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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-01
Initiating the Doctor.

A certain Cleveland attorney has two
bright little children, says the Cleveland
Plain Dealer. They are quick at imitation,
and have a talent for making UP games in
which they cleverly burlesque their elders.
few days ago their mamma found they
were playing doctor" The youngest
child was the patient with head wrapped
in a towel. and the older the physician
with silk hat and cane. The mother
unseen by the little ones, listened at the
doorway.
Il feels awful bad,' said the patient
wen fix all that" said the doctor
briskly. 'Lemme see your tongue.'%
Out came the tiny red indicator.
Hum, hum, coated" said the doctor
looking very grave indeed.
Then, without a word of warning, the
skilled physician hauled off and gave the
patient smart slap in the region of the
ribs.
"Ouch!' cried the sufferer.
Feel any pain there?" inquired the doc
tor.
yes" said the patient
Il thought So" said the healer. "How's
the other side?"
It's all right" said the patient, edging
away.
Thereupon the doctor produced a small
bottle filled with what looked like either
bread or mud pills, and placed in on the
table
Take one Of these pillets," the physician
said, dissolved in water, every seventeen
minutes-al-ter-m it-ly."
How long mus 1 take 'em?" groaned
the patient.
Tin you die" said the doctor. Good
morning."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-01
No Flowers.

The siclSly. malodorous scent of tube
rose reached the nostrils of the man who
abominates flowers. says the New Orleans
Times Democrat, and he gave vent to the
following expression: Throw that CHASTITY
reminder of death and all that goes with it
in the fire. It's offensive beyond the
fondest dreams of the man who invented
asafoetida, only it Is a degree or two
worse"
Don't you really like it?" queried the
friend who is ver on the alert TO inconve-
nience himself to oblige others why, I
think the odor sweeter than that of the
rose"
"Well, some folks may like it." said the
flower hater, but I don't. Ever since 1
returned from jauntng along the noun
tain lanes of the Honduranean Sierras my
liking for the fruits of Horticulture has I'M
dergone a radical change. why, there
were some places there, while travelling at
night, that the odor Of night ce-
reus, the choice plant of the American
hot house, was so strong as to be quite
nauseating. And not infrequently have
tied handkerchief over my nose to shut
out a favored scent which there became TO
me a horrible stencil Since then I have
kept away from flowers. l have secured
a similar dislike for them by my girl. and
in consequence I've saved enough money
to secure the deed 10 a nice little plot OF
ground in the suburbs. We're TO be mar
ried next fall and she has promised to dis
pense with flowers at the wedding"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-01
Here's to You, Patrick Ma1Ion.

From the New York World.
Ut was Patrick Mallon, not MALTA, who
fred the first shot from the Nashville
Press Ditspatch)
Paddy Mallon Paddy Mallon! Lad,
knew that it was you!
When they said it was MALTA" I was
betting twas not true.
Sure a Mallon took that trick
For no MALTA is a Mick
Oh, the Irish are as happy as the cut
throat dons are sick!
When you listed on the Nashville, and
you held your hand on high,
Swearing to defend Old Glory, with its
stars from out the sky,
With it's stripes of red and white
White for truth and red for might
signaling the fight!
Then Irish luck stood by you, Pat, as you
stood by the gun
For an Irishman thinks fighting for Amer
lea is fun!
It's a way he has to tell
That he loves this country we'll
This country gives him freedom, and he'll
fight for that through HE'LL
Paddy Mallon! Paddy Mallon! Proud the
day we heard the news
For Irish dead lie in the Maine! No dan
g'rous task refuse!
Though life or death betide,
Fight by the Yankees side
Till they've freed another nation and hum
bled Spanish pride
Edward w. Townsend.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-01

The sunrise and sunset guns fred from
seaport Notifications now have an added
significance. Besides being regular mill
tary signals. they denote the opening and
the closing of the port. at those places
which must be closed during the hours of
darkness while the war lasts A sea cap
tain recalls that in many foreign countries
this custom OF closing the ports at sun
down is adhered to. even in times of peace.
II will be recalled that only a few m onths
ago our little cruiser Bancroft was fired
upon by Turkish fortress after SHUTDOWN,
and the incident was explained by the
Turks disavowing any hostile intentions
and asserting that they were merely en-
forcing a customary port regulation. The
sunrise and sunset rule also Obtained al
the port of Havana up to the time Of the
blockade.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-01


