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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-13
Short Sermons for Boys.


Most boys and girls do not like sermons; they
say they are too long for their hignesses. Per
haps they may like these short sermons. They
will give food to think over, and must not be
read too hastily.
A Swedish boy fell out of the window and
was badly hurt, but with clenched lips he kept
back the cry of pain. The King, Gustavus
Adolphus, who saw him fall, prophesied that
the boy would make a man or an emergency.
And so he did, for he became the famous Gen.
Bauer.
A boy used to crush the flowers to get their
color, and painted the white side of his fathers
cottage In Tyrol with all sorts of pictures which
the mountaneers gazed at as wonderful. He
was the great artist Titan.
An old painter watched a little fellow who
amused himself making drawings of his pot and
brushes. easel and stool. and said: That boy
will beat me one day So he did, for he was
Michael Angelo
A German boy was reading blood-and thun-
der novel Right in the midst of il he said to
himself Now, this will never do. get too
much excited over it. / can't study so well
after it, SO here goes" and he flung the book
out into the river He was Fichte, the great
German philosopher.
Do you know what these little sermons means
Why, simply this: That in boyhood and girhood
are shown the traits for good or evil that make
the man or woman good or not.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-13

wild Western man, i'll letter to his
Representative in Congress, objects as fol-
lows to the impertinence of pension officials
DEAR SIR wish you would go to the
Pension Office and see why they don't in
crease my pension. l flied an application
more than three years ago to have NV pen
sion increased from SIG to S32 month, and
have heard nothing from it except an i'm
pertinent letter from the Commissioner of
Pensions saying that there was no evidence
to sustain my claim"
1t is good thing for the country that
there is man at the head of the Pension
Office who wants evidence on which to grant
pensions. Some of the claimants seem TO
forget that the Republican party is no longer
IN power
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-13
Mr. Manning Surprised by Landlord
ROeSSle
From the Kansas city Times.

From the Kansas CITY Times.
WASHINGTON. Jan 2.--It is related that mime
host" Roess e, of the Arlington. who is an AL
bany man by birth. and who had known Mr..
Manning intimately for many years. assumed
to demonstrate but vainly. against the way the
Secretary was working day and night. At last
he determined to adopt heroic measures. so
one night shortly after 10 O'Clock. he knocked
loudly at the Secretarys door and was babe TO
enter. The atmosphere was Sitting with cigar
smoke and the thermometer registering over
800. The Secretary was In his shirt sleeves ditto
four or five clerks while the table held a mass
of papers and documents.
what do you wants" g1ufiy inquired the
Secretary, annoyed at the Intrusion.
II want you TO behave yourself, as grllfly
replied RoeSsle.
'Why, great heaven! - the Secretary retorted
evidently jumping at the conclusion that fuss
had ensued elsewhere, and that the landlord
had mistaken the parties There is no noise
here What does this thing meanyN
1t means business, Savagely replied Roessle
u want these clerks to bundle up their papers
and get out of here at once 1t is after mid.
night, and here you are, teeming with perspira
ton, tobacco smoke so thick you can cut il with
q knife, and working as if the safety of the re-
public demanded that you should kill yourself
in this outrageous way. have known YOU man
and boy, for over forty years ami don't pro-
pose to become portiCeDs crihilis in your sui
eide, nor do care to suffer the injury to nv
hotel which your death and funeral under such
circumstances would entail upon it. want YOU
TO behave yourself, or else you must seek other
quarters"
The genial Secretary laughed aloud at his
landlords earnestness, and directed the clerks
to go home Then the twain sat down and had
long chat over the situation, in which Mr.
Roessle endeavored to point out the absolute
necessity of continuing the Secretary's official
abors to the department. and within depart
ment hours. He also read a lecture on gas
tronomy and took the ground that a man of
business in aid of good health should take his
meals slowly and with elaboration and not
challenge dyspepsia for the mastery by boiling
his food and then proceed to toll rather than
resting for while and then walk out in the
open air. Mr.. Manning promised due reforma-
ton, but shortly thereafter went to housekeep-
ing and was removed from out the restraining
influences Of the Arlington's proprietor.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-13

In making his tariff speech the other day,
Senator Brown occupied the desk that the
late Senator Morton used to occupy. He
also read his speech in a sitting posture, a
thing that has not been done in the Senate
since Senator Mortons death. A Philadel-
phia paper puts it in this way: "Mr Brown
sat in his chair and read the manuscript of
his speech in a sing-song voice to an empty
Senate, explaining that he had the sciatica
and could not stand" The Senator may
have read to an empty Senate, but he will
see TO it that every word OF his speech
reaches his constituents. He knows how to
place it where it will do him the most good.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-13
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-13
Salvini Was Taught Something He Had
no Idea of

