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The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-04
GETTING THE PLATFORM

The Democrats are not going to have
platform as the Republicans had. AS
heard from thus far, Mr.. Hill of New
York, Mr.. Williams of Mississippi the
minority leader of the House, and Sen
atOr German Of Maryland have drafts
of platforms. OF course, Mr.. Bryan
will be on hand with platform which.
he viii insist cannot be improved on.
Besides the foregoing. there are no
doubt others, which will be kept in the
background until the Committee on
Resolutions is appointed.
1t is practically settled that the plat
fern will be a conservative one. Mr.
Bryan will not be able to get any
reference to the platforms of 1896 and
1900 in it. Dead issues will have few
friends at st. Louis. Mr.. Bryan will
find that out soon after his arrival.
An Omaha dispatch says he would
be satisfied with a, very mild reaffirma-
ton of the platforms on which he was
twice defeated. but why risk handi-
Gaping the ticket simply to crafty
Mr.. BRYAN?
If Mr.. H:lIs platform is modelled
on that which was adopted by the
New York Democracy at its last State
Convention it will hardly meet with
approval. 1t was severely criticised at
the time of its adoption, especially by
Mr.. Bryan.
The understanding seems to be that
the platform which Mr. Williams will
offer is substantially that which was
adopted by the Democrats of Missis-
sppi at the time that delegates to st.
Louis were chosen. 1t has some good
features and will come pretty near
satisfying the Committee on Resolu-
tons and the convention. The plat
form which Senator German will offer
for approval has a carefully drawn
tariff plank. which may be incorporat-
ed in the platform finally agreed on
by the convention.
The indications are that the plat
form will not be a compromise. The
conservatives will be in control of the
convention and the platform will re-
fleet their views.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-04
MorEnn,s Coat-of-Arms.

]. Pierpont Morgan has a great deal
more humor than is generally known
Not long ago. while in London. he was
introduced to a woman who made some
pretentiOns to peerage. Pardon me-"
said the woman, haughtily. Ito which
Morgans do you belong" "Oh. we are
Morgan, slyly. but we date back TO the
Norman kings" "Ah. then you have
a coat OF arms?" Mr.. Morgan dug
down into his pocket and brought forth
a shining American $40 gold piece
This" he said is our coat OF arms:
q few families have adopted the same
emblem. But" he continued, conf
dentially. I'VE are gathering them In
as fast as possible"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-04
TIE FIGHTING RABBIT.

We fear the Washington Post is
largely responsible for the rabbit story
from Morristown, n. j., which we shall
quote presently. Not that it is a tic-
titious tale, or that the Post had any
thing to do with the telling of it, con-
sidered in itself. But from time to
time our bright and able Contempor-
airy has descanted on the fighting abil-
tiles of American Dummies in so en-
PERTAINING a manner that we opine the
Morristown fancier mentioned in the
story, after reading the Posts articles,
has taken it upon himself to improve
on nature and produce a strain of
rabbits that shall become famous as
fighters. The fighting bulldog, it
should be held in mind, is a creature
of selection and evolution; so is the
fighting bull of Spain. The natural
fighting instinct in the dog and the
bull may have been stronger than in
the rabbit, to begin with, but it re-
quired training and breeding to pro-
duce the ferocious scrappers as we
know them to-day.
The Post asserts. and nobody has
disproved the claim, that the fighting
spirit is in the rabbit and that it fire.
quently comes out when occasion re-
quires militant demonstration on
bunny's part. Thus it has told of rab-
bits that have whipped hounds in fair
combat and sent them bowling to the
woods. Similarly we have heard from
Seaton-T Thompson, or Thompson-Sea-
ton, and from one of our own CORE
spondents in Georgia, of rabbits that
whipped snakes and made meals off
their dead bodies. These cotton-tails,
1t should be borne in mind, were with
out special advantages in learning the
art of attack and defense. Now for the
Morristown story:
That rabbits can fight has been dem
onstrated by Patrick O'Keefe of Phoe-
nix avenue, who has trained pair of
them to give battle to the most fero-
cious dogs in that neighborhood.
O'Keefe believes that any animal can
be trained to fight for it's life. Acting
on this theory, he took two young Bel
gian hares and from an early age i'm
culcated into them the methods by
which they could defend themselves
and defeat other four-footed beasts.
He taught them to fight, and not alone
to defend themselves, but to look for
battle when none was in sight. AS a
consequence he now has two large
buck rabbits so ferocious that they at
tack and rout all the dogs i'm that part
of the city. Not a canine of any build
or breed in that vicinity now dares
come within sight of the O'Keefe
homestead.
This looks to us like a case of cause
and effect, the Posts rabbit literature
being the cause and O'Keefe's fighting
rabbits the effect. That the fighting
rabbits are in good hands is indicated
by the name of their trainer Whatever
fine fighting points the rabbits may
possess naturally ought to be brought
out and developed by a man of the
name OF O'Keefe. and it may be that
within the course of a few years the
world will be RECALLED with and aston
ished by the bloody deeds of rabbits
of the O'Keefe strain. But, is It good
thing to inculcats in these creatures a
greater love for carnage and battle
than they already possess?
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-04
II Was His Name.

