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

Parrots are all right and very amusing
unless they happen 10 be too Intelligent,
says the Buffalo Courier. They are charm
ing creatures so long as they will repeat
only what you teach them, but when they
begin to think for themselves and to voice
their thought the matter changes complex
ion, and may end as seriously did an
affair at Stamford this state, the other
day.
One Of the brightest and most attractive
young women in that town is the owner or
an unusually precOciOus parrot; incident
any she thought a great deal OF young
farmer OF the neighborhoOd-so much, IN
1act, that they were betrOthed- But this
young farmer has always hated parrots,
and that has been the one sore point be-
tween him and his promised wife He has
especially hated the parrot in question,
and has repeatedly warned the young
LADY that the thing was not so green as 1t
looked, and that ii would surely cause
trouble between them.
We can easily believe that the bird. be-
ing beloved by his mistress, was always AT
hand during these little talks, and it Is
as easy to believe that no well-Ordered,
intelligent parrot would put up long with
Such sighting remarks as the young
farmer was in the habit of making. If
memory serves Alright, the bird did once
rebuke his mistress sweetheart, but very
mildly, simply calling him sassy thing.
On that occasion Polly was promptly pun
lshed by his mistress, who snapped his
head with piece of whalebone and COW
cred his cage with paper for an entire
day. This was added insult, but nothing
was to be done except to wait patiently
IoF an opportunity 10 get even. The OD-
portunity came.
A few night ago this young farmer en-
tered the house of his lifes light and
asked for the flame She was Drinking, but
would be down in a short time, and would
FRANK try to make friends with Polly? So
Frank turned into the room where Polly
sat on his perch munching a cracker ana
grooming a jungle ditty. Extracting n
chocolate caramel from his pocket Frank
moved toward the cage. There are tides
in the affairs of men, and likewise par
rots, and this bright if green pet realized
that the flood of his tide had come.
Hello, young Hayseedr' he shouted.
Here was a moment of intense silence.
Then the cage was struck to the floor and
the room was filled with feathers ana
hair. a moment later POlly's mistress en-
tered the room. The remainder of the
story is best told in the newspaper dis
patches.
What is the trouble. Frank?''
Some one has taught this parrot to
call me young hayseed," answered her
lover, flushed and angry, land l will not
-, Did you hurt poor Polly?" picking up
the MANNED creature
Il tried to kin the thing
me young woman vigorously upbraided
her lover, and hurriedly slipping her en-
gagement ring from her finger and hand
ing 1t back said "A man who loses his
temper on such slight provocation cannot
be my companion for life. The engage
again."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-05
BRIGHT BITS.

Made to Order-Mr. Sparks.-Weu.
W lllle, mas your sister made up her mind
10 g0 70 the concert with me?
WAlle-Hep. She's made up her mind
ana she's maxim up her face now. She'll
De doWn IN minute.-The Great Divide.
lit is said there is voter living near
1aSerstoWn known as "Old Uncle Zeb -
lie does not decide who to vote for until
ne mas met the representatives OF each
candidate and had a conference A local
hurst politician met Old Uncle Zeb the
other day and said: well, Uncle Zeb who
are you going to vote for?' II dunno |
dunno, the old man replied. II need a
double-barrelled shotgun mighty had I
calc late to do lot of hunting this winter
l dunno who I'll vote fer."-Baltimore
News.
LIhere was well-known clergyman
VINO had such a complete abhorrence for
profanity in any form that in his family
ne would not even tolerate polite slang
Al one time well-known parishioner and
intimate friend of this minister delivered
at a semi-religiOus meeting, a vigorous
TAX on the evils of profanity Next morn
ing the layman, thinking his reverend
friend would surely be interested in a lee
ture 50 well in sympathy with his own
principles, sent him a newspaper report
or the speech. In a few days came the re-
ply. IL was on postal card and read as
fOiloWS: My dear X: have read most
carefully your talk upon the violation of
the Third comma ndnent. and YOU will be
glad 10 learn thar have completely aban-
doned the habit. Boston Budget
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-05

