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The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-18
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Philadelphia Ledger Qnd.) says:
"A young woman of Boston has writ
ten a long sociological report telling
us that the servant question rs very
bothersome. They will redscover the
multiplication table in Boston if they
keep on
The New York World Dem) says:
THE decision of the Senate to vote on
the Panama canal on Feb. % will pro-
vide three "red-letter days in success
sion-Sunday, Washingtons Birthday
and Panama day. The Romans
marked with red the suspicious days
in their calendar. And surely the date
of the decision that America, after
more than half a century of planning,
Is to pierce the isthmus will be well
worth remembering"
The Philadelphia Record (Dem.)
says: Hearst is said to have captured
the territories in his campaign for the
presidential nomination, and his
agents claim already the delegates
from Arizona. New Mexico, Oklahoma
and the Indian territory, and they are
confident of the District of Columbia
and Hawaii. Not one of these will cast
an electoral vote, and we do not be-
lfeve that the sage-brush and cow
boy element in the st. Louis Conven-
ton will stampede the delegates from
the Democratic states and the great
states East and West which the DEM
ocrats can carry with competent
candidate on sound platform.
The Birmingham News (Dem.) says:
1T will be remembered that Bryan
and Organism were so nearly in ac-
cord with the Populists and their ways
Of thinking that they neither put up a
nominee nor framed a separate plat
form. They were content to abide by
that represented by the Nebraskan
The POpulists have practically gone
out of business now, and about one
more repetition of Bryan and Bryan
ism would come pretty near putting
the Democrats in the same fix. The
party fully realizes this, and hence
recognizes the utter folly Of trailing
along after a man and his theories al
ready twice turned down, and fan
weaker to-day than ever before. While
Intelligent Democrats would be glad
TO see AIR. Bryan retire from the role
OF public agitator the Republican par
~ fully recognizes the aid he IL giyine
% their cause. and would doubtless b.
glad 10 pay an his travelling expenses
rather than see him subside.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-18
lADE1 IL NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

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and A. M.
Special Notices-Bids Wanted for
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Business Notices-Famous Shore
Luncheon, Thunderbolt Casino: Park &
Tilford Cigars, A. NJ. & c. w. West,
After the Theater. Sommers' Cafe.
Have You. Attended My Sale of
Spring Goods Daniel Hogan.
Our Prepared Cow Feed-Harden &
Rourk.
Savannah Theater-Payton Sisters.
To-day, Matinee and Night.
Foods-Grape-N Nuts.
For Color Finish and Cleanliness
i. & w. Laundry.
The Mere Doubt-Gamble's Tooth
Powder.
Financial-Statement of the Condi-
ton of the Savannah Trust Company.
Think of Eyeglasses-Hines Optical
Co.
A Word to Women-Dr. ]. Newton
Hathaway.
Sure Thing Tonic-Henry Solomon
& Son. itas IA 80 IS
Ranges-At Lattimore's.
Good Work - Savannah Georgia
Laundry.
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The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-18
Couldn't RIun Him.

1T was right funny" said Uncle Ho-
sea, telling of the orchestral concert,
according to Judge. "A smart-aleck
lookin' Teller set in the middle, an
all fer oncet the little man at the end
O. the line hit the big drum a sassy
rap. Well, the smart-aleck Teller
shakes a little stick at the drummer
an what does he do but hit her up
ag'in jest ter show he was as good as
the next man. An, by jinks! he didn
take no back talk-or, rather, no or
ders-from the smart aleck man, be-
cause he Jest kept on a-whackin' that
big drum in spite o the boss shak1n
that stick as if to say he'd catch 1t
if he didn't quit. Yes, sir; l gloried
in his spunk, if he was little. An at
the end O. the tune he whooped 1t up
on that drum harder than ever. A
little man for nerve every time.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-18
BRIGHT BITS.

Many a rich father has discovered
that it is easier to get daughter off
his hands than to keep a son-in-law on
his feet.-Philadelphia Record.
What comfort do you get out of
being a fatalist?" Don't you think it
is a comfort to know that you couldn't
help making an ass of yourself ?"-Life.
-Father-"But are you sure he is a
sensible young man? ''NDaughter-"Oh,
yes, papa. Why, he's the only one of
our amateur theatrical club who hasn't
professional aspirations. Puck.
Charley, dear" said young Mrs.
Tomkins. II have done you great in
justice" I'm what way?" 81 suspect
ed you without reason. l asked several
of your friends that you go out with of
evenings whether you knew how to
play poker. and every one of them
thought a minute and said you didn't"
Washington Star
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-18
A Day in Court.

