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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-20
How There Are women Prigs.
From the London Spectator.


The single daughter of a house without
sons IS of all women the most apt to grow
into self-sufficing prig and a number of
daughters without brothers will often dis
play in less degree the same procliyitv.
There is often, too, furious spirit of riv-
airy. Brotherless women have had no
chance OF learning as children in what
they can rival or surpass men and in what
they must infallibly by the operation of the
mere laws of nature be outStripped. Tbev
have not the opportunity of learning with
out thinking wherein men Intend to rule
nave ruled from the beginning and will
rule to the end. 1t is not as a rule from
the houses where there are sons and
daughters both that mannish women come
but from the houses where there are no
sons or where the sons are exceptionally
weak
The boys in mixed household beat the
girls in all boys works so easily. so con-
tlnuously and SO permanently that rivalry
IN thelr pursuits dies away and the girls
turn. without effort and without much dis
appointment TO their own proper field
Above all, they learn early and without
PAIN the grand art, first perhaps of prac-
ucal feminine arts, of putting up with
tnlngs,' including a certain amount of
what many women now describe as ornres
sloh-the greater expenditure, for instance
on boys, who are destined to maintain
households. their greater liberty, which
proceeds from unalterable circumstances
and cannot be changed; and their mucb
later introduction into the active life and
business Of the world. The girls with
brothers, we think. we may assert with
confidence, are as wives much less liable
TO get frritated with their husbands than
the girls without them
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-20

and through the dining-room door with the
flowers fidgeting energetically on her hat.
She dropped squatty handbag on the
Tablet was oiled around the top like the
mouth of boy who had been eating buck
leberry pie.
I'm ready now to clean that silver" she
said.
why, what silver?" gasped Mrs. Patter-
son.
II presume it is your own. That's what
understood when was sent for
Sent for?" replied Mrs. Patterson. IT m
afraid you've made a mistake asked no
one to come and clean my silver"
You're Mrs. Patterson" was the half
anxious, half-smiling query.
Yes
The silver woman found a little note
book in her bag and corrugated her fore
head over 1t.
This is June 20?''
yes"
And the number of this fiat is 92S?''
Yes" s.
Now that is very strange. Here have
the Rev. Timothy Simpkins at 954, the
Hon. Joseph Clavering Shocks at 9l6 and
Mrs. Patterson at 926. You see 1 have to
get each days engagements in one neigh
Dor hood as nearly as 1 can, for I'm busy
woman"
The flowers on her hat fidgeted.
4
my book. How strange! I'm very sorry
to have disturbed you. Perhaps you
haven't any ah-silver."
"Oh, yes" said Mrs. Patterson quickly,
and to prove it she threw open the closet.
How pretty that is" said the woman
with a little gasp of pleasure. but real
ly, Mrs. Patterson, you should have it
brushed up. See these tarnish marks"
Mrs. Patterson thought of the Rev
Timothy Simpkins and Hon. Joseph
Shocks and she was lost.
Down came the silverware and each
piece was cleaned deftly and thoroughly,
the little woman talking all the time about
everything from grand opera to boomers
The charge for the work was 81, and
Mrs. Patterson paid her out of some
money she was saving for a new dress
That afternoon Mrs Simpkins, the wife
of the Rev. Timothy Simpkns, came in
to make a call. In the course of CONVEX
sation she said:
"Oh, did you have a silver-cleanlng wo-
man come around TO see you? Well, so did
1. She walked right in and said she'd
been ordered to come. told her she must
be mistaken, but she got out a little book
and there was my name She said she was
doing work for you and for Mrs. snooxs,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-20

insurance companies selected Mr.. F'uller,
Of Florida. These two selected Mr.. Burt
Wilder as umpire, a third arbitrator. II
ais said that Mr.. Hendrick fixed on the
sound value OF the property as between
$4,000 and $4,000. Mr.. Wilder appraised Il
at nearly 81 500. There were various
bitches and differences over the appraise-
ment but, it seems. according to report
that $4,000 has about been settled on the
amount of insurance to be paid Mrs. Cole
man. 1t is said that Mrs. Coleman has
agreed to accept $4,000, and il is known
that two of the insurance companies have
. consented to settle on a basis of $50. 600
and have sent checks to Macon in settle
ment Of their part.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-20

