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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-26
The Farmer,s Customer.

1T is estimated" says the Southern
Trade magazine. that last year Great
Britain bought about two-thirds of the
wheaz and -four exported from the United
States nearly one-half of the corn. more
than one-half OF the cotton. nearly all the
cattle. meat products and other agricul-
tural products Of the United States.
Great Britain is the best customer of the
agricultural interests of this country. And
while buying more largely from US than
any other nation does, Great Britain is
the only one Of the great governments
that gives us perfectly free and fair
trade. There is at the moment some
friction between this government and
the German government because Of some
tariff duties. Germany is discriminat-
ing against certain American products
because our tariff laws discriminate
against German sugar. The other coun-
tries of Europe. too. upon one pretext
or another, from time TO time exclude
our pork. or our canned goods, or our beef.
or something else. ostensibly because they
are afraid of importing unhealthful pro-
are against an. equitable exchange of
commodities.
These countries that strike back at
us however, are not the ones the repub-
lican tariff tinkers assault. They almost
invariably direct their most ferocious at
tacks against Great Britain. as If they
were seeking to drive that customer away
from our grain. meat and cotton market
And. inGeed. there is a possibility that
Great Britain may be driven away, if
the republicans gain control Of congress
and the presidency in 1896 and re-enact
another radical high protection tariff law
The United States have great COMPETE
tors in the agricultural world now, and
they are growing greater. Asia Minor is
becoming the producer of an enormous
amount of cotton. The Argentine Re
public as wheat country has become a
powerful factor. and is not yet near
complete development. Suppose Great
Britain were to be driven out of the
cotton and wheat markets of the United
States as buyer; suppose discrimina-
tons against her had resulted in a COM
mercial agreement with other cotton and
wheat producing countries whereby Great
Britain would at this day be drawing
her supplies of these commodities from
Asia and South America, or elsewhere
what would probably be the price of cot
ton and wheat in this country now? In
stead Of 5-cent cotton we might have
2-cent cotton. and instead of 6O-cent wheat
we might have S0-cent wheat.
The condition of the American farmer is
poor enough as it is. without having
his best customer taken away from him
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-26
BRIGHT BITS.

Customer want an unconuonIv vours
and tender chicken.
Crusty Grocer-Guess you'd hetter b,,,.
an egg.-PFi ladelphia Record
,Higbee-There goes a man who takes
things as he sees them.
Robbins-A philosopher?
Life. Oohiy Il
Moses-Vy is it, fader, dot newspapers
S say Ill Levy ,, has assigned for der benefit
e., Cohen-Qh. dot vos only boetic license.
Mrs. Jones-The Smiths appear to be in
reduced circumstances.
Jones Yes, indeed can remember
When smith was able to borrow right
and left.-Puck
Is me of 30 cents for begging.
Beggar-But have only T.
Tolceman-Then I'll wait till YOU have
collected the rest.-F'liegende Batter.
Old Gentleman-What? Marry that
$oqhg pauPer! Why he can't even afford
Daughter-But we won't have to buy
York Weekly.
They say Tawker's word is as good as
pond. What an excellent thing il would
De Tor him if Mrs. Tawker's were also"
Humphi Why?"
We wouldn't have anything to do then
out clip coupons. Buffalo Courier.
Mrs. McNulty-Sure. 1 how called on
yure Wolfe a dozin tonnes to see tbot
ioine baby, and livery tonne tn little felly
has been ashlape.
Mr.. O'Fmnigan (grimly)-Can some
noight about , o'clock in III marnin'.-
Good News.
And how did your performance come
"splendidly," replied the enthusiastic
amateur actor. THE ladies wore bia hats
and the people in private boxes inter-
rupted nearly every scene. They treated
us exactly as If we had been profession
ais. "-Washington Star
Planxty?
Planxty-It wor this way, Terrence: Me
Wolfe SEE to me, SEE she. 'Planxty yez
can't give oop the licker' SCI she. I
fought / could but whin l thried an
found ! couldn't begorra, / knew it wor
tonne Tor me to shtop, an so 1 did.-Life
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-26
A Rose Song.

In a gardens red retreat
Bloomed this rose for you, my sweet.
Caught the sunshine and the dew,
Dreaming of the lips of you.
Heard your sweet voice in the r!lls
And the song of the whippowills,
With the tenderest unrest
Yearning ever for your breast.
Withered. is it worth a sigh?
Do loves roses ever die?
Say not that its charm is fled:
Say not that its sweets are dead:
Sunlight moonlight, winds that sing,
Lured it into blossOmingi
In its dropping diadem
Some sweet memory lives of them;
Still each fading petal seems
Fragrant with loves sweetest dream!
VIII his lips a kiss deny?
DO loves roses ever die?
other roses climb and creep
Softly to your curtained sleep;
Lingering your lattice near,
Glad to die as roses therei
Yet, to this one rose that grew
In the Night and dreamed of you
Death for love, its dearest bliss
Give loves sweetest, hottest kiss
sun and stars fade from the sky,
But loves roses never die.
Frank L. Stanton,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-26
Republicans Favor a Currency BIN.

