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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-05
Atl BRIGHT BITS.

Some Doubt About It-He-I suppose
if your father found me here he would
kick me out of the door
She-Oh l don't know Papa's bunting
is wretched.-Detroit Journal.
IA Mean Insinuation.-The Counts FL
ance-I received my engagement ring to-
day. Isn't it beautiful?
Her Friend-Very beautiful Have You
shown it to the count yet?-Puck
-Bacon-Ifs all very wen for you to
talk but why should he say I was con-
founded hog?
Hamm-Come to think of it, it was an
entirely unnecessary remark.-Boston
Transcript.
Out of His Class-Schoolma'a am ZEN
couragingly)--Comen now, Harold; spell
chickens.
Harold-Please, ma'am, I'm not old
enough to spell chickens; but you can try
me on eggs.-Judge
His Hope-The Burglar-"Me lawyer
is tryin' to put off de trial as long as he
kim" Friend-'What for?" The Burglar
well. what took was silver an sill
ver's goN' down so fast dat de offense
II soon seem trifin'. Puck
O'Ai tHdt q MINI Iidtl, Sdiu an actor,
speaking of an absent acquaintance
man who is away from his family and new
er sends them farthing? Call that kind
ness?" Yes; unremitting Kindness" said
the other.-Household Words.
II saw a bonnet that just suited me
George. 1t was $S5."
But you didn't pay that internal price
for it, did your
"N-no, George, I didn't, II had il
charged. cleveland PLAIN Dealer.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-05
Hcnry George as a Campaigner.

The late Henry George had a special gift
in the rejoinder as a weapon in argument,
says the Springfield Republican. After
his addresses on his land tax theory he al
ways invited his hearers to ask questions,
which he delighted in answering. In 1888
after a lecture at Howard University In
Washington, a western congressman, ac-
cepting the invitation, said:
After all, Mr.. George, you advocate a
system of confscation of property. If
should take wild land and cultivate and
beautify 1T, 1 would have won undisputed
title to the land itself. and you should
recognize my proprietorship in it."
This sally won loud applause from the
audience, but the applause was deafening
when Mr. George had flung back this re-
ply:
Il thought I had explained that all i'm
provements ought by right to belong to
the improver On that we agree. 1 go
further. All that you produce out of the
land by your labor should belong to you
If should see you sitting on the seashore
fishing and should see you catch a large
fish, or, in other words, bring forth or
produce that fish, I should maintain your
right to it as your property, to use, to
sell, to give or bequeath; but I'll be
hanged, sir, If III agree that you own
the ocean from which you produce that
fish. Land stands in the same relation to
man."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-05
An Absent-Nifnded illustrator.

An amusing story is told of the early
engraving days Of the venerable and la
mented Sir John Gilbert, says the London
Telegraph. Half century ago or more
he was commissioned to illustrate short
story for London weekly, and was hand
ed the proofs to enable him to select the
most telling situation for pictorial repre-
sentation. When he had finished the work
the editor remarked: why, Mr.. Gilbert,
the story says an escort of infantry SOL
diers, and here on the block you have
given us mounted ones" Dear me, so
haVe!" responded the artist; but haven't
time to do another drawing now. Can't
you make an alteration in the story to
make it fit in?" The copy was handed
to a subordinate to make the requisite
alteration, but that gentleman forgot to
delete the chapter describing how the sol
diers had gained the summit of a steep
mountain, parts of which they were obig-
ed to scale with ladders. Horses could not
have been got there unless by the assist
ance of a crane! Afterwards shoals of let
ters from subscribers wished to know
how the cavalry got there.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-05
Comrades when They Fish.

