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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-07
INDEX TO NBW ADVERTISEMENTS.

MEETINGs-Stone Square Lodge No. q, A. F,
and A. NJ; Mount Sier Lodge No. 244l, g. L.
OF O. F.
SPECIAL NoTIcEs-Japanese Cream at Row
linskfs; Card of Thanks by Capt. Murray of the
Steamer Crescent City.
RAILROAD ScHEDULE-Csntral Railroad OF
Georgia.
WHOLE HoG-Lindsay & Morgan.
KNOX HATs-B. H. Levy & Bro.
STEAMSHIP ScHEDULE-Ocean Steamship Com
pany; Baltimore Steamship Company.
CHEAP COLUMN ADVERTISEMENTS - Help
Wanted, Employment wanted, for Rent, for
Sale, Lost, Personal. Miscellaneous
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-07

Mr.. Teddy Roosevelt, the brains Of the
civil service commission, says that the state
of Maryland is to-day an awful example Of
the pollution Of tie civil service. Mr..
Roosevelt should lecture on the rotten con-
dition of the civil service and take the state
of Maryland around with him to exhibit as
an awful example.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-07

Secretary Rusk has returned to WASH
ington and announced that he has organ
izsd pork inspection station at Milwaukee.
Isn't that rather small business for mems
Der of the cabinetl Perhaps the President
thinks Uncle Jerry can do more good es-
tablishing pork inspection stations than in
participating in cabinet meetings.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-07

NJ. lola is now trying to ire the heart of
France with the view Of having her wipe
out Sedan 1t is entirely safe to assume
that should the wipiug out process begin he
would not be lin it." He is one Of those
kind Of warriors who advise others to fight.
but who do no fighting themselves. There
are numerous bold warriors of Zolas kind.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-07
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-07
Delighted With Savannah.

From the Darien (Ga.) Timber Gazette.
The Georgia legislators were delighted with
their trip down to Savannah. OF course they
were. We knew they would be delighted before
they started on their trip
But Savannah is not satisfied. She wants to
get congress to come down and visit her. and
inspect her river Well, Savannah can enter
tain congress Just as easy as she did the legis-
Ian
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-07

No sooner do the authorities check the
green goods thieves in one direction than
these rascals find out other ways to avoid
the officers of the law and rob their dupes.
But then the dupes are not entitled TO any
sympathy. Their purpose is to commit
crime. They know they are doing wrong
when they undertake to purchase counter
felt money
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-07

The Queen of the Hawaiian Islands is
altogether too English, you know, in her
likes and dislikes in the administration of
the Hawaiian government. If she doesn't
modify her dislike Of Americans and her
appreciation of the English, the chances are
she will have an interesting revolution to
contend with. Her subjects are inclined
toward annexation % this country.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-07

Col. Shepard, editor Of the Mail and Eac-
press, who does more inconsistent and
idiotic things than any other newspaper
man in New York, is advertised to make
speeches for Mckinley in Ohio. 1t is un-
derstood that he will pay his own expenses
and furnish his own applause. But even
on these terms he will not be appreciated.
A dozen. orators like Col. Shepard would
insure McKinley's defeat.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-07

Maj. Mckinley is represented as being en-
tirely confident Of being elected governor of
Ohio. The Major has large stock of con-
fidence, and it surprises him greatly to find
that his confidence is sometimes misplaced.
He was confident, or at least he said he was.
that be would be reelected to congress last
fall, but when the returns were all in be was
surprised 70 find himself in the soup.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-07

North Dakota has a wheat crop of sc, 600, =
600 bushels, and yet this same state few
year ago was as combination of traekless
prairie and bowling wilderness. Only here
and there was there settlers cabin, and
there were no wheat fields. What mar
velous change has taken places 1t is al
most impossible to keep up with the won
derful development that is taking place.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-07

Lieut.. Perry has hardly become estab-
aished in Greenland, and yet there is talk OF
a relief expedition. The future relief exc
petitions will probably be sent along with
the original expeditions to the Arctic re-
syinnr
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-07
CuRRRNr COMMENT.
Yes, the Democratic Party Will Con-
tinue in Power.
From the Waycross (Gal Herald

