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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-07
How He Became a story-TelIer.

ut seemed like a waste of time" said
a gentleman who passed an evening with
Mr. Edison in Norwalk, o., recently, ac-
cording to the Cleveland Plain Dealer,
"to hear Mr. Edison rolling off story after
story, and demanding all of his acquaint-
ances to tell him more, when he knew
how much information we might have re-
ceived from him. 1 finally asked him how
he got to be such a story teller. Well,
he replied, when / was quite young
man was a telegraph operator during
the war 1 was stationed at St. Louis,
which was a sort of distributing point
for a large district and when we would
get our batch of stuff off, and we stin
had several hours to put in, used to ge,
pretty tired. Then we would begin to
call up the operator at the other end OF
the line and gossip with him. l always
liked stories, and If Chicago had a good
would send it off to Louisville and New
York and Cincinnati, and hear them
laugh over it by wiring back: "Ha, ha,"
over the wire. In this way we would get
all the best stories there were going
and we would always write them our
for the day men. 1t got to be sort OF
passion after a while, and has stuck to
me ever since
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-07

It's funny how everybody laughs when
an actor tells a story, says the Philadel-
phia Record. Any other man might tell
the same story, and tell it better, and yet
never be rewarded with smile. A party
of men, including a well-known player
were seated about cafe table on Satur-
day night, and the actor told story
Said he: There was a fellow named Jen-
kins playing in the same company with me
once, and he had great crop of frey red
hair But he was good actor, and under
studied the star, although he had never
been forced to go on in that capacity. Well,
one night, about an hour before the per-
Torrance, the stage manager came rush
ing into the theater with the startling an
nouncement that he star was laid up and
couldn't speak above a whisper. There was
nothing to do but fall back on Jenkins
But there was his long, red hair. A hero
with such hair would be laughed off the
stage. What did the manager do but
hustle poor Jenkins into a barber shop,
have his hair trimmed and dyed black
Talk about your expedients! Actually had
his hair dyed!' The listeners burst into
paroxysms of laughter. as though it was
the funniest thing that ever happended-
that is, all but a quiet little man in the
corner. He merely said: Il should think
he would have worn a wig" And you
could have cut the silence with cheese
knife
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-07
Populntions of Great Cities.

The New York Tribune calls attention
to some interesting figures relative to the
growth of the great cities, compiled by
Elmer L. Corthell, the engineer who
helped Capt. Eads build the jetties at the
mouth of the Mississippi river. and also
the great bridge that spans the NIissis-
sippi at ST. Louis. Mr. Corthell says that,
according to the latest local census re-
turns, the great cities of the world are
increasing in population at the following
ratio: Greater London, IS per cent;
Greater New York. SO per cent; Philadel-
phia, % per cent; Paris, 10 per cent; Chi
cago, 10S per cent; Berlin, 81 per cent, and
st. Petersburg, 10 per cent.
The question that Mr.. Corthell figures
upon is this: Assuming that the cities
will continue to grow at the foregoing
ratios. and starting with their present
population. what will the population of
each be in 1920? The results which he
reaches are as follows: London, s,5l6, 1856:
Chicago, s2Os, 600; New York, 6,191, 25O; Ber-
lin. S.496,729; Paris, S,2S4.O63; Philadelphia,
2,OO2,932. and st. Petersburg. 1,5OO495.
There are many things, of course. that
may interfere to prevent the growth of
any one or more of the cities in accordance
with the ratios mentioned, but the figures
given are well calculated to make Chicago
happy.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-07
BRIGHT BITS.

