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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-20

Different writer's on longevity ard mis-
cellaneous oddities concerning the human
family have at various times made out
authentic lists cf'Persons. known TO have
INea more than 100 years. such a list
~ FrOf- Baily, may be found in the new
American Encyclopedia Reliable data
concerning persons VINO have lived a CEN
tury AID q half are. however. very hard
70 OBTAIN Dr. Van oven mentions five
and Prof. Whitaker adds an even half
dozen 10 the list making eleven in all
FROM inc above end all other availaD ole
sources the Curious Man of the St Louis
Republic has succeeded in compiling 4
long list OF persons whose lives extend
"a over Twice the period allotted 10 man
dSssoIulhg 70 the sacred writer's. OF the
tnllfe number sixteen lived more than
l5o years, thirteen more than 160 three.
over 10 and one over go. The list while
- may not De strictly reliable, in view Of
we opinion often expressed by scientists
that mere Is no authentic instance of
human lie being extended beyond 100
years. IS Just as trustworthy as the lists
u gentleman sans occasionally published in
me medical and other journals. Here il
-: Numds de Cugna, died in Bengal in
1870 1870 aged $50 years; Thomas earn. died in
%. LEONARD, England, in 1858. aged POI
years; Jane Britain, died at Evercrech
EIglIad, IN 1888, aged POO years; j. Tho
Iaths' 5lamorganshIre, Wales, died in 1921.
9Seu lSb years; Peter FOrlen TemesWar
Hungary, died in 1724 ged 1S5 vears:- FIiz.
dDrth Ihorathe, Glannorganshire. WALES.
Ilel IN loss aged III years; ]. Rovin.
1-asrs En- r. Iluils aIy, uled IN li4l, aged III
land, died in 1910, aged 1853 years: Petrarcb
-.zarh1 m. Hungary, died in I772. aged les:
agnes az rs Ursula Robin, died in Isl. aged
i9t' Iho I Berwick, Leeds, England.
99ied IN 1866; aged ia; Inez Ruane, Madrid.
SPAN, died in 1927, aged l63
Gsoquellaa, Martineau. Vienna. died
IN nSl aged 161 Mary Camps
PEEL Abbey ST. Groie, Scotland. died in
ieyl, aged l59; John James Hill. Edin-
o6urgh, died in 1869, aged 1854; Thomas Parr
lprooaDiy the most authentic case of ex-
Irene loheVlty on record, SHROPSHIRE.
f.ngiand, died in 1896 aged i5S years. The
case OF Numas de Cugna is reported bv
": ). Webster, fellow of the ROYAL So
clety, IN his list Of seventeen authentic
cases in which human life has extended
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-20
UncaIIed-for soIicitude.

One of the most popular men that ever
lived in the state of Nevada was Bishop
Whitaker of the Episcopal church, who
is now in Pennsylvania, and many stories
are told at his expense, says the San Fran
cisco Post One of the best that 1 have
ever heard is the incident that Make Tar
pey, the politician. relates whenever the
good bishops name is mentioned.
although I'm a Catholic said he, land
the bishop an Episcopalian, we always
thought a great deal of each other. There
was nothing l would not do for the bishop,
so that accounts for the fact that L was
driving with him from Phoebe to Dry
Valley to help him raise money with which
to build a new Episcopal church in Phoebe.
zone of the most peculiar characters in
that neighborhood was a man who was
generally known by the soubriquet of Bill
ly-be-Damn. He earned 1t by reason OF the
SURPRISING eloquence of his profanity. He
could out-sWear any man in Nevada, and
in those days it took better than raw
hand at cusSing to do that. Billy was bald
headed, and he was firmly convinced that
the custom of imprisoning the hair in a
reason he usually wore hat with the
crown cut out of 1t, or no hat at all.
LAS the bishop and were driving along
he suddenly seized me by the arm, ex-
claiming;
Stop Hold on a minuter
81 pulled up the horse and saw Billy-be-
Damn turning a windlass just below the
road. AS usual, he had no crown in his
hat, and the hot July sun was beating
down on his shiny pate in a way that
" My good man. said the bishop, don
YOU know that this hot sun beating down
on your unprotected head will bake your
brain?'
had any brain I'd be turning this wind
laSS?'"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-20
VINO &C the ContrnctionI.t.r

