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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-07

It is reported that the number of visit
ors at the Telfair Academy has been SO
small as to lead the authorities to ad-
thorize the closing of the institution on
Sundays. The number of weekday visi.-
ors is small and declining, and the number
of Sunday visitors has dropped off to al
most nothing What is the matter? 1t
cannot be that art is succumbing to com.
merce in this city and section. Is II not
possible that the popular feature OF
the institution-fhe free days-are nos
brought sufficiently to the attention OF
and impressed upon the people? The pub
lie memory is very short. People read
one day about the academy being open
to the public free of cost at certain
times, and the next day forget all about
II. They have not got to the place where
they regard the institution as something
belonging. in a sense to them. The acad-
envy ought to be one OF the most popular
places in the city. and it probably would
be If the air Of eXclusiveness could be
taken away from IT,, and It could be i'm
pressed upon the people that they would
be welcome on free days, as they GER
tainly are.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-07

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-07

1t seems to be pretty well authenticated
that the fight between Melguizo and Ma
Geo in Pinar del Rio last week, resulted
in a brilliant victory for the insurgent
chieftain. and a most crushing defeat Of
the Spaniards. First information sent
out from Havana was to the effect that
the government troops had fallen back for
time. but had later stormed the insu~-
gent position and captured It with great
loss to the enemy. The truth seems to
be that the Spanards were nearly ami
hilated. and that at the very outset OF
weylers fall campaign he has met with
one of the worst defeats sustained by the
Spanish troops so far. The insurgents
used dynamite guns. a new departure in
warfare. The unique weapons casued
CONSERVATION in the ranks Of the Span
iards, so demoralizing them that they
could not fight.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-07

Georgia democrats should not conclude
that there is no reason for them to regis
ter now simply because those as yet UNI
registered will not have a vote in the
state election. Since the introduction of
of a general registration law. which APP
plies to every citizen of the state, regis
tration is a prerequisite TO voting for
congressman, and Georgia should again
send a fun democratic delegation to the
lower house. There are about two weeks
left yet for the registration of those who
ought to register and vote for the demo-
cratic nominee in their congressional dis
trict.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-07

From Charleston News and Coprior q

1TV7ll NHaTlUsLOn NtWs anu NV"IItW lIJeHl,J
There is one fact connected with the
present movement for the control of the
Seaboard that is worthy of note-it is
within the power of the stockholders Of a
railroad company or system to regulate
their own affairs and control their own
property without recourse 10 the danger
Gus eXpedient of litigation in the courts.
What Gen. Gill is trying 10 do now could
have been done before and the manage
ment Of the Seaboard could have been
changed without attempting uncertain le-
sal remedies.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-07
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

ADMINISTRATION Real Estate and
Improvement Company; Georgia Chapter
No. s. F. and A. NJ.
Special Notices-Dissolution Notice, Ep-
ping & Co.; Bids Wanted, Joseph d.
Weed, Chairman Sinking Fund Commits
sioners; What You Can Get To-day, Mu~
tual Grocery Company.
Financial-Silsby's Cotton Letter
It's Time-Appel & Schaul.
Underwear-Falk Clothing Company.
It's Time-Appel & Schaul.
Young Mems Fall Suits-B. H. Levy &
Bro.
Cottoene-N. X. Fairbanks & Co.
Silverware - Gorham Manufacturing
Company.
Tobacco-Blackwen's Genuine Durham
Tobacco.
Beef-Liebig's Extract of Beef.
Have You Seen a Gas Grate?-Mutual
Gas Light Company.
Amusements-F. J. Gentry & Co.'s New
Dog and Pony Shows.
Extraordinary Linen Opportunity-Leo-
pold Adler.
Medical-Hood's Pills.
Cheap Column Advertisements - Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted For Rent:
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-07

Now that the Seaboard Air Line stock
holders are discussing the question of sell
ing controlling interest in their stock.
the probabilities are that nothing more Of
rate cutting on that line will be heard for
some time 70 come
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-07

Mr.. Bryan's acceptance of the populist
nomination for President has called out
many and various comments. The general
tenor of them is that no man could have
overcome the difficulties which the situa-
ton presented more adroitly.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-07

From the Atlanta Journal Dem.).

