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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-06
Lot We'll Enough ALONE.

Niron Waterman IN the Chicago Times.
What's this that they tell us' Somebody has
found
A way to construct a machine so profound.
So wondrously human, it's likely to rob
The dear, pretty telephone girl of her job9
Q. nonsense' There's no one possesses a mind
Sufficiently bent on inventing to find
thing with enough Of real beauty aud grace
To think it can fill for moment her place.
But wonb have the smile, nor the eyes, nor
the hair;
Nor it won't have the voice with such winsome.
ness fraught
AS to make us forget whom it was that we
sought.
And wouldn't 1t seem most distressingly queer,
While patiently holding the phone TO the ear
Not TO fancy the girl who should answer our
Was busily crimping her hair for balls
And wouldn't it be departure to go
To phone and not listen to a gentle "Hello?"
We'd miss 1t, OF course we should miss IT, and
how
We should miss that sweet message They're
talking just nowl"
And what would become of those demons who
swear
When calls aren't responded to promptly with
O. wouldn't the process be awfully drear
If they knew there were none at the central"
to hear?
And candidly, now, wouldn't business be more
OF demnition grind and dead level bore
If we talked through q wholly mechanical
phone
And missed at the central" that musical tonef
And while she who answers our summons may
be
AS homely as SIP, we can fancy that she
Is pretty and young, while her voice is a rest
To ears which dull masculine tones have dis
treSSed.
So down with q purpose that seeks TO install
machine in the place Of this fairy we call,
She has faults, we'll admit, but the man is
churl
Who would Danish forever the telephone girl.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-06
INDEX TO new ADVERTISEMENTS

MEETHss-Alphs Lodge No. /, A. and A. s. r
F. NJ; German-American Mutual Loan anc
Building Association; Bondholders Georgia
Southern and Florida Railroad Company.
SPECIAL NOTICES. icksecker's Cologne al
South Side Pharmacy; Dividend No. GO, Angus
ia and Savannah Railroad; AS to President OF
Lsborer's Association; Huylers Candy, Solo
mons & Co; Cheap Suits, Falk Clothing Com
pany: AS TO Crew of Spanish Steamship Maria
AS to Bills against British Steamship Lowlands
RALBoAD-As TO Marietta and North Georgia
Railway Company Reorganization.
CoME-Appel & Schaul.
HoTELs-Pulaski House, Savannah, Ga.
ORANGES, ETc.-W. D. Simkins.
LEGAL SALEs-Executor's Sale of Joseph
Fhlen's Estate; Chatham Sherlff's Sale; City
Sherf's Sale.
AUCTION Es-Administratrix's Sale, Guard
fans Sale, by j. Mclaughlin & Son; Contents
of Store and Sale Of Stationery. byJ. H. Open
helm.
STEAMSHIP ScHEDULE-OceanS Steamship Com
pany.
THOSE HANDKERcHIEFs-Fal Clothing Com
pany.
LEGAL NoTICEs-As to Demands For and
Against John D. Moran's and Maria HUMPHREYS
Estates.
CHEAP COLUMN ADVERTISEMENTS - Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For
Sale; Lost; Personal: Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-06
Pension Reform.

Is there in this congress, or is there likely
to be in the next, a man who is big enough
to lead movement in behalf of pension
reformg Not in many years has the gov
eminent been so pressed for money. The
| question which is disturbing the democratic
leaders now is whether or not the revenues
are sufficient TO meet the expenses of the
government, even though the greatest econ
omy is practiced. Ten years ago the appro-
priations for the support of the government,
| including the pension charge, amounted TO
SlS6 100000. Now the pension charge
alone calls for that sum, and ID
will require $200,OO0,OOO within a
year or two. Under the dependent pension
bill, bill which Mr.. Cleveland vetoed, but
which was passed again after Gen. Harri-
son became President, thousands Of names
are being added to the pension roll annually.
Where is the money to come from to pay
the enormous and steadily increasing
amount required for pensions9 Unless the
pension charge is reduced new source OF
revenue will have to be found, because the
present sources will not furnish sufficient
revenue Co meet expenses
The problem which the pension charge
presents is difficult ore. No one has yet
suggested any solution of it. No one feels
capable, apparently, Of suggesting 8 solu-
ton. 1t was an easy matter TO pass
bills admitting new classes Of PEN
sioners TO share in the bounty
of the government. Congressman in voting
for the bills did not stop to think OF the
burden they were placing on the people.
They aimed only to secure the good will of
those who were to be benefited by their
| acts. They were false to the trust reposed
ia them, because indirectly they appro-
priated money to secure their own re-elec-
tion.
There are hundreds Of men in the service
Of the government drawing large
salaries who receive pensions. In
some cases their pensions are equal to
their salaries. Is that righta II man is
able to earn a good living should he be a
pensioner on the government II is asserted
that there are thousands receiving pensions
who obtained them by fraudulent means
Ought not their names be stricken from the
pension rolls9
When the pension charge had reached
$50, 0O0,0 year 1t was said that the limit
OF the pension charge had been reached
and that it would gradually decrease. How
greatly mistaken were the public men who
made that statement Unless reform Of
some sort Is adopted 1t will be larger than
it is now half century hence.
There is an opportunity for some public
man to make lasting name for himself by
attacking the pension evil and point ting out !
feasible way to reduce the pension charge.
A man of ability and courage is needed.
Is there such one In sighti
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-06

