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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-01
MIR. sULLY,s ANNOUNCEMENT

On Thursday, in Baltimore, Daniel
]. Sully. whose sensational career as
a speculator in cotton futures attract
ed the attention of the world, made
an announcement that Is of interest
to the cotton trade generally. In the
course of a talk with some friends
he said; II want to make an an
nouncement which has never been CIV
en- out before, and which, I think,
will interest my friends, the bears of
New York Cotton Exchange. l
never intend to buy another bale of
cotton in the speculative market. My
days of usefulness on the Cotton Elk
change are past"
This was a rather remarkable state
ment to come from a man who only
a few weeks ago was known as the
most daring Spectator in cotton flu
lures in the world. 1t was thought
he was worth millions of dollars, all
made within a few months. In all
parts of this country his sudden rise
to prominence and wealth, and the
influence his operations were having
on the cotton market, an on the cotton
trade throughout the world, were top
les that were discussed in the news
papers, in clubs and places of bust
ness. 1t is doubtful if ever before
man came to the front in the cotton
trade as suddenly as Mr.. Sully did,
and his retirement into the background
was as sudden. 1t is doubtful if he
carries as much with him into re-
tirement as he had when he began
his remarkable career.
Whether or not the price of cotton
would have gone as high as it did
without Mr.. Sullys help is a ques-
ton concerning which there is a diff
ference of opinion. If it wouldn't, then
the cotton planters have reason to
feel kindly towards him. There are
some who contend, however that Mr..
Sully's operations had but little, if any,
effect on the market-that the short
crop sent prices skyward.
But whatever the truth is In re-
gard to the matter 1t is certain that
the New York Cotton Exchange is
glad to get rid of Mr.. Sully. The men,
bers of that body don't want to en-
courage the class of spectators to
which he belongs. They are afraid
of them. They take too great risks,
and, besides, they demoralize the mar
ket. There is no doubt that Mr.. Sui
ly's operations, assuming that the high
price which cotton reached was due
to him, has had the effect of max
ing European nations engaged in cot
ton manufacturing seek new sources
of cotton supply. 1t may turn out
therefore that what seemed to be help
full to the cotton planters of the South
was, as a matter of fact, harmful to
them.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-01
PER SONAL.

Col. Coelho. a prince Of the royal
blood Of Hawaii, will furnish the
money to erect a magnificent temple
in Cincinnati for the use Of colored
Knights of Pythias.
Senator Wark of Fredericton, N
B., who is over 100 years old, journey
ed to Ottawa last week to resume his
senatorial duties. He is the oldest
legislator in the British empire, and
recently received the congratulations
of King Edward upon the attainment
of his one hundredth birthday.
Secretary Shaw is planning a
Western trip as soon as Congress ad-
journs. He expects to go to the Pa
cific coast, and in addition to visiting
San Francisco will run northward to
Puget sound and south to Los An
geles. He will probably make a few
speeches, but explains that, of course,
the tour is not in any sense a political
one.
John D. Rockefeller has introduced
a novelty at his Lakewood golf links
in the shape of little girl caddies. Mr..
Rockefeller always has a plenty of
caddies. and for time after his re-
turn from the South he employed four
boys, two to carry his large assortment
of clubs and two to chase the balls
The boys failed to perform their duty
properly. Hence the girls.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-01
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Norfolk CVa.) Landmark (Dem.)
says: 80 far as we can see. the DEM
ocratic press of the country has con-
signed Mr.. Bryan's Chicago TRADE to
the refrigerator. 1t has been a dismal
failure in the line of attracting atten-
ton and comment"
The Galveston CTex) News (Dem.)
says: "Mr. Bryan characterizes the
New York platform as ambiguous, I'M
certain evasive and dishonest Mr..
Bryan is never willing to attach less
than four adjectives to anything that
comes within the range of his con-
demnation."
The Birmingham (Ala.) News
(Dem) says: "Unquestionably the
Democrats are stronger as a result
of the session. The party is unified
as it has not been for a decade, and
the Democratic congressman have
shown a spirit and capacity calculated
to inspire confidence"
The New Orleans States (Dem.)
says: IF Mr. Bryan is permitted to
have his way at st. Louis by intimi-
dating the convention no distinguished
Democrat will sacrifice himself for the
sake of a political party that by its
own stupid action has doomed itself to
inevitable defeat, hence the doors of
the national convention should be
thrown open for Mr.. Bryan to bolt If
he SO desires. His bolt, which he has
already planned. will be helpful and
not harmful to the Democracy. be-
cause every vote that he takes away
from the party will be Offset by the
acquisition of the votes of independ-
ents and hundreds Of Republicans who
are dissatisfied with their own party"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-01

