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The advocate., 1895-03-20

IOnB way 5nOtb OF naVlng constant
employment, and time lost must be
considered in figuring the average
wage for the year. This does not
enter into the table from which the
Voice derives it's data.
(9 In arriving at a fair average
Of daily wages all classes of lsborers
should be considered. The investi-
CATION should not be limited to
skilled lsborers, or to that portion
only whose wages are affected by the
influence Of labor organizations. Il
should include the man who works
upon the grade as well as the man
who runs the engine. It should in
clude the common day laborer as well
ss the mechanic. It should also in
clude the farmer. The Voice makes
a fatal mistake when in estimating
the increase Of the purchasing power
of ten hours labor since 1865, it In
cludes the decline in the price of
products as an element in this in
crease, and fails to include with the
lsborers, in making up Its average of
wages the farmers whose earnings
have suffered SO ire mendously from
this decline. Are not farmers labor
erg, and should they not be 80 con-
sidered in any calculation seeking to
arrive at conclusions respecting the
average earnings Of lsborl
(3) Taking the most favorable
view that can be taken Of the dis-
gram and tables presented by the
Voice-that view which leads the
Voice to conclude that 'there is no
doubt that he (the American work
ingman) is better fed and better
clothed than ever before" and the
fact, If it is a fact, applies only to
those Workingmen who are employed
under the most favorable conditions
and in the best paid sVocstions 1t
is not true Of miners nor of,common
day lsborers anywhere. The Voice
itself recognizes this fact in the issue
containing the diagram and tables
under consideration. In another
editorial it says:
Pennsylvania and Ohio coal miners are
starving and freezing. So great is the dis
tress in the latter state that Governor Mo
Kinley not long ago issued public appeal
for aid to the miners. The Feason for this
poverty and suffering is found in the fact
that the coal companies have combined TO
restrict the output Of coal, putting their
men on short working-time, while at the
same time they have reduced wages to a
point where the miners working full time
are only just able to keep the wolf from the
door. According TO the report of state
commission just made, Ohio coal miners
under this system of private monopoly Of
the mines have had dusing the last year an
average income of just q cents a day each,
No wonder the state has TO help keep them
from starving!
What is true of Pennsylvania and
Ohio miners is true of miners every
where, and it is not fair to leave this
class Of toilers out Of the calculation
when estimating the condition and
The advocate., 1895-03-20

Entered at the postofice at Topeka, Kansas,
as second class matter.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-23
Mny week ceIehration.

1t is settled that Savannah Is to have
a May week celebration. 1t is unnecessary
TO say that it will be a very creditable
celebration. Savannah never does any
thing by halves. Whatever she undertakes
she does well. and the thousands who will
honor her with visit during the coming
occasion OF festivity will not ba dis
appointed.
What is necessary now is for everybody
in the city to give all the encouragement
to the work OF preparing for the entertain
ment he possibly can. With hearty cooper
alton and eommendable liberality success
will be assured. May is always a delight
full month In this city. Savannah is look
ing her best then and the weather is all
that could bs desired.
The number of visitors will depend
largely Of course upon the railroads The
merchants and landlords will do their
share They will provide most of the
money for the celebration. The railroads
must do their part. They must put down
the fares-make them so low that people
from all parts of Georgia, Florida and
even South Carolina will take advantage
of the opportunity to see and enjoy day
or two in the Forest city. The railroads
will be great gamers by making very low
rates, because they will get not only the
passenger fares, but also the freight on
great deal of merchandise that the wish
tors will purchase.
Now that we have decided to have a
| celebration let us make it a notable one
one that will be talked about and excite
so much interest that the people in all
of Savannah's rterritory will want TO
| visit the city each recurring May.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-23
They Concluded to wait.

