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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-28

Mrs. Robert j. Burdet5e tells story
about the white ribbon which is the
sign of total abstinence, says the New
York Tribune.
There are some persons" said Mrs.
Burdete, who don't wear the white
ribbon with sincerity. They wear it,
perhaps. about as hypocritically as it
was worn by an employe of a certain
brewer.
This employee, after years of dissi-
patton, appeared one day at the brew
cry with the white ribbon on his
breast. Nothing was said to him, and
he wore the ribbon for some months,
Then one day the head of the firm,
happening TO notice the mans badge,
approached him.
Why, Frank he said, it is strange
to see you, a brewer, wearing the
white ribbon
s. 1t does look strange. sir the man
admitted.
Well said the brewer, why do
you do it,"
1t is like this said the workman.
I wear the ribbon because it makes
men like TO tempt me; and when I'm
tempted / succumb, sir
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-28
Ambassador Choate,s Moral.

Joseph H. Choate, American am
bassador to Great Britain, is trying to
master the gentle art of angling under
the direction of an English "trouter."
He writes to a friend: 81 am getting
on famously, my average weekly catch
being about one bite" Not long ago
Henry White, secretary of the en-
bassy, went down to the country place
where Choate is stopping and found
him busy whipping stream. Not far
away decaying fish in the tall grass
was attracting the vermin of the air.
The ambassador noticed Mr.. Whites
glance and slight sniff White" said
he, did you ever land trout ?" "Just
a few, Mr.. Ambassador" I'm wonder
ing if you drew the moral 1 have drawn
Did you notice"-pointing toward the
water, and then to the decaying SUBJ
stance-"that 1t is much harder to
catch fish with flies than flies with
fish,"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-28
He Remembered the story.

Wallace Macfarlane and Col. Robert
G. Ingersoll opposed each other in a
lawsuit in Pennsylvania in the early
sos, and in its course heat and
acrimony developed, says the San Fran
cisco. Chronicle. Mr.. Macfarlane, it is
hardly necessary to say. retained the
dignity for which he is justly cele-
brated, although sorely tempted to re-
tort harshly to the shafts of wit of
his gifted adversary. Presently, after
Col. Ingersoll had in his pleading been
more irritating than before Mr. Mac
farlane broke in with:
Have care, have care, Col. In
gersoll. Remember your theology;
recall the story of Ananias and Sap
phira. Have a care, say!''
II we'll remember that story" re-
torted the colonel. In fact, l have
been considering it every time
you spoke, expecting to see you
drop"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-28
nuY Tin SAVANNAH.

There is no better time than al the
| opening of a new business season to
| give a word of good advice to local
retail purchasers: Buy it in Savannah!
! The '1t" in this instance means what
ever may be needed, be it a suit of
clothes. furnishings for a house, am
| automobile, a box of cigars, a trousseau
| for the prospective bride, a set of sill
! verware, an express wagon, diamond
brooch, the winters fiannels. or any
of the thousand and one other articles
in the list of commodities always in
| demand. Whatever it may be, buy IT
in Savannah. There are few markets
in this broad land that offer more
| favorable prices to the purchaser;
| there is no market of it's size having
larger stocks. higher grades and better
selections from which to choose. Sa-
vannah, indeed carries a wonderfully
full assortment of merchandise, and the
prospective purchaser who cannot be
pleased in this city, If he or she will
take the trouble to make inquiries,
must be a peculiarly constituted per-
son.
Savannah is one of the cheapest re-
tail markets in the country. There
are good reasons why this is so. She
has exceptional advantages with re-
spect to transportation rates; adj
vantages that are not enjoyed by in
land cities. Her merchants buy in
large quantities and discount their
a.
in the laying down of goods in Sa-
vannah stores at d minimum of ex-
pense. thus enabling the merchants to
sell their goods aat lower prices than
articles of identical pattern and quali-
ty can be bought for at retail in cities
not so favorably situated
Articles purchased in Savannah,
Furthermore, are subject to examina-
ton before acceptance. and are de-
livered Immediately. There is no wait
ing week, or ten days, or two weeks,
for articles that are wanted at once;
and should the Savannah article per-
chance come home damaged. the remedy
is Immediately at hand. without the
necessity of going through a long tan
gle of claims red-tape.
1t is a mistake, and an expensive
one. to imagine that goods bearing the
label of a house in some other city
are better than those bought in Savan-
nah. Thousands of dollars are thrown
away every year by people who are
carried away with that idea, but whose
intelligence should save them from that
faulty. Amy merchant in the city will
take pleasure in demonstrating the
falsity of the assumption by aiding in
making comparisons of articles, quail
ties and prices.
Local pride should induce Savan-
nahians, who love their city and de-
sire to see it grow and prosper, to make
their purchases at home. But the
merchants are willing to submit to hav-
ing the matter put upon purely bust
ness grounds; to have their wares go
before the public wholly on their
merits. That being true, isn't it one
of the worst kinds of poor policy to
curtail the city's trade-trade that
legitimately belongs to it--by sending
elsewhere for retail purchases?
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-28
Just negan Life,s work nj so.

