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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05
The Right Sort of Charity.

Giving to the poor is not all there is of
charity 1t rs possible through giving.
with the best intentions, to pervert char
ity and make it rather an evil than a
good. Indiscriminate and too ready giving
tend to create paupers. The reporters
of the ready aims come to depend entire
ly upon aims for their livelihood, and do
not attempt to help themselves, with the
result that a professional mendicant class
is created. DR.. Felix Adler touched upon
this phase of charity in an address which
he delivered In New York the other day,
and in celebrating it threw out an idea
which is worthy the serious consideration
of women who are engaged in charitable
work, or who dispense aims to the poor
on their individual account. He said it
was a feminine weakness" for women to
make pets of their poor" Help of any
kind extended to the poor should be found
ed upon respect for human nature, he
said. We must make them realize that
we respect them IL we would help them
properly. Sometimes 1t is necessary to
be severe. Do not merely pay their rent
Help them to stand on their feet. Do not
make pets of them, but teach them to
take care of themselves. do not treat
them like tame animals, but like human
beings"
How many women make pets of their
poorp They coddle their poor as if they
were irresponsible creatures for whom ma
ture intended there should be guardians.
The outcome is that the poor thus PAM
pered either lose their self respect or
come to think that the world owes them
a living without the necessity of their
having to work for it. In either case
the pauperism becomes confirmed, and
professional beggars or perpetual paupers
are created. 1t sometimes occurs that
the almsgiver who makes pets of her poor
must withdraw her charity on account of
changed circumstances and then the re-
cipient of her largess. losing sight of
| past benefactons and having become con-
| firmed in indulgence, turns upon and curses
the now failed source of income.
Such charity is misdirected. 1t may
be bestowed with the very best intentions,
| but it does harm, and should be discourage
| ed. The right sort of charity is that
which aids the poor in caring for them
selves; that which sets them upon their
feet, promotes instead of destroying their
self-respect, and teaches self reliance and
independence.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05
How VII HnwniI be Governedf
From the Baltimore Sun Dem).

Annexing Hawaii is dead easy" since
nobody but our old friend Japan objects.
but how are we to govern the islands after
we acquire them? The Americans who
now govern Hawaii number about 5000.
out of a total population of 100000 They
insist that, if annexed they must be so
guarded against majority rule that their
predominance shall be unimpaired If
the natives were allowed to vote on the
basis on which people vote in our terri
tories, or in Maryland, there would be no
annexation, because they would outvote
the Americans ten to one. The japanese,
Chinese and Portuguese could each, as a
class, overwhelm the American vote eight
to one. Probably the English and Ger
mans together could muster enough votes
to down the American contingent, which
proposes to continue to govern after an
neXation by some arrangement that will
virtually disfranchise the Hawaiians, Por-
tuguese, Chinese, Japanese, and the rest
1t is remarkable that the republican par
ty, which has insisted on the right of the
African majority to vote, however incom-
petent, should now consent to a scheme of
e, eminent under which four races-all
more advanced than the African--would
be virtually DISTINGUISHED. What they
propose TO set up is an aristocracy of race
hardly to be distinguished from tyranny
1t will be bad for Hawaii and bad in the
long run for the United States.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05

Capt. Gen. Blanco has fallen into one
of the errors of hisspredecessor, Gen. Wey-
ler and that is in setting time for the
ending of the war Weyler at frequent
intervals used to give himself six months
more" in which to pacify Cuba; and at
the end of six months the insurgents and
the newspaper press would poke fun at
him. Blanco has just given himself a six
months period by June" he says,
Spains sway will once more be supreme
in the island. If he makes good his word,
he will have to do some of the smartest
hustling and sharpest lighting that has
been seen in a long time in Cuba.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05

An amusing incident occurred a few
days ago at Broad street station says the
Philadelphia Record. An old gentleman
while passing through the waiting room
stopped and picked up a ten-dollar note
from the floor and quickly put it in his
trousers pocket. A young man nearby
noticing this: at once claimed the money
as his, but the old gentleman's opinion on
that point was somewhat different, and a
heated argument ensued. The matter was
explained to a ticket agent at the win
dow, who referred the two disputants to
the head agent to settle the question of
ownership, They were ushered into the
private office of the arbiter. After live
ly discussion, the old gentleman finally
became indignant, and, drawing his hand
from his pocket he threw the note on TIE
desk, exclaiming: Here take the old
$40. As the agent was unfolding the note
a large smile overspread his features. and
he showed them it was not ten-dollar
note at all. but clever advertisement of
a leading house in this city. The young
mans face flushed scarlet, and neither
looking right nor left, he unceremoniousIy
rushed from the office, through the depot,
and disappeared.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05
New Orleans and Voodoo.

