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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-27
His Appeal to Baby Ruth.

Some years ago Mark Twain appeared
at The consulate OF the United States at
Frankfort. Germany. says a writer in the
Ladies Home Journal, and found Capt
Mason, the consul general, packing up his
books and papers, and all his personal
belongings.
whats uD?" he asked.
my time IS up returned Mason cheer
fully. 1--WE have a Democratic President,
and as 1 am a Republican have to get
out and give my place TO a good Demo-
crat, soon TO be appointed to this post"
That's a blessed shamer exclaimed Mr..
Clemens, and he started for the hotel,
where he wrote this letter to Ruth Cleve-
land then only about year old:
My Dear Ruth: 1 belong 10 The Mug
wumps, and one of the most sacred rules
of our order prevents US from asking
faYors of officials or recommending men to
office, but there is no harm in writing
friendly letter to you and telling you that
an internal outrage is about to be COM
mitted by your father in turning out Of
Office the best consul ] know (and / know
a great many just because he is a Repdb-
Iican, and a Democrat wants his place"
And then Mr. Clemens related what he
knew of Capt. Mason and his official rec
ord, and continued
Il can't send any message to the Presl-
dent but the next time you have a talk
with him concerning such matters I wish
you would tell him about Capt Mason
and what l think of a government that so
treats its efficient officials"
Three or four weeks later Mr.. Clemens
received little envelope poslmarked
Washington, in which was note, written
in President Cievelands own hand, that
read:
Miss Ruth Cleveland begs to acknowl-
edge. the receipt of Mr.. Twain's letter,
and to say that she took the liberty of
reading ii TO the President, who desires
her to thank Mr.. Twain for his informa-
ton and to say to him that Capt. Mason
will not be disturbed in the Frankfort
consulate. The President also desires Miss
Cleveland to say that If Mr. Twain knows
of any other cases of this kind he will
greatly oblige If he will write concerning
them at his earliest convenience"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-27
The Brnvery OF a Jester.

Lord Malmesbury, according to The
Youths Companion, used to relate a good
story told him by one of Napoleon's Off
cers-an incident of the Peninsular cam
paign. The French officer was reconnoit-
erlng with three or four troopers when
they came suddenly upon a young English
officer similarly occupied, mounted on a
superb thoroughbred horse. Summoned
by the French colonel to surrender, he qui-
city cantered away with a mocking smile
on his face.
The Frenchman, who rode a heavy horse,
pursued at fun gallop. The Englishman
allowed him 10 get quite close. Then kiss
ing his hand and leaving him behind, he
shouted, pointing to his horse: "A Nor
man horse, sir!'
Again the Frenchman pursued, threat
ening to shoot his enemy If he did not sur
render He went so far as to point a pis-
toll at him, but the weapon missed fire.
With a roar of laughter, the young Eng
llshman shouted again: MADE at Yer
sailles, sir!' and giving the thoroughbred
his head, was soon out of sight.
II was most amusing to hear the old col
onel tell this story and describe his rage,
adding, however, that he had always felt
glad that he had not shot ''the brave
Joker"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-27
WAR TAXES LIKELY TO REMAIN.

