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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-17
Duffy secured the Reward.

Duffy-Thomas II. Duny-is in town,
says the Kansas City Star. AR. Duffy de-
scribes himself as tourist. baIloonist. an
ti-raiiroadfarist and orator. He says he
ns1s Deaten his way on every railroad in
the United States and every steamship
line sailing ships therefrom Duny
makes Kansas City every eighteen
months. He arrived here yesterday morn
lHs; lie Is a small man with gray mus
tache, a quiet twinkle in his eye, and an
active thirst. He doesn't carry a trunk
nut has plenty OF clothes, nevertheless.
Ao-uay ne wore thirteen undergarments,
a pair Of overalls, two pairs Of trousers,
ana pair Of golf stockings.
can headlight deck 'brakebeam,'
or rod said Mr. Duffy, proudly, ex-
planning his methods OF riding. AN
mere e.i amt no road my Pullman don't
Duffy claims to be the only man who
ever took down the late Diamond 10"
reynolds reward. Diamond JO' was
the. owner of the Hot Springs railroad.
which runs from Malvern to Hot Springs,
Ark II Is d very short line, but used 10
charge a long mileage, ten cents a mile
9eing the passenger tariff. Diamond
20 mad the trains closely watched and
mad posted a standing reward of SO and
a suit OF clothes to any man who could
beat his way over the road. Duffy did it.
munching a Glove. I'D come from Eu-
rope and the sea air had warped me legs,
an. fought | would go to Hot Springs.
W hen 1 got TO Malvern l heard Nv Mr..
Reynolds kind reward 10 the man who
could escape his conductors. The brake
man used to watch the Platforms an
the rods and the cOwcatcher with cOuplin'
pins. One evening, just before the injine
pulled up L the train, / got the cap off'n
the water tank in the milne tender and
climbed in
The injine pulled up to the water tank
and took in enough water to float a ship,
an il near drowned me. Then the train
pulled out an 1 wuz playin' an ingage-
mint as the man fish. The water in the
hole wuZ up to me eyes. / would jump
every few minutes and get a swallow of
air, then down ag'in-and 50 on Purity
soon we struck a grade and the milne be-
gan to use plenty of water. In a little
while II had got down to me teeth, SOS
could breathe an when we pulled into
Hot Springs il was down to me knees.
Il knew when we got to Hot Springs,
so ! pushed UP the top of the tank and
hauled meself up. There on the platform
wuz 'Drmon' JO.'
Hi. there! says 1. Where's me shute
of clothes?
who are yez?' says he.
. I'm a baloonist whin l amt man
fish, says !.
what are We doin'?' says he.
90 I'm peddlin brains says /, AN
think I've struck with a good market
with that he laughed and took and
bought me a good Shute of clothes and
give me his check fer twenty-foive. An
/ says 10 him; If We don't want me ter
ride free, Mr.. Dfmon 10, you've got to
tear up yer track or quit usin' sthame'
An l went out of that town ridin' in the
window cars an wild Mr. Dimon JOS
naStelb0ard in TOcketn
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Personal.