she was a little round-faced. muddy
syed PACK woman, and he was bullet
they came into the clerks ONCE At
Shreveport. La. they did IL like a couple
OF shsssp-stealing dogs, says the Philadel-
What can I do for your" asked the
man Of law, looking up from his writing.
Nanter ak you is de hangin ober yit,'
sne SAID, taking brush from her mouth
ana splttlng noisily out of the window.
reckon not" answered the clerk, pull
ing out his watch. ut was to come off
at L, and 1t wants % minutes of that
time yet. DO you want anything
Reckon we better wait. bedn't we?'
she said, turning to the man with her, and
who had not spoken
''Speck So" he replied as he turned his
hat round and round in his hand. shut
Hing from one foot TO the other.
~ 1ou see, mister" the woman went on
drawing up to the desk, I'VE was amin
to git mar'ed, me and Rastus here, an
we come to town TO git license. But.
you see. it's diser way. jefferson ober
yoner to de jail. what dey gwne to hang
him bimeby, he's my husban' dess now as
II stan. Yasser. me an him been mar'ed
gwine on ten year the sicon' SADLY in
mex mont. an look lack it wouldn't be
dom right fur me to marry Rastus fo
Jetferson's dead an gone; now, would
il? What you think about it,"
1t looks pretty much that way" an
swered the clerk.
''Yasser, das what 1 tot Rastus when
we come along" she said. +" Look lack
II wouldn't be right, Rastus,' l say, an
eff so he Jefferson amt hung Wit why
we'll dess wait till he is / say, an Ras-
tus say he speck so, an das how 1t stan
twiXt us
They went out and stood on the court
house steps in the sun until the sheriff
came in and said that Jefferson was dead.
"Reckon we thoughts well git de license
an s. long, Rastus," she said. "Bedn't
We?"
'Speck So" he answered, and the clerk
made out the papers.
Cant some er you all form de GER
mony here 'mongst your she asked.
Look lack it I'D come handler to be
done wild it."
The sheriff tied the knot on short order,
and the couple started out.
Reckon we mought take Jefferson
homo in de Vaughn an burg him, Ras-
tus?" she asked.
"Srack So he answered, and by and by
they set out for home, the dead body of
the hanged man spread out on an old
quilt in the wagon behind them, doubt
less Che oueerest bridal party ON record.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-23
The Monroe Doctrine Not Az I..ue.

The Monroe Doctrine Not An Issue
In some Of the Washington dispatches
the statement is made that the admins
tration regards England's demand upon
the Nicaraguan government for $500
damages for expeilins Mr. Hatch, her
consular agent at Bluefelds. during the
troubles there last year. as likely 10 lead
20 complications that viii involve the
Monroe doctrine. In the same dispatches
the statement is made that the troubles
in Venezuela threaten 20 involve this
country In disputes with England. Ger
many and France on account of that
doctrine.
Nothing certainly has appeared in the
public prints which justify the conclusion
that any European government contem-
plates a violation OF the Monroe doctrine.
That doctrine broadly and briefly stated.
is that this country objects 10 the acqui-
sition Of any more territory or additional
authority on this continent by any Eu-
ropean power.
1t does not appear that it is England's
purpose to take possession Of Nicaragua
or any part Of her territory or to attempt
to give her new government. All she is
claiming now is that Nicaragua shall
make reparation for certain wrongs she
has done English citizens. and England
is willing that the question as to whether
she is entitled to damages. and as to
what the amount of the damages shall
be. shall be submitted to arbitration. At
the present time that is about the sum and
substance OF England's purpose in respect
to Nicaragua. What she would do if
Nicaragua should refuse to comply with
her demand for a settlement is another
question.
The Venezuela affair is more compli-
Gated. England is seeking to have a
boundary line settled and is claiming more
territory than Venezuela is willing
that she shall have. Germany is
demanding that money due certain Of
her citizens for building railroads in
Venezuela shall be paid and France has
a grievance because a number of her cit
liens were driven from Venezuela. In no
one Of these claims is there an effort TO
disregard the Monroe doctrine. 1t is true
that the Monroe doctrine may be ignored
by one or more of the powers interested
before they get a satisfactory settlement
of their demands of Venezuela, but
until that doctrine is disregarded there is
no reason why this country should inter-
fere in the affairs of any one of the Gen.
trail or South American republics.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-23
suIIIrnn a. a Humorfst.

