The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-30

Hours in the cloakroom vary in salubrity
Ike days in winter. The atmosphere is not
always clear. Cloudy days alternate with
sunny ones, or the rain falls and at times
there is a heavy frost and freezing wealth
er One sunny hour occurred during the
debate on the civil service bill Silver Dol
lar Bland and David De Almond were of
the party Carmack, of Memphis, sat near
est the fire. and John Allen of Mississippi,
was struggling with an alleged perfecto.
Judge Noon, of Tennessee, was twiddling
his thumbs in unalloyed enjoyment, while
the sunny-faced Strait of South Carolina,
was extracting comfort from clay pipe
made by a Watauga Indian. There were
dozen or more in the party. John Allen
opened reminiscent campaign by referr-
ing to hot confab which had just occurr-
ed on the floor of the House.
1T reminded me-" said John, 'of a scene
that happened in my district in a little
town down in Oktibbeha county. The sun
was about on a level with the horizon, and
the chickens were thinking about going to
foost when dispute arose between two
Ilnky citizens in front of a country store.
IneT language was quaint and idiomatic
but painfully virile. 1t would have at
tracted more than the usual attention in
Ianeul Hail. and it would have Mortified
Plymouth Church. The men were evidently
a4''iAANuilNCSi anu Oll tHdI uCCOunl
were disposed to be lenient toward each
other' Both were armed, but neither drew
weapon They had almost reached the
Uoruer line OF passion, when the heaviest
VI Tue TWO splang into his saddle, gave his
nurse lfee rein, and rode away. AS he dis
appeared at turn in the road, some one
turned TO the lone man and asked him
.Ho ms antagonist was He's as good a
CIV nv ana as square neighbor as you'll
see III dog age was the response. The
ANY, AMY trouble with him is that when he's
utJhk MS mind won't work at all. and
"4en ne sober he's cussed fool
JOhh Knocked the ashes from the al
~. 49, perIecto, and looked unconcerned,
4 p Nne ms colleagues roared with laughter
4 So lhe merriment had ceased Mark
"i.l VI Arizona sprang into the melee
4 ,s good story" said he "and re-
sa ',,u9 me OF something that happened
NJ ID years ago in Arizona Two friends
4 dar were riding near the Mexican Dor
The t "1eH lney We're startled at seeing
ltt Oody OIL a man swinging from the
i'ao oI tree. 1t was evident that Judge
,o.5 nad been holding court and that
n;. ' uct had been rendered in accordance
bs5 ue evidence in the case. Some one
ro-L saNen the sheriff of the county much
bpgzo', ana some expense A group OF
Tho ,3I were perched on a limb above
upon Me ~ gazing at a paper pin!oned
the h,a..Ddck As my friends approached
repcta- -}lU US stretched their wings rather
10 'oH'ly, AM tapped away a hundred
e~o's OF more. The horsenen rode
tt tD me body, and finally deciphered
had a..tl lpuon on the paper Somebody
ver, t.eH upon 1t the words This was
thundertI' man IN some respects, and a
blzzar5I SlBht worse in Others The
over tho "Ie evidently in a quandary
touched 3, INSCRIPTION, for the body was un-
any, was almost too gbestIv a sto,.,, - 10
crssrrt.$-ng but Marks wav 90 tayii No " It
stor, me coterie. It's one thing 10 teli
Voice az, 9'" another thing to write il The
photogr',-. accent of the narrator cannot he
SONS h r.,.u' nor can his facial express
Of the sven All these add to the zest
makino non, and aid materially in
over Mar, aenouement. The laughter
fore Hon story had hardly subsidized be-
cloak ro,,,- me- nm of Ohio burst into the
Colurb,, with important news from
Wa r.ous' where a great senatoriaI sesbt
afrasb the news started John Allen
Drob,hl tl' said that the matter would
/ Of ne5,o y, uAed up according to the logic
cal sin. 'oWn in Mississlppi The finan-
! rcan r.o. and its relation to the Az
YOU we're under discussion. 81 tell
4 ac ngq4t WHAT am de trubble wild
/ plh Ike w. @i why he don't done pros
gah be d 4y White il man. You see, de mig
how No0. Il A., Know how to transfer. no
uansfer-v.- W9ite man he know how to
4 milk IN VS. ndeedy. Now. we're am de
. white "'l' IL | done glib my note to
to mo ,Ig man to git a hundred dollars for or
to de merr,,oe crop wild, he done transfer IL
transfer '.tauI and de merchant he done
chant an, 70 de commission mer-
he done de commission merchant
an DAT transfer 1t to de bank,
10 anud5sr I LINK sho done transfer it
sits hupd..a5nk. and cherry one O. dem