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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-11-22

Al new styles and fashionable goods, bu,
our approaching change in frm makes Us
sell everything without regard to cost OF
value Daring this sale no samples can be
enton approval, but money viii be refund
ed on all unsatisfactory purchases.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-26
BRIGHT BITS.

An Overestimate-He-Bu you didn't
think my Grafton was sophomore did your
She-No; on the contrary. thought it was
rather fresh. Brooklyn Life.
Boston Waiter Ito outside barbarian, who
tucks his napkin in his neck)-Pardon me,
sir, but there is no shampoo goes with this
dinner.-P. & S. S. S. Co. Bulletin,
Hicks-Your heart goes out in sympathy
for the poor?
Wicks-Yes; though It sounds like rank
egotism to say it-Boston Transcript.
The trolley car is a menace to human life."
Nonsense. More boys and men are killed
by shooting than by trolley cars"
True; but the trolley car is more danger
do no harm unless loaded The trolley car
kills loaded or not. '-Harper's Bazaar.
Mistress-Not going to marry that sweep
after all, janet Why, Thought that was all
settled?
Jane-so 1t was, mum;, but the fact is saw
night and can't marry him You've no idea
how ugly he is when he's washed, mumi-
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Awful Dad-So you want my daughter, do
you?
Prospective Incum brance-I never would
have thought Of asking for her If there had
been any doubt in my mind as to that
Have you weighed the responsibility you
would assumeih
We'll, I've hefted her, and 1 think she'll
do KANSAS City Journal.
Auntie-Look at the pretty cousin the an
gels have brought.
johnnie (visitin y)-Did the angels bring
him?
Auntie--Of course!
Johnnie-Then guess they brought him in
through the skylight and didn't see the sign
in the jaultor's ONCE that says Children not
received here. "-P. 81 S. s. S. Co. Bulletin.
The office boy wanted job in an office, and
he was bound to be well recommended.
Well" asked his prospective employer,
after asking number of questions as to his
qualifications are you honest?"
You bet L am"
You won't lie?"
No SIR
Nor take anything?"
mo, sir. Why at the last place was 1
didn even take a vacation. Detroit Free
Press
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-26
Public Executions.

The disgraceful scene at the recent pub
lie hanging Of two murderers at Princess
Anne, Md, report Of which was printed
in the MORNING NEWS at the time, has
been the cause Of a movement in that
state looking 70 a reform in the mode Of
executing capital sentences. It is pro-
posed by the reformers that all executions
be performed in private, and in the prison
Of some city, Baltimore or Annapolis.
There is at present upon the statute
books Of Maryland a law requiring the
execution of all capital sentences in pri-
vate, but it has become, 70 a great extent,
a dead letter. 1t has been observed in
the cities, but outside Of the cities hang
iugs continue to be made public specta-
cles, which attract the population
for miles around. On such oc-
casions what should be a most
solemn object lesson is made the chief
feature of a holiday outing. The thou
sands Of people who gather about the Jail
yard and gallows-tree become, in the
morbid excitement of the hour, mob In
which semi-brutal instinct takes the
place Of reason. Whisky drinking is the
order Of the day, and the county sheriff,
with handful Of inexperienced deputies
under him, frequently finds it impossible
TO maintain order. That was the case at
Princess Anne last week
The old theory that hanging a muir
derer in public serves as an efficient
warning to those who witness it has long
since been proved fallacy. The last man
hanged in Maryland, previous to those
executed at Princess Anne the other day,
committed a murder while on his way
home from a public hanging. The famil-
iarity Of the mob with the details of the
laws vengeance breeds in the
mob contempt rather than increased
respect for the law. The more mystic
rious capital punishment is made the
more terror it inspires in the mind of the
average man. The human mind breads
and fears that which cannot be seen;
hence, secret executions are more effect
i've as warnings because OF the mystery
surrounding them than are public execu-
tions because of the horror of the spec
tacle
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-26
Frost Fancies.
From the Omaha Bee.