The democrats of Georgia, regardless OF
their Differences on questions of national
policy, are united in support of the state
ticket aBd will roll up for it a majority
which Will satisfy the most skeptical OBJ
server that this state stands immovable in
the democratic column.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-07

The republican headquarters, having
counted votes enough to elect McKin-
ley, are now counting enough to give
their party control of both the Senate
and the House-and there is no doubt
that they will do it, to their own salts
faction. Presently, before the election, we
may have them counting unelected sena-
tors and congressman enough to pass a
tariff bill.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-07

Places have at last been found for nearly
all the $4,000 school children of New York
who were shut out on the opening of the
term. The war of the newspapers and
philanthropists seems to have had the
effect of making the authorities hustle
bit
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-07

Talk about the contemplated bicycle
track around the park and extension may
be little premature just now, when
other and more important matters are to
be attended to; nevertheless, 1t is inter
esting to note how some other cities arc
'~%S'es care Of the wheeling contingent
me paving Of the Western Boulevard in
New York is being discussed. and the
proposition that seems to meet with most
FAVOR is that the roadways on either side
OF the car tracks each about twenty-six
ieet IN width, shall be divided each into
two strips of asphalt Of equal width. and
mat the strip nearest the cutters SHAH
be laid in black asphalt for trucks. tho
other half in white asphalt for light We
hic!es and bicycles.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-07

1t is remarkable how many campaign
lodges are being worked. 1t is said the
republican party has secret agents in In
diana promising service pensions to sol
diers and sailors Of the late war, If they
will organize and work for Mckinley.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-07

Christian nations marvel at the extreme
cruelty of the Turks, and wonder why
their human nature does not revolt at the
barbarities prachced upon the helpless
Armenians. Yet, in all of the stories that
have come from Armenia, there has been
nothing more terrible-more bloody and
ferocious-than the cruelties and outrages
practiced in Cuba by the Spaniards. ac-
cording to what seem to be reliable re-
ports from the island. And the Spaniards
are a Christian people. If the Mohamme-
dan faith is to be charged with the massa-
cres in Armenia, why may not the Chris
tan faith be charged with the massacres
and murders in Cuba? Politics is at the
bottom of the disturbances in both coun-
tries.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-07

There is no use trying to disparage the
ability of Altgeld as a campaigner, as the
republicans of Illinois are finding out. He
has arranged to close the campaign in that
state in very whirlwind of silver argu-
ment and eloquenee. He will take the
stump himself and will have the assist
ance of Blackburn, Teller, Allen, Dubois,
Matthews of Indiana, Stone of Missouri,
Findlay of Ohio, Weaver of Iowa and
Towns of Minnesota, besides scores of
lesser lights.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-07

1t is hard to tell whether the news from
Alabama, that Kolb and Bowman have
bolted Watson and declared for the full
democratic ticket, is good news or bad
If there is anything that the average AL
ALBANIA democrat abominates it is RUDE
Kolb. However. in this instance the dem
ocrats may feel constrained to pocket
their prejudices for the good results that
may come out of their disagreeable asso-
Citations.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-07

If YOU WANT GOOD MATERIAL
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-07
FOR BEAUFORT AND BLUFFToN

Steamer GOV Stafford will leave sa-
yannah for Beaufort, Port Royal Naval
station and way landings at 10 a. m. Mon
days Wednesdays and Fridays, returning
next day.
steamer STAR will leave Bluffton daily
Ve&cept sunday al a. M; returning.
ieaNe savannah at p. m. Telephone $40.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-07

