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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-07
Wanted to Keep a Good Place.

The other morning, says the IN. W
Worlds London Gable, a woman went into
the MaryleLone police court and ash ed the
Judge:
win you tell me- sir, what to do with my
servant"
Make her serve you" replied the Judge.
But she won't" said the woman She
won't answer the door bell and in fact she
won't do any work at all. The only thing
she will do is to remain in bed all day. When
l say to her; Get up, Mary janet she re-
plies: Decd, mum, I'm very comfortable
where l am, I like to keep good place when
l am in it. Or else she won answer at all.
have discharged her, but she won go, and
She wont even dress herself"
Have YOU paid her her wagcs!' asked the
magistrate.
Every penny, SIR
Where is she nOw:'
In bed, sir
If that e so, said the Judge, she is an
intruder and can he turned out"
But | can turn her out in her Chemise,
ana she Won dress herself
You can engage some strong woman to
dress the girl, then you can turn her out,
said the MAGISTRATE.
The woman thanked him for the suggestion
and hurried of to act upon IL.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-07
- coldnsss d the worIa.

disheyeloI man with q green. CHASTITY
glare no his hollow spectral eyes dashed into
the corner drug store late last night appar-
entity lauoriug under intense excitement saws
the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette his
ulOodlesh fingers were tightly cllnchea INTO
his thin palms and on his forehead the great
drops stood chilly and damp.
Staggering ip % she PEeserlptlo desk. ne
Kissed IN a sepulchral voice:
Gimme some arsenic, quick"
Druggists are not in the habit Of dispens
ing arsenic on demand ike sugar candy, so
the clerk laid down bis pestle and faced
about.
what do you want with arsenicG" said he.
II want 10 kin myself, gurgled the fren'
zied one, hanging desperately over the ran
lnEs with limp legs dragging on the moor
Life hain't no charms for me and I want to
die, Gimme some arsenic, quick
An right, mister. checrfulN responded
the clerk You shall have your arsenic,
ard he turned to the she'll
The strangers knees caved in against the
counter with thump.
The druggist turned. nOuchalantly, with
package iu ms hand and without the slight
est feeling In his careless voice, went on:
Amy man that s big enough sOOi TO want 10
die hash { amy business living ana the sooner
You shuttle of the better il will lie. Now, take
this stuff. and take ii quick, so we can get
your carcass out of the shop In time to shut up
for the night And, for goodness sake, don
musS up the fcOr,' said he, slapptng the
packet down on the counter, and turning back
unCOnCeruedly to his work.
The fellow feebly shrunk away from the lit
tie paper packet, and his eyes bulged with
"hOrror.
"Ehwh- vh-what,' he stammered hoarsely.
You wouldn't give a feller- being arsenic TO
kin himself WITH
II wouldnt:" CALCULATED the druggist I'D
like TO know why not; That S what gave
that to you for amt it: Hurry up and take it
and 20 OFF and die"
With disguised expression blazing on
his face, the wild-eyed customer re-
marked:
We'll. III be blanketv blanked Give a
man poison to kill himself with-whats the
world coming lowell, I'll he blankety-
BANKED. You haint got no more feelings
than tin tobacco tag
And with a look Of rcproach that soured the
pulv. sacch. the suicidal citizen stalked
naughty from the shop, leaving the poison IN
consumed.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-07
His Ready Wit Came in Handy.

There was q little incident not down on the
regular programme mapped out for the rein
termcnt of JEFF Davis at Richmond. says Kate
Fields Washington Leaning against the
clerk desk at one of the leading hotels was
Il well known general whose name has hereto
fore always been synonymous with bravery in
action on the std0 OF the lost cause Unuotic-
ed 10y him, ana equally unmindfUl Of his pres
cnCe, there approached the desk a man who
enjoys the rare distinction of having served
ming his finger down the open register that
lay upon the desk the new conner halted mo-
ment and, turning to a, COmpanion. eXCla lined
General Blank: so he's here. Well should
like to meet that fellow again The last time
l saw him was at the battle Of Y, where
he was running like turkey from the enc
my"
Here the general turned. and the two men
recognized each other. The speaker held out
his hand in greeting and instantaneously con
cluded-'and was keeping him company"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-07