The patient had just described his
symptoms. and the physician grasped him
by the hand. My dear fellow he cried
i cannot tell you how delighted am that
you should come to me. You have a dis
ease which has shafled the profession for
years. Hitherto IT has always proved
fatal, and I've always wished to experI-
ment on It myself. If / save you. / Shall
be immortal; and If l don't--what's the
odds 2'-HarDer's Baza=-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-20

Custom prefixes Honorable to almost
every holder of public office; yet, so far
as we know, no citizen, not even an Off
cial OF the past or present Is styled Hon
orable by legal authority. In the old
commonwealth of Massachusetts the gov
ernor is His Excellency, and the lieu
tenant governor is His Honor, by the con-
stitution., He might, perhaps, be ad-
dressed as Hon. All other Honorables
are so by impulsive courtesy. Happily,
the President of the United States is
the model for the manner of addressing
every one of his fellow citizens. To send
a letter to the President properly to-day,
you must write, Grover Cleveland"
Buzzard's Bay. To say his Excellency,
Grover Cleveland, would be an offense
against the specific decision of the faith
ers of the republic. To write Hon. Gro
Yer Cleveland is to follow an old custom
without satisfactory justification.
1t is harsh to charge caddishness against
the use of the suffix Esquire, after it has
spread so universally among English
speaking people; but 1t ought to be
stopped, as caddish, as unnecessary, and
as contrary to the genius of the future.
Originally IL denoted a certain one of the
many social ranks among the English,
which was higher than some and lower
than others. That distinction has gone
out, but ii is still used in England to
denote gentleman" as contrasted with
a ''tradesman." A gentleman is Esq,
and Mr.. is a tradesman. Roscoe Conk-
ling, by the way of condemning this
sort of caddishness, and perhaps of throw
ing a higher light on his own individ-
uality, once struck off the Esq, which
the printer of one of his speeches had
placed at the end of the authors name.
Mr.. has still the usefulness of enabling
married women to be known as Mrs,
hut Esq. is a piece of social frippery and
should be abolished.
John Smith is the best form of title for
every citizen Of the United States, whether
President, ex-President, Judge, Cover
nor, Alderman, or only plain John Smith.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-20
AcCORDING TO CUSTOM.
Mr., ESQ., and other Modes of Adj
dress.
From The New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
Editor Of the sun: 1 notice that you US
ually prefix Hon. to the names Of
Grover Cleveland and Benjamin Harrison,
and some cad frequently uses Mr." and
ESD in connection with these names.
Is this correct etiquette? l think not
When Abraham Lincoln became Presi-
d ent there were the unusual number of five
liz ing ex-p-esidents. namely: Van Blu
rem, Tyler. Fillmore, Pierce. and Bucha-
nan. AS the secession movement took
shape. II was proposed that these venera-
BILE mel should be brought together and
attempt an adjustment of the dispute
They were addressed on the subject. Ex-
Preside Mt Pierce was addressed as
''FranI lin Pierce" Somebody took UNI
bragg .at this, and discussion of the sub
ject 70 flowed, bringing out the fact that
it had been decided that neither Hon"
Mr. nor Esq" should be used in ad-
dressink an ex-President, his full Chris
tan naI1e and surname being all that ETH
quette permitted. Therefore, according to
this authority, you are to speak of ex-
President Harrison as Benjamin Harri-
son." and il was decided in the consti-
tutional convention of 1873 that the Presi-
dent should have no title whatever, though
many people address him thus:
His E2-cellency,
Grover Cleveland
~ Executive Mansion,
- clt4 Washington,
ID. c."
Please let MS know what's what
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-20

and so let her clean the silver Just be-
fore 1 came here 1 called on Mrs. Shocks
and she had had exactly the same ex-
perienee. And you didn't order the woman
to come, either! 1t must have been all a
pretty scheme of hers, invented to get
business"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-20

Saturday nights only II D. N. from Bolton, -
Cars leaving Bolton and returning into DOE
ton street passengers change at Thunder5o41;,a
For Montgomery, and i6sS7a. m. 2:SO -
6;l5 p m, change at Sandfy. Leave NOH'
gomery, z:s0a m. ;4b, 400 and 550 p ~ IA
For Thunderbolt, cars leave Bolton su M
depot on every hour and half hour during 'N-
day aud evening.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-20
MERCHANTS AND MINERS
TRANSPORTATION CO.


