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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-04
Floridians Not pisheartened.

Notwithstanding the vast damage done
in Florida by the recent cold weather the
great majority of the people of that state
are not Respondent. They regard the flu
ture hopefully. They are not thinking of
asking aid or of moving out Of the state.
They are confident now as they have ever
been that Florida Is the best state in the
union in which to make a living ana get
ahead in the world.
1t is true that the fruit and vegetable
crops have been ruined and hundreds of
thousands OF dollars of damage have done
to fruit trees, but they have a soil and eli
mate that permits the growing of some
kind of a crop every month in the year.
The truck farmers viii be almost as
well off two or three months hence as
they were before the cold wave swept
over the state. The orange trees have
been hurt, and very badly hurt, but it
will be found that the orange crop next
year viii be a pretty big one.
The energy and courage of the Flori-
dams are sufficient 20 overcome all obsta-
cles and surmount all difficulties There
were damaging cold spells in years
gone by and they created the impression
in the minds of the pess.mists
that Florida had no future. But the state
has shown beyond the qestion of a doubt
that she has a future and a great one.
The planting of orange groves and pine
apple orchards will go on just as II the
recent cold wave had not killed orange
trees and pineapple plants. That is what
has occurred heretofore and ii is what will
occur again.
And. after all, the damage TO the orange
groves may not prove to be as great as
it is thought it will be by many. Our cor
respondents show that the weather after
the freeze was of a kind 10 permit the
trees to recover their vitality. 1t will be
sometime before there can be anything
like fair estimate of the damage the
trees have suffered.
Many OF those who were in compar-
atively comfortable circumstance when the
cold wave came may have to exercise a
good deal of economy during the next year
or two, but they are not thinking of aban-
don!ng the state. Every state has her
drawbacks. The drawbacks of Florida are
| less disastrous to the maternal condi-
| ton of her people than those of almost any
/ other state.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-04
BRIGHT BITS.

She-.'Do you think a girl ought to let
man kiss her before she marries him -
He-"Yes, if she expects to be kissed al
all. New York World.
one Of the peculiarities Of Christmas is
the manner in which tive-cent tin horn
Will survive fifty expensive but noiseless
gifts Washington Star.
Hicks-"And how did the fellow look
after the fight; serious eh?''
Wicks-' Well, Yes, he did wear rather a
raped expression. Boston Transcript.
7 never give anything to a young,
healthy person"
Beggar-"Do you expect me TO become
an old cripple just to suit you?"-Flie-
gende Batter.
Beating about the Bpsh-A.-"What.
You call me a swindler?'
B.--"No; but am prepared to give ten
marks to any one who proves to me the
contrary. Wespen.
NO" said the college professor of lit
erature i haven't read novel in five
years. | am not very fond of scientific
discussions or treaties on physiology and
pathology. boston Transcript.
The Visitor-"Can you tell me where
Lincoln park iS2'
The Policeman prmed for his examin-
ation)-"I beg your pardon, sir; but al
low me to remark that you probably in
tended to say, win you tell me, etc If
IL was really your intention, however, to
use the auxiliary of the potential mood
shall be pleased to answer Yes =
Chicago Record.
And you have written poetry" she ex-
claimed admiringly.
oh, yes" she answered in a tone of
Indifference
And II was accepted by the editor?'
1T was"
Tell me: what do you think the most
arduous thing about being lterary?"
FINDING somebody who will bother
about eashing check for fifty cents
Truth.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-04
Not Truokling to Santa CLAUS.

