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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-13

There is a little suburban town out in
New Jersey and it's inhabitants are very
proud of their fire department claiming
that it can meet every possible exigency,
says Harper's Round Table. AS for the
truth of this statement, it IS not advisable
to mediate upon, and there is one thing
possible, and that is the inability of it's
members to prevent fires. Unfortunately
such occurrences were growing TO be a
chronic affliction, and in desperation the
leading officials of the fire department
and the town officials met to devise ways
and means of stopping them.
IT'S carelessness, rank carelessnessr'
exclaimed one porHy gentleman. such
things should rarely happen in well-reg-
ulated communities"
Thus 1t went on for over an hour, grow
ing no nearer to a solution of the difficult
~. Finally one of the fire department
members arose. "Gentemen," he CRIED II
have a resolution 10 propose which think
If adopted by the honorable members of
this board, will entirely do away with fires
in our town"
Heart heart cried the members of the
board what is it? Propose it," etc.
Gentlemen, I propose that three days
before each fire some one should go TO the
house aud ascertain If IL has been caused
by the inmates carelessness, and If so en-
force a payment Of money to meet the ex-
penses of running the engines to the
scene"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-13
A Mnch-Needed Reform.

Travel and traffic on the streets have
long needed regulating and no better
time could be found TO begin the reform
alton than the present, through Alderman
| Guckenheimer's bill. Its scope should be
extended so as to provide for several long
felt wants." and to mitigate several long
suffered nuisances. Vehicles drawn by
horses should not be driven at high speed
on Bull street. Buggies and other rigs in
the care of negro drivers on that street
are frequently a menace to life and limb
Some of the drivers seem to take pleas
ure In speeding their horses behind ladies
on bicycles, to both the alarm and positive
danger of the wheel riders. Under the
present lack of system the drivers often
go around the squares TO the left at top
speed and cut close to the corners. A
wheel rider coming in the opposite direc-
ton, therefore. is peTpetually in danger
of being driven over or thrown against
the curbing and injured. Another Bull
street nuisance is the number of hacks al
ways circling around the western front
of the De Soto. Pvivate carriages or bug
gies often have to stop and wait on the
hackmen TO make an opening, while the
bicycle rider who can get through with
out difficulty deserves a medal as an ex-
pert. Bull street is the pride of the city
The police on that street should be given
power to regulate the traffic on 1t, and re-
quired to exercise that power with care
and good judgment. Besides covering
these points. Alderman Guckenheimer's
bin should denote the meets and bounds
Of bicycle riders privileges in so far as
the sidewalks are concerned. If they are
to be permitted 10 ride on the sidewalks
of any streets. such streets should be
designated. There is a good deal of COM
plant of riders on the sidewalks. as far
south as Henry street. II is probable
however, that the majority of these rid
ers on the sidewalks are children. Wheth-
er children on wheels are to be allowed
special privileges, is another matter TO be
considered.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-13
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BRIGHT BITS.

MAY ask" said the visitor in the
Senate gallery, who these gentlemen rep
resent?" Nobody" replied the guide
This is the United States Senate."-Phi-
adelphia North American.
DIR. Slade (who has been away
Where is lop-eared Johnson? 1 haven't
seen him since my return Alkal Ike
Lop-eared hain't yere any more" Not
defunct?" That's jest what he done
defunct with my boss an Bill Hooker
smiths wife.-Puck.
Miss Giddy-He, he! Mr.. Graves I
didn't expect to find that you had gone to
the bow-wows. Mr.. Graves-Oh, yes Pm
one of the judges. Miss Giddy-Why, 1
didn't know they had to have judges
That's why it's called a bench show, l sup
pose.-Harper' Bazaar.
Mr.. Jones Cat a. m. up the speaking
tube: 1 want DIR. Grab to come out.
DIR. Crab (who objects to being reused
at such an unearthly hour: DIR. Crab
isn't in.
Mr.. Jones: Oh, isn't he? Then 1 must
go and inform the police that there is a
strange man in his bedroom.-Piclx- Me
Up.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-13
Queer Communion Cups.