Prof Quidde. Of Germany. the au-
thor Of the famous pamphlet. "Caligula,"
which Is supposed 10 really mean " III
iam," is TO be prosecuted for lese ma
Jeste, owing 10 remarks made by MIN on
the emperor and the foundation OF the
Emperor William order at the social
democratic meeting at Munich.
The Marques dc Mores. renowned for
his good looks, who killed a man in a duel.
kept ranch ia the United States, ran
a railway IN Tongking. led the socialists
in Paris and was deprived Of the control
Of his fortune by the French courts, IS
now az work trying TO prove that British
gold Is stirring up the Soudan against
France.
The members of the London Savage
Club are looking forward with interest to
the return Of DIR. Nansen from his Arctic
expedition, for il was at enc of their Satur-
day night dinners that the gallant ex-
plOrer made his last social appearance In
London before setting out on his quest
Tor the north pole and as souvenir OF
his visit he wrote his name on the wall
in characters as large as those which ar
rested the Mortified attention Of the DOOM
ed Babylonian king.
The French intend to deport Rainiliari-
vOny, who has been for so many years
prime minister of Madag ascar, to Algeria.
An interesting book could be written. tell
ing the story of the African kings, or
rather great chiefs i'm exile. There is Ara
bi in Ceylon, and ZObeir, who was sent TO
Gibraltar. Then there is Ja-Ja, whom the
English dispatched to the West Indies.
with badly selected lot of wives, as ne
complained pathetcally). and Behanzin
Of Dahomey, who was lately indebted to
the French for passage to Martinique.
The English. too. have Zulu chiefs in
termed at St. Observation-Disclosures and
Prempeh-whose future place Of residence
is sim to be decided
The appointment of The O'Conor Don
as lord lieutenant of Roscommon is inter
esting, if only for antiquarians and genoa
logical reasons, says the New York Times.
Don is not surname but a title, the
meaning of which is. we believe, some
what in dispute, and the rest of his family
are simply O'Conors. The The signi-
hes that the bearers Of the title are the
present representatives of the rulers of
the ancient septs. There are many persons
in Ireland who claim the right to add this
prefix to their names, but only a few can
really sustain the claim. Among those
whose title to it is unquestioned are The
MacDermott. The ODOnoghue The Mac
Gillycuddy of the Reeks. The Knight of
Kerry, and Lord 1nchiquin, who is the
head of the great sept of the O'Brens.
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Unapprccinted genius.

1T just occurred to me-" said the smart
young man who sometimes drops into
the newspaper office to impart a bright
idea, according TO the Chicago Tribune.
that the dog show is a bowling success -
4 am glad TO hear it replied the man
al the desk Il was fearful it would be
a failure. Been attending it?'
20, no." rejoined the other. II was
thinking it would be a good way to"
IF you haven't been attending it how do
you know it's success"
Maybe you didn't understand me.
said it was a bowling success. See? How
Don't you catch on?" interposed the
exchange editor. Hes trying to give you
a pointer about the dog snow
'And it's what l collie good one," re-
marked the man who writes up the provis-
ion market.
Il should think you'd beagle lad to get
a little outside help" spoke up the man
who grinds out the insurance news.
And when he Danes to come and tell
you about it himself chimed in the man
who chops out the board of trade report.
lit ought to cur to you that
He took the trouble" Interrupted the
man who keeps track of the stock mar
ket, Ito runner hound and give you the
idea. He didn't terrier minute on the
way"
lies so 'alf bull, too" observed the
man who dishes up the railway news
Gentlemen said the caller, pale but
calm. Il seem to be up pug against it..
Good afternoon"
He went away. and for the space of five
minutes nobody spoke The smart young
man had paralyzed them.
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Florida is All Right.
From the Jacksonville Citizen (Dem.)

In other states disappointed hopes of
affiliation between the populists and "sii-
yer democrats" have caused sorrow and
indignation among self-appointed leaders
who have been unsuccessful in inducing
voters to follow on roads that lead away
from sound democracy. Here in Florida
no such condition prevail. The populists
are harmless. The menace Of republican
reorganization has been partially neG-
tralized by republican discussions. The
threats Of a capture" of the democratic
organization by a corporals guard OF
chronic office-seekers need not cause serI-
Gus alarm. The state convention VIII
either declare emphatically in favor OF
a sound and stable currency, or IL VIII
leave the currency question to be settled
hv the ma tional convention aH0g
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-17
81. Pntrick,s Day.
On the sivinteenth OF March
As -ffT as starch

