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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-26
How She Did Her Dutx

The big liner came up the bay, steamed
up the river, and was soon docked at it's
dock. The customs officers were on hand
says the New York Journal. Madam
Champignon-Aloute, the celebrated French
traveller, was aboard. They had been ap-
prised of her coming. She was loaded
with dutiable articles-they had been told
She must not escape. Down the gang
plank came Madam Champignon, with a
French poodle and a smile OF similar ma
uonallty. The officers one and all crowd
ed around her. ff
Have you anything duuabIe, MADAME"
YES, messieurs. l have ten bottles Of
Bordeau whisky, thirty bottles of cham
payne, $50 pairs of kid gloves. twenty
watches, thirty chatelaines, twenty-seven
rings, six bracelets, nine pairs earrings
one string OF pearls. 94i diamonds, twelve
studs, nineteen pairs cuff buttons. ninety
one boxes cigars &
AN right, madam. Re gentlemen have
all tainted"
Il thought they would. Come, let us
CO." Us
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-26
Forcinr the Cnhnn I..ne.

About all the senators and representa-
tives quoted in our dispatches. yesterday.
in answer to the question as to what they
thought Of the action of the adninistra>
lion in sending the warship Maine 20
Havana, expressed their approval of it,
and some of them went so far as to
hint that this country should interfere
in the Cuban trouble at once, and bring
ihe war to an end promptly.
There is no doubt that the sympathy Of
tine people of this country is with the Gu
bans. They are ready to make sacri-
fees to help them 10 get their independ-
ence. But are they willing 20 make the
sacrifices they would have to make, in
all probability, If our government were
10 extend a helping hand to Cuba?
The great majority of the people believe
that the country Is ready for any war
which Spain could wage against 1t. They
think our army is in first-class condition.
that our navy is able to cope with that
Of any other nation and that our coast
is thoroughly forufied If they knew the
exact truth, namely, that our army is not
on a war footing, having neither the most
effective arms in use nor supply of am
munition, that some of our warships are
without proper armament and that our
coast cities are practically without means
OF defense, would they be as anxious for
trouble with Spain as they appear TO be
now? Congressman, of course, should be
well informed as 10 whether or not we are
prepared for war, and doubtless they are.
but many of them would take The course
which appears to be the popular one. even
If they knew it would lead to disaster.
Most Of the congressman who are endeav-
oring 10 get the government to inter-
fere in the Cuban trouble have but one
object IN view, and that is to strengthen
their influence with their constituents.
They put their own interests before thar
Of their country. They would rather that
the country should be plunged into war
than that they should miss a chance TO
make few votes.
Spain is, of course, a weak power. but
she has very good navy and could infict
great damage upon our coast cities before
we could get ready to successfully de-
fend them. Ultimately we should compel
Spain to accept our terms, but it would
cost a great deal more than those who
are urging war policy have any idea of
to bring her to that frame of mind.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-26
A Conflict Nor Imminent.

The prospect of war between the great
powers OF Europe growing out of the
movement to srab Chinese territory is not
as threatening as it was few weeks ago.
Germany, having got all the concessions
she demanded on account of the killing of
two of her priests, appears to be satisfied
for the time being. China is of course,
sour and sullen because she had to yield
to Germany's extraordinary demands but
she assents TO the settlement with smiles
and protestations of friendship. She hopes
no doubt that the time may come when
she will be strong enough to drive the
Germans who occupy her territory into
the sea.
at present there does not seem to be
any danger of trouble between Germany
and any one of the other European. pow
ers, but there is prospect that there will
be an exchange of shots between Great
Britain and Russia before the Chinese
question is finally adjusted. The fact that
Great Britain made haste to put herself
on an extremely friendly footing with ia
pan, as soon as the latter had given China
a thrashing, was not appreciated by the
Chinese, and as British influence in China
began to wane that of Russia began TO
increase. Great Britain is not of course,
going to give up her hold
on China. Her trade with
the Chinese is many times greater
than that of any other country, and she
intends to hold on to it. And she expects
Japan to assist her in doing so. She will
not allow Russian influence to deprive
her of any part of it,
Our dispatches say that the British and
Russian warships on the coast of China
are watching each others movements
closely, While it doesn't appear that war
between the two countries-Great Britain
and Russia-is imminent, it is certain that
it will require great forbearance on the
part of each, in the adjustment of con-
fiicting interests, to avoid hostilities.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-26