II is amusing TO see 10 what straits
the silver monometallists are put 10 find
arguments 10 sustain their contention for
free silver coinage. They are now calling
the sound money men gold contraction
lists" They use that term not because
they believe that the sound money people
want to contract the currency, or because
they believe that the sound money policy
would result in contracting the currency,
but simply because they think it will
alarm those ignorant Of the silver ques-
ton and induce them to favor free silver
coinage.
As a matter Of fact the silverites. or
as they are properly called, the silver mo
nometallists, are the contractionists
open our mints to free silver coinage at
the ratio Of l6 to I. That means. of course,
that they propose to put the country on
a silver basis. If they should succeed
in accomplishing their purpose all the gold
in the country would disappear from cir
culation. The amount of gold coin in this
country is about S50O.O0O.OO0. The opening
of the minis 10 silver would contract the
currency to the extent Of S6OOOOOOOO.
But. says the silver monometallists. we
would soon coin enough silver
10 more than compensate for
the amount of gold withdrawn from
circulation. But how long would it take
to coin S6O0.O0OOOO in silver? The capaci-
~ Of our minis is about $4OOO0.OOO of silver
dollars a year. 1t would. therefore, take
fifteen years to fill the void in our cur
rency that would be made by the with
drawal OF the gold. And the silver, when
coined would have only half the pur-
chasing power of gold.
From the foregoing statement. which can
not be successfully contradicted. it is APP
parent that the silverites are the contrac-
tionists. The silverites would contract
the currency to the extent of $500, 900 900.
and debase the balance of the currency so
that it would be worth only about half
what 1t is now. The sound money men
would not contract the currency at all.
but would continue to add to it all the
silver that could be kept at parity with
gold.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-20
senator NIorriIps Ambition.

Senator Morrill,, says the Chicago Her
aid, is likely to succeed in an ambition
which is dear to his heart. He wants to
win the distinction of being the man who
served longest continuously in the United
States Senate. The record is now held by
Thomas H. Benton of Missouri, who be-
came member of the Senate Oct. 2, 1920,
and served without a break till March 3,
1851, a period of thirty years and five
months. Several other senators have APP
preached this record, but none has equaled
it. Mr.. Morrill, entered the Senate in
March, 1867, and has been there from that
day to this, or more than twenty-nine
years. Next March he viii have rounded
out his thirty years, and in year and four
months from this time he will, if he lives,
have passed the record established by Mr..
Benton. John Sherman has already beaten
all records for length of service. He had,
on March 4 last, served an aggregate of
thirty-one years in the United States Sen
ate, which is a longer time than any other
man ever passed as a member Of that
body. Mr. Shermans service, however,
was broken by the four years which he
served as a member of the cabinet under
President Hayes. In Mr. Morrilrs case ii
have lived to come so near to breaking all
records, with a very good prospect of ac-
tually doing so, for he did not enter the
Senate till he was 81 years old. The Yer
mont veteran has now been in congress
forty-one years continuously, said to be a
longer period of service than the records
of the past have to show, though he was
As years old when he left his country store
and became a statesman.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-20
BRIGHT BITS.

Mrs. Wallace: Dear, isn't treason
deemed worse crime than burglary?
Mr.. Wallace: OF course. Why. a trail
tor is the worst, the most wicked villain
on earth. . -
"Thon why is ii that you can get extra
dition for burglar, while the treason man
is safe If he can get to another country T.
'Why-er-ah-"-Cinc Enquirer
-"Lieutenantw
Yes, sir"
Have you q platoon of scientists ready
for active service?"
Yes, sir"
'Deploy them in front of the fortifca-
tons opposite our right wing with in
structions TO turn on the cathode RAYS and
find out how large a force the enemy has
behind those wails."-Chicago News.
II am thinking of going on the stage.
he sail, 'and l want little advice"
Ger tainly," replied the advance agent
of the Uncle Tom troupe.
Il nave given considerable attention 70
elocution, and have had some experience
in private theGtricals. Is that of any
valued"
Very little"
Then what would you consider the bes,
preparations? ?"
Careful and patnstaking pedestrian ex-
erclse. Chicago Post.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-20
Pardoned Because He COuIdn't
Get In.

