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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-01
southern Delegates Not in Favo

Southern Delegates Not I'm Favor.
It looks now as if there would be fewer
delegates from the south in the next ma
tional republican convention than in pre-
vious national conventions of the republic
can party. The south contributes no cleo
toral votes to the republican presidential
candidate and the republican leaders are
about tired of permitting the south to eX-
ercise so much influence in making the
national republican ticket. There is also
a pretty strong belief that the great ma
jority of the southern republican leaders
are active in politics for the money that
is to be made and the Offices that are to
be obtained. Many stories have been told
of the mercenary spirit shown by southern
delegates at national conventions.
A proposition has been submitted by the
chairman of the national republican COM
mittee to the members of the committee,
to the party leaders and to republican con-
gressmen for changing the basis of repre-
scntation in the next national convention
which, from all accounts, is being viewed
with much favor. At present each con-
sressional district is entitled to two dele
gates, and each state to four delegates.
1t is proposed to give each state,
territory and the District of Columbia two
delegates at large and each congressional
district one delegate, together with an ad-
ditional delegate for each 1000 votes cast
for the republican electoral ticket at the
last presidential election.
If this plan should be adopted there
would be a gain of forty-four votes in six
of the fifteen southern states and a loss
of seventy votes in the other nine states
making a net loss of southern delegates of
twenty-six. The number of delegates from
all the other states would be greatly in
creased.
The republicans of the south will doubt
less protest vigorously against the lessen
ing Of the number of their delegates, and
consequently of their influence in the next
national convention, but if the proposed
basis of representation should be adopted
they would have no right to complain For
a good many years they have received big
returns on very small capital-returns
to which they are not entitled. 1t is not
likely therefore. that their protest would
be effective. The time has come when the
national party thinks the southern wing
of the party must do something to show
that it is entitled to the benefits it claims
There is hardly republican leader Of
prominence who is not tired OF the scan
dals that crop out in connection with the
southern delegates at national conven-
tions, and the hearty appreciation that is
shown for the proposed new basis of rep
resentation indicates purpose to sup
press the southern delegate to as great an
extent as possible.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-01
personal.

Leonard Huxley is writing a biogra-
ply Of his distinguished father Pref
Huxley.
Pope Leo wrote his will in Latin many
years ago. The disposition of his vast
estate is profound secret
AIR. George Augustus Sala mas just
joined the Roman Catholic church in
Brighton, England
The King of Portugal is a most en-
thusiastic ornithologist and possesses a
very fine collection of birds from all over
the world.
-Bjornstjerne Bjornson's new play Der
Kong, IS objected to by the Danish cen
sQrshlp, as its hero is King oscar. and the
play is an attack on royalty.
Some English papers say that for
OF the Princess Maud of Wales, was only
y a month. Her mother when a girl,
had the same amount.
The King of Belgium keeps the wolf
from the door on 5000 per diem
Murphy has been given up as an Angli-
clzed corruption OF his name by an Irish
clergy man, who has taken up again the
true form, O'Morchoe
The Duke of MarlborOugh's cigarettes
must nave stopping Of cotton wool to
Keep the nicotine from his mouth In
England this is sad to be the keynote of
the dukes character. his health is not the
most robust, and he coddles himself most
carefully.
DIR. Luella Cool, an American woman,
who has been practicing dentistry in Qua
temala with great success, is in Califor-
MIA on visit She Is one OF a very few
foreigners who are allowed to practice in
been driven out by rigorous law passed
last year.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-01
A Fool and His Money

