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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-04
PERSONAL.

Prof. Falb OF Vienna announces that
the earth will collide with a comet on
Nov 13. 1899 The earth itself will survive
the shock, but every living thing will be
choked with poisonous gases and be final
~ cremated.
In the eighteen years of Leo KILLS
reign the mortality among the members
of the Sacred College has been remarka-
BILE. One hundred and eleven cardinals
have died In that time, though only l20
died in the thirty-two years of the ponti-
ficate of Plus TX.
Richard Croker. who became famous
about thirty years ago as a boy soprano
in the choir of Trinity church, adopted
the name of Della Rosa when he grew
up, and became we'll known as a bari
tone. Some time ago he inherited a for
tune and is now living in London.
Hubert Herkomer recently related
how he painted Wagners portrait The
composer was so averse to sitting that
Mr.. Herkomer finally decided to paint
him from memory. Wagner saw the
sketch and was so much pleased that
thenceforth he consented to sit as long
in the possession of Wagner's widow.
Matthew vassar began the school
which bears his name with $4OS, 600 drawn
from his private funds. Sept. 20, 1865.
the college was opened, and although to
this day the famous place of learning IS
not rich in endowments the entrance ex-
aminations have to be kept as severe as
any of the mems colleges excepting, per-
haps, Harvard in some points, in order
to limit the number of pupils.
1t is told of Lord Kelvin that during
a long course of lectures on magnetism
his characteristics definition of an ideal
magnet as an infinitely long, infinitely
thin, uniform, and uniformly and longi-
tudinally magnetized bar" was received
with applause, which drew a sharp ISL
lence" from the professor. Before the
end of the session the definition and re-
primand had been so often repeated that
the students one day, through accident or
design, did not respond. Lord Kelvin,
however. from force of habit. cred out
Silence all the same.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-04


some interesting opinions are being eK-
pressed as 10 what the real mission Of Nr.
Whitney al Chicago Is. Among them Is
thar o. senator Butler. the populist lead
n % North Carolina
Mr. Butter says that Sir. Whitney has
only one purpose IN view. and that Is 10
keep the sllverites from combining. Mr.
Whitney. according 10 Mr.. Butler. has no
hope whatever Or preventing a 70 70
silver plank from being put in the plat
form. but he Will Try 10 make Il appear
that BE has BY offering a gold plank. and
when that IS rejected By asking for the
adoption Of a compromise financial plank
His real purpose. however, VIII not be
apparent until the work OF nominating a
presidential candidate IS begun, and then
he VIII use all the means at his command
% prevent the nomination OF candidate
that would be acceptable 10 the popu-
lists ana boiling silver republicans II
he can accomplish that there will be two
silver tickets. and the way Will be open
for NICK nley to win the election. But
says Mr.. Butler. Mr.. Whitney is looking
a head-to Boat which time he expects
the republicans will have become so
odious that It will be an easy matter 10
nominate and elect a democrat-a sound
money democrat. Mr.. Whitney wants to
hold the democratic organization intact
and keep 1t away from any alliances with
popuists and boiling republicans. being
confident that II he can do that the DEM
ocratic party win be ready for a sound
money candidate in 1900, and that it can
win then with a candidate Of that kind.
We are pretty certain that Mr.. Butler
knows nothing about Mr.. Whitneys plans
or mission. but it looks as If he was anx-
ious for the nomination Of Mr.. Teller by
the democrats. believing that all the sill
verites. the populists as well as the sill
verites in the republican party, would
support him. In attempting to state what
Mr.. Whitneys mission is Mr.. Butler has
unconsciously made known his own de-
sire. He would be glad of an opportunity
Of supporting Mr., Teller. because he
thinks II Mr.. Teller should be elected
President he would be the big administra-
ton man In the Senate or he might be
offered a cabinet position. 1t is quite safe
to say that nobody that has the least in
terest in the success Of Mr.. Whitney's
mission will go TO Mr.. Butler to find out
what the character OF that mission is.
They are morally certain that Mr.. Butler
knows nothing whatever about it.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-04