About so Of the 1000 colonists from the
west. who are preparing to settle in VIII
cox and Irwin counties. have arrived.
Judging from the appearance OF those
who have arrived these settlers are
thrifty and temperate, and in every re-
spect desirable citizens. They are thor
Ougllly in earnest in making their homes
in Georgia. We mean by this that they
are not coming TO Georgia merely as an
experiment. They are coming 10 stay,
and with the inteltion Of lettering their
material condition. They are satisfied
that Georgia offers them opportunities
they can find nowhere else, and they are
prepared to make the most of these op-
portunities.
The lands which they have purchased
in Wilcox and Irwin counties have not
yet been entirely surveyed. but that work
is being pushed forward rapidly and will
soon be completed. When completed the
allotment of lands will be begun and then
the movement Of the colonists to Georgia
will be much more rapid.
The lands which the colony has pur-
chased are as good as can be found any
where in this country. They are fertile
and well watered. and are excel
lent for fruit, grain. vegetables. cotton,
cane. and, in fact. for almost
anything that can be grown
in any part Of the south or west. The
climate, too. is excellent. 1t is extreme
ly mild in winter and by no means ener-
waiting in summer
The success of this colony means a
great deal for Georgia. It means, for one
thing. the rapid development of the agri-
cultural resources of the state, because
this colony is certain to be followed by
others. We should not be surprised if
there should be steady movement of
immigrants from the west to all the
southern counties of the state. These
counties possess in a marked degree the
advantages that farmers of the west,
who are tired of the long cold winters,
droughts and cyclones Of that section, de-
sire.
The coming of these colonists also
means a rapid increase in the white popu-
lation Of the state and consequently the
Punishment of all fears of evils arising
out of race issues. Such issues will cease
to exist. The two races will get along in
the utmost harmony. because demagogues
will see the uselessness of trying to
gain political advantages by appealing to
race prejudices.
The coming Of 10000 persons in one col
ony shows that Georgia is well thought
of by home seekers in other states. 1t is
a safe prediction that within the next ten
years, the state will have a remarkable
growth in wealth and population.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-05
The Mother of Inveut,on

Il saw a thirsty citizen get a drink the
othef morning from source that utterly
surprised me, said hotel clerk in an up-
town house, who does duty in the small
hours, TO the Washington Post. at was
ABOUT 4:30 O'Clock a. m, very close and
humid, and | was sitting out in front of
the door trying to get a breath of fresh
air. The pink streaks of the rosy-f1n-
gered Aurora had not yet begun to show
on the eastern sky. A substantial citi-
zen, portly and well dressed, came up to
me and in pleading tones asked if there
was any show on earth for a cocktail I
told him there was none at that hour for
the purchase money of a kings ransom
He groaned deeply and ambled off down
the street.
Il watched him depart, and ere he had
gone half the length of the block saw
some words passed, and then l saw the
boy draw from his rear pocket a small
bottle and hand Ii over to the old man.
The latter took a prolonged swig, and
gave the youngster back the vial and a
piece of silver along Herewith. Then he
turned about and came back to where
- That beats all I ever heard of he
said, laughing. I asked the lad if he
knew where l could get a drink, and he
told me that he might let me have one
provided l didn't want too big a drink
one-third full, and there wasn't much
left when l got through. However, gave
him a quarter and he went off well
pleased. He told me that he had so fire.
Quently been asked where to get a drink
by belated people that he concluded he
small amount of sour mash along with
him. 1 admired his enterprise and eau
toned him to beware lest the police
should find out his game.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-05
Personal.

Sir Edward Harland, the great ship
builder, tells story of how when he first
came to Belfast as foreman in the works
Of which shortly afterward he was TO be
the owner, ne was requested by his land
lady to leave his rooms. Two fellow lodg-
ers, II appears, who were bank clerks
objected TO the vulgar occupation of the
young artisan.
1T is recommended that doctors should
make practical use of the bicycle in their
professional visits, and the advice seems
sensible says the New York World The
number of ministers who use a wheel in
their rounds of parochial calls is increas-
ing. one Long Island Episcopal clergy
man makes use of the bicycle for this pur-
pose, unhampered by the fact that he has
a cork leg.
baron Larrey, the Oldest member of
the French Academy of Medicine. who lies
nopelessly III az Bievres, is the son of the
famous army surgeon honOred by Napo-
len l with the epithet "virtuous." 1T is
seldom that father and son both at
tam emlnence In the same profession. but
LarTIey tne younger in the department OF
puDhc health, has added distinction 10
me FAMILY, name. He is now getting on
from serious internal malady.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-05
Sins of Lawyers Pointed out.

