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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-31
Personal.

Mr. Thomas Caperton Davis Of Waco.
KY. has for years read the Bible through
tnree times annually. from Genesis 10
isrfelations. On sunday last. Feb. 1f-
~. .r- DAVIS completed his first reading Of
me me ehtlre BiDie this year. only forty-liye
Iays beng occupied 20 the task- Mr
DAVIS IS % years Of age.
Col r. ". Thompson OF Terra Haute
Ind, in recent address, paid a high
tribute 10 the Intellectual woman who
interests herself u public affairs. and
said u it had not been for the women he
sl-ollQ never have entered politics. and
mar lt was a. the w9men's candidate
mat he won his AIsc honors.
-Sirs. Lille ParIee. the secretary OF
the Senate Of the new state of Utah. is
the wife OF an attorney of salt Lake
1ltE. Mrs. Fardee is a graduate of an
ol * preston In Boston. Before her
marriage, four years ago, she was pro-
lessor OF Greek and Latin at her alma
Prof. ]. 3. Hatcher Of Princeton Col
lege' and Mr.. o. A. Peterson, for a long
time a collector in the employ Of the
A-lleTlSan Museum Of Natural History of
%eW 1ork, have sailed for Patagonia.
~ IS tnelr intention to spend AT least
year exploring the desert Of that country
for the purpose OF making a collection OF
sucn objects of scientific interest - the
region affords.
Etiquette with the royal family is
strict. When the queen not long ago Wis
tied the Queen of the Belgians at Eu
the latter, hearing Of the English queens
custom OF drinking water at 10 every morn
ing ordered servant to serve il. He
brought the glasses and a jug of water,
DAT tne queen refused them with a wave
or her hand, and drank only after the Bel
gan prince had poured the water with his
own hands.
-Couper, 1.-THE expire fighter and au-
thor who was one OF the enrolled in the
police force during the troubles at johann
nesburg, formerly enjoyed great repu-
tatlon IN South Africa by defeating
local Goliath in Kimberley. Since then he
mas done a good deal Of athletics i'm South
AFRICA, and has written a book-an ex-
ceptlonal accomplishment for a prize fight
er' Dut not surprising in Couper's case,
since he is well-educated man, and, in
deed, In most matters a complete contrast
10 the accepted type of "bruiser"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-31

He was nervous and i'll at ease all
through supper, and at last his wife be-
gan to notice it, says the New York World.
Henry" she said, I think there is
something you wish TO say to me-
You have guessed it exactly, my dear"
he replied. It's a favor I'm after, and
I've been waiting until caught you in
your most amiable mood
We'll, what is it,"
There are two or three friends I'd like
to invite here Saturday evening"
what for?"
why. to-er-welI-that is, to have a
social evening"
Now, Henry, tell me the truth
well, my dear, we expected to have a
little game of poker"
what! Play cards in my house!
Haven't 1 always told you that was the
one thing you could never dO2"
Il know IL, my dear, but l thought that
since you joined the new women you
might have grown more liberal in your
views"
4 am more liberal. as you well know,
but ] can never change on this one point"
That's a ridiculous statement for a
sensible woman to make. You can't tell
how you may feel week or even a day
from now"
Il admit that your argument is right,
Henry, but L have a horror of cards. Be
finances won't permit Of your gambling"
Now, you're talking sense. That's just
why l got up this little game. ] have three
fellows L can beat out of their boots and
they are all ready to play for big money"
Are you sure you can beat them, Hen
LAS sure as I stand here"
Then, perhaps, you'd better invite
them; but be sure not to have them stay
too late"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-31

