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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-29

'Possum, potatoes, punch, pipes and pol
itics will be the alliterative menu at that
Newman supper on Friday night 1t goes
without saying that the affair will be an
enjoyable one, since some of the brightest
after-dinner speakers in the country are to
be in attendance. Private" John Aliens
wit is inimtable in its way; and the aver
age Georgia politician is something of a
story-teller himself While the feast of
reason and flow of SOUL will be about all
that one may be looking for, still the prob
abilities are that some '"Dossum politics"
around the offices, shuts its eyes and
makes believe it is asleep while holding on
for dear life-will be developed at the sup
per.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-29

Reverting to the matter of the dog fight
In Senator Cullom's stable, in Washing
don, the other day; as nothing to be done
about it because some the young men were
the sons of senators? Is this another in
stance of senatorial courtesy?" If 1t has
come to the point in which senatorial cour-
tesy reaches TO a dog fight, the sooner Sen
ator Mason of Illinois draws his smokers
nee and attacks it. the better the public
will be pleased
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-29
The wit OF the conrt

In a certain case, says the San francisco
Argonaut Mr.. Babson was young LAWYER
of a western town, while the opposinp
counsel, Mr.. Carter, was a much better
known attorney Of a neighboring city.
Mr. Babson was addressing the jury. and
having explained point Of law 10 the
Jurors, he turned to Mr.. Carter with the
words. Isn't that right?"
Mr. Carter thought he had very YER
dant subject on his hands, and with a
smile of conscious superiority, replied. ~
have an office In c., and II you have any
legal problems that you desire to have
solved, | shall be pleased to enlighten Won
for a financial consideration"
Not In the least abashed, Mr.. Babaon
drew from his pocket "A l0-oont piece ana
held It out toward Mr. Carter. with Inc
words: Here; tell us what you know ana
hand back the change"
10 the roar OF laughter which followed
the court Joined.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-29

Mr.. North of Boston, who it Is thought
will be appointed to the position of super
intendent of the census, docs not desire
in the event of his appointment, to be
hampered in any manner in the distri-
button of the places in his department. >"
That is to say, Mr. North is a spokesman
He does not want the merit system ex-
tended to the census bureau. He wishes
to use the places as political patronage
1t costs millions of dollars to enumerate
and publish the census. The last one
cost more than $l1.OOO0OO. Carroll d.
Wright says probably more than 5000
900 could have been saved on il if the
work had been done by a force selected
for efficiency and not for politics. There
are reasons for thinking a like sum, or
maybe a larger sum. could be saved on the
next census, by selecting the employees
for merit The republican spoilsmongers,
however do not in the least mind wasting
millions of dollars of the public money
President Mckinley has time and again
spoken up for the civil service law. Now,
Il appears, he is about TO appoint TO an
important Office man who would like
10 have the law out of the way
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-29
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-29

The governor Of Ohio the other day sent
a pardon to convict in the penitentiary
al Columbus; but the man refused 10 come
out lie said he had grown old In jail, was
fairly wen satisfied with his life and would
remain where he was. When the turmoil
Of the political conflict ia Ohio Is taken
Into consideration, one cannot wonder that
iHo Ola convict preferred 10 spend his re-
manning days IN thc quiet and security Of
the peniteauaEy.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-29
Learned From the wheat Market
From the New York Times Oem).

1t is mistaken notion that cheap money
would fill the poeketbooks of farmers or
of other persons who have nothing to give
for it, and western farmers have had
very simple demonstration of the fact that
good money is readily obtainable by those
who have something to sell.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-29

In Connecticut they are telling some
new horrible example stories of the evil
oaeets Of whisky A man named Boro.
living ia New Haven, bit his wife on The
arm. while he was drunk. Had the bite
been that Of a blue gum" negro II could
not have been much worse The arm will
have 70 be amputated. and the woman IS
IN danger Of losing her life. 1t is further
ss-a that "onee upon time" when a man
was drunk . black cat sucked his breath
nna 'hen went out IN the yard and died
1ne ppys'cians are going 10 analyze IN,
Np'nky boro drank. Possibly they hay,
"yi me courage 10 analyze his breath.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-29

Poor old Ii Hung Chang is in for it
again! Every time there is a disturbance
in China Ii seems to get the blame for it
During the affair with Japan, it will be
remembered, he LOST his yellow Jacket, his
peacock feathers and various OTHER honors
and decorations. Now he will probably lose
his porous plaster, and possibly his head
also.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-29