A rumor has recently gone the
rounds, says the Chicago Chronicle,
that DR.. Daniel Colt Gilman, the pres
ident of the Carnegie Institution at
Washington, was about to resign his
Office, among the many different orea-
sons given one being that he was
breaking down from old age. AT last,
to get at the truth of 1t all, a reporter
called upon him for a little first-hand
information. Resign" was DR., Gill
mans answer, certainly not" And
after an instant's pause he added.
Joseph lie Conte, my old colleague at
the University Of California, was ask
ed just such question as you have
put to me on his eightieth birthday
His reply will do for mine. He said:
Why should resign? have just be-
gun my life's work."
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-28
THE Gags Ar PoRr ARTHUR.
From the sprlnglield RepublIcan.

FROM the Springfield Republican.
A letter from an American woman
who was for time shut up in Port
Arthur gives a curious account OF the
effect OF the bombardment upon the
large numbers of cats that assembled
on the roofs as soon as the shells be-
gan 70 fall:
AZ each gunshot the cats arched
their backs and stiffened their legs.
and seemed both terrified and furious.
Then when kissing shell arrived II
gave the signal for a frightful battle.
They jumped Al each other like raging
tigers, and seemed 10 hold each other
responsible for what was taking place
The effect was 80 cOmical that We
could not help laughing. though the
occasion was not one 10 inspire raw.
ETY. After having fought. the cats "a.
tired for while, but ~ soon AZ Inc
hombardfnent began again they went
through the sans business
has ihie been noted of any previois
hurlhnffmnuff
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-28
RAILROAD AcCInENrs.

Was there ever before. in the his
tory of the country, such an epidemic
of accidents on the railroads as there
is now? Not a day passes but there
is an accident on one or more roads,
and some days there are two or three
on the same road In most Of them
people are killed and injured, and, in
not a few, the loss of life is simply
frightful. In our dispatches yesterday
there were accounts of three accidents.
One was in Illinois, in which one man
was killed and three injured, probably
fatally; one in Maine, in which three
were killed and nine seriously injured,
and another in Georgia, in which there
was much damage to the trains, but
In which no lives were lost.
Sundays Morning News contained
the account of the great accident on
the Southern, near Newmarket. Tenn,
in which sixty-two were killed and
over one hundred injured.
Accidents on our railways occur so
frequently and the number of people
killed in them is so large that they
are attracting attention in Europe and
are the subject of comment in Euro
London. for instance, says: Railway
accidents "are far too common In
America, especially of late. The. fact
that it is a large country with plenty
of room for them to happen in is not
sufficient to explain them. Probably
the fundamental cause is the hasty
and imperfect construction Of the lines,
the makeshift arrangements for saving
time and the general rush Of strenu-
Gus national life."
1t is doubtful If many of them are
due to hasty and imperfect cohstruc-
ton of the roads, because accidents
happen on roads that are as we'll con-
structed as any in the world. The chief
reason probably is the incompetency
and carelessness of employees. The
regulations provide safeguards against
accidents of every conceivable kind,
and II the truth were known IL would
doubtless appear that in a large per-
centage Of the cases the accidents were
the result of failure 10 observe these
regulations.
According to statements made the
terrible accident on the Southern on
Saturday was due to the failure OF
the engineer to obey instructions rela-
tive to passing a train coming from
the opposite direction Both the en-
gineer and the conductor OF the train
must have known they were violating
their instructions. Why were they vio-
lating them? Was their train behind
time, and were they trying to reach
station beyond the one at which
they were instructed TO wait? That
may be the explanation, but the more
reasonable conclusion is they forgot to
stop at the station named in their I'm
structions.
But II they forgot their instructions
or deliberately disregarded them for
the purpose OF making a station be-
yond the one az which they had been
ordered 20 stop, they were unit for
the responsible positions they held.
And there seems 70 be ground FOR
saying there are too many men IN re-
sponsibie railway positions who are
either incompetent or unnt 10 ~.
chargs ths dutsa Of ths places uhsy
bold.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-28
SHOULD FARMERS HOLD corroNr