Several amusing incidents marked
yesteray's sitting on the Southwark
county court. Says the London Elk
press.
one witness spoke of a woman prac-
titioner as a female lady doctor"
Another described his position in
brougham as my back facing the
horses"
A third always referred to his left
hand leg"
barrister desiring to compliment
Judge ADDISON on his wide range OF
knowledge described his honor as "a
particularly good Judge of beer and
sermons"
He also observed that your nonor
knowledge of law is only exceiieo py
your knowledge of scripture"
The Judge bowed to these rather
doubtful commitments.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-18
Remark was Dubious.

Senator German of Maryland was
discussing a doubtful remark that
had been made in a doubtful political
situation. says the Buffalo Inquirer.
Dubious" said Senator German.
"A dubious man, a dubious remark,
a debious situation. 1t is all very du-
bious indeed. 1t reminds me of the
speech a New Bond street tailor made
TO a friend OF mine who got measured
in London for a pair OF riding
breaches.
This tailor made my friend take on
his trousers. and. kneeling down, he
measured carefully all over first the
right and then the left leg.
Now he said, getting up, you may
put your trousers on again
He kept studying my friend mean
while from the waist down.
" Tt isn't often, sir he said finally,
that we get leg like yours to Mt.
There's some credit, let me tell you, in
fitting a leg like yours
Wasn't that dubious?" Senator
German ended. MY friend blushed,
but he didn't know himself whether
he blushed for pride or for shame"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-18
'-----e-S4e-a-
Personal.

The most famous mining engineer
in the world. John Hays Hammond,
is a man of rather small physique,
with the complexion of one who has
been much in the open air. He dresses
like prosperous business man and
is full of animation and good humor.
Mr.. Hamomnd was born in California
"A London paper. the Chronicle, says
that in the matter of clothes the House
of Commons is the most correct assem-
bly, of legislators in the world, and the
American House of Representatives the
most astonishing. The ordinary con-
gressional costume" ii says, lis a long,
very loose frock coat. low-cut waist
coat, turned-down collar, white bow
and Derby or felt hat. At first glance
one would easily take Congress for an
assembly of dissenting ministers.
Mayor Mcclellan Of New York has
lately fallen into the. habit of attend
ing dinners. He goes. out in dinner
jacket whenever the occasion presents
itself He is always -affable, ready of
speech and, sympathetic of such va
carries as invariab bly, crop up at public
dinners. He approves everything, but
does it in manner that affords safe
ground of. retreat, The young Mayor
takes a Observation-Disclosures in point
ing cut that DIR. Parkhurst was 'off
his trolley when he said that Tam
many Mayor would make New York a
hell with the lid off,
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-18
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The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-18
KinIing,n Torredo Poem.

Kipling's poem, 1.-THE Destroyers,
originally printed in McClure's Maya
zine, is brought to mind by the Japan
csc torpedo triumph at Port Arthur.
The strength of twice three thousand
horse
That seek the single goal
The line that holds the signaled course,
The hate that swings the whole:
The stripped hulls, sinking through the
gloom,
Half guessed and gone again
The brides of death that wait the
The Choosers of the Slain!
Offshore where sea and sky line blend
In rain, the daylight dies;
The sullen, shouldering swells attend
Night and our sacrifice.
Adown the stricken capes no flare
No mark on spit or bar
Barking and desperate we dare
The blindfold game of war.
Nearer the wheeling beams that spell
The council of our foes;
Clearer the anxious guns that tell
Their scattered flank to close.
Sheer to the trap they crowd their way
From ports for this unbarred.
Quiet, and count our fatted prey,
The convoy and her guard!
On shoaI with scarce a foot below,
Where rock and isIet throng,
Hidden and hushed we watch them
throw
Their sweeping lights along.
Not here. not here your danger lies
(Stare hard. o hooded eyneD
Save where the dazed rock pigeons rise
The lit cliffs give no sign
Therefore. to break the rest We seek
The narrow seas to clear
Hark TO the syren's whimpsring
Shrek
The driven death is here.
Look to your van a league away
What midnight terror stays
The bulk that checks against the spray
Her cracking tops ablaze?
Hit and hard hit! The blow went
home:
The muffied, knocking stroke
The steam that overruns the foam
The foam that thins to smoke
The smoke that cloaks the deep aboil-
The deep that chokes her throes
Till, streaked with ash and sleeked with
oil.
The lukewarm whirlpools close!
A shadow down the sickened wave
Long since her slayer fed;
But hear their chattering quick-fires
rave
AStern, abeam, ahead
Panic that shells the drifting spar,
Loud waste with none to check,
Mad fear that rakes the low-hung star
Or sweeps a consort's deck.
Now while their silly smoke hangs
thick,
Now ere their wits they find,
Lay in and lance them to the quick
Our CALLED whales are blind.
Good luck to those that see the end.
Goodbye TO those that drown
For each his chance as chance shall
send
And God for all. Shut down!
The strength Of twice three thousand
horse
That serve the one command;
The hand that heaves the headlong
force.
The hate that backs the hand;
The doom-bolt in the darkness freed
The mine that splits the main
Inc white-hot wake, the 'wlldering
speed
The Choosers OF the SLANT
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-18
A Progressive COUNTY.

