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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-17
The Old Man Wished His Gun

Arthur Kelton. who travels for the wholesale
provision house of which his father is senior
partner, told an interesting ghost story on the
floor of the exchange yesterday. says the Phila-
delphia RECORD: Il was up at Holidaysburg
last week, he said, and had occasion to drive
out to place called Gear Swamp. A saw-mill
there is owned by firm named Chapel & Co,
and in small house close by resides a man
named Jake Dougherty. Not long ago famous
old bear hunter who was known as Old Man
Delby, died and the only will he left was q scrap
OF paper on which was written, When
die please plant my rifle in the coffin with me
Two weeks after the funeral the village was
scared almost to death by seeing pale flicker
ing reproduction Of old man Dolby floating
over Dougherty's house at midnight. and the
next ght Dougherty himself met the specter
in a thick patch of woodland near his home It
then turned out that Delby's rife mad not be en-
buried, but was in Dougherty's possession, aud
there a movement on foot when 1 was
there to forcs him to bury the rife which the
spirit of old man Delby evidently mourned for
Dougherty said that he was ghost proof, but his
family were badly scared. and presume he
gave way to their entreaties and has by this
time buried the rife"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-17
The Judge Believes in "Haunts.'

From the Richmond Dispatch.
"Haunts" exclaimed the popular secretary
OF the commonwealth, Judge Flournoy. the
other day, addressing group that had assem-
bled In his Office and were discussing supersti-
tions. 'Hauntsn Don't you tell me there
are no such things as 'haunts, Rosser, turning
to that one armed veteran; don't you remem-
Der churchyard down in Clarke county, where
the roads fork, one going to Berryvie and the
other somewhere else, and where we had a
small picket post? Well" continued the Judge,
looking over his eyeglasses and dropping his
cularly his, Il never shall forget a night
stood picket there. 1t was one Of those miser-
able nights, half moonlight, half dark, with
drifting clouds throwing all sorts of
shadows, and just enough wind to
make the trees keep up a continuous
sobbinR and signing. l was supposed
to be on duty two hours, but it was two months
before that relief came-yes, two months of
solid night, during which those tombstones
played leap-frog, waltzed, stood on their heads
aud cut up high jinks generally, and every
mothers son OF the people who had been buried
there in a century assembled IN that church and
kicked up the most Internal din you ever
heard In your life. 'Hauntsr Why, there were a
million or them in the church. My horse knew
it, for finally, to cap the climax, he began to
cold chills ran up and down my back at the rate
of forty miles an hour. would have given all
l ever expect to be worth il the yankees had
sent q squad down there and opened fire on me
and driven me away. When the relief did come
was the happiest man in the southern confed-
eracy. Don't tell me there are no such things as
'haunts'"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-17
INlRI TO NRW ADVERTISEMENTS.