The rumor that has reached Atlanta to
the effect that the Liberal Club of this
city would knife Gov. Atkinson in the
election is ridiculous. The club is making
no fight on the governor, but will vote the
straight ticket for state house officers. Its
fight is purely local, and reports to the con-
trary carry upon their face the evidence Of
being campaign stories put out for selfish
purposes. There is considerable opposi-
ton to Gov. Atkinson in this county, as
will appear when the votes cast to-day
are counted, but it is due to the prohibit
ton issue. Many good democrats believe
the time has come when the liquor traffic
in the state should be prohibited by law
and they win cast their ballots. for Mr.
Wright for that reason. The chances are
that as many of the Citizens Club will
vote that way as of the Liberal Club.
The Morning News is for the democratic
party and it's candidates, believing that
it is far safer, and much better from any
point of view, to trust that party than
the populist party and it's prohibition
candidate for governor with the control
of the state
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-07

One of the unfortunate consequences of
the storm will be the hindrance, If not
total stoppage for some weeks of the
public schools in the section visited. The
reports are that nearly every school house
in the storm area was either destroyed or
damaged. The churches suffered in the
same manner. Until the buildings can
be reconstructed or repaired, schools
must be held at private houses or sus-
pended altogether. 1t is most likely
however, that they will be suspended. as
the roads are blockaded and most fam
lilies will need the services of the children
in clearing away and repairing damages
about the dwellings and farms.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-07

Note-'Central TIME.
= -Eastern time
PULLMAN SERVICE.
Pullman vestpuled sieepers from Sa-
vannah to New York. Savannah to Cincin-
natl via Asheville. Columbia to Richmond
For detailed information, reservations
etc, apply to aSy agent of the Southern
railway or connections.
w. H. GREEN, General Superintendent
]. NJ. CULP, Traffic Manager
w. A. TURK, g. p, A, Washington, d. G.
r. w. HUNT. t. p. A.. Augusta. Ga.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-07

The republican party in South Carolina
may be sized up" from the republican
candidates in the field in the First con-
gressional district-Jhe Charleston dis
trict. The black vote is over
whelmingly in the majority since the Till
NANTES gerrymandered Charleston into
a little Africa for the purpose Of humb-
ling her pride. A year or so ago the re-
publicans divided into hostile camps on
the question of Mckinley against Tom
Reed, and they are still divided. Some
time ago the Reed republicans nominated
George Washington Murray, a mouthy
negro, and the Mckinley republicans nom
mated Cecil Cohen, a railway mail clerk,
for congress. Personally there is nothing
to be said against young Cohen, except
that he is distinctly and positively not Of
congressional size He would make a
good enough warden of a country town,
but as congressman he could and would
only keep a chair warm He is not the
kind of man to represent the great inter
ests OF the port and city of Charleston.
That Murray is absolutely incompetent,
has been shown during his term in the
House. Against these two eminent re-
publicans' the democrats have nominated
Col. William Elliott of Beaufort one of
the brainiest and most influential public
men in the state. The split in the republl-
can ranks gives him a good chance of sue
cess.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-07

Mr.. Bryan gave Mr.. Watson a straight
tip in his Memphis speech the other day.
is so deep" said he, that l would with
out moments hesitation resign my NOM
ination in favor of any person in this
country who could better carry this cause
to victory" Mr.. Bryan thinks Mr.. Sew
all can do more towards carrying the
cause to victory than Mr.. Watson can.
hence the direct application of the obser-
walton to the case Of the Georgian. Mr..
Watson is a great admirer of the head
Of the democratic ticket. But he says
he would suffer his head cut off before
he would act upon any such advice
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-07

The Tillman dispensary law seems to be
generally pronounced a failure, and this
Notwithstanding the fact that under its
provisions a South Carolinian could get ten
drinks of strong whisky for D cents.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-07
The MORNING NEWS is published

Registered at tho postomce in Savannah.
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CURRENT COMMENT.