In an article on the English judges in
the Strand Magazine the following story
is told by Sir Henry Hawkins apropos
of his sporting proclivities. He was stay
ing with a magnate near Chester. 1t was
the commission day Of the assizes and a
large party had been invited to meet him,
including the bishop Of the diocese. Now
it happened that Sir Henry arrived at the
house nearly an hour late. and 1t also
happened that one of the party had ear
lier in the day seen the learned judge
quit the London train at Chester; there
fore 1t was generally agreed that the Ches-
ter cup. which was being run for that day,
was not altogether unconnected with the
lateness of arrival Of the distinguished
guest.
DO you know who won the cuD?" the
host asked the judge, by way of imparting
a free and easy humOr to the hunger
stricken assembly. Sir Henry looked sur
prised. THE Chester cup, An, yes. |
saw number of people in a field near the
railway, and 1 heard the newspaper boys
call out Winner of the cup so l con-
cluded that this was the cup day"
And you didn't buy a paper?" the bish-
op maliciously put in. The judge assumed
the air of bland condescenston which he
wears when he is sentencing man to
death. and said
NO; l thought it was unnecessary to
buy one. / had been told l should have
the privilege Of meeting your lordship to-
night"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-04

It IS amusing 70 walk through the streets
and listen 10 the political arguments
made by the lower and ignorant classes
Of people. says the Louisville Commercial
They discuss the sound money and free sil-
yer question with relish that would make
a man who had delved IN the question
all his life green with envy. Not a Gay
passes that in some part OF the city there
IS not a crowd = ignorant men who
gather and discuss the situation, and VET
not half OF them know what they are
talking about.
A conversation which was overheard by
the Town Talker a few days ago goes 10
show how much Is known about the
money question which Is NOW agltatins
the mind Of the pablic. Two men We're
seated in front Of a saloon in the lower
portion OF the city discussing the sltu-
alton. Suddenly one Of them turned. and
with a look Of scOrn on MS face, sald-
What are you for, anyway, BIN:
Tree silver or sound money!
Well" said Bill I'm for free silver.
"WeIl, why are you for free silver?'
We'll because it comes so much easier
Just think; Il silver was free and dis
trlbuted around like hand bills how much
money we would have"
.'Well. ! believe you're right, Bill, and
I guess I'll be for free silver, too
That was the idea that those men hac
OF the question One believed that If The
country declared for free silver that II
Mould be handed around in buckettuls.
and every one would hayAe all he couli
spend. The other fellow knew nothing
ABOUT it, and on that account decided
that BIZ was right ana declared for free
silver. Thus Ii goes. There is greaI
10 do about the currency question ana
vet half OF the people who are agltatlns
the matter do not Know the difference
between sound money and free silver, aui
If they do are unable to explain the ques-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-04
Pity Him.

Great drops of perspirat,on stood on
the young mans brow, says the Chicago
Tribune.
II have it!' he exclaimed suddenly as
a way out of his perplexity seemed to
open before him.
But no.! he added despairingly a mo-
ment later. That will not do, eitherr'
He rose and walked to the window.
The gay, thoughtless multitude passing
and repassing outside intent upon its own
pleasures and oblivious of the suffering,
the heartache, and the desolation that
blight so many human lives, seemed
merely to mock his misery and deepen the
gloom that pervaded the apartment.
He turned away from the window with
a groan threw himsef into a chair, leaned
YEARLY on the little table in front of him,
and buried his face in his hands.
II cannot! 0. 1 cannotr he murmured
in a broken voice. II give it upl"
He was a campaign poet, trying to find
a rhyme for Mckinley and Hobart"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-04