May inquire" asked the eagle, why
you are carrying that corkscrew?"
1t isn't a corkscrew." growled the Brit
ish lion; hits me bloomin' tail. INDIAN
apolis Journal.
Mamma, why do people have noses?"
Common people, my dear, have noses
that they may sneeze and smell; but high
porn people like we are have noses thar
they may express their contempt for COM
mon people. "-Humoristische Blaetter.
"A Pattern of Cleanliness.-Frau A
Frau Neumann is an extremely tidy sort
of person, don't you think?
FRAU B-l should think she was! The
other day a burglar got into her house.
and the first thing she did was to ask
the man II he had wiped his feet on the
mat-Unsere Gesellschaft.
An Economical Arrangement.-Hus-
band-Do you think 1t saves you anything
to have running account at that dry
goods store?
Wife, know it does. You can't mag
inc the amount of time IL leaves me
Why never have to stop to ask the
price of anything 1 wish to purchased
Puck.
Some time back the play Of Ham
let" was being performed at a pro-
vincial theater. In a scene with Polon-
iuS, the crafty old courtier asks: do
you know me my lord?'
The prince responds: Excellent well
you are a fishmonger."
on hearing this an old woman in the
pit stood up, and shaking her fist, shout
ed excitedly: "Well, an s'posing he is
that's better than play-actin', any day!'-
Tft-Bits.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-07
Mr. CnrII.Ie.. Letter.

Secretary Carlisle is not candidate for
the democratic nomination for the presl-
dency. His letter 10 the chairman of the
Kentucky democratic state central COM
mittee. published in the Morning
News yesterday. makes his position
very clear. He says he thinks his
duty to the party will be
best performed by declining to partici-
pate in the contest for a nomination.
Mr. Carlisle has not at any time an
nounced that he would like TO have the
nomination. A reception given in his
honor by the Manhattan Club of New
York recently was interpreted as meaning
that he had decided to become a candi-
date If that reception had any such
meaning the fact was kept remarkably
quiet. 1t may be that there were party
leaders who planned the Manhattan Club
reception for the purpose OF seeing how
the democratic masses would receive Mr.
Carlisle as a candidate. II such was the
case they probably came to the conclu-
sion that while Mr.. Carlisle has the pro-
found respect Of thinking men in all parts
OF the country he has not such hold
upon the people as would make him an
available presidential candidate. II is not
improbable that Mr.. Carlisle himself sees
that while his efforts in behalf Of sound
money are highly appreciated, and his
great ability is generally recognized, there
is no very strong sentiment outside Of his
own state in favor Of making him a
presidential candidate.
But whether he has thought Of the mat
ter in that way or not. II is clear that
his chief desire is that the democratic
party shall make such a declaration of
principles as win put it in a position
to be Of the greatest possible use to the
country. He is satisfied, and so must
every other good democrat be, that the
best interests of the country require a
low tariff and sound money, and if the
democratic party declares in favor of
them. it is certain to have the confidence
and support of the people.
Mr.. Carlisles letter does not prevent
him from accepting the nomination if it
should be offered to him, but the tone
of 1t excludes the thought that he eX-
poets or hopes it may be offered to him.
Mr.. Carlisle is a patriot and statesman,
and he would rather have his party adopt
a platform in accordance with time-hon-
ored democratic principles than have the
nomination. In a few days he will de-
liver a speech in Chicago on the silver
question that will go a long way toward
giving the wage earners Of the west
correct views on that question.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-07
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. United Hy-
draulic Cotton Press Company; Alpha
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Special Notices-Notice to Superior
Court Jurors; Special. Jackson, Metzger
& Co.; Thanks, S. Krouskoff; Pure Sap
Maple Syrup. Etc. A. NJ. & C. w. West.
Business Notices-Le Panic Cigars,
Henry Suter; Infanta Eulalia and lie
Panic Cigars. :. B. Fernandez.
Legal SaIes-Chatham Sheriff's Sale; Ad-
ministrator's Sale Estate of Sandy Winn,
Deceased.
Legal Notices-Application for Settle
ment Of Accounts as Administrator; CT
tations from the Clerk Of the Court Of Or
binary of Chatham ounty.
Mems Spring Suits-B. II. Levy & Bro.
Auction Sales-Trustee' Sale, by r. II.
Tatem, Auctioneer; Administrator Sale,
by ]. II. Oppenheim & Son, Auctioneers;
Administrators Sale, by I. d. LaRoche.
Auctioneer; Administrators Sale, by c.
II. Dorset. Auctioneer; Crockery, Glass
and Tinware, Etc. by A. K. Wilson, Auc-
tioneer.
Our Straws-Appel & Schaul.
Hotel-Hotel Majestic, Central Park,
West, New York.
Railroad Schedules-Central of Georgia
Railway
Medical-Tarrants Settler Aperient:
Ponds Extract; Browns Iron Bitters;
Cuticura Remedies; Worlds Dispensary
Preparations.
spalding Challenges the Bicycle World
Oppenheimer, Sloat & Co.
Your Separate Skirt This Summer
Leopold Adler.
Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go
Ahead-Falk Clothing Company.
Our Stock of Fine Millinery-Krouskof
Millinery Company.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Hel
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-07

