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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-25

Newspaper readers have doubtless no
ticed the great number OF embezzIements
that have occurred recently. Three were
reported in our dispatches yesterday. one
OF them. that OF a cashier OF North Car
olina bank. amounting 70 5000. There
must be something radically wrong with
public sentiment and the administration
Of the criminal laws or else there would
not be so many instances Of wrong doing
on the part OF those who hold positions
OF trust in financial institutions. The truth
is the public is too much ipclined 10 re-
sard with leniency those who embezzle
money intrusted 10 their care. \ man
who goes wrong is very likely 10 escape
punishment for his crimes. provided he
has influential friends. II the prosecu-
tion Is not Withdrawn the chances for
his conviction are very much in his favor.
Every man known TO have committed a
crime. who is permitted to remain at
liberty simply because those whom he has
injured refuses to prosecute him. is an ex-
ample OF what can be done in the way of
breaking the laws with impunity-an ex-
ample that is not without influence upon
those who are weak enough to think they
can rob their employers and escape pun
ishment
The only way to check the apparently
rapid increase OF dishonesty is to edu-
cate the public to believe that those who
have become guilty OF criminal acts should
be treated as unworthy Of the recognition
OF law-abiding people. and to insist that
they shall be tried as soon as 1t Is possible
to do so.
Business men should not put tempta-
tion in the way of their employees, and at
the same time they should see to it that
the dishonest employees are punished to
the fullest extent Of the law. To simply
discharge an employee for dishonesty is
an offense against the welfare of the
community in which the crime was com
mitted.
In some Of the cases of embezzlement
that have been made public within the
last few days the stealing had been going
on for number of years. In one Of
these cases. that of the man who had
stolen from one OF the New York banks
the criminal stated that he could not
help stealing, the opportunity for doing
so being so great.
Employers should be careful about ex
posing their employees to temptation
Many a man has become a thief simply
by having the fact brought to his mind
day after day. that he could steal without
being discovered.
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BRIGHT BITS.

TT seems said Uncle Allen, who was
looking at a picture of the fndang of
Moses, he went early, but he didn't avoid
the rush. Chicago Tribune.
-Alarmed-The physician was surprised
TO find the head of the household at the
door with a shot gun.
'Why-what's the matter?" stammered
the doctor.
That there medicine you give my wife
she says, is making her feel like new
woman. And l want you to understand
that no new woman business goes in this
house. Fust thing / know, she'll be out
maxim speeches. indianapolis Journal.
Some funny things happen in the Utah
constitutional convention A proposition
introduced the other day was that the
constitution should prohibit the use of
cigarettes, but II was objected to on the
constitution. Another delegate hy force
OF habit, addressed the convention as
Gentlemen of the jury!" and reused the
delegates to laughter that was only sup
pressed by the chairman's gayeI-Neuy
York Tribune.
Ills First Nisit-It seems very swarnpy
along here observed the New Yorker.
looking languidly out of the car window
How much farther is 1t to Chicago?'
You've been in Chicago half an hour -
said the conductor majesticany
GOOD gracious! | don't see any resi-
You must be near-s.ghted, sir. l can
see the dwelling of one of the Oldest fami-
lies in Chicago not half a mile away"
name?" 'ii''i
"Muskrat"
Bless my soulr'-Chicago Tribune.
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In many cities, Savannah included
in the number. there is a strong sentiment
in favor of putting electric wires UNDER
ground. The arguments against permit
ting great networks of wires overhead
are many, and are so we'll known that
they need not be referred to except to
say that they have been sufficiently strong
to induce such cities as New York, Chi
cago, Buda Pesth. Berlin and others to
decide that overhead wires must 60
There is, however, something to be said
in favor of the unsightly wires, and while
that something is not Of sufficient impor-
lance to stop the raid on the wires, it is
at least interesting.
The telegraph department Of the Ger
man government has recently been gath
erng data to ascertain whether the claim
that overhead wires afford a degree of
protection to property against atmos-
pheric electricity is or is not well founded.
To this end. observations were made in
a number OF cities having overhead tele-
phone installations and num-
Der of others without such in
stallations. The conclusion reached
from the facts obtained is that
the network of wires diminishes the vio-
lence of thunderstorms and lessons the
danger from lightning. Statistics were
gathered from 900 places. Three hundred
and forty Of them had telephone plants:
$50 had none. The ratio of injury to
buildings in these two groups was as l to
46 in favor of the telephone cities. In
the group of telephone towns, out of 81
buildings that were injured by lightning,
there was only one that had a waterpipe
connection with the lightning conductor.
The wider problem of whether the net
work of wires binders or weakens the
lightning discharges by gradually equal
izing 1.-THE difference of electrical poten-
tial that exists between the clouds and the
earth's surface" was considered, and in
that particular an affirmative conclusion
was reached. In the places with tele>
phone systems an average of three light
ming discharges struck the earth durine
each hour Of storm, while in the places
without telephone systems five bolts
struck during the same time. Investiga-
tions along the line are being contin-
ued. but the Gaea technical magazine) of
Leipsic. regards it as already proved
that the network Of wires of a telephone
system actually exerts a protecting infiu-
ence against injury from atmospheric
electricity
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A ChiId's Laughter.


