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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-23
The Pictures in the Canton.

There was small and timid-looking
woman in the rotunda of the CapjtoI
one day last week, says the Washing
ton Post. She was all alone, and she
had the air of belonging to some re-
mote and rural community. She made
the circle of the huge room and stared
at each of the historical pictures in
turn. All the while the tail of her
eye was on a woman, obviously of
urban habit, who stood near the east
doors. When the lady from the coun-
try had looked at the last picture
something seemed to inspire her with
confidence. She drew near the CITY
woman and addressed her:
Can you tell me- she said earnest
ly, If one ought to admire these
paintings? I am from the country, and
l should like to know"
The city woman looked at her in
surprise.
Not unless one is a gibbering IDIOT"
she said.
The country woman smiled with
pleasure.
Thank you" she said; IN say so
when l get home"
And with the look of one filled with
the courage of unalterable conviction
she went away.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-23
SUGAR FROM SWEET POTATOES.

The greatest sugar producer in the
world to-day is the beet. About three
fifths of the worlds supply of sugar
comes from that source. Yet 100 years
ago the beet was regarded as valueless
except as a vegetable food to be cooked
and eaten as turnips were Some fifty
years earlier a German chemist had
analysed the beet root, discovered that
it contained a considerable percentage
of saccharine and predicted that it
would become a great sugar producer.
But ii was not until half a century
afterwards that systematic efforts
were begun to develop the beet for the
sugar it would yield. At first the
beet contained less than per cent of
saccharine. By selection and scientific
cultivation this has now been raised
to IA and even 20 per cent, and millions
of dollars are invested in the beet SUI
gar business. 1t requires only about
one pound of sugar.
An investigator has brought TO the
attention of the Agricultural Depart
ment the fact that sweet potatoes give
even better promise of ugar-producing
possibilities than beets did a century
ago. The well-selected, we'll fertilized
and we'll cultivated sweet potato con-
tains about Z per cent. of saccharine.
BY following with the potato the pro-
cess that was followed in the devel-
opment of the beet there is every rea-
son to believe the former could be
made to yield II to 20 per cent. of sac
charine, alone with the beet. And this
could be brought about in a much
shorter space of time than was requir-
ed to develop the beet. for the reason
that so much experimenting with the
potato would not be necessary. Much
more is now known about the chemis-
try of plants and roots than was the
case a hundred years ago, so the de-
velopment would probably be rapid and
within a few years potato sugar might
find it's way into the market. This
country consumed last year nearly
2,550,000 tons of sugar. of which only
about 80 per cent. was produced in the
United States. This indicates how
large is the home market awaiting
home production.
Sweet potatoes grow readily and bear
proliically from New Jersey to Tex
as. The soil and climate of the South
Atlantic section are especially suited to
them. By intensive farming several
hundred bushels TO the acre can be
rrodoced An effort is n he ,,,a7a 70
induce the government to experiment
with sweet potatoes either this year or
the next along the line indicated.
Should it be found that It is capable of
all that has been predicted for it. a
new and very great source of wealth
viii be opened up to the South. 1t is
naturally sweet potato section.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-23
Love SOnnets of a Lawyer.


Whereas, you crossed my path some
time ago,
To wit: May sixteenth, A. D., nine
teen four.
And 1, for divers reasons, do adore
Your fairy face and form; yea, I, John
Doe:
Whereas deponent saith he worships
That he will never draw one free
breath more
Until you take away the heartache
sore
And cause said heartache from his
breast to flow
Now, therefore, this deponent humbly
Draws
That you will grant him the afore-
said boon:
Prays, also, for the court to grant no
stays
For an informal wedding-say, in
.Iune,
And for such other judgment and re-
lief
AS is not clearly outlined in this brief.
IT.
Plaintiff alleges that one year ago
To wit: June fifteenth, A. D.. nine
teen four
She married the defendant, who then
r SWore
To cherish and protect his Mrs. Doe
Alas. defendant didn't do it, though
But in a back room at the corner
store
Played draw, and lost his dueats bv
the score.
Plaintiff alleges more, and says it's so.
Wherefore, this plaintiff prays for a
decree
Sev'ring the bonds OF matrirnony
now.
And for such alimony. costs and fee
As to the court seem proper to al
low:
And for whatever judgment and re-
lief
The ooart deems right to satisfy her
grief.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-23
THE REAL ..YELLow PERIL"