One of those peculiar cases, says the
Washington Evening Star, possible in
the south, where the President was
obliged to come to the relief of a man
who tried, and, for a time in vain to get
into Jail to serve his sentence, came to
light in the routine presentation of par
don cases to-day.
]. Reuben Phillips is the man, and for
working in a distilery without any sign
he was arrested by revenue agents, and
sentenced by the court in South Carolina
to three months in jail That was at the
September term of court last year and
for some reason, maybe to permit the
man to harvest his little crops, the Judge
in his sentence provided that the term of
his Imprisonment should not begin until
the 1st of January of this year The rest
of the story is told in the Presidents
endorsement upon the case as follows:
Granted. This prisoner was sentenc-
ed to three months Imprisonment, to be-
gin Jan. l. 1896. At that day he reported
at the Jail for the purpose of entering up-
on his term, and was refused admittance
because his commitment papers had not
arrived. For this reason, he did not be-
gn his term until Feb. 10, 1896. If ne had
been admitted on the day his sentence
required, his term would have expired
before the present time. In view of this
fact, and the Ditiable condition of his
family, and upon the recommendation of
the judge and district attorney, this par
don is granted
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-20
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Meeting-Confederat Veterans Associa-
ton.
Special Notices-Ship Notice, Strachan &
Co. Capt. Sorcho at Tivoli Park, Thun-
derbolt, This Afternoon.
Business Notices-Cigars That Never
Lost Interest Henry Solomon & Son.
II the Rush Keeps Up-Appel & Schaul.
Medical-Hood's Sarsaparilla; Cuticura
Remedies; Duffy's Malt Whiskey.
Cottolene-The N. X. Fairbanks Com
pany.
Pearline-James Pyle & Co.
The Girl Who AIisses-B. H. Levy & Bro.
New Shapes in Hot Weather Headgear-
Falk Clothing Company.
Grand Bicycle Races Decoration Day
Lindsay & Morgan.
Steamship Schedule-Ocean Steamship
Company; Baltimore Steamship Company.
Auction Sale-Parlor and Bedroom Sets,
Etc, by c. ii. Dorset, Auctioneer.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Hel
Wanted; Employment Wanted: For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-20
a Word About Morrison.
From the st. Paul Globe Oem.)

Col. William R. Morrison. of the Inter-
state commission, is something more than
talked Of by Illinois democrats as their
choice for the presidential nomination.
The colonel is associated chiefly in the
minds of democrats with his efforts as
chairman of the House ways and means
committee to secure a reduction of the
tariff. He presented the plan adopted by
this republican congress of making hor-
izontal reduction of the rates in all the
schedules, a plan that was then ridiculed
by the men who now praise the Dingley
adaptation of II. But since the colonel re-
aired to his place on the Interstate COM
mission little has been known of his opin-
ions and nothing whatever of his position
on what has come to be one of the leading
questions, the currency and coinage.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-20

Surgeon General Sternberg takes very
little stock in the alleged discovery thai
Roentgen rays have germicidal value.
He says in practice the germicidal power
Of electricity has not thus far proved to
be available for the treatment of infec-
tious diseases, and it is entirely doubtful
whether the x rays will be available for
the destruction of disease germs in the
bodies of living animals" Still, the sur
geon general is rot positive in the views
he expresses. He is only a doubter. 1t
is to be hoped experiments will remove
his doubts.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-20

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where Ben Franklin Wore His wig.

