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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-11

When Senator Teller says the day Of
great newspapers and great editors
is past, he either does NOT know what he
is talking about. or is too narrow
minded 70 appreciate men who hold
opinion different from his own. There
are more great vspapers to-day than
there ever were before. Indeed, there
are SO many of them that they have be-
come common. Senator Teller's ideas of
newspapers were. it seems, formed in the
days Of Greeley and Raymond, when the
modern newspaper was in its infancy
and telegraphs and railroads were brand
new. Since those times great and well
edited newspapers have sprung up all
over the country. There is not, probably,
at the present day city of $4,000 inhab-
itants in the country but has a better
newspaper than the Tribune, under Gree
ley, ever was. Not all of the editors are
great, of course, but there a number Of
them at work upon the newspapers of the
day whose catholic views upon and
learned and liberal discussions of cur
rent question entitle them to rank with
the best men at any time in the profess
sion.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-11
PERSONAL.

Walter Besant thinks that Chicago will
some time be to America what Babylon was
to Asia. He has great admiration for the
windy city. otherwise tho smile might not
seem so complimentary.
Nine Christine Nilsson, now known as the
Countess of Miranda, lives. for the greater
part of the year, in fine house almost a
palace-at Madrid. In its internal decoration
she has displayed certain amount OF eccentrl-
city, for her bedroom is Iapcred with sheets Of
music from the scores of the various operas
that she has interpreted, while the walls Of
the dining room are covered with collection
OF hotel bills, the result of the singer 5
many professional travels in both hemis-
pheres.
Prof. Max Muller and his wife have lately
been on visit to Constantinople, where they
seem to have won the heart of the sultan.
They were invited to partake of a farewell
luncheon, during which various scientific
matters were fully discussed Before parting
with his guests the Sultan gave Prof. Muller
the golden medal of the Order of Merit, and
his wife also received an honorary order.
In addition to this honor, Prof. Muller was
presented with a handsome cigar case, bear
ing the signature of the imperial donor and
Mrs Max Muller with an ornament for the
hair, set in brilliants.
Edward F. Searles who married Mrs Mark
Hopkins widow of the California millionaire,
is putting an organ in the Grace church, San
was for many years a member of this church
which stands two blocks from her turreted
mansion, which has been given to the state of
California as the Hopkins College of Art. Mr..
Searies is personally supervising the con
structlOn of the memorial organ; he is quite
familiar with the requisites OF such an in
slrument, being an amateur OF no mean
ability and having fine organ in his house
at Great harrington, Mass.
Henry Irving sat through two hours of a
play at the Chinese theater in san Francisco
without a smile. Being asked afterward
about his impressions, he said that much Of
the acting was crude. as he expected It
would be, hut there was some clever work in
| il, especially by man who assumed the part
Of woman and did ii surprisingly well.
The attitude of the audience" he added
was not the least interest ng of the elements
in the scene. The enthusiasm and demon
STATIONS Of those who watched and heard
struck me very forcibly. 4 Chinese play is
well worth seeing" Respecting the Chinese
music, he was not enthusiastic.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-11
Chinese Deportation Ordered.

The administration has decided, so it is
reported, to enforce the Geary law and
deport Chinese as long as the money in
the treasury available for that purpose
lasts. Secretary Carlisle has made a cal
culation and finds that there remains
$4,000 of the sum appropriated by the so
called Geary act; therefore 81, 900 worth
of exclusion will be ordered The col
lector of the port at San Francisco has
been directed to negotiate with steam
ship companies for the deportation of I'M
registered Chinese who have been or may
be convicted in the courts.
1t is estimated that there are in this
country, subject to deportation under the
Geary act, 1O6,000 Chinese. 1t is estima-
ted, also, that the min imum cost of trans
portation will be S35 per head
Seventeen thousand dollars spent
in the Enforcement of the law will,
therefore, remove less than 500 of the
prescribed celestials, and leave the total
number in the country not appreciably
diminished. Senator Dolph, of Oregon,
recently proposed bill carrying an ap-
preparation of 100000 for deportation
purposes. But even that amount would
not be "drop in the bucket" To carry
out the provisions of the bill, as will be
seen, an appropriation of nearly 100000
would be necessary.
However, the act having been passed
upon by the supreme court and pro
nounced constitutional and the Califor-
MIA and New York courts having made
convictions under it, there appears
nothing for the Secretary of the Treas
ury to do but to carry out the congress
ional wish to the extent of the congress
ional provision.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-11