After the war with Spain is ended IT
is probable that strong effort will be
made to so thoroughly reform the militia
law that never again will such difficulties
be encountered in creating a federal vol
unteer army as those which have appeared
since the President called for 125,OOO vol
unteers Ever since 1872, when the law
was passed for the organization of the
militia. the defects in our militia system
have been apparent. Many attempts have
been made to correct these defects, but
without success. Not very long ago an
attempt was made to provide a militia
force that would come somewhere near
answering the needs of the country, but il
was defeated, largely by the efforts of the
national guard. The militia colonies and
their men insisted that whenever the OPP
portunity presented itself they should have
a chance for glory. No doubt they were
animated by a patriotic spirit, but the de-
velopments of the last few days in militia
circles have indicated that they did not
foresee the difficulties in the way, under
the existing condition of affairs OF quick
ly creating a large and effective federal
army,
There is no lack of patriotism among
the organized militiamen of the different
states. There are about $4,000 of them,
and if the President had called for them
for any one of the three purposes men,
toned in the constitution, they would have
responded with remarkable promptness,
hut he did not want an army especially
for arg one Of these purposes. He wanted
one that he could use as the situation
demanded-that he could send out of the
country if it became necessary to do so.
Therefore, he had to call for volunteers.
Naturally, 1t was expected that the mem
bers of the militia organizations would be
the first to volunteer, because they are
in a measure trained soldiers, but it be-
came apparent at once that if they did
so they could not retain their organza-
tions and officers, because, in many, if not
most instances. the regiments and com
panies have not their full complement of
men, and also because of the necessity
which might exist for breaking up regi-
ments in the organization of the volun-
teer army. The consequence Is that the
members of the organized militia are not
enlisting in all the states as freely as ii
was expected they would.
There is no doubt, of course, that the
number of volunteers called for will be
obtained. 1t is roughly estimated that al
ready more than half a million of men
have offered their services, but the vol
unteer army when completed, will not be
so well disciplined, nor in any other re-
| spect so ready for actual service in the
| field as 1t would have been had it been
made up almost wholly of members Of the
militia organizations.
There is need for radical change in
the militia laws--a change that would put
the military organizations under the or
ders of the President whenever and wher-
ever their services were needed, not only
/ for the purposes stated in the constitu-
ton. but also in any war declared by Con-
gress. A change of this sort is necessary
or else there will be demand for a much
larger standing army than we have al
present.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-01
THIS ISSUE
CONTAINS
TWENTY PAGES
lADEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Special Notices-Up Comes the Carpet
Down Goes the Mating, Schwarz's Furni-
ture- and Carpet Store Notice to Members
of Savannah Yacht Club; Notice as TO De
parture of Steamer Clifton: Glass, Paints,
Doors, Blinds, Etc, Adams Drug, Paint
and Oil Company; Early Closing, Mutual
Gas Light Company; Attention, United
States Volunteers, Rowland & Row
land, General Insurance Agents;
For Rent or Sale, McLaws &
Cain; Modei 50, Savannah Cycle
Company; Special Notice, r. D. & VIM.
baltimore; Ship Notice, Wilder & Co..;
Vici and Russian Calf at Okarma's; Prize
Award, Hoffman; Steamer Alpha Charter
ed, George U. Beach, Generel Manager;
Special Notice, Meyere G. FTanck; Remem-
Der Monday Morning, Meyere & Franck.
Business Notices-White Star Line; Sad
der, But Much Wiser, Savannah Steam
Laundry Company
Auction Sales Refrigerator, Sewing Ma
chine, Etc, by ]. Mclaughlin & Son; Fur
niture, Carpets, Etc, by c. H. Dorset.
Auotioneer.
Amusements-The Second Annual Picnic
of the Central of Georgia Railway En-
ployes Mutual Relief Association, at
oliver, May Il: Grand operate Festival
night May g.
Beef-Liebig's Extract of Beef.
Wonderful Challenge Iceberg Refriger-
ator-w E. wimpy.
It's Worth While to Buy Towels Now
Daniel Hogan.
Why Don't You Buy a Chainless Wheel?
II A. Bryson, Columbia Agent.
Pianos and Organs-Ludden & Bates.
The Exciting Times Make No Difference
Here-Walsh & Meyer.
Some Things Are Designed to Make a
Great Noise-Byck Bros.
BOX Paper and Envelopes-At Gardner
Bazaar.
Steamship schedule-ocean Steamship
Company.
No Cheap Notoriety Here-At Eckstein's $.
Your Reputation and Our Pleasure and
Proit-At Gutman's.
Competition Effectively Blockaded-B. H
Levy & Bro, the Big Store.
War Reduces Prices-B. II. Levy & Bro
N1GS INdnStS 90 anu St-Al uludl AIdS l5Sl
Company
Summer Resorts-Warm Springs, Bath
County Virginia.
Peace Prices in War Times-Leopold AID
Ter
You Are Not Buying Cat In a Bag
Metropolitan Clothing Company.
Postum the Food Coffee-Postum &c.
real Company.
Medical-S. S. s.; TT Breaks Up Colds
Cuticura Remedies; Pe-ru-na; DR.. Sander
NdcElree's Wine of Cardui; Worlds Dis
pensary Preparations; Lydia Pinkham'!
Vegetable Pills; Womens Friend; Hood
Sarsaparila.
Cheap Column Advertisements
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-01
BRIGHT BITS.