1t is a mistake to despise small things
The trichina is a very small, micro
scopic germ, yet with the trichina the
German government successfully fought
an American tariff by shutting out Amer
ican hog products. The San Jose scale is
also very dimnutive creature, but the
German government is going to use it
against our new tariff.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-29
Tnited stntes ana Chlnn.
From the New orleans Plcayune Dem

OF course, there will be the usual oppo-
sition in congress to cooperating with
Great Britain; but why there should be
such opposition where both countries have
a common point to gain, and where no en-
tanging alliance or formal treaty is in
volved, it is difficult TO understand II our
trade in China is to be protected we must
adopt the most effective and direct way of
accomplishing the desired object without
regard TO mere prejudice
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-29

From the Chattanooga Times Dem).

a big book, that would be a scorching
comment on the unftness of executives
for welding the pardoning power, could
be made of the history of pardons, grant
ed plous scoundrels on grounds made of
maudlin sympathy, and of pardons given
murderers. burglars. thieves and like pests
of the state. because they are "on the
verge of the grave"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-29
HARDEEVILLE BRICK CO.,
Congress and DraytOn SIS.

Brick, Lime, Cement, Wall Paper,
Paints, Glass, ManteIs, Fireplace
Fixtures, and building supplies gem
orally. Every stroke of the paint
brush, every broken glass replaced,
every worn out CRATE fixed means
money well invested. You select the
material, we furnish it and do the
work.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-29

The New York Times printed in a recent
issue pictures Of twelve miniatures paint
cd by the celebrated mlnlaturst Edward
Malbone. VINO died in thls city ia 1906.
These miniatures. as wen na n number OF
others, TOE Times says, We're painted "ln
the limits OF six short years. What Is "a
short Year,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-29
CURRENT COMMENT.
What New England Needs.

Unrestricted trade is the Danacea for
New England's ills and the sooner the for
merly enterprising manufacturers of that
region divest themselves of their narrow
ideas about protection" and launch out
into broader fields the better it viii be for
them. fsys
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-29

With all of the thousands of persons
who are rushing into the Alaskan gold
territory. there will probably not be a
single bona fide settler. Those who are
going into the new country intend to come
away from it just as soon as they have
made their pile" or as soon as they dis
cover that they cannot get rich. Nobody
thinks of making home in the frozen
regions. Even the more southern portions
of Alaska are not desirable residence
places 1t win probably be many
years before Alaska Will have permanent
population enough to warrant this gov
eminent in giving it fun territorial rights.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-29

Gen. Roy Stone, president of the Ma
tional League for Good Roads, thinks he
has solved the problem of what to do
with the money that would be deposited in
the proposed postal savings banks. As
the reader has probably guessed already,
he proposes that it shall be used in road
building. He would take county bonds
good roads, and thus have the taxpayers
pay the interest on the depositors' saw
inos
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-29

The cold wave must have caught and
nipped the Eugene Debs social democracy
scheme. Nothing has been heard of it for
more than a week now.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-29
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-29

MA Emma Games storey. the we'll
knonH American singer. has abandoned
hef proposed German tour and viii spend
the winter in Paris.
The true northerner., 1897-04-21

slant rescue for her mother meant
equally instant peril for him-Esther
who actually ordered his hurried re-
treat at Lambert's appearance. Not
until the following day did it occur
to her mother to ask how it was or
why it was she was up and dressed at
that hour of the night. At any other
time, perhaps, she would have found it
far more difficult to frame plausible
excuse, but almost anything would an
swer now. For hours she had been
listening for the tap upon her window
that should tell her Walton had not
been spirited away to a place of safety
until he had come to bless and COM
fort her with his love-words and ca
resses. To her, at least, despite the
wild oats of his earlier days, or cousin
husband was all that was true and
tender and fond. For him she had
dared her mothers wrath, her younger
sisters indignation, and Floyd alone
was her supporter in the secret mar
riage that took place during her brief
visit to the Claytons in the early spring.
With the dawn of Sunday, his sig
nal at last was heard, and she stole out
to meet him-to tell of Floyd's return,
and to plan with him for their joint
escape, for Floyd had told her that it
would be folly to attempt to remain
in hiding there. Already certain ne
groes of the neighborhood had seen
him, and it could Lot be long before the
military authorities were informed.
Walton was all helpfulness and sym
pathy. His brother, the conductor, had
planned to send his horse to the Wal
ton barn at ten that night, and Wal"
was TO ride cross country to friends
in Barksdale county, leave the horse
there, and be at the point where the rail-
way crossed the country road at 1890,
when the "Owl" would stop and take
him on the baggage car-unless some
of Parmelee's spies or deputies were
aboard. There would be no trouble at
the capital, where the Owl often waited
an hour for the express. The cngi-
neer would slow up just east of town.
Walton would drop off in the darkness
and make his way around to the west
by brisk tramp of n couple of miles,
and there be taken on again about 1880
n. m. and iostled away TO the river. Once
there, all the sheriff's posses in the
south couldn't find him. Walton
The true northerner., 1897-04-21
peril. A sudden outcry in her garden