The address Of Mayor Myers. al the
meeting Of the Citizens Club on Friday
night. was not altogether in keeping with
the dignity OF his position. He seemed 10
be governed by the idea that he is the
mayor of the Citizens Club. instead Of the
city of Savannah. IL we are not mis-
taken he promised when he was nominated
for mayor. 20 give the city a non-partisln
and bus.ness-iize administration. Has lie
done so2 Let his conscience answer that
question. To determine whether or not
he is a par,isan-a partisan OF the most
pronounced k.nd-it is only necessary 10
read his Friday nights address.
In that address he charges that the op-
pOnents OF his administration have done
nothing since the opening of this cam
paign but indulge in venomous and vicious
attacks" on his administration. Is that
statement correct? Is it not fact that
Mr.. Myers IS so much a partisan that he
CONSTITUTES all criticisms of the methods and
acts Of the Citizens Club as attacks upon
his administration? If he were called up
on to point out what he calls venomous
and vicious attacks upon his administra-
ton would he not be compelled TO admit
that he refers to what has been said OF
the Citizens Club. its methods, purposes
and acts?
As far as we are aware there has ap-
peared in the papers Of the city very little
criticism Of Mr.. Myers and his adminisera-
ton, and that of a rather mild character.
There are those opposed to his admins
tration now who helped to make him
mayor. and hence they don't feel they
have much right to complain. however
much they may be opposed to his policy
on some important particulars. They are
disappointed because they think he has
not lived up to his promise to give the
city non-partisan administration.
Mr.. Myers should go over the situation
carefully and notice how far he has been
drawn away from a strictly non-partisan
attitude. He viii be surprised himself
probably to find that instead Of being
non-partisan mayor he has been extremely
partisan. He may also fnd that he has
been led to believe by his partisan adj
visers, for purposes of their own. that the
criticisms Of the political organization
which now has the city in its grip were
''venomous and vicious" attacks upon
him.
Mr.. Myers charges that the opponents
of the Citizens Club "have been zealousIy
striving to disturb the friendly relations
existing between our citizens" What
one of them has done so much to disturb
the friendly relations Of our citizens"
as the mayor did in his Friday nights
address? He did not speak as a private
citizen, but as the mayor of the city. He
addressed faction of his own party and
condemned in strong terms another fac
ton. Was that course in keeping with
a non-partisan attitude? Was it calcu-
lated to promote friendly relations
among our citizens?"
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Beating ~UncIe.-

res, said the paWnbr0ker 70 a Mem
PMS scimitar man, The public has an
Idea that We are a hard-hearted lot. but
that is only one side Of the story. A man
lu lnts business VINO had tears 20 sled
M2.lltI nave a roof over his head in
You mean you can't afford 10 pity
we inlsIortlnes Of others on cash ba-
Very lew people come here on account
or misfortune. You saw the young man
" no went out as you came -n:'
very likely. Here's a watch he
brought. The works are sccOnd-class and
The case is filed 4 can buy a carload
came here 70 make a raise. He said his
VIE was dying. and he wanted SIS on the
wdteA When I offered him s. he Wept,
Lut II you d follow him two blocks YOU %
ma him IN saloon. spending part OF
the money Nine out OF ten customers
don't hesitate 10 lie. and ten out Of ten
would beat your Uncle Isaac If they
could"
But people pawn their clothes TO get
food" / said
Perhaps So Here's a dress a woman
brought ID an hour ago. She also wept.
She mad a story about sickness and hun
ger and she declared that this was her
wedding dress From certain earmarks
know she bought this dress secondhand.
i Know she paid 81 for IT, 1 strained
point when 1 offered her g. but she'll
90 out and call me highway robber-'
But you never get taken in and done
fOr2"
Don't 1? Well. I'd Ike to see the
pawnbroker who hasn't been done up.
It's cold month when / don't get beat,
and by the very people whom You would
sympathize with most See these shin
ers2'
"Yes-fne diamonds"
Want EN- for a dollar apiece"
You don't mean it,"
Glad to get it, sir. They were left
by a woman who wanted 10 raise money
TO bury her husband. was half sex
and very busy and gave her $50 on them.
They are paste-only paste She came in
here TO beat me. of course, and no doubt
had good laugh over it, Here's a lockct
set with pearls, which my clerk advanced
So on. The weeping man who brought it
wanted 10 bury his dead wife with the
money. l can buy EN- at wholesale for
50 apiece. Don't believe all you hear
about your uncle having a heart Of stone
There are plenty of people who wouldn't
beat a street car, but we are considered
fair game for them, and they'll lie like
smoke to take us in. It's a great place
for tears, signs and tales of sorrow. but
the main idea is to give your Uncle Isaac
the cold drop and it's done Oftener than
/ care to acknowledge"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-31

