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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-15
Fate Of the Holy Cattle.

Never, am told, says the Saunterer, of
Town Topics, has there occurred at the stock
yards Of Chicago, more pathetic ceremony
than that OF last week, when the twelve sacred
Brahmiu bulls, that had been on exhibition
in the Merry Midway all summer, were nut
to the slaughter at the establishment of Mr..
Nelson Morris the dressed beef magnate
who had bought the whole sacred lot at an
exceedingly low figure. The bulls, which
have by this time probably been devoured in
Bridgeport and elsewhere, were beautiful
animals. with small heads, intelligent ewes.
silky coats and the graceful shoulder.
humps of their race, and have II on good
authority that Mr.. Morris, when he heard
of the sacred nature of the beasts de-
clined TO let any hand but his own WELD the
poleaxe that successfully put them to death.
Eacn animal, before receiving the
coup de grace from his kindly purchaser, was
given long drink Of whisky and soapsuds
from the lavatOry Of the Morris establishment
out of a bucket into which the tears of the
slayer fell copously as he dealt each fatal
blow When IL was all over a friend asked
Mr. Morris how he came to purchase such a
handsome set Of beasts, and the latter. gaZ-
ing tearfully at the twelve corpses is said to
have responded: How did get EN-? Look
at dose humps, man, look at dose humps,
There's enough meat on efery one of them TO
weed vanity. Who could let such a par
kahn go?'' So the twelve sacred bulls were
purchased and slain and have been. by,this
time, eaten up like any secular cattle
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-15
Story of a Revolver.

A corresT ondent Of the Philadelphia Times
at Nayasota, Texas, says A Christmas gift
with singular history, equalling tale from
the Arabian Nights was received few
days ago by Mrs Olivia Wright the widow of
Col Wright, a wealthy farmer of this county,
who died some months ago. This gift was a
revolver bearing the inscription, 10 Col. A.
Nj. Wright, from his comrade in arms. Nelson
Haymaker, 1862. 80 and the story OF this relic is
that in the tall of 50 it was worn by Col.
Wright when the confederates attacked Don
aldsOn. La.
1t may be remembered that forty or fifty
Texans. in the dark, ran into a culde-sac
from which the only egreSS was overlooked
and menaCed by the federal artillery. and. on
the Texans attem pting to 90 out again they
we're opened on by the guns, which drove
them back into the trap They then tried to
scale the fOrtltcationS but these rose fifteen
or twenty feet, and were topped by troops,
who could lean over and fire upon the enemy
without exposing themselves the confeder-
ateS accepted the inevitable and surrendered.
Before doing so they threw all their side
arms over into the Mississippi, to keep from
having TO give them Up TO their captors.
Among these was the colOnels revolver.
some time later the federal gunboats living
out in the river head of this casting away OF
reviewers. which were always at premium,
and the soldiers, having nothing better to do,
amused themselves by fishing over the sides
OF the vessels for the pistols, and several
were brought up this way.
Here the Colonel's revolver was lost sight
OF Tor nearly a year, until the battle of Mans
| held. La, when lieutenant in Indiana regi
ment was killed, and his cousin, who CHANGED
to be near him. secured his revolver and sent
lt,with some other relics, to the dead soldier
wife. She kept il until recently, when she
saw notice in southern newspaper of Col.
Wright death. and, making inquiries found
that the deceased gentleman had been in
Louisiana at the same time as her husband
though on opposite sides, and, thinking it a
graceful thing to do, returned the weapon to
the widow. Mr.. Haymaker, who lives in De
Witt county, has seen the revolver and al
once identified it as the one he presented tc
his comrade nearly thirty-ttve wears ago
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-15
Genesis of "a Cabinet euarrel. >,

