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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-07
PERSONAL

The bronze statue of the late Commo-
dore Vanderbilt, the founder Of Wander
bilt University. Nashville. Tenn, will be
unveiled in the Par-heron at the CenEen-
NAL exposition on MAY z, the anniyersa-
~ Of his birth. 8ir Depew viii deliver
the GRAFTON.
On one occasion Gen. Gordon told &C.
ell Rhodes the story Of the offer Of a
rOomful Of gold which had been made to
him by the Chinese government after he
had subdued the Tal-Ping rebellion. What
did 70 do?'' said Rhodes. Refused it, OF
course" said Gordon. What would you
have done?'' Il would have taken it,"
said Rhodes. land as many more room
fuls Is they would give. me. It's no use
for Us TO have big IDEAS if we have not
got the money TO carry them out"
Prof. Herkomer. in recent lecture,
INDUCED in some amusing spectacles as
to how the old masters would be treated
in England to-day Michael Angelo would
be regarded as morose and peculiar; he
would not get elected to the academy as
young man, and would decline the
honor in his old age. Leonardo de Vinci
would be the inventor of the electric light,
and would write to the Times about him
sell and his critics Rubens would be an
NJ p, and intimate with members of the
aristocracy, and Holb5in would be kept out
OF the Royal ACADEMY on account of his
habits.
In the course of an address at the I'M
Yelling of the confederate monument at
Dallas, Tex, last week Judge Reagan
took occasion to defend Jefferson Davis
from the charge OF being self-wiled, i'm
perious and stubborn More than four
years Of constant contact with him as
q member OF his cabinet" he said, ''en-
ables me to say that this was a great mis-
take. His habit was, when he took up
a public question on which he had TO
act, to exhaust all available sources of
information on 1t before coming to a con-
ciusion. always consulting freely with the
members of his cabinet and with others
who might be able 10 give him informa-
ton. After doing this and reaching his
conclusion, the matter was settled with
him, unless the presentation of new facts
required further consideration"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-07
BRIGHT BITS.

-Teacher-Where were you yesterday?
Pupil (whimperiDg--It was all Billy
Smiths fault. He hipncrtized me an
made me go fishin with him.-Philadel-
phia Press.
The bald-headed man stroked his pate.
II was a foot ball player once said he.
Il raised a lovely shock of hair-just for
novelty's sake, you know. Now-the bald
headed man stroked his pate again-"the
novelty seems to have worn off. Spare
Moments.
-Layman-Realism, Ell? Now. you
don't mean to tell me the sun really sets
like that?
dom grasp the significance of the new art
at all That, sir. is the way the sun ought
to set.-Detroit Journal.
Activity in His Affairs.-"Have you
made any advances in your business
asked the young lawyers friend.
Yes" was the reply. Two of them
"Clients?"
mo, my clerks. They said they needed
money. so ! advanced them SO each" -
Washington Star.
Mrs. Wickwre-IIenry. I want $40. The
church is going to start revival, and we
cannot get the Rev. Mr.. Hammerbock for
less than $3.50 a night.
Mr.. WIckwre-Two hundred and fifty
dollars a night! He must be running one
Of those business revivals l have been
hearing so much about.-Indianapols
Journal.
What Else Could She Do?-"I was sur
prised to hear that Penelope had broken
her engagement. / thought she was de-
termined to stick to him in spite of the
opposition of her father
She was, but the idiot wrote her some
poetry, as he called it, And he rhymed
her name with let us then elope.' That
settled him. Cincinnati ENQUIRER.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-07

