The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-12-26
PUBLIC SCKIBBLERS.
Their Inscriptions are Left Where
People can SEQ Them.
won, The phflndelphin Reco


From the Philadelphia Record.
When a citizen of determination and am
bition fails to have his name inscribed in
the temple of fame he comes to Philadel-
phia and writes his autograph up in tho
belfry of old Independence Hall. II sus-
pect," said an old citizen of mathematical
bent, "that beneath this new white coat
of lime, already within three months
thickly marked with names, no less than
$4,000 persons have inscribed their auto
graphs"
Beneath one of the arches, however. more
deeply cut than any of the others are the
initials &c. w. c., 1851" They were not
cut there by the genial proprietor of the
Public Ledger, but among the visitors from
the country Mr.. Childs is credited with tleir
authorship.
A roughly carved heart, with Cupid's
arrow shot plump through it, can be made
out with all effort, and beneath it, Laura
Green-Henry Esmond, Aug. 20, 1866; TO
meet here twenty years from now"
Whether that tryst was ever kept probably
only the parties know. Not nearly so in
teresting as this old relic are the three in
itials in vulgar lead pencil, -. l.. T.-G.
M. LII. ]. l.; to meet ten years hence;
Aug. 10, 1888"
THE FEVER SETS IN.
Ever since Sir Walter Raleigh scratched
with a diamond on window pane "Fain
would climo yet fear to fall' for Queen
EliZabeth's eye, and to which her majesty
replied, "If thy heart fails tnee climb not
at ALL" the craze for scribbling names and
leaden wit in public places has constantly
increased, aud Whenever there is sur
face in such places as the old lndepen-
dence Hall tower to write upon, one is
constantly reminded of the familiar dog
gerel:
Fools names like their faces
Are often seen in public places.
John Haslam comes all the way over from
Old Man, in Lancashire, England, to write
his name feet above all others in the old
befry, and George and Ida Bell, from
Washington, informed the public that they
visited the tower in July, 1888. Miss Lizzie
A Strine provokes curiosity by locating
herself indefinitely in ''the city" Mary
Mckenzie, who would pass for beauty if
she is as pretty as her penmanship, writes
kansas City" beneath her neat autograph.
Patrick Wylie, all the way from Belfast,
Ireland, could not resist the Temptation OF
leaving his name and the date of his visit
behind on the face of the tower.
PoKING FUN AT coUNCILMEN.
Another place where the vandal lead
pencil finds its disfiguring mission is in the
galleries of city councils. Here the ward
worker or the disappointed rounder relieves
his overburdened mind by writing down
bits of OPT ion concerning the municipal
legislators below. Generally these scrib-
blers omit their names. BILLY O'Callahan,
Of the Fourth ward, is one exception to the
rule He has written above his name
on the face of select council chamber
Harry fha fpllOyviuE anuiUneal CyaFnin y
Look out for the squire; he's the boss,
you bet'
The wit of the gallery has left an evil
dence of mis- tremendous talent in the fol
lowing: ILLUSTRATION of The gates al H..
The presiding officer gaping" Over in
the gallery of the common council cham
Der are such reflections upon the city fathers
as
''Bow-wow, Fow."
"Jim Park, the Italian Fiend."
candy Zane would be n good man on a
ship in calm. He could furnish plenty of
wind"
"George Edwards head is not so big as his
body. 1t is not swelled.n
A number of Indians, with more or less
crooked legs, are roughly scrubbed about,
with the inscription, ANDY, the bow-legged,
from the Seventh ward"
MISS BENNER OF PERKAsIE.
The deadly lead pencil has done its work
faithfully also on the white faciugs of the
battlements and the other ornamentations
on top of the new city hall, at Road ana
Market streets. These places are black With
names, and LEGENDS witty and otherwise.
Miss Emily Benner Of Perkasie, has, for in
stance, evidently stood on stills to scribble
her name high up on the east front. Over
this lofty inscription some cruel wag has
written:
"This must be the giantess in the cir
cus.n
SHE WAS VERY TIRED.
Among the thousand and odd names
which almost hide the white paint from
view is that of J. =. Murtha. who gives his
residence as Egypt. Such names as j. o.
Britton. No. 906 South Nineteenth street ;
II. G. Taylor, No. GA South Twenty-sixih
street, appear everywhere. fatigued
female signing her name as Mary Knuff-
man exclaims with blue lead-pencil: 30,
my, / am so wearyT Whether tho climb
70 the roof or tue small talk Of her young
man made her tired Is not stated.
Keep your blood pure and you will not
have rheumatism. Hoods Sarsaparilla