Secretary of the Treasury Gage gives
soon become a thing of the past AS he
views the future the expenses of the coun-
try must be much greater than ever be-
fore, The billion dollar Congress will be
outdone Expenditures on the navy both
in the construction of new vessels and in
the Increased cost of maintenance, and
on the army with. its probably trebled
strength, will neceseitate appropriations
that will far surpass the maximum set by
the Republican House several years ago.
The contemplated expansion of territory
will add many millions to the annual bud
get of expenses. The income from he
colonies" Will not for years. perhaps
never, reach the outlay caused by their
possession.
Secretary Gage is aware of the unpopu-
larity of internal revenue taxes of the
character required by the recent war
Business men and the public generally
while willing to pay them to meet cur
rent costs of the war will find them ex-
tremely Objectionable if collected for many
years after the war has passed into his
tory. Ten years after the close of the civil
war similar taxes were in force, and some
were not removed until several years la
Ter than that. The expenses of that war,
continuing for four years, and those of the
little brush with Spain are hardly to be
considered together. If the income from
the new taxes average as stated, $40 0OO,-
600 a month, the receipts in less than a year
would be adequate to meet the financial
demands caused by the war which were
J not otherwise provided for. When it is
remembered that 500 600 600 of bonds were
issued to defray the expenses of the war,
the actual amount needed from the addi-
tional taxes to meet all immediate require
ments would probably be but $1OO, 900 O0O,
or the gross returns from the new taxes
for but ten months.
There is but little consolation to be de-
rived by business interests from recently
expressed views of Secretary Gage AS he
secs the outlook, the expenses Of the gov
eminent must rapidly increase. Fighting
| establishments cost money in proportion
TO their size" says he land the colonial
system VIII call for heavy expenditures.
1t costs more obviously to run a large
machine than a small one"
The colonial expansion policy is likely to
prove a costly luxury. The people must
foot the bills, no matter what their pro
portions.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-27
Preferred Her as an Almanac.

A good story is told in the Baltimore
News of the wife of a former learned pro-
fessor at the Johns Hopkins, University.
The professor was very devoted to his
books and spent many hours in his finely
appointed library, which his wife thought
could have been better employed in her
society and that of her female friends.
Often when the bell announced that din
ner was on the table, second and even
a third ring would be required to bring
the professor from the library. One day
his wife, much veXed at the delay, in
vaded the sanctum, and informing him
in sharp tones that the meal was pre-
pared, remarked:
Il wish l were a book"
"And why, pray?" inquired her husband.
II might then be assured of your being
constant to me" replied his wife.
Il should not object TO your being a
book" remarked the professor, provided
you were an almanac"
And why an almanac, dear?" she
asked.
why, in that case" said her husband,
slipping his arm in hers and leading her
to the dining room, IT could have a new
one every year"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-27
Poetry TINT illustrates.

Charles Dickens had a great objection
to extravagant expressions, says con-
tributor to Short Stories. At one time,
when a friend of the writer, who knew
him intimately in her early youth, was
staying in the house with the great novel
list, a discussion arose about Byron.
Dickens took exception to the poets ex-
preston, Drunk with thy beauty" and
a heated argument ensued. During the
discussion the novelist gazed, as if en-
raptured, at the writer's friend, who had
very beautiful golden hair, worn, ac-
cording to the fashion of the day. in ring
lets. At last jumping up, he struck a
dramatic attitude, slapped his fore head
with his open palm, and stalking to the
window pulled out a pencil and wrote the
following on the white woodwork:
Oh, maiden of The amber dropping hair,
May /, Byronically, thy praise utter,
Drunk with thy beauty, tell me may I
dare
To breathe thy paens, borne upon a
shutter?'
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-27
The Race Issue In North Carolina.
From the Washington Post Qnd.l.

Every thoughtful and humane citizen,
from one end Of the country to the other,
will be appalled, by the prospect now dis
cernible in North Carolina. 1t is no longer
possible to believe that the clamor of the
whites is merely revival of the old DEM
ocraUc trick to catch votes and ride into
official place and perquisites. On the
contrary, we are confronted with the adj
missions of prominent Republicans to the
effect that the question is far deeper and
more vital-that it is, in fact, a question
of simple civilization. The issue involves
the preservation of enlightened institu-
tons of honest government, of law and
order, of the integrity of the Caucasian
race II is an issue that can have but
one termination.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-27
rnr noINr rRArr1c pEcIsIoN.