This is the season for Santa Claus sto-
ries, and here Is a good one from Newport,
says the Providence Journal.
a lively youngster down in that city has
q great desire TO become the owner of d
goat, so one day last week he called up the
chimney of his home TO apprise Santa
Claus of his wish. Hailing the old gentle-
man supposed to inhabit these regions, he
told his story in these words:
Santa Claus, | want a goat. Send me a
goat for Christmas"
Now it so happened that the youngster' $
father was in room above, aud he heard
the boys appeal to Santa Claus and sent
back the answer down the chimney:
You cant have any goat"
The little fellow, not at all abashed by
this somewhat unexpected result of his APP
peal was equal TO the situation, and he
sent back to the supposed Christmas d.
Vinity the defiant reply:
Well, keep your old goat then. I don
want it anyhow"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-04

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Ca
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-04

depends. When the supply was drawn
from the crop of natural ice solely the
price was governed to a considerable ex-
tent by the size of the crop harvested.
But thai was before men had learned how
to corner cold with machinery and
squeeze it. In these days the natural ice
crop cuts a minor figure in the ice mar
ket. There would be no necessity for an
Ice famine if only a half, or quarter.
Of a crop were harvested. ana the ma
chine men would not permit the market
to be glutted if a double crop were har-
vested. Rate wars. ana not cold wealth
sr. are the things that bring down the
prices Of ice.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-04

The movement to send succor from
the south to famine-stricken Nebraska
grows apace; and it deserves encourage
ment. 1t may be suggested to South
Georgia that corn and meal are not the
only things that could well be sent to the
Nebraskans. A few barrels Of Georgia
syrup would be a graceful addition to
The contribution gratefully received by
the sufferers. The great north and north
west have not yet learned that Geor-
gia produces a syrup that is not surpassed
by the syrup Of New Orleans or Cuba.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-04

Amanda Gertrude johnson, aged 70. ne
gress, Of Pittsburg. Pa. Transformed her
self into white lady" with a coating OF
paint and ran away from home 70 see
the world. A policeman arrested her and
scrubbed her black again, and q justice
sent her TO d society home TO De properly
restrained. The policeman and the jus
uce did wrong. Amanda Gertrude had
merely acted upon the othodox and ap-
proved Pennsylvania idea that the diff
ference between the races is merely a
question Of color. and there was Certainly
nothing criminal in removing with a layer
Of white lead that petty difference. Amsn-
da Gertrude was grievously wronged, and
ought to bring spit for aarnages.
Thank heaven. the people viii now
shortly be given a breathing spell from
elections. mass meetings. primaries. club
meetings and caucuses. II the energy.
mental and physical that is spent in
Georgia upon politics were turned to
agriculture. commerce and manufactur-
ms. Georgia would shortly be a richer
state than Pennsylvania.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-04
Finance aud tho New Congress-.
From the Philadelphia Times lndO.

Il certain relief could reasonably be ex-
peCted from the new congress this course
would not be so tatuous. But the new
House, made up mainly of new men, a
majority elected by the votes of the same
people who two years ago voted with the
democrats, can no more be trusted than
the present House to enact a sound finan-
cial measure. on the contrary, the very
divisions now apparent among the friends
OF honest money give new inspiration t.
the inhationists and free silver advocates
They could be silenced now by iudicious
currency reform, but in the new congress
they will be found more determined than
before.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-04
- centraI cannot subseribe.

The Law. according 20 Judge Speer's In
trepretat.on OF o. prohibits the Central
railroad from subscribing for bonds Of
the Atlanta exposition. The exposition
company wanted tile Central railroad to
take So89 Of the bonds and the Georgia
railroad 5000.
We have no doubt that Judge speer
has stated the Iaw correctly. The road
IS in the bands Of receivers and it IS the
business Of the receivers 20 manage It
so that 10 VIII yield as much as possible
10 the security holders. IL is presumed
that the security holders believe that the
proposed investment would have been ben
ohcial 10 the road. The chances are that
the bonds would have been pad at their
maturity. as they are a Len on the gate
receipts and the Central is Interested in
making the exposition a success. The
freight and passenger business Of the
road will be increased cons. derably by
the exposition. Indeed. the profits on the
increase Of bus. ness that the exposition
WIN bring to the ROAD IS likely 10 be very
much greater than the amount Of bonds
the road was asked To- take.
The taking Of the bonds. however.
would be a risk outside Of the regular bus
iness OF The road. and the law does not
permit roads in receivers hands to take
risks Of that KIND. We have no doubt
that the decision VIII be very generally
approved. though the desire that the ex-
position shall be assisted in every legit-
innate way IS felt throughout the state
The other roads leading to Atlanta that
are not IN the control Of receivers VIII
not be influenced by the decision in the
Centrars case. The bonds that the Cen
trial was expected TO take viii be dis
posed of to advantage IN some other way.
The exposition win not be crippled IN any
respect 1t is bound to be successful.
Money to carry IL forward, in accordance
with the plans that have been adopted,
VIII be forthcoming. 1t may require
great deal Of good hnanc.ering to meet
all of its obligations until the revenues
come IN, but the men at the head Of it can
be depended upon to ind all the money
that may be needed.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-04

