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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-04
He Finished the PRAYER.

The Rev. w. H. Holmes of the Methodist
church Of South Evanston, was notified while
conducting prayer meeting Tuesday night that
burglar was ransacking the parsonage next
door, says the Chicago Tribune. but he did not
let it disturb his devotions.
He had left his 5year-old son alone in the
house, and the boy was lying on a sofa when he
saw strange man enter He maintained his
presence Of mind and pretended to be asleep
until the man had passed out OF the room and
gone upstairs. Then he jumped up and ran to
the church.
Mr.. Holmes was in the middle of PRAYER
when ne was startled by the explanation:
Papa, there's a strange man In the houseT'
The minister hestated for moment and then
calmly finished the prayer, betraying no sign OF
excitement. Mrs. Holmes, however, hurried
out of the church, followed by three young mer
of the congregation. They FASTENED to the
house, but the thief evidently saw them coming
for he departed by the back door as they entered
the front The young men gave chase, however
and overlook him, but failed to hold him Hs
broke away from them after a struggle and
succeeded in making his escape The party
then returned to the prayer Meeting and con
tinued the service.
The thief was interrupted before he had Sc
cured anything of value, although he had gone
through some of the drawers of bureau thai
contained many valuable articles.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-04
Would Not Eire out Bis Team.

Would Not Hire Out Ills Team
young man in a southern town applied to
the keeper Of livery stable for 9 horse and
buggy.
''who is going along with ou'" asked the
latter.
Il am going to take my wife's mot her out for
ride. She is not well, and want her to have
some fresh air. / wish you would put a spade
and a Ratchet in the bottom Ct the buggy"
What do you want them forf''
II want 70 dig up some young cedar trees to
plant in the Cemetery"
II don't think can let you have q buggy"
because don't want TO be hauled up as a
witness every time court meets. / have got my
business to attend to-"
Il don't understand you"
You have been married some years and when a
married man in this town wants to take his
mother-in law out for ride for her health and
spade and Ratchet, and talks about plant
ing things in the cemetery, that's all FWant to
know
But, my dear sir"
1T may be all right, but don't propose to
take any risks. When your trial comes of you
viii swear there is a prejudice against you in
this town and you cant get fair trial. aud get
a change OF venue to some county away of and
I'll have to go there as witness every time the
case is continued or be fined $40 II you want
TO get rid OF your wife's mother you go to
drug store and get some rough on rats, and il
will be case OF suicide or accident but am
net going 10 be mixed up in it by supplying you
with spades and hatchets and q horse and buggy
70 carry off the corpse to hide No, STREE .
Why don't you ask me to put coffin in the
buggy besidesi No, sir. am not that kind Of
livery stable man I'm not in that line of bust
ness. sympath!ze with you, but for the mere
hire OF horse and buggy can't afford to take
any such risk"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-04
MEDICAL.
LA GRIPPE,

The symptoms are: head
ache, general ill-feeling,
pains in the back, side; in
severe cases, ache all over
and cough violently. To
cure and prevent it take
Simmons Liver Regulator,
the good old Southern
standby in all diseases
peculiar to this section. 1t
works on the common sense
plan that no well regulated
system will take disease or
retain it. Disease is neg
lect, and a well-known doc
tor is sincere in wanting to
make it a punishable crime.
Don't permanently injure
yourself with quinine nor
get caught by being care
less. Take Simmons Liver
Regulator.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-04
Curiosity Aroused.

Luf,
The question was asked by a long nosed, thin
Tipped man with pointed chin whiskers, a slouch
hat and hungry expression OF countenance.
He was resting his elbows on the seat in front
Of him, which seat was occupied by passen-
ger in gray check suit.
The passenger addressed turned partly around,
took look at his questioner, and sized him up
at once
Yes, am going to Nashville" he replied,
down in Tennessee. Ny business there is to
sell four shares of bank stock, dispose of my
interest in a farm Of eighty acres. ten miles
from the city, and invest the proceeds in a
clothing establishment on North Cherry street.
am from Beardstown. Cass county, Ill. / got
on the train there at 945 this morning. 1t was
forty-f1ve minutes behind time. My ticket
cost me Sf1S5. l shall take the sleeper when
the sun goes down. Had my dinner about
an hour ago Paid rs cents for it. This cigar
cost me 10 cents. / have been a smoker for
about thirteen years. My name is Chauncey
Mcdonnell am 80 years old. have a wife and
four children, came originally from Harrods-
burg, KY, and am member of the Congrega-
tional church. ! was formerly druggist. but
sold out to a man named Treadway. and | am
not in any business now. am worth perhaps
$4,000. My father was a cooper and my grand
father was sea captain. Nv wife's name was
Carr before married her. Her father was a
surveyor. That's all | know about her family.
We live in a two-story frame house. and the
children have all had the mumps, chicken-pox
and measles. When reach Nashville 1 expect
to stop at the Maxwell house.
He stopped The long-nosed man regarded
him moment with interest, AYERS the Chicago
Tribune, and then asked in a queruous, dissat-
isfed way:
What did yer great-grandfather do for a
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-04
The hebrew of It.

