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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-08
BRIGHT BITS.

Powell-Henpeckt feels sure that his
wife went TO better world
MltfCrd--How do you know
Powell-lIe has started in to be tough
Harlem Life.
You cannot crush me-" he Kissed to the
girl who had spurned him.
You just wait till I get YOU out on the
street with my bicycle" she muttered.
acknowledgement Tribune.
Woman has great advantage in the
location and concealment of her pocket.
she can slide out of bed at midnight and
ind her husbands pocket in two seconds
lie cannot find her pocket in six months.
ana when he does he can't get into it
Dallas News.
Bacon-Young Penn told the typewriter
that she had her hat on wrong side i'm
front. How do you suppose he knew
that?
Egbert-That's his business. He's con-
nected with the puzzle department on
weekly newspaper.-Yonk Statesman.
How is your son doing in college this
Mother-He don't seem to have the least
ambition. Just like his father
Don't stand well in his classes, eh?"
Mercy yes; right at the head but he
can't kick football more than twenty
feet.'-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Mrs. Pinsnice--I think it a great wick
edness to read newspaper on the Sab
bath, and ! don't understand how pro-
Tossing Christians can do-such a thing
Brother John Gnterrupting )-Thought
| saw you reading the paper last sun
Mrs. Pinsnice-You saw nothing of the
sort. was merely looking over the bar
gain advertisements.-Bo Transcript.
You are charged with having voted
five times in one day." said the judge,
Il am charged am -" repeated the
prisoner. That's mighty odd. l ex-
pected to be paid for it.'-New York Sun.
JONAH, expostulated the whale, do
| keep still"
Certainly answered the famous man.
now that L know where I am. l wasn't
sure but had been caught in a folding
bed, don't you ow."-Detroit News
! Tribune
The man with a red nose ana other ev-
licences of personal decadence struck
gentleman for a dime.
gentleman.
You must" he insisted. I've got to
have big drink of liquor or I'll do some
oh, / guess you won't do that
II tell you l will. "
'Whatll you do"
IN go down to the river and drink
gallon of water; I'm dry. Detroit Free
/ Press,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-08
Ponuliatn Not in IL.

The Populist party should be getting
ready its mourning. Tuesdays election
indicates that it is in a moribund condi-
ton. 1t has been repudiated in Colorado
and Kansas, its two great strongholds.
and it has lost it's grip in other places.
In one or two localities, where it is a
comparatively new thing, it still shows a
little vigor, but in the states where 1t has
hitherto thriven it has the dry-rot and is
near its end.
It will make a lonely appearance in the
next congress. Even its great prophet.
Jerry Simpson, of sockless fame, will not
be there. Mr.. PETER will adorn the Sen
ate chamber with his whiskers for awhile
longer, but it is only a question of a lit
tie time when he will disappear from the
political arena forever.
This country is not ready for a new
party yet-eertainly not a party having
such principals as the populist party.
The democratic and republican parties hH
the demand for political parties, and they
will continue to strive for the confidence
OF the people and for power.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-08

The women of New York who organized
clubs and went into the campaign may be
thing to take the place of their politico-
social functions, which have been set aside
by the ending of the campaign. 1t is said
the women's political meetings had be-
come events" in society hardly less nota-
BILE than evenings at the grand opera, and
that at some of the meetings held in the
Madison Square Concert Hall the show of
fashion and fine types of New York wo-
manhood was as good as was ever seen
at the horse show
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-08
Not a HALFWAY Girl.

