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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22
Not Good 10 Live Alone.

Man is a gregarious creature. Pointed
illustrations of the fact-if further illus
trations were needed to prove the asser-
tion-are continually cropping out in the
news columns. Frequently the informa-
ton comes from most unsupported quar-
ters, and embodies peculiar details. Dur
ing the last several years, since his
death. there have appeared upon the scene
sundry alleged wives of Jay Gould To
judge from their averments, however
CLOSE" he may have been in matters Of
money, he was liberal to himself in the
matter of wives. Mr. Gould, however.
was not alone in this matter. but some
thing of a type; that is, accepting The
claimants stories at face value for pres
ent purposes.
Another man of the type, it appears
has just come to light, if 1t may be said
that a man can come TO light in this world
after his death. The man referred to is
the late Charles w Brooke of New York.
famous as a criminal lawyer, and the
counsel of Mrs. Fleming, recently acquit-
ted through his efforts of the charge Of
poisoning her mother for the purpose OF
securing a fortune. 1t appears from the
evidences that Mr.. Brooke began his col
lection of wives shortly before the war.
and left off a few years ago, when he had
three. all IN good health ana spirits and
none of them divorced After his death
the several wives made known their re-
lations toward him, and exhibited duly
executed licenses and records of mar
riages. He left some property
a good lot of il, since he was a much
sought attorney-and the plurality Of
wives will probably do what tney can
each toward securing fair part OF the es-
tate.
Still another incident inviting attention
TO the gregariousness Of the human species
occurred recently in Rhode Island with a
woman in the leading role in the forma-
ton of the Eleanor h. Ribiet Club The
club is composed of seven members con-
sisting OF the lady whose name it bears
and her husband and five ex-husbands. In
order to avoid any show Of partially. the
club was given the mai len name Of the
lady She Is now Mrs Thistlewood. hav
ing reached that position through a series
of marriages and divorces with Messrs.
Ward. Singleton. Kramp, Derbey and
Inter. in the order named. The aver
age time occupied in the passage from
one marriage to another was ten months,
and as Mrs. Thistlewood began early. she
IS stln young. singulariy enough, she
has managed to remain good friends with
all Of her ex-husbands, and they with
each other and their present successor.
A, hel last marriage four Of her ex-hus-
bands acted as ushers. After the we'd
among themselves. and TO have regular
VI an annual club dinner.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22
BRIGHT BITS.

"A Good Scheme.--"Mrs. Bigsby let's her
husband practice on his cornet at home"
What's that for?" 1T gives her an ex-
cuse to be away all the time. Chicago
Record
-Doetor-You want some strengthening
medicine. sir.
Mr.. Mulligan Cemphatically)-Oi do that,
docthor. Shure, my wolfe is much strong
er than Oi am, an she bates me o-mer-
cifully!-Fun.
What possible fascination can there
be about Arctic exploration well, for
one thing. they have such a long night
there that no one can object TO a man
staying out occasionally. "-Philadelphia
North American.
Mr.. Dukane-That man yonder seems
very pensive. DO you suppose he is in
love?
Mr.. Gaswell-Oh. no; that's impossible.
1 know him very we'll He's married.
Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22

John ]. NIcCook of New York. who is
said TO be practically slated for the attor-
ney generalship in the next cabinet. is
known as Corporation lawyer" lie is
one Of the best known railroad attorneys
In the country, and has served as counsel
for various large corporations. It has been
asserted, and denied that he was once the
sugar trusts attorney II is thought that
his services to the big corporations will be
urged against him. II may be inquired,
however, II it is probable that man com
potent 10 fill the office of attorney general.
who has never been engaged by great
corporation. could be found
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22

