The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-25

BY the chair as. address the convention
lie peEeFes that this campaigl VII nc
the. last IN this county. he says that ~
a process ne viii have completed sLlLlls
- VIII extract az the necessities OF Ire
from ar, water and lime, which ne WIZ
PROVIDE 20 the Worll free o. charge, and
ma tnerf Will ~ a. more COVER lfl.e II
aA4 70 heeessisy- a. work. hr- harDausA
= $3.50 hi.iiess' but very persistent ana long
Hello. Jerry" said an Arkansas man.
Shaping the Hon. sockless simpson on
did you gst IN? Gee. did you have bath
Bath" said sockless: "a bath. SIP
" ny, i am candidate for congress sIr,
ana II 4 took a bath "a be defeated. For
COO sake sir. don't let the story get
around that I've taken a bath"
mo Arkansas man apoioglzed.
The habit Of taking OF shoes and sit
ting IN stocking feet that Is 50 prevalent
mere struck an fastener to-day as go pc
Sl44df tntt ne approached group OF shoe
iess moss packs, or statesmen a. they are
ca4led' ana asked them just what the Idea
was, says the Philadelphia Record spec
"a. Dung man, ] zee by your batge
that you are the representative OF the plu-
tDeIatic eastern press, the tool Of the snily-
locks % Wall street But ! am a rep
resentative Of an eastern paper assent
ca me eastern man. Yes. ] though 20.
said the statesman That's what makes
ye come around and ask impertinent ques-
lions, haln't tt2 Wei. sence ye was per-
me enough TO ask af0re ye wrote e. I'll
Ten ye- there's two reasons for not wear
"a your snoes when sc ST down. one OF
them air reasons is that il rests the feet.
ana the other one air that it saves the
shoes, dye see2 Meow print this in your
plutacratic paper VIII ye?"
out in our state II win be a pretty bad
year Tor bugs" shouted an Idaho man,
says the Suns special We've got two
KINDS or yermin IN this here state Of ours
tnat Is obnoxious TO the general run OF
cltizens. There IA the gold bug and the
straddie bug and the straddle bug Is Che
neanest he either sits on a fence or
tries TO stand on his legs on both sides Of
u. lie won't Work any longer. In our
state he has either got to get right down
OH the renee and line up one side OF the
other, or he is going 10 lose his head and
q piece OF neck, and we've got hemp as
says he has"
one Of the most interesting characters
10 be seen about the hotels Is Jesse FTar-
per, OF Illinois, says the Trlbune's special.
He IS sixty-eight years Old, and proudly
tells his audiences that he practiced law
with Abraham Lincoln in 1856. The old
gentleman Is a middle-Of-the-rOad pOpulist
OF the strongest kind. and VIII not swal-
low Bryan, which he says, means the de-
mise of his party Some one in a little
knot Of people that stood about him to-
day listening to his "reminiscences asked:
Who would Abe Lincoln vote for If he
were alive to-day?"
why, he would be a populst TO be
sure, If he lived in these times, but he
would never be q democrat If he lived
forever" was the quick reply. Now" he
continued. don't you fellows think old
Abe Lincoln knew more about these
things than you do? ! think so, and what
he would do Is good enough for me-"
"Uncle Jesse" as he is known all over
Illinois. is a delegate to the convention,
and, incldently sells his 25-cent book on
the financial question and reforms,
which he lets delegates have at IS cents
al an Involvement.