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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-10
Adnmantine Check.

Give me three pounds of bacon; I've
got the cabbage and potatoes" calmly
remarked a healthy looking and fairly
well-groomed man to-day to a grocer
says New York letter in the Pittsburg
Dispatch. The dealer in household neces-
stiles didn't get move on, and the stran-
ger Continued You keep bacon, don't
you?" "Of course l keep bacon" said
the dealer, but l keep it to sell, not to
give away" well. I've got the cabbage
and potatoes, and l must have the bacon
in order to secure u boiled dinner
haven't cent, but l want the bacon 3"
Here's the rest Of tbe story as the grocer
told IL to me: II couldn't resist the fell
lows gall you know, and l gave him
the bacon. Then he grew confidential
and told me he hadn't done a stroke Of
work in twelve years, and didn't intend
to-. He was one of those chaps who firm
~ believe that the world owes them liv-
ing, and, somehow or other, manage to
get it. He has probably 'maced' lots of
grocers in just the same way, and undoubt-
edly got his cabbage and potatoes for the
asking. Lots of people pick up living
here without doing a stroke of work, and
live well at that" The grocer is undoubt-
edly telling the truth. In a city where a
man will rent a room, put sign on n
boarding house window on swell street
and pass as a physician and a club swell
while in reality he's a small clerk in an
insurance office down town, other people
are liable to do almost anything.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-10


The Rev. Joseph a. Stephan OF Wash
ington has been appointed 10 the position
Of private chamberlain to Pope Leo
N Kite. the new japanese minister.
20 England. has been presented al court.
He wears English clothes and his tailor
has carte blanche as 10 style, materials
and mt.
DIR. J. W. seaver. associate director
OF the Yale gymnasium. is probably one
OF the most virulant opponents Of base
ball in a similar position in any college
gymnasium in America.
Absent-minded professor (whO had been
snOWballed by naughty boys on the hill-
side)-I must send communication to the
academy regarding the phenomenaIly
large snow-fiakes this winter.-thgende
Batter.
Gov. Holcomb has signed the law pass
ed BY the Nebraska legislature appro,
priating $4,000 for the purchase OF seed
grain and food for the drOught-stricken
farmers OF the state, and II becomes i'm
mediately operative.
Theodore Thomas. the orchestra di-
rector, viii celebrate his golden Jubi-
lee in July. He was born in Hanover
sixty years ago and came to America a
lad OF To- He played in New York while
q dIs E9unsS'er as a kind Of juvenile pro-
lii Pei-Yuan. the civil governor of
Moukden, asks the Emperor Of China TO
take up the use of the jine aI-suns with
which the Manchus conquered China.
These guns are about eight feet long,
of large bore and are loaded at the muz-
zle, using about a handful of powder.
Sir William Harcourt has gone back
TO the use of manuscript when deliver
ing his speeches and though in CONVEX
sation Sir William Is one of the wittiest
OF men, and in debate one of the quick
est, he invariably prepares his speeches
verbatim in manuscript and reads them
from nrst page to last.
Bishop Merrill of Chicago will pre-
side at the New England Methodist con-
ference, which meets at Salem, Mass. The
Chicago bishop viii not have to decide
any cases against witches, but he will
have a question almost as troublesome,
touching the right of a minister of the
gospel to use tobacco in any form.
-Mayor-elect George B. Swift of Chi
cago was born in Cincinnati, but spent
his boyhood in Galena, Ill. He began his
business career in Chicago, as cashier Of
the drug house of Lord & Smith. Then
he became partner in the firm of Fra
ger q Smith, manufacturers of lubricat-
ing oils, and in 1870 became vice president
OF the company. He first entered politics
in 1879, when he was elected an alder
man. Since then. he has been a United
States treasury agent, commissioner of
public works and mayor for the unex-
pired portion of Mayor Harirsons term.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-10
In Lentcn Days.