Two children of an Indiana farmer died
a day or two ago after having suffered all
the horrors of hydrophobia, although
neither of them had been bitten by a dog or
any other animal with rabies. At the in-
quest it was learned that five months or
more ago a mad dog had bitten several COWS
on the farm, and that q week ago one Of the
cows had died in commissions. Several days
before the COW died the children drank some
of her milk, and the physicians believe that
virus from the dogs bite was transmitted
to the children through the cows milk.
They say, however, that they never before
heard of case in which the poison taken
into the stomach produced the same effect
as IL it had been introduced into the blood
through wound. 1t seems that in this
horrible disease the only way 10 get
rid OF the germs is to burn the bodies
of the victims. and in cases of mad dog bites
| to cauterize the wounds at once.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-06
Criticising Speaker Crisp.

Speaker Crisp will be reelected, but he
will meet with a good deal OF opposition IN
less he gives some assurance that he will
make up the leading committees 80 that
they will more closely reflect the will Of the
Democratic party than the present COM
/ mistees Co. In the democratic papers Of the
north and west evidences Of hostility to him
are cropping out It is asserted that the
ways and means committee Of this congress
is not in entire accord with the policy Of
the Democratic party with respect to the
tariff, and it is pointed out that the
committee on coinage is largely
composed Of men who favor the
free coinage Of silver, instead OF the honest
dollar called for by the national democratic
platform.
1t must be remembered that there was a
contest for the speGkership Of this congress.
and in making up his committees MIR. Crisp
favored those who assisted in making him
speaker. In the next congress the oppo-
sition to him may not be SO strong as to
alarm him as to his reelection. It certainly
will not II he let's it be understood that he
is in thorough harmony with the views Of
those who brought about the nomination of
Mr.. Cleveland, rather than with the views
of those who favored the nomination Of
Senator Hill. This, It is safe to say, be will
do. He would hardly make the mistake of
pursuing a course that was strongly oon-
demned by the people in the election IN No
vember.
MIR. Crisp is an excellent parIiamentarian
and his rulings give general satisfaction.
In the speakers chair he is master of the
situation. The minority leaders Of the
House cannot disconcert him. nor can they
gain advantages over the majority by par
iamentary tactics.
The mistakes he has made, il he has made
any of consequence, may not be mistakes
Of Judgment. They may be due to cir
cumstances which he could not very well
control. II he is reelected he will net be
hampered by obligations TO any one. Being
free TO do what he knows to be for the best
interests Of the country and bis party, those
who are criticising some Of his acts con-
nectel with this congress will have no
reason to find fault with his policies In the
next congress.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-06
and dellolousIy as the fresh fruit
The old Engineer Reminisoent.

sit makes me mad" said the old engineer TO
Chicago NelOs Record reporter, "to hear peo-
pie ask why man don't do 30 and SO when his
engine strikes. Lord 1t all comes like a
stroke Of lightning. When we piled 'em up in
the Whitesville cut and killed eight, year before
last, was sitting in my window that night,
looking ahea as careful as any one could We
had started on the curve and she was going as
fast as the wheels could turn, forty minutes be-
hind time and the deuce to pay II we didn't
make it up by morning Jimmy Hartsel was
feeding er every minute.
II thought / saw glimmsr OF light on the
bank ahead. IL was the flash from the head
light around the other bend of the curve. Be-
tween the time caught that flash and when
saw the headlight swing around the cut as big
as tub it couldn't have been hundredth part
OF the second. We were nose TO nose before
realized-no. don't think realized-but put
on the air with one yank, yelled to Jimmy, and
fell out OF the window. When they threw
water in my face s'posed I was cut all up.
The wreck was on fire and people was hollerin'
underneath. laid there feelin' of myself. ex-
pectin' every minute to find a soft, bloody
place, but was all right and three days after
went to Jimmy's funeral. After that l don't
want no man to tell me what you ought to do. ="
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-06
Gould Not q Speculation .