Divide N1usin, the violinist, was the victim
of an ODD accident recently, says the London
Figaro. His concert company was about 10
begin an evening entertainment at a Baptist
church, and Mr. Musin, arrayed in fauliless
evening dress, thought he would view the au-
dience without being seen. To accomplish
his purpose he stepped behind a curtain
which hung at the back Of the platform. There
was splash, and the yiolinist found himself
in three feet of water. He emerged a very
wet and angry man. Mr., Musin had mad
Vertently stepped into the baptismal font. It
was after o clock and the concert had begun.
A young man came to the vtollniSt's rescue
however, and said he would provide Mr. Musin
with dry outfit But il was half an hour be.
fore he did, and Mr.. Musin was several min
utcs late making his appearance, The new
trousers fitted him rather aWkwardly, and he
was not in pleasant frame of mind, but he
got through with his part of the programme.
and the audience is probably still ignorant Of
the fact that he had fallen into the font
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-07
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

MEETINGs-Tammany Club; Landrum
Lodge No. 49,, f. & A. NJ.
SPECIAL NOTICEs-Have you been initiated
into the LePanto Cigars? Dick Gefken To
the Public, S. H. Rothschild To the Public,
r. A. Blackwell; Liverpool Sales, Jas NJ.
Dixon & Co; AS TO Crew Of Swedish Bark
Adele; Dissolution Of Partnership, Schroeder
& Co.; Potatoes Collins, Grayson & Co.
Goods at Low Prices, Mutual Cooperative
Association.
FRIDAY, JULY Appel & Schaul.
"A SINGLE FACT'-B. H. Levy s. Bro.
STEAMSHIP SCHEDULEs-Ocean Steamship
Company.
RAILROAD SCHEDULEs-Tropical Trunk
Line; Savannah, Americas and Montgomery
Railway.
LEGAL NoTICEs-Citations from the Clerk
OF the Court of Ordinary of Chatham County.
AUCTION SALEs-Furniture, Cigars, etc,
by ]. II. Oppenheim & Son; Furniture, ETC.
by A. X. Wilson.
HAVE You SEENi-Falk Clothing Company.
CHEAP COLUMN ADVERTISEMENT Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-07
The pignitv Of Labor.

From the Charleston News and Courier (Dem)
Labor says a republican contemporary.
never was diguihed in Georgia or any part
OF the south. hiatt tells the story" And a
whopping story il is. II there is any digaitied
labor in thiSCOuutry, it is in Georgia and
every other southern state. The trouble is
that 1t is entirely too dignihed to be very prof
table. What IL needs is less dignity and
more GO Has our contemporary ever seen
our labor" plOughing, or saving wood, or
hoctng cotton or building rail fence or any
thing of that kinds If not, it does not know
what dignity in work really means and how
little 1t can accomplish in a given time, when
paid by the day or the week.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-07
A Fourth ofJuIy Expression.

From the Baltimore sun DEM. q.
The letter of President Cleveland read in
the Iammany wigwam. yesterday, is fun OF
political wisdom for Tammany and others
Mr.. Cleveland wishes Tammauy to insist
that there should be honesty and cleanliness
in politics. That Is good doctrine, which
will make Mr.. Plat, Senator Sherman and
eN-PreSident Harrison smile. Next Mr.
Cleveland wants good citizens to refuse to
encourage eXpedicnts that endanger the en-
joyment of sound national finance" That
too. is good doctrine which may, to the said
statesmen sound like a reprOach.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-07

The Fourth seems to have been the
trolley's bad day. AT Wilkesbarre, Pa,
Buffalo, n. Y, and Bay Ridge, N. Y,
some forty people were injured and two
were killed outright by trolley accidents.
The Buffalo accident came very near pre-
cipitating a lynching. small child ran
in front Of car, with the result that its
head was severed from its body. An an
CRY mob quickly gathered and threatened
to lynch the mOtorman, although it was
shown that the killing was purely acct
dental.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-07

Arocent arrival in San Francisco is Cap
tain Alberto Fuentes, now commandant of
the Mexican Naval Department of the Pa
citc. He is a CHILEAN by birth and in 1891
when the revolution broke out was a pro
lessor in the Valparaiso naval academy
He was the commander of the Almirante
Lynch, one of the two torpedo boats that
blew up the great ironclad Blanco Encalada
a feat that won for him the rank of full cap
tain.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-07

1t is no wonder that the politics of
Jacksonville is in muddled state. To
procipitate such a couglomeration of VOW
els and consonants as DAalyrsl1i into any
fight is enough to cloud the issue
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-07
The Kiol.erg at Penston Reform.