A well-dressed old gentleman of portly
bearing emerged from the Denison hotel
Yesterday afternoon carrying a roll
of paper money in his hand, says the In
dianapolis Journal. He was slightly under
the influence of liquor, and attracted con-
siderable attention by his actions. When
he reached the sidewalk he stopped for a
moment and contemplated the bills in his
right hand. With his left hand he slowly
and deliberately tore the bills from end to
from s. to $40. There was apparently $50 or
$500 in the lot. Folding the strips together.
he tore them crosswise. BY this time quite
a crowd had gathered about him and stood
watching him with considerable surprise,
and more than one eye glistened with 81
lent envy of man who could deliberately
destroy so much wealth. After tearing
the bills across the second time, he crum-
pied them up in his right hand and raised
his arm alOft, as though he were about
to hurl them into the street. In an in
slant the crowd separated, and every man
was ready to pounce upon the torn frag-
ments as soon as they should leave his
hand. He thrust his arm forward sud
denly, and there was a wild scramble i'm
the crowd, every man eager TO capture the
torn bills. But they never left his hand
Instead Of throwing them away he quietly
dropped the pieces in his oVercoat pocket
and, with a loud laugh at the expense of
the discounted spectators. ambled uD
Pennsylvania street. The spectators look
ed into each others faces with silent cha
grin, and then, without uttering a word
skunk away.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-01
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-01
4 BIack CHAPLAIN Tor the House.
From Memphis Commercial-Appeal DEM

The men who have been doing the pray
ing for congress give too much thought
to Addisonian style and elegance of com
position. They are too literary and gram
NAUTICAL Their prayers lack body; they
lack emotion, ferVor and distinctnesS. They
collared affairs and seem to be always on
dress parade before the Lord Give con-
gress an old-fashioned negro eXhorter,
wings of one of those weird, wailing, half
sung, half-shouted petitions that make the
stiffest neck to bow the hardest heart
TO melt and lash into agonizing activi-
" the dullest conscience.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-01

Ex-Congressman Bland did not lecture
in Charleston. either. 1t is said he was
too sick to speak. The spell of sickness
was fortunate, in one sense. for, Accord
ing to the News and Courier the can
ceiling Of the engagement saved The ,rcu-
bic and expense of lighting up the thoater
for the sole benefit Of Nr Bland ana the
ushers. The reception that Mr. Bland is
meeting with is enough to make anv free
silverite sick.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-01

Mr.. Charles J. Bonaparte Of Baltimore.
who is a candidate for the senatorship to
succeed Senator Gibson. is the grandson
Of Jerome Bonaparte. the youngost brother
Of The 6rst Napoleon. one of the candi-
dates against him is Mr. Wellington. 1t
is not known whether or not DE is related
to the famous Iron Duke. and II 80 what
the relationship is.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-01

A Chicago real estate dealer has pub
lshed some data showing the most re-
markable growth of real estate values In
that city during the last sixty years.
The unit Of land values he employs is a
quarter Of an acre. In 1880. when the pop
uiation Of Chicago was fifty souls. the
quarter acre of ground was worth PROB
ably so. In 1880 the population had grown
to l'09s57o. and the quarter acre in the
business portion of the city was worth
10000. The advance during the next sixty
years will not be so great. but it is safe
to say that within that time there win
be many quarter acres in Chicago that
100000 could not buy.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-01
CURRENT COMMENT.
The Passing of "A Craze.
from the New York World (Dem.)

innocent cotton and little clear think
ing have so far cured the free silver
craze at the south that but one ticket was
sold to a lecture on Free Silver by ex-
Congressman Bland, advertised in Sa-
vannah for last night AS a private con-
out for, the lecture was called off.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-01
Telling Things to Reed.

They are telling Mr.. Reed now that no
speaker of the House of Representatives
with the exception of James X. Polk, has
ever been elected President of the United
States. But Mr.. Reed is in the habit, as
speaker. of making new rules. and be-
lieves he is as likely to run against
streak of luck as Mr.. Polk.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-01

It appears that some Kansas reformers
have been doing all in thoir power to
relieve the alleged contraction Of the
currency. The state is said TO be Hooded
with counterfeit $40 bills.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-01