The greatest sdmirer that Frank Dan
iels had while he was playing "Oid Sport"
IN Rag BABY was John l. Sullivan, says
the Washington Post Everybody remem-
bers how Daniels made famous the re-
mark, Let me shake the hand that SHOOK
Sullivan's." The big pugflist never neg
lected an opportunity. to see the per
Torrance when he was within reach.
one night after II o'clock in Chicago
John was setting them up all around at
a popular bar, and as usual a large crowd
Of hangers on was present basking IN
the sunshine of the mighty mans pres
ence. 1t was one Of Suliivan's special
dadO around the town, and when cham
payne flowed Ike water and everybody
was expected 10 come up and drink.
Suddenly in walked a little man in a
heavy overcoat, with the collar turned up
above the ears. for It was cold outside
He went to one end of the bar asked
for a cocktail. Sullivan heard him.
Say, you" he roared, addressing the
little man. come up here and take a
drink with me"
Don't care to- said the little man. in
Say exclaimed the pugillst. do you
know who / am? I'm John L. Sullivan
Push IN here, now. and take drink with
Il don't care if you're Grover Cleve>
land, said the little man, snappishly, 7
don't want your drink"
Everybody drew back, knowing what
would follow, and the space in. front of
the bar was quickly cleared fof] Sullivan
and the stranger. The pugilist walked
over to the side of the little man in the
overcoat, seeminly taken hack by the
mans audacity.
did you hear me say I was John L.
Sullivan" he roared.
If you are. John L. Sullivan" said the
little man very calmly, 'all I've got to
say is that you's a great big duffer."
sullivan squared off, and the spectators
expected to see the plucky little fellow
ran down in a corner OF the bar room a
limp, bleeding mass. To the surprise of
all he evaded the rush of the pugilist.
grabbed him, whirled him about, and seiz-
ing him by the seat of the trousers with
one hand and the coat collar with the
other, rushed him across the room at a
EVA gait and out through the street door.
Mnere ne 1orcibly elected the champion
INTO the gutter al the end of his toe
Ihen the little man calmly walked hack
INTO the par room and invited the crowr
e nave drink with him. In addressing
the bystanders he dropped his collar and
an recognized the face of Prank Daniels
the comedian. He and John had rebearsed
me scene carefully beforehand. ~
sullivan waited outside until the iola
had had time to work and then returned
smiled 'Si NO"y
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-23
Personal.

In an article on handwriting in the
Nlneteenth Century Mr.. Schooling says
tnat ne mas examined the handwriting OF
queen victoria during the last sixty
years and that the most salient features
ln ~ me long series are uniformity and con-
sistency.
One OF the fads Of the new Gar Of
iIsussla Is the study OF electricity. He is
intensely interested In everything pertain
ing to electrical science, and reads eagerly
descriptions OF the latest experiments
ana applications in that line Of endeavor.
ne IS said TO have made several ingen-
ious contrivances himself in the simpler
INES OF electrical manipulation.
me yokohama correspondent of the
ii.Ondon News is responsi bic for the fol-
loving; a Japanese Official at Toxic
recently called on Nfr- NcIvor, the Amer.
Ill Cohsul general and declared that
Japan would have to fight England. Mr.
ilclKor do not laugh outright, but grave
" remarked that England was more
powerful than China. 1 know il" re-
Plied the bellicose official, but we can
D ,ss, england, and We are going to do
Speaking of Mrs. W L. Wilson. a COS
slper IN the Philadelphia Times SAYS:
She tulnlls the ideas Of the man who
tninks woman's sphere is her home. Mrs
Wlison mas OF late years lived both win
tsr ana summer at the family home in
charleston, w. Va, which is but two
hours ride from Washington. Extremely
deDcate health and the youth of her chill
dren have furnished Mrs Wilson with
excuses for not living in the capital
Wnile congress is in session. So distaste-
Iul mas she found a gay life that she
never comes to Washington except for a
week or month at the longest, at a
tlme. Ihen she remains at the home of
relatives where she is now stopping. or
WITH her father. At such times Mrs
wilson rarely can be luTed out to more
IMAM one reception. when she goes simply
70 gratlfy her husband. So little known
is she that when she appeared at an after
noon reception given by Mrs. Tarsney OF
missouri, wife OF Mr. Wilson's close as
slstant on the ways and means commit
Tee, good democratic women hurried to
get a glimpse of her to see what the tar
lu-bill makers wife looked like. They
FOUND a slender woman of medium hight,
dressed in black, and wearing her dark
hair waved about the temples She has
very bright, dark eyes, a cordial smile,
Is quietly self-possessed, and not only
Is blessed with a sense of the humorous,
but among her friends can give express
ing TO IL. Mrs. Wilson is daughter of
Prof. yelling, president of the Column
bian University. While her children. of
whom there are four, were young Mrs.
Wilson used part of her time in Charles
town in looking after their education her
self. One of the sons Is well known to
every congressman, as he has been with
his father at the capital The older
daughter who is II years old, is at a
young ladies' school in Virginia, and Bet
ty the youngest, aged IA, is with her
mother"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-23
BRIGHT BITS.

