The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-16

| the paper that your dinners are seven
hours long. This is too long, but YOU
Will be able to sit up II you ride a wheel
between meals. l am agent for the
Never Tire nreless and when you get
two you will oblige me by riding them
down the street with the placard on the
hrst time you go out. S. T. Wetherly.
Los Angelese, Cal.
If an ounce of prevention is worth a
pound of cure this woman is going TO
keep well, for she has taken her pre-
vention IN large doses. Her letter was
Wei written upon gold letter paper and
might nave beef a society note, were 1t
not for the whine running through it,
Mrs. Mckinley might raise popular sub
scripton for case of this kind.
Mrs. Mckinley: Honored Lady-I hear
you are an invalid and you know how IL
feels to be one. / am not an invalid and
nave never been sick a day in my life
but will be one If don't get money.
MY sisters doctor says worry Is worse
than disease. Please send me 5000 as
soon as you get this so / will stop worry
ing. am a widow that can't support
herself l know you would hate to have
me turn into an invalid. Kate Steers.
Dubuque Ia, May /.
Tho next letter preys upon the adnlra-
ton the President feels for a dead and
gone man Of affairs, and incidentally tries
through an honored name to raise money
President William Mckinley: /, the
spirit of Jefferson Davis, do here request
you TO attend a seance to be held at the
anniversary of the jefferson memorial In
Richmond Va. / will have present with
me the rulers OF republics who have died
TINS century, and we Will endeavor to ad-
wise you upon the momentous question OF
the great European war, I'm which we shall
All be involved soon. Please bring money
70 deIray expenses. Jefferson Davis.
a ffata 81.
aristocratic and conservative state may
fall. His idea. is probably the result OF
a disordered dream. for none OF the rep
resentatives from that state had ever
heard Of the subject suggested In the let
ter. II. like the last, was perfectly spelled
and written legibly upon white paper.
showing that the owner was eniovine
good circumstances II not good brains:
To the Secretary OF the President, White
House, Washington: Dear Sir-lWH you
please use all your influence with the
President against the proposition TO call
West Virginia Harrison. I ACKNOWLEDGE
mat Ilppecanoe Harrison was born in the
state OF virginia, but we, the people or
West virginia, have not lived here All our
lives 10 tnd ourselves living somewhere
else We want 20 live In West virginia,
not In Harrison. IL Is unfair 10 change
the name without taking up n popular
vote among the people. l vote against IL.
your truly. bartholomew Hope.
Address II. n.
l. In the Presidents mail bag there are al
ways lot OF scraps-letters written with
pencil upon brown paper. postals made
out OF pastcboard. written full and ieft
at the white house la person and great
rolls that on being unfolded prove TO be a
petition drawn up by some hobby-rider
and signed by his friends. one OF these
petitions was six feet long and signed on
TREY with one mans name. Lacking
signatures, he had repeated his own name
upward Of a thousand times, 20 make Il
emphatic" he said.