"Its all humbug this talk about rattle
snakes being SO deadly poison" said a red
faced man iu The smoking car, according to
the New York sun. I've lived among en-.
There used to be so thick out where I live
that YOU had 10 be mighty careful where YOU
put your feet down II you didn't want 10 hurt
a RATHER or two every time YOU stepped. Ny
bed was never any more than big enough for
me and the easy conscience | always slept
with but I've woke up more times than ve
got fingers ana toes ana found that two or
three rattlesnaRes had managed to find roc N
where / live But deadly Pooh Why We
known scores and scores Of people to be
socked, and socked deep, by rattiers, and l
never knew of but one instance where rat
tiers bite was fatal Never but once, out OF
more cases than there s plmpleS on goose,
Bill Bulger was the man that was bit That
tme-a great big, rough scuff of log chop
per that didn't look as II a whole den OF rat
tiers could raise as much as flea bite on him
But he went to teasing a big buck rattleSnake
that had come down to camp to look around
one day. and the snake just threw has upper
teeth against Bill couple of times. and every
drop Of poison he had emptied into Bill s
wrist. HOllert Great JeeSwaK. how Bill ala
boiler. We grabbed him and hustled him over
to the Pig Far Shebang on other side OF the
camp and began to deCant rum into him. ana
it WASH long before Bill looked as If he was
glad he was bit Everybody SAID he die
though, sure pop. because that buck rattler
must have unloaded into Linn close on TO three
fingers of the best poison he mad. ConSe-
quently folks were surprised more imam you
can think when they got around next morning
and found Bill as clipper as red squirrel
and sound as a white-oak knott
What" exclaimed the man IN the next
seat; Il thought you said that bite was
fatal,'
1t was. sir" replied the red-faced man.
.Bill got blind, crazy. drunk on the strength
of that bite and killed the bartender
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-11


When the Cherokee strip shall have
been declared open there win come to an
and what the New York sun calls 1.-THE
greatest and most peaceful movement Of
agricultural population the world has ever
witnessed" In short all of the consider
able bodies of arabic land in the public
domain win have been given over TO home
and farm seekers. There win stiu be va
cant public lands, but wherever large bod
les exist they are arid and valueless. eE-
cept as here and there may be found some
small fraction of tho arid area that may
be reclaimed by irrigation
There are at the south, in Michigan,
Wise nsin and Minnesota swamps Of con
siderable extent that belong to the public
domain, and which may in time be re
claimed by drainage But as both irri-
cation and drainage necessltate the eX-
pCnditure of large sums of money, 1t is
hardly probable that levies upon these
remnants of the public lands will be made
until their products are actually wanted.
The six million acres that viii be added
to the country's farm area on Sept u are
arabic lands upon treeIess plains. All
that it will be necessary to do to convert
them into farms will be to run the fur
rows and sow the seed. But hereafter
additions to the area under cultivation
will have TO be made by the slower pro
cess Of bringing under the plow outlying
tracks and abandoned fields, and by the
draining of swamps and watering of
deserts All the ready-made, cheap
farms have been disposed of.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-11
BRIGHT BITS.

