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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-11

He was from the country and was evil
IDENTIFY stranger in the city, says the Ohio
State Journal. He boarded an Oak street
car at the Union station and asked the
conductor to let him know when they
reached the postofFice Five squares furth-
er on the conductor pulled the bell cord
and when the car stopped he looked at
the countryman and called out:
"POstoftice"
"Whar is it?" asked the man, looking
out a window
You are looking right a it," replied the
conductor impatiently. Hurry up"
The man from the country didn't move,
but continued TO gaze at the building in
silent wonder.
Gee but amt she a whopperr he ex-
claimed presently.
Say, old man." yelled the conductor
I'VE can't hold this car here all day If you
are going to get off get move on you"
Don't want ter git off here" replied
the man as he squared himself in his seat.
Coin ter make tn round trip"
What in the thunder did you tell me to
let you know when we reached the post
Office for then?" shouted the conductor as
he signalled for the car to go ahead
Il only wanted ter see the postoffice" en-
planned the man from the country much
obliged ter you fer stoppin tn car. Durn
eff it amt fifty times bigger n our postof-
flee down at Logan. Mus handle a power
ful sight O. mail in there" And he looked
so innocent that even the conductor was
forced to SMILE
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-11
Bugs block RuSineGa.

did you ever hear of cockroaches stop
ping trafIic?" said J. T. Briggs, a com
mission merchant of Atlanta, last night
at the Riggs, according to the Washing
ton Post. We'll, down in our city last
week an army of brown bugs completely
blockaded the streets for twenty minutes
They invaded the row of commission stores
along Broad street. There were millions
of them, and they swarmed over the side
walk and into the stores in perfect droves.
Three negro boys with brooms fought them
back in vain. People had to go out into
the street and in this manner traffic was
b,ockaded for long time. No one could
tell for an instant where the pests were
coming from. Finally they were seen issu-
ing from about twenty old egg crates
that had been removed from one of the
cellars. The crates were fairly alive with
cock reaches, and We're rapidly being emp
tied of the bugs, who wanted to get back
into the stores The negro man who
brought up one of the boxes threw it
down and ran yelling into the streets,
shaking his head and Shaping his hands.
An old woman found herself in the
midst of the reaches before she knew il.
She gathered up her skirts and Jumped
wildly up and down as she had never
done before since e-jumping days. She
would not heed the advice of the crowd to
run out and insisted on standing in one
spot calling loudly all the time for help"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-11
Broke the Charm.

Marrow escape my friend, Maj. Crack
bottle had" said the colonel, according
10 the Detroit Free Press, when we were
hunting big game in india
whisky give out?" asked the doctor.
NO, suh," returned the colone.. ''it
didn't. We had along two bah'els of the
finest kind of liquor. 1t was snake that
endangered my friends life, sub. We
were in a native village called Rahmapu-
ira, in the mountains near Smla, hop
ing to get a shot a a snow leopard. The
major and were sitting at supper in our
tent, with a couple of natives waiting upon
us, when an enormous cobra di capello
craWled in and wound itself around one
leg Of the table,"
Did you both see the snake?" inter
rupted the doctor.
See him, sub, Of course we did,
but was there any snake, colonies"
81 scorn your insinuations, suh," said
the colonel THE snake was about feet
long, and it raised its head on a level with
the majors and fixed its gllttering eyes
on his. The cobra, like the rattlesnake.
has the power to charm its victim, and in
a moment there sat my friend, the major,
staring into the monsters eyes, complete
ly fascinated and unable to move a mus
Gle.
81 was sitting across the table from him
almost paralyzed with horror and afraid
TO make any movement to his rescue lest
the cobra strike. 1t was growing more
excited every moment, and it's bead-like
eyes shone like diamonds. The poor ma
Jor sat like a man carved in stone. wholly
under the influence of the serpent's charm.
Il was about to spring to my feet when
1 felt a light touch on my shoulder, and
one of the natives whispered in my ear:
Sahib, please not move. Snake come
in tent for water. No rain; no water in
jungle. l will place water upon table.
Snake drink it and go away"
"Breathlessly l waited. l heard the soft
footballs of the native as he crossed the
tent. l saw him creep noiselessly back
and set a glass of water between the CO.
bra and my friend the major. This is the
way, sub, Maj. Crackbottle was saved
from terrible death"
The snake drank the water, did hep
asked the doctor.
NO, sub" said the colonel, "he did not.
But my friend, Maj Crackbottle, when
he saw that water set before him, gave
jump, sub, and landed about 10 feet out
side the tent, sub"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-11
Fees for county Omcers.

