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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-25
He Cleared His Client.

There are four bosom companions in
Jacksonville-the broker. The dentist. the
undertaken and the capitalist. says the
Jacksonville Citizen Where you see one
OF them you viii find al the rest-taking a
drink The undertaken and the capitalist
admire the dentist and the broker because
they can tell such wonderfully c-evs- sto-
ries- The broker and the dentist revere
and love the undertaken and the capitol
Isl because they are such wonderfully good
listeners.
This happy. admiring quartet form an
ideal round table. and around this round
table the two listeners often hear good
stories by the dentist and the broker. The
dentist is an magma tive sort OF a story
teller, who manufactures finales 10 nj in
cidents- The broker is a great reader,
realist and a philosopher.
one night the broker told or a lawsuit
IN Alabama. A cracker from the noun
tains was on trial for shooting and wound
ing niger. He was arrested, and.
having no money. the judge appointed the
broker TO defend him. The broker was not
a lawyer in the legal sense Of the word.
but the Judge. who was an old college
mate OF his, said he was an idiot because
ne wasn't one. In other words. that he
was lawyer by instinct. The broker
cross-questioned the witnesses briefly.
sending in now and then sarcastic and
dlscomnting trajectory When he came
TO make a speech, he said
Gentlemen of the jury, / have taken
great pains TO show YOU that my client
was respectable citizen. Ten witnesses
have asserted-oh oath. mind yOu-that he
stands high in his community"
The defendant was six feet, three inches
tall, and the jury smiled.
He stood high in his community and
that is sufficient. Now for the law We
md IN the thirtieth verse OF the sixteenth
chapter Of Chitty on Pleadings-Chitty.
gentlemen, was one Of the bravest gener-
ais Of the confederate army-this we'll
established principle OF law:
Here the broker snaps his eyes together
and adjusts his glasses, holds the book
far on, elevates his chin and reads:
No respectable white man can be gull
~ Of crime. ="
That, gentlemen. is enough. / leave
the case in your hands"
Each juror changed his guild. looked at
his neighbor, nodded and without leaving
their seats. rendered a loud and emphatic
verdict Of Not guilty." and then Joined
in three cheers for the defendant and his
lawyer.
The undertaken found fault with the
story because nobody in ii had been killed.
The dentist remarked that If anybody
deserved killing it was the broker.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-25
The One Absorbing query.

The father of his beloved charmer
glared at him with an eye which seemed
to puncture his very soul. says the Cieve-
land Plain Dealer.
When you asked me for my daughter s
hand said the wealthy banker Il re-
quested references. You gave me the name
of my old friend Nettleton. l wrote him
Here is his answer. He speaks well of
you, l will admit, but he leaves me in a
state of dreadful uncertainty. You will
find him., he concludes. "a youth of
promise, and a man of mettle.' q"
The aged financier paused
Then he slowly and painfully continued:
i must know, right here and now, sir,
just which-metal-it-i
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-25
Wise Office Rats.