1t appears to be about as easy TO get d.
military title in New York as il Is ia
Georgia Mayor Strong Of New York
city, when asked how be acquired the title
OF colonel replied that in 1855 ne com
manded one division Of business mems
parade and got Il then.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-01

lanta lady. desiring a seaiskin cloak. pur-
chased one. in Atlanta. For $50. We are
compelled 10 say, regretfuily, that if the
prospective purchaser had been Savan-
nah lady. the chances are that the cloak
would have been purchased in New York,
trates the spirit Of Atlanta. and shows
why it is that Atlanta is one OF the most
prosperous cities in the country. The
same spirit needs cultiyating in Savannah,
which ought, by virtue Of its commanding
situation. to be one OF the best cities for
retail trade in the country.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-01

-Attorney-"Now tell the court the ex-
act time of night when you fell through
the manhole."
Complainant-lt was just 932 o'clock.
AttOrney-fou are marNelouslv cxaetf
COmplainant-hcs. / fell So hard tbat
the jar stopped my watch."-Chicago lie,
cord.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-01

EASTERN OFFICE. % Park Row. New
York City. c. S. Faulkner. Manager.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-09
THREE MILE.

MIR. John ChiIds aud wife and
daughter, spent Sunday with friends
at Brighten.
Mr.. and Mrs ]. D. johnson,
from Point Pleasant, spent Sun day
with ]. F. Lewis and family.
Mrs. Geo. Fridley and son, Early,
and Mrs. c. H. White, have returned
from "a visit to Ohio relatives.
Miss Mary Swisher spent Sunday
with her parents
Miss Edna Kearns spent Sunday
with her cousin, Miss Sadie Schools.
J. L. Barnett and wife and family
spent Sunday with his mother, Mrs.
Capt. James Barnett.
G. W. Barnett has purchased
himself a bicycle.
W. W. Helms spent Sunday with
his parents.
C. A. Kincade started on the 9TH
for Carlonton, Missouri, where he
expects to make his future home.
P. o. Schools family is on the
sick list.
Success to the Register is the
wish of EUGENE.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-09
An unrortunnte Question.

An ex-governor of Massachusetts
tells the following, illustrative of a
calling for business: Two brothers
had for years done an undertak-
ing business in suburban town.
The elder had a son, Thomas, and
desiring to establish him III life OBJ
tanned from his younger brother n
promise that Thomas should be tax
en- into the business whenever he
(the elder) should die. The promise
was obtained in spite of feeling on
the brother 5 part that Tom had no
calling for the business. The elder
soon died, and Thomas became his
uncle's partner.
He made good progress and was
soon sent to arrange for the funeral
of wealthy man who left as his
chief mourner a widow who had al
ready buried two husbands. Tho
youIfs man returned, having made
satisfactory arrangements as to car
riages, music, flowers, etc, much to
his unclc's JOY, who now felt that he
had Inisjudged the boy. On the fol
lowing day the uncle himself went
to see that all was going smoothly
and found Mrs. Y. in high dudgeon.
Expressing his regret and surprise,
he told Mrs. X that Tom had re-
turned on the preceding day with
everything arranged apparently sat
isfactorily and asked her what was
the matter.
We'll, " she replied, Tom did
very well until we discussed the time
at which the services should be held.
had not quite made up my mind.
when Tom, meaning to help me out,
said, AT what time have you been
accustomed to bury your husbands,
madam Boston Budget.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-09

Ex-Secretary of State VIM. A,
Ohley and Miss Lulu DowntaiD,
who were hurt in the accident at
function not long ago, were taken
to Wheeling Sunday evening in
Superintendent FitzgeraId's private
car. Mr.. Ohley was taken to the
North Wheeling hospital, and Miss
Downtain passed up the K. & M.
yesterday home to Charleston
much improved in her injuries.
United States Marshal GordeD is
reported in very good condition,
but it is not thought wise to try to
move him yet.
A LII kinds of Deeds and Justic,
n Blanks for sale at this office.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-09

A bright young American girl
spent last summer with her parents
in England Her father was much
interested in charitable work and
visited many institutions for the
poor and aged ON the trip. Most of
these buildings, particularly in the
provinces, have a square piece of
marble inserted in the bricks over
the front entrance, giving the year
of its building.
The little girl read many of these
and one day said, Papa, l think
Ammo Domini must have been an
awfully good woman to have built
all these houses for the poor. New
York Herald.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-09
A PRECIOUS RecolIectfon.

