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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-23

That's minel"
ms mine"
The two men spoke simultaneously and
reached 90 abou2 the same instant Tor crum-
Piled piece OF green paper that lay on the
sidewalk said the Chicago Tribune.
The man with the purple necktie was shade
the quicker OF the two. His hand closed over
the paper just IN time 70 he clutohed itself Ia
the grasp OF the other man, dusty, travel.
stained pilgrim in a gray suit and carrying a
valise.
There was a momentary struggle, but the
mar. with the purple necktie retained POS
session OF the prize.
~ saw that first % hotly exclaimed the trav-
eler.
other why didn't you pick II ups'
You jumped in ahead OF me"
II saw il as soon as you did, II not little
sooner. was making for il when you stopped. -
Il was nearest TO it! had the best right to
softly, my dear sir" said the man with the
purple necktie, retreating as the other
advanced.
Possession is nine points Of the law and the
paint you're trying to make is not well taken.
! think saw it first and I certainly got
IT first | am going to keep it unless-hellolo
he exclaimed, as he opened out the piece of
green paper and looked at it,, it's a $40 billll
i say it's a bloody shame and a --"
Hold on! This is bigger find than ex-
pecled- thought 1t was tiVer. am wiling
to divide it with you. Isn't that a little more
than fair2''
The dusty traveller reflected a moment.
We'll he SAID, Il guess that's square enough.
Got a $40 bill?"
No but if you'll watt here minute I'll take
this into cigar shop round the corner and
get il changed"
You needn't do that. think I've got a ten, -
With some alacrity he drew leather
wallet from his pocket opened it, extracted q
bill and handed it over, receiving the $40
in exchange.
Two hours later with fierce CLEAN in his eye
and hickory club in ishand he was hunting
all over town for man with purple necktte.
The $40 bill was a counterfeit.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-23
Variations of a lest.

That there is very little that is new under
the sun is shown perhaps more frequently in
the jokes that are told than in anything else,
says Harper's Young People. A story has
been going the rounds of late concerning the
trepidation of small boy, who upon being
asked rather gruf1iy by his school teacher
who discovered America, began to whimper,
and instinctively blurted out:
"P-please, sir it wasn't me"'
This has its counterpart in an amusing
English teacher who believed in the powers
of the birch to restore fading memory Hay
ing asked one of his scholars tho question,
who made this glorious univt rseT the boy
replied, II don t know, sir. -
Come" said the teacher, taking up his
switch, you must know, Tell me- or 1 shall
whip youi"
The boy looked at the whip a moment and
then with Characteristic SWIVEL confessed:
please, teacher, d i'd but l won't do II
again"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-23
Efeot Of the sherman Law.
From the Baltimore Sun fDem. )

1t is clear then, that the Sherman law is a
scheme for forcing the government to nav
gold coin.to the mine owners for their silver
bullion, which bullion is stored away in the
the gold coin with which to pay in two ways
only, by taxation OF the people or by the sale
Of bonds, which, in turn, must eventually be
paid by Such taxation. Moreover, the bullion
thus stored away is constantly sinking in
value on the hands of the government Does
any one wonder that our whole. financial
structure Is becoming suspected and unsafe
when, before our own eyes, its foundations
are being undermined? How long can the
government go on paying out gold for silver
bullion ana preserve its established policy
OF maintaining the parity of the two metals
at the existing legal ratiog How long can we
go on narrowing the base and widening the
top Of our building without having 1t topple
in ruins upon our heads?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-23
BRIGHT BITS.