The Supreme Courts decision in the
case Of the Joint Traffic Association es-
tablishes the law. Common carriers must
not enter into agreements with each other
respecting rates 10 be charged for their
services. in order to avoid ruinous compe-
tition. Should they do so, 1t would be in
violation of the antitrust law, which says
such agreements are in restraint of trade
and commerce. 1t is believed that no
"gentlemen's agreement" among the trans
portation lines would be able to stand
the test of the law as established by the
Supreme Court. The traffic associations,
therefore must go. aud each tub must
stand upon it's own bottom"
The way is open for rate wars, cut rates
and secret rebates. 1t is not necessary to
elaborate upon the disastrous conse-
quences which often follow such things
There have been too many examples at
hand during recent years, in bankrupt
railroads and worthless securities which
were once valuable. And not only are the
railroads hurt, if not ruined, by rate wars
and secret rebates, but their patrons are
injured. The greatest injustice is done to
the small shipper. The large shipper is
able to secure rates or secret rebates
which the small shipper cannot get. Thus
the large shipper, representing an agsre-
cation of capital, is enabled to undersell
the small shipper There can be but one
logical result of such a condition; the
small shipper must get out of business; he
win be ruined by his bigger and richer
rival Thus one result of the law which
was designed to prevent concentration of
trade in a few hands is actually to drive
small dealers out of business and give
monopolies to the great aggregations of
capital.
What the people want, what they need,
is not law which viii set the transpor-
tation lines to cutting each others threats,
but a law under which rates would be
reasonable and stable-rates which could
be depended upon, and which would bear
upon all alike. It is better for all parties
to have that kind of rates, even If they
should be a little higher than might be
charged during a rate war, because then
each shipper would be upon precisely the
same footing and the small merchant
would not be driven out of business by the
large merchant who CHANGED to be able
to purchase in greater quantities.
The people do not desire to see the
railroads ruined. They would much pre-
fer to see them prosperous and paying
their employees fair wages. The prosperity
or adversely of a railroad is
far reaching There is no commune
ty and few persons along the
line of a railroad that would not be either
directly or indirectly affected by change
in the financial condition of the, road.
The roads are so intimately associated
with the sections through which they pass
that it is not possible TO injure them
without hurting their territory.
1t is probable that strong effort will
be made at the approaching session of
Congress to secure the passage of a pool
ing law. There appears to be urgent ne
cessity for some such relief measure. It
would be extremely regrettable If the rail-
roads were TO be plunged into wild and
widespread war of rates.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-27

The question of most Importance which
the legislature will have TO consider at
its present session is that of taxation. The
rate is very high; it is burdensome, and
should be reduced. one way of reducing
it is to cut down the public expenses. Two
of the largest Items of expense are pen
sion and school expenditures. The first of
these has grown to nearly $4,000 a year
and the other 1854 600 Georgia pays
more pensions than any other Southern
state; indeed, within a few thousand dol
lars Of as much as all of the other South
eru states combined. She has one of the
best free school systems in the South. 1t
is not in the least likely that the people
would consent to reduction of the pen
sion fund or the impairment of the free
school system.
The only other manner in which the
tax rate may be reduced is by obliging
everybody 20 bear a proportionate share
of the expenses of government There are
millions of dollars worth Of taxable prop
erty in the state which never gets on the
tax books There are thousands Of per-
sons in the state who enjoy all Of the
benefits of the public Institutions, yet who
never contribute one dollar towards paying
the cost Of them.
The truth is that a dozen or so coun-
ties-Chatham, Blob, Fulton, Richmond
and a few others, bear the burden of
supporting the state government. There
are considerable number of the coun-
ties which draw from the state treasury
more money than they pay into il. Some
of them get more money from the state
for schools than they pay to it for all pur-
poses. Some Of them draw from the state
for school purposes more than they pay
for schools, leaving a surplus to be de-
voted 10 other purposes, thus coming
pretty near to escaping from taxation,
Nobody can claim right or justice in any
such system.
What is needed is law which will COM
pei all counties and all individuals liable
to taxtion TO fare alike Counties should
be required at least to support their own
schools. No man has a right to bur
den his neighbor with the payment of
taxes which he. himself should pay.
The law OF 1891, creating boards of dis
interested assessors, worked very well as
long as it was permitted to remain upon
the statute books. Under II tax values
were Increased in the short space of one
year nearly $l9,OOO0 900; that is to say, that
amount of property, which had not prevl-
ously appeared upon the tax books, or
which had been undervalued by interest
ed parties. was required to bear its pro-
portionate share of the cost of govern
ment Had the law been continued, there
is no good reason for doubling that the
tax values would have continued TO in
crease, and there could have been a re-
duction in the tax rate. But Interested
and demagogic persons succeeded in per
suading the legislature of 1892 that the law
bore unequally and to the disadvantage of
the rural districts, and it was repealed.
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-27
ratChed
CONSTANTLY
Baby Badly Affiictedwith Eczema.
Hands, Face, and Clothes
Covered with Blood.
Face Covered with Large Sores.
Medical Treatment Useless.
Cured by Cuticura.
SKIN NOW SMOOTH AND ROSY,