He was in love with the girl and wanted
to marry her, but he was cautious and
didn't believe in the policy of putting all
his fortunes to the touch, and then getting
knocked out, says the Detroit Free Press.
I'D like to know just what you think
of me-, he said tentatively.
"Why?" she inquired with a ripping
little laugh.
ness"
ooh" she exclaimed
That's all right he FASTENED to as
sure her. Il mean business"
Really" she twittered
Indeed do"
What is your buSineSS?"
ITO marry you if l cant
She was sitting in the window and he
stood about four feet from her. She got I'D
and looked him square in the face with a
flash in her eye.
We'll" she said, half Indignantly.
what do you expect me to do to help
your"
II don't want you to encourage me only
to turn me down." he said hedging bit
In other words, I want you to meet me
half way"
Would that be of any assistance?" she
asked YEARLY.
I'D ask you on the spot" he responded
with great confidence
We'll" she said, measuring the dis
lance between them with her eye, II am
no half way girl, I'd have you know, sir ."
and as his heart hope went down with a
dull thud she cleared the intervening space
and lit plump on his manly bosom.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-08

We have in the election returns from
Ohio what appears TO be a very re-
markable expression of public sentiment.
If ever a community expressed itself in
unmistakable terms through the ballot
box, upon a matter not directly involved
In the election, the community of Wash
ington Court House and Fayette county.
in that state, declared itself on Tuesday
in favor of lynch law, 1t will be remem-
bered that two or three weeks ago a
black fellow named Dolby committed a
rape upon white woman in Fayette
county. He was captured and put in
Jail al Washington Court House A mob
collected about the Jail for the purpose
OF lynching the prisoner. The troops
were called out and FIVE or six people were
shot down, and two or three of them killed
in the defense Of the rapist. The sheriff
who called out the troops was candidate
for reelection. He is a republican, and
the normal republican majority of Fay
cite county is 800. Yet. in the election on
Tuesday, this republican candidate for
sheriff was defeated by 1000 votes. His
action in defending the rapist and pre-
venting the lynching, presumably, had
changed 1900 votes, and changed them the
wrong way. This is probably the FIRST
time In the history OF the republic that
lynch law has been Endorsed at the polls.
in Individual cases both north and south.
the practice has been Endorsed by pub
Tic sentiment But never before. II r.
believed, have the people turned out and
voted against courts OF law and I'm favor
OF 'he summary punishment of persons
inspected of crimes. Nothing Of the kind
has occurred in the south. certainly.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-08
Senator Hill,a Defeat.

What effect will Senator Hills defeat
have upon his political fortunes? This is
an interesting question in view of the
fact that it was quite generally admitted
at the time he was nominated for governor
that if elected he would stand an excellent
chance of being the nominee Of his party
for President in 1896.
It can be stated now with
almost absolute certainty, that he
will not have shadow of
a chance to be the next democratic nomi-
nee for President. It is doubtful is his
name will be mentioned in connection
with the presidency. If his friends should
present his name for the nomination the
overwhelming defeat he suffered last
Tuesday would be offered as evidence
that he could not carry his own state.
a signal victory before he can hope TO
be regarded with favor as a presidential
candidate. and there will be no opportuni-
ty for winning such a victory before the
next national democratic convention is
held. He has two years more in the SEN
be changes that Will open the way for
him to return to the Senate or to keep
himself before the public in some other
prominent position until his party again
finds it advisable to look to New York
for a presidential candidate.
There is no doubt that he will continue to
have a devoted following in New York, but
it will not be large unless he demonstrates
his ability TO win political victories. The
crowd is dazzled with success. It turns
away from failure.
Senator Hill is a comparatively young
man yet. He still has time. before he
is as old as the man who defeated him
on Tuesday, to win political victories and
achieve the distinction at which his am
bition aims. just at present however, it
looks as if he would never reach a higher
rung of the political ladder.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-08
A Miscellaneous Rear-

