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The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-20
sad Mans Merry Jest.

At the transfer station at Myrtle
avenue and Fulton street, Brooklyn.
yesterday a tall, lean, sad-looking man
stepped on a De Kalb avenue car,
conspicuously displaying yellow
transfer slip, says the New York
Times. The conductor Immediately
halted him with Hey, you, you can't
get on this car"
"Oh, yes, 1 think 1 cam" said the
would-be passenger alphabetically,
looking still more sad.
mo, you can't" again said the con-
ductor, this time more emphatically
than at first.
We'll, l guess 1 can if 1 want to-"
almost sobbed the thin one, as he at
tempted to step into the doorway of
the car. go.
''We'I see about that. Say, officer,
here's man wants to get on this
car with a transfer"
The policeman appealed to, whose
face was like unto the sun at the
close of a hot Summers day, stepped
up to the car and officiously announc-
ed:
mo more CUFF about this. Yer can't
get on this car with a transfer, see?"
well l guess can pay my fare
if l want to, can't To- said the thin
one.
Sure" said the policeman, his face
redder than ever, as he stepped off the
car.
Sure" snarled the conductor, as he
Viciously yanked the bell twice and
snatched at the proffered coin.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-20
POOR SPELLING DEFENDED.

Generally speaking, ones first i'm
pulse on seeing some cranky idea ex-
plotted in the public prints is to glance
down d few lines to see If a Chicago
professor was not the originator or il.
And in the majority of instances the
expectation of finding him there will
be realized. 1t is the claim of
Chica go that her professors discuss
everything freely. 1t is certain that
some of them discuss things foolishly
as in the case of the professor who
declared John D. Rockefeller to be
more brilliant Intellectually than Shake
speare or Milton.
The latest Chicago professor ito get
into the public prints is Prof Arnold
Tomkins with a defense of incomplete
ness in education. Addressing wom-
ans club the other day he said in part
"A man should dress well-so should
a woman-but not too we'll: he should
comb, but not too well: he should
write well, but not too we'll, and he
should spell, but not too well. The
press recently criticized high school
..
1t was the highest compliment ever
paid to them, because it proved that
they were in better business"
If poor spelling is to be excused,
manifestly poor reading, poor grammar
and poor arithmetic are likewise to
be excused. And following the line of
argument still further. it might be said
that there was no use of doing any
school work perfectly. In other words,
a mere superficial knowledge of his
studies is all that is necessary for the
pupil to have. That would at once. of
course, open a royal highway to
knowledge" 1t would no longer be
necessary for the pupil to work hard
and diligently. SlovenIiness in letters.
in conversation and in life's work
would not be mark of ignorance or
incaIacity, but only an indication that
the person had been educated under
the Tomkinsonian system.
AS a matter of fact, is not the ten
| dency in the public school systems of
the country already too much towards
TomlSinsism? Are not the essential
| studies overcrowded by non-essentials?
Time that should be given to the
three rs" in the primary and gram
mar schools is wasted on "ologies" of
one sort and another. The object of
! education is to focus the mind, streng-
then it and give it polish. BY Civ
ing lot of time to unnecessary things.
the necessary studies are neglected and
the mind of the child is reduced to 4
state of haze. Everything appears to
1t to be nebulous and uncertain. The
| effort is to make the common school
| child know a little about everything.
The result is that it knows nothing
thoroughly.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-20
FALLING IN LINE ron PARKER.

