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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-07
CURRENT COMMENT.

The New York Commercial says: mo
a bank that shall keep open Sundays,
as we'll as week days. Perhaps, how
ever--should the laws be changed to
permit such institutions-we may yet
reach that point. We are a genera
ton of iconoclasts-each succeeding
generation tending more and more to
become such-and no one can tell what
the future may bring forth"
The Philadelphia Record Dem)
says: Secretary Tafts agreement
with President Amador of Panama is
a tacit acknowledgment of the wrong
done the republic by the extension of
the Dingley tariff to the canal zone,
the establishment of United States
ports of entry at the canal ends and
the custer of Panama from its juris-
diction over postal matters and other
governmental affairs within the leased
territory. All of these invasions of the
sovereignty of the republic have been
suppressed, or will be as soon as Pana-
ma shall adopt the gold standard con-
formally to an agreement of June 20.
last. The outcome oy Secretary Taft's
mission is gratifying. and 1t relieves
this government from the grave impu-
tation of bad faith in the observation
OF treaty stipulations."
The Baltimore Sun (Dem.) says:
1.-The attitude which the Republican
party will adopt toward the South will
not be determined solely by the radical
elements in that party. There are
many conservative Republicans In the
East who Will have voice In decid-
ing what their party's policy shall be.
The business interests of the North
viii be a potent factor In shaping the
decision. They do not want a condi-
tion OF unrest and agitation created in
the South. There is too much North
ern capital invested In the Southern
states 10 permit political extremists
and fanatics to have a free hand there,
az they had IN reconstruction days.
Furthermore, the South Is an important
element IN the nations prosperity.
Manufacturers, merchants and bankers
DO not want las development halted
and ~ industries palsied BY revival
~ sectionalism and a renewal ~ racial
diecord and antipafhiee. Finally there
a. President Roosevelt. whose influence
ought 10 be eNerfed. az President Of
the whole people. in restraining the
extremists " Bile own party"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-07
INDEX 10 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Meetings-Georgia Chapter No. 8, R.
A M.
Special Notices-Family Cakes
Baked, C. A. Vetter; Notice. ]. w.
Evans; Election of Directors, Ogle-
thorpe Savings and Trust Company;
Roofing Paper, Andrew Hanley Co.;
Regular Meals, Veruki's Cafe; Crew
Notice, Strachan & Co., Consignees;
Ship Notice, Williamson & Rauers,
Agents; Crew Notice, Williamson &
Rauers, Agents; Ship Notice, Strachan
& Co., Agents; Ripe Bananas, Collins,
Grayson & Co.
Business-Notices-G Things Ar
tistically Served, at Sommers' Cafe;
That Boy of Yours. G. w. Thomas.
Third Wednesday Shoe Sale-Leopold
Adler.
Jewelry opening-simon & Stern
berg.
Bath Robes-The Metropolitan Co.
1t Will Do You Good-Rowlinski,
Druggist
Tom Moore Cigarros-Henry Solo
mon & Son.
A Good Range-At Lattimore's.
More Than Twelve Years--Le Panto
Cigars.
Christmas Things-The Solomons Co
Size Up This Store-Munster
Rich Jewelry and Silverware-
Spaulding & Co.
Foods-Royal Baking Powder.
Perfumes-Livingston's Pharmacy.
For Skin Diseases-Tetterine.
High Glass Cigars-The Delmonico
Co.
We Show Lots of Useful Things
Savannah Gas Co.
Savannah Theater-To-day, Matinee
and Night, Barlow Minstrels.
Wiley's Delicious Candies-Knight's
Pharmacy.
Shop Before the Rush-Thos. West
G. Co.
Special Daily Sales Nc. BIB. H.
Levy, Bro. & Co.
Getting Ready for the Holidays
Conner & Sullivan.
Going West-Missouri Pacific Rail-
way
Lumber-Mill-Hav Co.
Everybody Is Pleased-Jerry George.
Legal Notices-In the Matter of w.
d. Champion of Chatham, Bankrupt.
Medical-Dr. Bulls Cough Syrup.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted: For
Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personal: Mis-
cellaneous.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-07
TEACHING OYAMA TO SHOOT.