was in a crossroads store in South Carolina
when a negro came in, 8 statement of account
in his hand, and said:
''Yo' hev got me down yere w'd a par of
shoes dat nebber am got nohow"
'Vhas dot possible, my frendt," exclaimed
the merchant, as he took the paper. LET me
see how dot vhas."
He turned to his book, consulted the date,
says the New York Sun, and the item, and then
wheeled about to say:
ut vhas. all right, my frendt, und l vhas
glad you come to see about it. / vhas always
ready to do vhas is fright by sooch a good Gus
TONER"
''But didn't have no Shoes" protested the
negro.
of pantaloons you had, but in making oudt dot
statement used der Hebrew word in place of
der English. 1t vhas right-all right Shoes
vhas der Hebrew for pantaloons, und you vas
sooch a good customer dot 1 glf you a paper of
pins to take home to your wife"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-04
The world,s Fair Financ,ers.

There is not as much money in sight for
the worlds fair as the directors Of that in
stitution would like. Il is stated that it
will require fully tl5,0O0.OOO to complete
the plans OF the feir and pay
its current expenses. At present
there is only $685., 900 that can
be depended upon. How the remainder Of
what is needed is to be raised is question
that puzzles the directors. And it may be
the whole OF the S9,92s, 900 cannot be de-
pended upon, because there is a DISPOSE
ton among many Of the subscribers to the
popular 5000, 900 subscription not 70 pay
their subscriptions.
1t has been suggested that the gate re-
ceipts should be bonded for 5000, 900, but
that suggestion does not meet with favor
An effort is being made to get the Chicago
merchants to make additional subscriptions,
but 1t is not meeting with much success.
The Chicago people do not seem to want to
put their hands any deeper into their
pockets. They have the fair, and they ex-
pect TO make good deal of money out OF it.
They don't want to give away all their
profits.
They expect doubtless that other sections
Of the country will come to their assistance.
Perhaps the leading cities of the country
would be willing to contribute something,
but they are not going to give as much as
the statement of the directors shows is
needed. The feeling is that Chicago, having
made extraordinary efforts to get the fair,
and as she is to enjoy the greater part of
| tha al han 6fs hot mill Arx
ought to bear the expense Of it.
However. the newspapers in different
parts Of the country are insisting that the
fair must be a success, and that Chicago
must have assistance if she needs it. Il is,
therefore, probable that the money neces-
sary to make the fair a success will be
forthcoming from some source or other.
II the fair should be failure the whole
country would be disgraced in the eyes of
other nations. 1t is to be presumed, there
fore, that il Chicago cannot keep her prom
Uses, other cities will come to her assistance.
1t was suspected when the question of
choosing a site was before congress that
Chicago was making promises she would
fail TO keep. She was SO anxious to get the
fair, however, that she was ready to prom
Use almost anything, thinking, doubtless,
that if it were found that the burden would
be greater than she could carry comfortably
she would have help.
The directors are going ahead with the
fair buildings. depending doubtless upon
the well-known hberality Of the people to
make up any deficiency that may be found
TO exist.
Now that the force bill is practically out
Of the way, each state will make liberal
appropriation, in all probability. to enable
it co make an exhibit. The states will
contribute from 100000 to $3.50, 900 each
and In that way $4,000, 900 or more will be
spent upon the fair. 1t is too soon, there
fore, to predict that for want of money the
fair will not meet the expectations enter
tanned with regard to it.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-04
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

MEEreNs-Georgia Chapter No. g. R. A. NJ.
The Workingmen's Benevolent Association
Fidelity Castle No. z X. g. f. Savannah Castle
No. s, X. g. E.; Armour Lodge No. 1874 of Odd
Fellows: Liquor Dealers Association; Equitable
Building and Loan Association,
SPECIAL NoTIcEs-Gold Locks and Ringlets
Buffers Pharmacy; Sale of Lots, by Harmon,
Walker & McHarrie; AS to Crew Of British
Steamship Inchrhona; Notice 70 Investors, P.
ID. Da.fn & Son.
ADJUSTMENTS -Maude Granger at the Theater
Friday and Saturday.
IMPORTED DELIcAcIEs-J. s. Tyson, Jr.. & Co.
We OFFER SUGAR, Ere, AT BOTTOM Prices
A. Enrich & Bro
AUCTION SALES - Furniture, Etc, by J. ].
Oppenheim.
LEADERS, ETc.-A Falk & Sons.
CHEAP COLUMN ADvERrIsEMENTs-Help
Wanted: Employment Wanted; For Rent; For
Sale; Lost; Personal: Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-04
He Got Jim's Picture.

