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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-09
BRIGHT BITS
WHICH

WHIcH'-
Twinkle, twinkle little star,
How ! wonder what YOU are,
Being of dramatic force
Or product of divorce?
Washington Post
NONE so BLIND.-Miss Chicago Ito Justice
Shake, Justitia, we are partners in affection
You are blind and have no Site Philadelphia
Inquirer.
Two PERIODS. Before marriage Why SO
After marriage-why so expensive, Mrs
Jones?-Rdcket
"YoU'vE BEEN riding a bicycle. l hear" said
one department clerk to another.
Just for exercise you know
1T has reduced your weight some, Think"
Yes, have fallen off great deal Vas
inQton Post
CUsToMER-Will you give me sample Of this
pleasei
Clerk-Very sorry, ma am, but we don't give
samples any more.
Customer-Well, then, I'll take enough for a
bathing subtitle.
SUITABLE REwARD-Stout Party to life saver
You have saved my only cnild. What can |
do for you? Name your reward.
Hero joyfullyl- Well-er-if you insist on it,
why then just break in new pair of shoes for
me.-TerGS Stttn9S.
LOOKING FORWARD Visitor Ito Chicago 1897
I pr sumo if follow this crowd | will reach
the Worlds Fair, won't r.
Policeman-N-o, sir; but you'll reach the
grand outpourin' of citizens at Patriot hall TO
argy about selectin' q site for the Worlds Fair
Nelo York Weekly.
HARRY-Dearest, I love you better and better
every moment, and long for the time to come
when you shall be my own dear wife.
Dearest-O, well, Harry, there's plenty of
time, and as you say your loves increasing all
the time, it would be foolish to marry before it
became wholly ripe-BOSton transcript.
No REsPoNsIB1LTY.-"So you are married.
JackF'
81 am, Jim.
81 hope you considered the matter well, It
is a serious matter of assuming the responsible
ties involved in marriage
You are wrong, my friend. have no re-
sponsibility at all now. lily wife's the boss."-
Bosom Courier.
A PRIVATE UTTERANCE-G German hotelkeeper
Hist! The great Bismarck was here half an
hour ago.
Reporter-Ahl Did he say anything to you of
an official nature?
German hotelkeeper-No; his utterance was
merely that of a private gentleman.
Reporter-Tell me what he sad
German hotelkeeper-Two beers.-Judge.
ONE AUTHOR AVENGED Great Publisher-Ha!
see De Writer is dead Haven't we a manu-
script of his:
Assistant docking over the records)-Yes sir:
here is one accepted and paid for years ago
Publisher-Good. Get it ready for publication
at once, with sketch OF his life, and -
Observation-Disclosures, walt My! my. I'm
afraid this has been kept too long. 1t is entitled:
The Comforts OF the Modern Horse Cars
Life
LET THE CoBBLER STICK TO HIS LAsr-Two
convlcts had just been discharged from Sing
Sing.
What were you put in for:" asked the
first
Making counterfeit notes." answered the
second.
What are you going TO do now?"
NRappr,,a daalar N he hat
you put in for?'
"Extorting money under false pretensss"
And what are you going to do nowyn
Become private detective Puck.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-09
Their First Glimpse of the ocean

There is hardly a day bat that some man
comes down to take his first view of the ocean
and it is always interesting to watch him, SAYS
the Detroit Free Press. Most OF them manage
to conceal great deal of their surprise on first
beholding the boundless expanse and the white
crested breakers, but your real old farmer is no
dssembler. One came down the other day who
was "A years old. and who was accompanied by
his wife almost as old, and three sons The
five stood in row on the hotel veranda and
gazed at the rolling deep for fully five minutes
before word was spoken. Then the old man
turned to his wife and said:
Well, Sarah, what do you think of it,"
II believe it's bigger'n our old farm" she re-
piled.
Bigger l guess it is, Hahn she purity
I've allus heard and read of the ocean, and
here it is at last. It's sight worth seein'--eh.
boys?'
Yes, father" answered one, 'but don't see
whal or a shark"
NO, nor l either. but don't be in a hurry.
Henry. Give her time. She's a big body of
water and has got to move slow There s
sharks and whales in there as sure as You are
alive, but give EN- a show-let EN- have a little
rope. We've got four hours to stay, and we
won't jump on her for swindle until we've
given her a fair trial
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-09
. Plumb as a Target.