High minded lawyers are anxious to
keep the legal profession on a high level.
They frown upon practices which are cal
repute. The profession is a noble one
and only men Of high standard of honor
should be admitted into it or retained
in it.
One of the reports made to the Georgia
Bar Association at its meeting on Thurs
day dealt with what have been aptly called
razor back lawyers. 1t came from the
grievance committee. and was presented
by Mr.. Washington Dessau of Macon. 1t
denounced the practice existing among
certain lawyers of soliciting damage suits
against corporations.
We know of no more censurable practice
among lawyers than this. 1t is certainly
not in keeping with the dignity of the
legal profession for a lawyer to hunt up
people who have been injured in a rail-
road disaster and beg them to let him
sue the company for damages, offering to
take for his fee share of what he re-
covers. 1t is alleged that there are law
yefS VINO employ agents 10 DO the Solicit
ing for them. If reports are TO be credited
the people who were injured in the recent
wreck on the Southern railway near Ma
con were greatly annoyed by lawyers who
wanted to make something out of their
misfortunes.
The contingent fee practice isn't an al
together commendable one under the most
favorable circumstances. though there are
exceptions to the rule, but the practice
of suggesting and promoting litigation
for contingent fees deserves the condem-
nation which it received from the griev-
ance committee of the bar association.
AS far as we have noticed there is one
thing the bar association did not touch
upon. 1t is the practice of courts. In Ger
tain cases, of allowing attorneys fees
altogether out of proportion to the service
rendered. The tendency of courts in re-
cent years is. to be too liberal in allow
ing fees. 1t is hardly to be expected
however. that reform in this matter will
be urged by bar associations.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-05
Chatham in the Legislature.

We published yesterday a list Of the
bills which it is proposed TO introduce into
the legislature from Chatham relative 10
city and county matters. If all
Of these bills should be passed
they would bring about some
radical changes in the management
Of public matters in the city and county.
Not having seen the text Of the bills we
are not prepared to express an opinion
as to whether all Of them would be ben
efcial or not We have heard the chief
points of some Of them discussed. and
are satisfied that the purpose OF those
with which we are acquainted is good.
Before any of the bills can become laws,
however, there will be ample time to dis
cuss them and present objections to
them II 1t should be thought advisable
to oppose any Of them.
In seeking new legislation for the city
and county there are several things which
should be kept steadily in view. One
is that there should be no legislation Of
partisan character. The sole purpose
should be the highest good OF all the
people. Faction legislation would only
have the effect of dividing the people
and making harmony. which is so neces-
sary for the promotion of the city and
county's prosperity, impossible. To
bring about the city's advancement in
wealth and prosperity it is absolutely
necessary that the people should be uni
ted, and should work together towards
one common end.
Another thing that should be kept in
view is that there should be no legisla-
ton that would tend to increase taxes
The taxes are already very heavy, and
the pressure to increase them is constant
We cannot do much towards getting
business and industrial enterprises es-
tablished here If we have a tax rate that
is a heavier burden than most kinds of
business and industrial undertakings will
bear. If we are to have a number of
new offices to which little work and less
responsibility is attached they should be
offices of honor rather than of profit. If
the offices have salaries attached TO
them they will be fought for as the spoils
of the victors and we shall have them
filled with small politicians of little ca
pacity for their duties rather than by men
of ability who are profoundly concerned
for the prosperity of the city and county
The new legislation should be Of a broad
gauge character and not of the narrow
partisan kind.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-05
Legal Rights of the Poor.

