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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-05
bright BITS.

What is dolce far niente?'"
"Well-in the finest phase, it is sitting
perfectly still and watching somebody else
work. Detroit Free Press
-Kallow: tell you there's just as good
writer's in the world as ever there were.
Dillon; How about Shakespeare?
Kallow A piece of luck on his part
He happened to be born at the right
time, when there weren't so many writ
ers as there are at present-Boston Tran
script.
She is waiting on the doorstep with a
wistful, pleading eye,
For some one who has told her he was
coming by and by
And her sad sweet face with welcoming
smiles grows radiant in a trice
As she hears the lettering footsteps of the
man who brings the ice.
Was hington Star.
"A Kentucky man." says the Cincin-
nati-Tribune, was fined $25 last week for
kissing a girl once. About thEee months
back another man in the samdNstate was
fined $40 for kissing another girl three
times. 1t will be interesting to watch
these osculatory experiments, for by so
doing we may discover just how often it
is necessary to kiss Kentucky CIR. with
out mourning the dspleasure of the law"
-Humiliated.-"No. groaned the suf-
ferer, Il don't mind the bruises so much
It's the humiliation of the thing chat is
hardest upon me"
But the visitor said, according to
the accounts in the papers, it wasn't your
fault. You were on the right side of the
road when the collision occurred"
Il know that. but the fellow who ran
into me was on a last years wheel"
And he rolled over and wept.-Cleveland
Leader.
Why He Was Happy.-Landor-He
what's up? You look as happy as if you'd
just fallen heir to a million.
Benjamin-Thats how I feel One of
my teeth has been almost jumping out of
my head for a week, and this morning I
decided that l couldn't stand it any longer.
so / went to the dentists to have it out
Landor-Ah, and you've gotten rid of the
troublesome thing! Well, that would nat
uraly--
Benjamin-No. What tickles me is that
the dentist wasn't in.-Cleveland Leader.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-05
An ObIiginr Neighhor.

One Of the most curious cases in the an
nails Of the criminal law VIII soon be tried
in the criminal court Of Cincinnati, says
the st. Louis Republic. The gist of the
case is, does one who accidentally wit
nesses an unsuccessful attempt at suicide
and then aids the suicider in a successful
attempt, become an accessory TO the
crime?
A group of attorneys were discussing
some novel cases yesterday, and one of
them from Cincinnati, narrated the fol-
lowing facts:
Some time last May a farmer near Gin
cinnati, becoming financially involved and
being too proud to ask the help of his
friends, attempted suicide by hanging him
self In his orchard. He climbed a tree. tied
one end of the rope to his neck and the
other to a limb, and then jumped, but the
rope became united at the neck by the
strain. just as he jumped a neighDor
passed. Seeing the failure and believing
that nothing succeeds like success he
volunteered to show the crestfallen man
how to make a hangman's knot and, in
fact tied the knot around the poor man 5
neck. The farmer was still determined.
He briskly climbed the tree, again tied
the rope to the same limb, and jumped be-
fore the eyes of his astonished neighbor.
TransfiXed by the awful sight, he could do
nothing. The body jerked In dying con-
VulSlOnS, out sun the nelShDor dld nOtn-
ing. Presently, recovering his senses, he
gave the alarm.
Now that man has been indicted by the
grand jury as an accessory to that farm
er's self-destructon. To add to his dis
comfort and disgrace, his own mother
who has considerable property, has disin-
herited her son for his failure and neglect
to stop the old farmer"
The reporter ventured to ask if a case
similar to this had ever been tried.
Not to my knowledge" replied the at
torney 1T is a rare case. and promises to
be what we call a cause celebre. There
had been no bad feeling between the two
men. On the contrary, a warm friendship
had existed for years and each had often
accommodated the other.
THE fact that the neighbor fixed the
knot, made no protest to the man climbing
the tree or any attempt TO prevent the
crimes makes it look bad for him.
ION the other hand, he says he was jok-
ing. and couldn't believe his eyes when h.
saw the man climb up the tree and jump
The outcome of this case will be watched
with great interest by the legal fraternity
and by the laity as we'll
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-05

