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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-28
Personal.

Mrs. C. Parish, whose age is "a, who
has been shipwrecked three times in three
different oceans, recently entertained a
party of friends at her home in San Fran
cisco. The age of the youngest person pres
ent was 70 years. Two gentlemen, one SO
and the other 1O2 years old, sent regrets
because of business enga gements.
Perhaps this story of Mrs. Belva
Lockwood is true and perhaps it isn't, re-
marks The Binghamton Herald" One
day, while travelling on the Erie road, she
was calmly watching the landscape when a
trainman with a high tenor voice opened
the door and piped out "BelvidereT AS
Mrs Lockwood was the only woman in
the car she rose TO the occasion, and de-
manded that the men present thrash the
trainman for the offered insult 1t took a
good bit of eloquence TO convince her that
it was the name of the station that the
trainman had called.
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biennial Sessions.

Possibly there are a great many per-
sons in Georgia who do not know that
there are only five states in the Union
which cling to the old custom of holding
legislative sessions once every twelve
months. with the probability that the
number will be reduced 10 four within a
very short time. The Antique Five are
Georgia. New York, New Jersey, Massa-
chusetts and South Carolina, with the
chances good that New York viii join the
great majority before long. A bill to that
end is now pending In her Legislature. To
make the change viii require an amend
ment TO the constitution. 1t Is proposed
that the people shall vote upon the propo-
sition at the election of next fall, and
that the change shall go into effect in
three years. Should that proposition go
through. there would still be time for
Georgia to join the majority of her sis
ters in their march of progress earlier
than New York. Georgia could make the
change in less time than that. The EN-
pire state of the South should not lag
behind in this matter
1t is TO be hoped that the question of
biennial sessions in Georgia will be dis
cussed during the campaign of the candi-
dates for the governorship. Judge At
kinson recently announced that he was in
favor of reducing the legislative session
by one-half, and the proposition was well
received in all sections or the state. The
Judge should continIe to agitate the mat
ter, and the other candidates should ex-
press themselves with regard to it. There
is little room for doubling that the masses
would favor a longer wait between legis-
lative sessions when they once understood
what advantages would accrue therefrom
The leading arguments in favor of bien-
NAL sessions may be thus summed up:
The cost of the legislature to the tax
payers would be cut in half, to the great
benefit of the public treasury; greater
stability to legislation would be secured,
since a law would not be repealed as
soon as it became of force and before
it had had fair trial; more care would
be exercised in the passing of new laws.
since they would necessarily have to re-
main upon the statute books twice as
long as is now the case; there would prob
ably be less of practical politics" in leg
islation with sessions two years apart:
general laws would be passed under
which much of the local legislation that
now takes up the time of the legislature
and eats up the money of the state would
be avoided.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-28
BRIGHT BITS.

-Prepared-"But, really, are we prepar-
ed for WARP" Il am, anyway. I can make
list in ten minutes of the fellows I would
like to see go."-Indianapolis Journal.
Another Misunderstanding don't
approve of calling the prevailing tension a
war fever"
Observation-Disclosures would you call it?
Squidig "Rumortism." Pittsburg
Chroncle-Telegraph
"A Compromise-Mrs. Wallace-'T'n
give you a breakfast if you will shovel
away the snow"
Perry Patettic-"I don't believe feel
able to do that, but I'll recite the poem
about it for a hot lunch. "-Cincinnati En-
Quirer.
Bearing the Marlet-wibbles- See
here. Wobbles. what are you doing on the
street with a linen buster and a fan this
time of year?"
Wobbles-'I am going to order some coal
and ! don't want the dealer to slap up
prices on me."-New York Weekly.
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Uncle Russell ana the trousers

