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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-07
a very "TaII,, Front story.

A remarkable tale of the life and vicis-
STUDIES of the willy trout was related the
other day by E. A. Hurd of Clinton, Conn,
on Long Island sound, says the Spring
field Republican. He said: 81 recall an
instance of suspended animation with ref
erence to a trout which jumped out of
the frying pan into the fire. as it were,
and still lived. One day a fisherman show
ed me trout which was frozen solid, hav-
ing to all appearances ended this life.
took the trout home for supper and was
.otting on having such delectable dish,
when to my great establishment, the fish,
as it lay in the dish, began to show signs
of life, the heat of the house having thaw-
ed him out so that he could operate his
fins and fit the same as any trout. l
thought it was too bad to kill the trout,
so gave it to a ghbor, who placed him
in his well. The fish had flourished in the
well for two years, when one day the
house took fire.
THE water pail brigade was soon on the
scene. | was one of the fire fighters and
as / stood on the attic door some one threw
a bucket of water down through the sky
tight. Behold at my feet lay the old trout
AS the fremen were entirely dependent
upon the well in question for water they
had drawn the trout up in the bucket and
had thrown him into the burning struct-
ure in their attempt to extinguish the
flames. l picked up the trout, which did
not seen to be any the worse for having
been thrown through the roof of a build
ing, and lowered him into the well of an
other neighbor, where he lived two years
more, dying a natural DEATH
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-07
Personal.

The Duchess. of Portland's gardens are
full Of carnations. the latest Of which is
Of unique coloring, a peculiar heliorope.
The Malmaison IS the first favorte of the
duchess, who never appears without
knot Of them, or some other variety, tuck
ed in her dress.
Mr.. Bryan had occasion to define the
word fanatic the other day. and he sue
ceeded in giving the following able dehni-
ton Il used to think the word fanatic
a very harsh term, but after l was able
to define it myself it didn't seem so bad.
A fanatic is one who thinks so deeply
upon certain subjects as to make himself
a nuisance to everybody who doesn't think
so deeply on that subject as he does"
Prof. G. Stanley Hall of Clark Uni
verslty, Worcester. Mass, has just made
public the results Of his careful study of
the var.uos causes of fear in children.
According to his authority, thunder and
lightning are dreaded by greater num-
Der of children than any other one thing.
Then follow in order reptiles, strangers,
darkness, fire, death, domestic ANIMALS,
disease, Wild ANIMALS, water, ghosts, in
sects, rats and mice, robbers and high
winds.
Near Washington square. in New
York, there is housed a small club Of
Bohemians the walls of whose quarters
are modestly covered with tinted ourldp.
on these walls all visitors of note are eN-
pected to write their names and a senti-
ment original to the occasion. 1t is told
that William Dean Howels dropped IN
one day, looked around, and wrote: Il
can't think OF a thing. William Dean
Howells." A jester happened by and
scrawled below: Autobiography of Will
lam Dean Howells."
1t is announced in London that in her
capacity as governor of the Isle of Wight,
Princess Beatrice viii next summer public
ly unveil the memorial of the late Lord
| Tennyson, to be erected on the cliffs at
FaTingford 1t gives the inhabitants OF
the island great delight and satisfaction
for the princess to appear in her officia
role, and furthermore, she is, like the
| queen, passionate adm-rer of Tennyson'
/ poetry, so that her unveiIing of this mem
| orial to the late Laureate will be some
! thing much more than a perfunctory duty
! Princess Beatrice herself frequently reads
! Tennyson aloud to the queen.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-07
Mhr Hc non,t Play Poker.