THE renewal Of the talk of flying ma
chimes reminds me-" said patent Office
official to a Washington Star reporter, "of
the flying machine fever which prevailed
very extensively during President Grants
administration, when Gen. Leggett Of Ohio
was commissioner Of patents. Many in
VentOrs, or at least persons who supposed
that they were inventors, had il very
bad, and there was scarcely a week that
some flying machine fellow did not turn
up or write the patent Office. The great
majority of them never even went so far
as TO make a model, but contented them
selves with crude drawings explaining
their ideas of aerial locomotion. All of
them were poor and wanted the patent
ONCE 20 furnish money to build their ma
chimes. I remember one fellow in partieu-
lar. He was Well known to Gen. Leggett
and served under him in an Ohio regiment
during the war. He telegraphed Gen
Leggett from Urbanna, Ohio: Hold pat
ent on flying machine until 1 arrive; re-
fuse all applications until you have seen
mine. The general answered him, by mail,
however, that the Office would consider
anything ne had to offer, or words to that
effect. Then there came from the inven-
tor a daily letter for a couple of weeks
describing the invention with great de-
tail. To cut off the supply of letters, the
general wrote him a personal letter, with
the idea of cooling him down, but it had
the opposite effect, for it was followed
by the announcement that the inventor
would arrive here in a few days and would
give an exhibition of the machine.
The man did come, and with him came
his machine. In shape it was like a sugar
hogshead, with the customary wings of
nearly all flying machines. 1t was light,
and was made of white cotton covering a
spiral steel frame. Nothing would suit
the inventor except that the patent Office
should take a short recess, while every
one connected with it could go out and
see the machine fly from the street
porch of the building. The general finally
persuaded him that the first exhibition
should not be so publicly given, and that
he and a few others would examine the
machine that afternoon after office hours.
About 4 O'Clock a half dozen or more re-
paired to the T street porch, and the in
ventor, after screwing up a half dozen or
so springs and counterbalances, announc-
ed that he was ready to fly the wonder.
1t was supposed that he intended to go
up in it, but he soon dispelled that idea by
saying that the machine he had was but
a miniature model of what he intended to
make, but that it was sufficient to show
what could be done. Finally he let her so,
and to the surprise of every one, the ma
chine few nicely up in the air and across
T street By a miscalculation it struck
the corner of the postoffice building very
hard and fell in the area a mass of broken
metal, smashing Itself into a dozen pieces.
The inventor ran across TO look at the
remnants. and by the time he had return
ed to explain the cause of the disaster the
portico was deserted. 1t was an Ohio
idea,' Gen. Leggett remarked. and it was
one of the very few Ohio ideas that did
not pan out,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-07

Beckroge's trunk is proving a Pandora's
box TO some of the South Carolina dis
pensary people. They opened it to take
out his cigars and his wedding shoes; ana
now all sorts of disagreeabie things in tho
way of rumors and reports are flying
around And it appears altogether likely
that there will be a number of official
heads lost before the disagreeable things
are under lock and key again. In other
words the sacking Of Beckroge's trunk
has started an investigation which has
disclosed scandal. And the scandal prom
ises to grow until men Of prominence are
drawn into it. Besides being a big and
powerful political machine, operated for
the purpose of keeping in Office "the pow
ers that be-" it seems that the dispensary
institution has been used by certain Of its
integral parts as a means to levying
blackmail. extorting brides and lining
their pockets from the proceeds of com
fscated" goods. In the case of Beck
roges trunk. the whisky was turned"
at the dispensary-that is, Il was emptied
into the reservoirs of the institution
while everything else in the trunk along
with the whisky was bounced upon and
"confiscated" by some person or persons
yet to be determined upon. And there is
no reason to believe that the trunk took
any different course from that taken by
other mixed packages which have fallen
into the hands of the whisky constabu-
larry.
The dispatches from Columbia bearing
upon the investigation now in progress
contain suggestions which Indicate that
that heavy coat of whitewash laid on tine
dispensary establishment a year or so
ago by an investigating committee is
scaling badly and threatening TO fall of
Some of the parties directly Interested
in the present inquiry were coated with
the former whitewash, and If they are
not taken care of now, there may be trou-
BILE. Still, the dispensary institution will
be maintained. 1t has proved to be q
hotbed for corruption, and the cause Of
much bloodshed. Nevertheless. Tillman
says it Is a great moral institution. And
Tillman is the boss
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-07