Tappan Adney in the October st. Mich
olas tells the story of a bear cub, cap
tured by a backwoodsman named Ben
Sren.
Ben's little girl, about years cid. took
fancy TO the young orphan and called
him Billy" Billy looked like a big New
foundland pup, black and shaggy, but
with tail CONSPICUOUS by being hardly
a tail at all, as Ben said. He was a. play
full as young dog or kitten, and used to
romp around on the floor with the chill
dren, huggins and pretending to bite
But the good woman of the house
viewed the little fellow with suspicion and
was not easily persuaded that all bears
We're not equally dangerouse. 1t was plain
from the first that even a baby cub was
hardly welcome. So Billy was provided
with small leather COLLAR, that could
be let out as he grew, and with a small
used. lie was fed at first on milk and
and afterward on bread and buckwheat
a strictly vegetable diet, because they
thought that his savage nature might
be developed by eating meat.
Billy throve and soon needed a bigger
collar. It was never thought necessary
to keep him chained up, because he was
so gentle. He had, therefore, the run of
but those of their neighbors as well.
He was bent upon every sort of mis-
chief, but it was not until long after
ward that he began the series of depre-
dations that led to his untimely ending.
Summer came and passed. In the au-
tumn, when Ben dug his potatoes, Billy
followed behind, watching what was go
ing on and it is said, as the children picked
up the potatoes. Billy himself learned
to look out for them and paw them out
of the soil. Be this as it may, every
bear uses its paws with great CleVerneSS-
and Billy was a clever bear.
W hen the days grew colder, at the APP
proach of winter he began to dig a hole
under the side of the barn, and soon had
a great cavity under the floor of the COW
stable. Into this den he began to carry
all sorts of stuff, and Ben thought Billy
was getting ready for winter in his nat
ural way.
One day, when bread was being baked,
Billy hung about the kitchen, with
make-believe Indifferent air After the
bread was carefully laid away under
a white cloth upon the pantry shelf, Billy
waited until the mistress back was
turned. In an instant the cub made for
the pantry. There was a shuttle and
rattle of claws, followed by a scream,
The bear, quick! The bears got the
bread!' cried the wife in distress, as
she turned in time to see the rascal
running out of doors with several fine
loaves in his arms.
Ben, as it happened, was close by and
heard the hubbub. He sprang to the door
of the house just in time to intercept Mas
ter Billy. Billy reared on his hind legs,
and, as Ben caught him by the back of
the neck, growled sayagely and struck
back at Ben with one free paw, but never
quitting his hold of the bread.
Finally, after getting a good shaking
and 4 cutting about the ears, Billy broke
away, carrying off the middle loaf of the
three. He disappeared into his den, where
he ate it lesurely.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-08
The Result in New York.
Charleston News and Courier Dem

The republican victory in New York
state Is a national calamity, as every de-
cided success of that party has always
been and will always be, and II is to be
regretted accordingly. There is little to
regret in the democratic defeat on any
other account The choice was between
two corrupt political organizations in the
state, led by equally corrupt and unscrup-
ulous politicians, and while we should have
preferred the success of the democratic
machine OF course. we have no tears to
waste on its overthrow. II richly deserved
the fate that has overtaken IL. There is
no need TO explain the causes Of the catas-
trophe. They are known OF all men. The
record OF Senator Hill and his me too"
Senator Murphy. In the senate during
the recent session Of congress. was an un-
broken record Of betrayal OF the party to
whom they owed their seats In that body.
The party has repudiated their leadership
IN n way that cannot be misunderstood.
They have been defeated by the demo-
cratic voters OF their state, and there are
no honest democrats anywhere who do
not feel that the party Is the better for
their defeat and the stronger for n as
wen, The "Hill machine" has been broken
90 pieces ana cast out The PLAT ma
chine" takes its place and will run the
same course for tho next two years, Its
turn viii come neNt-ln 1890.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-08
Mabel Got Even.

She looked so pretty as she stepped
aboard the car that the man with a cold
in mis- head moved into the draft to give
her plenty of room, and the conductor
rang up two fares before he realized
that she had given him a dime, says the
Chicago Tribune. The long-leeged little
girl with her kept up an inCesSant stream
of questions, but she answered them all
pleasantly. The next time the car stopped
a soldierly looking lady got in and the
pretty girl blushed very much as she
greeted her.
rs this your little sister," the soldierIv
know who l am, my dear? l am Iar-
Old's mother. I hope you like Harold"
"Oh, yes. He brings nicer candy than
any of them. Only Mabel always makes
The pretty girl with an agonized
blush, mumbed something about
crumbs" and the carpet"
quite right, amy, dear replied the
of Harold to waste his money on candy
he win need it all by and by
The pretty girl became two shades
pinker and looked out of the window.
girl u hope you will like me as well as
Harold. But why do you look at me so
my bonnet?"
like you very much, and l don't think
your nose is long at all"
Grace! cried the pretty girl
My nose long! Mercy, child, who
why, sister did She said that when
she and Harold were married you had
better keen that long nose of yours out
of her affairs or she would-why, Mabel,
what on earth are you stopping the car
for? This isn't our street,
. And as the passengers in the car looked
back they were pleased to see that Mabel
was shaking her with all her might
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-08
Republicans and the Mckinley Law.

