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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-17
BRIGHT BITS.

MAUD (before the laughing hyena's cage)-
How mean! Here wc've been twenty minutes
and the hyena hasn't laughed once
Ella-Strange, and he's been cycling your new
hat, too.-TJd- Bits
FASHIONABLE observation-disclosures, do you
really think it wrong for me to fiirt in a
mild sort of way?
Fashionable Mother (terrded)-C Clara, am
surprised at you. The idea of an unmarried
person fiirting!--San Francisco Wasp.
Lesson IN GRAMmAR.-Teacher Ito young
pupil want you to learn the difference be-
tween the present and the past lenses. Now,
Tommy, when you say, l see donkey, when
do you see that donkey?
Tommy-Righ now, standing here before me-
TecaS iSiftiaQS
FIXING THE BLAME.-Judge-Yo say that
your father died from a sudden shock to his
system. Was he an electrician?
Prisoner-NO. He fell from a scaffold.
Judge-Oh, bricklayer, was he? Was it his
own fault?
Prisoner-I think it was the sheriff s fault
yer honor.-1Id-B Bits,
MISTRESS Ito new girl)-I had to discharge the
last girl on account of her musical inclination;
she would insist using the piano here, and
Katie Clancy without turning round)-Oi do
not approve av SIGH conduct in the lady, mum
OF would not intrnde an tn parlor, nor yerself
mum; so fer me- yez kin hev tn PLAINLY put in
tn kitchin. OF must continue me music
Hdrper's Boar
OMAHA MAN.--Think law is useless relic of
barbarism, Ell?
Enthusiastic SoCialist-It's worse, it's a curse; :
there should be no law; men don't need law, and
they would get along much better without it,
But | am in hurry; have an engagement to
meet the committee tonight.
What committeey'
The committee to draft oath-bound, iron
clad, obey-or-die laws to govern our Socalistic
organizations. Omaha World.
Mr.. LIGHTWEIGHT tat the breakfast table,
The brigands are very bold in their operations
in Cuba now, the paper says. They carry off
prominent citizens and demand extravaganza
ransoms for them.
Mrs. Lightweight-1ndeedl
Mr.. Iightweight--Yes, indeed Now, suppose
went to Cuba and they got hold of me- what
ransom do you think they would demand?
Mrs Lightweight l guess about IS
cents would let you out.-TerdS SiftingS
MISTRESS (of retiring disposition)-Now.
Marie when you go to the photograph gallery
be sure to look carefully in the showcase ami
see if they have my picture on exhibition 1t
makes me SILVER to think of the multitudes
that have gazed at me during the last two
weeks.
-Four hours later)-'Well, Mariegn
Marie-Madam' S portray was no in re cass
Mistress-Oh, am so relieved! Do you know
| have fancied that felt strangers staring at
mey
Observation-Disclosures portray was at re front so
beauteeful, i'll what one call re fran. Two dol
lab parked.-P1tc6.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-17
His Own Successor.

If President were not to be elected this
year politics would not attract great deal
of attention in this state. There might be
a little excitement in some of the congress
sional districts, and perhaps the election of
| a legislature might arouse unusual interest
in some localities, but the state, throughout
its length and breath, would not be stirred
up by politics. A governor is to be elected,
1t IS true, but the gubernatorial question is
about settled. Gov. Gordon will be his own
successor. He will be renominated with as
much unanimity as Mr.. Cleveland was.
The nominating convention will simply
record the will of the people.
Gov. Gordon has made good chief
executive The people know when they
have good official, aud they generally
keep him as long as they can. Gov. Gordon
was nominated after one of the most hotly
contested and bitterly personal canvasses
that has ever been witnessed in Georgia,
with the exception, perhaps, of that in
which Senator Colqutt and Mr.. Norwood
were the principals and the politicians were
largely against him. The people had con-
fidence in him in a marked degree, and his
nomination, of course, was equal to an
election
When he became governor there were not
wanting those who predicted that he would
be failure, and that the state would suffer
untold calamities through his instrumen-
tality 1t was said that he would be under
the influence of what was called the AT
lanta ring" and that the affairs of the state
would be administered in the interest of
few. These predictions have not
come true. Gov. Gordon's term is ap-
preaching its end, and it can be said with
out fear of contradiction that the state has
never had a better governor, and that its
affairs have never been administered more
wisely, nor more in the interest of the whole
people. Industries have been quickened,
other material interests have been encour-
aged, the public finances have been brought
into healthier condition, and increased
respect for the good name and credit OF the
state has been inspired abroad.
Gov. Gordon's slanderers have been
silenced, and his honorable and brilliant
gubernatorial record has caused the Sian
ders to be forgotten. OF course he will be
renOminated and reelected The people
want him to remain where he is, and it is
not too much to predict that when he closes
his second term his civil career will equal
his military one, and all the world knows
how magnificent that is
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-17
The Philadelphia Sensation.