The republican leaders in congress have
let it become known that they viii not
oppose a currency reform bill that does
not contain features which they regard
rs Objectionable. There is therefore some
prospect Of those democrats and republic
cans who are sincerely anxious for cur
rency legislation to get together on the
currency question. 1t is pretty well un-
derstood. however. that the republicans
find the Carlisle bill very Objectionable,
and that they are not satisfied with the
substitute for it which 1Ir. Springer has
introduced.
The republican especially Mr..
Reed and his friends-thiak that
il would be extremely advan-
tageous to the Republican party
to have the currency question out
OF the way before the meeting of the next
congress. It is very troublesome ques-
ton. and the republicans might find it even
more difficult than the democrats do to
frame bill that would be acceptable TO
their party in all parts of the country.
The way they look Al the situation is
this: T. currency law were enacted with
their help that gave satisfaction they
could claim much of the credit for If. II 1T
failed to give satisfaction they could de-
clare it was a democratic measure and
that they were in no respect responsible
for it.
For several reasons the passage Of a
banking and currency law by this congress
would be helpful to them. 1t would prac-
tically put a stop TO the agitation for the
free coinage Of silver and it would leave
the next congress free to devote itself to
matters that would tend TO strengthen the
Republican party. The republicans are
now planning to carry the next presiden-
tial election, and they don't want 10 have
to devote much of the time Of the next
congress to questions upon which they are
much more likely to have radical differ
ences than to act harmonously.
1t is not improbable therefore that after
the holiday recess the democrats will find
the republicans willing to assist in trying
to reach a satisfactory solution Of the cur
rency problem.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-26
The Cat in Law.


What is the cats status in law? The ques-
ton is being discussed by the legal lights
of Baltimore, and the attorney general
of Maryland has expressed himself upon
it. The discussion grows out of what is
known in Baltimore as 1.-THE famous case
of the Canton cat" Mrs. McCleary
claimed that Mr.. Friedel had stolen from
her a cat of the Maltese species and the
Thomas sex. The defendant entered a
general denial of the theft, and said the
cat in his possession was of the other
kind. A committee of six, appointed by
the court. reported that Mr. Friedel didn't
know it all about cats, and that the
weight of evidence was in Mrs Nc
Clearys favor; so the defendant was COM
mitted for trial
And just there the fine legal question
had it's beginning. Defendants counsel
holds that a cat is not property; that
the cat, in so far as the law is concerned,
is in the category of animals ferae nat
urae, which means in a state of wildness.
If the cat is ferae naturae then the ques-
ton of it's being property depends upon
the point whether he or she has been
reclaimed by art and the power of man.
If he Cor she) has been so reclaimed,
he COR she) does not properly become do
m.tae naturae. domestic animal, until
he (or she) has proved conclusively that
no animus revertendi, or desire to re-
turn to the, native condition, is har-
bored. Furthermore, the cat has never
been the subject of legislation in Mary
land. The dogs status as property was
fixed by the legislature in 1882 in a statute
making dogs the subject of larceny. That
statute made no mention of cats.
This line of argument which puts the
cat in the catalogue of the untamed
and unregenerate, fit only for treachery
and midnight concerts, will be combatted
by a large percentage of the populace,
including the whole of the class of I'M
married women of an uncertain age
who proverbially dote on cats. At the
same time, the idea that cats have no
rights and their alleged owners have no
rights in them that anybody is bound by
law to respect will find many adherents
among those whose lives are made mis-
cradle by Tom AND Tabby on the back
yard fence in the dead of night. If the
Baltimore court should establish prece-
dent holding that cats are not property
there might be boom in the sale of
parlor rifles and noiseless cartridges. On
the other hand, if cats should be raised
to the dignity Of property by the court
the hurlers of bootjacks and ink bottles
would have to keep sharp lookout for
the constable. 1t all depends on how
the cat jumps in the court
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-26
Have L arnel somethinr
Now orleans Timas-Democrat Deml