The employees OF the Jersey City Print
ing Company have for long time been
troubled by rats. says the Newark Adver-
tiser. The rodents are of unusual size and
are extremely bold. They are boldest af-
ter dark, and think nothing of running
over the feet of the employees.
Several cats were placed in the build-
ing, with the hope that they would exter-
inmate the rats, but the latter made il
SO warm for the cats that they were driv-
en- away
Various schemes have been worked 10
entrap the rodents. but with little success.
Finally Engineer August Krone hit upon
a scheme that for time babe fair to he
Just the thing. He secured an old zinc
oil tank, about three feet in hfght and
then fastened on the edge a two-foot niece
OF board. Then he arranged the board so
that II would swing up and down with
one end inside the tank. He placed a
piece of bologna sausage. fastened with a
rubber band, on the edge Of the hoard
which projected over the inside of the
tank, and half filled the vessel with wat
er A few pieces of cheese were placed
the rats on.
The trap was set where rats are thick
est, in the basement, and in a few min
utes rat climbed upon the end of the
board, which prOtruded outside the tank
and rested upon a support The rodent
ate the cheese, and then went for the no
logna. As il reached the bait the other
end or the board tipped up, and the rat,
with squak, fell into the water and was
drowned.
oh, that's the trick" said the engi-
neer, and his assistants said August had
great head
Within ten minutes six more rats walk
ed the plank, and then there was a re-
markable display of rats cuteness.
Two rodents climbed the pile of papers.
and while one stood on the safe end of
the board the other carefully made its
way to the tempting bologna and devour-
ed half it it. The rats then changed
places and the other ate the rest of the
| bologna and half the rubber band
The engineer scratched his head and the
other spectators said something about
people going to a lot of trouble for nothing.
During the afternoon no more rats were
caught, but lot of cheese was eaten by
| them. The engineer solemnly AYERS that
he saw the rats not only balance one an
other on the board. while the tempting
| bait was devoured, but that the rodents
| actually engaged in a game of see-saw.
simply, for amusement August still has
| faith in his patent rat trap, but nobody
| else has.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-25
Personal.
The Duke OF York has a weakness for
doubled breasted waistcoa;s.

The Duke Of York has a weakness for
double breasted waistcoais.
The japanese are up to date in the
sciences. A series Of sixteen reproduce
lions OF Photographs obtained by means
or Roentgen rays has been issued by
Prof. \. lamaguchi and 7. Mizuno OF To-
kIo University.
Lord Russell chief Justice OF England.
who is due in this country Aug. s. at enc
time had an annual income from his pro
fession Of $4,000 he is a keen sports
man and used 10 be fond of spending his
vacations at Monte Carlo.
Hundreds Of people visit the Hermit
age. Andrew Jackson's old Tennessee
home. every month. and the income De,
rived from the admission fee Of 10 cents
IS a very neat source Of revenue to the
association that keeps the house in re-
pair.
Mrs. Eva .Blackman, who was a mem
Der Of the board OF police commissioners
in Leavenworth. Kan. during the popu-
list administration. was the star in record
breaking divorce performance in Tope-
on a petition filed less than twenty-four
hours previous.
Berry, ex-hangman Of England has
recovered $50 from a music manager as
a weeks pay for the lecture on his hang
ings that he gives The manager pleaded
that the lecture was only worth S. a week,
and also that Berry was too drunk to de-
liver IL, but he lost his case.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-25
Fnme Mt Inst.

'Wow, WOW, wow!'' yelled the editor and
proprietor of the Jaggsville Clarion as he
tossed a bundle of exchanges in the air.
according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
heres fame at last! l knew we'd git thar
in time, but I didn't s'pose 'twould come
so soon Look at it! Look at the Clarion's
name! First time on this earth tibet any
body ever seen it outside O. Jaggsville
Whoo-oo-oopr'
What IS it?' cried the balance of the
staff as he leaned forward from his stool at
the nearest case.
What is it?' reared the editor. as he
danced about the sanctum-countingroo
IT'S glory, that's what it isl Don't YOU
see. they've gone an put the Clarion
name right in tn middle of tn boltin list
Right in company with old Dana's Sun
and Jim Benefits Herald, an all tn rest
of EN-! Amt that great Say. come out
an have a drink on 1t this blessed min
utew
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-25

The South Carolina campaign is grow
ing more interesting in the same sense
that a dog fight grows more interesting
when the principals quit snarling and sieze
each other by the throats. The governor
who is candidate for the United States
Senate. and a circuit judge, who is also a
candidate for the Senate. engaged yester-
day in personal encounter on the stump
This shameful exhibition is just the kind
of thing that might have been expected
TO occur during a campaign pitched upon
so low a plane as that now in progress in
South Carolina. Liar" bully" hood
ler," and such epithets have been banded
between the candidates ever since the
campaign opened. The speeches have been
fun Of accusations and destinations, and
more than once it has appeared that the
candidates would indulge in a free fight on
the stump. The democratic state commit
tee should at once stop the joint debates,
and the people ought to require the fight
ing candidates to go into retirement until
they have learned how to behave them
selves.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-25

