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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-22
BRIGHT BITS.

Daily Guide to Flattery.-If you
meet a woman who strongly suspects
that she is a beauty, ask her earnest
ly if all her family are beautiful
Baltimore American.
Josh Medder's son Bill is a direc-
tor of a big trust in New York now. !"
Gosh! When he lived here he didn't
known beans" He don't now; that's
why they made him a director of tn
ust."-Puck.
-Husband-"What! A hundred dol
Lars for an opera cloak? Why. it is
perfectly ridiculous, my dear" Wife
Yes, 1 know it is; but you said you
couldn't afford an expensive one. -
Chicago Daily News.
Mrs. Newitt-"Mr. Feeder is COM
ing to dinner this evening, isn't hep
Mr. Newitt-"No; he must be very
sick" Mrs. Newitt-"Then you got
word from him." Mr.. Newitt-"No,
but he must be sick or dead. l told
him we dined at $50 and it's 6:S5
now. "-Philadelphia Ledger.
Mr.. Misht-"No use trying to ex-
plain things to woman; she can't
understand scientific terms; now,
here's Mrs. Misfit-"Oh, yes,
can, Charles! Heredity is what a man
blames his father and mother for, and
environment is what he blames his
wife and the children for!"-Chicago
Record Herald.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-22
INDEX 10 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Meetings - Palestine Commandery
No. 7. X. T.; Lafayette McLaws Camp
No. 500, U. C. V.
Special Notices-Special, M. S. Gard
ner; Proposals for Furnishing Coal L.
u. Kinsey Superintendent; Ship No
tice, Strachan & Co, Consignees;
Proposals for Library Building, H. M.
Stanley, Dublin, Ga.
Friday Special Sale-Gustave Eek
stein & Co.
Cuba Exposition Carat Union Sta
ton To-day.
A Deep Cut in Prices-Daniel Ho-
gan.
Cottolene-The N. K. Fairbanks
Company.
our Large Facilities-E. & w. Laun-
dry.
Antiseptic Tooth Powder-Gamble'
Sure Thing Tonic-Henry Solomon 81
Son.
whitley Exercisers-At Lattimores
Seed Potatoes, Corn, Peanuts-W. d.
Simkins & Co.
Every Suit We Sell Saves Some One
oost-Falk's, Around the Corner"
Dainty and Delicate-Conida's.
For To-morrows Breakfast-The
Delmonico Company.
Success Soda-Morehouse Manufac-
turing Company.
Savannah Theater-The Knowles To-
night; THE Toreador," Monday Night.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Pharmacist.
Medical-Pinkham Remedy; Duffy
Pure Malt Whiskey; Herpicide; Vinol.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Hel
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For
Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personal; Mis-
cellaneous.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-22
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PER SONAL.

There is a rumor in Paris that in
short time Emperor William will go
to Nice for the benefit of his health.
The report, even though it is current in
diplomatic circles, is not generally cred
tied.
Otto Observation-Disclosures was I'M
der arrest in Fredonia, Kan, for as
saulting his father-in-law, w. D.
Christman, and the county attorney
concluded it would be easier to dismiss
the case than pronounce it.
The crown princess of Denmark en-
joys the double distinction of being
the wealthiest and tallest woman of
her rank in Europe. Her royal high
ness inherited nearly $15,000,000 from
her maternal grandmother as well as
the bulk of her fathers fortune. She
is feet tall.
For some time certain clergymen
and others of Appleton, Wis, have
been carrying on a crusade for Wig
orous Sunday observance. Mayor
Hammel is not in sympathy with the
movement. He has declared himself in
this fashion: IF they force the issue
and stop at closing only the saloons
1 will take it further and before the
limit is reached the Sunday closers may
find that even the salaried organists at
the various churches in the city will
have to suspend service or render it
free of charge" The crusaders pro-
fess to be undaunted by this declara-
ton and say they will carry on the
fight to a finish.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-22

Representative Hepburn has been
trying for a long time TO get his pure
food" bill through the House. At last
he has succeeded. Consequently he
has achieved a personal triumph of
which he is no doubt quite proud. But
what would the Hepburn bill amount
to, assuming that the Senate will pass
it? 1t will make a lot of new offices,
to be sure, to be filled with faithful
Republican party workers, but will it
result in the elevation of food stand
ards? There are already on the statute
books of the states and the nation a
number of laws governing foods and
food products. But most of them are
more honored in the breach than in
the observance" Whether the Hep
burn bill would accomplish any other
purpose may be a matter of doubt, but
it is quite sure that it would make a
lot of trouble and annoyance for deal
ers and open a way for graft" on the
part of dishonest inspectors. If, how
ever, it should be honestly enforced it
would be a good thing.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-22
CURRENT COMMENT.

