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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-08
BRIGHT BITS.

From tho Barracks Officer-Your
sword is all rusty. Do you imagine you
are with the Cayalleria Rusticana? File
gende Batter.
Miss Playne-It is true that you said
that the mere sight of my face would
make a man climb fence?
Hargreaves-I-er-I meant, of course
If the man was on the other side of the
fence-Cincinnatf Enquirer
The Point of View.-Uncle-It is real
ly awful that the young men nowadays
contract so many debts.
Niece-i think 1t is a perfect blessing
otherwise they would never think of get
ting married,-Flegende Batter.
-Gaggs-My boy has weak lungs. What
business do you think would be best for
him?
Waggs-Make him a professional pugi-
list. It's the greatest lung-developing bus
mess in the world.-New York Tribune
Fin de Siecle.-EHse-M dearest Stel-
la! 1 haven't seen you for four months.
How is your Charles?
Stella-Oh, my Charles has changed
very much since then. His name is now
ert!-tliegende Batter.
"A Mystery. - Tommy = Paw, what
makes them call those low saloons
''joints?"
Mr.. Figg-That is one thing l never
could figure out. Man who goes there gen.
orally loses his Observation-Disclosures
lis Journal.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-08
BIEE.. Grent sneech.

Bat talking Of blunders." continued the
member reminiscently. says the Washing
ton Post, did you ever hear the story OF
Gov. Biggs. of California, and his pleuro-
pneumonia fad2 Well, it was in the Fifty
first congress. BigEs represented a dis
trict in California, and his one hobby was
pleurO-pneumonia- The symptoms were
most violent in the governor al times: but
somehow he could never get a chance to
be heard on it. Reed persistently refusing
10 recognize him He was so full of his
subject that one day he told the speaker
on the floor Of the Houses
1 must be recognized on the pleurO-
pneumonia bill, for / am going to CalifOr-
MIA tomorrow, and shan't he back for
month. II am not allowed TO speak on It
to-day 1 don't know if the chance Will
ever come
But Reed, with one of his frosty Sibe-
rian stares. looked over Biggs' head and
recognized another member. The CalifOr-
MAN was mad. He went west the next
day and had not yet cooled of when he re-
turned
the chair one day, and had no sooner turn
ed his back than Biggs siddled up and ask
cd Payson to recognize him. Payson prom
lsed, ana Blggs went down stairs to take
a cup OF cold tea to tonic himself for the
great effort of his life. the long-eorked-up
speech on pleuro-pneumOnia.
As soon as an opportunity offered Biggs
asked for recognition and was given the
floor. As he proceeded he Waxed eloquent
and simultaneously thirsty. He asked
Cluny, his colleague, to bring him a glass
OF water, and Cluny, under an Overwhelm-
ing inspiration of humor, set a glass of
gin on Biggs' desk. Biggs drank the gin,
and grew more garrulous still on his ia
VOrite subject, while Cluny and his circle
or sworn confidants sat off and watched
the tea, the gin, and the pleuro-pneumOnia
working out their fatal destiny, like so
many boys keeping guard on a slow fuse.
well, BiggS closed in burst of pyro-
technic eloquence. He had the eagle beat
ing his mighty pinions and mountain tops
bearing witness to his assertions, and
about this time the combination of gin and
cold tea so completely monopolized him
that he closed with a solemn declaration:
. / am, sir. in favor of the poor labor
ing man and of pleuro-pneumonia.'
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-08
Personal.

Next year Portugal will fittingly cele-
brate the 4OOth anniversary of Vasco ia
Gama's setting out on his voyage around
the Cape of Good Hope to India.
"A bill has been introduced in congress
for the erection of monument on Roam
oke Island to commemorate the landing of
Sir Walter Raleigh on this continent.
"A space has been cleared near Sochi
Russia, for the erection of a palace to the
car. The site is most picturesque, ana
Black sea. Its construction will be be-
gun in the spring.
The Boston Pilot thinks that many So
called Irish bulls are not really Irish al
all; as an illustration it cites a sentence
from a recent article by Andrew Car
negle, who is certainly not Irish Cana
da, says Mr.. Carnegie, remains only
nOminally hers, a WayWard child unjust
and tyrannical to her mother because
bursting into manhood"
Prof. Roentgen, whose famous ca
thode rays are exciting such wide inter-
est, has long been engaged in electrician
research, and has made a special study
of the figures produced in dust by cleo
trical discharges and the phenomena
shown by electricity in passing through
various gases. He has published several
valuable scientific works.
Senator Hoar owns hill, or, rather a
mountain, in Massachusetts, the famous
Asnebumskit mountain, which lies in the
town of Paxton, and 1t has been found
that not only is Paxton the central town
OF the Bay state, but that Senator Hoar' s
mountain is the pivot and the real hub of
Massachusetts, and according to devout
yankee belief, of the universe.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-08
A Story of ex-speaIxer Crisp.