From the philadelphia Ledger Qnd)

The spectacle presented by the banks
of the large cities just now is one that
may be commended to the populists and
silver men as an object lesson. These in
situations, finding that the government is
in danger of being embarrassed by the
drain of gold from the treasury, are pre-
pairing to supply the deficiency in order to
avoid trouble and a possible panic. The
New York banks are ready to furnish
from 600 to $50. 100000 and more if
necessary, while those of Philadelphia and
Boston are quietly watching the situation,
and will step in aud give their assistance
if needed. Call this patriotism, business
or pure seIfishness, as you will. the fact
remains that il is a substantial help to
the government. made at the right time
and in the proper way, and is a severe re-
buke to the men who are trying to harm
it by depreciating its currency.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-25

A leading member of Sorosis, New York.
once said that the society was founded
upon principles. not men," Principles
just at present, are giving the organiza-
ton a good bit of a shaking up. 1t might
be a good thing if there were just a few
men handy, to act in the capacity of
peace makers. Mrs. Jennie June Croly.
president of the organization. says poll
tics is badly hampering it's work 1t
is divided in opinion as to the benefits
10 be derived from woman suffrage. and
it looks as if one faction must control
and the other must get out. The quarrel
over this abstract principle viii doubt
less prove very amusing to men folks.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-25
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Meeting-Bryan Club.
Special NOtices-Special Notice as 10
Train No. 10, Clement Saussy. Superin,
tendent; Forest City Mills for Rent
Champion & Germany; Its l6 TO I, John
7. Evans & Co.; Summer Goods. William
q. Cooper Company; Fancy Peaches,
Watermelons. Pears. Mutual Grocery Com
pany: As the Weather Is Hot, b. Il. Levy
4 Bro: $500 for a House and Lot, c. H.
Dorset.
Steamship schedule-ocean Steamship
Company.
Observation-Disclosures Military Institute
Winston, N. c.
Hay. Grain, Etc.-w. D. simkins.
Have You or Have You Not?-B. II.
Levy & Bro.
Read and You WIN Be Interested-B.
II. Levy & Bro.
snverware - Gorham Manufacturing
Company.
Excursion to Warsaw Sunday, July 20
Per Steamer Alpha, from Thunderbolt
Railroad schedule-Georgia and Ala
bama Railway.
Tobacco-Blackwelrs Genuine Durham
Tobacco.
Amusements-Cake Walk and Concert
at South End Hotel Tonight.
Pants in Hot Weather Are Popular
Appel & Schaul.
Medical-Hood's Sarsaparillai Cuticura
Remedies; Dr. Williams Pink Pills.
Cheap Column Advertisements u Help
Wanted: Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-25
G. 0. P. and Populism.
Charleston. News and Courier CDem.),

A poll yesterday of the former political
Affiliations of delegates to the popuist
convention at st. Louis gave the following
result: Republicans. 526; democrats, 1856;
populists, AZ; prohibition, 3; greenbacks. !;
independent 10. There are a good many
signs in this year of grace which cannot
be very encouraging to the G. 0. p. There
are nearly four times more republicans
than democrats in the populist conven-
ton Some of the oldest and ablest re-
pubicans bolted the republican conven-
ton at St. Louis. The republicans will
have to make very large gains somewhere
to offset their losses.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-25

sevaH has MANY advantages over Ho-
bart The taliost masts that sail into
Maine waters belong 70 sewaIl. and the
most powerful spysiasses In New England
are % ba found IN The sewaH lockers.
seWalL Therefore. can CLIMB high and
spy the political hattie al a long dis
lance. On the other hand. Hobart has
only factory tower = climb into and
nothing but bis closed hand 10 spy
through.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-25