Teacher: Tommy, what was the name
Of the wife OF Napoleon?
Tommy: It-it-it wasn't Trilby, was
it?-Cincinnau Tribune.
Western Economy. on earth is
Mrs. Robertson studying law?'
she intends hereafter to secure her
own divorces. brooklyn Life
Mrs: Watts: Don't you ever do any
thing at all2"
times / does time-Indianapolis Journal.
Flow little we known what is in store
for usi'' murmured the cabbage, as 1t
hustled through the air. A month ago
l never dreamed of going on the stage. -
Puck.
--Mitticuse: What do you think of
these Lines to Gas Company"
Pitticuse: The meter is false.
Witticuse: That's done Intentionally
to make il realistic Life.
Friend: Have you had any luck let
ting your house in Shutdown street
HORSEPOWER: Splendid luck! I've let
it TO no less than five families in four
months.-Boston Transcript.
Unison: Doctor, I am getting too
stout for comfort, and want your advice.
Doctor: Nothing reduces flesh like wor-
ry. Spend two hours n, day thinking OF
the unpaid bill you owe me-New York
Weekly. t.t
ITS all nonsense. dear. about wedding
cake | put an enormous piece under my
pillow and dreamed of nobody
w ell
And the next night ate it and
dreamed of everybodyP'-Life.
-High.-"Mamie. l have made wager
on the age of the prima donna we saw
last week" said the young woman.
Are the stakes hlght2
Eyes, indeed. We bet a brand new the
alter hat. Washington Star.
-Clean-Cut -"That was clean-cut ed
itorial of yours on the political situa-
tion,' said Boggs to the editor of the
Quobosh Patalyzer.
Very glad you liked it," was the graf
itied reply.
yes; you cut it out of the New York
Organ without changing line. Puck.
Horrible Dream Caesars Wife; You
seem i'll at ease, my lord. What vexes
Caesar: dreamed last night. cornelia,
that the American papers, 1900 years
from now, after they had got tired of
Napoleon Bonaparte, began printing a
lot of fake stories about me.-Chicago
Tribune.
II don't know what's going to be-
come of us" said the woman who talks
about her family troubles. John doesn't
seem to get along the way he used to-
why, he never seems to be idle.
idle! ] should say not. He's full of
the Napoleon fad, and is learning Trilby
by heart and belongs to a debating So
ciety. If he gets any buster than he is,
I'm afraid wen come pretty near starry
Ing. -Washington Star
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-23
Gov. NcKinIer.. Visit.

There does not seem TO be any doubt
anywhere that the purpose OF Gov. Nc
Kinley's presence In the south is TO draw
the attention of southern republican poll
ticians TO himself and make plans for
having delegates 10 the next national
republican convention chosen who are
favorable TO him. Il was stated in our
dispatches yesterday that he had con-
ference with prominent politicians on
wednesday night last, after the recep-
ton that was held in his honor at the
Mitchell house in brownsville. One OF
the politicians at that conference was
from North Carolina, and it is probable
that others were from widely separated
sections Of the south.
The manager Of Gov. McKinley's cam
paign for delegates in the south is alleged
to be Mr. Hanna, who has a winter home
at Townsville. He Is said TO be q very
shrewd politician. How much work he
has done. or what measure of success
he has met with. is not, of course. known
to the general public. Doubtless, he las
been in communication with leading re-
publicans in this and other southern
states.
II goes without saying that Gov. Nc
Kinley is very much respected in all parts
of the country. There are democrats in
the south who admire him as public
man, though they do not sympathize with
his political opinions. He is a protec-
ZIONIST Of the extreme sort The revenue
a tariff yields is a matter of secondary
importance with him. He wants a tariff
for the protection it gives to the American
manufacturer.
1t is pretty safe to predict that the Re
publican party has no intention Of disturb
ing the present tariff. That being the
case, the fact that Gov. Mckinley is a
high protectionist Is likely to be him
drance rather than a help to him in his
efforts to reach the presidency. And
there is another thing that is against him.
1t Is that he IS not sound on the money
question Neither the sound-money
men nor the silverites know ex-
actfy where he stands on that question.
The silverltes could depend upon him to
assist them in carrying out their pro-
gramme, probably. If the opportunity to
make use Of his services should present
itself. But the silverites. even if they
have the assistance of the southern dele
gates. will not control the next national
republican convention.
Gov. Mckinley. however successful he
may be in making friends among southern
republicans. does not, therefore, stand
very good chance of getting the nominal
ton. The sound money element in his
party is the stronger, and will defeat
him.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-23

