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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-28
BRIGHT BITS.

The member for North-South Blank
shire-Gentlemen. you twit me with haN-
ing turned my coat. Years ago l support
ed this measure. Then l had a reason.
son; And he wondered at the deafening
smile that perYaded the meeting.-House-
hold Words.
SO yo' kin be coaxed but not druv
kin yo'?" said Uncle Nose to the young
yellow man who had just declared him
self. My ole marster had a mule oh dat
kind, an when, de ole man died dat beast
brought jis' sebben dollars, wen odder
mules was sellin' fer two hundred. In
dianapolis Journal.
A Matter of Language.-"John," she
said, rather sternly, the coal-bin is emp
ty"
Yes" was the disconsolate reply, tits
that way the most of the time It's never
of use in an immediate emergency. I'm
going to change its name and call it a
coal has-been. "-Washington Star.
His Quest.-"And so your friend has
been to Africa she said to Derringer
Dan. ...
That's what he has. ma'am"
Looking for damonds?'
Yes, ma am. Diamonds er clubs err
spades er any old thing he happened ter
feel the need of at the time. Washing
ton Star.
Mr.. De style-Why, my dear. I'm glad
to see you so composed. When 1 left this
morning you. We're weeping and wailing
and tearing your hair because Fido was
sick
Mrs. De Style-Well you see, just after
you left, Mrs. Tiptop came in and told me
that dogs of Fido's breed were going out
of fashion. So / dried my tears and
kicked him out.-Tit-Bits.
His Last Resort.-"This story of
yours" said the publisher to the author,
81 am afraid, we can't do anything with.
1t lacks every essential feature of a sue
cessful book. We can make you no offer
for it, nor would 1 advise you to have ii
published at your own expense for l do
not think you would be able to sell half
dozen copies"
'Well," replied the author, as he took
the manuscript back, lin that case, shall
have to dramatize it."-Lifc.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-28
In Kentucky.

Day after day the information comes in
I the dispatches that Senator Blackburn
has received within a few votes Of half
OF the number in the Kentucky legisla-
ture. The legislature is about evenly di-
vided between republicans and demo-
Gratis Senator Blackburn is the demo-
cratic caucus nominee for the successor
ship 10 himself. He is VIGOROUSLY and
rampantly a silverite. On the face Of the
situation. therefore. II would appear that
the democracy. as represented in the Ken
lucky legislature, was almost unanimous
~ in favor of free silver coinage. and
that, as a Georgia free silver organ as
serts, there was but "a handful of
sound money democrats in the body. If
that were really the situation. there
would be little room for doubling that
Kentucky would, in her next democratic
platform, declare for free coinage.
In view Of the fact that there is a Car
isle presidential boom extant. and as
Secretary Carlisle most positively would
not be candidate unless his state were
in line with him on the money question,
It is worth while to look at the facts as
they are, and not as they seem to be.
There are sixty-eight democrats in the
Kentucky legislature. Senator Brown,
who is Senator Blackburn's chief lieuten-
ant and executive officer. counts forty-six
of that number as sound money men; the
distinction. meaning men opposed TO the
free coinage idea. That means two-thirds
of the democratic membership are sound
money men. They were elected on the
sound money state democratic platform.
That is the size of the handful of sound
money men in the legislature.
Senator Blackburn was nominated in
caucus by vote of thirty-seven. His ac-
ton in regulating the state platform led
many democrats to refrain from taking
a part in the caucus. Other democrats,
sound money men. for personal reasons,
gave Senator Blackburn their support,
and are supporting him still. Their sup
port. however, does not mean that they
subscribe to his vagaries on the money
question. 1t appears, therefore, that all
the backing from principle that Black
burn has is thirty-seven out of 1873 mem
bers of the legislature. The remainder of
his support is made up from democrats
who are more attached to him personally
than they are to the principle of sound
money, and other democrats who make
Sacrifices in order to vote for the regular
caucus nominee These latter are more de-
voted to party than the man to whom they
are giving their support. He has deliber-
ately bolted the party platform, and de-
/ fed the party organization.
This brief review of facts is sufficient
to show that free silver, so far from be-
ing particularly strong in Kentucky. is
really. weak, and to indicate the certainty
that Kentucky is with Carlisle in favor of
sound money.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-28
PERSONAL.