peril. A sudden outcry in her garden
one day brought her In haste to the
spot, and there were a drunken soldier
and her quadroon maid Elinor-he de-
manding liquor and she the return OF
n pitcher which he had evidently
snatched from her hand. Madam Wal
toms stately presence and her imperious
order that he leave the premises at once
only partially sobered him. He gave
her to understand that il she reported
him he could bring shame upon her
head-he knew more about her affairs
than she dreamed. His insolence tried
her temper, but could not alter her tone
and bearing. 1t was not until he was
gone that Esther, trembling and in
tears, came and begged her to lodge no
complaint against the man, as he in
deed knew more than she supposed.
And then, in reply to her mothers de-
mand, Esther brokenly admitted that
she had already heard of Floyd's en-
listment and desertion through this
very soldier. He had been at the house
before. What she did not tell her
mother was, that the news first reached
her through Walton Scroggs.
And then, without warning. Floyd
suddenly came home. So troubled had
he been by the condition of his mothers
health and affairs as confided in Esther's
letters (sent under cover to an old FAM
lily friend nov serving as a surgeon in
the Juarez army that, having earned
little money in Vera Cruz, he hastened
back and appeared there late at even
ing, worn and weary, before those low
ing yet terrified eyes. He had ridden
miles on horseback that day, as he
feared recognition by officers or soldiers
still at Quitman if he came by rail that
way, or by federal deputies if he came
the other. Esther alone had received
him on his arrival, for she, poor girl,
was watching at the old arbor near
the south fence for the coming of her
lover-husband, that day released from
the clutches of the law. Then, after
hearing her recital of their needs and
SORROWS, he had sent old Rasmus with
a message into camp, while she had
gone to prepare her mother for his
coming.
Late that night, Mrs. Walton, kneel-
ing by the bedside of her sleeping boy,
became suddenly aware of a scuffie go
ing on underneath the window, and,
noiselessly descending the stairs, un-
fastened the side door and came at once
upon the intruders, with the result al
ready known. Not until aroused by
the screams of Elinor and his sister
Kate did Floyd know anything of the
affair. Half asleep, and bewildered, he
had jumped into boots and trousers
and rushed to the rescue. One glance
explained the whole thing, but it was
Esther who in desperation seized and
held him back when he would have
sprung to release his mother from
Riggs drunken grasp-Esther who,
hearing the coming rush of Lambert's
footsteps, realized that what meant in
The true northerner., 1897-04-21
THE NINETY AND NINE.
Story OF a Gospel Hymn, Famous
tho World Over.
NE. Moody Wouldn't Hear IL, Hut
HIS Co-Laborer, Mr. sankey, Cap
tured Hearts by Singing Ii to
a Large Audience.

The Ninety and Nine" is already of
mans age, for it came into the world in
the fall of 1873, few months after Mr..
Moody and Mr.. Sanley began their first
revival campaign in England For three
months they had been laboring in Scot
land, and were just leaving Glasgow for
Edinburgh when a tritling incident oc-
CURED which, according TO the Boston
Globe, resulted in the birth of this fa-
nous hymn.
AS the two evangeIists were waiting
for their train at the Glasgow station,
Mr.. Sanl1ey purchased a copy of the
Christian Age of Light, a penny re-
ligious paper, which he had never heard
of, but thought he would glance over
on the journey.
AS Mr. Sankey read he came upon
some little verses tucked away at the
bottom of a column and published
anonymously. 1t is doubtful if he would
have noticed the verses at all, had not
the first two lines caught his eye, but
they had strength in them, and so he
read on:
There were ninety and nine that safely lay
In the shelter Of the fold.
So it began, and Mr.. Sankey followed
down the lines, while the express for
Edinburgh rushed on at 60 miles an
hour.
"Hurrah!" cried Mr.. Sankey, bring
ing his hand down on his knee in char
acteriStic enthusiasm, I've found the
hymn I've been looking for for years.
"Yes?" said Mr.. Moody, absently;
"what is it?''
Its about a sheep"
"a sheep?"
"Yes; a sheep that was lost on the
mountains and carried home by the
shepherd"
HIM, him." said Mr.. Moody, not pay
ing much attention; "read it,"
Mr.. Sanliey did read it, and he put
feeling into his words, for the beauty
of the verses impressed him, but when
he looked up he saw that Mr.. Moody
The true northerner., 1897-04-21
had heard nothing of the reading, be