Shelves, I am veryfond of pets.
He-Indeed? What, may I ask, is your ia
voEite animal? s-.,.a - SCI.
She tfranlkly) -Man.AJudge. iFse
Tanks--What led you to suspect last night
that had been drinking?
Mrs. tt can't imagine, unless, possibly it
was the fact that you were drunk.-P. and S.
Bulletin. CrF a@
Mrs: Bosshouse-Why do you say there is
no luck in odd Numbers? 1t was. your sew
enth proposal to me that I accepted.
HeE husband with sigh)-Yes; 1 know
it.-Butfalo Courier.
Hegets a new.sttaw hatS and fate
~ Makes merry with his pains
The first day that he-putS il, on
1t rains and rains and rains.
Washington Star.
Bob Crying to grow mustaohe)-I say,
Tom, does it show at all?
Tom (seriously)-WeH yes, a little: but.
never mind don't think anyone will notice
Washington News.
Miss Elder think it real ueanrfn Won Ia
tel MI Spatt that was. overweight years
Miss FosdicI-whyyyo YOU surely, didn't want
me to tell him how old you really were
Amusing Journal
Mrs Frontepew-I don't see why our pastor
should be so continually urging upon the con
gregation the necessity of loving one another
Frontepew-Humph Every marriage cere
AllOug nc pGiIOIAuo DIIugS ulIu al least uVe
dollarS.-BuffalO Courier. t..-
BERTHE Swinger- What is Miss Serelefe go.
Ing to do about the picnie9 No os
Miss May .3lume-Ashe hasn't made up her
mind yet. tt'Ft3 'N
BERTHE Swinger-Great Scott Does she
have to do even that2-PucS.
Young Wife-This talk about man being SO
impatient when a woman is getting ready To
go anywhere is all nonsense
Friend-Doesn't your husband complain at
allg
Young Wife-No, indeed. Why, last even
ing couldn't find my gloves, and l had long
hunt for half a dozen other things: and vet,
when l was finally dressed and went down
stairs to my husband there he was by the fire,
reading and smoking as calmly as if 1 WASH t
half an hour late. 2
Friend-Wen, declare! Where were you
goingY .H
Young .Wife-To. prayer meeting Buffalo
Commercial.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-23
The Fair Typewriter's Troubles

"Dearl" said the typewriter girl, ''if there
is anything 1 dread it is taking new situa-
tom
4 don't see why" said the girl that lives at
home with ma, - according 10 the Iudianapo-
lis journal.
Because will have to get used to a lot of
new words. After one has written from the
dictation of one man for long time she Gets
so accustomed to his vocabulary TINT sbe
could almost find the words and letters on
the keyboard of the machine with eyes shut.
/ have had three places so far, and in each
one found my employer had about two humid
red words that he used in the regular course
of business, and had a certain way OF framing
his sentences. To begin with new employer
is almost like learning new language =
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-23
Not a Straight Argument.
From the LouisviIle coufter.JL ournal der

From the LOUISVILLE COuriertJournal DemO.
From a straight democratic point of
view, asks an esteemedsbut pert contempt
putting duty on sugar when Kentucky
whisky has dropped % cents a gallon?" The
thOughtlessness or ignorance in some edito-
rial sanctums iSappalltng. What has sugar
to do with Kentucky whisky from straight
democratic point Of view?'
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-23
A Specific Tariff Wanted.
From the Philadelphia Record (Dem.

t FU1I III5 ILII'IlIeI 9IIa RtcoTd IDem.J.
The experience Of the world, which should
go for something almost uniformly testifies
in favor of the specific system as the simplest
and cheapest method of collecting duties, and
as the most effective for preventing frauds on
the revenues. The Mckinley tariff, in it's
minglng of specific and ad. valorem duties. is
fragrant example of the worst evils and
abuses of both systems.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-23

The little stone building that served as
Lees headquarters at Ccttysbure. was the
scene q few days ago OF a horrible and
mysterious butchery, in which the vic
Tins nose and ears were siashed of. The
victims name is Mclaughlin. and be had
lived in the house almost from the time
Lee vacated il.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-23
New York Office % Park Row.

Notice is served on Senator COlquitt by
the Albany News and Advertiser that
South Georgia will furnish his successor,
'either in the person of Charles F. Crisp
or Henry G. Turner" Why does not the
News and Advertiser extend the "ors" to
include some of the other South Georgia
candidates? There are others, and good
men too
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-23

The voting of 500, 900 in bonds in Macon
for building. sewers causes great rejoicing
in that city. This should spur Savannah
on in the direction of a house drainage
system
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-23

Senator Stanford's ailment was fatty
degeneration Of the heart For some
months he had been under treatment for
it, and for some time had been living on
dried hashed meat and hot water. He
weighed something like go pounds, al
though his was not large frame.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-23
Not Frightened by the Racket.
prom the New York sWorld (Dem.

