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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-31
Personal.

An enterprisng young physician Of
Warsaw, H.. has built private teIe-
phone line connecting his Office with the
houses OF all his country patients
"A person. named Lang. who had been
for twenty years member Of the fire de-
partment OF Troyes, France, was discov-
ered after death 10 be woman.
Ian Maclaren" says that although ne
spoke 1T times during his American tour.
not counting after dinner speeches, he
@sVer was unwell during the whole Of
his time.
KING Humbert Of Italy is the most
heavily insured man in the world. The
amount Of Insurance he carries is over
SI5p,VO The late Car Alexander III
was insured for $4,000.
queen Victoria. for all her n years.
IS yet overtopped in point Of age by four
other monarchs Of Europe: The pope. the
Grand Duke of Luxembourg, the King OF
Denmark and the Grand Duke of Sake
Wclmar.
r-The Nizam Of Hyderabad has received
an invitation to visit England next sum
mer. 1t is considered unlikely that he
VIII accept, as the famine has greatly
reduced his income. He has prepared val
liable presents for her majesty TO COM
memorate the length of her reign.
Mrs. Althea Briggs-stryker who is
coming to be looked upon in Kansas as
Mrs. Leases most formidable rival, is
quiet but persistent young woman Of 80
with soft voice and a pleasing presence.
She is the wife of the state superintendent
OF education, but was a prominent populist
long before her husband was publicly
known.
Secretary Olney takes a long walk ev-
cry day. says the New York Times, and
always moves at a rate that constantly
threatens to turn into run, though it
never does so, except occasionally, when
he darts in front of a rapidly moving
street car These walks begin about 4
O'Clock in the afternoon, when the secre-
tary emerges from the state department
building, passes up Executive to Pennsyl-
vania avenue, and then. turning to the
right, starts for the Peace monument, at
the foot of Capitol hill. He is invariably
dressed for these excursions in snort
boxcoat. with trousers to match, and a
derby hat. Now and then, but rarely, he
wears a light fall overcoat; usually he
prefers to trust for warmth TO the en-
ergy of his motions. The secretary often
invites a friend to accompany him on
these trips, but he rarely gets an accept
ance twice from the same man, for the
tastes of department officials and diplo-
mats do not usually lie in the direction
of violent exercise.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-31
Rnre Amcricnn Humor.

An irreverent and iconoclastic congress
man a few days ago astonished the House
by proposing that the Congressional Rec
ord be abolished. He based his opposi-
ton to the famous publication upon the
ground that it costs more than 1t comes
TO; that its privileges are grossly abused.
and that the country could get along just
as well without it.
To some extent what he says of the
abuse of privileges is true. Neverthc-
less the Congressional Record should be
continued. 1t is a fact that it has an
exceedingly large staff Of extremely dull
contributors. 1t is also a fact that 1t
costs a pile Of money. But it has many
merits Beyond question it is the vecy
best periodical of It's class in the United
States. AS a humorous publication it Is
unique. Its funny editors sometimes get
off Jokes that would never be embalmed
In the countrys history If 1t we're not
for the Record. Thus, as a contributor
to the gaiety of nations, and as an ex-
ponent of a peculiar style of American
humor, 1t should receive the liberal sup
port of those who have applied or may
apply for permission to print" An illus
tration of the jocund wit which sometimes
illumines It's pages is herewith submitted:
The Indian appropriation bill was be-
fore the House Amendments were in
order Mr.. Hartman of Montana secured
recognition. We quote from the Record:
Mr. Hartman: Mr.. Chairman, offer the
amendment which ] send TO the desk, to
come in after the paragraph just read.
The amendment was read, as follows
For the support, education and clvili-
cation of the Seeley savages on the Man
haitian reservation, one thousand million
dollars
Qaughter)
Mr. Sherman: Mr. Chairman, I reserve
the point of order on that until l ascer-
tain whether It proposes to appropriate a
thousand millions or one million.
Mr. Hartman: 1t proposes one thousand
million dollars for the support, education
and civilization of the Seeley savages
on the Manhattan reservation. Qaughter)
Mr. Sherman Mr. Chairman. while l
am thoroughly In sympathy with the OBJ
ject contemplated by the amendment, yet
IL carries so large an appropriation | must
insist upon the point of order. UaughterJ
II will be observed, from the bracketed
laughter that the congressman know a
Joke when they hear one. Thus it APP
pears that the Record serves the double
purpose Of perpetuating congressional
Jokes and conveying to the country the
assurance that life at Washington is not
one demnition grind
Presumably the pages OF the Record will
fairly glitter with sclntillations of wit
and humor when Billy Mason of Chi
cago arrives to take charge of the funny
department.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-31
A word About the Election.