A young man who had been popular
during his college course was recently or
dained a clergyman and appointed in a
parish that was not so rich in material
possessions as 1t was in piety and enthus-
iasm, says the New York Sun. So the
young clergyman found his efforts some
what interfered with by the meager aid
his congregation could give him. One
specific need was of communion cups. The
church wanted them badly, without any
hope that the need would soon be met 1t
happened that this young clergyman had
been, during his undergraduate days more
or less interested in athletics, and many of
his friends were college men who had
distinguished themselves in that line. One
of them happened to hear of the new
clergyman's need for his church, and aft
er a while he thought out a scheme which
settled the difficulty admirably. He went
around to several of the athletes who had
been intimate friends of the clergyman.
From every one of them he took cup
won in some of the college contests. He
succeeded in collecting a half dozen, and
the package was shipped to the little
town in which the church is situated. The
astonished rector opened the box after
having received a letter notifying him
that a communion set had been forwarded
by number of friends of the congrega-
ton, and found the cups, marked with
the names of their former owners and the
dates and contests in which they were
won. The church needed the communion
cups very badly. There was no money
to buy them with, and the temptation to
use the prizes was a strong one. But he
submitted the question to his vestry be-
fore making final decision. The members
accepted the gift with alacrity and now
these cups are doing a service in a coun-
try church, which is very remote from
their original purpose
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-13
A LnNIesn Victory.

Two of the smallest men in the city were
standing at the curbstone waiting for a
car. says the Washington Star. Their con-
versation had been about the traditional
feminine tendency to extravaganza and
the difficulty they had in keeping their do
nestle expenditures down to what they
considered a reasonable limit
There they are nowg' exclaimed one of
them.
"Who"
our wives. And I'll bet they've been
shopping!
''They seem to be talking very earnest
ly about spending something"
TN bet l can tell what my wife is talk
ing about"
Are you mind reader?"
mo. But l can make a guess on that
subject I'll bet you a dinner 1 can, any,
how"
"Ill take it,
"All right She's talking about spending
money. Wen go up behind them and over
hear what they are saying to prove it,"
They crossed the street, and the Original
tor of the idea smiled knowingly as his
wife opened her purse and peered into it.
My dear" she said to her companion,
'have you any changer"
Yes; a little"
'We.l, would you mind lending me a
penny to buy postal card?"
Certainly, if 1 have one. Oh, yes! Here
it is"
"Thank you ever so much. 1 have 5
cents, but hate to use it. A nickel al
ways seems to go so fast after you once
break it,"
The man who offered the wager had won
il, but for some reason he didn't seem
proud.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-13
PERSONAL.

Count Cassini, the Russian minister
at the court of Picking, who is at present
in Paris. has a niece of 10 years whose ed
Ucation he is directing. She speaks Chi
nese, English, German and French to per-
lection, and her thorough knowledge of
Chinese enables her to act as interpreter
to her uncle, and through her agency he
can exchange diplomatic communications
with the Tsung Ii Yamen directly, with
out the assistance of an outsider
Mexico lost her greatest general the
other day in the person of Guadalupe Lo-
PEI, who died from pneumonia after five
days illness. Gen. Lopez was known as
the greatest Indian fighter in the repub-
lie. As a full blood Indian, he was able
to cope with the saVages with their own
tactics He was regarded as the best
officer in the army and, owing to his
universal kindness. was known all over
the republic as "Uncle Lupe." He was So
years old, and leaves no family.
Lieut.. Gov. Northcott, while presiding
in the upper house of the Illinois legisla-
ture, addresses each senator by name in
stead of by county as is customary. He
has also cut through the old rule of at
tributing all his own acts as being those
of the chair he is sitting in. Instead of
saying, the chair will hear the senator ="
he says, wait a minute and / will hear
you" or Il think the point of order is well
taken" Instead of saying "the chair is in
doubt he says, Il hardly know whether
that is so or not"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-13
Joke On William J. Bryan.

