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The evening times., 1896-06-29


Two colored boys, about twelve years
old, stole chicken coop, continuing two
dozen chickens from in front oil +. Palmer s
grocery store. corner OF Sixth and f streets
northeast, on saturday. They ran to Fifth
and streets pursued by crowd, butthere
the chase became too hot and they dropped
the chickens and escaped
Mr. John r. Pemberlln OF Baltimore, real
estate agent, narrowly escaped Il serious
accident ut Ivy City yesterday. In alight-
ing from a south bound Baltimore and Ohio
train ut the station, he stepped across the
outgoing track, and came very n ear being
struck by north bound express.
Mr.. n. T. .fCrutchfie!d. former Journal
clerk of the House. will 60 TO the Chca go
convention as a friend of the silver cause.
He expects to start today. He has letter
from Sena tor Hin asking for his recent ar
tic!es on the history. in democratic con-
ventions, of tile unit rule and the two-thirds
rule.
The fnedals-threc in number-offercd as
prizes for neatness. faithful attendance and
good conduct. to members of the C. G. Conn
Drum Corps. Will be formally presented tn
tue winners next Wednesday evening. The
corps has just procured one dozen splen-
did corDets. and will orglnize section at
| once for drill.
The citizens of Southeast Washington are
making a general complaint about Car No.
of the branch line of the Anacostia Rail-
road. which runs from Fourth street south
east to Second street southwest. The car
has three e-corEered.wheel' and at ca ch
revolution makes a noise like sledge
hammer striking on the track.
Garman Kayhoe, the three year-old sol
| of Matthias E. Kayhoe Of No. II N street
northwest, was found wandering aboutt the
northeast yesterday by Policeman Wheeler
| He was taken to No. 8 station and his
parents notified. Within 4 half hour his
father. mother, sister and brother were
| at the station on bicycles and the litt.s
/ fellow was .tuken home.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-17
BRIGHT BITS.

-''wen, the bicycle has been the means
of closing our church"
is that so? Did they really fight over
Fight over it? No; the minister has
gone on a wheeling tour. "-Cleveland
Leader.
-Diner-Waiter; there is a slight mis-
take. ordered a spring chicken and a
bottle Of 1884 Pommery.
Waiter-Yes, sir.
Diner-You have brought me some Pom
merry OF last spring and chicken Of 1884,
Paris Messenger
Johnnie Chaffie-Grandma, will we all
know each other in heaven?
Grandma-Yes my child, we shall all
know each other there.
But, grandma, We can make believe
we are out when some of them call, can't
we?-TeXas Sitter.
-tFuddy-But don't you think that Ben
der is a terrible bigotP
Duddy-Bigot? No. indeed What put
that into your head? I never knew BEN
der to disagree with me either in religion
or politics. Why, he's the fairest man go
Boston Transcript.
New to Them.-"There is a Joke in
your paper this week that I heard at
a variety show two seasons ago" said
the disagreeable man.
What IL there lisp" said the publisher
of the religious weekly. "OUr subscribers
never go to variety shows. indianapolis
Journal.
This is a strange world" said poor
devil. relating his latest adventure Il
had not been able to get anything to eat
for two days. Finally in despair I at
tempted to drown myself in the Seine A
fisherman saved me. he received Is
francs reward for his deed and got
nothing!'-Le Figaro.
Natural Deduction. Now" said the
earnest apostle, IF man took a silver
dollar and melted it. he would only have
SO cents worth of silver. What do YOU
think of that"
well" said the man who had been
chewing a straw and looking puzzled.
'znears I can make 1t out, he would be
a durn fool. Indiana polls Journal
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-17
Exportation of Fruit.