The municipal contest is over. and the
new city administration VIII be inaugu-
rated tomorrow. There is no better time
than the present TO say word about one
feature Of the election. We refer 10 the
buying Of votes. AS a community. are we
content to let that evil pass withou; a
protest or an effort TO remedy It? Has
the public conscience become so dead
ened by the long continuance OF this evil
that it cannot be awakened by the dan
gers which the evil threatens
After nearly every local election for
years we have called attention 10 the fact
that money was freely used 10 bride vot-
ers. and grand juries have attempted to
reach the offenders. They have not sue
ceeded mainly because the evil is too gen
eral. and too many are Interested In shield
ing the offenders. We do not believe the
courts can come any nearer putting stop
to the evil than they can to enforcing
prohibitive liquor law in communities
which are opposed to such a law. The
community Itself must do IT, We must
have a public sentiment which will not
tolerate vote buying. The men and wo-
men who make public opinion must set
their faces against 1t, and make it so dis
graceful that no one will have the cour-
age to be known In connection with it.
The leaders Of the factions could now
render the community a great service If
they would by boldly taking stand
against it, and openly avowing that they
will not in future countenance it. Neither
they nor those who contribute the money
with which votes are bought approve the
evil. and they would be glad If it were
removed from our elections. They toll
crate it because they are afraid their
opponents would gain an advantage by
means Of 1t If they should refuse to be-
come parties to it. They should make
an effort, however, to come to an under
standing with each other with regard to
it at once. They can do so Immediately
after an election much more easily than
on the eve of one. II they will not do
so the people ought 70 have meeting
and make II clear that they will not
longer submit to the evil.
It would be. impossible TO overestimate
the demoralizing effect Of vote buying
upon community. 1t lowers the stand
ard Of morals and destroys pride in Gill
zenship. 1t stimulates the growth of a
class of voters who feel no interest what
ever in good government, and who, for
few dollars, would assist in corrupting the
public service to the last degree. 1t &c
stroys the self-respect of the vote-sellers,
and, hence. makes them Indifferent to the
Weakens respect for law and order and
the institutions which administer and exc
cute the laws.
These are some of the evils, but they
are sufficient to inspire every good citi-
zen 10 use whatever influence he pos
sesses to put an end to vote-buying.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-31
The Fighting EdGtors.

I remember calling at the office of
great Partisan newspaper with a friend
who wished to have rectifed a statement
published in it concerning him, says a
writer in the Cornhin Magazine When
our business was made known we were
ushered into a handsomely furnished room
on the first floor. Seated at desks, with
out a trace of pens, ink or paper, or of
anything in a literary way except some
new novels. together with few packages
of cigarettes, were two gentlemen, whose
appearance made a considerable impress
sion on me. They were faultlessly dressed
in deep black (the duelists COLOR. Each
had the ribbon OF the legion In his button
hole, their long jet-hlack moustaches were
waXed out to point as fine as a needles,
and there was in their whole manner
their voices, their gestures and the express
sion of their eyes and mouths an indie
scribable something that proclaims the
man who at one time or another has worn
a uniform. These We're the fighting edi-
tors, with whom evidently the pen was
not mightier than the sword. They were
civil, however, and consented to the rec
tlncation of the paragraph. AS fighting
was their trade, they looked at it in a
purely business way, and only went out
when the demands made were too unreal
sonable to De entertained. 1 fancy that
they sometimes fought in defense of arti-
Giles they had never even seen.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-31
A sntrfnctorr seIectIon.