Senator Cullom also says he would re-
store the sugar bounty of cents a pound
But the Chicago Tribune the leading re-
publican organ of the west, rebels at this
He is speaking his own sentiments" says
the Tribune, land not those of tn repub-
leans of this state or of other states
The great majority of the republicans
looked on disapprovingly when that
bounty was granted. They have not
changed their opinions since then. They
are on the contrary more firmly con
WINGED than ever that IL the bounty in
question is not unconstitutional it is at
least unwise. There was no clause in the
Mckinley law which, If submitted to a
popular vote, would have been defeated
as Overwhelmingly as the bounty one
Whatever Senator Cullom may say the
republicans will not restore the bounty
when they return to power" According
to the Tribune the Mckinley law will
never be re-enacted. Republican triumph
In 1885, says that journal, will not mean
the re-enactment verbatim ct literatim ct
punctuatim of the Mckinley law. It will
mean simply the re-establishment of judi
cious protection suited to the conditions
of 1896 -
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-08

Ii Hung Chang has been ordered to
Pekin-the emperor wishes to interview
him-and another celestial, presumably
with a yellow jacket, has been directed to
take charge of LIS province. This means
that the Bismarck of China" has been
still further degraded, and stands in dan
ger of losing his head. The shriveling of
Ii Hung Chang is one of the most melan-
choly results, so far, of the war. Gen.
Grant told us that Ii was the greatest
statesman alive a few years ago, and Mr..
John Russell Young, sometime minister to
China, in a recent magazine article painted
a word portrait of the vlceroy showing
him as a man of extraordinary mental
parts. Indeed, so many ministers, travel
ers and consuls have sung Lis praises
that the world-at least outside of China
had come to look upon him as a mental
giant, rotund and sleek from the very
multitude Of ideas and possibilities that
he contained. But the japanese affair has
punctured Ii; he has collapsed, and is
nothing but very ordinary old heather
after all. a Chinese joss has been
smashed
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-08

1t would require the genius Of n dozen
Philadelphia lawyers 70 discover how the
result of the election at large bears upon
the silver question. In so far as Georgia is
concerned, however. It is not so difficult
to interpret the vote as regards that oues-
ton. In a great many counties the demo-
cratic vote was larger than that polled
In the state election, in which latter the
silver question played no part. As the
democratic platform declares for the
parity Of all kinds OF money and the popu-
list platform declares for free coinage Of
silver nt the ratio Of 10 to T. the result In
Georgia makes IL quite evident that the
people OF this state favor sound money
nrat. last and an the time
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-08

The'reduced democratic majorities in
North Carolina will have no effect upon
the legislatures election of senators, I'M
less it be, possibly, to strengthen Senator
Ransom's chances as against Senator Jar
Wis in the eastern district. The counties
carried by the republicans were counted as
Jarvis counties prior to the election. Both
of the senators that will be elected, how
ever, will be straight democrats. Senator
Ransom will probably be returned from
the eastern district, and there appears to
be no doubt that ex-Lieut. Gov. stedman
will represent the western district.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-08

DR.. Parkhurst declared the other day
that the election in New York would be
"a vote upon the Ten Commandments"
Ex-senator ingalls, once asserted that the
decalogue has no part in politics" The re-
suit in New York fails to indicate which
Of these eminent gentlemen was right.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-08
The New Cotton Harvester.

