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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-18
The Royal Road.
From the Ne,o York Weekly,

From the Neto York Peekln
Struggling Authority, De Poesy. how
prosperous you lookl Was your last book of
poems a success?"
De Poesy-No-o, can't say that it was.
Published popular novel, perhapsfn
mo"
"Ah, then you have written a play. I have
always held that playwriting, while not the
highest form of art was nevertheless"
~ have written no play
You haven't! Where did those fine clothes
come FRONT How did you pay for that hand.
some turnout?"
81 have abandoned literature, and am ped.
ding CLANS"
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The Right Kind Of Talk.

bTon Tie Nei1 YORK Star % en-.
The resolute conduct Of the Democrats of
Montana IN refusing to yield to Attempted usur-
patton IN the district court at B lite on Weedns-
day, is worthy Of highest praise. There is
no resson whatever why, either physically or
morally, the democracy that has carried the
new state should give way to the pretensions
or the republicans who were defeated at the
poiis. IL Is the right Of the elected democratic
ofhclsls to take possession Of their offices, and
IL is their duty to hold them against intruders
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-18

The other day female reporter for the
New York World started out on a trip
around the world, hoping to complete it in
seventy-five days Her purpose was known
to the other newspapers of New York, and
it is said that the same vessel which carried
her carried also male reporter for the
Herald, and that the male reporter is going
to try to get around the world quicker than
the female reporter. This will give New
Workers something to talk about.
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Just Do Your Best.
BIZ James TVhftcomb Rilev.

The signs is bad when folks commence
A-f1nding fault with Providence,
And balkin cause the earth don't shake
At ev'ry prancin' step they take.
No man is great till he can see
How less than little he can be
IF stripped To self, aud stark and bare,
He hung his sign out anywhere.
Ny doctren is to lay aside
Contention and be satisfied;
Jest do your best, and praise err blame
That follers that counts Jest the same,
I've allus noticed great success
Is mixed with troubles. more or less,
And it's the man who does the best
That gifts more kicks than all the rest,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-18

Some time ago it was stated that Mr..
Porter, superintendent of the census, would
make an effort to keep as many southern
colored people as possible off the census
enumerators' lists, in order to reduce the
representation of the south in congress and
the electoral college. Is Mr.. Porter at
work on this little schemes Did he inspire
the statement of several speakers at a
colored convention in Atlanta the other
day, that the negroes should avoid the
enumerators? Mr.. Porter ha talked a
great deal about taking an honest census
a good deal more, in fact, than would seem
to be necessary for man who really had
no other in ention than to give the public
honest work.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-18

The New York Tribune remarks that Gov.
Foraker's sturdy and honest manhood"
shows well under defeat In that case the
people of Ohio could not do a better thing
for Foraker than to defeat him every time
he becomes a candidate.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-18

Or rich and poor IL you're not wont
To brush your teeth with SOZODONT.
You'll one day suffer deep remorse,
For soon they'll crumble in decay,
And soon you'll cry, ''Oh, lack-a.day,
That had never changed my course. -
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His Opinion Wouldn't Count.

From the Chicago Se'1s Uad.).
DIR. r. P. Hayes of Ohio. VIII IN many will re-
member as being President Of the United States
al one time. declines to say wat was the cause
OF the recent turnover in Ohio. Now. If it had
been question OF what was good for the gapes
IN Young chickens, Mr. Hayes would have
spread himself in fine stvls
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-18
DAad Ducks.

From the Ee,, York World Dem.)
President Harrison has gone duck shooting.
No matter how deadly his aim may be or how
good his lucS, Mr.. Harrison will not bring home
a deader duck than the President who was
elected last November
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-18