The selection Of Lyman J. Gage for Sec
rotary Of the Treasury gives very general
satisfaction. That secretaryship, while not
the leading cabinet position, Is considered
to be, at this particular time. the most i'm
portant cabinet Office. We are at peace
with all the world, and the indications are
that we SHAH remaiRso for the next four
years atleast. Therefore public attention
is not directed towards the Office Of secre-
tary of State We are satisfied that our
currency and banking system needs re-
forming. Therefore the appointment Of a
man OF great ability in solving financial
questions Is demanded as Secretary OF the
Treasury.
In the west Mr.. Gage Is regarded as a
man OF very great ability. and his quail
fcadons for the position of an adviser of
the President are Of a kind that III him
fof the treasury department. lie has no
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-31
Iohn Reid.. omce Bon.

When John c.. Reid was managing ed
itor Of the Times he had an office boy
whose nerve and cheek were colossal, says
the New York Times. Greatness never
embarrassed him, for he was no respector
Of persons One day he entertained in the
reception room a waiting visitor. whose
patronlzing way nettled him. All kinds OF
questions concerning his life and occupa-
ton were fired at him. and, finally, ne
was asked how much he earned a week.
His reply was Fifty dollars" which
caused the interrogation to whistle. At
that moment the visitor was summoned
by Reid TO whom he related his expert
ence with an Office boy who said he made
80 a week.
Reid rang bell; enter boy.
Did you tell this gentleman that you
made so a week here?"
Il did not tell him any such thing.
WHAT exclaimed the gentleman. You
mean 10 say you didn't tell me moment
or Two ago that you made $50 a week.
Never said any such thing"
why, you little liar! You
What did you tell the gentleman put
in Reid
Il told him I earned $50 a week, but you
pay me only So.
The visitor was so excited that he for
got his business with the managing ed
itor When he had taken leave of the Of
fee Reid raised the boys salary to Sc.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-31
THIS ISSUE
CONTAINS
TWENTY PAGES
IADLX 10 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Meeting-savannah Tribe. No T. Imp
@. r. NJ; ST. Patricks 7. A. e. B. So
ciety.
Special Notices-Pure Beeswax Candles,
Jas. McGrath & Co; Twenty-Five Per
Cent OF, c. A. Munster; P. Tuberdy's
Large Stock of Fine Shoes; Bids Wanted.
city Of Savannah; The Most Beautiful BIZ
cycle, r. D. & VIM. Lattimore; Notice to
the Public. John r. Dillon. Receiver for
James Douglass; Canvassers Wanted, sa-
Vannah National Building and Loan As
sociation; Special Sale of Canary Birds. at
Gardner's; Copartnership Notice. Jackson
& Shaw: Don't, Robinson Printing House;
Removal Louisa schwarz. Trustee; Elec-
ton Notice, City of Savannah; The ~ Col
unbia T. A. Bryson; Manda Gold Mining
Company. Henry I. seemann, President;
the Solid Gold Watch. Masonic Temple
Pharmacy; Notice to Superior Court Ju-
rors.
Business Nohces-Details Are Great. sa-
vannah Steam Laundry.
Closed To-morrow-AIeinhard and Appel
& schaul.
Twenty Per Cent. Extra-Leopold Adler.
We Have a Few Cloaks Left-Gutman's.
No Excuse-B. H. Levy & Bro.
Reliable Shoes-Leopold Adler
Ladies Furnishers-Walsh & Meyer.
We Answer In the Afirmative-Eck-
stems.
Underwear-At Hogan's.
Did You Temper the Cold snap-Mutual
Gas Light Compauv
Three Things You want-B. H. Levy &
Bro.
steinway Upright Grandchildren G.
Bates. S. NJ. II.
More Weddings More Gifts-wests' Chi
ma Palace.
Continued-Koh,ers.
Greatest Clearance-Byck Bros.
Medieal-Munyon's Guide to Health.
Consumption Is Charlottesville Medl-
cal and Surgical Institute.
Tomorrow Is the First Day Of Febru-
ary-Falk Clothing Company.
X-Rays-savannah Carriage and Wagon
Company.
Amusements-Eugenle Blair at the The
eter, Wednesday, Feb. 3; The Founding
at Theater, Thursday. Feb. 4; Camilla
Urso at Guards Hall, Feb. 3.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
FOR Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-31
The Disadvantage of Plagiarism.

