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Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-07

Indianapolis Journal: 81 wonder why"
said the Cornfed Philosopher, when fell
low comes up to you and says, why, I
thought you were sick he always does so
in 4 tone that implies your good health Is
an insult to him"
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-07

Nebraska has ceased to be COM
Portable state for public officials who
misuse public funds
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-07

Detroit Free Press: "Slippy Is the smart
est lawyer / ever knew
90 yes; he had that $4,000 suit of yours.
Did he get the money!
Every cent of it,
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-07
SMILING REFLECTIONS.

Chicago News: 81 never have a bit OF
trouble writing the figures of the new year"
How do you manage it?''
81 never date my letters"
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-07

Philadelphia American: He (after being
rejected)-I shall never marry now.
She-Foolish man, why not?
He (viciously)-If you won't have me who
will?
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-07
sTATEMENr or CIRCULATION.

State Of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.:
George Is. Tzschuck, Sc retary OF The Zee Pub-
fishing Company. being duly sworn says that the
actual number OF fun ana complete copies OF Ihe
Daily, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed
during the month OF December 1891 was as iol-
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-07

Chicago Tribune: Boy (from the compos-
ing room)-Where's the dramatic editor?
Belated Reporter-He's gone home What
do you want?
Boy-Want to know whether he meant to
say "the play is full of erudition" CT "the
play is full of crudities' We can't tell
from his manuscript
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-07

Yonkers Statesman: Bacon-Now / know
what political economy means.
Egbert-Well?
I've just been reading sworn statement
of the amount of money a prohibitonist
spent who recently ran for Office"
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-07

Philadelphia Bulletin: "The jury will
never agree. You needn't expect H."
"Why not? I'm sure the case is very one
sided"
on the jury, and he's too disagreeable for
ANYTHING -
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-07

Indianapolis Journal: Watts-rhere ~ no
such thing as telling the quality of whisky
by the taste these days, is there?
Lushforth-No. The only test is the feel.
1.-The feel?"
Yes. And you have to wait until next
morning for that"
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-07

Washington Star: Remember" said the
excited man. money talks. m bet 70
cents that I'm right. Money talks!"
And the man with a shaggy silk hat and
chronic expression of disgust edged away
from the crowd with the remark: Yes,
and it's just like some people. The smalleI
Il Is the more noise II tries to make"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-24
Money for Jims journey.

"Queer things happen at funerals" SAD
a clergyman recently, who has OBLIGATED
at many according to the Chicago Times
Herald, land 1 remember one occasion
which impressed me greatly, on account
of the standing of the family in which
it happened, as well as from the peculiar
circumstances surrounding the incident
the bestowal of money on a dead man.
'It was a funeral at the house of one
of my parishioners, and 1 was greatly
surprised when l received notice to at
tend and conduct the services. l had not
heard of any member of the family be-
ing i'll, nor had l been summoned to the
death bed; but 1 jumped to the conclu-
sion that it was am old servant who had
perhaps died suddenly.
ct proved to be a bad son-the black
sheep of the family-whose shadow had
not darkened their doors for years, but
who, it was always believed, had been
supported at a distance far enough to
prevent him from disgracing the family
by his msdeeds.
Now he was brought home dead, and
l was expected to give him as little blame
and much praise as was consistent
with the dignity of my office and his re-
laton 40 the family.
. Just before the casket was closed his
old mother rose from her seat with the
mourners and, approaching the dead slip
ped a silver dollar into his vest pocket.
Jim never liked to be without money
in his pocket she said in low tremu-
lous voice. 'Many's the dollar I've slip
ped into his pocket unbeknown TO him,
but he always found it and was thank
full L don't expect he's going TO need it
now, and may be he will never know that
mother put it there, but somehow shall
feel better if he has it,
And l felt that the woman who had
loved much and forgiven much had
preached a sermon of forgiveness and
mercy before which I, with my plati-
tudes must remain dumb
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-24
BRIGHT BITS,

