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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-11
Among the Dead at Liao Yang.

From the Baltimore Herald.
He had no quarrel with any man.
He knew not what they called him
for:
Yet. roll and pack upon his back,
Ivan, the peasant, went TO war.
THE Little Father calls" he said.
And followed, followed as he sang,
TIL on a trampled trench he lay
Among the dead at Lao Yang.
Not his the dream of land and power,
The greed of gain, the dread OF loss;
He marched with orders 10 the field
To bear his rifie-and his cross.
God had ordained II. so he faced
The pelting hail that snarled and
sang.
And gave his patient blood away
Among the dead at Lao Yang.
Among the glitter Of his court
In safety sat the mystic Gar;
Safe sat the scheming minister
Who cast a careless die for war:
They could not hear the shattered
Rroan,
The horrid chant OF death that rang
Where unconsulted thousands lay,
Among the dead at Lao Yang.
He had no quarrel with any man.
Re had no cause 20 battle for.
Yet roll and pack upon his back,
Ivan, the peasant. went 20 war.
A minister had made a map
Prom which a deadly army aprnng
70 Ivan fell. and made no sign,
AmonE the dead az Lac Yang.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-11
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PERSONAL.

Gov. Ferguson of Oklahoma has
been immortahzed by an epigram.
Some envious editor in that territory
styles the executive of the territory
the "red-headed Socrates of the North
Canadian" Whether this designation
will be sufficient to cause the star of
the Governors political career to set
or not remains to be seen.
Admiral Togo. the japanese naval
commander, is little man-small even
among his countrymen. He is about
Sc years of age, with coal black hair
standing straight up from his head,
eXpressionless eyes, prominent cheek
bones and a powerful jaw relieved by
an imperial. Always unimpassioned,
he gazes as steadily at the fight of
passing bird as he did ten years
ago on the sinking of the Kowshing
and the sending of 1000 human be-
ang TO a watery grave, an event which
aWoke the world to the rising of a
new star in the Far East.
Gregory wilenkin, the new secre-
tary of the Russian embassy. has a
ready and alert mind. At Bar Har-
Dor, where he was stationed for the
summer, an elderly New York mil
IloHdlIe, VINO ndQ known Mr. When
kin abroad, sent him a half-dozen
cases of Egyptian cigarettes. Mr.
Wilenkin expected the cigarettes. He
knew how many cases were due him
But the man servant who delivered
them. being unaware of this, appro-
pr1ated one. The Russian detected
the theft at once. He said to the man
dryly; Tell your employer that ]
thank him for the five cases of Gig
arettes. Be sure to thank him your
self for the other
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-11
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A Bartender's "DOnt's."

A veteran bartender who serves hot
weather drinks to men in and around
the Stock Exchange attributes his pop
ularity to a few "don'ts" for the hot
weather that he listed some years ago
and rigidly adheres to, says the New
York Press.
The first one" he said to a friend,
is don't drink behind the bar. 1t re-
quires nerve to refuse a good custom
er, but once take a firm stand and your
rule is respected. The second is, don't
drink at all. A barkeeper who is a to-
tai abstainer never lacks a job. Don't
tell funny stories. Don't speak until
you are spoken to. Don't get into the
habit of running your fingers through
your hair. Don't scowl at a man who
looks as though he feels hot and UNI
comfortable enough already. Don't get
into the habit of addressing your GUS
toners as Colonel Don't suggest a
drink to a customer even if you are
sure you know what he is going to
order. Let him tell what he wants.
Above all. don't talk politics"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-11
Quays quiet Way.

The late Senator Quay was secre-
tive man. and as a consequence his
coming and goings seemed mysterious
to the newspaper men and others who
were compelled to keep tab on his
movements, says the Washington Post
He frequently journeyed from Wash
ington to Philadelphia land return
ed without any of his political friends
being the wiser for it.
One morning he arrived at the Quak-
err City early, and a reporter who
knew him intimately said: Senator
is there any significance attached to
your visit here to-day"
Yes" said the senator. lowering
his voice and looking shrewdly, there
is deep significance and Importance.
The reporters interest was aroused
at once. Might 1 ask what the
business is?"
Certainly" replied the senator. 81
am about to go down to the bank
to try and have a note renewed, and
I don't know whether I'll succeed or
not "
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-11
"FIsH DRUMS" IN TRENTON,
From the Nav York Times.

