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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-18
nugr anal Mortgnges.


Senator Strother opposes hiring an en-
tomologist for the benefit of the fruit
growers of the state because mortgages
prey on homes worse than bugs do on
fruit trees"
As a general thing in Georgia mort
| cages do not bear very heavily on homes.
What we mean by that is the percentage
of homes that are mortgaged is not over
whelmngly large. AS a rule Georgia
farmers are in a fairly prosperous condl-
ton.
But the relation which bugs bear to
mortgages is not what Senator Strother
seems to think it is. His view, if we I'M
derstand him, is that if the state hires an
entomologist to tell farmers how to get
rid of the bugs which kill their fruit trees
and their melon vines taxes will have 10
be raised and the mortgages will be hard
er to carry. But that is not the correct
view, which is this: If the farmers are
taught how to kill the bugs and thus save
their fruit trees from destruction they
will be much better able to carry the mort
cages on their homes than at present. This
will be accomplished in two ways. First,
the farmers will take greater interest in
fruit growing and will have fruit crops
that will be a source of profit, and, second,
Georgia, which is well adapted to fruit
growing, will become a great fruit-grow-
ing state, thus increasing it's taxable val
ues and making a lower rate of taxation
possible.
1t has been demonstrated already that
Georgia is great peach, pear and melon
growing state. There are many other
kinds of fruit which could be grown with
profit. For instance, in the vicinity of
Fort Valley orchards of plums of the nnest
varieties have been set out and promise
to yield satisfactory crops.
Both peach and pear trees, however, suf-
fer greatly from insects, and the melon
vines suffer from disease of some sort
The money value of the melon, peach and
pear crops is very large The trees ana
vines are in danger of destruction, how
ever. from diseases of one kind and an
other. 1t is important that remedies shall
be found for these diseases, but before
remedies can be intellgently applied the
nature of the diseases must be discovered.
An entomologist is needed to tell the far
mers what the diseases are and what rem
edies should be used to - rid of them
AS a general rule, we are against Gre
ating new offices, and believe in keeping
the tax rate as low as possible, but there
are certain things costing very little
money, which, If utilized as they should
be, would greatly increase the abilityrof
people to pay taxes. If we can make Geor-
gia great fruit raising state the states
ability to bear it's tax burdens will be
greatly increased. Not only that, but
every farmer will be encouraged to cult
vate fruit for home consumption, thus
making homes more attractive by means
of fruit trees and adding to the happiness
of the people by providing them with adj
ditional articles of wholesome food. Let
us have the bug killer by all means.
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Not Interested in Gardening.

An amusing story comes from India, says
Harpers Young People. II concerns a dis
tinguished officer who was constantly en-
bracing some new hobby. much to the dis
gust of his brothers officers, and to the
annoyance of the soldiers ON whom the
hobbies frequently involved extra duty.
His latest fad was amateur gardening. one
day he was strolling past the officers
quarters, when he saw a couple of soldiers
busily raking a lot Of gravel-stones over
a patch Of earth.
"Ah. men. I'm glad TO see you taking an
interest in gardening. It's a very nice oc-
cupation."
one Of the men, not knowing him by
sight, replied: Nice, Is II? Umphi That's
all you know. We wouldn't be hiding this
earth with gravel II we didn't have an ola
fool OF a general that's mad on gardening
Here we are scrapng these stones about in
case he should pass this way and want 10
grow cabbages on the BIZ OF earth UNDER
meath"
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The Message Condensed.

When will our Presidents learn to use
the blue pencil unfinchingiy on their an
nual messages? asks the Philadelphia Led
ger. See how beautifully the Chicago Trib-
une has condensed Mr.. Cleveland's latest
effort: ITO Congress:-Things are about
the same in Turkey. Spain has not crushed
the Cuban rebellion yet The United States
and Great Britain have quit making faces
at each other. Our ambassadors need bet
ter dwellings. 1t costs like everything to
run this country; still we need to spend a
little more money on the army and the
seacoast defenses. Our postal department
is o. K. Ditto our navy. Indian affairs need
overhauling. The pension list is still too
big. We must look after those Pacific rail-
roads more closely. Free distribution of
garden seeds is a humbug. think have
been doing pretty good work in reforming
the civil service. The interstate commerce
law needs little patching. The Wilson bill
Is all right. Carlisle is all right. Shoot the
greenbacks. The trusts must go. Let US
be economical. Grover Cleveland !"
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PER SONAIA.