FTOW We WuYCTOss NTu.J IIeTuIU.
The Democratic party will continue in power
in the state of Georgia. In the national conven-
tion it will adopt or affirm its time -hoDored
platform, upon which all men who love democ-
racy can stand When this time comes the SA-
vANNAH MoRNING NEWS will have less ''crow" to
eat than any other daily newspaper in Geor-
ola
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-07
nTRNEM YORK OFFICE.

mnLJ.FLYxx, General Advertising Agent
NJ the MORNING News, Office % PARK Row
New York. All advertising business OUTSIDE OIL
,hs states of Georgia, Florida and South Caro-
lima vii be managed BY him.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-07

1t is stated that young Mr.. Russell Has-
rison attempted to make use of certain in
formation that he had picked up some
where to obtain loan from New York
bank the other day. 1t seems that the
Western National Bank has been issuing
certificates for silver deposited with it, and
it is a question whether its action is not in
violation of the national banking law.
The controller of the treasury is now in
vestigating this matter and it was being
kept very quiet. Young Mr.. Harrison
found out about it, however, and, it is al
legged, attempted to use the information to
obtain a loan on doubtful western secu-
rites. 1t looks as if the President would
have to suppress his hopeful son.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-07

The attempts to rob express cars con-
tinue. The robbers in the last attempt,
which was made near Los Angeles, Cal
failed to accomplish their object. but they
showed that they were very desperate men
They fought boldly for the possession of the
express car. and killed one Of the detectives
who attempted to resist them. Do not the
rapidly increasing number Of train rob-
berries indicate that some plan must be
adopted for guarding express aud mail cars
against highWsymenl
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-07

The tax assessors of Terre Haute, Ind,
are much bothered as to the value they
shall place upon the stallion Axtell for tax
ing purposes. The syndicate which owns
him paid S105,OO0 for him two years ago,
and his earning power is about $50. 900 a
year Last year he was assessed al 5000.
1t is claimed that he ought to be assessed at
somewhere near his true value, but his
owners say if the assessment on him is
raised they will take him out of the state.
And. therefore, the assessors hesitate.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-07
PORTLAND CEMENT.

OLD NEWsPAPERs-2oO for - cenEs-A'
~ Business ONCE Morning News.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-07

Richard Schwarz, a merchant of Val
paraiso who reached New York last Fri
day. expressed doubt whether the trouble in
Chile was yet over. He said: $50 far as the
trouble between the old government and the
congressionslists is concerned | think it is
over, but the congressionalists are made up
Of numerous political parties and they may
fight among themselves for Office and
power" And it would be just like the
Chilsans for the leaders Of the successful
party 10 get into a squabole among them
selves which would result in more harm to
Chila than the war that has inst anded
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-07

Congressman Jerry Simpson says that
here and there Judas Iscariot is found 10
so reticent about namesi Allisncemen
would like to know their betrayers.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-10
FISH AND FLESH.

In Germany, where crickets are seldom
seen. its cry is thought to be death warn
ing.
Frogs, toads and serpents never take
food but that which they are satisfied is
alive.
The grip of an ants jaw is retained
even after the body has been bitten off and
nothing but the head remains.
The Jewish or tarpon rises to the sur
face every few minutes to breathe, and it
has an air bladder eighteen inches long.
The sting of the scorpion is precisely like
the fang of the rattlesnake and performs
its deadly work on the same mechanical
principles.
The Xerobates Agassizii, the grass eat
Ing turtle Of the Mojave desert, is said to
be the only one of the turtle species which
lives by grazing like horse or an OK
A parrot in New York has had more
than twenty owners and has scared each
one out OF his wits by screaming fire p
at an early hour in tho morning, until the
whole house was aroused.
A veteran Provincetown (Mass.) fisher
man, who claims to know, says that when
mackerel are on the move the advanced
body Is entirely composed Of female fish,
while the rear column is formed of the
male.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-10
The Word "Cash d"