The greatest advance. however rooda
in civil service reform in the last few
years is with the politicians, or. rather.
the political leaders. and this presares
very remarkable change of sentiment
on their part, and a Disappearance of
great deal of opposition to the system
which they formerly denounced as hav-
ing IT'S origin In China. They have discov-
cred that the offices are an element of
weakness rather than of strength They
have seen the last three Administrations
unable TO maintain themselves in power
by patronage" and injured rather tban
otherwise BY their control of Offices; and
they see the present administration SIM
ilarly handicapped No longer, therefore.
do they denounce civil service reform
with the same visor as of old. for they
are coming TO the conclusion that there
is not much in getting Offices from which
they are to be Ousted IN a few years: and
il would be better. on the whole. il these
offices were protected from frequent
changes.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-26

Are we drifting back to the days of
the witches of Salem; or still further
back, to the days of the enchanters and
sorcerers of medieval times? What is
this new thing, hypnotism, leading us
to, anyhow? A few days ago Prof"
Rock, a hypnotist, put in an appearance
at New Riegel O., and delivered a lee
ture TO about 100 citizens. 1t seems that
he hypnotized his whole audience, and
transferred to each of them a part of
his powers. The following day business
was suspended in the town and nearly
the whole populace was on the streets
practicing and experiencing hypnotism.
People walked the streets imagining
themselves cats, dogs monkeys donlleys
ana other animals, and conducting them
selves as such animals are wont to do.
Others imagined themselves orators and
made speeches, while still others. with
out testing liquor became drunken men
and hung themselves up on fences and
Iamp-posts while they sang maudlm
songs. The few citizens who escaped the
spell OF the enchanter-the mayor among
them-had hard work TO bring the be-
witched people back to their right minds
When reason was restored. however, they
wanted to lyach the hypnotist The prac-
tce Of hypnotism in that town is now
prohibited by an ordinance which pro-
Hdes a penalty CT fine and imprison-
ment
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-26
A warning to Baggage smashers.

RetributiVe justice has oVertaken the
baggage smasher. 1t occurred in Phila-
delphia. Retributive justice is not
native Of Philadelphia; The baggage
smasher in this case is; hence the oyer
taking was sudden and the impact disas-
trous. The baggage smasher enjoyed the
distinction of being an expert in his line.
He is not enjoying anything at present.;
unless a liberal Indulgence in soft cush-
ions, liniments and cold cream can be
called enjoyment. The way it came about
is thus graphically described by a Phila-
delphia paper: Hewitt had big trunk
for 7. II. McCollin, n dealer in photo
graphers supplies, of the contents of
which he had not the faintest idea. So
he jumped from his wagon. and grabbed
The trunk in regular baggage smasher
fashion. Down came a corner of the
Saratoga on the hard pavement, and up
went Hewitt in pillar of fire. The trunk
was more than half full of the powder
used by photographers in taking flash
light pictures and the conclusion had ex-
ploded it,
The flying corpus of the baggage
smasher described the arc of a circle. and
found a lodging place in the transom
over an Office door. with such force did
it arrive there that the plate glass was
smashed and the woodwork cracked.
But the baggage smasher was not dead.
asr-r
of lannon's MONTH" but he was too
good a Philadelphia to be hurried even
in making his final exit hence. He was
methodically and decorously plucked
from his uncomfortable position by the
spectators and sent TO the hospital to be
patched up.
The incident. as a matter of course.
carries its Lesson: and it comes at a
good season of the year, when people
are about to begin the turning over of
new leaves. 1t is a warning to baggage
smashers wherever they may be assem-
bled or disseminated throughout the
globe that wickedness does not always
carry its advertisement in it's face. The
most innocent-looking trunk or chest
may contain in its 'innards" a demon
ever ready to jump out and boost the
baggage smasher into transom across
the way. Amateur photography is "all
the go" these days, and a great many
amateur photographers make fad OF
| hash-light pictures; hence there is no tell
ing what trunk may have in it lot OF
powder of the kind that gave Hewitt his
lift
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-26
The South and the Great Canal.
From the Florida Citizen DemN

Cotton factories are on the move TO
the southern cotton fields The south
already completes successfully with other
sections in producing iron. The estab-
lishment, by a man direct from Pork
opolis," of packing house in the south.
IS conclusive evidence of the advantages
existing here for the DEVELOPMENT of ms
industry. There is no reason why the
south, with its almost inexhaustible sup
ply of hard woods and iron. should not
become the center of the manufacturing
of all manner of implements, vehicles and
machinery. The construction of the Mica
ragua canal will throw omen the doors of
an immense traffic to all South American
and Pacific ports and countries The south
lies at the gateway of these opportunities.
and is destined to become the great thea
ter of activity in all manufacturing as in
all TRANSFORMATION industries-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-26

1t appears from advices received at
Washington within few days that the
japanese at Port Arthur narrowly es-
capped a blunder that would have got
them into serious trouble with this coun-
try On Dec. s four Japanese torpedo
boats accommodating near the mouth Of
the port sighted a warship which they
concluded, from her shape, was the Chi
nese man-of-war Chen Yuen. A fish tor
pedo was prepared to be shot at her
hun, when it was discovered that she
was the United States cruiser Baltimore.
The torpedo was withheld in time and the
boats retired. 1t would have been OK
tremely awkward, to say the least, for
all concerned had not the error been dis
covered in time.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-26
Rushing Cotton for Christmas.
From the New Orleans Picayune dem.