Capt. c. c. Blood of Tennessee, who
acted for a year as drillmaster for the
raw insurgent troops under Gomez, has
just returned to his home. He brings back
the startling Information that Gen.
Weyler is a native of Ohio and a son of
parents of German origin. His father is
at present farmer in the Buckeye state.
The discovery that the Duke of Or
leans is not eligible for the decoration of
the Golden Fleece surprised the court of
Vienna, says the New York Tribune. A
new knight of the Golden Fleece must
have had Roman Catholic ancestors on
both sides for eight generations, and his
pedigree must be without flaw or stain for
the same period. 1t appears not only that
the Regent Orleans married on illegitimate
daughter of Louis XIV (Mlle. de Blois),
but also that the late Duchess of Or
leans princess Helena of Mecklenburg
Schwerin), the mother of the Count of
Paris. was all her life a Protestant and a
member of the Lutheran church.
The sultan of Turkey has fifty bed
rooms scattered about the palace and
through the grounds of the Yihilz Kiosk.
Where he may sleep on any given night
no one knows. He may lay down his
scheiming, shameless head in an IRON
bound bedroom in the. palace or in a pa
viion out in the grounds at the hour long
after midnight when it is his custom to
take repose. He has two great dogs who
go to sleep across the entrance of his
chamber and, like Prince Bismarck with
his stag hounds, undoubtedly believes
them safer guards than any man. That
the commander of all the faithful is only
able to close his eyes about the time that
honest workingmen are getting awake
makes his title mockery
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INDLX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS,

Meeting-Landrum Lodge. No. IS, f. &
"A. M
Special Notices-Ship Notice, ]. F. Minis
& Co.; We Put You on Notice, Jas. Nc
Grath Co.; Dividend Notice The Citi-
zens Bank of Savannah; Fire Works Or
dinance; Special Notice, Ocean Steamship
Company and New England and Savannah
Steamship Company; Last Notice, State
and County Taxes for 1896; Notice to Su-
perior Court Jurors.
The Rush for Holiday Goods-Leopold
Adler.
Political Announcements-Sam Rey-
nolds for Justice of the Peace, Fourth
Georgia Militia District
Legal Notice-Libel Against the italian
Bark Tony, formerly Called Aurelia-
Ladies Seeking Handsome and Suitable
Christmas Presents-B. II. Levy & Bro.
Good Things Come to the Top-A. s.
Nichols.
Cottolene-N. K. Fairbanks Company
Mineral Water-Hunyadi Janos.
Auction Sales-A Nice Piece of Property,
by ]. ID. LaRoche, Auctioneer; Large Sale
of Household Furniture, by ]. McLaugh-
ain & Son, Auctioneers; Consignment of
Fine Christmas Cordals by c. H. Dor
sett
Amusements-The Butterfly Fete. Matt
nee and Night, Saturday.
Thousands of People VIII Testify-Ap-
pei & Schaul
Steamship Schedule-Baltimore Steam
ship Company; Ocean Steamship Company.
Hides, Wool, Etc.-R. kirkland.
Medical-Duffy's Matt Whisky; Hood s
Pills; Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets; SCOTS
Emulsion; Munyon's Rheumatic Cure; Jo-
ham Hoff's Genuine Malt Extract.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Hel
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
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want Another ..PeeIx-Neek.n