ADMINISTRATIVE Council Citizens SAM
tary Association.
SPECIAL Decentralization of Officers savan-
nah Gas Light Company; To Architects, Con
tractors. etc, Andrew Hanley; Flat Of Two or
Three Rooms Wanted; AS to Bills Against Nor
wegian Bark Carl Haasted; Roofing, Cornicing
etc, Z. G. Pacetti; Here We Are TO Lead the
Trade, D. a. Altick's Sons; On Wheels Savan-
nah Carriage and Wagon Company; Election Of
Wardens and Vestrymen st. Pauls Church.;
Real Estate, Jones & Woodhn; Notice to the Pub
lie. Kell Slappey; Am Committed to Another
Business. John j. Rely; Notice, Electric Rail
way Company; No Long Interest Losing Weight
w. X. wilkinson; Competition Demolished
George Meyer, Wholesale Dealer Faust Beer;
Jams, Etc. VIM v d Breling; Office Fixtures
for Sale and Store for Rent, Sam selig; How TO
Save the EyesIght, DR.. K. C. Mccall; A Card,
Matt Mcconnell.
MILITARY ORDERs-O Orders No &C. Savannah
Volunteer Guards.
AUCTION SALEs-Estate Sale Crockery, Etc,
by J. H. Oppenheim s. Son; Lots of the Savan-
nah Real Estate, Loan and Building Company
on Wednesday, by W. K. Wilkinson, Auc-
tioneer.
H rE1-The Mapewood Randolph, Vt.
ALL STYLES OF VEHICLEs-The Savannah Car.
rage and Wagon Company.
On DECK-C. Gray & Son.
GREAT REDUCTIoNs-At Krouskoff's Millinery
House
RAILWAY ScHEDULE-Florida Central and Pc
ninsulsr Railway.
EXCURSION Fifteenth Annual Excursion to
Florida of the s., F. & W. and c. & S. Railways
E. NJ. R. Association.
EAsTER-Collats.
FROM LARGE To SMALL, WE FIT THEM ALL
The Famous.
On GAS STovEs-James Douglass.
APRIL II, iS92-Appel& Schaul
SILKS CHEAPER THAN EvER-At Eckstein's
The EASTER RUSH BEING OvER-B. H. Levy &
Bro.
AMUsEMENTs 49, Entertainment for Charity's
Sake by the Kings Daughters April IS; Gift
Entertainment for Benefit of Orphan Boys and
Girls April II.
CHINA SILKs-Crohan & Dooner.
WEEKLY BUDGET OF SPECIAL BARGAINs-At
Altmayer's.
STILL CoMING-Foye Morrison.
INDIA SILKS, ETc.-At Gutman's
OK THE FENCE-The A. J. Miller Company.
GABLER PIANos-Schreiner Music House.
CHEAP COLUMN ADVERTISEMENTS Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent: For
Bale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-17
At the Money Order Window

She was one Of those women who ought to be
an angel, IL she isn't, says the Detroit Free
Press, and the clerk knew it the minute she put
her face up TO the money order window. II
want to send money order" she called down
70 the clerk from the hight Of her superiority
Inis Is the place, madam" he responded,
politely enough. ~ know it is. That's why |
came here instead Of going to the opera house
or the city BUILDINGS How much will it cost
me to send $40 to Hiram Buckle Smith; at
Columbus, or" The clerk began brief calcu-
lation on pad Of paper. well. madam he
replied, after keeping her waiting two or three
minutes IT will cost you, including the post
age, $40 q. " What wha- what" she gasped,
as she fell against the wall Forty dollars and
twenty-five cents! Do you mean 10 tell me it
viii cost me that much to send $40 TO my
Drother-inlaw in Columbus, OF" 1T certainly
VIII, madam, said the clerk, confidently. IF you
send 1t by money ORDER" By this time she
was pretty badly ratified. TITS shame and an
outrage" she exclaimed. ~ thought the fee
was only rs cents such a matter but here
you tell it is more than the entire amount |
want to send" II beg your pardon, madam, -
apologized the clerk. softening. ~ didn't say
the fee was 5 10 %. You must have mistaken
me some way. You asked me what it would
cost you to send $40 20 Columbus, o., and
said, including postage. it would cost you
$40 %. You see, >" be hurried on. without CIV
ing her a chance } chip in a word, the post
aga will be 2 cents the fee for $40 order is
20 cents, that's p 9ntS, and the $40 you want
TO send to your brOther-in-law will be $40; forty
and twenty and two" he ratified away on his
fingers, lis S40.2 See? Ann that's just what
it will cost you to send the $40 which you asked
me about at first Here's your blank; you'll
had ink and pen on the desk over there, in
structions on the back of the blank and me
right here at the window when you get it all
ready. Stand aside now, pleas, and let those
other people in to the window" And the
woman, with her f atheTs ruftied and her feel
ings positively mangled. did as he requested
her to do, hunibly and silently, and the clerk
was happy,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-17
Naming the Picture.