One day when Russell Sage stood on the
back platform Of a cable car, trying to get
a two-cent rebate from the conductor on
his fare, because of the many vexatious
delays and stoppings of the vehicle. some
men who were standing nearby began to
discuss a certain preacher, says the Cri-
terion.
He has bomb said one of them.
but before he could add Elastic manner. -
Uncle Russell had jumped over the top Of
delivery wagon and landed heavily on
one knee in the street.
After looking carefully around to see If
any dynamiters were in sight, the emf
nent financier arose and examined him
self.
He found that beyond suffering from the
shock caused by that terrible word. he had
sustained no injury, except to the left knee
of his trousers, which was badly torn.
He went into a tailor's shop.
'iAh, Mr. Sage! Met with an accident. I
see. What can l do for you? Pair of trou-
sers, sir?" said the proprietor.
Uncle Russell looked down at the gar
ments that covered his neither limbs. The
right leg was as good as ever.
We'll, no." he answered slowly, st don't
want to go in as heavy as that-better
make it just one trouser."
And although his legs we're not mates
for many week, his conscience was easy.
Which shows that a contented mind is
enore TO be desired than one which is not
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-28
A New Tcrror of the seas.

Incident to the late civil war there was
evolved the monitor type of naval craft.
now regarded as the most powerful and
dangerous of war vessels. Incident TO the
current agitation there has been developed
another new naval lighting machine which
is even more Of radical departure from
the conventional than was john Ericsson's
''cheese-hox on a raft" and which, there
are reasons for thinking would be much
more terrible in time of action AT all
events. it would be more terrifying, for
this new destroyer works outeof sight; and
of all foes to life, mankind most breads the
unseen.
We have reference, of course, to the Hol
land submarine torpedo boat, with regard
10 which we have from time TO time pub
lished articles, some descriptive of its con-
struction and others telling of its feats.
There seems to be no further room for
doubling that the boat solves the problem
of submarine navigation. The art of it has
not been perfected, to be sure; but we
have now learned how to make a vessel
dive to a prearranged or optional depth
below the surface, how to guide the craft
at win under the water and how to make
it come up again when it is desired that it
shall 1t will probably not be great while,
with this basis to build upon, before Ameri-
can genius will produce diving craft which
will be perfectly traetable under the wa
ter for as long a time as il may be DEEM
ed necessary to remain there. The sub
do nv
electric apparatus operated from storage
batteries, and compressed air stored in
tanks. There is no way at present known
TO naval warfare to guard against the at
tack of such boats. They can sink at dis
tance from the ship to be attacked creep
silently at a perfectly safe distance to
themselves under the water without Great
ing ripple upon the surface to betray
their presence, attach a torpedo to the bot
tom of the unsuspecting enemy, back away
out of danger touch a button, and blow
the enemy out of the water
The possibilities of the submarine boat
are tremendous, and very terrible. 1t is a
cold~blooded killing apparatus, when turn
ed to that business. 1t does not propose to
give the victim particle OF showing Tor
life. In an instant il may change a mag
nificent battleship filed with brave men TO
a mighty steel coffin, filled with the frag-
ments of mems bones and flesh. However,
that sort of thing is TO be expected in war;
and since it is, the United States are prob
ably to be congratulated that the genius
who perfected the submarine boat is an
American, and that he has offered his Gre
alton TO the government.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-28
A Saint Patrick's Day Fable.

Once upon a time, says Harper's Bazaar,
a very Truthful Man and Prudent Chap
were walking along the Street, and as
they walked they fell TO discussing Truth.
Said the very Truthful Man: "The Truth
should be Told at all Times"
81 differ with YOU said the Prudent
Chap. when an Issue is Raised the
Truth should be Told of course, but there
are Times when an Issue should not BE-
Raised"
Said the very Truthful Man: ''You are
Wrong. 1 am Surprised that a Man of
your apparent Intelligence should make
such a Statement"
1t being the Seventeenth of March, the
very Truthful Man and the Prudent Chap
soon met a number of Patriotic Irishmen
who were parading in honor of Saint Pat
rick
Stepping into the Street, the very
Truthful Man stopped the Leader of the
Parade-a Man with a large Green Sash.
'Sir, said the Very Truthful Man, why do
you, an Irishman, parade in honor of Saint
Patrick? Saint Patrick, sir, was Scotch
man."
Thereupon the Man with the large Green
tween the Eyes with his Fist, knocked
him Down and discolored both his Optics
In short, the man with the Green Sash did
not Do Thing to him.
Moral: If you Must tell the Truth about
Saint Patrick on the Seventeenth of March
be Sure and tell Scotchman
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-28

