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The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-25
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BRIGHT BITS.

Ward: Say, you amt going to vote
for Bender, are you? He's crooked,
you know.
Street: Yes, but he is on the straight
ticket.-Boston Transcript.
Wife: I hope you talked plainly to
him.
Husband: I did. indeed. I told him
he was fool, perfect fool
Wife (approvingly): Dear John!
How exactly like you!-Punch.
Mrs. Newliwed: My husband asked
me to stop. here, and order a case of
beer for him.
Bother: What does he prefer? Dark
or light?
Mrs. Newliwed: Well, he's blonde
himself, so he naturally prefers dark.
Philadelphia Press.
Look herel2 exclaimed the, irate
householder. Don't you know gas
comes out of the furnace you sold
met"
"Well, what do you expect to come
out of a cheap furnace?" demanded
the stove dealer. Electric lights?"-
Chicago Daily News.
$50 you have taken your son into
the bank to work his way up from
the bottom? How is he doing?"
"Oh fairly we'll. He reported for
duty twice last week and hung around
for nearly an hour each time. in spite
of the fact that there was a golf tour
nament going on."-Chicago Record
Herald.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-25
GOLD BY TELEPHONE.
From Golfers weekly.

A new way of prospecting has been
tried experimentally, and is reaching
the point where 1t is practically USE
full. The method is based on the diff
ferences in the electrical conduetivity
of the earth due to the presence of ore
deposits. Most ores are much better
conductors of electricity than the soil
and rocks, although some others are
almost insulators.
In making use OF these facts to To-
cate beds OF ore two electrodes are
grounded about ten yards apart. In
the circuit is an induction coil with a
glass condenser and two spark gaps.
The current as II passes through the
ground is tested by two telephone re-
ceivers connected to portable electrodes
which are usually grounded about sew
enty feet apart. The make and break
OF the current IN passing through the
ground Is heard IN the telephones as
ticks. As the electrodes attached 10
the telephones are moved about the
variations In the intensity Of the tap
ping IN the telephones give an indlca-
tion Of the presence and position OF the
ore deposits. Although tho method IL
not out OF the experimental stage, yet
r seems 10 promise much for Itself
IN the fntura
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-25
The Penaltx of Lying.

A young woman went into a down
town luncheon room the other noon.
says the New York Sun, but after a
glance at the table cloths and sniff
of the close air decided not to eat
there and started to go out. The pro-
prietor thought that she was leaving
without paying for meal and stopped
her. In order to avoid hurting the
restaurant keepers feelings by telling
the truth. the girl said:
Il find have forgotten my purse, so
I can't eat here now" She was hur-
rying on, but the generous mans heart
was touched.
my dear GIRL" he exclaimed. "You
sit right down and eat. No young
woman is going out of my place hun
CRY because she hasn't her money with
her. You can eat now and tomorrow
you can come in and pay me-"
The young woman sat down and
tried to eat; and as she left, hiding
her purse, she walled: That's what
1 get for lying. Now I've got to come
around to this place again to-mor-
row."
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-25
Twas That Narcotic.

Archbishop Thompson was greatly
surprised when he was given the arch
diocese of York, says the Philadelphia
Record. He had been suffering acute
ly from toothache. and upon medical
advice had resorted to narcotics. After
a particularly bad night he set out
for his doctor, though his wife had be-
sought him not to submit to further
narcotics, as after them he was mot
himself for some hours. On the way
he met the postman, who handed him
a letter announcing his preferment
from Gloucester to York. He rushed
back and burst excitedly into the
house, the toothache all forgotten.
Zoe, Zoe!" he called to Mrs. Thomp-
son, what do you think has happen
ed am Archbishop of York;" There,
what did tell your" rejoined his wife.
you've been taking the horrid mar
cotic again, and are quite out of your
head"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-25
VEGETABLE PILLOWS.
From the National Magazine