Dan Duden is a grocer in Clinton. says
the st. Louis Globe-Democrat. He was
shot all to pieces in the war;" to use
the common hyperbole of the veterans, but
he sternly refuses to apply for pension.
To the contrary, Mr.. Duden, while bear
ing many wounds, is proud of the fact that
he does not draw a pension, as he says
he is able to make a living for himself
without asking the government for assls-
lance. This fact, however, seems to rep
resent the independence of spirit in the
man. He is liberal and brave and true.
He admires a brave man, no matter on
which side the latter fought during the
late unpleasantness."
Well, it appears that Maj. Salmon, the
ex-confederate. and Dan Duden, the fed
eral, are warm friends They often go on
a fishing excursion together. Some time
ago Salmon and Duden were returning
home from fishing trip. They had spent
several days and nights in catching some
fine bass, fighting mosquitoes, hearing the
bullfrogs croak, and In telling war stories.
Finally Duden remarked:
Major, 1 swear l now love an ex-con-
federate as well as do a federal. Don't
your
Maj. Salmon scratched his head for a
moment, and, with merry twinkle in his
eye, replied:
well Dan, certainly love a man who
has gone a-fishing with me better than 1
do a man who never did go a-fishing'
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-05
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Meetings-Stearns Bicycle Club; Land
rum Lodge No. As, F. and A. M; Odd
Fellows Bazaar Committee.
Special Notices-ship Notice, J. F. Minis
& Co.; Elegant Store for Rent, Walthour
& Rivers; The Girl From Paris; Cot
tages on Easy Payments, Chatham Real
Estate and Improvement Company; Ship
Notices, Strachan & Co., Consignees; Dis
solution Holland & O'Byrne; Fine Flow
ers, Wolf & Co.; Van Wyck Rides the
Barnes White Flyer, r. D. & VIM. Lat
timore; State and County Taxes, 1897.
Special Sale No. 2-Metropolitan Cloth
ing Company.
This is the Best Shirt in the World
&. H. Levy & Bro.
Elgin Timer Bicycles, $195O-Leopold
Adler.
overwhelmingly Matinee, Chas.
A. Gardner in Karl the Peddler."
Legal Notices-Applieation for Twelve
Months Support by Ella V. Evans.
Cottolene-N. K. Fairbanks Company.
Mineral Water-Apollinaris.
Cold Dust Washing Powder-N. K. Fair
banks Company.
Medical-Munyon's Remedies; DR.. Char
cots Cola Nervine Tablets; Duffy's Malt
Whisky; Hoods Pills; Cuticura Rene
dies; S. s. S.; Johann Hoff's Genuine Malt
Extract; Scotts Emulsion.
Cheap Column Advertisements-H Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-05
city Charter and street Ra,Iway-,

In view of the city councils action In
giving the street railroad company the
streets of the city and allowing the com
pany the privilege of selling Price street
for Sc per running foot it would not be
out of order for Chathams members of
the general assembly to so amend their
anti-cOmmission bills as to include the city
council. If the commissions have done as
much to injure the city in any respect as
the council in this street railway matter
has, the people do not know it. The in
dignation at the councils action is intense
and general, and the council itself is the
subject of severe criticism. The people
cannot understand how the council could
have consented to give the company OK
elusive right to certain streets and to
grant it the privilege of selling one of
the streets at so much per running foot
after all that has been said in condemna-
ton of the comDany's extraordinary re-
quests.
The action of the council is clearly in
violation of the city charter, which pro-
vides that the city may use
or farm railway privileges. The
charter SAYS. THE said corpora
ton of Savannah may either build.
construct and use such railways on its
own account or let or farm the privilege
to individuals or companies, under the
conditions and restrictions herein con-
tanned. and at such rates of fare and
other charges as the city council Of said
city may by ordinance determine; pro-
vided, however, that the said corporation.
in letting or farming the privileges as
| aforesaid, shall not sell the privilege for
any money consideration other than an
agreed proportion of the net annual earn
ings of such railway or railways; and that
the rates Of fare and other charges must
beforehand be fixed by ordinance and pub
lished for general information; and coun-
Gil may, also, by contract, fix the time
at which the citys proportion of earn
| ings shall be made payable. and either by
ordinance or contract requiring indem-
nifty for the payment of its said proper
A ton"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-05