Horace Fletcher writes in the Deem
Der Worlds Work: Twenty-Five years
ago l was an experienced rifle shot
and could hit a moving object every
time. The 22-calibre rifle and machine
made cartridge. which came into gen.
eral use in the seventies, made extern
sive rifle practice possible. l wrote
and published at the time a pamphlet
on how to shoot with rifle. 1t hap
pened that copies of the pamphlet
reached Japan, where l spent some
time soon after. Japan had Just be-
gun to make a military organization
on the most modern lines, and Mar
quis Oyama was Minister of War. He
invited me to visit him in his home
at Toxic and showed great interest
in the method of learning to shoot
at a moving object with a rifle. He
had already seen the pamphlet,
Il had a number of American rifles
and ample ammunition with me in
Japan, and Marquis Oyama and the
then Col. Murata Inventor of the jap
anese military rifle) joined me sew
eral afternoons at target practice.
They entered enthusiastically into the
spirit, Oyama in particular showing
the enthusiasm of a boy. I shall
never forget his keen joy the first
time he hit moving object with a
bullet. 1t was a teapot thrown in
the air. l believe, and when it came
down in dust and pieces he capered
about and screamed in his delight like
an excited schoolboy."
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-07
EQUAL JUSTICE.

A noticeable statement in the elo-
quent charge which Judge Cam made
to the grand jury on Monday is the
following: 1T may be of interest In
this connection to know that out of
twelve homicides tried in your courts,
when ten of the defendants were ne
groes and only two whites, both white
men were convicted and only two of
the ten negroes, and this by white
juries. 1t was stated a short while
ago by a newspaper of a certain city.
in Northern state. that of five muir
derers under sentence of death in that
city four were negroes and only one
a white man."
There is an impression at the North
that in the courts at the South the
negro doesn't have an equal chance
with the white man for justice. The
statement made by Judge Cam shows
this impression is erroneous. AS a
matter of fact the juries are inclined
to be more lenient with negroes than
the whites, for the reason that the
whites are supposed to have more rea-
sons for respecting the laws than the
negroes. 1t is a fact that grand juries
are not hard on the negroes. They are
disposed to be merciful in dealing with
them. And the same may be said of
the courts. There is no doubt that in
the South the courts are more lenient
with negro offenders than are the
courts in the North. That this is true
could be shown pretty easily from the
court reports in the Philadelphia pa
pers. There seems to be a very
strong feeling in that city against the
increase in cost Of administering jus
tice, because of the increase in the
number of negro criminals. There is
no ground for saying that here in the
South the negro is Disseminated
against in the courts.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-07
The Retort Courteous,

THE late Charles Hoyt," says Frank
Daniels, the actor, according to Col
lier's, was about as genial a fellow
as one would ever meet; yet, when oc-
casion offered. he could give utterance
to some rather sarcastic remarks.
Il remember once how he gave an
awful jolt to a player well known for
his intense egotism. Hoyt was in the
box of a Western theater witnessing
the first production of his musical
comedies, and, in accordance with his
custom, making notes for the improve
men of the piece, when a. telegram
from the actor referred to was handed
to him. The telegram read:
If your new play is a success,
very much desire the leading role in
same
'Whereupon Hoyt turned over the
message. wrote upon the other side:
You are alone in your desire,' and
gave it to the messenger to be at once
put on the wire"
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-07

Gen. John A. Fite of Lebanon was
on street car bound for the fair,
says the Nashville Banner. A lady and
her daughter got on the car, the moth
er finding a seat. Gen. Fite very gal
lantly rose and offered the young lady
his seat. The young lady declined to
take it. Gen. Fife insisted, but the
mother remarked: 'She is young and
can stand" You don't mean to say
that I am old, MADAME" "Oh, no, not
at ALL" politely remarked the lady.
The young lady accepted the seat, and
Gen. Fite, turning to the mother, said;
How old do you think / amp"
I should think about 55.'
Madam, ! am SO years old" Then
he stopped to enjoy the sensation the
announcement had created. He had it
to the full The men marveled; the
women wondered. One of the former
said: To what do you attribute your
long life?" ITO nothing in particular.
l have used good whisky; chewed good
tobacco and smoked good cigars. My
mother died at the age of 101 years.
My grandmother lived to be ITO, and
had ten living children and over 800
descendants living and dead"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-07
A Helpful Hint.