On oath to the sea serpent is part of the
voodoo initiation, says Lippincotts. A hid
eous black mass is sometimes celebrated
an inconsistent desire existing to incorpo-
rate this internal cult with Christianity
Lighted candles are placed on an altar and
compass evil ends, the ruin instead of the
salvation of some person. No respectable
tradeSman viii keep these black candles.
A negro customer who was looking at the
supply OF candles at one of the highly rep
utabIe stores near the cathedral rejected
the darkest shown him, made of yellow
ism wax, saying, in an explanatory man
ner, that candle amt exactly the color
OF the man I'm working for"
Another asked for an image of ST. An
thony without the baby" This saint is
always represented with the infant Jesus
IN his arms, and is believed to bring good
luck to the invoker. The storekeeper. at
once suspect nS that his presence was
sought TO bring luck to one of those dew
Il affairs replied in her most disapprov-
ing accents:
DO you know who that baby is you are
;t Try Ile- to to get ria Of? We have no such
w ell, l want to know which is the
SAINT that works harm to a person." the
customer persisted, to be informed very
decidedly that there is no such saint in
the calendar.
4 light-colored woman once came into
inns same store, and, with an eager ma
ngnIty IN her eyes, inquired:
what is the saint that will bring back
your lover? woman stole my husband,
ana | worked my way here in a boat from
81. Louis. heard that you could get your
revenge In New Orleans"
Night policemen find bundles Of herbs
ana curiously assorted rubbish on door
steps; cloves, rice, red beans and green
powders, birds claws and knotted strings
or linen get into mattresses and pillow
cases SO mysteriouSly as to defy detection
all for the working Of wicked spells. A
gentleman told me that early one morning
he saw in the center of Congo square a
dead black chicken laid out in state on
pate ana surrounded by lighted candles.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05

The Chicago Times Herald proclaims
boldly in leading editorial, "Gov. Tan
ner is not an idiot" This unequivoeal and
prominent declaration should cause the
people Of Illinois to take long breath in
relief from suspense. 1t should settle their
minds with regard to a matter in respect
TO which, it would seem from our contem-
porary's vehemence, they have for some
time been in doubt. We congratulate the
people Of Illinois upon their escape; never
theless we are forced to observe that 1t
TOOK the Times-Herald long time to make
It's discovery
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05
Too Much Cotton.
From the Washington Post und

Neither the Dingley bill nor any other
actual or possible revenue system can
make planters prosperous so long as they
persist in a policy that gluts the markets.
This is an old trouble in the cotton states,
and repeated efforts have been made to re-
duce the annual production by reducing
acreage. But it is next to impossible to
carry out plan dependent on the vol
untary action of thousands of persons
in widely separated localities Time NAV
remedy the evil, but until il is abated
the planters will not be made prosperous
by any, legislative action or administra-
tive policy,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05

The diplomat who represents this gov
eminent at the Haytian capital Is a color
ed school teacher from New Jersey by
the name of Powell. Should Hayt con-
tinue to sit upon her perch, and should
Germany persist in her demands, Minis
ter Powell may come into considerable
Droaninenee.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05
A Demonstrated Fact.
From the PhiladeIphla LEDGER an

If the United States treasury deficit of
almost $46,OO0,OO0 for the fiscal year to
date does not convince congress of the
necessity of either rigorous retrenchment
and economy in the matter of government
expenditures or of providing additional
revenue to meet extravagant approprie-
tons, it is unlikely that anything will do
so. Or If congress should not promptly
recognize that the Dingley tariff is a dis
astrous failure as a revenue measure, or
as a measure for the protection of domes-
tic labor, 1t will fail to recognize a clear
ly demonstrated fact.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05

The Yancy Carter judiciary investiga-
ton is to cost the state nearly $ll 900, 1t
seems. What the Blalock investgat lions
will cost has not yet been stated, but
there are reasons for thinking it will cost
a good deal more than it will come to.
The probabilities are that If politicians
were required to pay the cost of launch,
ing their booms for Office out of their own
pockets there would be fewer candidates.
less needless investigating and a lower
TAX rate.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05

We sometimes see Interesting things
about Georgia and Georgians in the Chi
cago newspapers, One of them makes
this statements: Taylor Delk, who was
recently sentenced to work in the Dade
greatly dissatisfied A few days ago. in
the same paper, it was stated that Gov.
Atkinson and Taylor Delk were old school
mates. and thatDelk had high hopes that
his boyhood friend would get him out of
the penitentiary. OF course any man who
is dissatisfied" with being in the peni-
tertiary may reasonably be expected to try
to get out.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05