The stand which Senator Plumb has
taken against the prohibitory protection
for which the Mckinley tariff bill provides
has made him the target of all the big and
little organs of the republican party. He
does not seem to mind. however, the fusil-
lade of the pen brigade. He maintains his
position, and shows that he has the courage
of his convictions. The New York Tribune
tells him that catering to the low-tarlff
sentiment of democratic voters is not the
way to make this nation more prosperous.
The marvellous and matches progress of
the nation has not come by strengthening
the hands of those who have been fighting
against protection for thirty years. If Mr..
Plumb has not learned that lesson yet, or
has failed to impress it upon the minds of
the good people of Kansas, he has simply
failed to fill his place as a republican.
1t will not be long before the substantial
voters who gave round majorities for Gar
field, Blaine and Harrison in Kansas will
decline to be led into the democratic camp
under any pretext."
Senator Plumb doesn't seem to be trying
to lead the republicans of Kansas into the
democratic camp. What he is trying to do
is to prevent ttem from being robbed for
the benefit of the Tribune'S pet monopolles
Within the last few days he has shown how
the burdens of the Kansas farmers would
be increased by the passage of the
Mckinley bill. The people Of Kansas
have no factories worth mentioning
They are an agricultural people,
and they are already taxed beyond their
capacity to pay, particularly as corn does
not net them more than Is or 20 cents a
| bushel, and wheat not more than so cents.
| In fighting for lower taxes he is simply
| striving to keep his constituents from starry
| ing orlgoing to the poor house.
The Tribune talks about the matches
and marvellous prosperity of the north as a
result of the protective policy. 1t certainly
does not have in mind the farmers.
| How does it account for the fact
that thousands of farms in New England,
within sight of the chimneys of the great
! factories have been abandoned? Does the
abandonment of these farms, which are
close to the alleged home market for farm
! products, indicate that prohibitory protec-
| ton has been beneficial to the farmers?
Senator Plumb is practical man. The
! condition of affairs in his own state has
much more weight with him than
all the Tribune'S fine spun theories He
knows what he is doing, and the organs will
not be able to whip him into the party
traces.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-09
a Cute Clerk,

I'll hate to make you any extra trouble, -
he said, according to the Detroit Free Press, TO
the chief clerk at the postoffice yesterday.
wells"
We'll, wrote to my girl two DAYS ago and
have received no answer I'm awfully careless
and perhaps neglected to stamp it,
"Yes. Very important letter.
Very, In fact, popped the question"
IN LOOK among the dead letters"
A search was made, but nothing was found of
the letter.
1T must have reached her, " said the clerk, as
he returned
Then don't understand it."
I'm sure can't. Have you read the list Of
marriage licenses for yesterday"
"N-noH gulped the young man. I'll get a
paper"
In ten minutes he was back his eyes hanging
out and his face like chalk, and in a hoarse
whisper be said:
That's the reason
What"
Married to another Teller last night
"Humph!"
Thanks for your trouble. When 1 am dead
you"
He broke away, overcome with emotion, but
as he was seen devouring a banana two hours
later with great relish it is suspected that he
still lives
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-09
The australian system, Q; sanos