II would be straining point 10 say
that arbitration was defeated in the fail
ure &C the treaty with Great Britain
which was rejected by the Senate on
wednesday. There was, indeed. no arb:-
trauon in it. II was practically only a
bald declaration that the Cni.ed States
adhered to the principle OF arbitration.
without putting it into practice. All the
vitality had been amended out OF the doc
ument long before the time came TO vote
upon it, The ratification Of the treaty
would have been regarded by both the
American and British people as an ex-
preston Of friendly disposition, and the
effect would therefore have been good
moral one. But practically. the amended
treaty was of very little force.
AS the treaty went to the Senate. it
meant something. There was life in it,
1t was an agreement between the two
NEST progressive and enlightened peoples
in the world that they would not fight so
long as there was possibility Of settling
their differences amicably, and that they
would arrange for certain steps TO be
taken towards the peaceful settlement q
differences which might arise. 1t was an
agreement to reduce the number of
causes for war 1t was carefully drawn
document, and closely guarded the rights
Of each Of the contracting parties. But
it did not suit the Senate jingoes, chiefly
because it was drawn by the Cleveland
administrat The jingoes hate Cleve-
land more than they do Spain. C.eve.and's
name to his day VIII set them to snort
ing. toss.as their horns in the air and
paving the earth. TO ratify the treaty
would have been to give credit to the
Cleveland administration. And that the
jingoes would never do. So they took the
treaty, killed it in committee, and he'd a
public funeral of it on Wednesday. They
stutify the position of the Senate-for it
virtually invited the treaty-and afront
a friendly nation. all for the purpose of
getting back" at Cleveland.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-07
what James Mns Rending.

James, dear, will you bring me up a
scuttle of Goals from the cellar?" said a
busy wife. according to Tit-Bits::
That's just the way with you" said
James. with a frown, as he put down his
book and rose from the armchair.
Just the way with me?'
yes" he snapped. LAS soon as you see
me enjoying myself you nave something or
other for me to do. Didn't you see 1 was
absorbed in my reading?"
'Well, dear, I will do it myself"
Yes, and tell everybody-your mother
especialIy-that you have to carry your
own coal up from the cellar. No, I'll do it.
Let me mark my place"
So he marked the place in the. book at
which he had ceased reading and when he
went down to the cellar, grumbling all the
way. she picked up the volume, and found
il was a love story, and that the passage
he had been absorbed in was as follows:
My darling, when you are my wife,
will shield and protect you from every
care. The winds Of heaven shall not visit
your face too roughly; those pretty hands
shall never be soiled by mental tasks; your
wish shall be my law; your happiness
Just then he reappeared and, dropping
the scuttle upon the floor, said:
There's your coal! Give me my book"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-07
He Got the cold Medal Too.

Senator Faulkner, says the Washington
Post, relates a pleasing incident of his
trip to New York. The famous Stone
wall Brigade Band of Stanton, Va, went
to New York as the guest of Charles
Broadway Rouse, a former Nirginian- The
members were quartered at the Windsor
hotel and after the arrival of the Presi-
dent serenaded him. Then they played in
the lobby of the hotel After they had
finished one Of the members came up to
Senator Faulkner and asked if Gen. Cor
don was in the party. Upon being inform
ed that the famous old confederate was in
the hotel, he said he would like to see him
and remind him of an incident of the war.
The Georgian was found presently.
Gen. Gordon, l want TO remind you of
a promise you made. We were before Fort
Stedman Along early in the morning,
before the assault, you came by, and. rails
ing in your stirrups and looking over the
ground, you said you would give every
man who entered Fort Stedman that day
a six days furlough and a gold medal. I
was one of those who went into Fort Sted-
man, and ] now call upon you to redeem
your promise"
Il remember the incident perfectly" re-
piled Gen. Gordon. Il am sorry that /
cant give you the medal, but Grant has
given you the promised furlough."
A short time later ex-Gov. Flower of
New York heard of the incident and got
Gen. Gordon and Mr. Hamilton together.
When the story had been repeated to him
he said that such an incident of the Grant
ceremonies should not remain unnoticed.
Grant has given you the furlough which
Gen. Gordon promised" he said to Mr..
Hamilton, and I will see that the other
portion of the generals promise is redeem
ed. l will give you a gold medal as soon
as Gen. Gordon prepares a suitable in
scription for it."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-07