burden to them and everybody else.
Another correspondent says young
men do not go to church because the
sermons do not interest them. There
Is doubtless much truth in that Some
preachers are insipid and bore the
laymen, who have more intelligence.
Another suggestion is that complais-
ant carelessness is responsible for the
non-attendance of young men. They
do not think much on the subject of
religion, and some of them feel that
they do not need to be told the things
they would hear from the pulpits.
Doubtless all of these several causes,
and others. contribute to the general
result of non-attendance at church by
young men. How to counterfeit them
in a great question which the church
ious as ever to reach young men and
extend to them the benefits of its teach
ings by precept and example. But how
is this to be accomplished? This can
not be called an irreligious age. Nine
men in ten, If asked to speak from the
nearL, WOulQ ueny LDdJ lHey WCIS uii-
believers. They would affirm their
sympathy with the church and their
belief in it's teachings. They would
probably say, too, that while they do
not attend church regularly, they are
not wholly unmindful of their prayers,
and silently petition God for the visi-
tation upon them of his mercies. IL
is natural for a man to have GER
tain amount of religious sentiment in
him. 1t may not show on the sur
face, but it is there. 1t may be more
or less dormant. but it is not dead.
Why, then, does not the young man go
to church? 1t is because he has not
been convinced that it is his duty to
do so. Duty is probably the strong
est impelling force in life. service
may not be attractive, the preacher
may possibly be bore, the music may
be discordant, but if the man Is con-
WINGED that it is his duty to be in at
tendance, he will be there.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-01
story Foundation for Humor

Miss Carolyn Wells, the writer of SO
many bright paragraphs and bits OF
verse, is contantly in receipt of sug-
gestions from people who think they
have funny ideas capable of elabora-
ton, says the Chicago Record Herald.
These hints are sometimes rather neb-
ulous. For instance, a man in Indiana
recently wrote:
MY Dear Miss Wells--I thought Of
an idea for a piece of verse yesterday
which I am sure you can work up into
something fine. Scene: Evening, young
man and a girl walking along past a
stable. A donkey has his head out of
a window. The young man looks at
donkey and says something quite
smart. Then the girl answers with
something real cutting. You can
make the donkey bray if you want to.
P. S.-If you work this up and sell it
for a good sum you are welcome to
keep the money, as have other means
of SupDOrt"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-01

No student answered correctly the
whole list, and yet the quotations were
all familiar ones, apt to be seen in a
newspaper any day or heard in any
educated mans conversation or in
any speakers address. Three
hundred lists were submitted
and 300 replies received, with not one
correct list Of the ten biblical quota
tons.
1t is hardly to be supposed that the
young men in the New York schools, who
will shortly be graduated, are less
familiar with the Bible than the young
men of other cities. The probabilit-
Brooklyn, the City of Churches, would
be attended with pretty nearly similar
results; and it may be that other
cities would show up not much better.
-S-sp-s
The session of Congress Just ended
brought into public view at least one
figure of gigantic measure-that of
John Sharp Williams of Mississippi. 1t
is risking nothing to say that he is the
Must SuCCeSSLui ledOer the OeIllOcIdIlC
party has had since Carlisle; and
this without disparagement Of the
several very able men who have pre-
coded him in the leadership since the
brilliant Kentuckian retired from the
House. At the beginning of the ses-
sion Mr.. Williams was comparatively
unknown When he was chosen as the
minority leader the question on every
Democratic lip was, who is Will
liams?" Nobody asks that question
now. Everybody knows him; every
Democrat admires and every Republi-
can fears him. He found himself at
the beginning Of the session the NOM
inal leader of disrupted, non-effec-
tive force. With remarkable skill he
has welded the Democracy in Congress
into a compact whole that the Repub-
licans have found to be sane and dan
gerous." He has made his minority
so potent that it has repeatedly driven
the majority into holes and corners
from which it could emerge only with
loss of prestige. Mr.. Williams is a
man of brains. horse sense, ready wit,
good temper, tact, watchfulness, and
the courage Of his convictions.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-01
OPENING OF THE EXPOSITION.