he Australian system O. ,al.os
Several months az. whea tas Australian
system Of halo: was being ,;u.te generally
disc -sSed BY the newspapers tie MORNING
News suggested ia; :; usiea; ~ Aav.saSle
70 adopt that system IN tAss safe Ar1 ar.Ssd
tie people - s-sie !; ;hr.zOSaly With the
view q haviuS q A5o7;ed by the next
legislature The opinion pas expressed 10
some extent t-as sAe sifs'i q It would be
70 keep democrats sNAy from the polls,
hut that orla.oa wAs not presented with
much fo7os TIE subject however, was not
gwen tie attention % which It's Importance
entitled IL
Wherever the Australian system Of bal
10; has been given a fair trial in this coun-
try It hss met with favor. 1t is in oper-
a;ion IN a modified form in Tennessee, and
IN the election in that state on Thursday it
seems 70 have worked so well as TO elicit
very general expressions of approval In
the county in which Chattanooga is stu
a;ed the democratic ticket was elected by
majority Of over 500. although at previous
elections since the war the republican ma
jority has been, as a rule, about 1000.
Under the Australian system elections
are absolutely fair There is no chance to
tamper with the ballot box, and the bribing
Of voters is virtually prevented. The voter
casts a secret ballot. The bribing of voters
hourishes only where it can be clearly de-
termined how those vote who accept brides,
Another thing in favor of the Australian
system is that 1t insures quiet elections.
Where it is in operation people do not col
lect about the polls, because there Is no in
ducement to do So Each voter takes a
ticket from an election official, passes into
an apartment arranged with the view of
securing secrecy, and, having made out his
ticket to suit himself, folds it and goes to
the polls and hands 1t to an election officer,
who puts it into the ballot-box. The voter,
having discharged his duty as a citizen,
proceeds to attend to his regular daily
duties. The system, of course. makes pro-
vision for assisting those who cannot read
and write.
The people of this state ought to study
this Australian system of ballot with the
view Of urging it upon the attention Of the
legislature if they think well of it. If it
works satisfactorily in Tennessee it would
in all probability, work well in this state
In the cities especially it would be produc-
tive of good results, because it would check
the use of money to elect municipal officers
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-09
Measuring a Man in a Bank.

What's -oing on there:"
This question was asked by man who hap
pened TO be in Pittsburg bank the other day
when customer was being measured for the
purpose of Identification, preliminary to the
issuance of letter of credit, says the PittsDurg
Chronicle TeIeQruph.
By the way, it seems odd to go into bank
and ask TO be measured for letter of credit,
just as one would go to tailor and have his
dimensions ascenained pr paratory TO the
PREF aration of plans and specifications for the
erection of new garments; bnt let that pass
Bank officials do not propose to let short
thick-set man draw cash in Europe which has
been deposited in America by tall, slender
individual.
On second thought, however, we don't see
how short man could get letter of credit
ANYHOW; but let that pass. too.
why, eX planned man VIII knew, they are
taking MS measure so that he eau be identified.
Then they will give letter of credit for 81 900,
which he can draw on as he needs it, when he's
travelling
"A thousand dollars,'
Eyes"
tall" '''O1O0
That's about his hight"
Il believe I'll let them measure me- ex-
claimed the inquirer, with animation; I'm
over six feet, and that would give me credit for
about 81 200 wouldn't itp"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-09
Was It a Failure :


Several Of the New York newspapers say
/ that the electric method of inhicting the
/ death penalty Is a failure, aud they ex-
press the opinion that there will not be
another execution ty that method in New
/ York. They base their opinions, Of course.
/ upon the reports Of the Kemmler execu-
ton. What are the facts in that cas-
! Why. that the electric current, although
not properly applied, because Il
the nervousness and inexperlenCe q these
who managed the execution did the work
expected Of it efectually. 1t Is admitted
that Kemmer's death was painless, ard
would have been instan Janeous II TIE cur
rent had been properly applied. IL IS true
that be showed signs Of life when tie cur
rent was turned CT, but there was no eVi-
dence that he was conscious On the con
trary. it Is beyond doubt that be was IN
conscious. It Is barely possible that be
could have been resuscltsted after the hrst
shock. but it is by no means certain that he
could. The signs Of life which be exhibited
Immediately after the fatal current was
turned of were deemed sufficient 70 justify
the turning on Of the current again
Harold P Brown, one Of the leading
electric experts in the country, says that
there is no doubt that Kemmler was killed
instantly and painlessly. and that the
attempts at respiration which were notice
able when the current was turned off, and
which were mistaken for signs Of life, were
nothing more than the reflex motions Of the
muscles, and that if the current had not
been turned off so quickly there would
have been no such motions. Edison was
one of those who recommended the electric
method for inflicting the death penalty.
and he favors it now as much as he did
before the Kemmler execution. He thinks,
however, that the electric current was not
properly applied. In his opinion the cur
rent should have been sent through Kemm-
ler's body by way of the hands, from one
arm Of the death chair TO the other.
There is much said about the horror Of
the Kemnller execution. Most of the horror
was in the imaginations of the reporters.
There was nothing connected with the exc
cution that approached in horror scenes that
are frequently witnessed at executions by
hanging How often Il happens that the
rope breaks and the wretched victim has to
be lifted again to the scaffold And, oftener
still, the victims neck is not broken by the
fall and he slowly strangles TO death.
The Kemmler execution was an expert
experiment that was bunglingly
made, but it affords no reason to doubt
that execution, by electricity is instanta-
neous and painless when the fatal current is
applied and that electricity, as
means for executing the death penalty, is
much less barbarous than hanging, and is
greatly to be preferred to it. Those who
attack the electric method are mainly those
who are in favor of abolishing the death
penalty altogether.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-09
The Scsrecrow.



