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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-20
RECORD Potato CROP.
From the New York World.


This seasons potato crop of the
United States is the largest ever
known. AS the United States are not
exporters of potatoes, but for the last
few years have frequently imported
enough to make up for the deficiency
in the supply here, the 2SS, zoo, 900 bush
els of this years crop will provide
three and half bushels for every man
woman and child in the United States
which is a little more than the ordi-
nary consumption.
Maine is the champion potato state
with yield of 200 bushels to the acre,
and New Hampshire next with las.
Iowa holds the record among the
Western states in potatoes, as in corn,
with 11S bushels to the acre. New
York has the largest acreage with
Michigan second, but New York's yield
per acre is only So, less than the aver
age of the United States and much
lower than the yield of the states stu
ated further north.
The acreage planted in potatoes has
varied slightly in the last four years.
Almost the same amount is planted
every year and the difference in crop
comes from the variation in yield.
The prices this year are lower than
usual, and during the present month
considerably lower than they will be
in the spring. A two-and-a-half-b ushel
barrel or bag can be bought for $1.75.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-20
INDEX 10 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Special Notices-Crew Notice, South
ern Shipping Co., Agents; Notice to
City Court Jurors; For Christmas, M.
S. Gardner; Our Stock of Jewelry,
Theus & Co; Finer Than Ever, James
j. Joyce; The Dixie Steam Laundry;
Checks Lost H. L. McKindsey; Ship
Notice, Strachan & Co.. Agents.
Business Notices-Juvenile Bicycles,
Water F. Higgins: Fountain Pens, j.
w. Fretwell's Sons; Given Away, Roos
Market: Bicycles for Boys and Girls
G. w. Thomas; Private Dining Rooms,
Sommers' Cafe; Christmas Suggestions,
Desbouillons; A Handsome Box, A. NJ.
& c. w. West.
Special Daily Sale, No. lab. H.
Levy. Bro & Co.
The Four-Track News-George H.
Daniels.
Gifts for Menu. H. Levy, Bro. &
Co
Send Us Your orders Early-Coni-
da's.
Have Your Dress Shirts Laundered-
% clliAictlA-AINbl Sd
Pure Wines and Liquors-Henry Sol
ONION & Son.
Have You Made Your Purchases
Edward Lovell's Sons.
Whisky Lewis Sc Rye.
Publications-Ev erybody's Magazine
for January.
Foods-Royal Baking Powder
Good Enough for Any Man-Pete
Daley.
Sure and Safe-J. T. Shuptrine.
Be Wen During the Holidays-Row-
linski, Druggist.
Specials in Suits and Overcoats-The
METROPOLITAN.
Eyeglasses and Spectacles-Dr. NJ.
Schwab's Son.
Dainty Little Wheels-At Latti-
mores'.
Holiday Slippers-Globe Shoe Co.
Rush in Liquor Orders-A. Ehrlich &
Bro.
Time for Shipping Christmas Or
anges-W. D. Simkins & Co.
Savannah Theater-Tuesday Night,
'The Jewel of ASIA" Thursday Night,
THE Office Boy"
High Grade Specialties-The Kalola
Co.
Grand Holiday hopping-Leopold
Adler.
notwithstanding Root.
Cheap Column Advertisements-H
Wanted; Employment Wanted For
Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personal; Mis-
cellaneous.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-20
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-20
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Charleston News and Courier
(Dem@ SAYS: Whatever else may
be said of the South Carolina dis
pensary we believe that history will
show that from its inauguration in
1893, the gun practice of the consta-
bles has been remarkably effective. No
man has ever yet gotten the drop on
dispensary constable"
The Norfolk Landmark (Dem.) says:
I'm spite of an the noise that he made,
and in spite of all the help given him
by the Hearst yellow newspapers, Tom
Watson, Esq, polled just half of the
vote received by DR.. Swallow. the Pro-
hibition candidate. Thomas may have
confirmed a few stay-at-homes in
their lethargy. but he doesn't seem
TO have absorbed many of those who
voted" e
The Brooklyn Eagle (Dem.) says: IF
Oklahoma becomes state IL will he
at a fearful cost. II cannot have any
liquor for ten years. When one con-
siders the effect OF the bracing West
ern atmosphere on thirst, this senatori-
al threat-the senators In this case are
hiding behind the w. c. T. U.-means
that Oklahoma will contain barely a
'tUIHolhlE khulh VI NOltAcf anu YOU
can't elect senator's with q corporal's
guard. AS. however, majority OF
senators and representatives drink,
the current report may be a tarrydid-
dle."
The Louisville Courier-oJurnai
Dem.) says THE courier-Journal be-
lieves. with Col. Harvey. that there is
no real division between the North
and the south to-day; Il believes that
II the Northern people do not fully
understand and sympathize with the
attitude Of the Southern whites on the
question 81 race they are. fast coming
10 DO 10. But n IA not possible fully
40 convince the South OF that as long
as such propositions for dianriminatlye
legislation against the South a. urged
hy he filits and crumpafkora are
noi dieoNnfd BY me party which con-
trolls every section m me country exc
repf ne sguih When fhm shall bo
hnailY Done, we SHALL have "a south
qualified n1t only fof Democratic isad.
srahip bpf fpr Republican ieaderahip
nn nfllf
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-20
A NEW DESTROYER.
From an Exchange.

