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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-23
The Prohibitionists in 1909.

The Rev. Sam Small may not always be
right in his conclusions, but, right or wrong,
what he says on any subject, whether
political or religious, is generally interest
ing. Mr.. Small has been talking lately to
reporters OF newspapers in Pittsburg, Pa,
about political prohibition.
OF course he doesn't think the Prohibi-
ton party will elect its presidential ticket
this year, but he processes to have great
confidence in the future of that party. In
fact, he would not be surprised if it should
carry the election in 1892. His reason for
thinking so is that the defeated party in
this campaign meaning either the Demo-
cratic or the Republican party. will go to
pieces as party, and will unite with the
prohibitionists in the fight for supremacy.
Not long ago Rev. Sam Jones expressed a
similar opinion. He said the democrats
would succeed this year, and in 1892 the
republicans would come over to the pro-
hibitionsts, and the combined forces would
defeat the democrats.
This is not very probable. No matter
which one is defeated, the two great parties
will be more than likely to hold together a
good many years, though if the republicans
again lose this year a considerable num-
Der of them will probably quit the party,
some becoming prohibitionsts and others
becoming democrats In the event of Mr..
Cleveland's defeat, it is apparent that the
prohibitionists must carry every southern
state now controlled by the democrats, and
several northern states, in order that Mr..
Small's hopes may be realized. They could
not do this. Mr.. Blaine was not far from
the truth when he said the other day that
the party which succeeds next month would
remain in power good long while.
Another mistake that Mr. Small makes is
in regard to the present campaign. He says
that If the prohibitionists had worked Wig
orously and intelligently from the start,
they could have turned Tennessee, North
Carolina and Virginia to the republicans,
and Minnesota, Michigan and Iowa to the
democrats. The prohibitionists have done
the best they could under the circumstances
in these states, but if the usual result is re-
versed in any Of them, it will not be due to
prohibition votes. So far as southern voters
are concerned, they don't believe in politi-
cal prohibition. In a straight contest for
or against prohibition, great many of
! them would vote for it, but they regard it
as moral question, and in Presidential
contests they will stand by the party. This
is shown by the signal failure of Mr.. Small
and others to organize a third party in
Georgia and South Carolina q few months
ago.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-23
Let Boston Go Head.

The most singular divorce case of the year
thus far was not tried in the city of divorces,
Chicago, as might be supposed, but in Bos-
ton, the city of learning and culture.
Mrs. Eugene w. Guy went with her hus-
band, who was at that time manufactures
of gloves, to Denver, Col. several years
ago, but the glove business was a failure so
far as Mr.. Guy was concerned, and it was
agreed that Mrs. Guy should return to Bos-
ton, and remain there with her mother
until her husband could retrieve his fortune
After remaining in Boston some months
she concluded she would help him. and he
sent her money with which to start g
boarding-house.
Ore of Mrs. Guys boarders was George
Ever, who proceeded forthwith to fall in
love with her. The course of his love did
not run smoothly, for when he asked his
fair charmer TO become Mrs Ever, she
coolly told him that Boston was not Utah
Ever put on his thinking cap. He was
determined to wed the boarding house
keeper, whether Boston was Utah or not
And be did. That is to say, by some means
he succeeded in getting her drunk, and
while in this state she was induced to go
through the farce of marriage with him.
When subsequently told of this, she i'm
mediately began a suit for divorce from
Ever The court granted her a divorce
from a man she had never married. Dur
ing the trial Ever admitted the conspiracy
on his part, and said he supposed Mrs. Guy
would be obliged to acknowledge herself
his wife after the ceremony had been per-
formed.
In the entire history of divorces in this
country, can a stranger case than this be
brought forwards Sensational divorce cases
have been made public, and peculiar ones
have been conducted privately, but Bos-
ton Will go head for furnishing one that
eclipses them all.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-23
PERSONA.

