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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-17
DIG of southern Congressmen.

II Southern congressman think it is no
part of their duty 70 assist in having
such changes made in the pension Jaws
as will lift the fraudulent part of the
pension burden. which burden this year
will amount to 100000, from the
country, they are greatly mistaken. II is
their duty 70 do whatever is best in the
way Of legislation for the whole people.
and there can not be a reasonable doubt
that il would be greatly to the benefit of
the people if the pension burden were re-
duced TO reasonable limits.
Thus far Southern congressman have
done very little toward preventing
iniqutous pension legislation. They
have taken the ground that If they were
to oppose pension bills their motives
would be misunderstood. Therefore they
have practically remained silent while
pension attorneys have been lobbying, and
Northern congressman have been voting.
for pension bills which take out of the
treasury $lCOOOOOOO year more than
should be taken for pension purposes.
With such a vast sum annually, now
squandered, the country could very soon
make its coast defenses impregnable and
build a NAVY which would cope with the
combined navies of the rest of the world.
1t is a duty which Southern congress-
men owe 10 their constituents to see TO it
that steps are taken to purge the pension
rolls Of fraudulent pensioners. 1t is GER
tain that Northern congressman will take
no step of that kind because they are
afraid to do so. They think that if they
should undertake to see that the pension
roll is made a roll of honor they would
bring upon themselves the wrath of the
entire Grand Army of the Republic
Southern congressman, however. have
no reason TO fear that or any other or
ganization. Their reelection does not de-
pend upon The votes of Union veterans
They are free TO do what they know TO
be for the best interests of the country
and if they should take "a firm stand
against pension frauds they would have
the approval of all right thinking people
of the North as well as of the South
Their duty in this matter is clear and
they ought not TO hesitate to do it,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-17
The Fishery Congress.

The first important convention of the
new year will be the National Fishery
Congress to be held al Tampa this week,
beginning on Wednesday and continuing
seven days. 1t is assured that the at
tendance will be large and representative.
An interesting programme has been ar
ranged, and there cannot be any doubt
that the meeting will result in good. This
congress will be something of novelty
in the South. The fishing interests of this
section OF the country have not heretofore
been valued at their real worth. Like
many other of our resources they have
especially Cape Cod, has been looked to
as the source of supply for the country's
salt fish. and the far Northwest as the
chief source of supply for canned fish.
Florida has come into prominence as a
fish state among persons who fish for
sport, but not enough attention has been
given to the possibility of the waters of
that state in the way of supplying fish
for commercial purposes. And the same is
true of Georgia and South Carolina.
Writers on fishing interests, who are
supposed to be wen informed, say that
the sea fisheries of the New England
coast are showing signs of failure, while
the oyster beds of the Chesapeake and
other more northern bays are distinctly on
the wane. Meantime the country's demand
for fish and oysters is constantly increas-
ing. Here, then, is the opportunity for the
South to come in with her undeveloped
fish and oyster supplies and secure a good
part of the trade in a market which is
already made
The holding of the National Fishery
Congress in Tampa will direct public at
tention to the South Atlantic and Gulf
| fisheries. the latter of which have been
steadily increasing in local Importance
for several years. The exhibits which
will be shown and the papers which will
be read will afford the fishermen a great
deal of valuable information with regard
TO the best methods of taking fish, pre-
pairing, packing and marketing them, and
where the best markets may be found.
| The visitors viii gather correct data and
| Information with regard TO the almost
boundless wealth of the Gulf and inland
waters in aquatic products. 1t is prac-
| tically sure that the event win have the
effect of attracting the attention of cap
italists, and that the congress will be fol-
lowed by a healthy enlargement of South
ern fishing industries. The New England
fisheries have seen their best days; the
Tampa congress may, and probably will,
mark the beginning of better days for
Southern fisheries.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-17
A Public Renefnctor.