A movement to organize all or the manu-
facturers of Georgia into state sssocia-
ton. to be known as the Georgia Associa-
ton of Manufacturers, rs afoot. The OBJ
jects of the association are a mutual
benefit to result from an interchange of
ideas and extended acquaintance; ca the
collection and compilation of reliable sta
tstics; 80 the concentration of efforts upon
common interests; a. the discouraging OF
sensational and unwise methods of pro-
noting industry; 60 to strengthen the i'm
portance of established nanufa cturing
industries in the state and TO command
the attention of outside capital, and (9 to
cooperate with the National Association
of Manufacturers recently organized at
Cincinnati The encouragement of manu-
featuring enterprises in Georgia is of i'm
portanee. That such concerns should be,
figuratively, founded upon rock, is also
of great importance The purpose of the
proposed association, to discourage sen
sational and unwise methods of promoting
industry. is among its greatest articles of
faith. It is to be hoped that the manu-
facturers Of the state will give their at
tention 70 the circular that have been
or will be sent them. and do what they
can to aid the organization in its laud-
able purposes.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-23
saved.

Sneaking through obscure alleys dodg-
ing behind ash-barrels, sinking along in
the shadow of some friendly barn or coal
shed, darting furtively through the glare
of the moonlight that lit up the open
spaces where the alleys intersected and
plunging desperately into the gloom
again, the STOPPING; shrlnking hgure OF a
man made it's way through a secluded part
of town. says the Chicago Tribune. There
was hunted look in his eye and he painted
with fear.
A noise as II purSuerS were on his track
fell upon his ear
He crouched behind huge garbage box
and listened It was the wrangling of a
conference of cats in a. neighboring back.
yard.
He barred his head and wiped the cold
perspiration from his brow. The chill
March wind pierced him to the very mar
row. Shivering from head to foot, his
teeth chattering, and his eyes rolling
wildly in their sockets, he started on
again, more cautiously, if possible, than be-
fore.
Presently he came to. a high board fence.
Without a moments hesitation he climb
ed over it and found himself in the rear
of large brick dwelling. The house was
dark. The inmates evidently had retired
Il am safe thus far,'' he said to him
self in a trembling whisper; ''but some
body may be watching for me with a shot
gum
Crouching in the shadow of the fence
he crept along on his hands and knees
until directly beneath a kitchen window.
Then he raised himself, cautiously, drew
a chisel from an inner pocket of his coat,
inserted it below the sash, and pried with
all his might. The fastening yielded and
the window was open
He drew inside a valise he had been car
rying and then with desperate yet noise
less haste clambered in himself and shut
down the window.
'.Savedr' he gasped, and tainted away.
He was a member of the F'iftythird
congress returning home.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-23

There is naturally some curiosity to
Secretary Morton trapped in selling the
seeds the government intrusted to him
for free distribution and putting the
money in his pocket, as reported in our
dispatches yesterday. The correspondent
Of Chicago paper alleges that he has the
name and the facts. and that the con-
gresham is one who was not returned at
the last election. and who is a southerner.
He says, however, that several congress
men have been guilty Of the same kind
of thing
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-23

Do you know there is direct cennec-
tons between the esophagus and the
toes2 The New York doctors say there
is. A German printer of that city is dan
gerously Ill with hiccousts. The other day
he had his coTns pared. One of them was
pared roo closely. 1t bled and Inflammation
set in. Some hours afterwards the patient
was attacked with hicsoughs, which. at
last advices, continued with him and
threatened his life. The doctors have ex-
hausted their remedies in vain efforts to
give him relief.