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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-20
An Accommodntinr Guido.

1 heard a pretty story the other day
of two American girls who visited the
palace at Potsdam and had the unusual
honor of being escorted about the ugly
old building by the emperor himself,
writes w. +. Curtis in the Chicago Rec
ord. 1t illustrates a trait in his charac-
ter that is not often talked about, but is
shown frequently The imperial palace is
open to visitors only when the emperor and
his family are absent but, without know
ing this fact, the two American ladies
made the journey here, and were repulsed
by the usher at the door They under
stood very little German, and he could
talk no English, but, with the usual per
slstence of the American tourist, they
were trying to induce him to admit them.
While they were in the midst of the con-
troVersy gentleman in the uniform of
a soldier came rapidly up the steps, much
to the confusion of the doorkeeper, and,
addressing the ladies' in English, asked
If he could be of any service to them.
They explained that they had come up
from Berlin to see the palace, and were
very much disappointed because they were
not allowed to enter it.
Il think can let you in" he answered,
and will show you around myself
So he escorted them through the vari-
Gus rooms and corridors, and explained
everything in a most entertaining man.
portico, where one of them, who had a
kodak, asked permission to take his pho
tograph She hadn't the slightest suspi-
cion who he was, but during the hour
they had been together in the palace they
had laughed and joked Familiarity, and
felt very well acquainted. The emperor
gracefully consented, and posed for three
snap shots. Then he bade them good
morning, hoped they would enjoy their
visit to Germany, saluted them In the Ger
man way and re-entered the palace.
The young ladies were delighted, and
related their experience with great gusto
when they returned to their boarding
house. That afternoon they took the ko
dak to a photographer to have the films
developed, and when they brought home
the first prints of the handsome officer
their German landlady exclaimed: "Gott
in himmel! Der Kaiseri'
The young ladies, being sovereigns in
their own country, were not abashed at
the discovery, although they cannot UNI
6erstand why they did not recognize him.
Nevertheless, they had a print of each film
handsomely mounted, and sent them to
the emperor with their compliments and
the explanation that they were not aware
of the Identity of their guide or they
would have made a more formal acknow-
ledgment of the honor conferred upon
them.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-20
Not His Day For Being Whipped.

Little Johnny was years old, therefore
he could look back to several Christmas
holidays with lively remembrance of
what they were like. and what had taken
place on those festal occasions. says
Harper's Magazine.
One of Johnny's ideas (not original with
Johnny by any means, as many a parent
can testify was that 1t was boys mis-
sion to make as much noise as possible in
the world, and, in spite of frequent adj
monishing and more or less frequent whip
pinge he perseveringly carried out the idea
on all occasions, except when he was
asleep.
Johnny was fulfilling his mission with
more vigor and enthusiasm than usual on
Christmas morning, but nobody paid any
attention to him except his Aunt Jane,
who was visiting Johnny's parents during
the holidays and she finally grew tired of
the noise, and said:
Johnny, it is very naughty to keep up
such a din and racket all the time and il
you don't stop il l shall have to speak to
your mother about it."
Huh. What good'll that do?" scorn-
fully demanded Johnny.
why, she will whip you If you don't
stop" threatened the young mans aunt
Guess mott" retorted Johnny, with an
air of triumph Girls mas amt my day
fer gittin' whipped. I alters git whipped
the day before Christmas and the day aft
er, but l never do on Chris mas"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-20
Diplomatic Obtuseness.

The aged reader looked over his steel
bowed spectacles at the partner of his
joys, says the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Il was asking what's the news, DAMP"
"Oh," he said, Il was reading up on this
Cuby question"
AN what about it, Dan'l?"
"Why, the argument seems to center
round autonomy"
"Eh?" said the old lady.
81 say autonomy"
why, l didn't know they had any o.
thet down there"
ANY O. what?"
"Hominy"
"Who said anything about hominy?"
You did. Dan'l. You said ought honi-
ny-an' thets as fer as you got. What's
the rest?"
The old man looked at her with fierce
contempt.
by gum" he muttered, IT never yit
saw a woman who had the first gimmer
of sense about dieplumacy."
He took his paper and modify stalked
out
"WeH. Dan1." the old lady called after
him, II hope to gracious them poor starry
in Cubans hev got lots of it,"
But the old man was too mad TO reply.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-20

The action of the Secretary of the Treas
ury in reducing the salaries of employees
of the treasury department VINO have
have reached % years Of age to $500 per
annum is about the hardest blow that civil
service reform has received. 1t amounts
practically 70 pensioniug all government
employees who reach that age. If the pol
icy Of The treasury department in This mat
ter is acquiesced in by congress il Will
become the policy in AN branches Of the
civil service. and the country VIII be bur
dened by a new class of pensioners.
IL may be asked I'm fact 1t has been
asked in congress, whether 1t would not
he brutal TO dismiss OLD men ana women
who have passed the creator part OF their
lives in the service of the government be-
cause they nave ceased TO ne ustluf'' ne
persons dismissed might think ii would
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-20
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PER S0NAL.