CIOil the New Ofk Times.
Trenton, Sept. 6.-The strangest sight
known to this city is a fish drunk"
Such a drunk is not a plain drunk,
but one which makes the onlooker be-
lieve that perhaps Munchausen was
not so inventive after ALL
1t happens at the Olden Avenue
bridge, adjoining the brewery. every
time the beer watts are cleared and emp
tied into the stream alongside. When
the foaming malt pours forth into the
water one may see rush TO the bar
1t is just like a beaming politician
asking his fellow-citizens to have one :"
Ptckerel, cells, perch and catfish mingle
in the festivities. and the meaning of
the old saying, HE drinks like a fish,"
becomes evident.
The fish, it is said. leap out of the
water dart at one another and throw
themselves high and dry on the stones
at the waters edge. When one less
bibulous than his fellow starts to
leave, with the idea that there will be
trouble in the family If he stays long
er, his companions gather about him
and coax him back for "just one
more AS their debauch begins to
assume its second stage. the besotted
nsh drift slowly down the stream
quite regardless of the East Trenton
small boy, who wades out into the
stream and picks up the plain
DRINKS" in baskets. Shortly after
ward they are sizzling over a Kitchen
fire. victims Of their own convivialitv
Residents of the brewery section Of
the city who have witnessed these
'fish DRINKS" time and again saw that
the fish come down stream I'm schools
just before it is time for the weekly
vat cleaning. and upon reaching the
Olden Avenue bridge. patiently WAR
developments and beer.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-11
BRIGHT BITS.

-Visitor-"When you are grown up,
will you be a doctor, like your father? ?"
Bobby-"Mercy, no! Why, 1 couldn't
even kill rabbit!"-Town and Coun-
try.
DE man dat devotes hisse'f to fault
hndin',' said Uncle Eben, turns out
many a fine job o. work dat doesn't
give satisfaction to nobody. Wash
ington Star.
-Hawkins-"That pickpocket they
caught is really a very intelligent fell
low" Sampson-"No doubt of 1t. He
proved that by his ability to locate a
lady's pocket. Judge.
Changed. -Dinguss-"Old fellow,
it's the same old story. I'm in need of
a little financial succor." Shadbolt-
you'll have to hunt further. 1 am
not the little financial sucker used to
be. Chicago Tribune.
Mrs. Hogan-"Phwat does yez ould
mon do. Mrs. Casey?' Mrs. Casey
"Shure, he's a doimond cutter" Mrs.
Hogan-"Yez don't name ut" Mrs.
Casey-"Yis. he cuts tn grass off the
baseball grounds. Chicago Daily
News
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-11
ANIMALS MOST WIDELY SPREAD.
From the Pittsburg Leader.
lTha fhraa animals fhaf ara r1nnsi