The greatest exposition in the his
tory of the world opened It's doors and
gates in ST. Louis yesterday. BY COM
parison it dwarfs the expositions in
Philadelphia. Chicago, Buffalo, London
and Paris, both as to extent and cost
For years the people of st. Louis as
sisted by tens of thousands of pros
pective exhibitors, have devoted their
energies to the making of a great fair
that would surpass anything previously
undertaken. The services of the most
famous architects and artists were
called into requisition. Millions upon
millions of dollars were poured out,
and magic city Of surprising beauty
and grandeur has sprung up where
formerly there was only a waste place.
In this new city the wealth and
achievements of the world are repre-
scented. Within the confines of the fair
grounds one may get close view of
the four corners of the earth and
whatever is best that they have to
show. AS an educator, the exposi-
ton will prove OF incalculable benefit:
as a spectacle it will be remembered
while life lasts by all who see it.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-01
A Frank Comment.

Housekeepers will appreciate this
little story of Dean Stanley. says Har-
pers Bazaar. During a visit to America,
not long before his death, he was in
vited to dine with a certain college
president in a Southern town. Early
in the meal the dean inquired of his
hostess: Mrs. c., would 1t be i'm
pertinent to ask what is this gumbo
soup?
Perhaps I can best answer" was
the amused reply, "by telling you Lady
As comment on the dish when
she dined with us once on a time.
She leaned across the table and call
ed to her husband: You would bet
ter try the soup. It's nearly as nasty
as it looksv"
All" said the dean, smiling, that
was exactly like Lady A.. She is
@ cousin OF Ellnal"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-01
A Reuublican and a Liar.

Representative Lands. of Indiana,
tells this story of a recent political
meeting in Delphi, his home village,
says the Washington Correspondence
of the New York World.
An irate citizen walked into a club
room in Delohi and announced:
"Show me a Republican and I'll show
you liar"
The meeting was thunderstruck by
the boldness of the man, but finally
one of the men said:
I'm a Republican. What are you
going to do about it?"
You Republican" asked the In
truder, in amazement.
II certainly am" the Republican an
swered.
"rhen you come with me and I'll
show you the liar" the man answered.
You come around the corner with me.
A man met me there and told me l
couldn't find Republican in this meet
an "
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-01
An old Salts Observation.