had heard nothing of the reading, be
ing lost in his letters.
''All right" said Mr.. Sankey to him
self; he'll hear that hymn later on, y
and, cutting out the verses from the
paper, he put them away carefully for
future use.
a few days after this they held a
great revival meeting in Edinburgh at
the Free Assembly hall, which was
crowded with the best people of the city.
Mr.. Moody spoke most eloquently on
the Good Shepherd, and then, followed
a fine address by DR.. Horatius Bonner,
the author of Il Hear the Voice of Jesus
Say, Come Unto Ne and Rest"
AS DIR. Bonner finished there came
over the meeting that stiffness and
solemnity which indicates deep spirit
ual feeling. Those are golden moments
in the evangelist's work. Bending down
from his pulpit toward Mr.. Sankey, who
sat at his right by the little melodeon,
Mr.. Moody said: "Mr. Sankey, have
you anything to sing on this subject as
solo?"
Mr.. Sanlley hesitated. lie could think
Of nothing directly on the subject eX-
cept the Twenty-third Psalm, which
had already been sung three times that
day by the congregation. They must
have something else. Like a fash it
came to him, "Sing the song you found
on the train"
But his second thought was: How
can 1 sing hymn without tune? p
Meanwhile the audience was waiting
in silence. "Sing the hymn you found
on the train" came the thought again,
this time imperatively. Mr.. Sanley
opened his little scrapbook of solos,
found the newspaper slip which he had
cut from the paper, laid it before him
on the rack of the melodeon, and then
struck a full chord and began to sing.
What notes he sang lie did not know,
nor what chords he played; he took no
heed of harmony nor of the laws of
musical progression. He was not think
ing of such things. Hewas thinking of
that poor sheep on the bleak mountain
side, and of the good shepherd who
searched for il through the night and
brought il home. And what he sang
was the JOY that swelled in his soul. the
hope that was born, the love for those
who suffered and needed help.
When il was over Mr.. Moody came
down from the pulpit, and, resting a
hand on Mr.. Sankey's shoulder, looked
with wonder at the newspaper clipping.
my dear friend" he said, with emo
ton, "where did you get that song; |
never heard anything like it,"
"That." said Mr.. SanlScy. sis the hymn
I read you on the train, the one you
didn't hear"
The true northerner., 1897-04-21
Charmed by Jennie Lind.

Dean Stanley actually suffered from
listening to music, and yet Jenny Lind
once told Max Muller he paid her the
highest compliment she had ever re-
ceived. Stanley was very fond of Jenny
Lind, but when she stayed at his fathers
place at Norwich he always left the
room when she sang. One evening Jen-
ny Lind had been singing Hande's Il
Know That My Redeemer Liveth." !"
Stanley, as usual, had left the room,
but he came back after the music was
over and came shyly up to Jenny Lind.
"You know" he said, IL dislike music;
l don't know what people mean by ad-
miring it. 1 am very stupid, tone-deaf,
as others are color-blind. But," he said,
with some warmth, tonight, when
from distance / heard you singing
that song, | had an inkling of what
people mean by music. Something
came over me which l had never felt
before; or, yes, 1 had felt il once be-
fore in my life" Jenny Lind was all
attention. "Some years ago." he con-
timed, II was ut Vienna, and one even
ing there was tattoo before the pal
ace performed by 400 drummers. felt
shaken, and tonight, while listening
to your singing, the same feeling came
over me; felt deeply moved" Dear
man." she added, 81 know he meant il.
and q more honest compliment never
received in all my life" - Chicago
Ehropicla
The true northerner., 1897-04-21
GHOST FAIRIES.

When the open fire is lit.
In the evening after tea.
Then / like to come and sit
Where the fire can talk TO me.
Fairy stories Il can tell.
Tales of forgotten race
or the fairy ghosts that dwell
In the ancient chimney place.
They are quite the strangest folk
Anybody ever knew,
Shapes OF shadow and OF smoke
- living in the chimney fue.
~Once," the fire said. Tong ago.
With the wind they used TO rove,
Gypsy fairies, 10 and fro,
Camping In the field and grove.
'Hither with the trees they came
Hiding In the logs; and here.
Hovering above the flame.
Often some OF them appear"
SO watch, and, sure enough,
can see the fairies! Then.
Suddenly there comes a puff
Whish!-and they are gone again!
Frank Dempster Sherman. in Youths
Companion.