The county commissioners of Fulton
county apparently think they are well
qualified to recommend changes in the
laws for other counties as we'll as in those
of their own, if the report of their proceed
ings in the Atlanta Journal of Thursday is
correct. In the Journals report it is stat
ed that the commissioners al their Thurs
days meeting, ordered the county attor-
ney to draft a bill that would apply to
every county in the state, and to go into
effect as soon as the terms of the present
officials expire, providing salaries instead
of fees for county officers
Doubtless the Fulton county commission
ers have given the proposed change from
fees to salaries very thoughtful considera-
ton. it is assumed that they are satisfied
that county officials would render the
county better service at less cost If paid
salaries. Under the fee system the law, in
all probability is stretched to the utmost
to increase the incomes oil. officials, and it
may be that fees are taken in cases in
which it is doubtful if the officials are law
fully entitled to them.
The salary system has one drawback,
which is that only conscientious officials
would render their counties the services
to which they are entitled. 1t is pretty
safe TO assume that the people of the
counties would not be as well served I'M
der the salary system as they are under
the fee system.
The salary system may possess compen-
sations for this drawback. What these
compensations are the Fulton county COM
missioners win state to the legislature
when that body meets this fall. IN the
meantime it would be well for the members
of the legislature to find out whether the
people of their respective counties favor
the change proposed.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-11
The Gnme WIS Too Hinh.

1t was a limitless game. The scores of
hardy klondike miners who looked on held
their breath. 1t was jack pot and a
sweet one says the New York Press.
Round and round went the bets, until
frightened at the very magnitude of the
wager, one by one the players threw down
their cards and stayed out.
At last only two were left They raised
each other with a reeklessness that seem
ed mere bravado. Watches and guns were
added 10 the glittering pile of gold. Bur-
TO Mike held his cards close, and Slit
cared Sam, his opponent wavered. Seeing
his hesitation. Burr Mike, with a cry of
triumph. hurled upon the table a flour sack
filled with golden dust There" he
Shouted, sis $4,000. Can you cover it?'
Slt-eared Sam rose and plunged through
the doorway, Before his opponent had
gathered in the money, however, he reap
peared. bearing upon his shoulder an en-
tire side of beef, which he threw upon the
table amid a storm of cheers.
One look was enough for Burro Mike.
lie fell dead on the floor.
lie could not stand such high steaks.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-11