Japan's triumph in the current war
in the Far East would, it is believed
be almost certainly followed by a Jap
anese virtual protectorate over China,
as well as the domination by the Mi
kado's government of the kingdom of
Korea. That would bring approx
mately 500, 0000 900 Asiatics under the
direct or indirect control of the Toxic
government. How would the white
skinned races be affected by the con-
solidation of the yellow-skinned I'M
der an intelligent and progressive
leadership?
Many writers, considering the posi-
bility OF japanese success, have pre-
dicted a yellow peril" in the form Of
an outpouring of the yellow people
from Asia into Europe and the menace
ing Of European civilization and Gus
toms. But American and European
observers who have gone 10 the Far
East TO watch the progress of the war
are rapidly abandoning that opinion.
Apparently they have no fear of a
physical menace from the yellow peo-
pies, but they assert that there is
grave danger of a commercial menace
that would probably be of far-reach-
ing effect.
1t is to be kept in mind that the
Eastern peoples have made no ad-
vances for open doors" in the West
Meanwhile the West has steadily en-
croached upon the East, demanding
trade privileges and teaching the ORR
entails the use of commodities previ-
ously unknown 10 them. Japan has
shown herself capable, by imitation,
of supplying herself with most of the
wants which foreigners first engen-
dered. She is now a great manufac-
turing country and is growing greater
at a rapid rate. And while she is thus
growing in manufacturing, she is dis
couraging trade with Europeans or
other whites. 1t is said that a Japa-
nese merchant will not trade with a
white manufacturer if he can possibly
procure the articles he wants from a
japanese manufacturer. The war,
contrary TO expectations, has not en-
livened the business of foreign houses
in Japan, but has had precisely an op-
posite effect.
The Chinese people are credited with
being more steady and intelligent
workers than the japanese. They
learn quickly and are faithful and re-
liable. Should an effort be made to
develop China along the line that ia
pan has been developed, with strong
and brainy men at the head of the
movement, it is predicted that Chi
nese progress would be twice as rapid
as was that of the Japanese. In a
quarter Of a century there would be
created a manufacturing element.
with the wonderfully cheap labor of
the Orient, that Occidental manufac-
turers would find it impossible TO
compete against. Raw materials, in
deed, could be carried from Europe or
America to Japan or China and there
manufactured, and the finished prod
ucts be returned to Europe or Amer
lea and sold for less prices than fin
ished similar products could be sold
for at the source of supply of raw
material. That is the real yellow
peril as Americans in Japan now see
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-23

John D. Crimmins, short time af-
ter his return from EuSDpe, was talk
ing about the sights he had seen
abroad, says the New York Tribune.
One afternoon, said Mr. Grim
Minis, Il visited a famous English cas-
tie. Here the guide took me through
this state chamber and that state cham
Der, and finally, the family being in
London, he led me to the rooms of the
owner himself.
In the owners dressing room there
was a shaving set of solid gold-gold
shaving brush, gold cup, gold mount
ed strop and six gold handled razors.
As the guide and l moved here and
there a valet, attracted by the noise.
came to see who we were, and after
he had satisfied himself about this mat
ter the valet fingered, joining in the
conversation now and then.
Il fingered the gold shaving set Gu
riously.
g And does the duke I said, shave
with these things regularity
THE guide shook his head. He did
not know. But the valet knew.
4" No, said the valet, he doesn't.
But | do "
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-23
PERSONAL.