There IS an Old story dating back 10
the reign Of Kalakaua in Hawaii Of
man always standing at the foot Of the
flagstaff in front Of the government house
in Honolulu with an American flag in his
hand ready to run it up to the breeze upon
the slightest provocation once. just be-
fore the conclusion OF the Harrison admin
istration. the man received a tip and ac-
tpally ran the flag up. But a sturdy Off
cial in Washington quoted from the de-
dialogue, Thou shalt not steal" and Or
dered the flag hauled down. 1t occurs,
however that the man is still standing by
the Flagstaff with his hand upon the hal
liards waiting for something TO turn up
which shall furnish an excuse for running
the flag up once more. If Japan would
just say beans. " up would go the flag and
Il would be proclaimed by the carpet bag
gers, land grabbers and sugar barons
that sacred American rights had been
threatened making it necessary 10 adopt
a}vigorous mode Of procedure
II seems that young Mr. Sewall, who Is
now minister OF this government TO
Hawaii has been watching for an oppor-
tunity to establish a protectorate' over
the islands Young Mr. Sewall was once a
democrat and was sent to Hawaii by the
Cleveland administration. While there ne
got too brash; wanted to have things too
mu-a his own way; wanted TO transcend
his instructions and exceed his authority
The result was that the administration
sent for him to come home That made
l. ~,
also that democratic principles were all
wrong. and he forwith became a republi-
can. So ardent a republican did he be-
come, indeed. that he opposed his own
fathers candidacy for the vice presidency
in the last election.
Young Mr. Sewan became a republican
with purpose He determined to prove
himself bigger man than old
Cleveland" His purpose, together
with his active opposition to his father,
commended him to the most distinguished
consideration of the Mckinley admnistra-
ton. and he was sent back to Hawaii in
the capacity of minister. And now he is
after winning "vindlcation." The vindi-
cation. of course, is to come through the
annexation of the islands. If he can take
a leading part in the matter, by establish
ing protectorate during the pendency Of
the treaty in congress, so much more bril-
liant will be the feather in young Mr..
Sewalls cap. Hence Sewall keeps the man
with the American flag standing by the
flagstaff.
The character of the demand for the an
nexation of the islands has not changed
since Mr. Cleveland checked the first
scheme. At that time it was a bold plot
by New England Adventures. many Of
whom went TO the islands for the ostensi-
BILE purpose of saving the souls of the ma
tives, and wound up by robbing them Of
their possessions. It was money max
ing scheme in which the undesirable pop
ulation of the Islands and the ultimate
heavy cost to the taxpayers of the United
States was not considered A few politi-
clans and a few thousand carpet baggers
would make a good thing Of it. and that
was all there was in it. And the consider
atiOns are the same to-day.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-05
At the Ticket once.

Il want a ticket to Valparaiso"
cone dollar and thirty cents"
you don't think I want to get it for
nothing. do you?"
"Was it Valparaiso you said?''
1T was. sir" was the reply according
to the Chicago Tribune.
lone dollar and thirty cents"
Cant you see I've got my pocketbook
out? Do I look like man that's watch
ing for a chance to jerk a railroad ticket
out of your hand and run away without
paying for it?"
Say, if you want a ticket for Valparai-
So"
That's what I want, young man. and
I've told you so twice. How many times
more do you want me to ask for it?
You're here to sell tickets, I reckon?'
yes, sir, and if you want
"A ticket to Valparaiso-V, a, l, p, a, r, i
no, a, -
lone dollar and thirty"
Il know exactly how much it is, young
man. l don't need to be told more than
five or six times. I've travelled between
this town and Valparaiso more trips than
you've got ounces of brain inside your
skull l was buying tickets from here to
Valparaiso when you were wearing short
pants. You don't look like the kind of
chap that can afford to put on airs over
plain common, everyday people. You
look like some Billy sort of a brakeman
that's been promoted to a conductors job
| on account of scarcity of material and
hasn't got over the swelled head yet. No,
I'm not hindering anybody that wants to
buy ticket to some other town, either.
I know this man standing behind me. He
wants to go to indianapolis, and his train
doesn't leave for three hours. You'll lis
ten to all I have to say if it takes me till
dinner time. If the railroad company can
not afford to hire clerks that have got
sense enough 10 tell an honest man from
a pickpocket, or a gold brick swindler it
ought to raise the price of tickets or econ
omize by building cheaper cars and adj
Vertise for a few competent-O, you've
concluded to hand over the ticket without
waiting to see whether I'm going TO COB
BILE it and run off with il, have you? Well,
here's your change, and perhaps you'll
know me when you see me again, young
man MOrningi'
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-05