| There doesn't seem to be any good
reason for doubling that Judge Parker
will be the nominee of the Democratic
party for President. II is practically
certain that about all of the states
which are not instructing their dele
cations favor his nomination. For in
stance, South Carolina didn't instruct
her delegation, but there isn't any doubt
that her delegation is composed of Par
ker men. Care was taken to make
only Parker men members of II. And
there are good reasons for thinking
that the Wisconsin delegation will vote
for Judge Parker when the time for
action comes. 1t was instructed for
Mr.. Wall, but he is what is called II IA
vorite son. There is no probability of
his nomination. He is prominent in the
city in which he resides but he isn't
prominent enough to be mentioned in
the biographical dictionary, Who's
who in America" He will get d com
plimentary vote from the delegation
from his state, and after that he viii be
heard of no more in the convention.
1t is probable that very few of the
Southern states will instruct their dele
cations, but it can be depended upon
that the delegations will be composed
of Parker men. A few days ago John
Sharp williams, of Mississippi, the
leader of the minority of the House, in
q speech to his constituents at Yazoo
City, said that Judge Parker would be
the nominee, and there is no better in
formed Democrat in the country than
he is, and no one more anxious for the
success of the Democratic party in the
presidential campaign.
Friends of some of the other candi-
dates are trying to make it appear that
it would be inadvisable to nominate
Judge Parker because of the differences
between former Senator Hill and Mr.
Murphy, the Tammany leader. These
differences, they assert, would make it
impossible for Judge Parker to carry
New York. The Hill-Murphy fight will
not interfere with his carrying that
state. That fight is thing apart
from Judge Parker's candidacy. Tam
many hasn't anything against Judge
Parker, and if he should be nominated
it would give him a hearty support.
And it is being urged that Mr..
Bryan would likely bolt the convention
if Judge Parker should be nominated.
There isn't the least danger of his bolt
ing. He is going to have his way in the
convention if he can. If he can't he
will gracefully submit to the will of the
majority. He has nothing to gain by
boiling and everything to lose.
OF course the efforts to defeat the
nomination of Judge Parker will be
continued until the day of the meeting
of the convention, but the indications
are that they will be unsuccessful.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-20
a SONAL.

President Charles w. Eliot Of Har-
ward University, forethe first time in
thirtyfive years, delivered a lecture
in a regular college course the other
day The course was one in -philoso-
ply, President Eliot, acting in the abb
scence of Prof. Francis G. Peabody,
the regular lecturer The president was
loudly applauded by the students
when he entered the classroom.
Frank Eddy, an congressman,
is working the native son" idea in
his candidacy for Governor of the state
of Minnesota. The other two candi-
dates, both apparently in the lead of
Mr.. Eddy, are saying the most bitter
things of each other, such as will
leave a sting long after the convention
and give Democrats an advantage.
Meanwhile Mr.. Eddy, picturesque.
in his demeanor, is going quietly about
the state. Il was the first member of
the house from Minnesota who was
born in Minnesota, he says. Il should
also like to be the first governor of
Minnesota to be born in Minnesota
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-20
CURRENT COMMENT,

The Norfolk Landmark Dem saws:
MIR. Hearst says that he will sun
port the nominee of the st. Louis rom
vention, whoever the nominee may be
Where is Mr.. Bryan's assurance to the
same effect? He has been asking
Parker all kinds of questions; now
let him answer one himself"
The Philadelphia Ledger Qnd.) saws:
The real, the bedrock principles of
each of the two competing parties are
few and so well established as TO be
known to all thoughtful political OBJ
servers. Why, then, should not these
dominating principles be briefly and
clearly formulated, and all inconse-
quent things be omitted?"
The Galveston News (Dem) SAYS:
"A Republican member of Congress
from Pennsylvania announces that he
will not pay the cash for his noni-
nation, as he and his colleagues have
been accustomed Ito do. Which is
nothing more or less than the an
nouncement that he is not a candidate
for denomination and election I'm
Pennsylvania. In the great keystone
state the grand old party always Sc
cures the dough before it honors the
citizen"
The Chattanooga Times says: THE
Russians are charging the Japs with
maltreating the dead, and the Japs
are proving the Russian soldiers are
assaulting women and children. on the
whole, II may be said that war Is real
ly a very bad and demoralizing thing.
and that those who resort TO Il are
not TO be expected to employ Sunday
school methods IN attaining their pur-
poses, and because OF this fact clviliza-
ton is looking forward 20 the time
when there will be no wars"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-20

