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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-30

The following is from description given
by friend of the family who visited the
death chamber during the day:
Il walked to the side of the narrow lit
tie iron bed, whose head was surrounded
by simple screen of black with a pattern
of gold. This background was in sharp
contrast with the snow white bed linen
which partially covered all that remained
of the great statesman. If this was the
chamber of death. it was also,the abode of
peace. The figure upon which I looked
down might have been some beautiful
statue of grayish white marble recumhent
upon a tombstone. Yet stern. the features
still are, severely aquiline the nose. tight
drawn the lips 1t was in death the face of
some great leader of men, a mortal hero
whose earthly pilgrimage had ever been
over the most arduous and rugged paths;
and, though dumb, it still seems to say
I have striveO. 1 have done my duty
The closed eyes and hands clasped
tight within each other were truly the at
titude of one who had gone to sleep fer
vently praying to his God and he had
done so. Those hands folded upon the
sheet seemed exquisite bits of carving by
a sculptor's chisel. The noble forehead
so deep bitten with burrows, wrought by
care of empire, by q. ceaseless combat for
good, was now almost smooth and serene.
The majestic form has Shrunk, but until
it finally crumbles into dust it can never
lose that lofty imperator cast which al
knew so well when it was full of life and
vigor.
Il turn away with profound veneration
and dim, unutterable wonder at the mys-
terry of 1t all. Not a sound from the world
without; only this rigid praying, exquisite
ly sculptured piece of clay, which not so
dong ago moved senates, multitudes, whole
nations by it's ferVor, its eloquence and its
great purpose"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-30
A Philadelphia Joke.

A salesman from Philadelphia who
comes TO Washington frequently sat in
the Ebbitt House a few evenings ago dis
cussing the destruction Of the Maine, the
admirable work Of Commodore Dewey and
his fleet In the far east and the Spanish
American war IN general, says the Wash
ington Star
HIS listener, who is the representative of
a Milwaukee house, tried to get in a word,
but II was impossible. The Philadelphia
was so verbose that no one could have In
terrupted him. He told all about the war,
described to his Milwaukee friend the
stIaSettc movements that the American
navy would make and volunteered infor-
nation as to the exact date the war would
end. Everything was made perfectly plain
TO the man from Beertown. Just as he
was about to leave the hotel for a stroll
about town the Philadelphia turned to
his Milwaukee friend, and looking him
square in the eye, asked:
can you tell me why the loss of an
American ship is like ginger?"
The man from Milwaukee thought in
teuty for moment and shook his head.
why, it is good for Cramps"
The Philadelphia drew a picture of his
joke, and the two started for the cafe.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-30
PERSONAL.

Lord Kensington, the all-round Eng
fish sportsman, has Just broken a record of
paying 50, $50 for polo pony. Sailor is the
clever little animafs name, and as mis-
lordship is crack rider the pony is ex-
pected TO cut great figure.
"A recent christening at Camp Ramsey,
where the Minnesota volunteers have
been mustered, was performed by a priv
ate in the ranks, Rev. John Dallam, of
Excelsior, Mimi. He was the rector of an
Episcopal church at that place aud en-
tered the ranks because his application
for the chaplaiucy of the regiment was
made too late.
In proportion to the population there
are more Smiths in Scotland than in Eng
land. for in Scotland one person in every
seventy is named Smith, while in England
only one person in every seventy-two is
a Smith. The Smiths are well up in Ire
land, beating such favorites as the
O'BFiens. the Ryans, the Connors, the
O'Neills, the Reillys, the McCarthys 6nd
the Dohertys. the four leaders of the
Smiths in Ireland being the Murphys,
Kellys, Sullivans and Washes.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-30

From the London Chronicle.
We amt the delight O the nvtions, the
dawlin' and pei O. the world;
They winks when they sees us a-comin',
their lips is sawcesticly CURED.
They as the opinyun-it's one as they
don't tike no pines ter cornceal-
As we fights in the 'oliest causes, but
mikes ar bit art o, the deal,
And trusts us, belevin' they Knows lest
what sort o pertter We are,
AS far as they're ible TO to chuck US
thenks me as thet SINE isn't far.
It's winkin, an GRIMM, an jab rim, an
don't 90 no further nor that,
But whichevers the popular nytion, il
istn't Critic Britain-that fiat.
Dunno 'ow it is, but it is so, and us and
the world don't agree:
Praps we tikes up too much O. the atlas
fur one little speck in the sea.
And sometimes we as bin in errer-its no
good a shrkin' the fact
And sometimes when we've bin in errer
it's somebody else as gort whackt.
'Arrever il is, ere we're standin'-erect
but we're standin alone,
And knows if we wants thing done then
we've gort ter do that on ar own;
And the whisper it runs through the ny
tlons whenever ar conduci offends:
"Grite Britain Git 'awf-a-brick ready
She amt gort no friends"
No friends? 1t mye be, but we might
ave. Theirs writin as none will ef-
face.
Theirs a tie no folly can loosen, the tie
between men o. one race.
The orders as Nychur as written caWn't
never be rubbed art agne,
And the pawst, with its blunders an
bloodshed, saws ard at that tie, but
In vine.
And mar when the sky's clardln' over. the
sarnd of the battle is near,
The voice of ar race stawts a speakin', the
int as 1t offers is clear:
Friend Jonathau-s'p osn' you wornts us
-remember we're ere"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-30