Robert Louis Stevenson died too soon.
He might have been a king to all intents
and purposes had he lived a few Years.
when he could have eXerted powerful
influence in behalf of civilization. 1t is
said he was regarded with reverence by
the samoans and that the Germans
looked upon him as the one man who
stood between them and their domina-
ton of the Samoan Islands. Had Steven
son lived there probably would have been
no foundation for the reports Of attempted
canniaalism in the islands. His indu-
ence upon the ruler and the people was
very great
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-04
Jingoisn in Japan.
From the Philadelphia Record (DemN.

Not few Of the native Japanese news
papers seems TO be suffering from a Sc
rious attack of Jingoism. The sugges-
ton that the cession of the better half Of
the Chinese empire shall be insisted upon
as one OF the terms OF peace is sheer
madness. The Japanese Jingoes have evi-
IDENTIFY overlooked the fables Of Esop in
their haste 10 acquire the essence of west
ern civilization. The story Of the frog
who ina gined that he could initiate himself
until he should attain the size of an OK
would be very GOOD reading for these
Japanese sWeilheads.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-04
Sovereign Favors the South.
from the New Orleans States CDe

General Master Workman Sovereign's
emphatic Endorsement of the south as a
limited means, will certainly have the eff
feet of turning southwark many people
from the north and northwest The
willing to turn their hands to any kind
of manual labor, but it has its surplus of
people who are hunting snaps and kid
glove Jobs.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-04

Philadelphia is teaching New York that
1t is better to be slow than Inconsistent
Philadelphia has arrested Anarchist Now
bray and will probably send him to prison
New York denounced Mowbray. but per-
mitted him to teach incendiarism and
murder unmolested.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-04
E Ques ion of COLLARS.

A lily white blond young man entered
weel known haberdasher's few days
ago TO purchase some collars, says the
New York Advertiser. After examining
the various styles from the low water
mark to the tWenty-ei ght story fiat, he Sc
lected two at 20 cents each.
They are three for 80 cents" said the
clerk
well, give me two"
Better take three for half a dollar" re-
piled the clerk.
Il only want two"
Yes, but two costs 40 cents, and YOU
get three for 5O-one for a dime, see?'
said the clerk.
Cant / buy two?" auxiously inquired
the blond young man; Il only want TWO"
"Of course, but you save 10 cents by TAX
ing three, responded the clerk. III just
wrap up three for half a dollar"
Look here; know what ] want. You
wrap up TWO collars"
But, SIR
Il want two collars. and I have 40
cents to pay tor them. and
You lose q dme-three for So" in
sisted the clerk, as he reluctantly wrapped
up the neckwear
Il don't care a d" howled the blond
young man, in a rage. Il know what
Want-tWO collars q beer and nickel to
pay my street car fare home. Sec Now
can ] get two collars for 10 cents, or not?'
and the blond young man foamed at the
mouth in his righteous indignation.
He got the two collars. The clerk
swooned. He hadn't thought of the beer
ana the street car"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-04
CURRENT COMMENT
Elections in Georgia.