The government spends approximate
ly $30,0O0O00 a year for mail trans
portation, which branch of the service
is in charge of the Second Assistant
Postmaster General. During the past
year many complaints have been made
with respect to mail-carrying contracts.
One prominent Western Republican
congressman, indeed. has been charged
with padding" the mails with hun
dreds OF pounds of public documents
under his frank at the time of the an
nual weighing of mails, in order that
the compensation of certain roads
might be made larger. An investiga-
ton into the affairs of the Bureau of
Transportation has been ordered, and
it is believed to be quite likely that
some interesting facts will be brought
to light.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-20
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The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-20

Robert Lee. whose death in Cincin-
natl few days. ago was noted in the
dispatches. was an inventor OF more
than ordinary versatility. His most
rotable invention was that of the
breech loading gun, which has revolu-
tionized the construction of fire arms
President Buchanan himself gave the
order for the adoption of the Lee
breech loading rifle in the army: and
it was the first breech loading rife ever
used in any army. Mr.. Lee was the
inventor also Of many patterns of door
and window locks and burglar alarms
that are still IN use.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-20

Talk of Secretary George B. Cortel-
you, of the Department of Commerce
and Labor. for Chairman of the Re-
publican National Committee, has
brought out the fact that Mr.. Cor
telyou is a Republican of rather recent
date. The Washington correspondent
of the New York Times says that I'M
til he was thirty-two years old Mr..
Cortelyou was a Democrat. His path
to distinction has been by the civil
service route. He became a Republi-
can as much as a matter of con-
venience as for any other reason. He
voted for Cleveland in 1892, and il Is
said he did not vote at all in 1896 Ms
he did not accept the doctrines for
which w. j. Bryan stood. BY the
time the next four years had rolled
around he was Republican. voting
for Mckinley, and he went to Long
Island and voted for odel for Cover
nor in 1902"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-20

The late Judge Dykman once had
before him a respectable looking man
who was charged with the theft Of
jewelry, says the Philadelphia Ledger
The man pleaded guilty. but it was
urged that there We're extenuatfng cir
oumstances. The defense introduced
a medical expert who swore that the
prisoner suffered from kleptomanIa.
Whats that?" asked the Judge
SERIOUSLY.
"It's-a-er- disease. your honor"
What kind of a disease"
"Well-its-mental disease, that
causes the subject to appropriate prop
erty not his own"
Makes him steal?"
Yes. your honor; that rs generally
the case
II know the disease" said his honor.
II know the disease, and / am here
10 cure H."
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-20

Passengers on a New York elevated
train the other day were badly scared
for time by what seemed 20 them to
be severe case of hydrophobia. with
large man as the victim. The man
was doubled over and his chest ceemeh
to work convulsively. Presently there
was heard a noise of growing and sup
pressed barking apparently from the
man. Several women were on the point
Of fainting, when the man got up AM
left the car. As he reached the plat
form he dnbuttoned his coat and took
lherefrom hot and mussed pug dog.
that had been protesting against it,,
imprisonment. Then the passengers
who saw him laughed.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-20


Frank Burmese, the Brooklyn murder
er who protested to the Governor
against an appeal made in his behalf
by his lawyer. has gained his point
and will be permitted to have his wish
to go to the electric chair on schedule
time. Burmese declared he was guilty
that IL he escaped the death penalty on
a technicality his disposition was such
that he would certainly commit an.
other murder therefore it would be bet
ter for society if he were executed
promptly; and this after his lawyer
had taken steps to have the sentence
Of he trial court set aside. The Ne j,
York Court OF Appeals, before which
came the lawyers petition. has affirm
ed the judgment Of the trial court and
ordered Burmese to be executed.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-20
WASHING WITHOUT WATER
Is Like Trying to Get Rid of Dandrufl
Without Herpicide.