Apropos of Paderewski, says the Phila-
delph!a Record, here is an anecdote, hith-
erto unpublished. to add to the already
long list of stories wherein the Polish
virtuoso's name figures:
1t seems that a young hopeful, aetat
T. who comes of a cultured family and
hears matters musical discussed daily at
the dinner tabe, was present during a
conversation where Paderewskfs name oc-
Cured several times. Mindful of his moth
er's previous exhortations and the de-
mands of good manners he struggled hard
for while to keep silent.
But the conversational spirit moved him
too strongly, and at last he burst out
with: "Oh, l know about P-Paderesky.
There is three brothers of them, and
ones Johnderesky, and the others Ed
warderesky and the others Paderesky!'
And it will take the youngster several
years to find out why he raised such a
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-04
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Special Notices-Wolf & CO. Florists;
Dividend Notice, Augusta and savannah
Railroad Company; We Challenge the
World, Meyere & Frank. Fine Fresh
Fruit To-day, Mutual Grocery Company;
Bids for Coal Wanted, Harry Willink,
Commissioner Of Public Works: Light
weight Crash Suits. B. II. Levy & Bros
Going to Tybee? 3. II. Levy & Bro,
Straw Hats, 3. II. Levy & Bro.
Military orders-Orders No. Is. Battal-
ion Savannah Volunteer Guards; Orders
No. 20, Georgia Hussars.
Steamship Schedule-Ocean Steamship
Company.
To-day-At Collats.
Ladies' Violet Cuffs-B. II. Levy & Bro.
snverware - Gorham Manufacturing
Company.
collats-Cluett's Collars.
Tobaeco-Blackwelr Genuine Durham
Tobacco.
Catch on-B. II. Levy & Bro.
Amusements-To Daufuskie Beach Per
Steamer Gov. Stafford.
Financial-Silver Bullion, Zimmerman
s. Forshay. New York.
Open All Day[Appel & Sehaul.
Medical-Dr. williams Pink pills; Cuti-
cura Remedies; Hoods Sarsaparilla.
Cheap Column Advertisements Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted For Rent;
For Sale; Lost Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-04

AT the meeting OF the state bar asso-
citation at Warm Springs considerable
time was given to the discussion Of lynch
ings. It was proposed that there should
be additional legislation for the purpose
OF checking lynchings. but the PROPOSE
ton ala not meet with favor. The feel
ing seemed to be that the laws we already
answer as well as any that could be
made. The difficulty is in enforcing them.
Laws cannot be enforced until they have
the support of public sentiment.
Speaking of the matter at TIP Warm
Springs meeting Mai. Meldrim said: "The
law can rise no higher than the sentiment
Of the people among whom it is admins
tered" Speaking on the same subject
Mr. Fleming OF Augusta said: You will
never correct the evil until you start
back in the churches and school houses
Of the state"
We are inclined to think that Maj. Mel
drim and Mr.. Fleming are right. The
people must be educated to respect the
law and the tribunals that administer it
before lynchings win cease. Not only
must respect for law be taught, but the
average moral level of the people must
be raised so that the sentiment against
the crimes which are the cause of lynch
ings viii be so strong that the commits
sion of such crimes will practically cease.
No doubt the prompt punishment of
criminals has the effect of increasing re-
spect for the courts, and II courts gem
orally were as prompt as they should be
in trying those charged with crimes. there
would be doubtless a decline IN the num-
Der Of lynchngs. STILL in the present con-
diton of public sentiment, however Wig
orous the courts might be in enforcing the
laws, there would be lynchings for the
crime for which lynchings are now most
| common. What must be done therefore
is this: All the agencies for lifting up the
people and Strengthening public sentiment
in the right direction must be used for the
prevention of crimes which provoke
lynchings, and for increasing confidence
in and respect for the courts.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-04

An impertinent young man once asked
Sarah Bernhardt how old she was, says
the Philadelphia Record. Let me see,
answered the actress; Il was IS years old
al the birth of my son Maurice HIS ia
Their was "a years old, and he would now
be twice that age Il alive. According to
that I ought to be twice IS years also;
but you had better figure that for your
self"
This son. Maurice, is a great expense
to Nine. Bernhardt, and how he repays
her devotion is illustrated by a story
which Sarah told on herself just before
she left New York.
She was dilating upon the charms of
Maurice, and mentioned among other
things his extreme exclusiVeness. "Why,
do you know" exclaimed Sarah, zone
morning last summer, just after my re-
turn from London, l asked him to take
a little walk with me in the Bots. My
dear mother he remarked, I hate to dis
oblige you, but really 1 don't like to be
seen on the street with an actress
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-04
The Jefferson Davis Monument.
From the Brooklyn Eagle Dem).

No hostility is involved in this work.
There was a time, it is true. when 1t
could not have been undertaken; when the
hearts OF the men and women of the north
were filled with anger and bitterness
against the confederacy. But we are
all glad now that he died a natural death.
and none should sorrow that his fellow
citizens and soldiers have chosen to mem
oralize him in this way. In his private
life he was pure; in his public life, if mis-
taken, he was earnest; he was a creat ton
of circumstances and he bore himself in
a trying situation with dignity. To the
generations to come his monument will
DC landmark, not an appeal
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-04
Bandaged the Post.