Before the Florida orange groves were
practically ruined by the great freeze
there were several shipments of choice
Florida oranges to London. They were
sold TO advantage, and the probabilities
are that but for the disaster from which
the groves suffered there would nave
grown up quite large fruit trade be-
tween Florida and London and Liverpool
Recently, however, not much has been
heard here of fruit expectation. Mean
time California fruits have been shipped
to the British metropolis. but not always
at a profit. The distance that California
fruit must be sent overland before II can
be taken on the steamer initiates against
it, The fruit must be gathered green in
order that it may arrive at New York in
fair condition; and that is but about half
of the journey from California to London.
Great advances has been made within
the last year or two in arrangements for
fruit shipments from this country to Eu,
rope. But the problem is not yet solved,
and a fortune awaits the lucky inventor
who shall solve it. The English trade de-
mands fine fruit. How to permit the
fruit to attain very nearly to perfection
in the orchards, and then carry it in good
condition to the consumers, is the prob
lem. Several of the ocean liners have
put in cold storage for fruits. but some-
thing seems to be lacking in the systems
employed. Until perfect system of
land and water transportation is evolved.
it will hardly be possible to make fruit
expectation uniformly profitable. notwith-
standing there is a ready market in Eng
land for about all of the choice pears,
grapes. oranges and other American fruits
that can be delivered.
The rates Of freight on fruits have been
greatly reduced in the last few years
-Four years ago it cost $1,000 per car load
to get fruit from Sacramento. Cal, 10
London: now it can be shipped for about
$500. or about SIS more than is the rate
from Sacramento to New York The
charges from Georgia and Florida to Lon
don are less than from the far west. hence
this section has the advantage. It can
permit of the fruit hanging longer on the
trees, and then deliver it at a less cost.
The fruit area in this section is constant
~ being increased, and a market for it
must be found. Last season pears were
very low in price. for the reason that the
supply was so great. It will probably be
as great this season. England wants
pears, and is willing to pay a good price
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-17
Condition of The Fnrmers.


Mr.. ". C.. Estes Of Memphis has written
a letter 10 the New York Evening Post.
which goes to show that the condition Of
the farmers Of the south IS not. by far, so
deplora bic as some people are endeavoring
TO make it appear According to Mr.. Estes.
the farmers as class are prosperous, and
are suffering less from the depression con-
sequent upon the political agitation than
any other class Of citizens. While the re-
mainder of the country he says. lis Bit
terly growing because Of hard times there
is at least one section where the people
are more prosperous than they have been
in a long time. That section is the cotton
growing south. The money-bringing crop
ing It has been generally adopted that
enormously decreases the expense and
makes it a profitable crop at almost any
price. The principal element in raising
cotton has been food for both negro and
mule Instead Of being purchased from the
west it has been grown at home for little
or nothing This is the main reason for the
very low current prices Of cereals and
provisions. Instead Of being an enormous
customer Of the west. the south now buys
very meagerly."
This picture Of the condition Of the far
mers of the cotton belt may be a little
overdrawn But there is a good deal Of
truth in what Mr. Estes says. Speaking
broadly. most Of the farmers of the south
have planted for Accent cotton" as one Of
them expressed it TO Morning News rep
resentative. That means they have cut the
cost Of production down to the lowest fig
ure. placing 1t upon such a basis that if
cotton were to sell at cents on the
plantations, they would not lose anything.
They carried over from the last crop year
considerable quantities Of corn. forage, ba-
con. peas and potatoes. so that they were
not compelled TO go in debt to any consid-
cradle extent for supplies during the time
of the making of the current crop. This
year also they planted large acreages of
food crops, at the same time increasing
the cotton acreage. They will, therefore.
be enabled to begin the cotton crop to fol-
low the one now maturing upon compar-
atively Independent basis.
At the conclusion of the last cotton har-
vest the planters paid themselves very
nearly if not quite out of debt Indeed. it
has been said by we'll informed factors
that the majority of the farmers paid out.
and that many of them who had not been
out since the war balanced their accounts.
and had money left over. The slump in
the price of cotton the year before forced
upon them the most wholesome economy.
| Having learned of a necessity how to pro-
duce cotton very cheaply, at that time
they have since put the lesson to practi-
cal use. and will produce this season one
OF the most cheaply raised crop even
marketed
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-17

The most contented people are ts,..
who abide by the old and tried tbs -
is so satisfactory that the new car7..
offer any inducement for a change ~
that is just why Simmons Liver Pc.
tor has maintained its popularity $50
many years, Notwithstanding the No..
limitations and INSCRIPTIONS dealers NJ.
have done everything possible 10 49,
the people away from Simmons ~.
Regulator. The people Of the south bsr.
too much good sense to turn away f-,.
an Old Friend, especially when the o.
Friend is so far superior to evervt,.--
that IS new To take Simmons -
Regulator means long life and a ham,
life. But twill be a short life and a ~
cradle one to any who allow themsal,,..
to be persuaded by dishonest dealers =
take any of the limitations or counte-fs,..
Stick to the Old Friend with the Ra5
on the package, the real simon NM
article.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-17

