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Evening star., 1897-06-12
Foday's Schedule and weather

Pittsburg at WashinSton-clear.
Louisville at Baltimore-clear.
Cincinnati at BOston-cioudy.
Chicago at Brooklyn-clear.
st. Louis at New York-clear.
Cleveland at OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
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}. II. Hagsin'. sari.x OF H.r.c..

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. June III. B.
.Hassin Will race string OF PAGERS and
trotters on the California tracks this sea-
son. Ten horses that were bred at the
Rancho del Paso now in Sacramento.
They are the get of Albert w knight and
Bay Bird. The star OF the collection is a
four-year-old PAGER by Knight. out OF a
mare by Aigora. second dam by George NJ
Patchen. A few of the trotters are from
Mabel, the sister of Beautiful Bells
Evening star., 1897-06-12

ian. Prince Lief Maceo and others almos,
equally noted. McClelland was about thir-
ty-eight years of age and is said 10 have
been worth quarter of a million dollars
Evening star., 1897-06-12

Want" ads. IN The Star pay because
they bring anse ers.
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''They stand
the test"
The
''Eclipse'' is
a prime faVOrite==

With every rider who wants a
sturdy mount" 1t calls for less re-
pairs than any other wheel made.
Our offer in view OF this is the fol-
lowing:
After careful consideration. and
finding that they require SO little in
the way OF repairs, we have con-
Guided to repair all Eclipse Bicycles
absolutely free of charge, puncturcs,
accidents, etc, included when
brought to our store, I4th and H
sts., by owner.
We are sole agents here for the
Osterman Bell-tfe latest thing out
rings til you stop it-$I5o.
Bring your wheel in and let us put it
in order without costing you "one
penny"
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~ Big Drug Bargains. %

Physicians say Lie,is's
Liquid Malt 70 one OF the
trss-st and ascst n.srttorious
tcuics On the market. A sew
bottles win an yoa with;
renewed energy and drive,
sway that lsnguid. worn-out
fecliag.
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CHICAGO.

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BRIGHT BITS.

-She-But he that courts and does not
wed may find himself in court instead
Comic Cuts.
THE marriage of the star and the
leading lady has been declared off, I hear"
Eyes; they couldn't agree as to whose
name should be first on the wedding fnvi-
tations. Buck.
Mrs. Boardem-How do you find the
chicken soup, Mr.. Boarder?
Mr.. Boarder-I have no difficulty in find
ing the soup, madam, but ! am inclined to
think that the chicken will be able to
prove an alibi.-Richmond Dispatch.
There Are Others.-"What is your hus-
bands politcs?'' asked the new neighbor.
"Jim?" said the lady addressed. Jim?
He's a anti
"Anti-what?"
mo; not anti-what; jist a anti He's
agin anything that happens to be."-Cin-
cinnau Enquirer.
And when she saw st. Peters book
Those many many marks against her, hope
forsook
Her bosom thereupon. till she deserted
A note upon the margin, close beside,
Don't count womans lies it was so
bid,
when told concerning what her baby
did" Detroit Journal.
A little girl in a Pennsylvania town, in
saying her prayers the other night, was
told to pray for her father and mother,
who were both very i'll, and for one of the
servants, who had lost her husband. She
faithfully did as she was told, and then,
impressed with the dreary condition Of
things, added n her own account: And
now o God. take good care of yourself,
for if anything should happen to you we
should all go to pieces. Amen. PITTS
burg Chronicle.
"A boy in Oshkosh, Wis, stepped up to
the manager of a theatrical company that
had just arrived and offered to carry all
the water the show wanted" if he We're
allowed ito lead the lions" The play Tor
the evening, by-the-way, was the Lady
of Lyons. The boy was greatly disap-
pointed when he was informed that the
show was not in need of water ana
went off to inform his companions thar
he didn't believe there was no animals
with the show. New York Tribune
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-12

Chicago has usually furnished her share
OF picturesque characters among the Of
hce-seekers at Washington. and is true to
her reputation this year, says William f.
Curtis in the Chicago Record. Eight years
ago a man came here with an application
Tor appointment as minister TO Brazil
backed by petition signed by several
thousand citizens of Chicago. 1t was
afterward disclosed that he was a picture
frame peddler and used to 20 from house
20 house throughout the city taking or
ders. which were filed at a factory. and
he got his commission on the selling price.
In his canvassing he carried his petition
and a fountain pen, and nearly everybody
signed II as a joke. Charles b. Farwell
was In the Senate then and had quite an
experience with this enterprsing office
seeker.
They are In the habit of sending big
men as ministers TO Brazil and such
countries" remarked Mr.. Farwell one
day.
Won't I be as big as any Of them II I
get the placer" retorted the picture-frame
man.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-12
Ahout bad shoolboyr.

