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The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-04
BARRELS of Matches.

There are two things dear to the
senior senator from Massachusetts,, Mr..
Hoar, says the New York Tribune. One
is the long established habit of the
Senate, the other is his little joke.
BY recent innovation the venerable
Senator has been deprived of both, and
he is seriously upset. Many years ago,
when the present form of parlor match
was first placed on the market, it
was packed in little round wooden
boxes, closely resembling a barrel in
shape. At that time the Senate placed
an order for these matches, and the
specifications prescribed the little
round boxes. This form of package has
long since passed out of use, but the
custom of the Senate could not be
changed, and accordingly the Match
Trust has been required to make a
sufficient number of little boxes to sup
ply the Senate's demands. Recently
however, the horrd form of progress
has made it's appearance at the Sen
ate end of the Capitol, and the usual
pasteboafd boxes have replaced the
former style of package, and thereby
hangs tale. It has long been the
custom for Senator Hoar, whenever
any one inquired for a match to reply
we have barrels of Them" and prof
fer the little round boxes. Now the
little round boxes are disappearing, and
the Senator sslike child that has lost
it's doll, because he. can no longer per-
petrate his little joke. ...
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-04
senator paeon,s sarcasm.

Senator Bacon entertains no high
opinion of the executive offices, erect
ed by Architect McKim. says the
Washington Post. When the Senate
was hurting invectives at the archi-
tect and at the building, Mr.. Bacon
INDUCED in one of literary as well
as of an amusing character:
After many sorts of cruel things had
been said, Mr.. Gallinger suggested
that 1t would have been better If the
executive building had been placed in
the rear of the White House.
Il suppose" replied Mr.. Bacon,
that the senator from New Hamp-
shire, in making that suggestion, was
animated by the same consideration
which moved Sydney Smith in some
advice he gave to one of his friends,
one of the prominent poets of Eng
land-I believe it was Rogers-who
was not especially distinguished for
personal pulchritude. s..
He advised him whenever he had
his picture taken to have IL taken
while he was at prayer, with his face
in his hat"
The senators laughed heartily at
this literary invective by Mr.. Bacon.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-04
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Columbia Is: c.. State (Dem0
says: 'The United States Court OF
Claims has denied the contentious OF
this state that dispensers are state
officers performing a government func-
ton and therefore should be exempt
from the special license tax The
court doubtless apprehended that il
this position were sustained South
Carolina might go into the Inanufac-
ture of whisky with her state officers
IN charge and so obtain immunity
from. the revenue tax"
The Cincinnati Inquirer (Dem) says:
THE proposition that they must have
the state of New York to succeed at
the presidential election has been gem
orally adopted by the thoughtful Dem
ocrats. of the countrY-at least by
those who assume that the primary
object of making a campaign is to
win. Leading Democrats in New York
city evidently understand this point
thoroughly, and while they are not
rampant they act like people who
intended to have good deal to saw
about who shall be the nominee"
While 1t believes that conservative
Democratic candidate will draw sun
port enough from the solid business
interests of the country to win the
presidency, the New Orleans Picayune
(Dem.) says that it is certain that
should a radical candidate be put up
on a Populistic and Socialistic basis,
not only will there be- no such occa-
sion OF conservative assistance from
the outside. but the Democracy will
continue to be as badly divided as
1t has been, for the party has shown
in two successfully disastrous cam
paigns determination not to surren-
der to a wild and irresponsible radical
ism"
The indianapolis Qnd.) News
Dem.) says: I'm other words, while
Gov. Vardaman of Mississippi sym
pathizes with the people who have
suffered from crimes committed by
negroes. and really doesn't exactly
blame them for. seeking revenge, he
proposes 10 enforce the law
as long as he occupies the
Governors chair Late develop
ments indicate that Coy. Varda-
man Is not nearly 20 bad fellow
as some people have recently been
inclined % paint him, and his exam
pie might be followed with benefit
% society az large BY some other
Governors who not only talk less, but
do less"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-04
lADtl ~ NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Meetings - Democratic Executive
Committee of the First Congressional
District; Landrum Lodge No. As, F. &
A. NJ
Special Notices-ship Notice, F.
Parslow. Master.
Election Notice. City of Savannah.
Business Notices-When Appetite
Lays. Sommers' Cafe; Whatever Is
Best. at MINISTER'S.
What Can 1t Mean?-Leopold Adler.
$500 to $500 Waists 6sc-At Foye &
Ecksteins.
A % Per Cent Investment-Jas. G..
Nelson.
Friday Special Sale-Gustave Eek
stein & Co.
Foods-Postum Food Coffee.
Friday. and Still It's Time-E. & w.
Laundry.
Just Arrived-Falks, Around the
Corner
La Grippe-Johnson's Chill and Fe-
yer Tonic.
Magic Food-W. d. Simkins & Co.
Cream Indigo Blue-Henry Solomon
& Son. t
Mt. Vernon Pure Rye Whiskey--The
Delmonico Co.
SIS in Gold-At Lattimores.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Druggist.
Medical-Pinkham Remedy; Duffy's
Pure Malt Whiskey; Herpicide.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Help
Wanted. Employment Wanted, For
Rent. For Sale. Lost. Personal, Miscel-
laneOue.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-04
A Southern Flight.
From Lippincott's Magazil