Senator Calls proposition for a con-
gressional investigation of the circum-
stances surrounding the death of Maceo
reminded Senator Proctor Of a funny sto-
ry. says the Washington Post.
Some years ago; when the questions of
immigration and yellow fever and cholera
were being looked into, a subcommittee
of the Senate was appointed, consisting of
Senators Proctor, Chandler and Call to
visit Havana. 1t was just before the
Christmas holidays, as in this case, and a
visit to the Cuban port in the winter sea-
son is not without it's attractions The
proposed trip, however, rather disturbed
the Spanish minister He knew the bellig-
erent propensities of Chandler and Call
and he FASTENED to the state department
with a dispatch from Madrid, anxious to
learn whether the investigation was pro-
posed with peaceable intent.
Secretary Foster listened to the excited
minister with great suavity. There is no
occasion for ALARM" he said, reassuring-
ly. You know that the holiday recess is
approaching and these senators are sim
ply arranging for a pleasure trip. l am
sure there is nothing else in it."
A great light of intelligence broke over
the Spanish minister's face.
oh" he exclaimed, "a peek-neek, a
peek-neekv' .....-...
And he went away much relieved.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-18
The Picture.
From st. Nicholas.

FROM Ot. NlcnOldS.
A little lady, very young knight
Just a girl and a boy in each others
sight
Oh, their smiling faces we're clear and
bright,
Their velvets and satins with gems be-
Gold and laces and pearls had She
And he was superb as lad could be.
Their cheeks were rosy, their hearts were
light,
AS they danced them measure on Christ
mas night.
Twas: "Ah, my iadyF' and "Yea, my
lord!'
And he touched as, lightly his jeweled
sword
AS if 'twere a flower; yet he knew with
The trick of the weapon that decked his
side. +t
And she-why, the very sweep of her gown
Told how, in valor and grand renown
From sire to son, through court and
The name she bore had been handed
down!
And what was her name? And who was
the boy?-
The two who danced in their stately Joy.
l do not know and 1 hardly care
Their story is neither here nor there.
For girls and boys, young, merry and
fair, ~g
GLADDEN. our firesides everywhere.
They thrive and flourish to-day as then
The little ladies. the little men!
And, grand or humble, their hearts are
light ~
When they tread them a measure on
Christmas night.
Mary Mapes Dodge.
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Hanson for the Cabinet.
From the Atlanta Constitution Dem.).

Maj. Hanson Is a representative bust
ness man Of the south, and he has made
himself both conspicuous and popular by
the eager zeal with which he has for
warded every enterprise that has for It's
purpose the upbuilding Of the south. pro-
NOTED its Industrial development and urg-
ed the rehabilitation OF It's waste places
Such an appointment as that Of Mai. Han
son would please not only those republic
cans who have made themselves respected
Ia the south but all who feel that the time
has arrived for even a republican pres
ident 10 recognize the business interests
Of the south.
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Advices received from all sections of the
Louisiana sugar belt are to the effect that
the crop did not suffer materially from
the recent cold snap. The bad weather in
some sections saddled a little extra ex-
pense upon the planters, but the cane is
all right 1t is thought now that the yield
Of sugar will be larger than that of last
year. The tonnage of cane in many sec
in nearly every section the cane juice is
richer in sugar than before. hence the
output will be considerably heavier per
ton of cane
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-18

1t is difficult to understand why rail-
roads should be expected to carry bicycles
free. as baggage. Baggage means speci-
hcally trunks, valises, satchels and other
parcels which travellers carry with them
for the purpose Of holding articles OF
clothing and other small personal effects
In broad sense It means the tents, uten-
ellis and equipments of an army. blcy-
Gle comes under neither of those heads.
Bicycles would seem to come under the
freight classification just as legitimateIy
as horses. There seems TO be a disposi-
ton 10 make the railroads haul as many
things without cost as possible. II II is
aesired that bicycles shall be transported
free by tho railroads. let the demand
stand upon its own merits. that they shan
De carried as bicycles. not as baggage. We
mink the Georgia legislature has done
wen 10 KIN the bin that was before n 10
make bicycles baggage"
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YOUR TIRED STOMACH.