The artillery. forces at Fort Riley are
experimenting with new shell fitted
with what is known as the sempie
tracer. The tracer is a small cylinder
at the base of the shell. filled with "a
composition which is ignited by the
discharge of the gun. In burning it
traces the trajectory of the shell from
the gun to the point of fall. 1t fur
nishes a quick means of determining
range at night. Travelling at about
two thousand feet a second, the shells
had the appearance of comets. At the
point Of fall the tracer left the shell
and shot straight up into the air about
one hundred feet and then, turning all
aglare, shot to the ground like a shoot
ing star over the spot where the shell
had struck.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-20

On one occasion a great public din
ner was given to Isaac Hull by the
town of Boston, and he was asked to
sit for his picture to Gilbert Stuart,
the celebrated artist who was a great
braggart. When Hull visited his
studio Stuart, according to the In
dianapolis News, took great delight in
entertaining him with anecdotes of
his English success, stories of the mar
quis of this and the baroness of THAT,
which showed how elegant was the
society to which he had been accus-
toned. Unfortunately, In the midst
of this grandeur, Mrs. Stuart, who did
not know that there was a sitter, came
in with apron on and her head tied
up with some handkerchiefs, from the
kitchen, and cried out: do you mean
to have that leg of mutton boiled or
roasted?" to which Stuart replied, with
great presence of mind: ASK your
mistress
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-20
BRIGHT BITS.

The clockmaker should not be too
arrogant in ordering his hands around
unless he wants a strike.-Philadelph
Record. st
H-Wiggs-"Who is your closest
friend?" 'Boggs; he wouldn't
lend me a cent IL was starving -
Cleveland Leader.
:-Jaspar: I hear there has been a
big washout on the P. D. @. Railroad.
Jumpuppe: Some of the water has
leaked out of the stock, suppose
Judge. ev
First Chauffeur-"How did you
come to hit the chap-were you run
ming too fast?' Second Chauffeur
Certainly not-he was running too
sloWp'-Puck.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-20
ADroII Kentuckian.

Congressman "Dick" Wintersmith of
Kentucky and his wife were walking
in Pennsylvania avenue one after
noon, when a dandy little Frenchman
who was directly in front of them
slipped and fell. The tumble was a
ludicrous one and Mrs. Wintersmith
laughed heartily. The little French
man picked himself up daintily and
with flourish handed the congressman
card. Dick looked at it thought
fully and asked:
Whats this for?"
Your ladee, scare snorted the
dandy. "She laughed at me- 1 de-
mand re sateesfaczione."
Mr.. Wintersmith handed hack the
card. saying: THE lady is no blood
relation of mine. Tell you what you
do. You hunt up her brother and kill
him. Good day."
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-20
OF Some Use at Lnst.