From Lippincott's Magazine.
The winter day dragged drearily
In icy pallidness away.
Before we flung our hawsers free,
And dropped adown the Bay.
Then twilight swooped; the shore grew
blind,
Save where the sunsets gusty pink
Stained the embattied clouds behind
The hills of Navesink.
Soon Barnegat flashed out its fire
AS we the purple ridges clomb;
Five-Fathom Bank its white desire
Flashed Ger the fields of foam.
And ere the dawn broke vermeil-bright
Ger beryl league on weltering
league,
Shimmered across the void of night
The star of Assateague.
We. dreamed we saw the twin capes
Through shredded fog that worketh
dole,
And caught round stormy Hatteras
The long Atlantic roll.
Affair from Lookout and from Fear
We faced and cleft the flying flaw:
Tall Tybees tower we left a-rear,
And lonely Ossabaw.
Then on morning blithe and bland
The land-the longed-for land!-and,
an,
Above the tawny dunes of sand
The palms of Florida!
The palms, the sunshine. and the
breath
OF flowers, the sky without a stain;
And after Winters dearth and death
Summer and life again!
Clinton Scollard
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-04
GERMANY,s STEEL TRUST,

1t is probable that the promoters of
the great steel trust in Germany have
avoided the chief fault of the steel
trust of this country, namely, over
capitalization. The German trust en-
braces twenty-six plants, and viii
manufacture about all kinds of steel
goods known to commerce. All of the
steel plants of the empire are in the
trust except two, and it is expected
that they will finally be forced into
1t by methods generally adopted by
monopolies to accomplish their purpose.
namely, the cutting of prices until the
objecting companies are brought to
the verge of bankruptcy.
1t is not a good time to form trusts
of any kind, especially industrial trusts,
for the reason that the crest of the
wave of prosperity seems to have pass
ed. 1t is thought, probably, that by
consolidating all of the plants the
st,Asl business of Germany can be
conducted at much less cost than by
means of independent plants. Be-
sides. prices will be put as high as the
market will stand. In this way the
trust will be able to continue business.
and when there comes a revival in the
iron and steel trade it will be in a
position to pay to it's stockholders big
profits
Great industrial plants, like those of
the steel trust of this country and
that of Germany, are yet in their ex-
perimental stages. Doubtless the
promoters of the steel trusts got their
idea of consolidating the steel indus
tries from the Standard Oil Company,
but unless the steel trusts are as well
managed as the Standard Oil Company
| is the promoters of them will not
realize their dreams of great profits.
Last year the steel trust of this
country shipped large quantities of
steel products to European countries.
1t is one of the purposes of the pro-
moters of the German steel trust doubt
less to prevent the American steel
trust from finding a market for Its
products in Europe. If that is the
case, there will be lively competition
between the two steel trusts.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-04

The city of Baltimore purposes to ac-
quire the wharf property in the burned
district, to improve it and to lease
1t to the transportation companies
This is being opposed by the railroad
and steamship lines. They prefer to
own their terminals. not to rent them
from the municipality. 1t is pointed
out that city ownership of wharves
and docks in New York has resulted
in making charges so high that much
business has been diverted from that
port 10 others where more liberal terms
are TO be had The transportation
companies assert that municipal own
ership would hamper them in their
operations.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-04
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The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-04

Senator Bailey of Texas would doubt
less make a good President, and would
probably come as nearly to election as
any other Southern man who could be
named. Nevertheless it is. unfor-
tunately, fact that the time is not
yet ripe for the naming Of man born
south of Mason and Dixon's line for
that position. There are no batter
Americans than the men of the South
but the North is still too prejudiced to
vote for a Southern man. Mr.. Bailey
will have to wait.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-04

A st. Petersburg story says that
a number OF foreigners principally
Englishmen and Americans, have APP
Piled to the Russian government for
letters of marque to enable them to
prey upon Japanese merchant ships,
and that Russia has declined all such
proposals. 1t is rather difficult to
credit the story. The days of pri-
watering are over. The privateer
that attempted to hold up japanese
ships on the high seas might expect
a short and lurid career
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-04