The first national convention Of the
Council of Jewish Women is to be held in
New York shortly. The session viii ex-
tend over four days. Delegates will be in
attendance from all sections of the United
States. and papers will be read on a va
riety of topics of interest to the race and
the sex. Miss Hananh G. Solomon of
Chicago is president of the council The
organization has grown rapidly of late.
1t has the sanction and active assistance
Of many Of the leading rabbis.
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-25

The Boston Globe says the war in Gu
ba has reduced tobacco smokers in certain
sections to the expedient of adulterating
the fragrant weed with all sorts of vegeta-
ton. by mixing sunhower leaves, euca-
lyptus leaves. pine needles. poplar bark
clover leaves, corn silk and other common
weeds with fair grades of tobacco, the i'm
itation is so close as hardly to be noticed
by smoker of cheap cigars" says our
contemporary. Some unscrupuIous dealer
has evidently been giving the Boston pa
per a song and dance" No doubt there
are many cheap cigars smoked in Boston
which have in them more pine needles and
poplar bark than tobacco. But adultera-
ton is, as yet, not in the least necessary.
There are bales and bales of Havana to-
baeco in warehouses IN Florida. and there
is native tobacco enough in stock in the
country to supply the demand of smokers
for some time Prices of HAVANA stock are
higher, but the point at which it is neces.
sary to smoke tree bark and corn silk has
not yet been reached
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-25

Ex-senator ingalls, has not left the re-
publican party. but he Is fighting for his
old seat in the Senate upon free silver
lines. within the party" in Kansas. His
speeches bristle with assertions and argu-
ments that Gov Altgeid might hesitate 70
subscribe TO. stIl ingalls, is a republican
IN good standing. Il - a hard matter for
old party men 10 break party ties.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-25
Discourtesy to Helen.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer Del

rom the OinCliiHdll Enquirer NDefn.).
Il congratulate the toiling millions and
yourself on your nomination" says Helen
NJ Cougar. in a. dispatch to Mr. Bryan.
Let gold bug squirm. the east threaten
and bride. The masses rule the classes
when statesmen lead" These are mere
words You are talking through your bon
net, Helen. Mr.. Bryan is a good man, and
the free silver platform is a good thing;
but this campaign is not to be run on
mere phraSe-ma king,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-25
words, words! Words.
From 1oulsvlne courler-Journal pem.

The silver republicans who left the St
Louis convention have issued another
manifesto. The Courier Journal is getting
tired of publishing such poppycock and
does not propose to waste any more space
on one Of these manifestoes for at least
forty-eight hours. The Teller-Dubois
crowd have already issued about 16 man
ifestoes to / manifestoer.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-25
CURRENT COMMENT.
Georgia in the Swim.
From the Macon News (Dem.O

No matter how the national election
goes Georgia is pretty apt to be repre-
scented in the next cabinet In the event
of McKinleys election it will probably
be Hanson of Macon; if Bryan, il will
probably be one of the HOwells of At
laufa
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-25

There is not so much talk now as there
was some weeks ago about the disruption
OF the solid south. The indications are
that election day will find the south as
solid as It ever was, and the democratic
party doing business at the same old
stand
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-25
slow 10 Forget.