His Idea-"Davy, what's the use of cal
endars?" SOS we won't miss the Fourth
of July"-Puck
Mrs. Skinfiint-Here is a ha'penny for
you, my man; and pray tell how you came
10 be so miserably poor? Mendicant-Ah.
mum! l was like you-too fond of giving
large sums of money to the poor!-T
Bits.
ncurable.-Bing-Yes that's old Sprg-
gings. Half-a-dozen doctors have given
him up at various times during his life.
Wing-What was the trouble with him?
Bing-He wouldn't pay his bills.-Boston
Traveller.
knew His Busness-Old Farmer
That's a fine lot of pigs over there. What
do you feed them? Amateur-Why. corn
of course. Old Farmer-In the ear? Anna
teur-Certainly not; in the mouth.-Chica-
go News.
-Bobbie: As l understand it, the fool
ish maidens who had no oil in their lamps
could not get in?
Teacher: Precisely.
And nowadays the foolish maidens who
have no oil in their bike lamps get pulled
in ''-Yonkers Statesman
Looked That Way.-The Office Boy:
Say; believe the shippin' clerk is think
in about marryin' you
The Typewriter: Why, the idea!
ION the dead, L do. 1 heard him askin'
the bOokkeeper how much salary YOU
got"-Cincinnati Enquirer
-"Richard" asked the teacher, what
was this message Gen. Sheridan sent to
Gen. Early before this battle took place?'
HE said" replied the big boy with the
bad eye, Go, Early, and avoid the
rush. "
{ And merely for this she kept him in
after school-.Chicago Tribune
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-24
The Fusion movement.

The Republicans are claiming that the
movement. inaugurated a month or so ago.
TO unite all the elements which favor free
silver coinage namely, the Democrats,
Populists and silver Republicans, is a fail
ure. In support of this view they point TO
the refusal of the Populists in several of
the states to enter into any arrangement
with the Democrats.
The Republicans would of course like
to see the movement fail Its success
would mean the defeat of the Republicans
ALI along the line in the fall elections.
1t must be admitted that the fusion
movement hasn't shown a great deal of
life since it was begun. Why it hasn't
may be due to the fact that the time for
making congressional nominations has not
yet arrived. The leaders of the fusion
movement don't care particularly whether
there is fusion in state politics or not.
They are Interested only in national poll
tics, and they may succeed in forming the
combination TO which they look for sue
cess
II may be that in the West the better
people less inclined TO think that the hard
times through which they passed were
due to the closing of the minis to the free
coinage of silver. If that be the case the
silver issue in that~section has ceased in
a great measure to be the all important
one, and the Populists prefer to stand TO-
gether in support of those declarations in
their platform which have no reference to
silver. If the hard times should return
they might think it advisable 10 give silver
a trial. and hence would unite with the
Democrats and silver Republicans in ia
vor of free silver coinage And they may
unite with them even though the financial
and Industrial situation is greatly inn
proved. Ii would be mere guessing to say
what they will do prior 90 the time for
making congressional nominations.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-24
PERSON


Miss Martha Culver. who lives near. 81.
Paul. is said to have killed more wolves
than any woman in the Northwest.
Walter Ralston. who travels for the
Smithsonian institution. has made a spe-
cial study Of poisonous insects and rep
tiles and has been fanged over 200 times.
"A committee has been formed in Ber-
lin to collect funds for a monument TO
Richard Wagner. To help the undertake
ing a general music exposition is planned,
TO remain open in that city from May z
to Aug. r.
capt. Jack Hayes of st. Louis is sai1
to be the Oldest veteran soldier in the
world. He is 1l0 years of age, fought with
Jackson at New Orleans, ran a slave ship
and was an engineer on the first steam
boat built in New Orleans.
.-one of the series of Omaha Exposi-
ton stamps is 10 bear the picture of Pere
Marquette and will show him with a
smooth face. This, it is said, viii be mac
curate. all historical evidence going to
show that he wore full beard.
Rev. James Needham CNethodlso of
Surrey county, North Carolina, who will
be 81 years old in May, is still engaged in
the active work of the ministry. He has
been minister for more than seventy five
years and has preached to five genera
tons.
-EX-Representative White of Kentucky
some years ago secured for D. G. Colson
aclerkship at Washington. Colson stud
led law during his residence at the capital,
returned to Kentucky, beat Mr. White
in the election and is now one of Ken
tucky's representatives in the House.
Commander Brownson, who has just
started for Europe to inspect such war
ships as may be available for purchase, is
the only American officer who ever or
dered, in the way of business the firing
OF gun from our new navy" He was
in Rio harbor during the Brazilian revo-
luton when an American merchant cap
tam wanted TO approach a wharf to I'M
load his cargo. The rebel Admiral Mello
objected, and when the American cap
tam persisted Mello opened fire on the
merchantmen. Instantly Brownson, who
commanded the Detroit, sent shot at
the Brazilian. He missed, but the hint
was sufficient and the merchantmen un,
loaded in peace
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-24