The case of Mrs. Sarah j. WHEELING of
Philadelphia, the woman who day or two
ago confessed that she murdered her two
little children, a boy and girl, and is be
lieved to have murdered her husband, i S
exciting great deal of comment. The
death of the husband and children occurred
close together, and it is rather remarkable
that the attending physician did not suspect
that something was wrong, particularly as
all the victims exhibited symptoms OF
poisoning. The poison was administered in
such small doses however, and so contin-
uously until death was produced. that the
symptoms may not have been sufficiently
pronounced to give the physician a clear
understanding of the nature of the sickness
with which he was dealing, or, what is
more reasonable, the mother may have mis-
led him with respect to the symptoms.
Mrs. Whiteling's confession is a remarka-
BILE one. She says that she poisoned the
little girl because she had noticed that she
was inclined to be vicious and depraved,
and that she murdered her little boy be-
cause he was in her way. With respect to
her husband, she says he poisoned himself,
but the belief is strong that this is not true.
The real motive for her crimes, there is
good reason to believe, was the desire to
get the insurance money. And yet, what
pitiful sum it was for which three lives
were sacrificed 1t was only $500.
The question has been raised whether the
woman is not insane. She has thus far
shown no evidences of insanity, and it has
haa 1icfOyaraH hot M IF harf i'm
lily was ever insane Her crimes might have
remained secret had she not herself made
them known She could not rest, she says,
and she went to the church she had been
accustomed to attend and asked for the
prayers of the congregation in her behalf.
She also says that she believes that her
children are in heaven and that she will
join them there.
The woman lived in the greatest poverty,
and the insurance money doubtless seemed
to her to be a small fortune. Her love for
her husband and children, however, could
not have been very strong. If it had
been, no sum would have tempted
her to murder them. No doubt the
very poor are often tempted to COM
nit crimes which promise to relieve
them from their almost unbearable poverty,
but it would be unjust to say that their
love for their children and their virtues are
not as great as those of the rich. 1t has
been suggested that it should be made i'm
possible to insure the lives of children until
they are old enough to be of more value
to their parents than the insurance money.
The suggestion is a good one, because there
are people doubtless bad enough to murder
their children for a few dollars. 1t cannot
be, however, that the number is large.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-17
Sherman's Chances.