An actress whose name for years in
this country was a household word.
who starred in many plays and gave
away fortunes made on the stage. re-
Gently lost her husband, a well-known
man about town, popular to the last
degree, but hopelessly impractical and
dependent. The other day she dropped
into the Office of a Wall street broker
to buy some. stocks. why, where on
earth did you get another fortune 2"
asked the broker, who had known her
for years. Why" she said, i've just
collected Jacks life insurance OF &c.,
600. Poor. dear fellow, he turned out
to be some good at last, didn't he?"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-20


Maybe it is just as well that the
Russian subject has not the fun meas
ure of liberty that is enjoyed by the
American citizen. Think Of the nit
falls offered by the language to the
man who CHARGED to stay out late at
night! Suppose Ivan. coming in al .
a. m, with his boots i'm his hand
should be confronted at the door by
Olga the wife Of his bosom. who, with
the poker In one hand and a rolling
pin IN the other, commanded him TO
Say 'Rozhdestvensky' and 'zem-
stvo,' " Is Il reasonable TO think that
Ivan would be able TO do ~ Under
the present arrangement. the paternnl
government makes him get 10 bed ear
ly nnd thus avoid the danger OF llngual
tests.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-20
Pork Prohibited.

In the New Era Comment, organ of
the New Era Club of East Broadway,
New York, is this story, about that
grand old philanthropist banker and
broker, Sir Moses Montefiore, who was
raised to the baronetcy for meritorious
public services: A certain duke of the
realm made an insulting reference to
a passing Jew, at which Sir Moses
turned red with anger. The Duke,
probably under financial obligations,
exclaimed: 'Oh, I beg your pardon!
I did not mean to offend you. Why,
Sir Moses, you look as though you
would eat me-" Il am sorry l may
not" returned the venerable financier.
MY religion does not permit me to do
On
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-20
FilinI sorrow.

The late William M. Evarts used to
tell good story about himself. While
he was in the United States Senate.
his wife and children were in their
mountain home I'm Vermont. One Of
the latter was looking out of the win
dow, thinking Of her father, and wish
ing that she could see him, when a
donkey In a contiguous pasture came
to the fence, poked his head over the
top rail and brayed most dolefully.
The child wiped a few lonesome tears
from her eyes and then called TO the
donkey: Never mind Don't be Lone
some, for papa viii be home Saturday
evening"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-20

The advertising columns OF the
Morning News during the current
week will contain a lot of interesting
reading, and wise shoppers VIII not
neglect to consult them daily. The
best bargains, the newest goods, that
the merchants have to offer are fea-
tured IN their advertisements; and II
Is probably safe to say that never be-
fore have the stores offered TO pur-
chasers such an excellent variety from
which 10 make selections.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-20
A BARBARIAN SURVIVAL.

Some few nights ago two young men,
hardly more than boys, met in San
Francisco to fight each other with their
fists. Several thousand persons gather
ed to witness the spectacle, paying
S. to $40 each for the privilege. The
gate receipts" amounted to about $685.
900, and the winner of the fight received
something like $4,000 as his pay for
beating his opponent until he was borne
bleeding and dazed to his corner Of
the ring. This, of course, was the Mel
son-Corbett fight. 1t was advertised
throughout the length and breadth Of
the land, and tens of thousands Of per-
sons were interested in it. No item in
the paper of the following morning
was more eagerly looked for than that
which would tell whether Nelson or
Corbett had won. 1t was essentially
a brutal exhibition, and yet it created
more general interest than would the
founding of an academy of arts and
sciences with an endowment of 81 ,000,-
900. a
In the heart of the shopping district
in New York city a few days ago a
big Maltese cat. a family pet, started
to run across the street. An Irish
setter dog saw the cat and Immediate
ly gave chase. The cat was caught by
the dog at the sidewalk, and a ferocious
fight ensued. For ten minutes the bat
tie ragged, and every second saw the
crowd watching it increased. 1t is es-
timated that fully 300 people stood
around the fighting animals, majority
of them being women who had been
out shopping. Everybody watched the
fight with intense interest. There were
offers among the men to bet money
on either the dog or the cat. After
ten minutes of fighting both of the
dogs eyes had been torn out, and the
cats back was broken, and still they
were fighting, covered with blood. But
not soul among the great crowd of
spectators had made move toward
putting an end to the combat. The
madness of battle and blood was upon
the crowd. AT length policeman came
along and put both of the animals out
Of their misery with blows of his club.
And the crowd laughed and dispersed.
In the Madison Square Garden a six
days bicycle race is in progress. 1t
is a competition to demonstrate who
of the riders can withstand the torture
of many hours riding and come out of
| 1t with most speed. The riders must
deny themselves needed sleep, rest and
food, and pedal around the track with
limbs aching and mind wavering. Some
Of the riders, indeed, are periodically
given hypodermic injections of drugs
to keep up their vitality. And daily
tens of thousands of New Workers pay
the price of admission to see this ex-
hibition of physically tortured men fol-
lowing each other around the track.
They even grow enthusiastic and shout
and clap their hands when one poor
devil, after a "shot of dope" sprints
ahead Of the others for a short dis
lance.
All of this. of course, is a reminder
that If our Wanted civilization be
scratched, barbarianism will be found
beneath the surface.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-20
The Spinster-