Judge Atkinson and Mr.. Berner are en-
deavoring to make political capital out of
the fact that the state Democratic exacu-
tive committee fixed the date for the pri-
mary at a much earlier date than was de-
sired by them. They say that the early
date of June was decided upon with the
hope and expectation that a short cam
paign for the gubernatorial nomination
would benefit Col Gambler That is
grievance which may have weight with a
few voters, but it is doubtful if it will
influence many votes, one way or the 9th
er. The continual harping on a grievance
of that sort, however, win have the effect
of creating bad feeling in the party. and
bad feeling is productive of Indifference
as 10 whether the ticket is successful or
not
Whatever the reasons of the state com
mittee were for fixing June as the date
for the primary, it would have been bet
ter, probably, if il had yielded to the wishes
of a majority of the candidates and fixed
the date a month latero Col. Gambler
would have had no ground for complaint
and Judge Atkinson and Mr.. Berner would
have had no grievance.
We do not know that the fact that Col
Gambler is not as fine a stump speaker
as either of the other candidates had any
weight with the committee. 1t shouldn't
have had. He has his own methods of
conducting a campaign, and he has as
much confidence in their effectiveness APP
parently as the other candidates have in
their oratorical powers
1t will be difficult matter for the can
didates to visit all the counties before
June 8. Indeed it will be severe task
to visit half Of them, and make an adj
dress in each. There is some foundation,
therefore, for the grievance which Judge
Atkinson and Mr.. Berner have against
the state committee and which they ere
airing in a way which they think will
make friends for them.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-24
r,hee a conIlng STATION.

The government needs coaling sta
ton on the South Atlantic coast, and is
now considering the advantages possessed
by the different harbors to which its at
tention Isl being called There is no one
of them which has advantages superior
to those of Tybee. 1t is about half way
between New York and Dry Tortugas,
and it is further South than any other
harbor having a deep water bar. Its bar
has about the same depth of water as
that of Norfolk and Port Royal, namely,
twenty-six feet IT has an excellent haT-
Dor now, but it will have a much bet
ter one when the governments plan for
its Improvement. now being executed, is
completed. 1t would make a superb coal
ing station.
An advantage possessed by no other
available place is that it is connected by
rail with all the coal fields of the country.
The railroad runs along the shore of the
harbor and close 10 the beach. 1t would
be neither difficult nor expensive to pro-
vide the means for delivering coal direct
ly on the war ships.
Our senators and representatives should
at once bring the advantages of Tybee
to the attention of those charged with the
duty of establishing coaling stations. BY
doing so they would render the govern
ment service and at the sfme time,
promote the material interests of Savan-
nah.
The question of making Savannah
coalng station for steamers plying be-
tween Southern ports and Europe has al
ready received a good deal of attention.
It is expected that just as soon as the
government harbor work Is completed Ty-
bee will become a calling station as well
as coaling station. 1t has quick rail-
road connection with Savannah and
also telephone communication If it
should be made a government coaling sta
ton the movement to make it coaling
station for commercial steamers would
be FASTENED. If the government gives W
bees advantages the consideration they
are entitled to there isn't much doubt
that it will make it it's South Atlantic
coalfng station.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-24
Shall We HnXe VAR