The word cash" is understood to be
derived from the Italian "cassa." the
chest where Italian merchants kept their
money. as do at the present time the
Spaniards in their "caja." the Portu-
guese in their "caza" and the French in
their "caisse." The application of the
word 'cash" to money is English. it not
having a corresponding term in any
other European language. Cash" hav
ing been so inconsiderably adopted in
stead of "cassa" (chest. entries to the
cash book lit should be chest book are
made in American and English count
ing houses in this unneaning way
Cash DR." and Cash Cr.," whereas the
chest, and not the money, is debtor to
what is put into it and creditor for what
is taken ont
Great mischief has too often arisen, as
is well known, in bankrupt trials from
misuse Of the word cash" in which
large Deficiencies often appear, and
which would not be the case if the word
chest We're used, as it ought to be. In
stead of the cash account in the ledger
it should be the chest" account.-Bruuk
lVn Eanle
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-10

q syllable to his wife, went of to bed
and was soon fast asleep. And In the
same way every day when he came home
he never spoke. but went straight to bed
without taking any notice Of her. She
thought this conduct strange, and began
to fret and pine. Her uncle said to her
one day: What is the matter that you
are always sad? Does he i'll treat your
"No, he doesn't i'll treat me; but when
he comes home at night he never speaks,
but goes to bed and sleeps In fact, when
he is in the house he never utters word
to me-"
Then the uncle spoke to the husband:
What is the matter, my son? Are you
not satisfied with my niece" "Oh, yes,
uncle" answered he, "but somehow,
when | don't smoke. cannot keep my
eyes OPEN"
When the old man repeated this to
the bride she said, IF that's it he shall
smoke" And from that time she was
never satisfied when he had the pipe out
of his mouth. -Gentleman's Magazine.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-10
CURIOUS CULLINGS.

Farmer Yeazel, of Waynesville, O., has
eleven children, ten Of them six toed boys
and the other six fingered girl.
The Ostyaks of Siberia swear by the
head OF bear, making a motion with the
jaws, and expressing the hope that they
may be devoured If they speak falsely.
In the museum of the dead letter
Office at Washington there is a piece of
parchment upon which is penned copy of
the Lords prayer. written in fifty-four diff
ferent languages.
"Pack my box with five dozen LIQUOR
jugs" Is a sentence remarkable as contain
Ing every letter In the alphabet and only
dve unnecessary characters. 1t Is curious
that not single consonant is repeated in
the sentence
One OF the objections to railroads, in the
minds Of the natives of India, Is that If a
Brahmin gets into the same car accident
ally with Pariah he must violate the re-
ugious rule which bids him keep ninety
six steps away from the latter.
Near Dayton, Ga, there is we'll locally
known as the well Of frozen air." from
which the cold air comes In gusts. The
escape of the air from the we'll can be heard
roaring nearly two hundred yards. A
bucket Of water set over the opening will
freeze through and through within few
houER
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-10
He Took Too Much.

One day smart young fellow with
shiny shoes. a. new hat and checker board
trousers boarded street car in west
ern city, and stepped to the front plat
form. He pulled out twist Of paper
and lighted it. and began putting a con-
centrated essence Of vile odors into the
faces of those who were obliged to ride
upon the platform if they rode at all.
One, plain old farmer, couldn't stand
it, and stepped off to wait for the next
car.
When be reached the station the young
fellow was there before him, and it hap
pened that the two met at the restau-
rant counter
loot any sandwiches? called the
young man to the waiter. Here. gimme
one," and he tossed out a nickel. and
then proceeded to pick up and pull apart
every one Of the half dozen sandwiches
on the plate before be found one to suit
him.
The farmer. who had been waiting
for his turn. drew back in disgust. Fl.
nally he found something which the fin.
gers Of another had not fouled. and
presently followed the loud young man
to the car. He found every seat occu
:;ed, including the half of one On which
were piled the young mans gripsacl
and overcoat.
''Is this seat taken?' he ventured tx
inquire
"Seat's engaged" was the curt an
| swer, with look meant to squelch tn,
| old farmer, who went into the smoking
| car.
That afternoon the same young maj
walked into the Office of the governor O
the state, armed with recommendation
and Endorsements, an applicant for pc
sition under the state government. II
was confronted by the same plain oil
farmer, who recognized his travelin,
companion Of the morning without an,
trouble.
CHANGING over his papers, the governo
said, HIN, yes; you want me to ar
point you to so-and-so. II ] should,
guess might as well write my own ree
ignation at the same time"
"Wh-why soY' stammered the youn
fellow.
Because l saw you pay for stree
car ride this morning and you took tn
platform Of the car. You bought sand
witch and spoiled the plateful. You pal
for q seat in the train and took mine
too, and if should give you this place
how do know that you would not tax
the whole Administrations - Youth
Companion.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-10
Norwegian Horses.

