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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-21
"This Bridge is blown Up.y

During the army maneuvers near Stet-
tin, comical incident occurred, which
is related by the Berlin Boersen-Zeitung
young lieutenant of the cavalry guards
who has considerable property, was sent,
with six men, to reconnoitre in the direc-
ton in which his regiment was to adj
vance. Arriving at a bridge crossing the
Stetttn highroad, he fastened a board
across, writing upon it with chalk the
words This bridge is blown up" sign
ing 1t with his name. After this heroic
exploit he retired little ways and treated
his command and himself to an excellent
breakfast, in which several bottles of lio-
uor played an important part. Tired from
the ride on the hot day, the little COM
the wall OF cemetery near by, allowing
the horses to Craze. In the meantime
however, an infantry regiment of the en-
envy had arrived at the bridge, and its
commander wrote another one which read:
This bridge is built up a gainv The
cavalry patrol was discovered and found
asleep The colonel of the regiment or
dered their horses and arms taken away
allowing them to continue IN their slum-
Der. OF course, when they awoke a few
hours afterward and made their way back
to their own command, without being
able to give an account of what had be-
there was great CONSERVATION among
them. Since the lieutenant in charge Of
the expedition intended to retire into
private life at an early day, to devote
himself to his agricultural interests. the
colonel OF his regiment gave him the adj
vice of executing the contemplated change
at as early a date as possibles
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-21
VIII There BE Four Tickets.

The silverites in the democratic and
republican parties are anxious apparently
TO nominate presidential ticket of their
own. They either intend to do that, or
are talking as If they intended TO do so
for the purpose of securing concessions
for silver in the national platforms of
their respective parties.
If their purpose is to scare the demo-
cratic and republican national conven-
tions into granting their demands for sill
yer they are going to be disappointed.
The indications now are that the conven-
lions of both the great parties will be for
sound money by large majorities, and will
not consent to any equivocai declaration
in respect to silver. 1t may be that the
silverites are satisfied that the national
platforms of the democratic and repub-
lican parties will be squarely for sound
money, and that they are therefore anxious
to establish a silver party.
But if they should nominate national
ticket on free silver coinage platform
what chance would such a ticket have for
success? AS far as we are able to see
it wouldn't have any. In the first place
the great majority of the people are for
sound money. 1t is true the sound money
forces are divided between the democrats
and republicans, but are not the silverites
also divided? The populists are silverites
and it is certain that they will nominate
a ticket Their platform will contain a
declaration in favor of the free, unlimited
and Independent coinage of silver at the
ratio of 16 to /, and it will contain good
many other things. 1t will contain things
to which the democrats and republicans
who are silverites cannot subscribe.
Therefore, there is mot much prospect
that all the silverites in the country will
unite with the populistS If the silver
ties in the democratic and republican
parties want to vote for free silver coin
age they must form party of their own
The situation, as it presents itself, is
not encouraging for the silverites from
any point of view They will undoubted-
ly make great deal of noise between now
and the time of the meeting of the national
conventions. but it is hardly probable that
they will unite and put out a national
ticket.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-21

The cables say that it is expected of the
new commander of the Spanish forces in
Cuba that he will adopt more severe
measures towards the insurgents than did
Gen. Campos and their direct and indi-
rect aiders." That can mean but one
thing. that a campaign of horrors, and
butcheries of on-combatants-proba
women and children-will be inaugurated.
In that event it will be a fight to the ex-
termination, with no quarter asked or
given. The Cubans can be as terribly
cruel as the Spaniards and they will
probably have abundant opportunities for
retaliating upon their oppressors.
Meanwhile Spain will be called upon to
shoulder the responsibility for the wanton
Shedding of blood that will be consequent
upon the following out of such a plan of
campaign.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-21
He was n TaIker.

