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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-05

I've killed forty-uine coons this year.
said Dave Angle of Delaware fOWnsh hip
70 me Philadelphia Press "and IN mad
der thdn any one can guess for I went
out the other night to rai-e IL fifty and
get ii record when what does sonnet hing
guess ] ann The dog started the coon,
and 7 says.
All! This'u be number fiftv, No
body ever done that Ia Pike county before!
III be the boss of coon gatherers"
'I ne cog led me over four miles and at
dark, and the tree was high but | thought
l saw the coon in a little bunch. way up
toward the top. ! began to blaze away.
and Kept on blazing ! shot twelve times,
and the coon didn't fail.
Thunder ] says but that coou's
tough
Then I put twelve more loads into him
I'y and 10y heard him begin 10 fail. He
made an awful noise coming down
Gosh. l says, amt he fat
Just then ne plunked down. and he
hadn' more than plunked down than he
of him. He killed that dog quicker than 7
can tell You. Then he turned on me. and
II come to me all of a sudden that il
WASH coon. IL was bear. \ good
sized bear, and he was mad, / tell yOu. I
dropped my gun ana cut sticks out OF them
heels. 3ud when we struck the turnpike
he wasn't three jumps behind me. | was
Just going to turn and stick the bear full
ot holes with my knife, when. luckily for
him, along came Mad Mensey. driving
home from SomeWhereS. That scared the
saved his life. And that's the way [ was
fooled ont OF my tftieth coon. s nd that's
the reason ] amt got any more coon dog.
Amt 1T enough to make a fellow swcar?'
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-05
FOREIGNERS Fight the wilson Tariff.

The announcement that the port Of Ant
werp has been closed 20 American beef
causes good deal OF uneasia-ss among
the beef exporters * Chicago. Not only
the whole OF Belgium. but Switzerland
ana The northern provinces OF Austria,
get American beef through Antwerp. As
much as S5G1.000 worth Of live ana
dressed beef is exported 10 Antwerp from
this country every year
The alleged reason ~ the Belgian gov
eminent for its action SIS the fear OF
pleuro-pneumouta. That reason. how
ever has no foundation in fact There
IS no pIeuro-pneumouia in this country.
and there hos been none for several
years
The real reason for the hostile policy
o. the Belgian government is believed 20
be the Wilson tariff. which discriminate
against German sugar. There IS strong
sympathy between Belgium and Ger
many. and it Is thought that the German
government has induced the Belgian gov
eminent 10 boycott American beef with
the hope Of forcing this country to re-
AibNF tiAN lAAf WHICH tAl@tlI ililli-ltf-
against German sugar. The discrimiua-
ton amounts to one-tenth Of one per
cent
Germany shut out American beef some
time ago. and Spain has placed "A pro-
hibitory duty on our flour. thus destroy
ing our large export flour trade with Gu
ba. The French government is also show
ing a spirit OF hostility. II looks very
much as il there were concerted action
on the part OF European countries to
compel us so modify our tariff laws 20
suit their interests.
The state department Is doing what it
can TO remove these ernbargoes upon our
commerce. As yet, however. il has not
met with much success. The reasons
which Germany Spain and Belgium give
for their hostile action are not the true
ones. If they We're they would have
given them long ago. The real reason is
their hostility TO certain features of the
Wilson tariff.
II the hostile countries persist in the
unfriendly policy they have adopted our
beef producing interests viii sune~ Sc
rious losses. Being deprived of markets
which have taken their surplus products
they viii have to greatly reduce produo-
ton. That cannot be done at once. 1t
will have 10 be done gradually. Ia tho
meantime however. it viii be dlmcult.
if not impossible. to md a way TO dis
pose Of the supply on hand
The matter will doubtless be brought
before congress at once. II may be diff
cult to get congress to make changes in
the tariff. II would not be surprising
if retaliatory legislation should be pro-
posed and enacted.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-05
Increase of Iynchings.


