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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-26
BRIGHT BITS.

Useless at Home.-''What was all that
rumpus in the next f1at?"
at was that foot ball rusher's wife try
ing to get him to walk the baby to Sleep"
Detroit Free Press.
PA, what is dramatic ability?"
Dramatic ability? Well, it is type
writer girls gift of looking sorry when
she hears that her employer will have to
stay at home week with a bad cold
Chicago Record.
Her Husband-Here is a suggested
compromise of the woman suffrage ques-
ton.
The Advanced Woman-What is it?
Her Husband-It is a proposition to al
low the women to take all the straw votes.
Puck.
since Old Soak visited Yellowstone Park
there's been remarkable echo up there.
Sunup-What is it?
Sundown-If you shout What will you
have?" it will answer whisky. "-Chica-
go Tribune.
-Uncertain.-Mis Willowsnap-Father
has taken Jack into the firm, and don't
know when we will be married"
Miss Twilling-Why, l should thing that
would facilitate matters.
3 Miss Willowsnap--Oh, mol His income is
so uncertain now.-Puck.
The Philosopher in Rags.-"Weary, did
We notice by tn papers that THOUSANDS of
men wuz goin' back to work?'
well, that'll be a good thing for our
bizness."
"How sop
at reduces competition. "-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Paid For.-"Mrs. Cumrox's children
seem to be very fond of their school," re-
marked one woman
"What makes you think SOP"
''rhey are always speaking of their
dear teacher"
''Oh Mr.. Cumrox insists on that. He
says that considering how much he pays
for extra tuition it's only proper. Wash
ington Star.
-Knebsworth-Talk of successful men!
Look at NIcDives. When he came to the
city ten years ago there were several
thousand men here who had from S. to
S. 900 apiece in their pockets, and Nc
Dives didn't have so cents in his pocket.
Well, sir, all the money that those other
men had is now in Motives possession.
That's what / call genius, sir; yes, sir, ge-
nius.-Boston Transcript.
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An Uncnnnx Coincident.

One of those remarkable condolences
which SAVIOR of the supernatural has come
to light in the story of a well-known ply
stefan of this city, related to a friend in
confidence and vouched for by several re-
liable witnesses, says the Philadelphia
Record. The doctor resides in the neigh
borhood of Eighteenth and Jefferson
streets, and is engaged to be married to
a young woman who lives in the same To-
cality. On Wednesday night last he was
examining a revolver in his bedroom,
when he accidentally pulled the trigger
and dattened a bullet against the opposite
wall. The ball passed though the photo
graph of his fiancee, which, with a num-
Der of others, occupied a place on little
shelf It made big hole in the card
board, destroying the face of the photo
graph beyond recognition. The physician
was much perturbed by the occurrence,
and glanced at his watch The hands
pointed to 10 minutes to r. The next
evening he called upon his betrothed, and
before he had an opportunity to tell her
of the singular occurrence she informed
him she had dreamed he had shot her.
The dream took place on Wednesday
evening, soon after the girl had retired.
The horror of 1t awoke her, and upon
looking at the clock on the mantel she
learned that 1t was just 10 minutes short
of midnight. She had heard nothing of
the Doctors story, and those who have
heard of the shooting and the dream are
inclined to believe that there is something
uncanny about Ii.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-26
PERSONAL.