A traveller in Norway says that the
horses in that country have very sen
sible way of taking their food, which
might be beneticially followed here
They have ! bucket of water put down
beside their allowance of hay. 1t is in
teresting to see with what relish they
take a sip of the one and mouthful of
the other alternately, sometimes only
moistening their mouths as rational
being would while eating his dinner OF
such dry food A broken winded horse
is scarcely ever seen in Norway, and the
question is if the mode of feeding has not
something to do with the preservation Of
the animals respiratory organs.--Lon
don Tit-Bits.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-10

The Sandman peasants are fond of a
joke. if their jokes are not always of the
keenest. Here is story, modern at
least in it's present form, of the tanning
Of shrew. 1t is entitled 1.-THE Girl Who
Did Not Like Smokes"
There was once q priest who had q
niece who was resolved not to marry.
Often she was asked, but she would not
listen, for she had got it into her head
that she would not have a man who
smoked. Finally young fellow came
and asked for her hand. Her uncle said
TO him, "Do You smoke?" Yes, sir, he
replied. Then my niece will refuse
you, for she viii not have any one who
Emokes." But the sutton said: lis that
alH I'll let the smoking alone" The
uncle called his niece. She said yes,
and they were married.
In the evening of the day they were
married the bridegroom, without saying
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-10
FOOTLlGHT FLASHES.
Great Falls, Mon, is to have a 500.

Great Falls, Mon, Is to have a 500, 900
opera house.
An attempt Is being made in Milan to
institute free theater. So far it has not
succeeded.
Ellen Terry's daughter, under the name
Of Ailsa Craig, Is going to adopt the stage
as profession.
The German Hebrews of Philadelphia
are to have theater of their own on
Eighth street, south of Lombard.
An Australian girl named Menk Meyer.
who not only plays music but writes It.,
has been favorably received in Europe.
The late Israel Freshman, who was the
manager Of the Walnut street and Park
theaters in Philadelphia, did his first the
atrical work as an usher.
A Chicago grocer is said to have such
confidence in the dramatic genius of Mrs
Leslie Carter that he has consented to
advance money for her second tour. She
lost about $50, 600 last season.
Mrs. Mary Wray is eighty-seven years
old. and probably the oldest actress living
in this country. She is an Englishwoman.
A daughter. Ada, is the wife Of the we'll
known comedian. John Wild.
Sardou's first comedy was failure. He
was youth of twenty three when he made
this first venture into a field in which he
afterward became famous. and was at that
time teacher of mathematics.
It has been gossiped lately. says a writer
In the New York Herald, that Miss Lillian
Russell was soon to marry Mr.. Carl STREET.
mann, the tenor whom Mr.. Amberg
brought to this country year or so ago.
Rose Coghlan and Robert Mantell are no
longer under the shetering wing of Au-
gustus Pitou. That manager has renewed
his contract with Seaman, however, and
has, besides, his stock company and 1.-The
Power Of the Press" all Of which will be
On the road this season.
1t is computed by a French contemporary
that Sarah Bernhardt has earned 65l6, 900
francs during her professional career Of
quarter of Il century. From her first
American tour she made a clear profit of
DOC, 1000 francs, and it is expected that the
pecuniary gain of her present tour will
amount to 5000 francs
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-10
FLOWER AND TREE.