II is somewhat amusing 20 note the earn
est, long and learned discussions of the
subject of the negro as a holder of public
Office that have followed the appoint
ment OF the negro barber Rucker TO be
internal revenue collector Of Georgia The
old and well-informed New York Evening
Post few days ago devoted nearly two
columns of news space and considerable
editorial space to a consideration of the
matter in its various phases. without ar
irving at any definite conclusion, just as
if the question were a brand new one in
voNing the incest points of political and
social ethics
As matter Of fact the negro in public
office is nothing new in the south There
has not been a republican administration
since the war that aid not saddle upon the
south a number of negro office holders.
only few years ago the republican con
gress passed laws for the special pur-
pose Of putting and holding negroes in Of
flee in the south They were put in Gus
tom houses collectorships, and postofflces;
they We're sent to congress upon forced
ballots in farcical elections; they were
prosecuting officers; they were establish
ed at state capitals as treasurers, super
intendents Of education, and what not.
Wherever the powers at Washington could
put negro IN office in the south, he was
put in, Notwithstanding the protests of the
white people
The negro office holder under republican
auspices, therefore, is no new thing. The
south expects to see the blacks placed in
prominent positions, in the democratic
south, whenever the republicans come into
power. It is true there has been a falling
off in the number of black Office holders
of late years, and there has lately been
considerable talk of forming a white
mans republican party in the south, and
of the administra TONS regarding the de
sires of the majority of taxpayers But
nobody seriously believed that the repubi-
onn party would change its principles
with regard to the south. Indeed, in so far
as giving offices to the blacks is con
cerned, it could hardly do so, for the rea-
son that the bulk of the republican party
in the south is black and il would be a
matter of impossibnity to secure white
recruits enough to make up for the deser-
tions that would follow if the blacks were
ignored in the distribution of Offices
As matter of fact, the adherence of the
republican party to its old policy of APP
pointing negroes to important offices in
the south is rather beneficial than other
wise to the democratic party A prominent
Georgia physician, who voted for Palmer
and Buckner, said the other day: q had
about made up my mind TO become a re-
publican, until Mckinley appointed Ruck-
er; now l am confirmed in my allegiance
to the old line democracy. whatever its
platform may be. l will never again give
even negative support to a republican in
the hope that he may be constrained to
treat the south decently." Every black
republican Office holder will be regarded
as standing argument against factionai-
ism and dissensions in democratic ranks.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-05
lNpEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Meeting-solomon's Lodge No l, f. &
A. NJ.
Special Notices-Dissolution Notice, G.
W. Allen Co; Notice, George W. AL
len; Notice, Jas. NJ Daniel
Low Cut Trousers-B. II. Levy & Bro.
Knowledge-Giving Books. Interesting
Novels--Leopold Adler.
There Is Pleasure-Falk Clothing Com
pany.
Cut Price Sale Of Trousers.-B. H. Levy
& Bro.
Steamship Schedules-American Line;
Red Star Line.
The Regular Weekly Ball-At South End
Hotel, Tybee Island.
Medical-Erie Medical Company; S. S.
s.; Cuticura Remedies; Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla; Ayers Cathartic Pnls; Worlds Dis
pensary Preparations; Ponds Extract.
Cheap Column Advertisements-He
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-05

There are about 100000 members OF see
cret societies Ia the United States and
Is estimated that they spend for re-
gala, plumes, banners, hanquets and un-
necessary travelling expenses not less
than S25o,ooo,oo a year. In ordinary life
IL is given only TO woman 60 adorn her.
self with bows and frills and feathers
and ribbons. but IN the lodge room the
man has his turn, for there he can burst
forth in all the glittering onulgcnce OF
gorgeousness. II is apparent from the
figures. too. that 1t costs him a good deal
OF moEey 10 do g.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-05

President Mckinley appears 70 have
sent a special agent to the Hawaiian
Islands to look into matters preliminary
10 annexation. At least. Maj Samuel A.
Mulhauser, a prominent lawyer Of Cleve-
land, o., has sailed from san Francisco.
as he states. on such a mission. No Won
der the President omitted mentioning the
appointment. lie has had so many spe-
cial ambassadors and special agents and
specials Of all kinds Of late that the people
are apt to become somewhat wearied OF
the special business, unless it is put an
end to-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-05

The commissioners or the commissioner
ana others who are interested in
the development OF the Bar
ony of Buckhalter made a long search
yesterday for the petition asking for the
building of new road to Thunderbolt
They found It and closely examined 1t for
the pames of newspaper men, grand jury
men and all those other bad men who op-
pose the will OF the county commissioners
Doubtless they found quite number Of
the names they were looking for. people
who. after considering the cost of build
ing the proposed road, and also the offer
of the Thnderbolt Shell Road Company
to sell IFS property for $4,000. have chang
ed their views. wise men sometimes
change their minds. fools never"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-05

savannah welcomes the horticultural
ists Of Georgia. They arc undoubtedly
one Of the states most important factors
The beauty impaired TO streets ana parks
ana squares by the experienced and sci-
entIhc eye is recognized everywhere now
as one of The necessities OF modern cIvnl-
zauon. and the development of horucul-
ture 10 any community IS commoudahlc
ana should Doc given every encourage.
ment Nowhere could such a convention
have been more appropriately held than
DO Savannah whore ihe people delight Boz
ne growth Of trees and plants. ana whore
ihey are devoted 10 horticulture in Be-
highest forms.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-05