The following letter was written by
gentleman who is well known throughout
the state. and who, besides being a man
of ability and prominence, is as anxious
as 1t is possible TO be for the prosperity
of the farmers. We do not indorse the
advice given in the letter; neither do we
say the advice is bad. 1t may be good
advice. There is stlu time for cotton TO
be seriously damaged throughout the en-
tire cotton belt In that event the cotton
crop would be short. and the price of cot.
ton would be much higher later in the
season than II is now. Nobody can say
with any degree Of certainty what the
price Of cotton will be a month, or two
months, or three months hence. There
ara those who are betting that 1t win be
lower ana others that it will be higher.
From our point of view the wiser course
to pursue is TO give the farmers what
facts are obtalnable that are likely to
influence the price of cotton, and let them
decide for themselves whether to
sell their cotton at the present price or
hold it for a higher price. If they ACT
on their own judgment they are as likely
~ Ia. rfrLt as tbnea ,rbn IN oil cipcorttty
O''i Ni''ii HU 'l1'' anu II 'i'eS iii'Ne III
mistake they have only themselves TO
blame
The lettar contains ,olrai,to irforn,a ton
c. c-..,1.1 -
ioi la 'iiei iiioi III a'io" eiiNeu "p'''
entity from authentic sources. The argu-
ment it contains is that the cotton crop
&c nor nc l,r,,s az 81, has hon, ro,,,.osa,,te,,
10 De- ana thdI the demand LOT cotloh'
owing 10 the better times win be much
greater this season than il was last.
,Ubarofora tb, p,.ico with bo biebar later
III 'He seasoI" ne le1'eI Is as lohoWs'
Inomasvilie' Ca, sept. 9-Editor Morn
ing News: There seems to be a persistent
effort to induce the farmers 20 sell their
cotton as quickly as possible in the pros
pect OF its going to five cents pound.
l nave, within the last six weeks, had oc-
casiou to make several trips between At
lanta and Montgomery and Montgomery
and New York, going and returning via
Charleston and The Coast Line. My obser-
walton is that the cotton crop is short of
last, year, and that three-fourths OF all
that Is going to be gathered is now open.
Throughout North Carolina, South Caro-
lima, Georgia and Alabama along the lines
named, the cotton, 50 far as it can be seen
from the cars, is uniformly and universally
poor. have seen fields that had already
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-11
PROPOSALS WANTED.
OCEAN MAIL LETTINGS,
NOTICE TO BIDDERS.

Postofice Department, Washington.
Z. c., July !, 1S97.-In accordance
with the provisions of an act Of
congress, approved March 3, 1891, entitled
An act to provide for ocean mail service
between the United States and foreien
ports and to promote commerce." pronos-
ais will be received at the Postofice De-
partment, in the city of Washington, m
til 3 o'clock p. M, on Tuesday, the 5th
day of October, 1897, for conveying the
mails of the United States by means Of
steamships described in said act between
the several ports of the United States and
the several ports in foreign countries
which are specifically named in the sched-
ules of routes published herewith.
Proposals are invited for service on said
routes, under contracts for five wears
each, and also for ten years each, which
shall commence on the LIST of November
1897
Under the law the right is reserved to the
postmaster general to reject all bids nor
in his opinion, reasonable fer the attain
ment of the purposes contemplated by the
act.
SCHEDULE OF PROPOSED ROUTES.
No. co 20. NJ. s." From New York to
Tuxpam, calling at Havana Progreso.
Tampico, and returning calling at Vera
Cruz, Frontero Progreso. and Havana
once a week, fifty-two trips per year. IN
vessels of the third class Time of voyage
Havana. Bond required with bid $4,000.
Contract for five years or for ten years.
No. TO. NJ. 81 From New York to
Havana, once each week, fifty-two trips
per year. in vessels of the third class.
Time of voyage averaging not more than
three and three-fourths days each way.
Bond required with bid $4,000. Contract
for five years. or for ten years.
The contractor on either of these routes
will be permitted to substitute, at any
time during the contract term, one or
more vessels of the second class for YES
sells of the third class without additional
compensation therefor
Note.-On return voyages vessels may
touch at any ports not named in the sched-
ule if by doing so the outward voyages are
not delayed.
Circulars containing a copy of the above
cited act, a list of the routes, instructions
to bidders, and blank forms of proposals
with accompanying bonds, can be obtain
ed of the superintendent of foreign mails,
postofice department, on and after July
Is, 1887. JAS. A. GARY,
Postmaster General
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-11

one of the best known attorneys of this
city had colored valet and masseur
who. after working faithfully for several
months, put in deferential plea for some
portion of the wages due him. says the
san Francisco Post.
MAKE out your BILL" suggested the at
torneY
The bill was made out and presented,
and tho attorney rendered a counter claim
for legal services that lert the valet in debt
10 His employer. After a gasp or two of
eurpl Use the man quietly bundled up his
effects and sought other employment. An
other colored man took his place, and was
advised by his predecessor of the difficulty
of collecting his wages. One night after
the new valet had worked a couple of
months without receiving a cent, the at
torney returned from the banquet in such
a condition that the gentleman of color
had to pat him to bed. He heard the jim
gle of gold in his employers pocket, and.
ON Investigation. found $50. the amount
due him The rext morning the attorney
found a receipt Tor the money in his pock-
ct, but his valet had disappeared.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-11
LOnGstrect's Contemporaries.
From the New York Journal (Dem).