At one of the tin type galleries the other day
gentleman who was in waiting noticed boy
about ten years old hanging around the door,
says the Detroit free Press, and he beckoned
him in and asked what was wanted.
Gould get picture here?" whispered the
lad.
why yes
How much'll il COST"
"Only quarter. You'll be next"
''But it isn't for me, sir; it's picture OF nv
brother Jim.''
''Oh, that won't make any difference. Bring
him any time"
'T-I-can't. sir!" gasped the boy.
"Whyl"
:" Cause he's dead, sir; died this morning."
Upon investigation the boy was found to be
possessed of only II cents and, after ascertain
ing that his statements were true, the gentle
man paid the expense of sending the artist up
with his camera and securing two full dozen
tin types of the pale-facsd dead, lying in a
hou.e where cold and henger held places
almost as members of family.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-04

Davis creek is in West Virginia, and the
men and dogs there have sporting blood, and
the wildcats are game. One night recently
several sportsmen and sundry dogs and one
brisk wildcat got together for mutual en-
tertainment, as the literary societies say,
and they had great fun in very short whet.
After that cat got in among those miscel-
laneous dogs and hustled around among
them for a minute or two there were
mighty few dogs left and they were very
badly left, and needed patching up scandal
Gus. Wildcats can step around pretty
lively when they get excited and really in.
terested in tine proceedings.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-04

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-04

Statesmen sans socks are said to be quite
a common occurrence in the west But the
quaintest journsyman lawmaker that has
broken loose in years was probably the
"plain farmer" from Franklin county who
was sentenced to serve term in the
Virginia legislature some years ago,
and who contracted the homely and un-
affected habit of sitting out on the state
house steps and pairing his country corns.
An original character was the granger.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-04
Two Diffarant wavs

'If everybody followed my example," an
nounced an enthusiastic temperance advocate
recently, according to the Philadelphia Press
every saloon in the city would close before the
end of the month"
How that?" asked rubicund-faced auditor
who had not before spoken.
They would close from lack of patronage
sir. never drink"
Il see. can 20 you one better, though. II
everybody followed my example every saloon
in the city would close before next Saturday
night"
"How's that's" asked the temperance advo.
cate eagerly.
They would run out of stock"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-04

Guessing who is to succeed the late Secre-
tary of the Treasury is now going on at a
lively rate. Every available man in the
country has in turn been named. If all of
them were to enter the department at once
there would be very little room left for the
transaction of business. Among the pro-
posed successors are John c. New, Robert
Lincoln, Bill Mckinley, ]. j. Knox and q
host Of others. Somebody is sure to get the
job. but the lucky man is not even family
visible sat the present writinpn
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-04
Senator Hoar Tells a Pathetic Story

81 have heard and read many pathetic sto
ries, said Senator Hoar yesterday, but none
of them ever awoke so much sad sympathy as
one which Prof. Gallaudet related recently
The professor has favorite pupil-a little deaf
mute boy, who is exceptionally bright. Mr.
George Washington and the cherry tree. With
his nimole fingers the little one said he did =
says the Washington Star, "and then he pro
ceeded to repeat it. The noiseless gesticulations
fessor of the elder Washington's discovery OF
the mutilated tree and of his quest for the mu
tilator. When Georges father asked him who
hacked his favorite cherry tree, signaled the
left hand
Stop interrupted the professor. Where
do you get your authority for saying he tool
the Ratchet in his left handf
Why responded the boy who knew moth
ing Of speechl, he needed his right hand to tel
his father that he cut the tree.'1'
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-04

Washington society "took up" the Sioux
braves as if they had been beautiful new
congressman. One ingenious and deeply
interested young dame wanted to know if
Spotted Elk was O woman, which made the
buck cuss smile yawning grin like an
open cellar door on a moonlight night
They like being in the social swim and will
continue TO swim around as long as the fine
feed holds out Injun likeum heap good
ryrub.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-04

Philadelphia is such wofully slow town
that even a burglar didn't have "go"
enough about him to go before deliberate
Philadelphian could plug him with gun.
When he got to the window of ingress he
probably sat down to take a smoke and adj
mire the scenery. But the man with the
gun must have got the start. Else how
could he have got ready in time to shoot
before the other strolled out of sight
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-04

That compact between gentlemen"
seems to have been knocked into a cooked
hat, and the said gentlemen will now pro-
coed to get together and tear each others
hair and chop transportation rates all into
scraps. Part of the agreement related to
"free passes" and it was on that point that
the compact smashed. "Free" passes pay
better than anything that the western rail-
roads do.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-04