Frederick Remington will have to bear
the blame for that remarkable story Of
Spanish soldiers stripping and searching
Cuban women in the cabin Of an Amer
lean steamer. Richard Harding Davis de-
clares over his own Signature that he
never Wrote any such thing, and that
Remngton's picture showing the soldiers
in the act Of stripping the women was
purely imaginary. The writer further
says that n he had seen the artists pic
ture. he would never have permitted it to
be published as an illustration of his
article. What Mr.. Davis wrote was that
Spanish soldiers marched up aud down
the deck. while the search was IN progress
I'm the cabin. woman agent OF the
Spanish government was the searcher.
The incident goes to show how easy It Is
for men as gifted and conscientious as
Richard Harding Davis and Frederick
Remington 10 create radically wrong i'm
prcssions.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22
An Anunriun Romnnce

From the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
a sea bass sang In his own deep voice
In the new aquarium:
20 Lady Lobster of my choice!
To thee a song / hum
A song / sing of long ago,
Ere We became. alasi
A part of a tank drama show
On the damp side of this glass.
"Do'st remember love. how sought thy
hand.
Or, rather. thy antenae,
As We wandered above the oceans sand
In those times so far away?
Do'st recall the dear old coral grove,
SO dark and cool and wet.
Where, claw in fin. we were wont TO rove
With never a thought Of net?
All, lady. vert thou but my summer girl
In those dear days In the sea!
And can IL be that the city's whirl
Has turned thy love from me2
or the citys SWANS. dear one. beware!
For their hearts are filed with guile;
Though they say that they love thee, lady
Twill be but in the Newburg style"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22
Arms of the National Guard.

It IS obviously desirable that al the mill
tary forces Of the country should be arm
ed with weapons OF the same pattern.
More especially true is this Of the fire
arms. It needs no argument 10 show
that great variety Of patterns OF FIRE
arms. of differing calibres. in the hands
of the troops in time of war, would be an
unfortunate and probably hazardous cir
cumstance. The fact that each distinct
pattern of rife requires its own, especial
kind Of cartridge, is sufficient to denote
how important it is that all branches Of
the military should have the same pattern
OF rife. If all of the governments defend
ers were armed with rifles Of the same
kind, the ammunition would be inter-
changeab.e between commands. as would
the arms. and the possibility of confusion
or vexatious delay under circumstances
calling for prompt action would be mini
mized.
The war department recognizing the
common sense OF uniformity of arms for
the army. conducted extensive and ex-
haustive experiments, and finally deter
mined TO adopt a certain rife, Of small cali
bre. which the national arsenal is now
turning out as rapidly as possible. The
navy department also took the same view
of the dcsirabuity of uniform arms, and
conducted examinations on its own ac-
count But strange to relate. it rejected
the rifle selected by the army, and chose
one of a different pattern and requiring a
different form of cartridge. The small
guns and ammunition Of the army and IA,
navy Will, therefore, not be interchange
able. and a separate store of each must be
kept for the two branches OF the national
defenses.
That condition would seem to be bad
enough, but it seems there is a disposition
in congress to make it worse. The House
a few days ago passed a bill providing that
the national guard of the states should be
armed with Springfield rifles. There is
nothing to be urged against that rifle, con-
sidered in itself. 1t is a good arm, and
there are experts who think the army and
the navy would have done well to adopt it
as the standard arm Tor edcn DTdncn OF
the service. The objection is in the fact
that under this bill the army would be
supplied with one pattern of rifle. the navy
with another, and the state troops with
still another. The supplies for all these
rifles must come through the federal ar
senals, and under the circumstances there
would be three chances of making a costly
perhaps fatal-error, where there should
be but one 1t might transpire that one
branch of the service would run out Of
ammunition, the only source of supply be
ing many miles away, while another
branch close at hand might have ammuni
ton to spare. With widely differing arms
the surplus OF the second branch would be
of no value whatever to the first, which
would be badly crippled until supplies
could be received from central depots
And even then it might occur that tn
wrong pattern of cartridges would be sent
! There does not seem to be reason in hay
ng the three branches of the military arm
| ed with rifles of different patterns.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22