1t appears from recent information that
that sensational hold-up of a Georgia leg
islative committee on the st. Mary 8, Lake
City and Gulf railroad was not so much
of a hlgh-handed proceeding, after all.
According to the statement of the owners
of the road, the legislators were merely
required to pay their fare, at the rate of
about three cents a mile. In order TO ac-
commodate the committee the road ran a
special train, lost one run of a log train,
and otherwise Inconvenience itself, 1t is
understood that having to pay Pare has
so exasperated the gentlemen of the com
mittee that. they will see if they cannot
have the charter of the little road revok-
ed
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05

The Washington Post thinks that as a
rule churches pay too little attention to
their contracts with their pastors. with
an indifference and an insensibnity which
we cannot understand" says the Post
many churches seem to think that a con-
tract between themselves and their minis
ter is no contract at all. They promise
him definite salary, and then pay him
whatever is convenient, The gas man.
the coal man, and even the sexton must
be paid but the debt owing to the minis
ter is looked upon as altogether righteous
and proper There are churches outside
of Washington to which these observa,
lions, no doubt may be applied with
force.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05
CURRENT COMMENT.
The President and Cuba.
New orleans Times-Democrat Dem

Certain it is anyway that If the cause
of suffering Cuba is to receive any assist
ance whatever from the United States
government, it is through the congress and
not through the President that that
course will be inaugurated. President Nc
Kinley will not lift a finger in their be-
half.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05

The Pittsburg Dispatch refers to the re-
cent election in Augusta as Pat Walsh's
coon hunt" AS we understand it, the
"coons" did the greater part of the hunt
ing.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-07
ssA:N's OITnIsTIAN Az
. SOCiArION.

/ The Virginiar5 is pleased to note The
encouraging condition Of the Young
Mems Christian, Association OF this city
as shown by; the report for the fiscal
year ending February 2Sth last
The financial support given the asso-
citation during the year has been sufll-
Gent to pay the expenses and make
more than $500 Of necessary improve
ments." which fact is highly gratifying,
and does credit to the management of
the efficient secretary, Mr.. Towson, and
his co-laborers in the work in which
they are engaged.
There is still Il small floating debt
which the association is anxious to dis
charge. and our people will be doing a
noble work to contribute to that end,
SO that by the next report the inatitu-
ton may be relieved Of embarrassment
The membership fee Is nominal and
there is no reason why the names on the
roll should not be increased double
what it is before another year.
An excellent reading room, and I; gym
nasium we'll nigh perfect in its arrange
ments. are among its chief attractions.
There are now six hundred aud sixty-six
members on the roll Of the association,
with an average daily attendance OF
something like two hundred young men.
It is all institution productive Of much
good and it should receive the support
and encouragement Of the entire COM
cunlty.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-07

day before the formers term OF Office ex-
PRED. and that Mr.. Olncy, III order to
| givef emphasis TO his feelings, actually
placed his resignn tiohi In the hands OF
the President.
This may or may not be true. and The
Firginian IS inclined to doubt it, yet
strangerythings have happened since Me-.
.Ofney assumed control. Of the State De-
Dartnlent under the late administra ton,
equally as discretlitable to the Secre-
tary.
Besides, It IS known that the Presi-
dent and the Secretary OF State were
more Or less at loggerheads during the
Ia ter days OF the administration because
or difference Of opinion upon the Gu
ban question, as it related to General
Lee. and 1t is positively stated that a
rupture did occur between them the day
before their retirement from office.
An exchange. referring to the mat
ter, says that 1t Is known that they diff
Tered radically on the course to be pur-
sued toward Consul-General Lee; that
Olney urged his recall on personal
grounds, and that the President declined
and properly-to indorse this action at
time when IL could serve no purpose
beyond catering to the damaged feelings
Of the Secretary; and that Mr. Cleveland
sharply criticised the chief OF his Cabi-
net for preparing for submission to the
Senate the correspondence on the Ruiz
case with General Lees responses omit
ted
When the Senate demanded the pa
pers In the Ruiz case, Secretary Olney
prepared them for submission If: accord
ance with the demand, but he took
mighty good care to omit Consul Gen
eral Lees letters OH the subject, and this
Mr.. Cleveland did not like, and sharply
criticised the Secretary for such con-
duct
Whether or not Mr.. Olney did actually
place his resignation in the hands Of the
President within twcnty-four hours OF
the administrations death, is not posi-
lively known, but, as before stated,
rumor to that effect is being circulated.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-07
IN STRONG CONTRAST.