John Endicott of Beverly, Mass, who
is nearly 100 years old, is said to be the
only living eyewitness of the famous en-
gagement between the Chesapeake and the
Shannon
Cardinal Satolli declares that there is
no truth whatever in the recent dispatches
from Rome saying that he had denounced
Archbishop Ireland Bishop Keane and
other American Catholics to the pope.
George Bernard Shaw, the London nov
elist, who has been a vegetarian for fifteen
years, says that 1.-The enormity of eating
the scroched corpses of animals-cannibal-
ism with its heroic dish omitted-becomes
impossible as soon as it becomes conscious
iy instead of thoughtlessly habitual,"
Col. Chaille-Long of the eastern shore
of Maryland, well known as an African
traveller. who has just lectured before the
Geographical Association of Washington,
tells the following story; lone day, when
1 was with Gordon as chief of his staff,
he asked me In a quizzing way how it
was had never died of the jungle fever.
Sir 1 said, 1 was born on the eastern
shore of Maryland and have breathed the
air of malaria and swamp fever for many
years. This was my training school for
eastern travel"
Joseph Jefferson gave delightful talk
to the boys of the Baltimore Medical Col
lege one day last week. At it's conclu-
sion his hearers were so enthusiastic that
they insisted on drawing his carriage from
the college to his hotel. For moment
he was nonplussed at this, but with a char
acteristic shrug and a graceful smile he
settled back and enjoyed the honor. When
the hotel was reached the boys gave him
a resounding cheer, and, standing up in
the carriage, Mr. Jefferson, said: young
gentlemen, thank you for this demonstra-
ton. You must all be stars, for you all
have good drawing Abilities Then, be-
fore the laughter had subsidized, he hurried
into the hotel. Goodness! 1 am glad to
be out of that" he said when he had got
into the lobby. 1T was well meant, I
know, and I enjoyed the spirit of the boys
But 1t took me so by surprise, and, besides,
I did not like to be the feature of such a
show"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-26
The origin of Thanksgiving.

The American Thanksgiving day, as
probably everybody knows, comes down to
us from the Pilgrim fathers. But there
are probably people who do not know pre-
! cisely "how it happened" This was the
way of it: The Pilgrims landed upon the
most inhospitable shores of the new world.
They pitched their huts upon a soil that
gave forth fruits only grudgingly, and in
a climate that, it seems, must have coagu-
lated their marrow during the winter, but
for the fact that the red men of the for
est forced them to take exer-
else. in the form of sprintlng
sufficient to keep up their cir
culation. What with the sterile soil, the
unpropitous climate and the hostile red
men, the Pilgrim fathers had pretty hard
time of it. Their crops were the most mea-
ger, and all sorts of annoyances beset
them. By way of propitiating the fates,
so to speak, they used to conform to the
most rigorous religious observances. When
they were not Juggling the rocks off their
little farms, or fighting Indians. they were
fasting or praying 1t was their custom to
appoint a special fast day every time any
thing went wrong, and as something or
other was wrong pretty much all the time,
it got to be that nearly every day was a
fast day. That accounts for the striking
leanness of the Pilgrim fathers in all the
pictures of them extant. So common had
become the fast day custom that the faith
ers were more or less afraid to do full JUS
tice to any meal for fear that they would
discover later that they had desecrat-
ed a fast day. The Pilgrim fathers were
extremely Puritancal.
1t fell out once upon time, about the
year 1881, that the fathers were particular
ly Respondent about some matter; it may
have been the rocky country, or it may
have been the weather, or the Indians.
At all events, they called a town meeting
and were about to follow the usual course
of procedure and pass resolutions appoint
ing day of fasting and prayer. At that
point, however, an old farmer in the meet
ing evolved an idea. Thus We have it,
on the excellent authority of DR.. Franklin,
that they had ideas in New England as
far back as 1881. The old farmer arose and
asked the fathers if they were not afraid
of provoking heaven with their complaints.
He moved an amendment, to the erect that
instead of a day of fasting, a day of feast
ing-of thanksgiving for the many mercies
of heaven--be appointed. The emaciated
fathers adopted the idea at once. They
saw in it the chance to get at least one
square meal without violating any of the
proprieties; and the amendment was car
ried unanimously. Thus Thanksgiving day
happened" And ever since it has been a
day of feasting in American households,
although not regularly observed as ma
tional holiday until within comparatively
recent years.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-26
The Pious Robin.