The Chicago tribune has the audacitv to
say that Mrs. Foster and 1.-THE other non
partisan delegates" 10 the recent conven-
tion of the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union had no CHI 'ce but to withdraw from
the uni'"s after ''the attempt to draw them
into posacs." Everybody knows that Mrs.
Foster was in the EN- 1loy of the Republican
party during the last presidential campaign,
that her husband is >ow holding govern.
meat positio-, and that she makes it her
bushes to work for the Republicans upon
ell occasions. When the w. c. I. U. passed
sresolCtion condemnatory Of Vice-P President
Morton IN running barfoom in WASH
ingtca, Mrs. Fos;er became very angry,
and 1t Is stated that sh.' is going to sot up a
new w. G. T. U, no doubt political one.
II NJ Morton sAa been a Democrat, wac
u there that does not believe that Mrs. Fos-
ter would hare advocated and voted for the
~6aosmnntosy resolLtionl
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-18

In one respect Commissioner of Pensions
Raum is pleasing the administration. He
is holding his tongue
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-18
The Civil Service in China.


People who are disposed to believe that
nothing good can come out of China
will be surprised to learn that the system
of competitive examinations for public
offices has been in force in that country for
ceaturies-in fact, it is so old that its origin
is lost in antiquity. A recent newspaper
article gives an interesting account of the
system. There are four or five grades for
which examinations must be held. In the
first, the examinations are yearly, and the
successful competitors are made eligible to
Offices in the prefectursl towns. Thousands
of people arc examined, but only few are
passed, and case is mentioned were only
twenty-seven out of 1000 aspirants were
successful. A second and more rigid ex-
animation is held for offices Of q somewhat
higher order, and tho third. which is held
every three years, is for offices IN the pro-
vincial capitals. There are q, 900 of these
offices, and about 10000 people present
themselves to be examined for them. The
examination hall for this class is at Peking,
and contains 10000 cells, in each of which a
candidate is placed for examination, to pre-
vent fraud. Only about 1900 out of the
10000 are passed every three years. Impa-
tent persons holding certificates for this
class may compete for the next higher, but
it is rather hazardous to do SO, as failure
destroys their chances of obtaining Office in
either. The most rigid examination is for
offices in the imperial academy, and very
few people pass it.
The Emperor of China is restricted in his
appointments to degree that would make
some Americans think that under the same
restrictions the presidency of the United
States would hardly be worth having.
Only about dozsn salaried offices are at
his disposal. The President OF the United
States has practically at his disposal 90, 900
Offices
Where so comparatively few persons pass
the examinations, as is the case in China,
there is naturally much discomfort among
the great number who fail, and it is stated
that if China had press or parliament,
the disappointment of these men would
speedily develop into active disloyalty.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-18

1t is stated that Samuel j. Ra ldall. Jr..
the is-year-old son Of Congressman Randall.
is making himself ridiculous by declaring
that Malone was counted ou." in the
recent Virginia election. For some unac-
countable reason young Randall became an
ardent advocate of Mahones election, and
spent hours each day trying to show that
Mahone's cause was just one. That was
astoni-ling enough, but when the young
man comes forward and declares that
Malone was counted out, it seems a great
pity that the health of his father does not
permit him to take his erring son aside from
the busy world and administer to him a few
singing rebukes.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-18

1t is not often that one actually collects
100000 postage stamps. There is a mis-
taken notion that the government offers &
reward for such collection, and probably
large number Of people have started out
to obtain the fancied reward, but they have
not kept I'D their efforts long enough TO
claim it. A case has just been recorded,
however, where, by united effort on the
part of the press and people of Cedar
Rapids. Ia, 1000, 900 stamps were collected.
A gentleman of that city said that he would
give certain sum toward the Improvement
of an "Old Ladies' Refuge if the president
of that institution would give him the num-
Der of stamps Indicated. The president en-
listed the aid of others, and the other day
100000 Cancelled stamps were turned
over to the gentleman, who then carried
out his part of the agreement. The stamps
filed an ordinary wagon body.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-18

A popularity OF Hoods SarsaparilIa is
that while it purifes the blood, it imparts
new vigor to every function of the body.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-18
CURRENT COMMENT.
Needs Eelp.