Despite the bark of the pension agents.
Secretary Hoke Smith continues to do his
share towards carrying out the will of the
people who voted for a publication of the pen
sion rolls
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-23
CURRENT COMMENT.
Savannah's Growing Prosperity.
From the Augrsta N1s1,,s fIIa,,,

With a return Of the country to a normal f.
nancial condition, savannah. in allprobability
will have another real estate and building
boom that will give her population of 100000
or more. ~
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-23

A Chicago court, presided over by Judge
Adams, has awarded the parents of a
young man who was killed by railroad
train damages in the sum of 50, 1850. An
other Chicago court, presided over by
Judge Baker, about the same time gave n
verdict for Sl3,5O0 to a woman who had
been injured by fall from a cable car.
The inference is plain; it is cheaper for
Chicago roads to kill people outright.
And yet surprise has been expressed at
the number of fatal accidents at grade
crossings in Chicago.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-23

The most welcome traveller from Eu-
rope that will have arrived at New York
for month will be that 100000 lot of
gold to come in during the next few days.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-23

The Missouri supreme court has declared
unconstitutional the law of that state
which orders the selling of Migrants to the
highest bidder. 1t will be remembered that
a short while ago black vagrant was sold
under this law at Mexico, Mo, and
that great fuss about the continuance
of slavery was made in the newspapers.
This Mexico case was taken to the SUI
preme court, and upon it the decision
referred to was rendered.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-23

Congressman Benton McNlillin, of Ten
nessee, said in recent interview: There
is no doubt that Congress will wipe out
every vestige of the election laws framed
during the reconstruction days, so-called
The entire management of elections will
be given to the state, where it belongs
There will be no more Federal Supervisors
and United States Marshalls at the polls. &"
tits to be hoped that Congress will live
up to Mr.. McMillin's forecast Daven-
portism has no place under a democratic
administration.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-23

At the conclusion of Mr.. Carter's
speech for the American side, in the
Behring Sea court, Baron de Courcel, the
president, paid him high compliment.
But he found it necessary to adopt an
opposite course with Sir Richard Web
ster, of British counsel, In the course
of his speech a day or two ago, Sir Rich
ard maintained that both Great Britain
and the United States We're under moral
obligations to sanction by legislation
whatever regulations as to the seal fisher
les the tribunal might adopt, but he ad-
ded this obligation was not legally bind
ing. At this declaration the baron inter
rupted him and in a sharp tone said 81
cannot allow you to say that before US
We are conducting a serious business.
Neither country party to this arbitra-
ton can break its word and reject the
| award made by this tribunal" 1t may
have been that Sir Richard was only
| over-zealOus in presenting his side of the
case. But repeated indications of Great
Britain's desire to find a loophole of es-
cape in the event of decision adverse to
her, makes it appear that this speech was
a warning of future events.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-23

A drunken chap named Haggerty is al
legged to have jumped from the Brooklyn
bridge to the river the other day. No
body who saw him do it has yet been
found by the police, who are holding him
for investigation Haggetty is loud in de-
claring that he jumped, but unless some
one else swcars to it, the fellow cannot be
held for either misdemeanor or attempted
suicide. The officers are inclined to be-
ieve he jumped from a dock and is telling
a falsehood about jumping from the
bridge.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-23

The mayor of Brooklyn has apologized
to Captain Andersen, of the Viking, for
the treatment he and his men received at
the hands of the police There are 10000
to 10000 Scandinavian voters in Brook
Ign, which fact may fave had some influ-
ence in bringing about the prompt apol-
ogy. Capt Andersen, however, has pre-
ferred charges against the officers who
made the arrests.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-23