Gifkins-What's the matter, McCurdie?
McCurdie-Matter enough. You know some
time ago l assigned all my property to my
wife toto keep it out Of the hands ot-of
people l owe, you know?
Gifkins-Yes.
McCurdie---W Well, she's talSenothe money
and gone off-Says she WON live with NE be-
cause l swindled my creditors.-Tit-Bits.
Jedediah Simpkins
Was a merry little spiret
They lost him in the morning
And he wasn't found till night
And when at last they saw him
Indignantly he said:
who was il pulled the trigger
OF our patent folding bed?"
Washington Star.
Mother-Here, son, is a cake for you and
your brother Divide il equally.
Son-Why do they make cakes with holes
in the middle mammal
MOther-Just to look pretty, l suppose;
don you like them So2
Son es'm, they re good enough, only |
wish / had to divide with somebody that
could eat the holes.-Harper Young PEG
pie.
Unreasonable Good Health-Anybody in
the office sick this afternoon: inquired the
philanthropic employer, beaming around on
his clerks,
4 guess not, sir said the head book
keeper.
100 bad Too bad" said the philanthropic
gentleman, sadly. Here there's no one toe
sick to work. and the last games of the base
ball season are icing played.-1he Chicago
Record.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-11
A Good Word For Women.

A paper on American Progress in
Jurisprudence" which MIR David Dudley
Field recently prepared for the worlds
fair contains some striking points. One
of them relates to the change which has
taken place in the meaning of the word
people He says that the word ''peo-
ple'' at the time of signing the Declare
of Independence meant only adult white
men. At the close of the war of secession
it included black men. At the present
time in at least one state, Wyoming, it
includes both men and women, black and
white. In that state women vote for their
Representatives, in the government Speak
ing of woman Mrs. Field says: why
should women not have the right to vote?
She counts in every enumeration of the
census; her name on every tax roll She
is the nurser and instructor Of youth she
forms, more than man, the habits, tastes,
and manners of all the living; She
is as deeply interested as
man in good laws well
administered; she suffers as much from
bad administration, and profits as much
by good one. repeat, why should she
not vote as well as men! Certainly it is
not because she is not as capable to rule.
In modern times three Of the greatest
rulers OF the world have been women ;
Maria Theresa of Austria, Catherine of
Russia, and Victoria of England Il does
not become man to say that any OF these
great personages was not at least his
equal in the capacity and art of govern
ing And in these states who will pre-
tend that it is just and decorous to give
the right of voting to ignorant blacks,
when it is refused to intelligent women"
MIR. Field is about the strongest cham
pion of woman's rights that has vet APP
peared in the field. He may expect an
invitation from Mrs Lease TO Join her in
stumping Kansas in behalf of the pend
ing amendment to the constitution of that
state giving suffrage to women.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-11

Tho Secretary Of the Navy. Nr Herbert
is vcrs tired 90 the indifference to tHty.
. Clre'es-ues- and lack OF interest iu tBgr
profession displayed by some of the navy
officers. and be proposes To make them
toe che mark They had done pretty
mucn as they pleased So long that they
/ had about ceased TO pay any attention TO
the head of the navy department until
+ Secretary Herbert was installed IN
office
Last month, at the Norfolk navy yard,
q fire occurred on board the Atlanta An
. Investigation showed that it was the re-
suit Of a gross neglect OF attention 10 the
regulations The officers IN charge of the
vessel were so anxious 10 get rid Of the
vessel by turning her over To the navy
yard authorities that they neglected to
take ordinary precaution to prevent acct
dents by fire. 1t was also found that the
vessel was in a very bad condition The
watertight compartment doors could not
be shut on account of the accumulation Of
rust.
The government has spent many mil
lions of dollars on the navy in the last
few years, and is continuing to spend large
sums annually for new ships. But what
is the use of building new ships if
the naval authorities permit them to be
so neglected that they soon become prac-
tiCally useless
One of these days war vessels viii be
needed quickly for some sudden emergen-
cE and then it viii be found that none Of
them are ready for service.
The country viii sustain the Secretary
of the Navy in whatever he may do to-
wards bringing the navy up to a high
standard of efficiency The naval Off
GERS should be made to do their duty, if
they haven pride enough to do it volun-
tarily. There are some of them, of course,
who do their duty conscientiously. They
should be commended The inefficient
ones-the ones who have to be watched
like a lot of irresponsible servants
should be got rid of. There are plenty to
take their places. 1t is possible to have
good and efficient ofhcers-of1icers who
take pride in discharging their duties
and they are the kind that are wanted.
No other kind should be tolerated.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-11
Fighting for Principle.