"Dam-if-i-no, said Clerk Alexan-
der Cobrie. replying to Justice Kelly
lin the Supreme Court in Brooklyn
yesterday. says the New York World.
What? What is that Mr. Cob
rie?" said the judge. in utter amaze
ment.
The court had been puzzling over
a paper in the case. and handing Il
to the clerk had asked: What is
the name of the plaintiff in this
action?"
The establishment of the judge at
the apparent levty of the answer
he received was short-lived.
1.-The plaintiffs maine. Your Honor"
explained the clerk gravely, lis Gui-
seppe Damifino."
"Ah," said the Judge smiling. as
he signed the paper; that is in
keRigible."
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-04

A dispatch from Russian sources
says that the tall form or AN Amer
lean" is frequently seen with the Jap
anese artillery, which leads the CORE
spondent to the conclusion that an
American is in charge of the artillery.
But possibly the tall form is not that
Of an American at all, but of Col. Ref
lipe w. Thenuz. the distinguished Aus
TRAN artillerist, who came into noto-
riety during the recent short and mel
ancholy war between Turkey and
Greece. Stil there may be some doubt
about that, since there was a sugges-
ton some time since that Col Thenuz
might be invited to come to the United
States to take the chair of ethics in a
school Of journalism.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-04
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The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-04

discussed paper on THE injustice of
vacations, says the Bookman. Mr.
Sage certainly has a right to his opin-
ions and to express them. In our mind
the only question is, Has or has not
Mr.. Sage been guilty of literary pla-
giarism?"
lFrom ar S [From Russo
Di k n s "A Sage's Article in
Christmas Car the Independent
OF. Let us assume
At length the that an employer
hour of shutting and his clerk made
up the counting an agreement to ex-
house rr d. change just remun-
with an i'll will GRAFTON for reason
Scrooge dismount able services, and
ed from his stool, each one keeps his
and tacitly admit part of the agree
ted the fact to the ment. Are they not
eXpectant clerk in then quits? If
the Tank, who in there is any obliga-
stantly snuffed his ton, / think it is
candle out, and on the part of the
put on his hat. clerk. who avails of
You'll want all the credit, skill and
day tomorrow, 1 organization of the
suppos seq" said employer to learn a
Scrooge. business and ad-
IF quite con- vance himself along
venient. sir" path which has
It's not con- already been pre-
n n 7, SAID pared for him.
Scrooge, land it's What right has he,
not fair. If l was then, to demand or
to stop half a expect pay for two
crown for it, weeks time, for
you'd think your which he renders no
self ill-used, I'll equivalent, not con-
he bound" sidering the serious
The clerk smil- inconvenience to
ed family. which he often puts
And yet" said his employer?
S CT oge, "yoL Suppose we were
don't think me to reverse the con-
ill-used, when I ventional order of
pay days wages things and, instead
for no work. of the clerk de-
The clerk OBJ m d ing tw o
served that it wasl weeks pay gratis.
only once a year the employer should
"A poor excuse demand two weeks
for picking awork without pay
mans pocket ev- as a condition of
cry 25th of De- retaining the clerk
cember," S i d in his employ What
Scrooge, buttoning tremendous howl
his great coat to would go up.
the chin
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-04
HAIR SOFT As SILK.
New Scientific Treatment Kills Dam
druff Germs and Makes Hair Soft