DIR. Samuel Fillmore Bennett. the
author Of The Sweet BY and By" Is
a country doctor in Richmond. Wis,
little town OF about ST. iulabitants- he
served through the war as Lieut.. Bennett
OF the Forneth Wisconsin Volunteers
Dean Hole made a scene in Rochester
cathedral on a receut sunday. canon
whose business it was 20 read the first
lesson omitted certain passages which ne
lnousht improper The dean was 10 read
the second lesson. but before beginning
ne solemnly read the passages omitted
IN the first lesson.
Kaiser Wilhelm has changed the trim
Of his mustache which he no longer curls
up at the ends, but wears perfectly
straight. This gives him a more benign
ant and less ferOcious aspect. They say
tndt IKE MS prototype Ludwig ii OF Ba>
Narlai ne rs growing very fat, owing 10
oFereating and too little exercise.
Russell L. Dunn. mining engineer Of
California, has been engaged by a syn
dictate of Paris bankers TO examine the
placer districts on the AmoOr river, 81
IBERIA. He will sail from New York for
Paris at an early date and viii proceed.
via Moscow and Irkutsk. TO his destina-
ton, point in Siberia 700 miles from the
Pacific ocean.
-Yukichi Fukuzaiwa. the Grand Old
Man Of Japan. visited this country about
thirty-ive years ago When he returned
home he introduced Webster's dictionary
into Japan, and was one Of those who in
troduced the study of English into the
japanese schools. He is the proprietor of
the Jill Shimpo" ("Japanese Times'D, but
he has retired from the active manage
ment Of it,
Maj. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, Gen. o. o.
Howard and Rev. a. A Myers, presiden,
of the Harrow School. at Cumberland
Gap, Tenn, have inaugurated movement
to erect a large military and educational
institution at Harrogate, Tenn, on the
site Of the late Four Seasons hotel The
name proposed for the institution is the
Lincoln Academy" commemorative OF
President Lincoln.
George P. Bidder, Q. c.. who died re.
Gently at Manchester, England, was the
son of a civil engineer who was known
i'm the early part of the century as 1.-The
calculating boy" The powers of the father
were inherited in a marvellous degree by
the son, who could mentally multiply fig
ures by fifteen figures and perform witt
apparent ease many similar feats. He
was also successful as a cryptographel
and published some years ago what is per.
haps the only attempt at a scientific
analysis of ciphers.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-17

The Illinois Central train was half a
hundred miles from Chicago. headed for
the city, and at a little station an old
farmer came aboard. He was a little
weakened man, with a sensitive mouth
half concealed by an iron-gray beard. His
ill-fttng clothes were evidently his mos
uncomfortable best He slid softly into
a seat occupied by a grave stranger,
reading a newspaper. Two, three times
the old man turned his face toward the
brown flying landscape. The stranger
was struck with the troubled expression,
and glanced wistfully at his companion
says the ST. Louis Republic.
The latter spoke at last with strange
huskiness in his voice;
4 am going to the city for the second
time in my life" he said half startled
by his own words.
Yes"
Thirty years come July went there
Tor wedding suit, and / am going back
to-day for a coffin and a shroud for the
little woman that married men.
You don't know what it is mister.
to live and work 'longside a woman for
thirty years, day in and day out to find
her always patient and willing and work
ing-and then leave her lying dead and
cold with ner worn-Out hands crossed
on her breast. 1t was just little after
the turn Of the night. and nobody but
me was watching, then Mars gle kind of
woke up.
David says she, it's restful-so rest
ful, and l am so tired And so she went
to sleep again aud woke up in eternity
You know. stranger, these words of hers
have set me to thinking. Poor tired
soul l never knew how much she need
ed rest. We never thought of it while
we were working and skimping and saw
ing, trying TO lay up something for the
children. She never had any pleasure,
she never took any holidays or visited
the other women. She raised the children
and stopped the pigs, and MIXED the
cows, and churned and cooked for harvest
hands. l never knew or thought how
she did it all with those poor crossed
hands of hers.
Some folks say ii won't do any good.
mister, burt l am going to see that she
is put away in something rich We
wasn't skimping and saving for thirty
years for this, but Pm going to have the
best money can buy. She's earned it,
God knows"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-17