Algernon c. Swinburne.
All the bells of Heaven may rims,
All the birds of Heaven may sing,
All the winds of earth may bring
All the sweet sounds, together.
Sweeter far than all things heard,
Hand of harper, tone of bird.
Sound of woods, at shutdown stirred,
yelling waters, winsome word.
Wind in warm, warm weather.
One thing yet there is, that none,
Hearing ere its chimes are done.
Knowst not well the sweetest one
Heard of man beneath the sun,
Hoped in Heaven hereafter;
Soft and strong and loud and light.
Heard from mornings rosfest hight
Where the soul of all delight
Fills a child's clear laughter.
Golden bells of welcome rolled
Never forth such notes, nor told
Hours so blithe in tones so bold
As the radiant mouth of gold
Here that rings forth Heaven.
If the gclden-crested wren
Were a nightingale, why then
Sometimes seen and heard of men
Might be half as sweet as when
Laughs a child of seven
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Hampton and clay.

one of my boyhood recollections." said
Cen Wade Hampton to a select coterie of
conNersationists al the Metropolitan, ac-
eording to the Chicago Times-Herald, re
fers to Henry Clay. He was a frequent
visitor at my fathers house in South caro-
ma Both Clay and my father were ardent
whist players and nothing was more to
their minds than the collection of a brace
Of gentlemen. equally addicted TO whist,
and then the quartette would play for
hours. While the name whist might serve,
TO imply a game where silence reigned my
father and Clay didn play whist that way.
They exulted audibly over a success, and
did not hesitate when they were playing
as partners to violently point out mis-
takes the other had made and attributed
defeat to the others ignorance and utter
lack of natural intelligence Indeed on oc-
casions particularly trying they were even
known TO apply hard names to one an
other. This they did in no slanderous
spirit, but to brighten up and sharpen the
wits of the other to the improvement of
his play. As they were sitting down to a
game as partners one evening Clay re-
marked:
to each other, and my idea now, at the out
set, is for each of us to put up $50 to be-
long to the one who is first called hard
names by the other. If you assail me the
money is mine; If l forget myself you
take It..
My father readily agreed. He felt in A
mild, agreeable mood He was confident he
would never again be prey 10 the slightest
impulse to speak harshly to his dear friend
Clay. And, besides, it was his Recollection
that Clay was the man who ragged and did
the loud talking. SO my father cheerfully
placed the $50 on top of Clays. He thought
it would be a good lesson to the blue grass
orator to lose it. AS they proceeded with
the game Clay made some excessively
thick-headed and ill-advised plays. He led
the wrong cards; he trumped the wrong
tricks; he did everything idiotic in whist
that he well could. My fathers blood be-
gan to boil AS he and Clay lost game
after game his wrath ran higher and high
er. Still he bit his lip and suffered in ST.
lence 1t went on for hours. until Clay
made some play of browning imbecility
which lost him and my father the eleventh
game Flesh and blood could bear no more.
My father sternly pushed the $40 over to
CLAY.
why, said Clay opening his gray eyes
with a look Of innocence and amazement,
why do you do that? You haven't said a
word
- No retorted my father. but I'm go.
ing to tell you. sir. that YOU are the most
abiect idiot, the most boundless imbecile