A. C. Waldron, in the Boston Transcript
Is this the way that Thou didst go,
o Christ, with painful steps and slow,
Thy body bent beneath the cross
Lest any soul should suffer loss?
THE way ! know"
stand athirst upon the brink
OF waters sweet whence ! would drink
Didst Thou thy parched lips restrain,
And sicken of thy longing vain?
Pass on, nor shrink"
In hunger. want and dire distress,
Still ever upward didst Thou press,
Without glance toward broader ways
Whereto oft beckoned love and praise.
Seek Righteousness"
If I delay not, nor give way
To that which tempts by night and day.
If thirst and hunger shall not stay
My toiling steps, nor fear dismay-
Both watch and pray"
If in my following after Thee,
With ferVor and humility,
learn of helpfulness and love,
Wilt Thou not bless me from above?
CONG unto me-"
My heart thy gracious influence feels,
Thy tenderness my anguish heals,
And as ] hasten to thy cross,
1 know all else to be as dross.
Heaven bliss reveals
The new Jerusalem l see
Whence every i'll shall banished be;
An angels voice in triumph rings,
And death is daunted as he sings
OF victory.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-10

And what is your age, madam was
the attorneys question, says the Detroit
Free Press.
My own" she answered promptly.
understand that, madam; but how
old are your
i am not old, sir, with Indignation.
Il beg your pardon, madam; / mean how
many years have you passed?'
None. the years have passed me-"
How many have passed your"
All; 1 never heard of them stopping"
Madam you must answer my question
l want TO know your age"
Il don't know that the Acquaintance is
desired by the other side"
4 don't see why you insist upon refus-
ing to answer my question" said the at
torney, coaxingly. Pm sure / would tell
how old / was if / was asked"
But nobody would ask you, for every
body knows you are old enough to know
better than to be asking a woman her
age. so. there"
And the attorney passed on to the next
question.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-10
WHY Brynn Kicked.

The Ohio Valley News relates what it
vouches for as a true story about ex-
Cong1 essman Bryan of Nebraska. Ac-
cording to the story, a book agent in
duced Mr.. Bryan to buy copy of the
Century Cyclopedia of Names by telling
him that the book contained the name
and biography of every man living and
dead who had ever made a marked i'm
preston upon the affairs of the world A
few days after the work was delivered
Bryan sent for the book agent and said to
him:
You sold me that book under false
pretenses."
4 beg pardon but you are mistaken, &"
replied the suave book agent
snapped out:
Didn't you tell me that the book con-
tanned the name and biography of every
man, living and dead, who had made an
impression upon the worlds affairs2"
Yes, sir; and 1t does"
1t does nothing of the sort; my name
isn't in it."
Why should it be?" retorted the book
agent
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-10
Miss Anthony Tcus tbc Truth.

Miss Susan B. Anthony was frank
enough to tell the exact truth the other
day in Buffalo, when Ida B. Wells, the
colored woman who is occurring to north
ern people about the lynchings of colored
people in the south, was telling her tale
of woe TO a Buffalo audience. Miss An
theny. with a great deal of vigor. de-
clared that the same prejudice against
colored people that is found in the south
exists in the north, and she quoted a
recent instance of color prejudice in Buff
falo to sustain her statement.
What nonsense it is to insist that in
the north the treatment of the blacks Is
more liberal than in the south. Every
person who knows anything of the matter
at all knows that the colored people find
more kindness and consideration in the
south than in the north. and that is why
they stay in the south. There are white
people at the north that have a vast
amount of long distance sympathy for
the blacks. They want the southern peo-
pie to be brought into the most intimate
social relations with them, but for them
selves they wouldn't accord a colored
person social privilege on any account
They don't practice what they preach.
The color prejudice exists north and
south. 1t is a fact that can't be leasis-
lated nor talked out of existence. Whether
or not it viii wear out in the course of
a century or two it is not now necessary
to consider. we have to deal with the
present, and in dealing with it and its
problems the north, as well as the south.
must admit that the color prejudice can
not be got rid of by any known method.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-10
Fooled.

The cadaverous man with hair uncomb-
ed. four days growth of beard on his
cEinf and wearing on his slender, caliper-
SNAPPED legs pair Of trousers that
bagged at the knees, says the Chicago
Tribune, cleared his throat and address
ed the young lady.
Miss Pinkie," he said, Il am 4s years
old. and look older than that Ny health
Is not good, I have little or no money, /
am subject to spells Of gloominess, and ]
snOre frightfully. Will you be my Wife?'
Mr.. ChunkersOn," answered the maid
en-, promptly, Il will"
4 wouldn't have thought II Of you. Miss
PinAie, said the cadaverous man with a
deep sigh. Il started out this morning
to see If / couldn't get myself rejected by
three women of marriageable age, so as
TO be ready for that tax on old bachelors
in case 1t comes. And here 1 am-caught
hooked, landed. Right at the beginning
II hadn't counted on this, Miss Pinkier'
grOaned the miserable man. Take a
weeks time 10 think IL over. I'll call
again. Good morning"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-10
DR.. Lnnsing,s Apology.