There's a great deal of amusement to
be had from pack of cards, remarked
the member of congress who represents a
constituency in the southwest, says the
Washington Star. ITS wonderIal 10
think of the amount of entertainment
man can get out Of those pieces OF paste
board, if he knows how. Do you know
what l do when 1 feel as if I'd like a lit
tie relief from the monotony of Ite?'
Il couldn't say exactly" the Star man
replied: 'but 1 think / could make very
close guess
and I'll bet a hundred dollars to TWEEN
ty-five that you'd guess wrong. You q
say that I find few acquaintances ana sIt
in at a quiet game Of poker.
Isn't that right
mo, sir; not in Washington. Out where
| live l can count chips, winner or loser
as fast as any man in the township. But
here pass out before the game starts
What play is solitaire l let the tide OF
fortune ebb and flow for others, while l
sit off in a corner and do my best to get
all the cards of one suit out of the middle
piles onto the corners. 1t amt much OF
an ambition in life; but it's better than
taking any such chances as 1 understand
you run against in this community when
legislation is active"
why they play poker here just the
same as they do anywhere else"
NO, they don't. I've heard about IT..
| One of the biggest men in this outfit in
! ssts on playing straights around the cor
| ner He says that queen. king, ace, deuce
! and tray constitute just as good a
straight as he wants to see, and that
when you're able to bring it to bear, 1t S
| as much in order as a motion to adjourn.
| I've heard of that. But it's small
| detail that you could soon master"
| Il don't want to learn any variations.
/ AS soon as they get ringing in mongre
! hands on me ! quit. A burnt child avoids
the fire, and I'll never fool with any game
that I've got to learn as go along l did
it once. The young man that gave me
my experience was from the east. He
started in to play straights around the
corner, and he seemed so hurt and sur
! prised when l said l wasn't used to EN-
| that let him go ahead and have his OWL
/ way. I liked to listen to him talk, any
how, for he was mighty good company
/ He seemed to know so much about every
! thing else that I didn't hesitate to/givt
| him credit for being right up to date or
poker, and l figured it out that living sort
of secluded-ike as l had few fine points
| might have escaped me. Every once in {
| while he'd work off a new combination or
me. He was getting along frst-class auc
| l wasn't doing much of anything excep
| buying chips of the bank. But he lost {
good thing and made me skeptical for life
| by playing his luck too fine He NIGH
have been collecting revenue from me yet
| if he hadn't insisted on beating my full
hand with his high, low, Jack, big casino
and one for his nobs. 1t may have beer
| all right according to his theory of tht
game, but TO this day 1 can't help havins
my suspicious
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-07
The Dream-Iovn show.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
There is an island in Slumber Sea
Where the drollest things are done,
And we will sail there. if the winds are
fair,
Just after the set Of the sun.
IT'S the loveliest place in the whole wide
Or anywhere, so it seems;
And the folks there play at the end of
each day
In a curious show called Dreams"
We sail right into the evening skies,
And the very first thing we know
We are there at the port and ready for
sport, ....-
Where the dream folks give their show.
And what do you think they did last night
When crossed their harbor bars?
They hoisted a plank. on a great cloud
bank
And teetered among the stars.
And they sat on the moon and swung their
feet
Like pendulums to and fro;
Down Smmber Sea is the sail for me,
And 1 wish you were ready to go,
For the dream folks there on this curious
isle
Begin their performance at eight;
There are no encores, and they close their
- doors
On every one who is late.
The sun is sinking behind the hills,
The seven o clock bells chime;
l know by the chart that we ought to start
If we would be there in time.
o, fair is the trip down Slumber Sea;
Set sail and away we go;
The anchor is drawn, we are OFF and gone
To the wonderful Dream-Town show.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-07

The retail grocers of Atlanta have reach
ed point at which patience ceases to be
a virtue in dealing with that class of their
customers who practically live al their
expense. These customers are very liberal
in ordering and profuse in promising to
pay, but they never pay if they can avoid
doing so, and if what the grocers say is
correct many of them are successful in
getting their groceries without ever paying
a cent for them.
And, strange as it may seem, all of those
who live at the expense of the grocerymen
are not confined to the very poor people.
The dead beats are found among those
who figure as big tadpoles in the social
puddle.
one of the grocers, Mr.. w. o. Broyles.
in an interviewsin the Atlanta Journal
says: THE retail grocery business is my
meat and bread, and l propose to work it
up to as high a state of perfection as pos
sible 1t is unjust and wrong for one
half of a community to support the other
half, which is almost invariably the case,
When one man makes a purchase for
which he never pays, it compels me to
tax some one else doubly the value of some
article for which he pays in cash. Some
| of the so-called elite and bon ton society
people of Atlanta. who give champagne
suppers ride behind dapple grays and pa
rade themselves in theater boxes three
or four times a week won't pay a bill of
$40 for the groceries that go on their Ia
| bles."
! 1t is not to be wondered at that the gro
GERS have lest their patience and have
taken steps TO protect themselves against
the dead-beats. II naturally makes them
hot under the collar to see men who re-
fuse to pay their grocery bills cutting as
wide a swath in the social world as If
they were the possessors of millions of
dollars. In future they purpose trusting
only those who have the means to pay or
who have established a reputation for
paying. Those who have been in the habit
| of keeping up their tables at the expense
of the grocers will not find it so easy to
do so, now that the grocers have organ
lied for protection and put black marks
| against the names of those who promise,
but never pay. Atlanta has some queer
! features and there are other towns which
do not differ from it greatly in some re-
| spects.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-07