Charles Plumb, brother Of the late
Senator Plumb of Kansas, although 80
years old. walked sixteen miles recently
10 visit a friend.
The University Of Illinois has confer
red the honorary degree of D. D. upon
Rev. Louis de Cornus, rector of st. PauTs
Episcopal church. Columbia, Pa, former
ly of Great Neck, Long Island
Prof Perrine, one of the members of
the Lick Observatory staff, has received
a letter from the Freuch Academy of Sci
cnce, announcing that his work in as
tronomy has been considered of such value
as to merit the bestowal on him of one
OF the annual prizes.
On the anniversary of the death of
Marie Bashkirtcheff which falls on the
last day of OotobeeSrS<l2riaI. service Is
always held at the RusSS4x l. her
studio is decked with fowerst zxz..sss...ipg
hands carry n1ement oes OF the - -
to the little cemetery of Passy, Te she
was laid at the close of her short and bril-
liant career.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-20
An Assault on American Rights.

The two halls of congress are said to be
among the pIeasantest loafing-places in
America They are provided with elegant
and commodious desks, and easy, revolv-
ing chairs set on springs so that the occu-
pants can assume any position they may
fancy. with the maximum of comfort. The
members are very fond of these nice desks
and easy chairs. They afford a degree Of
luxury in legislation that is not known in
many other countries. The American
legislator can lounge at his desk and at
tend to his correspondence, or read his
morning paper. while the debate is pro-
crossing without having anybody get in
his way, or without attracting undue at
tention to himself He can. indeed, upon
the pinch. remove his tight boots and re-
pose his fevered feet in restful attitude
upon the top of the desk, while he lolls
back in the spring-chair and dreams of
power and empire, as a former senator
from southern state is alleged 10 have
done upon a memorable occasion. He can
keep his private papers and things under
lock and key in the desk, and consult
them whenever so disposed, without the
annoyance of having to go to a commit
tee room, or to the congressional restau-
rant So comfortable are the arrange
ments in congress that one branch of that
institution has been designated as the
milIionaires' club" while the other branch
might with some prOpriety be called
sort of national politicians club. The
comforts of these clubs are, of course,
thoroughly American. and the right to
maintain and enjoy them is distinctly an
American right, an inherent right, which
none but a tyrant would seek to take
away.
But Tom Reed is a tyrant. He is after
the House club with a club of another
sort. He presumes that the House was
constituted for business, and he wishes to
have the hall re-arranged SO that the
House may do business in a more expedi-
tious manner. He says the hall is too
large. He wants 1t reduced TO just one
third its present size. He wants all Of
the nice desks and all of the comfortable
chairs on springs taken out. He wants
a number of benches, sufficient to accom-
modate the representatives., put in in place
of the desks and chairs. If the members
were seated on benches, he says, they
would pay more attention to the business
before the House, and would not read pa
pers and write letters, and gather around
in knots and talk and laugh during de-
bate They would study the questions to
be debated more closely, and would not
depend so much on books of reference and
manuscripts, he says. The extra room
that would be secured by reducing the
size of the hall he would have converted
into working committee rooms.
Clearly the speaker is leading an as
'sault upon American rights which will
arouse much antagonism. Indeed there
are already mutterings against him, and
the most ominous mutterings are coming
from his own partisans. The idea of
benches in the legislative assembly room
is an English idea, and Is therefore abhor-
rent, and will probably not prevail.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-20

A Philadelphia magistrate discharged a
prisoner the other day on the ground that
the value of a newspaper was so small that
the theft Of one was too Insignificant to be
noticed. According to his view, stealing is
not reprehensible because It is wrong. but
only in proportion to the value of the
thing stolen. The theft Of "a newspaper,
however is not such a small thing as the
magistrate seems TO imagine. The value
of a newspaper to the subscriber is not to
be measured by the few cents which he
pays for IT, He may wish to see at once a
railway schedule, OF market report, or
an item of news in which he is especially
Interested. Lack of the paper promptly at
hand may cause the missing Of a train, or
a loss in the market, or the failure to Sc
cure a contract, or the doing of something
which would not have been done had the
paper been read. Would any one contend
that under such circumstances the value
of the paper was merely the few cents
which the publisher charges for it? There
is probably not a person who reads a news
paper regularly, and pays for it, but re-
ceives annually from the information it
contains benefits amounting 10 many times
its cost
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-20
siIver sidetrncked.