The Virginia Legislature is consid-
ering a bill dealing with anarchists.
An anarchist is defined by it as one
who uses explosives for robbery or
other purposes. places distractions or
explosives on railroad tracks, attacks
officers Of the law, makes attacks
while masked, commits criminal as
saults on women. or harbors or con-
ceals any one guilty of such crimes
Punishment is fixed at death by hang
ing. This seems to considerably widen
the meaning of the word anarchist.
which has heretofore been used COM
monty to designate one who seeks the
overthrow OF civil government.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-04

New York is considering the advisa-
bility Of putting in a system OF mains
for salt water as an auxiliary 10 the
fre service supply. The first protest
against the proposition has been made
by ex-Mayor schieren Of Brooklyn. he
asserts that less than per cent. OF
the eity's fresh water consumption Is
used for FIRE purposes, and that the
use Of salt water az fires would largely
increase the losses by damage from
water Many articles soaked with
fresh water may BE- saved wholly or
~ part, while 20 soak the average ar
ueis q usrehahdiss IN SAT- water is
90 effseioMit rum ~ ~
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-04

The experts of the Agricultural De-
partment, Washington, are of the opin-
ion that the hooking bird may aid
materially in the solution of the cot
ton boil weevil problem. A Washing
ton dispatch says: Following the APP
preparation by Congress of $250,00O to
to prosecute the repression, or exter-
mination, if possible. of the cotton
boil weeviL there has come to the at
tention of the scientists of the Depart
ment of Agriculture the information
that the hooking bird is especially
fond OF the grubs of the weevil, and
that, if propagated and protected, the
birds would soon prove the most eff
fective means of remedy for the pest. -
There can be no doubt that the de-
struetion of insectivorous bird life is
largely responsible for much of the
trouble that farmers experience from
insect pests. Every state should have
stringent bird laws and they should
be strictly enforced. Meanwhile, if
anything can be done to increase the
brood of those delightful feathered
songsters, the hooking birds, 1t will
be a good thing.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-04

Russia's soldiers in Manchuria are
reported TO be suffering terrible hard
ships. Not only is the weather in
tensely cold. but epidemics of small
pox, pneumonia, and bronchitis have
broken out along the route to Hardin.
where there are no facilities for TAX
ing care OF the sick. Hundreds Of men
are said to be falling I'll daily. At
every station half frozen and iii men
are Aeft behind.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-04
THE MICROSCOPE
Proves That Parasites Cause Hair
Loss.


Loss.
Nine-tenths of. the diseases of the
scalp and hair are caused by parasitic
germs. The Importance of this dis
covery by Prof. Unna of the Charity
Hospital, Hamburg. Germany, cannot
be over estimated. 1t explains why
ordinary hair preparations even OF
the most expensive character. fail to
cure dandruff; because they do not
and they cannot kill the dandrun
germ. The only hair preparation IN
the world that positively destroys the
dandruff parasites that burrow up the
scalp into scales called scurf or dan
druff, is Newbro's Herpicide. In add
ton to its destroying the dandrun
germ Herpicide is also delightful
hair dressing. Sold by leading dru@-
gists. Send 10c in stamps for sample
to The Herpicide Co, Detroit. Mich.
Livingston's Pharmacy, Co.. Special
Agents.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-04


The most inconsiderate ex-lover in
the country lives at Bellaire, o.. and
his name is John Burns. John and Sa-
die Hilbert were -sweethearts for sew
eral years; then they quarreled. and
John demanded that Sadie return to
him all of the presents he had ever
given her. She declined to give up and
John took the law on her." In the
schedule of presents that he made out
there was enumerated, among other
things, "one set of false teeth" and the
miniOns of the law, armed with the le-
gal papers, made Sadie take them out
and deliver them to the man who had
paid for them. That made Sadie thor
oughly mad, and she gave IS to law
yer who hunted up a statute under
which he got writ of replevin and
forced John to restore Sadies teeth to
her
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-04

"Drygoods are naturally very in
fiammable," says the Houston Post
But not more so than some wet"
goods. There is Texas cider" for
instance.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-04
The weather.