Sam Small, the Georgia evangelist is
lecturing in Ohio. The other day his box
office receipts were attached by Park Hea-
ton, the singer. who Travelled with him
during 1894, for unpaid salary. The trial
comes up April II. Mr. Small wanted the
lawyer for the singer to argue the ques-
ton with him from the pulpit, and let
a congregation decide the matter. But
the lawyer reminded Mr. Small that there
were courts of law in the country. and
said he preferred to go before the regu-
lar tribunal
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-07
Danger of n Small word.

A Louisville young woman, who has
been spending year in art study abroad,
says the Courier-Journal wrote to her peo-
pie at home that her art and musical
acquaintance in Paris had become so nu-
merous that she intended to establish
that charming foreign institution known
as a salon" The little item of interest
was, of course, repeated to the relatives
reached the ears of cold and unsympa-
thetic public. Recently the mangled re-
mains of the news-bit came back to the
family in this fashion:
A man of small knowledge of foreign
customs and rigid ideas of feminine pro-
priety met the girls father on the street,
and thus accosted him, M. Waddleton,
have heard something shocking about
your daughter Rose this week. l said l
wouldn't believe a word of it unless you
told me that it was true. They say she
has quit studying painting. and is keep
ing a saloon in Paris"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-07
why Mike walked Up Joe Jefferson.

The story is told in Harper's Magazine
of Mr.. Joseph Jefferson: A number Of
years ago he played a one-Tfight engage
ment in a small Indiana town, appearing
in his favorite part. The hotel at which
he staid was infested by an Irishman,
recently landed" who acted as porter
and general assistant. Judged by the deep
and serious interest which he took in
the house. he might have been clerk,
lessee and proprietor rolled into one.
At about o'clock in the morning Mr..
Jefferson was startled by a violent bump
ing on his door. When he struggled into
consciousness and realized that ne had
left no call at the office, he was natu-
rally indignant. But his sleep was spoiled
for that morning, so he arose, and soon
appeared before the clerk
See here" he demanded of this in
dividual why was l called at this I'M
81 don't know. sir" answered the clerk.
III ask Mike"
The Irishman was accordingly summon
ed. Said the clerk.
Mike, there was no call for Mr.. Jeffer-
son. Why did you disturb him?"
Taking the clerk by the lapel of the
coat the Hibernian led him to one side
and said in a mysterious whisper: He
were snoring loike horse, sor; and Old
heerd the b'ys saying something about
how he were once after shaping for twin
ty years. so OF says to mesilf, Mike, it,
a-cooming onto i'm again, and it's yer
july to get the crayther out o yer
house instantlyp'
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-07
TiIlman's Going to Colorado.
From the New York Sun Dem.)