Did you ever see any one trying to
wash themselves without soap or
water?
If you did, what would. you say of
him?
1t is every bit as foolish to try to
get rid of dandruff and to prevent
badness by feeding the germs which
cause it. with canthrarides, vaseline,
glycerine and similar substances which
form the principal ingredients of most
so-called hair vigors.
Newbros Herpicide is successful be-
cause it attacks and kills the parasitic
germ which feeds on the hair roots.
IT is the original and only genuine
scalp germicide manufactured
Sold by leading druggists. Send lOc.
in stamps for sample to The Herpicide
Co., Detroit, Mich.
Livingston's Pharmacy, Special
Agents.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-20

Reformers, of all sorts, have now
fastened their eyes upon the Panama
canal strip, which is to be governed by
this country, and they have schemes
to make it the best governed piece of
country in the world. The temperance
reformers- are going to try to secure
the prohibition of the sale of liquor
within the strip, and some other. re-
formers are moving to have gambling
prohibited. 81.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-20

The indomitable George Fred Will
liams of Massachusetts is never so
happy as when he is organizing or re-
organizing. Having failed on several
occasions to re-organize the Demo-
cratic party TO his own way of think
ing, he is now engaged in organizing
brand new party. 1t is not to be
Hearst party, or Bryan party nor
yet Williams party, but it is pro-
posed to combine in it all OF the ele-
ments mentioned and the Populists as
well. and send it spinning on to vie
tory in time TO come. The new party
may. never be seen, to any alarming
extent, but it will doubtless be heard
as long as George Fred's bellows is in
working order.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-20

Large shipments of gold by steamer
into and out of the port of New York
are frequently made; yet the gold is
always as safe as if it were stored in
the vaults of Wall street or Washing
ton. Transportation by sea is no
longer subject to hold-up and robbery,
as was the case in the sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries. Railway trains
are occasionally held up and robbed,
but steamships never.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-20

Fire scorched the Augusta Herald Sc
verely the other day, but it couldn't put
IT out Of business. The Herald, now
being issued temporarily from the
Chronicle office, is as bright and lively
as ever. Within a short time Il will
be again in a home of its own. There
is nothing harder 10 down than first-
class newspaper.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-20
The weather.

The indications for Georgia for to-
DAY are for fair weather. with light
west winds. Eastern Florida fair
weather. with light variable winds.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-20

1t seems to be up to the New York
poolrooms to supply themselves with
wireless telegraph and telephone out
fits
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-20

There is no longer any doubt that
the Japanese have lost two warships
at Port Arthur. Admiral Togo him
self reports their loss. One of them.
a battleship, struck Russian mine and
was sunk. The other, a cruiser, collid-
ed with a sister ship in the fog and
was so badly injured that she sank.
Admiral Tegos report is concise and
to the point. He does not seek to min
imize to extent of the disaster, or to
withhold credit from the Russians for
having sunk one of Japan's neavy ships
For some reason or other the reports
from Japanese sources are much more
satisfactory than those which come by
way of St. Petersburg.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-20

Col. Thomas of Kentucky, address,
ing the Food Standards Committee in
New York the other day. declared that
the old adage that ''all whisky is good
but some is better to be untrue Much
of the whisky sold ir the United States,
he said. was totally unfit for human
consumption. The only pure ana
healthful whisky is made in the old
fashioned way and aged in barrels. No
whisky, no matter how well made,
eight years old, and the older the bet
ter. The present law allows it TO be
withdrawn from bond and bottled at
four years old, and the original pack
age may be withdrawn at any time.
By far the greater part of the stuff
sold as whisky, he declared, was made
by taking cologne spirits, coloring it
artificially and adding artificial es-
sences, others and oils to initiate the
taste and appearance of whisky. Such
connections, Col. Thomas said, were
highly injurious and should not be per-
mitted in the market But what has
brought all of this bad and harmful
stuff into use? Has not its manufac-
ture and sale been superinduced by
unwise legislation and the efforts of
so-called reformers? Adulterated or
bogus whisky is a rarity in Great Brit
ain; it is the rule in the United States.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-14
ARRIVALS OF BUYERS.