From the New York World Dem).
Pension reform viii not harm a single
honest pcnSioner- The outcry against the
administration comes from class whose
claims for government assistance will not
pass muster
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-07

The Virginia clergyman who, at Chicago
the other day, attacked the "rum power"
with his walking cane, entered upon
fight quite as hopeless as that Of Don
Quixote against the wind mill.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-07

Reduced to its simplest terms, the ad-
vice of the Georgia supreme court to an
clipping couple is, be sure you are of the
proper age and don't get caught.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-07

Senator Stewart, of Nevada, should
change his place Of residence to Kansas.
The suggestion that he will introduce az
the extra session bill to demonetize gold
would be enough to make the Kansan's
vote him perpetual director of the body
DOlitic
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-07

On one of the principal streets Of this
city a young italian has Il fruit stand
Passers-by have noticed that. when
not dispensing fruit, he is earestly
engaged in coming a book without
binding which he holds open be-
tween his thumb and fingers, after the
manner that the messenger boy manipu-
lates the dime novel An observers Gu
riosity recently led him to look over the
young fellows shoulder, to ascertain. if
possible, what it was that so engrossed
his attention; whether admiration for
The Terror Of Devils Gulch" was as ma
tive to the son of sunny Italy as to the
son of America. But there was no flash
literature about that volume. 1t was a
cheap dictionary of the English language.
The student was then in the It's" and
the frayed and soiled edges of the leaves
towards the beginningof the book showed
that each page had been carefully stud
led. That young man will, before long,
speak the English language as we'll as
native American, and will understand the
meaning of the words he uses much bet
ter than many who have no other Ian
guage than the English.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-07

There is nothing easier than to "organ-
ize' a scheme for taking crowds of people
to the worlds fair. But taking them
there is quite another thing. Several Of
the organized fair excursion schemes that
started out with flaming announcements
two mouths ago have disbanded for lack
of business. The agent of one of the
schemes. speaking to a reporter recently.
said we offered attractive terms and
we advertised the business as well as we
could, but, Christopher Columbus! were
left. I guess people are waiting to beat
our terms Most likely they think the
railroads are going to make big cut, but
that is whore they are mistaken On the
quiet, we have sold just two tickets since
we organized" 1t is TO be hoped that the
organized effort TO carry 10000 co,ored
people from the south to the worlds fair.
noted in the MORNING News dispatches
yesterday, will be attended with better
results than that; but in the midst of the
hard times prevailing at present, there
are probably not the fourth of POO, 600 col
ored people in the south who can spare
the money necessary for worlds fair
trip
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-07
The Fence Question.

The effort to have the mo fence" law
adopted in this county was defeated be-
cause the great majority of those who be
heve that the best interests Of the county
require the adoption of the law, did not
vote, and because many of those who
voted against mo fence" did so without
fully understanding the issue. Hundreds
voted against mo fence" because they
were told that if the mo fence" law were
adopted, poor people would have to go
without milk, and the widow, whose sole
dependence is her cow, would starve or
become an object of charity.
The truth is, the people who would be
benefited most by The no fence" law
are the poor people If that law was
adopted all the lands Of tho cosnty would
be brought quickly under cultivation The
demand for labor would be greater and
vegetables and fruits of all kinds would
be cheaper. Erd then stock would be
improved because it would pay to have
good stock AS for pasture, there would
be plenty of it because it would be cared
for
But the greatest benefit that would oc-
cur to the county would come from the
drainage, and in this the poor would share.
AS has been stated many times the cattle
running at large ruin the drains. 1t
seems strange that there should be sin
gle voter in the county who does not ap-
preciate the benefits OF drainage and who
is not ready to contribute all II, can to IT,
The time will come when the county
win vote for the mo fence" law and
then those who now object to it will won
der they ever opposed it.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-07

EASTERN OFFICE. % Park Row. New
York City. C. s. FAULKNER, Manager.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-07

Philadelphia is not quite as great city
as New York, but the quaker had much
more glorious Fourth of July than the
knickerbocker. Returns show that dur
ing the day there were in Philadelphia
forty more or less serious accidents, from
explosions, etc, and six fires, while New
York had only ten accidents and twenty
seven small fires. 1t is time for New
York to quit calling Philadelphia ''slow."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-07
The Morrison House.