The New York World (Dem) says:
"As was the case with Mckinley in
1896 and 1900 President Roosevelt has
to-day no helper so powerful as Mr..
Bryan. His ability to render Repub-
lican fighting campaign unnecessary is
limited only by the encouragement he
shall get from Democrats"
The Washington Post (Ind.) says:
There seems nothing left for the sane
Democracy but prompt and vigorous
action looking to the complete elimina-
ton of Organism. 1t should be suff1-
cient for them to observe the unfeign-
ed glee with which the Republicans
will welcome Mr.. Bryan's ultimatum."
The Philadelphia Record (Dem)
says: IF the Democratic party wishes
TO remain buried. it cannot do better
than follow Mr.. Bryan's advice. If it
has an ambition to make the assertion
of Democratic principles effective, 1t
has had fair warning to leave him and
his kind among the tombs of their
own choosing, and emerge into the light
of day"
The New York Times (Dem.) says:
"Mr Bryan's Lincoln speech Is a noti-
hSAAlOAL tAeih llO NOAAApiOAAAS WIN min
is possible save on a basis of surren-
der. The party is justified In treating
him as a declared enemy. 1t is our
opinion that If it takes him at his word
there will be a speedy abatement of his
pretensions and a corresponding dimi-
mutton Of his power to do harm"
The Hartford Comm Times (Dem.)
says: Mr.. Bryan is intelligent enough
to know that the course he is now pre-
scribing to the Democratic party is
equivalent to an abandonment of the
field to the Republicans during the
coming presidential campaign. He
would have the Democratic party lie
down in its tracks 1S96-190) and al
low the Republicans to fasten their
hold upon every department of the
government for another four years"
The Richmond Times-Dispatch
(Dem.) says Mr.. Bryan has entire
ly lost his bearings. and is out of SYM
pathy with the majority OF the Demo
cratic party In the United States. He
seems saturated with that feeling,
which has for ages been the character
istic of desperate politicians, that II
they cannot rule, they much prefer to
ruin. 1t would be a mere qualification
to undertake to show how preposter-
Gus are these demands OF Mr.. Bryan"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-22
WHY NOT CHATHAM COUNTY.

In our dispatches yesterday 1t was
stated that 1000 acres of land had been
| purchased in Washington county, Ala
bama. on the main line of the South
ern Railroad, for colonization purposes,
and that it would be divided into
small farms and sold to Italian farm
ers. y large number of Italians are
! going into that part Of the South in
| the vicinity of New Orleans and Mo-
| bile. In fact. Italians are settling by
| the thousands in all of the river par
! ishes of Louisiana. and ii is said they
are prospecting and rapidly becoming
de sirable citizens. The indications are
that as many as 1000 Italian colonists
will settle in Washington county, Ala
bama, during the current year.
A question which presents itself in
this connection is this: Why cannot
Italian farmers be secured for the I'M
occupied lands OF Chatham county?
There are thousands of acres of good
lands within a very few miles of this
city that ought to be in cultivation.
In fact. the whole county ought to be
dotted over with farms. The roads
leading to every part of it are now as
good as there are to be found in any
part of the United States, and the
drainage of most of it is such that
there is but little swamp that wouldn't
be tillable if the timber were cut off
and the land exposed to the sun.
There was a time not very long ago
when much of the county was uu-
healthy on account of the swamps, but
the drainage has been so extensive that
the health conditions are much i'm
proved, aud they would be entirely
satisfactory if the land were cleared
and thus exposed to the sun.
While the Chamber of Commerce is
looking after immigration to this sec
ton of the state it might with benefit
to this city and county see what could
be done towards getting good class
of immigrants for this county. We
see no reason why Italian farmers
wouldn't do as we'll on farms in Chat
ham county as they would on farms
in Washington county, Alabama. In
deed, they would do better, because they
would have a home market for much
they would raise and they would have
low freight rates to the great markets
of the East.
1t is probable of course that lands
are cheaper in Alabama than they are
here, though there is no good reason
why high prices should be demanded
for unoccupied lands in this county.
These lands are yielding their owners
nothing now, and will yield nothing for
years to come unless some such immi-
grafton scheme as that to which we
call attention is undertaken and sue
cessfully carried out. There is no
probability that the negroes will open
farms on these lands. The only hope
of getting the lands under cultivation
is by promoting an undertaking like
that which has been adopted in Ala
hama. And the time is ripe for an
undertaking of that kind. There is no
good reason why Chatham county
shouldn't have thousands of produc-
tive farms and a large and prosperous
| farming population.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-22
PALACES FOR AMBASSADORS,

