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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-21
PER SONAL.

/ CORNELIUS YAxpaRIsILr may be found hard at
work at $3.50 O'Clock every morning. aud be
very rarely closes his desk until 8 O'Clock in the
afternoon.
/ Dr. PEsTEcosT. who goes over from this
country 70 take charge of Presbyterian church
in London. IS TO have house rent free aud a
salary OF s., 800 year.
| OILY three men who vera members of the
/ United States Senate in 1873 are now living:
James W. Bradbury Of Maine, ex-Gov. Felch Of
! Michigan aud Gen. George ". Jones of Iowa.
/ Mas. BEpEw is, in some respects. the oppo-
/ site Of her witty husband She has a serious
] face, big black eyes, long, straight features
| and low, sweet voice. Her favorite colors are
| garnet ana nauye
| By the TRANSMISSION Of artificial or chemical
/ blood into her veins the life Of Mrs. Louise
| Christian. Of Lyon Mountain, N. 2. has been
saved. she had been very i'll for a long while
ana was apparently about 70 breathe her last.
MISS MOTION, the eldest daughter Of the Vice
President, WIN make her debut IN Washington
this winter. Her parents will probably intro
duce her to society by series of fine enter
telnnents when the period OF mourning for
Mrs. Harrison is over.
Dr. KoHN, the new prince archbishop Of Oh
muetz, Austria, the first Hebrew TO attain so
high rank in the Catholic church, is described
as q man of medium hight. slender of figdre
with dark. curly hair fine, oval-shaped face
large nose, dark eyes and heavy red lips
LADY CHARLOTTE ScHRIRER, who has Just
been presented With the freedom Of one of Lon
don's honorary guilds is said TO be the only
woman, with the exception of the Baroness
Burdette- COutts. upon whom had been con
ferred the distinction of being free woman
OF a city company and Of the city of London.
LONDON Truth says that some one once said
to Depew: We are getting tired Of your
speeches. A man has, only to put a coin in the
slot when he gets a dinner, anu then up comes
the speech" THAT" replied Mr.. Depew, is
the difference between you and me; with you
the coin produces speech. and then up comes
the dinner"
a SIGNIFICANT COMMENTARY on the old style
tombstone epitaph is credited to little boy in
West Phniadelphia, who was recently taken for
walk through Woodlands cemetery. He was
greatly interested in the inscriptions, and that
evening at the tea table he was unusually quiet
for while. and then said: Papa, where are
all the bad people buried?"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-21
PATIENCE ceasing to Ee a Virtue.


There are indications that the people are
| getting very tired of the dis
| cussions between the city council
/ and the county commissioners relative
/ to the draining OF what is known as
! Musgrove creek watershed. This city thinks
/ the water should be drained in one direc-
| ton aud the county commissioners think Id
ought to be drained in another direction,
and unless the discussion Of this issue be-
tween the city and county authorities is
stopped by public sentiment it is likely that
no decision will be reached for months. aud
perhaps years, in respect to the matter, and
no steps taken toward beginning the much
needed drainage work.
What the people want is not talk, but
work. They want the swamp, which Is
part Of the watershed Of Musgrove creek,
drained. Thsy are not so much interested
In the reasons given by the county surveyor
and the city surveyor why they are right
in the respective positions they have taken
in the matter. They know that there is
much talk about this particular piece Of
drainage work and that nothing is being
done in respect TO it, although public inter
ests are suffering in consequence Of the neg
lect TO do 1t.
The swamp ought to be drained this
winter. The Citizens Sanitary Associa-
tiou, at its meeting Monday night,
adopted a resolution to the effect
that the swamp is deleterious TO the
public health and dangerous to the lives of
the citizens. 1t also declared. in substance,
that the delay of the work because Of the
disagreement of the city and county au-
thorities on technical point is unwiss and
reprehensible, because the swamp is men
ace to the public welfare.
What the city and county authorities
should do is this: They should get together
and say: Here, gentlemen, we have wasted
enough time in talking about draining this
swamp. Let US stop talking and do some
thing. We ought to have acted long ago.
The public is not interested in our talk.
What is needed is action. The swamp
should be drained. Let US begin the work
of draining it at once, and let US finish it
before warm weather.
This policy of delay which has been pur-
sued by the county and city authorities in
this Musgrove creek drainage matter should
be changed for more aggressive one at
once. If it is not changed the authorities are
going to hear from the public In a much
more emphatic manner than they have yet.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-21
Just Plain Helen Erench