Goodhearted, public-spirited persons
sometimes manifest their regard for their
kind in peculiar ways; and one of the
oldest of the odd public benefactors is
Gen. Louis Auer of Milwaukee. He is
very wealthy. is engaged in no business,
and spends his time in making young
men and young women happy. In short,
he is a professional match maker; not for
profit, but for the pleasure of the thing
and the satisfaction OF believing that he
has contributed to the sum of human hap
piness. In many instances he not only
promotes the courtship of his proteges,
but sets them up in business after the
marriage, if they are not able to start out
for themselves. 1t is said that many
deeds for houses and lots, and farms, and
other valuable property, besides snug lit
tie bank accounts have passed from Gen.
Auer TO couples made one through mis-
agency.
The man matchmaker has ideas of his
own on the subject of ma trimony He is
firm believer in love. but he denies that
1t comes unbidden from above He takes
no stock in the theory that marriages are
made in heaven. and that true love passes
all understanding. He is quite sure that
the genuine article of love, the kind that
viii wear forever and never grow weary.
can be propagated by a hot house process,
so to speak. Propinquity, he says, is the
secret of the whole thing. The implant-
ing and fostering of love between the
sexes is a science which the General
thinks he has got down pretty fine. Hav-
ing young friend, or prospective bene-
tciary of either sex, the General picks
out partner of the opposite sex whom
he thinks would suit Picnics, parties,
excursions, boat rides and the like are
given, at the Generals expense. He sees
to 1t that his selected young people are
thrown into each others society; and
pretty soon there is a wedding on hand,
The only secret in the whole process is
in the choosing of the pair to be mated;
and that is no secret when once one
knows how, says Gen. Auer Care must
be taken to select persons of sympathetic
dispositions. After that is done. the sail
ing is plain
Love, according to the General, is not
divine, but is a very worldly matter, using
worldly" in its best sense. 1t can be
controlled by circumstances and environ
ment. In reply to the suggestion that in
mating his happy couples he has possi
bly, had the fortune to hit upon a num-
Der of condolences of involuntary and
divine love, Gen. Auer says that is not
reasonable supposition, since he has in
many instances directed Cupd's dart in
direction it would unquestionably never
have taken except for his interference:
yet he does not know of a single one of
his matches which the parties to it would
like to have dissolved Gen. Auer is doing
great work for his country and
his people. Massachusetts should
offer him inducements to remove
to Boston and practice his speciality there.
The state could probably afford to place
large sum Of money at his disposal for
the furtherance of his commendable phil
anthropy.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-17

We noted the other day the passage by
the Virginia Legislature of a bill increas-
ing the number of colonies on the Gov
ernor's staff from seven to eighteen, and
the fact that there was something like
zoo applications for colonelcies. A bill has
been framed for the relief of the large
number of excellent Virginia gentlemen
who viii be disappointed when the Gov
ernor shall have selected his eighteen col
onels The object Of the new bill is to ia
cilitate the creation of Virginia colonies.
IT provides that amy Virginia gentleman
OF good standing in his city or county
may apply to a justice OF the peace. and
after taking the oath OF Office required
by law, and particularly the ant-duelling
oath, and upon the payment Of fee of
81, such justice shall issue warrant
creating such applicant colonel with fun
rank for life" A bill of the kind would
probably meet one Of thoee proyerbial
long felt wants.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-17
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, JANUARY II, 1885,

The outlook now is that an extensive
and stubbornIy fought labor contest will
be inaugurated in the New England cot
ton manufacturing industries this morn
ing. The indications are that nearly TO-
600 operatives will go on strike, and that
a number of mills will. in consequence. be
closed down indefinitely. The stoppage of
the mills for a time it may be remarked.
would not be objected 10 by the mill own
ers. If there were nothing else involved,
since as long ago as last summer they
recognized that there would sooner or
later have to be a considerable reduction
of stocks Of manufactured goods in order
to force prices to a point at which the
mills could make profits. Il would prob
ably have been better for all concerned
if the shutdown had taken place then,
since it is easier for working people to
live in warm weather than in cold. Now
however, the stoppage Of work, and of
wages, will come in the dead of winter
and II is likely that there will be suffer-
ing in consequence. Meantime the South
ern mills, which are now at work at profit
able prices. will reap the benefit of any
Strengthening of the markets which may
result from the shut down in New Eng
land.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-17
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Special Notices-An Experienced and
Active Man Wanted; Bicycle Leaders, t.
A. Bryson, Columbia Agent; Notice to
City Court Jurors.
Business Nouce-Kennedy's Crackers.
Steamship Schedules-Ocean Steamship
Company; Baltimore Steamship Company.
Publications-Web International
Dictionary.
Auction Sale-Piano, Carpets, Etc, by
c. H. Dorset, Auctioneer.
Railroad schedules-Central of Georgia
Railway; Florida Central and Peninsular
Railway.
.Pearline-James Pyle, New York.
sCottolene-N. K. Fairbanks Company.
Medical-Duffy's Malt Whisky; Cuticu-
IA Remedies; Hoods Pills ScOtts Emul-
sion; Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For SAFE; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-17

The Democrats of Knoxville ought to feel
ashamed of their faetional chickering's
which have had the result of turning the
city over to a Republican administration.
However, taking another view of the mat
ter, it may be a good thing for Knoxville
that there has been a change in municipal
control. The success of the Republicans
will put the Democrats on notice that they
cannot quarrel and fight among them
selves without endangering the best inter-
ests of the city, and it will probably lead
them to settle their differences, get to-
gether and redeem themselves at the next
election
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-17
A story of President Dian.