1t is admitted that Senator Sherman will
have the largest vote on the first ballot at
Chicago, but the prospect that he will get
the nomination is not by any means a
promising one. His friends say that SOL
delegates are known to favor him. This
may be true, but where are they from2 1t
is pointed out by those who oppose him
that 2lS are from the south, where the
republican party has no hope of getting a
single electoral vote. He has virtually no
support in the doubtful states. He has
always been popular with the party
In the south, and the reason is
date in 1880 and 1884, and on each occasion,
as on the present one the main part of his
strength was drawn from the south.
Is it probable that the Chicago conven-
ton will nominate man who is not strong
in the doubtful states9 The republican
leaders are noted for their shrewdness, and
while they may make mistakes, they are
not likely to do so when they have suffi-
Gent facts to guide them They are
not particularly anxious for a presi-
Dental candidate who is popular with the
southern republicans. They want man
who is strong in New York, New Jersey,
Connecticut and Indiana, and Senator
Sherman is not that man. Instead of carry
ing doubtful states, he would probably lose
the republican states of California and Ne
vada. His record on the Chinese question
has made him very unpopular in those
states
From present indications Senator Sher-
man has very poor prospect of getting the
nomination. His southern delegates will
not stand by him very long after the ballot
ing begins. They want a candidate who
has little prospect Of leading the party to
success They may like Senator Sherman,
but they like the offices more, and therefore
they want the most popular man nominated
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-17
Mrs. Smiths Ill Luck.
From, the Ne1o Haven Register.


Women of the metropolis are in some in.
stances very curious creatures, indeed The
horse cars occasionally furnish striking ilustra.
tons of this fact. A middle aged girl and a girl
of girlish age were seated in crowded horse
car last night chatting in so loud a tone that
at least one-half of the passengers could hear
them
Wasn't that really too bad about poor Mrs.
SmithYn said one of them.
why, haven't heard Of it. Please tell me- &"
said the other
"Oh, haven't you heard Of itp Why, dear me
l supposed everybody knew of IL. You know
the great trouble she had in getting a divorce
from her husband" said the one
"Oh, yes. but she got 1t, didn't she?" asked
the other.
Yes, but she had to pay $500 for it,"
But she ought to be satisfied with that
hadn't she?"
well, hardly; her husband just to show how
mean he could be IL he wanted to- died the week
after she paid $500, and she had all her expense
and trouble for nothing"
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INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
,rr1Na-Forsrth Social Club.

MEETING-Fo Forsyth Social Club.
SPECIAL NOTICES - Savannah Yacht Cluo'
German Volunteers; Wannamaker & Brown $
Agency, Peter Donelan; He Makes Rifle for
Life, j. NJ Mcbride, Painter; To the Public,
Harry McBeth, James Brown, Henry Rice;
Notice, A. N. O'Keeffe & Co.; Reception Strauss
Printing Co; Dividend No. 80, Southwestern
Railroad Co; Second Annual Mammoth Picnic
of the Knights of Labor; Put a Move On,
Townsend
HATS SHIRTS, BOYS SUITS, ETc.-B. H. Levy
& Bro.
TWENTY-FIVE Gent BARGAIN sALE-H. A.
Dumas.
CHRIS GRAY OF NEW York is HERE--Gray &
O'Brien.
PROCLAMATION Morrison, Foye & Co.
THE RUSH STILL CoNTINUEs-Jos. Rosenheim
& Co.
FAMILY EXCURSION TO WARsAw-The Atlantic
Band
SUMNER REsoRrs-Grand View Hotel, Tallu-
iah Falls, Ga.
REAL EsTATE-Block of Lots Splendid Chance
for Investment in Unimproved Lots, Four Lots,
by L4aRoche & Mclaughlin.
A FEW CHANCES LEFT-L. & B. S. M. II.
GRADUATE OPTIcIAs-Prof. P. M. Whitman.
READ THIS RECKLESS ANNOUNCEMENT. B.
Lester
CAPS THE CLIMAx-Eckstein.
AMMONIA, ETC.-A. r. Altmayer & Co.
PUBLIC SALE OF VALUABLE Town PROPERTY
A. " Putnam, Prest B. Of E., G. c., Ga.
DON'T YoU-Byck Bros
CHEAP COLUMN ADvERTIsEnKNHs.-Hel
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For
Sale; Boarding: Lost; Miscellaneous.
NJ AND NJ. NJ DEPARTMENT. & B. S. NJ. H.
INTERNATIONALLY the St. Agnes Band.
MARSHALL, HOUSE BAR-Levan & Abel.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-17
SPURS FOR FAIR RIDERS.
No Gentlewoman's Heel Should Carry
the Tormenting Prong.
Lady H in London, Queen.

