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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-10
Personal.


The death Of Cardinal Desprez. Arch
plsnop OF Toulouse, leaves ne Catholic
cnurch with but sixty Cardinals. Of whom
thirty-three are Italians and the remain
ing tWePty-seven OF other na ttonalties
Great interest Is taken in Berlin in the
coming exhibition Of the presents re-
ceived BY Prince Bismarc1 in the last
twenty-five years. They include the pen
with which the treaty Of peace vas signed
between Germany and France IN ISL
Miss Fannie Nesbitt. the night opera
lor al the Union Pacific station ia Topeka
ran has been presented with gold med
AZ pg her Fellow operators on the ROAD Tor
tee heroism she displayed al Bonner
springs last faIl, when rObher attempted
20 RAID her Office Miss Nesbftt fought
the rODDer or with a revolver ana saved
express packages containing $40 In cash.
Though he is now more than Is years
OF age, the Rev. DR.. Newman Hall. the
eminent dissenting preacher Of England,
stands erect. in magnificent strength
nearly six feet IN hight: h. has the muscle
ana endurance Of an athicte-can climb
a mountain like a member Of the Al
pine Cluo, and often walks a dozen miles
On sunday 10 and from his church He
mas the element Of fumor in him. can en-
10y merry romp with children, and
DIiuis over with life In every direction.
-Oronhyatekha, a Canadian Indian. is
enjoying himself in London He is q pure
Mohawk and is president Of the Grand
council OF the chief Of Canada. which
comprises the MohaWks Oneidas Onon-
dagas. Cayugas. Senecas and TqiscarOras
nc tickles the I0ndoners by saying: THE
Americans sacked our towns and villages.
- 10 the French, we tlrashed them;
when they came we drove them hack
Originally, YOU know, we Were settled on
the banks Of the Mohawk Valley, stretch
ing from Albany to Niagara. We left II
voluntarily In order to be still British;
made ourselves exiles in order to be still
British"
An amusing story told some years ago
OF p. A. sothern. the actor. is going the
rounds again. Upon a certain evening he
was Invited to two entertainments. one
Tor chiliren and the other a reception for
grown people. Fond OF children. SotheTn
decided to go TO the party given for the
little ones, and thinking Il would be
great Joke 10 go into the parlOr on all
Tours and roaring like a hear, he did sc,
much to the amusement Of the guests
and his own subsequent unhaPpiness, for
once IN the middle of the room he looked
up and saw that he had made a mista axe
in the house and had played bear for the
grown people and not for the children.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-10
BRIGHT BITS.

Weird Possibilities.-'T'm glad OF one
thing, anyhow" said the boy. whose ia
Their had been talking about the income
tax.
whats that Hiram?
i m glad they didn't get UP the income
TAX IN time to give the man who wrote
the algebra chance to put in questions
about it."-Washington Star.
-Figgs-I see you don't take The
by it.
Griggs-so l did, but now swear at it..
On the first three days of the week it is
hlled with cackles over its last Sunday
issue, and on the last three days of the
week il is filled with puffs of it's com,
ing Sunday issue.-Ncw York Tribune.
-"AIl the symptoms. doctor you say. of
army. chaplain of pronounced ecclesiasti-
cal views. when returning to England on
long leave. can one possibly get hay fever
81 don't know" replied the doctor. but
We have several grass widows on board,
and You have been great deal in their So
ciety~'-London World.
The Only Soul. Twin OF KEN over,
In S. said Mr.. Grogan, "Oi was the only
soul on board the ship"
"Aw, what are you givin' us?" asked
young Finnegan
1T is the trooth OF am givin' yez. The
rist av thin was all Orangemin and
Dutch"
1t was with great satisfaction that Mr..
IlOsau uOWHeu ms schooner as ne us
tened to the rafting Of Mr.. Finnegan's
dime falling into the ill.-Indianapolis
Journal. -Gn
Mrs. MeelSton was standing on the
front doorstep when her husband came
home, Henry" she said. in Il loud tone,
here's your income tax blank You'd
better fill it out right away
Great Scott Mariar' he exclaimed,
what do l want with an income tax
blank?'
Don't talk SO loud. was the admonition
in subdued bur stern key; its a sum-
mons to serve on the jury. The next door
neighbors on both sides of us have been
sitting behind the closed window blinds
waiting for your 10 come home, so they
could find out what the officer was here
for ashington Star
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-10
Jumping French canadians.