When the yankee schoolmarm got out to
Devils Gulch says New York Herold writer,
she found things little rough, but no one was
rude 70 her. Indeed. so markedly chivaIrous
were the male inhabitants that she said TO her
self over and over again: "Wel, wish the
young men OF Beacon street could come out
here for while. They would learn a lesson in
'polteness which some of them need verv. yerv
much" '' ''-'
Determined not to be outdone in polteness
MISS Nellie was very careful not to express sur.
prise at anything she heard or saw If she
heard bad language in Bob Iacy's faro ranch
she never turned a hair-to say nothing Of her
pretty head And when she saw a man shot
oown IN the street she simply smiled and
whispered to herself that these people we're de
lightfully frank and primitive in their wavs-
quite Homeric, indeed, she said-for Miss Nellie
had been educated at Smith College and knew
Greek from alpha to Idaho She had plucked
1t up by the roots, so TO speak. =
When the young lady first faced her class she
was prepared to hear some pretty hard names
And she was not disappointed, for the nonoen
clature OF Devils Gu Oh is both forcible and
picturesque. Some of the miners struck ricner
leads IN children toan they did IN gold and
silver and their elation or their disappointnaent
often found vent in names that were rather
startling to Boston ears. Star Of Hone Tones
and Don't Gtvadam Henrietta Baldwin were
make out her roll book.
At last she came to diminutive specimen
VINO wore dress OF prints and nothing else
ana whose hair was combed on Christmas and
lieved in keeping holy days.
NOW, then, my little one. what is your
name :" asked Miss Nellie, with her sweetest
smile.
," n, .,9 French" said the child.
Helen French" the child repeated.
Yes. dear. know it is hell in French. Now
tell me what it is in English, please"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-21
Christmas at the Peters Earn,


John Kendrick Bangs in Harper's Maoa.ins,
Here's merry Christmas come again. md all INV
childTen's home
Sans in from New York city, nd Corneel's
come down from Rome;
Amanda and her young uns, and nv darter
Arrived last night at 10 O'Clock with trunks nd
bags, md noise
Enough to last the hull year through, nd plenty
But what's the odds? Noise amt the worst of
Ills we have to bear,
had a gift for every one this mornin' on the
nd what gave 'em was the sort as used 10
come to me
Long years ago, when pa an ms was managin'
the place.
But. Lord they didn't please the kids-thas's
judgin' by their face.
I'd apples an hard cider till YOU couldn't
hardly rest,
And all the presents that gave was Of the
very best.
l got EN- at the village story for 50 cents in
cash,
Nd fifteen pecks O. winter wheat, key o. sour
mash.
Two loads o hay, some butter, and a promise of
The cost was pretty heavy for a man with shaky
legs.
But as l thought it over, why I didn't really
AS long as they'd be happy nd be pleased with
what they d find;
Which 1 don't chink my grandsons was, because
their city ways
Has PLAYED old hob with Christmas as twas
had in my Young days.
Amanda's boy, Ulysses, when he got his worsted
mitts,
Looked madden than halter in his very mad
dest fits;
Nd when my grandchild Robbie got a hand.
some rubber ball
That whistled when you squeezed it, he began
to kick and Squall.
Same way with Sans small family: incIudin,
of his wife
1 never seen woman so upset in all nv
life
When what mad for her came out-iest why
For my wife us,d to beam when gave her a
calico
In fact. in twenty presents that I bought and
gave away,
Not one of EN- seemed pleasin', an It sort of
spoiled my day
ND what is worse, they're brought me down
some fancy sort of jugs
They called EN- Royal Woostershire-the han.
dies looked like bugs;
Nd shattered on the sides of 'em two great
green dragons Sit
Sam brought a watch chain made o. gold that
doesn't seem to fit
The old mans waistcoat-sort o. makes mo
look too kind of loud,
Nd altogether the result don't seem to make
me proud.
l sort of can't help thinkin' that the things
they've brought to me
Are worth three times as much as mine FOR
them upon the tree.
ND when see em actin like as though thav
wasn't glad
To get the things got 'em-wby, it makes me
mighty sad;
1t makes me pine for Christmas with its true
old-fashioned ring,
When gifts were incidental, md the season was
the thing.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-21
Christmas Gifts.