Several reports We're made at the meet
ing of the Georgia Bar Association that
should be given very careful considera-
ton. There was one. especially, that
deserves more than a passing no
tice. We refer to the report made
by Mr. w. b. Hill of Macon,
who spoke for the committee on
Jurisprudence. and who called atten-
ton Of the association to the need for
furnishing free to the poor and depend
ent members of the community the means
of securing their legal rights.
Mr.. Hill spoke of a number of ways in
which the very poor people in about every
community are practically robbed of their
small earnings. If they borrow money
on pledges they are required to pay a
ruinous rate of interest. If they buy furni-
ture or a sewing machine on the INSTALL
ment plan, and that is about the only plan
on which they can buy it, they have to
pay great deal more than is demanded
from those who pay cash or have good
credit, and II they fail through sickness
or loss of work to fulfil the conditions of
their purchase they are likely to lose not
only the article they have bought, but
also the money they nave paid upon it.
These poverty. oppressed people have
certain legal rights in such matters which
they cannot get, because they lack the
means to pay for legal assistance. In his
report Mr.. Hill expressed the view that
it should be the duty of the district attor-
ney in each district to assist persons of
this class to get their rights
We are not prepared to say what method
should be adopted to assist helpless and
poverty stricken people who have not the
means to insist upon their rights in the
courts, but we are sure that some method
should be adopted. Now that the bar as
sociation of the state has taken the matter
up it is not improbable that something
will be done. There are various agencies
for getting the earnings of the poor away
from them without giving them value re-
ceived. The transactions of these agen-
cies should be inquired into, and the man.
ayers and owners of them should be hela
to a strict accountability. The pawnbrok-
er, the money lender the sewing machine
agent and the man who sells articles on
the installment plan should be allowed a
reasonable profit on their business trans
actions with the poor but it should be
seen to that they do not take advantage
of the necessities of those of their Gus
toms whose needs are such that they are
willing to become a panty to almost any
contract proposed to them by those to
whom they apply for assistance.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-05
A Little Girls Escape.
A PALE, THIN GIRL BECOMES
ROSY AND PLUMP.
Sc. Vitus' Dance Checked-A Loving
Daughter Saved.

- D1AANG 1htCAtA-A Loving
Daughter Saved.
tFronl fhe Kansas city, No., Joifrnall
The following possesses an interest to the
Journal and its readers, because the case
is Of great value from a medical point OF
view, and further because it is sworn to aud
its truth absolutely proven. The case de-
scribed is that of the daughter of /. l.
Barber of Edgerton, Kan, who being duly
sworn on oath deposss and says:
During the spring of the current year,
1898 my daughter BERTHE, aged IS years, be.
came afflicted with nervous disease which
grew upon her to such an extent that il Sc
riously interfered with her studies, and
aroused the gravest fears that il would de-
velop into st. Vitus dance. MY. daughter
became so nervous that she would drop her
knife and fork while eating, and would at
times be seized with nervous twitchings
which excited the alarm of myself and wife.
About this time my wife read in a news
paper of wonderful cure of the same disease
effected by DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People. So strongly was / impressed with
the facts set forth in the testimonial that
wrote to ascertain the authenticity of tho
case. Receiving a reply which completely
satisfied me, l sent for box of the pills.
From the very first SDse a marked i'm.
provement in my daughler's condition was
noticed. She had become thin and Excess
elVeiy pale, as IS comidOn 70 sufferers from
nervous diseases, and her weight had de.
creased to an alarming extent. After a
careful and thorough trial of the pills, she
not only began to grow less nervous butalso
began to gain flesh.
1t is needless to say that was both sur.
prised and delighted with the wonderful
change brought about by the first box of the
pills. She is a new girl, and all the symp.
toms of her disease have disappeared. DIR.
Williams Pink Pills have certainly wrought
a wonderful and complete cure and can
say nothing too good in their favor. But
now she is away on a visit, something she
would not have thought of being able to do
three months ago. From being shrinking,
morbid and timid she has become a strong,
healthy girl with no appearance of ever
having been afflicted with any nervous trou-
bles The pills have done wonders, aud I
take great pleasure in recommending them
to al who are afflicted with a similar
disease. (Signed) L. L. BARBoR.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
14th day of August, 1898.
[sEAL. W. H. KELLY, Notary Public.
Mrs. Barber, who was present, declared
that they owed their daughters life to Pink
Pills.
DIR. Williams Pink Pills contain all the
elements necessary to give new life and
richness to the blood, and restore shattered
nerves. They are manufactured by the DR..
Williams Medicine Co., Schenectady, NY,
and are sold only in boxes bearing the firms
trademark and wrapper at 80 cents a box,
or six boxes for $3.50, and are never sold in
bulk or by the dozen or hundred.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-05