Even the recurrence of the anniversary
Of the birth of the father of his country
Is not day of unmixed joy to his devoted
children; so many of them are required by
good manners to laugh at hoary jokes and
puns turning upon the Ratchet and the
cherry tree
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22

Somebody has been charging the Angus
"a Chronicle 40 cents peck for apples,
while Mai Mckinley was forced to sell a
car load Of apples from his Ohio farm the
other day at three cents a bushel. Namr-
ally. therefore. the Chronicle thinks there
Is "A screw loose somewhere. 1t should be
the drst duty Of the new administration
20 discover and break down the barrier
between the Chronicle Office and MAJ, Nc
Kiniey's apple orchard.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22

Henry Norman will be remembered as
the correspondent OF the London Chroni-
Gle who came over here and in short
time discovered precisely what was the
matter with this country and England
about the time the Venezuela matter was
a. white heat. He pointed out the short
comings on both sides; and the two coun-
tries were saved Mr.. Norman Is now In
Greece. 20 ascertain and tell the world
what is the matter with that country and
Turkey. and what is best to be done IN
The premises. He has so far learned that
the Christian cretans are in the right.
which probably indicates what his ulu-
satum VIII be.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22
weyIer's FADING Prospects.
From the Raltlmore Herala cpeml.

Should Weyler not score a notable sue
cess before the rainy season sets in his
recall viii be inevitable. That he will
achieve a decisive victory no one now be-
lieves. What will happen when he has
disappeared from the scene? VIII a
seemingly lnterminable struggle be al
lowed to continue Indefinitely The rev.
olution is now stronger than ever. The
"Dacifed" sections are no more at peace
now than they have been during the past
two years Surely, Spain cannot blame
the people II tho United states steps in
mage going on at their very door.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22

The Manufacturers Record devotes con-
siderable space 10 consideration of the
cylindrical cotton bale, and comes to the
conclusion that the plans which have
been matured for introducing the roll-baIe
indicate that in the near future the whole
method Of cotton baling will be improv-
ed, and that all cotton must be better
baled. whether compressed by the old
system or by the new.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22
RniIs. Tariffs ma Trusts.

a st. Louis paper asserts that since the
collapse of the steel rail trust orders for
rails enough 10 lay !. 40 miles Of new track
have been given to the 81. Louis agents OF
the two leading rail making companies. \
considerable additional number of orders
have no doubt been given to other con-
Germs. The sudden drop IN the price OF
rails from SIS to ST per ton has set all OF
the railroads 10 buying and repairing and
building. and ali Of the mills to running on
fun time to I'll the orders. At least three
great railroad systems have within a week
placed orders for rails enough to lay up
wards OF 100 miles of new track each. One
OF them, the Texas Midland, ordered
enough rails to lay 30 miles.
A prominent manufacturer. not OF steel
rails. however was quoted in a Philadel-
phia paper a few days ago as expressing
the opinion that the price of steel rails
would never again be higher than S25 per
ton in this country. If indeed the price
ever got that high. lie inclines to the
opinion that the level of prices viii be
considerably lower than that. He says
the mills could make money at selling steel
rails in competition with Europe in an
open market of the world, for the reason
that the American mills are equipped with
al of the latest labor-saving machinery
and the most improved processes, Ameri-
can mechanics are the brightest and most
skilful in the world, and American iron
can be produced and handled more cheap
" than that of Europe.
There ought to be a valuable lesson in
the steel rail trusts collapse. and the sub
sequent industrial. activity, for both the
tariff tinkers and the trust hunters. Only
few short years ago it was claimed by
the republicans that a tariff tax of $12 per
ton on steel rails was absolutely neces-
sary to the life of the industry in this
country. 1t was feared that foreign MAX
ers would come into this market with steel
rails at a ruinously low price-about SIS
industry would be driven to the wall in
! consequence. In order to coddle the in
FAINT, Mckinley put into his tariff bill a
rate of sixteenth of one cent per pound,
which amounts to $l2 per ton. The effect
was to induce the building of more rail
mills than there was need for, and subse-
| quently a pooling of interests TO keep the
price up. Finally the pool collapsed, and
/ the former members of 1t are now hust-
ling to get orders at price not a great
deal larger than the largess voted to them
in the Mckinley law.
Suppose any body Of trust hunters had
been able to smash the steel rail trust,
bring the price of the trusts products
down so rapidly and to such a low point,
even after a years or two years earnest
efforts; would there not have been horn
blowing and rejoicing? Yet the law OF
! supply and demand, the governing law OF
industry and commerce. smashed the trust
completely. The Mckinley tariff induced
a defiance of the law of supply and de-
mand, and created an artificial market for
a time. But in the end the natural Law
upset the unnatural one.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Meeting-Ancient Order of Hibernians.
No. 2
Military Order-Savannah Cadets; Or
ders No Z. German Volunteers.
Special Notices-Cycle Specialties, r. d.
& VIM. baltimore: Third Annual Charity
Ball of our Lady's Aid Society,"" on
Tuesday Evening, at Catholic Library
Hall; Notice to Superior Court Jurors.
Ladies Waists-B. II. Levy & Bro.
Steamship Schedules-Ocean Steamship
Company; Baltimore Steamship Company.
Pearline-James Pyle, New York
Washing Powder-Gold Dust Washing
Powder.
cottolene-N. X, Fairbanks Company.
Medical-Scott's Emulsion: Duffy's Malt
Whisky; Hoods Pills; Cuticura Rene
dies; S. S. S.; Stuart's Dyspepsia Tab
let's.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale: Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22