From the Atlanta Journal, Jan. >, DemO.
A state election in October, a congress
sional election in November. city cleo
tion in December, a county election to-daN
and an election for justices of the peace
next Saturday, besides half dozen pri-
maries, have kept the voters of Atlanta
busy since last fall, and have delighted
the strikers and heelers who prey on can
dllates.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-04

A romantic story Of New York society
is being told in the newspapers. A hus-
band, long alicnatcd from his wife, saw
a new portrait Of her at the recent loan
exposition OF portraits of women. 1t was
the counterfeit presentment Of very
beautiful woman. The sight of it awak-
ened old memories. and, so the story
goes. induced real contritlon and repent
ance. In short, they have become recon-
clled and reunited, and have gone on a
tour together. with the blessing of their
friends and the hope that they may be
happy ever hereafter. Young couples
who read this paragraph should under
stand that the moral taught is: Save all
the portraits possessed in the sweet and
caHow days Of billing and cooling. Burn
the letters.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-04

Mr.. Flagler probably never dreamed. in
his highest flights of Imagination. that he
would become so famous person as
the governor of Texas and Florida have
made him. His name has been embalmed
In the archives Of two states
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-04
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Meetings-Landrum Lodge No. As. f. d
a. NJ; Live oak Lodge No. 3, 1. o. o. F.;
Tammany Club.
Special Notices-Strong's Syrup Of
Tolu. etc, for Coughs and Colds. Harvey
& Bussey; Proposals for Furnishing City
With Live Oyster Shells; As to Bills
Against British Steamship Ross-Shire;
Dissolution Notice. Mattair q Harris
Oranges, Apples, Lemons. Est. S w.
Branch As to Bills Against the British
Steamship Silverdale; To the Charitable,
y. II. Levy & Bro.
Auction Sales-Car Load of Plaster and
Cement, by l. d. LaRoche. Auctioneer.
Black Friday Sale-Appel & Schaul.
Steamship Schedule Ocean Steamship
Company.
Amusements-Hoyt' "a Trip to China
town" at Theater Monday. Jan. Z.
A Black Friday Sale-Appel a schaul.
Old Mrs. Hopkins-B. II. Levy & Bro.
Another Feature-Falk Clothing Com
pany.
Cheap Column Advertisements-He
Wanted; Employment Wanted. For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
Why, certainly, Atlanta needs a Lexow
committee, a DR.. Parkhurst and John
W. Goff. Did anybody ever hear of either
New York or Chicago having anything
that Atlanta did not Immediately dis
cover a need for?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-04

1t is not to Kenuckys credit that she
permits Breckenridge to be a factor in
her senatorial contest. Breckenridge has
been repudiated by public opinion. and
the states and cities are individually reg
istering their condemnation of him as he
swings around the circle on his lectur-
ing tour. What preposterous presump-
tion on the part of Breckenridge. that
he should lecture people,"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-04

II the governor OF FLORIDA does not
succeed any better in aiding the suppress
sion of monopolists than he did in the
suppression of a prize highland it ap-
pears that he will not-he had as well
quit trying to be original and follow re-
ligiously in the footprints of precedent.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-04

the bids received for the contraction
of the government building at
the Atlanta exposition show that
Georgia contractors are prepared
- and well prepared to compete
against the whole country for big jobs
of work. The Georgians' bids We're con-
siderably lower than the bids of contrac-
tors in other cities. and home folks will
probably do the work. The publication
of the figures ought to draw attention TO
Georgia pluck and progress in the build
ing line.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-04

Two years ago, when the Mckinley bill
was in fun force and the prospects Of
a revision of the tariff by the democrats
was very dim, the price of plate glass
was $40 a square foot. The price of the
same article in Pittsburg to-day is 29ls
cents a square foot--less than one-eighth
the price it was. In the meantime the
wages of the operatives have been re-
duced about 10 per cent. These figures
are quoted in a Pittsburg dispatch as
having been furnished by MIR. c. B.
Mclean, a director of the Pittsburg Plate
Glass Company, and show who gets the
profits squeezed out by the tariff
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-04
Lok : of the Nirht