Liberty county is one of the progress
sive counties of the state. 1t believes
in good roads. 1t knows the value Of
them and has taken an important step
in the direction of getting them. Its
grand JURY has recommended that an
issue of bonds amounting to $780, 600 be
made for the purpose of making the
roads what they should be.
Liberty is the first county to second
the Efforts of Chatham county in the
matter of good roads. and her system
OF good roads when completed could
easily be brought into touch with the
Chatham county system.
The Ogeechee road, one of Chatham's
improved roads, is a part of the route
southwark through Bryan, Liberty and
Mcintosh counties. 1t is in good con-
dition to the Little Ogeechee river.
With this road improved to the Ogee-
chez river and the bridge across that
stream rebuilt. Git was destroyed dur
ing the Civil War;. il would only be
necessary to build across Bryan neck
in order to connect Chatham's system
of roads with that of Liberty county
The distance across the neck is short.
and doubtless the work would be done
by Bryan county.
The counties Immediately around Sa-
vannah should move Immediately in
the matter of good roads they being
about the best advertisement a county
can have. They encourage immigra-
ton and thus enhance the value of
lands. II Liberty county, for instance.
spends $4,000 upon her roads there will
be such investment in her lands and
advance in their value. that within a
very few years she will get back in
taxes the money she invested in roads.
Liberty's example lin improving her
roads should be followed by Bryan and
Efhngham counties. No old fogy no.
tions should be allowed to interfere
with the policy of improving the high
ways. The young and progressive
men of the foregoing and other coun-
ties should come to the front and see
to it that the good work. which has al
ready been delayed too long, is taken
up and pushed with vigor.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-18

THINK OF EYEGLASSES
that don't pinch the nose! No skin
abrasions No black and blue indenta-
lions. No sore noses OF any sort
from eyeglasses. And yet-no slipping
or tipping or shaking or falling of the
to YOU and at the same time give that
perfect sight you have often wished
for.
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The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-18
NIP 1T IN THE BUD.
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First Appearance of Dandruff Fore
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The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-18

On paper, Russia ranked as the third
naval Power of the world. But in
actual service the Russian navy has
shown that it is not what it was crack
ed up TO be. Now, how about those
other navies that make such imposing
showings, on paper? 1t is known that
in some of them there are many an
cient tubs armed with obsolete smooth
bores, but their names are quite as i'm
posing as if they were of highest eff
cheney.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-18

tAevc tove hcNouaing menace TO, the
free&oss 81 sonlmeCce. will cause this
r&slraaa idea % Mr.. Combs 20 be Civ
en- Sonse attention, but Il is probable
that no earnest effort viii be made
10 construct such a road until after
the completion Of the Panama canal.
A; present il hooks as II that would
take al ~ the governments spare
ash
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-18

Breezy. forehanded little Japan! No
sooner had the story been published
that Russia would not exhibit at the
st. Louis Exposition, in order to econ
omize for the war fund. than Japan an
nounees that she will take every foot OF
space that Russia gives. up. That is to
say. while Russia may be too hard up
TO take part in the great show. she Is
not; that she has got the money. the
men and the exhibits. to take care. Of
both Russia and the worlds fair. II
is a good stroke.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-18

Representative Shafroth's refusal to
occupy in Congress a seat tainted with
fraud has drawn from the Philadelphia
Inquirer half-column editorial based
on the fact that an honest man has
been found in Congress. From the
Pennsylvania point of view, such a
thing may seem odd.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-18