The impression is quite general that jay
Gould was great speculator. The fnan-
cial editor of the New York Sun says this i'm
preston is not correct. Mr.. Gould was never
speculator except in few instances, and
in those instances he was forced by circum-
stances to become one. Aud, strange TO
say, as a speculator he was very seldom
successful. He was a manufacturer of stocks
and bonds and he possessed great talent for
getting people to buy them at good prices.
He made his money by getting hold of
railroads which other people had built and
issuing new securities on them. For these
securities. notwithstanding their doubtful
value, he was wonderfully successful In
making market. There was one time In
his remarkable career when he was on the
verge Of bankruptcy. 10 was just after the
panic in May, 1884. A combination was
formed to depress the prices OF the securities
he held. he had ventured into the market
as speculator, and held on margins an
immense amount OF the stocks of Western
Union and Missouri Pacific. The oombina-
ton was so successful that Mr.. Gould
threatened TO make an assignment unless
the pressure on him was removed. The
combination was afraid If it proceeded to
extremes some of its friends would be
ruined, and so it made terms with him. II
it had carried out its original purpose bis
subsequent career would have been a very
different one. The probabilities are that he
would not have left the vast fortune that
ha Ala
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-06
Helpless Steamships.

The accident 20 the steamship Spree, of
the North German Lloyd line, 642 miles
from Fastnet, on Nov. 26. shows how help
less steamships are when an accident dis
ables their machinery. The Spree is one OF
the finest vessels ahoat. She broke her
shaft, and the broken shaft pound ed q hole
in her stern. Being without sails she was
at the mercy of the wind and waves Her
bulkheads saved her from sinking. Had it
not been for them she would have sunk out
of sight within few hours, because even
with the bllkheads the pumps were barely
able to keep down the water.
The great steamer was tossed about upon
the sea. Had a severe storm prevailed she
could hardly have survived it, because
having no Roadway, she could not be
handled SO as to avoid the force of storm.
She drifted for several days and was finally
found by the steamship Huron, which towed
her into port.
The builders of great steamships are sup
| posed to provide against all kinds of acct
dents, but it does seem to be a mistake not
to furnish them with sails.
The Spree was without sails, and hence
her officers had no control OF her. After
the accident to her machinery she steadily
drifted out of the regular track of ocean
steamers. If she had not been discovered
by the Huron she might have drifted so far
away from the regular steamship course
that she would not have been discovered at
all. Sails would have enabled her to keep
in the path Of steamers. There are good
reasons for removing sails from the large
steamships. but are they wholly salts
| factory
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-06

The family of Jay Gould acted wisely in
remembering their first determination. viz,
to have his body lie in state and throw the
house open to the public. Mr. Gould was
not a man admired by the public; on the
contrary. he was cordially hated by a
large majority Of the people; hence any
crowds that might have trooped through
the mansion would have been composed Of
morbidly curious people, and not Of friends
or admirers. Under such circumstances a
public funeral would have been q mockery
Of aud an insult to the dead.
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The Nicaragua Canal.


I''0"' uFs O7tICUyU n tOU1Fe NltsU.k
Every consideration Of commercial and hnan.
cial necessity as well as every consideration
of patriotism and national pride calls for the
completion Of this work by the people of the
United States and its subsequent control by
be an emphatic declaration of the Monroe
doctrine and would be tantamount to a vigor-
GUS announcement on the part OF the govern
ment that 1t will not tolerate any foreign in
nuence on American soil or any effort on the
part Of France. England or any other power
to interfere with the extension of our trade
relations with Central and South America.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-06

The descriptive word "poppycock' has
been going the rounds of the press for
some time, doing duty in a dozen different
senses. Where it came from or what it.
originator intended that it should mean ,
have been yelled in mystery until few day
ago, when this explanation was forthcom
ing from New York: when the anti.
snappers organized their convention al
Syracuse, Commissioner Ridgway declared
the anti~snappers were poppycocks, and he
defined a poppycock as bird that is ali
tongue and no talons. that could talk and
not fight" According to this, If the poppy.
cock lived in Georgia, Orator Ham would
call him snollygaster. The difference is
merely matter of geographical position.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-06
AS to Future Deliveries.
From the PIttsbllrg Post Dem. }