Il am no hand to complain" began an
oldish man as he halted me al the corner
of Fifth avenue and Broadway the other
day. says a writer in the Detroit Free
Press, but ii does seem to me as if the
policemen in this town might be a little
more polite towards strangers
Have they refused to answer your queS-
lions p" l asked
mo, not exactly but they are cold and
reserved and don't seem to care anything
about you. / was here in New York about
twenty years ago. There has been lots of
changes since then and / wanted to talk
liceman on Fourteenth street and began TO
talk, but he gave me look and walked
off. l spose he was busy, but why didn I
he say So and ask me to please excuse
him ?"
THAT isn't just the style here, but they
will give you all information"
Il went up to another on Broadway"
continued the old man, land started in to
toll him that the city seemed to have
grown one-half since I was here. but he
growled to me to move on and added that
he didn't care If it had doubled He may
have had a headache or the collie but
that's no way to turn a stranger off. 1t
as whole, and if he was intendin' to in
vest two or three hundred dollars in real
estate he changes his mind"
The police are not great takers when
on duty" said, hoping to console the
stranger bit.
mo, mebbe not, bat like to be treated
ike a gentleman. IL WASH halt an hour
ago that l went up to one over there in
the park and started in to tell him that j
saw cows grazing around here twenty
years ago, when he said had better 4gb
to bed and sleep it off. Sleep what off?
Have been drinking? Smell of my breath
and tell me if | have been drinking?" n
PLEASE excuse metz
oh That's all right, If you'll take my
word for it. Not a drop have 1 touched
this day. 1t was an insult, SRA pure in
suit, and don't like it bit. Now, then,
can talk to you for about an hour?'
ION what subject?'
ION the subject of what I saw twenty
years ago and see now?'
I should be glad to hear your remarks
but I'm my way downtown and can't
stop"
I sesame as the police-same as
everybody else! All right-go on with youl
II you folks here, are so mighty busy that
you can stop to talk minute to a stran-
ger that's all right, and I'll show you that
| longer'n any of ven
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-21
The old Mare Liked Funerals.

Some years ago." said Alderman
James c. Gilbert, to the Louisville Cou-
rier-Journal, Il had tenant downtown
who died leaving wife and helpless fam
lily. Their only property consisted of an
old mare, and more to oblige them than
anything else, l bought the mare She
was gentle, and my wife adopted her for
her own driving, and was much pleased
Tor a while, as the old mare was so gen
ne that my wife could drive her about
town herself
1T seemed, however, that the mare had
once belonged to an old lady over in New
Albany who had q mania on the subject
OF o., funerals and made point never to
miss one. The old mares principal occu-
patton for years had been to follow flu
neral professions to the cemeteries One
day my wife was driving down the street.
funeral, followed by a number of socie-
ties. with all the paraphernaliaJ of an i'm
posing cortege.
THE old mare recognized the process
SION az a glance and calmly turned into
the line of the parade In vain my wife
tugged at the reins and tried to turn ont
The old mare knew her business. and
with head hung down solemnly followed
close behind the mourners Occa sionallv
they would meet with an acquaintance Of
ours, and they looked with surprise at
the tribute which my wife was APPARENT
ly paying to the deceased until my wife
was frantic with modification and anger
AT every crossing she would appeal TO
bystanders to stop the old mare, but thew
didn't seem to understand until at Ia ST
they passed a policeman, who. in re-
Spouse to my WifeS fearful appeals stoD-
ped the old male and dragged her out Of
the procession, much to her surprise and
disgust OF course 1 had a good laugh
over it. but it was no laughing matter
with my WlIe, ana l had no peace until
l sold that old mare and. got her out of
sight for good"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-21
Personal.

