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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-07
Personal.

The Jefferson family has been on the
stage for five generations.
Mr. Moody said at Cooper Union re-
Gently that the press of New York was
materially aiding religion and religious
revivals.
The late Mrs. Scott siddons, the cele-
brated actress and elocutiouist, had lived
in retirement for fifteen years previous to
her death in Paris, Nov. 10.
Miss Louise Bonaparte. who is to be
married on Dec. 10 to Count de Moltke-
Huntfeldt, is the great granddaughter of
Jerome Bonaparte, the younger brother OF
Napoleon l. She is also great grand
daughter of Daniel Webster.
1t may not be generally known that
the story of Enoch Arden, as it stands in
the poem, is in every detail a true one. 1t
was related to Lord Tennyson by the late
Mr.. Woolner, the weil-known sculptor,
whose widow has the manuscript of the
story.
"A Brussels firm has just accepted a
contract for the establishment of tele-
graph system throughout Abyssinia. Each
telegraph station is to be furnished with
a telephone, and the more important are
to be connected with the residence of the
Emperor Menelek. so as to enable him to
keep, if not an eye, at any rate an ear,
upon his dusky subjects.
Gen. Horace Porter says in the De-
cember Century that Grants breakfast
on the day of the battle of the Wilderness
was composed of sliced cucumber, on
which some vinegar was poured, and a
cup of strong coffee. Immediately after
rising from the table he lighted a cigar,
thrust dozen or more into his pockets,
and was ready for the business of the day.
OF these cigars, strong and formidable in
size, he smoked twenty before the day
was over. This broke his own record in
the use of tobacco.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-07
GREAT Money-sraIsing scheme.

A well-dressed, ministerial-looking gen.
tleman entered the office of a Chicago pa
per the other day, inquired for the man
aging editor and, when asked to state his
business, remarked: 81 am here on a con-
tidential personal mission. Do you want to
make $5OO,O0 inside of three days?"
The newspaper man started, says the
Chicago Times Herald, but pulled himself
together sufficiently to say he would pre-
fer TO make the time limit at least a week,
just for the sake of appearances.
''All right" remarked the visitor, per
haps it will take us a week anyway. l
have discovered a secret that all the chem
lists of the world have been working for
since civilization began. / have found out
how to dissoeiate water. l can throw a
little pellet into the golden gate which will
separte the water into oxygen and hydro
gen and burn up the whole Pacific ocean.
1 can throw a pill into Lake Michigan
which will burn up the great lakes and the
St. Lawrence, causing incalcuable loss of
property and life"
Better not do it, remarked the news
paper man.
Exactly" exclaimed the chemist
There is the whole scheme. l want the
people of Chicago to pay me $1,OOO,000 for
not doing it. 1t is worth every cent of
that amount. Raise a company to stave
off this disaster; issue appeals to the peo-
pies patriotism; establish popular sub
scription funds and you can raise the
money in two days. Half of it goes to
you
The newspaper man demanded two-thirds
and the man within the deadly pellet left
in Indignation. He has been familiar
figure on State street for month
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-07

"A Birmingham iron company has just
received an order for 5000 tons of pig
iron for Calcutta. The firm which ordered
il wants 5000 tons more, but the Alabam-
ians cannot furnish it in the time speci-
fed, because ship room to transport 1t
cannot be obtained. Birmingham spe-
ciai, referring to the matter, says: 1.-THE
ability of Alabama furnaces to undersell
European competition, and at the same
time to furnish a better grade of iron,
accounts for the growing demand. Local
ironmasters say their only trouble is in
ability to secure boat room for shipments.
Were it not for this, they say, their for
eign trade would be much larger" There
are not now ships enough In the trade.
including foreign craft, to take away the
produce America has to offer the rest of
the world, and which the rest of the world
wants, Nevertheless. the republicans arc
agtating proposition to still further re-
duce the number of ships in the foreign
carrying trade by levying an extra charge
upon goods brought to this country in for.
eign bottoms.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-07
He Made the Horse Go.

