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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-03
Personal.

The daughter Of Jacob Coxey Of Ohio,
Miss Jessie Coxey. is travelling with a cir
Gus in the West
Gen. Shafter is not a good penman,
which popularity has characterized other
soldiers of note. such as Washington,
Blueher and Napoleon BOnaparte.
Though over 20 years Old, Lord Duff
FERN, formerly governor general of Can
ada, has set himself to learning the Per
SIAN language, being DESTROYS of adding
that poetic and dgurative tongue 10 his
large store of linguistic accomplishments.
All the celebrated dead in The old
Granary burying ground at Boston are
at last obtaining suitable tombstones.
John Hancock and Samuel Adams have
recently been so honored, and James OTIS
is about to receive the same long delayed
attention.
Private Cornell of the First Alabama
was tried by court martial for overstay-
ing leave Of absence and it came out in
the proceedings that The young man, with
in the period Of twenty-four hours, had
collected $7.70, got married and joined the
church. Cornell was excused.
President Kruger is reported to believe
that the world is as fiat as pancake.
When Joshua Socum, who is making the
grand tour in an eight-ton boat ran up to
Pretoria for an interview with the head
OF the Boer government, he observed that
he was voyaging around the world. You
mean across the world" said Dom Paul.
So far as is known the Sixteenth Penn
sylyania Volunteers is the only regiment
which includes in its muster roll three
brothers who are triplets. They hail from
Jeanette, and their name is Wentzell. In
the same company with the Wentzell boys
are father and son, the second lieutenant
being an ordained Presbyterian minister.
When Mrs. Craigie's play, The Am
bassador," "by John Oliver Hobbes," was
brought out in London the other night the
call for author brought forth to bow a
handsome lady, handsomely dressed. But
The gallery went on shouting author, and
~ was not understood until it began call
ing John, John, where is John?'' This
brought out Mrs. Craigie again. blushing
ana smiling, and al last the galleries I'M
derstood, and cheered more than ever.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-03

They had only been married three short
months but one day she made a fearful
discovery, says the New York Sun. On a
particular evening when ne came home she
was completely startled when she fanced
she detected the odor of liquor upon him
At first she held her breath she was so
frightened. But at length il slowly but ir-
refutably daWned upon her. She was al
most dazed. Still, and when all indica-
tons pointed that way she refused TO be-
lieve, and as a last straw she asked him
If he had not been TO the BARRIERS. He re-
piled that he had not. Therefore, a last
even bay rum had TO be given up. She
did not have the heart to tax him with it
that evening. She trusted him ever so
much and she thought how chagrined she
would feel and how shocked and offended
he would be if she should proceed on her
suspicious and they should ulrn out to be
wholly inaccurate. She resolved to wait
but IN the meantime she set about devils
ing a plan whereby she could establish
upon any future occasion, beyond cavil
JUST what the truth was.
She thought over a great many ideas and
ways and means, but came across nothing
satisfactory. Just at this juncture a dear
friend came in. TO her, after great deal
of preliminary cautionins, she revealed the
awfuiness of her situation. The very dear
friend sympathizcd heartily and fervently
suggested that it would be a good plan, as
the first had observed, TO be perfectly pos
tive before confounding him with his guilt
On being interroSated as to a plan, she re-
piled mat she had always heard il said, and
she believed such to be quite the case,
that a man even slightly intoxicated could
not pronounce words of any length. Her
friend was immensely gralified at this
idea which she also averred to have often
heard and to retain perfect faith in. There
upon 1t was agreed that the bride of few
months should make out a list of words
and keep them always at hand, ready for
use in an emergency.
As soon as her friend had gone she got
down an unabridged dictionary, and made
out q list that she thought would give the
matter a fair trial. AT last. in a couple of
weeks she felt sure again one evening
that her husband did not seem just exactly
as he generally did. She made no attempt
to contain herself any longer, but lmme-
diately asked him TO read the words she
had collected Her friend happened to call
the next day. The young wife was IN
state Of great agitation and collapse.
Yes, yes" she sobbed Historically, sit
was just as l thought"
Here a fresh flood of tears choked her ut
lorance. Presently she was able to pro-
coed.
Il gave him this list" she continued. Here
she handed it over TO her friend. 1t ran:
Phthisis, phylactery, photochromy. hypo-
chondriasis, muliebrity, parachronism
phenakistoscope, piesiosaurus, pococuran-
tlsm, diatessaron, antfnomianism, pseud-
aesthesia.
and" she went on while the friend was
reading it, me missed nearly half"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-03