William Jennings Bryan enjoys a good
story as well as anyone, even II the point is
directed against himself. says the Chicago
Chronicle one which John Kelsey gath
cred I'm a recent southern trip will prob
ably amuse Mr.. Bryan. Here II rs: MIR.
Bryan on one of his trips visited an in
sane asylum. He manifested considerable
interest In the more rational class OF pa
ticnts TO be found IN such institution, and
they showed considerable interest in the
presidential candidate. one of the number
piled the visitor with questions and finally
asked him what he was there for and what
his lad was
The official who was showing Mr.. Bry-
an about the place advised him 70 humor
the patients. and Mr. Bryan answered the
query by saying: My fad Is tho free
coinage OF silver az the ratio OF IS 10 l."
His questoner stepped back looked az
Mr. Bryan from head 70 foot and IN "A tone
Of commiseration said: ''Oh. you're not
crazy; you're simply a d-n fool"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-13
ORDINANCE.

By Alderman Hull
An ordinance to amend an otnance,
entitled AN ordinance to providIfor the
observance of the Sabbath or Lbs day,
etc." passed Feb. %, 1891.
Section 1. Be it ordained by u mayor
and aldermen of the city of SaEnah, in
council assembled, That the dove en-
titled ordinance be amended \ adding
after the words, 'to prevent otel,' in
section of said ordinance, the lords "or
regular licensed restaurants" sfhat that
clause, when so amended, shal read as
follows: This section shall nj be con-
strued as to prevent hotel regular
licensed restaurant furnishing Is guests
with liquors at a regular meal then they
are ordered as a part of the heal, and
when this can be done without violating
in any way the first section ofthis ordi-
nance, which must be strictly Deserved.
Sec. q Be it further ordained That all
ordinances and parts of ordinanes In con-
flict with this ordinance are lereby re-
pealed.
Ordinance read in council fo1 the hrs'
time March 10, 1897, and published for In
formation. w. p. B4lLEH,
Clerk oaCouncil.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-13

1t seems that the national banks haven't
a monopoly of the banking business. Dur
ing the last six years there was steady
decrease in the amount of national bank
ing capital and a very considerable in
crease in the amount of state banking
capital In 1891, according to figures pre-
sented by Mr.. Stuyvesant Fish. in an ar
ticle in the Manufacturers Record, there
were 1862 national banks in the country
having capital and surplus amounting to
SlOl3, 69l,72l In 1896 the number of ma
tional banks was 1876 having capital and
surplus amounting to S9Si, $50. 100. In 1891
the number of state banks was 2,572 hav-
ing capital and surplus amounting to
$3.50 100000 and in 1896 the number of state
banks had increased to SOS having capt.
tai and surplus amounting to 1886, 900, 600.
These figures are interesting as showing
that in the estimation of some bankers
state banks are more profitable institu-
tons than national banks.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-13
index TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Special Notices-Liquor Licenses; Salt
Suitable for Fertilzing Purposes. Savan-
nah Grocery Company; Proposals for Re-
pairs at Quarantine Station, w. j. VIM,
City Engineer; To Our Patrons, B. II.
Levy & Bro; Proposals Wanted for I'M
provements at No. Station.
Amusements-Wi nton the Wonder and
His Egyptian Cabinet Monday Evening.
The Spring Season-Falk Clothing Com
pany.
Condensed Milk-Gail Borden Eagle
Brand Condensed Milk.
Cowpeas-W. d. Simkn.
Four of the Best known Makes of
Hats-B. H. Levy & Bro.
mbroideries-Leopold Adler.
Legal Naturalization From the Clerk
of the Court of Ordinary of Chatham
County.
Whiskey-Canadian Club Whiskey.
The Metropolitan" metropolitan Cloth
ing Company.
Medical-Hood's Sarsaparilla Carlsbad
Sprudel Salt; DR.. Williams Pink Pills;
Woman's Friend; Cuticura Remedies.
Special Hat Sale for This Day Only
b. II. Levy & Bro.
Cheap Column Advertisements - Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-13
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-13