TWAS a regular scarecrow man,
Made on the Old ami well known plan
A cross of sticks in a garb forlorr
That stood on guard in that field of corn
And, indeed. il made the old farmer smile
As De put 10 up. aud Thist,ed the While;
II would look TO the crows SO very fer )cious,
80 truly astounding aud astrociOus.
Inat u tlckled his fancy TO thinE how they
Would catch glimpse ana hutter away.
Well, two black crows sat of on tree,
ANA the young crow said to the cid one, see
Now, what is that frightful thing out there!
II enough any honest crow TO scare
But the old crow chuckled and then looked
wise,
Shook In his feathers aud winked his eyes;
something ckled him. but if twas joke
his voice didn't show it bit when he spoke,
As looking down at the younger crow.
tie said: What is it: All don't you know:
why, that, as we wise ones all suppose,
IS the special patron saint Of the crows,
we waite for his coming every year
To tell when the Feast Of the Corn is here.
See how ne stands with his arms stretched
out
He is calling the crows from all about
such kind invitation is most alluring-
So very cordial and reassuriIg
think we had better accept-don't you?
And down to the field of corn they few.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-09
The Benefit of Ath1atica

DO you believe in athletics;' was asked of a
well-known business man who was found prac
ticing with the dumbels at the back of the
store the other day, says the Detroit Free
Press.
Certainly do, " he promptly replied
Think it helps your health?''
Il know it does, and it has saved my bacon
once or twice
PLEASE relate"
well, a couple of years ago 1 took twenty
four lessons in boxing and worked I'D big
muscle and lots of sand was going home one
night, soon after graduating, when a man
jumped out at me from the alley. In minute
he was nowhere
Hit him hard, eh?"
NO didn't hit him at all
"Trip him up and fall on him?'
mo"
Didn't kick him."
NO"
well, what did you do?"
''Outrun him But for my athletic exercises
| couldn't have done it ~
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-09
BAKING POWDER.
Does your cake
dry up quickly i?

If So your baking powder is adulterated with
ammonia or alum, ingredients which injurious to
health and are used by INSCRIPTIONS manufacturers
simply lessen the cost of the powder and increase
their profits.
Housekeepers who use Clevelands Superior Bak.
ing Powder know that food raised with this pure
cream of tartar powder keeps moist and sweet, and
is palatable and wholesome. "Cleveland's Superior"
has the peculiar property possessed by other baking
powder of producing light, wholesome bread biscuit
cake ETC., that retain their natural moisture and
sweetness This desirable quality in baking powder
SHOWN by all Official Reports to be the strongest of
all pure cream OF tartar powders, makes Clevelands
Superior Absolutely the Best"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-09
Cotton Growing in Russia.

