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The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-31
THE DRUMMERs ron PARKER,


If one wishes to hear an eloquent
discourse on trusts, let him corner a
drummer" and get that gentleman
opened up on the subject. There is
no class of high-grade workingmen in,
the country that has suffered more at
the hands of the trusts than the COM
mercial travellers, or drummers.
Through combinations, consultations
and the like, thousands of competent
drummers, after years on the road.
have been thrown out of employment.
Other thousands have seen their earn
ings drop off, and in certain lines the
drummer has been threatened with ex-
tinction. AS a matter of fact, certain
commodities are not represented on the
road at all now. whereas some years
ago hundreds OF men covered the coun-
try drumming trade for them. The
trusts controlling such commodities
have simply "eut out" the drummers
by way of reducing expenses and in
creasing profits.
Having In view the attitude of the
trusts towards the drummers, and that
of the Republican party towards the
trusts, it is not in the least surprising
to hear that there are at least 5000
drummers who have turned themselves
into Giving campaign documents" for
Alton B. Parker for President. These
5000 drummers, during the three
months Of the campaign. will have
come into contact and talked with 200
to 300 business men each, besides prob
ably twice as many other voters in
hotels, railway cars and elsewhere. And
the drummer, necessarily a man of
good address and an attractive talker
otherwise he wouldn't be a drummer
has been and is devoting himself,
aside from business. to the talking OF
politics in an antitrust vein. How
much good work for Democracy these
Ambassadors of trade" have done and
are doing IL is impossible to say. but
IL may be safely estimated that the
results achieved by them IN making
votes could not be duplicated by the
spending of 100000 for spellblnders:
and the drummers are doing their good
work without cost to the Democratic
organization.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-31
HOW MExICANs TEST EGGS.
From the Mexican Herald.


1t is common sight in the plaza to
behold a stall woman, who is selling
two reals worth of eggs, pick them
up one by one. put one end and then
the other to her lips and hand them
over to the customer. who repeats the
same identical operation.
To the inexperienced onlooker it
seems as If they were tasting the ex-
tremities of the egg. AS a matter of
fact they never touch the egg with
the tongue.
The idea of the performance is that
when an egg is fresh one end is dis
tinctly colder than the other. The
end which has the air chamber is the
warmer of the two. The human lips
are exceedingly sensitive to heat and
cold, and even the novice at this form
of egg testing promptly becomes a
capable judge. If both ends of the
egg may be counted as bad, as it is
a fairly good sign that the air cham
Der is broken and the contents spread
equally within the shell.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-31
Affected His Nerves.

tall, lank young man from the
brush district entered st. Joseph at
torney's Office few days ago. accord
ing to the Gazette. and said he want
ed to get a pension. PA was a SOL
dier in the big war and pas dead now.
an me an ma amt got much to live
on he said. yes, but you were new
er soldier, were your" asked the
lawyer. The young man replied that he
had never been in the army. How do
you expect to get a pension them,
asked the lawyer. "Well," came from
the young man, while it's true 1 amt
never been soldier, I've had my
nerves all shot to pieces listenin' to
pa tell erbout the horrible battles he
fif in
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-31
Know About snnIxer.

Col. Henry Watterson Of Kentucky
during his recent visit to New York.
says an exchange, told a story of an
old darby down South who was in
formed that whisky was an infallible
cure for snakebite. His informant told
him that IL he was bitten by a snake
and drank a quart Of whisky the
snake would die and he would go I'M
scathed.
Oars only one trubble bout dat
cure" the old man said. Il knows
whar dere's plenty snakes. but whar's
| gwine ter git de whisky2"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-31
Marx Twain,s QuicIk Retort,

Many years ago when Mark Twain
was a struggling journalist he found
himself one day with a note coming
due and total lack of funds with
which to meet it, says the Baltimore
Evening Herald. Half distracted, he
was rushing around the city in fever
ish hunt for funds to tide him over
the trying time. He rushed a little too
quickly, however, for as he was turn
ing corner he collided with a little
man and overthrow him. The victim
regained his feet and yelled:
You do that again and I'll knock
you into the middle of next week"
My dear SIR said the Apologize
humorist, do it by all means. If I
can get through till then without
breaking I'm safe"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-31

