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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-15
The Free seed Distribution,

The fierce political storm that beat about
the devoted head of J. Sterling Morton
during the last two years of his incum-
bency of the Secretaryship of Agriculture
was a notable incident of the Cleveland
administration. His famous order cut
ting off the free seed distribution called
down the wrath of congressman thus de-
prived of some of their most effective cafn-
paign literature" and many of them
could find nothing too harsh to say about
the secretary. Grave and reverend sena-
tors took the floor and made speeches
against him, and even had pictures print
ed in the Congressional Record for the
purpose of bringing the secretary into
disrepute, if possible. Yet it is to be OBJ
served that the agricultural publications,
which certainly represent the farming in
terests, are defending the action of Mr..
Morton, and expressing the hope that the
new secretary will follow out the lines
of the reforms he instituted
The Florida Agrculturist, heightened
influential and representative publication
directs attention to the fact that Secre-
tary Morton greatly improved the de-
partment in many respects. 1t is due
largely to his efforts that the fruit grow
ers have weather signal service which is
now as useful as it formerly was orna-
mental" Speaking of the free seed dis
tribution the Agriculturist says that while
Secretary Morton did not succeed in abol-
ishing the system he improved it great
ly, and 1--WE trust his successor will con-
tinue the reforms and finally succeed in
inducing congress to abolish the system
entirely" The reasons why the distribu-
ton should be abolished are briefly sum-
med up thus: THE distribution is a heavy
drain upon the treasury, but if any good
was accomplished the people would grace
fully submit to it, But the seed is dis
tributed in such manner, and often in such
untimely seasons. as to be of no benefit
whatever" ii may be mentioned that the
cost to the government, for seeds and
postage. amounted to about 81 10000 last
year-all expended for no benefit what
ever" upon the authority Of a farmers
! paper.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-15

From Maine comes rather amusing
story about a small boy named Jonathan
Longfellow. He is a third or four cousin
OF the poet. and. though still very young.
has already given limitations OF genius,
says the New York Times. The partieu-
lar intimation noted In the story relates
to the substitute for a sled which he was
seen to use one day last month. The boy
was observed in a field coastlng down a
hill over the slippery crust, but the OBJ
server could not make out what it was
upon which he sat At last the boy. be-
coming aware that he had become the OBJ
ject of curious scrutiny. called out amia-
bly, to the man standing in the road: I'm
sliding down hill on the Bible" And Il
was a fact too. He had taken the
smooth, leather-hound family Bible con-
taining the generations of all the Long
fellows, and WAS coasting on II with much
success. and even more enjoyment.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-15
BRIGHT BITS.

"A Cincinnati Joke.-"Why Is Tugby
like the Ohio river?' Don't know. Why
is he?" Because he's always getting in
on the ground or."-Chicago Record.
-She-The count you know. can trace
his family back 800 years.
He-Ah Through the bankruptcy court
records, I uppose.-Philadelphia North
American.
-Laura-Which do you prefer, sleigh
riding or skating?
Lena--I think l prefer sleigh-riding
"Why?" "Well, when sleigh riding you're
sitting down all of the time, but when
skating you're only sitting down about
half of the time."-Yonkers Statesman.
--Hicks-It is so hard to get anything
through Jackway's head.
Wicks-I know it. Strange, too, when
you come TO think of it. Surely, there
can be nothing in the way!-Boston Tran
script.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-15