Austrian papers OF recent date have
an interesting budget of news about ex-
Queen Liliuokalani OF Hawaii She and
her nieVe. the Princess Victoria Keiulani.
London and TO 60 10 Austria next autumn.
The Prince Of kailua. who was intrusted
with the selection OF a place OF abode for
the ex-queen in Austria, gave up the idea
OF choosing Vienna and purchased site
on Lake Garda. Austria. between TOrDOle
ana Malcesine, upon which villa VIII Re
erected For a summer residence ne
bought the castle Di PANEL, near Cone
gliano. in the Undine province The cas-
tie henceforth is 10 bear the name w al
kea-" The papers say that the queen is
TO be liberated soon
Bishop Ryan ROman Catholic of Buff
falo. recently accused Father George
Lurcher, OF that city, Of falsehOOd and
SANDER. and ordered him to withdraw
from the Union Temperance committee OF
which he had been an active member. The
action OF the bishop has made a painful
impression in Buffalo, as Father Zurcher
has the respect and confidence of Cath
olics and Protestants alike. He has re-
signed from the committee, but the COM
mittee, which is composed of delegates
from all the Temperance organizations in
the city, refuses to accept his resignation
oitiI me charges made AGAINST MIN are
cleared I'D. 1t takes this stand not be-
cause II believes the charges, but because
II dlSbelieVes them. ana thinks in this
way to force Bishop Ryan either TO prove
however, that the bishop will ignore the
whole affair.
The editor of the Melbourne (AustraIia)
Spectator is the Rev Lorimer Fison.
Methodist minister, with some unique
traits OF character. He edits the paper
with his coat and boots off and a big
pipe in his mouth. He says that just be-
fore his ordination he was sent for by the
board of examiners. Mr.. Fison," said
one of the board, your papers are excel
lent, but there is one thing we object to-
Ftson asked what IL was. You are ad-
dicted to the evil habit of smoking"
Fison explained that he saw no evil m
il; but. taking a large plug from his
pocket, said, I'm Difference to your opin-
ion, gentlemen, l promise you this: AS
soon as have smoked the plug l hold in
my hand I will cease smoking forever -
They were satisfied and he was ordained
the next day. But as he refills the big
kept my word. I've got that very plug
yet"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-21
An Animal She Had Never Seen.

During the last campaign one day"
said Howard. the populist member from
Alabama. according TO the Washington
Post, vent up 10 the top OF a consid-
cradle mountain TO see a hunter OF the
name of Bill Sanders TO secure his vote.
Bill was not at home, but his wife, a
tan, lean, oony woman. with dusty black
hair. hollow. colorless cheeks. and sunken
eyes, a large mouth. large feet and yellow
hands In one hand she held box OF
snuff. in the other tooth brush, and
she was splitting amberique.
Good morning. madam said l.
How are you, stranger, said she.
Is your husband at home, my good
woman
q" No. he hain't He went down in
Coon Roller this mornin' before day, and
! hain't lOokin for him back until to-
wards midnight
Well. madam 1 continued, I am a
candidate for congress, and hope you
Will use your influence TO get your hus-
band to vote for me. ] know that a wo-
man of your intellect, your beautiful eyes
that shine like the dew drops on the noun
tain top when the light Of the morning
sun first strikes II; your fresh, rosy
cheeks, which the gods would kiss as
Nectar, and your entire charming per
sonality-I say a woman so endowed by
nature must have great influence over
her husband, for he was indeed fortunate
to secure you for a wife
Law, now. stranger exclaimed the
woman, when you come talkin' that
anyways, I guess if Bill Sanders don
vote for you he need never expect TO roost
round these diggins no more, tell you
Il was much pleased with the progress
] was making and ] ventured to put the
question of most importance to me: Are
there any populists in this vicinity?
Dear me. stranger she answered,
you are a little mite too hard for me
this time You see | don't pay much at
tention to them things, but Bill is a
mighty pert hunter and has killed and
skunt almost all kinds Of varmints in
these mountains But whether he ever
kotch one o. them air. what you call il,
stranger?-Popuhst vermints-is more nor
l know. If you'll just walk round the
backside o. the house, where he's got
all his pelts hangin' up a-dryin', you may
find one o. them things. for, now that
come TO think about IL, Bill ne yesterday
mornin killed one of the dolgastedest
critters | ever saw. 1t had long legs,
handy shanks, long hair. and was cross
eyed. an 1 jest bet a pound o home
made tobacker it was a populist, though
l never hearn tell O. one afore.'
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-21
bright BITS.