Two men who encountered each other
near a prominent street corner few
mornings ago stopped. shook hands. in
! quired after each others health. and spent
a minute or two in desultOry talk says
the Chicago Tribune.
Then. they shook hands again, asked 10
be remembered 10 each others family, and
said.
by the way, Higgins. I presume you are
for Bryan and free silver"
Free humbug." retOrted the other. i m
| for Mckinley and prosperity
I've got nothing in particular against
Mckinley was she reJOinder, except
that he's a prOtectionist and a gold stan
dard man. and wouldn't make good Pres
ident The issue of this campaign is
Il knOW exactly what you're going 20
| say. The issue OF this campaign-'
rs free silver, and you know it, Hig-
gins! Don't try 10 squirm out OF it,
w hos trying 10 squirm out OF il, ROg-
ers2 We're ready to meet you on the free
silver or any other issuel OF all the
/ blamed fool, nonsensical idiotic-"
on re an Internal gold bug That's
what you are, Higgins! / thought you'd
have more sense-'
I've got sense enough TO be honest.
Rogers I've sense enough to be honest
/ don't want to swindle my creditors by
paying my creditors by paying my debts
in 50-cent dollars
They had raised their voices, and a
men were Oblivious Of their audience, and
went on.
Look here. Higgins roared Rogers,
~ you can't discuss political question
| without calling names"
Calling names. you featherhead? You
/ called me an Internal goldbug not ten sec
/ onds agor'
well, that's what you arei ANY man
/ that wants to put the currency system Of
/ this country into the hands of Great
/ Britain is a public enemy, and he ought
/ 70 be hung! By George, he ought to be
Any man that hasn't brains enough to
| see that free silver will bring the coun-
| try TO the verge OF ruin is an idiot and
ought to be in some asylum for the fee
Give it to him. yelled a number Of
Paying no attention to the interruption,
| Higgins resumed:
IF you would only read the miserable.
cheap; namby-pamby little speeches your
| candidate Bryan"
Mckinley can't make a speechl He
cant make speech TO save his life!'
That's "a
Look outr
If he calls you a liar hit him. vocifer-
] ated an angry free SilVerite The crowd
now numbered a hundred or more.
Gentlemen" said Rogers, turning to
the bystanders, 4 appeal to you! / ask
ed this man a simple question and he chose
10 take onense. If he were disposed tC
discuss the silver issue fairly"
Discuss the silver! shouted Higgins
| Gentlemen, he hasn't intelligence
| enough to know"
I've got intelligence enough" retort.
| ed Rogers, at the top of his voice, "tC
know what every man in this crowd needs
You Will pardon me, gentlemen" he
went on. rapidly opening a small valist
he carried in his hand, "if I take this
| opportunity of calling your attention &c
little article which I am introducing
in this city. l call it the Universal I'm
plement. 1t will pare potatoes without
wasting any of the body Of the potato
| slice tomatoes, shave cabbages into
strings, trim a lampwick, cut the pages
of a magazine, remove warts"
He paused and looked about him. The
! crowd had fled.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-17

The state prison directors of Connecticut
have adopted a regulation separating pris-
oners into two grades. The upper one is
to be a reward for good conduct. All pris-
oners will enter in the lower grade, and
will not be advanced to the higher until
after a trial of six months. If their record
for six months is satisfactory they win
then be advanced to the upper grade. The
upper grade men will enjoy better quar-
tiers, and number of privileges, such as
having a light as late as S:45 p m, writ
ing one letter a week and having leave to
converse for one hour every fortnight.
They will also have better food, served in
better dishes.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-17

Some Of the railway stations at coun-
try towns in New England. according to
a Boston paper. are now made beautiful
with flowers and shade trees. Generally
speaking, a country railway station in
the south is one of the dreariest places
in creation. 1t occurs often that trav-
elers are obliged to stop for one or more
hours at the station, when they find it
the most tedious thing in the world to
kill the time until their train leaves. At
probably nine-tenths OF the stations the
roads own spare ground enough to make
an attractive flower plot, and there is
oftener than not a space in which shade
trees might be set out. 1t seems that
the roads might with very little cost make
their stations more cheerful.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-17