Among the artists in certain uptown studio
building there is one who recently returned
from Paris in company with Vandyke beard
istic school, says the New York Como ercldL
Advertiser. His expenses while abroad were
paid by wealthy maiden aunt, and soon after
his arrival upon his native heath he determined
to show his appreciation of her kindness by
presenting her with a picture. Accordingly, he
lmmured himself in his den and evolved sun
set In the Meadows" after the manner of
exactly what it looked like, but the painter and
his friends discovered all sorts of beauties in it,
and with much pomp and circumstance it was
borne into the luxurious abode of the maiden
aunt, who received it with every outward mani
festation of delight. Last Tuesday night the
artist called to see what fate had
befallen his gift. and while waiting
eagerly scanned the walls of that apartment,
He discovered his picture hanging between a
Corot and Mauve, beautifully framed and up
side down. Before he had quite recovered from
his estonishment the aunt entered and immedi-
ately plunged into the most exaggerated praise
OF the reversed landscape. The artist, taking
his cue, joined in and assisted her in discovering
the fine points OF his masterpiece. DO you
know, " remarked the aunt, as her nephew was
preparing TO end his CALI you forgot to send
me the name OF your picture?" $50 did, J." he
answered distrustfuly, but it wasn't neces-
sary. The painting explains itself" Per
1ectly," was the answer; so had the name
put on the frame myself" Whereat she led
him to the picture and pointed to a medallion
Storm" The artist doesn't know whether his
aunt is a terrific Ruyer or simply an idiot, and
hasn't called on her since. The position OF the
picture remains unchanged.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-17
A Privilege Ahnsad.

The cost of the Congressional Record is
immense and its benefit to the public is al
most nothing. Comparatively few people
ever glance through its pages, which, as a
general thing, are filed with matters in
which nobody takes any interest. There is
a steadily growing tendency to put into it
things that do not belong there, and TO use
it for purposes for which 1t is not intended.
In Thursdays Record one Of Henry Georges
books was printed. Two or three members
of congress thought they would distribute
the book in that way, and they received
permission to print speeches they did
not deliver. Instead OF having
speeches of their own printed they
had this book printed. Following the pre-
cedent thus set three or four republican con =
greSsmen had printed in Saturdays Record
pamphlets, editorial articles, old speeches
and letters to show what a good thing for
the people the republican policy OF protec-
ton is. If this abuse Of the privilege of
printing matters Of which congress has no
knowledge is continued congressman will
soon begin to put into the Record adver-
tisements of patent medicines and puffs of
health resorts. The Record, instead of con-
tanning only the proceedings Of congress,
will be filled with all sorts of things which
have no relation whatever to legislation.
1t is certainly time that line was drawn
against everything that does not take place
in either the House or the Senate. No
speech should be printed that was not actu~
ally delivered, aud no member should have
the right to add to or take from his remarks
made on the floor Of congress.
The Record takes hundreds Of thousands Of
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-17

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A sprinetime Idvl.
k1R III 8 VH1AO ~ .
From the Dundds Banner,

from Lns Du1luQS 6unneTs
The bluebirds they are calling,
The robin plumes his wing,
The snow born streams are falling
Upon the feet OF spring.
Sing sweet, oh Southland,
Sing soft. oh Southland,
Ger hamlet, farm and town;
Invade the Northland,
Surround the Northland,
And pull that snowbsnk down.
The wee frogs wake from sleeping,
They're getting out of bed;
And thro' the cold turf peeping
The crocus shows her head.
Arise, oh Southland.
Blow soft, oh Southland,
Ger dingle, dell and down;
Go food the Eorthiand,
Dissolve the Northland,
And pull that snowbank down.
Go sound the COW bell loudly;
Wake feather, fur and fin
My brothers, see how proudly
The splendid spring comes in.
All hail, oh Southland,
Come soon, oh Southland,
And green the hills of brown;
Invade the Northland,
Go smite the Northland,
And pull that snow bank down.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-17

dollars annually out of the ipocksts Of the
people. and it is simply an outrage on them
that they should be compelled to pay for the
printing Of a vast mass of stuff that ought
TO be published, IL published at all, at the
expense Of those who are benefited by it.
The committee on rules should at once take
steps to keep out of the Record all matters
which do not legitimatsly belong in IL.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-17