''Well, how do you like farming? Has
the hog cholera got in your pigweed patch
yet?" asked the friend from the city, SAYS
Truth.
Johnson, who had rented a farm to es
cape an epidemic OF appendicitis that was
raging in the city, extracted a silver from
his thumb and replied: Il can tell Won
farming isn't the snap folks think. There's
lots of work. A couple of Weeks ago /
wanted to set a hen. The hens were ali
laying and not wishing TO interrupt them
/ set rooster. I've been working with
him ever since. That bird is as faithless
to his vows as summer girl But nv
worst stroke of luck was last week -
What was it2 Forgot to put quilts on
your onion bed2'
NO, not that. You see I had a colt that
was in rather poor flesh. one of the neigh
bors told me to feed it plenty of corn in
the ear. l did so and 1 am afraid it is 90
ing to die. The poor animal has been deaf
as bat ever since"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-31
PETER the Poet,

There is another side to PETER. He isn't
always a statistician, or pneumatic
chute through which cranks Of all condi-
tons shoot their ideas in the forms of bills
into the Senate. He is also a poet. The
publication of this information might at
first blush seem likely to prejudice PEI
fer's constituency against him. For it is
known of all men that populism and poesy
that is, of the kind that dreams of things
beautiful and rhythmic-dont "set boss
es" together. But the supposltion would
be erroneous, for the kind of poetry that
PETER writes would never ALLEVIATE true
populist from him. For, like his beard, it
is long and dry, but gets to the point after
awhile And the point with his greatest
effort so far is the inevitable sixteen to
one.
1t might be supposed that the Peffer!an
muse would break loose something like
this:
1.-THE farmer gazed upon his fields,
His chickens, hogs and heifers;
He smiled a smile of sweet content,
And the wind blew through his PETERS"
Any such idea, however, would be radi-
cally wrong. He deals in epics and blank
verse A person who has seen some of his
work says it is the blank blankedest
blank verse he ever saw in his life. His
muse seems to have drawn on rubber
boots. tucked ats beard into the collar of
it's waistcoat, taken a big chew of plug
tobacco and waded into the ages, begin
ming at the Archean. and with its face set
towards Topeka. For, indeed, the muse Of
PETER, in his little 2O0-page poem called
''Myridrama," begins at nothing almost.
comes on down through the Creation and
the Garden of Eden, and winds up with
the suggestion that the capital of the
United States ought to be sent west to
grow up with the country. This is the ex-
preston of the sentiment, in the original:
'SThe seat of government
| Potomac's placid banks must bid adieu
Upon the soil of fair young Kan
The first great battle for the right fought
out;
! Would be, give her the nations capital"
| 1t will be observed that there is no at
tempt at rhyme Your truly great poet
despises rhyme. Did Walt Whitman ever
make rhyme? And isn't he known as the
good grey poet?' Does the fame of Hia-
watha depend upon rhyme, that trick of
! the penny-a-liner? Smaller minds may pay
attention to rhymes, rhythm, feet, and the
/ like But the Poet PETER cares nothing
/ for such things What is lacking in the
way of feet ana things he can make up in
statistics, if any one viii take the trouble
to can upon him.
1t would be impossible to present an ex-
haustive review of 'NIyrdrama" aud a
criticism of Poet PETERS style in the short
! space of a newspaper article, even if we
had more than a few extracts from it.
/ The advices are that it deals with a love
/ story Cmagine PETER composing verses to
a lady's eyebrowsD and of war, and of sew
eral other things. But through the whole
of it the drift is to the effect that if PET
fer had had the running of things ever
! since things were, things would have been
very different from what they are now.
And the removing of the capital from
| Washington to Topeka would have been
one Of the least of the differences.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-31

