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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-26
The Rouse Drainage Question.


The amount set apart for house drainage
by the city for the next year is only 5000
As it is not proposed TO do anything next
year toward providing the city with a house
drainage system there was no occasion for
making an appropriation for that purpose.
For years the question Of the necessity
for a system Of house drainage has been
agitated, but. as yet, there are no indica-
tions that the city will have such a system
in the very near future A sanitary expert
has made a report on the subject, and there
the matter rests. The council says that be-
fore anything can be done in the direction
Of house drainage a better water supply
must be obtained and an outlet for sew
age must be provided.
Assuming that the position Of the council
is correct, ought not a certain amount Of
money be put aside every year for
house drainage systemi Indeed, IL a house
drainage system were adopted some work
upon it might be done next year, and the
year after, so that when the new water
works are completed 1t would not take
long TO finish the house drainage system.
The health Of the city is a matter of the
hfgeestimportance Without good health
the city cannot be prosperous It is ad-
mitted that good health is dependent to a
great extent upon good drainage.
And there is another thing that Is entitled
to consideration in this connection. 1t is
that citizens are now compelled to submit to
a very considerable expense to make con-
nections with sewers, and these connections
do not always give satisfaction. There are
hundreds of householders who are forced to
throw slops into the streets because they
have no other place to throw them, and yet
they violate an ordinance and are liable TO
be fined for doing so.
Attention is called again to the subject
| OF house drainage, because 1t is a most inn
porrant one, and one to which the council
will have to give careful consideration soon.
And the pressure in its behalf may come at
time when there is less willingness 20
stand the present heavy taxation. There is
considerable grumbling about the taxes,
and the increase in the budget for next
year is noticed with comments that do not
indicate a feeling Of general approval
There is feeling that the council Is yield
ing TO demands that increase expenses
when it should strive to reduce expenses.
At the meeting Wednesday night
one of the councilman said be
did not want to have to face an empty
treasury at the end Of the year. If there
were not danger of such condition of af-
fairs he would hardly have made such re-
mark. Now that the city is in good finan-
cial condition an effort should be made TO
accumulate something for house drainage.
The policy of letting the future take care OF
itself Is a mistaken one
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-26
shrawd s,rt of a simnlaenr,.

A circus proprietor once, when entering a
aree town in Cornwall, was much annoyed al
finding turnpike gate close to the town. a,
which he had to pay toll for all his horses. SAYS
a writer Ia the Rider aud Driver.
Very near the turnpike was the asylum, and
lifting on one Of the walls which surrounded
he asylum grounds was perfectly harmless
but at the same time hopeless lunatic, who was
very much Interested i'll the discussion going on
at the toll gate
'Hi, master" he called out as the proprietor
came up, don't you pay. He's got money out
of your pocket TO put In his own. Piebald horses
never pay toll"
Never pay TOLL Are you sure?' asked the
proprietor. not knowing the man to be an idiot.
"Of coarse l am. ASK anybody here and
they'll tell you the same. You take my advice
and go back and make him give up the money. -
Very much annoyed at being so robbed The
angry proprietor tore back, and In language
more forcible than polite demanded his money
back.
But the tollkeeper refused to give it up and
Indignantly denied the lunatic's assertions
desiring to be brought face to face with his
traducer,
The proprietor, only too pleased. brought him
up TO where this lunatic was still sitting reyel-
ling in the row he had made.
What do you mean by saying that robbed
this fellow" shouted the furious tollkeeper.
"and the piebald horses never pay tolg''
why, you fools" answered tho lunatic ''of
course they don't. Their masters have to paw
for Them"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-26

HEALTH IS WEALTH

De- z G. WssT's NERvK Ann Ba.Tx
EEST, guaranteed specific for Hysterfa ni-
nesa, Convusions, Fits Nervous Nen..Ils.
Heed%che, Nervous Prostration caused BY the So.
preston. Softening Of the Brain resnItjn 70
sanity and leading 20 misery, decay and daai n
Premature Old Age, Barrenness, Loss OF Pc.
In either sex. Involuntary Losses and Snarr,.as
abuse or over-ndulgenc4 Faoh box con, :,
one months treatment. 81 90 box or sir h ~
for ss son, ~ nail nrspad racert ~ ,,ys
10 sure any case. With each order raCsai1,a5 In,
ns ior six boxes, accompanied with As on We
WI send the purchaser our written s1Iaran t.s
70 refund the money IL the treatment does noe
S S cure Guarantees Issued only bv THN
HEIDI DRUG Co. Sole Agents. Savannah a.
BOZ Sdnan9g. tricky Heat use Boraoine Tolls
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-26