The Rev. DR.. Lansing, who at the Meth
odist conference at Salem, Mass. openly
accused President Cleveland of intemper-
ance day or two ago, has made as full
and complete an apology as it is possible
for him TO make. When called upon for
evidence of his statement that
the President frequently uses ina
toxicants to excess he was unable.
to furnish any. He had simply made his
statement from reports which he had
heard, and of the truth of which he
knew absolutely nothing. He is one of
the sort Of men who never let an oppor-
tunity pass to declare that what is seen
in newspapers cannot be depended upon.
Men of his stamp are the ones who fur
nish newspapers with unreliable state
ments.
Very naturally the President felt that
he was the victim of great outrage
when the Rev. DR.. Lansings statements
were called to his attention, and he de-
clarcd very emphatically that they were
without foundation. Such men as Fred
erick r. Coudert. Z. Ellery Anderson and
Chauncey NJ. Depew, men who have fire.
quontly been guests at public dinners with
the President, and who have had many
opportunities of seeing him when intern
perate habits would show themselves II
he possessed any, have come forward
promptly to give their testimony of the
untruthfulness of Rev. Dr. Lansings ac-
cusation.
Ministers of the gospel ought to be
particularly careful in making state.
ments chat are calculated to give a wrong
impression Of others. because they are sup
posed to be not only charitable, but also
certain of the truth of what they say
There is another story which has found
it's way into newspapers unfriendly TO
the President. The inference to be drawn
from it is that the President has used his
high position to make himself a very rich
man. The statement is made that it is
generally understood that the President is
a millionaire and connected with il is
the assertion that he had not more than
$4,000 when he became President, and
that he received very little from his law
practice during the four years between
his first and second terms. The author
of the story asks, where did he get his
money?
1t is TO be regretted that partisanship
goes so far as to impute dishonesty to
the President. Who is there who can
say the President is a millionaire? Some
body starts the report he is. and straight
way a political enemy insinuates that
he got his wealth by dis
honest means. 1t is pitv
that there is not a more effective
method for Furnishing those who will
fully attempt to bring public men into dis
repute.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-10
Islander and the Clergy.
From the New York Times CDem.

We are sorry the President has taken
notice of the slanderous words uttered
by the Rev. DIR. Lansing at the confer
ence of the Methodist Episcopal church
at Salem 1t is not necessary for the
President of the United States to trounce
his traducers. Traducers there always
will be, of every President. Mean-spirit-
ed political enemies will invent the tales,
old hays will repeat them over their tea.
and feathered-headedc lergymcn will bawl
them forth in conferences, Methodist
Episcopal and other. Mr. Cleveland has
had more than his share of these out
RACES probably, but Washington and Lin
coin had more than their proper share,
too.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-10

Visitors to Cuba have remarked that in
Havana, in times OF peace. about every
second man to he met on the streets was
a Spanish soldier. Spain found 1t neces-
sary to keep on the island at all times a
force almost as large as the standing
army of the United States. According to
the Madrid papers there were in Cuba at
the breaking out OF The present struggle
SIS officers and 1899 soldiers Since that
time the force has probably been doubled
by reinforcements from Spain \ large
number Of the green" soldiers sent to the
island win be incapacitated for Official
service by the warm climate and the few
ers. Hence it may be calculated that the
effective Spanish force in Cuba is now in
the neighborhood of $1,000 men. Cuba is
a matter of 1900 miles long The coast
line is a good deal more than double that
length, and is indented with numerous lit
tie harbors and ,inlets into which craft may
slip. Thirty thousand men can hardly
patrol that coast line, and hold the forts
and follow the revolutionists in the noun
tains at the same time. The holiday sol
diers who paraded Havana in times of
peace have got their hands full now.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-10
senator Hiii and the Income Tax.