She was daintily dressed young mother
and justly proud of the curly-headed boy
in his natty sailor suit who sat by her
side on the street car, says the Detroit
Free Press. OF course, he was not like
other boys, yet he was just enough faint
ed with juvenile humanity to keep squirm-
ing like an eel in restricted quarters.
do keep quiet, Halle" she said in
gentle tones. Cant you look out the
window or play that you were going on
long Journey with mammal
But the infant had his own idea OF
amusement. Taking his cap from his fair
hair he swept the ribbons aside and plac-
ed the silk-lined headgear on his knees
Then he put a chubby, dimpled hand into
either pocket and they came out filed
with red, white and Liue discs of COM
position such as serves in some cases as
a substitute for ivory. Those that didn't
rattle to the floor went into the cap which
the little fellow placed on the seat while
he chased up those that had escaped
The mothers countenance became a
beautiful scarlet. Worldly men on the
car laughed and winked at one another.
Good old ladies smiled in sympathy where
they might have frowned had they known
more, for the discs were Enthusiastically
poker chips.
"Why, Halle. where in the world did
you get those things?" asked the pretty
matron. Some naughty boy must have
given them to you"
Nope" shouted the cherub. Found
the pretty things in papa's valise behind
the trunk. Whole lot of beautiful picture
cards there, too. S'Dect he was goin to
give 'em to Halle mex Chris mus. 1
don't wanter lose none of en-" as he
Owed between the legs of a fat man who
was approaching that condition where he
would have to explode or roar aloud.
fpI he 6c
mother, as she rose with charming dig
nifty and signal the conductor. I'VE get
off here"
mo. we don't" insisted the irrespres-
sible 'it's more'n a mile yet"
But she hurried forth with him on one
hand and his cap in the other Then
there was a great clatter. of poker chips
on the asphalt.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-15

A st. Louis jury the other day declar-
ed an accused murderer to be insane. Tho
insanity dodge was his only hope, as the
evidence was clearly against him. He did
some clever acting. But when the YER
dict was delivered he Strengthened him
self. threw or his foolish look. smiled, and
made a neat little speech TO the jurymen.
thanking them for saving his life. The
jurymen looked foolish, but said nothing.
The ex-prisoner will spend a few years
in the asylum, possibly, and will then be
at liberty to so out and commit another
murder. and plead insanity. And he will
have legal documentary evidence to back
up his plea.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-15
PERSONAL.

Jenny Lind's daughter Mrs Raymond
Maude, has written a memoir of her
mother
Lady Randolph Churchill is described
as being one of the most graceful skaters
in England.
The Duke of Fife keeps twelve suits
going at the same time. and never wears
the same clothes twice in the same week.
-Rudyard Kip4ng, says some one who
is supposed to know, when visiting friends
spends most OF his time in the nursery on
his hands and knees.
Prof. Dyche never fails in his lectures
to advise people to keep away from Alas
ka. The only thing he thinks there is
any money in UP there is the raising of
foxes for their pets on one of the small
islands where they cannot get away.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-15

Woman is to make her influence felt in
the new administration, it seems. The re-
port is that some of the well-laid plans of
the republican leaders are to be upset, be-
canse the women do not approve of them.
Ex-Cov. Merriam Of Minnesota wanted 20
30 TO Germany as ambassador but It is
said he will not do so because his wife and
the wife OF Senator Davis of Minnesota
are at daggers points. President McKin-
ley will not make an appointment except
upon the recommendation of congressman,
and Merriam could not get Senator Davis
endorsement Ex-Representative Belamy
storer of Ohio, who was on the slate for
assistant secretary of state. will be taken
down, for similar reasons. His wife and
the wife OF Senator Foraker are not friend
ly and Foraker would neither recommend
storer nor vote for his confirmation il he
were appointed
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-15

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-15

II is understood that the President and
cabinet have reached the conclusion that
the administrations policy with regard TO
land administrators policy That being
the case. those gentlemen who desire to
succeed Consul General Lee at Havana
would do well to cultivate a strict neu-
trality as between Spain and Cuba. The
Chicago preacher who made application
for the place is said to have killed his
his ardent sympathy with the insurgents.
President Mckinley will not want a man
to so over and chase the Spaniards some
morning before breakfast
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-15

The proposition to hold a great exposi-
ton in 1901 in celebration of the formation
of the Greater New York, does not seem
TO arouse a great deal of enthusiasm in
either New York or Brooklyn. The in
ternational exposition in Paris will be
held in 1900, and it has been only a short
while since the Chicago exposition went
out Of existence. 1t is thought that the
year 1901 would hardly be a good time to
hold an exposition in New York. There
is sentiment, however, in favor of cele-
brating the consolidation of the several
city governments with an international
exposition at some later date.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-15
Retrcnchment.
From the Galveston News Dem).

