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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-18
Senator Sherman and the silver Bill

Senator Sherman and the Silver Bill.
Senator Sherman appears to take very
level-headed view of the silver question.
showed that he had given the subject of
silver coinage great deal of thought. The
fact is that he knows much more about
financial matters than almost any other
member of the Senate. He has been Secre-
tary of the Treasury, and, therefore, has
had occasion to study such matters prac-
tically as well as theoretically.
He believes that the country needs a
greater volume of currency and he is anx-
ious to provide way for furnishing it. He
is willing to give the people all the currency
they want, but he desires that it shall be a
sound CURRENCY currency that will
pass at its face value throughout the
world. He does not believe that the silver
bill now pending in the Senate will do this.
The effect of it would be, in his opinion, to
debase the currency. If it should become
law gold would be forced out of circula-
ton and out of the country. Silver would
become the standard. That, apparently, is
what good many of the senators want.
lucy w llOu see buo Owls buttb WOulQ 1OIlOW
from such a condition of affairs.
Senator Sherman's idea is that the rela-
ton that now exists between gold and silver
should be maintained. and that the cur
rency should be increased by issuing certid-
Gates upon silver bullion at its market
value, and upon gold. He would buy all
the silver that this country produces, but
he would not make this country the mar
ket for the silver product of the whole
world. He doesn't want to make it profit
| able for India and China to melt their sill
verware and send it to this country for sale.
Experience shows that those countries are
the most prosperous which have gold and
silver in circulation. Those which have
only silver standard are non-progressive
and poor. MIR. Sherman favors a measure
shat will make use of both gold and silver
and keep them together at par with each
other" and that is the kind of measure that
all sound financiers favor.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-18

There is considerable speculation as to
whether or not Ben Butterworth will vote
for the Mckinley bill. The chances are that
he will be whipped into the party traces.
There are several republicans who would
like TO kick over the traces, but they dare
mt
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-18

tive man, he may feel the slight punish
ment inflicted upon him much more keenly
than many another man would feel
severer one.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-04-10

by two iron pins driven through the
bottom and into the ground. 1t consists
of six pieces held together by hinges
and SO arranged that when sprung to
release the pigeon the top and sides,
front and rear, shall fall outward, leav-
ing the whole affair fiat on the ground.
There is lateral sliding door on the
rear end, through which the bird is ad.
mitted, and the front is barred like a
coop. In the center of the trap is a
metal or wooden tongue, pivoted on a
spring, and to this tongue red rag
is attached To spring the trap the
puller takes hold of cord attached to a
leather strap on top; single tug re-
leases the fore.end of the top and as it
comes up, the sides and ends fall away
with clatter. At the same instant the
spring on the tongue is released and
the bird, startled by the noise and the
sight of the red rag, flies upward with
rush.
In two cases lately brought by the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals in Trenton and Philadelphia,
the decisions were in. favor of the right
of the clubs to shoot live birds. A few
of the States still prohibit pigeon shoot.
ing, Connecticut being one of them; but
in New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl-
vania and in the West generally, the
sport is allowed.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-04-10
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.