From the Omaha Bee.
The Frost King came from his home in the
north,
And busily while slept,
The magic touch of his ice-tipped brush,
Over my window he swept.
The wraith-like scenes Of his northern home
In spectral lines he wrought
The aerial touch of his cunning hand
Outlined his subtle thought.
The cleaning caves where the icy winds
In dcep recesses hide,
And feathery pines and hemlocks tall,
With branches reaching wide.
And icehergs fast in frozen seas,
And branching reindeer horns,
And quaint and whimsical elfin FORMS
Like griflns and unicorns.
And castle white with shining tow'rs
And fanciful fragile walls
With loopholes and ports of curious shapes,
And strange, mysterious halls.
But the jealous sun. when day had dawned,
GaZed hard at the Frost King work,
Erased with burning, fiery glance,
Each queer and freakish quirk.
And castle and seas, and spreading trees,
All vanished know not where,
Like the phantom shapes OF my fairest
dreams,
AS frail and fleeing as air
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-26
PERSONAL.

The late Marshal MacMahon first met his
wife while saving her from FIRE at the risk
Of his own life.
Marvin R. Clark, blind journalist Of New
I York, received 3. 200 from benefit rendered
him by newspaper men and actors few days
ago.
Emperor William II. has already found a
biograp her, Friedrich Meister, who in a re-
cent volume narrates the kaiser's life up to
date.
Daniel 81. Durham and Frank D. Millet are
getting out an illustrated history OF the
world 5 fair, which is 10 be sold for 1900
copy.
Alexander Hockaday. Of Harrison county.
Ind. recently celebrated what he claimed TO
be his 1l4th birthday. He has voted at every
Presidential election this century.
Baron Schichier did tolerably well this year
on the French turf, on which his winnings
foot up for the season nearly e35 900. He is a
Frenchihed German Plunger Walton.
A fine portrait of Cardinal Vaughan, in his
red roles as prince OF the church, has been
added tothe pictures in the archbishop shouse.
Westminster Mr.. BertOn. who also painted
the portrait OF the late Cardinal Manning in
the same collection, is the artist
Notwithstanding that Frank Hurd is barely
5Ohe is now spoken of in Ohio politics as man
legal practice, probably second to none in the
state Of Ohio. and he works Indfatigably. He
is growing rich and says he is done with
politics.
Baroness Tautphoeus. one of the earlier
English noyelists. whose vivacious stories Of
Bsvariau life The Initials" and Quits 8" are
still numbered among the most widely read
works Of fiction. died at Munich recently. She
always lived a retired life and had published
nothing for many years
The Boston Transcript says that if Anne
Radcliffe gift Of 500. in 1913, 10 Harvard col
iege had been on interest for $50 years, at
per cent, it would have matured this year
and amounted to $40, l46,L0). an amount which
exceeds the value of all the colleges in the
United States east Of Washington.
The task Of cataloguing the library OF the
late Prince Louis Lucien Bonaparte, which
has occupied Mr.. Victor Collins during a
whole year. is now finished 1t was a very
la0orious undertaking, inasmueh as the
books and pamphlets reach total OF $4,000,
necessitating 1900 separate descriptive head
tngs.
Gen. Jubal A. Early, it is said, has at length
severed his Official connection with the Lou
isia1a Lottery Company after serving it, by
the use OF his name and his supervision Of
the drawings for sixteen years. He is now
nearly 81 years old and lives at his home. in
Lynchburg. Va. The lottery has been driven
out OF the country.
visitor in Boston is the Rev. A. Ben Oliel,
native of Tangiers, and a Christian minis
ter, who has done missionary work for forty
years among the Jews in Morocco. Algiers
Tunts. Spain. and Palestine. His mission in
this country is Ito raise an interest in the
building of an evangelistic hall in Jerusalem.
where all denominations Of English-speaking
Christians can meet and worship"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-26
Luck That Couldn't Be Repeated.