The soil of Cuba is very productive.
have yielded a large revenue to Spain,
besides sustaining the greater portion of
her population and making large fortunes
for her planters.
IL is doubtful, however, if Cuba will
ever again be as rich a country as she has
been. The production of beet sugar is so
enormous that the price of raw sugar has
been greatly reduced. There isn't the
profit in sugar planting in Cuba there once
was. While 1t is true that cane sugar can
be produced there at less cost than in
this country, our tariff gives our sugar
planters such an advantage that they can
do better at sugar planting than the Gu
ban planters.
1t is now being demonstrated that the
world is not absolutely dependent upon
Cuba for good cigars. If it had not been
for the Instruction in Cuba it might have
been a good while yet before 1t was dis
covered that tobacco could be grown in
Florida that was just about as good as the
Cuban tobacco. The area in Florida de-
voted TO lne growing OF CUBAN TOBACCO,
while still small, is increasing with ex-
traordinary rapidity. In the course of a
few years that state will be able TO supply
pretty nearly all the fine grade of tobacco
needed in This country for cigars.
With strong competition in her two
great staple products, Cubas re-
covery from her present unhappy
condition even if the war should
cease at once, would be very slow.
The United States, with their increasing
sugar output from beets and their iu-
creasing production of tobacco suitable
for fine cigars will become less and less
dependent upon cuba for the foregoing
articles. And Cuba will find that her
sugar is not in such demand in European
markets as it once was. In considering
plans for bringing Cuba's troubles to an
and therefore, the fact that she hasn't the
earning capacity she once had should be
taken into consideration.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-28
Az Apprehensive Parent.

'Josiar," said Mr.. Corntossel TO his son.
according to the Washington Star. 1--WE
come a long ways to see you. I'm worried
about you. 1 thought of you away off here
at school by yourself, an my mind got
uneasy. couldn't stand it no longer, so I
packed up my earpetbag an come along
SOS to give you some advice"
why, there was no occasion for uneasi-
ness. 1 am doing very well. My health is
good and 1 am progressing steadily in my
studies"
But I don't hear anythin' about your
winnin' any prizes IN bicycle races nor get
tin on football teams nor slngin in glee
clubs"
mo. You can't reproach me with having
neglected my books"
But you don't propose 10 siddown an
put in all your time at books, do you? Jo-
star, that's the very thing l come to warn
We ag'in What you want is more football
an more bicycle ridin' an more banjo
plunkln."
Il prefer to acquire IDEAS" was the
slightly frigid answer.
"Of course. Ideas is all right in their
proper places. But you don't want to git in
the way of takin' EN- too much to heart.
have no doubt you have one or TWO ideas
about how this earth ought TO be run. You
that is undertook nowadays"
We'll, there are two or three suggestions
that l might make for the benefit of the
human race"
"Josiar, you jes' listen to me. Don't you
make EN-. Not yet awhile, anyhow. You
jes' put EN- away an let 'em git good an
ripe. ! haven't the least suspicious about
their bein' good IDEAS mind We. But the
minute We let on that we've got anythin'
on yer mind different from what's on
everybody's ven hev all the people weth
queer notions of any description whatsorn-
ever comm an shakin' hands weth We an
calm We brother An the mex thing
VEN be takin UP all yer time argyin' an
explainin' SOS We won't have a chance to
learn anythin else an yen furgit to have
yer hair cut an git into the way of talkin'
on the street corner durin' business hours.
An after that happens there won't be no
more chance of your bein' identified at a
bank If We should happen to need it than
as eff you had been born in China. Eff your
bent was athletic, Josiar, 1 might talk diff
ferent; but as it is 1 want We to promise
yer old father that yen try to git on the
football team an eff We can't, that yen
be up in the grandstand rootin' fur all
you're wuth, every time they's a game"
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INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Meetlng-Calanthe Lodge. No. Is, K. p.
Special NOTES.-The Fiddle and the
Bow" Lyceum Lecture by Gov. Robert l..
Taylor of Tennessee, at Guards Armory,
March 80; Notice of the Closing of Lazaret-
TO Creek to Navigation Clement Saussy,
Superintendent Tybee Division, Central of
Georgia Railway; Notice to City Court
Jurors.
Business Notices-E. & w. Laundry
Runnymede Club Whisky. H. Solomon &
Son, Savannah, Ga; Puritanas Tinos lie
Panic Cigars.
Beauty Adorned the Most When Arrayed
in Our silk waists-B. H. Levy & Bro.
The Ideal Stock for Easter Buying at
Iogan's To-day.
Auction Sales-Household Furniture, by
j. Mclaughlin & Son.
This Is the Jos. Wild & Co.'S Dragon,
Straw Matungs and Linoleums-Lindsay &
Morgan.
Legal Notice-Notice to Debtors and
Creditors Estate Margaret A. Folliard, De-
ceased.
Steamship Schedules-Ocean Steamship
Company; Baltimore Steamship Company;
French Line, Campagnie Generate Trans
atlantique.
Publica tion-Ladies' Home journal.
PeaFline-Jas. Pyle & Son, New York.
Cottolene-N. X. Fairbanks Company.
Hides, Etc.-S. Watkins, Brunswick, Ga.
Medical-Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey
Carlsbad Sprudel Salt; Woman's Friend;
Cuticura Remedies; Hoods Pills; SCOTS
Emulsion.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-28