1t is an alarming ana discouraring fact
that there has never been a time when
the orderly administration of the laws
was so often interfercd with as during Tho
past two or three years. Even more seri-
Gus is the difficulty of arrestiue this ten
denCy by 4 resort to the courts against
body connected With one Of these outragas
having failed. The development of a right
public sentiment on this question is one
of the most pressing duties of the new
wear.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-05

In New York "A day or two ago female
baboon sprang upon and tried to kill
Mrs. Macart, the wife of the baboou' s
trainer. 1t is alleged that the simian was
in love with the trainer and was desper-
ately jealous of his wife. How the baboon
was able TO know that the woman was
Macart's wife and a rival is not ex-
planet by the veracious writers who
made love story out of the brute's
viciousness. The animal attacked Mrs.
Macart probably because it is monkey
nature to tease or hurt women. Any
woman who has ever been to a managerie
knows perfectly well that every monkey
is constantly on the watch TO snatch a
woman's hat or tear her clothes.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-05
The Georgia constitutior.
from the Macon Telegraph Dem1.

Here in Georgia there has been. for se,--
eral years, sentiment in favor Of a con
stitutional convention. II has nor been
very pronounced, but we are sure II viii
grow. Not only is there necessitv i'm
Georgia for requiring new and higher
qualifications of electors, but there are
glaring defects in the constitution now in
existence. affecting the representation in
the legislature, which ought to be speedilv
corrected. The people who pay the taxes
in its government
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-05
PROPOSALS..

City Of Savannah. Once city Engineer.
Jan :, l69j-PrOposals viii bstreceived by
ell until j. M, city timel, Monday, Jan
a. 1893, for furnishing the city with 50 900
(heaped) bushels OF live oyster shells. de-
INered at city wharf at the rate of 10000 or
more theaped1 bushels per week
The city reserves the right to reject any
or all bids.
For further Information apply to
w. J. WYNN,
City Engineer.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-05

What are snakes? Reptiles almost ev-
erybody win answer. While that is true,
snakes are not always reptiles only
Snakes are sometimes tools of trade, -
according to the ruling of the erudite
Judge Wheeler of the federal circuit
court of appeals in New York, and he
claims to be backed up by both the
United States statutes and Webster's
Dictionary. The collector of customs
wanted Miss Magnon, a snake charmer,
to pay duty on twenty-eight snakes
she imported. He said the snakes were
animals, and were liable TO duty. The
charming woman insisted that they We're
the tools she employed in her trade, and
upon the case being appealed to his
court, Judge Wheeler held the young
woman to be right.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-05
CURRENT CoMMENr
TIC Retain the Gold.
From the Chicago Herald Dem3.

Our gold will leave us so long as the
channels Of circulation ere filled and
clogged with credit and half-credit cur
rency. II we wish TO keep our gold and
place our monetary system on q solid
foundation there Is a way to do it, and
only one way. We must make room for it,
and cease to drive it off 10y keepiny afioat
an excessive mass of inferior clIrrencv
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-05

SPECIAL NOTICES.
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FOR NEW YEARS.
MALAGA GRAPES,
CATAWBA GRAPES,
WHITMAN'S FINE CANDIES.
KALAMAZOO CELERY,
FINE ORANGES,
CELEBRATED DEWDROP BRAND
CANNED GOODS
The Finest Goods Packed;
ASPARAGUS,
CORN,
PEAS,
TOMATOES,
at
WIN. G. CooPER's.
3 Whitaker street
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-05
The County Eleetiona.