We shouldn't never refrain from
eaten beefsteak for fear tn COW it
was cut from hadn't lived moral life,
says An Ola Salt, in Judge.
1 laughed at a passenger on my ship
real aggravatin' once because he didn't
know what tn main to'gallant 81 was.
After we landed he took me drivin'
in tn park to Boston. Soon he stop
ped an climbed out of tn buggy. I've
got to fix the sirsingle on tn off
horse" says he. If 1 hadn't kept my
mouth shut he'd "a had that laugh
back on me-.
The Hindus never would have start
ed vegetarianism as a part of their
religion If they hadn't lived in a hot
climate, or If they hadn't lived some
where where meat was hard to git. Yet
lots of silly Americans admire EN- an
talk about their devotion to their faith.
I wonder why tn same folks don't
sing hymns of praise about tn Esqui-
maux because they don't eat oranges.
Amt we queer? My wife makes all
her own clo'es an amt a bit vain;
but once, when 1 took her to Paris,
she spent most of her one life's visit
there in lookin in at tn dressmakers'
windows. l hadn't never made any of
my own clo'es, an yit can't remem-
Der that l ever once so much as
stopped to look into a tailor's window
or wasted ten seconds in front of a
ready-made clothin' shop.
l had a man in my crew who could
make all kind of fancy sailors knots.
A clergyman sailed with me, one trip,
an watched him, interested. By an
by he says to me: That's a mighty
ingenious knot" he says; "but it amt
so important to tn race as tn ones I
tie," he says. 9TH matrimonial knots,
1 mean he says. mo-" says tn sail
or, who had been a~listening, but 1
can unite mine without breakin' no
hearts"
YEA know about icebergs? The big
gest part Of 'em is under water. When
they strike warm current the water
melts that away, an tn first thing tn
iceberg knows is that it tips over an
goes smash. It's jest tn same about
a mans dignified resentment an
woman's tears. AS long as she lets
it float in a cold current of her own
anger it towers up, defiant like; but
let her cry a little bit an down it
comes. I know-I've had it worked on
me.
There's many things of different kinds
that us poor critters here below has
reason to be grateful for. l knowed
a man who had such bowlegs that
the landscape, viewed between 'en1,
seemed jest incidental like--as If, as it
were, we was a-lookin at it in pa
renthesis. He sailed on my ship. We
was tied up near a quarry-goin' to
take on a cargo of cut stone, you
know. They let off blast. Big rocks
hit my ship. The bow-legged man
was on board in charge. When I got
aboard 1 found him kneelin' on tn
deck, pourin' out his thanks to God.
whats tn matter?" l asked him.
9TH Lord be praised" he says, for
given me bow legs" he says. IF they
hadn't been made like a ring" he says,
that rock would e hit EN- an broke
'em both" he says. "As it was, it jest
went through between 'em!" he says.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-01
BRIGHT BITS.

Mr.. Critique-"Yes, indeed, my
house is simply full of Titians." Mrs.
Nouvearlche-"Good gracious, amt
there no way of killing 'em?"-Prince-
ton Tiger.
Teacher-"So I've caught you
chewing gum, have II" Sammy-''No,
mum; I wasn't chewin'. 1 was jest
ct. It's so sticky. "-Chicago Daily
News.
-Laura-"Why didn't you stay en-
gagged to Arthur" Alice-"I expected
a radium ring at least; and he offered
me a paltry old common diamond
Cincinnati Commercial-Tribun
Head of Bureau-"I suppose you
know something Of the duties of the
offlce?" Applicant-"Oh, yes. They
are 70 come late, go home early, and
DO as little as possible while you are
here" Head of Bureau-"Quite salts
factory; you must have held public
office before. Boston Transcript.
--Eddie-"Aren't you sorry that you
are an only child?" Prediction, no;
/ don't mind it, but it's tough on pa"
Eddie-"How so?'' Freddie-"Well,
you see. I'm getting too big for him
to have to take me to the circus, and
there aren't any younger kids in the
family for him to fall back on
Brooklyn Life.
Say" complained the customer,
81 want to put in a kick. Remember
that ton of coal got here yesterday"
yves sir" said the dealer "What's
the matter with it'll" You sold it to
me as your best smokeless. I find
it has a lot of broken stone in it."
"Well, stone doesn't smoke. does it?
What are you kicking about?"--Chi-
cago Tribune.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-01

Eyes" said the indolent youth. &C
cording to the Chicago Post. 1--WE have
decided that grandfather is entitled to
some consideration"
Really"
"Oh, yes. OF course we can't afford
to say much about him because he was
in trade. but we have given a lot OF
thought to the matter, and we can see
extenuating circumstances.
perhaps he couldn't help it."
1--WE considered that, but it's not the
main thing"
HE left you a big fortune"
ooh, yes: but that is of trifling i'm
portance, except as it is associated
with the one really great boom"
Which is?"
"Why, if he hadn't been in trade, we
would be. don't YOU know. He saved
us that humiliation.
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PAYING Automatically.