Alexander Salvini, son of the great Italian
tragedian, is an uncommonly promising young
actor himself. He has discarded his native
tongue and plays altogether in English, Not
long ago, says the Detroit Free Press the young
man, duriug a conversation with his manager,
A. NJ. Palmer, related how Edwin Booth gave
his (Salvinis) father some valuable professional
points. Il shall never" he said, forget my
fathers surprise when he first saw Mr. Booths
Hamlet In Italy he had long been accepted
as the ideal Hamlet and he probably regarded
his own performance as a very good one, for,
like other great men, he does not underate him
self. AS he watched the performance he grew
white with suppressed excitement and when he
left the theatre that night he declared 1 know
nothing about Hamlet nothing My concep-
tion all these years has been entirely wrong
Booth has taught me tonight something had
no idea Of
What my father meant" continued the
young actor, twas that in everything that is
philosophical about Hamlet land that is, of
course, the greater part of the play, Mr.. Booth
was immeasurably his superior In the passion
ate portions my father was probably the better.
He did not play Hamlet after that for long
time, but he studied it whenever he had an off
moment. and when he went back to Italy he
played an entirely new Interpretation closely
resembling that which he had seen of Mr..
Booth The Italian critics went into raptures
over it. but my father tells them it is not his
but the Hamlet of a great American actor
named Edwin Booth, whom he has merely
copied ="
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-13

Boyd's 1888 directory of Washington, just
issued, contains 5000 names of residents.
1t is customary in other cities to compute
the population by allowing three and half
for every name in the directory, but Mr..
Boyd has allowed only three. This is
because the conditions in Washington are
somewhat different from those in other cities.
There are great many single men and
women in the departments, and many men
do not bring their families to tho city.
Allowing three to name, the population of
Washington is 252, 030. Mr.. Boyd was HIM
self astonished at the large increase since
the last yearly directory-an increase of
2O.1Sl.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-13
index TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

MEETINes-Stockholder Savannah Bank and
Trust Co.
SPECIAL NoTICEs-Turkeys and Chickens,
John Lyons & Co.; AS TO Crew of the Norwegian
Bark Eros.
MILITARY ORDERS Savannah Volunteer
Guards.
STEAMSHIP ScHEDULE-Ocean Steamship Co.
All, THERE Lindsay 6 Morgan
CIGARs-Rieser & Stern.
CHEAP COLUMN ADVERTISEMENTS Help Want
ed; Employment Wanted For Rent; For Sale;
Lost; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-13
Why Congressman Baker Resigned.


No one who is acquainted with the Hon.
William K. Morrison, the famous tariff re-
! former, would believe him capable of har-
boring desire to get even" with anybody,
particularly with the man who defeated
him in a contest for a place in Congress,
Mr.. Jehu Baker is the man who represents
the district in Congress which Mr.. Morrison
represented so long, and which he had be-
! gun to think would retain him as its Repre-
sentative for the remainder OF his life.
! Speaker Carlisle made Mr. Baker chair
man Of the Committee on Claims and the
very next day Mr.. BakeE resigned the
position And why did he resign! In
the few remarks which he made in offering
bis resignation he said that the afternoon
papers of Washington had published the
list of the committees on the day
on which they were announced, and
that by the time he reached his hotel
he found the corridor leading to
his room crowded with persons
who have claims before Congress
The most OF them, he said, were
gray and old, many were scantily clad,
not few were very hungry and all were
by the committee at the earliest possible
moment Each one was determined TO see
him at once and tell him how just his claim
was, how he had waited for long weary
years for the government to pay him and
how much he was in need of the money
which the government owed him.
Some of the claimants had already
seen Mrs. Baker, and talked to her until
they had given her a bad case of nervous
headache. Mr.. Baker said that he listened
to the arguments and appeals Of the urgent
persistent, poverty-stIicken crowd until he
had the heartache, tine headache and an
onlinous ache that warned him that if he
had to stand that sort of thing second time
he would lose his reason. He made up his
mind that he wouldn't stand it
again, and so resigned. He wanted to say
in conclusion, however, thai the conviction
had forced itself upon his mind that the
Hon. William r. Morrison, to get revenge,
had induced the Speaker to make him chair
man Of the Claims Committee.
There is no doubt that the Hon. Jehu
Baker judges the Hon. William r. Morri-
son wrongly. Mr.. Morrison is a man who
stands by his friends and deals honorably
with his foes. Doubtless the Speaker made
Mr.. Baker the chairman of the Claims Com
mittee because Mr.. Baker, having shown
remarkable talent and persistency in press
ing his own claims uppn the attention of
the people would, he thought, deal success
fully with the claims of Others
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-13
Nh. Carlisle,s Good Character.