Nevertheless and Notwithstanding.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer (Dem).
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-07

The steamships of this company are ap-
pointed to sail from Savannah for BaIti-
more as follows STANDARD time):
BERKSHIRE, Capt Kirwan, WEDNEs.
DAY, Oct. Z, p. m.
WIN, LAWRENCE. Capt. Peters, sATUR-
DAY, Oct. TO- p. m.
D. H. MILLER, Capt. Billups, WEDNEs-
DAY, Oct. IA, Il noon.
And from Baltimore every TUESDAY
and FRIDAY.
]. ]. CAROLAN, Agent,
Savannah, Ga.
w. F. TURNER, G. P. A..
A. D. STEVENS, A. T. NJ.
j. c. WHITNEY, Traffic Manager,
General Offices, Baltimore, Md.
The herald., 1896-07-26

6onch boiled designs and al
itev vfastco regular price Sale Price
beached, finish,
iy regular price Sale Price
Napkins pure
lay Stood sale Price
superior quality fine Irish nen pretty designs
at Sale Price 81
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yard. Sae Price oc "
kitchen wels regular SC grade. Sale Price 3lc "
The herald., 1896-07-26

tions of his wit reflected upon the bald
head of a prehistoric gag.
Hark We, Horatio, many a time and
oft have I listened with glutinous cur
iosity TO him tale unfolN' of how his
dread destiny fell like a hideous blight
was born musician. When he was
child he squalled in chromatics and har-
monic minors. When he was not irri-
eating his lungs, he lay on his back do
ing the Japanese tub act with his
fathers hurdy-gurdy or listening to
catch the tonic of the music of the
spheres When he played with other
children if they laughed his risibil-
tiles took the obligato. When he played
fugue with a shingle on the paling
fence his susceptible little heart accom-
modated itself to the pathos of the VII
brations. When his father called him
in the dawning he never failed to criti-
else the dissonance in the parental voice:
but his father seldom found it neces-
sary to repeat an octave higher" AS
ne became older he was a confirmed
snorer. but he always discoursed in tune,
and each blast was a musical sequence.
He often placed an automatic phono-
graph so as to register the melody, and
the next day wrote out ana embellished
the theme, 5 fact, Horatio.
When set to chopping wood. as long as
the old man was in the vicinage the ex-
ereise was furioso, overland move
ment.' but as soon as his ancestor left
he ritarded down to andante. put in
plenty of rests, leaned up against the
bars, and while gazing into the space
above histted a riotous potpourri. At
which sign perhaps his father would dal
segno and belabOr him over the Bach.
ben marcato with the Handel of the
ak, Mozart as he could. seeming intent
on his Hayden hair. When his father
mad finished the tonic he would Liszt to
MS eXhortation sufliciently to return. in
Vert the chord and pile it up in such
close harmony that the transposition
made it appear diminished. He would
then be oil to the pond, for his dominant
passion asserted it's and he ALWAYS
enjoyed the music of the Frolic of tho
Frogs. On these jaunts he walked IN
four-four time beat triple time with his
right hand, seXtuple time with his lef+
ald !; WhlStled triple tongue, while the
halrs OF his shocky fleece. which stood
out like Guills upon the fretful norcn-
pine" seemed so many stems ia the
notes that found lodg1nent in his brain
As 90 live by bread" HOratio II
would interest You to learn how Yoricl,
developed the pOetical inclination that
ne inherited, for he was born a poet
lte Strove against it. but at that early
stage Of his experience he was main
fully limited in his resisting faciiitias
50 the fates had their way about 1t.
II you have ever suffered nervous pros
'ration from the weirdness of his rhap
sodles, or taxed your optics scanning
his rynth, so that you became cross
eyed in single night, you may whip the
fates the next time you catch them
down at the Arcade depot.
lie did not wish to follow poetry a s
2 means of living; many of his ancestors
had tested it and found it a prolific
means of death. BY reference 10 the
family record he found they had died
win significant regularity either when
the spring came forth in verdure or
when winter let fall her fleecy mantle.
The herald., 1896-07-26
Is Hanna a Schismatic =?

