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The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-26

An Iowa man has gone crazy be-
cause he recognized his inability 10 re-
form the world. II he had begun by
reforming his own political ward he
would probably have had his hands
full and saved his reason.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-26
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The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-26

One OF the best things about WASH
ington's Birthday is that we have not
yet begun TO celebrate it with ire
works. sse'"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-26

The federal assembly" of Porto
Rico has made a demand for state
hood or independence for the island.
The federal assembly," it should be
borne in mind is not the legislative
body Of the island. but convention
Of the federal party. The demand
for statehood or independence is in
the nature of political platform
plank
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-26

Several professors Of the University
of Chicago have been assigned to the
task OF trying to extract radlum from
certain Utah ores. This seems like
a useless waste OF energy, in view of
the development OF radio-activity by
University OF Chicago professors. in
their own proper persons.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-26

The imperial court OF China has been
supplied with some fifteen automobiles
In the event that the hurried departure
~ tho court from Pekin becomes nec-
essary. the automobile VIII be found
much smarter than this sedan-chair.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-26

Gov Pennypaeker of Pennsylvania is
a historian and an antiquarian. and
George Washington is one of his hob
bies. At the University of Pennsyl-
vania the other day he made an ad-
dress in which he told some things
about the real Washington" Among
other things he said that Washington
wore false teeth. in part carved from
the tusk Of hippoppotamus. He had
a green parchment pocketbook kept in
hair trunk. He tied his keys together
with a string. On New Years Day he
served punch and cake. He went to
the circus. He saw the first balloon
ascension in America. He passed the
bottle about pretty freely and got quite
merry. When he wanted to marry he
looked for a woman with a bit of
money laid by and a nice bit of land.
He signed papers referring to the as
sassination of Jumonville and left no
explanation to satisfy"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-26

Caspar Whitney, the sporting writer.
Is opposed TO the continuance Of pro-
fessionalism in college athletics. He
thinks that paid players should not be
permitted TO have places on college
teams. For defending this position Mr..
whitney was the other day burned in
efigy on the campus Of Brown College
by the students; which means. of
course, that the students are willing
TO condone professionalism II by 1t
they can win events. That sort of coll
lege spirit is not TO be admired.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-26

There is now talk of Gov. Odell Of
New York for chairman of the Nation
al Republican Committee, to succeed
the late Senator Hanna. If he will not
take the place. Gov. Crane of Massa-
chusetts is. of course, available. He
is regarded as available for about any,
thing in sight.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-26

1t appears that the Pullman car
company is discriminating against
the colored race, according to the
testimony of a Massachusetts con-
temporary. This contemporary finds
that the company does not like to have
negroes sleep in the berths of its pal
ace" cars, and puts them off by telling
them-as many Northern hotelkeepers
do-that the accommodations are
all engaged. The Massachusetts news
paper thinks this is an outrage; that
anybody who has the price ought to
be allowed to occupy a berth in Pull
man car. 1t is risking nothing to say
that the editor of the paper in ques-
ten. which, by the way, is the Spring
field Republican-would object strenu-
ously if he had to sleep in bunk that
he had just vacated by a negro.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-26

The reincarnated spirit of Baron
Munchausen is evidently on press duty
at Port Arthur and keeping "A special
eye on the Russian ship Retvizan Ac-
cording to the dispatches published
yesterday, the Retvizan is stin
aground. hard and fast. nevertheless
she was able 10 ram and sink one or
more battieshlps OF the Japanese.
Rome days ago the reports were that
she was hopelessly ruined. with her
bottom knocked out. yet yesterday we
read that she had played a most
glorious part in the engagement Of
Tuesday, Evidently the raising Of the
embargo on news has not served 10
make The news out Of 81 Petersburg
reliable.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-26

The Railway Age, keeping an eye on
the anti-free pass legislation in the va
rious states. finds that there is the
usual activity along that line this year,
but with no more progress than usual.
In many instances state legislatures
have considered the advisability of CIV
ing their members certain considera-
tions in lieu of railroad passes, but in
most cases the members have indi-
Gated that they would prefer to ride
free on the railroads and meantime
draw mileage from the legislatures. 1t
is so much like finding money to ride
on free pass and then mulct the state
for mileage that a majority of MEM
bers decline to deny themselves that
pleasure. This game. by the way. APP
peals to members of Congress as we'll
as to members of the legislatures,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-02
THE POINT AT ISSUE.
What Japan Wants of Korea and
 What Russia Wants of Her.