druff Germs and Makes Hair Soft
IL is an accepted fact, a proven
fact. that dandrun is a germ disease:
and II Is also a demonstrated fact that
Newbro's Herpicide kills the dandruff
germ. without dandrun falling hair
would stop. and thin hair will thicken.
Herpicide not only kills the dandruff
germ. but Il also makes hair as soft
AS silk. IL Is the most delightful hair
dressing made. II cleanses the scalp
from dandruff and keeps II clean and
healthy. Itching and irritation are in
stantly relieved. and permanently
Take No substitute. Ask for "Iierpi-
eide" Sold by leading druggists
Send 10c In stamps for sample to
The herpicide Co, Detroit. Mich.
Livingston's Pharmacy, Special
Agent.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-04
THUNDFRROIT IINE

City Market to Casino and Thunder
bolt via Bolton street junction.
Beglnnlng 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 1870 p. m.
Cars leave Bolton street junction Is
minutes after leaving time at CITY
Market.
Beginning at $3.50 a. m. cars leave
Live Oak station for city every half
hour until 2:38 p. m, after which
time cars leave every Is minutes until
1908 midnight.
Car leaving Casino ct 1855 will rim
south on Barnard street to Fortieth
and north on Abercorn to Bolton
street
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-04

The hard-headed, conmon-sense bus
mess men of the North and East will
see to It that nothing comes of the
Republican proposition to renew sec
tional animosities by cutting down
the South's representation in Congress.
The North and East are more inter-
ested in the peace and prosperity Of
the South than ever before. and the
business men of those sections are well
aware of the fact that foroe-bill and
bloody-shirt revival would strike them
as we'll as the South. They desire
closer associations. not a renewed es-
arrangement. II the South were not
TO turn a hand the business interests
of the North would kill the selfish, i'll
advised scheme OF the Republican pol
iticians.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-04

Col Bryan may be a bigger man
when he comes out of the convention
than he was when he went into it;
and then there are possibilities the
other way. 1t is up to" the Colonel
to chose for himself.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-04

The Judson Harmon vice presidential
boom seems to have lost it's prefix, and
we now hear of Mr.. Harmon. as a full
fiedged presidential candidate. He is
man of ability and considerable ex-
perienee in public affairs, and could be
Loyalty and enthusiastically supported
by all true Democrats.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-04

In st. Louis there is a restaurant
in which one can order hash in forty
eight different languages; one language
for each ingredient. But that doesn't
improve the quality of the hash or
make 1t cost less.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-04

New York failed to fill Dowie's hat
with shekels. and now Dowie says New
York is a very wicked city. The only
really good people are those at Zion
City. who have turned all of their
property over to the "overseer."
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-04

Goodwin Smith. the Canadian eoono-
mist, knows Judge Parker and says he
thinks the judge will be nominated and
elected. The Herald Of Mexico thinks
It is rather curious to hear Judge
Parker spoken of as an obscure man;
he, the chief Justice OF the highest
court in state more populous than
Australia, or the Argentine Republic.
or, In fact than Canada" Here are
observers TO the north and south OF
US who are well info. med with re-
spect TO the leading candidate at st.
Louis, and yet we have some Of our
own people who declare he is a "mys-
Rerv.v
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-04

1t will be interesting to watch the
election in the Seventh congressional
district of Kansas, to see how much
influence is exerted on politics by con-
gressional seeds. Representative Muir
doch is alleged to have distributed his
regular allotment of $4,000 packages of
seeds in the district and to have talk
ed other congressman out of 10000
packages, which he sowed broadcast
in the district, where he thought they
would do the most good. Each one of
these packages contained five small
envelopes of seeds. hence Representa-
tive Murdoch's admiring constituents
have received from the government
through him, not less than 10000 en-
velopes of seeds. In view of this, IL
they have got anything like gratitude
in their souls, of course, Murdoch ought
to be returned, for other seed raids.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-04