The difficulties, says the WASHINGTON
Post encountered recently by the lineal
descendant of that great man, states
man, patriot and everything else that men
properly hold in observation-disclosures, min
Franklin-in having themselves enroIie5
among the Colonial Danes, recall an an
ecdote of him. When about 10 pressn >
Versailles he was informed by the ma stSr
OF ceremonies that wig was a sine ona
non. Now, his head was so large tint
the situation was embarrassing in tbe ~,
treme. However, one was found sufii
ciently large TO pass him through fbe
mifted 10 remove the ridiculous conven-
fional appendage and place ii ~ Ms ~
ergcd 10 public gaze -44i
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-20
When to Use the Front Name.
From the Boston Herald.

As to whether it is all right and proper to
call a distinguished public man by his
front name, or by nickname is some
thing on which authorities as we'll as
tastes differ. Some distinguished people
like it, while to others 1t is distasteful. AS
a rule, it all depends on who makes use
of the familiarity thus implied. DR.. Pea
body, in his "reminiscences of Harvard,
tells of the Indignation of a former Har-
ward professor who was once addressed by
nickname The professor didn't object to
the name, nor to its use by some people,
but in this case it was used by man who
wasn't a graduate of Harvard college,
That was where the professor drew the
line for familiarity.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-20
CURRENT COMMENT.
Reeds Honesty VIII Help Him.
From the New York Post nndN

We greatly mistake the temper of the
public mind If Mr.. Reeds declaration
against free coinage and in favor of main
tanning the gold standard does not give a
great impetus 20 the movement for his
the canvass under the misfortune Of not
standing for anything in particular while
Mr.. Mckinley represents the principle of
protection. But the principle of sound
money and of the maintenance of the gold
standard as essential thereto, is vastly
IFS.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-20

good OF your health you should take Sin,
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you try anything eise-the delay NAV Ia
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the best liver remedy and the best bloos
medicine, and on that account is the -
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and that IS more than can be said OF am
otner preparations which might be Offered
you as a substitute. Don't take then.
but do take Simmons Liver Regulate
II IS the only liver remedy on the marke,
called Simmons Liver Regulator-dop,r
forget the word Regulator-and that tba
Red z is on every package. J. H. Zeui,
& Co.. Philadelphia, Pa.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-20

Those who are looking for an adjourn
ment of congress as early as May Is are
likely to be disappointed. The desire TO
talk for political effect is taking so much
time that but little progress is being made
with the appropriation bills. Less talk
and more work would be appreciated by
the country
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-20

The money plank in the Reed platform
is being compared with that of Mckinley,
and republicans are being asked to choose
between the two men. There ought to be
no difficulty for sound money men
TO pick out the sound money
man. Reeds platform is squarely
for sound money. McKinIeys Is
a straddle. Mckinley has never been right
on the money question and he doesn't ap-
pear to be able to get right.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-20

The efforts of the republicans and popu-
lists of North Carolina to fuse have fail
ed. What will be the result of similar
efforts in this state? One result will be
the disappointment of number of am
bilious men, who have their eyes on
the state house at Atlanta and the capt.
toll at Washington. We are sure there
will be no great amount of grief If they
should be disappointed. The democrats of
Georgia are still able to furnish first-cIass
men for all the offices.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-20
CrowIey's Maiden speech.

Ibid tell you fellows how I come to
make my maiden speech?' asked Con-
gresham Crowley of Texas, according to
the Washington Post. No? Well, it
was this way. A gang of newspaper
fellows was guying me as not making a
speech. 'Speechmaking' no sign of a
mans usefulness in congress- says 1; bet
ter men than me are not making speeches
but if you're bettin' that 1 can't make a
speech III just go you a ten
" 1t goes says one of the gang
You're afraid and he shows the long
green.
- What's up in the House now% says I.
Cannon is fightin' an increase for a
lighthouse keeper in your district says
he.
IN go right now, says l. And in I
goes. Well. you know what happened
told Cannon he didn't know as much
about keepin' lighthouse as a pocupine
does about ascension day. and Cannon
spread himself all over me. II he'd known
how ! come TO jump on him I'll bet he'd
laughed. Then / goes out, and the stale-
holder hands me the stun. That's how il
happened"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-20