At least twenty minutes had been ex-
pended in fruitless efforts to make the
stubborn horse move, says the New York
Times. Hitched to a bulky delivery wag-
on, he stood directly in the pathway of
traffic at the crowded corner of Sixth ave-
nue. and Fourteenth street. The animal
was large, apparently well fed ana not
overworked. There were no evidences OF
disability; it was simply a .cask of balk.
The driver had exhausted his persuasive
powers and sat quietly on his seat; the
half dozen men who had been Juggling at
the wheels of the wagon had desisted from
their Intellectual exertions; the knowing
individual who sought to coax the animal
with a wisp of hay had thrown down the
attempting bait m disgust. and the daft
fellow who essayed to twist the horse S
tail had managed to get away without be-
ing kicked, when a mild hammered gentle
man, silk-hatted and kid-gloved, came
upon the scene.
Quietly pushing aside the impatient
street car driver, who wanted to build a
fire under the animal, the gentleman gen
tly stroked the horses neck with one
gloved hand, while with the other he
picked up the baked creatures right foot,
bending it back and holding it firmly.
Nodding to the driver, he said; Now,
go ahead"
The driver fiourished his whip and said
"glang." The horse instinctively started
and finding that it's powers of locomotion
were gone, became FESTIVE. The gentle
man then released the imprisoned foot,
which the animal Immediately put into
action by trotting rapidly down the street
After brushing a few particles of dirt
from his glove, the mild-mannered man
passed on his way, and the congestion in
the street enjoyed a speedily relief.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-07

Guanabacoa, which the dispatches say
has been twice attacked and captured by
the Cuban insurgents, with more or less
pillaging and burning, is next to Havana
the largest town in the province of Ha-
vana. 1t is located on a hill two miles
across the bay from the capital and six
miles east Of it by the high road that con-
meets the two places. 1t has a population
of something like 5000. At one time it
was the fashionable residence suburb of
Havana, consequently it is fun of fine
residences. The town is under the guns
of both Moro castle and Cabanas, but it
seems that neither fort opened upon the
Insurgents, for the obvious reason that it
would have been as dangerous to Span
iards in the town as to the insurgents. 1t
is declared by Cubans that Guanabacoa
is not poorer guarded than Havana, and
that it would be just as easy to enter the
capital city and raid it as the town across
the bay.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-07
The Policy of the 5

The Policy of the silver Senator's.
The time is rapidly approaching when
the silver senators will have to decide
whether they will assist in passing bill
to provide additional revenue or will try
to block all revenue legislation unless
coupled with concession TO silver. In this
connection two things are worthy of spec
ial notice. one is that the free silver
coinage papers of the far west are say
ing that the silver senators would make
a great mistake in refusing to permit leg
islation increasing the revenues, because
by doing so they would force an issue of
bonds, and therefore would be responsible
for increasing. the public debt. In view
of the fact that during the last campaign
the silverites condemned the bond issues
they would be inconsistent If they should
force another bond issue. The other thing
is that only two of the republican senators
who favor free silver coinage have ex-
pressed determination to adhere to the
policy which the silver senators pursued
at the last session of congress of object
ing to revenue legislation which makes no
bois of Idaho and Cannon of Utah.
1t is believed that when the time comes
for action the republican silver senators
will assist in passing a revenue measure.
They cannot help recognizing the fact
that free silver coinage in fair and
square contest was overwhelmingly de
feated. They would, therefore, show
themselves unfit for their positions If they
should now use the balance of power
which they hold to prevent the raising of
sufficient revenue to carry on the govern
ment. They would bring upon themselves
and the silver cause the condemnation OF
the whole people.
1t is pretty safe to say, therefore, that a
revenue measure of some sort will be
passed at the approaching session Of con.
gress. and if not at that time, then al
an extra session which Mr. Mckinley, in
all probability. would call soon after his
| Inauguration.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-07
The King Was Enraged.