The marriage of Gen. James Longstreet
emphasizes the sturdiness of the old con
federate who, while so many of his Old
comrades in arms are lying in the grave,
has just led young and pretty woman
to the altar.
OF the generals against whom Long
street fought, Grant died on July %, 1885;
Sherman on February IA, 1891; Sheridan,
Aug. 5. 1888; Hooker, Oct. 81, 1877; Han
cock, Feb. O. 1886, and Butler, Jan. II, 1893.
of the generals who wore the gray with
him Lee died on Oct ~. $780, Beauregard,
Feb 20, 1898; Stonewall Jackson, May 10,
1868; Joseph (. Johnston, March 81, 1891
Albert Sidney Johnston, April 6, 1862, and
Sterling Price, Sept, 70, 1867.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-11

There is not longer room for doubt that
Abe convict question will be settled at. the
next session of the legislature. The coun-
try papers have taken the subject up and
are discussing it vigorously every week.
When they get straight after" any mat
ter, that matter is pretty certain to be at
tended to- We are pleased to observe that
the great majority of the weekly papers
are firm believers in good roads, and in
employing convicts in the building Of such
roads
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-11


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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-11

The heads of departments in Washing
ton have concluded that they will have
no ofiiee-holding by injunction, whatever
they may think of government by injunc-
ton. Some employees who have lost their
official heads lately have applied to the
courts for injunctions to prevent their
discharge pending investigation. Word
has been passed along through the de,
partments that employees who apply for
iniunctions to hold themselves in place
will be dismissed for INSTRUMENTATION.
From the democratic employees stand
point, it is "heads loose, tails you win"
game all the way through.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-11
why Japan Is Being Nagged.
From the Philadelphla Record (Dem.

From the Philadelphia Record Deml
The trumpery difficulty between Japan
and Hawaii has been very adroitly used
as a leverage with which to push forward
the scheme of annexation. There has
never at any time been the remotest dam
ger of a war between Japan and the
United States growing out of it, but it
serves the purpose of the annexationists
as the convenient pretext for haste, and
they are making the most of their oppor-
tunity.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-11

Headsman Bristow Of the postofice de-
partment has returned to Washington
fresh from hts vacation, hearty and strong
and eager TO hear the PUNK of heads into
the basket. In one day he slaughtered six
ty-six democratic fourth-class postmasters
and the spirit Of civil service reform, not
withstanding hh was little stiff, in the
limbs from lonk Inactivity. When he gets
his joints lmbersa up bit, be promises to
make the head-ak fairly hum.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-11

The question of ethics in the schoolroom
has been brought up by incidents in two
sections of the country. Some days ago
a young lady teacher in the Grant school
in the city of st. Louis appeared in her
class room In bloomer bicycle costume.
The governing body of the school took the
matter up, debated it and passed resolu-
lions condemning the wearing of above
the-knee breeches" by women teachers In
the schooroom. In Morgan
county, West Virginia, at a
meeting of the teachers insti-
tute held last week. a resolution was
passed declaring that "as a body of
teachers we condemn the use Of alcohol
and tobacco by The teachers. and we also
condemn the hapit of those male teachers
who sit in the schoolroom with their hair
parted in the middle and their pants in
their boot tops" There may be room for
argument in defense of the st. Louis
teachers boomers, but we readily accept
and agree with Inc resolutions of the Nor
san county teo ehers association. The
man who habitaslly parts his hair in the
middle and wears his pants tucked into
the tops of his boots has no business try
ms to teach the young idea how to shoot
The suggestion by Inference that some OF
the teachers OF Morgan county combine
alcohol and tobacco with hair parted in
the middle and pants in their boots dur
ing school hours is too horrible to con-
template with eqnanimity.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-11
lNDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