"All I've got to say for him." pessi-
mistically growled honest but sadly
abraded Farmer Tootwiler, according
to Puck, lis that my city nephew
that's visiting us just now amt got
as much good, sound sense as a bar
rel of hair, even if he does wear fine
clothes and intellectual-lookin' eye
glasses. Last night while 1 was milk
in / tied the old brindle cows tail
to my boot strap to keep her from
switchin' my eyes out. Something
frightened her and she gave a wild
blat, started to run and dragged me
three times around the barn on my
back before 1 could get disengaged,
so to describe it, from her. Roy-that's
his name!-Roy watched me circum-
navigatin' the edifice, as it were,
without raisin' hand to stop us, and
when it was over he calmly lit one
of them COMPOUNDED cigarettes and
gently remarked:
IF you are going to do that again.
uncle, wouldn't it be a good idea to
grease your back before starting?"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-07
TELEGRAPH IN PRISON.
From the Chicago Chronicle.

From the chicago Chronicle.
Every prison has it's secret ''tele-
graph" for it was not to be expected
that cunning offenders could be long
confined together, even on the separate
cell" system, without discovering a
method of secret intercommunication
Prisoners rap their messages" to
each other, and experience has shown
that an attentive ear may receive and
understand a communication thus
made through the thickest prison wall.
The raps correspond regularly with
the letters of the alpha bet, which is
arranged for the purpose into six rows.
the first beginning with "a and the
last beginning and ending the series
e." The first rapping indicates the
row in which the letter is found, one
for first two for second, and so on;
the subsequent raps, given after a
slight pause, show the number of the
letter in the row. At first the table
must be kept in mind, but after a
little practice the prisoner is enabled
to dispense with all conscious reference
to it, the message being really received,
as in the Morse biography, in the
form of symbols standing in place of
letters.
In Russia the clue is not so much in
the system itself as in the nihilistic
a view to concealment. This is clear
from what happened recently in one of
the central prisons. Word had gone
around to protest, not only against an
excess of heavy work, but against the
bad quality of food supplied to the
prisoners, and the protest was to take
the refusal to perform the usual tasks
on the men being called together after
breakfast.
Somehow or other the governor OBJ
tanned the message as it had been
raped through all the walls, but he
took it literally as a plot to break
prison by the whole of the convicts,
so he armed the whole of the warders
to the teeth, taking effective measures
to prevent the assembly on the NOR
row. This blunder had a highly bene-
fetal effect upon the discipline of the
prison, for the convicts obtained not
only immediate immunity from the
heavy tasks to which they had been
accustomed, but afterward enjoyed
better food and more humane treat
ment.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-07
An Election Test.

Henry C. Prick. the Pittsburg cap
italist, tells of an acquaintance who
is interested in a skyscraper in New
York city, says the New York Times.
When this building was completed"
said Mr. Prick, "a test was made of
the elevators. A basket full of eggs,
four kittens. and some fragile pieces
of china were placed upon the floor
of the cage which had been drawn to
the uppermost landing. At a signal
the supports of the cage were with
drawn and the elevator shot down into
the pit, many hundred feet beneath.
My acquaintance made an exam
ination of the elevators contents. He
found the kittens alive but with heads
deeply buried in their fur. Poor
things he muttered, not shocked, but
almost frightened to DEATH
Fright nothing blurted one of the
elevator men. a nauseous expression
on his grimy face, one of those eggs
BURST
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-07
what Little saul Got Christmas.

