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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-12
BRIGHT BITS.

Following misunderstanding, jim
ME-" said the gracious hostess, you
have taken half pie on your plate"
Yes m. Mamma says l mustn't have
but one piece when 1 was visitin' DE
troit Free Press.
Ruling Passions ympathizer Ito pros
trate bicyclisb-Any serious damage from
the accident?
Fallen Bicyclist (feebly)-I don't know
yet. 1 have-have-havent looked at my
wheel. Faints away)-Life.
without Advertising. Too.-"Ah, good
Looking for job?"
That's what. Anything 1 can do for
your"
YES. you'll about fill the bill, I think. -
Harlem Life.
E Reason for lRelayl1-Guest Cat country
hoteD-What kept you so long? Were
you waiting for the hen to lay the egg?
Waiter-This was the only egg in the
place, and the hen had been sitting on
it for a week or more, and we had an
awful time to get it away from her.
Harlem Life.
Sue Fosdick is a very prepossessing
girl. isn't she?' said Mrs. Taddells to
Mrs. Whites.
II should say she was" replied the lat
ter lady. "She gets engaged to every
young man who arrives ut the hotel be-
fore the rest of the girls can get an in
duction."-Harpers Bazaar.
Hard Times in Deddville.-"Last Mon
day." writes the editor of the Deddville
Recorder, 1--WE went out to collect $3.50, due
us on subscriptions from 100 delinquent
subscribers. We put in the whole day
at it. How much does the reader think
we collected? Not a darned cent, reader;
not a darned cent We have been running
a paper in this town seven years, and
we never saw times half as hard as they
are now except the year we had triplets
at our house. "-Chicago Tribune.
1--WE made up my mind to one thing, "
said the resolute-looking young man.
I'm not going to the theater any this
winter"
For what reason?"
For many reasons. In the first place,
I can't afford it, and If ] could afford it.,
I'd probably find the seats all taken for
the play 1 wanted to see. And if l got
a seat it would be behind some girl with
a big hat And If I did get to see the
play, might not like it, anyhow. WASH
ington Star.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-12
Personal.

The Queen Of Sweden, who is one of
the richest women in the world, owes
her great wealth to the gambling tables
at Weisbaden, which were owned by her
brothers, from whom she inherited her
vast fortune. Her majesty, who is bit
eccentric. always dresses in the costume
or the Salvation Army, to which organi-
cation she belongs.
The marriage of Jean de Reszke and
the Countess Manly Nesle is soon to be
an accomplished fact The trouble Of
the divorce has been adjusted and the OPP
position OF the friends and relatives of
the countess who were against her mar
rying the great tenor because he was not
her equal in rank, has finally ceased. The
two have been engaged for seven years.
The countess is very rich, and one result
OF the marriage viii be the retirement
OF DeReszke after the coming opera sea-
son.
The late Victor de Lesseps for many
years was intimately associated with his
father In the actual direction of the Suez
canal. When the Panama crash came he
was involved with his father in the gen.
eral ruin, and the old man being then
practically on his deathbed, he had to
bear the brunt of popular and official in
dignat.on. He was imprisoned for a con-
S4ueFdDle Ime, out nnauy obtained ms
liberty after having surrendered the whole
of his private fortune toward the pay
ment of the general liabilities. He was
regarded as a victim of circums tances.
The Galveston (Tex) News tells
queer little story about Gov. Culberson's
now famous letter to Bismarck. 1t seems
that last July he wrote to the prince, ask
ing his views on the financial question.
Then he placed a two-cent stamp on the
envelope and dropped it into a convenient
mail box. In due time the letter reached
Germany, marked collect or the German
equivalent for insufficient postage. The
thrifty prince or his servitors declined to
accede to the demand for money and the
letter was returned to the sender re
fused" The governor put the letter into
another envelope, put five-cent postage
stamp on that, and started it on return
trip. This time the letter reached the
prince, and he sent the reply that has had
diversified translations. The man who
told the News the story comments: Mr.
Culberson. free silver man, writes a let
ter to a German bimetallist and puts half
the required amount of postage on the en-
velope. The letter is refused because there
is not enough postage on it. Yet, in the
face of this, Mr. Culberson and his friends
expect to make a dollar out of 50 cents
worth of silver, and expect the people Of
foreign nations to take it, See the point?"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-12
what Shall the Flower BE ?