A stranger who was walking
through jackson park the other day
and noting the changes that time and
the South park commissioners are
gradually making in that historic
locality was observed to stop under
one of the trees, glance at the wood
ed island, squint at the statue of the
Republic" in the distance and care
fully examine the tree itself
Then he slowly nodded his head
several times, emitted a sigh and
softly said to bystander:
Il shall always look upon this spot
where I am standing now as the
dearest spot on earth y
1T was hero perhaps, " ventured
the other, THAT you met the young
lady to whom-to whom you were
afterward-er''
at was here, said the stranger
dreamily, that paid S475 for a
bowl of cold soup, piece of asbestus
beefsteak, slab of bakers bread
and four swallows of coffee. Chi
cago Tribune.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-09
Russian rnIrer.itl..

Russia has only H. 619 university
students with population of 120,-
600 O00rS according to The Russkaya
Schkola, or 12o to LOCO, 600, while
Germany, with so, 600, coo inhabit-
ants, has %, coo students. Moscow
is the largest university, with 3, 967
students; st. Petersburg comes next.
with 2, 675. The 1,176 at Warsaw
are almost exclusively Poles and the
1. 555 at DcrDat Germans
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-09
Editor Daily Register.

Editor Daily Register.
1t would be cause for great pub
lie rejoicing and thanksgiving, an
unexpected indication of quickening
conscience, and a marvellous mani
festation of political wisdom and
good politics, if the bosses and
leaders of political parties and opin-
ion could awaken to a "realizing
sense" of the truth "they can't fool
all the people all the time" and if
they could but recognize and com
prehend the fact that intelligence
and thought have been making vast
inroads into the domain of ignor-
ance and of superstition during the
third of the century now drawing
to it's close.
The crudulity of the masses is de-
creasing with amazing rapidly; the
schools and colleges, the libraries
and the press are mighty vehicles
for conveyance of thought, and the
diffusion of knowledge, with the
great increase of the facilities of
communication and intercourse, the
people are stimulated more and
more to think, to investigate, and to
act for themselves; and are not
longer blind followers of binder, and
often, INSCRIPTIONS guides. They
are scrambling to get out of the
bitches. They are forming their
own opinions, and are fast screwing
the courage of their convictions" to
the sticking place. They are get
ting into the way of "talkin' right
out in meetin with the most cheer
ng frequency. They do not swal-
low with that charming guileless
ness and stupidity, as they did, all
they hear from the rostrum, pulpit,
or the "stump," nor all they see in
print. Now, they demand the facts
and the proofs, with an increasing
inclination to "argy the pint" I'm
backed assertions make but slight
impression on thinking minds, and
there are not terrors in ridicule,
abusive epithets or billiDgsgate-nor
argument either-except to the
wicked and the ignorant; and such
methods most often react with stun
ming force upon those that employ
them, be he a ward heller, a pot
house politician, or an itinerant
evangelist.
The people have been lied to, and
SO outragously deceived, by those
on whom they have pinned their
political and religious faith, that
they listen with suspicion and dis
trust to what may now be told them.
But the SUP of modern thought,
and the spunk of American pro-
gress are dispelling the prejudices
and superstitions that settled in the
minds of men fomented during the
dark ages and latter by religious
zeaIots and fanatics. Partisan and
sectarian ties are weakening; they
have lost much of the strength re-
quisite to prevent assertions to "our
friends, the enemy" 1t is only
by the severest discipline maintain
ed by monstrous usurpation, by
places of pap and power, and prom
Uses of joys to come, as reward of
subserviency and submission; and
by threatened decapitations to deter
the discontents and sedicious, are
the wavering columns held to the
alignment
"QUE BEsA SUs MANos."
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-09
birthday Party.