nave no Appetite you say, land the
little L do eat does me no good. At first
1t feels cold and dead in my stomach and
by and by l have aches and pains that
sometimes go to my chest and back.
feel weak, low spirited and out of sorts all
over. l fancy the demon of dyspepsia has
got me. That's the way you talk and no
wonder. But wait a moment. Let us
reason together. Perhaps thus far your
stomach is merely tired. You have been
eating too much, eating the wrong things,
and irregularly. You have given it too
much to do, and like all living things,
when overworked, it stops at length from
sheer exhaustion. There may not be an
actually diseased condition as yet. Still it
IS Sature's warning, and you must heed it
or worse will follow. But I must eat or
starve," you say. True enough, but safety
usually lies in middle courses. Here is one
for you. You don't need drastic purges
or exciting stimulants. Your condition is
one easily relieved if we go about it gently
and sensibly. The tired stomach won't
work under whip and spur. 1t has
probably had too much of that already.
What you require is something that is at
once food and a digester of food. Such
an article is the Shaker Digestive Cordial
discovered and prepared by the Shaker
Community of Mt. Lebanon, N. Y. Taken
right after eating, so as to mix with the
food, 1t does the stomach's work for it,
gives 1t the advantage of further rest,
strengthens you in a natural way and
soon enables the stomach to do full duty.
There is nothing else like this simple,
safe, certain and palatable remedy. Yet
the Shakers respect your doubts, and au-
thorlze druggists to sell a trial bottle for
10 cents.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-18

The Hartford Comm Times has learned
that "one of the principle causes Of the
death recently Of John II. Inman" was
that he had lost a large sum of money
in fruitess attempt to advance the
price Of cotton. The amount is placed at
100000, which the Times says amounted
TO more than a fourth part of his cap
itaL" Continuing, the Hartford paper
says: ''Mr. Imam and other cotton men
made largely on the great advance that
occurred in 1895. But that advance caused
more cotton to be put in by the planters
this year, and there is a big crop, which
has had the natural result of depressing
the price again"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-18
LEGAL NOTICES.


THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Eastern Division of the Southern District
of Georgia.-Whereas on the third day of
December, 1896, Silas c. Force, carrying on
business under the firm name and style of
j. & c. Moore & Co., of New York,
filed his libel in the district court of the
United States for the Southern district of
Georgia, against the Italian bark Tony"
formerly called "Aurelia," her boats tack
lie, apparel and furniture, in a cause of
contract and damages, civil and maritime;
and whereas, by virtue of process in due
form of law, to me directed, returnable on
the eighteenth day of December, 1886, /
have seized and taken the said Italian bark
TONY" formerly called "Aurelia," and
have her in my custody.
Notice is hereby given, that a district
court will be held in the United States
court room, in the city of Savannah, on tho
eighteenth day of December 1896, for the
trial of said premises, and the owner or
owners, and all persons who may have or
claim any interest, are hereby cited Ito be
and appear at the time and place afore-
said, to show cause, if any they have, why
a final decree should not pass as prayed.
J. d. HARRELL, u. S. Marshal.
By j. B. Wilson, Deputy.
ERWIN DUBIGNON & CHISHOLM,
Proctors for Libellant.
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We condemn the people of Asia for their
foolish superstition because they combat
the advances Of modern medical science
and refuse TO observe proper sanitary pre-
cautions to prevent or check ravages Of
cholera, declaring their faith in Allah and
that he will remove the pestilence when IL
is his pleasure to do so and not before. Yet
we have in this country at the present time
an illustration going to show that we have
not TO go out of our own territory to find
ignorance as gross and superstition as
rampant as in Asia. In Woods county
Oklahoma, there is an epidemic of diph-
iberia. The principle sufferers are a COM
munity of "faith-curists." They refuse to
submit to quarantine regulations or OBJ
served proper rules of health They hold
meetings in the sick rooms of diphtherla
patients and pray around the sick beds
with their faces on the coverlets. They op-
pose the approach OF physicians, declar-
ing IL faith cannot cure medicines cannot
In one instance physician by dint Of per-
severence had nursed a boy through the
critical stages Of the disease and he was
on the road to recovery. Medicines were
left and instructions were given, but the
parents declined TO give the medicines or
follow the Instructions. and the child died
Of blood poisoning while the family prayed
around his bed without making any effort
TO relieve him.
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From the Macon Telegraph Oem.