~ offers pleasant south rooms with 49,
lent board at moderate prices. Sewerag,e 3! 5o
ventilation perfect. The sanitary oon1itSt.oa
OF the house is Of the best. Corner Brousn ''-
and DFaEton streets, Savannah. Ga
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-07

The mayor of Chicago has formulated
what, if it had been suggested by any
body else, would be considered the wild
est kind Of visionary scheme. He de-
sires that Chicago shall have an island of
her own, on which she may picnic in
hot weather, and from which she may
disport herself in the waves of Lake
Michigan. And, inasmuch as nature
failed to provide one at proper distance
from the city, Mayor Harrison proposes
that one be built. He would have it only
a mile or two big, and, say, seven miles
out in the lake. He has planned it all
out in that wonderful head of his, even
its name, the kind of grass that is to
grow there, and the fragrance that the
flowers are to eXhale 1t will cost
million or two dollars; but that is no
consideration in Chicago eye.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-07

THE merCiful man is merciful TO his
beast" There are however, numerous
owners of horses in Savannah who are
either not ''merciful men," or else are
very forgetful of the proyerb For they
keep their dumb friends, for hours at q
time, in torture with check reins 0 1t has
been noticed that not only are the horses
checked while being driven but frequent
ly they are left standing for three or four
hours with the rein drawn tight and
fastened. It is probable that this is the
result Of thoughtlcssness on the part of
the owner; nevertheless it is u cruelty to
the horse, especially in such not weather
as the city has recently been experience
ing. For humlnity's sake leave the check
rein of, or loose during the summer,
The horse may rot look SO spirited and
dashing, but he win, al least. be comfor-
table, ana more willing to do his work.
Under the rule of the League OF Amer
lean Wheelmcn, its members are not per
miJted to race for cash prizes; nor may
they turn the prizes they win into cash.
under penalty of being ruled of the ANA
teur track for professionalism One of
bHV ti'4o-'l u5tiNtS Ol JIlS RUE IS tNHt
Champion Zimmerman has a house full of
pianos. organs, furniture, silyerware
and bric-a-brac, for which he has no
earthly use, besides several horses, which
he must keep or give away, under pen
atty Of disbarment. Harry" Wheeler.
also, was loaded down with such truck.
won on the track. But Wheeler has
lately become professionally by joining
the cash prize league and racing for
money. In the races on the New York
tracks this week Wheeler made his first
appearance as professional, and swept
everything before him. In two days
racing he bagged purses aggregating
Sl,l25-a very fair return for less than
three hours work for a chap under 70
years old.
The herald., 1893-08-20
The Only woman In tho County.

Annie Thomas is the only woman in
Kamania county. She is squatter and
lives in Rattlssnake hills. There has Of
late been great strife for her hand in
marriage among the rough settlers Of
that region. Hank Monley and Jerry
Woods seemed to be the highest in her
favor, and 80 it was finally agreed that
these two men should settle the dues-
ton between them by a duel with bowie
knives. After desperate fight. in.which
both were wounded. the battle was de-
clared draw. It was then agreed that
the matrimonial question should be set
tied by a game Of seven up. The fortune
Of cards favored Mnnley, and be was de-
clared the winner Of the squatter bride.
A parson was called in to assure him his
prize.
The fickle Annie had long talk with
the parson. AND though she had. never
seen him before she at last announced
her intention Of marrying the parspn
himself and not Moniey. In vain did the
hero Of the bowie knife duel and the VIC
tor in the game Of seven up object to
this proceeding. The woman Was firm
In her intention, and the upshot was that
the parspn got the woman. ~ Spokane
Cor. Chicago Tribune.
The herald., 1893-08-20
Women In Siam.

To a European eye the good looks, if
they anywhere exist, of both men and
women in Siam are .irremedially de-
stroyed by the universal usepf the betel,
which blackens and corrodes the. teeth
and.causes them to protrude, which rem
ders the spittoon an Indispensable arti-
Gle of furniture and is responsible for
the great splashes Of red saliva that may
be seen everywhere adorping the ground
as they have been elected from the
mouths of passersby.
Like their fellows In Anam. the ST.
amese women enjoy great freedom and
influence Being of most mercantile
and managing temperament they be-
come the self constituted stewardesses,
treasurers and bucksters Of the home or
shop OF store. They may be seen by the
hundred going to market, EACH seated
alone in her own canoe, with her wares
spread out before her.
The last king kept bodyguard Of
amazons, with red coats and trousers
and small carbines, but the present
sovereign has Converted them into q
SPECIES Of interior palace police. The
national character is docile, indolent,
light hearted, gay.-Fortnightly Review.
The herald., 1893-08-20
At tho Coiumbian, Fair.