The talk that is finding its way Int
I print about candidates and platforms j.
So confusing that 90 is difficult 10 hne
\ any one OF the leaders who appears Il
/ be- confident about anything connected
with the ST. Louis ana Chicago conven-
I t-ous. The sliverites. who are OF the
opinion that the silver element OF the
democracy VIII control az Chicago. are
now talking Of Senator Teller as the
democratic nominee FOR President. and
Senator Daniel as the nominee for Vice
President. NJ. Teller is a republican. but
his friends say he would accept the
nomination on platform that declared
for low tariff and free silver.
This tax about Teller and Daniels nat
urally causes Gov NcKinley's friends
much uneasiness. They are specializing
whether it wouldn't be the wiser plan
for him TO come out boldly for the gold
standard at once for the reason
that IL doubt continues to exist
as to what Gov. McKinley's views on the
silver question are. there may be a STAN
pede from the Mckinley forces TO gold
standard manic Speaker Reed. or some
other candidate who IS equally pronounce
in his sound money views.
There is no doubt that among eastern
repubicans-espec business men
there is a great deal Of dissatisfaction
with Gov. Mckinley on account Of his
silence on the silver question They de-
clare that the present is no time for a
candidate to face both ways on the sill
Yer issue. and they insist that he shall
make his position on that issue clear II
he continues TO refuse to do so he may
find his lines waverlng and breaking TO
such an extent that he viii not be able
TO muster a majority at ST. Louis
1t is not yet certain that the silverites
will have a majority at Chicago. though
the claim that they viii has some foun-
dalton; but if they should. it is very doubt
full if they would put forward Mr.. Teller,
a republican. as their candidate If they
sought success in the election they GER
tainly would not. because very large
portion Of the democrats would refuse
to vote for him under any circumstances.
A party that goes to the opposition for
its standard bearer confesses weakness
and is pretty certain to be beaten. Still.
the silverites appear to be disposed to do
anything that seems to hold out any pros
pect Of success for silver.
The silverites in the republican party
believe that their party is going to adopt
a platform that. on the money question.
win be as sound as it can be made.
Hence, they are thinking only of boiling.
Those who pretend to speak for them say
If Mr.. Teller were nominated by the
democrats upon platform on which he
could consistently stand the sllverites in
the republican party would support
him, but that they would not sup
port a silver democrat named by the
Chicago convention. They would start a
silver party and nominate Mr.. Teller.
The political situation is a very compli-
Gated one-so complicated that very little
that can be relied upon will be known
about it until the conventions Of the two
great parties have discharged the trust
confded to them.
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THIS ISSUE
CONTAINS
SIXTEEN PAGES
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Meetings-The Democratic Liberal Club
Of Chatham County; Savannah Naval Re
serve
Special Notices.-Sl0O Reward. Lee Roy
Myers * Co. Savannah. Ga; We Conduct
a Grocery. Rothschild & Roos. Dissolution.
Dwelle, Cam q Daniel; Suwance Springs
Water for Sale. Andrew Hanley. Savan-
nah. Ga; Shirts, Neyere 81 Frank, Cold
Soda, Adams Drug, Paint and oil Com
pany; A Bargain I'm Groceries, Finn's Auc-
ton Room; Baskets, Hammocks. Etc.
j. Gardner; Monday Last Day to Guess,
Iivingstons Pharmacy; Special Notice,
Joseph A. Galina; Hardware, Stove and
Bicycle Store r. D. & VIM. baltimore;
Miss Benefits Dancing School to Close
for the Season; 500 Reward. James NJ.
Smith, Mayor Of Pembroke; Notice to Our
Patrons, Electric Railway Company Of
Savannah; The Second Bicycle at Mason
&c Temple Pharmacy; Fine Groceries, w.
w. Ferguson, Manager Savannah Co
operative Association; Gardner & Estes
Oxfords. at Tuberdys.
Medical-Radway Ready Relief; Nun
yon's Remedies; Railways Pills; Worlds
Dispensary Preparations; Cuticura Rene
dies: Johann Hoff's Genuine Malt Extract;
No-To-Bac.
Save Money Now-NIutual Gaslight Com
pany.
Reductions in Shirt waists-At Eek
STEMS
A June Picnic in Ladies Shirt Waists
Daniel Hogan
Monday, June 1-At Gutman's.
To the Graduates and School Girls
Walsh & Meyer
In Your Cool Moments-B. H. Levy &
Bro.
A Big Gap-B. H. Levy & Bro.
Alert Investors-Phoenix Racing Com
pany. New York.
Fruit Jars Are Ready-At Vests China
Palace.
Railroad schedule-Central of Georgia
Railway.
The Remainder of Our stock-Couats.
Ladies. Your Attention-Byck Bros.
Art in Piano OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES &
Bates
How About That Refrigerator?-E Emil
"A Schwarz's Son.
Gigantic Closing Out sale-LeopoId Ad-
Ter.
Shoes For Everybody-A. S. Nichols
South End Hotel. Tybee Island-Bo-
han & Cowan, Proprietors.
June Offerings-Appel 6 SchauI.
AT Kohler's.
The Critical Public and the Spalding
Bicycle-Oppenheim Scat & Co.
Columbia Bicycles, the Standard of the
World-E. +. Whitcomb & Co.
Auction Sale-Refrigerators, Bedroom
and Parlor Sets, Etc, by c. H. Dorset,
Auctioneer.
Shirts That F1t-Falk Clothing Com
pany.
Washington Excursion
Account Christian Endeavor Excursion
July s-13; The Season at Warsaw; The
Paraphernalia Committee of Live Oak
Lodge Excursion to Warsaw, June 3.
Summer Resorts-Tate Springs, Tennes-
see.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Hel
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
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The AItgeId plan.