Our ladder of baseball fame seems to
be a toboggan slide. But we can't
possibly slip down much further
There is some consolation in that.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-04

1t is reported that Mr.. c. M. Schwab
is out" of the United States Steel
Corporation; and Wall street doesn't
seem 10 care one way or the other.
Mr.. Schwab has had a meteoric career
before the public as a financier. At
one time he was held up before the
youth Of the country as an example to
be emulated, but one does not hear
anything Of the kind these days.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-04

The newspaper poets are racking
their brains to find rhymes for Fair
banks. They have dug up a few, like
"shanls," ''cranks," hanks" tanks"
and the like, but they do not seem to
exactly suit the Republican boys OF the
press; besides, they are not dignined
enough to please Fairbanks.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-04

If they could only get Candidate
Fairbanks down to st. Louis, and
shock him with an exhibition of en-
thusiasm!
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-04
The Weather.

The indications for Georgia for to-
day are for fair weather, with fresh
south winds. Eastern Florida fair
weather, with light variable winds.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-04

The fact that American steel can be
bought in Belfast, Ireland. for S24 per
ton, while in this country 1t costs Ss2
per ton, is an earnest of the patriotism
of the steel trust. Like Secretary
Shaw. the trust hopes never again to
see an era Of low prices of commodi-
ties in this country, and also like the
honorable secretary, 1t is convinced
that high prices for the things they
have to buy make the people very,
very happy. Only the "paupers" OF
Europe like low prices.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-04

The editor who was handling the
story perceived that the writer. in
stringing out his passages so needlessly
was making more money per column
than was right. Accordingly, sending
for the young man, he said:
Hereafter, John, we will pay you so
much a thousand letters"
But | prefer to be paid by the col
umn," the young man objected.
mo matter for that From now on
by letter and not by column, your copy
will be measured up
The young man, looking crestfallen,
went away; but in the next installment
of his story he introduced a character
who suffered, and all through the
chapter were scattered passages like
this:
"B-b-b- b. believe me. s-s-s-sir, am
n-n-not g-g-guilty. Mm-my m-n-
mother c-c-c-committed this c-c-crime. ="
Your mother, girl?"
'M-m-m my m-m-r mother"
The editor was Mortified at this stam-
mering chapter. He foresaw the intro
duction of the suffering girl through
the rest of the serial. and he perceived
that in a work paid by the letter all
those stammerings would count up
amazingly.
He liked the story, and his rate for
such matter was not at best high. So he
sent for the young man again, and pay
ment on the old column basis was re-
sumed. Thereupon the girl with the
stutter died, and the short, terse para
graphs all came back again.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-04

1t is remarkable what trivial eases
frequently take up the time of the
courts. In Jersey City the other day
the count spent a day upon a case in
volving the princely sum of 81. The
plaintiff was a negro waSherwoman
and the defendant a wealthy wom-
an by whom she had been engaged
to do the family washing. The servant
complained that the wage to be paid
was 81 per week, and that she had
been given only 50. The defendant
averred that SO was the price agreed
on. The plaintiff said there were S44
pieces in the weeks wash. The de-
PENDANT replied that many of them
were small. to which the plaintiff re-
torted that many other pieces were
trimmed with lace, fiounces and ruff
fles. And that is the kind of stuff
that the learned court and the learn
ed attorneys had to listen to and I'M
tangle.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-04

A queer divorce decision has been
handed down by Brooklyn court. It
grants divorce to a Brooklyn society
couple for a period of two years. AT
the end of that time the parties to the
divorce will become once more as firm
ly man and wife as if no decree had
ever separated them. They are young
people, by reason of which fact the
Judge said he had hopes that within
two years they would see the folly of
being separated and would be not only
content but pleased to resume their
former cOnjugal relations.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-04