1t is said TO have been all due to Col A.
f. Buck that there will he no more Sun
day ball playing at Fort Mcpherson bar
racks in Atlanta. The Atlanta preachers
who have been agitating the question FOR
some time. finally conceived tho idea OF
writing a letter TO Col. Buck in Washing.
ton. asking his co-opera ton in the matter
The letter was written. Col. Buck present
ed It to the Secretary OF War, and the re-
suit is an order just issued by that depart
ment preventing further Sunday ball
playing at the barracks. Col. Buck will no
doubt 30 to Japan now with a lighter
heart and a clearer conscience
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-07

There is no doubt that the question Of
the appointment of Judson Lyons as post
master at Augusta is giving Postmaster
General Gary and President Mckinley
some little trouble. Mr.. Gary when ap-
preached the other day refused TO discuss
the question of the appointment Of ne
groes as postmasters in the south but re-
marked that II was one that would have TO
be determined. The case of Lyons is said
to have convinced the administration that
further appointments of this character are
apt to do more harm than good, and that
while the President feels disposed to rec
ognize the negroes OF the south in the dis
trlbution of patronage. he has no desire to
outrage the sensibilities of the whites.
President Mckinley might with very lit
tie effort find some way Of rewarding the
colored leader for his services without put
ting him in positions where he would ne
cessarily come into frequent contact with
the white people. II appears that he now
realizes this, and. perhaps, some effort will
be made 10 do IT,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-07

A call has been sent out from Nashville
for national good citizens convention.
10 be held there May Is, 10 and 90 The
committee announces, among other OBJ
jects. that II is intended 20 form union
for the advancement OF good government.
the publication OF politics. the suppress,
sion OF lawlessness, the spreading Of rel-
gion, the alienation OF suffering. and he
diffusion Of knowledge and truth. All are
truly commendable objects. but they
might be said to form a huge ante-mlllen.
NAL task.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-07
DIdn't Know There Was Any.

John" she said. looking up from her
newspaper and knitting her brow thought
fully. says the Chicago Post
Yes. Mary" he said, al she paused.
"Why. John" she said. I'm trying 10
make something out Of this article about
Turkey, and 1 don't seem to be able 20
understand It at ALL"
& What's the trouble?" he asked.
1T says here" she explained, that one
OF the problems OF the situation in the far
east, Is how to maintain the integrity of
Turkey"
"Wel?" he said. inquringly
'Well II all that has been printed about
Turkey Is true, 81 seems evident 10 me that
she hasn't any integrity and never had
any"
He didn't try to explain. He deemed IL
useless He merely said:
Yes. my dear" and then put on his hat
and coat and started for the club.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-07
Had No Business Doing IL.
From the Philadelphia Ledger Und)

Unless the situation Is greatly misrepre-
scented Greece had no business to go into
the war with Turkey. Not only was her
army greatly outnumbered. but she had
very inadequate equipment for 1t. and Il Is
said the streets OF Athens are filled even
now with "rcservists" who have been call
cd from their homes to join the army. but
for whom the government has neither
arms nor uniforms. The reported demorall-
cation OF the army. the alleged cowardlce
OF the officers. the panicky flight before
the Turkish advance are further evidence
that the little kingdom acted on impulse
in challenging Turkey and not from the
conviction that Il was ready for war. IL
the powers have any influence in the mat
ter they are all the more to blame for
letting Greece rush into war. and the re-
suit Increases the suspicion that Il was
done for a purpose of which Turkey was
to be the beneficiary.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-07