Several enterprlsing young journalists in
the ante-room of the white house yesterday
accidentally became witnesses of little
scene in the Presidents office. which they did
not neglect to send to their papers with the
necessary embellishments, investing the Incl
dent with grave diplomatic significance saws
the Washington Post. Messrs. Lamont
Gresham. and Carlisle we're closeted with the
President enterprising young men without
Speculatlng on this stellar conjunction. Sud
denly the door is Onened and MeSSrS Lamont
and Carlisle, the latter with cloud on his
face, issue forth. Lamont is grave, and walks
away without word as the Secretary of the
Treasury suddenly wheels and returns to the
door. This wheeling aud returning to
the door Is the pivotal point of inter
est. There Is an abruptness in the &C
ton, heaviness of gait, a quick
ness of strife that strains the young
men professional instincts to the keenest
tension. Why this sudden wheeling about
and re urn to the door He opens it with haste
and holds ii alar just for moment. That
moment suttces to reveal to the watchers in
the hall the picture of the President seated
and Mr. Gresham standing upright before
him. They have evidently been discussing
the Hawaiian situation. The Secretary of
the Treasury casts a sullen look at the pict-
ure, and. standing in the frame of the door,
he calls to the Secretary of state in a voice
that combines the rOughness of a cross-sa
with something OF the energy of a Nebraska
blizzard; Well come along, if you're com
ing Presto -Four or five pencils are gliding
over the white sheets of as many notebooks
and another phase in the reported cabinet
rupture has found its chroniclers.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-15
The Church in the Saloon Business.

Anovel experiment in the dispensing of
liquor is TO be tried at Haverhill, Mass.
The temperance and church people of that
town Will establish a drinking saloon I'M
der church patronage upon plan some
what after that proposed by the Rev. Mr..
Rainsford, of New York. 1t is not to be
a dispensary of temperance drinks alone,
nor yet whisky shop it will attempt to
strike the golden mean by shutting out
whisky and the other red-hot drinks,
and fostering a taste for beer and wines.
1t will, if it succeeds on the lines laid
down, elevate the palate of the tipster,
so to speak, and teach him to drink for
the taste of his liquor and not for the
effects of it.
The scale of prices fixed by the church
saloon is calculated to be attractive.
Every day will be a bargain day at its
counters. Mixed drinks and wines will
be sold at 5 cents each; plain liquors, 3
cents; schooners of beer, 2 cents; ponies
of beer, l cent, and all bottled goods at
cost This, it will be observed is a de
claration of rate war against the pri-
waite saloons. The church people have an
idea that the regular barkeepers will at
tempt to meet the cut, and that they will
soon realize that it is a costly undertake
ing and go back to their old rates, when
the church saloon will pull IN all of the
custom. IL is supposed that large red-let-
tered signs will be printed, reminding
the people of Haverhill who it was that
reduced the prices of the stuff, and urg-
ing them to bestow their patronage upon
the real friends of the masses.
The church saloon will be run on the
broad gauge principle of giving the great
est drinks for the least money 1t will
seek no profit on its goods. On the other
hand, il will be run at an actual loss. for
all the stuff it dispenses will be retailed
at wholesale prices. The town charges a
license fee of $1,000 for liquor saloons
which, together with all other expenses
incident to the business, will be paid by
the church
The Haverhill experiment differs most
widely from the South Carolina expert
ment, in that it will handle beer and will
not handle whisky. Gov. Tillman has
found that whisky is the mainstay of al
grog shops But, then, the Massachu
sets people are in the liquor business
from sentiment while the South Carroll
mans are in it for revenue only.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-15
The Tramp Was Grateful.

"Silas, said Mrs. Comfort as I entered the
house the other evening, writes Detroit
Free Press man. Il just gave away your old
overcoat to poor and worthy man who sadly
needed it."
Yes"
He was shaking like leaf as he knocked
at the door. Poor mani Just think of him
being around such weather as this without an
overcoat. II would have done your heart
good to see how grateful he was'
Yes"
Il not only gave him the overcoat but a
square meal besides. The tears came to his
eyes as he thanked me. He said he was about
ready to commit suicide as he knocked at the
door, but when he went away he had some.
thing to live for. 1t was the turning point in
has career, he said. What have you got
there?"
The overcoat you gave the tramp
But how-how-g"
Il met him on the corner. He told me he
hadn't had a morsel OF food for the last three
days. and as a favor 20 him gave him a dol
lar for the coat. Poor man! You should
have seen his look OF gratitude as he grabbed
the dollar and headed for a saloon 2"
Mrs. Comfort kicked the cat upset q chair.
and then sat down and she'd tears. She is an
awfully good-hearted woman but she doesn't
know tramp nature.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-15
National Board of Trade.