The mayor of the town of Bowling
Green, O., is a sticller for the law. Hence.
when he got drunk and disorderly the
other night. he had himself arrested and
locked up in cell along with a crowd Of
other DRINKS and disorderlies The next
morning when he was called upon to
plead before himself to the charge made
by himself, he entered a plea of guilty.
with eXtenuating circumstances, and then
fined himself s.. Notwithstanding this
show OF determination to do the right
thing, the people of the town are talking
about forcing the mayor TO give up his
office.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-13
ORDINANCES

By Alderman Guckenheimer-
An ordinance to amend the ordirAe
heretofore passed to prevent acoI
and collisions in the streets of tn
of Savannah.
Section /. Be it ordained by the II
and aldermen of the city of Savanna
council assembled, that it is hereby II
the duty of all persons driving or h
on any street in the city of SAW
any wagon, cart, dray, truck. buge,A,
riage, phaeton, and any and all 81
vehicles, and also of all persons usiIc
said streets a velocipede, bicycle. trkl
and any similar vehicle, TO keen Al
right of said streets, whenever ii is
ticable to do SO, and in going air
squares in the city of Savannah tdl
to the right hand side of the sauarlr
also in going east on either Libel
South Broad street, to take the "
way on the southern side of said SIT
and in going west to take the nobl
side of said two streets.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained. h
any person using a velocipede be
tricycle. or similar vehicle, in the a
Savannah, shall not be allowed to pie,
on any street in the city of Savand
a speed greater than at the rate 1t,
miles per hour south of the SOUTHERN
of Liberty street. or at the rate Is
miles per hour north of the said solIe
line of Liberty street. Racing bl
'scorching" by the riders of said vdl
are hereby prohibited.
Sec 8. Be it further ordained, II
much of the ordinance of June SIS
which seems to prohibit unloaded Ir
drays, trucks or wagons being drip
a moderate trot on narrow sired
hereby repealed.
Sec. 4. Be it further ordained. n
any person violating any of the bv
ions of this ordinance, shall be she
upon conviction before the police ckt
the city of Savannah, to fine e
ceeding fifty dollars (S50OO. and Ipr
onment not exceeding ten Q0) daysIi
or both in the discretion of the cdt.
Sec 5. BE it further ordained, TIT
ordinances and parts of ordinances co
flict with this ordinance are herE !
pealed.
Ordinance read in council for I'll fl
time March 10, 1897, and publishedbr
formation. w z. Baby,
Clerk of q ncil
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-13

The statement in the Morning News
dispatches from Washington to the effect
that Secretary Alger with not solitary
office at his disposal, has on file 5000 APP
pications for Office recalls an incident fol-
lowing the inauguration. on the morning
after the new President took Che oath the
crowd Of ofhce-soeEers at the capital were
confronted with a piacard on the door or
one Of the big bureaus reading: "There
viii be on.y two vacancies " this bureau.
Both are promised"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-13

In New Jersey the other day some local
managers OF elections found a one-dollar
bill IN the ballot box while they were
counting the ballots. II could not be as
certained to whom the money belonged.
and there was no precedent as to what
should be done with money found under
such circumstances. As soon as the
counting was finished, however, the man.
ayers adjourned to a barroom and estab-
llshed a precedent.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-13
ORDINANCE.
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Rv Alderman Hull

BY Alderman Hull
An ordinance to provide that the health
officer of the city of Savannah shall at
tend emergency calls at ths police bar
racks.
Section /. Be it ordained Iy the mayor
and aldermen of the city of Savannah IN
council assembled, That it is hereby made
the duty of the health officer of the city OF
Savannah to attend emergency calls at
the police barracks of the city of Sayan-
nah
Sec. 2. BE it further ordained, That all
ordinances and parts Of ordinances in con-
fiict with this ordinance are hereby ie-
pealed.
Ordinance read in council for the frst
time March 10, 1897, and published for IN
formation. w. p. BAILEY,
Clerk Of Council.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-13