Ibid you ever see a jumping French
man asked Horace Nelson. the water
visited him recently 10 look over his stock
at Sunnyside. where the stallion Nelson Is
kept. says the New York sun
The TWO were seated in the Office OF the
City hotel, when a stOckily built. brOuzed-
faced man in the garb OF a woOdsman en-
tered and began looking over the regis
ter The newcomer had suggested the
question. which the New Yorker answered
in the negative.
Watch me- said Nelson. in low tone.
land you'll see some fun"
With this parting caution he stepped
up behind the man. gave him a sharp slap
on the shoulder and shouted:
Strike
Instantly the Frenchman drove his right
fist against the clerks writing desk, split
ting the board that formed one end of il
wide open. The blow barked every
knuckle on his hand, but he had hardly
turned round TO face his SYengah when
Nelson again shouted:
Jump
The effect was marvellous. Big as he
was. the wOOdsman went up in the air as
high as the counter. He seemed thorough
" mesmerized and. when Nelson ceased
his commands. he looked as sheepish as a
bashfll schoolgirl.
They are the greatest curios. ties ! ever
saw" said Nelson. Take them un-
awares and they will Go anything you tell
them TO. Just before the gangs went into
the woods last fall we had one here that
was a cOrker. He staggered in with a
skate on one afternoon, looked around
and, seeing no one in the billiard room
sneaked in there. The clerk was watch
ing him. The moment he got inside he
pulled a long necker from his pOck-
ct, and was just tipping II up for a drink
when the clerk rushed in and yelled:
Throw itr
He banged it 10 the floor as IL the con-
tents had scorched him. The bottle was
smashed, ana he glared at tSe clerk like
a wild beast. As a usual thing they don't
get mad, but when they're drinking it's
Just as we'll to let them &c, a swig before
yelling throw OF drop it.
A logging camp or drive without its
jumper would be like a certain play with
out the principal character The nervous
ness that plays such part in stealing the
Will power seems TO be a pecuiarity of
the French Canadian. a child showing
this sport making quality is at once heset
by all his companions, who never fail to
work him for the full limit of fun. Those
so afflicted become so accustomed 70 obey
ing a startling command that they never
outgrOw il. Care, though, Is observed in
logging camps TO see what the jumpers
have in hand before anyone yells throw"
They viii sling AK, knife or anyth ng
when the word is given, and there are in
stances where the tOrmentOrs have suf-
fered' serious injury.
On the Kennebec river last year the
rivermen had a jumper among them who
would so overheard every time any one
cried Jump" but. as he was a fighter,
the joke was rare, for want of a man To
give the word.
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Il never had the pleasure" remarked
Secretary Morton to representative OF
the Washington star the other day, of
any near or particular acquaintance with
Abraham Lincoln. / have had him de-
scribed' to me often, however, by men
close to him, and who knew him well.
As everybody is aware Lincoln was a
man of humor rather than wit; fond of
good story and a good laugh Lincoln
was not an orderly man, and paid no
vast heed to things abQCt him. II he had
owned a lawn il would probably have
struggled through life unknown; and a
gate on one hinge struck Lincoln as being
just as good a gate as il IL owned two.
In good truth unless men have romanced
beyond reason, Lincoln was a bit shift
less. His fences were apt to be down. ana
many matter needed doing about the
home of Lincoln. / recall a story of the
great President which Richardson. once
member of the national House from
Illinois and great friend of Lincoln,
we, Lincoln and 1, had been away
on the circuit together" said Richard
SON The Judges and lawyers travelled
from county to county IN those days, the
former TO hold court, and the latter to
try what cases they had. and pick up
others. Lincoln and / had been away
some weeks, and one afternoon toward
the close of an early summers Gay we
rode into Springfield. where Lincoln lived
His yard and the scene about the house
had been. when he left, bit disrep able.
the fence needed mendng; the yard lacked
cleaning up; the house wanted coat of
!
broken pane: while odd ana irritating
punches of brambles and clumbs OF locust
shoots cried for the scythe and bush hook.
! This was the condition when Lincoln left.
But during his absence, Mrs. Lincoln had
instituted a campaign of her own. As
we drove M to the place we found the
fence repaired; the yard mown and clean:
every pane of glass was in, and the house
gBstened and shOnc III coat of white
paint. Mrs. Lincoln herself. stood In the
front door to enjoy the effect of all this
order nd restoration on der husband. But
on this occasion he held the middle of the
| road and looked coldly on the house and
! his wife, as one who did not recognize
either. He made IL he wanted TO go by
just opposite the gait, however he pulled
up his horse, and with a face grave
enough. bar a twinkle of the eye bowed
with great politeness to Mrs. Lincoln and
said: Il beg your pardon, madam, but
can you tell me who lives here?"
p" Send your horses to the barn and you
and Mr.. Richardson come in. I'll show you
who lives here" responded Mrs. Lincoln
with just trace of nettie in her tone. And
Honest Old Abe went in?.'
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-10
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Meetings-Clinton Lodge No. "a. f. and
A. NJ; Palestine Commandery No. z. X.
T.; Ancient order of Hibernians. Division
No. 81 Magnolia Encampment No. /. l. o.
O. F.; Forest City Gun Club.
Special Notices-Coal Oil Johnny's Pc
troleum Soap. Albert Quint Early Clos
ing. 1885, Fleischmanns Perfection Gin,
Henry Solomon & Son; Mount Vernon Rye
Whisky Henry Solomon & Son, Disiiler'
Agents; Imperial Baking Powder; Clam
Chowder for Lunch at Beckmann's Cafe,
The Steam Yacht Edith for charter; This
is the Last Day. Falk Clothing Company.
Steamship Schedule-Ocean Steamship
Company.
The Magnificent Cottage Club at Tybee
Island for Sale or Lease-Walthour q Rfv-
ers.
Aggressiveness and Push-Appel &
Sehaul.
We Always Excel in Prices-B. H. Levy
Comfort with Fedora Hat-Appel <
schaul.
Compare Our Line of Straw Hats-Appel
& Schaul.
Look-Appel & Sehaul.
Comfortable Underwear-Appel &
Schaul.
How's Your Underwear?-Appel &
Schaul.
Your Choice Of Straw Hats-Appel &
Schaul.
Suits to Measure-Appel & Schaul.
For Sale at a Bargain-Plant of sash,
Blind and Door Machinery, Etc, at
Gainesville, Fla.
Cheap Column Advertisements
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-10