In the resolutions which the democratic
caucus of congressman adopted few days
ago the Philadelphia Times, an independ-
ent democratic paper, sees the abandon
ment of silver as an issue, and the adop-
ton of fat money in It's place. In the reso-
lutions the policy to be pursued by the
democrats in the present congress is out
lined.
1t doesn't follow that the democratic
leaders have determined to abandon silver
because no mention Of it is made in the
resolutions. There was no occasion for
mentioning it, because there is no proba-
bility that an effort will be made in this
congress in behalf of free silver coinage at
the ratio of Is to I or any other ratio. The
silver issue is virtually embodied in the
resolutions which declare against all eff
forts to retire the greenbacks and treasu-
ry notes and against extending the prlvi-
leges or reducing the taxes of national
banks, because those resolutions mean that
nothing shall be done, # the democratic
party can help it, to more firmly fix the
currency on a gold basis. Neither do the
resolutions mean fiat money. They simply
mean resistance to the republican plan for
reforming the currency.
While we have seen no reason to change
our position in regard to silver, we don't
think the cause of sound money is assist
ed by giving the declarations of democratic
congressman in caucus a strained inter-
probation. The democratic party has not
yet declared in favor of fiat money, and we
do not think it will. The populists, prac-
tically, have already made a declaration
of that sort.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-20
lNDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Special NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Telephones
Liquor License: Last Notice, State and
County Taxes. 1897; The Very Finest, at
Beckmann's Cafe; Good Christmas Pres
ents for All. at R. D. * Wrn- Lsatumore's
Business Nouces-Old-F Fashioned Rye
Whisky, Henry Solomon & son
Christmas Newspapers-At EstiI's News
Depot
You VIII Find What You Want To-day
AT Hogan's.
Pearline-James Pyle. New York
Cottolene-N. h. Fairbanks Company.
Ophan Fund Sale Starts To-day-Metro-
politan Clothing Company.
Amusements-"My Friend From India, -"
at the Theater Dec. -.
Steamship observation-disclosures Steam
ship Company; ocean Steamship Company.
Medical-Duffy's Malt Whisky; Stuart's
Dyspepsia Tablets; Cuticura Remedies,
Hoods Pills; SCOTS Emulsion.
Cheap Column Advertisements - Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-20
Those Terrible small FOLKS.

The Troy Times tells a story of a little
boy who was reading in a Sunday school
paper the story Of a missionary having
been eaten by cannlbals. Papa" he ask
ed, viii the missionary go to heaven?"
Yes, my son." replied the father
And will the cannibals go there. too?"
queried the youthful student.
No" was the reply.
After thinking the matter over for some
time the little fellow exclaimed:
well, don't see how the missionary
can go to heaven " the cannlbals don't
when he's inside the cannibals."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-20

It is said in maritime circles in New
York that bill will De introduced into
congress. soon for the purpose of putting
under the American flag a large number
of steamships now plying between New
York and European ports The bill will
be similar to that which was passed for
the benefit of thessteamships Paris and
New York 1t is a very good thing of
course TO have these great vessels under
the American flag, but the query arises
why should the privilege of American reg
istry be granted to these great and rich
steamship corporal tons while it is denied
TO many small owners, who are now COM
PEELED to sail their vessels under foreign
registry Notwithstanding they are owned
by Americans? If American registry is
granted TO one class of American owners
it ought to be granted to all of them
The steamers which it is proposed to let
in were built abroad; why should not The
owners of sail craft built abroad be let in
upon the same basis? We are not op-
posed to granting American registry to
the steamships, but we want small owners
to have the rights and privileges given
large owners.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-20
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-20

Against the positive assurances of the
Japanese minister at Washington, that his
government has no sinister purposes with
regard to Hawaii we have the troubled
dream of Gen. Lew Wallace to the effect
that the Japs really mean to capture the
islands and that we shall have to smoke
them out with gunpowder if we mean to
preserve our national integrity. In the
event of the failure of annexation, says
Gen. Wallace, we should within ten years
nave to fight Japan or some other nation
about the Hawaiian islands. Gen. Wal
lace, however, is by profession fighter
and a romancer
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-20

A somewhat celebrated controversy in
volving several bureaus of the navy de-
partment has about been amicably set
tied. The difficulty arose over a stove
pipe, and the question was, whose duty
was it to put up stove pipes? After a good
deal Of discussion and the use of some
hundreds of yards of red tape, it has been
determined that the bureau of equipment
shall purchase the stove and the pipe, the
bureau Of construction shall build the
platform upon which the stove is to stand
and the bureau of steam engineering shall
cut the hole through which the pipe is to
project into the ships funnel When all
of this has been done the ships crew may
set up the stove and the pipe
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-20