Lady H in London Queen
No horse requiring a spur should be ridden by
a woman and, moreover, to wear a spur with a
horse that does not require it is the quintessence
of vulgarity and bad style A spur is much
more severe than whip, so if a woman spurs
her horse on one side only, the animal instantly
turns his quarters round, choosing the whip as
being the lesser of the two evils and goes along
in a very uncomfortable and crab-like manner
My husband suggested small spur being in
serted in the handle of my whip so as to have
equal pressure on both sides. tried this. but
found that it did not answer, as it required to
be held in peculiar way to be effective and did
not punish the horse in the way that my spur
was doing on the near side.
have ridden hundreds of strange horses all
over England, India, Egypt and Ceylon, and
have never used spur with any of them If
horse means TO refuse jump and woman can
not keep him straight at it with her hands, She
will never make him jump it by squirting him
on the Offside. man may be able to induce
the animal to go over by his equal pressure of
the spurs on both sides, but with woman it is
impossible. If horse is determined refuser
and has made up his mind not to take a fence,
no spur or rein ever made will induce him TO
jump it.
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Her Caprices.
From Hdrper'S Bazaar.

HTOW LIuIpcF DuzuTs
left my little Isabel,
A damsel of sixteen,
All girlish. fair and debonair,
Coquettsh, too. | ween.
Anon a year or two swept by;
In other lands | tarried:
Then to my home once more drew nigh,
"How fares sweet Bella?" Queried l.
QuoGh she: "Old friend, I'm married"
Again we parted TO rove
The martS of Europe over
Pursuing trade, grimly strayed
From Amsterdam to Dover.
or love for Belle ] knew no lack,
Was faithful to her only.
| sought her home when came back;
| found her dressed in somber black
She sobbed: I'm lorn and lonely"
"A year she'll mourn" thought /, meanwhile
On wealth I'll be intent;
| will do well. and offer Belle
A fair establishment.
Ill luck to woman's ficklenessl
For scarce year reckoned.
| went to her with proud success;
| found her I'm n ballroom dress
Quoth she: "Old friend, my second.~
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-17

1t seems like old times to see Gen. Law
ton upon the streets of Savannah again.
Time has dealt kindly with HIM during the
year that he has been absent If any change
has taken place in his appearance it is not
perceptible to his many friends. Perhaps
the satisfaction of the government with the
admirable manner in which he represents
its interests at the Austrian court helps to
prevent time from leaving additional marks
upon hip
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Is Alger aidetracked2

From the Hartford Times (Dem)
Here is extract from letter which ex-
Gov. Alger wrote recently to the high-tariff
Home Market club of Boston: There is no
doubt in my mind that the present tariff laws
should be thoroughly overhauled, from the first
Item on the list TO the last. There seems to be q
general demand for this all over the country;
not perhaps so much for radical reduction as
TO give an ample opportunity to the people to
thoroughly discuss and understand it," This
may put him in conflict with the republican
platform if the Blaine men frame it,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-17
Making independent Voters.

From the Springfield Republican (E1,d.)
Tariff revision is C1eveland's gift to this cam
palgn. And the answer is an unprincpled cry
OF Tree trade" One might as well accuse
man or proposing to disrobe because he takes
on ms overcoat in warm weather as to assume
That a 10 per cent. reduction of duties means
lOU per cent. destruction. 1t is this kind of cap
tions criticism that offends people. The traffic
IN false colors. as evidence Of loss of faith and
lack OF trust in the power of honesty and virtue,
Is Tue thing that threatens the party and multi
plies Independence
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-17
New York at Chicago.