From the Pittsburg Leader.
The three animals that are most
widely spread over the earth are the
COW, the horse and the pig. These
animals did not spread through their
own efforts. but were developed by
man, and gradually rendered adapta-
bic to practically every place where
man himself can live.
Cattle entered America simultaneous
ly with its discovery. for Columbus in
PRODUCED Spanish steers and COWS in
1898. In 1898 they were introduced into
Mexico, which offered ideal conditions
for them. From Mexico they spread
into Texas, where the new conditions
of range and feeding developed a race
of cattle that became known as Texas
cattle, and these animals are typical of
range bred cattle of America now.
The pig had its origin in India, and
its first conquest was that of Eastern
Asia and the archipelagoes of the East
ern seas. China fell an early victim
to the love of the pig. Records show
that the cultivation of the grunting
porker was a high art in that land as
long ago as 5000 years before Christ.
One of the greatest of the Chinese
feast days is known by the name Pig.
The Koran forbids the use of pork
just as the Mosaic law does; hence
the Mohammedan law rules. But in
all other parts of the world the porker
is as popular as the COW or the horse;
and there are as many varieties of pig,
due to local causes and to different
ways of breeding in different countries,
as there are varieties of horses and
cattle.
1t has always been a matter of Won
der to naturalists and economists that
the Ala M hnanvna NVi6alV
spread as any of these animals in the
course of it's thousands of years of ex-
iStence as a domestic animal.
The camel combines the advantages
of OK and horse as draught animals
and burden carrier; it is of high food
value; it gives excellent milk; it's de-
mands in the form of food and water
are exceedingly modest, and it's hair
is of great value While the camel
probably could not bear all the ex-
tremes of climate that the horse or COW
can bear, it is by no means a difficult
animal to acclimate, as is shown by
the fact that it is used as a draught
animal in the colder parts of Siberia,
on the Russian and Turkish steppes,
in the Himalayas, in Africa and in
Australia.
1t is well known that wild camels,
which descended from domestic cam
els that had been turned loose were
to be found in some of the Western
sand plains of the United States until
recent years, and occasionally there
are stories that herd of them exists
in Arizona.
The dromedary is the plains camel,
while the beast with two humps is
the favorite for mountain use. In
Sokotra the latter camel climbs up
steep steps hewn into the face of the
rock, and in all places where they are
used as mountain climbers they are
almost as surefooted as mules. Pres
hewalski, the Russian explorer, found
wild camels in the worst mountain
regions of Asia, in places so dangerous
that the human foot could not find a
hold
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-11
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Memphis Comfnercial-Appeal
(Dem.) says: Grover Cleveland and
William j. Bryan have declared their
intention to make several speeches for
the election of Alton b. Parker This
CONJUNCTION speaks volumes for the
harmony and success Of the Demo-
cratic party No honest friend of eth
er Bryan or Cleveland can fail to do
his duty in this great contest"
The Charleston Post says 1.-The will
mington Star guesses that the cotton
crop this year will come to 1890. 900
bales and admonishes its readers to
paste those figures in their hats. The
Norfolk Landmark marks up its guess
at 100000 and suggests that this be
tattooed on the readers neck. Any
body who puts up his money on these
wild reaches will probably have other
neck marks TO show at the end of the
season than are caused by tattooing."
The Nashville American (Dem.)
says: 'There have been third parties
I'm the nation ever since the Civil War.
but none Of them ever attained a re-
spectacle following. The Populists
were more numerous than others. but
even the Populists have learned that
they must fight for their radical ideas
inside one or the other OF the old par
ties. 1t is possible, we may see a
third party. a party OF radicals in the
field en- 1905 but II will cut little figure
when the votes for President are
counted"
The New York Post Gnd) says
But, above all. Democratic strength.
we believe. rests in opposition 20 the
pngley tariff on this ground the
Democrats have marched TO victory;
on this ground they can triumph again.
The protective tarin mother Of trusts.
fountain ~ corruption, robbor OF the
many for the bcuent OF the few is an
inlQuify aga inst which the party should
battle increasingly. A campaign of edu-
Gallon ON fhe iafin. like those ~ 1855
and 1899, would not only b. me highest
service which the Democrats could now
render ihlH country hut would also &C.
tahiiah them. ana Justly in the eonn-
denca " the county"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-11
SOURCE OF THE SUNS HEAT.
From the New york Press.


