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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-19

Out west the following petition addressed
to the Congress of the United States is being
extensively circulated for signatures:
THE undersigned, citizens of the United
States, having profound sense of the evil
and inadequacy of war as a mode of settling
international disputes, hereby pray your
honorable body to take whatever action
may be necessary to invite a conference of
the governments OF the world to sit, during,
and in connection with, the worlds Column
bian exposition, to be held in Chicago in
1893, for the purpose Of devising, discussing
and recommending measures by which the
principle of arbitration may be incorpor-
ated into treaties, conflicting international
laws may be harmonized, and an interna-
tional court established, having Jurisdiction
in cases which governments shall fail to set
tie by negotiation" Clearly our occidental
brethren intend to work this fair ''snap" for
all it's worth in cold cash. Naturally the
more isms the more show and the more
show the more visitors. Consequently the
more trade for Chicago. Verify business
is business" of which your Chicago man is
the recognized apostle.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-19
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-19
Absurdities Glarinely Apparent
From the Kansas Clty Times (Deml

One reason why New England is rapidly be-
coming democratic is that they want free raw
materials. Every workingman there knows
tlat if raw materials were free they would be
cheaper. Yet republicans dare tell them that
the tariff is not q tax, or that the foreigner
pays it. 1t is no wonder that they reject such
apparent absurdities and resent such imputa-
tons Of ignorance.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-19
Singular suit of a Slave.

Several months ago a very remarkable case
was described in the telegraphic dispatches
in which Michigan man was charged with
maintaining slavery by keeping a little
negro girl in strict servitude and depend
ence aud depriving her of her liberty for
several years. At the time Of its disclosure
it raised quite a commotion among the
philanthropic.
Now the veracious chroniclers of the dis
patches tell US that man in Missouri is
charged with having held an ex-slave in
bondage for the past twenty-four years and
five days since she was legally free. But as
this claim was not made until the alleged
cruel master was dead, and was then merely
used as basis for trying to get part of
his estate under claim for unpaid wages
it is at best subject to the suspicion of I'm
probability.
Under the plea of ignorance and the
claim that Mr.. Joseph Hickman did not
notify her that she no longer belonged to
him an old negress, calling herself Edna
Hickman, through attorneys, sued James
Hickman, as administrator of the estate of
her former master after his death, to re-
placed at the modest valuation of 50 per
month and alleged to be unpaid. By way
of establishing this rather antiuuated
claim, which would otherwise have been
outlawed long ago, her attorneys claim
that the deceased defendant did not duly
and properly notify her that she was free
and no longer bound to work for him with
out further compensation than food and
clothing. Therefore they claim that she
continued thus to work and to get nothing
but a living. Owing to the present blank
condition of the mental faculties of the de-
PENDANT he cannot deny these charges, even
though it were part OF his duty to so notify
bis former slave. So the statement is a per-
fectly safe one and indicates a crafty
shrewdness peculiar to the old-claim-
lawyer.
When the case was tried before jury in
the Cooper county probate court the plain
tiff was awarded S785 30. On the appeal of
the defendant the circuit court annulIed
that award. Now the state court of appeals
has reversed the last decision and remanded
the case for new trial. That starts it all
over again.
But what the public is principally in
terested in is ascertaining whether or not
that man did really hold the woman in
bondage after she was legally free. With
the principal aud most important witne s
dead and every advantage in favor of the
survivors these rotating decisions based
upon the evidence adduced and the plead
ings upon it render the statement little
more than doubtful More likely it is the
shrewd scheme of an enterprising and needy
| lawyer.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-19
our NEW YORK OFFICE.

MALI. FLYNN, General Advertising Agent
ef the MORNING NEWS, Office % Park Row,
war York All advertising business outside of
The states of Georgia. Florida and South Caro-
Tina vii be managed by him.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-19
Juggling with Jeems Jams.

From the ST. Louis Globe Democrat (Rep.l
There are thosa who think that Dr. Keeley's
bi-chloride of gold will do no more for the cure
of drunkenness than the bi-chloride of politics
which, in the form Of a prohibition party, has
been introduced in Iowa and other states of this
union. There is not enough in a million doses
of the political preparation to cure single case
of jim jams.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-19

Trying to be cheerful in his Thanksgiv-
ing proclamation was probably rather an
uphill job for the President this year. But
it is pretty certain that his proclamation
reference TO "a very glad incident" does not
allude to the recent election nor to the chip
per and buoyant return of Secretary Blaine
and his subsequent prominence as a presi>
Dental candidate.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-19

Whitewashing was not altogether suc-
cess in the case Of the officers of the stranded
Dispatch. Some little blame was attached
to the shipwrecked navigators. But 1t was
very mildly administered.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-19
CURRENT COMMENT.
Queer If it Wasn't Quay.