The promptness with which the
French Consul at Havana, demanded
and secured the release OF the young
French girl arrested some days since by
the Spanish authorities as Il political
suspect, and kept seventy-two hours in
prison, deserves the applause Of tho
civilized world. It appears that the
young woman was entirely innocent of
the charge and the Consul demanded
her immediate trial or release and the
demand being refused, French war
ship came into the port Of Havana from
Martinique couple Of days later pre-
pared to lombard the city if the author
tiles PERSISTED III their refusal to re-
lease their prisoner. The story runs
that the Consul, accompanied by the
commander Of the ship, demanded the
prisoners unconditional release, the
withdrawal OF all charges against her,
an apology for the outrage, acknowl-
edgement of q reasonable claim for
damages, and royal salute to the
French flag. Six hours were given for
compliance with the demand, and in the
meantime the Frenchman cleared for
action and calmly waited results. In
less than three hours every demand had
been acceded to, and the account says
when the Spanish cannon began to
boom their salute Of regret to France
the young French girl was already at
home. Now. suppose this had been an
| American instead Of q French woman,
how long does any one suppose it would
have been before an American warship
would have steamed into the port Of
Havana to support our Consul in his de-
! mands for the release of the prisoner?
The question furnishes It's own answer.
Americans arrested i'll Havana have
no such efforts put forth to effect their
| release-the custom has been to await
| Weyler's time. American protests or
| demands don't count in Cuba with the
Spanish. and longer the people in this
country think over the fact the sickel
they become OF the whole business.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-07
MACCoR11LE. OF WEST virginia

The retirement of Governor Mac
Corkle, Of West Virginia, from the Gu
bernatoral chair Of the Little Mountain
State last week, relegates to private life
one OF the ablest chief executives who
has guided the affairs of any State, at
least within recent years. Governor
MacCorlle is q native or Virginia, hav-
Ing been born near Lexington, in Rock
bridge county, but n large portion of
his life has been spent in Missouri and
West Virginia.
lie began his career in the State whose
oh1af executive he afterwards became as
struggling young lawyer at the State
Capital. but by sheer pluck, energy and
an unrelaxing industry, overcame the
obstacles Of poverty and lack Of influ-
entail friends, and prior to his election
as Governor had become one Of the first
lawyers IN the State.
Under his administration the develop
| lnent Of West Virginia has been most
remarkabl bic. He Is probably the best au-
thority on the natural resources Of the
State. The fact that West Virginia has
within the past four years gone up from,
a comparatively Insignificant place
among the oil producing States Of the
Union to the head Of the list and Is ac-
knowledged to be the richest oil field in
the world, IS largely due to the efforts of
the States retiring executive.
Only short while after Mr.. Mac
Corkle located i'll Charleston, and while
ne was on the raggedest edge Of poverty
he stated to 4 friend that he would some
day be Governor Of West Virginia Fl.
attained his ambition before reachine
forty years of age. Not a month before
his retirement from the Gubernatoria
office he remarked. TO a friend in his
Private chamber in the State House tina
he intended to represent West Virginia
In the United States Senate before he
died. Life Is very uncertain. But vi
have not heard the last OF Governor Mac.
CorIsle. f &
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-07
NOTES AND OPINIONS.

The highest pilot charges made any
where In the world are levied at San
FRANCISCO. although the harbor and It's
approaches are ample and safe.
1t looks very much as if Florida would
soon lead all the extreme Southern
States in the cultivation Of tobac Geo. One
cigar company alone owns plantations
IN the Peninsular States aggregating
about 1900 acres.
a Russian recently won $4,000 ut Mon
te Carlo at one sitting. He won the
maximum for twenty consecutive
"coups." and In doing so broke the bank
twice-that is, he forced it to suspend
until another supply Of money could be
obtained.
The; Biographical Society of Berlin has
announced that 1t will hold q gala scs-
sion In honor Of Manson on April in
Kroll's Theatre, Berlin. After an adj
dress or welcome Nnnsen will give an
account OF his Arctic voyage. 4 ban
quet will follow.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-07

The Pants are tailored in
our own Union Work Shops,
under our own personal SUPER
vision, and are beyond ques-
ton as nicely flushed and as
perfect fitting as it is ever
possible to make Ready-to-
Wear Trousers. Hundreds of
these fine Pants are remnants
from suits by reason IF COM
bination sales, and in some
lots, are sold for less than the
bare cost of the cloth alone.
Positively not a single pair in
the line that is not a bagain,
and a big bargain at that, and
if interested in the economic
purchase Of a pair Of seperate
Pants, the special prices now
quoted ought to command inn
mediate attention.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-07
PERSONALS.

James Whitcomb Riley has announced
that lie has quit the lecture platform
for good. and will hereafter devote him
self to the writing OF poetry
1t Is said that Mr.. Bancroft, the re-
tired English actor, has made over $l5,-
600 for English hospitals this season by
reading Dickens Christmas Carol"
Sir Arthur Sullivan has composed q
new Victorian ballet for which he is Ia
receive $4,000. His "Mikado" Is soon ia
be produced in Brussels for The first
time in French.
The late Baron Hirschs valuable col
lection Of pictures is to be sold Mum.
bercd among il are some fine works OF
the Dutch school and portraits by Rom
ncy and FainS borough