There is no longer any doubt that Russia
is gradually becoming competitor in the
production of cotton. Although the i'm
portations Of raw cotton into Russia from
1870 to 1888 have increased from 40, 900 tons
annually to 106, 900 in 1889, the quantity
furnished by Asiatic Russia has increased
during the same period in a much greater
ratio. The rapid development of the cotton
manufacturing industries has brought
about this remarkable increase in her re-
quirements, but up to within a very few
years an almost Insignificant proportion of
the raw material consumed by her mills
has been produced at home.
Now, however, it would seem that the
cotton which Is being grown in Central
Asia is beginning to affect the amount of
the supply which is drawn from abroad.
Indeed the imports of cotton into Russia,
according to recent report of Vice-Consul
Wertheim, at Moscow, to the state depart
ment, in 1888 showed a decrease Of nearly
$4,000 tons, as compared with those of
1887, and decrease of 1000 tons as com
pared with 1886, while in 1899 the amount
of Asiastic cotton consumed in Russia ag-
gregated $4,000 tons, an Increase of q, 500
tons as compared with 1855.
The largest proportion of this Asiatic
supply of cotton is grown in the province
of Bokhara, A. C0 tons having been sent to
Russia in 1889. more than doubling her sup
plies to that country in three years. Khiva
supplies Russia with six times the quantity
she did four years ago, her shipments to Rus
STA in 1889 amounting to 10000 tons. The
cotton cultivated in Turkestan is all grown
from American seed. Last year the prov
ince supplied Russia with 5000 tons of
cotton, and the cultivation of the plant
there is increasing with marvellous rapidity,
as both the climate and soil seem to be
adapted to its successful growth. Russia
also draws upon the Caucasus and Persia
for a part of her cotton supply, deriving
| $500 tons from these combined sources
last year.
There seems to be no danger, however
that American cotton growers will feel the
effects of this competition as long as the re-
| quirements of Russia for raw material con-
tinue to increase as they have done in re.
cent years.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-09
THE TRADE REvIE W.

For years, on the opening Of each sue
evidence of a large increase in Savannah's
business Heretofore this increase has been
due TO the natural growth Of Savannah's
tributary territory, better understanding
of her commercial advantages, and the
gradual enlargement Of her two great rail-
road systems. These things will continue to
contribute to her growth and prosperity,
and, in addition to them, there are others,
which have recently come into existence,
that will make the business year of ls9O-91
more notable than any preceding one in her
history.
Since the last trade review of the MORN
IYG News there have been built three new
and important railroads TO Savannah, or to
connect with her railroad systems. They
are the Alabama Midland, the Savannah
and Western, and the Savannah, Americas
and Montgomery. These railroads have
already brought hundreds of buyers to
Savannah and increased her trade greatly.
But the number of buyers and the amount
of trade which these new railroads will
contribute to her markets when the crops
now in the fields tributary to them are
harvested Will be many times larger. The
people will have money then and they will
seek Savannah to supply their wants.
The advanced condition of the cotton crop
lustifies the opinion that the business season
will open early and with great activity.
Tho people are already thinking, probably,
OF what they will buy with the fruits of
their labor. They are scanning the columns
of the MORNING News TO SEQ who are the
live and progressive business men of Savan-
nah and what they are offering for sale.
There is large and lucrative trade to be
secured from the territory which the new
railroads have made tributary to Savan-
heretofore been tributary to her. If our
merchants are wise they will not neglect the
only proper method of getting this trade.
That method is liberal advertising.
The MORNING NEWS proposes to make a
special effort to reach every buyer in the
new field that has been opened by Savan-
nah's enterprise. The agents of the MORN
ING News are travelling through the coun-
try, and the people are taking the paper
just as rapidly as the mail facilities which
are being established permit them to.
It is proposed to send copy of the trade
review to each subscriber to the WEEKLY
NEWS, as well as to each subscriber to the
daily, thus giving advertisers the benefit of
both editions at little more than the usual
price of one.
An advertisement in a newspaper is an in
vitation to buyers to call 1t virtually says,
when you are in town please call on us
We have all these things to show you"
The annual review will contain the usual
resume of the business of the city for the
last year. 1t will be sent to thousands Of
people who are interested in Savannah's
welfare and prosperity.
The Trade Review edition will be ISSUED
Sept. 4. Space in its columns can be OBJ
tanned upon application to the bushes
Office.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-09
NDEY TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

SPECIAL NoT1cEs-Notice Of Limited Partner
ship, c. Lucian Jones, Frank S. Lewis; That
Splendidly Located Property at No 80
Broughton Street for Sale by W. G. Woodhn
Saturdays Special Prices at Heidt's.
AUCTION SALE-H Household and Kichen Fur
niture by /. D. LaRoche & Son.
STEAMSHIP SCHEDULEs-Ocea SteamshipCom-
pany; Baltimore Steamship Company.
CHEAP COLUMN ADVERTISEMENTS - Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For
Sale: Personal: Miscellaneous.