The truant schoolboys of New York are
no longer to be allowed to run the streets.
They are to be put into a truants' school,
which is to be opened in that city on May
15 The building which will be used is an
old school house Of the Children's Aid
Society According to the New York Her
aid, when sentenced to the school the
boys will receive marks according to the
blackness of their sins. These must be
worked off before the boys can return to
freedom, and extra good behavior will
shorten the time of punishment. Almost
all of the homework, with the exception
of the cooking, will be done by the boys.
The staff of the house and school will in
clude head master a keeper, who will
act as disciplinaran, two assistant teach
ers, cook, a seamstress and
probably other helpers. Parents
will be required to pay for
the support of their boys according. to
their incomes, which will be decided by
the court. The cost of one boys mainte-
nance will average 80 a week. Mine dol
lars and sixteen cents a month is fixed as
entire payment of cost by the parents.
Savannah probably does not need a tru-
ant school, but there is a growing need
for an ungraded school where unruly boys
may be sent, and where corporal punish
ment may be inflicted on those who will
not behave themselves. No such school
is needed for girls. The teachers say
they seldom if ever have any trouble with
the girls. The fear of the discipline of
the ungraded school would make boys
who are now wearing out the patience,
and very lives, of their teachers improve
their department. In this way refractory
scholars are dealt with in other cities
where corporal punishment has been abol-
ished in the graded schools, and the plan
has been found very effective in improv-
ing the manners of certain obstreperous
mammals darlings" and "papas pets"
who wear trousers, and inducing in them
proper appreciation of what they are
sent TO school for. The ungraded school
should be the next Improvement in the
| school system.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-12
Personal.

Sir George Grey. the Australian ex-
plorer and admins traitor. recently cele-
hrated the s4th anniversary of his birth.
Fifty-eight years ago he was given up for
dead while exploring the west coast of
Australia. He lived to be governor of
South Australia OF Cape Colony and of
New Zealand, which he administered dur
ing the Maori rebellion. He is strong
home ruler.
"A young lady asked the
Nez Perez Chief Joseph through
an Interpreter IL he ever
scalped any one When the question was
translated to him. Joseph looked at the
fair questioner lntently. then walked
around behind her and viewed the knot
OF hair only half hidden by her bonnet.
Tell her." he said to the interpreter,
that have nothing in my collection as
fine as that"
Last Sunday the Rev. DR.. Hills of
Chicago declared that Chicago is on the
down grade, morally and materially. and
the Chicago Record admits that he Is
right. 1t says, however, that the good
citizens of the city are in the majority,
and 1t calls upon them TO cease the folly
of dividing on lines of national PARTISAN
ship in dealing with local affairs. Stu
existing circums. ances is a crime against
the community The city can be saved
from its sickness only by the reformation
of its politics, its rulers, its greedy rich
men, its unwlse labor leaders and any
so-called reformers who act from motives
less unselfish than the good of the entire
community"
Abdul Hamid. the Sultan of Turkey,
possesses one of the rarest collections of
jewels in existence, among the treasures
being the most valuable parasol in the
word. 1t is of white silk, embroidered
with gold thread wrought a intervals
with precious stones. It's chief value,
however. lies in the staff, which is one
long superb piece of coral.
Louis Philippe's manuscript notes on
2,277 sentences of death delivered by the
courts during his reign and sent to him for
his signature. have been presented to the
French Academy by the Due dAumale
They show the kings reluctance to have
the death sentences carried out, even in
extreme cases, the slightest preteXt be-
ing used 20 commute.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-12
..Greater New York, as a state.