It seems to be the opinion that a sharp
fight for the Mexican ambassadorship will
be developed between Gen. Longstreet and
COL Buck of this state. However that
may be. it is pretty well settled that Col.
MERCER of Augusta will not be the next
ambassador to Mexico.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22

A bill has been introduced in the New
York legislature 10 compel street railroad
companies to furnish a seat for every
fare paid, and providing that passengers
who are not supplied with seats shall have
their fare refunded to them upon demand.
Should the bill become a law. the packing
of passengers into cars would be stopped.
overcrowded public vehicles have been
tolerated by the American people so long
that foreigners generally regard the pack
tng and jamming as a distinctive feature
of American life.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22

There will be general rejoicing If Mayor
aieldrim enforces the law with regard to
httering the streets For the past six
months. possibly longer, there seems to
have been a lack Of care on the part Of
the authorities as to the appearance Of
the streets and squares. While speaking
of this matter. il may be suggested that
the finance committee would do well to
give the park commission little extra
money with which to fix up the sidewalks
and curbing in and around Forsyth park.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22


The editor OF a Concordia CHan) news
paper-Hageman is his name-is a genius;
he knows it. and is willing to bet 800
that he can prove it to the satisfaction
of the public. He offers that wager that
he can, at one and the same time, com
pose an editorial article of power and
finish upon any subject which may be
chosen, put it into type. beat the best
player in town at a game Of checkers.
and worry any man in the state at a
game of chess-ar the performances to
be going on at the same moment" These
things, by the way, are not all that Hage-
man can do lie is willing to bet 800
with any preacher in the state that we
can outpray him. and we are willing to
leave II to his congregation to decide"
Nor is that yet all; he can leave off his
praying and his checkers and go into the
court house and down any lawyer within
100 miles, so he says; he has done it be-
fore and can do It again. He is also an
expert in profanity. and offers odds that
he can "cuss" more in given length of
time than any other editor in Kansas.
~ NAA4~ AA4ANt ny tllG way ne - AEdQg 10
meet all corners, not even Nevadans
barred. Hageman does not say so, but
it would probably be safe to lay sum
of money that he is also one of the star
prevaricators west of the Mississippi.
-@-9~
The proposition to erect a statue to
Brigham Young. which is being discussed
in Utah, has caused the idea to get
abroad that the statue is intended to be
set up in the statuary hall Of congress
At the present time there is no likelihood
that the state of Utah viii offer congress
such a statue, though the Utah legisla-
ture would probably like to send one to
congress if there were any likelihood that
it would be accepted. The proposition in
Utah is that a memorial to Brigham
Young shall be erected in the Utah state
| house. Should a statue of the famous
| Mormon be set up in the congressional
/ statuary hall, the row that was raised
| over the Pere Marquette memorial a short
| while ago would be as nothing compared
with the storm of protest that would
break upon Washington from all parts
| of the country.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22

