken permanently by them.
and that they will have to find work
elsewhere or starve. The great ma
jority of them are incapable of doing
anything but the commonest kind of
labor. 1t seems that it has been the
policy of the packers for the last year
or two to employ the most ignorant of
the immigrants that come to this
country They can get them for less
wages than they can get men and
women of a reasonable amount of in
tellgence for. and these ignorant i'm
migrants can handle the machines
with a little instruction, about as well
as persons of greater intelligence. The
work in the packing houses is being
specialized rapidly, and machinery Is
employed to a far greater extent than
the outside public is aware of.
If the strikers, the ignorant portion
of them, the thousands who don't know
the English language and hardly know
what is going on around them, get the
impression that the strike is going to be
failure and they are going TO be left
to get bread and meat for themselves
and families as best they can, the
chances are that there will be violence
OF a very serious character.
1t is doubtful If the packers are
anxious for settlement of the strike.
There are so many thousands of men
out of employment that they can get
all the help they want, such as it is.
They can get it for less money than
they were paying the strikers. Be
sides, they want to break up the I'M
ions, it is believed. If this is the cor
rect view of the situation the strike is
likely to last several weeks. and to be
attended with violence almost as great
as that which paralyzed the railroad
traffic of the country in 1894.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-30
The Congressman Who Couldn't



DIR. Luttrell of Washington, says the
Cleveland Leader. tells this story of
Isaac Williams. generally called
Slick" Williams. who was elected to
Congress from Tennessee several
years ago. The newly-elected mem
Der could not read or write, although
he was an exceedingly shrewd busf-
ness man, and had obtained an en-
viable local reputation for success,
which had eliminated in this newly
acquired honor.
On arriving at Nashville for the first
time, Mr.. Williams happened to catch
sight of several of his fellow repre-
sentatives. whom he had met at va
rious times during the political cam
paign, sitting around a table in what
he thought was the legislative hall,
but which was really a restaurant
He sat down with them, and the
waiter brought the bill of fare. The
old gentleman looked at it carefully
for several minutes, not wishing the
others to know that he couldn't read.
and then slapped his hand on the ia
BILE and shouted:
"Ill never give my sanction to this
bill as long as / live"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-30
sTERTLIzED BARBER SHOP.
4 Famous Shop in the Carroilton
Hotel, Baltimore, MARYLAND.

The barber shop in the Carrollton
hotel, Baltimore. sterilizes everything
II uses in the shop. The sterilizing is
done by heat. The towels, the razors,
the strops the soap, the combs and
brushes are all sterlized before being
used on a customer. Where there is
no sterilization. have the barber use
Newbro's Herpicide. It kills the
dandruff germ. and it is an antiseptic
for the scalp. and for the face after
shaving. All leading BARRIERS every
where appreciate these potent facts
about Herpicide, and they use t..
Destroy the cause, you remove the
effect" Sold by leading druggists
Send l0c in stamps for sample to The
Herpicide Co. Detroit. Mich.
Livingston's Pharmacy. Special
Agent.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-30
Teaching Boys Fundamental Doe
trines.

This story is told of a Washington
school principal who was trying to
make clear to his class the funda-
mental doctrines of the Declaration
of Independence:
"Now. boys" he said. Il will give
you each three ordinary buttons Here
they are. You must think of the first
one as representing Life, of the Sec
ond one as representing Liberty, and
he third one as representing the Pur-
suit of Happiness. Next Sunday ]
viii ask you each to produce three
buttons and tell me what they repre-
sent"
The following Sunday. in accordance
with his plans. the teacher interro-
gated his class on the subject of the
buttons.
Now. Johnnie" he said to the
youngest member, produce your three
buttons and tell me what they stand
for" Whereupon the youngster began
to weep.
Il amt got 'em ALL" he sobbed.
holding out two Of the buttons. Here's
Life an here's Liberty, but mommer
sewed the Pursuit o. Happiness on
my pants"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-30
THTNDFRBOIT JTNE

City Market to Casino and Thunder
bolt via Bolton street junction.
Beginning at $50 a. m. cars leave
City Market for Casino and Thunder
bolt every half hour until 200 q. m
after which cars run every is minutes
until 1870 p. m.
Cars leave Bolton street junction Is
minutes after leaving time at CITY
Market.
Beginning at 5:5s a. m. cars leave
Live Oak station for city every hair
hour until 2:38 p. M, after which
time cars leave every Is minutes until
1908 midnight.
Car leaving Casino at 1855 will run
south on Barnard street to Fortfeth
and north on Abercorn to Bolton
street
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-30
FREIGHr Ann PARCFT oar

Leaves east side of CITY Market for Thunder.
bolt, Cattle Park. Sandhy Isle of Hone and ali
intermediate points-9:I5 a. m. lis .. M, 5:i5
p. m. - ' ~
Leaves Isle Of Hope for Sandav. Cattle park
Thunderbolt and all intermediates points-s:0o
a. m, II 90 a. m. 300 D. m.
Freight car leaves Montgomery at $50 a 10.
ular parcel car for city.
Parcel car from the city carries freight to
Montgomery on each trip.
Regular parcel car carries trailer on each
trip for accommodation Of passengers
ANY further information regarding passen
ger schedule or freight service can be had by
applying 10 L. X. NASH. Manager
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-30

There are those fastidous persons
who have nothing but words of con-
demnation for the celluloid collar. They
affect to look upon it as badge of the
wearer's plebeian condition and boorish
taste. 1t is a sort of finger post point
ing the scorn of those who "belong,' -
towards the wearer who does not. And
yet the celluloid collar is not without
its excellent points. Indeed, strangers
visiting New York and Chicago might
do well to include the celluloid collar
among their outfits. In New York the
other night a footpad attempted to
hold up one Michael Reilly. Reilly
showed fight, and the footpad drew his
pistol and fired. The bullet struck
Reilly's celluloid collar and was de-
Elected, doing no serious injury. Ex-
cept for the intervention of the collar,
there would have been a wake and a
funeral. No linen collar could have
performed so good and timely an office
for Michael Reilly.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-30

Peace has been declared in the Colo
RADIO strike. Whether it will prove
permanent or only a Chicago peace
remains to be seen. The cost of main
tanning the militia during the strike
trouble is estimated at upwards Of
100000