An important meeting to be held shortly
is that of the National Board of Trade
at Washington d. c., on Jan. %. The
board is composed Of delegates from com
mercial bodies all over the country, and
its object is to influence national
legislation in the interest OF the mer-
chants of the country. The meetings OF
the board are held at the national CAPT
tai because the objects of the organiza-
ton can be the better served from that
point.
AT the forthcoming meeting a number
OF matters of great Importance will be
discussed, among others, according to
plan mapped out, national bankruptcy
aw and the revival of the Torrey BILL
the interstate commerce law and several
proposed amendments, the registration Of
trademarks, reciprocal trade relations
between the United States
and foreign countries, the revision
of the banking and currency laws.
the repeal OF the tax on state bank circu-
lation, the ACCESSIBILITY of establishing an
executive department of commerce and
manufactures, the issue of bonds to pro
tect the gold reserve, a national clearing
house, the reform of the consular service,
the need of restricting immigra tion, gov.
eminent aid for the construction of the
Nicaragua canal, the advisability of gov
eminent aid to the construction of deep
water canal between New York and
Philadelphia and another between
Chicago and Joliet, Ill.
From the foregoing it will be seen that
the National Board of Trade is an am.
bilious association; it seeks to elucidate
the greatest questions before the country
or at least make an honest effort in that di
rection. The subjects that come before the
association will be discussed by men who
have given them deep study and are com
petent to express opinions. Whatever
they may say will, therefore. be given
respectful consideratio by the congress-
men, and it may be that the final outcome
will be of great benefit to the country.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-15
BRIGHT BITS.

Hardcastle-Im afraid I've got to fail,
business is so bad, and go to the wall
Mrs. Hardcastle-Oh, that's so nice OF you,
Win! Now can get that lovely sealskin
I've been wanting Boston Traveller
What dyer t'ink OBJ de Corbett- Mitchell
hght?' said one sporting man to another"
"Aw, dat amt no fight, an never Will be- -
was the reply, in disguised tones. Oats les
notin' but er French dueL."-Washington
Star.
How does your new girl like it with you?'
asked the caller.
"She seems to be contented."
Does she do the work well?"
mo; but she doesn't find fault with the
way i do it.''-Wash ington Star.
Mrs watts-There Is about a half cord of
haro wood 1 would like to have sawed up if
you want to earn your breakfast.
Hungry Higgins-Id like mighty well to
oblige you, mum, but 1t amt safe fer Teller
to git In a presperation this changeable
weather,-lndianapolis Journal
The lady had implied a doubt as to the
statement of the dairyman. Madame" he
said, Indignantly, my reputation rests upon
my butter"
well" she said testify, "you needn't get
ugly about it. The foundation is strong
enough TO keep it up forever. "-Detroit Free
Press.
MIR. Chugwater-I'm hungry still but the
biscuits are all gone, there's no more cream
for the coffee and the steak is all gristle.
Samantha, you'll die OF enlargement of the
heart!
Mrs. Chugwater-I don't know, Josiah I've
never been exposed to it in this hous5.-Chi-
cago Tribune
Her hat was straight, her gloves we're on,
And yet she fingered at the door
The while. impatient of DELAY,
Her waiting husband gently swore.
Her hat was straight, her gloves were on,
Yet while outside his heels he knocked
She stood within the open door
To ask him if it had been locked.
Detroit Tribune.
She looked upon the pale slender youth
kneelng before her and was moved to pity.
There was tender sympathy in her bearing as
she told him she could never be his wife He
heard her answer with a bowed head MAY
1, he asked simply, when she had spoken,
PROFOUND to you one other question before
rise from my kneesf'
Yes"
His ghtterlng eyes were fastened upon her
face now. Have you" he was terribly in
earnest" any cornS, bunions or inverted
nailss'' She shrieked, as it dawned upon her
that he was. after all, a chiropodist When
he strobe away forever the snow crushed
beneath his feet with merry sound.-Delroit
Tribune.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-15
I'm The Line of Duty. >,