Spooks are after Kansas City reporter.
An acquaintance next door took occasion to
shut Off his brilliant career with butcher
knife and then went prowling around
nights and soaring the liver out of his
journalistic friend until the reporter had to
emigrate. As the poor frightened scribe
hadn't handled" the suicide he is at loss
to account for the erratic behavior of the
defunct.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-04

Physicians in Germany and France are
making life so exciting for DR.. Koch that
he has taken refuge in Egypt to escape their
criticisms and restore his own health, which
the lymph doesn't seem to effect faYorablY.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-04

Caroline Islanders have got tired Of the
picturesque Spanish soldiers. So they have
armed themselves with native green leaves
and big cudgels and gone at them with
degrees of tropical enthusiasm from which
nearly one hundred Of the Castilian war
riors died. They want the soldiers to scat.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-04
OUR NEW YORK. OFFICE.

Ne. J. j. FLYNN, General Advertising Agent
a the MORNING NEWS, office % Park Row,
rev York All advertising business outside Of
the states of Georgia, Florida ant south Caro-
lima viii be managed by him.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-04

Idle gossip threw Fort Worth into a fer
ment of frantic alarm last week by starting
the rumor that the Kiowa Indians had
broken forth for blood, and the state troops
turned out only to find the whole
story Stake" Such hoax deserves severe
punishment.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-04

That tin-plate mill has broken out again,
1t is now located in Pittsburg. and doesn't
intend to raise either wages or prices. Pos
sibly they thought that refusing to raise
wages would sound more natural than the
customary glowing promises.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-04

Quite an original wedding invitation was
sent out by back-street family in New
York recently in which the suppositiously
happy pair on their own behalf frankly
Get forth that "all presents are accepted. J."
That ought to encourage the necktie and
slipper fraternity if anything would.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-04
QUAY Speaks Up at Last.

From the Springfield Republican (Ende
Quay is reported TO have prepared a reply to
the charges against him that have so long gone
unanswered, whieh he intends to deliver in the
Senate. His friends. however, say it is demo.
cratic invention. Probably. Why should he
trouble himself when, as matters are, his party
insists on keeping him first in its councils
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-04

Danseuse Carmencita kicked the fashion
ables of New York into ecstacies of enthusi-
asm at her great ball the other night. She
showed them genuine thigh old time"
Every time was just trifie higher than its
predecessor.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-04

Once mare the force bill has been
formally abandoned. 1t seems to suffer a
succession of abandonments that would be
enough to discourage really good measure.
Nevertheless, democrats would do well to
keep an eye on It.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-04
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-04

Cinnamon are not 50 slow as they look.
Even Wun Lung knows a thing or two
despite his appearance of lack of voice.
Several Mongols in New York have got to-
gether and adopted modern boycott
which they are working on a landlord who
put the rent up too high for them.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-04

Prospective beautiful dreams" induced
pretty Miss Helen Potts, of New Jersey, 60
take strong solution of morphine recently,
which brought her dream so tenaciously
substantial that she has not yet awakened
aud probably never will Beautiful
dreams" should be allowed to come in the
natural way. IL at all.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-04
Here's a Formidaole Combination
From the Chico0o Ners tTnd.l.

From The ChIcd0o Nelrs und.I
The list of newspapers avowing democratic
politics and advocating high protective tariff
now includes the Terrell TimeS-Stdr, the Crosbt
county Nelcs, the Beevllle Bee, the Vernon
Guard, the Navasota TABLET, the Tyler Record,
the Mexia Democrat, the Waxahachie Mirror,
and the New York sun, This is according to !
statement recently published in the sun. The
political opinions of most OF these journals are
rigid, infexible, and unyielding, being made of
stereotype metal and sold by the avoirdupois
pound
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-04
Raum Thieves Without Reform.
From the CHICAGO Mail (EndN

In these troublesome political times at Wash
ington Pension Commissioner Green Bay Raum
draws his salary with the regularity of clock.
work, wakes fat at the public crib and fiourishes
plication of the forcebin principle in his
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-04

Investigation of the silver pool still wor-
ries along slowly. Firealarm Foraker has
taken hand, and appears TO have some
very potent reason for protecting Owenby.
Possibly it proceeds from a lively desire TO
.kxpose some OF his personal enemies. Con-
equently several prominent republicans
Fare quaking in their shoes.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-04

As last resort Parnell is said to have
turned to the violent and vicious elements
for aid. Far better to let his cause fail
than wholly forfeit the respect of honest
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-04

Bogus divorce Lawyers Buttner and
Hughes were awarded seven and five years
respectively in the New York state peniten.
tiary. When it comes to an actu al
encounter with the law these thrifty
shysters seem to get worsted badly every
time. But they richly deserved all they
cot