Here is a story of an orthodox Robin,
says a writer in the London Telegraph.
Some time ago l attended morning service
in Ely Cathedral. where, during the pray
ers, robin kept fitting about the build
ing, joining occasionally in the service
with a modest "chirrup." When the cler-
gyman assembled the pulpit and began to
speak, the Robin deliberately perched
himself on one of the pinnacles of the
chancel screen, quite close to the orator,
and the louder the pastor preached the
louder did the robin sing, much to the
amusement of the congregation. I have
no recollection of what the sermon was
about, but the robins singing made a
deep impression upon me.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-26
GLOW weary Is our Heart.y

~
william Watson's Latest Poem.
OF kings and courts; Of kingly. courtly
ways
In which the life of man is bought and
How weary is our heart these many days!
OF ceremonious embassies that hold
Farley with hell in fine and silken phrase,
How wearysis our heart these many days!
Or wavering counselors neither hot nor
cold, 'i' ~ tto
Whom from His mouth God speweth, be
How weary is our heart these many daysl
Yea, for the raveled night is round the
lands,
And sick are we OF all the imperial story.
The tramp Of power. and its long trail of
pain;
The mighty brow in meanest arts grown
hoary;
The mighty hands,
That in the dear. affronted name Of Peace
Bind down people to be racked and slain;
The emulous armless waxing without
cease,
All-puissant, all In vain;
The pacts and leagues to murder by de-
lays.
And the dumb throngs that on the deaf
thrones gaze;
The common, loveless lust OF territory;
The lips that only babble Of their mart
While to the night the shrleking hamlets
blaze; ..st H.
The bought allegiance, and the purchased
praise,
False honor, and shameful glory
OF all the evil whereof this is part.
How weary Is our heart.
How weary is our heart these many daysl
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-26
The Stamp Did Not Work.

A Belgian physician, who stands high
professionally at home. and is a gentle
man of education, culture and refinement,
recently visited friends in this city, says
the Chicago Times-Herald. He had occa-
sion to write a letter to an Evanston pro-
fessor, and was told that if he would af-
fix an Immediate delivery stamp to the
letter it would be rushed through to its
destination without delay
After a day spent in sightseeing about
the city with his Chicago friends the Bel
gian reached home, went to his room and
Immediately came downstairs again in
considerable perturbation.
"See!" he cried, holding out the stamped
letter which had lain on a table in his
room all day. 1T hat not gone yet. The
stamp hat not work. Nobody hat called
for it all the day through.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-26
EnIr Elections.

All the people of the state recognize the
necessity for fair elections. An OF them
want fair elections. It would be difficult
to find an intelligent man who would ad-
NIT that he did not want fair elections.
There are men, however, who viii take
unfair advantages at elections II the laws
can be so interpreted as to permit them
to do so, or IL they can do so in violation
of the law. 1t is to prevent unfair advan-
tages being taken that a more stringent
election law is demanded. ~
The legislature favors more stringent
election law. The only difficulty In the
way of enacting such law is that of
agreeing upon a law that would come
nearest to accomplishing the object aimed
at. The present registration law was a
step in the right direction. 1t appears to
give very general satisfaction. In most of
the counties it worked admirably at the
recent state and national elections. In
those counties it was carried out honestly
both in letter and spirit In a few coun-
ties there were complaints that men were
allowed to register who were not entitled
to do so, and that their names were not
stricken off by the registrars, although at
tention was called to the fact that they
were Illegally registered. The fault was not
with the law, but with those appointed to
carry out it's provisions.
Do we want the Australian ballot system
in this state? That system or modifi-
cation of it has been found to work well in
other states. Why not give it or mod
ihcation of it a trial? 1t prevents repeat
Ing and limits bribery and intimidation 1t
is about impossible to have a perfect bal
lot law, but it is possible to have law so
nearly perfect that it offers very few OPP
portunities for preventing a fair election.
In the last state election the populists
complained that great frauds were COM
mitted. They did not point out the frauds.
They asserted doubtless a great deal more
than they could prove. At least they
were satisfied that if the alleged frauds
had not been committed they would not
have won the election.
But we want an election law that will
leave no room for suspecting fraud-a law
so satisfactory that a charge of fraud
would not be believed. With such a law
the people will be content.
We question the ACCESSIBILITY of introduce
ing the educational qualification in this
state. The state is in no danger from the
ignorant vote. and under the gradually
improving system of public schools the
ignorant vote is becoming Intelligent.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-26

weyler finds the same fault with the in
surgents that Campos found. Weyler has
IN his pickets several nicely arranged
plans Of campaign. with maneuvers for
his own troops and the insurgents all
worked out. But. like the perverse rebels
that they are. the Cubans decline to come
out Of their mountain Businesses and be
shot according to the programme. II they
would only come out and fight. weyler
says he would make short work OF them.
Maybe that is just the reason they prefer
to keep under cover; they do not want to
be made short work of.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-26
Carlsbad.