Almost every big surgeon has his own
pet method of preparing a patient for the
news that he will have to undergo an op-
Grafton" said a London specialist to a
writer for Cassell's Saturday Journal re-
Gently. "One great man l know always
begins by a wholesale exaggeration of the
case. If you were about to lose one of
your fingers he would probably start by
telling you that the safety of your life de-
manded an amputation of the whole arm
Gradually he would get this down to the
forearm then the hand; and by the time
you knew it was only finger you would
be too much relieved to care a very great
deal All, we viii soon set that right;
and Wen give you Whit of the chic
reform, just to insure You against feeling
the least pain is a very favorite intima-
ton of an operation. An Irish surgeon
lately prepared a very nervous lady pa
tient of his by assuring her that he could
not treat her case until she had got rid
of a tooth which was causing her Jain.
He gave her chloroform, under the pre-
text of extracting the tooth, and while
she was under its influence he performed
an operation which saved her life.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-26

Tom hurry, who was the House caterer
for many years, and fed politicians and
statesmen as a matter of business, says
the Chicago Inter-Ocean, had a theory
that one can always tell what a man in
Congress amounts to by inspecting his
daily bill of fare. In elucidation of this
theory, one day when the income tax non
sense was at its hight and Congressman
Benton McMiilin was perspifing profusely
in defending the bill from the onsiaughts
of its enemies, the gifted hurry showed
me the Tennesseean's luncheon orders for
the past week.
They ran in this way: Monday, ham
sandwich and small bottle of appolinaris
Tuesday, peach pie and buttermilk; Wed
nesday watercress salad and plain water
Thursday, baked beans and water; Friday.
ham sandwich and glass of milk; Satur-
day apple pie and buttermilk ION paw
days" said hurry, "McAIillin gets reck-
less and comes in here and orders ham
sandwich and beans and watercress salad
and butteTmilk and appollinaris all at once
1t costs him as much as 65 cents.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-26
BRIGHT BITS.

Too hish.-Mrs. Poeticus-Dont you
think my new hat is a poem?
Poeticus-No.
Mrs. Poeticus-Why not?
Poeucus-Oh, I'm merely judging by its
price-Truth
-She-How would you punctuate the fol-
lowing: Bank of England notes of va
rious values were blown along the street
by the wind?''
Hell think I would make a dash after
the notes.-the Bits.
No r.-stranger-Where do the
Highminds reside? They are one of the
old families of this city l believe.
Mrs. Forundred-They used to be, but
Mr.. Highmind failed last year,-New York
Weekly.
-Bobby-Aunt Nellie. what became of
the swine that had evil spirits cast into
them, in the Bible?
Aunt Nellie-They plunged headforemost
into the sea, Bobby.
Bobby driumphantly)-Not bit of it,
Auntie. They We're made into deviled
ham.-Harlem Life.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-26
The Differences.
From the New York Weel

From the New York Weekly.
The day. like I, was very hot.
When, flushed and half demented,
I asked Miss Rose to share my lot
And rapture! she consented!
ooh, bliss!' 1 cried, then now we'll stand
And rise by honest trying,
Wen earn our livings hand-in-hand.
A jealous world defying!"
But Rose replied: You talk as though
You only were inviting
Your wife to risk the toll and woe
Of povertys hard fighting.
But that of course, is quite absurd:
You're only being funny.
From mother 1 have often heard
You've really heaps of money!
Alas! that's wrong" answered back;
I'm very poor, I swear it.
But yet my lot no joy can lack
Since you've agreed TO share it,"
on stay'' said Rose, in tones that got
Exceeding harsh and brittle,
Il truly vowed to share your lot.
But not to share your littlew
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-26
Better Railroad service wanted.