Shiny Pete-Chee, but 1 got er snap!
shoebrush Bill-Wat's dat?
Shiny Pete-I shines a felly ever day
wots got er woodeH'leg !-Chicago Record.
DO you know there are deadly mi
crobes in ice?"
Dear me, will ! have to put moth
balls in the rigerator?'-Chicago Rec
ord.
DO you think Sir Reginald Grosvenor
Fitze-Fogge is enjoying his visit to this
Wei, the last time I saw him he SEEM
ed TO be in very low spirits. / think he
must have run across something he could
not md fault With."-Puck.
Conscientious About It.-"Edith," call
ed out mamma from the sitting room.
are you stirring the flour in the batter
as / showed you how to do it?''
Yes, mamma" said the little girl, but
my arm is getting awfully tired. Would
II unmix II stirred 1t the other way a
little while?'-Chicago Tribune.
-Jinks-I am always embarrassed when
1 want to say the word vase. I don't
know whether TO say Vaze, vace, vahz or
vawse.
Binks-You might take a hint from our
hired girl. She simply speaks of all orn-
aments as f'them there. Truth.
'----'FYou don't cali upon Miss smarte as
much as you did?"
pecting that my company is not so agree
able as it might be- The last time 1 was
there | suppose l did stay rather long
and when l got up to go, Miss Smarte
said: Must you go now? 1 was in hopes
you would stop for breakfast Somehow
| got an idea that perhaps it would be
| just as well for me not to waste any more
time at that house.-Boston Transcript.
Domestic Economy.-"What's thlsr'
exclaimed the young husband. referrine
| to the memorandum she had given him
| one dozen eggs, a pound of raisins, bot
tie OF lemon extract, can of condensed
milk, dimes worth of ground cinnamon,
| and half dollars worth of sugar. What
do yon want of all these things, Belinda %
I've got dry loaf of bakers bread, -
| replied the young wife, that I'm going
| to save by working up into a bread pud-
| ding. never let anything go to waste,
| Henry. "-Chicago Tribunal
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-21
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Meetings-Lafayette McLaws Camp No.
bss. United Confederate Veterans; Peace
River Phosphate Mining Company; b. p.
o. Elks; Alpha Lodge, No. l, A. and A.
8. r.
Special Notices-Ship Notice, Richard
son and Barnard. Agents; A Plenty for
Everybody. at Beckmann's Cafe; Choco-
Iates and Cocoa, A. NJ. & c. w. West;
Imported German Hares for Lunch at
Beckmann's Cafe.
Business Notices-Coal Oil Johnny
Soap, Mutual Cooperative Association;
Hannis Disulling Company's Fine Whis-
kies. Henry Solomon & Son; lie Roy Gig
arettes.
Amusements-HenryI Irving and Miss FL
len Terry. at the Theater. Jan. %.
Medical-Munyons Remedies; Pura
Blood DR.. Hobbs Sparagus Kidney Pills.
Full Dress Outfits-B. II. Levy & Bro.
Shirts-The Monarch" Shirts.
Auction saIes-Magnificent Property by
!. d. LaRoche.
Come Take Them Away-Appel &
Schaul.
25 Per Cent. Of-At Collats.
Their Prices Are the Best Tonic-Falk
Clothing Company.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous. :
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-21

1t is reported that Gov. Morton of New
York is daily receiving bushels" of let
ters at Albany from southern colored re-
publicans who are anxious to do cam
paign work in his behalf. Some of the
letters are said to be very frank, and to
ask in so many words what the reward
would be in case delegates to St. Louis
were turned in the governors favor by
the writer's of the letters. 1t may be de-
pended upon that wherever there is a
bari on tap, the southern republican
brothers in black will find it.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-21

1t might be just as well for Florida TO
postpone hostile demonstrations, because
of the reported purchase of Cuba by Great
Britain, until something more definite is
learned. Reports are often based upon
very Slight grounds. For instance, it has
been reported in the public prints as
much as fifty times within the past three
months that Joseph C. S. Blackburn was
morally certain to succeed himself in the
United States Senate.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-21
RuncOnhe.
BuucOmbe.
From the Philadelphia Times Qnd.).

