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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-07
Fig and other Trees.

There is not a more delicious. delicate
and healthful fruit than the fig, and there
is no fruit-bearng tree which will thrive
better and give more bountiful returns
for little care than the fig And the
soil and climate of Savannah are especial
" adapted to this tree The months of
February and March are the time TO set
out fig trees and plant fig cuttings. Young
trees may be obtained from any Southern
nursery, and cuttings may be had from
any friend or neighbor who has a fig tree.
branch or sprout of last seasons
growth having four inches or more of the
wood of previous year will grow and
make a fig tree, and where the branch is
one that has borne fruit. the young tree
will probably produce a few figs the first
year after planting. Almost every va
rety OF fig viii grow here, but those
which thrive best are the Celestial or SUI
gar fig, the Genoa or black fig, the An
gelique, otherwise known as the lemon or
green fig, and the Brown Turkey or Sol
omon's fig There is no yard or garden
in the city which would not grow one or
more fig trees. and there is probably no
family in the city that would not be bene-
flied by a more liberal consumption of the
delectabe fruit
The fig, however. Is not the only tree
which could be prohtab;y grown in city
yards and gardens. Plums, pomegranates.
Japan persmmons and LeConte pears
reach perfection in small city lots and
peaches also do well for awhile. And then
there is the prolific pecan tree, which
grows luxuriant and beautiful foliage
as well as its crop of nuts The pecan is
heavily clothed with leaves I'm the summer
months, when shade is desired, and is leaf
less in winter when humanity finds COM
fort in the rays Of the sun. 1t might not
be bad idea for the Park and Tree Com
mission TO give some attention to the Pc
can as a park tree.
As means to the end of making life
more enjoyable. the Morning News sug-
gests to its readers in town and country,
that they plant fruit and nut trees, few
or many as space and means permit, and
especially that they plant figs, plums. ia
pan persimmons and pomegranates. These
trees respond quickly and bountlfully to
kind treatment. as if grateful for atten-
ton and encouragement.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-07

jerry Simpsons experience in the mat
ter of hosiery has taught him that there
may be a good deal of politics, or rather
political capital, in ones wearing apparel.
He is, therefore, a close observer of what
his colleagues wear, and how they wear
it. This acquired trait enabled him a few
days ago TO fguratively smash a hat over
the eyes of the Hon. Nelson Dingley Of
Maine, chairman of the committee of
ways and means. The blow was well de-
livered, in such manner that Dingley's at
tempt to parry it fell short, and the hat
was crushed upon the distinguished gen.
tleman's Uranium, in full view of every
reader of the Congressional Record
Chairman Dingley, it seems, has lately
been wearing a bright, glossy, new silk
hat of the most swell pattern. When
the occasion presented itself Mr. Simp-
son glanced into the nat. and saw some
thing which astonished him He saw a
pretentious label asserting that the hat
was made by fashionable London manu-
facturer and sold by a London dealer
This information the Kansan conveyed to
the House. In Chairman Dingley, he
said, was embodied the very spirit of pro-
tectionism and the fostering of home in
dustries. 1t was Dingley who insisted
that taxes should be levied upon the con-
sumner so that foreign made goods would
be shut out, for the encouragement of
home labor and manufactures 1t was
Dingley who asserted that it was the pa
triotic duty of Americans to taboo foreign
manufacturers and buy only such goods
as were made in the United States. Not
withstanding all of this he pointed to
Mr.. Dingley as a man who was wearing
a London hat every day, In the presence
of his fellow congressman.
Chairman Dingley as a matter of
course, arose to a question of personal
privilege, for the purpose of making an
explanation. A great deal of the time of
Mr. Dingley these days is taken up in
making explanations. The hat, he said,
unquestionably bore London label, but
as a matter of fact 1t was New York
made hat. and the London label had been
put into it with the intent 10 deceive; that
it had been pasted there by the sellers for
the purpose of Catching the custom of
the dudes.
Chairman Dingley's explanation struck
Mr.. Simpson, as it win strike the coun-
try, as being very funny. Is the chair
man of the ways and means committee a
dude? Did he purchase the hat because
it had London label in it? If he knew
it was New York hat, and bought ii
because it was a New York and not a
London hat, why did he not have the
label removed? Did he leave the label
there to deceive others? In the course of
his explanation Mr.. Dingley asserted that,
whatever hat he might be wearing, he
never used it 10 talk through That
sounds very well, of course; but how is
he going to convince the people hereafter
that he is not talking through his Lon
don hat when he tells them all sorts of
fairy stories about his remarkable tariff?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-07
Trials of a sensitive senator.