fMeeting-Post a, 7. p. A.
Special Notlces-Wheeler Reflectors;
Ship Notice, Dahl & Andersen, Consignees;
Ship Notice, strachan & Co., Consignees.
Mems Furnishings-Leopoid Adler
The New Green Hat-Fall Clothing
Company.
Fall Hats on Sale--B. H. Levy & Bro.
Medical-Dr. Williams Pink Pills; Cutl-
cura Remedies; Ayers Sarsaparilla; Wo-
mans Friend Hoods Sarsaparilla.
Cheap Column Advertisements-He
Wanted Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-11

The biggest man on earth to-day, from
the standpoint of the New York papers,
is Richard Croker Mr.. Croker says he
Is out of politics, hence presumably the
New York papers are lionizing him be-
cause he shook hands with the Prince of
Wales
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-11

The New Orleans Times-Democrat Dem.).


"Died of Demas" is the motto that will
have to be engraved on the tombstone of
the republican party of Louisiana. The
corrupt negro senator from st. John was
just little too much for the white plant
ers and others who have recently fiocked
over to the party OF Mckinley. They
promised that they would make it distinct
ly hight toned and respectable; indeed
there were a number of them who public
ly declared that they believed in white
supremacy, and that their first work would
work of the new administration which they
supported, the first appointment made in
Louisiana, is that of negro-and che VII
est, most corrupt aud most offensive ne
gro in the state.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-11

ttentiary of Reid in Macon is added evil
dence of the fact that a man with MUIR
der in his heart cannot in Georgia appeal
with impunity to the so-called "unwritten
law" which has lately been so much ex-
plotted in other states. Sentiment undoubt-
but the sentiment at the same time rec
ognized that perpetrators of crimes of VIC
lence must not for the safety OF society,
be permitted TO go scot free.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-11

Twenty-Five congressman have written
TO the Boston Herald to say they are
IN ignorance with regard to how Section
20 got into the Dingley bill, Pos
sibly the annoying mystery crept in
through the congressional linotype.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-11

The experts are now delightfully."- horri-
flying Chicago with details and particulars
in the Luetgert murder case, and the law
yers are revealing in bits Of flesh and
bone, scraps of hair. and ensanguined
fluids Ia bottles. The battle between ex-
perts and attorneys wakes hot, and new
horrors are developed almost every hour
If New York does not speedily put some
extra dabs OF red upon the Mack case, that
city will have to acknowledge the suprem-
acy of the Chicago criminal courts for
sensatIonalism.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-11

The naval board appointed to inquire
into the question of establishing a gov
eminent factory for the manufacture of
that ii has no power to select a site. The
boards functions pertain solely to ascer-
tanning what steps are necessary to estab-
llshing such factory. A site must be
selected some time soon, however, ana
the people Of Savannah should be pre-.
pared to lay the claims of this city be-
fore the proper authorities whenever the
matter comes up.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-11

A special dispatch from Atlanta to
Philadelphia newspaper says of the Long
street wedding: she Ghe BRIDE is sixty
years his junior" Upon this basis, it
would be interesting to have Mrs. Myrick
of the Americas es-Recorder estimate
the generals age.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-11

The attempt at suicide by Mascagni, the
brilliant young composer, will afford the
alienists another text upon which to
preach the narrow line of demarkation
between genius and insanity.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-11

Once more the magical name Jay" an
pears among the financial news items
TINS time. however in connection with a
family name which one might expect to see
upon the programme Of a melodrama as
DESIGNATING the dark and fierce gentleman
VINO finally meets his just deserts JAY
Dwisgings. nephew Of Zimri Dwiggins Of
wildcat bank fame, is the gentleman for
whom other jays are nov yearning. The
JAYS took flyers in wheat and other things
IhFoush the Dwigsins firm, ana now while
tne Jays are whistling, the Jay is travelling
in Europe.