1t is easy to see how under this principle
we could change the monetary policy OF
the world. Thus; John Peter Altgeld be-
lieves in the free coinage Of collar but
tons. He refuses to do business with
men who oppose free coinage of collar
buttons. The dozen persons whom he
thus coerces in turn boycott all antioch
lar-buttOn men and coerce a larger circle.
BY this process the United States is soon
brought into line; then the United States
coerces Europe and the whole world is
duly involved in the Overwhelming circles
which flow outward from the small, DOT
like CENTER J. i. Altgeld.
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The South's shame.
From louisville Courier-Journal Dt

The south bows its head in shame =
says Tillman of South Carolina. The
south does well to bow her head in
shame when she sees a foul-mouthed
ruttian and common slanderer speaking
from the seat made illustrious by the
incumbency of John c. Calhoun; when
she behoids a man combining in one the
apparently contradictory characters of a
vulgar Tyrant and a blatant anarchist
figuring as one Of the successors of Rob
ert Y. Hayne. The south has abundant
reason TO be ashamed of Tillman.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-31

Senator Allen seems to have an idea
that a President. to be the right kind Of
man for the place. must be a cross be-
tween barber and Sioux Indian; that
is, hair raiser. In speaking Of Horace
Boies, the senator says: HE can raise
the hair on a jury, and he can keep it
raised The people should be grateful to
: Senator Allen for enlightening them with
regard to the requisite qualities which
makes man suitable for the high Of
ice Of President.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-31

Music does not agree with every one,
it seems. A New York man says his
appetite is gone, his nerves ruined and
his digestion impaired by having to swaI-
low his meals TO the strains of music,
as he is compelled to eat in seven differ
ent restaurants. in each Of which meals
are always accompanied by music Poor
fellow! He needs home and a "new wo-
man to look after him.
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The Republican Party.
From the Philadelphia Record Dem.).

Never before in the history of the re-
public has there been such deliberate dis
regard of the public welfare, such wan>
ton waste of the substance of the people.
And the party guilty of this shameless be-
trayal confidently appeals to the voters
for an Endorsement of its infamy!
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Mouth. or Nosee
The Springfield CMass.) Republican Gnd1

a firm in this city has had poor taste
to put on the market paper napkins in the
form of American flags But it will prob
ably sell few Of them for the purpose indi-
cated.-New York Tribune.
Is this the same firm which in a pre-
Vlous presidential year published the
United States flag in the shape of a hand
kerchief2 That firm was the s.. o. D., We
believe, and the Tribune thought the
idea was neat patriotic offset of the OLD
Romans bandanna
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The Prospects Not Appalling.
From the New York World Oem.).

Bear in mind that a free-coinage law
can come only as the result of concur
renee between the House, the Senate and
the President in behalf of financial chaos.
There is no presently appalling prospect
Of any such concurrence.
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CURRENT COMMENT.
In AItgeId's Pocket.
From the Boston Herald Qnd3.

Gov. Altgeld seems to have got the
democratic party of Illinois in his in
side pocket and to have buttoned up his
coat. It's a sad spectacle for honest
men TO contemplate, whatever their po-
ltical predictions
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The charge that Frederic MacMonnies
stole the design for the fountain at the
worlds fair doesn't appear to have much
OF foundation 10 rest on. Even if the
charge were true. other sculptors and de-
signers might resort TO the same crime.
greatly to the uplifting Of the cause of
art