Col. Tom Ochiltree, the famous red-headed
Texan who recently became involved in
the Borrowe-Drayton scandal, says he has
washed his hands of the whole affair The
London correspondents of the American
newspapers, however, are inclined to think
that MS eagerness to get out of the scrape is
due to another motive than disgust and
note tie fact that he suddenly left London
for Paris when Messrs. Borrowe and Mil
bank arrived there.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-17

Col. Livingston probably wishes he hadn't
been 30 hospitable to Georgia's political
visitors from the northwest last fall. There
is such thing as overriding even southern
hospitality, and this appears to be case of
the kind.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-17
Gum Hills Gloomy Prospect.

From the Sparta (GG.) IshmdeIite (Dem.l
The third party delusion will pass away like
noxious vapor, and then Gum Hill is going to be
sorry she did it.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-17

Two scholars Of q primary school in New
York were brought before justice a day
or two ago on the charge of stealing a
watch. A close exsmin alton revealed the
fact that the children, who were about Z
years old, did not know what watch was.
These were white children. attending a
public school in the largest city in the
United States
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-17
Dangerous and ominous Omissions.
From the Atlanta CGo.y Journal (Dem.).

fronl Wle AtIdhIt IUu.I JUUFIIuI NDeNH'J'
There is not clause in the third party plat
form against continued sectional agitation
such measures as the force bill; not clause in
favor of leaving to the several states their old
time freedom in the management Of their own
domestic affairs To throw off and perhaps
dishearten and defeat our democratic allies at
the north for such an organization of incon-
gruous elements and unknown purposes, would
be the EXTREMIST party folly.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-17

The New York Mail and Express says
President Harrison and Senator Quay were
closeted together in the white house We'd
nesdsy for some time. This is a rather
queer statement. after Gen. Harrison's
warning to Mr.. Wanamaker against Quay
as a very bad man.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-17

1t is gratifying to know that the post
Office appropriation bill will contain an
item for the continuance of the New York
snd Florida fast mail, in spite of the effort
of the Postmaster General to cut it off. 1t
is hoped and expected that the House
will retain the item. The business interests
of the whole Atlantic seaboard demand a.
continuance Of the service. which has be-
come indispensable.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-17
CURRENT COMMENT.
A Good All-round Men.

From the Philadelphia Tim (Dem.).
North, south, east and west it sesms to be
Cleveland. This Of course, is because he Is an
all-rouud man.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-17
The People May Ee Trusted.
Eron AZ Rnltimore Sam fDcmN.

TIOWt IIt5 I7tItVVII'V'o wv Nt7O'''I
One Of the curious results OF the free silver
agitation, for example, is to give additional
strength to the candidate who may be regarded
as one of the stanchest champions of honest
money. The men woo dug the silver pit for
Mr. cleveland have fallen into it themselv
and have so contrived matters as To bring
about the very nomination they sought to de-
feat
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-17

The prospects were last night that to-day
would dawn beautiful, bright typit al
southern Easter Sunday. The awakening
of nature into new life is we'll advanced
here; the smell of spring is in the air; bios
SONS are blowing, bees are buzzirg and
tender green leaves clothe the trees in woods
and city squares. The churches to-day are
more or less deliberately decorated with
flowers and greens, aud the services will be
appropriate to the occasion. And then the
Easter bonnets-oh the bonnets And the
pretty Easter gowns that will be seen to
day But prettier than the Easter bonnet is
the pure face beneath it, and more delight
full than the bright costume is the true heart
of the wearer
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-17
OUR NEW YoRk OFFICE.