Assistant Secretary Reynolds, of the
interior department, has rendered pen.
sion decision which Is regarded as one of
the most important yet made by this ad.
ministration. The question involved, and
settled by the decision, is that of line OF
duty"
Previous to the Harrison administra.
tion it had been held for long time that
where a soldier received a disability
while absent from his command, acting
for himself and for his own pleasure and
benefit, that he was not entitled to pen.
sion. But during the iucumbency of
Messrs. Raum and Bussey in the pension
bureau material departures from this rule,
established in a number of decisions, we re
made; numbers of men, it is said, were
pensioned Notwithstanding they had
received injuries while away from their
commands and attending to their own
private affairs. One of these cases was
that of j. +. Harrison, of the Third
Iowa cavalry, Of which Assistant Secre-
tary Bussey was colonel. Harrison ap-
piled a number of years ago for a pen
sion, alleging that he had been seriously
lhIuAN0 w d uholAOb NOullQ III lue arm,
received lin .the line CT duty" the
wound having been caused by his gun
being accidentally discharged while he
was on picket duty. The pension was al
lowed, but in 1877 he was dropped from
the rolls, because it had come to the
knowledge of the department that he was
absent from his command on a hunting
trip when he was wounded, and was,
therefore, not in the line of duty Four
different applications were made for his
restoration to the pension list, and finally
Assistant Secretary Bussey reopened the
case and restored Harrisons pension, I'M
der which act he drew 81. 63l.5O
In November last Commissioner Loeb
rem submitted the case of Har-
riSon to the interior department
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-15

for examination, and to determine
whether Harrison should remain on the
rolls. The examination disclosed that
Harrison had ''craved venison,' and had
taken gun and gone into the forest to
hunt deer, when he accidentally shot him
self. Assistant Secretary Reynolds, de
cided that he was not "in the line Of
duty when his wound was received, as
there was no necessity for the killing of
a deer to provide food, and is, therefore,
not entitled to receive pension.
The rule of the department, under this
decision, will be that for injuries received
while absent from commands on strictly
personal business or pleasure, soldiers
are not reasonable. 1t is said a large
number of pensions allowed during the
Harrison administration will be effected.
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James Gordon Bennett at Monte Carlo.

JameS Gordon Bennett at monte carlo.
A short time ago a brief cable dispatch re-
corded the fact that James Gordon Bennett
had arrived at Monte Carlo, says writer in
the Pittsburg Dispatch. Mr.. Bennett is the
only American whom Europe knows. He has
lived 50 long abroad and given so many de-
lightful evidences Of his eccentricities at
every resort on the Continent, that his name
IS nearly as familiar as Gladstone or
I Churchill. He is universally regarded as the
most perfect type Of the rich ana liberal
American.
IL is only fitting, therefore, that he should
show his appreciation Of the attentions show
cred upon him in some way peculiarly his
own. Sometimes he does this by merely veri-
| Tying his wellearned reputation for a very
lavish and somewhat careless use of money.
This, as happen TO know. for | was there at
the time, was his method when he was in
Monte Carlo last winter. He knew, of course,
for II was apparent even to a casual visitor,
that he was more conspicuous figure than
any one OF the many dukes or even princes
who were there. He knew also that one S
greatness in Monte Carlo is measured by the
size of his bets. Mr.. Bennett has not now
I'd never had any passion for the gambling
table u he does like to maintain his fame
and popularity. So he ret freely, fully ex
pecting and perfectly willing to lose a few
thousand dollars for the satisfaction of the
community. But the perverse fates ruled
otherwise ana the more recklessly he bet the
more surely he won When the true came
for closing he was "a 900 francs ahead of the
game.
This result was so contrary to his eXpecta-
ton that he delayed his departure for a day
TO give the bank another chance. But his
lueky ar pursued him even more persistent
~ on the second night than on the first. He
played with the utmost carelessness on sew
ecal taoles at the same time relying wholly
upon the cruplers to guard his gold, and man
Testing not the slightest concern regarding
either their honesty or the result Again the
time came to close and Mr.. Bennett found,
upon gathering up his various piles of thou
sand franc notes and louis dor. that he had
won a trihe more than 80 600 francs. He was
even more astonished than the owners of the
hundred hungry eyes that had been watching
him and really wanted to give the bank still
another chance but having demonstrated his
Willingness while among Romans to do as the
Romans do, he did not feel justified in delay
ing his departure longer
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-15
NDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