Artificial remedies viii never cure the
evils which afiict America to-day. A re-
duction of the number Of offices, with a
radical reduction of the ratio of the sum
OF public expenditures TO the sum Of pub
lie resources. will eventually be found
TO be one of the absolute essentials of
prosperity. There must be less govern
ment and better government or the bur
den OF taxation win mash the plain citi-
zen into the earth. The true patriot and
the genuine statesman will find herein a
great field for usefulness.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-15
index TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

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Financial-Report of the Condition of
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Millinery Opening-Leopold Adler.
Steamship Schedule-Ocean Steamship
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Formal Opening and Souvenir Day
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-15

The city Of Bridgeport. Conn.,, has ap-
pointed a woman as censor of theater
hats. She is to visit the theaters and re-
quest women wearing high hats to remove
them. II the wearer of high hat re-
fuses to remove it, the censor viii report
her name to all the box offices, and the
ticket sellers will endeavor to see that
she does not get chance to sit in a front
seat She will be relegated TO the rear
until she reaches the conclusion that it is
her best policy, if not duty. to regard the
rights Of those WHO may chance to sit be-
hind her. This is a new method of hand
ling the theater hat nuisance. and it may
work well
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-15
Approves PnrIoining of Umbre1Inr

Approves PurIOining of Umbrellas.
At banquet gives the other evening in
London by the guild of Metropolitan Cab
men, writes a correspondent of the Chicago
Record, the Prince of Wales, who was in
the chair. bore a glowing tribute to the
honesty of the fraternity, mentioning that
during the last year several thousand
pounds in money, jewels and securities
that had been forgotten in London cabs
had been either restored by the drivers to
the losers or else turned over TO the po-
lice. The prince added that there was
only one form of lost property which no
hack driver ever had been known to
return-an umbrella. This, however, he
declared could not be considered as in any
way affecting their honesty. In the first
place the appropriation of an umbrella
was under no circumstances contrary to
the ethics of honor, and secondly the cab
man would be a very distinct sufferer from
a professional point of view If he were to
dream Of restoring an umbrella to its own
er, for a man who is overtaken by the
showers that fall each day in the British
metropolis, and who happens to have no
umbrella, invariably halls a cab IL he hap
pens to have in his pocket enough 70 pay
his fare, whereas, II he is provided with
an umbrella he usually dispenses with a
cab.
This, 1 believe, Is the first occasion on
which the purloining of umbrellas ever
has been commended publicly from the
steps Of a throne, and may be regarded in
more senses than one as a sign of the
times
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-15

One of the Yale students who signed
the letter to Corbett, and was among
those who sent him a flag, young man
from New York named Wickes, has been
forced to resign his leadership of the BIZ
BILE class of the university Y. NJ. c. A.
Other students who took part in the cpl
sode will be punished by the Withholding
of club and association privileges from
them, though it is said the faculty will
take no action with regard to the matter.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-15

seedsmen and florists are going to make
a stout fight against the congressional free
seed distribution. They say. and with
some truth. that II the free distribution
is kept up. and the appropriation is
steadily increased as It has been increased
in the past, they will be driven out Of
business. The free seed distribution is a
detail Of paternalism. and fosters beg
garism say the seedsmen. congressman
viii be 10th to give It up. however. ba-
cause it enables them to make a show OF
soheitudc for the welfare OF some Of thsir
constituents.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-15

There is some apprehension in Memphis
lest the present rise in the river should
prove more or less disastrous to that
city's fortunes. There is danger, it is
said, that the river will cut for itself a
new channel and leave Memphis high
and dry to one side, upon a shallow lake
All along the river, to New Orleans and
beyond, there is activity along the banks
Steps are being taken to make the levees
as strong as possible in anticipation of a
considerable if not dangerous flood
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-15

The practical politicians at Washington
think they see in President McKinley's
method of handling the patronage a deep
and well-laid scheme to hold the offices
back until congressman who want them
given out have promised to vote for the
new tariff bill. In other words, the offices
are to be used as persuaders. The congress
man who desires to get his fingers into
the pie will be required to give value re-
ceived in backing for the tariff bill. The
bill, it is thought will be reported to the
extra session in about a week from the
opening.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-15

From the Chicago chronicle tDem).