Richard Croker sums up the cause of the
democratic landslide In New York in a
few words. 1t was due, he says, to re-
publican administration and fake journal
ism. 1t is worthy of note that the news
paper press did not have a great deal of
influence in deciding the vote of Greater
New York. OF the big papers, the only
one which supported Tammany was the
Journal. The papers which opposed Tam
many claim a circulation of more than
100000 copies daily, and yet Tammany
received plurality of nearly $4,000. The
papers which supported Seth Low claim
a daily circulation of 765,OOO daily, yet
Low received only little more than 149,
900 votes. The inference to be drawn is
that the people reached the conclusion that
there was very little sincerity in what the
papers had to say, and hence formed their
own opinions.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-05
The Ding1ex Deficit.
NHV NHE1@INF DVHCIt'
From the New York Post Qnd).

Mr.. Dingleys deficit for October was
only $9,SOoQOO and November leads off
handsomely with a shortage of $5SO,OOO for
the first day. These deficits, be it remem-
bered, occur in the face of expenditures
visibiy "held up Mr.. Gage, that is to
say, very properly exercises his discre ton
in the matter Of certain payments which
are authorized. but not strictly compul-
sorry al a fixed date. The bill will have
to be settled in the end, but it is comfort
ing to hold it back until the promised sur
plus revenue is in hand. But that Ding
ley millennium will have to hurry up;
one-third the fiscal year is gone, and the
deficit is $4,000 600.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-05

The supreme court of Illinois has struck
a blow at costly and confusing expert tes-
tlmony in criminal cases. 1t has decided
that unless a stipulat ton has been made, a
physician can be compelled to testify in
court when called upon without receiving
other compensation than the regular wit
ness fees. The court disagrees with the
proposition that a Doctors professional
knowledge is his private property, and that
he is at liberty to decline to give the court
the benefit of it unless he receives fee of
a size agreeable to him. When it comes
about that the experts can get only the
regular witness fees out of criminal cases,
we shall probably have less OF confusing
expert testimony. to the great relief of
courts and Jurors.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-05
Not Fsee silver.
From the New York Times Dem>.

FIOlIl VIC WV 4 y n II'11V9 NHVIl1'I'
The remarkable democratic gains and
victories of yesterday have scarcely more
bearing on free silver coinage and the
other demands of Organism than they
have on the problems of agricultural dis
tress in Iceland.
1t is not the rising tide of 16 to / that
lifts the democrats. to the top or toward
the top of the poll in the states where
elections were held yesterday.
1t is the rehuent wave away from re-
publicanism, set In motion by that par
TVS abuse Of power. The dying cause of
free silver was not In the minds of the
people so much as the living dislike of
Dingleyism.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-05

The governments life saving service has
been In existence twenty-six years In that
time It is estimated it has saved no less
than 1900 lives. and property to the value
of SAG, 100000. The service has rendered
aid in $3.50 marine disasters. These few
figures, taken from the official reports, are
sufficient to show that the service is one
of the great institutions Of our country. It
deserves liberal treatment at the hands of
congress.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-05

1t must be a queerly constructed good
road" which, Notwithstanding its gravel
surface and other costly details. cannot
is to be hoped the balance of that twenty
one miles of good road concerning which
so much has been heard is not as weak
as was that particular section of the
Waters road.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-05

A contemporary draws attention to the
fact that Gen. Longstreetl held good
paying offices under Hayes, Garfield, Ar
thur and Harrison, and now Mckinley has
given him one. Surely the general has
Jared well at the hands of the party which
he adopted at the time when it was grind
ing his own people and his own section
under the heel of tyranny,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-05

It is mighty slow practical politician
who cannot find endorsement of his poliu-
Gel beliefs in any sort OF an election which
may happen along. Now, according to
sundry politicians, the election of last
Tuesday proves conclusively that free sill
yer Is dead and that it isn't dead; that
Dingleyisfn is failure, and that it is a
bowling success; that Hanna Is a states
man and that he is so disagreeable a
boss that his Doodle barely saved him
with the skin Of his teeth; that Tammany
IS a corrupt political machine and that it
Is nearer to the hearts of the common
people than any other great municipal DO
l,pcal organization. It all depends upon
The point Of View.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-05