MEETING-DeKalb Lodge No. Q, I o. o. F.
SPECIAL NOTICES Cigarettes, Henry Solo
mon s. SON. Important Notice as to In
fanta Eulalia and lie Panic Cigars; AS to
Bnls Against German Bark Martha; Wood
ana Coal, w. H. Connerat.
STEAMSHIP SCHEDULEs-Ocean Steamship
Company; Baltimore Steamship Company.
AUCTION SALBs-Carpets, Rugs, Etc, by c.
II. Dorsett; Furniture, Clothing, Etc, by j.
H. Oppenheim & Son.
STRAW MATTINGs-Lindsay & Morgan
NOTICE THE DIsPLAYs-B. H Levy & Bro.
SANITARY UEDERwEAR-Appel & Schaul
MORE PEoPLE-Falk Clothing Company.
RAILROAD SCHEDULE-Florida Central and
Peninsular Railroad Company.
CHEAP COLUMN ADVERTISEMENT Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-15

Judge Hanford, of the United States
district court at Seattle, Wash, has
just handed down two decisions Of far
reaching Importance. In one, under the
oleomargarine law, he says congress can
not delegate its legislative powers to
prescribe punishment for violation OF
regulations to some one else, to be pre-
scribed afterwards. In the oleomar-
garine law congress leaves the penalties
to be fixed by the treasury department.
The decision VIII have the effect of max
ing the law imperative. In the other de-
cision Judge Hanford holds that private,
sealed communications are not included
in the United States statute prohibiting
the sending of obscene or hbellous mat
ter through the mails.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-15
Malicious Mischief.

The republican papers, it seems, hest
tate at nothing that promises even a
modicum of political capital. They are
desperate; their party is in straits, and
they will employ violent means. question
able meaus-any means, to stop its down
grade course. They are making despi-
cable personal attacks on the members of
the administration. The President and
his secretaries are pictured as lovers of
the black queen Of Hawaii, for the reason
that they have respected her rights.
They are pictured as monsters about to
anuihilate the working people, because
they are in favor of reducing the cost of
living to the working people.
But republican hatred and Justification
do not end there. They would even sac
rifce the credit of the government to
further their selfish ends. They would,
If they could, bring about a lack of conf
dence in the treasury, and a consequent
panic, under the democratic administra-
ton, in order that they might point to the
panic as an object lesson in democratic
government. THE glaring fact as to the
treasury" said the St. Louis Globe-Dem-
ocrat a few days ago, anent the de-
crease in the reserve and the treasury's
lack of money, lis that if it were a rail
road it would be placed in the hands Of a
receiver"
Receivers are appointed for railroads
when they default in their bonded indebt-
edness. Has the treasury done anything
of the kind Has any creditor OF the gov
eminent ever expressed a doubt of the
governments ability to pay3 Have the
bondholders of the government ever had
to wait for their money! Certainly not.
The Globe-Democrat itself has un bounded
confidence in the governments solvency;
yet for partisan purposes it is willing 10
spread distrust that might bring about
most disastrous results.
The most glaring fact as to the treasury
is that it is empty because the republi-
cans looted it before it was turned over to
the democrats last March. The Globe
Democrat wishes its readers to believe
that the deficiency is due to democratic
administration. 1t probably relies upon
the forgetfulness of the masses, and their
disinclination to look beyond the effect to
ascertain the cause, to aid it and its par
tisan co-workers in creating that belief.
But the democratic press will see to it
that the responsibility for the treasury's
shortage is placed where it belongs.