From the National Magazine.
Do you live where cattail flags
grow? If so, you may easily procure
down to fill pillows for sofa or beds.
Late in the autumn, when they are
golden brown in color, gather a guam
tity. Bushels may be picked in a short
time. But them in sacks and strip
the down from the stems. This is
quickly and easily done, and there need
be no litter if care is observed. The
down, if not quite so light and puffy
as that of live geese feathers, is pref
cradle from a sanitary, as well as a
pecuniary, point of view.
Our New England foremothers made
not only pillows of cattails, but beds.
They are soft and warm. and cost
nothing but few hours of labor. Yet
many a country housewife, living near
a lake or stream which is bordered
by these stately reeds, sleeps on a
hard, cold, straw or husk mattress and
uses pillows of hens feathers.
Ideal pillows can be made of the
silky down of milkweed. The gather
ing of this involves some labor, but
children enjoy such work. and a pair
of pillows At for a king-light and
airy as swansdown-may grace your
guest room.
Hops may also be used to fill pill
lows. They often prove beneficial in
cases of insomnia. Poppy leaves tend
to induce somnolence. Their odor
might not be agreeable to some, but
rose leaves could be mixed with them.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-25
THINGS DONE HASTE.


From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
In Austria a few years ago a COM
plete hospital was built and was ready
TO receive patients within an hour. a
feat which seems almost impossible
even when we know that all the COM
ponent parts of the building were al
hand. 1t was in Austria, too, that the
| seemingly miraculous task of con-
verting trees into newspapers within
two and a half hours was accomplish
ed. AT 1885 o'clock in the morning
three trees were cut down at Elsen-
| thai. At 9:94 the trees had been
stripped of bark, cut up and convert
ed into pulp, made into paper and
passed from the factory to the press
from which printed newspapers were
issued at 10 o'clock.
There are also some novel and as
tonishing feats in the production OF
books. Some years ago a publishing
house in the West received an order
tc produce 1000 copies of a work OF
$50 pages, bound in CLOTH in three
days. The work began on Monday and
on Wednesday afternoon the 1900
volumes were handed over, while be-
fore Saturday no fewer than 10000
had been turned out.
New York claims a publishing per-
Torrance even more astonishing than
this. An advance copy of one OF
Zola's works had been secured in
Paris by the agent of the American
firm, who posted it to New York On
its arrival it was translated into
English, put into type, printed and
bound and was actually on sale within
twenty-four hours.
Not long ago an English boot factory
turned out a pair of mems shoes in
twenty minutes. The shoes included
among other parts, two sewed pieces
two inner soles, two stiffenings, two
pieces of steel to give a spring to the
instep, two rands, two sole Innings,
twenty heel pieces, twenty upper
pieces, thirty lacks, twelve nails in
the heels and twenty buttons.
Remarkable feats of swift work
are accomplished by those who have
to do with moving railroad bridges
and building railroads and locomotives
in England. The new bridge for the
Great Northern Railway at Finsbury
Park was substituted for the old one
in the short space of four hours. The
work started at 8 o'clock in the after
noon, when powerful cranes were set
to work to remove the ten-ton girders
of the old bridge. The new steel
bridge weighing more than 1000 tons,
which was resting near at hand on
six carriages, was hauled into position
by steel crabs; it was rapidly made
secure, the rails were connected and
within four hours trains were running
over it. A feat still more surprising
was that of substituting a new
bridge for the old one near Hatfield.
Within fifty-two minutes the old
structure, with it's four lines of rails,
had disappeared and in its place was
a new iron girder bridge carrying six
lines of rails, all ready for traffic.
A complete locomotive engine, was
put together for the Great Eastern
Railway at the Stratford works in
ten hours. The work began early in
the morning, the engine being photo
graphed at the different stages of its
construction, and the same evening 1t
was actually at work pulling train.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-25