The New York Evening Post. comment
ing on the fact that most of the democratic
newspapers of the south that favor the
sound money side Of the financial issue
are now supporting Mr.. Bryan. says: 1.-THE
people Of that section are slow to forget
the local record of the republican party in
reconstruction times, and they still re-
member its repeated efforts in congress
to pass force bills. The result is that they
shrink now from lending any favor to
political organization from which they
have suffered so much in the past The
race question also enters into the mat
ter. as the democrat who votes the Nc
Kinley ticket in one OF those states must
cast his ballot for negroes as presidential
electors"
Southern democrats could not consist
emily assist in putting the republican par
ty into power. They do not know that it
would attempt to pass a force bill. but
judging from its record there are good
reasons for thinking it would. Once in
power. 1t would undertake to keep itself
in power and to accomplish that object
it would not hesitate to use any means
for getting the full benefit of the negro
vote The negroes. thoroughly organized
and having white leaders. might cause a
vast amount of trouble in some of the
southern states. 1t is only since the ne
groes have ceased to be very active polit-
ically that the south has been prosperous.
1t was not until the white people secur-
ed entire control of state and county gov
ernments that capital and immigrants be-
gan to come. If the negroes were divid-
ed the situation would be less threatening,
but as long as they are solidly allied with
the republican party comparatively few
southern white people will asst in putting
the republican party in power. The fore
| going extract from the Evening Post
shows that the political situation at the
south is well understood among intelli-
| gent observers at the north.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-25

While the candidates for the Georgia
legislature have been discussing free sill
yer. monetary schemes and bond issues,
have they given any thought to the prob
lem of caring for the state eonvicts at
the expiration Of the leases now running?
The matter will come up at the next ses-
sion. Heretofore the legislators have
looked upon the penitentiary problem as
something long way off. which could as
wen be postponed until a further date. Re
cent developments, in the matter of the
controversy between the governor and
some Of the companies leasing eOnviets.
shows that it is "a condition and not a
theory" that confronts the legislature.
Something must be done in the matte-,
and that shortly. The Merning News has
always favored putting the convicts 10
work upon the public highways, and other
public works We hope to see some
leader in the legislature formulate a COM
prehensive scheme embracing such work,
TO be submitted at the next session.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-25

Mrs. Leases farewell tour bids fair to
become something like Nine. PATHS ia
NOUS farewell tours. Mrs. Lease promised
faithfully the other day that she would
retire from politics after August No doubt
she meant what she said at the time But
since then her enemy Mrs. Anna Digs,
has been making efforts to get control Of
the female element in Kansas politics.
Mrs. Lease has been the leader of the ele-
ment for years. and when Mrs. Digs at
tempted to grab the reins, all of Mrs
Leases fighting blood was aroused. She
will probably so back to Kansas from St
Louis and take the stump, postponing her
farewell until a more convenient season.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-25

Heretofore tho cabin passenger traffic
on steamships between America and Eu-
rope has been confined to wealthy per-
sons, who could afford to pay handsome
ly for luxurious accommo dations. There
are evidences going to show that what
for convenience may be called the mid
die classes are travelling more these days
than ever before, and that they include
Europe in their itineraries. The Cunard
company has ordered three new 5O0-ton
steamers for freight and cheap passen-
ger traffic. The cabins VIII be fitted up
neatly and comfortably. and the price OF
tickets will be considerably less than the
regular fare by the faster and finer ships.
If this means anything, it means that the
farmers and other classes of America and
Europe who are in fairly comfortable
circumstances. who do not care 7about
rushing across the ocean at breakneclz
speed in floating palaces. have taken to
travelling, and a great steamship com
pany is preparing to cater to them es-
pecially. If these classes were being
ground down, and on the verge of starva-
ton. as some of the calamity howlers say.
the Cunards would not buy three new
ships for their especial accommodation
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-25

An Atlanta man has sent a big water
melon to Mr.. Joshua lowering, the candi-
date Of the prohibition party for President.
1t is a fitting Offering to the candidate.
seeing that a melon contains probably
more than 80 per cent OF water,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-25

A Chicago paper prints a sequel to the
story of the young woman who mounted
a chair in the Chicago convention and
shouted herself hoarse for Boies and free
silver. She is the editor and proprietor
of a weekly newspaper in Iowa. Asked
why she favored Boles and free silver, she
replied: Il am for free silver because
owe a good deal on my newspaper plan..
and 1 would like to have cheap money
with which to pay the debt" She was
very candid, to say the least.