TO NEW YOR<-Steamer and Rail-.
Cabin, Limited days, $3.50; Cabin. TnIinI
tied, $1,000. Excursion, $500; intermediary
$14.75. 'T
TO BOSTON-Steamer and Rail-Cabin.
Unlimited. $500; intermediate, Limited
days, $500
TO BOSTON-Steamer-C Limited
10 days. 5000, Excursion, $500! Interr1s
date Limited 10 days, $500
TO WASHINGTON-St and Rail-,
Cabin, 1920
TO ELPHIA-Steamer and Ran
Cabin, $3.50; intermediate, $3.50
TO PHILADELPHIA-St eamer-Cabln
$1,000; intermediate. si1.50.
TO BALTIMORE-Cab $500; Exeur.
sion, $500; intermediate. $1,000
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-20
EXPERT FISHERS OF MEN.
SCHEMES EMPLOYED TO GAIN THE
BUSY MANS ATTENTION.


Victim by Sheer Audnctty-WOmen
Are Expert In the business, Too.
From the Chicago Record
If the canvasser IS to make a living he
must be persistent.
In order to sell his books or patent arti-
Gle he must attract the attention Of the
would-be purchaser. And he must occupy
it long enough to get at least a third Of
the way into his talk. After that ne may
trust to his general powers of fascination
to prevail on the would-be purchaser TO
buy something he doesn't want.
So about half the canvassers time is
spent in devising schemes to circumvent
the familiar and dlsagreeable sign in the
office buildings:
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-20

Please let US know what's what.
a. Delafeld.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-20
GENERAL DEBILITY.
NERVOUS
DYSPEPSIA.

For those run down" and "out
Of sorts" generally, there IS no
better medicine in the world than
Brown 5 Iron BitteSs.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-06-08
Ike up the days program.

The editor of the Review Of Reviews.
in his running comment on The Pro-
gress Of the World In June number, re-
views the Cuban situation and England's
N~icaraguan relations at some length; he
also summarizes the probable results Of
peace in the far East. Other interna-
tional matters which receive attention 10
the editorial pages Of the Reviews are
the relief OF Chitral, German and Aus
trian politics, France and the Nile, Il Q
new speaker OF the British House of
Commons, elections In Greece and Den.
mark, the Pope's Encyclical to England,
and the school question in Manitoba. On
the side of home politics, considerable
space is devoted to the silver contro.
vsrsy, the annulment Of the income tai
and the prospects OF civil service reform
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-06-08
CAPTAIN TO BLAME
Loss of the Steamer Colima
Due to Her Commanders
ObStinacy.
THE STORY Of THE SURVIVORS
Passengers Forcibly Restr ain
ed From Obtaining Life
PreServers.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 8.-The Call,
in its story of the wreck Of the Colima
as told by the survivors Of the wrecked
vessel, says: The ship was overloaded,
badly loaded. top heavy loaded-all
agree to it. When the gale struck her,
she weathered it badly. Then she Ca.
reened. There was q list to starboard
and she did not right again. Men called
out to the captain to cut away the deck
loading Of heavy spars. The captain
was obdurate. He knew his business,
or fancied he did, and would brook nc
suggestions from what he called the
terrified and panic stricken passengers.
The ship listed more and more. Then
she lost her steering power. The cap
tain rang for steam and would
not cut loose the deck load. The panic
on board grew worse, the fear Of death
more intense. Then the captain gave
orders for the crew to keep the passen'
gers within bounds. Whether those
orders went SO far IS to
withhold Life Preservers-
from the passengers and to permit
those who sought to do SO to come OF
deck where they might have had
chance of battling with the waves i
not known at this time. Steerage ant
cabin passengers say they sought t.
obtain life preservers and were forcibl!
restrained from doing so. Down il
the Storage, guard was posted at TIN
companionway door and those who es
capped to the deck in time to cast them
selves into the sea before the vesse
went down, did so only by main force
by kicking and fighting their way pas
the guard.
Those who were saved are some o
those who were wiser than the captain
who could see their peril more clearl.
and had wit enough to throw them
| selves into the sea before the Collin
gave her last list to starboard. As sh
did this, the captains whistle sounde'
to cut loose the deckload Of spars.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-06-08
Christ Hath Risen"

