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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-26
He Saw How It Was.

There had been an accident on the A. and A.
railroad, reports the New York Sun. by which
two passengers had been killed and several
injured, and the company's attorney was de-
spatched to attend the coroner's inquest and
see that the right sort of verdict was returned.
You see how it was, said the attorney, as
he took little walk with the coroner. "A
freight train was standing here in front of the
depot on the maiu tack. y
Yes
''The passenger train came along and ran
into the rear of the freight"
''Of course"
ut was an act Of providence"
"Oh, but the station master did not hoist the
signal, as he should have
That is true but why didn't he?"
Because he was drunk. He has admitted
that he was drunk"
Yes. but how did he come to get drunk ?
In returning from dinner he found a bottle of
whisky on the street. He drank some, and was
made drunk. Ordinarily ne would not have
touched it, but he had cramps. He usually
USES Jamaica ginger for cramps, but on this oc-
casion he had reason to believe that there was
none in town. Don't you see the hand of provi
dence through it all?''
Yes, l begin to. but some one should have
raised That signal.
so as TO that. if we are sued aud a case ever
comes to trial. we shall not only prove that the
signal was up, but that the air brakes on the
passenger train refused to work. 1t was provi
dence, of course, and if the boys will only see
it that way"
20, certainly. You are a railroad man, and
you ought to know more about providence
than the rest of us. We snail return a verdict
of no one to blame
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-26
PERSONAL.

ERs- NANSTSs. widow Of Secretary Manning,
VIII live hencetorth chiefly at Washington.
SIG. sALvISI still maintains his prowess as
player at pallone, the game resembling
rackets-
MISS MILDRED LEE. daughter Of the late Rob
ert E Lee. is e fayorite in the best social cir
cles Of Washington.
TIE Duchess or ALBANY, widow Of the queens
invalid son, took regular course as hospital
nurse, and has Just received her diploma
TIE LATE DR. LozxIe Of Breslau was the old
est professor Of chemistry in Germ any. He
was born in 1903. began lecturng in 1880 and
was the celebrated Bunsen's successor at Bre-
slsu
PRIScE BIsNARcK speaks English with a Ger
man accent and q rather old-fashioned pronun-
citation, but ais mastery of the language is com
plete and his knowledge Of its literature is very
great.
MINISTER LINCOLN is much improved in health
and spirits. The loss Of his son pulled him
down greatly, but he is now recovering his or
usual way.
Editor WATTERsoN said last Saturday night
IN speech before the Old Hickory Club Of
Little Rock that Cleveland would be the nomi-
nee OF the Democratic party, and that he would
oe placed IN nomination by Gov Hill OF New
ADES srARKs, who died few days ago at
Milford, Ind, was one OF the characters in the
story of The Hcosier Schoolmaster," which
ma lie Edward Eggleston famous as an author.
IL was tue house of Starks' father that was
robbed. aud the place is still pointed out as such
TO the stranger.
CoSGREssxAS ScorT Of Pennsylvania, who
was responsible Tor the rupture between Cleve-
land and Randall. used to make point Of going
out IL an ostentatSous manner whenever Mr..
Randall rose TO address the House, and would,
whenever he could, take of other prominent
democratic members by inviting them to
luncheon.
SAM JONES preached last Sunday at Aberdeen,
Miss, to an immense audience of men only.
The local chronicler records that when he re-
ferrsd to violations Of the sanctity of the house
hold, and suggested the efficiency of the Mis-
siSsippi shotgun policy in such cases, from the
vast audience broke forth perfect whirlwind of
applause IN the way of stamping of feet and
clapplng of hands"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-26
Kueelinr ct the Threshold.