This tell-tae tale tells of how a WASH
ington street grocer grieVously offended
a customer says the RoXbury Mass. }
Gazette; also of how the customer wound .
ed the sensitive feelings of the grocer,
and OF the Circums tanccs which led 10 this
most unhappy estrangemcnt. The GUS
toner was every inch a LADY," the gro
hat was in other essentials a gentleman
They met at the grocer's counter ana
this is the conversation that placed De
tween them great, yawning chasm.
Are those eggs fresh? she asked.
Yes, marm, replied the grocer.
~ on are quite surc."
mo doubt about il, marm"
Nov, if there is any doubt about it,
l shouldn't care to buy any
You can depend upon it, marm l
wouldn't say they were fresh il they
wasn't"
There We're three rotten ones in those
l bought the other day"
You won't find none of these that
way"
Now, you say you are positive these
are perfectly fresh ?'-.
That's what l said, marm."
You'll take back the bad ones if find
any, won't you?"
You've got to take them just as they
come"
you'll warrant that there are no bad
mo. | won't I'd a warranted them
when you came in, but they've grown ole
since them. You can't expect eggs to
last forever marin, and another thing
But the slamming OF the door as the
lady tounced out lost 10 the world the
verbal pearls that continued to come from
between the grocer's celluloid-hlled teeth
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-10
speaker Crisp on silver"
From the New York World Dem