1T suppose" said Col. William zeve-
ley of Indian Territory, as he read
a letter which he had just received
"that 1 am the unluckiest man in the
United States"
Whats the matter, Bill?" asked a
friend, says an exchange.
"Oh, a man down in my country
failed some time ago and owed me
some money. I have just been notified
that he is settling with his creditors in
alphabetical order"
Reminds me-" said William Alden
Smith of Michigan, "of Representative
Weddock of Saginaw, in my state, who
went home and boosted that he hadn't
voted wrong during the entire ses-
sion.
"Its darn lucky thing for YOU
said a Democratic scoffer, that your
name is Weddock instead of Adams of
Pennsylvania.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-01
YOUNG MEN AND THE CHURCH.

Why do so few young men attend
church services? The Outlook in a re-
cent issue printed symposium on
the subject, contributed to by preach
ers. college men and others. All agree
to the proposition that attendance at
church by young men has greatly fall
en- off and that the tendency is to-
wards a still further decline in
churoh-going on the part of young
men. What is the reason for this
condition of affairs? Does the church.
religion, no longer appeal to the
young as in former times? That can
hardly be the case, since young wom-
en- go to church in about as great
numbers. proportionately as ever. Old
men go to church more than young
men. Women, both old and young, go
to church with more regularity and
in greater numbers than either old
or young men. Are the young men in
a class by themselves, in so far as this
matter is concerned? Why does the
church not reach them as it did for
merry?
One OF the Outlook's correspond
ents, minister of the gospel. lays the
blame largely on Sunday recreation.
which he denounces as sinful. Nor
has he words of denunciation too Sc
we're to utter against Sunday recrea-
ton. He compares Sunday golf play
ing with the murder of John the Bap-
list and says the spirit is the same.
Doubtless he breaches in a similar
strain. IL he does, there needs to be
no guessing why a greater number of
young men do not go to his church to
hear his sermons. He affronts their
intelligence. He would have his
church members like the sour-faced
Puritans. whose religion made life a
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-01
Hoods JGrSdpGriLid
and Pills

Make the blood pure, vigorous and
rich, create appetite, give vitality,
strength and animation, and cure
all eruptions. Have the whole family
begin to take them today.
Hoods Sarsaparilla has been used In
our family for some time, and always with
good results. Last spring was all run
down and got bottle OF it, and as usual
received great benefit" MISS BEULAH
BoYcE, Stowe, vt.
Hoods SarsaparIIIa promises to
cure and keeps the promise.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-01
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CITY MARSHAL's SALE.
LEGAL SALES.

City Marshars Office, Savannah. Ga.
April J. A, 1904.-Under direction of the
Committee on City Lots and Opening
Streets. and according to a resolution
of Council, passed April 10, 1904, 1
will offer for SALE at public outcry. to
the highest and best bidder, in front
of the Court House in the city of Sa-
vannah, Chatham county, state of
Georgia, on the THIRD DAY OF
MAY, 1904, same being the FIRST
TUESDAY of the month, and between
the legal hours of sale, the following
described property of the City of Sa-
Vannah, to-wit:
Lots Nos. rs and 26, Thomas ward.
minimum appraised price for each lot
&2,500) twenty-five hundred dollars.
Lot No. 81, Thomas ward, minimum
appraised price ($S,0o0) three thou
sand dollars; also
Lot No. 50, Solomons ward, mini
mum appraised price ($3,500) thirty
five hundred dollars.
Terms cash, purchasers paying for
titles. HENRY e. DREESON,
City Marshal.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-01
Spring Medicine

There is no other season when good
medicine is SO much needed as in the
Spring.
The blood is impure, weak and
mpoverished-a condition indicated
by pimples and other eruptions on the
face and body, by deficient vitality,
loss of appetite, lack of strength, and
want of animation.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-01
Savannah, Ga,
SOTO
THE HAWTHORNE.

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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-01

The Geneva Ophthalmoscope is
an instrument for looking in the back
of the eye for diseases. The Retin-
oscope is an instrument for testing
the eyes by the shadow test for
glasses without asking a question.
The Hardy Ophthalmometer is for
testing for astigmatism; this is the
only sure test, Get your glasses from
us and have them absolutely accurate.
Our store and dark room is the most
modern in the South. No one else in
Savannah has these instruments.
HINES OPTICAL CO.,
DIR. LEWIS A. HINES, Refractionist.
Bull Street and Oglethorpe Ave.