What Russia Wants of Her.
 Homer B. Hubert in Century.
 What does Japan want of Korea and what does Russia want of her? The interests of these two powers in the peninsula are quite different. Japan demands that Korea shall have a clean and enlightened government which will lead the people to a peaceful de- velopment of the resources of the country. It demands a good monetary system, good police system, a good will benefit Japanese trade in Korea, and at the same time will be of equal value to the Korean people themselves These conditions are the only ones that will help Korea tide over the transition period and finally become genuinely civilized power. Russia, on the other hand, cares nothing about reform in Korea. The stronger and the cleaner the government of Korea be- comes, the greater obstacle she will be in the way of Russia's ambitions. It Is not Korean trade or Korean de- velopment or Korean welfare that Rus sia wants, but Korea herself. Japan has not demanded a port in Korea which she can arm and in which she can in trench herself. but the whole Russian press is evidence that this is what Russia wants, and the whole trend of her policy in the Far East during the last century confirms it.
 The matter is summed up in the one statement that Japanese demands in Korea lie parallel with the interests of the Korean people, while Russian as- pirations are directly opposed to them Take one glaring instance. Japan se- cured concession for building a rail- way from Fusan to Seoul. This will perhaps pay a fair dividend after years of work, but its value to Korea is be- yond estimate. It opens up the whole Interior of the country, and quadruples the value of every foot of land within twenty miles of It's line. foreigner in Taiku wrote the other day that the coming of the Seoul-Fusan Railway had already raised the price of prop erty in that town 300 per cent, all though the road will not be in use for another year Take, on the other hand, the Russian timber concession on the Yalu river. This was arranged secret ly with bribed foreign minister, who divided with the government the pro ceeds of the deal. By this, act there was put into the hands of Russia property to the value of at least $50,- 100000. The government of Korea re- ceived possibly a quarter of a million. These two transactions illustrate per- fectly the attitude of the contestants.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-02
Edisnn,s MEina,, Cirars-

When the general office of Edison's company was first started in New YorE there was always a box of good cigars on the inventors desk, and these were at the service of all his friends. One day Mir. Edison complained to a friend that his hospitality was abused, that he could never keep any of his Havanas and as he could never by any possible chance think to lock his desk he did moi know what he should do in the matter.
 Why said the friend, "I can helr you out on that. I have an intimate friend in the business, and I will have him make you up a special box of cigars filled with cabbage leaves and all sorts of vile smelling stun that will cure your friends"
 Edison thanked him and straight way forgot all about the offer. Two months or more passed before he again met his friend.
 "Ah!" said Edison. you never brought me those queer cigars for my friends"
 Yes" answered the man, q certainly did, two weeks after I saw you, and I left them with your manager
 Well" said the great inventor, that's strange. I wonder where they can be?'
 Let us inquire of your manager" was suggested. And they did.
 Why said that person, q packed them in your vallse. MT. Edison, when you went to California"
 Great snakes" exclaimed Edison Then I must have smoked them my self" And he had.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-02
MONDAY, MAY 9, 1904.
HAS FOUND A BoaY.

The Buffalo News Is one of those bright geniuses who can discover things that don't exist and find things that are not lost. One of its latest finds is that the Albany platform was prepared by dough- faces" A ''doughface" it should be un- derstood, was Northern man who sym pathized with the South during the late unpleasantness. and before. More spe- officially. 1t was applied to Northern poll ticians who showed what some consider cd an undue complaisance towards the wishes or demands of the South. The News sneeringly refers to the Democrats who formulated the Alabany platform as 'the same kind of Northern Democrat who used to study what the South want ed and to vote for 1t as long as the doughface could keep his political job by so doing"
 All this ill-natured reference to the AL bany platform and those who made it is because that instrument. as The News sees it, recognizes the doctrine or theory of States Rights. The proverbial bull and red rag are not in it with States Rights and the average Northern Repub- hcan. That there isn't enough of 1t in the Albany platform to hurt is evident to any one who will read it without preiu- dice. True, it speaks for ''The mainten- ance of States rights and home rule; no eentralization." It also declares that 'corporations chartered by the State must be subject to just regulation by the State in the interest of the people,"
 This is about all there is to it, and we really see nothing in that for sensible people to shy at. It is good Democratic doctrine and has always been so. There's no treason in it and no lurking secession behind 1t. Neither in theory nor prac tice could the carrying out of these prop ositions be disloyal to the government or injurious to any section of the Union. The News has discovered a very harm less bogy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-02
TEXAS QUARANTINE
INCONVENIENCE TO PAssEN
 GERS WILL RESULT.
The Mexican Authorities Have Re- ferred the Matter to the State Department at Washing
 ton for Adjustment.