George d. Pratt. son OF the Standard
Oil magnate. after graduating from Am
herst, studying in a railroad car SHOP
then acting as fireman. engineer ana as
6s eges s5 I 70 isIa5d rro99 s vs
ten soon. In time Mr.. Pratt may con-
troll the road himself.
Robert Louis Stevenson was a very
modest genius. In one OF his last letters
he Denned. he says: 7 am a fictitious
article ana nave long known 1t, II: ,,, 40
sions than have j sometimes WISH
mad more. But l cannot take myself Sc
rlously as an artist, the limitations are too
obvious"
Victor Napoleon Bonaparte is describ-
ed as a 'Bruxellois' who may, If he wish,
become burgomaster. The prince Is well
led, "a the Belgian fashion, with beer
and dreamless contentment." He IS a
member OF the fashionable clubs. and is
polite pretender 10 the throne of France
who goes on horseback for hygenic rea-
sons only
The Sultan Of Turkey is being assail-
ed by revolutionary pamphlets. One Of
them recently disseminated in CONSTANT
nople says: What need has the khalif
OF 20 wives? The law of the Sheri allows
only four. -Four, then, let him have, and
drive out the rect. Why sould he have
20 aides-de-camp-you men full Of
E tys held in idleness? Leave him TWEEN
It. E. Byrnes. seTgeant-at-arms for the
national republican convention, says there
viii be 1900 seats at the convention. The
allotment will be somewhat as follows
Three thousand TO St. Louis, as the home
OF the convention: 500 to Grand Army of
the Republic members, 800 to distinguished
guests, i've tickets apiece to each Of the
Sl6 delegates. and two tickets apiece to
each of the 91S alternates.
The editor of the London Sporting
Times has discovered in a little Old church
OF East Sutton, in Kent, an interesting
monument to the second wife of Lawrence
Washington. a forefather of George
Washington. The monument proves
Washington's descent from the founder
Of Ballot College, at oxford. and the
brother or John Baliol king of Scotland.
This little Kentish church Is said to be
one of the most ancient and beautiful in
England-"a gem Of ecclesiastical archi-
lecture"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-28
street Paving Programme,

The purpose of the council appears to
be to do a great deal of street paving this
year. 1t is sincerely to be hoped that the
people of the city will not be disappoint-
ed in this matter. When the streets are
improved the tax payers have something
to show for their money. They do not
complain of high taxes when they see
their money put to a good use, but they
have reason to complain when the reve-
nues of the city are spent and there is
little or nothing to show for the money.
We think the policy of paving streets
that lead into the country a wise one.
The communication between the city and
the country should be made as easy as
possible. The council will make no mis-
take, therefore, If it gives especial atten-
ton to streets that accommodate the
greatest travel to and from the country.
The recommendation to pave South
Broad street with vitrifed brick will be
very generally approved. In skillful hands
that street could be made one of the most
beautiful in the world. We do not see
the need. however. of making each of the
roadways twenty-five feet in width. 1t
seems to us that twenty feet would be
ample. We mention twenty feet with the
view of making the cost of paving the
street as small as possible. A roadway
twenty feet in width would easily accom-.
modate all the traffic of the street
The suggestion in reference to ruling
heavy traffic off the asphalt is a good
one. If there are other streets that are
available for heavily laden wagons there
is no good reason why wagons of thai
sort should not be confined to them. w,
assume, of course, that if the suggestion
should be adopted the price for maintain
ing the asphalt pavements would be great
| ~ reduced. The annual expense of keep
ing up the asphalt pavements is now very
large.
If the city council wants. to make
record for itself it will put every dollar i
can spare into improving and beautifyint
the city.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-28