The Methodist church will have a
new university in Washington, d. c., if
present plans are realized.
The building of the new Protestant
church at Bethlehem, in Palestine,
which was interrupted in 1888, has now
been resumed by permission of the Sui
tan, at the special wish Of the German
Empress.
In the statistics of the Protestant
Episcopal church in the United States
there is an increase in the number of
Sunday-school scholars for the year
1SSS-S9 amounting to nearly $4,000,
nearly quarter of the increase being
in the diocese of Pennsylvania.
The attendance at Marietta Coll
lege, Marietta, o., is increasing year
by year. There are ninety-five in
the college classes-more than ever
before in the fifty-four years of its
history, Fifty-six are members of
churches, of whom twenty-five are look
.ng to the ministry. One is Persian,
fitting to teach in the mission college.
Two Indians, active, religious men, are
fitting for higher service among their
people.
"A church which desired to get rid Of
an aged pastor who had long served it
held meeting to consider the matter.
After considerable discussion, one of
the deacons who had hitherto said moth
ing, getting impatient, arose and said:
"Mr. Cheerman, | move that Mr.. H--'s
usefulness in this ere field come to an
eend arter tonight" The motion was
carried. Churches sometimes bring a
pastors usefulness to an end" without
a formal vote. 1t is easily done when a
few people set themselves to it.-Chris-
tian Inquirer.
Amherst College is making a move
which will be watched with great in
terest by the other colleges. The stu
dents have placed their athletics in the
hands of an advisory board consisting
of ten members, made up of the profess
sors of physical education; the presi-
dents of the base ball, foot ball and ath'
letic associations; three alumni not
members o. the faculty and Frederick
B. Pratt, The two members of the fac
ulty and three alumni members will be
appointed by the college senate. The
athletic policy of the college and the
finances connected herewith will be
completely controlled by the new board
One feature which the city and the
school system should have and which
both need quite as much as they do new
schools, is a school building which shal
be the center and distributing point O
all information on school matters. A!
there is no city in the country which ha'
SO great a number of pupils, teachers
and school buildings, there is also NJ
large city which has more inadequate
means of reaching, directing or accom-
modating it's teachers; of furnishing
them with desired information on schoo
subjects, of instructing them in the his
tory of education itself, an instruction
which has become part of the necessar,
studies of the teacher to-day who desire
to become fully abreast with the lates
educational movements
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-04-10
HUMOROUS.

Reward of Virtue-''Waiter, that
man came in after did, and yet he has
his roast goose and l have nothing"
"Oh, yes, sir; but then he always gets
very cross if we don't serve him at
once,"-F'liegende Blatter.
Gentleman Ito tramp)-"What, you
here again? 1t hasn't been week
since gave you half dollarw Tramp
Just week. sir; but, great heavens,
you don't expect man to live year on
fifty cents, do you?'-Washington Star
-"Have you selected your bridesmaid
yet% asked the happy mamma. YES"
replied the happy girl. "Sue Elder"
"But she's so uglyr' That's why /
chose her, mamma, dear. I'm not par
ticularly handsome myself. The Jury.
First Roman Actor-"Canst lend me
the price of a shave, Julius?" Second
Roman Actor-"Verily, Caius, l have
not denarius about mel" First Roman
Actor-''This is rough! Here | must
play Queen Hecuba tonight, and I've
got two-weeks' beard on my chin!"-
Puck.
hutchinson, who has just been re-
jected by Miss Martinvale, was met
near her gate by the young lady's aunt,
who affectionately remarked: "You
have just been to see my niece. How is
the dear girl?' Every much on the de-
cline" replied Judkinson, as he
fastened away.-N. Y. Ledger.
She (age eighteen)-''When l GO
upon the stage it shall be as a star. My
proud spirit could never sink to the
level of a common actress" Same She
(age nty-eight)-''Oh, girls, amt it
NIGEL The stage managers going to let
me have speaking part tonight. One
of the pages is sick"-Lawrence Ameri.
can.
-Wife-'A box came for you to-day
filled with shirts. Why did you have
any made to order, when it was only the
other day / made you dozen with my
own hands?" Husband-''My dear, you
don't understand. / consider your shirts
too good to wear every day, so 1 ordered
a few ordinary ones for use except on
special occasions. ."-Clothier and Fur.
nisher.
Minister Ito choir-master) 1.-THE
music went splendidly this morning.
Choir-master-"Yes, l f1atter myself il
did" Minister-'I am glad to see the
singers give their whole energy to the
important religious work. There is nc
deception in such singing as that.
oir-master-'Well, no, l should say
not You see, Mr.. Thumper, told the
choir last night that an operatic man
ager would attend church to-day for the
purpose of finding some good voices
Christian Register.
Life Insurance Agent-'Come, cant
! place some insurance on your life
We're all liable to die at any moment
you know" Citizen (who has had three
other agents in to see him since reach
ing his office)-''Fhst's so. Lite is un
certain, and it is especially so with me
My physician says am liable to droI
of at any moment with heart disease
He gives me only a couple of months t,
live Life Insurance Agent-'Ohl ex
cuse me. There's no need of pursuing
the subject further. Sorry to hav'
troubled you. Good morning." Citizer
by Jove! that idea of mine work
like a charm. Boston Courier.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-04-10
WOMANS QUALIFICATION.
a Fossilized Idea Which Serves as n Relic
of a Barbaric Age.