The most generous and benefieent season
OF the year is at hand. Christmas is a time
for hospitality. bounty and the giving Of
gifts. And of these three the giving Of
gifts has come to be regarded as the most
important. One may neglect to become
host for the day, or to bestow largess upon
the poor; but there is none but desires to
give gifts to relatives or friends
In the true spirit of Christmas there is no
custom that may be made to afford more
pleasure than the giving of gifts At the
same time it is probable that no Christmas
custom is more abused. The donor is fire.
quently too fastidious and the recipient too
exacting. There is too much of tendency
on the part of each to measure everything
by dollars and cents; consequently the giver
goes beyond his means in making his pur-
chase, which, after all, may not come up to
the expectations OF the person for whom it
was intended. The result is bitterness in
both hearts. The pleasureof giving as we'll
as the pleasure of receiving is destroyed.
The Christmas gift should be a token of
love, Of esteem, of friendship. As such it's
pecuniary value is not to be considered. The
custom Of giving at Christmas is founded
on a sentiment, and it is the purity OF that
sentiment that should give the token its
value.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-21

Some iconoclastlc experts in glass went
TO Canton, Mimi, two or three days ago to
inspect the miracle window" in the Cath
olic church there that has been the cause of
so much excitement. The examination
showed that there was nothing supernat-
ural about the window. The glass upon
which the picture Of the Virgin and child
was alleged to appear was found to be a
pane Of the cheap grade sheet glass manu-
featured in Pittsburg. The process OF max
ing that particular grade includes anne IL
ing but not polishing. Annealing leaves a
thin film of smoke burned into the glass,
which Is removed In the better grades by
polishing. This smoke film frequently
presents fantastical effects. Viewed from
certain angles and in certain lights vari-
ETY. of outlines may be seen, and certain of
such outlines were responsible for the ''pict>
ure" in the Canton church window. Ia
view Of this explanation pertinent query
is, what cured the invalid pilgrims who
gazed upon the window and were healed;
Was it that faith to remove mountains.
OF which we read. Another pertinent query
is, if the window was accomplishing SO
much good by its cures, why should any
body wish TO dispel the illusion of the
miraculous picture.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-21
Between the Lines.

| was on one Of the outposts in front of Sheri-
dan on the 0pequan one afternoon when it be-
gan to rain, says an old soldier in the New
YORK Sun. There was sort Of luH Just then
IN army matters in the valley and it tsctily
understood between opposing pickets That there
should be no firing. My post was under dead
tree. with a screen of bushes in front. Having
no pOncho 70 keep me dry. and knowing taat
the relief would not come around for over an
hour yet, advanced ST cleft obliduo" about
forty PAGES to large tree. which promised q
shelter, L had stood with my back to the trunk
for ten or fifteen minutes when 1 thought
heard noise on the otuer side Pigs we're
often met with in the woods on our front. and
as 1 turned and carefully poked my head out
from behind the trunk. fully expected 70 see
one What did see, however, was the face of
a man who had poked his head out to see
around on my side The trunk was about three
feet through, and our faces were pretty close
together. l knew at first glance that he was
johnny" and he also knew that I was a
'yenk." We looked at each other for rnin-
ute. and then he calmly inquired.
That you, Yang?"
Yes. That YOU Johnnyf'
Thought you was hogs."
$50 did -
What we. gwine to do about 1T"
Nothing"
That suits ne. Come around yere en- my
dry spot"
moved around, and ve sat down, and while
wetalEed watched one way and he the other
Atthe end Of three-quarters Of an hour We got
up to 90. and he said.
Reckon I'll know you next time forty rods
of. and IN aim high"
''SollI.
Come over TO my house some day"
Ihanks, and you drop in on me when you
We turned back to back and walked away.
each fully trusting the other, and il was our
nrst aud last visit. A week later, after the
patIIe which routed Early, saw the poor fell
10Y i lying among the dead on the dusty Berry
vile pike,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-21
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