The phenomenal movement of the mast
week has been no doubt due to the anx-
lety to market as much cotton as posi-
Die prior to the holidays, and also to en-
ing due between the 18th of December and
Jan. !, such as farm mortgages. advances
by country merchants and the Ike Near
~ all the reports now being received from
the interior by merchants report an m
usual exhaustion of cotton on plantations.
and the general opinion among factors is
that the crop Will turn out much smaller
than is indicated by the present rate of
mark afine
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-26
who Got Us in the sorapeP"
From Louisville Courier Journal Dem }

In making a party issue of the cur
rency question the republicans invite at
tentiCn to the fact that the present fnan-
cial situation is entirely due to the legis-
latlon Tor which they are responsible 1t
was the republicans who first put the
government into the banking business
1t was they who first provided that a gov
tender for the payment of debts IN
this way they virtually confscated some
thing like half Of the debts then existing.
1t was by republican manipulation of the
upheld
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-26
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Think Of Boys-B. II. Levy & Bro.
IT'S the Day After-Daniel Hogan.
Auction Sales-City and Suburban I'M
provement Company Stock. by c. II. Dor
sett.
Christmas Has Come and Gone-Falk
Clothing Company
we Were Very Busy-Appel & SchauL
Cheap Column Advertisements-Hel
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-26

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-26
CURRENT COMMENT.
In a NutshalI.

From Macon (Ga) Telegraph Dem).
The governments revenues and ex-
penses should be made to balance, and
the currency laws should be so changed
as to relieve the treasury from the ne
cessity of providing gold by the use of
the governments credit to everybody who
desires or needs it,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-26

The two states of Michigan and Ohio
report an entire exemption from railroad
accidents during the year in which any
passengers were killed. Last year the
records in these two states were greatly
above the average. The most disastrous
OF the worlds fair" train wrecks oc-
Cured in Michigan.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-26

The st. Louis doctor who is said to have
discovered a diphtheria cure that is better
than the German blood serum is keeping
very quiet about his discovery. Since the
announcement Of his remedy not word
has been said in the dispatches about it.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-26

Speaker Fleming in Augusta on Mon
day called attention to the fact that the
legislature at its recent session enacted
being melted out to murderers and Grim
inal assailants. There is an opportunity
now to see bow the new law will work
1t is to be hoped it viii be found suf-
ficient to the emergency.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-26

One Of the most pathetic incidents of
the Christmas holidays occurred IN New
York BABY Cornwall. aged 3 years.
sage up the chimney to Santa Claus. Los
ing his balance he fell and his clothing
caught fire; and his Santa Claus came
with hearse and brought little white
coffin.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-26

The cotton spinning trade journals of
New England note that the new cylin-
drical cotton bale. described in these
columns some weeks ago, does not meet
with the unanimous favor of millmen.
The Boston Journal Of Commerce regards
the shape of the bale as an insuperable
objection as far as ocean carriage is
concerned, where packages are carried
by measurement instead of weight No
stevedore, however smart he might be.
would be able to pack in a hold as much
cotton in round bales as he could if the
bales We're square. The shape Of the bale
used at present is not so much objected
to as its covering and binding The pro-
portions of the square bale might be i'm
proved upon, when, with stout covers
carefully put on and securely fastened,
a great deal of loss would be saved to
the producer.
An educated Frenchmen watched the
rabble on Broughton street on Christmas
eve with deep interest. The noise was
ear-splitting, and the department Of the
merry makers was hilarious in the ex-
IRENE What do you think?" he was
asked. Those colored people are making
nearly all of the noise, eh?" he rejomed;
why, they are bis children"
There are more people idle on Christmas
than probably any other day of the
year. and the majority OF them are bent
on making day" Of it; hence it occurs
that there are more casualties during
the Christmas holidays than at any other
time.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-26

Postmaster General Bissel urges that
postmasters should be made removable
only for cause and not merely cause
they belong to the other party. That rule
would be all right if it went into effect
when the Offices were full of democrats.