In certain elevated portions of Colorado
the air, even under the most favorable con-
ditons, is so highly rarefied that it is diff
cult for any other than the most athletic
lungs to breathe It. For the next two
weeks there will be no air at all in Color
ado, highland or lowland. The Hon. Pitch
fork b. Tillman, the great South Carroll
ma dispensation, Is going out to Denver,
where the democrats are to hold their state
and congress convention. The motion gen.
Grated by Mr.. T1llman is so great as to
exhaust all the atmosphere. Clouds con-
sisting entirely of a silver lining have been
hanging over Colorado for years. but the
coming of Mr.. Tilman will produce great
changes, great convulsions, great connip-
tions. even there. The silver in the banks
beneath the earth begins to shoot up in
spouts and columns. Gold bugs, making
a mournful and fruitless strident sound
with their entenne. are crawling out OF
the state as fast as they can crawl. The
mountains begin TO gush FIRE: the canons
are full up 10 the brow OF the steepegt cliff
with the reddest fre: the corsets or nature
begin 20 crack; great and wondrous time
Is az hand. The Hon. Pitchfork B. Till
man brings a message 20 the silver demo-
Gratis OF Colorado; and he brings Il IN a
hundred express train, rushed through
space by hundred locomotives. propelled
~ his own steam and rolling on his own
wheels.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-07
The 10 to 1 ShOuters.
From the Chicago Tlmes-Herald Qnd)

They are not democrats or republicans;
they are first, last, always. distinctly and
exclusively advocates of silver monomet-
sallism. They believe that a dollar should
be so cents. No other issue is of the slight
est Importance to them. They do not care
how, where, by what means, to what end
there shall be a tariff. They are not con-
cerned about sources or objects of revenue.
They would let the government find its in
come wherever IL pleases so long as it be
found in silver.
They would cut away one-half the debt
of the government with a single statute
for the free and unlimited coinage of sill
ver and it is of no moment to them how
many or what portions of the people should
suffer by 80 cent population. They would
hurl the United States from its present
place among first-class nations, in which
are to be found Great Britain, Germany
and France, and would classify II with
China, Japan and Mexico; Free coinage of
silver is the sole dogma in the catechism
of those who believe in 1t. Why not let
them have a convention of their own, in
which all other lines of partition shall be
nj
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-07

The wife as a minister down in Cincin-
natl traded a barrel of his old sermons
not long ago for new bread pan, says
the Chicago Record. The next spring tho
rag man came around again ana asked il
she had any more sermons to sell.
why do you want sermons?"
Because / did so well with those / got
here year ago. l got sick in the sum
mer and preacher in the country board
ed me and my horse three months for that
barrel of sermons, and he has since got
great reputation as preacher up there
you have got"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-07

1t seems that Tillman's lieutenants have
passed word down the line in South Caro-,
lima for the Tillmanites to get ready to
follow their leader out of the democratic
party in case he should order them to do
so. Tllman gained his first power through
the Farmers Alliance. and it seems that
he is using the alliance again, as a sort
of pioneer corps. Resolutions indorsins
the senator's promises to bolt the Chi
cago convention were passed by the Lau-
rens county alliance a day or two ago
This action is significant, because Lau-
rens is the home county of Senator Irby
who has taken stand in opposition 10
the Tillman scheme to bolt
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-07

A few days ago the New York Herald's
usually accurate Washington correspon-
dence contained the statement that the
fact that Secretary Carlisle was the ad-
ministration's candidate would. it was be-
lieVed at Washington, have the effect of
preventing Secretary Olney from becom-
ing a candidate. Now that Secretary Car
Isle has put himself out of the list of can
didates. it will be interesting to hear from
Secretary Olney through his friends.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-07
The Member Came to Grief.