My niece's little baby boy, two years old.
was so badly afflicted with Eczema that he
needed constant watching. 1t was all over
his face, and he scratched the sores con-
stantly. Mornings, his clothes would be
stained with blood, and his face and hands
would be covered. His family never could
take him out, as his face was always full Of
large sores. They had medical treatment, and
tried everything they heard of. She COM
menced using the CUTICURA REMEDIES last
spring and found that at last she had a won
derful healer. The sores left his face and he
was entirely cured, and now his face is az
smooth and rosy as though no sore had ever
been there TO mar it. Mrs. L. J. ROOT,
Feb. 16, 1898. New Scotland, n. Y.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-27
What of Cars Peace EncycIicaI.
From the St, Louis Globe-D Democrat (Rep).

A war now between France and England
would be a strange commentary on the
Cars recent disarmament proposition. In
fact il the war takes place the Car s
country will be almost certain to be in
Volved, for Russia's interests are with
France and against England. General dis
armament, from present Indications is an
iridescent dream. Each nation wants the
rest to do ali the disarming and as
consequence armies and navies are likely
to growsmuch larger before they begin to
get smaller.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-27

President Warfeld of Lafayette College.
in an article In the Independent takes a
strong stand against an Anglo-Saxon
union as un-American. From the polyglot
character of the American people he draws
the conclusion that we are entitled to
seek the noblest Inspiration to be found in
every land and should refuse every limi-
tstion which would shut US out from shar-
ing the largest views of every nation
America, he insists, should maintain q
national warmth of heart and breadth OF
sympathy which knows no blind prejudice
of race and recognizes all honorable i'm
pulses toward worldwide justice, friend
ship and liberty. Our destiny can be best
forwarded by continuing the policy OF
friendly but untrammeled relations with
all nations.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-27
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Lodge No. Is, f. d
"a NJ.
Special Notices-Army Equipments for
the Soldiers, r. D. & VIM. baltimore;
Notice, Art Students League Of Savan-
nah; George w. Beckett, Esq, Has Re
sumed Practice; Ship Notice Georgia Ex-
port and Import Company; Notice, Savan-
nah, Thunderbolt and Isle OF Hope Rail-
way.
Business Notices-Notice to Commissa-
ries Henry Solomon & Son.
You Can Anchor Your Faith-Byck
Bros.
Blankets and Comforts-Leopold Adler.
only a Step or Two, Take It-Falk
Clothing Company.
Horse Blankets and Lap Robes-Leo
Frank.
The Greatest Suit Sale on Record-Leo-
pod Adler.
Well, Chilly. Isn't It?-M. S. Brown.
Hides. Etc-A Enrich & Bro.
Medical-AcElree's Wine of Cardui; Gu
ticura Remedies; Castoria; S. S. s.;
Worlds Dispensary Preparations; Johann
Hoff's Genuine Malt Extract; Hoods Sar-
saparilla; Ayers Pills.
Cheap Column INSTRUMENTATION
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-27