From the Providence Journal (Irsd.).
There is manifest anxiety in Pennsylvania to
have 1t known that lit was not a Quay victory"
and yet somehow there is nobody happier over
the result than is Senator NJ. S. Quay.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-19
Osculation.
From the NeLo York Herald.

THE FIRST KISS.
There's nothing half so sweet, ween-~
So full of perfect bliss
AS when two fond hearts melt in onM
In loves first shrinking kiss.
THE SOCIETY KISS.
When two society ladies kiss
They make no fuss or show;
Their lips meet, but wi b no more noise
Than fakes of falling snow.
THE STOLEN KISS.
Forbidden fruit is always sweet,
don't know just why this Is;
But one sweet stolen KISS is worth
A hundred other kisses.
THE VULGAR KISS.
When Inbred women meet and kiss,
And ''chin" for half day,
Their ''riz- biz -whiz- sloopn can be heard
A mile or two away.
THE Jay" KISS.
When Mandy Jane reclines her hea&
On Zeke's rolled gold shirt stud,
Their kissing's like the noise a COW
Makes walking through soft mud.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-19
Prefer Not to "Stand Pat"
From the Miltrnttkee Netps [RepN.

It is now announced that Chile will forgive
the United States for demanding an explana-
ton if the country will only withdraw Pat Egan.
to both countries.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-19

At the new Madison Square garden New
York is to have great horse show. But
the finest stalls will be occupied by social
lions
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-19

SENATOR DAVIS of Minnesota has pretty wife
who creates something OF a sensation by driv
ing a very swell English dog-cart. She was.
once governess and is remarkably pretty.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-07-10
HOW TO KEEP GLOVES.



A man writes to THE Woman About
Town" and asks if she wants to make
herself the recipient of 500, 900 worth
of gratitude by telling men how to
keep from losing their gloves. He says
he can't keep both gloves more than a
day and that his rooms have become a
depository for hundreds of widowed
gloves, and there seems to be no pros
pect of his ever doing any better Well
The Woman would rather have half the
money than all the gratitude, hut here
goes for the gratitude. A good way
not to lose your gloves would be not to
take them off your hands in the street. 4
still better way would be not to wear any
gloves in the street. Still another way
would be. if you do wear them and will
take them off for convenience at times,
to bestow them in some such inconven-
lent place that you will put them back
on your hands the instant you get
chance to get rid of them. For in
stance. if you were to cultivate a habit
of holding your gloves in your
teeth when they are not on your hands
you would soon learn to replace them
on your hands. This would largely
diminish your chances of losing them.
Or you might extend the chain habit
which at present binds man and so
many of his belongings together. You
might have chain fastened to each of
your gloves and to your waistband,
each chain long enough to reach to the
wrist. Then you could pull your gloves
off any instant and know that when you
wanted them again they would be
dangling about your heels. This might
seem little eccentric, but it would be
safe.
Perhaps the safest way and the most
satisfactory in the long run would be
to cultivate a habit of putting them in
one particular pocket of your coat as
soon as they left your hands. BY Civ
ing your mind to this performance for
a week or so and never emitting it you
would induce kind of reflex action,
which would of itself put the hand
holding the gloves into the proper
pocket as soon as it touched the gloves
You do that with your watch, you
KIN ow. You don't forget to put it back
when you take it out
Cultivate this habit carefully for
awhile until you get the reflex action
fairly set agoing, then your mind could
go off and leave it. 1t would take care
of the gloves.-N. Y. Sun.
u amt going to send any more
money out to the heathen," said Willie
81 seen picture of one of 'em this
mornin', an as far as l could see he
didn't wear any pants, and so hasn't
any pockets to carry the money in
Epoch.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-07-10