The mwelcome visitor of night before
last, the earthquake, seems to have dis
turbed a number of our neighbors as well
as us, The scientists tell US that there is
hardly a moment of the day or night
during which seismic disturbance is
not shaking the very spot of earth upon
which we may be resting, but the dist
urbances are so slight as to escape notice.
Nevertheless, when shock heavy enough
to shake things comes along it strikes
instantaneous terror to the bravest heart.
That unseen and amysterious danger, the
earthquakes will never become familiar
hence mankind willalways be afraid of it.
1t is gratifying to know, however, that
the momentry fright was the extent of
the effect of the quake on Tuesday night.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-23

The death of Senator Stanford may
cause some slight change in the political
aspect of the Senate; not at once, how
ever, as Gov Markham will probably ap-
point republican to serve until the next
meeting of the state Legislature, which
will occur in the winter. At that time
the prospects are that a democrat will be
elected. The California legislature is so
evenly divided between the two great
parties that three or four populists hold
the balance of power. 1t is believed that
they will favor democrat. In Washing
ton it is thought that DeYoung, of the
national republican committee, will re-
ceive the temporary appointment.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-23
A Theory Built on False F!


DR. Billings, writing in the Forum on
the subject of the Diminishing Birth
Rate of the United States" says the
census returns demonstrate that the num-
Der of births in the country is declining
relatively to the growth of the popula-
ton. In explaining this phenomenon he
ascribes two or three reasons the chief of
which is that young women are becoming
imbued with the idea that marriage and
motherhood are not "the chief objects of
life or means of obtaining sub
sistence; that they aim rather
at being independent of hus-
bands; and that there is an increasing
desire among them to earn their own
living in the many lucrative employments
that are opening up to their sex, AS a
consequence of4this many of them have
come to regard housekeeping as a species
of domestic seryitude, and the rearing of
children as hindrance to their efforts to
live broader lives and to take a more
active part in the affairs of the COM
munity than their mothers and grand
mothers have done"
AlllS OlSsl4lONONCI1 10 SIdhtu III lll6
writer's own mind by the fact that the
decrease in births, according to the cen
sus, is greater at the south than at the
north, and considerably greater among
the colored people OF the south than the
white. No writer would seriously con-
tend that the black women of the south
are more thoroughly imbued with that
high-fown spirit of independence, which
leads to repugnance towards the married
state, than the white women of the north
That theory, as applied to the blacks, is,
therefore, worthless. -s
The figures quoted from the census by
DR., Billings, and the deductions he draws
from what they show, prove, more than
they prove anything else, that there has
never been a correct and reliable census
taken in the south, and that the censuses
of the north We're, probably, no more
carefully taken than those of the south.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-23


The populist state administration at
Topeka is reported to be alarmed because
of the threats made by Jewell. the rain
maker. He announced recently that he
proposed to convince people that he could
bring down rain at WILL and that he had
chosen Kansas week at the worlds fair.
which occurs in September, as the time
for his demonstration. His scheme is to
operate from the Kansas building in the
worlds fair grounds. To this, however,
the Kansas officials object, because they
do not wish to be bothered with a food
when they 90 to Chicago to make a
great show. The objection has angered
Jewell and he declares that if his plans
are interfered with he viii pitch his
tents outside the fair grounds, and deluge
the whole city of Chicago as well as that
section of Illinois. In such an event the
blame would Of course rest upon the
state officers of Kansas, hence their
quaking,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-23

Fulton county held an election yester-
day to select a representative to serve
the unexpired term of Representative
Harvey johnson. 1t is believed that Mr..
James T. O'Neill has been elected, mas
much as he was the favorite in the race
and there was no racer against him.
Nevertheless, il may be necessary to hear
from every Fulton precinct, and possibly
few outlying counties, before making a
positive statement. That was an Atlanta
election, and there is no such thing as
making reliable forecast of events to
transpire in that interesting town.
The highest point touched by the thor
mometer this Summer in Savannah was
9515, on June II. Several hundred miles
further north, however, at Elizabeth, n.
j., on Tuesday last, the mercury ran up to
103 at the signal office, and 104 at other
points In New York city at the same
time the thermometer showed 99I5 de-
grees of heat. In Savannah, at the hottest
hour of that day, only So degrees were
marked at the hour that Elizabeth and
New York were roasting. In the north
ern towns mentioned there were numerous
prostrations from heat. In Savannah
everybody was comfortable. Savannah S
beautiful trees, beyond doubt have much
to/do with this difference of temperature
in herfavor.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-21
AROUND THE HOUSE.