A convention will be held at Asheville
n. c.. on oct. q, % and % for the purpose
of discussing a national flower The del
egates seem determined that one shall be
adopted. The convention will. If posi-
BILE, settle upon the flower, and petition
congress to adopt it. 1t appears to be the
opinion that as France has her lily, old
England her rose Ireland her shamrock
and Scotland her thistle, America ought
to have some floral emblem of her very
own.
From a sentimental point of view, there
may be a demand for a national flower;
and sentiment is a very good thing some
times. At the same time, some hard
headed people are asking what is the good
Of it? How are we to select a flower, or
other floral emblem that will be accepta-
bic to the country at large and fairly rep
resentative of its sections and people We
are a cosmopolitan people. We are a
French English-Irish Scotch Hebrew
Scandinavian-Dago- people. To COM
bine all of the floral emblems of these sew
eral nationalities in one. and take that as
seem to be one way to please all interested
The quickest way of settling the matter
that suggests itself is to call in the assist
ance of goat, place the emblems all be-
fore him, let him combine them, and then
set the goat up as the representative of
the outfit
Haven't we got national emblems enough
already? We have the stars and stripes,
and the glorious eagle-a suhielency for
any democratic nation. We have been
able to get along swimmingly these hun
dred and twenty years with only these;
without so much as national song. There
are half dozen or more so-called national
songs, but not one of them Is officially 1.-THE"
song, and not one is worthy of being men
toned in the same breath with the Mar
sellaise or the British national anthem.
my Country, lis of Thee" Hail Column
bia" and Yankee Doodle" are all we'll
enough in their way. But not one of
them has the soul-stirring qualities of
Dixie" and even Dixie" falls short of
the requirements for national song. And
shall we provide Uncle Sam with a bou-
tonnier for his lapel before we provide
him with tune to whistle?
Since it has been determined, however
that a convention on the national flower
shall be held, we submit that due consld-
Grafton should be given the chrysanthe-
mum, that natural representative Of the
head-dress of the great national game of
foot ball. 1t would inspire young Amer
leans with the ambition to emulate, and
even surpass, their progenitors in the pro-
duction Of capillary mops. Then there is
the rum blossom, a national bloom that
! thrives alike in bleak and prohibition
Maine, and wide-open Colorado, 1t is not
perennial or an annual, but an eternal
No blizzard, drought or burning wind af-
fects It. However, we recommend nei-
Their of these blossoms. Our idea is to com
bine all of the floral emblems in the goat
There is no more hardy and pungent ex-
otto than the goat
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-12
when Opie Read Was an Editor.

When Opie Read took charge of the Lit
tie Rock Gazette many years ago. says
the Chicago Times Herald, he was bitter
ly attacked by a rival paper in the neigh
boring town, Camden, Ark. He bore this
abuse in silence for several weeks but
finally printed this paragraph at the head
of the editorial jottings'':
when Jim Simmons first settled in
Camden, years ago, he was poor, truthful
and honest. He is still poor"
The next day a tall gaunt stranger
alighted from the evening train and ac-
costed Opie, who CHANGED to be at the
depot "watchin' of the train get in"
do you live here?' he queried.
81 do" was the answer.
Come and have a drink then; want
to talk to you"
The two men adjourned to a wet goods
store near by and after emptying their
glasses a few times the visitor casually
remarked
I've got to shoot man in this town"
1902" said Read. with an infection
which asked for more.
'Yep-got to do it," continued the man
hunter know anything about a paper
here called the Gay-zette?"
Say, let's have another drink" hasti-
~ interposed Opie. They did, and several
other drinks followed.
finally inquired the man from Camden.
Il want you to go along and see that
get fair play. All you've got to do is to
point out the coyote that edits it and
stand back out of range
Together they started uptown toward
the newspaper office. The visitor never
reached it; there were too many saloons
along the route. And, strangest of all,
Opie several times lost his bearings and
took his belligerent protege through I'M
necessary detours and past more grog-
shops than the Camden editor ever had
seen before. An hourllater the man who
wanted gore was sleeping off an alcoholic
trance in garbage box in an alley. He
had lost his gun and the editor of the
Gazette had secured a new paper weight.
1t is unnecessary to add, perhaps. that
Opie was not shot that night. 1t is no dis
paragement to him, however, to admit
that he was about half-shot
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-12
increase of cotton production.