The movement against foot ball is not
confined to Georgia. In Virginia, Wiscon-
sin, Michigan and elsewhere, the advisa-
biity of prohibiting the game is being Sc
most every day lately have contained ac-
counts of players hurt, crippled or killed
on the gridiron. In Pennsylvania the other
day a young man died from injuries re-
ceived in foot ball game three years
ago.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-05

So far as the information goes, the
Cleveland boy has not been given a name
by his happy parents. But the country at
large has given him one, which will prob
ably stick, with or without parental con-
sent. He is Grover. Jr
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-05
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-05

In New York the other day two children
were poisoned by eating "jlmson" or other
weeds. Are there no noxious and poisonous
weeds in the vacant lots of Savannah, in
reach of the little innocents who have
their play grounds in such places?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-05

The action of city council on Wednesday
night, if made the law, will cut off the Sa-
vannah and Isle of Hope Railway from
getting into the city, and also the West
Savannah railway from doing any bust
ness except as a .'spur' of the oetopus.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-05

According to the terms of councils con-
cessions to the street railway company
the company is left free TO judge for it
self what shall be considered as reason
able schedules" adequate service, and the
like. About the only requirement seems
to be that the company shall not charge
more than five cents fare, a matter which
would regulate itself automatically, since
the people would not ride If the fare were
more than five cents. In this matter the
company gets what it wants, and the
people take what they can get.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-05

S. e. Kiser. in Cleveland Leader.
I'm sixty years of age to-day,
And / have worked and shaved,
And some one else shall presently
Get all that 1 have saved.
But il is not
The simple thought
OF going that / deplore.
IT'S this-when l ..s
In the cold earth lie
They'll think of me no more.
I've labored on from day to day
With one hope in my mind.
Twas that when 1 was laid away
I'd leave void behind
Something, you know,
TO always show
That l had lived and wrought,
But now at last,
That dream is past
I'VE got TO share the common lot.
I've thrown a fever off to-day
And risen from my bed.
For months I've been but helpless clay
With wild thoughts in my head.
I'd fondly thought
The mill would not
Run II 1 were not there to see,
But it's kept right on,
Though I've been gone,
And that's the thing that saddens me.
--s-<o-s
Thomas TIufrhae fha onfhof. of stTory
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-05

The attention of some of the congress
sional and editorial jingoes who have been
shouting against Spain is directed to the
fact that the Bank of Spain at Havana
is about to withdraw the silver bills in the
island and substitute gold notes. In other
words, the gold standard is to be revived
This ought to be good for at least sixteen
whoops and one declaration of war.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-05

Pingree of Detroit is not such large
potato as he was few weeks ago. Follow
ing the severe and merited snub given him
by Theodore Roosevelt Of the navy de-
partment in the matter Of the Yantic, the
people of his city repudiated him by elect
ing democrat in the place Of the man he
had picked out to be mayor. The novelty
has about worn off of Pingree
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-05
CURRENT COMMENT.
Government and Railroads.
Springfield (Mass) Republican Qnd.)

The government has at last no interest
In the Union Pacific railroad 1t has col
lected the whole claim and retires in good
order. Now let it proceed to do likewise
with Kansas Pacific and Central Pacific,
and so close the long chapter of congress
sional bungling and corporate scandal
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-05

Possibly it might be a good idea to pass
a compulsory. -educdtion bill 60 go along
with the proposed new departure agri-
cultural college. The lack Of students for
the agricultural course cannot be account
ed for on the ground of any prohibitory
rule or regulation.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-05

1t must be said that the Blalock COM
mittee is to be commended for great deal
which 1t did not say in its report
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-05