The man who had invented a filter was
enthusiastic. says the Chicago Post He
had visions of great wealth, and he never
wearied of expatiating upon the merits of
his invention. On the other hand his in
dolent friend did not care a continental
for the filter. or its merits. Still he look
ed at the two glass globes with a show of
interest, and listened patiently to what the
inventor had to say.
1T speaks for ITSELF said the inventor.
''All that one has to do it to look at the
water in those two globes to be convinc-
ed"
The water in one is clear, while that in
the other was of almost inky blackness,
and the indolent friend examined both
with apparent interest.
All, yes" he said at last This is not
the filter itself"
"Oh. no. replied the inventor 1T is
merely designed to show the merits of the
filter"
of course" said the indolent friend. II
ought TO have known that without ask
ing. The water in one of those globes has
not been filtered. and the. water in the
Vention.'
That's it, exactly"
All, yes and the indolent friend made
closer inspection of both globes Then he
asked in his exasperating way: (Which
one of them holds the filtered water?'
The inventor nearly exploded with wrath
as he put his hand on the one containing
the clear water.
Yes, yes, of course said the indolent
bel it?"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-28

There win be neither grief nor regre
in the south that that feature Of tn
celebration Of the Fourth OF July in New
York city. which was 10 consist Of a join
parade Of ex-confederate veterans and eS
federal veterans. has been abandoned. i
would have been a little remarkable i
some one had not raised an insurmOunta
bic objection to ii.
There is quite a broad distinction be
tween the characters Of the two organiza.
tions-the ex-confederate organization and
the organization Of the ex-federal veter-
ans. The former is in no sense political
and is military 10 only a limited extent
while the Grand Army of the Republic
makes its influence felt in politics and
national legislation and is kept in march
ing condition-that is. for a march on the
federal treasury.
The ex-confederates have little to hold
Them together. except the memories of the
scenes in which they were ac-
tors. and Of the associations which they
still cherish. Their association does not
represent. in all probability. 80 per cent.
Of those still living who wore the grey.
While there would be nothing inappro-
pirate in their taking part in a parade in
New York on July 4. there is no particular
reason why they should do so.
The situation is somewhat different in
the case Of the ex-federal soldiers. They
are an organized and compact body, hav-
ing a purpose. They are on the pension
roll-that is. hundreds Of thousands OF
them are, and other thousands are anxiuos
to get on that roll They make an army
very much larger than was commanded
by any one general during the war They
have been marching on the treasury ever
since the war. and will be kept in march.
ing trim as long as there is a pension tc
be obtained or demagogue can make the
pension business a means of getting fhtc
Office or keeping hihself in an office he
has obtained.
The. ex-confederates would make but q
poor showing in a parade with the boys in
blue" who stin dress in blue when they
march, while the boys in grey" appear in
the variagated, but nevertheless respecta,
BILE dress of patriotic American citizens
who pay taxes and get nothing from the
treasury.
Ex-confederates, therefore, will rejoict
that the commander-in-chief of the Grand
Army of the Republic decided that his
army should flock" by itself, and thai
Col. Dickinson, commander-ln-chief OF
the New York Camp of United Confeder
ate Veterans, agrees with him in the pro
priety of abandoning the proposed parade
on July 4.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-28
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Meeting-Palestine Commandery No. Z,
X. T.
Special Notices-Notice to Water TAX
ers; Bids Wanted, Harry Wnhnk, Com
missioner; How TO Make a Dollar Stick,
John T. Evans & Co.
Business Notices-LeRoy Cigarettes.
Shirts to Order-B. II. Levy & Bro.
Tobacco-Battle-Ax Plug Tobacco.
Medical-ShRker Digestive Cordial; Duff
fy's Malt Whiskey
Bicycles at Cost-Carlin & Fulton, Balti-
more. Md.
Babcock Vehicles-Savannah Carriage
and Wagon Company.
Insurance Statement-Fiftieth Annual
Statement of the Connecticut Mutual
Lift Insurance Company of Hartford,
Conn.
Got Your Pencil?-Adler's.
Hides. Hides-A. Ehrlch & Bro.
Hides, Etc.-Randolph Kirkland.
Amusements-Moody Chorus. Last Re
hearsal, Tonight at $50 O'clock; Herr
mann at the Theater Feb 1929
Cheap Column Advertisements-Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-28
A cold Dust stnrr