Not long ago, says an exchange, Presi-
dent Diaz of Mexico received a letter from
a little girl of Pueblo, in which she said:
Mamma locked up my doll, and WASH +
naughty. Please make her let me have it
again A day or two later the child got
by post from the genial President a
handsome doll, with a note stating his
belief, should she remain good, her moth
er would never have occasion to lock IT
away. BY that time the girls parents had
got wind of the message to Diaz, and thew
wrote to him, expressing regret that their
wilfu child had taken it into her head
to communicate with him. A note was
received in reply from the Presidents sec
rotary. assuring the worthy people that
his exalted superior had quite enjoyed the
experience and was pleased to have the
worry of holding office relieved occasionaIIv
by such a quaint episode
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-17

A Washington correspondent says one
reason why President Mckinley is work
ing so earnestly in behalf of Hawaiian
annexation is that he feels that to some
extent the prestige Of the administration
is concerned in the fate of the measure,
''as it is about time that some policy re-
commended by the President found effect
in actual legislation" Is not the Ding
ley bill enough of an endorsement of his
politics to please the President for even a
little while?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-17

1gnatius Donneliy is again exploiting his
"Baconian cryptogrem' theories. He has
written new book in which he processes
to show that Bacon wrote not only Shakes
speare's plays, but the great Spanish
work of Don Quixote as well. Donnelly
goes even to Shakespeare's epitaph and
essays to prove that Bacon wrote that and
in it set down, by means of his cryptic
gram, that Shakespeare was a sham and
a fraud, while he, Bacon, did the work
for which the Bard of Avon received
credit. Give Donnely time, and he will
probably prove by his cryptogram that
Francis Bacon wrote the Pentateuch and
the Koran.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-17

Some time ago an Oklahoma lawyer
wrote to his sweetheart asking her to mar
ry him. Her reply reached him just as
he was about to begin a speech in court
In defense of a client. Notwithstanding
his eagerness to know what the girl had
said, the lawyer feared that if he read
the letter then it would upset him and
spoil his speech, so he put 1t unopened in
TO his pocket. 1t took him three days to
conclude the speech, and during all of
those days the letter remained unopened.
When he finished speaking. his first act
was TO open the letter and read the an
swer, yes"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-17
PER SONAL.

Prof. Charles Eliot Norton once pro-
posed that Harvard University tear down
all its halls and rebuild after a coherent
and artistic plan for the sake of education
al influences of good architectural sur
roundings on the student body
-Ex-Vice President Stevenson has ac-
cepted the invitation to deliver the prin-
cipai address upon the occasion Of the I'M
yelling at Charlotte, N. c., on the 10Th of
May next, of the monument TO the sfgners
of the Mecklenburg declaration of indie
pendence. u.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-17

Bob Taylor Of Tennessee would be a
rather unique figure in the Senate He
could never be a grave and reverend
seignior," like the other gentlemen of that
body. His heart is zoo full of song. and
his head of the poetry of sunshine. flow
ers birds and new mown hay. He
would rather play upon the fiddle than
upon finances. He can pour out silver
stream of rhetoric on the subject of
Mother, Home and Heaven" but it may
be doubted that he could duplicate the
act on the subject Of Sixteen to One.
or the Boring sea sealing controversy. Mr..
Taylor's entrance into the Senate. how
ever would undoubtedly brighten up that
sedate old body. Whether it would add
strength to it Is quite another question.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-17
''As TO the RaxOr-Back Business.-
From the Atlanta Constitution Dem.).

The letter of Mr. c. l. Ladson to a
witness in railroad case seems to have
created undue excitement in Augusta. If
there was anything behind 1t, the fact is
not made apparent. The trouble may be
that the Augusta bar is so sensitive to the
ethics of their profession that they cannot
tolerate even the suspicion of what is
known in our invigorating mountain eli
mate as the ''razorback' method of get
ting clients in railway damage suits.
Now, if the bar of the state is at all sem
sitiVe about so triflng a matter as that
contained in Mr.. Ladson's letter to his
witness it should have a called meeting
and examine into the records of the ra-
zor-back business in Georgia.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-17

In New York an actress has just recov-
cred $1,000 damages from a dentist who
performed so poor a dental operation for
her that necrosis of the jaw set in and a
part OF the jaw bone had to be removed.
The removal of the bone so impaired the
symmetry of the. actress face that she
could not get an engagement in her pro.
fession. Facial beauty, therefore, is PROV
en- to have a distinct, computable com
merclal value.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-17

The race between the two railway cor
porations in building towards the Yukon
ought to develop a Leland Stanford. It
win be remembered that he made a record
of building $50 miles of the Union Pacific
railroad in 29S days, which, it is believed,
remains the leading feat of the kind. The
proposed Alaskan road is to be about 400
miles long, hence with a Stanford rate of
progress it ought to be built in less than
a year
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-17