A Chicago man who gave advice to
another mans wife has been named
as correspondent in a divorce libel in
stituted by the husband of the woman
to whom the advice was given. The
husband cannot be blamed for wish
ing to give the adviser a chance to
put his advice on How a Wife Should
Be Treated" into practice. He prob
ably is working on the theory that
experience is a better teacher than
theory
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-31
AERIAL CABLE 30 MILES LONG.
From the Telegraph Age.

A thirty-fve mile heavy aerial ca
BILE, carrying nineteen wires, will soon
be stretched across the Great Salt
lake along the Lucin cutoff. 1t will
be the main line for all railroad and
commercial telegraph business between
Salt Lake City and the coast.
When the great cutoff was first
thought of it was informally planned
to stretch the wires in the regular
way along the track. but when the
engineers got their first idea of the
high winds on the lake it was at once
demonstrated that the wires would not
last long enough in such an unpro-
tected place. and then it was thought
that a regular ocean cable would have
to be laid. But this was impractical
BILE, too, as it was found that the ac-
ton of the water would ruin the ca
BILE in short time. So as a last re-
sort it has been decided that the only
way will be to stretch a solid cable
across the whole of the lake section
for about thirty-five miles.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-31
FISHERMAN CAUGHT WILDCAT.
From the New York Evening Mail.

4 IOIl lue 4NSW Mail.
Susquehanna, Pa, Oct. 25.-"Bill'
Rogers of the Cascade, while bass
fishing in the Susquehanna river on
Saturday saw a wildcat swimming
across the stream in front of him.
Rogers cast a line toward the anil
NAL. The hook caught in the cats
ear, and it at once turned and swan
toward the boat.
Rogers tried to paddle away, but
the cat caught the boat and began to
climb in. ''Bill' knocked the animal on
the head with the paddle, and the
movement capsized the boat. Then
there was a savage battle in the wa
ter.
The fisherman defended himself so
we'll with the paddle that he was able
to reach the shore. The wildcat fol-
lowed, but a few well-directed blows
finished it.
Rogers lost his fishing outfit, but the
County Commissions will give him 81
for the wildcats scalp.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-31
REFUSED TO DESERT HIS POST.
From the Topeka Capital.

The floods in New Mexico have fur
nished a real instance Of death at the
post of duty. An old man, So years of
age named Porter, was in charge OF a
pumping station. He had been with
the railroad since 1t was built and had
been years ago transferred from track
work to the pumping station on ac-
count of his advanced age.
His little cabin stood between the
track and the river near the pumping
engine When the water came up to
his doorstep the old man refused to
go to the hills, but went inside his
cabin and shut the door against the
rising tide. In a few moments the
water came over the bank and TOOK
away the cabin, the pumphouse and
everything else. Porters body has
never been found. The faithful old
man had no known relatives except q
daughter in Topeka.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-31
THCNDERBOLT LINE.

City Market to Casino and Thunder
bolt via Bolton street junction.
Beginning at $40 a. m. cars leave
City Market for Casino and Thunder
bolt every half hour until 200 D. m.
after which cars run every Is minutes
until 1880 d. m.
Cars leave Bolton street junction l.
minutes after leaving time at City
Market
Beginning at $3.50 a.. m. cars leave
Live Oak station for city every half
hour until 2:3S p. M. after which
time cars leave every Is minutes until
1908 midnight.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-31

Friends Of the President are alarmed
because on his birthday the large gold
eagle which tops the Flagstaff on the
White House fell from It's perch and
was found hanging farther down the
stan by the tip OF one wing. Evi-
IDENTIFY the eagle bird doesn't believe In
the cOrtelyou policy Of claiming ey-
erythinE" Il was probably preparing
10 LET itself down without too hard a
bump on Nov T.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-31