il is proposed to make, or try to make,
Greater New York" a state unto itself.
There is more of good in the proposition
than may appear at first glance. The
great city and its almost incalculable in
terests are dominated under present ar
rangements, not by its inhabitants and
taxpayers. but by a lot Of men who have
not had the opportunity of obtaining much
knowledge OF the world; who know little,
and possibly care less, with regard to the
interests and welfare of those who are
not of their own class. They rule the leg
isIature, and it seems are In turn ruled
by one or two political bosses, who take
advantage Of the confidence imposed in
them by the rural legislators for the fur
therance Of their own schemes and per-
sonal fortunes
New York, however, IS not the only
state which is afflicted with such worth
less legislators; the "Jims," Jacks" and
Toms" who are sent to the legislature
because they are of no account at home.
Pretty nearly If not quite ali of the larger
states are troubled that way. It seems
to be pretty much the rule that the larger
the state, the worse the state government.
The remedy for this condition of affairs
viii be found some day, and it is quite
likely to be found in making the states
smaller, SO that the people may be more of
one interest. The best governed states
in the union are the small states-Dela-
ware, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Connec-
ticut, New Hampshire, Vermont and
Massachusetts.
The state of Manhattan, or by whatever
name the new state the Greater New
York" might be called, would be move
in the right direction 1t would be a great
state well governed, with prosperous and
cultured people, and free from the inter-
ference of legislators who do not repre-
sent them or their interests.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-12

1t has happened before that an author
of play was hooted and cat-calIed by
the public after an unsatisfactory per-
Torrance, but that playwright should be
thrown out of a theater by the manage
ment while one of his works was being
given for the first time is new, SAYS the
Philadelphia Record. Still this is what
happened at the Variety theater, on the
Boulevard Strassbourg, in Paris. two
weeks ago. A new production was an
nounced, and the young author, delighted
to see his name printed for the first time.
on the bill boards, imbibed more freely
than he could stand When entering the
theater he imagined that another play
than his own was being performed. and he
began to raise a disturbance His friends
attempted in vain to quiet him, but he
would not be pacified, and finally became
so violent that the Management called
in the guardians of the peace and had
MIN taken to the nearest police station.
where he was placed in a cell. He soon
went TO sleep in his cell, and when he
got awake next morning he had at least
the satisfaction of seeing from the news
papers that his play had been success.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-12
A Tnrin for revenue.

If the republicans were sincere in their
claim that they desire to pass a tariff
bin which will provide sufficient revenue
for the needs of the government. and that
it is their purpose to conserve the inter-
ests of the country at large they would
strike out all after the enacting clause
OF the new tariff bill except the tea para
graph and the increase in the beer tax, and
leave the present law upon the books.
They would then take steps looking 70
putting stop to the extravagances of
congress.
1t is very well understood why the dem
ocratic tariff law fails to raise sufficient
revenue When it was framed and passed
it contemplated a considerable amount of
revenue to the government from the in
come tax. When the income tax was kill
ed so much of anticipated revenue was
removed from the governments resources,
and no other source of receipts was pro-
vided to make up the deficiency. Had the
income tax been sustained or had it's
place been filled by a revenue duty on
tea, sugar and coffee, and an increase in
the tax on beer, to raise the amount cal
culated upon to be derived from the in
come tax, there would never have been
a deficiency; provided. that the prospects
of a sufiiciency of revenue had not moved
congress to still greater extravagances.
The total deficiency for the fiscal year
1896 was 81, 100000. The duty of 10 cents a
pound on tea and the increase in the beer
tax, it is estimated will raise $4,000 900.
between deficiency and receipts, which ex-
Congressman William L. Wilson who is
also ex-Postmaster General, says could
be wiped out with one stroke by cutting
off unnecessary expenditures in the post
office departments alone. Five millions
year. he says. could be saved there with
out impairing the service. And there are
probably dozen other places where
millions of dollars per year could be saw
ed to the taxpayers by cutting off unnec-
essary expenditures.
Under the present tariff new markets
have been secured by American manufac-
turing industries, more men have been
employed than under the Mckinley law
and there have been very few labor dis
turbances in manufacturing trades. Com
merce has adjusted itself to the rates. and
consumers have been enabled to get more
for their money than ever before. To
change the whole law-and in the wrong
direction-will be to upset the whole coun-
try. To make the tea duty and the beer
tax increase merely additions to the pres
ent law would be to provide for the reve-
nue. deficiency and Leave busipace ana
trade moving along in the channels to
which they have adapted themselves. In
accepting these democratic revenue fea-
lures, the republicans have gone just as
far as there is any necessity for going
and they should stop there. But they will
not do so.
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INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
,tao,ing savannah Yacht c,Iub.