The sun certainly cannot exist with
out food any more than one of our
coal fires. We have to keep stocking
down here, and it stands to reason
that the furnace of old Sol requires
stocking, too. My belief is that the
great central body of the solar sys-
tenn is fed on planets, which fall into
1t or are sucked into it. One of these
days the earth may become fuel to
feed the flames. God only knows how
many planets a day are needed to
keep the fire burning. All talk of
seeing" the sun is, l think, unctuous
rot. We see only the photosphere which
may be few million miles from us,
instead of 100000 AS to fuel-there
are billions of stars. Every new tele-
scope, stronger than its predecessor,
reveals additional billions.
The Milky Way is, believe, a mon
ster coal chute of stars, all pouring
into the heart Of the sun to keep up
its energy. That theory is as good
as any other. The whole thing is
guesswork When a man seriously
contemplates the wonders of the solar
system his mind approaches vacuity.
His head feels light. Thought be-
comes dizzy. Drunk on astronomy!
We are told by those who have got
nearest to the order Of creation that
the sun is 10O,OOO,O00 years old. The
statement is perfectly safe--like John
Watch-Me Gates stereotyped bluff
'Bet you a Million
There is a theory that the light of
the sun is brought to use on the facets
of cosmic dust, of which there may be
100000 particles to the cubic cent?
meter. Perhaps it is entirely wrong
Cosmic dust maybe, is our veil of
g a " hut 70. til II
be SO hot and brilliant as to scorch
and blind US
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-11
Would Stop Runaway Horses.

Once, when Daniel Webster was rid
ing along a New England road in a
stage coach, so the story runs, he was
annoyed by the jolting, and poked his
head out of the window to yell at the
driver, says the Detroit News.
Hey, can't you drive little slow
er?''
NO" responded the coachman, 1.-THE
horses are running away, sir"
Run 'em into a fence corner" ad-
vised Daniel.
Cant, sir,' said the driver reluct-
antly and despairingly. They've got
the bit between their teeth, sir!"
well, run them into debt, then"
Numbered Daniel. "That'll stop any
thing!''
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-11
FIT OF mccOrGHs FArAL.
From the New York World.


Bridgeport, Sept. 6.-After hiccoueh-
ing steadily for ten days. Franklin II.
Hun 80 years old, died last night at
his home. No. 49l Maple street.
When first attacked, after eating a
hearty supper, he made light OF Il.
When bedtime came he Gained the
fears of his family by saying he would
50 TO sleep ana forget the hiccoughs.
Tie was then In good health. He hlc-
coughed so loudly that none OF his fam
lly could sleep and a doctor was sum
moned at midnight He succeeded in
checking tho hiccoughs, but had left
the house only n few minutes when
the attack returned.
The best the doctors could 40 was
% stop the spasms for periods OF
twenty minutes After "A few DAYS
HUI became respondent, his appetlt q
failed and he became 90 weak that ne
had % take 90 his bed The weak
ness Increased and, refusing food. he
died from exhaustion the hlcaouEha
cohunnlnk untn hia last mouanL
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-11

Then the bullets fired were nearly as
large as the end of ones finger and
were made of soft lead. Entering a
body. they fiattened and tore and rup-
tured and broke whatever they struck
They were not "merciful' bullets. They
were designed to deal death or such
fearful injury that the man struck
by one of them would be either killed
or inca FACILITATED for months if not for
all time. In her wars with the blacks
in Africa, and for time in the Boer
war, Great Britain employed dunn
dunn or mushroom bullet, especially de-
signed to tear flesh, break bones and
cause blood poisoning. But civilization
cried out against the use Of such pro-
jectiles with so much vehemence that
their use was abandoned. And now
all of the Powers are using the small,
hard bullet, projected by nitro powder.
Those wounded by these bull6U1 have
a largely increased percentage of
chances in favor of their recovery; still
Russia and Japan are reporting large
numbers of killed. Notwithstanding
the effort to make war more humane,
it is still barbarous.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-11
His wedding Present.

Congressman Perkins was in the Of
flee of friend. a justice of the peace
when a couple came in to be married
says the Christian Register. After the
ceremony the justice accepted a modest
fee and handed the bride an umbrella
as she went out:
Mr.. Perkins looked gravely and
asked:
do you always do that, Charles? p
do what? Marry them? Oh, yes
mo. 1 mean bestow present on the
bride"
"a present? Why, wasn't that hel
umbrella ?" gaSped the justice.
mo, it was mine," replied the Con.
gresham sadly.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-11
Didn't Want the Mouse.