A vessel that has had oil in it may be
easily cleaned 10y first pouring into 1t
some diluted carbolic acid.
Potash as sanitary means isunrivaled.
Take about one tablespoonful of the
clear potash to two quarts of warm
water, and pour it into the pipes of the
bathroom and closets, taking care that it
does not come in contact with tin or zinc.
A cleansing like this three times week
will prevent any complaint taceable to
ordinary bacteria and microbes. Scrub
thoroughly the implanted floors. I'M
painted steps, board walks, etc, with
water made sharp with the potash, and
no animal or vegetable germ will flourish
after the application.
Nothing in the bathroom should be so
carefully looked after as the sponge.
That but little consideration is given it is
daily shown in the forlorn and neglected
condition of this very necessary adjunct
to cleanliness Instead of being left to
dry in the sponge-basSct, it is, as a rule,
dropped down in some corner and all
lowed to soak or given u one, sided
chance on the sill outside the room. 1t
is simply useless to expect to keep your
sponges in sweet and wholesome condi-
ton so long as they arc treated in this
manner, In the first place, they must not
only be thoroughly washed, but, in order
to prevent their becoming foul, each part
of the sponge should be exposed to the
air. Fastidious women see to itthat this
toilet article is each week cleansed by
dropping it into water in which large
lump of soda has been dissolved, after
ward boiling it for sixty minutes, when
it is rinsed in cold water and given sun
bath until entirely dry. Always rinse all
soapy suds from your sponge and then
throw it into your basket, which should
be hung Just outside the bathroom win
dow. A sponge cared for in this fashion
will never be Shiny, sour or musty.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-21
Puzzles About the Eel.

Of all the common creatures of the
water none is as great a puzzle to the
naturalist as the slippery, everyday eel
That they live and have their being there
Is not shadow of doubt, but exactly
how they are propagated no living man
knows. You may assert that they bring
forth their young alive, like the viper
doas, and | may declare that the baby
eel comes from eggs or spawn, and yet
neither can prove that the other is in cr-
ror, in short, the cells manner of bree1-
ing is one of the mysteries of nature.
Some of the authorities contend that
they grow up from horsehairs; others
that they are generated spontaneously
from slime. The fishermen of all coun-
tries have their popular superstitions
respecting this slippery customer. In
Scandinavian lands they tell you that
cells are the progeny of the water snake
and some species of fish, and, being
hybrids, like mules, never breed. In Sar-
dinia they are said to be produced from
eggs laid by water beetle known on this
account as "thc mother of eels.n Some
years ago the celebrated Nirchow offered
large reward to any one that would
send him a female eel containing eggs.
He was never called upon to pay the
reward A most careful examination
with the microscope is necessary in order
to distinguish the sexes If you doubt
these things send to the United STATES
Fish Commissioners for a ton Of eel eggs
- st LOUIS 4 public
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-21
The Opal.

There are three varieties Of this famous
gem. Ranking first comes the Oriental
as second in value, the fire; and, lastly,
the common opal. The affection for this
precious treasure, as expressed by the
ancients, can hardly be belle ied. Non
MUS, Roman Senator, absolutely pre-
ferred exile to parting with a brilliant
opal OF the size Of tilbert, which was
earnestly coveted by Mare Antony. An
opal ranking as third among he finest in
the world is described as having three
longitudinal bands Of the harlequin kind,
from the uppermost of which rose per
pendicularly the most Respondent flames.
1t measured nine inches by six
In the last century very round and
brilliant opal was the property of the
amateur Fleury. Another, said to be
fascinatingly vivid, was owned by a
noted French financier. These two were
regarded as marvels of beauty among
gems. On account of the thousand ifs
sures of the stone, engraving is always
difficult, and often impossible. A head
OF Sappho engraved upon presumable
opal. an antique, has been highly valued
and carefully studied bv experts in gem
lcre. 1t is catalogued, so we read, among
the treasures Of princely home. -
Iarper's Bazaar.