From the Cosmopolitan.
Us parents mostly thinks our owns
The smartest children out!-
But Wilder Sheltons little Saul
Beats all know about
He's wealxly-like-in pint o. health,
But strong in word and deed
And heart and head, and snap and
spunk,
And allus in the leadl
Come honest by it, fer his Pa
Afore he passed away
He was n leader-(Lord, I'd like
To hear him preach to-dayD
He led his flock; he led in prayer
Fer spread O. peace-and when
Nothin' but War could spread it, he
Was first to lead us thenl
So little Saul has grit to take
Things jes as they occur;
And Sister Sheltons proud o. him
AS he is proud o. her!
And when she got up'-jes fer him
And little playmates all
A Christmas tree-they eyer'one
Was there but little Saul.
Pore little chap was sick in bed
Next room; and Doc was there,
And said the children might file past,
But go right back to where
The tree was. In the settin' room,
And Saul jes laid and smiled
Ner couldn't nod, ner wave his hand,
II hurt so-Bless the child
And so they left him there with Doc
And warm tears Of his Mas
Then--suddent-l ike--high over all
Their laughter and applause
They heard-"I don't care what you
cit
on yer old Christmas tree,
Cause I'm got somepin you all haint-
I'm got the pleuriayi"
james Whitcomb Riley.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-07


forms that are urgently needed. but
the politicians will not permit either
of them to be effected. The waste
in the public printing is a scandal
and the consular service is totally in
adequate to the needs of the country's
commerce. OF course, the President
discusses the currency, but there is
no probability that his recommended
tions will be adopted. He wants the
greenbacks retired, every silver dol
lar made redeemable in gold at the
option of the holder and the currency
made more elastic. The talk of max
ing the currency more elastic has been
going on for ten years or more, and
yet way to make it so has not yet
been discovered, a way. that is salts
factory to the majority. The President
still harps on the need for a great
navy. Without 1t he thinks we
shouldn't be able to make our flag
respected or to get our share of the
trade of the Far East-the trade for
which the nations are now contending.
In this connection the President rec
ommends that a commission be ap-
pointed to study trade conditions in
China, and report upon our oppor-
tunities for charging our market
there.
The President says there is no dam
ger to be apprehended from the num-
Der of immigrants that reach our
shores so long as we take care to ad-
NIT only the right kind. Good Ameri-
canism isn't a matter of creed or
birthplace, but Of common sense, con-
science and lofty patriotism"
The President doesn't want the Phil
ippine question discussed. He thinks
the Filipinos have been making steady
progress ever since we got the bet
ter of the insurgents, and that they
will improve steadily right along, pro-
vided they don't get the idea strongly
fixed in their minds that they could
do better for themselves if they were
Independent, and that they really
ought to have their independence. He
N~SS VIC tain III lllS country Indt
they ought to be independent has done
them great deal of harm; that as a
matter of fact, they are not fit to
manage their own affairs, and that no
greater misfortune could happen to
them than to be given their independ-
ence. He says that when they
are prepared for self-government he
hopes they will, if not able to stand
alone, bear some such relation to this
country as Cuba bears to it. One
thing in the direction of self-govern-
ment is to be tried in the islands with
in the next two years. A lower house
is to be established. If this house
should show ability for legislation,
would the President still insist that
the question as to whether or not a
definite time should be fixed as to
when the Filipinos should have their
independence shouldn't be discussed?
The message as a whole is an inter-
esting document, It's thought is clear
ly and strongly expressed. Those who
read 1T will not think their time was
wasted, and they will find no mention
of the tariff. Is that subject to be
dealt with in a separate message. or
is it the purpose of the Republican
party to take the position that there
is no good reason for changing any
of the Dingley schedules?
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-07

A clergyman who always spends a
part of his summer preaching in small
country churches near his home city
was relating one of his experiences of
last summer, says the New York
Press.
Il went out to preach in tiny
town about twenty miles from here
which does not boast of a hotel or
anything approaching it," he said. Il
conducted the Sunday morning serv-
ice, and at its conclusion waited for
the usual invitation to dinner For
some reason no one extended such an
invitation. 1 was ravenously hungry
and in desperation approached a
prosperous looking farmer.
Brother, said 1, won't you come
home to dinner with me?'
He beamed with pleasure. Why,
certainly he said. Where do you
live%
About twenty miles from here I
answered.
He looked at me stupidity for a
minute and then the point of my in
vitation dawned upon him. With a
hearty laugh he grasped my hand and
said:
Pardon, let's go over to my
house. It's a heap nearer than
your'n"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-07
TATTOO THE SOCIETY GuRLr
New York Dispatch in the Pittsburg
Dispatch.