Mr.. Bryan'S advocacy of government
ownership of the official residences of
our ambassadors and ministers doesn't
seem to be popular in the West. 1t
will be recalled that when he returned
from his European trip he laid en-
phasis, in the interviews which he
gave out, upon the necessity of this
country building. in foreign capitals,
officials residences for our ambassa-
doris and ministers. This caused gen.
eral surprise, for the reason that the
Democratic party has always been OPP
posed to spending money for palaces
in foreign capitals for our diplomatic
representatives. 1t has also oppos-
ed the court dress for them, preferring
abroad as at home Jeffersonian sim
plicity. 1t had always been suppos-
ed that Mr.. Bryan, being a great adj
mirer of Jefferson, also preferred that
sort of simplicity. 1t is probable he
did until he went abroad and came in
to contact with emperors, kings, dukes
and lords. 1t may be that the kind
ness with which he was received and
doris and ministers had something to
do with Mr.. Bryan's changed ideas
in regard TO this matter. If he ex-
pected to be given the cold shoulder
by our representatives abroad ne was
agreeably surprised. They took him
by the hand and made him have the
best time of his life.
IQ,,f no tho co,ua 90 J,ig oo,,
version, it is a fact that he is now in
favor of building official residences
for our Ambassadors and ministers and
perhaps of allowing them to wear the
court dress in vogue at the different
capitals.
OF course all this means a great de-
| parture from the simplicity which has
marked the presence of our diplomatic
representatives in foreign capitals, and
consequently a very great increase in
| the cost of maintaining such repre-
sentatives in their respective posi-
| tons. If Mr.. Bryan is so easily con-
verted from Jeffersonian simplicity to
the luxury of palaces and fiummery
of court dress, ii is a question whether
ne Woulu ne as vigorous an opponent
of trusts as he now is If the trust
managers were to get him within the
| sphere of their influence. If the way
We're shown him to accumulate big
fortune through the fundamentally OF
trusts, would he attack them as VIC
iously as he now does? We do not
know of course. but assume he
wouldn't, judging from the ease with
which our ambassadors and ministers
in Europe brought him to their way
Of thinking in regard to palatial official
residences and court dress.
Doubtless his followers in the West
will call upon him for an explanation
Of his departure from Jeffersonian
simplicity.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-22
A Little sodhouse in Nebraska

From Leslie's Weekly.
I dine upon dishes of silver and gold,
In a glitter of china and glass;
I walk upon carpets so thick and so
soft
They muff1e all sound as I pass.
l sleep in a chamber of azure and
white
Under satin and down, but alack!
In the dead of the night, when I'm ly-
ing awake,
My thoughts will go wandering back
To little sodhouse in Nebraska.
Tbs floor it was bare, and the smoke
blackened logs
Were covered with pictures-old
prints
From the very few papers that drifted
And the window was curtained with
chintz.
But oh! what an army of beautiful
dreams
Came out in the freight to play,
And tell me of all the grand things j
would do
When, grown up, could Journey
From the little sodhouse in Ne
braska.
I would buy for my mother a gown OF
black silk,
And a bonnet of roses and lace;
But alas! ere l tasted the fruits of sue
cess
The grave mould was over her face.
And sitting alone DER bottle of port
/ bark to the wind in the night,
As it means and it groans. and l think
with a pang
How it walls far away Ger the site
OF the little sodhouse in Nebraska.
1 am tired Of the fanguorous lilies of
life,
long for the wind and the rain
The glory of morn on the dewy green
corn,
And the smell of the wheat fields
again,
Where the silver creek flows. and the
golden-rod grows.
oh, It's there / am signing to roam.
In the state of my birth, on the one
spot of earth
That call by the dear name of
home
The little sodhouse in Nebraska.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-22
TOO NAVY LYNCrnNGs.