A Raleigh, N c., gentleman who was
present at the test at Jackson, Miss. last
week of the new cotton picking machine
was not favorably impressed with it, The
press dispatches stated that the machine
passed a satisfactory test" gathering 80
per cent. CT the cotton "in a somewhat
trashy condition" The North Carolinian
fails to see in the machine any idea that
can be worked out to the revolutionizing
Of cotton harvesting. and pronounces its
work at Jackson unsatisfactory while
It is true" says he, that four men and
four mules could probably pick out with
the machine 80 per cent. of the cotton in
a field, the cotton would contain so much
trash that it would be necessary to pick
it over again by hand" The gathering of
trash as well as cotton is the defect that
has characterized all previous cotton pick
ers; and that defect must be remedied be-
fore success in cotton picking by ma.
chinery is achieved.
This report on the cotton picker is not
an encouraging one for cotton planters
The price OF the staple is so low that they
have been inspired with hope for better
returns for their crops whenever an in
vention to cheaper the cost of production
and marketing has been promised. AS the
cost of picking is a great item in the cost
of the crop, the prospect of a successful
cotton harvester was a matter of prime
interest
The conviction is gradually dawning
upon the cotton planter, however, that he
cannot depend for profits upon cheaper
ing the cost of production in defiance of a
glutted market The truth is that over
production and not so much the cost of
production is what is hurting the cotton
planters The industry has been overdone,
just as wheat raising has been overdone
in the west. In the wheat territory they
have machinery to do almost everything
there is to be done about a wheat crop;
| nevertheless the producers are not taking
profits this year. If the cotton planters
were given perfect harvester they might
go on swelling the surplus until the price
would touch ~ cents.
What the cotton producers nee to 10
first of all is to cut the production down
to as near the demand as they can. Then
the price will go to living figures, whether
the crop is harvested by hand or other
wise. In the meantime the wice farmer
will devote himself largely to food crops
and some other money crop except cotton.
1t is a most perplexing question why the
| farmers of Georgia, especially. will per-
sist in planting cotton lat loss" as they
say. when they have lands that will pro-
duce in abundance almost anything that
| may be planted.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-08
Score One for the Armv.

There is always more or less rivalry be-
tween the army and navy, and probably
there always will be, says the Washington
Star. When a man of either service can
work off a joke at the expense of the
other they never miss an opportunity.
The navy officers are now telling one on
the army.
1t was at Fort Monroe where one of
the vessels of the navy was temporarily
awaiting orders, that "A delegation Of
army officers stationed at the fort came
aboard There is a set naval regula ton
that nothing can be so on board shin
until the commanding officer orders IT,
While the army party were looking over
the ship y o'clock arrived. A Junior
officer approached the captain and said
with a salute:
1T is y O'Clock, sir"
Make is so responded the CAPTAIN
and the eight bells were struck The army
officers suspected that the navy men
wanted them to ask some questions. and
get sold, or that this was a bit of foolery
got up to joke the land warriors
Some time after a party of the army
officers invited the officers of the war
ship to dine with them. The dinner was
progressing when a Lieutenant entered
and, saluting the senior officer present
said, Gravely:
dead"
Make II So" responded the colonel
with the greatest gravity, and the din
ner proceeded Nothing was said at the
time, but the navy officers tell the story.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-08
Of all the curLons weanona mo- m ~

OF all the curious weapons used In the
duel that Of the Hispano-lndian COWBOYS
In the valleys of the Rio Grande dei
Norte, seems the most strange These
wild folk lead a half savage life among
their herds, living on maize and beans
and eternal beef quenchnE their thirst
with the tcrmentcd juices OF the maguev
plant The vaqueros carry a long lasso
and their skill with IA is almost mlracu-
lou5 iu the eyes ~ chance spectator
An are extraordinary clever, but The man
with real genius 10 lusEO throwing Is al
much dreaded hy his nelghuors na tbe
community.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-08

Now that it is settled that Waite and
Lewelling have been retired, the misfor-
These two populist governors made the
people tired