Ex-Speaker Crisp, just before sailing
for Europe last summer, made a strong
statement in favor of silver, saws the
New York Tribune. When he came hack
ht was engaged to address a big meeting
in the open air in the south and in
order to make his point about silver clear
he went to one of those whom he knew
would be present at the meeting and drew
him aside. He said to him that when he
reached a certain point in his speech.
citing the point, he wished the man to
rise and call out; How is that you, who
were at the head of a congress which
was a sound money body, and always
were supposed to be sound money man
yourself, now declare for free silver?" Mr..
Crisp saw as soon as he made the request
that something was wrong, he did NOT
know what. He added: Then 1 can 20
on and explain" The man he had been
talking to drew back and shouted: mo.
sir! You get some one beside me to ash
your fool questions. A chap came to me
over in Macon and he got me to ask
some fool question like that in meeting
and did. F@ust thing knowed some chan
swiped me across the head with a cIub
for interruptin' the meetin'. / didn't
know nothing for two weeks. Reckon as
how some one elsell have to be yer
interlocutor this time
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-08
How n Won His Bet.

Say" said the fresh young man, &C
cording to the Louisville Courier-Journal,
'Ill bet you that l can strike that man
standing there three times with my cane
and that 1 will not get into a fight either
before or after"
The group of young men, all of whom
were just as gay. readily took up the
wager. They could not understand how
B could strike the stranger without
producing riot in the hotel lobby, where
they stood.
B. then set about hitting the stranger
three times, for the edification of his
The target stood at the water cooler
drinking. B. having placed his cane
at an angle of forty-five degrees, saun-
tered up to him as though he, too, was
about to take a drink. When he got
quite close he suddenly swung around
ing for the glass. AS he did so his pro-
jecting cane raped the old man on the
elbow. Quick as a flash he turned in the
opposite direction, as though to face the
stranger and apologize. The turn again
swung the walking stick against the 9TH
er's body.
B at this juncture bowed very hum
bly,. and begged the strangers pardon
field courtesy.
Certainly, sir; certainly" answered
the victim.
There was still one more rap to be adj
ministered. This was given as b turn
ed to leave the spot.
Il am very awkward, sir. / beg your
pardon 1 assure you that it shall not
occur again."
Once more he was forgiven. Then he
returned to his friends, who Joined in
the hearty laughter and moved an adj
Journment to the bar.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-08
The Moody Meetings.

The great majority Of those who attend
the meetings of the Rev. Mr.. Moody are
apt to find their first Impressions of his
preaching disappointing. Having a world
wide reputation as an evangelist. they
expect to find him an orator Of extraor-
binary ability. They are not moved and
thrilled as they hoped to be, and they are
disposed to wonder in what consists his
remarkable power. They see, of course
that he is very earnest in his manner
and that what he says interests his con-
gregation greatly. but they have heard
other men, equally as earnest, and much
more eloquent, who have not so great
regulations as preachers as Mr.. Moody.
After they have heard Mr.. Moody two
or three times, however, they cease to
seek for the qualities that have given
him his reputation. They are satisfied to
abandon themselves to the charm of his
preaching, which becomes greater appar-
emily with each successive sermon.
There is another thing of which those
who hear him for the first time become
conscious, and that is that while they
were not greatly impressed with his ora
torical ability thoughts to which he gave
expression keep coming book to them all
through the following day.
There are only few orators who have
the power of so impressing themselves
upon their audiences that what they say
is recalled time and again at unexpected
moments until it finally produces convic-
ton.
Mr.. Moody deserves his reputation. His
preaching produces conviction. He makes
converts. The full effect of his work may
not become apparent at once. Some re-
spond Immediately and openly, and others
only by quietly changing their mode of
life, and finally becoming members of
churches. The good he does in a commu-
nifty can never be fully estimated. be-
cause it is impossible to know how many
are moved to lead a better life by his
efforts
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-08
Money Caused the Trouble.