There is no probability that a breach
of friendly relations between Great
Britain and Russia will result from the
frightful blunderv of the Baltic fleet in
firing on the British fishing fleet in
the North sea. If the facts are as
stated by shippers and sailors of the
fishing fieet-and there seems to be no
good reason for doubling that they are
substantially true-the only course
open for Russia is to make complete
and ample apology pay an indemnity
and punish the officer responsible for
the outrage.
1t seems almost incredible that
great fleet of warships should have
been under the command of an officer,
or officers. so totally untitled for the
responsibilities of command. That the
fighting ships should have borne down
on the little fishing craft, helpless to
defend themselves or to get away, is
almost as if the Baltic fleet had run
amuck on the high seas. The fishing
vessels were burning lights according
to the regulations. They had just ex-
changed such signals as are common
among fishing fleets, and which the
Russian officers must have seen and
understood if they were competent to
be entrusted with the command of
ships.
One supposition is that the fishing
vessels were mistaken for Japanese
warships, and that the Russians be-
came highly excited and opened their
batteries. But that suggestion does no
credit to the Russians well known
reputation for bravery. Indeed, no sug-
gestion that is at all satisfactory has
yet been made in explanation, and the
other side of the story must be await
ed. Meanwhile the bald fact remains
that unarmed and inoffensive British
fishermen have been fired on and killed
on the high seas, on a well known fish
ing ground, by a fleet of Russian war
ships. Great Britain has already taken
diplomatic action in the matter, and in
all probability the incident will be sat
isfactorily adjusted in the course of a
few days. 1t is inconceivable, of course
that Russia would fail to make a
prompt apology and pay an indemnity
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-25
power of COLD win Omcer..

William A. Pinkerton tells the Chi
cago Tribune of an old-time confidence
man who was anxious to work unmol-
Tested around a Chicago depot, where a
special officer was engaged to protect
the unwary. The crook one day walk
ed UP behind the officer, whom he knew
pretty well. and suddenly reached
around him and put his hands over the
officers eyes.
Can you see anything now?" asked
the ICON" man.
mot a thing" said the other, as he
raised his hands. The crook removed
his hands, and $40 gold piece fell into
each Of the officers hands.
The crook walked away laughing
but the officer followed. Say" he re-
marked, III you'd put one OF those into
my mouth could not even speak,"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-25
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The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-25
Where LCngfeIiow Was Born.

The house i'm Portland. Me-. where
Longfellow was born is now tene-
ment in the part Of the city mostly in
habited by Irish families, according to
the Youths Companion. A correspond
ent writes that a few years ago a
teacher In Portland was giving a les
son on the life of the poet. At tho end
OF the hour she began to question her
class.
where was Longfellow born?" she
asked.
A small boy waved his hand vlgor-
ously. When the teacher called on him
his answer did not seem 10 astonish
the rest OF the class but Il was cold
shock 10 her.
IN Patsy Magoo's bedroom" ho said.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-25

The Republican wit, Congressman
Bede, announces that a friend Of his
who went to the Philippines to or
ganize a Christian Endeavor Society
returned and announced his failure be-
cause the Filipinos had no clothes or
which to pin the badges. Up until
this announcement was made we had
no idea OF the extent OF Republican
prosperity in our island possessionsl
n the present system OF protecting
industries so that they can charge high
prices TO home-consumers continues
Christian Endeavor Societies on tfli
continent win probably have 10 dis.
band because OF a lack Of anything
pa which 70 pin their badges.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-25

The souvenir craze has struck Rose
mount and it has become necessary for
Judge Parker to order all his livestock
locked up when visitors arrive. Cats
and lambs were stolen as souvenirs
when the last delegation paid its official
visit to the future President. Conf
dence in the election Of the New York
Judge to the presidency seems to be
growing, for an animal owned by Just
a candidate would have no great value
in the eyes Of the souvenir-lovers. No
body has reported that anything has
yet been stolen from Tom Watsonl
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-25

Since the commencement OF the cam
paign every Republican politician that
has called at the White House has as
sured the President that his reelection
Is assured. Uncle Joe" Cannon showed
a tendency to weaken when he advised
hedging" ON a bet made that Roose-
yelt's majority would be as large as
that OF Mckinley four years ago. Can
Il be that ''Uncle Joo" is preparing TO
let the Big stick fall without making
too great u thud9
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-25