From the Nashville american (Deln.l
VT John Wanamaker would probably like to
have some one help him turn Or. Norvin Green
loose
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-18

Tie Philadelphia Inquirer says: 'Gen.
Harrison has gone cunning. Here's wish
ing him better luck than Wade Hampton
haa." Yes; Gen. Hampton brought down
vesY small game.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-18

For A DIsoRDERED LIVER try BEECH
ANS P14LR
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-05

quite successful. and my studies were nat
urally In that direction. I had become
much interested in tho known and probable
properties Of nitro-glycsrine. believed
that that powerful explosive could be made
q power against the inroads Of certain
kinds OF disease, Bright's disease that
dreaded curse Of modern times, in particu-
lar. Spring lapsed into summer and sum-
mer into early winter before had solved
the problem, but finally success was mine.
81 had discovered process by which the
explosive properties Of nitro-glycerine
could be removed. the residue, peculiarly
prepared, forming compound that was a
certain cure for the most complicated and
chronic cases of Bright's disease. have
no hesitation now in explaining In a measure
the process. According to the formula it is
prepared in alcohol in the proportion of one
per cent. in tablet form, one Of these con-
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-05
s'TET THESE,n HE SAID.

his anxiety and questioned him. The case
was explained The eccentric seized pre-
scription blank and rapidly wrote out sew
eral prescriptions.
"Try these" he said, AID turned to his
book again. DR.. Mechlin hesitated. The
prescriptions followed no ordinary law of
medicine. But the case was a desperate
one; his patient would die unless he could
afford immediate relief. He seized the pre-
scriptions, had them filed and hurried to
the house Of his patient and administered
them. The strange medicine wrought a
wonderful change. In an hour an improve
ment was noticeable, and in three days the
sick one was out of danger.
DR.. Mechlin's respect for his eccentric
visitor increased greatly after this occur
renee, and he allowed him TO come aud go
as he pleased, and many times did the old
mans suggestions bring him success and
reputation.
One day the aged doctor was not to be
found in his accustomed chair in DR.
Mechlin's office. The latter thought it
strange, but the entrance of a visitor ban
ished the subject from his mind. Another
day, and again did the eccentric fail to APP
pear DR.. Mechlin became alarmed and
was about TO set oct In search of him when
ragged little boy brought the news that
the stranger was dying, and urgently de-
sired his presence.
The old doctor had been gwen Christian
burial No friends had appeared to mourn
his loss, and DIR. Mechlin sat in his Office,
the bequest in his hand, hoping that its
perusal might cast some light upon the
mystery of his life. 1t was only O package
of manuscript, carefully written and neatly
folded. The doctor never lifted his ewes
until he had read the last line. These were
the words of the manuscript:
Il am physician in good standing In
deed, there are few of my profession who
have been fortunate enough TO attain the rank
that was mine when L retired from active
work few years ago. / have told you that
l have practiced in the leading cities of the
New and the Old World. This is true, and
the mention of my real name would cause a
commoticn in medical circles that you, as a
physician, can readily understand. Spring
smiled on the earth when / withdrew from
active practice. My nerves were unstruug;
my general health undermined and ! felt
the need of rest and seolusion. A few
years before had spent summer II the
beautiful little village of st. Johnsbury. in
vermont. Hitler repaired TO regain, in a
measure, If could, my impaired physical
faculties
SooG l began to gain rapidly, and, too
resuess TO remain entirely idle, pursued
the STUDY OF my profession into It's most in
trlcate branches. Not that ever expected
TO practice again, but because so loved the
healing art. had, in earlier years, brought
out several remedlalagents that had proved
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-05
DON'T EAT HASTILY.
The Habit Ruined the Great Napoleon
and May Also Ruin You.