OF the cabinet officers who started
out with President Roosevelt only three
remaln-Hay, Hitchcock and Wilson.
The present arrangement of the cabi-
net Is as follows State John Hay.
District Of Columbia Treasury, Leslie
M. Shaw, Iowa; War, William H. Taft.
Ohio; Justice, William H. Moody, Mas
sachusetts; Postofice. Henry C. Payne.
Wisconsin; Navy, Paul Morton, Illinois;
Interior, E. A. Hitchcock, Missouri:
Agriculture, James Wilson, Iowa; Com
meree and Labor, Victor H. Metcalf
California.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-04
COLLINSynLEITNr

beRlhnlng at sos a. m. cars leave Watara
1905 midnight unOi
Beginning at sos a m. cars leave CITY
Market for WaterG road and Estill avenue ev-
cry 20 minutes until 1905 midnight
Through cars are operated between Market
and Thunderbolt via Colliusville and Dale
avenue as follows:
Leave Market. Leave ThunderboIt
645 A. NJ. 730A M
645 p NJ. 5S0PM
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-04

Mr.. Hearst has declared, for a sec
ond time. that he will not bolt the st.
Louis convention, no matter who may
be the nominee. 1--WE must subordi-
nate all personal ambitions" he SAYS.
ito the supreme purpose of winning a
truly Democratic victory. Every man
who enters the st. Louis convention,
and every one of his friends, should
abide cheerfully by the decision Of the
convention and support Loyalty the
candidate that It dominates" That
has the right ring in it. Mr. Hearst
would like to receive the nomination
himself, but II he doesn't he will put
his shoulder to the wheel and push
with other loyal Democrats. Now. will
Mr.. Bryan make similar promise?
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-04

The Information comes from Wash
ington that ex-senator Marion Butler
has quit the Populist party gone over
to the Republicans, and will support
Roosevelt In the coming campaign.
That is all right Mr.. Butler has now
gone where he belongs. A great many
OF the leading Popullsts were Republic
cans at heart but thought they saw
an opportunity Tor getting Office by
casting their fortunes with the new
panty.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-04
A Willy Writer.

Herbert S. Stone. publisher, described
at dinner in Washington the amusing
methods of a newspaper writer who
used to be one of his friends. says an
exchange.
Mr. Stone said that this young man
wrote specials''-articles for the press
not Of a news nature, for which he was
paid at a set rate a column.
He was once commissioned to do a
serial story for a Chicago paper. The
story, as it proceeded from week TO
week, was interesting, but it contained
many passages like the following:
did Won hear him ,"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-04
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SAVANNAH ELECTRIC co.

SUMMER WEEK DAY SCHEDULE.
Effective June 10.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-04
WEST END LINE IincoIn pa-L

Car leaves west side Of City Market for Lin
coin PARK 500 a. m. and every 40 minutes
thereafter until Il AS p. m
Car leaves Lincoln Park for Market e:20a rr
and every 40 minutes thereafter until 70 o clock
midnight
FREIGHT AND PARCEL, CAR
Leaves east side Of City Market for Fbunder.
bolt, Cattle Park. Sandhy. Isle Of Hope and ali
intermediate points-p:I5 q. m, is o. m. 5;l5
m.
caves Isle Of Hope for Sandfy, Cattle Park.
Thunderbolt and all Intermediate points--s.Oo
a. M, II 100 a. M, 300 D. M
Freight car leaves Montgomeryat5 $50 a. m.
and 2:35 p. m, connecting at Sandfy with reg.
ular parcel car for city
Parcel car from the city carries freight to
Montgomery On each trip.
Regular parcel car carries trailer on each
trip for accommodation Of passengers
Any further information regarding passen-
ger schedule or freight service can be had by
applying 70 L. r. NASH, Manager
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-04

BETWEEN ISLE OF HOPE AND
THUNDERBOLT.
Lv Isle of Hope IV- ThunderboIf
Am, I'm. Am. Pm.
Ivy 900 s7:22 6:38
o::V0 -. sS:22 1888
S12 minute wait at Sandfy.