A negro arrested in Pittsburg, (Pa.)
announced as he went to the cell that
he controlled $50 negro votes and that
unless ne was bonded out he would
turn them against the Republicans.
No attention was paid to his threat
II he had been in one Of the doubtful
states he no doubt would have been
promptly released. The negrophillstic
leanings Of the Republicans exist only
in those sections where there is some
thing TO be gained by them. IT Is
far from dlsinterested love OF the race
or philanthropy.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-31

A little girl who was eating Goldfish
for breakfast the other morning for
the first time. relates Harper's Week.
ly, was sosn to stop and examine her
plate with deep interest.
Mamma" she asked. presently,
what kind OF Ash r. this7 I've just
found a hair Ia T."
III IL Goldfish. dear" was the answer.
"Oh," commented her daughter. IN
n disappointed tone, Il thought prob
ably 4 was mermaid"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-31

ST. Louis courts were compelled to
adjourn for fifteen minutes recently
because Of the uproar caused by moth
ers attacking a man accused OF in
sulting their daughters. The women
used hatpins on the man and on the
deputy sheriffs who attempted 10 de-
fend him. II might not be a bad idea
TO make the punishment OF the pro-
fessional masher enforced submission
10 "A hatpin assault. Undoubtedly II
would be more effective than just put
ting him IN jail with the hope that
he would suffer from the prickIngs Of
conscience. n hstpin h 90 much more
material.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-31
AN ORCHESTRA or MURDERERs
From the New York World.

At the French penal colony, Noumea,
New Caledonia. the convicts have Or
ganized a band. The leader Is no
torious murderer and was once In the
orchestra of the Paris Opera House.
The cymbal player killed a subpoena
server and the drum player had mAr-
dered his landlord with hammer. The
nret cornet Is guilty OF murder, with
robbery as the motive. and one OF the
clarinets, a tavern keeper, used 70 XIII
his patrons for the same reason. The
assistant bandmaater was convicted OF
having cut his wife 10 pieces. This
convict band gives daily concerts TO
the Inhabitants OF NOunea who are
enthusiastic over the now organiza-
ton.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-31

Republican spellbinders. and especial
ly the cabinet officers. are exclaiming
in their speeches that there is nothing
to the Philippine question. Then they
take up an hour or more in explaining
it, and pay for lengthy cablegram
from Gov. Wright dealing with their
side of the question. We fail to see
the reason. If their first statements are
true. for explaining something which
does not exist.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-31

A New York municipal candidate is
spellbinding by photograph. He just
distributes the records taken at a well
attended meeting and gets some
body to turn the crank. This
is good idea, as the photograph
will do all the work, putting in the
words of the speaker, the generous
applause" and even the widest en-
thusiasm." And the beauty of it, from
the candidates standpoint, is that
mouth.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-31

Senator Albert ]. Beveridge in ad-
dressing Republican mass meeting at
Evansville, Ind, said: 81 hope that
Mr.. Roosevelt will keep the Big Stick
behind the door at the White House
50 long as he is President" At last
we learn of a Republican who is too
honest TO deny that that Big Stick is
very real and frank enough to declare
In favor Of il
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-31
PARKER AND BRYAN.