From the Mere York Erening Post Ind.
Mr.. Carlisle is finding the advantage of having
man has ever held the Office of Speaker who
won warmer praise from his political oppo-
nents for his probity and fairness than has re-
peatedly been bestowed upon Mr.. Carlisle by
ReDuhliran Associates
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-13

The question was put to every Senator
and Representative found in Washington :
"On which side, in your opinion, lies the
right in the present striker Among the
Senators. Messrs. Voorhees,, Blackburn,
Mcpherson and Stanford expressed them
selves as being in favor of labor and higher
wages, while Mr.. Hampton thought strikes
suicidal, and the plan Of ordering them
tyrannical. Messrs. Colquitt, Brown, Call,
Butler, Chandler, Sherman, Hawley and
Edmunds were non-committal, and Mr.
Pasco was not seen. Among the
Representatives, Messrs. Weaver, of Iowa
and Perry, of South Carolina, gave opinions
favorable to the strikers, and the following
made various excuses for not expressing
themselves one way or the other: Messrs
Barnes, Blount, Gambler, Carlton. Clements,
Grimes, Turner Crisp, Stewart. Norwood
Tillman. Nichols, Hemphill, Dibble, Elliott,
Davidson, Dougherty, Randall and Reed.
Mr.. Carlisle said he had been so busy max
ing up the committees that he had not been
able to keep posted on outside matters. Of
those interviewed decided ma jOrity either
asked to be excused from expressing an
opinion, or prdfessed ignorance of the
merits of the strike. Politicians are very
much opposed to giving opinions that
might injure their popularity.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-13

The trustees of Plymouth church, after
talking over a resolution to pay DR.. Lyman
Abbott 800 a week for his services as tenn
porary pastor, decided to postpone action
until they could consult Dr.. Abbott Mr..
Beecher's salary was about $4,000 a year.
The temporary pastor will probably object
to having his services rated nearly five
times lower than those Of Nh. Reecher
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-13
Mr.. Conklin9 is Right.

From the Chtca0o Tribune (Rep.)
Roscoe Conkling is said to have remarked to
an intimate friend that the effort TO make him
a Presidential possibility is simply nonsense,
and too ridiculous 10 be seriously regarded for
one moment II Roscoe said this he is right,
and II is better to be right etc.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-13

A Washington special says that in the
event Mr.. Lamar is not made Associate
Justice, he may be given an important for
cign mission. A Minister to one of the
European courts, it says, is anxious TO come
home, and is only holding on awaiting de-
velopments. Mr.. Lamar would represent
the country with great credit at any court
in the world, and especially in the United
States Supreme Court.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-13

The Aldermen have do',btleSs heard the
voice Of the people reladve to the improve
nIent of johnson square, and it is all on one
side. Can't they strain point and devise
SIS means for substituting stone curbing
FOR the iron fence?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-13
Lincoln, Cullom and a Darkey.
from NE Detroit Journal.

Senator Culom tells a story about a negro
porter at WIZARDS Hotel in Washington who
was always obSequious in his attentions 70 him.
One day the darkey looked up at him and said:
Boss YOU look powfu like Marse Abe Lincoln.
Didn't you nebber have nobody tell you datE'
Yes, replied the Senator II have been told
that; but you know they say Mr. Lincoln was
the homelest man ia the country" Yes, |
knows dat, bnt yon do 'semble him most al
mighty much
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-13

George Francis Weber, of New York, has
been out of work for ten months past and
says he cannot get employment. When he
applies for it he is told that he is too fat.
Mr.. Weber's weight is not given 1t is
pity that it is not, for then we would know
when men reach that point in flesh when
they are considered unfit for work. Mr..
Weber might go into dime museum, or he
might go to st. Louis.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-13

One Of ex-Secretary Lamar's last official
acts was the removal from office of Mr.
John w. LeBaInes, clerk in the
General Land Office. His action probably
raised the ire of some of the Republican
Senators WHO naturally dislike to see the
"rascals 60 but Mr.. LeBarnes had for a
long time figured prominently in Washing
ton Republican politics, and his position
under the government very properly falls
to one who is in accord with the administra-
ton. Mr.. Lamar did his duty from first to
last
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-13