The Four Hundred of New York and
elsewhere will probably not suffer from
of this month and the first of the next.
The Drayton divorce case is still on. The
probabilities are that it will be taken up
by the court some time next week, and
continued until the end is reached. BY
or before the time that is out of the
way. the Marlborough wedding will be on
hand. With an Astor divorce and a Van
derbilt wedding to discuss. the smart So
eiety folks ought to be able to avoid any
attacks of ennui.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-05
index TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Special Notices-Le Panic Cigars, F. A.
Wheeler; Faust Beer J. Rocker & Bro.
Special to Beer Drinkers. Henry Solomon
& Son; Notice of Partnership Law &
Browder; Notice of a Local Act; Fancy,
Fresh and Dried Fruits, Mutual Cooper
alive Association.
Legal Sale-Special Masters Sale Sa-
vannah and Atlantic Railway.
Sandow School Suits-At Collats.
Mica Crystal Grit-T. ]. Davis, Bay
Street Savannah.
Sandow School Shoes-At Collats.
Amusements-Mr. Louis James at the
Theater Monday and Tuesday, Oct. rs;
Concert Complimentary to Mrs. Launee-
lot Haynes and Mrs. Ingeborg schreiner
Oct. 10.
Fail Ties Are Ripe-Falk Clothing Com
pany.
Three Things Required-B. H. Levy &
Bro.
Medical-Carlsbad sprudel Salt.
Good Day To Start In-Appel &
Schaui.
If You Play Euchre-Chas. Kolshorn &
Bro.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Hel
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-05

That he who laughs last laughs best,
was strikingly illustrated in a Connect
icut town the other day. The dentist
met the lady on the street. He inquired
when she proposed to settle that little
bill Of 1--WE years standing She laughed.
The parting OF her lips disclosed the
pearly but unpaid-for teeth that the
little bill represented. Before the cachin-
nation had reached its fun volume, with
dextrous and professional precision the
dentist shot his fingers into her mouth,
and while his victims lips were stin
arched in accordance with the demands
of derisive laughter, he Withdrew the
fingers clasping the false upper set. 1t
was then the dentists cue to laugh. He
did so. bowed, put the teeth into his
pocket and walked away. With a hand
kerchief the lady hid her ehagrin. and the
place where the teeth had been. and took
street car. Moral: Giye the dentist
his due.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-05
BEGINNING to Come From Cover.
From Louisville Courier Journal Dem)

Another evidence that the tide is run
ming against the free silverites is the
fact that the republican presidential can
didates are beginning to come from cover
Senator Allison says that while some Re
publicans and democrats think the United
independently of the rest of the world
without sending gold to a premium, he
declares this to be impossible, as all ex-
perience shows. Others he says "be-
heve that a single silver standard is bet
ter than a single gold standard. no matter
what may be the result. These do not
take into the account the tremendous
change that must follow such transition
and the cost of making it, And no man
has tried TO do more for silver than ALI
son.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-05
The Whipping Post.
From the Baltimore American sRep).

The recommendation of the whining
post by grand jury of the District Of
Columbia has again revived discussion
II as a relic of barbarism. Such discission
should be based on fact, and not sentiment
The whipping post is a good thing for the
human prutes who infiiet torture on wo-
men and children and who cannot he
reached or their victims protected by civ
ilized methods. AS a matter of punish
ment for minor crimes or of discipline in
prisons and refOrmatory institutions. il
Is distinctly brutality, and a disgrace to
the community permitting it.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-05

1t seems that the willy Chinaman has
the laugh on John Bull. The British ulti-
matum sent to China not long ago de-
manded the degradation of the viceroy
of Cze Chuen. The demand was apparent
ly complied with Immediately. Indeed,
the very haste with which the world was
officially informed that the officials head
had fallen was suspicious. Late advices
are to the effect that the viceroy Great
Britain demanded should be fired had
been, as a matter of fact, removed by
the Chinese government nearly a year
ago.