There is more fool talk going on Just
now about the Monroe doctrine than in
all the years since Monroe lived and died
There is occasionally some sensible talk
also but under such circumstances as the
present the best speech is only silver, as
compared with the gold of silence, at least
among men of responsible position. II
the Senate, for example, really wants to
defend the dignity of thexnation, at home
and abroad it viii carefully refrain from
wordy declarations. A definition of the
Monroe doctrine that simply declares what
has been declared before is not needed /;
II II is to declare something new, the oc-
casion Is not opportune.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-21
The New Pension Proposal.
From the BROOKLYN Eagle DEM.

The new pension proposals in congress
are based upon the assumption that ev-
cry old soldier and every widow of SOL
der and every middleaged orphan of a
soldier is a pauper and willing to live on
charity. Such is not the case. 1t is the
scamps and thieves who are RESPONSE
bic for the extravagances against the
treasury. Why should a lawyer earning
$4,000 a year receive dole from govern,
ment? Why should the mother of a cap
italist who makes $4,000 a year accept
public money?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-21

The indications are that the trouble in
DR.. Talmage's church, in Washington.
will shortly be settled. DIR. Allen will re-
tire, and receive his salary to the end of
the year in advance. Thus the way will
many times day as there are services in
the church.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-21
Liquid Air.

Much has been heard lately with regard
to Prof Dewar's experiments and sue
cesses in the liquefaction of air, and in
a general way it is understood that his
discoveries are quite important. How i'm
portant they are is just beginning to
dawn upon those who are not experts in
chemistry. Heretofore the discussion has
been pretty much along scientific lines.
but lately the commercial side of the mat
ter has been attracting attention. One
plant for the production of liquid air has
been established, and others will follow.
To leave off technicalities liquid air
is, commercially, a refrigerant Its tenn
perature IS 3S1 degrees below the zero
Of Fahrenheit. or twice as far below that
of melting ice as boiling water is above
it, The difficulty in producing liquefed
air heretofore has been the cost of
the apparatus that must be used The
information isN that Prof. Dewar has
perfected a comparatively cheap process
whereby it can be produced. The prin-
cipal cost, it is understood, is for
an engine powerful enough to compress
air to a required density.
The uses to which the liquified air may
be put are said to be limited only by the
number of cases in which refrigeration
is desirable. Cold storage for fruits.
meats, vegetables, etc, can be operated
with liquified air. And as such cold stor-
age is of importance to Geor-
gians, it is apparent that they
should be interested in the perfection of
Prof. Dewar's apparatus. With the new
refrigerant it may be possible to send
Georgia peaches and Florida oranges to
London and land them in that market
in perfectly fresh state. 1t may be that
before long the housewife who desires ice
cream for dessert will dispense with the
cracked ice and salt and freeze her cream
with a bottle of liquified air, at a cost
of three or four cents Another indus
trial use of liquified air, which has been
already established, rests upon the fact
that in its production the oxygen that
is in the air is concentrated until it be-
comes 20 per cent. of the whole At this
percentage it is sufficiently good for GER
tain manufacturing purposes and is in
demand
Nikola Tesla is credited with having
perfected ar electrical anna FMS for Sbalx
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The ministerial union of Ell Paso. Tex,
has invited all the religious bodies in the
state to join in prayer on Jan. 2S invoking
rangement. When this matter comes to
be looked into, isn't it bit homogeneous
TO ask the Lord to do something which
properly comes within the province of
the governor of Texas?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-21

A dispatch from the City of Mexico re-
ports that the hill upon which the town
of Pena Blanca is situated is sinking, and
that biologists say the reason is that the
rocks under the hill are being gradually
dissolved by water heavily charged with
carbonic acid gas, otherwise, soda water
The Mexicans ought to tap the veins OF
the Soda water bearing grounds and set
UP a summer resort
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-21

1t would have needed but half a glance
yesterday to convince any stranger that
Savannah is an ardent military city. A
finer body of volunteer troops than those
on parade could not have been found in
this country, and the general pride and
interest with which their evolutions were
watched by the thousands of people on
the streets were expressive of the spirit
of the city.