A new member of the Senate was COM
planning to an Old member of some of the
difficulties he was encounteriug, says the
New York Tribune. For one thing" he
said, these newspaper fellows don't al
ways get things straight. 1 don't mean to
accuse them of carelessness or of inten-
tional misrepresentation, but now and then
some remarkable stories are printed about
me at home"
you'll get used to that" replied the vet
Gran. THAT won't hurt. That's part of
your apprenticeship. I've been all along
there. Let me tell you of a little experience
of mine. Soon after 1 first came here l
picked up a paper from my state, and saw
1t asserted In a letter from Washington
that my colleague and myself had met
and arranged a slate, and that all the pat
ronage for the state would be distributed
according 10 that arrangement. There was
no warrant for the statement. and 1 made
inquiries for the CORRESPONDENT
He came to see me, and proved to be a
bright and most agreeable young man. |
asked him for his authority, and he pleas
antly refused to give IL. but said that he
had every faith in his informant. To that
/ replied that all I would ask, then. would
he the privilege of denying the story-pur-
ting my statement against the other He
said that was only fair, and that he would
attend to the matter. When the correction
appeared it read something like this:
Your correspondents story about the deal
between Senator --- and his coIIea gue
by which the patronag e of the stale is 70
be divided between them has raised quite
a stir here. There can be no question as TO
it's absolute truth. But Senator -. who
evidently has been ratified by the publica
ton, now solemnly assures your CORE
spondent that he has had nothing whatever
TO do with the deal After that went slow
on corrections"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-07
The Destruction of the Cathedral.

Only the walls of the Cathedral remain.
The magnificent structure, which repre-
sented the efforts and sacrifices Of many
people for many years is a mass of ruins.
Sad hearts watched its destruction and
sad hearts will view its cracked and
blackened walls this morning. II was the
pride not alone of those who worshiped
within IL, but Of the whole city. Its mag
niicent proportions and graceful spires
added greatly 10 the city's attractions and
were the admiration of all who saw them.
Its loss is a disaster which the whole city
feels and which will take a long time
to repair. The means to restore it to its
former beauty cannot be collected in a
week or a month, but it is certain they
will be collected. It's spires still stand and
its congregation, with indomitable pluck
and ureless energy. will carry forward the
work of rebuilding it until it is again as
grand and beautiful as it was yesterday.
when songs of praise were sung within
its sacred precincts.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-07
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1898.

II is very probable that the breaking of
many of the water pipes during a cold
snap is due to the fact that the pipes are
of very poor material 1t has been as
serted that where good, standard pipe is
used there is little or no danger of burst
ing from freezing water. The city, or the
water commission, might do well to look
into this matter. If it should be found
that inferior pipe is used, then there
should be an ordinance, or regulation,
requiring the use of only standard mate
rial Not only is the city in danger from
fire when the water is running to waste
through broken pipes and open faucets.
but every householder is put to a great
deal of annoyance during the severe cold
snaps. 1t is reported that some land
lords hold tenants responsible for damage
to pipes and property from freezing water
when the tenant fails to open his hydrants
in anticipat ton of a freeze. No inferior
pipes should be permitted, especially in ex-
posed places; and where such Inferior ma
terial has been used, property owners
should be required TO replace it with stan
dard pipe.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-07
New Cure for Dy.peprin.