Some recently published figures and
other data with regard to the growth Of
cotton production are interesting In 1875
the average yield per acre was 2lO pounds;
in 1895 the average per acre was 26o
pounds During the twenty years the
acreage devoted to cotton cultivation in
creased 12S per cent, while the produc-
ton increased 1873 per cent That is to
say the farms Of the present day are much
more productive than were those of
twenty years ago. The reason is. as ev-
cry practical farmer knows. that agri-
cultural methods have been greatly inn
proved during the time. Inventors and
chemists have labored with the farmer to
the end of bringing the lands up 10 a
higher state Of productiveness. The for
mer have produced new implements for
the cultivation Of the soil in an improved
and at the same time labor-saving man
ner. The latter have instructed the
farmer as to the chemical elements need
ed for the enrichment of his soil, and
the fertilizer manufacturer has provided
those elements in convenient form for
utilization. Rule-o-thumb farming has
to a great degree given way to scientific
farming. Those farmers who have not
their own test tubes and text books, are
readers of good agricultural periodicals,
which supply useful and accurate infor-
nation with regard to soils, fertilizers,
etc, to take the place of guess work. The
farm. like everything else, is progress
eiVe
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-12

A Jacksonville dispatch of a day or two
ago said that of the 100 members Of the
Florida legislature elected the other day.
GA are believed to be against and p for
the reelection of Senator Call. If this
statement should prove well founded, it
would be a good thing for the progress
and development of the state. Senator
investors has done much to retard the
development of Florida's resources. When
the people have set Senator Call aside and
put in his place man of broad mind and
patriotism, persons with money to invest
will join with the people of Florida and
help them build up one of the richest and
most prosperous states in the south.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-12

Anna Held. the French singer, who is
just now the bright particular star of New
York has been sued by her milkman for a
bill of s64 for 800 gallons of milk, furnished
at the rate of ten gallons day. An enor-
nous appetite for milk. Ell? Oh, no; she
did not drink it. 1t was for her bath She
battles in milk every morning, for her
complexion She admits that the man fur
nished the milk but says it was not fit
to battle in, therefore she declined to pay
for it, The milkman, on the other hand
declares by the brindle COW with the
crumpled horn that every drop of it was
from fat and healthy Jersey cows, and
would have turned out pounds and pounds
of butter
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-12
A Mnsterniece of SLANG.