Mr.. J.J. Flynn, General Advertising Agent
of the MoRS1Ns NKws, Office % Park Row,
New York. All advertising business outside or
the states of Georgia, Florida and South Caro-
lima will be managed by him.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-17
senator sherman's Pre-eminence.
From the Chfcaoo Times (Den,.).

Senator Sherman expresses lofty contempt
for Senator Hill because the New York man has
evsded committing himself upon the silver
question. Mr. Sherman having fully mastered
the art Of occupying both sides of the financial
problem is properly scornful OF the man who
will OCCUPY neither
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-17

A German genius has invented process
for manufacturing cloth out of wood pulp.
But that is nothing new under the sun, see
ing that Eve got her full spring costume
direct from fig tree.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-17
The Only Sure Western Crop.

From the Louisville Courier-JourndE (Dem).
The newly opened lands in the west will soon
be cccuoied, and the farm mortgage business
will begin to look up again.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-17

The new paper to be established by Wat
son, Simpson, Kyle. PETER and other polit-
ical cranks is to be called the National
Watchman, and the whole outfit Of Peoples
party promoters will be associate editors.
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Alger's Illogical Endorsement.

Gen. Alger is the only candidate who ap-
pears backed by a state delegation in opposi-
ton to the denomination OF President Harrison,
and the indorsing resolutions are so illogical as
to rob the conventions Endorsement OF its in
tended force.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-17
A Healthy Indication.

There is no reason to doubt at the river
and harbor bill, carrying as it does a pro-
vision for the Savannah harbor that will
give Savannah 26-foot channel to the sea
within the next three years, will become
law without being changed in any impor~
tant particular. This is the reason, doubt
less, why there is such confident feeling
with respect to real estate in Savannah at
this time. There is no boom in city and
suburban property, and there is not likely
to be in a conservative commercial city like
this, but there is certain to be steady ap-
probation in the market value of building
lots both for business and residence pur-
poses.
A good deal of money has been made In
real estate in Savannah within the last five
or six years, and ther will be great deal
more. There are good many Of Savan-
nah citizens who have made snug little
fortunes out Of real estate. though it is not
generally known that they have anything
more than very moderate incomes.
Recently transactions in real property
have been somewhat retarded, not because
Of any stringency in the money market, as
is generally supposed. but because the most
desirable properties are held at prices which
are out Of the reach of those who have only
small amounts of money to invest or who
desire to build homes.
The owners of these desirable lots have
not been, and are not now, anxious to sell
them. They are so confident that it will
pay to hold on to them that they are salts
fed to wait, believing the time is not far off
when they will get their own prices fer
them; and, besides, it will not be long be-
fore sewers, water and gas will be put in
the sections in which these properties are
situated, and they will then be more de-
sira able, and hence, much more valuable,
than they are now. It is true there have
been sales of lots recently at prices which
have caused investment and real estate COM
panies to come TO the conclusion
that this is very good time
to take in their profits and help give the
city building boom, such as it has not had
for a long time. With a very little en-
couragement there would be a great deal
of building this summer. There is a steady
demand for residences, and the return of
| the headquarters of the Central railroad to
Savannah will tend to increase this de-
mand.
! There is no objection to going two or
three miles from the business portion of the
| city for desirable residence lots, because the
electric cars, with their quick schedules, run
to all parts of the city and into the suburbs.
And there are no drawbacks to summer
residences on the ''salts" because they are
easily and quickly reached by means OF the
railways.
All things considered there are excellent
reasons for thinking there will be good de-
mand for residence lots this year, and it is a
source of satisfaction to those who are
anxious to see Savannah grow and prosper
that there are indications that holders of
this kind OF property are showing a DISPOSE
ton to respond to the demand.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-17
The Party for Honest Reformers.

From The Et0erton tdd.) tTdzette IDsn.J.
Alliance principles are democratic, and al
lancemeu can get the relief they are seeking
within the democratic party sooner than from
any other source; indeed, the success of
democracy is their only hope Third partyism
is anything but alliance doctrine.