A day or two ago We quoted a promi
nent Southern cotton manufacturer as
saying that the war is giving the Soutn
lot Of good advertising. and that cot
ton and other manufacturing in the South
will be greatly increased after peace is
declared. In a speech at Nashville tho
other day Mr. Robert l.. Burch pointed
out one thing that is needed in the
South in order to reap the fullest bene-
fits from the many advantages which
we possess, and il may be added from the
advertising which we are getting from the
war. We need technical schools, he said
We need 10 train our youth so that We
shan have an abundant supply of highly
skilled labor competent TO manage the de-
velopment of our resources and build and
Tan our mills and factories. Germany owes
her present manufacturing and CONNER
cial prestige, and the wonderful increase
in her trade, 10 her numerous and admir-
able technical schools. In this matter we
should follow her example.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-30

In view of the Presidents second call
for troops, thousands of men are asking
themselves, Shall 1 volunteer?'' Before
jumping to conclusion with regard 20 the
matter those who are in doubt should ask
themselves another question, namely.
What is my duty?" 1t should not be
lost sight of in the excitement and en-
thusiasm of war that there are other duties
incumbent upon men than flying to the
standard of the country and shouldering
a rifle in its defense. An incident which
occurred in the state of Maryland the
other day may be taken to illustrate the
proposition. A woman went to the county
authorities and asked to have her small
children sent to the county asylum in or
der to keep them from starving. She
said her husband, their father had en-
listed and gone to the war. leaving her in
destitute circumstances. He had been the
total dependence of the family, and when
he joined the troops they had been left
penniless and breadless.
What was the duty of that Maryland
volunteer? Should he have gone to the
front? The questions answer themselves
He had not the moral courage to resist
the wave of enthusiasm which swept over
the country in consequence of the break
ing out of the war and the publication of
the Presidents proclamation. He did not
show patriotism, since the country is rot
in such need for men that il must indi-
rectly take the bread out of the mouths
of women and children to secure them. A
brave man would have given his first
thought to those whom he must leave be
hind. not trusting to blind luck that they
might escape the bitter pangs of hunger
and possible starvation.
Thirty-six years ago there was so ur-
gent a demand for troops, both In the
North and the South, that there was Iea-
son for men to leave dependent families
and so to the front. 1t was then a fierce
struggle, for national life or death. No
such alternative is now presented. The
war with Spain. so far as it has gone,
does not make it incumbent upon any man
who has to support a family whose
only income is from him. to so to the
front There are men without incum-
brancos and responsibilities in sufficient
number to do all of the fighting necessary.
and they are ready and willing to do it.
II is possible, of course, that the time may
come when the need Of the country viii
be paramount. Should such an emergency
unfortunately arise, then would be time
enough for men to leave dependent fam
lies and join the army. Until then. how
ever, their duty is to stay at home and
support their women and children.
one blast of Matt Buffers bugIe in
South Carolina ought to be worth thou
sand men.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-30

The Northern Presbyterian Assembly at
Winona Lake Ind, will not go into a trial
of Prof McGifert for heresy. 1t has
postponed action with regard to the mai
ter, meanwhile notifying the professor
that he must alter his views to conform
10 those of the church, or resign. Thus
the assembly places Prof McGlffert in the
position of being judge, jury and execu-
toner in charge of his own case. Should
he fail either TO change his views or re-
sign, the assembly at it's next meeting
viii take action in the premises.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-30
What Dewey Did.
From the New York Post Qnd.).

1t has been left for an English admiral
Admiral Colomb-to point out the i'm
portant bearing of Dewey's world-resound-
ing fleet at Manila upon a leading branch
of naval theory. This is the question of
naval base We heard no end of
this in the Hawaiian debates. Well, the
Spaniards had a Manila just the kind of
mystic key that we were urged TO Sc
cure at Honolulu. According to certain
theorists, their possession of the key made
them unassailable. But Dewey, without
particle of reverence for this solemn the
DRY. walked up and plucked the key out
of the Spaniards hand. AS Admiral Co
lomb puts il: Without a shadow of
base nearer than the other side of the Pa
ciic, the American commander has reduc-
cd a squadron TO nothing under the guns
oe IFS protecting works, and he now lies
in Manila bay, making for the time the
enemys base his own
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-30
Th<True Ohio spirit.