This season of the year is III.
most suitable for the use of tba
well-known Carlsbad Sprudel Salt
Since FIVE centuries it has been
acknowledged by the medical
faculty to be the best and most
effective mineral salt for ali
ailments of the liver, Catarrhal
affections of the stomach, bile
bile pigment, gallstones, tenn,
porary and habitual constipation
&c.
Millions of people all over III.
world have been cured by the use
of this celebrated spring, and il
deserves to be made known to ali
suffering from above and kindred
diseases who have not heard of il
or used it before. 1t acts mildly
without pain, and regulates the
secretions of the stomach. The
genuine imported Carlsbad Spru.
del Salt has the signature Of
Eisner & Mendelson Co., sole
agents for the United States, on
the neck of every bottle.
Office, I52-I54 Franklin St..
New York.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-26

1t transpires that all OF this hullabaloo
about the burning of Spanish flag In New
Castle, Del, is based upon a hoax. The
flag was not Spanish emblem. but was
merely a piece of old bunting that had
been used for the purpose of signaling tug
boats. Some practical joker got hold Of
it and proposed to some of his friends that
they burn 1t, and give the newspapers a
story of the burning Of a Spanish flag.
The suggestion was carried out. 1t is
probable that the New Castle people will
hold an investigation and forward fun
report to Washington.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-26
DestrONing an Idol.

Pretty nearly the whole country has &C
cepted the statement that Mr.. Mark
Hanna did more to win the republican vic
tory in the recent election than any other
man. We don't know who first gave Mr..
Hanna credit for the victory. Probably
it was given him by common consent. He
was at the head of the republican organ
ization, and all through the campaign 1t
was announced in the public prints that
he was making very few mistakes and
was displaying remarkable executive abil-
ity.
The New York World, however, an
nounces that Mr.. Hanna is a humbug-
that the belief that Mr.. Mckinley owes
his success, in a large measure, to Mr..
Hanna is IAN extraordinary delusion"
According to the World, Mr.. Mckinley
was nominated by IAN irresistible senti-
ment," and was elected by an uprising
of the people," The World may be right.
The remarkable part of it's attack upon
Mr.. Hanna is that it doesn't claim that
it elected Mr.. Mckinley. Probably that
claim will be made later-after Mr.. Hanna
has been removed from the pedestal on
which admiring political friends have
placed him.
We think, however. that the World is
unnecessarily harsh in carrying out it's
purpose. There is no occasion for calling
Mr.. Hanna "a humbug." 1t is very doubt
full If he is that. He hasn't tried to hum
bug anybody. In fact, he has been very
modest in speaking of himself and his
work. We do not pretend to say whether
or not the republican victory was largely
due to his efforts. but he has not said it
was. He is not responsible for what his
friends and admirers say. AS long as he
makes no pretentions and claims nothing
for himself he cannot be called a hum
bug. He may be a doodle raiser" and
"a vulgarian money bags" as the World
says, but not a humbug. 1t would be in
teresting to have Mr.. Hanna's opinion OF
the World.
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A Naughty Roy.

A boy 60 years old! He stood before
Magistrate Simms in Jefferson Market
court yesterday, says the New York Press.
He said he was Charley Smith, and he ran
his fingers through his snowy hair and
beard and tried to dig the toe of one foot
into the heel of the other
A sturdy little woman came bustling in.
She pushed policemen right and left to
reach the bridge
Its me boy, SIR she said. ''He's a
very bad boy, know. sir, but he was
drunk, sir, and if you let him go 1 don't
think he'll beat me again."
How old are you, MADAME" asked the
magistrate.
"Old enough to be your grandmother,
sir. Eighty-five next month"
Charley was fined 81 and had to go to a
cell
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-26

