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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-20
Ginntin TrnnhIe.

1t was after the medical association had
adjourned the other night that the gruff
old doctor called several OF his profession
al brethren into a corner and told his
story, says the Detroit Free Press
Never had a pleasanter case in my
life he chuckled. You know what a
big. powerful fellow SENS is. Never was
sick a day and had always derided the
idea that pain was a thing to make such
fuss over as is made by some people
Even his wife and children never got any
sympathy from him and he was always
ready to give them good going-over for
not displaying more Etoicism.
Tuesday morning about o'clock there
was terrific ringing at my telephone.
On answering it 1 was urged by an agi-
tated voice TO hasten to SENS as quickly
as possible. 1t was a case of life and
death. Getting there post haste l found
that great big fellow walking the floor in
his night robe, grooming so that he could
be heard anywhere in the block, growing
out orders to the whole household, look
ing pale as a ghost, and stopping every
few minutes to hold up Que foot while he
howled. His head was enveloped in tow
els and one side of it steamed with hot
poultices. He sailed into me for not get
ting there sooner, said that half the peo-
pie died while waiting for a doctor, jawed
his wife because she had not sense enough
to tell him that he had no slippers on
and then told her to call a lawyer so he
could put his affairs into shape. vetoed
this until we found out whether there
was anything the matter.
b" Anything the matter?' echoed SENS.
Great heavens! man; the side of my
heads coming off. 1 can't last till day
light in this torture. No mortal ever suf-
fered such agony. If you're going to do
anything do it quick. My own opinion is
that I'm done for, and he let out the
loudest howl of the night. What do you
think was the matter with the big calf?
Earache; just common, old-fashioned ear
ache. His little girl had had it worse
and gone to school with a piece of cotton
in her ear. I fixed him up and then told
him if he happened to prick his finger
with a pin or bump his shin against a
chair not to hesitate to call me out of
bed even if there was a blizzard.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-20
plumbers in Books.

Some of the greatest authors have left
frightful grammatical slips in their works,
says the Chicago Daily News In one OF
Thackeray's novels we read Neither of
the sisters were very much displeased.' -
Ruskin, one of the greatest masters OF
English prose, erred this way. He wrote
Il could have wished to have given more
examples" and, again: 1t means the most
total destruction which a building can suf-
fer"
Errors in construction which are anus
ing are very common. Thackeray says:
HE had his topboots in his room in which
he used to hunt in the holidays" George
Eliot said: She disentangled her foot
from her netting and wound it up"
Mistakes in regard to geographical local
ity are also frequent. Akenside wrote:
He viewed the Ganges from Alpine
nights" The Able du Jarri, in a poem
which was awarded a first prize by the
French academy, said: And from the
freezing to the burning pole.'
The compiler of a handy information
book made a curious entry in the index
which read:
Patti, Adelina.
Patti, oyster.
A somewhat similar happening was dis
covered by lawyer who, while looking
up a reference in a book of law reports
came across this entry: The lord CHIEF
justice. his great mind" Turning to the
page indicated he found: 1.-The lord CHIEF
justice said he had great mind to com
nit the prisoner for contempt of court"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-20

Cecil Rhodes is expected 10 arrive at
Cape Town to-day. \ great popular dem
onstration in his honor has been arranged,
and he will he lionized The ostensibie
basis of the jubilation is the admiration
of the people for Mr. Rhodes. and the fact
that he will again take a seat in the COLO
NAL parliament. The: is, however, some
thing else under the surface, and it seems
to forbode trouble for the Transvaal.
1t was pretty generally believed in we'll
posted circles when Cecil Rhodes left Lon
don, after testifying in the trial of jane
son "for his failure" that Mr. Rhodes.
Lord Salisbury and Joseph Chamberlain
had reached an understanding with re-
gard to Great Britain's policy in South
Africa. and that policy was to be a vigor-
Gus one. Mr.. Rhodes is intent upon
Fighting the wrongs" of the Uitlanders
who occupy in the Transvaal a position
somewhat similar to that which the New
England carpet-baggers occupied in Ha-
wall. The Uitlanders in the Transvaal
Republic, however have found the sturdy
Beers more able to defend their country
than were the Hawaiian natives. Not
only did the Beers, some months ago,
send Or. Jameson and his invaders to
grass, but they virtually repudiated the
protectorate which Great Britain has
claimed over their country. Lately, too.
President Kruger referred to her majesty
of England as "een kwaje vrow" "a med
dlesome woman, and had the assurance
to enter into an arrangement for mutual
defense with the government Of the Or
ange Free State. without the advice and
consent Of the "meddlesome woInans"
government.
Joseph Chamberlain is something of a
lingo. The incidents referred to, together
with the fact that the wrongs" of the
Uitlanders are SIN unredressed and the
further fact that there are some
very rich gold mines in the Trans
vaal, seem to be quite suffi-
cent provocations to the administra-
ton of correction, according to Mr.. Cham
berlain's point of view. 1t is necessary,
therefore, for the Beers to be taught a
lesson. And it was arranged before Mr.
Rhodes left London that the schooling of
the Beers should be begun shortly after
his return to Africa. This is the judg-
ment of close students of the situation
That it is well based appears from the
fact that no less than nine British war
vessels have been assembled at Durham,
in Natal, whence 1t is believed they will
sail to Delagoa bay. Large bodies of
British troops have lately been landed at
Cape Town, towards which point also war
stores have been hurried. Three addi-
tional warships, of great power, are un-
derstood 10 be on the way to Delagoa bay
Thus, it will be seen. preparations have
been made for activity of war-like char
acter.
That the Londoners expect trouble to
break out in South Africa Is evidenced by
the fact that Lloyd's rate fer insurance
against war between Great Britain and
the Transvaal Republic has risen to Is
per cent, and many financiers consider
the managers foolhardy to accept risks
at even that rate.
1t seems quite likely that there will
shortly be fighting in the TransvaaI as
well as in the Levant
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-20
The Quarantine Matter.