That was,a sad affair that took place
in the bureau Of public comfort the 9TH
or day. A distinguished looking foreign
er, with three srnall'boys, came up to the
parcel room and checked Q travelling bag
Then the gentleman took his overcoat,
wrepped the boys outer Jackets in it and
handed the bundle in for another check
"You will hsve to pay 10 cents and
take check for each ARTICLE" said the
young woman in charge.
"But that would cost me 50 cents mere
ly toleave my wraps and bag here for
an hour or two. I assure you, madam,
that they. have allowed me to make the
topcoats into one parcel when have left
thamin the other buildings"
Fhe parcel lady leaned her elbows on
the counter and leaned7her chin on her
hands, and calmly and deliberately; lock-
ngthe gentlemen IN tkefnce, SAID. "Why
don't you take your things to one Of the
other buildings then?"
The man fusheds took up his coat, un-
folded it and handed the jackets to the
boys. He was too well bred to wrangle
OF to speak till out Of hearing of the
young woman.
American manners, boysi"' he said
then, and he shrugged his shoulders, and
the three boys shrugged theirs, and q
nice reputation they will give us when
they get home. In Europe we will be
regarded as barbarians for another hun
dred years, it is feared. Newport News.
The herald., 1893-08-20
Kncw uer Own Came Best.

just beside that triumph of sculpture
representing the late Samuel S. Cox in
the act of trying to catch an Eighth
street car tired truck horse stood III
the shafts. The dryer had gone to re.
fresh himself in a nearby saloon and had
first unshipped the horses headstall that
he might stand the more easily. A lit
tie wizened woman, ugly as Punch,
dressed in rusty black clothes and carry
ingAan old fashioned reticule e1nbroid-
ered with colored worsted, came am
bling along the walk, mumbling to her
self. When she saw the horse, she
stopped and took some Jumps of sugar
out Of her little bag. Sne put one Of
them between her lips and marched up
under the horses nose The intelligent
animal shifted, looked and saw the sugar.
He also saw the little old woman who
held the sweet morsel in such forbid
ding setting. The horse hesitated, wig
gled his upper lip and gathered in the
sugar. The woman rubbed her hand
over her face .yhere the herses lips had
brushed it. The ceremony was repeated
several times, and just as the last lump
was gone the driver reappeared.
"What yer doin to that horse2" he de-
ma4ded.
Gimme 8 CENTS" said the old wom-
an stoptly. "rve been giving your
horse alNmy sugar because you went of
to drink alone and left him."
The man refused. The crowd howled
with laughter and gave all sorts Of ad-
vice. The little old woman repeated
her demand. The driver finally ~fshed
out the coin and drove off, while the old
woman went her way talking to herself
and slnirking and courtcsying as the
crowd parted to lot her pass. Now York
Times.
The herald., 1893-08-20
sqqslohing AN ola eentls,nsn.

=
She stood before the great painting,
"The Fall Of Babylon, " and was absorbed
in, thought, sat least thought she was
thinking. Her escort and another, lady
were mudest(y lingering In the rear with
the ".Falls Of Niagara" Presently they
edged around to the former picture. The
studious first gazer never stirred.
"How can you, spend SO much time
over this wicked pictures" inquired the
female newcomeg.
(Which is Be1shaEzar7' was the an
swcring query,
The figure Of tho profigate king was
pointed out to. her as 'shim there up on
the big throne"
$50 that's the man who ate grass. Is
itY' said she inquiringly.
Probably only took. .grassin his whis-
KY" suggested the male escort.
Wasn't. it Nebuchadnezzar who was
driven QUITO grassi~ snilingly inquired
an old gentleman who overheard the
conversation. He was a nice looking
old gentleman. with o Wanamaker coun-
tenance, All three Of the party turned
upon him, and the young woman
snapped,
mo, 1t wasn'tl Yen needn't think
you're the only one who's been to Sum
day yfschpol just becanse you come from
Philadelphypr ~
The nice old gentleman wilted. I
passed him II the entrance q few mo-
ments later and he was consulting q
railroad time table Of the Pennsylvania.
New York Herald.