In a recent interview Mr. Crisp is quoted
as saying that THE south has always be-
lieved in the use of silver in our national
currency" He does not believe that we
can have "a return of prosperous condi-
tions in this country on the contracted
currency of a gold basis" And he reports
a general willingness amoug southern
people to give silver an Opportunity" Who
OF MIR. Crisp's constituents would know
from his talk that. according to the last
report of the director OF the mint, the
stock of gold money in this country in
1894 was S626. 10000 and the stock of sill
yer $625. 800, 900? The per capita supply of
gold was 500 and Of silver Ss.0S. Does this
look as If there was no use OF silver in
our currency? Does IL suggest that We
are doing business on 1.-THE contracted cur
rency of a gold basis?" As to giving sill
yer an opportunity" did not the Bland act
Of 1873. directing the coinage of not less
than 20Oo.O00 per month of standard sill
yer dollars, illegal tender at their nomi-
nal value afford an opportunity that
lasted for twelve years? There were coin
ed under that act 1871 ,795 silver dollars
more than had been coined from the foun-
dation of the government TO that time
And Notwithstanding this the price of sill
yer declined steadily from Sl.05 in 1878 to
s. cents in 1889.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-10
The Hampton Roads Conference.


The writer Of a communication signed
History" which appears in Thursdays
Augusta Chronicle, evidently puts very
little faith in that interesting story. in
respect to an incident Of the Hampton
Roads conference. told by Col. Evan 2.
Howell Of the Atlanta Constitution, and
published in our dispatches last Wednes-
day The substance of the story was that
at the conference Mr.. Lincoln, picking up
a piece Of paper, and pushing it toward
Alr. stephens, said: Il will write one word
AZ the top Of this sheet of paper and that
word viii be union. and with this as
basis you may write out the terms of
settlement, and on that will use all my
influence 10 have congress settle as we
agree"
We DO not see what reason there is to
doubt the story. It is well and graphically
told by Col. Howell, and is supported by
! as strong testimony as almost any other
| Important event in history. The details
Of the incident were given to Col Howell
by Mr.. Stephens. Because no mention
is made Of the incident in MI Stephens
own book or any other book on the
civil war, it doesn't follow that it isn't
true The reason it doesn't appear in Mr.
Stephens book, or any other book, Is ap-
parent in Col HowelTs story. AT Mr.
LtRcon's request Mr.. Stephens agreed to
keep the incident a secret He appears to
have done so until long after there was
any necessity for secrecy in respect to it,
He would not even consent to allow Col.
Howell TO publish it at the time he told
it to him.. Mr. Lincoln had no reason for
making it public, and, as far as known,
did not do so.
If only events as well authenticated as
this Hampton Roads incident were adj
mitted to be history, the volume of history
would be much smaller than il is.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-10
A FInrida T.Icction Biu.

The Fl0rila legislature appears 10 be
having a great deal Of trouble to get tie
election biz IL is considering into salts
factory shape. I, ought not TO be much
trouble 20 enact such an election law as
the state should have.
In the first place the bin should aim 20
make elections thoroughly honest in
every respect and IN The second place il
sh0uld remove. as far as possible. every
,hing that tends 10 discourage a fun and
free exercise Of the elective franchise. The
state should encourage its citizens 10 take
an interest in political questions. and TO ex-
press their preferences for men and meas
ures at the ballot box. The state that al
tempts 10 restrict the ballot by means that
the common sense Of the people regards as
unjust. is certain 10 suffer from far greater
evils in the long run than are likely
TO flow from a free ballot
In connection with d. perfectly free ballot
and fair count a state should make ample
provision for educating her citizens in re-
spect TO the sacredness CT the ballot, and
the importance 10 them Of pure elections
The laws against bribery and other ballot
box crimes should be Of the most string
cnt character and there should be ample
provision for enforcing these laws. In a
word. an election law should insure an
election so fa.r and free that no citizen
would have the least ground for complaint
The registration law Of South Carolina.
which law is a part of the election law
machinery. has Just been declared to be
unconstitutional by the United States
court. That registration law was mani
testify unfair in important particulars.
It can be stated without fear of contradic-
ton. that an election law that is intended
TO benefit a class or a faction will eventu-
ally be ovsrthrown. because II violates
the sense of justice Of the people, and they
will not long submit to it. In the over
turning Of It there is certain to be more or
less disturbance of kind hurtful to the
best interests of the state. If the Florida
legislature is wise It wsll enact an election
law that the people of the state will at once
recognize as being just ana fair in every
particular.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-10
Shouting to Keep Up Courage.
From the Birmingham Age-Herald Dem.