that ever dealt hand at whist. Yes, sir;
/ repeat it, You are the - fool I ever met
in my life -
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index TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Meetings-Zerubbabe Lodge, No Is, f.
& A. NJ. The University Club.
Special Notices-Notice as TO Closing
City Ofices, \. y. Manucy. Clerk OF Coun-
Gil; AS 10 Bills Against British Steamship
Mareca: Proposals for a Bridge. James
W. Mcintyre. Clerk Commissioners OF
Chatham County: Old and Rare Whisky.
Henry Solomon * Son; Hard-
ware and Stoves. Lowell & baltimore. I'm
perial Baking Powder. A. Quint and Hen
rs Hirsch Turtle Soup al Beckmann' s
Cafe; We Have Bought Heavily. Mutual
Cooperative Association; For Recreation.
Falk Clothing Company.
The English Battersby Hath. II. Levy
& Bro
Steamship Schedules-American and Red
Star Lines; Ocean Steamship Company
Railroad Schedules-Plant System.
Important to Mothers-Appel & Schaul
Amusements-Chimes of Normandy a.
Theater, May 3.
Excursions-To the Naval Station and
Beaufort. April 26. Gov. Stafford.
Every Good Dresser in the City-Falk
Clothing Company.
Cheap Column Advertisements-He
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent:
For Sale: Lost: Personal; Miscellaneous.
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The Chronicles Position.
From Springfield (Afass) Republican Qnd ,

The Augusta (Ga) Chronicle, free silver
organ, accepts the issue as laid down by
the President II says that IL stands for
plmetailism, and that II is not quite fair to
say, as the President, does, that the line is
drawn between the forces of safe cur
rency and those of silver monometallism. -
II would be fairer 10 say. thinks the Chron-
lcie that the issue Is drawn between the
friends OF silver and those Of gold mono
metallisp, but II the issue Is to be gold
recommendation or silver recommendation
the shvoritcs are for silver every time. Tn
uoubtedly the Chronicle fairly expresses
inc convictions OF the majority OF the free
silver party. The mine-owning wing OF II Is
determlned % get a large price for the
product OF It's mines while most OF the
others want cheap money and want free
coinage OF silver because they believe that
that VII make money cheap and easier 10
get. The actual bimetaIlisis among the az
kFtsslFe sllNerites are "A small minority
the2 are mnch scarcer than fhe R0ld-hugs
Or gold monOmetaliisfe. Who are by no
means % large number ~ this country.
nc average free siiVerife d an innafion-
ISL pure and simple 49, the Chronicle has
ideally confessed Itself 20 he.
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The Nov Reporter.

the Office in a cab shortly after midnight,
and in his excitement ran up five flights
of stairs before he thought Of the eleva-
tor says the Philadelphia Record. lie
was bustling with excitement for he had
met a seafaring man while doing the ma
rine news who had given him a beat. "
The new reporter had asked TO be assign
ed TO the shipping news because he had
come from Bristol by boat. After recOy-
ering his breath, he proudly wrote the fol
lowing: THE Peruvian bark Calasaya.
capt. Ague. arrived IN port yesterdny
with . deckload Of artesian wells and he
hold fun Of molasses in crates While
passing Mhf uh HOOK one or her hawser
badly twisted. causing the Nb-h00m M
stave hole Do the poop deck SHE rs nos,
anchored On Race street wharf. with two
holes in her bow
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-25