From the Christian at Work.
I'm kneeling at the threshold, weary, faint and
sore.
Waiting for the dawning, for the opening of the
Waiting till the Master shall bid me rise and
come,
To the glory of his presence, to the gladness of
his home.
A weary path I've Travelled. mid darkness,
storm and strife.
Bearing many burden, struggling for my life;
But now the morn is breaking, my toll will soon
be DER;
I'm kneeling at the threshold, my hand is on the
door.
Methinks l hear the voices of the blessed as
they stand
Singing in the sunshine of the far-of, sinless
land;
o, would that / were with them, amid the
shining throng,
Mingling in their worship, joining in their song.
The friends that started with me have entered
long ago;
One by one they left me struggling with the foe /;
Their pilgrimage was shorter, their triumph
How lovingly they'll hail me when all my toll is
done,
with them the bssased angels, that know no
grief nor sin,
see them by the portals prepared to let me in;
o Lord, wait thy pleasure, thy time and way
are best.
But Tn wasted, worn and weary: Father bid
me rest, w. L. ALEXANDER.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-26
The Merit system.

Civil service reform has 9 great many
enemies. particularly amon- the politicians
ana political dead-bssts. Not few of its
enemies are members Of congress. In the
House Oh Thursday an effort was made to
get rid of it. a motion was made to strike
out of the legislative appropriation bill an
appropriation for the salaries of the civil
service reform Commissioners OF course
the motion was defeated The spoilmen are
not strong enough to abolish the merit sys-
tenn and there is no probability that they
ever will be.
The MORNING News, has said many
times, and says again, that the merit sys-
tenn is here to stsY. The people are in
favor of it. Il would never have been
adopted had not the people demanded it,
and the people have no. yet sesn any rea-
son why it should be abolished There are
politicians in and out OF congress who
want it abolished. not because they
think the civil service would
be better without it, but because they want
to distribute the Offices among their friends.
They desire TO offer the Offices as rewards
to those who render them political services
They would be to willing endure all the
annoyances which are CONNECTED with the
distribution Of patronage for the sake Of the
power which the control of the Offices would
give them.
The spoilsmsn, however, are in the mi
nority, and they will always be in the mi
nority. Neither the Democratic nor the
Republican party has hecourags to assume
the responsibility for the repeal of the merit
system. The people would not sustain the
party that dared to attack that system.
The evils of the spoils system are not for
gotten, and there is in the public mind a
very lively sense of its dangers. 1t re-
quired years of agitation to get congress to
adopt the merit system, and public conf
dence in that system has steadily grown
stronger. 1t is probably true that abuses
have crept into it, and there is no doubt
that this administration has not faithfully
and conscientiously enforced the civil
service laws, but the abuses will be cor
rected under the influence of healthy pub
lie sentiment, and each succeeding admin
istration will realize in a greater degree
than IFS predecessor the Importance of up
holding the merit system.
The country is getting too big to permit
of change in all the offices of the govern
ment every time there is a change in the
administration. Such change would pro-
duce confusion in the public business, and,
besides, it would be source of danger. The
people don't want all the government places
filed with henchmen and heelers of the po-
litical bosses. They want them filled by
people who are competent to discharge the
duties required of them. If the spoilsmen
are wise they will cease attacking the merit
system. They cannot induce the people to
favor abandoning it.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-26

Mr.. z. E Ropes, of Astos, Fla, put this
question to the Boston Advertiser: eff
northern wool manufacturers get so per
cent. duty to protect them, why should not
the orange growers get as much! (which
would be about 81 per box. We need it as
badly, and the argument is more in our
favor than theirs. One dollar per box would
be perhaps cents dozen, an increase not
enormous to the consumer. One dollar per
box insured TO us for ten years would so in
crease the production of both oranges and
lemons that we could more than supply the
United States, and methods of production
and transportation would so improve that
the product would cost the consumer less
than it costs them now" Judging by the
cut in sugar and rice duties made in the
Mckinley bill it would appear that Mr..
Ropes residence in Florida is a sufficient
answer TO his question.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-26
The Men Who Cause Trouble.