There was no question but that the can
nibal king was highly enraged, for his
face, distorted with passion, resembled
one of Aubrey Beardsley's posters and his
nose ring quivered violently. says the New
York Journal
He strobe up and down the imperial dug
out, his Trilby heart Hopping back and
forth as he walked, and cut savagely at
the surrounding atmosphere with small
riding crop which had been presented to
him by an English gentleman who had
since gone into the interior.
The king viciously punched an electric
bell
The royal purveyor appeared and ad-
Vanced on his hands and knees.
''Caitiffp roared the savage chieftain,
chow is it that you dare to break my rule.
to oppose my royal will, to disobey my
specific commands? How is it, l ask. that
boiled missionary appears as the only inn
portant dish on my bill of fare to-day?'
The purveyor executed a grovel which
eclipsed all his former efforts in that di-
rection.
The king appeared molliied. IT mean
about seasoning he explained, nibbline
on a conversation candy. Il fear that he
will not be exactly up to my standard
so mild a man."
The purveyor looked relieved.
'I thought" he said humbly that with
ragout a la French novelist
He paused.
Capital" cried the king, with undis-
guised joy, and pinning the latest button
to the lapel of his faithful servants toga1
French novelist!'
He smacked his lips in anticipation.
"Sp.cy? Well"
It was evident that the South Sea Del
monico had scored another triumph
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-07
Couldn't Tell a Lie.

rs the house very quiet?" he asked. as
he inspected the room that had been ad-
vertised Ito let" says lid Bits.
mo" said the landlady, YEARLY. ''I can't
truthfully say that It is. The four babies
don't make so much noise, for they never
all cry at once and the three pianos one
gets used to. and the parrot is quiet some
times; but the man with the clarlonet ana
the boy that's learning to play the flute
do make 1t noisier than I wish Il was. -
That's all right" said the man. cheer
fully; live and let live is my motto. TN
take the room and move in tomorrow, and
the little things you mention will never dis
turb me a particle. Good bye"
And it was not until he was moved In
and was settled that they learned his oc-
cupation. He played the trombone in an
orchestra.
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-07

1t is said that a German army doctor
In Africa with troops had difficulty with
cases Of jungle fever. He tried every
known medicine for the fever without
success. Finally in fit Of sheer desper-
alton he emptied every particle of every
kind of fever medicine he had into one
vessel. stirred up the mixture and labeled
II out to his patients. 1t was hit or miss.
live or die, and the doctor took
chances Of making a hit And he did II.
sure enough. The stuff proved a wonder
ful fever specific. and has come down to
practitioners Of the present day under the
name of Warburgs tincture. 1t would
seem, from a Columbia. Mo. dispatch.
mat physician at that place has i'm
proved upon Or. warburg's accidental
discovery. having perfected a compound
lymph which will cure anything and
everything, and which will ward Off all
manner OF diseases. in other words the
Missourian has discovered the elixir q,
iie' If the dispatch is correct in all mar.
ileulars But it is better not to place over
mueh confidence in such dispatches.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-07
r,,,n~. Po.1 Tnderstanding.

There are. according to Lord Dundrearys-
SOME things which no fellow can UNDER
stand. Things of the kind he referred TO
are very numerous just now. Disinter-
ested people cannot understand why prize
lighting is prohibited and foot ball is per-
mitted; why keno, faro, roulette ana
other green cloth gambling games are
made penal offenses, while gambling IN
stocks and cotton and grain is not only
permitted but regarded with more or less
admiration. Men who seek to make liv-
ing by playing cards or turning wheel
of fortune are fined and put into Jail; men
who gamble in stocks, cotton and grain
are looked upon as being heightened bust
ness men and sit on the grand juries.
Il is impossible to understand why a
man who steals dollar or coat is sent
to the penitentiary for a term of Years.
while the man who robs bank of thou
sands of dollars goes scot free.
1t is impossible for people who are not
religious enthusiasts to understand why
money and missionaries are sent to for
eign countries. when American cities are
full of heathens; and why these good peo-
pie build churches in Africa, China and
elsewhere when there is such sore need
of school houses in Georgia and about
every other state in the union. 1t is also
hard to understand why Christian people
who worry themselves over the condition
of the Armenians in the sultans empire.
wax wroth when an Armenian in this
country sells them fake lace from his
pack or fruit from his push-cart which
turns out to be worth about half of the
price charged for it.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-07
An Important Question.