There should be no mistaking public sem
timent with regard to the quarantine mat
ter. This cannot be made an open port;
that is very certain There must be quar-
antine. and Il must be thoroughly efficient
No chances must be taken with the city
health. Every safeguard dictated by pru-
dence must be thrown around the COM
munity.
AT the same time, it is necessary that
the commerce of the port shall receive
proper consideration and encouragement.
Not an ounce of burden more than Is abb
solutely necessary should be imposed upon
the shipping. An arbitrary line should not
be drawn across the map and the an
nouncement made that no ship from south
of this line shall come into Savannah
without detention and fumigation. What is
wanted is a safe and conservative quar-
antine policy New Orleans has such a
policy, and her commerce is growing.
1t may be necessary for considerable al
terations to be made at the quarantine
station. If alterations and improvements
are needed to bring the plant up to a
high state of efficiency, they should not
be delayed. A penny wise and pound fool
ish policy should not be considered.
There is a demand for revision of the
quarantine regulations, and there is a
plenty of room for the demand 1t is not
desired, or expected, however, that the
regulations shall go from one extreme to
the other What is wanted is the golden
mean. 1t is to be hoped the authorities
win succeed in striking it.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-20

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-20

"owney" the famous postal car dog,
who has Travelled thousands upon thou
sands of miles in Uncle Sans postal cars,
tried to bite clerk in Cleveland, O., the
other day and was shot by a policeman.
Owney, who was once the property of
postal clerk, was taken on trip by him
years ago, and conceived a passionate
fondness for travel The railway mail
clerks took him up and carried him all
over the country, passing him from one to
another at the end of a route The dog.
which was nothing more than a mongrel
cur had become Srcet nuisance in the
mail cars often diverting the clerks from
their duties. The mail superintendent at
Chicago several days ago issued orders
forbidding the mail clerks to carry him
on their cars, and IL viii no doubt be a
relief to the officials Of the department to
know he Is dead. He ought to have been
put out Of the way sometime ago.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-20
nncnIIc Infrnsnectinn-

Uncle Reuben was visiting the metropo-
lis for the FIRST time.
what do you think OF New York;" ask
ed his city nephew, according TO the New
York World.
WAL" replied the old man. ITS a
mighty big place, but IL don't seem sitined
/ haiu't seen telegraph pole In the hui
town"
The wires are underground
"TndcrgroundT'
"Ycs--in conduits"
"Conduits2 what's them7''
"Suhterranean passages"
Uncle Reuben was thoughtful.
WAL" said he. they must be power.
ful deep 70 take IA them tall poles"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-20

James Hunter, an old turfman Is suppos-
cd TO have killed himself IN San Francisco.
where his favorite racer. Gold Bug, was
defeated on the Oakland track Hunter re-
marked after the race that he had stalk
"a his life on Il ana lost lie then disap-
peared and Is supposed 60 have taken poi
son. Iio was unfortunate In selecting a
name for bis runner lie might have had
what me sporting fraternity term a
'cinch, n ne had only ihourhi 20 call
him "Dingley Bill"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-20

Rubber snakes, nuts, monkeys, cobras
and missionaries composed the cargo that
a ship from South America landed at
Brooklyn, N. Y, the other day. Capt
Mitchell was familiar with every portion
of the cargo except the missionaries. But
they made up a good average of a varie-
gated cargo, and Capt Mitchell was, no
doubt, glad to have them along to keep
peace between the rest of his Brazilian
pets.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-20