When a person files an application fer
employment under the government. says
the Chicago Record, he is required to
fill out a blank and among other things
is asked the question: How long DO YOU
intend to remain In government employ?'
The other day the commissioner Of pat
ents in looking over a bunch of appli-
cations for appointments as messenger,
found one fled by a boy IS years old who
in the blank opposite the above question
had written: IAN my life, If possible"
IN bet you that boy is from Ohio" he
remarked as he threw the application
over to the chief clerk. THAT is the true
Ohio spirit" and sure enough further in
vestigation disclosed the fact that he came
from Dayton
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-30

A French aeronaut has arrived at New
York with two war balloons. which have
been or will be purchased by this govern
meEt II is said that one of them will
probably be sent TO Commodore Schley on
u fast ship. With a balloon Schley might
be able 10 look over the hills of Santiago
ana ascertain if Cervera is inside the har-
Dor. Should the Holland submarine boat
be sent to Schley we would be after the
Spaniard from the level from the air over
his head and from the water under his
keel. How could he escape any such com
bination?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-30
Raising Revenue for the War.
From the Baltimore Sun Dem).

More than once in the course of the
present debate in the Senate the princi-
ple has been boldly avowed that taxes
ought TO be imposed exclusively upon
certain class. Senator Teller says that he
would have the taxes for the support
of the war paid solely by the rich; the
poor he would not tax. Another senator
had said previously that all the war taxes
should be paid by corporations and by
SPECTATORS. The abstract justice of these
propositions is not at first sight clearly
apparent. Ii does not appear as yet that
this is particularly a rich mans war. or
that rich men or corporations were par
ucularly instrumental in bringing it on.
If justice demanded that those who
brought on the war should be made 20
feel most severely its burdens the two
classes who should be most heavily taxed
would be the politicians and the propre-
tors of the yellow journals. Indeed,
Congress itself, the jingoes of both parties
and in both houses, might come In for a
liberal assessment. Senator Teller does
no more titan recognize the justice OF this
when he admits that ne would like to see
"the salaries of senators taxed"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-30
Why He wanted the war Hurried.

He had been gazing at the bulletin
boards, he confessed, for two weeks, hop
ing to see a message to the effect that
Sampson or Schley had let water into a
few Castillian vessels, says the Pittsburg
Dispatch Yesterday he said he was be-
coming impatient at the delay and hoped
that something would be done soon
Why, I lost a good job" he complain
ed, all on account of this war No nv
employer did not shut up shop and the
sheriff had nothing to do with it. 1t was
all caused by the bulletin boards When
war was declared, 1 began forming the
hablt OF slipping away from the store and
taking look at the boards. At first I
would stay out only a few minutes Then
the habit grew upon me and I would re-
man out five ten and oftentimes twenty
minutes. Finally it got so that I would
be gone half an hour, and then the boss
Kicked. You know there are only two of
us IN the store, except the boy, and he
can't sell goods and the boss said 1 was
interfering with his pleasure
dldn know what that meant until
the next day. and then I learned that the
boss had formed the same habit. He was
also bulletin board fiend. At last. after
l had vainly tried 10 break the habit. he
came to me and said: John, this thing
has got to sCop. You and I can't both be
at the bulletins at the same time One
must be IN the store to sell goods That
one must be you, and you'll have to give
up the bulletin boards. I told him I
couldn't and then he fired me- Now I
am offered another place. but until this
war Is over ] can hOnorably accept it.
That's why ' want to see the Spanish
ships annihilated and the war brought
TO an end
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-30

A Polish-American citizen of Nebraska
has sent to the government authorities at
Washington a contribution of $500 to be
devoted to the prosecution of the war
against Spain. The sender writes that he
feels that he owes a debt which he can
never fully pay to the United States gov
eminent for the liberty which he enjoys
in this country, sin he hopes his contri-
button will be received in the spirit it is
offered. This uaturalized citizen has a
better appreciation of our government than
many men who were born and reared I'M
der 1t
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-30

"A rather amusing story is told in connec-
ton with the municipal election held in
Richmond the other day. The Democrats
were somewhat surprised, when the votes
were counted, 10 find that they had swept
jackson ward, which is the great strong
hold Of the Republicans. The reason of
this unlocked for turn in affairs is said
10 be that the negroes kept away from the
ballot boxes, for fear that the federal au-
thorities would use the pon lists la draw
ing recruits for the war with Spain. They
were afraid that if they voted they would
be drafted.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-30