As stiL as starch
II doesn't make any difference about the
rest Of it. Everybody knows il; and b
the same token. everybody will sing
whistle. or hear il to-day. For 81 is the
day Of one Of the very finest Of old Irish
gentlemen. Notwithstanding ST. Patrick
was not an Irishman to the manner born.
He was naturalized. so to speak. and be-
came a prototype for other naturallzed
citizens. even up TO the present day. in the
welding Of an immense power for good.
There can be no doubt that st. Patrick
had in him the making Of an exceptionally
capable politician, i'm witness Of which
fact. note a tale that is told of his cam
paign with the snakes. It is said that one
old and particularly shrewd snake refused
to be driven out. St. Patrick made a box
and invited the snake to get into IL. The
serpent resisted. upon the ground that the
box was too small. The debate grew hot
and furious, and st. Patrick challenged
the snake to prove to him that the box
was too small by getting into it, His
snakeship fell into the trap. St. Patrick
snapped down the lid of the box and threw
1t into the sea. 1t is plain that such fer
ulity of resources would have made the
good man a district leader and landed him
in the Senate. IL there had been districts
and Senates in those days.
There is a more or less popular belief
to the effect that St. Patrlcks day marks
the ending of winter and the beginning
of spring. 1t may be that this belief had
its foundation in the snake story. Why
the seventeenth of March was chosen for
ST. Patrick's day is not quite clear. One
writer supposes that on or about that time
the famous snake campaign was opened
in earnest. 1t is well known that while
snakes are not in the weather forecast
ing business, they can beat the whole gov
eminent force in calculating meteorologi-
cal and seasonal changes. They hibernate
all winter, and come forth in the spring
to bask in the warm sunshine. 1t is evil
dent that st. Patrick couldn't chase them
while they were asleep in their under
ground habitations; hence he had to wait
for them TO come out. If they made their
49, ''tiNN VII +heiiSi H. ana ne lmmeQl-
etcly fell upon and ousted them that ac-
counts for the fixing of the anniversary
date and also for the idea that spring be-
gins on St Patrick's day.
Notwithstanding many incredible stories
are told of st. Patrick's prowess while he
was converting Ireland-one of them be-
ing that he SWAN across the Shannon
with his head in his mouth!"-nobody will
deny that his day has become one of the
most important in the calendar. when
patriotism is breathed in every sentiment
and that
St. Patrick was a gintleman.
Who came of dacent people
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From the Philadelphia Record DEM.

A sneaking suspicion is beginning to
glimmer in the minds of the republican
senators that they have overdone the
jingo business in the estimation of the
country. To this is added a haunting
fear that if they do not retreat from a
false position Grover Cleveland and his
astute Secretary of State will take the re-
naming wind out of their sails. Should the
recognition of the fact that jingoism is a
dangerous game from a low party point
of view assist in restoring pacific tone
to the foreign policy of the United States
the public might not too nicely inquire
into the cause of this involuntary but
wholesome reaction among the republi-
cans in congress
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The Joke Was ON the Boys.

"Assayers are the common butt in all
mining camps, and. as rule, 1 believe
they get it in the neck undeservedly. -
said a well known mining man, to the Ari-
IONA Republican.
For example" said he, you remember
that story of Mark Twains, how the boys
up in Utah got hold of a chunk of a Nor
mons grindstone and worked il off on the
camp assayer? He got an assay of $500 to
the ton in silver out of that grindstone
and the boys ran him out of camp That
was a true story, and yet, after these
many years. let me tell you that assayer
was all right You see, in the early iavs
the Mormons used to cut their grindstones
out of what afterward was known the
world over as Silver Cliff. That cliff was
a sand carbonate. and eventually it was
discovered to be one Of the most wonder
ful deposits of silver ore the world has
ever known. But that was too late 10
help the poor devil of an assayer who
sampled the grindstone."
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Turner, Black and Russell.
The Wayncsboro (Ga) Citizen Oem)

When we look at and consider the vote
of H. G. Turner, ]. c. c. Black and Ben
Russell of Georgia against the present
recognition of Cuba, we know there is
something seriously wanting, or such a
vote would not have been cast These
are three Georgians whom wild theories
and hasty ebullitions of popular feeling
do not carry off their feet. Time will
show that they were not only right, but
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-17
Bribery of Delegates.
From the Boston Herald Dem..