Nobody seems to know exactly why
Commander Ballington Booth was re-
moved from the head of the American
branch of the Salvation Army by his faith
er, Gen. Booth of London, the head of
the Salvation Army. No charge of mis-
conduct or incompetency was made against
him. 1t is certain that the fiourishing
condition of the American army proved
his fitness for the position he held. Was
he removed, then, in order that Gen.
Booth could get control of the large
amount of property in this country that
had been accumulated by Commander
Booth-an amount approaching 81, 900 900?
There does not appear to be that dis
play of Christian virtues by Miss Eva
Booth, who succeeded Commander
Booth, that might be expected from the
head of a great religious organization.
When she took charge of the American
branch of the army she was all kindness
and gentleness. She spoke of her broth
er, Commander Booth, in the most endear-
ing terms, but since it has become known
that Commander Booth has decided to
the English language has been found in
capable of expressing the bitterness OF
her feeling toward him. She not only says
that he is insubordinate, but that he is
untruthful and Enthusiastically, and is an
all-around bad man. Such sudden
change of front indicates that she was
not sincere when she was expressing her
niaf IF he. h,nt
phrases. If she is not sincere, and dis
plays disposition that is anything but
Christian-like is she fit to be at the head
of great religious order?
The whole country is astonished at the
prominence that has been attained by the
Salvation Army in this country. When it
first made its appearance on American soil
it was sneered at and jeered and treated
contemptuously. What a change has
taken place in a few short years! The
American branch of the army is now
comparatively rich and with riches has
come responsibility. In New York some
of the most prominent people are glaa
to be known as workers in the army and
when Commander Booth and his wife were
at the mead OF IL they and other officers
were treated with as much respect as if
they owned half the railroads of the coun-
try and were in a position to buy the other
half.
OF course. if Commander Ballington
Booth and his wife organize another army
there will be disruption of the present
American army, and as the usefulness OF
the army appears to be about ended there
would not be any noticeable expression
of regret if the American army should
dwindle away until nothing of it was left
A Cincinnati preacher will not perform
the marriage ceremony on Sunday. for the
reason that he regards marriage as a con
tract. and says contracts entered into on
Sunday are not legal.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-08

war.
In discussing the conference report on the
Cuban resolutions the other day. Sena-
tor Chandler Of New Hampshire said that
in his Judgment the resolutions were not
strong enough. and that he was in favor
Of action for the recognition and MAIN
tenance by the United States of the in
dependence Of Cuba "at the risk Of war
with Spain" Lately a lot Of talk of this
kind has been INDUCED in in congress.
The congressman have waxed eloquent
and shouted Of liberty or death. They
have descanted upon the glories of the
American war for independence, and have
exhausted their vocabularies in spread
eagle speeches claiming il the duty of the
great American republic TO intervene In
struggles of peoples seeking to free them
arches.
All of this, in the language Of Gen.
Bosquet, lis magnificent. but it is not
war" What is war? Gen. Sherman is
credited with having very. succinctly ex-
pressed the correct opinion that War
of a century ago. Since that time science.
with its electricity, dynamite, pneumatic
cannon, small bore rifles, immense naval
craft and other modern instruments Of
death and destruction. has made war even
more terrible. If it was n" in the Sos
it must be worse than that now 1t is
the most horrible undertaking up
on which mankind can enter. 1t is
matter Of agony and death to men, of
lifelong isolation and sorrow to their
widows. and of famine and starvation to
their children. The wounds of the war Of
secession have not yet healed, and that
war has been ended for more than thirty
years. The fairest section of this coun-
try was torn and desolated during that
struggle, and it has not yet recovered
mense burden of debt upon the country
under which it will be compelled to strug-
gle for a half a century or more after
the firing of the last shot. War is MUIR
der. and rapine. and arson, and robbery
and poverty. and mutilation, and death
1t is a curse. And the people of the
south of all people in the world ought
to know all of this. Yet it is to be OBJ
served that some of the south's members
in congress most flippantly refer to war
and apparently would be willing to in
volve this country in war with Spain
or almost any other country, for the
mere purpose of creating some excite
ment
War is not a forensic effort in the halls
of congress. 1t is not torch light and
brass band procession for campaign pur-
poses. 1t is not matter of winning APP
plause from the galleries with well-round-
ed perorations. 1t is a matter of blood
and iron. 1t should be the nations last
resort, and should never be treated with
lightly People of the class of Senator
Chandler deserve the most rigorous con-
demnation from the sensible portion of
the population.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-08
Typical british ASxuronce

The Venezuelan matter being under dis
cussion in a company of women the other
day, says the New York Times, one pres
ent who has resided in London for a
number of years spoke again of the Grass
ignorance of American affairs, and nota-
bly, of American sentiment on the part
of the rank and file of the British pub
lie. why" she said, "in an English
drawing room a man who was comment
ing rather pompously on British prestige
all over the world, said to me that the
English had really never known defeat
| was naturally surprised and could not
help waving the Stars and Stripes a lit
tie. What do you make of the Ameri-
can revolution?' asked him. He was not
in the least discounted. Oh, he said
airily, that was not defeat We found
the colonies desired separation and yielded
to their wishes l was so lost in admira-
ton at his way of putting it that l let
his answer stand in its unique GOODNESS
undisputed."
The same woman told too. of a con-
versation between two Englishmen which
she overheard in a railway car in England
at the time of the fisheries dispute Said
one of them in the course of their talk
I'VE shall have America again some day
you may be sure of it." The other shook
his head with quiet, but decided mega
tive. Have you ever been in America %
he asked. The other admitted that he
had not. Il thought so.' was the dry
comment, from your remark -
1t is when they come over here and
stay long enough to get one Whit of real
American atmosphere that these clouds of
enveloping ignorance are dispelled, and
do so, the ignorance continues to exist in
England
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-08
Youth md Life.