The Republican papers now express the
forlorn hope that debate may cause Mr..
i4amars defeat" They have been debating
his nomination for some time, and yet Mr..
Lamar's chances of confirmation are very
good
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-13

Boston has new fad. 1t is play called
Progressive Observation" The partici-
pants in it are shown a large number of ar
ticles in tray, which is then removed, and
the person who is most successful in
naming the articles scores point 1t is
safe to say that the ladies score more points
than the gentlemen.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-13

The discovery of another plot against the
Cars life recalls the fact that five similar
attempts were made last year. The plot
tiers will probably beat that record this
year. They have begun operations early.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-13

The President should, by all means, visit
the Sub Tropical Exposition, and on the
way there he might take in the Jasper fes-
tival in Savannah, and see the most solid
and thrifty city in the South
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-13

There are said to be 200 private railroad
cars i'll the United States, representing
nearly s5,000,0O0. They are valued at from
$1,000 to $60,0 each, and that OF Mr..
George H. Pullman is said to have cost more
than any of the Others.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-13

Every condition of the campaign of 1888
in Indiana is said to be favorable to the
Democrats. The spirit of Thomas A. Hen
bricks will haunt those Indiana Democrats
If they don't carry the State by q handsome
ma ior-itv
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-13

Maj. ]. F. Hanson is in Washington, and
is reported to have spent several hours in
consultation with Messrs. Kelley and Ran
dali. Following this report is the announce
ment that he has been invited to speak in
Macon on Feb 4, when it is supposed he will
attempt to refute the tariff reform argu-
ments that Speaker Carlisle is expected to
make there on Jan. "A.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-13

Georgia opinion in Washington is said to
he that Maj. Bacon's recent letter is a bid
for the Senatorship from this State in OPP
position TO Gen. Colquitt. This is not the
first time Maj. Bacon has made bid for an
Office, and it probably win not be the last
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-13

There is but little doubt that Savannah
is to have new hotel and also a new pub
lie building, and that the year 1888 will see
both buildings in the course of construction.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-13

Mary Anderson, having refused duke,
an earl, and several wealthy Britishers, is
now said to be engaged to a young dry
goods merchant IN London. The report is
hardly true. She announced some time ago
that she was already wedded-to art
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-13

A cablegram from Rome says the value
of the presents received by the Pope on the
occasion of his jubilee is at this time nearly
$l2,000,000 of which the money gifts
amount to about 100000. There are
about 800 cases yet awaiting transportation
from the railway station and 900 en- route.
The Pope is very popular.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-13
Struggling to be Knocked Down.

From the Boston Post tDeB)
II is funny 70 see so many prominent Repub-
licans struggling for the privilege Of being put
up by the next Presidential nominating conven-
ton, only 10 be knocked down.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-13

The President has not been able as yet to
get Congress to reduce the Treasury surplus,
but be is said to have reduced his own con-
siderably-his surplus of flesh.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-13

The two reasons, says the esteemed Phila-
delphia Press, why Mr., Thoebe will not sue
coed in his contest against Mr.. Carlisle are:
/. He is not Democrat. .. He is a work
ingman. So anxious is the Press to unite
the laboring classes against the Democrats
that it forgets to give the third reason why
Mr. Thoebe will not succeed, viz: He
wasn't elected.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-13

The friends of Hon. S. 6. McLendon. of
Townsville, Ga, have shown their appre-
citation of him by giving him gold-headed
cane. Mr.. McLendon deserves such com
and the State splendid service for some
years past as a member Of the Legislature.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-13
A. r. AITMAYER q co.
4 FAILURE

For us to make good anything we adver-
tise is something that has never occurred
yet. For instance, when we state that we
offer the balance of our stock of Remnants
at 60 per cent. less than hl'st cost, we mean
exactly what we say. The Remnants are
not yet closed out. The balance that are
left will still be found on Bargain Counters
in centre aisle.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-13
The Morning News in the city.

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desire, TO pay subscriptions at their resi-
dences, or places Of business, avoiding the
inconvenience of calling at the Business
Office.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-13
Mayors

BOYS CLOTHING will get great send
off this week. We are going to make things
hum this week in the Boys Clothing De-
partment by offering the finest, most COM
plete and best assorted stock of Boys Cloth
ing in this city at an advance of per cent.
above manufacturers cost. We will, no
doubt, lose money by this sale, but we will
bring our stock of Boys Clothing down to
its regular level.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-13

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