Operations of this kind can be carried
on much more effectively, it is said, in
southern than in northern republican con
stituencies, but the work is manifestly
Mckinley is nominated By the republic
can national convention, it will unques
tionably be nomination due to the pur-
chase and sale of Yotes-a Nomination
of a disgraceful character such as neither
of the two great political parties in this
country have ever before been guilty.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-17
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Observation-Disclosures Society; Alpha
Lodge. No. 1, A. and A. S. r.: Honorary
and Pay Members Of Irish Jasper Greens.
Special Notices-Ship Notice. }. F. Minis
e. Co; Notice As To Bonds of Gainesville,
jefferson and Southern Railroad Bonds,
Joseph d. Weed; Build or Buy a House,
Chatham Real Estate and Improvement
Company; Asparagus Points, Etc. A. NJ.
& c. w West; Grand st. Patricks Day
Lunch. at the Palace.
Business Notices-Hannis Distilling
Company's Fine Whistles, Henry Solo
mon & Son; Three xxx Cheroots
Girls Dresses-B. II. Levy & Bro.
Medical-Brown's Iron Btters; Worlds
Dispensary Preparations; Cuticura Rem
edies.
Handsome Souvenirs-At Adler's.
You Are Apt To Overlook the Most
Important Thing-Falk Clothing Com
pany.
Proposals for Supplies of Revenue YES
sels-J. f. B. Beokwith, Collector of Gus
toms.
Just Two Minutes Is All 1t Takes-At
Adler's.
Auction Sales-Commissioner's Sale of
Residence Opposite De Soto Hotel, by c.
H. Dorset. Auctioneer; Administrators
Sale, by ]. H. Oppenheimer, Auctioneers.
March 10 and 20-At Adler's.
Insurance-Annual Statement of The
Mutual Life Insurance Company of New
York.
Everybody Guessing-Appel & Schaul.
Between 4 and 6 p. m. and s to 10 p.
m. on Thursday and Friday-At Adler's.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-17

New York papers are puzzled over a
stranger who arrived at Ellis Island the
other day Nobody has yet been able to
understand one word that he has said
Notwithstanding interpreters in all of the
known languages have tried to enter into
a conversation with him. But, really
there does not seem to be any good ground
for creating a mystery with regard to
this person. He is the man who is going
to St Louis to write the platform for the
republican national convention.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-17

There is a bin before the Massachusetts
legislature to appropriate $4,000 for a me
mortal to Gen. b. F. Butler If the bin
finally becomes a law. Of which the Bos-
ton papers seem 10 be in doubt. the legis-
lature ought to provide that the memorial
shall take the shape Of souvenir spoons.
A Butler memorial in any other than
spoon shape would miss the point.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-17

The Cuban insurgents probably regard
as an extremely rich joke that accident
by which two columns of Spanish troops
fell upon and tried to exterminate each
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-17
DON'T STOP
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proofs. EUREKA CHEMICAL & MEG. On
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Office Of The Mutual Life Insurance Company
of New York
February II, 1896
At a meeting of the Board of Trustees Of this
Company, held on the 18th day Of December last,
the undersigned we're appointed Committee to
examine the annual statement for the year ending
December 81, 1895, and to verify the same by
comparison with the assets of the Company.
The Committee have carefully performed the
duty assigned to them, and hereby certify tina,
the statement is in all particulars and that
the assets specified therein in possession of the
Company.
In making this certificate the Committee bear
testimony to the high character of the investments
of the Company and express their approval of the
system, order, and accuracy with which the ae-
counts and vouchers have been kept, and the
business in general transacted.
(sssE5) n, c. Won Posr RosERT OLYsHANT
CHAs. r. HENDERSON Wm P. DIXON
JAMES c. HOLDEN !. h. HERslck
COMMITTEE
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Moral Sense of a Newspaper.