A New York poet, singing the glories of
Bunch" McBee, falls into the common
error of making his name rhyme with
see" and free" Those who are on most
intimate terms with the genial Bunch"
pronounce his name as if it were spelled
"Mackby," with a smart smack on the
front syllable, and just the suggestion of
the labial sonant at the conclusion. 1t
seems little odd. by the way, why people
will mispronounce the names of Mr.. Bry-
ans managers. There was Mr.. Sinjun.
whom people insisted upon calling Saint
john" and now. instead of saying Mack
by they are calling the new manager
'IMcBee."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-26

A little 4-year-old girl. according to Gsn
don Figaro, was saying her prayers the
other night, and after her Now lay me"
asked God 70 bless her papa, mamma, each
one of her brothers and sisters, and Mr..
and Mrs. Black, mentioning a lady and
gentleman of whom the little daughter was
very fond, and who had dined with the
family that night.
Her wise older sister of years listened
critically TO the prayer, and when it was
done, said severely:
1T isn't necessary to pray for any one
outside your own family. You shouldn't
have prayed for Mr. and Mrs. Black. God
might get so many names mixed up.
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Doing somethine for silver.
From the philadelphia Record Dem.).

1t is now given out with some degree of
confidence and gertrude that the first
move of the Mckinley administration will
be in the direction Of tariff revision; and
after the tariff, financial reform. This
will be putting off an urgent matter in
order TO attend TO a matter that is not
urgent. Such policy would tally exactly
with the desires OF the friends of cheap
money and Reputation, who hope to keep
the free silver agitation alive until 1900.
Nothing but wlllful indisposition to give
effect to the popular desire would justify
postponement of the true issue. The tar
IN can be better dealt with two years
hence than now.
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INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Observation-Disclosures Lodge No. 10. F.
and A. NJ.
Special Notices-Liquor Licenses; Notice
of Dissolution, R. II. Edwards & Co.,
Daisy, Ca; Notice as to Departure of
Steamer Flora for Wilmington; Notice of
Thanksgiving Closing; We Have a Big
Lead on Bicycles, R. D. & VIM. Latti-
more; Reduce Expenses by Patronizing
the Southern Grocery Company of Geor-
gia: Ship Notice, ]. f. Minis & Co.; No.
24,421 Gets the Bicycle at Livingston s
Pharmacy; Thanksgiving Dinner. James
McGrath & Co.; Best Quality Prompt
Service, C. A. Munster; Proclamation of
Herman Myers, Mayor of Savannah.
ProposaIs-For $4,000 Tons Granite or
Other Durable Rock. w. H. Benyuard,
Lieutenant Colonel.
Oficial-City Ordinance.
The Odds and Ends-B. H. Levy & Bro.
Steamship Schedules international
Navigation Company; Ocean Steamship
Company; Baltimore Steamship Company.
Another Sale of Bicycles-Leopold Ad-
Ter.
Collars-Cluett's Collars.
New Publications-At Estilrs News De-
pot.
Auction sales-A Chance for speculat-
ors, by c. H. Dorsett, Auctioneer.
Programme for Thanksgiving Day-B.
II. Levy & Bro.
adedical-Carlsbad Sprudel salt; Hoods
Sarsaparilla; S. S. S.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
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Arthur Wesley Campbell of New Jer-
Eey. was not one Of those fellows who,
with one note Of Trovatore, could soothe
a soul in purgatory." but he could sing.
And he did sing. to some purpose. He
sang church songs with such power and
fervor that he melted the hearts OF no
less than five women, all of whom he mar
ried-at different times of course. Finally,
however he lost a chord. and the author
tiles caught up with him. He will have to
stand trial for bigamy, and it is pretty
certain that the courts will teach him n
song and dance that he never tried be-
fore.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-26

The cabinet builders have finally taken
Judge Nathan Goff down from the shelf,
where he has been resting ever since the
Harrison cabinet was constructed, and
are looking him over as a possibility. 1t
may be that the mention of Judge Con-
is merely made for the purpose of excit-
ing Senator Tillman. What a red nag
Is to bull, Judge Con is to Senator Till
man.