The Habit Ruined the Great Napoleon
and May Also Ruin You.
1t is mistake TO eat quickly. Mastication
performed in haste must be imperfect, even
with the best of teeth, and due admixture of
the salivery secretion with the food can not
take place.
When a crude mass of inadequately
crushed muscular fiber, or undivided solid
material Of anyidescription is thrown in to the
stomach, 1t acts as q mechanical irritant,
and sets up condition in the mucous mem
brane lining of that organ which greatly i'm
pedes, if il does not altogether prevent, the
process of digestion.
When the practice of eating quickly and
filling the stomach with unprepared food is
habtual, the digestive organ is rendered in
capable Of performing its proper functions,
says Medical Classics. Either o much
larger quantity of food than would be nee
essary under natural conditions is re-
quired, or the system suffers from lack Of
nourishment.
CThose animals which were intended to
feed hurriedly were either gifted with the
power of Illumination or provided with giz-
yards. Man Is not so furnished, and it is
fair to assume that he was intended to eat
slowly. We must apologize for reminding
may seem small one, but it is not SO.
Just as q man may go on for years with
defective teeth, iuperfectly masticating his
food, and wondering why he suffers from
indigestion, so q man may habitually live
under an affiictionl of hurried dinners with
out knowing why he Is not well, or how
easily the cause Of his Illness might be
remedied.
The habit of eating fast and carelessly is
supposed to have paralysed Napoleon on
two of the most critical occasions of his life
the battles Of Borodino and Leipsic, On
each Of these occasions he 10 known to have
been suffering from indigestion
On the third day Of Dresden, too (as the
German novelist, Hoffman, who was in the
town, assertsl. the Emperor's energies
were impaired by the effects OF a shoulder
Of mutton stuffed with onions There can
be no doubt that Napoleon's irregularities
as to meals injured his health and short
eued his life
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so HARDl

lstood at the side of an open grave;
They brought the casket that held my dead,
And placed 1t there, cross at the head;
tried SO hard to be brave.
The singers chanted their mournful song,
The pastor offered plaintive prayer.
And many true friends surrounded me there;
tried SO hard to be strong.
thought how quickly had passed the term
Which we had spent together on earth,
Yet sought to value it at its worth;
tried 30 hard to be firm.
There lay the dear one. lifeless and cold,
Gently confined in the narrow case;
Never again could see that face;
tried so hard to be bold.
The dead had shielded me oft from harm,
Had given me counsel wise and kind,
Had loved me with heart and strength and
mind;
tried so hard to be calm.
It seemed at that moment had no will;
could not reason. I could not forget,
I longed to cry out aloud. and yet
tried so hard to be still.
planted there flowers OF many hue,
The bloom and blossom each summer morn;
To the memory Of the loved one gone
I'll try so hard to be true.
Addison F. Andrews, in Christian Inquirer.
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Assam swarms so with leeches that the
lives of men are in danger, any person fall
ing from faintness or getting stuck in
swamp or mudhole being sure to be sucked
to death by hundreds of them. Animals
frequently fall victims, and recently an ele-
plant and his keeper, after having been
several days missing, were found in bog
in the jungle, the man dead and the ele-
plant so covered with leeches that it died
the day after it was rescued Every body
there carries salt as a protection against
the blood-suckers.
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From the society columns of the Detroit
Free Press.l
The engagement is announced of Henry
D. Raymond, of this city, to Miss Sadie
Mention, daughter of the late Samuel Men
ton. AS both Mr. Raymond and Miss Men
ION are well known in Detroit society it is
expected that the wedding will be one of the
brilliant events Of the coming season. Mr.
Raymond but recently returned from his
ranch in Texas.-Luke Sharp, 10 Detroit
Free Press
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-05
from Harry Raymond, Slaughter Ranch,
Tex tn John Mention Datrnit ]