When Col. Ingersoil undertook the defense OF
Dorsey OF star route notoriety be was given a
check for $4,000 with the understanding that
be was 70 employ some one TO assist him and
1 pay Tor such services, says the Seattle Press.
ineersoll determined to employ the late John
| McSweeney OF Wooster, o VINO was the fore
| most criminal lawyer In the United States In
/ gersnll had never met McSweeney, but he tel.
egraphed him 70 come to Washington. Nc
| Sweeney, though a full-blooded Irishman. had
i spent several years at q German university and
/ looked like German.
| Dorsey's confidential man. George EaKers,
was German and was expected the day before
| McSweeneY would arrive. AS Eakers had some
| important knowledge, Col Ingersoll was anxious
70 see him. He went mp to the Arlington. where
/ all the Dorsey party were quartered and awaited
his mans arrival. Soon there entered a tan
| stout man with his trousers tucked into "a pair
OF No. y boots and his clothing despatched
VIII Inuo- HIS hair fell in ringists to his
shoulders, aud his whole appearance was that
or Journeyman Texas cowboy. The stranger
had scarcely had time TO looK around before
his hand was In the grasp of the famous orator,
Il am Ingersoll"
Yes" returned the other, "T was looking for
you"
"Ah, 1 thought ESQ.," ohuckIed the colonel
Come right up TO the room" and without
him 70 the room.
Zone of the first things wanted to say to
you, Mr. Eakers, was in the matter of my fee.
II won pc worth while to mention the amount
received 70 McSweeney when he comes, as he
will naturally do his utmost. / propose TO en-
| pioy him as cheap as l can. OF course must
have him, and If 1t comes TO a pinch would
pay him Us, 600 TO assist me, but think can
get him for $1,000 perhaps, and am satisfied
he won't refuse $40 900 in sucn a case as this IL
re thinks that Is all ne can get. He's an awful
stickler Tor fees. though, / hear, SO just oblige
me and don't tellhim what got"
20, certainly not, said the staid individual
We'll. I'll see you again In a few minutes"
said lngersoll as he left the room.
A short time after that he saw the name John
McSweeney on the register and sent up his card
He was directed to the same room.
where's McSweeneyf" inquired IngersoI,
looking around hurriedly.
That's my name, ~ said the supposed Takers,
with q comical drawl that grated on Ingersolls
ears. What followed need not be told. of
course they divided the fee equally
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-26
Reveries.
BY O. II. BEACH.

BY o. H. BEACH.
We are standing by the open grave
OF the dying ninety-one;
We hold the flowers of memory
That have withered one by one.
They all were bright and beautiful
When the glad New Year camein;
Bright buds Of hope and promise,
Devoid of sorrow, shame or sin.
Some have held their beauty
For time, but It did not last.
They fell, and we're trampied in the mire
By the footsteps hurTying past.
The bright carnation pink
Was the heart Of trusting maid:
The regal tiger lily
The courtier who to her homage paid.
The pink has lost It's luster,
Toe maiden's heart is dead,
The lily blooms in other lands,
Bis honeyed words-were they but unsait
The blushing rose, the dafodl,
They all have played part
In the drama of our human lives,
Made up Of tears and broken hearts.
Twill be the same old story
In the coming n 'nety-two;
Promises Will be made and broken
By hearts false, yet seeming true.
Some Will ride on the topmost wave.
Fortune, fame and honor win;
Some will stand by the open door.
Pleading, yet dare not enter in.
To some will come the sunshine,
To others clouds and rain;
To some bright Hopes fruition,
To others oaly pain.
But be tt Joy or sadness,
That is ours for the coming years;
Let US try 70 live in the sunshine,
And by truth, avoid the tears.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-26

Carping at the committees chosen by
Speaker Crisp now begins. 1t seems to be
rather too general to be really well founded.
What is chiefly complained of Is that be
exercised bis own Judgment instead OF TAX
ing the advice Of those who are always SO
willing to give advice by the barrel
whether it Is wanted or not. But Judge
Crisp is the man 70 bear ell responsibility
for any blunders that he may make. There
fore he seems to be justified in allowing his
selections TO be guided solely by his own
opinions OF the men for whose fitness he is
90 thus become measurably the sponsor.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-26

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-26

Performing surgical operation while
under threat OF death In case Of failure Is
not very well calculated to steady the nerves
Of any doctor. But that Is what two New
York doctors had to do the other day while
an insane saioonist stood over them with a
loaded shotgun and promised to let 20 10
case they failed in surgical operation
upon his wife, Still they didn't lose nerve
and the woman survived. That is no light
tribute to their skill Now they actually
have to sue to collect their bill. That's
tough luck.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-26
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-26
An ETactiua Eemadr.