The question OF abo.ishing the coroner's
jury is under discussion in Michigan. 1t
is really a useless office and ought to be
dispensed with everywhere. The chief of
police of a city. or a sheriff Of a county is
fully competent to make proper official
report of unnatural deaths The testi-
mony before the coroner's jury is practi-
eally valueless in the courts and the ex-
pense involved in the salaries and fees of
the coroners office could be saved without
any sacrifice of the pubic interest.
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ERWIN DUBIGNON & CHISHOLM,
Proctors for Libellant.

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Eastern Division of Southern District of
Georgia.-Whereas, on the 18th day of De-
cember 1896, the Hamburg Underwriters
Association filed a libel in the district
court of the United States for the South
ern district of Georgia against the Italian
bark TONY" formerly called "Aurelia, -
her boats, tackle, apparel and furniture,
in a cause of contract and general aver
age contribution, civil and maritime. And,
Whereas. by virtue of process in due form
of law, to me directed, returnable on the
31st day of December, 1896, have seized
and taken the said Italian bark Tony"
formerly called 'AureTia," and have her
in my custody.
Notice is hereby given, that a district
court will be held in the United States
court room, in the city of Savannah on the
31st day of December, 1895, for the trial of
said premises, and the owner or owners,
and all persons who may have or claim
any interest, are hereby cited to be and ap-
pear at the time and place aforesaid. TO
show cause, If any they have. why final
decree should not pass as prayed.
J. d. HARRELL, u. S. Marshall.
BY ]. B. Wilson, Deputy.
ERWIN DUBIGNON & CHISHOLM,
PrOctOrs for T,ibeIlaDt
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what We Are Drifting Into.

1t will be extremely difficult, IL not impos-
sible. in the present state of public feel
ing, to enforce strict observance of our
neutrality laws. In that lies our danger,
and it supplies a strong motive of dis
satisfaction at the continuance of the war
fare in Cuba. This nation would obey with
very bad grace a decree in arbitration or
dering the payment OF twenty millions of
indemnity money to Spain. Yet that is
precisely the situation we are drifting into.
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Police Examinations.

The police commission of Jacksonville
has taken steps to ascertain how well
informed the city's policemen are with
regard to some matters they ought by
all means to know. For, i'm these adj
vanced days. it is expected that a city
policeman shall know something else than
how to WELD a club or shake citizen
by the collar. COMMISSIONER Burbridge
prepared a little list of questions, a kind
of kindergarten civil service list which
he put to the policemen separately. The
Times Union prints the questions as fol-
lows;
where does the mayor iive?"
What is the number of your beat?"
What city officials live on your beat?"
where do the police commissioners
live?"
Where do the red light street cars go?''
Where do the green light street cars
go?"
Where do the white light street cars
go?"
Locate the newspaper offices in the
city"
Name and locate the churches on
your beat?''
What are the numbers of the fire alarm
boxes on your beat and where are they
located?'
The reader might think that the ques-
tons were "too simple" and that the
policemen ratified off the replies without
the slightest hesitation. But the reader
would be wrong If he thought any such
thing. For the Times Union says that
only two men of the whole force we're
able TO answer all OF the questions cor
rectly. The commissioner did not ask his
policemen where the polling places were,
who were the boss politicians of the
town, who the most active heelers, and
kindred questions. The probabilities are
that if he had done so, he would have got
direct and prompt answers in every in
stance
It appears, from the reports of our con-
temporary. the News and Courier that
some of the policemen Of Charleston are
no better informed than those of Jack
sonville. 1t is told that zone of them was
met by a respectable citizen in Legare
street one night and asked II he could
direct him TO Legare street. The police
men replied, I'm sorry / can't tell You.
my friend, as 1 am something Of stran-
ger here myself" Charleston, by the
way, is under the metropolitan police sys-
tenn, which is directed from Columbia.
hence it is Charleston's misfortune and
not her fault that she is policed by men
who do not know the names Of the streets
they stand upon.
How is it with the Savannah police?
may be asked. We do not know. We
shall not attempt to institute any com
parison between the police of this CT y
and our sister cities named.