senator Hiii and the Income Tax.
The outcome Of the income tax suit
was very gratifying to Senator Hill, be-
cause he took strong grounds against
imposing a tax upon incomes when the
matter was before congress. He declared
that it was not ony unwise to impose
an income taS, but also undemocratic.
There was nothing in the national dem
ocratic platform which justified the tax.
ana the raising of revenue by tax of
that kind was. in his opinion a concession
to the populists.
There is a great deal of good sense
In the position which Senator Hin took
in the matter and the outcome of the
suit to test the constitutionality of the
tax VIII have the effect of strengthen
ing confidence in his ability as a public
man.
IT never pays party to yield a position
It knows "a be right with the hope of
winning the support OF a faction The de-
mand for an income tax is 4 plank in the
platform of the populsts. No doubt
one of the reasons why the demo-
Gratis Incorporated the income tax pro-
vision in the revenue laws was the hope
that it would be the means of winning
back to the democracy those who had
left the Democratic party and Joined the
Dopuhsts. Coupled with this was also the
belief that it would be popular 10 place
heavier burdens upon the rich.
1t is doubtful if much revenue will be
derived from the tax in the present mu-
tilated condition of the income tax law,
and 1t would not be at all surprising
If congress, at its next session. should
repeal the law and raise what additional
revenue may be needed from a tax upon
beer and whisky. The tax is certainly
very unequal now since it has been de-
cided that incomes from real estate and
state, county and municipal bonds can
not be taxed under the income tax law.
Some of the richest men in the country
escape the payment of the income tax.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-10
CURRENT COMMENT.
Average Wages and Incomes.
From the Baltimore Sun (Dem.).

In q paper read by Mr.. A. T.. Rowley he
fore the London Statistical Society it was
found by careful inquiry that having re-
gard to the increased purchasing power of
money average wages and average in
comes in England were about doubled be
tween 1860 and 1890. The average wage in
money increased 40 per cent. between 1874
fell half that amount between 1874
and 1850, and again reached the higher
figures in 1891 The average income in
creased so per cent. in the thirty years. 1t
follows that the average standard of iiv-
ing must have been improved largely in
that time
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-10

Consul General Williams has been tell
ing of the condition of affairs in Cuba
in a manner almost too truthful to be
pleasant for the Spanish authorities
hence, they have made things unpleasant
for him. Secretary Gresham. it is al
legged. has tried to impress upon the
consul general the diplomatic propriety
Of seeing everything and saying nothing.
except to the state department. But the
consul general likes 70 talk; hence. the
likelihood that he win shortly come home.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-10
The Income Tax Decision.
The Charleston News and Courier CDem.

We protested against the passage of the
income tax act and are pleased that the
supreme court has declared II to be in
valid in what must be regarded as some of
its most essential features. 1t is especially
gratifying that the court has construed
the law in the light of the circumstance
attending the framing and adoption of the
constitution and the views of those who
framed and adopted IT, The "compro-
misses OF the cons titution," says the court.
cannot be disturbed by legislation! This
declaration Is of vital Importance In view
OF other questions which. soon or late.
must be heard and determined by the
court in passing upon issues Affecting the
rights OF the states.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-10
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Meetings-Palestine Commandery No. :,
X. T.: Division No. ?, Ancient order OF
Hibernians.
Military Orders-Irish Jasper Greens.
Special Notices--Fleishmann' Perfection
Gin at Claus Gerkens: Ring Up $50 and
ASK for George, Mutual Cooperative
Association; Ex-Chief Green's Horse to
Be Disposed Of: Strawberries. John r.
Evans & Co.: Groceries ana Canned
Goods Mutual Cooperative Association;
Notice to Water Takers Beckmanns
Cafe: The Harrington Straw Hats Are
Here Falk Clothing Company.
Not a Bit Of Use-Leopold Adler.
Another Chance-Daniel Hogan.
Easter Attractions-At Krouskoffs.
If We Can't Treat You As Webb. II.
Levy & Bro.
Are You Coming?-ApDel & Schaul
Steamship Observation-Disclosures Steam
ship Company: Ocean Steamship Compa-
ny.
Legal Notices-Citation from the Clerk
Of the Court Of Ordinary of Chatham
County; AS to Transfer of Stock of Mer-
chants National Bank.
Auction Sales-Clearance Sales by J. Nc
Laughlin & Son.
Don't Wait-Falk Clothing Company.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; lost: Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-10
Better watch Europe.
From tho New orleans Picayune Dem