nothing further. On the third evening,
however, my wife was suffering from
nervous headache. Overhead the young
gentleman with the red hair was play
ing that everlasting 'Boulanger March. ;
People who live in flats have nc
right to play the piano until nearly
midnight. At the risk of making bad
blood between the two families, | went
upstairs, stated that my wife was sick
and politely requested the proprietor
of the flat to ask his son to desist. He
was quite rude about it, and said that
his son was studying music, and had a
perfect right to play day or night. FL
nally the fellow almost shut the door
in my face, and l went downstairs
swearing to myself like pirate. AS
lay in bed that night, l couldn't sleep
thinking that the red-haired musician
might be at the bottom of the spool
business.
'In the morning l got up early, went
down town, hired a detective, and
brought him back just in time to be
able to point out my red-haired friend
You follow that fellow ! said. 4
believe he's at the bottom of all this
tomfoolery.' / had got so laughed at
the spook theory myself; but Mrs. Hart
well, her sister and the children still
lived in terror. lest a repetition of the
hideous sounds should occur. felt
quite eXhilarated when | saw my de-
tective jump on the car with the red
headed musician, in order to follow
him down town. He came into my
office at four o'clock in the afternoon,
and sAcY success written Enthusiastically
on his every feature.
That's the fellow who's playing
ghost, he said. He works for big in
surance company. l have found out
he's Dragging to his fellow clerks of
the nice scare he's given you all. He
seems to think it a splendid joke. He's
invited two friends of his up tonight
to see the fun. as he calls it. The
spooks VII wall again this evening,
you may bet your boots. Are you very
busy?'
Not particularly
Well then, we'll go right up to
your fat at once, and fix this fellow up
a nice. warm reception
Arrived at my fat, the first thing
the detective did was to ask to be
shown the dining-room, and then to re-
quest the loan of a carvingknife. l
watched him as he went around thump-
ing on the walls, with looks of sheer
amaZement.
"'What on earth are you looking for?
81 am looking for speaking tube.
All, here it is. See the handle of the
knife has gone clear through the paper.
THE break in the paper was direct
ly over my head. 1t was just the very
spot from which the spook sounds had
issued.
"'But where does the tube lead TOP ]
inquired
Never mind that replied the de.
tective. When the spook begins to
wall the red-headed fellow will be at
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-07-10
STEADY HANDS REQUIRED.
Steering a Hook and Ladder Truck Not
Easy Work.

Easy "oThs
"Perhaps you think it an easy thing
to steer a fire truck; so it is-when you
know how said gray-haired fire lad
die the other day, as he nimbly vaulted
out of his lofty seat on the tail of the
truck after returning from a false
alarm a few blocks away.
There are practically two men on
the truck, the man who drives and the
man who steers" continued the
veteran. 'L've done both duties now
for more than ten years and fiatter my
self that know something oout them,
but l think that the steerer has the
harder job of the two
1t is probable that any one who has
thought of the matter at all has come to
the same conclusion, for the dizziness
with which hook and ladder truck IS
swung around sharp corners, in its mad
race to fire, is something to be won
dered at by the onlookers.
The truck itself is about forty feet
long and carries from six to eight ex-
tension and several life-saving ladders,
the longest of the former projecting out
behind about ten feet The truck is
drawn by three strong and fleet horses,
which are driven by a man sitting on
high seat in front. The members of the
company find standing room on the low
platform which runs along either side
of the truck below the body of the con-
veyance, while at the extreme end sits
the steerer away up in the air. You
scarcely see the men between for look
ing at the driver and his coadiutor at
the other end. The latter has his hand
on big wheel like an enormous brake
on freight car, on which he keeps his
hands firmly closed. Meanwhile his
eyes are on the driver. lie sees the
driver turn a corner and he is ready in
an instant. If his eyes were not true
and his hand brawny and steady, the
unwieldy vehicle would be dashed into
lamp post or even into a building in a
twinkling.
But the steerer knows his business.
At just the crucial moment he turns his
iron wheel this way or that way, and
the heavy wheels of the truck, which
answers to his touch, as the ship an
swers her helm, barely touch the curb
ami in a t:oment swing into direct
line with the forward wheels, and the
machine dashes on until the same ma
neuver is repeated at the next corner.
Every fireman connected with the
several hook and ladder companies is
taught both to drive and to steer, but
in some way the duties are apt to de-
volve upon the most competent in the
company, and SO it is that one man or
another comes to do the same work
year after year, and good work gains
for him reputation for his speciality.
Beginners are taught their duties in
that direction by handling the truck on
the return from fires, and little by little
learn skill from eXperience.-N. Y.
News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-07-10
IN THE JEWELRY LINE.
Rich and Handsomsa Articles Now In
Fashion.