1t is to be hoped that Miss Barton's Red
Cross relief work in Cuba will be prose-
cuted upon a somewhat different plan from
that employed by her on the sea islands of
South Carolina after the great storm of
1898, otherwise there may be developed in
Cuba an intense race prejudice, to add to
the Islands other woes. On the sea islands
the blacks were made the especial pets of
the relief corps.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-17

The whipping-post bill is believed to
stand a good chance of being passed by
the Virginia Legislature Most of the
members of the House who have spoken
on the subject are in favor of the meas
ure. The chief point in favor of it that
has been made, it is believed, is that I'M
der the bill the cost of Furnishing petty
criminals would be reduced.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-17

NJ. Zola viii probably not raise any OBJ
lection to the splendid free advertising
which the French government is giving
him. He may be occasioned little tenn
porary inconvenience as result of the
prosecution which the government will in
stitute; but the increased sales of his
books which viii result will supply the
salve for his wounded feelings
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-17

A Boston lawyer has just received a
magnificent fortune as his fee in a trans
action which he managed. A. C. Bur-
rage is the lawyer $25O,OOO is the fee,
the sale of Standard on properties to
Henry NJ. Whitney is the business which
he managed, and William Rockefeller
signed the check for the amount. MIR.
Burrage is 3S years old.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-17
An elderly gentleman had waited vb,

An elderly gentleman had waited while
the audience passed out. in order to have
word with the scientist who had lectur-
ed. ITS relief" he remarked, cordial
ly, after so much discussion of political
economy, to listen to you. What pleased
me most about your discourse was that
its subject was not money" 'No." was
the answer, after some consideration "Tts
subject was not money; but its object
was. Washington Star.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-17
CURRENT COMMENT.
Not Enough to GO Around.
From the Birmingham News (Dem.

This country now has two Populist par
ties. But the supply of calamity is not
sufficient to keep one alive.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-17
Great Cry. Little Wool.
From the Chattanooga Times Dem.).

The country would think better of Mr.
McKinley's civil service ideas if he pro-
fessed less and did more. Let him bring
some of the open vioator of the rules to
time and we may believe more in his sin
cerity.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-17
The First Informntion.
From the Nashville American (Dem

The announcement that there is a 500
silver certificate in circulation was the
first information newspaper men had of
the existence a genuine bill of that des-
cription.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-17

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Evening star., 1898-12-31

Pass and Yukon rate it would cost US $1CO
10 send ton from New York to Chicago.
Nevertheless, we do not hear that anybody
mas complained of this rate. or that the
interstate commerce commissioners have
been called on to check the rapacity of the
railroad company: that Will come later
after the railroad is finished and the own
ers begin TO get back some of the money
which they have risked in this bold enter
prise Meantime, the miners and traders
are glad to see the end of the discomfort
and danger and enormous expense with
which trade and travel have gone over
these passes into the Klondike. Many men
nave died on the way. and many more
have turned ba k: only the courageous and
the hardy could push through. The pack
ers rate for carrying goods for twenty
miles over the pass has been from II to 40
cents a pound, which IS a pretty heavy tex
on sugar or baking powder or even on
rouge and face powder. The railroad tate
of less than cents a pound will DESTROY
the harvest of the Indian packers; but If
they do not complain of it. probably no one
else will, for a year or two.
II. G. PROuT.
Evening star., 1898-12-31
Heart Disease and Sadten Death.


The suddennass Of death from heart dis
ease, as exemplifed in the death of Mr..
Augustus WNPete s. is in keeping with the
usual story of the patient being in apparent
health. conversing with friends in the hest
of spirits and being found dead shortly
afterward- There was evidently some slight
warning in his case, as proven ~ a dis
tressful condition from which he sought
relief. He was evidently awakened nom
his sleep by feeling of oppression OF
brea thing or faintness, and his sups. mt
eXeruons were sufficient TO Undue. inme-
diate collapse.
With his inclination to corpulcacy, ard
Notwithstanding his active habits il is not
improbable that fatty degeneration Of the
heart muscle was the real factor in the
fatal result.
When this condition exists to 4 sufficient
degree, ii requires a very slight exciting
cause to balance the chances against the
victim. A paralysis of the organ occurs as
the result of over-dis tension of its cavities
and the ending of life is almost lnsiantan-
eous. There may be feeling of impending
calamity, but usually not even that So
little, in fact, is the warning that the pa
tient may die in his sleep, fall in ;he midst
Of speech, gasp in his chair or drop in
his tracks. Generally he is the last perSon
who would be willing to acknowl ledge him.
self as invalid, and for all the good q
may do him in thus possibly preventing an
inevitable issue, it is just as well to allow
him the enjoyment of that balief as long as
he can.