The indications for Georgia for to-
northwest winds Eastern Florida
rain. followed by fair and much colder
weather, with brisk northwest winds.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-04
senator Morgan OF Alabama. VIII

Senator Morgan OF Alabama. who
has been lighting for a Nicaragua ca
nal for fifteen years and who has seen
his fevorlte project almost through
Congress several times, came out OF
the Senate after the treaty providing
Tor q Panama canal had been ratified.
Well" Senator" said a friend, 81 Il
AZ over Yes, replied the senator,
my canal troubles are al over ana
theirs have Just bsgun."
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-04

This is decidedly the wrong time of
the year for cold waves to come sneak
ing down this way, with the fruit
trees in bloom and young vegetables
showing green and tender.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-04

II seems 10 keep Mr.. Cleveland pref
~ busy these days mailing campaign
lies 10 the counter. He has now ef-
fectually disposed Of the story that
a eolored man lunched with him IN
the White House. As was brought out
IN the House yesterday, Mr.. Cieys-
Land h the Negroes friend but not
his fool friend~
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-04

A man of the name of Schulman,
now living in Pennsylvania but claim
ing to be an ex-soldier of the Cars
army, declares that there is a secret
rule. in the Russian army to kill all
of the wounded" This rule, he says,
sis communicated officially to all of
the officers and is tacitly understood
by the men. The Russians argue that
the maintenance of hospitals is too
expensive-more so than to kill off the
wounded The story probably ema-
mates more from desire to say some
thing against the Russians than to
adhere strictly to the truth.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-04

As soon as Panama gets her $10,-
100000 the isthmus ought to offer a
good market for automobiles and
diamonds.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-04

Some days ago it was published that
three Japanese. officers had been hang
ed for trying to blow up bridge on
the Manchurian railway. Pictures of
the bridge and of the hanging, drawn
from descriptions were published in
some of the yellow papers. Now it
transpires that no such incident oc-
Cured. But years hence the histo-
rians will run across the pictures and
the story will go into the permanent
records, in all probability. IS
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-04

A Cincinnati man docks his wife 81
on her weekly allowance whenever she
gets the morning paper and reads it
ahead of him. When they go out to
market together he makes her carry
the basket. For these and some other
minor reasons she has applied to the
court for a divorce. 81
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-04

President Harper and John d.
Rockefeller are said TO be planning 10
make the University Of Chicago the
richest college In the world. When
their plans have been matured the
university Will have = capital. inelud-
ing endowment and equipment, Of 500
100000. That woulo represent about
one years income 81 Mr. Rockefsl-
Ter.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-04

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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-11

TN THE past few years the de-
1 sire of mankind to discover a
l. means for navigating the air has
led to deep study of the flights
of birds and a great deal of material
has been gathered.
1t is beginning to be the consensus
of opinion that the bird world as a
whole is not nearly perfect in its at
tainment of flight.
All birds that have to flap their
wings continually, such as sparrows,
finches, thrushes, crows and so on, are
still in an imperfect stage.
More advanced are such birds as
pigeons, swallows, etc, because they
can dart ahead for a space after they
have gained a good start by the rapid
Tapping of the pinions.
But the only perfect hiers are the
eagles, vultures, albatrosses and other
great fowl that can rise and fall, sway
and soar in the air indefinitely with
out moving their wings perceptibly.
Now, how do these big birds man
age to ascend to great heights with
out tapping their wings? 1t is certain
that such birds as the eagle and the
vulture can soar into the air gradually
till they disappear from the eye of the
beholder, and yet it will be quite i'm
possible to denote single motion OF
anything except the tail.
One observer, Erich Hoffman, had
an unusual opportunity to gather
some facts that bear on this question.
Two years ago he was in the Caucasus
on mountain peak that assembled
close to another one Over the latter
there scared a great eagle, and, far as
he was from earth, he was quite close
to Mr.. Hoffman
When he. was seen first he was
hanging almost motionless in the air
Suddenly he moved swiftly ahead
pointing his head slightly toward the
sky, and thus he glided along without
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-11

SO saying, his great hand, on which
Peter sat, holding tight to the little
finger, which was big as a mast,
lifted Peter rapidly up the shaft He
went so swiftly that his senses fled.
When he recovered he found himself
sitting in the waiting room of the sta
ton; and he would have dismissed the
affair as a strange dream if he had not
touched his breast and found no heart
beat, no warmth, no sensation of any
kind
He felt none of the delight at being
near home, such as he had felt the
day before. But for all that, he wished
to hasten there. For it had suddenly
struck him that his affairs needed
sharp attention
The neighbors all crowded around
him when he appeared, and Peter re-
turned their greetings politely; but
their delight at his return evoked no
pleasure in his breast. He was glad
when he reached his house and could
escape them.
There he was met by the old
steward, who still survived from his
fathers time The old man tried to
embrace Peter, whom he had carried
in his arms when he was baby. But
Peter stepped aside and waited impa-
tiently while the old man welcomed
him home
Very we'll, very well!' said he at
last, as the old steward wiped his
eyes. "But let us get at the accounts.
They went at the accounts, and
Peter demanded proofs of everything
and criticised the expenditures, until
the old man stole sadly from the
room. Il can see, said Peter to him
self, that a strong hand is needed
here"
All the land around him soon felt
the strong hand. Tenants who were
in arrears were dispossessed. All who
were in debt to him were prosecuted.