A rather amusing story is told, in Har-
pers Round Table, of certain so-called
popular preacher" the Rev. DR.. D.,
whose marvellous powers of eloquence
invariably gathered him large audiences.
People wondered at his sermons and pro-
claimed him an intellectual genius. Now
the doctor was a plagiarist who patched
up his own exceedingly poor sermons by
introducing here and there passages from
the sermons of celebrated divines, but the
ingenious way in which he accomplished
this prevented discovery. Then, too, his
audiences, he calculated, were not stu
dents of theology, and therefore not likely
to detect his appropriations. But in this
he made his mistake, and his exposure
took place as follows:
One day an elderly gentleman entered
the church and took a seat in the first
row. AS the doctor proceeded with his
sermon the gentleman broke in now and
then with such remarks as That's Sher-
lock" "Ah, from Tillotson." Now it's
Blair" etc.
The doctor stood 1t for little while,
but at last, full of wrath, he said:
My dear sir, if you do not restrain
your impertinent remarks and hold your
tongue. III have you elected"
The elderly gentleman, looking the doc
tor calmly in the face. said, That's his
own"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-31

claim on Mr.. Mckinley. He IS not a poll
tician in any sense Of the word. Mr.. Nc
Kiniey had not met him until recently.
Their meeting occurred in Chicago a few
weeks ago.
While AIr. Gage did not seek a cabinet
it is probable chat he accepted the treasu-
ship promptly when Il was offered to him.
He is one OF those men who feel they can
do great things. ami it Is pretty safe 70
say that he is ambitious TO undertake TO
settle the currency question. believing that
he can DO it in a way that viii command
the approval Of the entire country. If he
succeeds he will be given all the credit to
which he viii be entitled.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-31
The Twilight of the Poets.

Sam Walter Foss. In the New York Sun.
Away down In Asia Minor there, when
Homer sang his song,
His poetry, the critics said, was very far
from strong:
And while he twanged his Tyre there, this
blind old singing Greek,
The critics called attention to its inartis-
tic squeak.
So then and there the story of Achilles
wrath fell fiat,
And scarce a coin was dropped within the
blind old beggar's hat;
There once was geniuses," they said,
who thronged the world about;
They once were numerous as grass; but
now we are just out"
OF course, the world was very old and
song had lost its spell
In those gray, medieval days when Dante
sang of hell.
The lean old exile travelled far his
shadow-haunted path,
And wrote his book In solitude and ate
his heart in wrath,
And everywhere he wandered did the
diletante throng
Deplore the wane Of poetry, the sad decay
of song.
"Ah. once" they wept. the Sons of Light
did crowd this world about,
The earth was bright with geniuses, but
now we are Just out"
When Shakespeare ran a theater, one
time in London town,
IT'S said he made good dividends and
brought the galleries down.
And many in those London streets looked
on this man. perchance,
But no man ever turned his head to get a
second glance.
He played old Hamlet's ghost, It's said
and thus he spent his days,
IT. -
plays,
And loud they mourned for geniuses, and
loud went up the shout:
Lord send us gen!uses once more, for
now we are just out"
Il Ira. L - 80.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-31

At meeting Of the American Jewish
Historical Society in Baltimore. the other
day. an interesting paper upon the Jewish
population In the United States was read
According to that paper. the total num-
Ter Of Jews in the United States in 1872
was not over 5000 Thirty years there
after the number had grown to 5000. At
present IL is estimated that the Jewish
population is not less than 10000, and
that 10000 Of that number reside in the
city Of New York.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-31
A Curiosity of History.
From the Baltimore Sun Dem.).

Senator Chandler kept up his reputation
as an erratic statesman yesterday by urg-
ing the passage of his bill for a bimetallic
International conference. Senator Stew
art called the bill fake" which Il. no
doubt is. No power in Europe Is wiling
TO consider the displacement of the single
god standard on such terms az our Sem
ate would sanction. II our "bimetallists"
proposed merely an increased use OF sill
yer as money az the market ratio. they
would get a ready hearing, but so long as
they continue TO urge that silver may be
will treat them as blind enthusiasts. Why
should we try TO double the value OF any
metal? II one meta, why not another
The present worship Of silver is one OF
the curlosities Of history.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-31

The MORNING NEWS IS published
every day in the year. and IS served to
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The MORNING NEWS by mail, six
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three months, $50; SIX months. $780, one
year. so.
The WEEKLY NEWS, issues a week.
Monday ana Thursday, by mail, one
year. S.OC.
Subscriptions payable in advance. Re
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letter. Currency sent by mail at risk OF
senders.
Transient advertisements, other than
special column. local or reading notices.
amusement and cheap or want column, 10
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the standard OF measurement. Contract
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Letters and kilograms should be ad-
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York City. c. S. Faulkner, Manager.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-31
Second HAND school books.