The result Of the county elections In
nearly all parts Of the state is gratifying
to democrats They have made gains
and very considerable gains. The reason
doubtless is that the republicans, the
most of whom are blacks. did not partici-
pate to any considerable extent in the
elections.
We have always held the opinion that
the big vote the populists cast in October
was not composed entirely of popultsts
The republicans contributed very large
part OF it,
Georgia Is overwhelmingly democratic.
and she viii remain so unless new issues
are presented that would greatly in
auence the people The popullsts viii
never lessen the strength of the democra-
cy. From this time on the populst party
in this state is much more likely TO lose
popularity than gain it,
1t cannot be said that the populists took
little interest in the county elections.
They took great interest in them. They
did their utmost to set the county Offices.
With these offices they felt they would
be in a position to control in measure
future elections. They were defeated all
along the line and their defeat means
that populism in Georgia is on the wane.
There will be only one other important
election in the state this year and that
is the election in the Tenth district-the
one to which Maj Black and AR. Watson
have agreed. We do not believe that Mr..
Watson is anxious to carry that agree
ment into effect With the registration law
that is now in force he hasn't any chance
of being elected. The populists know
that, and for that reason, it is believed,
they did their utmost to prevent the en-
actment of a general registration law.
The Republican party in the state
of Washington is in favor of free ships.
A republican newspaper organ published
in town on Puget sound says: 1T is
contrary to reason to protect ships at
the expense of commerce" The paper
indorses the free ships clause of the Presi-
dents message and declares that the
prosperity Of Puget sound and the Pacific
ports depend largely upon the adoption
American owned vessels urged by the
President. SO far as we have seen the
objections to the rehabilitation of the
American merchant marine through
permitting American owners to buy ships
wherever they may be had cheapest.
and 20 sail them under the American
flag. come principally from the short
water line between Cape Cod and the St
Lawrence. with an occasional kick from
Pennsylvania and Delaware. Every
where else the people are interested in
and desire the loosing OF the letters upon
ocean trade put on by the republican pro-
lection shipping laws. The present con
gress ought to pass the free ship bill be-
fore it adjourns.
II,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-05

Just save the tags that come on every
plug of Golden Apple Tobacco, and you
can get a half cent each for them at any
store in the city, or from
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-05
HENRY SOLOMON & son
CHRlsTNIAe LINE.

Bay and jefferson streets.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-05

The American Society of civil Engineers
at a meeting held night or two ago in
New York rejected the name of Col
George e. Waring for membership. This
action caused small sensation in New
York. Col. Warng, it will be remem-
bered, has just been appointed the head Of
the street cleaning department because
of his ability in civil engineering.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-05

Mr.. Cleveland has finally settled the
controversy about Love and Life" the
picture presented TO this government
by It. G. Watts, the. eminent English
painter He has ordered that it be turned
over TO the COrcoran art gallery The
picture. is a nude, and no pictures OF
that class have ever been permitted to
hang in the white house.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-05

The Columbus Enquirer-Sun calls at
tention 20 the fact that Representative
HUMPHREYS Of Brooks county was one Of
the strongest opponents Of legislative
appropriation for the militia, yet he was
among the first to call for the protection
of the troops at the time of the Brooks
county outrages a week or so ago.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-05

Those who heard the lecture Of the Rev.
Sam =. Jones last night enjoyed 1t great
ly. 1t was very interesting. 1t was fun
of humor, with here and there little
patches of pathos. The general aim and
purpose was excellent. The Young Mems
Christian Association is to be congratu-
lated on the success of its entertainment
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-15
A Wise Procedure.

A Birmingham young lady is in New York studying the art of entertaining. She will perfect herself, so that when a Birmingham matron gives an entertain ment she can turn over every detail to ecuted in the best of taste. This line of woman's work Is certainly to be encour- aged. All who have read Georgia Scenes' remember the embarrassment of George when he gave a dinner to his brother lawyers and the judge. George had married a charming creature" just returned from boarding school, and he thought her possessed of all the knowl- edge worth having. This Charming crea- ture" turned the preparation of the din- ner over to the cook and devoted her time to making an elaborate toilet The judge and the lawyers arrived on time and waited and waited for dinner until they were ravenous and the hour for conven- ing court had long passed. The charm ing creature" sat up in the parlor and en- tertained the distinguished company by repeating the one bit of learning she knew by rote, and which she used on every occasion. like old man Jenkins in "The Vicar of Wakefield" Finally din- ner was announced. The turkey was ly- ing flat on his back, burned black as the ace of spades, and his two feet stuck straight up, as if appealing to Heaven for vengeance. The lawyers were disgusted and George was so mortified that he took to drink and filled drunkard's grave. Thus do we see the close connection be- tween bad cooking and immortality
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-15
YESTERDAYS AGE-HERALD.