"A Long Felt Want-"Why do you rec
ommend this collar-button so highly?"
I'VE throw in with it a bureau that
sits fiat on the floor. Chicago Record.
Il was to have married the Countess,
but her whole family was opposed to the
match"
And the Countess p"
''She is one of the family. "-Fliegende
Blatter.
Entitled to Rebate.-"Yes, you have
cured my rhematic foot, doctor, but I
think you ought to throw off about "a
from this bill"
What for, sir?"
Because you have robbed me of my
best barometer. "-Chicago Tribune.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-01
BRIGHT BITS.

-Giles-It seems dreadfuIly extravagant
to go to such an expensive tailor
De Jinks-What could do? He was the
only one who would trust me.-Beston
Traveller.
Hit often happens" said Uncle Eben,
dat er manll staht in wifi de intention
o bein' a peacemaker, an wind up by
simply complicatin' de fight. Washing
ton Star.
"A Blessed Rellef.-"How is it that your
baby drops asleep at such a regular time
What do you give herr"
Nothing. Her father just stops sing
ing to her. indianapolis Journal.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-01
The Movement ON Havana.

The rapid movement of troops to Tampa
and the chartering of steamers for the
transportation of troops justify the con-
clusion that a movement on Havana is
20 be undertaken within very few days.
If this conclusion is correct 1t is probable
that an understanding with the insurgent
leaders has been arrived at, and that they
have satisfied the President and his advis-
ers that if provided with arms and am
munitlon they can. with the help of a small
part of our regular army, force the Span
iards 10 give up the island. The Span
iards have a large lighting force. and the
President would not undertake to land a
few thousand troops in Cuba unless thor.
oughly satisfied of the willingness and
ability of the insurgents to do the grea ter
part of the fighting.
Unless the President has changed his
plans. 1t is his purpose, apparently. tc
make an attempt to drive the Spaniards
out of Cuba before the rainy reason be.
gins. If he finds he cannot do that. I,
is probable that no movement on Cuba
viii be made before fall. II would be re-.
garded as a mistake probably to begin the
campaign just before the rainy season. II
the prospect was that It would last sew.
eral months.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-01

The President advises Miss Helen Gould
to purchase a ship with the 100000 which
she wishes to give the government for the
national defenses and present it to the
navy. Old Commodore Vanderbilt, in the
war of secession, set the fashion for rich
people to give ships to the navy. Several
rich people have come forward in the
present emergency with tenders of yes
sells to the government. ]. Pierpont
Morgan only the other day turned over
his yacht to the government without
charge. George Gould says the govern
ment can have his yacht without a cent
of payment whenever it is needed. John
Jacob Aston has placed his yacht at the
navys disposal without charge. 1t is re-
ported that John H. Flagler has made a
similar offer TO the government.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-01

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-01
"PoIiticaI Generals,
From the Springfield Republican qnd.

One of the curses of the Northern armies
in the civil war were the political gener-
ais" There were lots of them who might
be named, some from our beloved state
of Massachusetts. President Lincoln
yielded frequently to political considera-
lions in elevating men of no military ca
pacity TO high command and while he NAV
have acted wisely from the large stand
point of securing political support for the
government, the field operations of the
Union armies frequently suffered severely
from such appointments.
Is 1t necessary for President Mckinley
TO yield to the politicians in this war?
He Is surely under no such necessity. The
country is not divided against itself; one
party is as patriotic as the other; no fac
ton or state needs to be placated. He is
entirely free to appoint to the high places
only trained officers. men who have made
arms their profession, or those who like
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee are educated and vet
eran soldiers. The civil war proved that
the West Point graduates and expert
enced officers were the ones TO rely upon;
only in very exceptional cases, such as
that of Gen. Logan, did a civilian show
the ability to command efficiently an army
corps.
II is said that ten major generals and
forty brigadiers are TO be appointed to
command the volunteer forces and mill
tary service has in the past proved so
powerful a factor in securing political
emoluments that many an ambitious poll
ticlan would give almost everything he
had to secure one of these commissions
But the President should not yield to
political influence. Place the professional
soldiers at the head: let the politicians
and aspiring youth OF high social station
serve In the ranks and win their glory
at the lannon's mouth. The people want
this war brought quickly TO a close.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-01
Better Not Believe 1t.
From the chicago Chronicle Dem.