Now, luck said the sporting man to a
Buffalo Express reporter, luck is curious
thing. There them that have il, and there 8
them that don have it, and the worst OF it
all Is that nobody has it any more regular
than man has chills and fever and most
everybody not so regular by long shot.
But speaking of luck, l saw case awhile
ago that near made me crazy. 1 was in a
pool room down in Baltimore, and was play
ing very close to the cushion. Nothing came
my way, and had but few dollars between
me and the touching of some friend for a
stake. saw little fellow come in there
with g bill and get out with 81 .4O2 in cash.
l wasn't next and didn't get a cent Of it,
After 1t was all over he told us his
scheme, and it almost made me daffy to think
that any such fool scheme should 20 through
There were five races that afternoon and
he played them all He PLAYED his money
and 81 ,402 is what he pulled out. II he d had
good sized roll when he started he'd have
broken the room sure, and every other room
IN the city. And what do you think his sys-
TEN was: You couldn't guess in thousand
years. he started at the top and counted
down to the seventh, and she won. Then in
the next race there were but four horses and
he counted one. two, three, four. and then
started at the top again aud counted five six
seven. He played that horse and won. That
was his scheme. His pick won every race
And what do you think made him do it? His
girl told him to. Luck2 Why, some people
have it to burn, and he was one of that kind
Not as an in 6700O0O years would that
scheme work. tried it for a week. and 1
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-26
Knew When and What to PRAY

At the weekly prayermeeting in the Metho-
dist Episcopal church at Elwood the other
night, says the indianapolis Journal the
third person to offer up his tribute was a
stranger who was seated near the door an d
whose petition to the throne of grace nearly
paralyzed the good people who were present
He prayed as follows:
Lord thou knowest am a stranger here
Thou knowest do not live here but reside in
neighDorlng town. Thou knOwest / have
relatives in another town whom | am on NV
way to see Lord, thou knowest why am
here Instead OF there. Thou knowest WHY I
can't get there Lord, thou knowest Just
what want. L want 40 cents Amen ;"
AS the last words were ended there was a
commotion in the church. They all rose i'm
and went down after their pocketbooks. and
the man soon had his 40 cents and several
more. His name could not he learned but he
lives at Lynn and was on his way to Center
His funds gave out when he reached here
ano SO ne went 10 prayermeeting and startled
the Christian brethren by asking the Lord
for what he wanted.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-26
She Figured on Diamonds.

rs the society editor in;" she asked. as she
entered the room. says the Chicago Post. She
was determined looking woman. with sharp
eyes and an air that seemed TO say: 4 know
my business. IL am from the country"
I am the society editor" said the young
man at the corner desk What can do for
your
Well. I'm engaged, A." she said in a business
like way
Engaged to be married." he asked.
Sure" she replied. Did you think I came
up here to tell you I was engaged as a
NO, no; not at all" he assured her. IF
you'll give NE your name and the name Of
your"
Never mind the names lust now she in
terrupted- You printed something about
plain gold engagement rings being fashion
able"
''Yes. I remember such a paragraph"
Did Jim get you to do thatf"
Who's Jim?"
Hes the man I'm engaged to-Jim Rey-
nolds."
why. 1 don't even know him"
- And he didn't put you up to printing
Certainly not"
"Honestg"
i give you my word. But why do you ask?''
Wen, sometimes have my doubts about
jim. he wanted to buy me plain gold ring,
put told him diamonds we're none too good
for me. Then he said that plain gold was the
correct thing but told him ne could not pull
the wool over my eyes with. that kind OF
story. 1t had got to be diamonds or the en-
gagement was of. He seemed kind of con-
WINGED then, but the next day he brought me
that paper Of yours saying that pain gold
was fashionable, and l thought likely he d
come around here and gave you a dollar to
print that -
We wouldn't have printed it for him if he
hal"
"Sure?"
Certainly. You can't get those items put
in for money"
Well she said, with sigh, Il suppose
it'll have to be plain gold then. but I'd sort of
figured on diamonds. I reckon l took the
wrong season to get engaged. Seems hard,
doesn't it,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-26
A SAMPLE Pension Case.