Laredo. Texas May 1.-The quarantine rules and regulations recently promul- gated by pr. George R. Tabor, State health officer of Texas, became effec- tive today and hereafter any passengers from a point which was last year infec- ted with yellow fever will be compelled to show a certificate that for five days previously the bearer had not been in an | infected district
 Just what steps must be taken to enter the United States Is not clear at pres ent.
 The Mexican authorities have refused to recognize the new regulations and have referred the matter to the State Department at Washington. | It is thought passengers will be com- pelled to secure certificate from the United States Consul at some non-infec- ted point certifying absence from an in- fected district for the requisite five days It Is understood that such a certificate It is understood that with such a certifi- cate passengers will be granted admission into the States without being compelled to undergo the rigor of a five days quaran- tine.
 According to information from Monte- rey during the past week, letters and telegrams have been pouring into that city from persons in the States induirinx about conditions and asking just what the regulations are and how they will af- feet persons going when they desire to return almost immediately to the United States. Most of the inquiries are from business men and capitalists having in. terests at points which. although now free from yellow fever, were last year inc fected and who do not wish to undergo the quarantine established by the State of Texas
 Unless q satisfactory compromise Ia arranged between the Mexican and Tex as health officials, considerable inconven- fence will be suffered by many indiyid- uals and great damage to business in- terests will result.
 Quite Number of persons crossed the border in time to avoid the uuarant,ne Several who were interviewed stated that tbe interior cities of Mexico arc entIra- ly free from yellow fever and added that they do not anticipate the appearance of the fever this year. They believe that the St. Louis exposition has a great deal to do with the IVesent strict ouarantinA It is expected that traffic from Mexico to the St. Louis exposition will be sorns. what restricted but not permant,v oa in the event of a failure to reach an agreement between the health authortttss traffic will be diverted via the vario,,s steamships lines.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-02
GREAT HAS BEEN
 ITS GROWTH
PHENOMENAL INCREASE ]
 STEEL PRODUCTION
Tn the United states-Distinctive Iron Age Has Passed Away and
 This is Age of Steel.

The distinctive iron age has passed and iron has become simply the raw material awaiting conversion into steel which has become the standard mate rial of construction In all but a few limited classes of work.
 In 17S6 the Pennsylvania Legislature loaned certain Mr. Humphries the sum of 300 pounds for i've years to enable him to make steel as good as in England" But twenty-five years later. or in 1910, the total production of pig iron in the United States was only 53.s0S tons. Tn ISl2 1t had risen to 2i5.000 tons. In 1861 1t was less than 100000 tons and did not reach that | mark until about 1864.
 Bessemer Process Revolution. In that year the Bessemer converter was brought to the worlds notice and at once began the revolution of this great industry. It was of British ori- gin. but soon attracted the enterprise of the steel kings of this country It was simple and comparatively mex pensive device, by means Of which common cast iron could be converted into steel In a few minutes. Naturally the price began to fall until from steel costing as high as 6 or cents a pound at the close of the century steel billets in lots of 100000 tons were sold as low as three pounds of steel for cents" This developed the iron industry by leaps and bounds.
 In 1872 the total annual product of pig iron had grown to 2,54S,713 tons. In 1880 1t was 3,835,191 tons. and the following year over 1000. 900. By 1891 1t had risen to S.279,S70 tons and ten years later 15.S7s,S7o tons. while last year 1t reached 17,s21.307 tons.
 open-hearth Process.
 But few years ago the open hearth process of manufacture began to supersede the Bessemer. It had the advantage for this country that 1t would work almost equally well with phosphorus and nonphosphorus ores. and while it's operation is more costly 1t is said to produce a sufficiently bet ter grade of steel to compensate the increased expense, and it is becoming increasingly common to call for open hearth steel in the more important classes of construction.
 The processes of manufacture have become almost magical in their opera tions. In many of the mills notable for the great tonnage that they turn out in a single day these processes are car ried on with such rapidity that the journey through all sorts of transfor- nation to the finished product, over r. 900 feet or more. is accompanied with a single heat. In spite of all the steel made in this country we have import ed large quantities to meet a deficit. yet, on the other hand, 1t must be re- membered that large quantities have been exported and sold to foreigners at lower price than to American citi- gems.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-02
MINES CHANGE HANDS
Deal Closed on Valuation Basis op
 $1O,OOO. 900.