The city council of Macon has before it
an ordinance proposing a tax of $500 upon
dealers in secondhand school books. Such
a tax, of course. would be prohibitory.
The argument in favor of the proposed
law is that secondhand school books are
sometimes retainers and distributors of
disease germs. In some of the northern
cities, it is said, secondhand books are not
only prohibited in the schools, but chill
dren are forbidden to take their books
home with them at night. The books must
remain in the school room, thus minimiz-
ing the probability of their becoming the
lodging place of bacilli.
1t may be true that germs can be, and
are, distributed through the agency of
secondhand school books. But there are
reasons for believing that the danger of
such distribution is very small. except in
times of epidemics. If the Macon council
fears that the use of secondhand books
would be dangerous TO the health of the
children. there is sure and a cheap way
of rendering such books harmless. Fumi-
cation and disinfection have been reduced
to a science. The postofflce authorities, at
small expense, fumigate letters and news
papers, in their original coverings, so
thoroughly that they are entirely freed
from harmful germs, even though sent out
from an infected city During the cpl
demic in Jacksonville several years ago
the fumigation of the mails was found a
sufficient safeguard against the transmits
sion of the fever in letters and papers. A
$50 fumigatlng plant would probably take
care of and render safe all of the second
hand school books used in city Of the
size of Macon for many years.
The prohibition of secondhand school
books. however. would be a mighty fine
thing for the school book publishers
hard as it might strike poor parents.
The publishers would be only too glad to
supply new outfit of books each year
There is money for them in the germ
scare. The clothiers and the shoemakers,
and the hatters. would also like to have
prohibitive legislation in their behalf. Sec
ond-hand clothing. and shoes and hats
probably carry more germs than second
hand school books.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-31
Resurrection of Kellogg.
pringfeld (Mass) Republican Qnd.)

The resurrection Of ex-senator William
Pitt Kellogg at the Plat dinner was the
most wizardly feature Of that festive occa-
sion. What political Hermann did this
trick Of springing Kellogg upon an unsus-
Meeting public? But the carpet-bag
Statesman paid for his ''vittles" when he
described the war of Conkling and Plat
upon Garfield as no mere struggle for
patronage" Oh. no; Il was rather "a
bod assertion of the virility Of the Sem
ate" WIN Plat upon his return to Wash
ington try to make the Senate ''vrile"
again?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-31

!, seems that the clergy in Chicago is
suffering from hard times, as well
~ other professional and working
people. II IS said that there are 1Oi Pres
byterian preachers In that city without
churches or employment. Some time ago
o Chicago Presbyterian preacher gave up
his charge 70 80 70 Lincoln, Neb., TO ao-
oeDt pas.orate there. The newspapers
gave notice Of tho vacancy. and io1 appli-
cations for the place were almost at once
received bl the governing body Of the
church.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-31

The Mckinley administration Will prob
ably have to wind up the business Of the
Chicago Columbian exposition. The show
has been over for years, and people are
talking about It as If It were ancient his
tory. Nevertheless. the final repor,s
have not yet been sent TO congress.
Whether the medals have all been distrib-
uned or not is a question which only the
lion. John Boyd Thatcher Of New York.
probably, could answer. However, 40
body seems disposed 10 ask him about e.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-31

The personal estate Of the late Eugene
Kelly of New York has been appraised to
amount to S.Ss1.S2i. The appraiser de-
ducts from this amount requests to char
table Institutions. amounting TO $4,000.
legacies paid amounting to SS60oOo com
missions to executors amounting to si46.-
400. and the fund from which the widow
Is TO receive an annuity Of So. 600. leaving
a balance OF SS.S75,775. This amount viii
be divided between Mr.. Kelly's children.
a daughter and three sons.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-31
CURRENT COMMENT.
Not Anxious to Fight.

From the Philadelphia Record Dem.)
South Carolina is one of the most war
like of the American states; but the leg
Stature has declared unanimously for the
ratification of the arbitration treaty with
Great Britain.