The Spinster-
The meaner men try to be the less
they enjoy it.
1t isn't so much what a man thinks
as what he does that counts.
The more worthless some men are
the longer they seem to live.
The father of a bright boy is a firm
believer in hereditary smartness.
An idea must feel awfully lonesome
when it gets into some mems heads.
When a man doesn't feel well he al
ways says he has been working too
hard.
If man is really made of dust that
explains why so many men are al
ways dry.
If men could read each others
minds there would be radical change
in thinking.
Ask the average man where he got
his umbrella and he will hesitate be-
fore replying.
The man who doesn't know what he
wants is always kicking because he
doesn't get it.
man who accompanies his wife to
a bargain sale is about the cheapest
looking thing in sight.
The parson adds one to one and the
sum is one; the divorce judge sub
tracts one from one and two remain.
A man is apt to learn a good many
things from his children until they
get old enough to know as little as
he does.
Some men seem to think because
self-preservation is the first law of ma
ture that it is necessary to keep them
selves soaked in alcohol.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-20
rouId reeI . TurI.e,,. Are.

Senator Murray Crane told this story
on Thanksgiving Day: "a farmer
once asked his ohore boy:
Roger. can YOU tell infallibly a
young from an old turkeyT
Yes, indeed, ! can, sir Roger an
sWered.
How DO you tollr pursued the
farmer.
"'ny teeth
" 'Oh. fuhblrh. nonsense. said the
farmer. y nm ashamed 0f you. Roger.
Turkeys have no ie0thf
ho' said Roger. gfinuinE. 'but ]
have.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-20

IN tho course of the broaklng-up of
the shows aiorg the Pike in 81. Louis.
after the conclusion N tho fair. n mon.
Hier raitiesnake escaped and has been
~ largo ever since. n b asserted that
numerous st Louis husbands are max.
inr use n ihc escaped raiticrnake IA
an excuse Tor enc EDITION ~ fhe'r
breath when thcy foach home laic ID
nigbt.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-20

If newspaper reports are to be cred
tied, there is in Washington a Fair
banks machine that is endeavoring to
arrange for the nomination Of the at
tenuated senator from Indiana for
President four years hence. and a
Roosevelt machine that is trying TO
keep Fairbanks out of it It seems
that there is no love lost between
the President and Vice President-elect
and that, the former has it in mind
to dictate his successor. II is further
more asserted that Senator Fairbanks
has for more than year been laying
pipe for the 1908 nomination, while for
an equal length of time the Roosevelt
machine has been working to Keep him
out of a position of advantage. Should
Harry S. New of Indiana be chosen
vice chairmansof the Republican Ma
tional Committee it would indicate a
gain for the Fairbanks gang, but it is
believed the administration gang will
not permit New to be chosen for the
place.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-20
EXTRAORDINARY HAND At WHIST.
From the London Daily Mail.

from lne LonuOn Daily Mail.
A wonderful hand at whist was
played at the st. Paurs institute,
Grimsby, yesterday.
The cards were shufiied and dealt in
the usual way, but when the players
looked at their hands they found that
one OF them (the dealer) had twelve
spades. another eleven hearts, the
third man twelve diamonds, and the
fourth eleven clubs.
Spades were trumps. and the lucky
dealer simply threw IN his hand and
claimed the twelve tricks.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-20