1t may be that there is a great future,
outside of the prize ring, for Corbett. In
deed, his name may be ranked hereafter
with those of Lister, Koch, Pasteur and
sanarelli as discoverer of wonderful
things in therapeutics. He may even be-
come entitled to the prefix, prof" For
it appears that Corbett has made dis
covery holding out promise of great bene-
fit to mankind. Dyspepsia, as is well
known of all persons even approaching
maturity of mind, is one of the banes of
the race. And Corbett has found cure
for 1t. For some time before went into
the ring with F1tzsimmons," says the en-
inent gentleman of pugilistic attachments,
Il had been troubled with dyspepsia, and
my stomach was in extremely bad condi-
ton. I haven't had a touch of indigestion
since 1 received that punch over the solar
plexus In the fourteenth round, and
have no doubt that the blow cured me-"
There may be some persons who will
hold that Fitzsimmons is entitled to the
credit for having discovered this new dys-
pepsia cure; but such is not the case.
Fitz was merely the accidental admnis-
terer of the dose. and is entitled to no
more credit than any other person who
should chance to administer a powerful
curative medicine. 1t takes brains TO rec
ognize the value of a discovery, and it
was Corbett who reasoned from cause to
effect and knew that 1t was the punch
over the solar plexus which cured his all
ment. He ought to patent the process,
and then begin the practice of 1t. 1t has
much to commend it, As compared with
the recently exploited operation of excis-
ion of the stomach for ailments of that
organ, the Corbett system of treatment
for dyspepsia is simplicity itself, and there
can be no doubt that it would come much
cheaper. Prof. Corbett would simply put
on the gloves with his patient. jolly him
along for a few rounds TO get his blood
into good circulation, and then soak him
a good one over the solar plexus. When
the patient woke up his dyspepsia would
be gone. If he failed to wake up, the dys-
pepsia would likewise be gone, and a post
norton could be held to demonstrate the
effectiveness of the treatment In a great
many instances post mortems are held for
the purpose of proving that the diagnosis
and the treatment were correct.
There are many reasons for thinking
that in the majority of instances if the
Corbett treatment failed to cure, it would
kill; and when a man has a chronic case
of dyspepsia 1t is about a toss-up which
result would be the more preferable, not
so much to the victim of the ailment as
to those who are made victims by him.
There are a number of dyspeptics whom
the world would like to see under the Cor
bett treatment. The system ought to be
given a fair showing before one word is
said against it,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-07


After the representatives of Great Brit
ain and the United States had nearly
concluded their pacific labors at Client
in making the treaty of peace which end
ed the war of 1872 the burghers of the
quaint OH Dutch city determined TO give
en- entertainment in honor of the minis
ters. recalls the Youths Companion They
determined, as a part of their programme
10 perform the national airs of the two
powers.
The musical director was sent 10 call
upon the American minister and obtain
the music of their national air 4 con-
sultation ensued, at which Baysrd and
Gallatin favored Hail Columbia" while
Clay, Russell and Adams wanted Yankee
Doodle"
The musical director asked If anv of
the gentlemen had the music None of
them had it. Then he suggested that per
haps one of them would sing or whistle
the air.
81 can't" said Mr. Clay. II never vbis-
tied or sung a tune in my life; perhaps
Mr.. Bayard can.
Neither can l." answered Mr.. Bayard
Perhaps Mr.. Russell can"
LNr. Russell, Mr.. Galla1in ana Mr.. Adj
ans in turn confessed their lack of musi-
cal ability.
Il have it," exclaimed Mr.. CLAY. and
ringing the bell, he summoned his BODY
servant. John" said he, whistle yam
kee Doodle for this gentleman"
John did so, the chief musician noted
down the air, and at the entertainment
the Client Burghers' Band played the ma
tional air of the United States with varia-
tons.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-07
The Samoan Affair.