The management of the Age-Herald takes this first opportunity of expressing thanks to the public for the expressions of appreciation of the magnifcence of our Easter souvenir edition. From the lips of encouraging friends and from hearty handshakes we are fully assured that our effort was not in vain, and that Birmingham is proud of the Age Herald. That is enough
 Our purpose in presenting this large edition of the paper was, first, we desired to demonstrate the truth that there is real life in Birmingham, and second, that the Age=Herald is able to do a full part in encouraging and preserving this lively activity.
 Of course there were some defects about the paper. It was not perfect; but it takes time, patience, labor, tact and money to print a thirty-six page news paper and the feat was never before ac- complished' by an Alabama newspaper. The excellence of the work ought cer- tainly to overshadow the defects.
 To the business men ok Birmingham who so generously responded to the 1n- vitation to "come with us" the Age-Her- aid desires to express it's warmest appre- citation. Without their patronage the work could not have been accomplished. Only few declined the opportunity to "let their light shine" on Easter day; but the Age-Herald confidently relies upon them to join us in the near future, and as sist us in letting the world know through the Age-Herald that Birmingham is on top, and there to stay
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-15
EASTER REFLECTIONS.

Holy weeks bring to mind thought of how much human nature can be com passed in small space of time. The phi losopher begins with Palm Sunday and sees the fickleness of the people-wor- shipping the rising sun and crying "Ho- sanna.'' Then the supper at Bethany; Simon had invited the Lord to break bread with him, yet when this guest en- tered the house he did not offer him the common courtesy usual among the Jews When Magdalene annointed the sacred feet Simon complained within his heart, but the Savior rebuked him for his spirit of criticism and his parsimony.
 Then Judas! the incarnation of treach- acter has a sort of fascination in it. ''He that dippeth his hand into the dish with me"-even in that day friends broke bread together and one betrayed. Then the cowardice of Peter, the hypocrisy of the High Priest and the brutality of the Jews. But there is another phase of hu- man nature-the fidelity of John, the pen itence of Magdalene and the love of Mary, the mother. Centuries have elapsed, but human nature is the same to- day, the same as then. Still are there Peters, still Marys, and still alas, many a Judas, who yesterday kissed his friend and today betrayed him. The last is the most pitiful of all, because there is for giveness for cowardice, for cruelty for avarice, but Judas is. Judas, and shall he to the end of the world.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-15
HOW WE STAND.

This is the currency platform on whlcn the Age-Herald stands. It is the declara- tion of the national democratic party:
 We denounce the republican legislation known as the Sherman act of 1890 as cowardly makeshift, fraught with possi- bilities of danger in the future which should make all of it's supporters, as well as its author, anxious for its speedy re- peal. We hold to the use of both gold and silver as the standard money of the coun- try and to the coinage of both gold and silver without discrimination against either metal or charge for mintage, but the dollar unit of coinage of both metals must be of equal intrinsic and exchange able value, or be adjusted by inter- national agreement or by such safe guards of legislation as shall insure the maintenance of the parity of the two metals and the equal power of any dollar at all times in the market and in the pay ment of debts; and we demand that all paper currency shall be kept at par with and redeemable in such coin. We insist upon this policy as especially necessary for the protection of the farmers and 1aboring classes, the first and most de- fenseless victims of unstable money and a fiuctuating currency.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-15
OPINIONS OF THE PUBLIC.
Yesterdays Easter Edition of the Age-HeraId
 by Raised Prominent People.

The following graceful compliments were paid the Age-Herald yesterday on its Easter edition:
 Col C.. A. Avery-The Age-Herald of this morning would be credit to any city. It is a wonder to me how sdch a paper can be gotten up in Birmingham. It is the greatest thing for Birmingham that has happened since I have known anything of the city, and have known of it since 1889. Tt is clean, conservative. and states facts without any honey"
 Col. John ". -Dubose-It is by long odds the best paper ever gotten up in Ala bama. Its topography is neat and clean. It is a magnificent paper.
 w. H. Skaggs-I want to congratulate you on your splendid paper I got copy in Montgomery this morning and read it with the greatest pleasure. large crowd was at the depot this morning when the Age-Herald got there and the papers sold like "hot cakes" Everybody was delighted with it.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-15