The proba bility is that the question
whether state has right to adopt suf-
frage qualification which DISTINGUISHES a
large number of it's citizens and yet have
representation in congress on the basis of
all its citizens will attract great attention
IN the next congress. AS is well known,
Mississippi has an educationa qualihca-
ton, and a very large proportion of the
negroes of the state, not being able to read,
are denied the right to vote.
At the late election colored man nam
ed Jones was candidate for congress.
against Representative Catchings who was
a candidate for reelection. Catchings re-
ceived about 1900 votes and Jones only
about 300 Jones has notified Catchings
that he intends to contest his right to
seat in congress on the ground that almost
all Of the negroes were disfranchised, and
that if they had been permitted to vote
the result of the election would have been
different.
1t is difficult to see how Jones can make
out d case In Mississippi the illiterate
whites are DISTINGUISHED as well as the H.
literate negroes. There is no discrimina-
ton as far as the law is concerned against
the negroes.
1t may be claimed that there is discrimi-
nation against the negroes in the admin
istration of the law-that is, the registrars
may make it easy for a white man to show
that he is qualified and hard for a negro.
If such is the case it is difficult to see what
remedy congress can apply.
The question is an important one be-
cause it affects two states, namely. Mis-
sissippi and South Carolina, and a similar
educational qualification may be adopted
by other southern states. There is no
doubt that the qualification was adopted in
Mississippi and South Carolina to prevent
the negroes from getting control of public
affairs, since, in each of those states, they
have majority of the voters.
Complaint of the educational qualifica-
tion.is not confined to any particular sec
ton of the country. The Galveston News
discusses the subject at considerable
length, and holds that it is unfair that
Mississippi and South Carolina should be
allowed representation in congress on the
basis of their respective populations, all
though more than half of their citizens are
DISTINGUISHED. 1t says: Beyond all ques-
ton it is manifestly unfair for 5,655 voters
of Mississippi to have representative in
congress- while in Texas it requires $4,000
to 10000" In 1894 one district in Texas cast
more votes than all the seven districts of
Mississippi.
This matter has not yet assumed much
Importance, but it promises to do so. We
predict that the question of inequality in
representation, not only in the House, but
also in the Senate will command greater
attention with each succeeding year until
there is a settlement of it. 1t is eonspicu-
ously unjust that Nevada with only about
10000 votes should have as much power in
the Senate as the great state of New
York.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-07
INDEX TO, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Meeting-Georgia Historical Society.
Special Notices-Ship Notice. Strachan &,
Co, Agents; 20 Per Cent. Discount Sale
of Perfumes and Extracts at Livingstone
Pharmacy.
Amusements-'Tn Gay New York" at
the Theater Dec. 10.
lications-Scribners History of the
United States in Connection with the New
York Tribune.
Warm the Boys-B. H. Levy & Bro.
Chainless overwhelmingly & Morgan.
Auction Sales-Clocks, Parlor Suits, Etc,
by c. H. Dorsett, Auctioneer; Administered
ors Sale. by ]. II. Oppenheim & Son.
Proposals for Building Gun and Mortar
Batteries at Key West, Fla.
MedicaI-Duffy's Malt whiskey: SCOTS
Emulsion; Mothers Friend; Hoods Pills.
Cheap Column Advertisements-He
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-07