VI ~ Afatb baTtc ASOs
viii women ever get through under
rating themselves? We have the relic
of barbarism in the few lone, wandering
tribes of Indians that refuse to be civil
ized; the relic of intemperance in the
drunkard that can not be reformed, and
the last drunkard's grave that is filled
will doubtless put an end to this partic-
ular species of decay; also the relic dis
senter to woman's education and busi-
ness qualification. We occasionally
hear, says writer in the Chicago Inter
Ocean, the worn-out theme revived in
the club-room, and an attempt made to
elucidate their particular idea of reform
which, unfortunately to the happiness
of man, at least dates backward instead
of forward: for If there is one poison
more deadly than another to home in
terests it is the old fossil idea that wom-
an has but one avocation in life-that of
wife and mother. Preserved as a relic
solely it served its time and passed
TRANQUILITY into posterity. peace to its
ashes"
HViit"h 10 eut aHdhCA VI ucf ONu GcS'
tiny, and should she choose to become
the angel of the fireside- through mer
cenary motives alone, because it is the
only means Of livelihood who would
dare foretell the sequel to such union;
The home might take on more of tbs
demoniae than the angelic. Again, We
have observed this ''dissenter'' at pub
lie gatherings where the speake1
ehanced TO be woman No matter hov
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-04-10
READY! PULL!w BANG.
Live and Clay Pigeon Shooting and
How Experts Do 1t.
The Proper Equipment for Club of Be-
ginners at Trap Shooting-A Sport
That Is Growing More Popular
Every Year.
COPYRIGHTED 1890. |

( For the busy man who loves the sound
q shooting excursion once or twice
year in the season, it is standing re-
gret that his lack of practice between
seasons puts his hand out of trim for the
birds. He finds that he is by no means
as good shot at the opening of the
season as he was at the close of the pre-
vious year, and it takes very nearly his
whole holiday to regain his old skill.
But this is all being rapidly changed.
Trap shooting, which has taken hold of
the public fancy to very large extent
in recent years, affords the opportunity
for practice so greatly desired, and if
the sportsman is lucky enough to be
member of club, he can have all the
practice he wants at little loss of time
and small cost He has the satisfaction,
too, when he takes his holiday, of find
ing himself no longer awkward and
laundering with the gun. His hand
and eye are quick, his aim is true and
he is able to hold his own with other
competitors in the hunting-held.
Trap shooting was, until few years
ago, confined almost wholly TO profess
sionals, and very few amateurs were
skillful enough to be ranked as experts.
Now, however, there are clubs in every
big city, and some of the amateur sports
men would not make at all bad showing
even by the side of such distinguished
shots as Bogardus, DR.. Carver and other
noted guns of the trap and hunting
field.
The glass ball, formerly so popular in
matches at the traps, is now quite a
thing of the past. 1t is no longer used
in this country. Where live pigeons
are not employed under the Hurlingham
Club rules which govern all matches
shot with live birds, the artificial clay
pigeon is the universal substitute. The
glass ball was discarded for the reason
that it's brittleness made it liable to
break at the slightest contact with the
shot, and it was even a question whether,
under certain conditions, actual contact
was necessary to shatter it.
Trap shooting with artificial birds is
one of the least expensive sports, yet
one of the most enjoyable. So many
improvements have been made recently
in the manufacture of clay pigeons that
>the natural action of the bird is now
simulated with remarkable fidelity and
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-04-10
BONNETS AND HATS.
Principal Features of the Latest Importa-
tions of Millinery.