Sculptor St. Gaudeno has accepted
&. commission to model monument of
the late Senator M. A. Hanna for the
city of Cleveland.
In Dunlap, Kan, lives a minister
who works during the week at paper
hanging and painting. His name is
Rev w. L. Richardson.
1t is said that Princess Christian,
Princess Charles of Denmark and the
Princess of Wales could earn their
living as stenographers were it nee
eSSary,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-23
THVNDFRR0TT mn,

City Market to Casino and Thunder
bolt via Bolton street junction.
Beglnning at 8 80 a. m. cars leave
City Market for Casino and Tbundar-
bolt every half hour until 200 q, m
after which cars run every s minutes
until J1:30 p. m.
Cars leave Bolton street junction Is
minutes after leaving time at CITY
Market.
Beginning at 1888 a. m. cars leave
Live Oak station for city every half
hour until 2:3S p. M. after which
time ears leave every Is minutes until
1908 midnight.
Car leaving Casino at 11:55 will run
south on Barnard street to Fortieth
and north on Abercorn to Bolton
street
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-23
BRIGHT BITS.

Butcher-"We have some very nice
sugar cured hams" Mrs. Newlywed-
I'm afraid they won't do. You see,
my husband doesn't believe in homoeo-
pathy. "-Philadelphia Record.
-Naggsb y-"What was that racket
out at the Druid Hill Park zoo this aft
ernoon?" Waggsby-"S Some meddle-
somC person fed the Russian bear 9
japanese persimmon. - Baltimore
American
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-23
THE MORNING NEWS is published

THE MORNING NEWS is published
every day in the year, and served to
subscribers in the city. or sent by mail;
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$500; one year. $500.
THE MORNING NEWS, by mail,
ok Zines a week (without Sunday
issue), one month, 50 cents; three
months. $3.50: six months. $500; one
year, $500.
THE WEEKLY NEWS, two issues
week (Monday and Thursday. by
mail. one year, $l.oo.
Subscriptions payable in advance.
Remit by money order check or reg
istered letter. Currency sent by mail
at risk Of sender.
Transient advertisements. other than
local or reading notices. amusements
and classified column, 10 cents line.
Fourteen lines of agate type-equal
10 one inch in depths the standard
of measurement. Classified column ad-
vertisements, / cent a word each inser-
ton. Every word and figure counted
No advertisement accepted for less
than 10 cents week days, 70 cents
Sundays. Contract rates and discounts
made known on application at busi-
ness Office.
Orders for delivery Of the Morning
News TO either residence or place of
business can be made by mail or by
telephone No. 21o. Any irregularity in
delivery should be Immediately re-
ported
Letters and kilograms should be ad-
dressed MORNING NEWS" savan-
nah, Ga.
EASTERN OFFICE, % Park Row.
New York City. H. C. Faulkner. Man
ager.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-23

Mr.. and Mrs. Speaker have arrived nj
Orange, n. j., after tramping trim
through South America. Mrs. Speaker
wore khaki boomers. The savages Of
South America, the lady says, treated
her boomers with the Difference in
spired of fear. Wherever she went the
bifurcated garments won her most re-
spectful consideration, until she crossed
over into Texas. At San Antonio the
police told her she was improperly
clothed, and If she didn't get on other
toys they would carry her to the lock-
up. Such incidents lead Mrs. Speaker
TO the conclusion that the civilization
Of the United States is not what 1t is
cracked up to be.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-23

Boston viii doubtless soon be wor-
shipping at the shrine of Michael c.
Gross. He holds literature above all
other earthly considerations, even
socks and clean collars. Gross has an
income of $500 a week, yet his wife
says he cuts down her old stockings
and wears them, and chalks his dirty
collars TO save laundry bills, in order
that he may spend his money for rare
books. She has known him, in his
chalked collar, to pay SO for a single
book. Isn't that the genuine Boston
spirit?
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-23
THE GOVERNMENT AND TRUSTS.