From Huntington, L. l., comes the
report that only the most desperate
efforts of policemen and sheriffs kept
mob from lynching a negro charged
with criminally assaulting a white
woman. The Brooklyn and New York
papers that have recently devoted so
much space to asserting that the
lynching spirit is peculiar to the South.
and who now remain so very silent
on the evil in their own midst should
stop searching for the mote in our
eyes and begin pulling out the beam
that is In their own.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-25

Love has been compelled to bear
the burdens of many sins and to the
same source is laid many of the bless
ings that fall in kindly shower over
humanity. But now the little blind
god has gone his former performances
one better. A young lady who has
been bed-ridden for fifteen years was
so overjoyed at receiving a proposal
that she arose and walked. If bigamy
were not contrary to law struggling
physicians might profit by this infor-
nation, and at any rate, those people
who are slowly watching the dying
of certain rich relatives will be warn
ed to guard against allowing any ven
turesome persons to propose to the
sick ones
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-25
COLTLNsvILLE LINE.

Beginning at Cos a. M. cars leave
Waters road and Estill avenue every
20 minutes until 1:45 p. M, after
which cars leave every Is minutes.
commencing at 2:O7 p. M, until 1907
midnight
Beginning at 6:05 a. M. cars leave
City Market for Waters road and Fs
til avenue every 20 minutes until 1.I5
p. M, after which Thunderbolt cars
leave every 10 minutes, commencing
at 200 p. M, connecting with Collins
vile cars at Bolton and OFT streets
Last car leaves Market at 11:45 D. m.
WEST END LINE GIncoIn ParIr)
Car leaves west side Of City Market for LIN
coin Park 6OO a. m. and every 40 mfrutes
thereafter until i1:45 D. m
Car leaves Lincoln Park for Market 8:20a n
and every 40 minutes thereafter until l2 o clock
midnight
FREIGHT AND PARCFL CAR
Leaves east side Of City Market for Thunder
poll, Cattle Park Sandhy Isle OF Hope and ali
p. m. =
Leaves Isle Of Hope for sandnv. Cattle PARK
Thunderbolt and all Intermediates points-s;0O
q. M, 200 a. m, 300 p. m.
treightcar leaves Montgomery at $50 a. Ia.
and 2i35 p M, connecting at Sandfy with reg
ular parcel car for city.
Parcel car from the city carries freight 10
Montgomery on each trip.
Regular parcel car carries trailer on each
trip for accom- mediation OF passengers
Any further Information regarding passen
ger schedule or freight service can be had ~
applying 70 L. r. NASH. Manager
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-25
THUNDERBOLr LIME

City Market to Casino and Thunder
bolt via Bolton street junction.
begInhlnR at $50 a. m. cars leave
City Market for Casino and THUNDER
bolt every half hour until 900 D. m.
after which cars run every Is minutes
until 1890 D. m.
Cars leave Bolton street junction l.
minutes after leaving time at City
Market.
Beginning at 1858 a. m. cars leave
Live Oak station for city every half
hour until 1888 p. M, after which
time cars leave every Is minutes until
12:08 midnight
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-25

omens seem to be predicting the
election Of Judge Parker. Just at the
time that the man who sent steel
horseshoes to Cleveland on the ewes
of his first and second elections to the
presidency sends one to Judge Par
ker, Uncle joe Cannon's horse drops
dead in Baltimore while the distin-
guished campaigner is being driven
behind him to the depot. The dis
patches do not state whether or not
Uncle Joe" stopped to gather horse
shoe from the feet of his faithful beast.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-25

Philadelphia has discovered a new
germ. Its scientific term is "Uncinar-
iasis Americana" but in plain English
it is just "laziness." We are glad
that Philadelphia has at last found the
cause of its great opposition to any
thing like movement. The germ was
discovered by DR.. A. NJ. Russell and
If he can but solve the problem of eradi-
eating it the Quaker City may recov-
er sufficiently some day to make move
and get out of the Republican rut in
which it has so long been reposing in
idleness.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-25