Congressman Kelley, of Kansas, is one of
that class OF men who cause trouble. he is
a narrow-ninied msa aad be finds great
pleasure in attacking the southern people.
In making these attacks he has very little
regard for truth His purpose appssrs TO
be 10 create an unfavorable impression Of
the PEOPLE Of the south. and 20 accomplish
his object he does not hesitate 10 use false
information
According TO our dispatches be mads q
political speech in the House on Wednesday,
during which he read a letter from the
colored postmaster Of Abbeville, S. c., in
which that official product of Postmaster
General Wanamake- and Assistant Post
master General Clarkson told q horrible
tale Of how he had been whipped with
barbed wire, beaten with clubs, and run out
Of that town by the citizens Congressman
Kelley was forced to admit, however, that
be himself had written the letter, and
when he made that admission both dem :
ocrats and republicans received his outrage
story with roars OF laughter.
Congressman Cothran, of South Carolina,
admitted that there had been some demon
stration against the postmaster by few
hot headed young men, but there had been
no clubs used and no barbed wire. He said
there was a good deal of Indignation among
the people of AbbeTills at the removal of a
white woman Of northern birth from the
position of postmaster. The woman had
been appointed by President Grant, and
had not been disturbed by President Cleve-
land, but when Gen. Harrison became
President she was removed against the
wishes of the people. and an Objectionable
colored man appointed to succeed her.
Does it not seem remarkable that Msssrs.
Wanamaker and Clarkson found it neces-
sary to remove from a little postofice a
widow who was satisfactory to the people
whom she served for no other reason than
to make place for a man obnoxious to the
community! Does not an act like this indi-
cate a disposition to annoy the southern
peoples And yet, there is man in con-
gress so lost to the sense Of justice, and of
so malignant a nature as to attempt to Gre
ate sentiment against the south, by trying
to make political outrage of the demon
stration of q few young men in behalf of
the widow.
This same Congressman Kelley, who takes
such deep interest in colored postmasters,
did not tell the House that his son, who is a
resident of Fort Smith, Ark, got into
trouble with the colored psople of that town
by his efforts to prevent them from build
ing a church near his residence 1t seems
that, after all, this Kelley family have no
use for the colored people, aud tolerate them
only for their votes and outrage stories.
1t is alleged that not long ago this same
Congressman Kelley delivered speech at
Fort Smith which was SO outrageous and I'M
truthful that att meeting of citizens of the
town, presided over by grand army man,
he was denounced in unmeasured terms as
malignant fool
1t is pity that such men as hs are ele-
waited to positions of trust aud influence,
aud it is a greater pity that they are sue
cessful in getting hearing from the people.
The amount of harm they do is almost
incalculable.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-26
He Knew Her.

There were four or five men leaning against
the city hall fence yesterday forenoon, at par
ticular hour. says the Detroit Free Press talk.
ing politics and progress when a woman
halted before them and asked of one particular
man.
Gould you let me have money to buy a pair
of shoes WITH"
do you really need EN- bads' he inquired in
turn.
Very badly, sir; and shall never forget
your kindness ii you aid me-
well, here it is, he said as he put bill in
her hand.
Thanks. kind sir, and may heaven bless
you"
When she had moved away one of the group
said:
She was mighty cheeky"
"Brassiest thing I've seen in year" added
second.
do you know her Bill?" inquired third of
the man who had opened his purse.
Yes, more or less. We've been married
about twenty-five years, and when don't come
down she takes this way of maSing ME. l
rather like it, get the credit of beng very
charitable, and she gets the cash.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-26
Women Running Elevators.