All at once is heard in the distance
the clear boom Of the annon %announc-
ing the hour Of midnight. The Russian
priest, standing on the steps Of the al
tar, swings his censer and in
tones which penetrate to the farthest
cornersof the edifice, ''Christos voskres'
Christ hath risen), and the people an
swer him with one voice, "Vo istine
voskres" Gin truth he hath risen). The
woman standing nearest the priest lights
her taper at the consecrated n present
ed to her by him, her neighbor in turn
receives the light from her, and so on,
till in a minute, as it were, the chapel
was illuminated with a hundred lights.
Fathers and mothers, son and daugh-
ters, friends and relations embraced
n another, kissing three times on the
forehead and either cheek and exchang.
ing the Easter greeting. The whole con-
gregation, then passingbefore the priest,
did the same with him, and high mass
now followed. chambers Journal.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-06-08

Press and Dakotan, 6: In a recent is
sue of the Cleveland World there are
seven columns of opinions OF prominent
men all over the United States relatlve
to the infamous Memorial day cartoon
published in Puck. None of these ex-
preston of opinion were decidedly the
reverse. The cartoon represents a grand
army parade headed by a banner Oh
which was inscribed: I'VE will contin-
ue to save the country SO long as there is
a dollar in the treasury" Uncle Sam Is
pictured sitting by the roadside, in the
attitude of a mendicant, labeled. II am
busted" The insinuatiou is that the
veterans represented IN this funeral day
parade are responsible for the condition
of the treasury and should therefore be
held up to pubic execration. This is A
base insult, of course, to men who,
thirty odd years ago, we're afflicted with
the notion that the country was worth
saving and went out and saved it-a
studied insult from the leading pictorial
organ Of the democrotic party.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-06-08
HE KEPT THE, CHECK.
Turfman Green Morris Was Too Cunning
For the Banks.

Turfman Green Morris Was Too Cunning
For the Banks.
With so many bank robberies all
around us it is no surprising that there
should be some uneasiness among deposit
tors. In general, however, the New
Yorker has q clear head. He has faith in
the Clearing House association, because
he really does not quite understand the
mystery of it, and he believes in his
bank through thick and thin because he
has seen the banks of the city stand to-
gether in support Of a weakened institu.
ton. I am reminded of what happened
to Green Morris, the turfman, who lived
in Brooklyn and raced horses on all the
tracks of the metropolitan circuit. He
had a big year of winnings at Monmouth
park, and received at the end Of the sea-
son a check from the association for
$67 900. Eighteen months later he
showed that check to me, considerably
worm.
"Why, Green said rep%roachfully,
''this check is IS months old. What dc
you mean by keeping it 30 long? 1t il
nearly worn out. Don't You know that
a check should be deposited at nee OF
cashed? Suppose the bank was to fail?'
Green chuckled knowingly and wink
ed as he folded it up and put it back il
his pocketbook.
Il amt been racin bosses for nothir
these goin Oh nigh 90 year. I amt got
no faith in no banks. They's too mucl
failin to suit me. That whit I've allu.
been afraid of, an that's why I'm holdi1
III to my check. Iain't a-goin to have
no bank failin with my money in thu
safe. Besides I amt had no use for tn
$67, 900, an it's jes' as easy to keep it il
my pocket this way
This same Green is worth now $500,
900 or $500, 900, and yet cannot writ
his name.-New York Press.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-06-08
HE WAS TOO SMART.
The Experience Of y Countryman With
London Confidence Men.

London has its confidence men, who
are qnite as expert as Americas. says a
writer in the Boston Herald. Their
methods are very similar. 1t is not
worth while to record their routine oper-
ations, but one recent instance, as illus
trative of their resources, Is amusing
and instructive. An old Scotch travel
ing man, who bore somewhat h APP
pearance of q c~ountryman, but who
knew the ropes perfectly, was accosted.
He decided to have some fun at the ex-
pense Of the would be swindlers, so he
pretended to fall readily in with their
statements-to be d particularly easy
victim. They bought him a splendid
dinner, calling him Mr.. Kenny Of Dun
dee-a name which they had caught
from a travelling bag which he had bor-
rowed from a friend. He enjoyed their
hospitality hugely, and ate prodigiously
and extensively. They paid the bill, and
began the usual talk about a lottery
prize, etc. Then he saw it was about
time to ''cap their game" Said he:
"Gentlemen, I thank you for the din
ner. 1t was very good, and l have had a
very pleasant time with you. But !
won't go to see you draw your lottery
prize. Oh, no! I know all about the lot
terry prize, My name is not Donald
Kenny. 1t is Robert Ferguson, and I'm
not from Dundee, but from Lochnoven,
where I've lived with my daughter for
90 years. l am too old a fish to be
caught. Good night
And he went his way rejoicing.
Two weeks later, when he went home
to his daughter in L~ochnoven, II of the
first things she said to him was:
did you get the geo all right:'
What e2O?"
"Why the $50 you telegraphed for. ,
And it developed that the confidence
men whom he had beaten at their owl
game had an ace up their sleeves, which
they played after he had left them.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-06-08