What is this story that comes direct from
the pagoda of the high priest? Shall the
blessed sun Of heaven prove mcher and
from Marcus Aurelius Hanna?
Here is the .tale-the sad. disquieting
tale: Certain pilgrims from California, re-
turning from the josshouse, called upon
the grand vizier at Cleveland. They told
him that the oracle was dumb upon the
subject nearest to their hearts. They de-
manded that he discourse to them of free
silver.
The vizier was perturbed and troubled.
The sacred skillet in which he was Trying
the fat Of Pennsylvania, iron baron
dropped from his nerveless hand. Great
tears chased one another down MS nose
and splashed on the floor like autumn rain
BILE him no further, but they cried the
louder: Tell us of free silver"
Thus besieged and bedeviled. he spake:
'Mr. Mckinley stands for bimetallism /
fl ee silver men than all the out-and-out
silver panks adopted by the Democratic
and Popuist conventions. He realizes the
force of the silver arguments"
This and much more he told the Califor-
MIA pilgrims winding up with the assertion
that the joss, though he was forced upon
Il gold platform, would, If elected. prove
entirely acceptable to the silver men.
sun, greatly unified and comforted, went
on their way rejoicing and singing the
praises of the joss.
But what of the high priest. IL Hung
Hanna? Does he blaspheme the Oraclef
Is he a schismatic? Does he preach false
doctrine almost within earshot of the
shrine itself?
Or-awful .thought!-has the great Hat
sprung, a leak and begun TO talk tree SILVER itS'
instead of protection and prosperity thus
early in the campaign?
The universe waits breathless for an
answer.-Chicago Chronicle.
The herald., 1896-07-26

I have it by good authority, Horatio,
that 1orick's grandsire was given a
surprise party by John Doe and others,
/, on an attempt of his to malign spring.
They presented him with a choker in
an informal manner, and only permitted
him to resume on condition that he would
never essay anything more sentimental
than Walt Whitman's bucolics.
by the rood" Horatio, his fellows
pointed out Yorick. as one possessing
a family taint; they deserted the symp-
toms of hectic gush in his diction and
ominously shook their heads. on one
fell day an emissary of the society of
Confederated Doggerel Mongers came
into the neighborhood, working up the
spring trade. Yorick was induced to
associate himself and represent the in
terest in that section. And now when
the sun comes back from the south and
glares one hundred and twenty in the
shade test at the Sphinx for turning up
his nose at him on his last trip. me
thinks l see Yorick sauntering forth to
ascertain whether natures songtters
are up to concert pitch; how much i'm
provement in the shining hours of the
busy bee;" and whether the fragrance
of the breath of the lowing herds from
the alfalfa pastures can neutrdlize the
redolent zephyrs from the oil district
that he could reel out more bad verse
at one sitting than the Grand Worthy
Chief of the Doggerel Mongers, and he
was honored by the leadership of the
society.
Now, look you Horatio, how Yorick's
wit was eveloped. He was precocious
child. When a church social was held at
the Yorick domicile, the young men and
women assembled, who were bashful in
the matte of commingling the sexes on
such occasions. while they We're waiting
for the ice breaking" used to display
their brilliant social qualities by haras-
sing and tantalizing the boy. such an
act as blurs the grace and blush of mod
esty." MY gorge rises at it," We have
all seen it, Horatio. A whole company Of
Genteel idiots, with such a dearth Of
ideas, such intellectual vacuity as inca
pacitates them for carrying the thread
of conversation, will join together with
about the same fiendishness as Span
iardS display at bull-fght and laugh
at, fiatter and rattle an urchin, until
he essays some wit within the range
of their appreciation, when they all
raise boorish laugh, and it very often
occurs that he has uttered more wisdom
than the whole company are capable Of
under the embarrassment of an evening
gathering. Thus encouraged an am
bilious child willingly attempts and Of
ten succeeds in entertaining an assem-
bly, of children of a larger growth"
Such practices are inhuman, Horatio
90, fye on t! fye on tt" a numbering of
the innocents; it ought to be abated.
But if society will persist in it, each shall
low Drained individual should be COM
PEELED to furnish his own sacrifice.
Such was the beginning of Yorrick's
comicalities. He soon became known
as the local wit and was in demand far
ana near. It's remarkable, Horatio,
how many persons will use a real good
fool when one is in easy requisition At
celebrations he was usually chosen to
follow the stump speech and "split the
ears of the groundlings with his wit
He borrowed the thinking cap of the