From Harry Raymond, Slaughter Ranch,
Tex, to John Mention, Detroit
MY DEAR JoHN-I'm a wild and woolly
cowboy, and don't you forget it. There is
more buckskin than culture about me now.
Ny chief recreation Is shooting holes in the
air around tenderfoot when he comes to
visit the ranch. He generally thinks l was
born this way, and that have an unquench-
able thirst for innocent blood. John, I'm
afraid haven't gone far enough west, or
am too far south, or something. don't for
get as easily as thought would. I've ev-
identity struck the wrong latitude. II you
notice the slightest trace of lingering regret
at my absence don't stop to write, but tele
graph. There is a telegraph line to the fort
near here, and some of the boys are in
every night to I'LL up with forty rod, and
they'll bring a message out The Eoment
get dispatch I'll take a vestibuled mule
train to the nearest railway station so quick
that the mules won't know what struck
them
I'd about as soon ride a Woodward avenue
car as bronco, anyhow. Yours, HARRY.
From Herman Dorrnan, Palace Hotel
Cleveland, 70 Isaac Van BrUntstein, pawn
broker, Detroit
Mt DI.R VAN B.-Send me $500 as soon
as possible to the Palace Hotel here I'll
pay you within three months al any rate Of
interest you like to put on.
HERMAN DORIAN.
From I. Van B., Detroit, to q. Dorman,
Cleveiand.1
DEAR SIR would rather see the 500 I
have already lent than lend any more On
such poor security as your word for pay
meat Vas B9CNTsIEN.
From 81. Dorman, Cleveland, to I Van
B., Detroit.
Look here, key, IL you ever want TO see !
your 800 you'll lend NE what ! want p. d. |
Q. Here's the situation: I'm here at an |
expensive hotel and must keep up style. |
Every thing depends on IL I'm engaged to |
Miss Mentor, of Detroit, and that's worth |
half million. as you know. You can esssly /
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from b. Dorman to /. Van 81

From b. Dornan TO !. van B.
MY DEAR IsAAC-You are not half so sharp
as thought you were I have cashed the
draft Thanks. But have torn up the
note. Twill pay you all right enough If you
don't press me too much, but not such ras-
cally usury as that You know you have no
legal remedy-such extortion is illegal, any.
how-so you'll have to trust to
Yours truly, b. D.
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From Isaac Van Bruntstein, Detroit, 70
John Menton.l
DEAR SIR-I called at your Office to-day,
out you were out. ! therefore leave this
note for you. understand that Herman
Oorman is to marry your sister. He owes
ne 1900 which he refuses to pay. have
aletter written by him in which he admits
hat he marries her for her money. If this
etter is worth 5000 to you you are well
come to it, l. VAN BRUNTsTEIy
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can be made by any good blacksmith.
Make it about fourteen inches long, and
have the slot where the tap oes taper from
tx inches to Il inch.
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A Handy Wrench.

The cut shows very handy tap wrench,
which have been using for long time,
saws a writer in Farm and Flreside. II
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Leeches in Assam.

THE British Government proposes to lay
a submarine cable between Bermuda and
Halifax
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-05

From John Mention, Detroit, to Miss
Sadie Mention, Cleveland
SADIE-Do you know that there's an est
mable and valuable, if somewhat uninterest-
ing volume named "Bradstreets1" Look up
the standing of Mr.. Herman Dorman.
Fortune equal to your own" Boshi Dis
trust a man whom women like and with
whom his fellow men don't sympathize.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-05

From John Mention, Detroit, to Miss Sadie
Mention, Cleveland.
Mr. DEAR SADIE-I inclose you letter
which came into my hands. 1t speaks for
Itself, and besides relates to most dishon.
Drable action on the part of the man who
wrote it. 1t is from a scoundrel of one class
TO scoundrel Of another, but there was no
honor in either of the thieves in this case.
Yours, JOHN.
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6nd out the truth of'what say BY asking
or to both Of whom she has written
about our approaching marriage. Now
don't fail to send the cash, and the moment
we are married I'll make her fork over the
amount. Yours, h DoRMAN.
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lTelegram.l

Harry Raymond, Fort Broncho, Tex:
Come home, you idiot. JOHN MENTION.
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from !. Van B. to 81 Dorman, Cleveland.
DEAR SIR-Iinclose you N. Y. draft for
$500 also inclose three months note for
SO, 900, which please sign and return. En-
gagements are uncertain and can not take
the risk for less. Yours,
VAN BRuNrsTEM
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-05

Message by messenger boy from John
Mention to Isaac Van Bruntstein.]
Bring letter or send it by bearer. II it Is
what you say it is will pay the sum you
ask JOHN MENTION.
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Full printed directions for using with each
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9ai1Y Eas1e
THE END.

HE old doctor was
dying. There was
no coubt about that.
He himself knew
that his life was
surging away with
the short, quick
gasps that seemed
TO rack his body