AIessrs. Stevenson, Wolcott and Paine,
the three American representatives, to the
uncalled International monetary conven-
ton. are preparing to sail tomorrow for
Havre They will visit Paris first and
of Europe. The object of this trip is to
secure the consent of all the European
nations, or as many of them as possible,
to the holding OF a conference of the ma
tons in regard TO an international agree
ment as to the coinage and ratio of gold
and silver. Having secured the appoint
ment, it appears that the duty of getting
Up a convention also devolves upon them.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-07

A telegraph operator twisted dispatch
from Washington the other day so as to
make Il appear that James A. Mckenzie,
United States minister to Peru. was dead
This set the newspapers OF Louisville. Mr..
Mckenzie's home, TO scurrying around for
definite particulars as to his death They
must have been severely though agreeably
shocked the next day, when Mr. Mckenzie
reached Louisville from Washington,
"aIive and doing VOL"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-07

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The Kansas prohibition law seems to
have fallen into 'innoeuous desuetude"
after having kept closed all bat the back
doors OF the saloons for period Of six
teen years. A saloon threw wide open its
front doors IN Topeka the other day. right
under the shadow Of the state house. and
is openly defying the law. II looks as e
prohibition in Kansas is nearing it's end,
and the saloonkeeper will be tempted to
say there's some good in the old state
after all.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-07
Land Armed Against the Spaniard.
From Springfield Republican Qnd).

Within the last year six out of 10 Span
ish generals In Cuba have died of wounds
or disease; So colonies, lieutenant-colonels
and majors and near TO coo subaltern Off
GERS have gone the same way Ia that brief
time. These figures are from official re-
ports of the war department. wherein IL
is also stated 1000 soldiery have died In
battle or by wounds. 10000 by various mai
aides, 10. 400 by yellow fever, and 22000 have
been sent home to Spain for disabilities.
lard.
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Europe's ChivnIry.
N az Greene Halleck.

The age OF bargaining. said Burke.
Has come to-day the turbaned Turk
(Sleep. Richard OF the lion hcartl
Sleep on, nor from your cerements start
Is England friend and fast allyl
The Mos.ems trample on tho Greek,
And on the cross and altar stone.
And Christendom looks tamely on.
And hears the Christian maiden shrek,
And sees the Christian father die:
And not a sabre blow is given
For Greece and fame. for faith aud heaven
BY Europe's craven chivalry.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-07

The people a.ong some portions OF the
Mississippi have just discovered that a
great deal Of the damage to the levees
has been due TO the digging Of six-foot
holes by kinghshers for building nests
They can get their revenge when the
legislature meets again by removing the
kingfsher from the operations OF the
game law.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-07

A German hotel Keeper IN New York the
otner day ran up all the flags he could
INA on the place to celebrate the reap
pearanco OF the sun. ana unfortunately
put yellow streomor above the Irish ban.
her she first thing he knew he had a
company Of Irish soldiers around his place
ready 70 stone IT, IL took about thirteen
explanations aud two gallons Of whisky
TO restore peace. The story contains a
good moral for the artlstlcauy inclined:
orange ana emerald are two colors that
Will not mix.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-07

Now that Gen. Nelson A. Miles has re-
covered his stolen ruby and diamond
scarfpin, he will be able to go to Greece
without fear or hesitation II would
hardly nave done for him to sail and leave
a hoodoo behind
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-07

II the reports OF King George Of Greece
are well founded he will not leave the
throne in poverty. Il he leaves It at all. 1t
IS said chat he has made between Sc. 100000
and 100000 out OF the crisis of affairs
In his country by specializing In bonds
Evidently the job Of king can turn out
TO be a winning one and losing one at
the same time.
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Aims of the national Democracy.
From Louisville courier-Journal CDem.).

The national democracy wants the best
currency and the best government. 1t
would leave commerce and finance I'M
shackled. 1t would make no war on honest
capital and honest enterprise, but 1t would
build up no favored interest 1t would levy
import duties for ravepue, and by permit
ting our people to exchange their products
with those Of any other country that could
offer us what we desired It would open for
us the markets OF che whole world and not
the make-believe zone of reciprocity"