Secretary Smiths pension policy was
on trial last week before Justice Bradley.
Of the supreme court Of the District of
Columbia. As is well known, quite a
large number Of pensions have been sus-
pended by order Of Secretary Smith on
the ground that they are not authorized
by law. One Of these suspended pensions
is that Of Judge Long, of Michigan. He
is one Of the judges OF the supreme court
Of that state, and receives a salary Of
5000 per annum. He has been drawing
a pension Of So a month. A pensioner to
draw so large a pension must show that
he IS totally and permanently helpless"
Judge Longs trouble is a gunshot
wound in the hip which is still open, and
which has 10 be dressed twice a day.
The wound is so located that the judge
cannot dress il himself Pension Com
missioner IOchren suspended Judge
Longs pension on the ground that his
condition was not such as TO entitle him
10 So month. With the exception of
his wound the commissioner considers
him a healthy man. He believes the law
allows him $50 a month. and no more.
Last Friday Judge Long sued out a man
damus asking the court to compel the com
missioner TO return him to his former rat
ing Of So month. His attorneys did not
attempt to show that he is entitled 10 that
sum. They declared that his pension is
a vested right, and that having been
granted cannot be interfered with. Their
arguments, however, were mainly stump
speeches, in which they endeavored to
create the impression that Mr.. Cleveland's
administration is hostile to the old
soldiers of the union armies. They
lost sight of the fact entirely that the
pension commissioners duty is to see
that pensioners get Just what the law
allows them.
Commissioner Lochren defended the
policy Of the pension bureau before the
court. He pointed out that a mandamus
was not the proper proceeding in Judge
Longs case. He asserted that he was an
old soldier of the union army himself, and
was in thorough sympathy with his com
rades, but that he did not permit his sym
pathies TO interfere with his sworn
duty as an officer of the
government. The question was, he said,
whether or not the law gives Judge Long
S72 month. If it does the Judge should
have it. If it doesn't he ought not to
have it, In his opinion pension is not
a vested right. The law requires pen
sioners to be examined once in every two
years to determine whether their disa-
biity still exists. That law makes it
clear that a pension is not a vested right
The republicans are trying to prevent
an honest administration of the pension
laws. They are seeking to gain the sol
der vote. Their arguments against
suspending pensions in cases in which
there is ground for suspecting
fraud are addressed to passion aud preju-
dice and not to reason. There is no
doubt that Secretary Smiths pension
policy is right, but the republicans will
leave no effort uutried to make it appear
that the administration is against the old
soldiers of the union armies. They have
no hesitation in endeavoring to gain a
point against the Democratic party by
dishonest means.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-26
Couldn't Saw Why.

This is where you answer questions?" he
said, lnqutringly, as he looked in on the thin,
little, solemn-loOking fellow.
1t is. replied the thin man of the Chicago
Post Write out your question. Write
only on one side of the paper and then send
it in to me-"
But I'm in a hurry"
Cant help it,"
Its an easy one"
''Well, go ahead"
AN right. Now suppose a woman is in a
big hall and she wants to get out?"
Without walking"
mo: she's willing to walk"
"All right. Go on
well, well say that there are a lot of
other people in that hall who want to leave
at the same time"
Yes"
"And they came trooping along behind this
woman, several hundred strong, all making
for the same door"
Yes"
And the door is quite narrow one"
Yes 60 on
well, what will the woman do when she
gets fairly and squairly in the doorway"
stop"
quite right But why?"
The thin, solemn looking man got up and
kicked the stranger out of the room and
slammed the door after him.
I'll teach EN- to come around irving to
lure me into answering easy questions that
no one this side of paradise or the other place
can answer he muttered as he sat down
again. There is one point where all human
investigation stops. We cannot go beyond
-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-26
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