The extension OF the civil service rules
.under the Cleveland administration is
knocking great holes into Washington ho-
tel and boarding house receipts. Hereto
fore when the government changed hands
The hotels and boarding houses have been
cfVwded for weeks and months with Of
fcesseekers. Now, It is said, the ranks
OF tAe exDeetant ones are thinning out
rapidly. The applicants soon become con-
WINGED that there Is no use In hanging
around Washington. and they so home and
Go their waiting there
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-13

Mr.. Arthur Sewall of Maine, late candi-
date for the vice presidency. tells New
York newspaper that he thinks there will
be an improvement in business all along
the line. and says the silver men will do
all they can to help the good times along.
Unfortunately. MIR. Sewall is hardly in a
position TO speak with authority for the
silver men.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-13

That the Cretan affair is pretty much a
family muddlc is shown in the fact that
the King Of Greece is me uncle OF The
Car of Russia and the brother OF the
Princess of Wales The Queen Of Eng
land is the grand mother of the Emperor
Of Germany. and the wife of the Crown
Prince OF Russia is the Emperor Will
llam's sister. The Empress OF Russia is
a grand daughter OF the English queen.
and the Empress OF Germany Is the
cousin Of the King of Greece. And there
are stin further intrioacles OF klndship
among the lesser dlgntarles involved.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-13
one way 10 DO II.
From the Philadelphia Record (Dem.).

II in addition to the new specific duty
of 1.62iA cents a pound on sugar small
duties should be imposed upon tea and
coffee ample revenue would bo obtained
TO cover the treasury deficit. There would
then be no occasion for ripping up all tho
schedules Of the tariff and widely disturb.
ing the trade OF the country. long and
angry controversy IN congress would thus
be averted, and the extra session could
adjourn at an early day.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-13
The Proposed Sugar Tariff.
From the New York Post Und)

When this schedule is agreed TO. the
blunder in the Mckinley tariff on the
revenue side will be very nearly Offset.
That luckless measure deprived the gov
eminent OF S60O00.O00 annual income from
sugar alone and added Sl2,00O000 to the
expenses in the way of bounties on home
grown sugar.It has taken seven years for
the republican party to box the compass
in this particular
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-13

The international cotton convention,
called to meet at Galveston, Tex. on
Aug. 2. will have only a small task before
1t, according to the terms of the call.
All that is proposed it shall do is TO abol-
fish all of the cotton exchanges through
out the world. and knock the bucket shops
on the head.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-13

The New York real estate exchange has
adopted a report proposing to recommend
legislation which will limit the hight Of
buildings in that city to fifteen stories,
and the hight of church and other spires
to 200 feet.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-13

lin Georgia." says Florida contem-
porary. they have discovered variety
of cotton which yields four bales of cot
ton on average land" Slightly wrong a
Georgia newspaper claims to have discov-
cred a man who discovered the cotton.
And that Is about as far as the discov-
ering has got, up to the present writing.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-13

We will never get our currency into a
stable, safe. satisfactory condition, until
we take it. forcibly and finally out OF
the arena of party politics. and place IL
in control OF scientific men, statesmen,
students, men Of affairs.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-13

A Cleveland, o., woman is suing her
father-in-law because he prevented her
from talking. This might seem at first
blush TO be a small thing to so to law
about. But when it is stated that the pre-
ventive means employed was the filling
of the plaintiffs mouth with plaster
and the father-in-law was not a dentist,
either-a different aspect is put upon the
matter
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-13
George Was Too Hasty.
Trom the chIeago TrIbune Repl

King Georgios viii be very sorry he
adopted such mild and pacific language
in his reply to the identical notes of the
powers when he hears that the Missouri
legislature has decided to stand by him
until the Hellespont freezes over.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-13

A learned pig is amusing and instruct
ing Massachusetts by solving mathemat-
teal problems. A local paper says the
pig is especially brilliant in all operations
with the square root.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-13

Since there are so few Offices to be Civ
en- out. it may be that the congressman
will find it necessary to greatly increase
the seed appropriation.