Meeting-Savannah Yacht Club.
Military Orders-Order No. 3, Lawton
Cadets.
Special Notices-Notice of Power Of At
torney. r. D. Guerard; Copartnership No
tice. w. D. Dixon & Son; The Sale of Oil
Paintings and Pictures. Robert H. Tatem
Auctioneer; Ship Notice, Richardson &
Barnard; Ladies, Lend Us Your Ear, B.
H. Levy & Bro; Special Notice to Bicy-
clists, R. D. G. VIM. baltimore.
Get Well Onto Your Mind-Falk Clothing
Company.
The Store That Keeps Faith-Hub Cloth
ing Company.
Amusements-Twenty- third Annual Re-
gatta Savannah Yacht Club at Thunder
bolt, June IS.
The Next Best Thing-Mutual Gas Light
Company.
Railroad Schedules-Central of Georgia
Railway; Plant System.
Seed Peas-T. J. Davis.
Mutual Premium Company Coupons
Taken-Leopold Adler.
Cottolene-N. K. Fairbanks Company.
Gold Dust Washing Powder-N. K. Fair
banks Company.
Steamship Schedule-Ocean Steamship
Company.
Legal Notice-Notice to Debtors and
Creditors Estate Edward F. Cunningham,
Deceased.
Medieal-Pennyroya Pills; Lydia Pink
hams Vegetable Compound; Cuticura
Remedies; Mothers Friend; Hoods Pills;
Scott's Emulsion; Johann Hoffs Genuine
Malt Extract; Hobbs sparagus Liver Pills;
Munyon's Remedies.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-12
IL Ruined the Conner.

The old-line democrat was talking to the
copper on a quiet south side corner, and
the talk naturally drifted TO the election.
says the Chicago Chronicle. The old-line
democrat was . staunch friend of Carter
IT, Harrison, the dead mayor. but knew
little Of his son, the candidate. The cop
per was carefully non-committal. as his
kind usually are until they know how
things are going.
81 tell you, old man Harrison was a
great man." said the old citizen.
Yes. indeed, he was" assented the Do
lceman.
"fie was the friend OF every man." said
the old-line democrat.
Yes. have heard tfiat said" observed
the officer.
Eyes. sir. he was the friend Of every
man." said the old citizen. from the sew
or digger in the ditch down to the police
man on his beat
And then 4 took eight citizens to get
them apart when the true lnwardness OF
the remark had impressed the policeman.
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How 1t Paid.

why do you seem to try to avoid Miss
Sweet?" asked the man with the cigar,
according to the Chicago Post. "Only a
week ago you were devoted to her"
The man with the cigarette scowled.
Don't speak of her." he said. "She is
the most aggravating. underhand and de-
signing girl that ever walked the earth ="
What has she done?"
ooh, she hasn't done a thing but play a
regular confidence game on me- returned
the man with the cigarette. You see, we
made bet"
Yes"
Il bet box Of candy against a kiss on
what was practically a certainty in my
favor, and she knew there wasn't one
chance in a thousand of my losing"
Il see. The inference being
The inference being" said the man
with the cigarette, with emphasis, that
she would little rather lose the bet than
win it. Naturally I was considerably elat-
ed, but to avoid any possible mistake, 1
made her promise that she would surely
pay if she lost and not try to get out of
1t on any technicality."
And she agreed?'
Promised faithfully-in fact, seemed
offended to think that had deemed it nee
essary to exact such a promise; said she
was a girl of her word, and whatever she
promised she would do. And then won
the bet"
''Yes-and she?"
"Well, she kept out of my way for a
while, so that l had no chance to collect,
but finally I caught her and asked her if
she intended to pay the bet.
' Pay it, she cried. Why, I've al
ready paid it,.
I'VE never received that kiss I as
serted.
s. Then you've got no one but your sis
ter to blame she answered. I gave it to
her to give to you. -
The man with the cigar gave a low
whisper.
That was a mean trick" he admitted.
But that wasn't the worst of it," con-
| tinued the man with the cigarette. 1T
| knocked me out so that l hadn't a word
to say, and the next day she told my sis
| ter that she didn't think much of a man
who hadn't the gumption to collect a kiss
| that he had fairly won 1 tell you, a wo-
man is the most aggravating and contra
! dictory thing that was ever sent TO torture
| man."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-12
Another sugar scandal.