A Philadelphia man that entered a
magistrates office for the purpose Of
getting married, found there four wom-
en- who were instituting proceedings
TO recover allmony from their hus-
bands. And 1t never phased him,
either. In after years. If the marital
ship founders and goes down, he can
not claim that he was not amply fore
warned But then, perhaps he had
never heard that Fools rush In where
angels fear to tread"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-25

Despite the Republican cries that
there is a decided apathy among the
Democrats Brooklyn reports total
registration of 246, 045. the largest in
the history of the city and an increase
Of 1858 over that Of 1900. Undoub-
tedly Senator McCarren is well salts
fed with such apathy. probably even
more so than the Republicans.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-25

A rich man in York tPa.) took ten
days in JAN rather than pay a fine OF
$40, and gave as his reason an over
wheming desire to be separated from
his fellOw-citizens for a time. Really.
we had no idea that things had got
10 such a pass IN poor. boss-ridden
Pennsylvania that jail was preiorable
20 freedom IA The state,
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-25
The weather.

The indications for Georgia for to-
day are for fair weather, with fresh
northeast winds. Eastern Florida,
fair weather in west. showers in east
portion, with fresh northeast winds.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-25

While Uncle Joe" Cannon lectured
in one hall in Baltimore to an audi
ence of Republicans, Senator Elect
Raynor answered him before another
gathering in a different part of the city.
A party whose principal arguments are
SC. old and worn that they can be pre-
dicted by an opposition speaker and
answered before they are heard is
sadly in need of real political ammuni-
ton.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-25

A postal poll conducted by the Bal
timore Herald shows that 1873 citizens
out of less than half a thousand who
voted for Mckinley in 1900 will this
year support Judge Parker. And yet
Senator Nathan Bay Scott of West
Virginia says that every man who sup
ported Mckinley four years ago will
turn out for Roosevelt. Evidently
some people down in Maryland diff
fer with the sage of West Virginia.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-25

The ambassador from Panama to this
country announces that there is joy in
his native country because Secretary
Taft is going there to soothe the trou-
bles. Evidently the worthy ambassa-
dor of our youngest republic feels so
confident that DR.. Taft and his mill
taristic collie cure will effect a cure on
the infant terrible because of his sue
cess with the same medicine in the
Philippines. And yet, we are not as
sured that the cure affected over in
the Pacific is a permanent one.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-25
MILLl-HAVEN SCHEDULE
Effective July IL 1909

--SATURDAY EVENING SPECIAL.
Leave Whitaker Leave Mill
and Bay SITS. Hsvan
PM.
9:2O ON
1000 10.9S
10:4O II.o0
1920 Te.00
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-25

Connects with parcel car for CITY.
Through to ThunderboIt.
SlS-mlnute wait at Sandfy going to
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-25
SAVANNAH ELECTRIC CO.
WINTER WEEK DAY SCHEDULE.
EnectiYe Oct 3 1904
ISLE OF HOPE LINE.

seIween Isle Of Hope & Thunderboit.
~ Isle OF Hope. Lv. Thunderbolt
- W. 7; N. A. M. Pm.
80 S'VO 80. $3.50
o ~ QUO s7:22 $3.50
s19G:0 00 49,. SS:22 6:3S
~ 1850 1888
Sl2-minute wait at Sanddv.
garcel car, passenger trailer.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-21
Two Old Word Forms.

Jail and gaol are now ear and eye
forms respectively Of one and the same
word. In earlier days each had it's own
distinct pronunciation. as Is attested
by the family name Gayier. Gaol. our
oldest sound form, owes its survival to
the influence Of the French geole.
though the anomaly Of e" sounded soft
before "a" has been vigorously protest
ed against. So far as modern French is
concerned. the difference in sound be-
tween English ga" and French "ge" is
a fatal objection to gaol. Instead of fol-
lowing the French in regard to orthoe-
py our ancestors ought to have reject
ed the Jail and kept the venerable gaol
sound form. The struggle for existence
between the two word shapes Is of old
standing, Notes and Queries.