President Mckinley is confronted by a
hungry and formidable array of great
mems sons. OF course, Fred Grant Is
among them. and so are the sons OF Gar
field and Hayes. John A. Logan is backed
for a consulate. Arrayed In the uniform
OF Gov. Bushnelrs stan and carrying on
his coat the medals given to his father,
he has pitched his tent in Washington
and laid siege to the pie counter. Rus
sell Harrison has already called at the
white house.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-15

It Is reported that Mr.. Morris X. Jesup
intends to spend 10000 in an expedition for
the investigation OF anthropology and
cthnology. under the direction Of Prof.
Putnam. Il is to be hoped that the pro-
lessor vii. be able TO get around tho
monkeys in the background
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-15

From time to time il is stated in the
public prints.in the way of interviews, that
certain public officials are anxious to do
something to mitigate the burdens I'M
der which the farmers have gone steadily
on from bad to worse" Is it fact that
the farmers of the country have gone
on from bad to worse? Is it not, indeed,
the fact that they are in vastly improved
circumstances, as compared with their
circumstances in years past? 1t was pub
lished day Or two ago, from the official
figures, that the farmers of Kansas had,
since $780, reduced their mortgage in
debtedness by over sos, 10000, or As per
cent. of the sum total. In 1880 the total
mortgage debt of the state on farms and
lots was z per cent. Of the actual
value of all taxed real estate. To-day, ac-
cording to the report referred to, its does
not amount to more than IS per cent.
Docs that look as if the farmers of Kansas
were going from bad to worse? Tt is
pretty generally conceded that the farm
ers of the south are in easier circum-
stances than those of Kansas. Last fall,
and during the winter, it was frequently
stated by gentlemen who are in a posi-
ton to know, that the farmers of Geor-
gia were in better circumstances than
they had been since the war; that they
were nearer out of debt, and were rapidly
approaching the point at which they
would be Independent of factors and
money lenders. 1t is not a good idea to
cry ''pauper" in behalf of the farmers,
and the farmers themselves are the peo-
pie who resent that kind of thing quick
est. They want their rights-a fair field
and no favor-and that is all.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-15

A little diplomatic furry involving
Great Britain and the Transvaal Repub-
lie might serve to divert attention from
the Cretan crisis and the very queer posi-
ton of the powers with regard thereto.
1t is possible that Mr.. Chamberlain would
like to conjure up a small war cloud upon
the South African horizon. for temporary
uses.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-15

The attorney general of Ohio has official
ly declared his inability to decide whether
a populist is a democrat. and vice versa,
or whether they are opponents in politics.
He advises that friendly suit be brought,
so that the courts may settle the point.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-15
No More Force Bills.
wv Orleans Times-Democrat Dem).

New Orleans Tlmes-Democrat (Dem.).
When even the carpet-baggers. who
lived and reigned in the south for years,
thanks to federal interference in our cleo
tons, have concluded that it is unwise
and bad policy for them to attempt any
more force bills. 1t is certainly time for
the reputable republican congressman
from the north to abandon them.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-15
CURRENT COMMENT.
Merit system Popular.
rom the Birmingham News (Dem.).

In his inaugural address President Nc
Kinley pledged himself to support the
civil service law, which is the enemy of
the spoils system. He has made a good
beginning, and If he holds firmly to his
attitude the country will applaud him.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-15
Note-|Central Time.
Eastern Time.
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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-07-09
BELGRADE.

Mr.. and Mrs.. Dwight Palmer, of
Boston, Ca, are visiting their
mother, Mrs. M. B. Trask.
Mr.. Cram is leaving us for time.
AS his duties will call him some dis
lance from his home, he will move
his family to Mankato.
Lucy Trask is slowly recovering
from her recent illness.
Quite a number of our young people
attended the picnic and dance in
Hebron on the fifth. An enjoyable
time is reported.
The wind a few days ago did con-
siderable damage to timber, blowing
great many large trees down.
Chas. Foster, of Indian Lake, is
working for F. E. Jefferson this
summer.
Miss Olive Long, of St. Paul, is
visiting her uncle, Gus Tidland.
Mr.. LaDuc has his new house near.
ly completed.
We understand the Tidland Bros.
are going to give another dance in
the near future.
Crops are looking fine, but not very
good haying weather.
Tramps are plentiful, there being
as many as twenty seen in one day
pass by. 1t is reported that quite a
number of articles were taken from
the house of Mrs. Melvin on circus
day.
Bert Burrill has recovered from his
illness.