MzErxes-Tsmmany Club; Subscribers &c
Capital Stock of The Savannah Wheelmen' S
characterization; Or. Falligant at Odd Eel
lows Hall To night. 49,
military OEpERs-Order No. %, Republican
Blues.
SPECIAL Eo11cEs-Dr. Sidney J. Lanier; No
tice as to Screven House Cigar Stand. NJ. Stern,
Executor Estate of Louis Stern; Dividend No
tice Oglethorpe Savings and Trust Company;
Closing Of Savannah Volunteer Guards Club
Rooms; AS 70 Crew of Norwegian Bark Race
Horse; Turkeys, L. Putzel; Notice, Lindsay &
Morgan.
HorEL-M Mitchell House. Townsville, Ga.
LEGAL SALE-Sale Of United States Steamer
ADthea.
AN IMMENSE LINE OF HOLIDAY NOVELTIES
Appel & schauL
Esss-EsJate S. w. Branch.
CHRISTMAS PREsENTs-B, H. Levy & Bro.
ApMIHIsTR AroR's SALE-At Koher's,
HoLIDAY EXCURSION RATEs-South Bound
Railroad.
Auction SALE-Administrstor's Sale by j.
Mclaughlin & Son.
The LIGHTEsT CUI-UNDER CARRIAGE MADE
Savannah Carriage and Wagon Company.
oFFERs For SALE-Edw. w. Brown & Co.,
Real Estate,
LINCOLN BENNETT Co. HATs-Fslk Clothing
Company.
CHEAP COLUMN ADVERTISEMENTS - Help
Wanted Employment Wanted; For Rent; For
saIe;' Lost; Personal: Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-21
Rough on Speaker Crisp.

From the anaconda (lfontJ Standard (Dent.l
We confess we care little about,it [the alleged
slight TO Crisp at the Reform Club banquet I
Judge Dixon, the Montana representative In
congress, tried faithfully for mon tbs to catch
the speakers eye yet be failed. IT, at the ban
quet, Mr.. Crisp failed 10 get recognition or was
lost in the shuttle. nobody except Mr.. Crisp him
self has any kick coming. Mr.. Crisp's expert
ence in the management of the first session of
the present congress proved him at best 20 be a
commonplace man for the place. anyway; and
this republic will roll right along whether he
blew off his surplus eloquence In Madison Square
garden or not And even If some spitsful man
in the management of the banquet cut Mr. Crisp
on without word, it's Just as we'll be has
played that trick on his betters more than once,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-21
A Fair Election Wanted.

Some Of the applicants for offices TO be
filed at the January elections in this city
are already complaining of unfairnsss on
the part Of those who selectsd the election
managers. 1t is impossible, of course, to
satisfy all the candidates, and no effort
should be made to satisfy any OF them.
The people do not care about the interests
of the candidates. What they want is
fair and honest elections, aud there are
no good reasons for doubling that such
elections are desired by those who ap-
pointed the election managers aud by those
managers. Those who choose the election
managers understand their duties thor
oughly-at least they ought to-and there
is no reason to doubt they are
guided by good motives. They may not
yield to the demands of candidates, but it is
pretty safe TO say they will do that which
they believe to be right. They will not dis
criminate against any candidate or any
number OF candidates.
There is talk that a great deal Of money
will be used on election day. The bribing
OF voters should pot be permitted. Ii It ia
found that voters ore being paid for their
votes, both those who offer brides and those
who receive them should be arrested and
punished to the full extent of the law. A
man who buys his way into Office is very
apt not TO make O faithful officer. He feels
that he ought TO get his money back In i'd
dition TO his legitimate fees or compensa~
ton.
What the public wants and what it should
insist upon is fair and honest elections in
January. The Officer to be filed are impor.
tant ones, and the very best mon in the com.
munity that can be induced to accept them
should be elected
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-21
a Smart Girls Lecture.
From the Leuiston journal und. J

from tpe LeUtSJ0n journal tI1d.l.
A 16-year-old girl reads lecture to the young
men 10 a Lincoln county paper She exclaims:
why do the young men Of Edgecomb do so
much loafngy Go to work Push ahead! l
am bnt young girl; have clothed myself and
got money In the bank, and only l6 years old.
lay up more money every year of my life than
miles of my home. When they get 81 they 60
to a dance and go home 8. out. My father is
able TO support me. but choose to support
myself. advise all girls to cut clear of those
loatng boys. Give them a wide berth, and
never marry man unless he is able to support
you, And never put your arm through the
handle of a rum Jug"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-21

A gentleman 'close to the Reading man
agement" says the Reading railroads scheme
to secure an alliance with the Baltimore
and Ohio, Richmond Terminal aud other
roads in the south whereby the practical
control of trunk line from Canada to
Florida would be secured, has now "ad-
vanced TO stage which assures success and
an announcement Of the alliance-for it will
be closer than mere traffic arrangement
will be made within very short time"
There may be great deal in the talk of this
alliance, but not much ia now apparent
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-21
The Cost of Railway Passenger Service.