Col. A. x. Mcclure, the talented editor
of the Philadelphia Times, delivered an
address in Birmingham a few days ago
on the subject of the development of the
South. Incidentally he discussed the prob
lem of the unemployed labor of the North.
and said that ne thought the solution Of
IL was in the colonization by the surplus
labor of the North and East of the rich
farm lands Of the South. This energeti,
set of people he said, would make ten
acres produce what a hundred acres now
yield" Col. Mcclure is making efforts
in the right direction. The South would
warmly welcome industrious, thrifty home
seekers from the North and East There
is here plenty of land, to be had upon
most reasonable terms. In the South the
trees do not grow pancakes, nor do. the
rivers flow with syrup; but there is in the
South an Independent living for every
man having the pluck and muscle TO dig
it out of the ground.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-28

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From the Cleveland Leader.
I'm times of peace 1 am a Democrat
B'gosh!
But at present 1 amt thinkin' much o.
that,
B'goshl
When there comes a foreign enemy to
slam
And the stars and stripes are waved by
Uncle Sam
An Americans the kind o. chap 1 am,
B'gosh!
THE President who's runnin things is
mine,
B'gosh!
He'll find your humble servant right in
line,
B'gosh!
At present I'm a Yankee through and
through,
My politics is old White-and- Blue
Hurrah for Uncle Sam, and for Bill Nc
Kinely, too,
B'gosh!
Here's hand for you, my brother, put
'er there
You're the kind of stuff I honor, so you
air,
B'jlnks!
I'm a good Republican until the day
When our foreign foeman go to gittin'
gay
Then wave the starry banner and put pol
itics away,
B'jinks!
1.-THE Consul at Havana town is mine,
B'jinks!
He's the sort of chap we need in our line,
Bjinks!
One tent is big enough for you and me,
We've a platform now on which we can
agree
Hurrah for Uncle Sam and for Fitzhugh
Lee,
Bjinks!
S. z. Kiser.
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what Would Please the Journal.
From the Atlanta Journal Dem.).