The advocates of free and unlimited
coinage of silver in the United States
would do we'll to watch closely the
side OF the Atlantic With us It is
blind rush to- silver standard even
if gold is driven out as result where
as in Europe there IS no disposition to
accorG silver even limited recogn,-
ton without a general agreement as
to the terms upon which the white
therefore, q wide difference between BIZ
metallsm as advocated in Europe and
the free silver agitation in the United
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-10

A London dispatch says Il IS part Of
Japan's programme In dealing with
China to civilize the latter country. She
viii insist that the greater part Of China
shall be at once opened 10 foreign com
merce and that China shall al
low the unhampered importation
Of machinery and the establish
ment and management OF factories by for
eigners. Japan is not going to claim for
herself exclusive commercial advantages.
She proposes 10 have the same advantages
that are accorded to other nations, no
more and no less.
one OF the reasons, perhaps the main
reason. why Japan is not pushing forward
TO the capital Of China as rapidly as she
could, is believed 10 be a desire TO avoid
ovcrthrowing the present Chinese dy-
nasty. The destruction OF that dynasty
might result in the ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the
Chinese empire. and the parcelling out Of
Chinese territory among European pow
ers. Japan does not propose that any Eu-
Popean power shall acquire a dominant
influence IN China. Asia for the Asiatics
Is her policy. She is wise enough 10 see
that, Notwithstanding China's immense
population. she herself is likely to be the
dominant power In the east for a long time
to come, and she desires that distinc-
ton. She viii maintain her influence by
controlling the Introduction Of western
ideas into China and she can do that
work probably much more successfully
than could q European nation. She Will
demend such a money indemnity as Will
satisfy her and take such territory as
she thinks win be Of advantage to her, but
she viii give European powers no excuse
for interfering II she can avoid doing so.
She is showing more wisdom than she has
been given credit for possessing.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-10
ParaIIeIed Anecdotes.

When Napoleon vas a student at
Brienne, says the London Standard. he
happened to be asked by one of the ex-
aminers the following question::
''Supposing you were in an invested
town threatened with starvation, how
would you supply yourself with provis-
ions?"
From the enemy" replied the sub-lieu-
tenant of artillery; and this answer so
pleased the examiners that they passed
him without further questioning.
Now Napoleon's answer was by no
means original, for one of Suvorofs SER
geants obtained promotion from the ranks
by giving the very same answer when
asked the very same question. Whether
II was that Napoleon had read this story
somewhere, and luckily remembered the
SergeantS answer at the right moment
or whether, as Mr.. Puff says in the Critic,
anent the speech of the beefeater ''All
that can be said is that two people hap
pened to hit upon the same thought" we
are unable to say; but the similarity of the
anecdOte is, to say the least OF IL, a truly
strange literary coincidence.
There is a story told of Paul Petrovitz
Car of Russia to the effect that one day.
when reviewing some troops he was So.
indignant at the bad horsemanship of one
of his officers that he commanded him to
resign his commission on the SPOT and
to retire to his estate. staff officer who
was riding by the side Of the monarch in
formed him that the gentleman in ques-
ton had no estate to which to retire
whereupon the eccentric car is reported
to have said: Then give him. one.
Like Napoleon's answer, this remark of
the car sadly lacks originality, for many
years before the son of Catharine II was
born, the following story was told of Rot
terton, the actor: one evening Collev
Cibber, by missing his cue and giving a
message at the wrong moment, spoiled
one of Betterton's best scenes. SO soon
as he passed the wings, Betterton, in a
rage, said to the prompter "Forfeit
Master Colley." Cant be done" replied
the prompter; Master Colley has no sal
ary" wei. then, put him down for Zen
shillings a week" cried the enraged man
ager, "and forfeit him five"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-10

In the Midland counties of England
both the shoe and the hosiery operatives
have gone out on a strike. Are the peo-
pie to go barefooted?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-10

The Prince OF Wales has presented
to the club house at Cowes twenty-one
cannon, 10 be used in firing salutes. The
cannon are OF the time OF George ~
and were taken from the ROYAL AdeI.
aide, a toy warship that the Sailor King
built for his amusement 1913