The age of chivalry Is not dead Mr.
Fitzsimmons has challenged Mr.. Jeffries
to a tistic contest. To appreciate the SPLEEN
did magnanimity of Mr.. Fitzsimmons' ac-
ton it must be borne in mind that he is
the "champeen," and as such, by all of
the rules of the roped arena, It is his proud
privilege 10 consider the challenges of 9th
ers and to reject any or oil of them as he
may see mt. II is not in keeping with the
emioence of his position 10 issue chal-
lenge. but with fine and democratic dis
regard Of conventionahties, he has thrown
privilege to the winds, and has informed
MIR Jetfries that it VIII give him pleasure
to hammer lung out Of him upon a given
day for the gate receipts and an adequate
purse.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-03
80 Rnrrcn NIctorr.

The point is made by those who are in
sistine that we shall hold on to the Phil
ippines that il we shoald abandon them
Dewey's great naval victory would be a
barren one. Those who take that posi-
ton are not disposed 10 he fair. They
cannot help seeing that such an argument
is based upon the supposition that the
American people are not acquainted with
the actual situation-that they do not
know what has really taken place.
Even if we should not get a coaling
station in the Philippines and should OBJ
tain no commercial advantages in the ISL
ands It could not be said that Dewey's
victory was a barren one. What was IL
that we undertook TO do? Was it not 10
drive the Spauiards out Of Cuba? That
was what Congress expected the army
and navy to do. What better way was
there 10 accomplish that task than to at
tack Spain wherever she could be attack
ed with the prospect of weakening her
and making her let go her hold on Cuba?
II was apparent that the Philippines
presented a splendid opportunity for strik-
ing a telling blow. and Admiral Dewey.
who was In Chinese waters, was tod to
find the Spanish squadron which was as
ssting in quelling the instruction in the
Philippine Islands and TO capture or de
stroy it. How well he carried out that
order all the world knows. Spain not
only lost very considerable part of her
navy but she had her confidence in her
ability TO defend her colonial possessions
so weakened that she undoubtedly began
TO consider at once the ACCESSIBILITY of
releasing her hold upon Cuba.
Before the war began she believed that
her navy could cope with ours, and no
doubt some Of the Powers Of Europe held
the same belief Had the battle of Ma
Mia gone against us, it is more than prob
able that Germany or France, or perhaps
both would have lent Spain a helping
hand No European Power had any
thought of intervening in the war after
that battle, because it was apparent that,
as naval power, we were immensely
superior to Spain, and that it was only
question of how long it would be before
we would compel her to sue for peace
and comply with our demand in respect
to Cuba.
The performance of the American navy
at Manila was a surprise and a revela-
ton not only to Spain but to all the world
The exhibition of American courage, dar-
ing, skill in handling war ships and gum
merry, made even England. the greatest
of naval powers, wonder whether it
wouldn't be advisable to inquire whether
her navy, in important particulars, was
not below the standard of the American.
No it cannot be said that Admiral Dew
eys victory would be a barren one if we
should not retain possession of the Philip
pines That victory did as much. if not
more, towards forcing Spain to sue for
peace than the land or naval victory won
at Santiago.
But even if we do not hold 90 TO the
Philippines we shall retain a foothold
there-a foothold that will insure us a
share of the commerce of those islands
and help US to compete for the trade of
the Far East. Under no circumstances
will Dewey's victory be a barren one.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-03
nienninI session Enrored.