.McKinley's managers are now talking of
a walk-over. They are boasting. however.
The truth is they are much alarmed by the
condemnation which McKinley's straddle
Of the silver question is receiving in all the
eastern states. That straddle may make
him so tired he will not be able to reach
the goal.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-20

New York is to have a national politi-
cal convention after all. The socialist
labor party will meet in that city on
July to name presidential ticket. New
York seems happy that st. Louis and Chi
cago can't crow over her. She would
rather have the socialists than nobody.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-20

Speaking of Mr. Carlisle's speech to the
Chicago workmen, one of the papers of
that city remarked editorially: What
ever may have been the previous senti-
ments Of those workingmen who were for
tunate enough to hear Mr.. Carlisle, when
they left the Auditorium they We're con-
WINGED that 5O-cent dollars were not the
dollars for them, and that to vote 10 be
paid in that sort of money would be 10
cut their own throats. The same con-
elusion viii inevitably be reached by any
wage-worker who viii read the logical ar
sument. backed by Woodworking facts.
OF the Secretary OF the Treasury. %
And yet there are wage-earners In Chi.
eAgo and other cities who. having listen
81 70 demagosues. believe that q DECEASED
currency Noula be a good thing Tor them.
what a pity d D. thar only hard experi-
snee can teach zone men sense.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-20

A specimen OF the kind OF political
driftwood that the populist wave has cast
upon the shores Of the Senate is Senator
Allen OF Nebraska The other day Sena-
tor Gear OF Iowa referred to his kaleido-
scopic political career. This irritated the
populist Allen greatly. who proceeded, a.
soon as he got an opportunity. TO throw
mud at Senator Gear. He was compelled
to take his seat. The scene was an IN
usual one A Washington correspondent
says: Senator Allen is peculiarly aggres-
sive and Irritating, and large portion OF
his political stock in trade lies in his
volubility and his total disregard of the
courtesies of debate. Since his arrival
in the Senate he has posed as the mouth
piece Of the most radical of the western
Dopulists. has spoken upon as many topics
as possible in debate and has made few
speeches without impugning the motives
or questioning the record of some of his
colleagues. This attitude has been DELHI
erately taken by Senator Allen less from
conviction than from a desire to secure
notoriety which would operate to his po-
litical advantage among the rank and
file Of the ignorant and Disconnected, of
whom he aspires-to be a leader" There
is some satisfaction in the thought that
the time is not distant when such men
as Allen will disappear from the Senate.
Gen. Harrison made a remark in Indian
apolis the other day which is causing spec
ulation. A campaign button is very ex-
teasively worn IN that city on which is
inscribed Harrison and success" Gen.
Harriscn's attention was called to 1t, and
he was asked If they were not left over
from 1892 He shook his head and said
They'll be left over On 1886" What did
he mean? That is the question that is wor-
rying some Indianapolis republicans
When the general was asked the meaning
of his remark he smiled and changed the
subject.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-20

Is it fact that there is a movement
on foot in the Eleventh district to de-
feat the reelection Of Representative Tur-
ner? 1t is stated quite positively that there
is, and that Banker H. w. Reed is engi-
neering IT, If what is said is true the
plan is to effect a fusion OF the popuists
and republicans, and make Mr.. Reed the
candidate Of the fuslonists. The plan may
be carried out but Mr.. Turner will not
be beaten. lie has too strong hold upon
The people Of the Eleventh district. No
combination can beat him. There are TOO
few real statesmen to leave any one Of
lAam a home
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-20

One of the arguments against the re-
publican party used to be that 1t was
a sectional party. Very strong efforts are
now being made by the silverite demo-
Gratis to put their party in position to
have the same argument made against
it. These silverite democrats are
endeavoring TO unite the south and west
against the east. They don't think now
there is any force in the argument they
once used against the republicans. How
ever, politicians are not very consistent.
Many of them are ready to approve to-
day what they condemned yesterday.