DAOSOOO,OOO.
 Monterey, Mexico. May t.-Ona o, the largest mining deals that has ex,er been consummated in the Republic or Mexico, was the taking over of tha Velardena Mining and Smelting Cow pany's properties by the Gugge hoJr, Exploration Company. The deal cIosI ed on valuation basis of $Io,ooo Son gold, the Guggenheim Exploration Company acquiring a 60 per cent in- terest in all the company's holdinrs paying s5,ooo,0 900 in cash and guarnn, teeing to expend s1.ooO, 900 more In i'm . provements and developments. The other 40 per cent. is held by the Vel ardena Company in which F. W. Nash president of the American Smelttng and Refining Company. Matthew Dahl. green, Charles Wilhelm, the estate of James M. Matthews, etc. are stock holders.
 The mining claims comprise about 2.5OO pertenencers and cover a otai area of over 5000 acres The most prominent of the group of mines are the Formers and Santa Maria, yielding ores of silver, lead and gold, and the Copper Queen, silver and copper pro ducer. The railroad which connects Velardena with Pedriocena station on the line of the Mexican International Railroad has been extended to the lat ter mine, distance of about 24 kilo- metres.
 The Velardena Company has been operating these mines since 1889 very successfully.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-02

The Pensacola News objects to the nomination of John Sharp Williams for Vice President on the ground that "he is too capable man to be laid away on that sort of shelf" Don't be too sure about that. John Adams, Thomas lief ferson and Martin Van Buren were Vice Presidents first and were afterwards elected Presidents, and they were capable men. John Tyler, Willard Fillmore Andrew Johnson, Chester A. Arthur and Theodore Roosevelt all became Presi- dents by accident Thus, of 26 Presi- dents, 8. or nearly one-third, had been Vice Presidents. Whether they were all capable men or not, they attained to the highest position. which is certainly a strong argument in favor of putting a good man on the ticket. If he does not become President by accident it might give him a good boost for the succession, and Williams is yet young.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-02
Living for Ideals.


 That was a wise old clergyman who urged his brethren not to admit young men to the ministry unless they were evidently more broad minded and en- thusiastic in their faith than their eld- CTS. We must allow" he said. flor the inevitable shrinkage." The same all lowance is necessary in every life for the ideals of youth. and the unavoidable mar rowing of hope and aim that must come with middle age. The more idealism we start with, the more stoutly we defend 1t against the shocks 1t is certain to re- cetve, the more joyous life will turn out to be as the middle aged view of life springs largely from the fact that its ideals are so shrunken as to be no long CT a source of vitality, of renewal As long as we believe in life. and in other ideal possibilities, life is worth living, and we are strong to take our part in it. Living for ideals is happy and cour- ageous living. Living without them is 'the dull gray life and apathetic end"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-02
occultism Claims Too Much.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
 One of the principal Items in the oc. cultism now so fashionable Is what is called the development of the person. ality," or, more mysteriously, the "cul- tivation of the ego" The occulists, however, claim too much. There is nothing new in all this. The young man who bravely accepts his life and spends his strength holding cIrcum- stances into a more agreeable shape for himself and his fellow men Is develop ing his personality. Men have been doing that since time began. The wo- man who doesn't know the difference between the zodiac and the quantifica- tion of the predicate but who quietly sweeps the house and washes the dishes without complaint is cultiyating her ego very effectively. When she is re- incarnated she will have her reward.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-02
Told It Once Too Often.

The Cnicago chronicle.
 They are telling a story in Washington of Western Congressman who went to a stag dinner a few evenings ago and drank more than usual. On his way home he realized that he was a trifle wabbly. and he got into the house quiet ly, as he thought. Next morning his wife hinted that he had been 'in a con dition." but he protested against the idea. Then to change the subject, he told her of a funny circumstance that occurred at the dinner. Mrs. Blank remained frigidly calm and the Congressman said T see you don't laugh, dear. Don't you think that is a funny story?' With a stony look the lady replied: T thought 1t was rather funny when you told it to me on coming home this morning."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-02
BUSIEST PLACE IN THE WORLD
Army of 40o, ,ooo People Crosses the
 Brooklyn Bridge Daily.

New York World.
 Careful and continued counting shows that approximately 100000 per- sons cross the Brooklyn bridge and pass the Pulitzer building each day.
 If these people were to stand side by side the line would stretch from New York to Schenectady.
 Standing one on top of the other they would extend 427 miles into space.
 But as the atmosphere goes up for a matter of only 200 miles. they would have to lie on the ground, ones head touching another's feet. and then the string of humanity would reach from New York nearly to Pittsburg.
 Marching single file in one direction at the army rate of speed. 1t would re- auire seven days of eight hours each for them to cross the bridge. They would weigh as much as two 15,000-ton battleships. They would fill s6s rail- road trains of ten coaches each. and these trains would extend in an unbro- ken line from New York to Philadel- phia.
 They include more persons than are in the combined armies of Japan and Russia in Korea and Manchuria.
 They equal the combined populations of Washington. D. C.. and Columbus, Ohio.