The city and people of Atlanta owe It to
themselves to disprove the suggestion
that they are careless of the welfare Of
their soldier boys at the front The prob
abilities are that Atlanta has merely been
a little thOughuess; she has been preoc-
cupied with watching the trains go
through with troops and guns and brass
bands, and admirng the soldiers at Nc
Pherson. and her own volunteers at the
front have seemingly been neglected. Now
that her attention has been drawn to the
matter, there is no doubt that Atlanta
Will at once proceed to do the handsome
thing in administering to the comfort of
her fighting representatives in the camps.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-30

Some months ago, it will be remem-
bered, during the progress of certain labor
troubles at Hazleton Pa, a few Austro-
hungarian miners were shot and killed
There have been several communications
between the governments of the United
states and Austria Hungary with regard
to the matter, without arriving, as yet.
at satisfactory unders tanding. 1t IS
being whispered in some quarters. nota-
bly, in London, that the Austrian Emperor
VIII make the matter a pretext for a
quarrel with the United States, in order
mat ne may assist the Queen Regent OF
Spain, his niece out of her difficulty. If
uncle Sam is under any sort of obliga.
ton to the Emperor because of the Halle
ton affair, he will pay an indemnity like
a man; but if he is not the Emperor win
be mighty apt TO discover before Z. great
while that he is monkeying with the wrong
person.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-30

The city of Philadelphia is endeavoring
to rid itself of its noisy, dusty, nerve rack
ing, understanding cobblestone pave
ments A reliable contractor has proposed
TO the city that he VIII cover the cobb,e-
stones with a surface of asphalt and
guarantee TO keep the streets so improved
IN good repair for ten years. at an original
cost OF 81 per square yard. The Philadel-
phla record expresses the opinion that
the city ought to Jump at the offer" 1t
adds: Ten years of saving in repairs
costly sweeping, wear and tear of vehicles
and nerves and difficult carriage, would be
worth to the city and dwelers in the CITY
more than a dollar per square yard. If
the cobbled streets should be asphalted
the saving to the city alone, leaving out
of consideration the addition to the public
comfort would pay 10 per cent. on the
money invested"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-30

Why should Cervera permit himself 70
be corked up in Santiago bay? a French
strategist advances some very plausible
reasons. If it is true that the spaniard IS
IN the bay, he il putting his ships into
better fighting trim. he IS saving coal; he
is resting his crews he is gaining time in
which another Spanish squadron may
come to his-reiief or to the relief Of Blanco
or cross the ocean 10 attack American
ports; he is compe ling the Americans to
maintain strone blockade outside the
harbor, in which they are burning lots of
coal and wearing out machinery and
wearying men; he Is weakening the force
Of the American fleet in Cuban waters by
dividing it. Should Camara sail from Ca
diz with a strong squadron, a part of
Schley's squadron would have to be drawn
away 10 help Sampson fight and maintain
the Havana blockade at the same time.
and thus Cervera would have a better
chance for his life
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-30
Is This Cervera,s schemes
rhe Louisville courier-Journal Dem.).

When last heard from the terrible Te-
merario was scouting up the headwaters
Of the Paraguayscreeks, and it would cer-
tainly be unreasonable to expect Admiral
Cervera to stand and give US battle until
he has cut across lots and effected juno
ton with the Temerario. Look out for
sensational news from Paraguay.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-30

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-30

The coast line from Canada to Mexico
has been divided into districts to be pa
troled by the vessels of the mosquito feet
This port lies virtually in TWO districts.
the Fifth and the Sixth The Fifth dis
trict begins at Hatteras and extends to
Tybee, and the Sixth begins at Tybee and
extends to Key West
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-30
CURRENT COMMENT.
Where Are Theys
From the Charleston Post Dem.).

There are two things the United States
would like very much to locate just now
the Cuban insurgents and the Spanish
fleet. Both appear to be equally myth
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-30
NDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

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IN
1898 bicycles Down to $500.

cycles are now being sold on easy condl-
tons as low as So; others outright at $3.50
and high grade at $685. and $3.50, to be
paid for after received. If you VIII cut
this notice out and send TO Sears, RoeDuck
& Co. Chicago, they will send you theF
1898 Bicycle Catalogue and full particulars
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-30

one blast Of Matt Buffers bugle in
South Carolina ought TO be worth a thou
sand men.
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The MORNING NEWS is pubished

REGISTERED at the poseoHce in savannah.
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