New York Dispatch in the Pittsburg
Dispatch.
A man named Winton f. Lefoy,
who calls himself the London society
tatoolst has just hurled himself
upon New York. He says that society
women there have had him do Jobs
OF tattooing and he expects that the
ladies OF quality on this side will fol-
low the example. lie claims that
a number OF tilted women on the other
side have had portraits OF their favor
lie friends done In seven colors on
various parts OF their anatomles. and
adds. Some have amorous sentiments
inscribed upon their arms. while others
have the portraits OF their lovers
traced upon them. The operation Is
absolutely painless. / print IN seven
cOlorsi two of them are secrets / claim
10 be- the only tattooist who has dis
covered the secret Of the Mnckron-
naEe Islanders, who have pacticed
my art for generations and have
brought u 10 the highest state OF per-
fcctlon."
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-07
TRANSPORTATION OF VEGETABLES.
From an Exchange,

From an Exchange.
At the Academy of Sciences in Paris
1t was announced recently that M.
Molliard has hit upon a means for
Transforming radish into a potato.
M. Molliards method, briefly describ-
ed in popular terms, is this: He takes
very young radish. "Pasteurizes"
it in certain way. and it grows UP
into fine potato. More scientifically,
the young radish is cultivated in
glass retort, after a process invented
by Pasteur, in a concentrated solution
of glucose. Starch then develops plenti-
fully in the cells of the radish, which
swells, out, loses its pepperriness, and
acquires practically the consistency
flavor, and especially the nu-
tritive properties, of the potato
1t is not claimed that the
latter vegetable will be at once SUPER
seeded or that it will yet be cheaper to
change radishes into potatoes than to
cultivate the latter in the ordinary
way. But M. Molliard's discovery is
regarded as one which may have far
reaching consequences. He may have
to some extent. found the "philoso-
piers stone" of the vegetable king
dom.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-07
bright BITS.

Little Elmer-"Papa, what is a
hypochondriac? Prof. Broadhead-"A
hypochondriac, my son, is a person who
has no disease, but many complaints"
Puck.
Hungry Harry Gas he reaches the
point of satiation)-"I was starvin
lady, before l begun on this beauti-
full Thanksgivin' meal" Mrs. Hand
outte-"And how do you feel, now,
poor mann" Hungry Harry (equivo-
cally)-"I feel as if I'd like ter be
starvin' all over ag'in, lady."-Judgc.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-07

king Edward has taken UP the
royal Stuart Tartan for himself and
his servants at Balmoral, and the white
league is quite excited. Queen Vic
toria never used the Stuart plaids, but
her servants at Balmoral wore the So
called Balmoral plaid designed by the
Prime Consort.
Mrs. Charles w, Fairbanks, wife
of the Vice President and present gem
eral of the National Society, Daugh-
tiers of the American Revolution, has
requested all chapters to hold a CO.
lonial tea on Jan. 6, the anniversary
of the wedding of George and Martha
Washington.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-07

The territories that are clamorlng
for admission to statehood will sorely
miss the late Senator Quay when the
fight comes up again in Congress. 1t
was asserted that Senator Quay want
ed New Mexico to become a state so
that one of his old Pennsylvania polit-
ical aids, known popularity as Bull"
Andrews, could secure a senatorship.
With Quay and his peculiar influences
out of the way. Mr.. "Bulr Andrews
will find the door TO statehood some
what harder to open. But with the
Republican party in charge of all
branches Of the government. he may
succeed i'm getting in.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-07

The new German army bill provides
for a gradual increase of the stand
when the army will number 505,S39
men, and for every 1000 of total pop
ulation, 95 men will be in the army. 1t
is believed this manifestation of in
creased militarism will meet with
ment says it is necessary to provide
for the increase, because France has
so large a standing army.