Letters and kilograms should be ad-
dressed MORNING NEWS" Savannah,
Ga.
EASTERN OFFICE, % Park Row, New
York City, C. S. Faulkner, Manager.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-05

Several weeks ago an Englishman died
in Havana from the effects of treatment
received In the interior of dc country at
days ago a considerable flibustering rem
devious was found upon the British is
land Of Bahama. Thus England and
Spain haye a grievance each against the
other. VIII they call # a stand-off?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-05

Thomas Hughes, the author of Tom
Brown" is to have a llfe-size statue at
Rugby school. old Rugbians having rails
ed 5000 for the purpose
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-05

Blanco is the fifth general Spain has
had In Cuba since the beginning of the
war. The Others we're Calleja, Campos,
Marin and Weyler. Blanco finds the con-
dition of affairs about as bad as has been
the case at any time, but like true Cas-
lillian general he has Started out to better
them. He is issuing manifestoes with
as much gusto ais Gen. Weyler ever did.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-02-13
Odd EeIIoWship.

Grand Secretary j. W. Davis, l. o. O..
F., reports that the subordinate and Re-
bekah lodges made handsome gains in
membership in 1896, while the former
added $81, 600 to its hall property and
cash assets. The invested funds of the
subordinate lodges in Maine amounts to
$691, 1862 25. Seventeen hundred and nine
teen brothers and So widowed families
were relieved during the year, to whom
$40, 1873. SO was paid. The total receipts
Of the subordinate lodges were sl51, 671. CO.
Of this sum s64, 937. IS was paid for lodge
expenses. The statisticB show that in
the aggregate each brother Is Ill one
week in every year. The total member
ship in Maine is z0.87y, and the total
number nf weeks illness was 20, SOL.
Again about one Odd Fellow in every
hundred in Maine dies yearly, the NOR
tality last year amounting to 21a.
The Rebekahs have made wonderful
gain during the year and now mum Der
0, $40 members, or nearly half Of the
su bordinate membership. Charters have
been granted for two new Rebekah
lodnHs, one at Houlton and one at Water
boro, and they will soon be instituted.
There are several other localities that are
asking for Rebekah petitions.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-02-13
PERSONAL.

Hon. Edwin T. Lyford of Springfield.
Mass, is in town and attended the meet
ing of the Colby trustees.
Judge William L. Putnam Of the Unit
ed States circuit court, has returned
from Victoria, British Columbia.
Hon. j. E. Moore of Thomaston, col
lector of customs for the port Of Rock
land, was in town yesterday.
A. Amour OF Montreal, chief engineer
d. Stewart Of Cor ham, roadmaster; G.
Rose of Rich mond, and A. Findlay Of
Portland. are on tour of inspection Of
the Grand Trunk system.
At recent concert Of the Student
Singers club of Florence, Italy, Mrs
Jennie King Morrison and Miss Lizzie
NJ Brown took part in singing the ora
torio de Noel by St. SRens.
Mrs. Il. e. AlvoFd Of Bath, has beer
the guest this week of Mrs. Harry Mel
cher, High street.
John P. Frawley of Bangor, has beer
appointed by State Deputy j. A. McGow
an, District Deputy Of the Knights o.
Colum bus for the councils of that ordeI
east Of Bangor.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-02-13
rhieving From Maine Central Trains.

Thieving From Maine Central Trains.
Saturday and Wednesday of last week
several box cars Of the night freight over
tie Maine Central were entered at Gum
berland junction. the goods thrown over
the embankment, while the cars were
ascending the steep grade and these goods
later carried away. Suspicious parties
have been seen at Cumberland Centre
since the affair Boxes that had con-
tanned goods, have been found in the
edge Of the forest near the steep grade.
Two young men called at the residence
of Charles Hamilton to get their sleigh
fixed and boxes Of goods were in their
sleigh. Claim Agent John S. Heald of
the Maine Central is working up the
case. He thinks the value of the goods
taken is about $500. There were dry
goods, fancy goods. boots, shoes and
tobacco in the boxes taken.