Principal Features of the Latest Importa-
tions of Millinery.
The latest importations of fine French
millinery show a preponderance OF the
fancy Tuscan straws, in open-work pat
known as "lace-straws." There are few
bonnets of hats of a single material; II
the brim is of open-straw then the
crown is velvet or of plain lace trans
parent enough to show the hair through;
or it is omitted and the open space
merely vailed with velvet ribbons and
loops. There are some dainty little
French toques which are merely ban
deaux of flowers and lace; the space
where the crown should be left open
Just enough to display the coiffure.
Another feature of the coming bonnet is
the use of velvet ribbon. This ribbon APP
pears as bows and ties in various widths.
In two-inch width, the ties are not
bowed under the chin but merely twisted
together and pinned on either side with
iewelled pin Other bonnets and hats
are trimmed with slender bows COM
posed of many loops of narrow velvet
ribbon, and are completed by ties of the
same width, which are left long to be
tied by the wearer under the chin or in
any way she fancies. Scarf-strings of
/ delicate Grape or gauze, or barbs OF black
chantilly lace, are used on other bon
nets, and are to be twisted loosely to-
gether and fastened with studied care
lessness on the left shoulder by dia-
mond or rare -jewelled pin of any kind.
While most millinery is composed Of
black straw trimmed with color, there
are some charming little toques-for all
bonnets are toques, short at the ears
with strings from the back-which are
made of dark blue and brown lace-straw
trimmed with blossoms in harmonizing
colors and coronet effect Still other
bonnets are in black velvet and white
straw, and are made with brim OF
rough -and-ready braid, the hollow
crown of the bonnet crossed by velvet
ties, and partly vailed by the clusters
of loops of the velvet ribbon that trim
the brim.
An exquisite little toque with white
Tuscan straw brim is a harmony in
violets and dead leaf brown. The open.
work brim holds face-trimming OF
violets and the open crown is vailed
with loops of brown velvet ribbon and
crossed by the wide ties of the same,
which hold tiny cluster of violets at
the back and are left to be twisted in
front and pinned with gold or en-
amelled violet pins. Full wreaths oi
pansies in all the gold and purple of the
natural flower trim the brim of other
bonnets with transparent crowns of black
lace.
Pale lettuce and celery tints Of green
are additions to the vegetable colors o.
the season. These shades are used
boldly in velvet ribbons, which are
frilled around the outside edge of large
black chip hats, trimmed with cluster:
of French daises and foliage and blacl
velvet bows Pansies and roses wreath
toques with black lace-straw brims
which nearly cover the soft crown o.
aubergine velvet A few pokes without
strings are shown shirred in black Brus
sells net, the brim edged with band o
pink rose-petals under the blacknet and
trimmed with a garland of La France
rosebuds and leaves y. Tribune
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-04-10
MANS IDEA OF WOMANLY.
The Course Prescribed For the Oppressed
of Mankind.