A woman running an elevator is rather an IN
usual sight, but there is an institution in this
city which contains several hundred people.
says the Detroit Free Press, and its elevator is
run entirely by women. There is no particular
one to do il. but each member of the household
is capable of performing the task. The elevator
is in st. Mary's Hospital and the sisters run it
with perfect ease. A lady who went up in it
one day said to Sister Mary Francis:
Il should think you would be afraid, sister, to
run the elevator"
Afraid of what?' asked the good sister, as
she ran the ropes smoothly through her white
hands.
Why, of such task. 1t must be very labor
ious.''
Il ought to be abe to do what 10-year-old
boy can" answered Sister Mary Francis with q
smile, as she opened door and let her visitor
out just like any elevator hand.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-26

The news from Providence, K. l., is of
character to Indicate that something in the
nature of democratic tidal wave struck
that city in the special election for tenth
representative to the general assembly on
April %. Gen. John NJ. Brennan was
chosen by 2.10S majority. This is the
largest ma ority ever given democrat in
Providence, and would seem to indicate that
the city has come into the democrati
column to stay. Gen Brennan even carried
the Second ward, a republican strong
hold. This victory has special significance
in view of the fact that the election was
held under the ballot reform law and is a
complete refutatioa of the charges made by
the New York Sun that the law operated
to the detrlment of the democrats. The
Democratic party has nothing to fear from
pure elections
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-26

1t is said that the Lake Superior iron ore
companies have been declaring fat divi-
dends again. The Pittsburg and Angelina
Lake Company, with a capital stock of only
100000, said to be watered at that, has
paid its stockholders $4,000 in profits
during the last fifteen months. This is
away beyond 100 per cent. per annum on
the capital stock-how much on what is
really invested only omniscience knows.
All these immense profits are the outcome
of the Is cents per ton duty on iron ore
applied ''in the interest of American labor
of course. The iron barons however, will
continue to employ imported pauper labor
and the republicans will continue to allow
the rs cents duty in order that these mil
lionaires may pile up more millions Pro-
lection is great scheme-for the iron
barons.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-26
The South aonors Her Dead.

The south to-day will scatter flowers over
the graves of those who died in her defense.
Many a tear will fall before the ceremonies
are over. A quarter of a century has
elapsed since the close Of the war, but the
memory of the heroism of the gray-clad
soldiers is as dear to the hearts of the people
as ever it was
The south feels that the truest pledge of
her loyalty to the restored union is found in
her tribute on each recurring April to the
men who died for her. These dead soldiers
believed they were right, they fought for
that belief even to the surrender of their
lives, and their devotion finds its reward in
the immortelles which are annually placed
upon the graves they fill
Memorial day in the south is peculiarly
sad. All days devoted to dead, in the ma
ture of things, are. But when a nation
comes to honor those who died in its defense,
knowing that their blood was shed in vain,
the sadness is intensified. The country will
witness another Memorial day in a few
weeks. The north will pay tribnte to the
men who carried her cause to victory; but
it may be doubted whether the hearts of
the thousands who will gather about the
graves of the union soldiers will be tinged
with the sadness that fills the south.
Twenty-Five years after Appomattox
both sections pay generous tribute to their
dead, and the sight awakens no feeling of
bitterness. Cemented by the blood of
heroes, the country is firmly united.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-26
BRIGHT BITS.