No more toy states must be made to
accommodate small-bore office seekers. In
the past the senators and representatives
OF great and growing states, unmindful
Of the wrong they were doing their own
constituencies, have consented to the adj
mission OF these pigmy states. New York
and Illinois senators have voted to let
a few people in remote mountain regions
elect senators 10 neutralize the votes
which they cast as the representatives of
millions
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-07

a great scheme for preventing the demo-
Gratis from getting ahead of them in the
next presidential campaign. The infor-
nation comes from North Carolina that
the populists wss hold their national con-
vention In advance of the democratic con-
vention, and nominate Bryan and Butler
or Watson, upon platform having as its
leading plank the free silver plank OF the
last populist national convention.
They feel sure Mr. Bryan would
accept as he accepted the pop
ulist nomination this year. Thus
the populists would be in a position to die
tate TO the democrats. II the latter should
desire to nominate Mr.. Bryan again.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-07

Over in South Carolina they continue to
talk about the formation of new coun-
ties, but there appears to be a good deal of
difficulty -about selecting the names of
the counties after they have been out off.
The Carolinians might find it a good idea
TO take a list of the Georgia counties
check off those the names of which are all
ready duplicated in that state, and then
follow the list down in alphabetical order
until the territory gave out
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-07

The newspapers are once MORE printing
obituary notices of w. d. osgood, former
ly half-back Of the foot ball team Of the
University Of Pennsylvania, lately Cor
now major Of artillery in the ranks Of
the Cuban insurgents. osgood has been
KILLED" several times. by the blue pencil
of the press censor In Havana, hence It
is a matter Of doubt whether his latest
death" is permanent or merely tempo
rary. His friends think he will probably
be home for Christmas dinner.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-07
sherman's Wild Predictions.
From the Philadelphia Record (Dem.).

Mr.. Sherman predicts the enactment Of
a tariff bill so steep that it will not only
pay the running expenses of the govern
ment, but wipe out the national debt by
the close Of the Mckinley administration.
Mr.. Sherman Is thus promising more than
his party promised In its national plat
form, and decidedly more than the Dingley
bill or the Mckinley bill could perform in
twice or even thrice four years.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-07
nnoI1. Flec Cor safety.
From me Charleston Post peml.

We hear that there is this winter re-
markable abundance of wild ducks in the
state. There are said 20 be numbers OF
them far in the interior, on the headwa-
ters of the Saluda and Broad. The ex-
PLANTATION is that the ducks have learned
Of the prevailing feeling in South Caro-
lima toward their arch-enemy, Mr.. Cleve-
land, and have come here for refuge.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-07
Ready, willing and Waiting.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican Qnd

Sprlng1eId IMdss.J INVPuUIIOaH NIIIu'7'
The silver men in congress are real glad
over Senator Chandler's plan to agitate
at once for an international monetary
conference, because, as Senator PETER
says, it will give them such fine chance
to discuss the money question generally
Stewart of Nevada is all ready with a
three weeks speech
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-07

Last summer at the confederate surviv-
ors' reunion in Richmond proposition. to
change the name of the United Confed-
crate Veterans to Confederate Survivors
Association was submitted. 1t has since
been discussed in all parts of the south
and the change seems to meet with con-
siderable favor The initials of the or
ganzation at present. ~. C. W" are not
especially significant; if they were chang
ed to &C. s. A." they would be full OF sig
nificance to every man who wore the
grey. A vote on the proposition to change
the name will be taken at the reunion to
be held in Nashville next May.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-07

1t is to be hoped, as a matter Of state
pride, that the bright prospect for cab
met chair will not be ruthlessly jerked
from under Maj. Hanson of Macon.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-07

II the governments can obtain from the
duty on sugar all the revenue it needs
as it CAN'T seems to us that it would
he safer to depend on that duty, which
is easily collectible, rather than to try
tea and coffee instead.