Every gallon Of water used az a fire
IN New York comes through the mains
from the regular supply Of the city. ard
Is fresh, filtered drinking water that 10
obtained at considerable cost. me
city authorities are now consiSerfrig
the advlsability Of drawing upon ahe
North and East rivers for a suppgy
OF salt water for fire purposes. iris
can be done hy putting in pum.snx
stations and auxiliary hydrants. The
baltimore oonfagration has stirred the
NsE Workers %
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-18

1t is altogether likely that the Demo-
cratic National Convention at St. Louis
will win Mr.. Bryans 500 prize by writ
ing platform that the leading Demo-
cratic newspapers will agree upon.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-18

A report says that of 500 shots fired
by the Japanese at Chemulpo only six
struck the Variag. That was rather
poor shooting, to be sure; but the six
that hit were quite sufficient to do the
business
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-18
The weather.

The indications for Georgia for to-
day are for cloudy and warmer wealth
er. rain in north and west portions,
with fresh to brisk east to south winds.
Eastern Florida rain, with fresh to
brisk east TO south winds.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-18

The cadets of theS Imperial Naval
Academy of Russia were so elated at
being promoted to the grade of mid
shipmen, according t0-a dispatch, that
they drove around st. Petersburg "clad
only in their tunics.'' The Norfolk
Landmark wonders what would have
been the effect upon their apparel if
they had been promoted TO lieutenant
cies. 1t gives one a chill to try to
inlaRine
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-18

The ordinances against throwing
waste paper on the streets should be
rigidly enforced, and some means
should be found TO stop the
rummaging through the waste
paper receptacles which the city
has provided. The streets and
squares are Uttered with paper scraps,
the latter to such an extent that
strangers must think they are dump
ing grounds for such waste. This may
appear to be a small matter, but when
one considers what it costs to keep up
the squares it seems a shame that they
should be disfigured as they are. And,
speaking of the squares and streets, it
has been reported to the Morning
News that depredations have been
committed in Colonial Park in the way
of hacking down trees. Very likely this
is the work of the gangs of white boys
who prowl about the streets and gath
er in the park. These boys are of
such ages that their parents ought to
be able to keep them out of mischief
of the kind referred to. AS a matter
of fact, parents ought to keep their
young boys of of the streets at night.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-18

Before the funeral wreaths upon Sem
there is a scramble for his political
shoes. Half a dozen candidates have
already been mentioned" for the chair
manship of the Republican National
Committee, and there are probably as
many candidates for the senatorship
made vacant by his death. And a SEN
ator from Indiana has grabbed the
chair in which Mr.. Hanna sat in the
Senate.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-18

Only five days more for speech-mak-
ing on the Panama canal treaty, and
then will come the vote. And after the
vote, it is to be hoped. will come the
digging
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-18

The discovery has been made that the
famous Iowa Idea" adopted by Gov.
Cummings OF Iowa as his principle IN
Republican politics.. was originated by
German economist named List nearly
100 years ago. List lived in Philadel-
phia, where he published a book m
1927. A copy of this book has been
found in the library of the Iowa State
Historical Society. and the Idea" is
embodied in the following paragraph:
when the great manufacturing con-
Germs which have grown up under the
shelter of your protective tariff wan
shall have grown powerful enough 40
compete with foreign rivals your tariff
wall should be lowered. The fact that
they can thus compete is evidence that
the time for reductions in the tariff has
been reached"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-18

1t seems to be agreed. North and
South, that the new Democratic lead
ey in the House. John sharp Williams
of Mississippi. is the right man in the
right place. Even Republican jour-
mails are applauding him for his COM
bination OF shrewd management ana
mother wit. one Republican paper
declares he approaches Lincoln in his
power to apply fun to serious prob
lens and thus clearly illustrate a point
Being so popular a man. he may come
TO the front IN connection with the ma
tional ticket.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-18

Another opera was being produced
in New York. 4 shall assign twenty
men 10 write Il up" said the great edi-
tor. Nineteen 20 describe the people
IN the boxes and one 20 descrfbe the
play. "-Thicago Daily News.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-18

Or. Dowie must be enjoying his va
cation in the antipodes. Already a
mob has chased him through the streets
of Sydney. 1t is as if he were in that
dear New York"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-18

Russia must win. to save her face:
Japan must win. to save her life. That
seems to be about the way to sum up
the Eastern situation.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-18

Calico had invented the clock.
"Hooray!" cried the Florentines,
now we can have horse races!"
Hastily they began to invent excuses
to account to their wives for having
lost their money.