They have a slang of a peculiar rich
ness out in Chicago. which we have moth
ing to touch in the enete east, says the
Springfield Republican. If you doubt it,
just read "Artie" by George AIDE, and
compare it with the stereotyped humor of
"Chimmie Fadden." There is some poker
slang for instance, which is hard to beat.
Less extraordinary, but interesting, IS
Arte's proposal:
Say, Mamie, what do you think? Miller
roasted me the other day. He said was
slow"
"slow? How?'
About the nervy thing-coming out and
saying to you, Here, let's fix 1t up"
Fix what up?"
"Oh, you don't know, do you? You amt
got no opinion at all what I'm getting at,
have you? 1t is a pity about you"
Mamie began to laugh and then checked
herself, for she observed that Artie was
frowning.
"Of course" said she, "I suppose you
mean-that We
"Oh. mean, what is the matter of get
ting 1t settled that 1t is going to be case
of marry"
There! When he had said this it seemed
to him that his voice went further and
further away from him as If some one
else were speaking the words. Mamie was
smiling quietly and turning her hat over
and over.
II guess that didn't scare you so much
after all" said Artie, who at that moment
felt that he had stepped out from under
a burden
NO." she replied, as she continued to
fuss with the hat Scare me?"
How about it being up to you?"
"Oh, it's all right, 1 guess"
She spoke with a frightened attempt
at carelessness.
This is one of them cases where all
guessin's barred"
well, you might know it's all right"
IT'S a go then"
He said this rather solemnly. There
was a pause, and then he continued with
some embarrassment: "Iu tell you, Ma
ME, it seemed to me we ought to have
it through with. 1 didn't want to keep
you guessin' whether / wanted to stick.
Don't you think it was the wise move
huh?"
IT'S all right-yes"
II was goin' to spring it on you sooner
but I amt never got the nerve to talk
much about things like that. 1t amt ask
in a girl to go to a show, is it?"
mot exactly" and then both of them
laughed in a relieved way.
Don't you think you'd better put your
mother on to it?" asked Arte.
Il don't know. Would your"
Sure. 1 guess she won't make no
boiler"
| Mamie laughed again. That's a good
| one on you," she said.
What is?"
"She wanted to know the other day If
| you'd asked me yet"
who? the old girl? Well. what do you
think of that? Everybody's on to us,
| Mamie -
IT don't care"
Care? They can bill the town with it
| if they want to. Come on; let's take an
| other whirl through the park"
| AS they walked over to the bicycles Ar
/ tie laid his hand on her shoulder much
| as one man might have put his hand on
| the shoulder of another man. His voice
| trembled with what he pretended was
| laughter as he said: Mrs. Blanchard,
! you're the best o. the lot. How's the
lamp workin'? Here, I'll turn it up a
| little"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-12
MONDAY, OCTOBER IL, 1896.

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-12

The normal democratic majority OF
South Carolina is from 10000 to $1,000. The
state will go to the polls next month I'M
der a new ballot law, which fact might
be expected to reduce the vote and the
majority on the other hand. however.
the State newspaper OF Columbia inclines
to the opinion that the majority for Bryan
will be somewhere in the neighborhood Of
5000. Such a vote would show the dem
ocrats to be practically unanimous for the
Chicago ticket and platform. The News
and Courier of Charleston does not think
there is unanimity Of opinion.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-12
FranISness in Politics.

Why is 1t we cannot have frankness
and fair dealing in politics? Why must
the managers feel it incumbent on them
to give out statements for which there is
little or no foundation, or why must they
insist there has been fraud when they are
beaten?
In this state on the day after the cleo
ton the managers of the populist cam
paign refused to concede Gov At
kinsons election. although the evil
dence was overwhelming that he had car
ried the state by handsome majority.
The next day they admitted that the prob
ability was that Gov Atkinson was elect
ed, but insisted that the victory of the
democrats was due to fraud.
But no evidence of fraud was produced,
and none has yet been produced Why
make so grave a charge without some
evidence to support it? AS far as we
know the election in this state was free
and fair. There were no doubt errors
committed, but they were of a character
probably that was of as much benefit to
one party as the other.
The thing we point out is not confined to
this state nor to any party. It is a fault
of all the parties-this lack of frankness,
this disposition to mislead. this tendency
to charge fraud without having evidence
that fraud was committed.
There is no doubt a vast amount of dis
honesty in politics. but it does seem to
be the greatest folly to endeavor to mis-
lead and to convey wrong impressions to
the public when nothing is gained by do
ing so.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-12
His Treacherous Memory.