How did Robinson happen 70 getjswamped?''
He got into the swim too deep. "-Munsey's
Weekly.
FLIES want to make spectacles of themselves
when they light on mans nose.-Nelo Orleans
Plcdy1sne.
WHEN man cannot borrow anything else
distances will lend enchantment to his view of
others atfiuence.-AshiGndP Press.
Mas. YoUYewiFE-Did you ever try any of my
biscuits, Judge?
Judge-No, never did; but I dare say they
deserve it, Yonkers Statesman.
A MAN who is silly about nothing else will be
silly when his age is mentioned. 1he brightest
person we ever knew was detected in changing
the Bible ecord.-AtchtSoN Globe.
Mas. SLIxPURsE-Anything new in the paper?
Mr. Sllmpurse-No; except that the husband
of the woman whose fine dresses you have been
envying has fled to Canada.-Nel0 York.
Weekly.
FIRST SWEET GIRL-Just think, The Car of
Russia has throne that cost more than 900.
as mnch as papa paid for his seat in the Senate.
-IerTe Hdute ErDreSs.
HUSBAND Ton return from of1ce)-Was there
a gentleman here to see me to-day. dear.
Wife-A man called with bill.
Husband--I asked if a gentleman had called
to see me.-Boston Courier.
RoB1Nsox-WeH, Thomas, suppose you were
beside yourself with joy when Miss Martha &C
copied you,
Ihomas-Not exactly but I was beside her
for some time Observation-Disclosures Re
publican.
DEAREST LAURA. don't cry So If everything
else vanisheS we shall yet have left to US mem
ory."
"Ah, dearest Emma. then perhaps you will
remember that lent you IS two years ago.
E3iegende Batter.
FIRST TopER-a1y overcoat was stolen last
night, and here to-day it is as cold as the North
Pole
Second Toper-Did burglars get into your
house:
First Toper-No, but into m ypawnbrokers.-
TerGs SiJtiHgs.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-26
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

MEErINGs-DeKalb Lodge No. Q, ]. o. o. F..
Confederate Veterans Association; Savannah
Branch, S. 7. A.
SPECIAL NoTIcEs-Memorial Day on the Coast
Line Railroad; Train Every Hour on Coast Line
Railroad to Thunderbolt on Sunday; Two Hun
dred Active Newsboys Wanted, William Estill,
Agent for Carnival Committee; Special Satur.
days Prices at Heidt's; Another Shipment of
Rice Field Lamb at Joyce's; To the Merchants
and Citizens Generally; Black Lace Scarf Lost.
AMusEMENrs-Grand Excursion and Free Tx
hibition at Thunderbolt Sunday, April q;
George Wilson's Mammoth Mlnstrels az the
Theater Monday and Tuesday; First Game of
the Season at the Bolton Street Park To-day.
BRISTOL. Va, AND TENN.-Sale of 1000 Lots of
the Bristol Land Company, May Is, 10, II.
CEEAP COLUMN ADVERTISEMENTS Help
Wanued; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For
Sale; Lost; Found; Personal: Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-26

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-26

Hon. William Mckinley said the other
day that, in his opinion, Benjamin Harri-
son would be renominated for President in
1892, aud would be again elected. He
further remarked that the President had
kept all of his promises. The President was
doubtless greatly surprised when he read
that, in Mr.. McKinley's opinion, he had
kept all his promises. He sincerely hopes
probably that the people generally are as
forgetful as Mr.. Mckinley appears to be.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-26

The four new states recently admitted to
the union have a total vote of less than
500. 900; yet each will count for as much In
the United States Senate as populous COM
nonwealths like New York and Pensyl-
vania. This fact, taken in connection with
the evident intention of the Republican
party to admit Idaho and Wyoming, SIM
ply to prolong its hold on the Senate, is not
likely to allay the growing demand for an
election of senators by popular vote.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-26

That eminent exponent of republican
principles, Hon. John Sherman, has been
quoted as referring to his own party and
the democratic in the following words:
Anything which will beat down that
party and build up our own is justified in
morals and in law" And Hon. j. j. ingalls,
Of the corn-burning state of Kansas has been
quoted on the same line as saying. with
the epigrammatic force for which he is
famed, that 1.-THE reform of politics is an iri-
descent dream" These statements have not
been denied by either of the gentlemen, and
SO the country must accept them as true.
But what a commentary on the claim of
the republicans to represent all that is wise
in policy and high in moralsl
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-26

A rumor comes from Texas that Jay
Gould viii probably invest in the stock
business in that state. Mr.. Gould has
been wonderfully successful in the stock
business in Wall street. There he has
tanned the widest bulls without apparent
effort; but it would be well for him to re-
member that it is just possible that the
Texas animal is more difficult to deal with.
and that, despite his Wall street experience.
be may lack the necessary qualifications.