"Some of these feners thatis so set on their
principles reminds me very much of an old
Teller that bought a mule / knowed once "
said the man on a cracker box to the Indian
apoIis journal man. That is, l knowed the
feller not the mule. He bought that mule
from the street ear company, and the fool
mule wouldn't work without "a bell on his
neck. Wen, a he'll to suit the mules idea of
things could he bought for about Is cents and
any sensible man would have Fought it and
put it On-On he mule, that is. But the Teller
WASH t that kind He said he'd be doggoned
if he would he outdid by a mule; and he
started out to conquer that beast or die in
the attempt He died in the attempt The
mule kicked him so high that the
Coroners jury wrdn yled AN hour over
whether he had died from the kick or from
strikin the earth. Died happy, though
cause she had died for a principle and
hadn't teen outdOne by a mule. Then
bought the mule and put bell on him and
am working him yet, and don't feel as if I'D
lost no great amount of self-respect. either
Sometimes l think the people in general is a
good deal like that there mule. They won I
drive at all thout bell on O. some kind, and
the fool refOrmer that thinks II would be "a
sacrifice of his principles to let en- have it
gifts kicked into the middle of next week,
while the politician is willin to pervide the
bell fer en- and they git down and hump
themselves while he sits in spring seat and
rides. An l don't doubt I've been a mule
myself many time, an shall be agin"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-11
Against the Cellar.

In the current number of the Santa
rian, Mr.. Edward Atkinson, discussing
thequestion, Cellar or No Cellar" puts
the query: Ought there to be a cellar,
in the ordinary sense in which that word
is used, under the occupied parts of build
ings of any kind, such as school-houses in
which children are taught factories in
which men and women work lower
stories or Easements of houses where
much of the household work is done2n
This he answers in the negative, and the
reasons given are certainly worthy the
attention of every house owner, house
| holder and architect.
In the first place, cellars are more than
apt to be unhealthful, especially in the
warm climates of the south. The proper
ventilation of cellars is exceedingly diff
ficult, and often impossible They are
! convenient catch alls for careless servants
or thoughtless housekeepers. They are
hiding places for dirt and filth, retain
damp and breed disease. Especially is a
cellar dangerous if The house plumb
passes through it. In that case, defective
pipes are liable to vitiate the whole cell
| ldL D6lOE6 INC uduEcI Is ulSCONSIGO III
the colder climates of the north cellars
may be necessary as a means of protec-
tion to supplies against severe cold. But
in hot climates Mr.. Atkinson thinks the
| cellar is a nuisance.
Another point against the cellar is it's
cost as compared with its uselessness,
except in cities, where tloor-space is a
paramount consideration. "a building
costs a certain sum by the unit of the
! square foot of floor, counting every floor.
If the use of only one floor is called for,
why put more expensive floor ten feet
| below it, by digging hole in the ground ?
| IF it is expedient to use two floors and to
have all the light, air, and ventilation one
| can get on both, why make one a base
ment partly below ground and partly
above' Why not put them both above
| grade"
| Mr.. Atkinson's ideal house has every
floor above ground, the first floor raised
/ slightly above the ground level on asphalt
/ or a coal tar concrete. can asphaltum OF
| coal tar concrete properly laid is a non
conductor of heat, an antiseptic, and is
impervious to moisture; upon such a sur
face timber and plank laid solid last as
well as in any other part of a factory
building"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-11
Hadn't SKINNED Tt.