The Butte Inter-Mountain tells a good
gold-dust story of George Wilson, who
owned the famous Paris mine
in Park county Montana. VIII
son was visited by some English
men one day, among whom was an
expert of the English pattern-one who
knew all about mines and a great deal
about everything else, in his own opinion
They wanted to see some of Wilson's gold
and he panned out some very fine colors
for their edification. But that isn't gold. ]"
pronounced the youthful expert, after crit
ical examination. me deah fellah / am a
graduate of the English School of Mines.
and l know gold when see it, you know
That is iron." Wilson didn't say much
He just leaned over and took the alleged
expert confldingly by the shoulder "Mebbe
it isn't" he said, but don't go and give
it away to those fellows down at the Den
to them for gold all along
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-28
The MetnmorphoSes.

From the French Folk Songs.
IF you pursue and vex me so
Into a convent | will go
And sweet contentment ever know
If you become nun, tits clear
That l, monk, must soon appear
To hear the nuns confession, dear"
IF you become a monk, then I
Down to the pool will quickly fly
And with the carp secreted lie."
IF you become a carp, my pet,
A fisherman will spread his net
And so, you see, III catch you YETI
If you discover me concealed
L IL be red rose in the field
And never to your arts will yield.''
IF you become blushing rose,
III be gardener, l suppose
And pluck my darling as she grows"
"A gardener, you? Then l. a star.
VIII shine upon you from affair
And laugh to think how Vexed Won are"
If you become a star, my sweet.
l, as white cloud at your feet
VIII follow you until we meet
Then let our wanderings suffice:
Here, take my heart, you've paid the pric
In leading me to paradise"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-28
Where His Fee Came In.

A criminal lawyer in this city, says the
Chicago Record, who is noted for his ia
cility in acquitting any prisoner in whose
defense he may be employed. without
much regard to the character of the evi.
dence, is in great demand, particularIv
among those who feel that their cases
may be precarious. He received a letter
the other day from a prisoner in the
county Jail. 1t related that the writer
was indicted at the last session of the
grand jury. 1t declared that the writer
had little hope of acquittal unless good
talent could be enlisted in his behalf and
he begged the lawyer addressed to take
the case. Then came the pathetic part
of the letter. P"'
have no money the writer said, "to
pay for legal services, and very iittIse
property. But the horse is a good famiIV
driving horse; it can do a mile in 2:36, and
is gentle enough for any lady to use III
give you the horse If you'll take the case "
The LAWYER is still undecided
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-28

There is not a great deal of likelihood
that the alleged filibusters captured in
New York harbor the other day will be de
prived of either their liberty or of the arms
and ammunition found in their possession.
The persons in charge of the expedition are
arms and men out of the country for SINH
lar purposes. They know precisely how
far they may go without running afoul
of the law, and it may be depended upon
that they were inside of the limit when
they were apprehended the other day.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-28

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-28
AFatefuI Pair of Pants.