John Kendrick Banks, Harper's Weekly.
Blessed jokes of my dreams! Your praises
I'd sing.
No mirth can compare to the mirth that
you bring.
I've read London Punch from beginning
to end.
On ali comic papers much money I
spend,
But naught that is in them can ever
Besides the rich jokes that [ dream of at
night.
How laugh at those jests Of my brain
when at rest,
The gaddest and merriest, sweetest and
best
And how, when I wake in the morning
and try
To cali them to mind, oh. how bashful.
how shy
They seem, how they scatter and hide out
Those Jokes of my dreaming, those jests
of the night.
Take the one that came to me to-day Just
The Gable Car turns and remarks to the
The Crowbar is seasick; but then what
Of that,
AS long as the Camel won't wear silk
hat2'
I lqughede-why. I laughed till my wife
For fear I'd 90 wild from that joke of the
night.
And they're all much like that one-elus-
i've enough.
Yet full of facetious. hilarious stuff
Stuff past comprehension, stuff no man
dares tell;
For nocturnal jests, cen told ever so
we'll
IT'S odd it should be so-are not often
bright,
Except to, the dreamer who dreams them
at night
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-04

A Pennsylvania steel company recently
received from the Russian government a
large contract for naval armor plates,
in competition with the world. Sweden
now wishes a large lot Of armor plate.
1t is understood two Pennsylvania COM
panies have submitted estimates and
bids. and that there are good prospects
of the contract coming to this country
Yet the protectonlsts insist that the steel
industry needs the fostering care of the
government.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-04

It is expected that Senator Sherman
during the remaining two me aths of this
congress viii devote much of his time to
his war on the sleeping car com
pan.es. HIS bin to reduce sleep
ing and parlor car rates is one
in which the travelling public is greatly
interested and he is certain to have all
the encoura cement he desires in his cam
paign against the Pullman and Wagner
companies.
The broken sidewalks to which the at
tentlon of the city council has been di-
rected have not yet been mended. This is
a matter that should be attended to with
out delay. Some one will stumble and re-
ceive a serious injury some night and the
city will be out several thousand dollars
in damages.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-04

When the reorganization of the New
York police force comes to be effected
the authorities will find themselves con
fronted with a condition that may touch
the city purse heavily Under the law,
policemen who have served twenty years
are entitled to retirement on a pension.
A canvass Of the department shows that
there are 5l2 men in active service elig-
ible for retirement under the twenty year
law. Every officer above the rank Of cap
tain, and twenty-eight captains out of
thirty-fvc. are on the eligible list To
retire and pension all of these men-and
a great many of them may ask for it I'M
der the law-and to iii their places with
new men would increase the item for
police in the city budget to a considerable
extent
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-04
TELEPRON SUBSCRIBERS.
HELLO! HELLO! HELLO!

poses to print In this column a classified
LIST Of its subscribers. Perhaps your name
sis not in It" If so. can YOU afford not to
have a telephone at your place of busi-
ness? Can you? And what a comfort
and a safeguard it is to have one at
your res. dence,
Rates for Exchange service $500 and
upward, according to use.
Call on the manager or send him word
and he Will call on you.
We print to-day the classified names OF
q number of our subscribers.
K. H. POLK. Manager.
JOHN D. EASTERLIN.
District Superintendent.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-04

the Cleveland administration Is not
nearly so well liked in Washington as
was the Harrison administration" be-
cause the heads Of the departments ere
fuse to run things on a scale generous
enough to please some of the politicians"
These displeased politicians are probably
congressman ana heelers who are after
soft snaps" That they are not per
mitted to have their own way win be re-
membered by the people to the credit of
the administration.