A few days ago ex-senator Hill of New
York was asked what pledges it was nee
essary for the state Democratic party TO
make in order 20 carry the state next fall.
He mentioned several, among them this
one, namely, an amendment to the consti-
tuition providing for biennial sessions of
the legislature. In the course of his talk,
he said that biennial sessions would con
tribute greatly towards a reduction of
public expenses. In his opinion, the peo-
pie are getting very tired of the extrav-
agance displayed in public affairs.
There is no doubt that Senator Hill is
right about this. The people are tired.
The evidence that they are is found in the
difficulty which the old parties have in
keeping their members from deserving to
new parties, which promise reform in the
line of economy
Col Gambler, the gubernatorial candi-
date of the Democratic party in this state
ought to use his influence in favor of
biennial sessions. 1t is not improbable
that he will do so. And his party ought
to give him a very hearty support. I'm
less economy is introduced in administer
ing the states affairs there is going to
crop out great deal of dissatisfaction in
the ranks of the Democratic party of the
state There is no doubt that biennial SEES
sions would be beneficial in many ways.
Not only would money be saved, but a
vast amount OF useless legislation would
be prevented.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-03
cen. shnfter Nrlrruidcd.

Here is story that the Cleveland Leader
proffers about Gen. Shafter. It centers
about his salient trait of being pugnacious
just as all current and well-invented anec-
dotes Of Fighting Bob Evans revolve
around some incandescent bit of profanity.
But the story runs thus. as the hero of
Santiago Is made TO tell st:
once when 1 was a boy at SCHOOL,
wasn't more than 10 or II years Old at the
time-Our teacher called up the class in
mental arithmetic and began putting
questions, beginning with the pupil at the
the foot. until some one could give the
correct answer. ] stood somewhere near
the middle and next below me was a boy
who was three years older and consider
ably ahead of me in the various studies
that we had.
"'How much are 10 and and so the
teacher asked.
while one after another Of the boys
and girls ahead of me guessed and failed
to get it right, I figured out what
thought lhe answer ought to be. The
question mad almost got to me when 1
heard the big boy just below me whisper
ing apparently TO himself but loud enough
for me to hear, 'twenty-nine, twenty-nine,
twenty-nine.'
Finally the pupil above me failed to
answer correctly, and then it was my
turn.
"'Well, Willie said the teacher, let's
see if you know the answer. Come, now,
be prompt
q cooked my head proudly on one side
cast a triumphant look at those who had
fallen down on the problem, and said so
that everybody in the schoolroom could
hear me:
6 'Twenty-niner
Next, how many are 10 and and s.?
'Aw! said the big boy below me, with
look of supreme contempt at The rest
of US, thirty
That was what I had figured 1t 10 be
myself, and when the teacher said cor
rect 1 wanted to fight
Il didn't assault him, but I made up my
mind right there and then to depend on
my own judgment in the future, and ever
since then when / have had anything to
DO and had figured out what 1 considered
the best way to do it, l have gone ahea1,
remembering, when people criticised or
tried to throw me off the track how that
big boy made a fool of ME in the mental
arithmetic class"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-03
How All the Browns Turned Ont.