A young man from Wiltshire, says London
Spare Moments, whose ideas of milk had
been perverted and abused by contact with
the COW in its native haunts, recently en-
gagged himself with the proprietor OF that an
imal engaged in supplying milk to customers
in Birmingham.
The second day the new hand resigned. He
did not like the business, and he wanted to
go.
An investigation showed that, after wash
ing the cans the day before, the water as is
usual, was left in them. Instead OF the can
which he should have taken he put the days
milk into those having the washings, and
started on his rounds.
On coming back he learned his error. He
resigned at once rather than face the custo-
mers.
Why, it was cheatin', he said of the
worst kind. l can go up to cannon's mouth
and let EN- shoot me, but never want to set
foot in them houses where I carried round
that water. "
His employer demonstrated. He had no
time TO engage another man. and 1t would
greatly embarrass him to get one in time.
But the young man was inhexible.
Mono; he had been brought up to be
honest and couldn't look EN- in the face
again"
We'll, III tell YOU what I'll do" said his
employer desperately: I'm give you 10 shil-
nngs to go round this once, and If you can't
stand the abuse you needn't try it again
After much urging the young man con-
sented. He came back with very curious
look on his face
Wen. said his employer you came out
alive after all. Did you have a very hard time
Of it,"
"No-no" said the man; they did not say
a word anywhere, except an old woman, who
told me she thought the milk was improving
it was a bit richer yesterday morning. You
must have forgotten to skim 1t"
His employer was sad and silent, and that
young man is still in the business.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-11

MIR. Blount, it appears, is no longer the
governments special commissioner on
Hawaiian affairs, though he has frequent
~ of late been in conference with the
President and Secretary of State upon the
subject, and will continue TO give them
the benefit of his knowledge of conditions
on the island until the Hawaiian question
shall have been disposed Of The Morn
ING News recently referred to the fact
that the administration policy in the
premises had been determined upon it
announced by the New York Herald, in a
forecast of the Presidents recommenda-
ton, that that policy embraces home rule
for the Hawaiians, mild" protectorate
on the part of the United States and the
cessiou of Pearl River harbor to this
government as naval station. The
island government will be required to
take care of itself politically and finan-
cially.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-11
whv He Got Left.

Our trunks had been burned with the car
and when we got to Cincinnati an Off
cial of the railroad company desired each one
of US to give MIN our statement OF loss, says
a writer in the Troy Budget. A tall and
solemn-looking young man came to me as
was figuring away and wanted to know what
sum I was going TO name.
well, I think my loss is at least s60.''
replied. WAS your trunk burned, tooFh
Yes"
Got your loss figured up?"
mot yet and wanted to ask you about it.
Can l talk to you in conhdence?"
oh, yes"
sf'Well. l don't suppose my things were
actually worth over S12, but"
But you d like to get S50?"
That's it, exactly. The railroad folks
seem willing to pay whatever is asked"
well, then, why not make it S50?"
wouldn't it be cheating|
That's a matter you must settle with your
own conscience"
Yes, know it is and gol darn my buttons
if I don't hope that somebody will kick me all
over this town.
why, what's the matter?'
Matter Why, instead Of being ready 10
scoop the railroad out of $40 or $50 I've got
to take $40 or 1921 I've been studying to be a
preacher for the past six months. and bless
my old hat if | dast tell EN- liea That's
allus the way of it. I'm never fixed to
hit anything good that comes along,"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-11
The Explanation.

y suppose said visitor to the Washing.
ton State Building according to the Chicago
Herald, that those apples are bnt gooseber.
RES compared with some of the other varie.
ties you raise IN your slater
NO, sir" replied the attendant, those are
the biggest apples / ever saw taken from a
tree in Washington"
And those pears?'
The biggest that ever came over hill or
down pike in Washington"
And where are you FROM"
Washington.
Live there?"
Yes, sir
And you are frank enough to admit that
these apples and pears are; the biggest YOU
ever saw raised in Washington
THAT'S it."
That is commendable admission, must
admit"
Well to tell you the truth, stranger" con
fessed the attendant, I'm going to move to
Oregon next week"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-11
Warning to the Senate.

From the New York Times (Dem).
All over the country thousands of enter
prises, large and small, are hampered re-
pressed and discouraged by the criminal de-
lay in the action of the Senate, and hundreds
Of thousands Of men are kept from the re-
ward OF regular industry. We warn the Dem
ocratic majority in the Senate that for this
and for whatever further mischief may come
of it, their party and it alone will be held re-
sponsiole and the responsibility cannot be
explained away. The people VIII care nothing
for excuses These will not, to use the
language of debate. meet the demands Of
business What the people want, and with
an intensity. frmness, and aggressiveness
never surpassed. is the prompt passage Of the
Wilson repeal bill If they do not get that in
time, they will surely and swiftly punish the
Democratic party.