From Harpers Weekly.
What would the world be, if by chance
Youth held it futile to advance,
Futile to dream of loftier days
Than those it sees, of sweetest ways
Beyond its common paths, of flights
Beyond the measure of it's nights?
All, then the heart of youth would beat
With little of its passionate heat,
And hope would move in weary wise
With listless soul and unit eyes.
But youth is mighty with desire.
Untiring in it's faith and fire
And enters where the seasoned mind
Falters and darkly looks behind;
Where lettering age bends low and Weeps
If youth We're not as youth must be
Strong with the strength of earth and
sea,
Strong with the glory of the stars.
Defiant of any will that bars
The long road winding to it's goal
Then life would be a cruel whole.
But look-there's promise in the bow
That arches with prismatic glow
The heaven Of youth, that heaven which
lies
Wide as the world begetting skies.
There's promise in the spring-time flood
OF youths tumultuous thrilling blood:
And there is burning, Frightening life
Amid the clashing steel of strife.
All days of youth. they speed too fast
But they are matchless while they last.
George Edgar Montgomery.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-08

The suggestion relative to the choice
of United States senator from this state
which Mr.. Crisp made to the state exc
cutive committee yesterday, in a letter
which we published this morning, shows
him to be a very astute politician. The
thought that first strikes one on reading
the letter is this: Why did not Mr.. Crisp
think of this method of discovering the
viii of the masses of the democracy in
respect to filling vacancies in the office
of senator if it is such an excellent one.
before he himself became a senatorial
candidate? While we are not prepared to
say that Mr.. Crisp made the suggestion
at this time because he thinks his chances
for election under the primary method
would be increased, we cannot help think
ing that he recognized the fact that that
method would be very helpful to him.
What is the situation? 1t is understood
that there are three candidates for sena-
tor, namely. Mr. duBignon, Mr.. Smith
and Mr. Crisp. Mr.. duBignon and Mr..
Smith are representatives of the sound
money sentiment and Mr. Crisp of the
free silver coinage sentiment. If Mr.
Crisp should get more votes than either
Of the other candidates his friends would
insist upon his election by the legislature
on the ground that he lead his opponents
in the primaries. If that argument should
prevail the free silver coinage candidate
might get the senatorship, notwithstand-
ing the fact that the majority Of the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-08
A sten TOWARD. ni.n.ter.

We are not surprised that the state ex-
ecutive committee OF the democratic par
ty. which met in Atlanta yesterday. set
aside the custom that has prevailed for
more than thirty years. and de-
cided TO hold only one con-
vention this year. The holding OF
one convention is a free silverite scheme.
We DO not know which one OF the silver
ite politicians first suggested it, but we
do not think ii would be difficult 10 name
him. At no time has there been much
doubt Of the success Of the scheme. for the
reason that the free silverites on the com
mittee are in the majority.
We are as confident now as we have
been at any time since the scheme was
suggested, that 1t is a very bad thing for
the party. In fact, we have grave doubts
II the interests of the party have been
considered at all by those who are the
prime movers in the scheme. AS the sit
uatiOn presents itself to us they have sew
eral things in view. One Of them is the
election OF a free silverite to the United
States Senate TO succeed Gen. Gordon, in
accordance with a programme that is al
ready mapped out. Another is TO have the
democracy Of Georgia committed to free
silver coinage by a state platform before
the meeting Of the national democratic
convention, and still another to send
delegation TO the national democratic con-
vention instructed to insist upon free sill
yer coinage plank in the national plat
form and the nomination of a free silver
lite for President.
Extraordinary efforts. we have no doubt.
will be made to carry out this programme.
We should not be at all surprised if pop
ulists were encouraged to attend the pri-
maries and mass meetings and help carry
it out.
The action of the committee has pre-
cipitated what promises to be a heated
and disagreeable campaign. If the free
silverites should be successful in carry
ing out their programme we shall have
most unfortunate condition of affairs
in the democratic party in this state
a condition of affairs that will threaten,
if it does not actually bring about, the dis
ruption of the party.
If in the adoption of the one convention
scheme the good of the party had been
aimed at there would be some excuse for
it. Even the fact that the committee had
no authority to change the custom of
calling two conventions might, in that
case. be overlooked, but the changing of
the custom for the benefit of faction
of the party and in accordance with the
plans and purposes of the leaders of that
faction, is bound to work harm to the
party. Yesterdays action of the state
committee will prove to be a bad days
work for the democratic party of Geor-
gia.
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