MEETINGS OglethOrpe Lodge No. I, L
Q. OF.
SPECIAL NOTICEs-Georgia Council no. 3
R. & s. NJ; We Direct the Attention, Fa1k
Clothing Company.
AUCTION SALEs-Furniture, By J. McLaugh-
lin & Son.
CHRTsTNAs-Falk Clothing Company.
Observation-Disclosures Of the Condition Of the
Merchants National Bank.
NEW YEARS DAY-Lindsay & Morgan.
ALL THIS WEEK-B. II. Levy s. Bro
No DOUBT You ARE NOT OVER CHRISTMAS
YET-Appel & SchauL
JUST HALF PRICE-At Adlers.
CHEAP COLUMS Help
Wanted: Employment Wanted For Rent; For
Sale: Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-26
Where Is Senator HIP

IUII UII0 NOW Ofk IIIneS tDem. J.
Our Washington dispatches state that there
Is very little prospect of any amendment to
the Senate rules to protect the rights of the
majority at this session The only possible
explanation OF a failure so to amend the rules
is that the majority do not wish to protect
their rights, There is certainly no need Of
any further demonstration than was made dur
ing the two months blockade on the silver
question that the rights OF the majority are
st the mercy OF the minority. That demon
strntion was complete for both democrats and
republicans, and for the country as well. If
now the majority of the senator's should insist
on change in the rules that would prevent
recurrence OF that shameful experience pub
NC opinion would sustain them absolutely.
WHAT has become Of the zeal Of Senator Hilll
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-26
Specific and AID valorem Duties.

rum INC L uiiduelpuld hSCOTu tDoIl.)
In a tariff ranging over hundreds of articles
1t would be mischievous and absurd to adhere
TO uniform system of specific or ad valorem
duties. The doctrinaire has his hard and fast
rule which he never bends but the practical
Legislator applies that form of duty whether
specific or ad valOrem which is the better
adapted tor each case. Honest importers and
merchants have always preferred the specific
system of duties wherever it could be
equltably enforced, because they are not ex-
posed by 1t to the fraudulent undervaluations
of knaVish rivals in trade
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-26
The Party of Tariff Tinkering.

From the New York Post Hnd.).
Ex-Speaker Reed s report on behalf OF the
minority of the ways and means committee
refers TO the Wilson bill as "tariff tinkering
bill, as though that phrase carried sufficient
condemnation OF the measure The meaning
OF this phrase is not left in doubt by Mr..
Reed. he says that il is only another tar
IN tinkering bill. the like of which has dis
turbed the conditions of business so many
times the last thirty years" Mr.. Reed has
very discerning mind as we shall proceed to
show. The tariff tinkering bills that have
disturbed the conditions of business the last
thirty VParS are the fo1lntuinU
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-26
SILKS, VELETS,
and DRESS.

of high grade, rich in de-
sign and of endless profu-
sion, will be offered at
prices far below cost of i'm
portation.
Special attention is called
to our Carpet Department,
in which we show an extern
sive and varied line of Body
Brussels, Tapestry Brus-
sells, Ingrains, Rugs and
full line of Canton Mattings.
Particular attention Is called 10 our
stock Of Tapestry Brussels, which, for
durability and service, are not only as
good, but better than the ordinary Body
Brussels. Our MattingS are all New
and Fresh and range In price from Csc to
Soc per yard.
r e m a i n der of Boys
Clothing at absolutely half
price, with a view of closing
it out at once.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-26

The tramp nuisance has grown so for
midable in California that the Southern
Pacific railroad has found it necessary TO
send its trainmen out thoroughly armed.
On some trains bearing valuables, armed
guards are provided.