1t seems that the only remedy to be ap-
piled to the train and mail service troubles
west of Waycross is for the Plant
system 20 run-a train on its own schedule
between Savannah and Valdosta, Thomas
viIle Bainbridge and other points, and
thus give the people of those sections the
same facilities that are enjoyed by per-
sons living on the line between Waycross
and this city. Promoting the growth and
development of South Georgia would be
helping the Plant system. AS the country
grew up, more business in the way of
freights and passengers would come TO the
railroad. Passengers from the North who
fly through the country in sleeping cars,
at fraction of the price per mile that is
charged local passengers, do not contrib
ute much to the permanent prosperity Of
the road. They may help the business of
the hotels for a few months of the year.
but 1t is doubtful if they add anything to
the permanent income of the road. Never
theless the best of accommodations are
given these swift birds of passage while
those who have TO pay three cents per mile
when they travel have to put up with very
poor accommodations, or stay at home
Still it is the local business which ena-
bles the companies to earn money to pay
interest on their bonds.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-26

The Congressional Record, which costs
the government very large sum of mon
ey annually. isn't an accurate record of
the proceedings of Congress. 1t is quite
long way from being such. Senators and
representatives are permitted to use the
blue pencil freely in editing their speeches,
with the result that much that is said
during the debates does not appear in the
Record.
A few days ago, the Hon. Champ Clark
of Missouri. made rip-roaring high falu-
tin and somewhat dizzy speech on the Gu
ban question. Right at the end of it Rep
resentative Steele, of Indiana, asked him
a question about armor plate. 1t was a
very practical question-a question which
Representative Clark couldn't answer sat-
isfactorily, and, besides, it took the wind
out of the sails of his peroration. The
speech, therefore, which began so auspic-
iously, came TO a rather lame ending.
But Representative Clark had no notion
of going down to posterity in any such
way as Representative Steele had arrang-
ed, and therefore, having the privilege Of
editing his speech before its appearance in
the Congressional Record, he deliberately
ran his blue pencil through Representative
Steeles question and finished his speech
for the Record to suit himself
This is only one of many instances in
which the Record has been changed with
out the authority of the body having con-
troll of it, 1t is only seldom, however. that
attention is called to a change which has
been made, because changes, as a rule. are
not noticed. Once in a while, however, a
member looks over the Record for the pur-
pose of seeing how something which he has
said appears in print, and he finds that
the Record has been changed. and he calls
the attention of the House or Senate. as
the case may be, to the fact
that a change has been made.
The offending member Is seldom
or never punished, and, consequently.
a member who has convenient conscience
doesn't hesitate to materially change his
remarks If he finds that, on further con-
sheraton, he hasn't expressed himself in
a way calculated to endear him to his con-
stituents. Representative Clark, when his
offense was presented to the House, said he
didn't think Representative Steeles cues
ton was pertinent, and, therefore, he cut
it out when the proofs Of the part of the
proceedings in which he figured were SUBJ
mitted 10 him.
Senators and representatives, shouldn't
have the privilege of editing their speeches
delivered in Congress. The shorthand re-
porters are capable men, and seldom make
mistakes. When they do, the mistakes
should be corrected by the branch of Con-
gress in which the mistakes occurred. II
that course were adopted the COMPRESSION
al Record would come much nearer to be-
ing an accurate record of the proceedings
of Congress than 1t is now.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-26
CURRENT COMMENT.

sOuthnrd's EIectioneering scheme.
From the Chattanooga Times Oem).
Southland of Ohio proposes to pay 81 a
day to prisoners of war for the time they
We're in prison. If somebody will take
census of voters in Southard's district and
report the number ready to swear they
were prisoners in sundTy Confederate bas-
tiles, we will get at the inwardness Of
Southard's latest scheme for paying cleo
tioneering expenses out of the country's
raNnnlas
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-26
WIN Take the Business.
From the New York World DENY