"Tha oddities of hotel guests are
beyond numbering" said the room
clerk Of New York hotel, according
to the Sun, land there is no account
ing for some of them. For instance,
we have had an elderly lady stopping
with us who the other day sent down
word that she wanted mouse trap.
1 sent word back TO her that there
had not been a mouse in the house for
years.
81 didn't ask for a mouse she re-
turned word to me. I don't want a
mouse. l want a trap
"She got the trap"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-11

Nobody seems 10 think Of the chi
nefe as sufferers Do the war between
Russia and japan. They are. however.
great sunerers. The war ia being fought
on their territory ana great sec.
iionF ~ ii are being iail wsste. n Do
rald fhe whole c0unty from Poft A.
ihlr fo Nukden o. literally ruined
Tho Villages have been either shot ~
pieces ~ burned and fhe fsns hsts
bnen either ff9lf1 ~ dsrifobf1 AZ
fhe caifls ata 40 ftf STOCK ~ Dfher
nD1a haff bfen tskf1. 40 fhaf, 600
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-11
Peace.

Santo Domingo was being torn by
seventeen revolutions, says Puck, not
counting revolutions Nos. II and Is,
from which nothing had been heard
in two daNs.
But the war had begun to pail.
One dark night, the brass tags by
means of which the soldiery knew
each the number of his revolution,
were changed in their pockets while
they slept. until all bore one num-
Der. The next morning peace reigned.
"A miracle!" exclaimed the masses,
although some claimed that muffied
oars had been heard.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-11
WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS

WHAT Is THE MEANING OF THIS:
1t is stated in dispatches from
Omaha, Neb., to several of the New
York papers that on last Thursday,
w. S. Jennings, Governor of Florida,
in an interview, said:
'I believe that the telegram pur-
porting to have been written and sent
by Judge Parker just after the ad-
journment of the St. Louis conven-
ton. in which he expressed the con-
viction that the gold standard was
irrevocably established and declared
that he was in favor of it, was never
sent by the Democratic candidate for
the Presidency himself. I believe it
was a fake"
Gov. Jennings attention was called
to the fact that in a letter subsequent
ly written Judge Parker had said he
wrote and sent the telegram, and he
was asked if he thought the letter
was also a fake. He said no, but he
insisted that the gold standard tele-
gram was a fake. He declared it to
be his belief that the men behind Judge
Parker faxed the telegram.
1t is evident that Gov. Jennings
isn't verv loval to the Democratic
ticket. if he is quoted correctly in
the foregoing interview. We shall not
be surprised if on his return to Flor
ida the Democrats of that state in
sist upon an explanation from him,
notwithstanding the fact that he was
candidate for United States senator
at the recent Democratic primary. He
a in xF he int 70
port the presidential ticket of the DEM
ocratic party. How could he con-
scientiously support for President a
man he accuses of deliberately deceiv-
ing the people in so important a mat
ter as that of the gold standard tele-
gram to the st. Louis Convention?
He is the only prominent Democrat
in the country who, as far as the pub
tic knows, thinks the telegram was
a fake. And as far as we know he
hasn't scintilla of evidence for his
belief. But if he has any evidence
he ought to be forced to give it to
the public.
We know there are some Republicans
who pretend to think Judge Parker
| didn't send the telegram or that, if
he did, it was arranged before the
convention assembled that he should
send it, but they only pretend. be-
cause they know a man of Judge Par
lVer's high character wouldn't be gull
ty of such fraud. But for political
purposes they question the genuineness
of the telegram. Therefore, Gov. Jen-
nings, assuming he is quoted correct
ly. goes even beyond Republicans in
his assaults upon the head of the
presidential ticket of his party. I'm
less we are mistaken Florida Demo-
Gratis will have some interesting ques-
tions to ask him on his return home.
That Judge Parker wrote and sent
the famous gold telegram without any
suggestion from any one there isn't
room for doubt.