Alaska must be an extraordinary coun-
try, susceptible Of a development that
may yet surpass the widest dreams OF
the Imagination. The most recent discov-
cry is a lake Of almost pure petroleum.
which, as far as it goes, promises TO be
pretty near as valuable as any section OF
the gold fields Then, too the ice in
dustry should not be overlooked. Large
quantities Of it are found right in the
heart Of the gold fields, and it is produced,
too. by natural agencies.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-05

Trom lhe New York worIl lDeml

II Jones Stewart and McEnery. the free
silver men who voted ahirmativcly for the
yer men who did not vote az all though
present ln the chamber; Kyle and Petit
grew the free silver men who were alb
sent and not paired. and Mantle. who was
paired Boo favor OF the bin. had cast their
votes against II. the result would have been
the defeat of the measure 10y a vote OF 81
for and 80 against 90.
Thus the most monstrous tariff In the
history of the country, the ono that ficccrs
the people 10 fatten the trusts more shame
fully than any previously enacted. has
been saddlcd upon The American people by
the action of che free silver senators.
mostly from The rotten pocket boroughs
OF the FAR west
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-05

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-05

The fact that customs inspectors at New
York allowed the forty-two trunks OF Spec
iai Commissioners Whitelaw Reid to come
through without paying the tax upon all
purchases over 800 made abroad need
cause no surprise Not only is Mr. Reid
a privileged person under the circum-
stances but the inspectors know that as
the apostle and advocate OF protection he
would not buy a thing abroad, so consist
ent is he in his support of a home market
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-05

Secretary Long Of the navy department
Gays the government can build the armor
plate for the new battleships at a cost
of $500 a ton. beyond which amount the
Senate has refused to so. There is no
reason for paying 1926 for a thing when
it can be made for $500. But has the
secretary taken into consideration the
cost of a plant and the amount or armor
plate the government Will have to make?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-05

There BE- a peculiar state OF affairs from
a religious standpoint existing among the
Indians of the onondaga reservation In
New York state Christian missionaries
have founded churches there. ana were
working hard for the conversion OF the
indians with much gratifying success
Now Mrs. Harriet Converse of New York.
who visits the red mon periodically. Is
undoing all tho work che missionaries have
done, ana has practically succeeded in
getting about all the Indians to return to
their former pagan religion and idol wor-
ship. which they VIII celebrate by the
burning Of white dog next january
The most important work before the mis-
honarles Just now Be- tne conversion OF
Mr.. Converse. as that appears Co bo "a
preliminary TO success in the work among
thc Indians.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-05

A Kalamazoo (Mich) man says he is
going to make trip TO the Klondike gold
fields in an airship. as he believes that
the most practical way Of getting there.
That Is what Andree thought about the
north pole, but so far as has been heard,
the people at the pole have as yet seen
nothing of the airship
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-05
would Have Raised Howl any
where.
From the New York Post Gnd).

II a colored barber in New York or
Brooklyn. Philadelphia. or Chicago were
transferred from his shop TO the collector
ship OF internal revenue IN his city. every
body knows that the surprise over such a
selection would be mingled with intense
dissatisfaction among the whites. who con-
stitute almost the whole number OF people
ever coming into any relations with such
an official Nobody. therefore viii be sur
prised TO learn from the letter elsewhere
published that such an appointment In the
city OF Atlanta for the state Of Georgia
has caused both a great sensation and
profound disgust. The incident shows how
hard IL must always be to build up the re-
publican party IN the south.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-05
CURRENT COMMENT.


From the Springfield Republican Qnd).
John Wanamaker has concluded to ac-
cept the Presidents rebuke and become a
patriot. He now finds us "at the turn
stile" to prosperity.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-05

There were three applicants for the
postoffce at Moline. ILL.,, but Cousin
George H. Mckinley got 1t in a walk
Cousin Mckinley and Cousin Osborne are
favorites with the new administration
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-05

There IS nothing remarkable about the
fact that one OF the gold brick swindlers
who did New orleans saloonkoepcr up
for 5000 dropped dead from heart dis.
oasc 10 Nas enough 10 have produced
an extraordinary shock upon the nervous
yttem of anybody since ihc suulnF usual.
81 comes from behind the bar.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-05

1nere is a lot of comfort to be gotten
ont of the dispatches from the northern
and western states which indicate how
much hotter it becomes the nearer one
goes to the north pole.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-05

Marcoui, 2s-yoar-old lad Of London.
Is the latest scientific prodigy. He is said
TO have rcvolutonized telegraphy, discov-
cred method OF preventing collisions
az sea, and made communication SO ccr-
tain and so superior TO obstruction that
the whole scheme of modern warfare may
have TO be changed. So far he has suc-
coedcd IN sending telegraphic messages "a
distance Of twelve miles without wires.
ana with a little more work on the APP
paratus, says he viii soon be able 60 send
them a much greater distance. with rapid
teleeraphy. wireless telegraphy and final
iy airshlps. the whole world viii soon bc
one big ncighhorhood.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-05
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