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-27

Maurice Thompson has been reading
Mai. Jones' Courtship" over again, and
viewing it from critical standpoint He
now wonders how any intelligent reader
ever considered it "humor" To him it is
literary clumsiness and humorous crude
ness personified. Take a rustic boy, one
born with an enterprising self-esteem in
his chief nerve center" says he, give
him a years schooling, tell him that he
is a literary genius pat him on the back
and bid him write something funny, and
ten to one he will do something very like
Mai. Jones Courtship.'" The only word
of commentator he can find for a book
that fifty-eight years after publication Is
still favored with new editions and new
readers is that 'it gives a Whit of it's time,
which, after all, is giving it definite
praise" This bare compliment is in itself
a tribute to the late Maj. Thompson, the
author. To have written a work that over
a half century after is recognized as car
rying with it "whiff of its time" is a
tribute to the sincerity and keen insight OF
the writer. and the possession of thar
rare ability which enables one to infuse
into literary creations the very breath Of
life.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-27

Business men do not like to have hand
some girl clerks as they disrupt the store
force" says the Chicago Inter-Ocean. The
fatal bar OF beauty does not seem to ex-
tend as far as the office The homely girl
may have the cali behind the counter, but
not behind the typewriter
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-27
The kaiser's Purpose In Turkey.
From the New York Press (Rep).

Much as the Kaiser is given to merely
ornamental politics, is is improbable that
his extraordinary recognition of the per-
manent integrity of the Turkish empire
is entirely aimless He gives to the re-
Gently tottering house of Osman the i'm
Piled support of what is undoubtedly the
finest army in the world. And it is valu-
ing him a little too cheaply to suppose
that he expects nothing in return. 1t may
be territory, as the Russians guess.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-27
CURRENT COMMENT.
a Policy of RRpine.
From the Philadelphia Record Dem).

WA 49, . 'A-' 't'A'ie' ~ NN>Siii'''
The strongest inducement for territorial
expansion has been the effect produced in
this country in breaking down the oppo-
sition TO commercial expansion. If We
can get free trade in the United States
as a result of colonial undertakings the
profit would more than pay the cost of
investment But we cannot afford to in
dulge in policy of rapine even to secure
the greatest advantage for ourselves. And
then, the cost of it. What we gain at the
point of the sword must be kept at the
point of the sword.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-27

The stereopticon is being used to great
advantage an the New York campaign.
Photographs have been taken at various
points along the Erie canal showing how
the banks have collapsed, locks fallen in
and other serious damage resulted from
the criminally careless operations of ia
vored contractors, whose bills were passed
regardless of the character of the work
done. These views are being shown on
canvas, with accompanying brief explana-
tons, for the benefit of the voters in the
towns and cities The illustrations of the
scandaious misuse of the public funds
make a convincing argument against fur
Their Republican control Of the state
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-27

The secretary of the Freedman's Aid So
ciety is distressed because the Young
Mems Christian Associations refuse to ad-
init the negro to membership. No one OBJ
jects to the negroes forming similar asso-
Citations for themselves. That is all they
can ask, or receive.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-27

Lightning, in West Virginia, smashed a
ing poker The value of this item as a
Sunday school story is lost from the fact
that none of the men was injured in the
slightest. They simply transferred the
game to another rock.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-27

If England and France go TO war the
American newspapers have a corps OF
trained correspondents ready. The expe-
rience of the past six months may soon
prove highly valuable.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-27

'Bourke Cochran left the Democratic
party for the partys good" says Richard
Croker, and then he added: IF any one
doubts this come to me and 1 will show
the proof" The invitation is hardly likely
TO be accepted. The Democratic leader
evidently has some trump cards up his
sleeve