MIR. and Mrs. jeff Hunter gave
quite an entertaining surprise party
Thursday, October Sd, in no nor
of their daughter, Mary. The sur
prise was a complete success.
The latter was away visiting
relatives in Cabell county, and
when she made her arrival about
4 p. m, she found about thirty OF
her friends assembled to celebrate
her 22d birthday. After jolly
chat over the surprise, a most ele-
CANT dinner was served at p. m.
The guests were charmingly served
by Mrs. T. J. Bryan, of Huntington,
and Mrs. w. L. Frazier, of Frazier's
Bottom. After this they were
delightfully."- entertained with music
on the guitar, by Mr.. A, j. Benja
min, of st. Louis, Missouri, also had
music from the violin and dancing
in the evening. Miss Mary received
quite number of nice presents
After several hours of social enjoy
ment, the gay party departed for
their homes, feeling kindly toward
everybody and hoping they might
live to enjoy many more birthday
parties. j. II. d.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-09
A HOMEMADE SAINT.
st. swithin and His Legendary Power Over
the Weather.

st. Swithin and His Legendary Power Over
the Weather.
AS st. Swithin, confessor, bishop
and patron of Winchester, S62, or
about two centuries before the Nor
man conquest, was never properly
canonized by the pope he has no very
high place in the annals of Chris
tendon, yet is believed to be irwin
chile as a weather prophet.
st. Swithin had a certain local
fame, however, as the patron saint
of Winchester until the time of
Henry VIII, who ordered the name
of the Holy Trinity to be substituted.
In later years this meteorological
saint obtained a recognition that
was not exceeded by that of st.
George or st. Patrick. Everywhere
in the British isles the power of st.
Swithin to control the weather is
admitted.
The 18th day of July is named in
the calendar as ST. Swithin's day.
If it rains ON that day, then it will
rain for 40 days, if not consecutively
then in irregular order. So positive
are ignorant people who depend
upon legendary knowledge of this as
a fact that an old wife who had the
matter disproved to her by eye rec
ord said glibly, How dost know it
dinna pain l. the night?" They will
not allow discredit to be cast on
their weather saint.
The origin of the superstition is
said TO be this: Bishop Swithin be-
fore he died expressly desired that
he might be buried in the open air.
AT the period of his secular canoni-
cation, however. it was proposed to
honor his bones with tomb in the
new cathedral But when the at
tempt was made to transfer his re-
mains it rained so hard and fast for
40 days that the work could not pro-
coed. The vulgar mind at once con-
ceived the idea that this natural
manifestation was due to the saints
displeasure, and the plan of exhu-
nation was abandoned.
There is quaint saying in some
parts of England that when the
saint sends rain it is to christen the
apples" His wish to lie in the open
court of the church was that the
sweet rain of heaven" might fall
upon his grave.
No one probably would be moro
surprised at this legendary view of
a simple request than the good bish-
op himself, who by his merits and
piety rose from humble monk to
the bishopric of Winchester cathe-
dral From all accounts given to
the world by contemporaries he
seems to have been a patriotic and
broad minded man, one far in ad-
vance of the time in which he lived,
and of public spirit, as he built the
first stone bridge ever erected in that
part of the country. 1t spanned the
river Itchen and was an object of
much interest to all the country
side
= To st. Swithin 1.-THE rent, pro-
vision for the English clergy, owes
its Inauguration. = Detroit Free
Press.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-09
Ills Tale.

Have you finished your story.
Mr.. Serjeant Byless" asked Mr.. Pea
cock, Q. c., somewhat superciIious-
y as the serjeant sat down in the
court after an elaborate speech to
the judges.
Il have, was the quiet reply.
given with the quiet smile for which
the SERGEANT was noted, land now.
Mr. Peacock, you can unfold your
tale. Household Words.