The question is being continually asked,
Why doesn't business revive? This ques-
ton causes the silverites to chuckle They
would have the country believe that moth
ing viii cause a revival Of business ex-
cept free silver coinage, and yet, nothing
is more certain than that the country
would now be practically in the hands Of
receivers if the recent presidential cleo
ton had been in favor Of free silver coin
age.
There is no lack Of confidence in the flu
ture. and there is no lack Of money. In
deed, money is so plentiful that ali of it
cannot be loaned at paying rates of in
tercst on approved security in ali parts
Of the country the banks have more money
than they know what to do with, and
bank officials are troubled about making
dividends.
1t seems to us that Senator Shermans
remark comes pretty near the truth. He
says there is overproduction on stag
nant market. But what makes "A stag
nant market? He does not answer that
question, but probably he could do so
to the satisfaction of the great majority
of people. The farmers of the west, for
instance, are not buying as much as usual
because they haven't the means to do So
and they haven't the means because the
prices they get for their products are not
equal to the cost of producing them. They
have no surplus money. They have pro-
duced such enormous crops that the mar
kets have been forced down below the
proAt line. 1t is true that during the last
three months fair price has been OBJ
tanned for wheat, but much of the wheat
crop was marketed before the wheat mar
ket advanced. The price Of corn is still
so low that it will not bear shipment to
tho seaboard, ana during all Of last year
potatoes could be had almost for the ask
ing.
Some of the great industries are not
hourishng. For instance, the iron and
steel industry is in a moribund condition,
and why? Well, one reason is there are
no railroads being constructed. There is
very little demand for additional railroads.
and there will not be a much greater de-
mand for many years. The development
Of the country has not kept pace with rail-
road building. The country must grow up
to the railroads before there will be much
railroad building, except of short lines
needed for feeders to main lines. There
are now as many trunk lines as will be
needed during this generation. The fall
ing off in the building of railroads checks
the production of iron, steel rails and ev-
erything else used in railroad construc-
ton. In this one thing we have one good
reason for a stagnant market and for the
number of people out of employment
Other things might be mentioned, but
the foregoing one shows there are causes
| for a stagnant market which cannot
be removed at once. New means for the
I consumption of products and for employ
ment must be found before we can have
the degree of prosperity we had few
years ago.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-07

WHY
From the Chattanooga Times (Dem).

Concerning why don't more desirable
people move into the SOUTH" the New
York Evening Post reekons it's partly be-
cause the average man would rather live
in a cold climate than be shot in a warm
climate" The Post points to the reports,
published in the Savannah Morning News
on Christmas and two days following,
which show In Georgia alone mo less than
twenty homicides, many of them being
coid-blooded murders and the great ma
jority growing out of the drinking of
whisky, while there were also numerous
bloody fights" What can we reply to
these statements? Nothing but that they
are true During nearly the whole month
of December the homicides in Kentucky
averaged three per day, and the lynchings
three per week We can't excuse this hor-
rid state of things by showing that some
western or northern states are as bad as
the worst southern state. The Post Justly
says that lit would be hard to exaggerate
the claims for the south, that may be
truthfully made as to the climate, the fer
tility of the soil, the opportunities for de-
velopng material resources of various
sorts. But there is one drawback which
will make nine out of ten northern people
who think of making the change first
hesitate, and finally decide against it. II
is the appalling record Of crime. as given
in the very newspapers that appeal for
settlers
Striking back with the tn quoque club
does no good The Post cannot be far
amiss, when it accepts the truth of the
stories told by our own best and most
carefully managed newspapers. -'aA-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-07
BRIGHT BITS.

Womanly Intuition-I don't know, cried
the excited feminine voice in the dark
ness, whether you are my husband or d
burglar, but Pm going to be on the safe
side and shoot.-London Figaro.
why did BIinkersdorf leave Boston,"
"He claimed there was no room there
for him."
mo room for him."
mo room in the narrow streets. He's so
bowlegged, you know,'-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
No Time for Half Measures-Nervous
Prisoner-I1ad better get hold of a law
yer, do you think? It's three years if they
convict me.
Friendly Constable-Humph! in that
case you'd better get hold of a juryman.
Truth.
Over the Line Fence-You don't have
no Christmas at your house. Your dad S
a pawnbroker.
That's all right. He'll have most O. the
Ohristmus things you've got at your house
fore you've had EN-. a month"-Chicago
Tribune.
"A Proud Record.-"Who was that
Squire Huxtable that died last week?''
asked the caller at the newspaper Of
flee.
He was a man." responded the editor
of the Perkins Junction Palladium, who
had taken this paper nineteen years, al
ways paid for it in advance, never expect
ed me to make a local item about ii when
he put new roof on his barn or sold his
pork, when he came in to ask me a ques-
ton never began by saying an editor is
supposed to know everything, always sent
a 81 bill with the wedding notice whenever
any of his family got married, and never
had an IDEA he could run my paper bet
ter than l could. Chicago Tribune.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-07
a Mild Reauest ZOE q SONG.