Once in while Il happens that a we'll
directed shot in congress hot only places
the victim hors du combat temporarily.
but knocks him out politically for all
time. says the St. Louis Republic.
In the Lth congress there was a light
weight representative from Ohio who
wanted 10 impress his constituents with
the idea that he was constant In his at
tendance at all the sessions Of the House.
but also desired % spend most OF his
time down town sampling the pleasures
Of the finest capital in the world"
So he devised the following ingenious
plan for accomplishing his two somewhat
incongruous purpOses-Or to kill two birds
with one stone.
As soon as business. began of a morn
ing ne would interrupt the member who
of information would inquire of the
speaker what bill was under discussion.
Being informed, and having thus got
ten himself into The Record, for that
day, 50 he could send marked copies
thereof to his admiring friends at home,
ne would hasten to participate in the rev.
repeated diurnally until il came TO be a
standing joke and a perpetual bore. Like
Maj; Joey Bagstock, ''he was sly, sir,
deVilish sly" but like most sly people,
he finally overdid IL and came TO grief.
Mr.. Reed has no patience with fools
and detests shams most heartily. One
morning he was addressing the House,
when in came the Ohio man aforesaid,
prancins down the big aisle, and asked
the speaker his usual matutinal question.
Reed did not wait for the speaker TO re-
spOnd, but answered 1t himself The
Ohio statesman started out. when Reed
drawled: Now, Mr. Speaker, having
imbedded that fly in the amber of my
eloquence, l will proceed"
Somehow the tale reached Ohio, and
when the member came up for renomina-
ton an old delegate from the rural dis
than about the dictionary addressed the
chairman of the convention in these SEN
sible, but deadly words: Mr.. Cheerman
we don't want any man TO represent us
who has been imbedded in Tom Reeds
AMBER" placing the accent on the last
syllable and making the sc" very long.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-07

A Washington dispatch to the New
York Advertiser intimates that one reason
the Mckinley boom has hourished in the
south is that the vice presidential bau-
bic has been held up before the eyes Of
the bosses, in more than one state. Sem
ator Plat of Connecticut was offered the
place in exchange for his influence. but
declined. The correspondent thinks that
the place must have been promised to at
least dozen men.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-07
The Letter Vol I'm sigh.

Is Il not about time for sensational
Washington correspondents to cease as
sorting that Mr.. Cleveland has written
letter that he will not accept a renomina-
ton under any circumstances? Within the
last three months they have announced
a number OF times that such
letter was in somebody's pos
session, ready TO be used as soon as the
proper time arrived. A few days ago, in
the New York Journal. there was a Wash
ington dispatch which stated that the
President had written a letter declining
10 be a candidate. and put in the hands
Of Secretary Lamont. The dispatch was a
long one and purported 10 give the sub
stance Of the letter. 1t appears that from
subsequent developments. there was no
foundation for il. Secretary Lamont says
he is not the custodian Of the letter-that,
in fact. he never heard of it. In other
words. no such letter has ever been writ
ten. But the sensational correspondents
do not appear to be al all set back by the
denial They now say that if Mr.. Cleve-
land has not written a letter declining TO
be a candidate, he will do so. Well. he may
do so, but if he does he will not do it in
the way the sensational correspondents
have suggested.
1t would not be at all surprising if Mr..
Cleveland has not discussed with anybody
the question of accepting a denomination.
1t is the very general belief.
however. among his friends that
he would not accept another
term If he could have it. 1t is very well
known that he does not want the worry
and annoyance of another term. There is
good reason for believing. also, that he
has a profound respect for the third term
tradition. He knows how strong the feel
ing against a third term is and he is well
aware that If he should accept a renomi-
nation, and should be defeated it would be
charged against him that he was am
bilious to be elected a greater number of
times than any previous Pres
ident. and that to satisfy his
ambition he was willing to break
down the chief barrier against any
man becoming a dictator. A charge Of
that sort would be a blot upon his record.
1t is not probable that he will risk having
his record marred in any such manner.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-07

day or two ago the dispatches an
nounced that Senator Quay of Pennsyl-
vania had started for Florida to obtain
little quiet rest Later the informa-
ton came that ex-senator Platt of New
York was on his way to Florida for a
little quiet rest. The probabilities are
that one or two more Of the big repub-
hean bosses Will drift towards Florida
during the next few days for rest. Flor
ida Is mighty restful place. There are
some parts Of 1t IN which newspaper re-
porters are not seen for weeks al a time
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-07

Various newspapers have been quot
ing McKinley's speeches in the House a
few years ago, and referring to how he
voted on certain bills, to show that he is
tainted with free silverism. But what
could be expected? Is not Maj. Mckinley
the apostle of high protection, and is not
the 16 to proposition a scheme for high
protection for the silver mine owners?