PHEBE WINsLow of Westport, Me-, rowed a
small dory fifteen miles to Bath, collared mild
hammered widower marched him to the clerks
Office, and had their intention of marriage pub
listed in the clerks book. This done the gentle
Phebe-who of course is q widow-entered her
dory and rowed back home, quite well satisfied
with her days work.
KHoULI KHAN, the new Persian ambassador
at Washington, attended the theater one night
last week He did not laugh, but sat In solemn
dignity watching the comedians, as though he
were wondering what they were driving at. Or
perhaps he was thinking of what Moore called
a "Persan's paradise-black eyes and lemon
ade."
CHARLES KING, son of Prof. J. P. King, of
Hartford, Conn, has made a sensation at the
conservatory of music, SandeEshausen, Ger
many. He has developed a talent for clarionet
playing which is said TO be almost miraculous.
Nothing like it has ever been known in that part
of Germany. He has a brilliant future before
him. Ii is satisfactory TO reflect that in return
for Josef Holman America has sent to Germany
a young man who can astonish even professors
of music by his genius.
THE most beautiful country seat in Holland is
the chateau of Loo, near Apeldoorn Here
King William of the Netherlands is passing his
last days on earth. He is wheeled about from
room TO room in a chair, and is so weak that he
cannot even sign his name. For the past month
Queen Emma has been transacting state bust
ness King William is aware that his recovery
is impossible. His appetite has entirely failed,
and he is calmly awaiting the end. His great
est fear is that his subjects will hear of his con-
dition.
MRS OSuLLIvAN DIMPFEL, the Baltimore So
ciety woman whose advent in the theatrical
world created a sensation some time since, has
left the stage, and for reason so unusual that
it partakes of the charm of novelty. Her hus-
band having been denied admission to her dress
ing room at the Jersey City academy OF music,
Mrs. Dimpfel Immediately threw up her engage
ment and left the theater. And he was her real
true husband. tool Here is great opportunity
for some enterprising manager on the lookout
for theatrical novelties.
CANON LIDDoS was particularly popular with
the undergraduates at Oxford. His gentle,
sympathetic nature, bright wit, and keen,
powerful intellect made him equally beloved
and respected A few years ago large gray
cat was a frequent visitor in the common room
at Christ church after hall, and when the dons
were sitting before the table discussing their
port, 1t would always creep up on Canon Lid
don's knee and remain there quietly for the
whole of the evening; the quiet, satisfied purr-
ing OF the cat forming quiet accompaniment
to the bright, witty conversation Of the canon.
They formed a picturesque pair the cat with its
long, handsome fur, ana the canon with his
pale, refined face, and large expressive eyes,
now cleaning with mirth, now flashing with en-
thusiasm, and at times softly glowing with pity
as he related some sympathetic stcsS- -.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-23
An Interesting Experiment.
From the Boston T,.anscript.

II doctors would only tell the whole truth
about the medicines they give. and what they
give them for, and what they do purely in re-
Spouse to the prejudices of their patients, what
an interesting series of revelations we would
have! The practice Of medicine is one long ap-
premiership to human weakness. The Listener
happens to know one physician who occasion
ally gives him discreet account Of certain
UNSUITABLE experiments which he has made with
peoples credulty. Here is one, TO illustrate;
Aunt Hubby Giddings, an excellent elderly
lady, enjoyed, II she only knew IL, a very fair
state of health but she thought 1t her duty to
complained OF her share of inward ailings She
had read an adroit reading matter advertise
ment some time or other in which that
tired feeling" was magnified into a serious dis.
order-as II every heathy person was not at
some time or other entitled to that tired feel
ingn'-and had bought and commenced taking,
in ODE fence to the kind suggestion of the ad-
vertisement patent medicine called Swipes'
liverine, the great anti-bilious remedy The
doctor questioned her, and made up his mind
that nothing in particular was the matter with
her But an opportunity TO try an interesting
experiment flashed into his mind.
YES" she had said to the doctor 81 have to
take that liverine. If l don't have kind Of
an all gone sensation all over, and my liver gets
torpid, and feel considerably headachy, and
don't relish my food can't get along without
my lverine."
''Well, I'll tell you what will do Mrs. Gid
dings," said the doctor; leave off taking your
liverine, and will give you a remedy Of my
own that will take the place of it--something
that will serve the same purpose. Iwant you
well, I'll try It, DOCTOR" said she, "but I'm
afraid Il won't do the work of my liverine."
The doctor went away and got a bottle of
Swipes liverine Of Aunt Huldy's apothecary.
He took It home, poured IL out OF the bottle and
rebottled il in small, plain walls. These he
marked, "A tablespoonful before each meal and
before retiring the same doses thst we're pre-.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-23
low to Protect Augusta.