Gov. Hayward of South Carolina
is very much in earnest in his efforts
to put a stop to lynchings in that state.
In his annual message to the Legisla-
ture he called attention to the neces-
sity for more energetic measures to
put stop to lynchings, and on We'd
nesday he sent it a special message
dealing with that matter exclusively.
He told the legislators that they had
not been in session a week before
lynching occurred. The inference from
what he said was that lynchings are
becoming quite common and that, too,
for more than one kind of crime.
1t is evident that if a check isn't
put upon the lynching spirit the lynch
ings will become more frequent, and
that lynch law will be resorted to to
satisfy feelings of revenge or to get
rid of persons who. for one reason
and another. have gained the i'll will
of the community, or portion of the
community, in which they live. Such
a condition of affairs would soon be-
come intolerable. The effect would be
to warn away home-seekers and inves-
tors and to keep the whole community
in a condition of unrest.
The Governor says that he is cred
tied with power to prevent lynchings,
although he hasn't any such power.
The only thing he can do is to call out
troops, when lynching is threatened,
to assist the local authorities to main
20 -, h,,t ;,,r
occur before he can be communicated
with.
What he wants is legislation which
will hold the local authorities to a
strict accountability in the discharge
of their duties in connection with
lynchings and which will provide fund
which he can use in rewards for the
apprehension of those guilty of partici-
pating in this kind of lawlessness and
in securing evident against them.
There have been all sorts of laws en-
acted against lynchers, none of which
seems to be effective. Even when the
guilty parties are brought into court
it is difficult, if not impossible, to get a
jury that will convict. What is needed
as much as anything else is a cam
paign of education showing the peo-
pie the dangers there are in mob law.
The application of mob law cannot
be confined to one kind of crime, nor
even to the worst crimes. In proper
ton as the fear of punishment for par
ticipating in lynchings decreases the
number of lynchings increases. IRE
sponsible men become leaders of mobs
and inoffensive citizens become the
victims of spite and malice. The only
safety is in putting down mob violence
with a strong hand and depending
upon the courts for the administration
of justice.
While it is necessary to impress upon
the people the dangers of lynch law,
no effort should be spared to bring to
justice those who are guilty of this
kind of lawlessness. Gov. Hayward,
as he points out hasn't at the present
time the power to do this, and he asks
the Legislature for the means to col
lect evidence and bring about the ap-
prehension of the guilty parties. There
is no doubt he would use such fund
wisely and do much to put stop to
mob violence in South Carolina
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-22
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-22

In endeavoring to sustain the reputa-
ton of Kentucky for open-handed hos
pitality. Col. Caleb of Jessamine coun-
ty has fallen upon bankruptcy. He
says that practically every day there
were neighbors and city folks who call
ed on his family, and stayed for two
or more meals. Many of them brought
horses, which were fed free from the
Coloners barn. On Sundays and at
meeting times the guests and horses
consumed not less than SIG worth OF
provender per day. The Colonel stood
it as long as he could, going deeper
into debt all the time; then at last he
was forced to ask the court to give
him relief
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-22
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Sound Enjoyment.

The spirit of modern life is to plunge
into experiences vigorously and get the
most from them. This was the spirit
that animated the man who preferred
tough beeksteak because there was
more Chew to it,
Similarly virile was the attitude of
Mr.. Skinnings, who had come to town
to order new family carriage.
Nov l suppose you want rubber
tires?" asked the agent.
mo, sir" replied Mr.. Skinnings.
my folks amt that kind. When we're
riding we want to know it,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-22

One so seldom comes across a per-
son who despises wealth when it
might conflict with dignity and self-re-
spect that where such an instance is
found it richly deserves to be cele-
brated and recorded in the public
prints. Otto Taylor, head butler at
August Belmont's country house at
Hampstead, L. l., received information
not long ago that ne had fallen heir
to a fortune of $4,000 in England
Many buffers would have dotted the
livery Immediately and become gen
tleman." But not so Otto. He values
his dignity and Importance as butler
to the Belmonts far above any mere
money consideration. Indeed, he de-
clined to consider the acceptance of
the inheritance until he had received
assurances from Mr.. Belmont that he
might continue to 'buttle' in the Bel
mont household as if nothing had ever
happened. With this assurance. Otto
requested a leave of absence for a few
weeks, until he could go to England
and get the $4,000; and when he gets
it he will return Immediately to Hemp
stead and resume Quilting" with his
accustomed dignity.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-22

Senator Hanna has originated a new
campaign slogan. His stand pat" has
already become famous. At a dinner
in Washington the other night he an
nounced. Gentlemen. we hold the ace"
the we meaning the Republican par
ty. The Senator is falling so easily
into card terms that, unless he is very
careful, people viii begin to suspect
that he knows from experience the
value Of blun at the psychological
moment.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-22
1t Is Dangerous to NEGLECT a cold.

How often you hear it remarked,
It's only a cold" and a few days
later learn that the man is on his
back with pneumonia This is of
such common occurrence that a cold,
however slight, should not be disre-
garded Chamberlains Cough Rem
edy counteracts any tendency of a
cold to result in pneumonia, and has
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this most common ailment. 1t always
cures and is pleasant to take. For sale
by all druggists.