The editors OF the Richmond. Va.
State, having failed to arrive at a salts
factory understanding between them
selves as to the policy of the paper on the
money question, have concluded to run
a double-barreled campaign in the office.
The paper will be for both sold and sill
YER one column supporting the existine
standard and another column favorins
the sixteen to one idea. This arrange.
ment brings to mind a certain prohibition
fight, both for and against the scheme,
that was made by a Georgia newspaper
some years ago.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-17

The tug boats that become engaged in
Cuban 1libustering expeditions seem, ac-
cording to the reports. to develop the
most wonderful carrying capacity. For
instance, it is said that the Dauntless car
ried more than 100 men, four rapid fire
guns, 5000 rifles, one million cartridges
and other supplies. That would be a pref
ty good cargo for small boat built for
freighting, which tugs are not. Tug boats
are built for strength, and have very little
room available for the storing of goods
or men. The probabilities are, therefore.
that the size and Importance of most OF
the hlibustering expeditions in tug boats
are greatly magnihed.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-17
Democracy and SeIf-GOvernment.
From the Augusta Chronicle Dem)

Democrats maintain that prohibition is
essentially aslooan issue. They recognize
the rights Of home rule in every county
They do not oppose prohibition for arv
county that wants it nor do they seek
to force it upon any county against the
will of its people. The populists cannot
put democrats in the attitude of cham
pioning barrooms. The democratic party
champions the local option law which
gives TO each county the right to express
its own desires in the matter. If the peo-
pie of Morgan county vote for prohibition
they have the right to have 1t. If the peo-
pie of Richmond county vote against it
they have an equal right not to have it.
But the people of Morgan have no more
right to say thar Richmond must have
prohibition, than the people of Richmond
have TO say that Morgan shall not Local
option is the best and fairest solution Of
the question yet discovered, and the dem
ocratic party stands for local option,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-17

Secretary Smith is still a member of the
cabinet, and so far as the information
goes is likely to remain so until the end
of the present administration. Neverthe-
less those who insist upon writing Mr.
Smith out of the cabinet through their
newspaper articles have picked out a sue
oessor for him. in the person of John NJ.
Reynolds of Pennsylvania, at presen,
Mr.. Smiths assistant secretary.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-17

1t may interest fat men, in this
weather, to know that their adipose It's
sue is composed of 20 per cent. of liquid
acids. principally oleic acid; 80 per cent
of solid acids, probably palmitic, and
small amounts of stearic and myristic
acids. and traces of lower volatile acids
This information is from the Medical Rec
ord, and may offer to fat men an ex-
PLANTATION Of why fat is so hard to carry
in hot weather.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-17

Watson deals in glittering generalities
in his appeal to the blacks. He
has nothing to offer them but prom
Uses. On the other hand, Gov. Atkinson
can point to deeds done in their behalf
The intelligent and informed men of the
race owe it to the more ignorant blacks
to see that they are not bamboozled into
voting against their real interests.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-17

1t is hardly probable that Mr.. Bryan
will accept the proposition that he and
Bourke Cochran shall have a joint debate
at the New York Chautauqua. Mr.. Cock
ran has assented, but Mr.. Bryan cannot
afford to go about the country engaging
in joint debate with every one who
challenges him. If he engages in joint
debate with any one it should be with Mr..
Mckinley.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-17

1t is not pleasant news that comes from
west of the Alleghanies. Conditions there.
it is said, are favorable for the recurrence
Of hot weather. The backbone of the
wave that has been scorching the whole
country has hardly been broken, and the
knowledge that any relief that may come
is likely TO be only temporary is not in
spring. The effect of another hot wave
upon the crops would probably be de-
cidedly disastrous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-17

Mr. G. n. Tillman Of Nashville. whom
the republicans have nominated for gov
ernor Of Tennessee, is said to be relate
TO Senator Tillman of South Carolina
though distantly. The Tinmans are get
ting to be quite prominent in public affairs
One is register of the federal treasury.
another is United States minister to Ecu
ador, another is a United States senator.
another is a professor at West Point, and
another is a lieutenant in the army.