Mr.. Francis G. Newlands. member OF
congress from Nevada, says Japan's vic
tory over China is due to the fact that
Japan has the silver standard for money.
And now. by the way. how does it hap
pen that the silver standard was kinder
TO japan than TO China? II we were to
adopt the silver standard. what assurance
is there that it would not serve US as it
did poor China?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-25

The silverites continually harp upon the
British gold standard" In the name or
money, why British" France and Ger
many are quite as much welded to the
gold standard as is Great Britain. Why
not call it the German gold standard or the
French gold standard? There would be as
much reason in calling it either of these.
or dozen other national names. as to
call 1t British
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-25

What Scientists say
Prof. Arnold of the University Of
New York: ST consider that each and
every ingredient of oleomargarine but
ter or butterine is perfectly pure and
wholesome. that the oleomargarine
butter differs in no essential manner
from the butter made from cream. It
is a great discovery, a blessing for the
poor, in every way a perfectly pure,
wholesome and palatable article.
Silver Churn Butterine is prepared
especially for fine table use. Every de-
tail of its manufacture is perfect.c Re.
cent chemical experiments show that
in nutritive and digestive properties
Silver Churn Butterine is fully equal to
the best creamery butter; while in
keeping quality Silver Churn Butterins
is much superior.
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The resolution adopted by the Iroquois
club. the full text OF which appears IN our
dispatches this morning. is well calculated
to make the silverites tear their hair and
gnash their teeth. But Il is a, common
sense resolution and will have the APP
| prevail Of all who believe in an honest cur
rcncy. The Ircquois Club Of Chicago is
I the great democratic club organization OF
the west and its utterances carry a great
deal Of weight.
The reason the silver plank Of the ma
tional democratic platform Of 1892 was not
adopted. when il was proposed as a COM
promise. was. doubtless, because the club
determined that the issue presented
should be so clear that it would be impOs-
sible for anyone to have a
doubt as TO the position OF
the club on the silver question. The sill
verites in tho Democratic party have nj
ways contended. though on what ground
is hard 10 say, that the national demo-
cratic platform Of 1892 favors the free
coinage Of silver at the ratio Of Is 70 /.
It is true that they have now practically
given up that contention. The fact that
they did not believe what they contended
for is shown by their avowed purpose to
commit the Democratic party. at It's next
national convention. to the free and un-
limited coinage OF silver. II they believed
the party 20 be already committed to thei-
silver views they would not have begun
another campaign in behalf OF silver.
There is no mistaking the meaning OF
the resolution adopted by the Iroquois
Club. It declares emphaticaIly against
opening our minis to free silver coinage;
and the reasons it gives for its position
cannot be successfully controverted.
On every hand there are signs OF return
ing prosperity. which is due largely to re-
turning conhdence-conhdence that was
destroyed by the fear that the country
was drifting TO a silver basis. The hard
times eliminated just before the purchas-
ing clause Of the Sherman silver law was
repealed. It was argued that the purchase
OF silver by the government was RESPONSE
bic for the unsatisfactory condition OF
business and the general depression. and
that the repeal OF that clause would be
followed by better times. An improve
meat did not follow the repeating act
Immediately. and the people became i'm
patient and many declared that no beno-
fit had followed the repeating act. They
were mistaken. The Improvement was
hardly percepuble at first, but there was
Improvement, and the signs of improve
ment are now so apparent that there is
very general belief that if the free silver
nonsense is checked prosperity will be
fully restored in the near future.
What folly it would be then, to let The
silverites have their wayl Their policy
would destroy confidence, check prosperi-
ty, and aggravate the financial, CONNER.
cial and industrial ills from which we arc
now escaping. The Iroquois Club is right
Its resolution puts the truth briefly ant
| strongly, and when the time comes for tn,
people to speak they will give it theh
| hearty approval.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-25