The government is making war on
trusts which Cypress the people. That
is all right and has the approval of
the people, but shouldn't the govern
ment be sure that it isn't in the bust
ness of promoting trusts? Sometime
before the adjournment of Congress
the House Committee of Patents made
a report in which it stated that our
drugs and fine chemicals were large
ly made in foreign countries. These
foreign countries do not grant patents
upon the drugs themselves, but only
upon some definite process for their
preparation. In this country patents
are granted upon the articles them
selves. And that is how foreign in
ventors and manufacturers of drugs
are able to secure monopoly of Ger
tain kinds of drugs in this country.
For instance, the discoverer and manu-
facturer of phenacetin, who is a
German, came to this country and Sc
cured a patent on his discovery. AS
a result, an ounce of that drug, man
ufactured in Germany, is sold in this
country at 81, while the same amount,
put up in precisely in the same way,
is sold in Germany and even in Can
ada at Is cents.
Here is trust that the government
is responsible for. There is no good
so generally used in his country. should
command nearly seven times as much
here in the United States as it does
in Germany or in Canada. Why is it
that the government permits this i'm
position on the people to continue
Why is it that the antitrust batteries
are not turned against this foreign
trust that is made possible and fos-
tered by our government? We COM
plain of the railroad trusts, and the
nothing against this phenacetin trust,
Notwithstanding the fact that it is
operated for the benefit of a foreigner.
1t is true phenacetin isn't in such
general demand as coal and sugar are,
hut it Is wanted in almost every fam
lily, and when it is wanted it has to
be bought at an exorbitant price
There is no trust in this country that
is so oppressive as this pheuacetin
trust, and vet the government does
absolutely nothing to free the people
from it's eXactions. Why is this? Is
the government more tender of for
eigners than of its own citizens?
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-23

The Canadians are fond of making
Jokes about our tariff. The Toronto
Globe says that last year Canada ship
ped to the United States 2,527. $50 pounds
of coarse wool; on which, the Globe
says, "'our neighbors saw fit to tax
themselves u cents per pound" A
palpable hit,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-23

An effort was made in the Virginia
State Episcopal Council recently to
amend the canon of the church which
forbids members from attending races,
dances and theaters. The spirit Of
greater liberality in amusements seems
to be abroad among the religious de-
nominations
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-23

The Hit boom is the target for
punsters the country over. 1t would
be too bad if, after the funmakers
have all taken a crack at the Illinois
man. Mr.. Hits boom should suddenly
collapse.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-23

Why should George B. Cortelyou
resign his cabinet position in the event
of his selection to be chairman of the
Republican National Committee? He
would be called upon to render no
more partisan services than have been
rendered by Henry C. Payne and Leslie
M. Shaw; and neither Postmaster Gen
eral Payne nor Secretary of the Treas
ury Shaw has resigned.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-23

The Uruguay potato" is a new ag-
ricultural product that is attracting at
tention. 1t is said to compare favor
ably with the Irish potato, but TO be
much more prolific. A consular re-
port says the new potato may run the
old favorite out of use.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-23
FREIGHT AND PARCEL CAR

Leaves east side OF City Market for Thunder.
bolt, Cattle Park Sandhy. Isle of Hope and all
intermediate points-9:I5 a. M, 1;l5 Z. m 5:lj
p m.
Leaves Isle of Hope for Sandhy, Cattle Park
Thunderbolt ana all intermediate points-6:0l
a. m, HOO a. m, 300 D. m
Freight car leaves Montgomery at s. so a. Ia.
ana 2;So p n, connecting at Sandfiy 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 10 L. r. NASH. Manager
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-23
COLIINSVII.I.EI.INr

Beginning at sos a. M, cars leave Waters
road and Estill avenue every 20 minutes untiI
l2:05 midnight '
Beginning at sos a m. cars leave civ
Market for Waters road and EstiJl avenue eV-
cry 20 minutes until 1905 midnight.
through cars are operated between Market
and Ihunderbolt wa. Colliusville and Dale
avenue as follows:
Leave Market. Leave Thunderbolt
645 A. M. 30 A. NJ
e45 p. NJ. = 30 p M
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-23

There is no telling what a petty
jury will do; especially where the case
is one of damages. The other day a
New Jersey court decided that a white
boys life was worth only $4,000; and
then came a case in Philadelphia, in
which a court and jury held that one
leg of young negro was worth &c.,
4O4; of which sum $4,000 went to the
owner of the leg and S4O4 to his father
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-23