A smart little woman got into the street car
the other day with baby in her arms, says the
ArkdNsdso Trdveter 1t lay as still as lamb
Soon, however, it changed It's course.
IL began loud tune The mother took the
badly and stood il straight up In her lap. 1t
yelled just the same. She Rugged 1t TO her
bosom. 1t yelled right along. She stroked it
and soothed It, Still louder yells She boxed
its ears Prolonged and spasmodic yells.
She then changed her plans. She cleared q
space all around, set the baby down, loosened
the bands about its neck, gave il plenty of
room and then said, In her most persuasive
tone:
Now. dearie, let It go as loud as you can"
Baby never uttered Ia sound.
Il thought you wouldn't she said.
She took itup in her lap, the gentlemen re-
sumed their seats, and the car trundled on.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-26

Now Is Mrs. Leslie Carter of the I'M
savory divorce netoriety beginning to show
herself true thespian la the astounding
bulk Of her unpaid bills and the truly
theatrical craft and unscrnpulous devices
by which she manages to evade payment.
With all Of the plentiful experience brought
out In the courts before them any trades
man who Is so foolish as to give credit to
stage people deserves to lose his money.
And he generally does.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-26
QUA sEw YORK OFFICE.

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OF the MoRxrss NEws, ONCE % Park Row,
New York. All advertising business outside ct
che states Of Georgia, Florida and South Caro-
ana VIZ be managed by him
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-26
lNDRX 10 INV ADYRRfERNRNTS.

SPECIAL NorIcEs-Freid Hicks Restaurant.
CLoTzno AND FURNISHING GooDs-At Faik
Clothing Co.
A New YEARS. PRESENT FOR EvKRYBoDY-At
Coiat's.
CLEAR HEAD-B. II. Levy Bro.
We HAD A BIO RusE-Appel & SchHul.
CzKAP COLUMN Advertisements - Help
wanted; Employment Wanted; Far Rent; For
Sale; Lost; Personal: Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-26

Casting aside all pretenses of official pro-
priety the administration is now said 20 be
going in for bold and liberal assessments OF
all government employees. Alarm seems to
have driven the President 30 throw OH his
civil service professions.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-26

Stealing to start church is certainly a
novel incentive to crime. Yet New York
missionary and two of his pious and peculiar
accomplices assign that as their reason for
robbing churches all over the city. APP
parentiy they were not particular as to
what sort of a church II was. They simply
wanted church furnishings. Intrinsic value
was all that they were careful about. Evi-
IDENTIFY they intended TO start a church Of
rather elegant appointments and they we're
somewhat critical In their tastes. But 1t
oid not occur TO them that the good brethren
rom whom all of their fittings were stolen
might have dropped in TO see them some
tune and embarrassed them greatly. There
lore II Is always best to start about these
things in the regular way.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-26

Notwithstanding The fact that he has dis
graced himself and his office In the most
tgnominious manner Secretary Of State
Soper actually has the effrontery to With
draw his resignation from the hands of the
governor of Michigan and to attempts to
continue in the tenure Of his Office. Such
mere rriles as remorse or shame do not
trouble him In the least. Losing his salary
seems to be the principal cause of anxiety
with the Wolverine statesman. But then
It seems that the state of Michigan should
have in Its constitution or statutes some
effective means OF unloading such rogues.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-26

Despite all declarations to the contrary
the Hopktns-Searles viii case is still going on
With less prospect than ever Of compro-
miss. Now il seems TO be a matter Of tenn
per as well % of money.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-26

Cranks are beginning TO lower their rates
for doing business From the original fig
ures away UP In the millions they have
come down to a few common hundreds
"asked and no takers" When the latest
reported pensioner upon mankind called
upon millionaire he offered TO take a
measly $500 and call thy account square.
To what depths Of humility have our crauks
come at last
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-26

Congressman HemphIll got married SO
very quietly that few Of bis South Carolina
constituents heard of n until it was all over
But he won one Of the most beautiful
women n Washington eocdsty.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-26

Under the guise of holiday presents so
many valuable foreign articles have been
struggled that Uncle Sam has found it
necessary to shut down upon the whole
scheme. AS consequence many very re-
spectacle citizens will be forced to go with
out their Christmas gifts from "across the
deep blue sea-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-26
Crime as a Physical Complaint