The Savannah Morning News. referring
to criticisms which have appeared recently
in the journal on the candidates for the
Democratic gubernatorial nomination,
says: 1T seems that the Atlanta Journal
is hard to please" and then remarks:
Since the Journal is not fully satisfied
with either of the avowed candidates. pos
sbly il will suggest a man who would fill
the bill In every particular How would
eX-Secretary Smith suit the Journal?
We can assure the News that the presi-
dent of the Journal Company has recently
had an official experience which will sat
isfy him for at least a long time TO come
The Journal may be hard to please"
but If Col. j. II. Estill. the distinguished
owner and editor of our Savannah CON-
temporary, will consent to become a can
didate for Governor, the Journal would
be tempted to abandon It's present posi-
ton of impartiality in the contest nd
earnestly advocate his nomination. We
will say, furthermore, that we are conf
dent that Col. Estilrs recognized ability,
his sterling honesty. his broad public spir-
il and his devotion, to the Democratic par
~ would rally for him a support which
would make him a very formidable can
didate.
What does Col. Estill say2
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-28
CURRENT COMMENT.
Why Christen the shins,

From the Washington Post Qnd).
The ships will do well enough without
receiving baptism. They have no future
life to look to, and the most we can do
for them in this life is to parody the forms
and ceremonies of the church. We say
give our ships good American names, hail
them with three rousing American cheers.
and our gallant naval officers will do the
rest when an emergency arises. Then we
can save our wine and whisky for a more
comforting and rational employment
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Prejudice should BE Respected.

From the New York Evening Post Qnd)
In almost every Southern town nearly
all of the patrons of the postoffice are
whites, and they resent the appointment
of black postmasters. Such prejudice
against black postmaster should be re-
spected by the authorities at Washington
precisely as they should respect what they
might consider an equally unreasonable
prejudice, in one or another place The
Federal government can never overcome
such prejudice by the use of the appoint
ing power; the only effect of such use
must be to aggTavate and intensity it.
The political folly of making negro APP
polntments in the South which are often
sive to the whites is as great as its lmpro-
priety from the point of view of the pub
lie service. These appointments not only
hurt the blacks as a race, but they hurt
the Republican party as a political or
ganization. A negro of very ordinary ca
pacity was recently made collector of the
port of Savannah, Ca. solely as a reward
for services in the st. Louis convention
of 1896 This single appointment has driv-
en- back to the Democrats hundreds Of
white men in Georgia, who voted the Re
publican ticket in 1896. and might have
been persuaded to continue voting it.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-28

The country declines to be frightened
into war panic. While some of the
newspapers of the country-those of the
yellow type-and some few representatives
in Congress are working themselves into
fine frenzy upon the situation In Cuba.
and are calling for war, the business men
of ell sections are attending to their af-
fairs just about in the ordinary fashion.
The reports of the two great commercial
agencies for the week just past show that
there has been no falling off in the volume
of trade while for last week there were
fewer business failures than there were
during the corresponding week of last
year.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-28

Thirty-seven years ago there were num-
bers of people, both North and South, who
predicted that the war would not last
over ninety days. How far they missed
il is matter of history. 1t would there
fore, probably be a good idea for prophets
10 be a Ittle careful of their predictions
with regard to how long war with Spain
would last
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-28

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has Just
rendered a decision which, will be Of in
terest to municipal corporations and
street railway companies in all parts of
the country. 1t is to the effect that there
can be no extension of street railway
lines beyond the city limits, even though
a franchise has been granted without the
award OF damages where property owners
object. 1t also makes no difference
whether or not the companies have the
right to carry freight and express mat
ter The court says that the advent OF
electricity has brought the street rail
way very close to the status of the steam
railway.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-28

The activity that is going on in the
way of preparations for war with power
of minor importance suggests the query,
suppose it were England we were so near
TO blows with what would be our chances
for success? No doubt we should be sue
cessful, but not quite as soon as we would
If we should have war with Spain.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-28

There seems to be a general desire that
Capt. Sigsbee should be placed in conf
mand of the new Maine, provided for in
the recently passed naval bill. 1t will be
two or three years before the new ship
can be put into commission, and during
that time radical changes may occur in
the fortunes of Capt. Sigsbee; but should
he be alive and in the service. he would
be the proper man to command the new
vessel.