| Engineers differ on the question of the pos
sibiiity OF protecting Augusta from overflow
| by levee Mr. Thomas, civil engineer of
Athens, expresses an opinion a few days
ago in favor of levee. Gen. Alexander,
| president of the Central railroad, in an III
terview in the Augusta Chronicle, expressed
doubt of the success of a levee. He
| said, however, that he would not undertake
| to give an opinion without proper maps,
surveys and levels. He recognized the fact,
he said, that the problem which the people
of Augusta desired to have solved was a
complicated one The necessary data for
solving it, he assumed, were wanting.
He made several suggestions, however,
which may be utilized. One was the posi-
bility of keeping the water from reaching
dangerous hight at Augusta by canal on
the Hamburg side of the river. Another
was the holding back of the freshet water
to limited extent by walls of masonry up
at the locks, where the river is narrow, and
thus prevent the waters from reaching
Augusta in such an immense volume.
He assumed that a levee would be a
source of considerable danger, because in
the event of crevasse in it the water
would pour into the city in such a volume,
and with such force as to do far more dam
age than an overflow such as that of Sep
TENDER.
There was one thing which the people of
Augusta could do, he said, that would cost
them very little, and would be certain to
be productive of an immense amount of
good. They could establish observation sta
tons for 100 miles or more up the river, by
means of which early information of a
tresnet could be obtained. 1t could be
easily determined at least three days in adj
vance when a large freshet might
be expected, and that would be
time enough to enable the people
to get their property that would be
likely to be destroyed or greatly damaged
out of the way. He made the sugg estion
also that in future buildings should be
erected with a view to the protection of
their contents from overfows. Even now
buildings could be raised readily, and with
out very great expense, so that their first
floors would be above the food line.
While Gen. Alexander gave no opinion
on the levee question, the suggestions he
made were good ones, and may be produc-
tive of excellent results
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-23
The Art of Conversation.
From Judge.


DO you remember as fur back as tn siege of
Petersburg friend?"
l sized the questioner up, got good grip on
my pocketbook and cautiously answered, Il do.
but l was very young at the time"
Wasn't there yourself, them"
NO"
"It's great pity. l didn't know but what |
might talk over old times with yer"
Perhaps we can find congenial subject" l
observed, as let my knee drop so that his hand
could slide off, and moved over as close as
could to the car window.
"P'rhaps we. kim" he said; lever been ter
Madagascar"
Ever seen a South American dugong?"
''No."
whats yer opinion on tn subject of tn
sideral astronomatics?h
81 don't know anything about them"
'Sho, Got any chewin' terbacker about yer?''
"No,H
say friend, where you from?"
"Korgiyackker."
'Wherey
sKorgiyackker."
"Where's that's"
Right across the Yuggernock river from
Yorstiveriski."
''Rushyy'
mo; New York state"
How far is it from Yonkers!"
About ten ohms."
He was beginning to wilt little, and fol
lowed up my advantage.
I've read something about Petersburg"
said. did you fight in Chariemagne's dvis-
ion?h
''Whose?"
"Charlemagne's
Its so long ago most forgit. butts near as
kin remember my gineral was named Smith. ="
WAS he monocotyledonously inclined, or did
he favor anthropological esterotism in his man
ner Of conducting the campaign?n
Look here, stranger. one or tn other of us
is nat'ral fool" he broke out, IAN I'm per
fectly willin' ter take the benefit of the doubt
an shut up. What dye sayy''
said, and the train rolled on.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-23
Narrow Escape at a Wedding.
From the PittSburg Dispatch.

From the Pittsbrg Dispatch.
Mr.. Orifiamme Bobbins was nervous young
man, who, in spite of his nfirnity, had sue
ceeded in reaching the dizzy brink of the matri-
monial precipice
The day before the wedding he carefully re-
hearsed the whole ceremony with his best man
he had previously attended sort of state
rehearsal at the brides house-and was pro
nounced perfect in the responses, the attitudes,
and, in short, in every particular.
1t was morning wedding at the church. Not
hitch occurred at the prelimnaries. The
bridegroom wasn't late; the bride didn't faint,
and the bridesmaids only had one alteration on
the way to the church. 1t was an abnormally
harmonious affair.
till the semi-barbaric ceremonial of the ring
was reached. To be sure that he wouldn't lose
it, the bridegroom had given it to the brides
father. to hand to him when the proper moment
came. The latter arrived, and the groom, in
his nervousness forgetting altogether how be
had disposed of the ring, began a frantic search
through his pockets for it.. His three-quarters-
made father-in-law jabbed him gently in the
ribs with the hand in which lay the precious
golden symbol of union. The bridegroom mis-
interpreted this signal; he thought it meant
efforts to find the ring. The clergyman coughed,
the BRIDES eyes glistened- through mist of
rising tears, and the ladies' with spy glasses
glued to their optics in the audience whispered
to one another: Something dreadful has oc-
CURED "
He had felt in every pocket of his coat and
vest, and was diving into the recesses of his
neither garments when the bridegroom felt
something in the bottom of the corner of his
right hand trousers pocket. 1t was a ring, no
Doubt
He drew it out and handed it TO the clergy
man. The divine, even, smiled as be said in a
whisper to the agitated groom This is key
ring"
The groom looked and beheld small key
ring in the minister's hand He had not time to
say a word, for the brides father passed the
proper ring to the clergyman and the service
went on.
And yet nobody commented on the fact that
the groom didn't faint
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-23
A Steady Rain.