If Broker Chapman will apologize. the
President may pardon him. This is the
information which comes from Washing
ton. Chapman, 1t will be remembered. Is
the broker who handled the deals for the
sugar senators three years ago. and re-
fused to testify with regard to the trans
actions before the Senate's investigating
committee and therefor was sentenced 10
term in prison under an act of congress
making il a msdemeanor for a witness
to refuse to testify before a congressional
investigating committee. 1t is asserted.
however, that the proposed pardon for
Chapman is not intended primarily for
Chapman's benefit. Havemeyer and
Searles of the sugar trust, also refused
to testify, and are therefore in the same
boat with Chapman, except that they have
not yet been tried and sentenced. They
committed precisely the offense which he
committed, and are therefore equally
with him liable to punishment. Naturally
they do not want to go to JAIL and the
big republican bosses do not want them
TO go to jail, for obvious reasons. Fu-
ture campaign collections might be inter
fered with. Therefore, Chapman is to be
used to knock down door through which
the sugar trust men may escape.
All of this comes up at a time to at
tract attention to the increasing talk oc
another sugar scandal in the Senate. This
talk, which finds expression in the col
umns CT such reputable newspapers as
the Washington Star and the Chicago
Tines Herald. is TO the effect that GER
tain senators. when the sugar schedule
CT the new tariff bin was under consid-
Grafton in the committee, used their off,
cial Information. II not indeed their votes.
for the purpose of enriehing themselves
by speculations in sugar trust stocks. The
Times-Herald's correspondent suggests
that another investigation may be found
necessary. and says the writing of the
sugar schedule was left to a single sem
ator and that senator wen known as
personal friend and business associate OF
the chief officers of the sugar trust" The
Star goes over virtually the same ground
and also invites attention to the fac-
that the Senate schedule gives the trust
a protection OF 'over 30 per cent" and
on top Of that, the concession of the a..
rogation Of the treaty with Hawaii.
1t is not probable, however. that an
other investigation would amount TO any.
thing more than another liberal use of
whitewash, and possibly another Chap
man sentenced to jail for a few weeks.
The trusts are just now enjoying a phe.
nomenal pull on Washington.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-12


Q Erastus McWilliams was a very pros
porous colored man who got his start in
the barbering business and accumulated
considerable wealth by good investments
in real estate, says the Chicago Chronicle
His name was originally plain Williams
but when his hopeful son Cicero grew
into his teens he prefixed the Nc to his
surname. His one ambition was to know
all about the stars, so he sent Cicero to
school and had him instructed by special
teachers in the science of astronomy. As
fast as young Cicero acquired knowledge
concerning the planets he would impart
it 10 the parent McWilliams, who soon
developed into such a star-gazer that
alarm was felt for his sanity. He talked
earnestly of the stars by day and looked
wisely into the armament at night After
he had spent much time and money seek
ing knowledge in the heavens he found
he had nothing for his pains but head
aches and sleepless nights. He could get
no satisfaction in further pursuit Of sci
entitc knowledge, nor could he let go the
subject. He was in a state of continual
torment ABOUT the stars and longed for the
old ignorance in which he was once so
happy. Finally he concluded to consult
the wise old negro Of the neighborhood,
who knew all things by inspira ton The
wise old black man told the prosperous
barber he knew all of astronomy and
could instruct him in one evening. Nc
Williams went with the wise man to the
prairies to get knowledge.
Does yer see that start yander in de
heavens?" said the wise man.
Il does" replied McWilliams
We'll, in de mornin dat star will be
over yonder and dat is all we eber. car
know about it. OATS de whole science oh
al de heabens, an any niger dat goes
foolin' wild de stars began dat is gwine
TO get headaches and Ian in de madhouse.
NOW, go on home an ten to your bar
BERN, an let de stars alone"