Uncle Sam is right in line with Germa-
ny. He, also, has an affair with some
contumacious foreigners on account of
missionaries. The current agitation of the
far eastern question was precipitated it
will be remembered. by outrages in China
upon some German missionaries. The
German Emperor quickly shook his mail
ed fist" at the offending heathens, de-
manded big indemnities, and sent ships
10 the scene of the outrages to back up
his demands. The German missionaries
in China upon whom the outrages were
committed, it transpires, were Jesuts
who had been banished from Prussia.
on the ground that their teachings were
prejudicial to the interests of the govern
ment and the people. That, however,
made no difference to Wilhelm; they were
German subjects. Moreover, they furn-
ished him just such an issue as he was
looking for at that particular time.
These missionaries of Uncle Sans in
the Samoan Islands are members of a
sect which stands in no higher favor in
the United States than the expelled Je-
suits stood in Germany. They are Nor
a. 4
deemed necessary TO pass a national law
restrictive of the Mormon religion, and II
is forbidden by law that what was once
one of the chief tenets of the Mormon
faith, polygamy, shall be practiced in
this country The extension of the ere
ligion" of the MormOns is vigorously OPP
posed in the United States. Frequently
the news dispatches in The daily papers
contain items telling of the white cap
ping" of Mormon missionaries, in order
to rid community of them
It seems that there was a company of
twenty-nine Mormon missionaries in Sa-
moa, where they were propag ting their
doctrines. A number of the natives. or
somebody else, becoming tired of them,
proceeded to white cap them, as it
would be called in the United States. 1t
does not appear that any serious bodily
hurt was done to any of the Mormons
but the clothing of some of them was
torn, and their mission house was injured
and "defiled' The furniture in the house
was broken. and the pulpit overturned
Consul Churchill, in reporting the mat
ter to the government, goes on to say
that the Bible was defaced in a most
sacreligious manner" Presumably he re-
fers to the Book of Mormon as the
Mormons do not use the Bible. 1t is to
look into this affair, and take whatever
steps may be deemed necessary, that the
warship Mohican has been ordered to
Samoa. Will the United States, follow
ing the example of Germany In China,
demand the cession of port and PROV
ince, and the erection of church for
each missionary who suffered at the
hands of the mob?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-07
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Nfeetine-Stockhol Florida Central
and Peninsular Railroad Company.
special Notices-Roofing Repairing,
etc. f. C. Pacetd & Son; Ship Notice,
strachan & Co. Ctnsignees; Clam Chow
der at Beckmanns Cafe.
Business Notices-Le Panic Cigars;
School Boy Tobacco.
Insurance Statement = Semi-Annual
Statement Of the United States Branch of
the Thames and Mersey Marine Insurance
Company Oimited), of Liverpool.
Railroad Schedules-Plant System; Flor
ida Central and Peuinsular Railroad.
Steamship Schedules-Ocean Steamship
Company; Baltimore Steamship Company.
If You Have Boy See What Levy s
Has to SsFy-B. H. Levy & Bro.
Auction Sale-Carpets, Lace Curtains,
Etc, by c. II. Dorsett, Auctioneer; Mule,
Dray and Harness, by A. K. Wilson, Auc-
tioneer.
Amusments-"wang' at Theater. Natl
nee and Night, Feb. 9.
Ready to Entertain All Comers-Metro-
politan Clothing Company.
We Are Going to Please Them-B. H.
Levy & Bro.
Legal Notices-Citations From the Clerk
OF the Court Of Ordinary of Chatham
County.
pcariine-James Pyle, New York.
Cottolene-N. X. Fairbanks Company.
Medical-Dufy's Pure Malt Whisky;
Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets; SCOTS Emul-
sion; Hoods Pills; Cuticura Remedies
Carlsbad SpIudel Salts. S. S.
cheap Column HELP
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-07

Some thing more than two years ago
Martinez Campos made tour Of Cuba for
the purpose of "pacifying" the island. He
returned fruitless. A year or so ago his
successor, Gen. Weyler. made a similar
trip of 'pacification, and returned to Ha-
vana without having accomplished re-
suits. In each of these instances the luck
less ''paciher" was presently relieved from
duty and his place taken by another. a
few weeks ago Marshal Blanco started
upon a trip of similar import to those TAX
en- by his predecessors, and the other day
returned to the capital without having
made more Roadway than either of them.
The question now is, will Blanco follow
Campos and Weyler ha k to Spain? He
may have to do so if he does not succeed
pretty soon in breaking the power of the
insurgents. The warm season is not a
great way off, and the Spanish troops in
the island do their best fighting only in
cool weather.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-07

Those persons and papers that are en-
deavoring to bias the public mind by in
sinuating that Judge Spencer r. Atkinson
would be the candidate of the gold bug
element" II he were to stand for the Gov
ernorshlp. have either very short memo
ries, or are not sincere in what they are
saying. Who ran for Congress against
Mr. Turner, in the Eleventh district, in
1882, after resigning his seat on the bench
for the Brunswick circuit, and upon a
platform in which free silver was one of
the principal planks?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-07