A comedian in a Paris theater recently
made great hit out of a painful incident,
says Tit Bits. While indulging in a bit
of horse play on the stage he struck his
head violently, entirely by accident.
against one of the pillars of the scene up
on the stage. On hearing the thud every
body uttered cry.
mo great harm done" said the come
dian. Just hand me a napkin, a glass of
water and a salt cellar"
These were brought and he sat down,
folded the napkin in the form of a band
age, dipped it in the glass and emptied the
salt cellar on the wet part
Having thus prepared a compress ac-
cOrding to prescription, and when every
one expected he would apply it to his fore
head, he gravely arose and tied it round
the pilIar
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-04

The American Agriculturist attributes
the shortage of the Georgia peach crop
this year to the fact that the orchards
bore so heavily last year that the trees
are lacking in vitality this season, and
to the further fact that IN some sections
the fruit has been attacked by curculio.
causing it to drop This is one season,
by the way, during which the Delaware
peach crop will not be a failure 1t is es-
timated that the crop of that state viii
baskets. the largest output since 1875.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-04

In China, which has the silver standard,
the small money of the country called
"cash." has a hole in the center for con-
venience of transportation. The coins are
strung on a cord, or a wire, or a strip of
wood, and are carried on the backs of
coolies or donkeys. When a traveller from
a gold standard country starts into the
interior of China ne takes two or three
pieces of his country's gold coin to a ma
tive bank and has it changed
into cash" for the purpose Of de-
fraying Incidental expenses. For IS or $40
of American or British gold nc receives
about as much cash" as one donkey or
four coolies can carry. This VIII last MIN
about three days. at the end Of which he
finds himself under the necessity of turn
ing around and going back to the bank
for more cash" For the coolies will not
work unless they receive their pay each
evening. Any law authorizing unlimited
silver coinage would fall short of the Chi
nese system If it did not provide for a
hole through the center OF the coins for
convenience in stringlng.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-04

Some people seem to think that any
sort of a man viii do for a democratic
presidential nominee this year. There is
even talk of Pennoyer of oregon as the
man for first place. with Sibey of Penn
sylvania as the tail Of the ticket. After
this it would not be very great surprise
to hear that somebody had started a boom
for ticket made up of Davis II. Waite
and Hungry Joe, or Herr Johann Most
and Spike Hennessey. 1t would be just
as reasonable to suppose that the der1oc-
raey would take up one of these tickets,
as a ticket made up of renegade repub-
licans or socialistic populists. as has been
seriously suggested.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-04

George Fred Williams of Massachusetts
projects himself upon the bosom of the
free silverite body, and tearfully invites
martyrdom for the cause. But George
Fred IS too late. There are. too many
martyrs for silver ahead %of him. Billy
Bryan. the Boy Orator Of the Platte. for
instance. proclaimed long ago that he was
willing and anxious TO die for silver. No
Massachusetts eleventh hour martyr can
come in ahead OF Billy and get any Of
flee that he might have as well as not.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-04

Free silver" is a term that has been
used 10 con1ure with in the south and
west That it has been used successfully
need not be repeated. Many who have
bitten at the bait are going to be very an
CRY when they find out that it is only the
coinage that is to be made free, and not
the silver. 1t is to be like carrying corn
to mill and having it ground without pay
ing toll. If one hasn't got the corn, it
doesn't matter three straws whether toll
is charged or not. The only people who
have got the corn in this instance are the
silver mine owners.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-04