An appeal has been made 10 the
Posionioe Department 10 shut Thomas
W. Lawson's advertising out Of the
mails with q fraud order. The depart
ment has very properly replied that
n has no reason 70 suppose Mr.. Law
con ~ operating fraudulent bureau
of Information. aEd that the courts are
open. " BE- has lbeled anybody. whns
lawson may bo ng vulnerable as the
people he hnr been attaching in hlf
advertisements. there fan b. 10 quer.
iYn thHf be would have found him.
.sf in epari ions aFo n b. bad noi
h'fn telling fnf frafh. n b. offer
re naih flni hsfir worst
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-20

A new verb has found its way into
the language, Ito chadwick" 1t is
hardly necessary to say from whence
1t came or what it means. When the
statement is made that a banker has
been chadwicked out Of $1,000
everybody will understand Il.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-20
IMAGINATIoN CAusEp pEATn.

A workman on the siberian railway
frlgeratOr car and was afterward
found dead, Imagining that he was be-
Ing slowly frozen % death, he had re-
corded ne aunerinEs with 4 piece OF
chaik on the noor
The refrgerafine apparatus. how
ever was out ~ order, and the tens
pnfafufc in the car had not fallen be-
loH ~ degrees Fafonheit throughout
che i0uIe-~
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-20

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Old Bachelor
When a man hasn't enough worry he
should marry.
Many q woman keeps a secret in a
bottle labeled hair dye"
Bitter are the domestic sweets which
are preserved in family jars. go
The only thing that equals the
warmth of woInan's love is her tenn
per. ---.-A+- 81
No woman who is true to her sex
VIII button anything she can pin.
You may drive a girl to boarding
school, but you can't make her think
If woman hasn't anything else to
talk about she talks about all the
time. ~
If a woman has no troubles of her
own shei goes to .neighbor and bor-
rows some.
A woman can do anything with the
aid of a hairpin-exeept sharpen a
lead pencil. sa
Many a man is in advance of his
age-and many a.. woman is several
years behind hers.
The woman who doesn't think some
other woman homelier than herself has
yet to be born.
With the exception of chocolate cara
mels there is nothing so sweet to a
girl as loves young dream.
woman's idea of good conversa-
tionalist is a man who can think of
something to say while she pauses to
regain her breath.
Take the baby talk a woman uses
in conversing with an infant, give it
the proper pitch and you will have a
first-class college yell.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-20

The recent unfought duel between
Col Greene and Thomas w. Lawson
recalls a story of p. 7. Barnum.
Greene and Lawson, it will be re-
called, We're at each others threats,
though the medium Of newspaper ad-
vertising. Greene is booming one cop
per concern and Lawson another, both
concerns having stocks to sell. Once
on time Barnum and rival were
in bitter advertising war. They could
find nothing too hard TO say OF each
other, ~ their advertisements. Public
interest was immensely aroused A
newspaper man asked Mr.. Barnum
about the quarrel. MY rival and l."
said the great Snowman and philoso-
pher. ARE like two blades OF a pair
Of scissors. We appear to cut each
other. In reality we cut only what
comes between u.s." And there YOU
are. Lawson and Greene have been
cutting the fleece on 81 the backs OF
the oonnding lambs that have come
between them
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-20

A Chicago club woman says the Sc
cret Of Mrs. Chadwick's power con-
sists Of "a smile a rustic and a bus
tle." Those who are interested may
figure 1t out for themselves.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-20

"Marse Sydney" Mudd, of Maryland,
delivered himself of political cpl
gram the other day that deserves to
become a classic. A young man asked
his Endorsement for a minor political
job Where do you liver" asked Com
gresham Mud. - II live in Balti-
more said the candidate, ''but 1 used
to live in your district" Young man."
said the astute and lucid Mudd, '1et
me tell you that there is no such thing
as a past tense in politics. Politics
deals only with the present and the
future" There was once another great
man-maybe as great as Mudd-who
defined gratitude as "a lively anticipa-
ton of favors to come" And thus it
goes, in politics.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-20
The weather.

The indications for Georgia and East
ern Florida for to-day are for fair
weather, with light variable winds.