Science Is developing very rapidly.
Among the many revelations with which it
has recently astonished the always more or
less expectant world ia the discovery end
disclosure that nearly all of human frailties
and defects are directly traceable to die
ease Instead of moral deficiencies they are
pronounced physical inhrmities by the more
progressive of the medical profession.
According 10 their theories what we need
is not prisons so much as saniteriumS In
stead OF combining our culprlts to sls and
hard labor when they are convicted of crime
we should commit them to tho care aud
experiments of physicians Possibly that
might be an equally effective and evea more
rigorous punishment than the usual SEN
fences infllct. Still it Is not what the press
ent laws provide for.
Various orders of infractions Of law have
long been ascribed to certain kinds OF mania
under peculiar circumstances. But this new
proposition would bring that method of
treatment of such cases Into general use in
manner that appears somewhat radical.
There Is no question but SOME forms OF
crime have their origin and basis Ia heredi.
abnormal Developments of physical imper-
fections that fail to resist the ordinary
tendencies Of inherent evil propensities that
are said to be common to all mankind. Still
it does not appear reasonably plausible that
man could be diverted by a tonic from
prediction for robbing hen roosts nor that
sedative could be infused with that remark
able degree of potency which would allay
the most rapacious penohant for homicide
Such an idea appears absurd upon the face
of il
Yet the remarkable influences that good
health and wholesome environments exert
upon human nature especially in youth are
not TO be denied. There is no question that
many crimes are the rational result of q
disordered mental condition produced by
i'll health. But as general cure for all
crimes hygienic treatment can scarcely be
expected to prove an adequate remedy.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-26

Grotesque advertising devices of almost
every description are resorted to by the
new political cranks who have broke into
congress ON the faith of their several sur-
prising absurdities. They have really
no other stock in trade. Were they TO place
themselves upon the measure OF their act
ual merits In point Of comparative ability
they would all probably fall short Of the
usual intelligence requisite to first-class
chambermaid in livery stable. so they
rely solely upon the oddities they can affect
10 commend them to public notice and tol-
GRAFTON. While Simpson lives and thrives
upon the abolition of socks Herr Won PETER
strives for notoriety by wearing no necktie
and by swathing his rural neck In red
flannel bandages. They are queer lot Of
rustic freaks.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-26

Probably the President will now begin to
think himself really great. An insane
woman has threatened to remove" him.
But the chances are that the duck legged
gentleman will remove himself with suffi-
Gent alacrity IL he only gets suitable OPP
portunity.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-26

CHARLIE who has been blowing the corpet
for an hour(-Ned, do you think there is any
music in mef
Ned-I dou't know-there ought to be.
didn't hear aud come out.-Ttd- BIS.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-26

Squire Belva Lockwood persists In max
Ing national CIRCUS of herself by obtrud-
ang upon the public the offer of her services
as President OF the United States Just
why the enterprising Belva should regard
herself more competent than any OF the
several millions of men on this continent to
control and govern the destInies of this
great nation is q poser. Egotism must be
literally oozing out all over the unique she
statesman to inspire such amazing oonf-
dence. Merely to suppose that all of the
men in this country should imagine her
superior to them must require degree Of
vanity that would crack a mirror.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-26

Indiana developers have struck a sur
prisingly strong flow of natural gas near
Muneie. Possibly it may be the source of
the Harrison presidential boom. Since fl
blows with such violence that inference is
only natural
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-26
The Grip Becoming Alarming.

The physicians of Philadelphia are get
ting very uneasy about the grip in that city.
When it first made its appearance there
this season it was Of such a mild type that
very few people paid any attention TO it.
The physicians said that they did not be-
lisve that It would become virulent, and
they anticipated very little trouble from it.
Within the last week or two the situation
has changed greatly. The number who are
suffering from the disease ia very large,
and the percentage Of deaths has become
alarming.
The disease is accompanied by great ten
dency to throat and bronchial complica-
tions, ard one of the leading physicians says
that the epidemic promises TO be much more
severe than the epidemic of two years ago.
The deaths from the disease are now about
thirty day, and the number is expected to
increase until there are moro favorable at
mospheric conditions.
In New York the disease is increasing in
virulence and the death roll Is steadily
growing larger. New Jersey, Connecticut
and California are states in which the dis
ease is appearing In It's worst phases. But
there Is scarcely any part of the country
that Is free from 1t. In the south it has APP
peared only Ia mild form as yet and 1t Is
sincerely to be hoped that the southern peo-
pie will escape 1t In its severer phases
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-26
Can't Control His Foolish Country.

From the ST. Louis Post Dispatch (Deml
II is said that John Sherman has re-entered
the race for the presidency in order TO save the
country from financial lunacy. The Old man
has tried 70 save the country on three occasions
already, but with singular Indifference TO its
peril the country has each time played Emin to
his Stanley.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-26

CoETRIBUToR-You complain of my article
being verbose and empty rhetoric; but Just look
at some OF your editorials
Edttor-Ye but then you know give all the
people win stand of that kind Of stuff without
calling upon outside aid. -BostoR TranscripG