Fashion.
Diamond half hoop rings continue to
find favor.
The filbert furnishes a model for
scarf-pins and watch charms.
Diamond asps are worn as brooches
and as ornaments in the hair.
A new brooch initiates in gold, little
shoe, the rosette of which is formed of
pearls.
Cigar cutters represent a favoritc a.
ticle among men, and are made in DO, h
gold and silvea
Debutantes who have pearls to wear
are fortunate, the gems being both APP
propriate and becoming
A cut glass cracker jar with silver
cover and bail handled is in form like an
old fashioned iron kettle
Little compotes are being made on
high and slender standards after the
fashion of old time center pieces
A couple of spurs formed of pearls and
connected by a gold drop, look well at
the neck of Il riding bodice.
The newest thing out in hand mirrors
is an oval glass framed in silver, with
silver handle and an ebony back.
A new brooch likely to please very
young ladies consists of a pearl key
thrust through gold hcart-shaped pad
lock.
Cut glass butter dishes on silver
stands and having silver covers. please
those in search of novelties for the
table.
For ladies in MORNING. the black
enameled bracelet with Il pansy having
a diamond center in front. has found
favor.
A wide field for selection is afforded
in table cutlery, which i, now furnished
with Handles of china, ivory, pearl, sill
yer, stag. etc
The visiting books bound in various
feathers and mounted in gold and silver,
afford highly priced convenience to
society women.
The feur-de-lis, which has of late
figured so conspeuously in silver arti-
cles for the toilet, appears in etched,
chased, carved and applied work.
The whip bracelet, as the name indi-
Gates, represents a flexible whip held in
circular form by the leash which is
wound around it several times.
Pink pearls from Florida and the West
Indies, are priced as souvenirs by tour
lists, who have them mounted in scarf
pins and brooches
Quite new is the square hand mirror
with silver back and loop handle; this
mirror may be hung in convenient
position or held in the hand as best
suits the one who is using it.
A handsome coffee set includes three
pieces, the pot and cream jug in tall,
slender form and sugar bowl with
ring handles. These pieces are in bright
finish with carved borders representing
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-07-10
THE VANlTlES OF MEN.
Few Sharp Digs from an Observin
Woman's Pen.

A Few Sharp Digs from an Observing
Woman's Pen.
How many generations must we wait
before the vanitics of men will disappear
in results? Possibly some of their vani-
ties have gotten into the obscurity of
science, but there are others so con-
spicuous that even the Hindoos, or any
other believer in things occult, can find
no veil to subdue the glare. Now, take
the man who forces recognition of his
intelligence by the shape of his hat and
the length of his hair. Do you think he
would doubt his ability as a lawyer
being recognized with his hair cut the
regulation length, if he had not dis
covered in some way that his hair had
natural wave and flowing silvery locks
sOftencd the careworn lines of the face.
There may be loophole for doubt
about the long hair being an insignia of
vanity or belonging exclusively to high
intelligence. but there is none about the
broad brimmed hat. The broad brimm-
ed hat is vanity's own accompaniment.
The man with the long hair--be it
straight or curly, gray. red. brown,
yellow or black, dry as huslls or oiled
until it glistcns like Acknowledgement
that this style of hat must be worn
or the hair must be sacrificed So he
wears it and calls it professional
hat and says it is so light and so COM
fo-table. And it never becomes uncom-
Portable unless sickness or hot weather
overtakes him, and his intellectual locks
become glory of the past.
Then there is another vanity peculiar
to the substantial no-nonsense sex. It
is their willingness-the willingness of
some of them-to display large roll of
money. AS time goes on and their
vanity deveopes into some dim hidden
ism l suppose they will tell us that it.
is only men with very little money who
can make the contents of their pockets
conspicuous. But, now, it is no uncom-
mon occurrence to see man take from
the depths of his pocket cumbersome
roll of bills He seldom tantalizes the
looliers-on by holding it SO their eyes
can fall upon the numbers on the bills
unless sometimes it is the outside one
and it is more than one figure. He
holds it so that envy never gets beyond
the suggestive ends, but finally does,
succeed in finding a small bill with
which to pay an obligation of twenty
five cents. The bulky roll, with its in
tentions we'll carried out, sacrifices COM
fort and convenience to vanity, but they
seem to think duty to themselves
demands it. Istood in a bank a few
days ago and heard a man say: ''Give
it to me in one dollar bills please"
The teller counted out twenty or
thirty greenbacks, and the man took
another from his pocket, and used it as
a cover to the small bills. He was care
full not to aggravate any one by allow
ing them glimpse of the figures on the
cover. and of course it is mean to think
that the outside bill represented any
more wealth than those inside.-Teresa
Dean, in Chicago Herald.