I should hate to tell you which one OF
them it was, says a writer in the Lewiston
Journal but it happened on the night of
the McGillicuddy banquet. The man him
self told me ABOUT it as follows:
My memory isn't very good and 1 had
several things on my mind. When l went
out Tuesday night intended to come home
early but 1 dropped into the spread at the
Hotel Atw ID, and 1t was past a. m
when 1 struck my doorstep. You ought to
have seen ME sneak up to the front door
and tumble soi my key. 1 reckon that no
one ever did a slicker job than l did. I
haven't been out so late for months, but
/ got into the hallway without making any
noise. and sat down on the stairs and re-
moved my suoes. 1 learned that when I
was counting my wife. Why, / have done
slicker jobs Ia getting out of her house
and into mire without waking either Of
the families than Spike Hennessy ever did
in his palmiest days of burglary. / went
up stairs to the chamber door and pushed
on 1t. 1t creaked some, but il gave way
and I was IN. I expected TO hear some one
say: 'Wnl is that your" but no one did,
although / lancied heard a soft breathing
of my wife. 4 didn't light the gas Not 1.
l slipped off my clothes decided not to
wind my watch for fear of its click: found
my robe de mutt, slipped into It, and edged
around 20 nv side Of the bed. Then calm
ly and steadily and deftly slipped in.
/ was llore!
She was &C: e.
And then | remembered that she had
been away Two days, and had known 1t
all the time, II j had only stopped to
think
Sober"
Certainly l was hadn't drank a thing
but spring water and Worcestershire
sauce.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-12
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Meetings-clintOn Lodge No "a. F. &

Meetings-Clinton Lodge No. "a, F. &
A. NJ.
Military Orders-Orders No 81, Savan-
nah Volunteer Guards Battalion; Quar-
terly Meeting Republican Blues; order
No. %, Georgia Hussars.
Great Silk Sale-At Adler's.
The Ladies Walk In-B. H. Levy & Bro.
Auction Sales-Furniture Etc, by c.
H. Dorsett, Auctioneer; Groceries, Furni-
ture. Etc. by J. H. Oppenheim & Son,
Auctioneers.
Stoves, Furniture and Carpets, ETC.
Lindsay & Morgan.
Bankers and Commission Stock Brokers
--Silsby & Co.
Amusements - Walker Whiteside at
Theater Oct 10.
Tobacco-Blackwelr Genuine Durham
Tobacco.
Medical-Hood's Sarsaparilla.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-12

The grass is not always green nor the
path always smooth TO the Knieppists.
Squire Pitcher, a well known democratic
politician Of Long Branch. N. j.. is in a
critical condition, as the result Of an eff
fort to cure an attack OF rheumatism by
grass walking He stuck piece Of glass
in his foot and severed an artery His
serious condition. however, has not in
terfered with his belief that the KnleDp
cure has about relieved him Of his rheu-
matism.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-12
Thnt LooIxed-For Letter.
From the New York Times DENY.

Mr.. Tom watson's letter of acceptance,
when it comes, If it comes at all, will be
very lively document This is made
clear by an article in Toms paper, which
bears the cheerful title, mo Watson. no
Bryan" In reference to the demand that
Tom shall make concessions for the good
Of the cause. he remarks that Il is a de-
mand that Mr.. Watson and the populists
shall furnish all the patriotism" while
"Mr. Sewall and the democrats go in for
the pie" There is a good deal in this. as
there has been In Toms discourse
throughout the campaign. His attitude
encourages MS to look for letter which,
II It does nothing for the populist cause.
win powerfully promote the gayety Of ma
tions.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-12

DIR. Paul Haupt, professor OF the Sem.
itic languages in Johns Hopkins Univer-
sity, has just arrived from Europe, where
he went to supervise the publication OF
the new critical edition OF the Hebrew
text Of the Old Testament. or the Poly
chrome Bible, as it is popularity known. Ie
also made arrangements for the English
translation which is to be made from It.
Many Of the European universities were
visited by Or. Haupt. to confer with the
various contributors. Short visits were
made to the universities of Berlin, Leip-
sig. Halle, Breslau Heidelberg, Glessen.
oxford and Cambridge.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-12

Spain does not appear to be having so
much trouble with her fractions SUBJ
jects in the PHILIPPINES. The Philippine is
landers have not the mountain Businesses
which have been the protection Of the Gu
ban insurgents which has given Spain
with her superior troops sort of a walk
over. 1t is reported that $50 Of the PhilH-
pine insurgents were killed in two engage
ments. But at the same time Spain is a
loser herself by all these conflicts, and
while she is losing many Of the best sub
jects. her financial credit and standing
are going along with them.