A rose, cultivated in a Philadelphia hot
house, measures seventeen inches in width.
There are certain plants in the tropics
which grow suspended from limbs Of trees
and in other positions, showing that they
derive little or no nourishment from the
earth.
On the summit Of Ben Lomond may be
seen the smallest tree that grows in Great
Britain; it is known as the dwarf willow,
and is, when mature, only about two inches
In height.
From India comes the khus- khus grass,
the fibrous roots Of which yield very pc
culiar and pleasing perfume In India the
leaves are manufactured into screens for
doors and windows, which, when wet, diff
fuse refreshing scent.
Attorney Henry c. Dillon, of the Kaweah
colony, says no human agency can cut
down Sequoia gigantea and no sawmill
in this country could slice one up into
boards. Dynamite is the only mean of
destroying them, and the debris is then
useful only as firewood.
The cultivation Of the india rubber tree
on the island of Trinidad is receiving much
attention. y few trees Of different vare-
Ties were imported some years ago ana
were placed in the botanical gardens. The
results have shown that the soil and eli
mate are remarkably favorable to their
cultivation.
The annual increase Of the forests by
natural growth, representing the interest
which we are at liberty to draw without
impairing the principal, exceeds in the
United States alone ten times the value of
the gold and silver output of this country
and is worth more than three times the
product Of all our mineral and coal mines
put together
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-10
WAYSlDE GLEANiNGS.

The Vatican contains 2Os staircases and
LOO different rooms.
One marriage out of four In Japan inva-
riably ends in divorce.
The highest altitude ever reached by a
balloon was seven miles.
Sonora, Mexico, levies a tax Of two dol
lars on every child born within it's limits.
The English flag floats over onesixth of
the population and one-eighth Of the sur
face of the habitable globe.
1t is reported on unquestioned authority
that the natives Of Alaska are drinking
themselves to death with startling rapid
ity.
The Notre Dame cathedral. Montreal,
has the largest bell in America. 1t weighs
"a, 78O pounds, is feet inches in diameter
and G feet high.
A ''berdash" was a name anciently given
in England to a sort of neckdress, and the
person who made or sold such neckdresses
was called "berdasher," hence the pres
ent term "haberdasher."
The natives of Malay peninsula have in
use the smallest coin in the world; 1t Is a
wafer made from the resinous juice Of a
tree and its value is estimated to be one
ten thousandth of penny
The oldest newspaper in the world is the
Peking Gazette, pamphlet ~ inches
long by inches broad, consisting of about
twenty pages bound in yellow cover.
in which form it has existed for | 300 years
Boston is the only city in the world
which preserves an exact record Of the pro
ceedings of its common council. Every
motion, argument and remark, no mat
ter how 'nimportant. is stenoRraphically
taken down.
The Sandwich islands alphabet has l2
letters. the Burmese, 10; Italian %: Ben
galese, 81. Hebrew, Syrian. Chadce and
Samaritan, 22 each. French. 30 Greek, "a
Latin. 25 German, Dutch and English, 81
each, Spanish and Slavonic. % each. Ara
bic. 81 Persian and Coptic. 81: Georgian.
IS: Armenian, 80, Russian. Al. Muscovite
43; Sanskrt and Japanese so; Ethiopic
and Tartarian, POP each
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-10-10

Is the sad story OF many lives made miser.
scrofula more espt cially than any other q
hereditary disease, and for this simple
reason: Arising from impure and insuf1ci.
eut blood the disease locates itself 10 the
Iymphaiics, which are composed of white
tissues; there 10 q period of f0etal life
when the whole body cn,ists Of white
tissues, and theiore the unborn child ia
especially susceptible to this dreadful
disease. But there is q remedy tor scrofula
whether hereditary or acquired. It ID
Hoods Sarsaparilla, which by it's pow 81 ful
effect on the blood, expels all trace Of the
disease and gives to the vital fluid the
quality and color Of health. II you decide
to take Hoods 6arsaparilla do not accep,
any substitute