Last week the question, Has the news
paper lost its moral sense?" was debated
before the Nineteenth Century Club of
New York. The New York World took
up the question editorially in lite issue
of last Sunday, and in the course of its
remarks said: 1.-The newspaper, as a col
lective entity, can no more lose its moral
sense than the human race can become
sightiess and legless."
In view of a charge made against the
World by the New York Sun in its sun
days issue, the foregoing statement taken
from the Worlds editorial strikes us as
rather peculiar. The charge made in the
Sun was this A few days ago the World
published oonspicuously, and in unusually
large type. a message to Joseph Pulitzer,
editor of the World, from the Senior Cano-
vas, prime minister of Spain, relative 10
the intentions of Spain at the present crit
ical juncture. The World commenting on
the message at the time said it was
remarkable document, and that it was al
so remarkable that the head OF one gov
eminent should address himself to the
its foremost newspaper. Did the World
ever receive any such message? Accord
ing to a dispatch from Madrid published
in the Sun 1t did not. According to that
dispatch, and also dispatch from WASH
ington, containing statement relative
10 the matter from Senior Dupuy de LONE.
the Spanish minister to this country, no
such message was sent by SPANS prime
minister to the New York World
We do not pretend to say whether the
World received such message or not.
We present the Suns charge against the
World and wait with much curiosity the
Worlds reply to the Sun. If Senior Can
ovas sent no such message-a message
which had his name attached to it-what
an extraordinary fraud the World perpe-
trated on the American people. and what
monumental cheek it had under the cir
cumstances to publish the editorial it did
on the question. Has the newspaper lost
its moral sense
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ST. Patrick was a gintleman.
Who came of dacent people.
SEINE of Gov. McKinIey's Delegates.

SEINE of Gov. McNinIey's Delegates.
1t is apparent already that Gov. McKfn-
ley is going to have trouble to hold within
his lines a good many of his southern dele
gates. There are signs of disposition on
the part of some of them to kick out of
arisen in respect to the Florida delegates
shows that good deal of work in get
ting delegates has been done that is not
acceptable to factions in the party. and
that there is certain to be a big lot of
contests when the st. Louis convention
meets.
There is no question that thus far Gov.
Mckinley has beaten all his competitors
in getting delegates in the south He ap-
pears to have the best workers, and the
reports are that his agents are pretty well
supplied with money. But will his barb
hold out? That win be an important mat
ter when the convention assemblies. 1t
will be even more important then than
it is now If the history of other republic
can conventions of the last quarter of a
century is repeated, cash will play more
important part at the national convention
than it did in the primaries.
Many colored delegates-1we do not say
all, because that would be unjust-con-
slider that they viii get nothing from their
party. even if it is victorious, and that
therefore the thing for them to do is to
get what they can before the campaign
begins, and while their votes are worth
something 1t does not follow, therefore,
that if Gov. Mckinley gets the great ma
jority of the southern delegates in the prf-
maries he will have a majority of them
when the balloting begins in the c6nven-
ton. His real trouble with them will be-
gin when the bidding begins at St. Louis.
Two weekly papers are published in the
town of Midvale, Neb. Quite naturally.
they are deadly rivals for the public favor.
week ago one of the papers secured a
scoop" upon its competitor. the news be-
ing of an especially important character.
The editor of the scooped paper resolved
to get even, and to make the item on
which he would beat his measly contem-
accomplish that end he wrote up an elab-
crate account of his own suicide had it
put in type and read the proof, waited
until his rival had gone to press. and
then took poison in the manner so graph
icaIly described in the story. He was saw
ed by a physician with a stomach-pump.
and had the satisfaction of knowing that
two hours ahead of his rival
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-17
Report OF the ExamIning Committee

From the Surplus dividend will be apportioned
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CURRENT COMMENT.
The Metals in the Circulation.
From the Dalton (Ga) Argus Dem.I

Gold does not circulate in any country
on earth that has free silver coinage, but
both gold and silver are used as money
in every gold standard country. In the
face of these indisputable facts, where
can the free silverites find the nerve to
talk so much twaddle about "bimetaii-
lism? ?"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-17

have carefully examined the foregoing State
ment and find the same to be correct
CHARLEs A. PRELLER Auditor