The Course Prescribed For the Oppressed
of Mankind.
Some men tell us we must be patient
and persuasive; that we must be woman
ly. My friends, said Elizabeth Cady
Stanton, in a recent address, what is
mans idea of womanly? 1t is to have a
manner that pleases him, quiet, defer
entail submissive-that approaches
him as a subject does master. He
wants no self-assertion on our part. no
defiance, no vehement arraigning of him
as robber and criminal. While the
grand motto Resistance to tyrants is
obedience to Cod" has echoed and re-
echoed around the globe, electrifying
the lovers of liberty in every latitude,
and making crowned heads tremble on
their thrones; while every right achiev-
ed by the oppressed has been wrung
from tyrants by force; while the darkest
page on human history is the outrages
on women-shall men tell us to-day to
be patient, persuasive, womanly? What
do we know as yet of what is womanly?
The women we have seen thus far have
been, with rare exceptions, the mere
echoes of men, Man has spoken in the
State, the church and the home, and made
the creeds and codes and customs that
govern every relation in life;and we have
simply echoed all his thoughts and
walked in the paths he prescribed, and
that they call womanly. When Jeanne
d. Arc led the French army to victory |
dare say the carpet knights of England
thought her unwomanly. When Flor
ence Nightingale, in search of blankets
for the soldiers in the Crimean war; cut
her way through all orders and red tape,
commanding with vehemence and deter
mination those who guarded the sup
plies to unlock the doors, " and not talk
to her of proper authorities when brave
men were shivering in their beds, the
mobiles of Russia would no doubt have
called her unwomanly; but the doors
opened. the blankets were forthcoming!
and the men in their tents slept warmer
that night than If she had waited with
patience and persuasive eloquence to
convince the authorities that the ther-
mometer was twenty degrees below
zero, and that British soldiers, unused
to the cold climate of Russia, might be
a little chilly in their tents To me-
"Unlock the doors" sounds better than
any words of circumlocution, however
sweet and persuasive, and | consider
that the womanly way of accomplishing
her object.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-04-10

but when hit is easily broken, and the
Standard and Keystone, both of which
are fac SMILES of the blue rock pigeon.
One of the birds formerly used had a
paper tongue; but it was found that in
wet weather this would become limp
and refuse to work. The most reliable
have clay or wooden tongue. The
best clay pigeons, when bought in guam
titles for the use of clubs, cost about
two cents each.
From pecuniary standpoint, it is a
very different thing wnen live birds are
used. In the season pigeons cost about
twenty-five cents apiAce; but in winter
the price runs up to sixty cents and even
higher.
In some recent big matches shot in
this neighborhood the birds cost an av-
erage of two dollars apiece, and in q
match between DR.. Knapp and Major
Floyd Jones not long ago several hun
dred birds we're killed, costing a dollar
each. The pigeons for these contests
come from different parts of the coun-
try, but the best are from Baltimore,
where the famous blue rock breed is
raised. The blue rock is small bird
hard, firm and heavy for its size. A
great many gunners who have not had
much experience in live-bird shooting
make the mistake of selecting big birds
under the impression that they are the
strongest and the fastest flyers. Elk
perts, however, will pick out the small
firm bird, as they know by experience
that they will fly faster and are in every
way better suited for the traps.
In shooting either at live or artificia
birds good deal depends upon the
weather. Windy weather has an effec
both on the fight of the live birds ant
the artificial ones. If the day be hare
and cold and pretty windy, the liv'
birds get up wilder and the clay one
naturally sail faster with the wind
| All matches at artificial birds are sho
from three or five traps set level, fiv,
yards apart, in the segment Of circl
or in a straight line and numbered con
secutively. These traps should throw
the birds from forty to sixty yards. Th
puller stands six feet behind the shoote
and pulls at the latter's command. |
he pulls too early, the marksman Cal
refuse the bird and he is then entitle,
to another. In single bird shooting
the rise is regulated according TO tn
gun used and runs from thirteen t
eighteen yards; in doubles it is fror
eleven to sixteen yards. Wit
singles, one barrel only is loaded at
time.
Position has good deal to do wit
success in trap shooting. Although tn
marksman in all except the Nationa
association clubs may assume an
standing attitude he pleases, he will
find most of those of his own choic
ungraceful and ineffective. The lat
Ira Paine used to stand with the stocl
of his gun almost resting on his righ
hip and the barrels raised to an angl
of forty-five degrees ready for tn
word
Bogardus invariably held his gun be
low the elbow, with the barrel slight
raised, according to Nottingham Gu