The exchange of courtesies that
passed between Judge Parker and Mr..
Bryan a day or two ago is an added
paign fractional lines have been obliter-
ated; that at the ballot box early next
month there will be neither gold DEM
ocrats" nor silver Democrats but the
reunited party will face the common
enemy as just plain, unqualified DEM
ocrats, eager to save their country from
the menace of Rooseveltism and all
that that term has come to mean.
Mr.. Bryan has only recently con-
cluded a remarkably successful cam
paigning tour in Indiana. He has
thousands of earnest followers in that
state, who are willing to take his ad-
vice as to how they shall cast their
votes this year. Had Mr.. Bryan re-
manned lukewarm, or declined to take
the stump for the ticket, it is practi-
cally certain that a great many Of the
"Bryanites SO called here for con-
venience-would have remained away
from the polls, or have cast their
ballots for Watson or Swallow. But
Mr.. Bryans response was prompt; and
while he has not failed to criticise his
own party where he thought criticism
just and needful, he has urged all of
his friends to give hearty support to
the Democratic ticket. And he has
given excellent reasons why they
should support it. He has summarized
his reasons as follows:
Every Democrat who does not vote
for Parker contributes toward the cleo
ton of Roosevelt. On every question
upon which Judge Parker's position is
open to criticism President ROosevelt's
position is worse; where they differ
as they do on many important ques-
tons, Parker is right and Roosevelt is
wrong.
Roosevelt favors a high tariff; Par
ker favors tariff reform. Roosevelt
favors a standing army of $4,000 at
the minimum: Parker favors a reduc-
ton of the army.
Roosevelt has brought the race is
sue into national politics; Parker would
remove the race issue from politics.
Roosevelt stands for a colonial pol
icy; Parker favors independence for
the Filipinos and would make the
promise now
Roosevelt took into the White House
a spirit of war; Judge Parker would
substitute for it spirit of peace.
-Four years more of Roosevelt would
make economic and Industrial reform
more difficult; Judge Parkers election
would clear the way for economic is
sues. Let no Democrat, by voting
against Parker or by refusing to vote,
take upon himself responsibility for
four years more of Rooseveltism.
In appreciation of the good work that
Mr.. Bryan has done and is doing.
Judge Parker the other day sent him
this message:
l wish to thank you for the splen-
did service You have rendered the
Democratic party in Indiana and else
where during the present campaign.
Under the same date Mr.. Bryan
gracefully replied as follows:
L appreciate the generous express
sions contained in your telegram.
am paying an instalment on the debt
owe the American people by endeav-
oring to secure for them the reforms
which your administration will bring.
Here, then, disappears the last YES
tige of factionalism between the So
called gold and silver wings of the
party. The leaders are joined in an
earnest and patriotic effort to restore
the government to safety and sanity.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-31

Eighteen widows are asking a coal
company to give them each $4,000
as damages for killing their husbands
IN an accident caused by negligence
on the part OF the company. 1t Is
strange how the value of husband
increases when a corporation has kill
ed him. Before his death he could
probably have been bought for less
than half the sum.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-31

The crew of tine German bark Lis
beta, just arrived in the harbor of
Leith, Scotland, reported that during
suns instead of the customary one
furnishing the light of day. Just i'm
agine what would have happened if
that light-fearing Baltic fleet had seen
that phenomenon
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-31
Total $500

three or four days shoot. For a fort
night the figures would be nearly
trebled.
In one large house a collection box
is placed in the room of each guest.
Into this box the guest places a gen.
eral offering to indoor servants.
The hostess hold the keys of the
boxes, and these are opened at the
end of the season, when the contents
are divided equally among servants.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-31
The Weather.

The indications for Georgia for to-
northeast winds, Eastern Florida
partly cloudy weather, rain on east
coast, with northeast winds.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-31

A dispatch to the Cincinnati Bn-
quirer states that Marion (o) man
has gone insane because he was haunt
ed by the Impressions made upon him
by a violent thunderstorm at the time
OF his birth, coupled with the fact that
his father died when the son was
born. This IL too bad. A baby with
sufficient Intelligence on the day Of his
birth 10 realize that ~ father was dy-
Ing and that there was terrific thun-
aerstorm IN progress should have been
destined for better things than an IN
sane aayium.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-31

Strenuousness apparently runs in the
Roosevelt family. A cousin of the
President has been locked up in San
Francisco for attempting to turn a
restaurant upside down and then put
ting a balcony on the eve Of a patient
cabby. Inasmuch as the young man,
Lieut.. Fortesque, is an army officer.
politicians are speculating as TO
whether or not the Commsnder-in-
chief OF the army will discipline him.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-31
COLIJNsvTLLE LINE.