According to ardispatch in the New
York Herald from Topeka, Kan, pu-
pills in Kansas high schools are no
longer to be taught that Gen. Fun
ston was promoted for swimming Bag
Bag river, in the Philippines, in the
face Of an enemy that was stirring
up the water with bullets from their
rifles. The dispatch says: The state
ment in the Kansas histories that the
little General swan this river and
thereby earned his promotion, has gone
unquestioned until to-day, when the
subcommittee of the State Text Book
Commission ordered the account of the
incident expunged from the history,
which has been readopted for use in
the high schools for five years" These
Kansas school commissioners, it
seems, say that the credit for swim
ming the river belongs TO Privates
Trembly and White. VIII not Gen.
Funston have something to say about
this matter?
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-23

DR.. Charles Cuthbert Hall of New
York told a Chicago audience the other
day that 1t was his deliberate opinion
that Americans We're degenerating. The
good doctor ought to get outside of
New York and Chicago for a time and
study the people. He would find them
bigger and better than ever before.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-23
The WentLer.

The indications for Georgia and
Eastern Florida for to-day are for
fair weather, with light variable
winds.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-23

In New Mexico. Arizona, Idaho and
some other Western states, as we'll as in
Utah, there is a considerable element
of Mormons in the voting population.
The Mormons are regarded as being
safely Republican. The Republican
party is anxious to avoid doing any
thing that might tend to arouse Nor
mon opposition. For this reason the
further consideration of the case of
Reed Smoot is to be continued until
after the election.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-23

The other day Mrs. John Duncan
Sinclair, a poor washerwoman of Oma-
ha, was interrupted over her tub Of
der her a $4,000 check, representing a
part of her legacy coming to her by
the settlement of the estate of the
late Lord Sinclair, of Glasgow. Mrs
Sinclair wiped her red hands on her
apron, took the check between thumb
and forefinger, folded it gingerly, stow
ed it away in her pocket, and then
went ahead and finished her wash, as
if nothing had happened.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-23

Gen. Plug of the Russian army in
the Far East has dropped out Of sight
just as if he were a leaden slug dropped
overheard "kerpiug"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-23
WEST END LINE GincoIn Park

Cur leaves west side of City Market for Lin.
coin Park 600 a. N. ard every 30 minutes
thereafter until il:45 .. m
Car leaves Lincoln Park for Market e:20 O. u
and every 40 minutes thereafter until IL clock
midnight
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-23

In their circular sent out on May q
Latham, Alexander g. Co. show, from
400 letters sent out to banks, bank
ers, cotton commission merchants and
responsible parties, and S,S71 answers
received, that the cotton acreage this
year is 31,24S,53O acres, as compared
to 2S,907,00O last year, an increase of
712 per cent, or 2,341, $50 acres. The
number of replies received from Geor-
gia was CTS, and the increase shown is
per cent, or 2S9,240 acres. The num-
Der of replies received from Florida
was Is and the increase shown is 9 per
cent, or 24,390 acres. The weather for
the cotton crop has been favorable in
the Southwestern States and unfavor-
able in the Atlantic States, it being
cold and dry in the latter states.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-23
The Non Irritatin
Cathartic
Easy to take, easy to operate
Hoods Pills
SAVANNAH ELECTRIC co.

SUMMER WEEK DAY SCHEDULE.
Effective May 16, 1904.
ISLE OF HOPE LINE
between Isle of Hnnc aud E,nrtiotl, g.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-23

"A series of interesting firing trials
recently was undertaken by the Swed-
ish government The purpose of these
experiments was to examine the effect
Of shooting against pasteboard. The
trials were conducted on the w-bar,,e,
of the Swedish navy in Karlsltrong
and the target used was a prens red
enc Of millboard, against which fra
from revolvers. rifles, carbines ana
machine guns were directed. The paste
board which was three inches thick.
resisted completely the bullets ~
from the small arms. but was par-
forated by the projectlles from the n9a
chine guns. The experiments may be
said to have given very interesting re-
suits. Bullets from the carblnes used
are able 10 penetrate wooden spIsnLs
five inches IN thickness. but thav oo,,id
not penetrate the pasteboard. which
was only three inches thick.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-23

BETWEEN ISLE OF HOPE AND
THUNDERBOLT.
Lv Isle Of Hope LY. Thunder6o77
IN ~ N AN. Pm.
oo,Oo o;Vo s7:22 6:3S
os:O0 -. SS:22 1882
Sl2 minute wait at Sandhv-