From the washington Post dnd

Three cheers, we say for George of
Greece II there were a few more kings
of his type-kings for humanity for hon
or, for civiization--kings without hypoc-
risy or greed or fear-the world would be
"a better and a cleaner world. and honest
men might have less contempt for mon
a
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22

The Philadelphia Times has an article
quoting IAN ex-member of the cabinet
as predicting that Mr. Cleveland will be
a candidate for the presidency four years
hence. What in the world can Mr.. Smith
be thinking about?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22
CURRENT COMMENT.
An unaccountabIe Oversight

From the Dallas CTex.) News Dem).
Gror some unaccountable reason the
Kansas legislature has not passed a bill
to prohibit Bradley-Martin balls in the
SunfOWer state,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22

1t is now quite well understood why Lii
ioukalani of Hawaii is in Washington.
When she first made her appearance in
Washington some of the enemies of the
President said her purpose was to thank
him for the interest he had taken in her
affairs. There were hints also of char
acter less complimentary to the President
1t turns out however that her purpose is
to use whatever influence she has to pre-
vent the annexations of Hawaii to this
country. The attorney general of the Ha-
waiian government will arrive in Wash
ington sometime this week with a treaty
of annexation in his pocket. This treaty,
a draft of which has been published. is
substantially the same as the treaty that
was submitted to the Senate during Gen.
Harrisons administration. Among other
things it provides that the United States
shall assume the debts of Hawaii and pay
Lilloukalani a pension of 10000 a year.
The Hawaiian government thinks, proba-
bly,, that under McKinley's administration
there will be comparatively few obstacles
in the way Of the annexation scheme.
what Mr.. Mckinney views IN respect 10
Hawaiian annexation are. is not known,
but it would not be surprising if he were in
favor of annexation. II is noticeable that
none of the Hawaiians-that is the native
Hawaiians-are asking for annexation.
They prefer to have the monarchy re-es-
tablshed, at least that is the general inn
preston, and it Is the impression that Lii
ioukalani is trying to strengthen. 1t is
doubtful If the Senate would favor annex
alton. There is a very large Chinese pop
uIation in Hawaii and there is very little
desire for an increase Of the Chinese pop
uation of this country. All things con-
sidered it would be better for the United
states for Hawaii to have a separate gov
ernment
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22

The Colorado legislature has passed an
anu-high hat law which graduates the
fines from $40 to $50 ami conascation.
There are several women IN the Colorado
legislature. and three Of them voted in
favor Of the bill.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22
For CnIupaign Uses.


+ rum Alit AAitst-U lNtNbAA AAlluls
The committee of Missouri lawmakers
which is TO go 10 see the prize fight in
Nevada is probably actuated by desire
to get pointers on the most successful
methods to be used In oratorical perora-
tons
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22
Keen Them Ahont.
From the Houston Post Dem } i.

II IS to be hoped that if eX-Gov. Long
accepts the naval portfolio he viii sue
coed in preventing the vessels of the
navy from attempting to break in on Gen.
Ayers preserves.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22
An Ak story THAT Is True.
From the Philadelphia Times dnd).

7
Whatever doubts there are about Wash
ington and his Ratchet with monopoly
congress there's no fiction about Wash
ington and the tariff ak.