The silverites frequently make state
ments that are Inconsistent We have
the statement of Gov. Altgeld of Illinois
that the gold standard has reduced wages
in the west to the starvation point. on
the other hand, Gov. Boies Of Iowa says
he has two farms, one containing $500
acres and another 1000 acres. and that
ne cannot make any money on either of
them at the present prices of farm prod
ucts, because. chiefly, wages of farm
laborers are so high. Are we to accept
the statement of Gov. Altgeld or that Of
Gov. Boies?
There is no doubt that wages are bet
ter now than they have been probably
at any previous time in this country The
investigation made by Senate commit
tee shows that that statement is cor
rect. How, then, could Gov. Altgelo
make the statement that the gold stand
ard has reduced wages to the point OF
starvation. unless he intended to pro-
duce wrong impression upon the public
mind?
saying many things for effect which can
not be shown to he true. In some of the
Illinois papers the statement was made
day or two ago that the Illinois farms
ers are in very prosperous condition,
and it is doubtful If the farmers of this
state were ever before so nearly out of
debt and lived so well as at the present
time. It is certain they were not so
comfortably fixed and did not get along
so well in 1873, when we had an inflated
paper currency, and prices of farm prod
uts in that currency were much higher
than they are now. While it is true that
prices of most farm products are low, 1t
is equally true that the prices of all the
supplies a farmer is compelled to have
are low, and 1t is doubtful If farmers
would be as well off if we had what Gov.
Boies calls plenty of cheap money"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-04

London newspaper editors are usually
very careful as they necessarily have 10
be, catering as they do to the readers of
the largest city in the world. But oeca-
sionally they fall into most ridiculous
errors with regard TO the geography the
people or the customs of the United
States. An instance of the kind is a hand
in notice published in the Westminster
Gazette, under the head line: "A Colony
of Tipplers.' 1t goes on to say: zone
of the most curious colonies that have
ever been established on the American
continent is we learn from the London
American, about to settle In North Dako-
ia. 1t is a colony Of drunkards. Twenty
one drunkards and their families are
about to move from Indiana 10 take up
their abode upon the virgin soil of North
Dakota. They say they will establish a
model drunkard colony" Already they
have purchased 1900 acres of land, and
each family will receive an allotment of
about fifty acres. The colony viii be
watched with much interest. 1t begins
operations TINS month. very Ahe4y ali
the colonists will want TO start saloons.
and then the question arises. who will
be ready to till the soilg' The Gazette
treats the 'drunkard colony with pom
derous seriousness, whereas the Tip
piers" in question are a religious sect OF
German descent nieknamed Dunkers, or
Thinkers ippers"-because they hap
tise by dipping under the water. The nick
name has gradually been corrupted, or
probably Americanized, into Dunkards.
The Dunkards are strict morallsts, and
never tipple.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-04

It seems that the prominence OF Nc
Kinley's name In politics is destined 10
be coincldent With strikes and riots. At
the time Of the great strike at Home
stead, Pa, there was much talk about
Mai. Mckinley, the author OF the then
new tariff law. and now. while there is
striking and riotlng at Cleveland--the
home Of Mark Hanna-there is a good
deal Of talk Of Mckinley. the advance
agent u prosperity"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-04
shrinkage in Stock Values,
From the New York Journal Dem).

A shrinkage of $500 1000 in stocks in
the New York market in twelve days is
enough to show that politics can some
times be a rather expensive luxury
Twenty-Five million dollars day Is eight
times as much as it cost TO carry on the
war. Happily we have the consola ton
of knowing that we are not really poorer.
The property is all there, and lust MS
good as ever. We call it worth $500, 900 00
less now than it was twelve DAYS ago.
but IL we happen to be feeling better Ia.
morrow and call 1t worth $500. 900 more
We shall be just as rich as we were be-
fore
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-04

Chairman Taubeneck, of the populst
party. says the populsts will not support
Bland for President, because he Is a dem
ocrat. Taubeneck was not dong ago willing
enough to promise populist support to
Senator Teller. who is a republican in
everything but money.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-04

Some weeks ago an Atlanta man arose
and called attention to the fact that,
whereas. 200 years ago iron was en-
ployed as money metal, and at that
time presumably enjoyed free coinage
free at least to the bosses
who owned it and ordered the
coinage = it is now demonetized
and is known in the markets only as
commodity He therefore demanded that
free coinage in iron be restored. at the
ratio of 16 to l with gold. 1t is to be pre-
sumed that this free coinage advocate is
on his way to Chicago. If he is not al
ready in that city.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-04

In Oklahoma the other day a man was
granted a divorce from his wife on the
ground that she cared more for her poo
die than for him. In South Carolina no
divorce can be had for any cause what
soever. These two extremes illustrates
the need for uniform divorce law in all
of the states.