Baron Y. had been going over the mu-
scum Of a little country town. and when
about TO leave he asked the curator IL
there was anything more to be seen, says
ILLUSTRATION.
Yes baron" was the reply; "there re-
mains little casket."
mo doubt used as a deposit for the Jew
elry of some eminent personage?" inquired
the baron
mo, sir; that Is where I put the tips
given to me by visitors to the museum"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-20

Secretary Long of the navy has just
made the allotments for the year to the
state naval militia organizations, and
Georgia with 1888 men will receive $2,436.
Savannah with her one full company, and
another whose ranks are rapidly filling
viii no doubt receive the biggest" half
serves could. beyond question. make good
use of it.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-20
want 10000 More Offices.

That there are not offices enough 70 go
around among the republican patriots
who saved the country last fall is well
known. Pressure is being brought to bear
upon the President to induce him to ex-
pand the list of offices. zone million re-
publican voters" visited the President by
proxy the other day, TO urge him to up
set the civil service law, turn the demo-
Gratis out, and fill the offices with spolls-
men of his own party, who could be de-
pended upon through thick and thin. The
proxy was held by a delegation of the
League of Republican Clubs of America,
and the delegation had the modesty, upon
it's first visit. to suggest TO the President
that he begin the work by knocking down
the doors of only 10000 offices and per-
hitting the spoilsmen to enter and feed.
That is proposed as merely a beginning.
When the President has done that, the
delegation will tell him what next to do.
II is reported that when the visiting pa
triots left the executive presence their
faces were illumined by smiles of happy
expectation"
The proposition offered by the delega-
ton, and the smiles worn by the members
of it after the interview, suggest some
interesting but somewhat abstruse math-
ematical calculations. 1t is probably safe
to say that the ratio of applicants to Of
fees averages under this administration
at least 5 to 1. Forty thousand more
offices thrown open would call down upon
the President 100000 more Office seekers.
IT, with the present number of Office seek
ers, the President is compelled to seek
rest and recuperation after thirty days
in office, how many days would he be able
to continue at his desk without a vaca-
ton with the hungry horde increased by
100000? If he is compelled to rest FIVE
days in thirty under existing conditions,
how many days in thirty would it be nee
essary for him to rest after adding the
40, 900 offices to the plumber pile? If he
now accumulates within a month a blA'-
den of fatigue necessitating the services
of 15OO-ton war vessel, how large ship
would be required to transport his weight
of woe after a month of experience with
the present army of applicants plus 200, COO?
1t is to be hoped Mr. John Addison Por-
ter, secretary to the President, will figure
out all of these problems and lay the re-
suits before his chief at an early day. 1t
is confidently believed that if he would
do so, the President would hesitate long,
long time before acceding to the request of
those 100000 republicans who visited him
by proxy the other day.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-20
Nothing In. PoIitics.
New York Mail and Express (Rer

Senator Plat, in reply to a reporters
query at the Fifth Avenue hotel last night,
there is nothing positive in politics, and
nothing certain" The senator has evil
IDENTIFY been duly impressed with his rela-
ton to recent developments at the city of
Albany, possibly also at Washington.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-20
nistorx Rcpentlng ItseIf.
From the Springfield Republican dnd

From the Springfield Republican Qnd.).
True, war news nowadays is exasperat-
ing because so conflicting in its state
ments But our ancestors did not hear of
the battle OF Waterloo for weeks after It
was fought, and Gen. Jackson fought the
battle of New Orleans not knowing that
peace had already been declared. The
modern man prefers his news to be con-
iicting rather than have no news al all.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-20

1t is now announced that Russia is ir-
revocably committed to the gold standard,
which, with Englauds attitude, puts an
other block in the way of an international
monetary conference. 1t looks very much
as If Messrs. Wolcott. Stevenson and
Paine will enjoy little more than empty
honors, and perhaps, a trip to Europe.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-20

Secretary Long is getting ready to sell a
few of the old-style, out-of-date war yes
sells of the navy. Here is a good chance
for some of the ten-acre South American
republics that are getting ready for an
other revolution to supply themselves
with craft.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-20

The next great congress of religions will
be held at Delhi, India, in 1898. Tt was
called by an illustrious Hindu named Maui
lana Syed Nesrat All Saheb. Judging
from this the delegates should find no
trouble in studying the occult, and the
mysteries of the Indian beliefs.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-20