Beginning at 6:O5 a. M, cars leave
Waters road and Estill avenue every
20 minutes until 1:45 p. M, after
winch cars leave every Is minutes
commencing at 2:O7 D. M. until 1907
midnight
Beginning at SOS a. M, cars leave
City Market for Waters road and Es-
til avenue every 20 minutes until 5.45
p. M, after which Thunderbolt Gers
leave every Is minutes, commencing
at geo p. M, connecting with Collins
Vile cars at Bolton and OFT streets
Last car leaves Market at 11:45 D. m
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-31

Lovers of poetry and music, as well
as the woman of fashion, will treasure
the December (Christmas) Delineator,
which contains, as a prominent feat
ure, a selection Of Love Lyrics from
the Wagner Operas, rendered into
English by Richard lie Gallienne and
illustrated IN colors by j. c. Leyen-
decker. The fiction is contributed by
well-known writer's and the depart
ments are attractive and helpful.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-31

Just as Mrs. John H. Wygant of
Hackensack, N. j., was preparing to
go to her husbands funeral he called
her up over the telephone and an
nounced that inasmuch as he had not
yet shuffted off this mortal coil, he
objected to being buried. The man
was supposed to have been killed in
a railroad accident. With good rea-
son he is congratulating himself, for
the obituaries have told how esteemed
and admired" he was by his hosts
of friends" and he has also been able
to see just how his wife looked in
Widows weeds.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-31

Chicago. after a rest of fully three
days without turning up something
sensational, has pushed to the front
again. They claim UP there in the
windy city that 1t suddenly grew dark
as midnight during the middle of the
day; then suddenly switched back TO
daylight again; then began to snow;
and Chicagoans ended by picking
raspberries, though they had to brush
off the snow in order to see them.
Shades of Munchausen! The poor old
ghost of the baron can now go to
Chefoo and Shanghai and condole with
the war correspondents on dropping
back into the "also ran" class.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-31
WEST END LINE (LincoIn Par,+

Car leaves west side of City Market for Lin.
thereafter until las D. m
Car leaves Lincoln Park for Market c:eoa. q,
end every 40 minutes thereafter until l2 clock
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-31

Leaves east side of CITY Market for Thunder,
pois. Cattle Park. Sandfiv Isle OF Hope ana ali
Intermediate points-s:I5 a. m. l:I5 D. m, 5:iS
Leaves Isle OF Hope for Sandnv Cattle Park
Thunderbolt and all Intermediates points-e:0a
a. m, 100 a. m. 800 D. m
Freight car leaves Montgomeryat5 $50 a. To-
and 2:95 p. M, connecting at Sanddv with reg.
ular parcel car foi city
Parcel car from the city carries freight "a
Montgomery on each trip.
Regular parcel car carries trailer on each
trip for accommodation OF passengers
Any further information regarding passenr
ger schedule or freight service can be had ~
applying 70 L. II. NASH. Manager
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-31
TIPS IN THE LAND OF TIPS.

Hundreds of men who are fond of
sport are compelled to refuse tempt
ing invitations to country houses be-
cause of the tipping terror" which is
in them.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-31

connects with parcel car for CITY.
Through to Thunderbolt.
city e-e ~
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-31

MONTGOMERY SCHEDULE
BetWeen Montgomery and 4Oth Stree
Amador ledger., 1904-08-19
New Supply of Stationery,

The Ledger Office has just received,
direct from the east, over two tons of
news and job printing stock. This is
the largest shipment of paper ever re-
ceived by a newspaper in Amador coun-
ty. The supply includes all kinds of
stock for commercial work, such as
billheads, letter heads, envelopes, bank
checks, posters and cards. We can
furnish you with job printing at
prices that cannot be approached by
any other Office in the county, and can
compete in price with outside firms.
AS we get our stock in large quantities
from the manufacturers direct, we are
in position to do work at a material
reduction on rates heretofore prevail
ing in this county. Aud furthermore,
we are determined to bid for work that
has heretofore gone, and is still going,
elsewhere, on account of slight differ
ence in rates. We can give you COM
mon business cards at $3.50 per 1000,
and billheads and letter heads com
mon quality of paper at SO per 1000.
You will save money by sending your
printing to the Ledger Office. We can
give you nicely printed letter heads.
note heads, and envelopes for less than
you can buy the blank stock for in the
retail stores.