The date Of the termination OF the war
OF the rebellion has come up in connec-
ton with the allowing OF pensions, and
has long been a mooted question. Sol
dlers enlisting before a certain date and
for the wal may be entitled to a pension,
while others enlisting after that date are
considered to have enlisted in the regu-
lar army and not entitled to pensions
granted the volunteer soldiers. In "a
certain case the tsupreme court decid-
ed that the war closed August -, 1866.
but the assistant secretary OF war now
decides that enlistments in the loyal
states after April ID, 1865, when recruit
ing in them ceased, will not be deemed
enlistments in or for the val Of the re
bellion. In the other states, territories
and the District of Columbia, June l,
1865, will be taken as the final date, as
enlistments then ceased in these parts of
the country. and July /, 1865, when the
blockade of southern ports was raised.
will be taken as the final date for war
enlistments OF the navy. +
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-06-08

The Sioux Indians of the Crow Creek
reservation are making great prepare
tIons to celebrate the Fourth of July.
"The big Sunday" AS is called by them,
is looked forward to with great expecta
ton. The Crow Creek Indians have in-
vited the Yankton, Brule, Sisseton,
Standing Rock and Cheyenne agencies
to participate In a grand celebration at
their agency at Crow Creek. There will
probably be several thousand Indians
present. The great event Of the day
will be a sham battle between the differ.
ent tribes. Following this the chiefs
smoke the pipe Of peace and the athletic
sports begin, Indian baseball, foot racing
horse racing, boat racing, ETC., helping t.
make up the days program.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-06-08
DINNER A IA Russo.
Food Served From . Side Table-F1swen
and Conversation.

B~VD
and Conversation.
Dinner o la Russe-although for the
matter Of that it might be dinner Fan
glais, q l'Italien. with just as good
reaeon-in spite Of its rather fashion
able NAME, is really a very simple per-
Torrance. 1t merely means that, instead
Of having the various dishes composing
the repast all put upon the table at once,
they are placed or a a side table and
served from there by the servant. who
passes each in turn. This affords a
chance for some decoration upon the ia
BILE. There is usually some sort OF en-
broidered centerpiece. The chances are
that it was achieved by II Of the love-
" daughters or even by the lady OF the
house herself, and it is always wise to
remark upon the elaborateness of the
stitch or the beauty of the design if you
are a CUES ell famille. That not only
calls out the history of the centerpiece
and makes conversation, but lays up
treasures for you in heaven and estab-
fishes your reputation for good taste and
appreciation Of the truly beautiful.
On this oenterpiece a bowl OF flowers
Is commonly placed. In establishments
where money is no object orchids, ala
mandas, rare ferns and the newest, cost
lest roses appear and are changed from
day to day. But daisies and clover can
be arranged Just as effectively and cost
nothing but the trouble OF gathering
| them, while in the winter there are jar.
dinieres of pierced silver, which can be
| filed with maidenhair or some other
| delicate fern, and with a little care kept
| green and thrifty for weeks. The ole
| fashioned coasters used as stands for de
canters are often utilized in this way,
for any tinsmith can make a lining fol
them in which plants will grow like &
green bay tree. The effect OF flowers or
the table can hardly be calculated. They
| have more charms than music to soOtht
the savage breast, and any sentimental
list of your acquaintance a tell OF in
stances where a glass bowl OF nastur
tiums tastefully arranged before him ha
60 wrought on the feelings OF paterfa
milias that he has said not a word abou
the overdone mutton or the soggy unde
crust Of his apple pie.
If your table be a dream Of beauty
you will not require half such a heart
meal. The entire company will be S
wrapped up in admiring the scheme Q
color and the originality Of your com
binations that no one will be aware @
the smallness of the portions you serve
Fully half the expense Of your posie
W :, thus be saved at the outset. SO tina
they commend themselves to economist
as we'll as to aesthetics. Boston Herald