A large majority of the Republican newspapers publish everything they can find, in fact or fancy, to show that the country has gone to the dogs under Dem ocratic rule. They will not look on the bright side of things. They never pub fish favorable indications. The St. Louis Globe-Democrat is an exception. It ad- mits that there is life in the old land yet It even comedies that the cotton planters are not so bad after all. It says: 'The low price of cotton is to be deplored. of course, but there must be a profit in the crop or the South would not go en raising so much of it. As a mat ter of fact bale of cotton can now be exchanged for more food, clothing and other necessary articles than 1t could when the price was twice as high; and that is probably the reason why the product continues to be large in spite of its declining price.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-15

The Age-Herald feels a certain amount of pride in it's edition of yesterday It feels, too, that a word of explanation might not be amiss.
 In the hurry and rush incidental to getting out large paper many things are apt to be overlooked. It was the orig inal intention to have all the churches by both pen and pencil artists Owing to un- foreseen circumstances it was impossible to get all the material desired, but in the near future the Age-HeraId promises it's patrons full and complete description of each and every church in the city, illus trated. To those who so generously pat ronized us we return sincere thanks, and desire to say where mistakes occurred in arrangement we made up the discrepancy in-space, thereby giving more prominence than agreed upon. A ludicrous mistake occurred in one case-that of transferring the names of two brothers. We are at a loss to know to which one of the two the apology must be forthcoming.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-15
THE ALABAMA EXHIBIT.
The Subcommittee Called Together To
 right.

MT. Alex London requests the Age Herald to call on the chairmen of the sub-committees on the Alabama exhibit to meet in the rooms of the Commercial club tonight CMonday) at o'clock. This will be an important meeting. No collection will be taken up. but impor- tantf matters will be discussed. In this connection the Age-Herald desires to mention the zeal and enthusiasm that MT. London has displayed as chairman of the committee for getting up the funds exposition. He has thrown his whole soul in the work, and if all the public spirited men of the city will stand by him this county and Birmingham will lead the other counties and cities in the important matter of getting up the ex- hibit
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-15

The Daily State is given to rash statements. A day or two ago it stated that all the silver in the world except that used for change could be stored in the Berney National Bank. It is barely possible that this country may adopt free coinage, and then all the silver in the world will be dumped on our shores and the government may select the Ber- ney Bank as safe place to store 1t. So the officials of the bank have been fig- uring to see if they have room for it. They find that their banking room con tains 21,060 cubic feet. Then they figure on the space occupied by the silver in the United States This country has $510,- 100000 in silver dollars and bars. It re- quires a box containing 300 cubic inches to hold $1000 in silver. To stack away $510, 900 would require Ss.542 cubic feet which is more than four times the capac- ity of the bank. As the Berney Bank could not hold all the silver In this coun- try, what would become of all the silver in France India, Mexico and all the other countries of the world?
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-15

The decline of prices Is not the un- mixed evil that some say 1t is. The pro- ducer may not like 1t, but the con- sumer does. The fall in prices is large ly due to cheapened cost of production and cheapened interchange. The pur- chasing power of wages is twice as great as it was twenty-five years ago. The cheapened cost of transportation is shown in the fact that twenty years ago it cost 23 cents a bushel to trans port wheat from Chicago to New York, while now 1t costs only 10 cents to car ry it from Chicago to Liverpool It is cheap transportation. cheap land and sharp competition from other countries that has brought down the price of farm products, and not the lack of free coin age of silver.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-15

Senator Pugh has a chivalrous new courage. He can't abide any more the public man who always tries to get in the majority procession. A year ago, or such matter. he published as a closing and clinching argument for the free coinage of silver. that man had no show to get elected to office in Ala bama on any other platform. For the same sacred cause of free coinage is he now willing to throw himself against any weight of numbers of Alabama Democrats. The knightly temper is rather inspiring. Also, as regards the Senator's peace of mind, it is quite for inmate