We wish 1t were true-ths story that
comes from Madrid via Washington-that
the Spanish. government is Topping around
like a chicken with its head chopped off.
conceding defeat in advance and prepar-
ing to ask for European Intervention to
stop hostilities as soon as the Spanish
feet has had licking. That conditions of
affairs would be highly satisfactory. 1t
would denote an easy and early victory,
because 1t would Indicate that Spain has
no stomach for the fight. But we don't
believe the story is true
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-01
Altogether TOO Tame.

pDTIUBIItIu NNhdSs.J HepuDIICan (Inu.).
The Georgia democracy was in the midst
of heated three-cornered fight for the
gubernatorial nomination wnen war came.
Although the dueling stage was fast ap-
preaching, public interest mas dropped the
three contestants out of sight. Political
campaigns appear rather tame these days.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-01

Should the prize court at Key West de-
eide that the prizes carried into that port
by Admiral Simpsons squadron were law
fully seized, many Of the seamen Of the
fleet would come into possession of snug
little fortunes in prize money. 1t is esti-
mated that the share of prize money com
ing TO each Jackie on the Terror from
the capture Of the Ambrosio Bolivar with
$4,000 In silver Will be about $780, and rom
The Guido. in which the crew Of the Ma
cnias viii share, about $1,000
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-01

Each shot of the long-range guns on the
big Spanish warships costs in the neigh
borhood Of $500. Spain is not in a fna1-
cial condition to waste $500 shots in bonn
harding 500 towns, hence a number of the
nervous little places along the coast may
rest easy.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-01

From the Philadelphia Record Dem.).

Mr.. Bryan hesitates.. He Is afraid that
if he should enlist as a soldier his mo-
tive would be misconstrued; and so he
banks the fires Of patriotism which burns
within him. He would like dearly to
imbrue his hands in Spanish blood and
at the same time put an extinguisher
upon the rising fame of Fitzhugh Lee;
but he nobly restraints himself!
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-01

From the Pittsburg Dispatch Rep.)

The annexation of Hawaii is not justified
by the exigencies of war, nor by any other
consideration, except greed. The United
States has coaling station there and #
it is able to defend that it has all it needs
for naval purposes.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-01

The brave manifestoes of Blanco, Wey-
Ter, the commander Of the Spanish fleet
al Manila, and other Spaniards, do not
fool anybody. 1t is an old trick to whistle
while passing through a graveyard to keep
ones courage up
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-01

The Englishmen have not forgotten that
once upon time Commodore Tattnan
violated American neutrality In order to
assist them in hard fight. He excused
his conduct then by saying that Blood Is
thicker than water" and his country sus-
tanned him in il. Now some of our cous
ms across the sea are re-echoing the sentI-
ment, Blood is thicker than water"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-01

Brazil the newest republic of America.
is demonstrating her sympathy with the
United States. the great republic of the
north. She is not only granting ohr
Nictheroy harbor but within a few DAYS
has sold us large number Of Whitehead
torpedoes which Will come in mighty
handy at this time
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-01

There are some persons who are quite
willing to go to war II they can have high
offices, but not otherwise. It is not diff.
suit TO decide what they ought to have.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-01
CURRENT COMMENT.
A Comforting Querx.

From Louisville Courier-Journal Oem.).
If the Spanish gunners at Matanzas, On
solid earth could not hit as big a target
as the cruiser New York, what would they
have hit If their guns had been on roll
ing ship?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-01
CUTICURA WORKS WONDERS

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-01
ECZEMA WORST KIND
Face and Neck One inflammation.
Not Able to See. Unable to
Sleep for Weeks from
Severe Pain.
Friends Did Not Recognize Me
Face So Swollen and Hideous.
Three Doctors Gould
Not Relieve.
CURED IN 2 WEEKS BY CUTICURA

I have suffered with case of Eczema OF
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Three doctors, of good practice, at different
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