Mr.. Theodore Roosevelt, who has just
succeeded Mr.. McAdoo as Assistant Sec
rotary of the Navy, finds as one of his
first duties the completion of the details
for the summer programme of the naval
militia. One of the new ideas is that the
naval militia of two, three or four states
shall be concentrated at a given point
go into camp and receive instruction in
shore and sea duty. Vessels of the navy
will visit the camps at times to be agreed
upon, and take the militia out TO sea. If
these arrangements are carried out Geor-
gia's battalion will, with the others, get
a pretty thorough course of instruction
this summer. Its members have reached
a stage in their work where they are
prepared TO take the best advantage of it.
The differences among the officers of the
battalion are rather unfortunate at this
time, and II is to be hoped that they will
be amicably settled in full time for both
officers and men to work in harmony.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-20

The gamblers are preparing to open up
under the new municipal administration,
according TO a Chicago paper, and faro
will soon be king in that city. The gem
eral impression is that there will be no
that Chicago is getting back in line with
other cities in the country, not all Of
which are outside OF Georgia.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-20
prenking the Record.
From the baltimore Herald (Dem.

Mr.. Maxwell, the lord high executoner
of the postal department under Cleve-
lands first administration, was accounted
an accomplished headsman. but ne will
be moved to tears at the realization of his
insuffciency when he reads the record of
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
Bristow. who exceeded the century mark
on three consecutive days.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-20

FrOm the Houston Daily Post (Dem

Mexico rises to explain that she does not
propose to retaliate against the Dingley
bill duties. Mexico is betting intelligent
enough not to desire to cut off her nose to
spite her face Mexico and the United
States ought to enter into an ample reel
procity treaty II reciprocity would prove
beneficial to us with any country in the
world, that country is Mexico.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-20

The appointment by Mayor Carter Har-
rison of Robert A. Waller as city con-
trolier is looked upon as a direst slap at
ex-Gov. John P. Altgeld. who seems to
have been quietly ignored by the new
mayor. Evidently that ring which Gov.
Altgeld had around the neck of the new
mayor was about as soft as tissue paper.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-20
mo Modcrn wnrships.
Louisville courier-Journal Dem).

NAVAL authorities" says a contempt
rary, ARE confident that the Greek fleet
will make short work OF the Turkish navy
ia case OF a declaration OF war. The sun
tan's ships are old and inferior while
those OF Greece are modern, with all the
latest torpedo improvements That may
be-, but IL IS TO be noted that an the war
ships that have recently gone To the bot
tom or proven untrustworihy In AL sorts
OF ways, have been the "moderns."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-20

The appointment of President James B.
Angel of the Michigan State University,
to be minister to Turkey, has been hearth
ly commended. The Turks have for a
long time needed a ''ministering angel"
but they want one that will rule with an
iron hand.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-20

Germany has about decided that olive
green is thc best color for warshps Ia
time of war. because a renders ships least
visible 60 an enemy. u has been report
"a for some time that The kaiser has had
nn enyious cye on John Bulra growing
power over the seas, ana this would lodi
cate that be- seems iucllned 20 show IT,.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-20

MIR ana Mrs ogden Goelet have an
nounced their intention OF spending the
summer season az Newport, ana IL Is hop
cd by society that their presence ana enc
tcrtainmcnfs VIII nn the gap caused by
the withdrawal OF the Cornelius Wander
bits from The world OF gayety.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-20

The queens jubilee celebration in Lon
don has degenerated into an occasion for
sordid speculation and a large degree of
popular disgust has been the result. The
whole energies and whole ingenuity of
Londoners are directed to selling seats. 1t
looks as if they realize that they do not
often have an opportunity to exhibit their
royalty, and they want TO make the most
they can out of a passing show.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-20

A wealthy Californian. e. J. Baldwin
by name, has just given mortgages to Sc
cure debts amounting to sl,67OOOO. He says
the passage of a protective tariff will
bring success TO all Of his enterprises and
An of which may be true, but such tariff
as is now proposed would severely tax
every consumer in the country And why
should the masses be taxed in order that
Baldwin may pay his debts?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-20
CURRENT COMMENTS.


From the Philadelphia Record Dem.).
Mr.. John Jacob Astor thinks that the
United States should buy Cuba. Cuba
would be a trifling investment for the
Astors; but there is a deepening suspicion
that Uncle Sam is already land poor.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-20

Under the new police regulations Coney
Island, New York's popular suburb. is TO
become a resort for the sanity and the
sinctihed. All the din must cease. the
'harkers' aud :faklrs' must speak only
~ conversational tones. Tho c0ueAea-
couchec performer has been banlshed by
edict Between the New York legislature
ana mo coney Island police New York
city morals will no doubt be- elevated On
tone Commissioner R0oscvelrs cloak seems
20 have fallen on other shoulders than
those Of bis Successor In once By tho
way what hae become ~ d. parkhurstg
The city itself has not had a hauling over
On quite d period.