FTOH tHe FItISOuTU FOSt IDeH.).
The producer gets the benefit of the larger
experience OF the dealers at the exchanges
who make the prices for the products delivered
at the interior shipping points. OF course this
operates as TO a decline as we'll as an advance
The dealer takes the risks of the market. but
competing forces hold prices to the highest
level justified by trade conditions Naturally
the producer at remote points has the benefit Of
this which he would hardly have in hand-to-
mouth operations Better leave trade free.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-06

The address of Judge Emory Speer at the
recent banquet Of the Chi Phi Fraternity in
New York is being noticed in a very COM
plimentary manner by the press. The sub
Ject OF 1t was "The Great Republic" 1t
was an eloquent address. full OF patriotic
sentiments and wise suggestions which
were clothed in the charming rhetoric OF
which Judge Speer is master.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-06

II John l. Davenport's petition for a
hearing before the bar of the House should
be granted, although he made it under false
pretenses, there would undoubtedly be lots
OF fun on the occasion of his appearance.
Ashbel Fitch, of New York, would be there
with his sharp stick, and if he failed tc
make the Man of the Iron Cage dance
lively, then spades amt spades"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-06

Congress got together" all right yester-
day and made show of going to work.
But before it can fairly get under head way
the usual holiday recess will be at hand and
all of the members will hurry away to eat
Christmas turkey at home. 1t is not likely,
therefore, that anything of great i'm.
portance will be done before Christmas.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-06

Chicago would like to know which is the
bigger thing, an epidemic of highway rob-
berries and burglaries, such. as she is hav-
ing now, or a single great Doodle scandal,
like Paris is having. If Paris has the ad-
vantage, Chicago will probably drop the
individual robberies and try to eclipse
Paris at her own game.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-06

Senator Gibson, Of Louisiana, who is re-
ported to be dying at Hot Springs. is an ex-
confederate soldier whose services since the
war nave won him as many warm friends
In the north as in the south. even republican
newspapers joining in according him credit
ana praise. He is Yale man, and is a
member OF the class OF '53. During the war
ne fought under Bragg. and in the Kentucky
campaign lost by death or wounds fully a
third OF his brigade. In congress he is
known as the father of the Mississippi river
improvements, having devoted great part
OF his time to the furtherance Of that orea,
public work. The announcement of his death
~ any moment would not be surprising, bur
would be received with genuine regret ia al
parts Of the country.
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eUR NEW YORK OFFICE,

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Of the MORNING Nxws Office % Park Row,
New York All advertising business outside et
the states of Georgia, Florida and South Caro-
tina will be managed by him
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-06

DR.. T. Thatcher Graves, the celebrated
long distance murderer, who is under
sentence of death at Denver for having
killed Mrs Barnaby with a draught of
whisky sent clear across the continent, and
Carlyle Harris, who is under sentence of
death in New York for having poisoned his
wife, are hopeful that In the near future
their prison doors win be opened and they
will walk out free. since they expect YER
diets Of acouittal in new trials they hope to
obtain. Should their hopes prove we'll
grounded they might. In collaboration,
produce an interesting work under the title,
"Tbe Art of the Borgiss Brought Down to
Uaten
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-06

The outcome of the famous Isms case
will serve to warn Pennsylvania milltiamen
that it would probably be much safer to
shoot of their guns than their mouths in
moments OF hilarity at some unlawful deed.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-06
Why Should Not All Republicans
Do It?
From the Boston GioI

From the Boston Globe CDem.l.
Now that the Mckinley tariff is doomed to
60 is there any good reason why a Massachu-
sets republican should not vote in congress for
measure that must greatly benefit the bust
ness interests Of this commonwealth
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-06
Tariff Commission Not Needed.


It ONt tIEe I1USIUW HtTIIU UNA. J
Mr.. Cleveland will be called upon, as the dis
tinct exponent of the democracy in its national
aspect, to give force and effect to the party
wishes as defined in the Chicago platform, and
1t seems to us that this can best be done by ad-
ministrative action, and that a tariff commits
sion would simply delay and embarrass the
wished for work of reform
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Republicans Deluding Themselves,

From the Neto York Recor der (Rep.).
The political complexion of the United States
Senate in the next congress is still un certain.
A majority was confidently counted on by the
democracy, but it has not yet materialized. 1t
Is not always safe to count political chickens
before they are hatched
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-06
Territories Gradually Being Absorbed.

It Is at all events probable that before many
years Alaska, the territory given up to the In.
dian tribes, and the District of Columbia will be
the only parts OF our domain left under the ex-
elusive Jurisdiction of the national government.