1t Is very generally conceded that the
New York delegation will exert powerful
influence at Chicago. 1t may dictate the
nomination. If it could give assurances
that it could name candidate who could
carry New York it would be permitted TO
name the ticket This, of course, it cannot
do, but the candidate it supports will prob
ably be nominated.
1t has not yet made known its preference,
and its reticence is the occasion of a great
deal of comment. Has it failed to agree
upon candidate, or does it propose to give
the convention a surprised These are ques-
tons which are being asked, but not
answered.
1t is probable that the New York delega-
ton will give Mr.. Depew complimentary
vote. He is very popular with the New
York leaders Of his party, but nobody
seems to know whether or not he is with
the rank and file, The New York delega-
ton, however, isn't going to urge the nomi-
nation of Mr.. Depew, because it knows he
couldn't be elected. Nopresident of great
railroad could be elected President. This
feeling against the leading officials of great
railroad corporations is unjust, but it exists,
and its existence must be recognized. 1t is
stronger in the west than in the east. The
editor of the leading republican paper of
st. Louis the other day said that a railroad
president could not carry single state
west of the Ohio, and that if the democrats
had nominated railroad president it could
not have carried Missouri although the
democratic majority in that state is $4,000.
A leading republican politician of Mime
sofa said recently that if Mr.. Depew was
nominated all that would be necessary to
carry that state against him would be to
distribute cards containing a picture of a
locomotive and double track railway with
the inscription 1.-THE public be -.n
No; the New York delegation. doesn't
intend to insist upon the nomination of Mr..
Depew Who then has it in mind9 Can it
be that Senator Hiscock is its choice, or is
it really for Blaine, aud only waiting for
the right time to declare its preference.
Until New York speaks there will be the
most profound uncertainty at Chicago.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-17

Now that Emperor Frederick is dead, the
attention of the public will be directed to
the remaining distinguished invalids, among
whom are the Emperor Of Brazil, Gen.
Sheridan, John Bright, and, according to
report, jaw Gould
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-17

Philadelphia is trying to discover some
way to prevent the sale in that city of
trough on rats" compound containing
one-third arsenic, and one box Of which
contains enough poison to kill eight per-
sons This is not likely to succeed, how
ever, as the stuff is a recognized article of
commerce, manufactured at Newark, n. j.
The coroner says he doubts if any law can
be found under which those indiscrimi-
nately selling it can be punished. In view
of the recent sensation in Philadelphia, this
is rough ON Philadelphians.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-17

Gov. Gray has kept quiet since his defeat
at St Louis, but while he has made no
speeches, he has not been idle. He has
written personal letters to his friends in
every county in the state, urging them to
60 TO work for Cleveland and Thurman
MIR. Shanklin also, who was Gov. Gray's
principal worker at st. Louis, has enlisted
for the ticket, and tho hoosier democrats
are already enthusiastic in the cause As
has been heretofore remarked, no democratic
votes will be lost in Indiana because Mr..
Thurman was nominated; and it may be
added that Gov. Gray will lose nothing in
popularity by his manly course.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-17

Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe celebrated
her 10th birthday the other day. Perhaps
If Mrs. Stowe had owned a southern plan
tation twenty-five years ago, as she does
now, she would not have written "Uncle
Toms Cabin
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-17

The medico-legal society in New York has
been discussing the question Are all spir-
itualists insanep They concluded that if
the believers in spiritualism are to be
judged by Lawyer Marsh, the question
must be answered in the affirmative.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-17

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-17

Mrs. Chanler, nee Amelie Rives, has no
idea of dropping her literary work on ac-
count of her marriage, and it is repeated
that she was lately offered SIS, 900 for new
novel. The offer, it is said, was refused
which is the most improbable part of the
report.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-17

1t is significant that in Washington the
nomination of Mr.. Blaine is expected.
Unless the Maine politician defines more
clearly his position the convention will be
justified in believing that he would accept
with thanks the nomination.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-17

An autopsy on the body Of Wilson Lee,
who was killed in Charleston, w. Va, a
few days ago, revealed the fact that his
heart was situated on the right side Of his
breast. Such is an item that is going the
rounds. 1t seems that his heart was also on
the wrong side.