Father Bill" DAILY, the well-knOwn
turfman. was In Justice Walsh's court in
New York, on Sunday. says the New York
Mail and Express, and his artificial leg
which few people knew was one Of his
supports, ngures as a part Of the cir
cumsLdntlal evidence which viii doubtless
cost Charles McClay and his wife. Agnes,
fine. jan u " 'iea'S
Mr.. DAILY has been living Of late in a
handsome cottage in Gravesend, with his
newly welded WIFE, whom he married
seven or eight weeks ago They were in
house in charge of Agnes McClay, ser
want. During their "a bsence Agnes took
from the house a large amount Of wear
ing apparel. INCLUDING a pair Of trousers
belonging to Father Bill"
Agnes MeClay and her husband were ar
rested Saturday night for the rObbing, the
stolen articles having been found in a
pawn shop DicClay protested his inno-
cence, and was put 10 a crucial test.
Father BIZ So trousers were shown to
him, and he was asked how he and his
Vile came into possession of them
Them's my pants, all right" said Nc
Clay; Them's me- own toys l hooked
We'll see here" said one Of the officers.
taking hold OF a trousers leg: Are your
trousers built on the divided skirt plan?"
and then he did a most remarkable thing
in front of the astounded NcClay. He
unlocked the trousers leg, which parted
half way up, and asked him If his NC
Clay's) trousers were like that.
BE the powers o mudr' exclaimed Nc
Clay, Il never knew before that Father
Bill Daily wore his trousers in sixtiOns,
like stovepipesr'
1t seems, that in order to facilitate his
toilet Mr.. Days trousers leg is cut of
at a place between the top and the bot
tom, to fitly accommodate the joining of
nature and art embodied in his ''trotter."
Turning up at this particularly
opportune time IL was clinching
evidence against McClay and his wife.
When Agnes was arraigned before Justice
Walsh Sunday. she met her mother-in-
law, who was there to explain away a
charge of alcoholism.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-28
Consolation for the Rereaved.

1.-THE meanest person ever heard Of,
said an east side undertakes to the Buff
falo Courier, caused a great sensation
at a funeral 1 recently directed. The house
of mourning was filled with the friends
of the deceased-in this case a henpecked
husband. The widow, so it was reported
was already on the lookout for a second
husband, and one of the indignant female
relatives of the corpse ordered a very nice
floral anchor sent to the widow. Ii was
Are Others in blue immortelles, were oh
served on the anchor bar. The floral piece
was consigned to the cellar, but was the
subject of great deal of talk.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-28
The Good Mans Initiative DOG.

81 have dog" said a minister who
had just heard precocious story, accord
ing to the Danville Advocate. (which is
very sagacious. One Saturday he follow.
ed me to church and sat among the peo-
pie and watched my movements in the
pulpit. That afternoon 1 heard a terrible
bowling in my back yard, and of course
went to see what it meant 1 found my
dog was in the wod shed, standing on
his hind legs in dry goods box. He held
down torn almanac with one paw and
gesticulated with the other, while he sway.
ed his head and howled to an audience
of four other dogs, even more sadly thar
had done in the morning.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-28
The Broxton bridge Verdict.

We do not blink the fact-the acquittal
has been registered, because the murder
ers were white and the murdered was a
negro. There is not a sane man in South
Carolina who does not know that if Han
nah Kearse had been white woman, not
all the sympathy of family or neighbors,
the spectacle of weeping relatives in the
court room, nor the pleadings of all the
attorneys could have sufficed to secure
a verdict of acquittal There might have
been a mistrial, but never an acquittali
So it comes back, after all, to the old is
sue of race, and we must face the shame
full fact that there are white men in
South Carolina-many of them-who are
so utterly debauched in mind by political
or other antagonisms that they esteem
the life of dog of greater sanctity than
the life of a negro. We dare to say this
because it is the truth. Those same men
would have been sentenced to jail If they
had fiayed the hide from somebody 5
hound. They stripped an old negro wo-
man in the presence of her son and beat
her to death, so they are acquitted of any
offenSe.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-28

In Chicago the other day a man was ar
rested for begging. When arraigned he
made the novel plea that he was begging
in order to obtain money to pay his dues
at matrimonial agency which had un-
dertaken the commission of finding him
wife. There is probably not another city
in the country that can match this in
stance of masculine devotion to the oppo-
site sex. 1t is not uncommon to find a
man begging for the sake of some partic-
ular woman But here was this fellow beg.
ging for the sake of the sex in the alb
stract,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-28

The city council of Lincoln, Neb, has
passed an ordinance forbidding any person
or chewing tobacco within the corporate
limits, under penalty of s25 fine. This is
merely the modification of the old blue
laws of New England. Lincoln has also
the curfew law, which prohibits persons
under eighteen years old from being out
at night after 8 o'clock in winter and 8
in summer. There are lots of youths of
fifteen in Savannah who would not go to
Lincoln, Neb, even for the privilege OF
shooting an Indian