They say, st is steady rain" Aye faith
own
1t seems indeed to have the gift of constancy,
For days its fogs have hid the hills love from
me.
Hither and yon, like fugitives, its winds have
blown
The pallid rose leaves-ah! poor leaves, and
thrown
Into prone helplessness that grieves the
sight
The tufts of ripened grass. Another weeping
night
Is drawing nigh, and the despairing sky hath
shown
No sign of clearing up; the earth hath sadder
grown
Perceptibly in these days of steady rain
subtle something's gone that will not come
again
This year In nature as in man so have known
All storms to work. Good night; the fog
creeps slowly down,
Obscures the vale and shuts from view the
mountain town.
MARGUERITE E. EASTER.
Front ROa0L IN
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-23


Among his democratic colleagues Mr.. Call of
Florida has the reputation of knowing every.
thing-at least he thinks he does Call, -" one
senator will say, did you hear that the Presi-
dent was going to do so and 50 today"
'Oh, yes, heard that this rornng."
Call another will remark. we have de-
cided to make this party question.
Il knew that" answers Call.
Call, says third, Il have just received
dispatch which says that"
Jones told me so last night" Call will inter
pose promptly. And so on-there is absolutely
nothing that you can tell him which he doesn't
know already. He is great man.
This little idioSyncrasy on the part of the
Florida statesman was beng discussed by some
of his colleagues the other day in the cloak room
on the democratic side of the senate when a
certain North Carolina humorist remarked
quietly:
You know, gentlemen, Brother Call is very
much like old lady who lives in my town and
who makes frantic efforts to keep abreast of
the times. Circumscrlbed, however, in her
social sphere, and with limited opportunities
of development, this is difficult; and she is COM
PEELED sometimes to resort to her imagination.
The effort is vain to tell her anything she does
not already know. or startle her with informa-
ton. One day she went to the church sociable,
and as she entered the room, one of the young
ladies said:
Good evening, auntie. | am glad you
came. We are going to have tableaux this
evening"
Yes, know, l know promptly replied the
| old lady. L smelt EN- when first came in. ~
The responsive laughter which greeted the
recital of this anecdote showed how hard the
nail had been hit on the head.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-23

SWIFT'S SPECIFIC
Is entirely a vegetable preparation containing
no Mercury, Potash, Arsenic, OF other poisonous
substances.
SWIFT'S SPECIFIC
Has cured hundreds ofcases OF Epitheoma or
Cancer of the Skin, thousands of cases of Eczema
Blood Humors and Skin Diseases and hun
dreds of thousands Of cases of Scrofula, Blood
Poison, and Blood Taint. e.4>a.
SWIFT'S SPECIFIC
Has relieved thousands Of cases of Mercurial
Poisoning, Rheumatism, and Stiffness of the
Joints.
WHAT PHYSICIANS SAY OF THE SWIFT SPECIFIC
We append the statement of few:
81 have used S. S. S. on patients convalescinr
from fever and from measles with the bestresults
j. N. CHENEY, NJ. d. Ellaville, Ca.
BREMEN, GA-Willie White was afflicted with
scrofue seven years. ! prescribed S. S. s., and
to-day he is a fat and robust boy.
c. w. PARKER, NJ D.
RICHMOND, VA, Dec. IS, 1851 have taken
three bottles of Swift's Specific, for secondary
blood poison. 1t acts much better than potash or
any other remedy have ever used.
+. T. WINFIELD, N. D.
Book OF Contagious Blood Poison mailed free.
All druggists sell s. S. S. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC
= Co.. Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga. New York, 756
Broadway.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-23