With abundant water power, with cheap
COAL with extraordinarily cheap labor,
and with the cotton fields at their very
doors, the Southern cotton mills will as
surediy take the business" But they
have not taken 1t yet. Their competition
is only in coarser yarns and the ruder
fabrics. Until they learn TO do the finer
work and very greatly multiply their
mills their competition will afford no good
excuse for the cutting of the meager
wages paid in New England, as the bosses
there contend that it does.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-26

The Baltimore Sun publishes interviews
with a number of governors of Southern
states on the subject of the annexation
of Hawaii. All of the governors represent
ed in the symposium are opposed to the
scheme. Even Coy. Johnson of Alabama,
Senator Morgan's state, does not believe
we need or have any use for Hawaii. The
this question.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-26

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-26

DIR. L. o. Towards investigations in
developed some matters of general inter
est. For many years the cochinal or cac-
tus scale insect, now called Coccus caeti.
was used as the basis of an important red
dye, until practically superseded by the
introduction of aniline dyes. In the same
way the European Porphyrophora was
used in the production of a purple dye
Aside from the dye insects, there are the
lac insects, of which a single species, Tach-
ardia lacca, produces practically all of
the shel-lac, stick lac and button lac of
commerce. This species is Asiatic in its
distribution; but in the Southwestern
states, upon the very abundant creosote
bush, lac insect occurs in an enormous
quantity, the commercial possibilities of
which have not been developed. This is
the congeneric species, Tacharda larreae
CComstoclO. This insect has been known
TO science only since 1881, but was long
prior to that time known to the Indians
VINO for many years have been in the habit
or collecting the scale insects and form
ing them into more or less elastic halls
which their runners were in the habit ~
Kicking before them as they iourneved
from one point to another There are other
species OF the same genus inhabiting North
America. A third substance of CONNER
cal Importance derived from scale insects
is pure white wax, which is secreted nv
the Chinese and japanese Ericerus pe-la
ana by the Indian Ceroplastes ceriferus
On account of its expense, and on account
OF more or less available substitutes This
wax has not become of great commercial
importance in Europe, but is much used in
the Eastern countries, both in the making
OF wax candles, and in medicine Tba
Cmnese wax is said to have ten times the
Illuminating power of others wakes. 1t is a
peautlIui wax, resembling beeswax in its
chemlcaI composition more nearly than
tne Vegetapie wakes, and is clear white
In color In the far Southwest there Is
wax insect CCerococcous quercus) which
apparently needs careful investigator
from the commercial point of view T,broa
species of oak offer food for this insect mr.
Howard recently received specimens ~
the insect from Mesa Grande, Cal They
were not sent in position on the Twios
but had been removed from the twigs ana
compressed together by hand into more
or less pliable lump, somewhat resemh-
ling lump of India rubber. but moi nos
sessing the same elasticity The substance
makes an admirable chewing gum. os n
takes and retains flavor better than Other
gums. Part of it has been proved nv
chemical analysis to be a true wax. ana
part resembles rubber in its physical prom
critics. The product Is not only interest
ing from chemical standpoint. but II
may prove to be also of economic value
as the supply is well nigh inexhaustihle
BY directing attention to these products
of potential importance DIR. Howard dem
onstrates the commercial uses of ento-
mology. o1
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-26

1t seems the Sunday street car service
has been in effect only a short time in
Hamilton, Ont. Before the Sunday
schedules were operated there was stout
complaint from sundry religious bodies. to
the effect that Sunday cars would prove
pernicious and demoralizing. A short time
ago. however, the board of managers of
the Central Pres byterian Church of Ham
ilton passed a resolution to the effect that
the Sunday cars we're a great source of
convenience to churchgoers, and that the
evils so extravaganty predicted by the
opponents Of the innovation were conspic-
uous only by their absence.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-26