The Hon. William ]. Stone of Missouri
should paste in his scrap book this fine
metaphor from the sermon of a Tennes-
see minister: THE wheat and the tares
til the Great Reaper shall come TO sepa-
rate the sheep from the goats" There
ought to be in the figure a suggestion for
the Missourian, in the event that he ever
has to make another national convention
speech.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-20

While there may be some question as to
who should repair the asphalt pavements
on Congress. Broughton and Bull streets
there is no question that the pavements
need attention very badly. At some
points the hills and holes are almost as
rough as in a cobblestone pavement Pos
sibly it might be a good idea to go slowly
on new asphalt pavements until some sat
isfactory arrangement can be made for
taking care of those we now have.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-20
The Burnine. PensIon Question.
From the Richmond Dispatch Dem).

The pension figures are now going the
rounds of the more influential papers north
and west. and the propositions that at
each postoffice the list of pensioners re-
ceiving mail there be posted In the Office,
is gaining ground. Several union veter-
ans of high standing are engaged in Wig
orously denouncing the entire pension sys-
TEN, and the question of reforming the
whole business seems fast becoming a
burning one. So. we repeat. if union vet
eran organizations are going 70 "resolute"
against everybody that thinks the pen
sion robbery. outrage and fraud should
be stopped, they would better prepare to
: resolute" now.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-20

1t is said that President Mckinley con-
templates making such changes i'm the civil
service laws as will give internal revenue
collectors and customs collectors the pow
er to select their own subordnates. par
ticularly those who handle money for
which the collectors are under bond The
change is said to have the sanction Of the
clvil service commission. Something like
5000 places would come under this new
order. Local offices would, of course, be
aHected' and should the order be issued
oy the President the chances are that
'oere would be several changes in the Gus
,om house here. as well as in the staff of
inc collector Of internal revenue for the
state.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-20

The Philadelphia Ledger, which is try
ing to induce its city to bury the electric
wires, warns the councils that, Live
wires make dead firemen, and overhead
wires of any kind cause dangerous delay
by interfering with fire apparatus" What
is true of Philadelphia is equally true of
Savannah. There should be a constant
effort to get the wires under ground at
the earliest possible moment.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-20
A blessing in Disguise.
From Montgomery Advertiser %

If cotton would stay at cents for five
years in succession, it would be the
greatest blessing conceivable to the south.
1t would educate our people out of their
bad habits of all-cotton raising and make
the farmers money-lenders instead of
borrowers. The present situation is really
most hopeful. II is blessing in disguise
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-20

A clause virtually prohibiting the Impor-
tation of sealslins has been found conceal
ed in the bill to prohibit pelagic sealing,
recently passed by congress. 1t would
appear that there had been some more
slipping in as was the case with the 10
per cent. discriminating duty in the Ding
ley bill However, the sealskin prohibi-
ton will not hurt a great many persons.
Indeed, the probabilities are that many of
those who have. to pay for the costly lux
uries made of sealskins will be glad to
plead che prohibition act to get out of buy
Ing SO many Of them.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-20

Jim Corbett comes in for a new distinc-
ton. He is again champion. He can
extract from a signed critique of the Cree
don-McCoy fight, published in the New
York journal; Besides Xthis, when Xhe
lands with either hand he hurts. He
is quick to pick up points and is cool Xand
calculating. can stand no end Of
punishment Xand will not be denied. +
when he lands one of his favorite Xswings
for the body it has damaging effect on
his opponent" This is distinct advance.
ment over the .typewri.or stutter.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-20

1t may be doubted that Mrs. Lease could
beat Jerry Simpson in a fair race for
congress. Jerry could return to his old
tactics, which once won him preferment.
He could again discard his socks, and
point with pride to his bare ankles as Evil
dence of his nearness to the people" And
therein he would have an advantage Of
the woman.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-20
Mr.. Fleming Is Right.
From the Chattanooga Times Dem).

Mr.. Fleming, member of the federal
House for the Tenth Georgia district, is
a thorough-going champion of the merit
system in the civil service. MIR. Fleming
says the best thought in the democratic
party and in the republican party is in
favor of maintaining the reformed service
intact and amplfying its operations. We
know that Mr.. Fleming Is right.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-20

Since arriving at Washington to at
tend the present session Of congress, sena-
tor Cockrell of Missouri has become quite
a pedestrian, walking nearly every morn
ing from his home to the capitol-about
three miles.