The Hon. Bourke Cochran, who, during
the recent session Of congress, delighted his
friends with several very eloquent speeches,
declined denomination, and Mr.. Roswell
7. Flower has been agreed on by both Tam
many and the County Democracy in the
Twelfth New York district as Mr.. Cockran's
successor. Thisinsures Mr.. Flowers election.
He has served term in congress. He is a
man of great wealth, and in 1854 was prom
inently mentioned in connection with the
presidency. If Tammany and TIE County
Democracy had united on him for Mayor,
there would be less trading in the coming
election.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-23
INDEX TO new ADVERTISEMENTS

MEETINGS Oglethorpe Lodge No. l. l. O, O. F.
SPECIAL NorIcEs-As to Crew of British Bark
Pohona; Notice to Water Takers; Lost, Sight
Draft; Sherwood's Dancing Academy; Twenty
five Good Iaborers Wanted: Notice of Election
of INSPECTOR and Weigher of Hay, Etc, by the
Board of Trade; Notice, S. c. Boylston, Freight
and Passenger Agent Florida Southern Railway
AMusEMENrs-Y. NJ. C. A Concert at Masonic
Hall
AUCTION Continued Sale of Soda
Water Mandatory by H. A. Mcleod; Car
pets, Etc. by j. Mclaughlin & Son.
HEcKER's SELF RAISING BUcKwHEAT-In Buck
wheat Cakes.
CHEAP CoLUMS ADvERTIsEHESrs-HelpW Want
ed; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For Sale;
Lost; Astray; Miscellaneous.
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Inspecting the Waring System.

Col. w. j. Winn, the city surveyor, has
gone to Memphis to inspect the Waring svs-
tenn of sewerage in that city. 1t is under
stood that ne will also visit Norfolk and
other cities in which that system is In use,
for the purpose OF discovering whether it is
satisfactory or not, and what objections, if
any, there are to it..
OF course Col. VIM has gone on this tour
Of inspection at the request of the commit
tee of council that has control of the house
drainage question. The knowledge that the
committee is not idle but is moving in the
light direction, will be received with a
great deal of satisfaction.
There is no doubt that the sentiment here
is strongly in favor Of a system of house
drainage that will make and keep the city
thoroughly clean. Whether the Warning
system, with notifications, VIII do what is
required to be done, is question that re-
mains to be determined. No system should
be decided upon finally until it has beea
submitted to the judgment Of a sanitary
engineer of recognized standing in his pro-
fession and by him approved. The people
want the best system that can be obtained,
and they want to be sure that it is the best
before any money is spent upon it.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-23

scribed on the bottles of liverine-and left the
walls for aunt Hubby.
IN try it faithfully, doctor. said she, 'but
I'm afraid l shall miss my liverine.''
few days afterward the doctor called on
Aunt Hubby.
We'll" said he, land how does my medicine
work:'
"Oh dear. doctor" said Aunt Hubby, shaking
her head lit amt agoing to do at all, I've taken
1t faithfully, jest as you described but it don't
relieve me the way my liYerne does, and l
sshan't be able TO set up another day unless go
back to it ~
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-23

Mr.. Allen Thorndyke Rice, of the North
American ReuieW, was defeated for CON
gress by Gen. Spinola, democrat, in New
York in 1856. He is said to have spent $780,
600 on the election, but a good deal of his
money got into the hands of "tho boys" and
the voters never saw it. Mr.. Rice did not
accept his defeat philosophically He
pitched and reared at terrible rate in the
Reriep, and was especially severe in his de-
nunciation Of what he termed corruption
and bribery practiced by the democrats
Now he is again candidate, and Gen.
Spinola will probably be reelected. The
good Mr.. Rice wip doubtless make another
attempt to buy up voters, and if he fails
again, the Revie,o probably will contain
another scathing rebuke of corruption and
bribery in elections. Allen Thorndykc is a
typical republican.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-23

A discussion is going on in some of the
newspapers as to whether Mrs. o. c. Jones,
of Louisville, or Mr.. Homer Greene, Of
Pennsylvania, wrote the poem, "What My
Lover Said" which was reproduced in the
MORNING NEWS several days ago. The
authorship of the poem may not be clearly
established, but there can be no doubt
what the lover said, although the poet did
not think it necessary to enlighten the pub
lie on that point.