In many parts of the cotton grow
ing section communications and edi-
torial articles are appearing in the
newspapers advising farmers to hold
their cotton for q higher price, the po-.
sition being taken that the crop is a
small one, notwithstanding the fact
that the cotton acreage this year is
considerably larger than was that of
last wear.
As to the number of bales the pres
ent crop will yield there is a great diff
ference of opinion. There is noobdy
who is in a position to advise the
farmers as to the size of the crop. The
farmers themselves, If they watch the
government reports, the reports sent
out by cotton firms and the predictions
of so-called cotton crop experts are
just as we'll able to judge as to the
size of the crop as are those who are
rushing into print and telling them
they should hold their cotton. The
farmers, therefore, who. having all
the information relative to the crop
thehb ~ 40 POoSlOAC " OOldllls .1DllOW
their own judgments as to holding or
selling the cotton, will likely be bet
ter satisfied when the season is end
ed than If they permitted themselves
to be guided by those who think they
know so much about the cotton situa-
ton that they want others to be
guided by their views.
There is no doubt that the crop isn't
going to be as large as 1t was thought
it would be earlier in the season, be-
sections badly hurt, by the weather
and insects. Still, those who have
travelled over the cotton section within
the last two or three weeks cannot
avoid the conclusion that the crop is
going to be bigger than the crop last
year was-that. in fact. il is likely to
be 100000 bales or more.
One thing is certain. At the be-
ginning of the season the mills In Eu-
rope and this country were quite bare
of cotton, and, consequently, the de-
mand this season is going to be pref
ty sharp as long as the uncertainty as
to the size of the crop continues. II
the conviction becomes fixed that the
crop is a small one, and that there is
going to be a scramble for it, there will
be very considerable advance in the
price, which may so TO IL cents, and
there are those who are predicting
that the price will be even higher than
that.
The chances are that those who hold
cotton will not make a mistake be-
cause the demand in such that even a
crop Of 100000 bales will not be SUM-
cient to force down the price to any
considerable extent.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-28
BRIGHT Byrs.

Mrs. Fondmar-"Don't you think
baby grows more like me every day?''
Fondmar.-"Yes, dear, especially so
since she began to talk."-Life.
First Dear Girl--'T have fully de-
cided never to marry" Second Dear
Girl-"What is the trouble-has your
father lost all his money ?"-Chicago
Daily News.
Lady calling on new Wears wife)
Have you seen the library at the
hall? Sir George is quite bibliophile
you know Wears Wife (warmly)-
"Oh, I'm so glad TO hear that! So
many wealthy men have no religionl'
Punch,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-28

A bsace OF fine old boys" will be
seen and heard on the West Virginia
stump during next month. They are
Henry C. Davis, aged 81. the Demo-
cratic nominee for Vice President, and
his friend William Pickney whyte.
aged 81, formerly United States Sem
ator. Governor and Attorney General
OF Maryland. Mr.. whyte says he has
been the close personal friend OF MIR.
Davis for thirty years and that the
candidate can command his services
day and night. The old men," he
says. won't ask any one 10 give them
a chance, they'll take Il. and you viii
hear two ootogenafians-Davis and me
making the hills and valleys 81 the
great old state ~ West Virginia 70
sound with Democratic truths" n is
risking noihinE 10 say enc two old
Esnflsmen viil make friends ana sup
portefs shsrsysr they aBpeah
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-28
He Didn,t want To Right.

During one Of the bloody battles In
Virginia" says a gentleman to the
Washington Times. "a federal colonel
discovered one of his men making a
retreat to the rear in great haste. CAL
Looping up to him, the colonel said:
Griggs what does this mean? I
had you down as one of my best fight
ers, and here you are running. Griggs,
go back to the ranks. Be a man, and
don't act like a baby
Colonel answered Griggs, I don't
want 70 fight. ] wish / was a baby
and a girl baby at that, colonel"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-28
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-28
when King Edward Was "Bertie."

The appointment of Sir F. BERTHE as
British ambassador to Paris recalls a
story told Of the late Queen Victoria.
When Assistant Under Secretary for
Foreign Affairs. Mr.. BERTHE had often
TO visit the Queen. and used to an
nounce his arrival by telegram. Final
ly, one day Victoria Is said to have
remarked TO him: Mr.. BERTHE, must
ask you TO be good enough not 10 sign
your kilograms announcing your arr
rival 'Bertie. as IL makes me expect
my son. and causes me disappoint-
mont"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-28

An American sightseeing In the FIJI
Islands. says the New Orleans Times
Democrat. came upon a young savage
engaged In tattooing the picture u a
nsh on his fathers back. His eyes ON.
20 with tears.
what moves you 90" inquired his
companion
~ reminds me ~ the time when my
old man would iot me draw on him
aiaoi" ives be reply
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-28

There 10 no occasion for anybody to
worry over the alleged discovery that
practically all Of the marriages that
have occurred in Georgia since 1854
are technically Illegal. The person
who would so about to establish their
iuegality before court would be a
stnpendous blockhead or else a mar
velous knave. II all OF the laws that
are obsolete but unrepealed were sud
denly TO be enforced life would be-
come about unbearable.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-28