c. w Anderson d Son, Richmond Va: II. Anderson.
Baere & Co, Cohoeg. n. Y; ] Baere drygoods.
J. p Bernd Company. Pittsburg s. NJ Rose. millinery
Bowdtch Capp & Co.. Boston: A C. Bowditch. MILL
Brophy & Hanley Fall River Mass; F W Haniey.
Burnham- Hanna-Munger Drygoods Company. Kansas
CITY William Mcclellan. carpets. No. as IeOnard-st,.
ann GoRP saGS Ps 6 3 G.
Calm wampold Co. Chicago; ]. B. Calm, trimmings
Carleton Drygoods company St. Louis; E. A Collins
Eastman Brothers & Bancroft. Portland Me-: II b.
T!nseln brothers: kns5oa. \ c; !. EInstsIn dry
Faik Mereante COMPANY Boise city IDAHO s FaIk
dryEoods notions furnishing goods, Marlborough
and knit @nGerwear, No. 1i5 Worh-st hosiery
toilet goods and toys No 1o4 Worth ST. Imperial
George Foeich. Baltimore; women's and childrens
n. Gutman & Co. Baltimore: M. swartz furs. Belvo-
4 Harris Co: Dallas. Tex: Marcus notions. rib
Figbee Company Cleveland; Miss siebold.
J9D 43 5st ISri@sT Dry Goods Company T@
Jordan Marsh Company. Boston, r, NJ. Dean. umbrel-
Kanfaann Brothers s P,tts5grs l. Ksgann coaks
= kTsnZs; Butler Benham Company Columbus Ohio;
Lit BrotheTs Philadelphia: s D. Lit millinery. rib
bons hats flowers and feathers, No. es5 Broadway
9. ", Marston. San Diego. Cal; H. r. clothing
Martin & Naylor Gloversvle N. Y: ]. Martin. dry
s, sgip. od Meyer Son; Co. St Louis Meyer
Broadway. Cadillac
Holland 'P9'''
John A Roberts & Co.. Utica; John A. Roberts. repre-
/ kenting Murray Hill
Louis; Mrs F. e. Thompson corsets. ladies' and infants
| wear, No S74 Broadway. Normandie.
Navarro. 'e
Timothy Drygoods Company. Nashville: E A Metz
carpets upholstering goods housefurnishng goods
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suits. etc. No 81 Grand-st.. Spaldng '
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-14
OPENING ROSEBUD RESERVATION.
Proclamation Issued by President-Nearly
400 600 Acres of Indian Land for Settlement.

Washington. May 1S.-The President to-day issued
a proclamation for the entry OF the coded lands Of
the Rosebud Indian reservation in South Dakota
beginning on August s. The lands will be selected
by lot and g drawing Will be established for that
purpose There are almost four hundred thousand
acres OF the ceded land, and some Of it IS fertile
Much interest has been manifested the part of
the would-be settlers, and Commissioner Richards
of the General Land Office said to-day that he had
received less than a thousand letters of inquiry
concerning the opening. For the purpose Of
greater convenience TO entrymen. the land office
Chamberlin. S. D., will be temporarily removed to
Bonesteel. which is only four miles from the
walton. The entries al Bonestee viii continue from
August to September 10, and afterward will be-
continued Chamberlin Opportunities for regis
tration for the drawing will be afforded at Cham
berlin. Bonesteel, Yankton and Fairfax and regis
uaton will begin July next, and close on July
3 The drawing will take place at Chambeclin on
july %, under the supervision OF committee OF
tnree: Inc uniform price OF lands in the first three
months OF the opening will be 81 per and the
choice Of selections will be regulated by tho dra
ing