From the Syracuse Courier.
Elijah Brown, the cobbler, was enamored
of the muse,
And all his time was given up to stanzas
and 10 shoes.
He scorned 10 live a tuneless life, inglori-
ousy mute,
And nightly laid his last aside to labor at
his lutte;
For he had registered an oath that lyrical
renown
Should trumpet to the universe the worthy
name of Brown,
And, though his own weak pinons failed
to reach the nights of song,
His genius Matched a brilliant scheme to
help his oath along;
And all his little youngsters as they nu-
merously came,
He christened after poets in the pantheon
of fame,
That their poetic prestige might impress
them and inspire
A noble emulation to adopt the warbling
Tyre.
And Virgil Brown and Dante Brown and
Tasso Brown appeared
And Milton Brown and Byron Brown and
Shakespeare Brown We're reared.
Longfellow Brown and Schiller Brown ar
rived at mans estate,
And Wordsworth Brown and Goldsmith
Brown filled up the family slate.
tined 10 renown,
In time would roll the bowlder from the
buried name of Brown.
But stin the epic is unsung and still that
worthy name
Is missing from the pedestals. upon the
hills of fame;
For Dante Browns a peddler in the vege-
table line,
And Byron Brown is pitching for the Tus-
carora nine;
Longfeilow Brown, the lightweight is q
pugist of note,
And Goldsmith Browns q deckhand on a
Jersey ferryboat;
In Wordsworth Brown Manhattan has an
estimable cop,
And Schiller Browns an artist in a Brook
Ign barber shop;
A rowing tar is Virgil Brown upon the
bounding seas,
And Tasso Brown is usually engaged in
making cheese;
The cobbler's bench is Milton Browns aud
there he pegs away,
And Shakespeare Brown makes cocktails
in a Cripple Creek cafe.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-03
Gen. shnfter,s Troons.

Two statements are made in regard to
Gen. Skaters troops. One is that they are
to be brought home, and the other is that
they are to be moved back from Santiago
10 a healthy country in the hills In either
case the sO-called immune regiments are
to take their place in guarding Santiago
No doubt the war department has consid-
cred this matter very carefully, but there
is room for doubling whether 1t has reach
ed a correct conclusion. In the first place
the sO-called immune regiments are not
composed of immunes. There are of
course a good many immunes among
them, but the great majority of them
have neither had the yellow fever nor
been exposed to it,
ii is safe to predict therefore that a ma
jority of the men of the immune regiments
will be attacked by either malarial or yell
low fever soon after they reach Santiago.
Assuming that this is correct would il not
be the better plan to let the soldiers who
have had fever at Santiago remain in that
city to maintain order, and put the fire n
troops in camp on the outskirts of the
city? The soldiers who have had the fever
are now immunes, and therefore would be
perfectly safe In remaining in the city.
There is no use in exposing any more of
the soldiers to the fever than is absolutely
necessary
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-03
Our Mission in Cubn.
From the chicago chronicle (Dem.

We sci out to free Cuba and avenge the
sailors of the Maine. We have done both:
The Cubans are free-and a nice lot of
freedmen they are-Spain's fleets have
heon anulhilated and her power broken.
We have accomplished our mission. If We
go further We must abandon any pretense
of humanity or vengence and admit that
we seek conquest and conquest alone.
We can't afford to do it when our volun-
tcors are dying in Cuba. We cant afford
TO weigh distant islands against Ameri-
can lives. We can't afford to haggle with
Spain when every hours delay means
mourning for some American home. We
must end the war and bring the soldiers
back to Gods country.
The Spaniards can keep the rest.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-03

New Workers were gwen fright the oth-
er day. During jam of trolley cars on the
big bridse-there We're thirty-two cars in
the jana steel truss "buckled" ana the
south side of the bridge dropped some six
inches Till the cables took the weight It
is said there was a report like a pistol
shot, followed by a swaying which very
naturally alarmed those on the bridge at
the time. The expansion of the metal due
to the excessive heat, together with the UNI
usual weight of the cars, passengers and
pedestrians occasioned by the blockade OF
traffic, is said TO have caused the trouble.
The weight of the bridge is now in the
cables, and these are said to be unim-
paired. 1t is claimed that the bridge is
sim "as safe as The streets"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-03

The paragraDhers are making good
deal Of fun of Aguinaldos gold collar.
Why? The collar is 10 be merely a badge
of authority. Il is no more ridiculous than
the scarls. sashes aud decorations worn
by the diplomats Of Europe. il is no more
absurd that the all-powerful mace of our
Congress, or the fancy fore-and-aft fun
dress hats which our navy and army o.
hcers wear. Besides. Aguinaldo has so long
worn the collar Of Spain that his neck
would feel queer with nothing on il.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-03