Although the Quakers as a sect do not
favor music. regarding it as a prohtless
amusement, INDUCED in by the world s
people, there are occasionally stories told
which show that the love of music some
times steals its way into a Quaker house
hold in spite of discipline, says the Youth s
Companion.
George Thompson, the famous English
abolitionist, while lecturing on the aboli-
ton of slavery in the British provinces,
stopped one night with Quaker family.
He was a great lover of music, and at
that time was a good singer.
During the evening he sang loft in the
Silly Night" which was listened to with
the closest attention.
In the morning his Quaker hostess ap-
peared somewhat uneasy. She wished to
hear the song again, but 1t would hardly
do. she thought, for her to request its repe-
ti.ion. At last, however. her desire over
came her scruples
George she said with a faint pink
color i'm her soft cheeks, will thee re-
peat the words of last evening, in thy
usual manner?'
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-07

The Princess Chimay-Caraman, former
ly Miss Ward of Detroit, who the other
day deserted her husband and ran away
with gypsy musician, says of her I'M
happy marriage with the prince: Il drifted
with the fashion debating a union be-
tween nobility and wealth" Having mar
ried nobleman, who had been purchased
with her wealth, she despised him. and
ran away from him with a gypsy. Her
case should prove a warning to parents
of wealth who insist that their daughters
shall drift with the fashion"
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lADkA 10 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Meetings-Solomon' Lodge No. 1, f. and
a. NJ.
Special Notices-Storehouse Wanted to
Rent; opportune Remedies, Jones Phar-
macy; Good Soup Is Half the Dinner, w.
G. Cooper Company; Notice to City Court
Jurors; Notice as to Bids, John E. Ma
guire, Secretary Savannah Fire Depart
ment.
Junior overcoats-B. H. Levy & Bro.
Collars-Cluetts Collars.
Cash VS.. Credit-Falk Clothing Company
These Are Real Bargains-C. II. Dor
sett.
Very Interesting News for Bicycle Rid
ers-Meinhard and Appel & schaul.
Auction sale-Executors Sale, by !. d.
Ia. Roche, Auctioneer.
Steamship Standardization Line;
Red Star Line.
Medical-McElree's Wine of Cardui;
Hoods Sarsaparilla; Cuticura Remedies;
S. S. S.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Persona; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-07

Some Ohio politicians are still figuring
upon the plan to put Senator Sherman in
the cabinet and Mark Hanna in the Sem
ment. by the way, ought to be acceptable
to the senators, as under it they would
have the ear of the administration all the
time. And that might not be the case if
Mr.. Hanna were lie the cabinet.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-07

The telegraph has come pretty near to
annihilating time in the transmission of
communications, but steam has not ami
hilated distance in the Transmission of COM
modities. In Nebraska there is more corn
than the people know what to do with.
1t is worth only a few cents bushel and
is being used as fuel. In India there is
famine. The starving natives would give
their earthly possessions for a few hands,
full of Nebraskas corn.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-07

The ruling of the Maryland court of ap-
peals upon the South Carolina bonds case
reopens the question so often heard in
South Carolina during the recent cam
paign, viz, 'Who got the commissions? p"
Afr. Duncan put the question to Gov.
Evans on the stump. The governor fail
ed to answer. and his failure undoubtedly
had a good deal to do with the fact that
he is now a private citizen instead of a
senator-elect of the United States.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-07

In Kentucky court the other day ne
gro was on trial upon the charge of hav-
ing stolen freight from car. AS he was
being taken from the court room at The
dinner hour he stole the judges silk hat,
right before that dignitary's eyes, put it
on his head and walked out. Kleptomania
is defined as being "a propensity to steal,
claimed to be Irresistible" Evidently this
negro was possessed of an irresistible pro-
pensity to steal. But he was not adjudged
guiltless by the court and sent to hos
pital in the care Of a specialist. lie is
now doing time on "the gang"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-07

other day: II am counting the days and
hours until we get out of the white
house" Lord Rosebery said to a friend
recently: There are two moments of
happiness, one imaginary and the other
real. The first is when one receives the
seal Of office from the queen, and the
second is when he returns the seal to her."
President Cleveland is approaching the
moment of real happiness. and is anxious
to be a free man once more.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-07
CURRENT COMMENT.
Purpose Made Plain.
From the New York Post Qnd.).

The tariff hearings have at least sue
ceeding in disposing of one false pretence,
and that is that the new bill must be had
for the sake of revenue. Who of the men
heard by the committee have thought or
cared or spoken about revenue-eXcept the
revenue that is to flow into their own
pockets?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-07

Congressman Money is on his way back
from Cuba, after spending on.y few days
on the island. 1t was announced that he
would visit the insurgents and learn for
himself at first hands just the status of
affairs. Did he find the insurgents and
secure the desired information in so short
time, after Gen. Weyler had spent
months in a vain search for them?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-07
The "Late Lamented" Alliance.
From the Birmingham News (Dem.).

1t is announced that the farmers alli-
ance will formally go out of existence in
several western states this month, when
the executive committees will disband. To
all purposes and intents it is already dead
and has been for some time. The overdose
of politics, which was administered by
demagogues, proved fatal.