The suggestion that Mr.. Charles R. Pen
d,oton Of the valdosta Times and the Ma
con Telegraph who is postmaster at VAL
dosta, but whose successor has been nam
"a has been permitted to hold his post
office for several months under the pres
cnt administration for the reason that he
was zone Of the supporters of the Palmer
nnd Buckner in the recent campaign" is
hardly justified BY the facts. Mr.. Pendle-
ton, who was a delegate to the national
convention, was sound money" man,
as he is to-day, but after the nominations
had been made, he stood squarely by the
ticket and the regular organization. Mr..
tenaleton Is not the sort Of Democrat
upon whom Senator Hanna would confer
favors.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-07

They have very queer ideas of humor
in the state of Pennsylvania In the town
of Cory three prominent citizens, one the
editor of a daily newspaper and lately
candidate for Mayor, another the proprie
tor of a hotel, and the third a gentleman
of leisure, have been arrested on the
charge of saturating the clothing of an
inoffensive negro with whisky and setting
fire to him. Instantly the poor darkey
was enveloped in fame, which afforded
much merriment to the jolly jol1ers. When
arrested the men said they were only jok-
ing, and meant no harm to the ''nigger."
The 'nigger," however, is so terribly
burned that he may die. Even IL he
should survive the cruel torture, he would
be disfgured for life. Had this occurred
in the South, the press OF Pennsylvania
would have bristled with big. black head
lines descriptive of the --latest Southern
outrage"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-07
south Carolina aud Massachusetts
Springfield (Mass) Republican Qnd).

The ferocious and unconventional Till
man of South Carolina slides in a neat
upper cut on our Massachusetts, senators
when he compares Republican support of
n white mans government i'm Hawaii with
Republican hostility to a white mans
government in South Carolina. He might
have added that their desire to exclude
European Immigrants doesn't square with
100000 or so Polynesianss and Oriental Iep-
rous and lottery-ring barbarians, as the
Boston Journal loves to describe them.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-07

An Italian artist named Boldini arrived
in New York not long ago with number
of his pictures, which were permitted en-
try through the custom house upon the
artists pledge that they were for exhibit
ton and would not be sold. There was
one particular picture in the lot worth
about $500. A rich woman saw 1t and Of
fered Boldinrs agent 5000 for it. The
fabulous sum simply staggered the agent,
and he could not resist the temptation to
let the woman have the picture at her
own price. AS an outcome of the mat
ter, all of Boldinfs pictures have been
sliced by the customs officials because of
the violation of his pledge.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-07

A consignment of $50 reindeer for the
governments Klondike relief expedition.
which is not needed and may not be sent,
has been started from Norway. Possibly
some mail contractor in the far north, who
has a pun at Washington, may be able to
effect an advantageous deal for the AMI
mals, or maybe the government w1l start
a national park somewhere in Alaska and
put these reindeer in it as starter.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-07

Richard lie Caffeine, poet, critic, writer
and interpreter of Omar Kayyam is the
literary lion of the day in New York. He
is in this country for six months chasN
of the American dollar, through the me-
dunn of lectures and readings. lie Cal
lienne says he considers Walt Whitman
the most original man, except Christ
that the world has known" This IS prob
ably because nobody has yet been able
to even remotely comprehend wha, Whit
man was driving at
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-07

The Norfolk and Western Railroad has
recently declared semi-annual dividend
of ! per cent. This indicates a profit of
per cent. a year. A North Carolina ex-
change ironically observes that it is about
time for some of the Populistic legislatures
TO begin TO look after this railroad
that a corporation which is able to earn
2 per cent on its investment is evidently
in need of repression
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-07

Two more Spanish warships are to
visit this country, making three in ALL
II is understood that the Viscaya will go
10 New York. II is to be hoped that one
or both of the others win be ordered to
Savannah. There is nothing more than a
good advertisement in the visit of these
vessels. and their presence here would re-
mind Europe and the rest of the world
that Savannah is one of the biggest and
best ports in the United States.