The 16-to-1 advocates argue that in
their judgment this country can maintain
silver on a parity with gold against the
world but they confess that their judg-
m I may be wrong They feel that they
hemence with which they advocate their
claim. The very violence of their con-
tenuon proves that they are trying to
convince themselves as well as their hear
ers. They are doubtful of the soundness
OF their views, and take every occasion
to air them, hoping that a little fresh air
will strengthen them. The safe currency
men feel that they are right and take
things as matter of course. Truth will
win its way In spite of all obstacles
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-10
Get Ready FOR the ..No Fence EIec-
ZION


There will be an election in this county
/ in July 70 decide whether or not the no
/ fence" law shall De adopted. II is a mat
ter Of the highest importance that the
law should be adopted The puport OF It
Is Well understood 1t is that If the law is
adopted cattle owners will have TO fence
IN their cattle, and 1t viii be possible 10
cultivate lands mat are unfenced.
There can be no great advancement Of
the agricultural interests Of the county
until the no fence" law is adopted. be-
cause OF the cost Of fencing farms. And
it win be impossible 10 have an effective
system OF drainage without that law. In
report that was hled with the county
commissioners on "wednesday. the county
engineer says that drains that have cost
the county large sums of money are being
ruined by cattle which are permitted 10
roam about at will. These cattle. the
most Of them worth very little, destroy
the drains.
Those who are profoundly interested in
promoting the prosperity Of the county
know beyond a-doubt that prosperity will
be slow in coming unless the mo fence
law is adopted. and they purpose making
a supreme effort at the July election to
adopt the law. The election will be held
under the new registration law. None can
vote. therefore. except those who register
in accordance with the provisions Of that
law And there ought to be no delay in
registering. There Is likely to be rush
TO register a few days before the election.
and many Of the friends Of the law are
likely to be crowded out Among those
most likely to be crowded out are those
who always find fault if elections do rot
so the way they think they should. The
kickers are the ones who are the loudest
in their complaints of evils. but who sell
dom or never do anything themselves to
remedy the evils.
There is nothing in the plea that the
mo fence" law is hostile to the interests
of the poor. The law is a poor mans
law, because it will make it possible for
him to own little farm. At present the
poor cannot plant in the county because
they haven't the means OF building
fences. Make it possible to plant without
fences and the whole county would soon
be cut up into truck patches and gardens.
Every man who wants to see the county
prosper should register at once, and he
should get his friends to register. In that
way alone can the adoption of the mo
fence" law be accomplished.
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Nothing Jefrersoninn AhoutIt.
From the Philadelphia Record (Dem.

No democrat can possibly reconcile the
honest money principles OF Jefferson and
Jackson with the wild theories of the mod
ern champions of free silver. We can mag
me with what amazement jefferson would
nave regarded proposition to make gold
and silver full legal tenders for debts at
any ratio that would have conhicted with
the relations OF the two metals in the
would have treated the smooth platitudes
OF Senator Voorhees, about maintaining
with free coinage the parity of gold and
silver in payment for debts al a ratio vary
ing 100 per cent. from their market val
ues How terrible would have been his
wrath a the more daring proposition Of
Speaker Crisp to debase the standard Of
money one-half by substituting for gold
dollar silver dollar worth fifty centsL
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