Two thousand pupils in a Brooklyn
school are on strike for what virtually
amounts to shorter hours The strike
takes the form of refusal to sing during
the opening exercises. If the instructors
were to do a little judicious striking of
another kind they might make an appn-
cation of the old proverb about the bird
that can sing and won't sing.
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CURRENT COMMENT,
The Monroe Doctrine.
From the New York World Dem)

No European country which does not
intend TO declare war on the United
states Will attempt to violate the Mon
roe doctrine. But there is nothing in the
monroe doctrine to prevent South Ameri-
can countries from getting soundly
whipped when they deserve it. This is
their affair, not ours.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-25

Chicago is not to be long without dem
ocradc daily newspaper. A number OF
prominent democrats have formed a COM
pany with 5000 zoe capHsl 70 begin the
publication Of the DAILY Enquirer" a.
once.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-25

The last session of congress passed ap-
propTiations aggregating approximately
half a billion dollars. 1t is interesting to
note that much more than one-fourth of
the sum total appropriated went into the
one item of pensions.
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Talking of Harrison.

1t is too soon yet for any reliable indl-
cations to crop out as to who will be
the republican nominee for President next
year. 1t is worthy of notice, however,
that an effort is being made TO draw at
tention to ex-President Harrison The
Herald Of Tuesday has a half page pic
ture calling attention to his position on
the silver question, and Gov. Matthews
of Indiana. is out in an interview in which
he says that Gen. Harrison is nearer the
people on the silver question than any one
of the other republican leaders who have
been spoken Of in connection with the
Presidential nomination. In the course OF
his talk he said he thought Gen. Harrison
would be the nominee.
1t would be interesting to know on what
he basis his opinion that Gen. Harrison
is nearer the people on the silver ques-
ton than the other republican
candidates. Neither Mr. Reed nor
Gov. Mckinley has expressed an
opinion for publication on that
question. They are extremely guarded as
to what they say respecting silver. In
fact. they are very timid about saying
anything. Even Gen. Harrison does not
now so into print on the silver issue. The
Herald quotes him as having expressed.
a long time ago, the following opinion:
Il have always believed that a larger use
of silver for money. and free coinage OF
silver upon basis to be agreed upon thas
would maintain its parity with gold was
good for the whole world" A declaration
like the foregoing would not satisfy the
silverites. They demand out and out free
coinage. Parity with gold" is not on
their programme.
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No BimetaIIism in 1t.
From the Philadelphia Record Dem)

IOIII lHt FhIIddeIphia Record tDem).
There is no possible bimetallism at the
ratio OF 10 to ! as between gold and sill
YER Ihere might be international agree
ment 10 restrict the issue of gold and
paper money to coins or notes of s. or
thereabut, thus making a place for the
larger use of silver for subsidiary cur
cency or limited legal tender quality. But
under such an arrangement the standard
would be gold, as it has in fact been for
the last sixty wears
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-25

1t seems that the populists are already
getting to be national party. They are
having factional fights in their central
committees and conventions, just as the
old parties have.
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silver and Gold.
From the Hartford Times tDem

The Louisville Courier-JournaI calls the
attention of people who get frothy at the
mended, to the fact that wherever the
gold standard prevails silver circulates
IN abundance, and that where the silver
standard prevails gold does not circulate
al all. Which tells the whole story
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-25

A smart Pennsylvania republican has
been trying to make Uncle Sam circulate
unjust comments upon his servants, the
national administration, but has failed.
He would write all sorts of sharp criti.
cisms upon the backs of his business an!
personal letters and put them in the post
office. The postmaster, after a few such
letters had been mailed, refused to for
ward any more. At once the smart Alec
appealed to the government he had been
trying to bring into disrepute for redress.
But he did not get it. The postmaster was
sustained.
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What great event that viii be when
Gov. Atkinson and all of his colonies and
the Brunswick naval militia take the
cruiser Atlanta and put out to sea! Nep-
tune and the navies of the world. if they
are wise. will take out fire insurance poll
cies.