FTOm . Is NetU 7YOTK Irl5Nnc hep. }.
Those people who are clamoring for low rates
of fare to Chicago next summer while the
worlds Columbian exposition is in progress and
inveighing against the railroads for refusing to
make more than a 20 per cent. reduction, might
find some food for reflection in the report of
the statistician of the interstate commerce com
mission, just made public. The report is for
the year ended June 80, 1891. 1t shows that the
gross earnings of the railroads of the United
States from their passenger service were 20 81
per cent..of the total receipts, while the cost Of
maintaining that service was "a 0S per cent. of
the total operating expenses. The average rev.
enue per passenger per mile is shown to be a
fraction over 2 cents
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-21

It is strange that in so big an institution
as the United States treasury, which should
be run in the most thoroughly business-like
manner, there should be cause for complaint
about the bookkeeping. The form of pub
lie debt statement in use has been found
open to the criticism that it conceals more
thnn 1t reveals. Nor Is that the only fault
to be found with the system employed, &C.
cording to Treasurer Nebeker. He says
the present method of keeping accounts of
the issue and redemption OF paper money
affords no certainty Of correctness. 1t is
safe to say that no first-class bank, or other
business house, would permit of it's accounts
being kept in such manner.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-21

II is understood that Mr.. Cleveland is
shortly TO ride the goat belonging to the
sigma Chi Fraternity of the Michigan uni
persisy. He hardly breads the performance,
however. The man who SO recently rode
the democratic mule right over the repub-
hcan elephant. with such disastrous results
TO the elephant, will net finch when it
eomes to mounting goat. Furthermore,
the feat is to take place in New York city,
and there is tiger in New York that Mr..
Cleyeland bridled for his service in Novem-
Der should the goat do too much buckins
the tiger might be brought into the arena
ano what Is there in New York that can
'eno against the Tammeny tigeri
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-21

The hangers-on to the Harrisonian coat
tail are at work on plan to start Harri-
son boom for 1896. 1t is the desire Of the
engineers Of the scheme to have Gen. Har-
rison bsnqueted by the Union League Club,
Of Philadelphia, shortly after his retire.
ment from the white house. The plan
includes a ringing speech by the then
exPresident, to be followed by another
ringing speech by Depew. or somebody else
dominating Harrison for President in 1895
All the republican leaders are to be invited
to the dinner and over the walnuts and the
wine. outline the policy of the party for the
next few years. It is q neat scheme.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-21
The Electoral College system.

From the PHILADELPHIA Record Dem.l.
What argument against the modern develop
could be uesded iu addition to that whicn has
been presented by the election in North d.
kota! In that state the official result divides
the electoral vote between Cleveland, Harrison
and Weaver. The Cleveland elector has 1871
majority; the Weaver elector IA majority
Thus North DakotaS vote for President has
been neutralized by q clumsy electoral machin-
cry which has defeated the will of the states
majority. Has not the time come when the
people should abolish this N achinery and elect
the President directly by popular voter
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-21

Denver. COL, possesses either an excep-
tional brute as a school teacher or an ex-
ceptional prevaricator as a newspaper COR
respondent. A story from there asserts
that the school teacher referred to pulls the
teeth of his pupils as a punishment
for disobeGience, and gives the name of a
small boy who has suffered the loss of ft-
teen teeth for his shortcomings. The school,
master in this case should be given the bene-
ns Of the doubt the story is too improb-
able.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-21
FLAvoRINe EXTRACTS.
1t Has Come
To This

That every successful, merton
ious article has its limitations.
This is a grave injustice, for
the genuine pure article will
often be judged by the imita-
ton No preparations require
for their manufacture more
care and skill, more costly
and purer materials, than
Flavoring Extracts.
In this instance cheap mater.
ials mean inferior flavors.
DIR. Prices Delicious Flavor
ing Extracts have won their
way to public confidence by
the pure and costly materials
used, the new processes en-
ployed for extracting from
the fruits their natural flavor
ing principles. In using DR..
Prices Orange, Lemon,
Vanilla or other f1avors the
housewife will never fail to
obtain the grateful favor
desired.