A bill has been prepared for introduce
ton into the New York legislature lin
iting the period Of labor for clerks in drug
stores. 1t is proposed that on Sundays
they shall work not longer than six hours,
on Saturdays twelve hours and on other
days ten hours. Ii is also proposed that
clerks shall be prohibited from sleeping
IN drug stores, on the ground that the
fumes OF the drugs are injurious to health
IT might be suggested that amendments
10 the bin be added to specify at what
hour the clerks shall go to bed, what time
they shall arise and what they shall eat
for breakfast. in order to guard their
health and minimize the possibility Of
mistakes in compromising prescriptions.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-26
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Special Notices-Ship Notice, J. F. Minis
& Co.; the Gas Range, Mutual Gas Light
Company; Special Notice, Metropolitan
Clothing Company; Resumption of Prac-
tice. DR.. S. Latimer Phillips; Ship Notice,
w. NJ. Wilson, Agent, Consignee; Two Ex-
elusives at the Bicycle Headquarters. I.
A. Bryson, Columbia Agent; Notice to SUI
perior Court Jurors.
Business NOTES.-THE Carl From Paris
Cigar, Henry Solomon & Son: Old Fash
toned Rye Whisky.
A Decent Hath. H. Levy & Bro.
For Sale-Handsome Summer Residence
in Cashiers Valley, North Carolina.
Auction Sale-Three Homes, by C. H.
Dorset, Auctioneer.
Legal Notices-Notice to Debtors and
Creditors Estate Joseph S. Hunter. De-
ceased.
Cottolene-N. K. Fairbanks Company.
Medical--Baco-Curo; Lydia Pinkham
Pills; S. S. s.; Hoods Pills; Cuticura Rem
edies; Castoria; Munyon's Cold Cure;
SCOTS Emulsion; Terraline; Cuticura
Remedies; Paine's Celery Compound.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Hel
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-26

Every effort to produce the passion
play in this country has met with fail
ure. An enterprising moving picture man
ager, however, thinks he has solved the
problem of presenting the religious drama
in this country. He has witnessed the
productions at Oberammergau and Ho-
ritz, and viii reproduce the scenes with a
einematograph, to the accompaniment of
proper music vocal and Instrumental.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-26

1t is as yet too early TO judge whether
Mrs. Lease has fallen a victim to a great
corporation octopus, or whether the great
Mrs. Lease; but one thing or the other
has happened The woman has been ap-
pointed the agent of a great insurance
company at Wichita. She is therefore a
representative of the money power, or else
the money power is a representative of
her
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-26

NTtIt
1t is quite feasible for the government
to offer it's creditors gold and silver with
equal hands. but if they choose the gold
and reject the silver. how is the govern
ment to make them reverse their choice?
And more important, perhaps, how is il
TO maintain parity in the various kinds of
money 1t gives the people to use? How
can it force man to give as much for a
silver dollar as he viii for a gold one?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-26

From the Pittsburg Dispatch (Rep.).

The government is now losing in the
neighborhood of $50 100000 per year by car
rying as second-class postal matter pub
LEGATIONS of cheap novels Incorporating as
periodicals., for the benefit of a few firms
in the East. The matter is of the class
which should be shipped as freight At
present the government is engaged in cut
ting down the carriers in the larger cities.
thus GRIPPING the service where II is most
profitable, in order to make up the short
age produced by rank job.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-26

1t may never be possible to locate the
meanest man. but the most contemplate
thief lives an Newark. N. ]. A day or
two ago he stole the streamer of Grape
from the front door of house Of mourn
ing while the family and friends of the
deceased were weeping over the bier just
inside the door.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-26

A real japanese actress has been added
to the American stage. She is Suma Matsu
HOMO. daughter of Count HOMO. who is
now dead. Her stage name is Rita Della
croix," and she is 10 years old, and quite
pretty, according to the press notices. She
is playing an important part with an
American company, and appears in an
American character.