Betting on the national election is
taid 20 be rather slow In New York,
Washington and other centers. But
u H. reported that the odds offered
against Parker are steadily being
shortened. A well known sporting man
IN New York g. quoted ne expressing
the opinion that even money VIII
BE- offered btfor' election day. a. Par.
ktra sircnrfh a. Increasing with
every deFelopmsnt 81 the campaign.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-28

Ne spaper workers, and readers
also no doubt, will welcome Gen. Grip
penberg's appearance at the front.
There is something refreshing about
the Teutonic SAVIOR of his name, after
80 long an experience with the tow
skis" and the various sorts of offs"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-28
THVNDERBOLT lime,

City Market to Casino and Thunder
bolt via Bolton street junction.
Beginning at $3.50 a. m. cars leave
CITY Market for Casino and Thunder
after which cars run every il ninute.
until 1880 p. m.
Cars leave Bolton, street junction Il
minutes after leaving time at CITY
Market.
Beginning at 1888 a. m. cars leave
Live Oak station for CITY every haIf
hour until 2:3S .. M, after which
time cars leave every / s minutes until
1905 midnight. -.
Car leaving Casino at 1885 will run
south on Barnard street TO Fortieth
street
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-28

That part of Judge Parker's letter
of acceptance in which he accepts
President Roosevelt's uension order
challenge has had a disturbing
| effect upon the administration or
gans and the Republican SPELL
binders. The organs are trying to
| create the impression that the letter
| is weak document, and will make
no impression on the country. 1t has
made such an impression on them,
however, that they have set about
answering it. and they will continue
at that task during the campaign, and
! then it will not be completed.
The acceptance of MIR. Roosevelt's
challenge, however, has had a pro-
foundry disturbing effect upon the en-
| tire Roosevelt following. The chal-
lenge was looked upon as practically
closing the mouths of the Democrats,
SO far as the charge that Mr. Roose-
welt has no regard for the constitu-
tional limitations OF his office was con-
cerned.
In his letter Mr. Roosevelt said the
order putting all Union veterans who
have reached the age of So years on
the pension roll was revocable, and
dared Judge Parker to say whether or
not he would revoke the order If
elected. He was sure that Judge Par
ker wouldn't accept the challenge, and
SO were all Of the big and little Roose-
welt touters. There was CONSERVATION
in,
when Judge Parker's letter was found
to contain this sentence: II accept the
challenge, and declare that. If elected,
will revoke the order"
1t was suspected when President
Roosevelt issued the order that his
purpose was to make sure OF the
Union soldier vote. 1t was the order
of a politician. not of a statesman.
The granting of pensions is not a func-
ton of the President. 1t is a func-
ton of Congress. but the Republican
party, being in control of Congress,
didn't dare to grant a service pen
sion. 1t was afraid of the wrath of
the people, but Mr.. Roosevelt thought
he could do without criticism, what his
party didn't dare to do, and so he
saddled the country with an increase
of the pension burden TO the extent
of s15,OOOOOO or $4,000. 900. year. and
for what? For the purpose, it has
been intimated. of making sure of the |
Union veteran vote for himself
1t is not to be wondered at
therefore that Judge Parkers ac-
ceptance of the challenge has
startled the Republican leaders. 1t
brings this pension question squarely |
to the front. 1t shows Mr.. Roosevelt
in the light of going outside of his |
constitutional powers to do an act in |
tended to benefit himself in his cam
paign for the presidency, and Of using
the United States Treasury for the |
same purpose. 1t is not strange under |
the circumstances that the Republicans |
are trying to belittle Judge Parker's |
letter.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-28

The Washington Post calls attention
to the fact September %. 1904. was
the centennial of the last normally
adopted amendment to the constitution
of the United States and the grand
charter of the republic" Such an an
niversary, it seems, should have been
f1ttingly celebrated, with some sort
of more or less elaborate exercises.
But no such exercises were held. The
high functionaries at Washington
seem to have forgotten all about the
constitution, much less it's recurring
BIRTHDAYS
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-28

Company F. Alabama National
Guards, will be mustered out of the
service for inefficiency, in that it fail
cd to protect a prisoner consigned to it's
care for safety. and permitted him to
be lynehed. The finding of the court
OF inquiry. recommending the muster
ing-out. seems to have been abundant
ly warranted by the evidence.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-28

A jewelry THIEF was oddly EXPOSED
IN New York the other day. He had
successfully filched a ring and was
moving towards the door. when sud-
denly he had to sneeze. AS he jerked
his handkerchief from his pocket in
anticipation of the sneeze. out new
the ring and fell at the feet of a
clerk. The man was seized and turned
over to the police.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-28

1t is reported that Dowie, the. '.proph-
et,P is working on an airship, in which
ne eontemplates journeying from place
to place before long. 1t would prob
ably be a good thing for his dupes il
ne were to go actively into airship ex-
periments, and eventually discover one
that would fly away into the blue en-
pyrean with him and fail to come back