The story of a war cloud down in the
direction of Peru will furnish another ar
gument in favor of the immediate build
ing of the Nicaragua canal Our fighting
force on the Pacific coast at this time is
practically nothing, and Peru could do us
almost incalculable damage before we
could get ships around the Horn if she
had mind to. 1t is remarkable how rap
idly arguments in favor of the canal are
being piled up.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-03

q natural death, SO that it will not be
necessary to hold an inquest. In the cleo
tion preceding that of last Monday the
Populists carried twenty-five counties.
They now have feeble holds In
about six counties. The Popu-
lists of Alabama shot their big
gun" when Kolb was the general in COM
mand of them. In five years they viii
be as extinct as the dodo and the Green
backer
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-03

The true inwardness of those inconse-
quential CONFESSIONS which President Nc
Kinley made to Ambassador Cambon in
the peace terms is now apparent. Senor
Sagasta announces to the Spanish public
that he has secured qualifications OF the
original terms" What was wanted was
that he might be able TO say that, so as
10 iater Spain with the idea chat she
also had voice in the making of terms.
The Presidents concession, therefore,
was probably more of concession to
Spanish pride than anything else
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-03
Some KIondike boomers.
From the New York Commercial Qnd1

Stories of returned Klondike miners
who bring with them fortunes of diff
ferent sizes, but all of alluring magni-
tude are breaking into the daily papers.
There is no intention to cast doubt upon
these interesting tales. but there are
some people who think the transporta-
ton companies reaching to Alaska are
taking advantage of the lull in war news
to call attention TO the wealth to be had
for a trip over their lines.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-03

From the Philadelphia Record Dem

Now that Bismarck is dead, where
shall we look for another so proficient in
playing the great game of grab? His
success was the more remarkable in that
he entered upon the game without other
backing than his own diplomatic genius
and an Incompatible audacity II took
centuries for Germany to bring forth this
man, and it is probable that centuries
will elapse before the world win see his
counterpart
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-03

OF the great and aged quartette of Eu-
rope there remain now the Pope and the
Queen, since Gladstone and Bismarck have
departed. If some of the current cable re-
ports are reliable 1t is quite likely that
her Majesty will be the sole survivor at the
end of the year now current.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-03

New York and Washington papers are
publishing raey stories involving ex-Judge
7. J. Mackey of pungent carpet-bag mem
DRY in South Carolina. Since leaving the
Palmetto state after reconstruction he
has resided in Washington and New York.
Notwithstanding the sixty-nine years of
the ex-judse's age, it is alleged that he
has been contracting matrimony at rate
altogether unwaranted under the law.
The result is that two young women desire
revenge upon him, while the festive and
facetious Tom" is fugitive from justice.
The young women in the case are Sarah
Lenore Curtis-Mackey OF Stamford, Conn.,,
whom he married in 1891, after having been
divorced by the wife of his young man
hood, and Miss Kathrine Porterfield of
Charleston, w. Va, whom he married re-
Gently without having gone 10 the trouble
Of securing a divorce from Mrs. NIackey.
zee Curtis. AT last accounts the ex-judge
was in Pittsburg
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-03
CURRENT COMMENT.
Mustn't BE QuiXOtic.

From the Nashville American Oem1
The United States can't undertake the
Quixotic purpose of bringing all the bar
barous people in the world under the pale
of civilization by conquest and our duty In
this regard would be no stronger in the
Philippine Islands than it is in Central
Africa.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-03

Walter Howard of Atlanta, who went to
cuba as war correspondent of a New
York paper, returned to this country the
other day with broken health and a bill
of expenses amounting TO $4,000. He was
in cuba some six weeks. 1t appears from
this that gathering war news is quite an
expensive enterprise, from all points of
view.