Sound the tocsin near and far,
+, Call our patriots forth to war;
Bring them out, the young the Old,
The veteran gray. the novice bold;
Lead the warriors into line.
Banners flying, feathers fine
Teach them how with earnest will,
To strike a fellow-man-to kill!
Show them where the missiles fly
They must do, and dare to die.
This is War! Its wild alarm
Grief and pain, ay, deadly harm
To those you love. This is war;
Give your all, there's naught to spare!
War Is hell" and woes increase
With roar of guns and flight of peace.
Shall we then yield to bastard vice,
And cry for Peace at any price,"
With starving thousands dying near;
Shall We do paught through craven fear?
And is it prudent, just or wise
To hold the hand while Freedom dies?
Can we look up and hope for grace
While in our hearts there is no place
Nor pity found for those who cry
To us for aid? Shall brothers die
BY thousands and ten thousands more,
While We close fast and bar the door
Then smile to see our wealth increase,
And thank the Lord for such e peace?
And glorious, only, in resounding name;
Still, in the sight of heaven, there yet may
be
A greater evil. When a nation free
And strong permits a treach'rous, murder
GUS hand
To ravsh, starve and devastate land,
And still be friendly with the evil one
Still crying peace, peace, peace! from sun
Gods righteous curse should surely fall
some day
On such people! There's a straight, a
better way;
Assert the right, then forthwith right
maintain
And our good Lord will make the pathway
plain.
"Our brothers. keeper" Certainly we
are .-.
When tyrants wage unholy, unrelenting
war;
And, though great hosts assail us in tie
fight,
The God of battles viii defend the right
Let slip the dogs of war till crime shall
cease,
And heaven shall give us righteous. last
ing Peace.
Oscar B. Smith.
St. Augustine March 20, 1885,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-24
Senatorial views.

Some of the senators are expressing
opinions, relative TO Cuban matters.
through the newspapers which the devel-
opments of The next few days may
show were rather crude. For instance,
Senator Chandler stated that the Presi-
dent was about TO issue a proclamation
which would make him known in history
as the lberator OF Cuba. Senator Caffery
Of Louisiana was quoted as saying thai the
Uniled States could not recognize Cuban
independence because there was no Gu
ban government in Cuba, and that they
couldn't recognize Cuban belligerency,
because there was nothing about Cuba up
on which to predicate an acknowledge
ment of belligerency. He was also quoted
as saying that there was nothing left for
, the United States to do but to intervene,
and that there was no ground in interna-
tional law which would justify them in in
tervening
Intervention would, of course, mean war
and war would bring loss Of life and prop
erty upon our own. people as well as upon
those of Spain. From what Senator
Ciidihltl 0diu IL - AiiS Ippllcy Oi the 1Ies-
ident to intervene in Cuba and yet Sena-
tor Caffery declares that, although there
is nothing else which the United States
could do, they couldn't do that without vi
olatng the law of nations.
The President has said, if he has been
qouted correctly, that he would take no
step in the direction of war which was
not fully justified From this it would
seem thai the President doesn't intend to
become known as the Iiberator of the Gu
bans and doesn't intend 20 intervene in
Cuba, else Senator Cafferys understand
ing of the situation and of International
law differs very greatly from that of the
President 1t may be that there can be
found in the law of nations Justification
for relieving the sufferlngs of the starving
Cubans. and Cuban government may be
found of sufficient Importance to justify
recognition of Cuban independence. These
things may be done without provoking war
with Spain.
Within very few days it will be def
nitely known, however, what the Cuban
policy of the President is. With the re-
port of the investigation of the Maine dis
aster he viii, no doubt, send a message to
Congress which will state the position and
purposes of the administration fully,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-24

He was a mere STRIPPING of a lad. He
might have been Z years of age or. he might
have been 9. Nobody could tell by looking
at his face, says the New Orleans Times
Democrat. The only mark of certainty
about the youthful countenance was the
sure sign that some of his ancestors had
come from old Ireland. The little fellow
walked hastily into the office of the war
rant clerk of Recorder Kinnegan's court
He did moi notice the four persons stand
ing in line waiting to get. affidavits made
out against some bothersome relatives, but
the youth pushed through the crowd and
dsengaged the attention of the clerk with
this odd demand
81 want to make an affidavit against my
pa said he, and pushed his little red head
around the side of the desk.
You want what?' queried the clerk.
II want to swear against pa, said the
boy again.
what has your pa done?"
HE has just been in prize fight with
ma"
well, why don't your ma swear out
the warrant against pa? My boy, you
are too young; you. won't fill the BILL
MY ma can't come. and she wanted me
to fix it up for her"
why could she not Gomez" asked the
clerk, getting interested in the youngsters
story. He could not imagine why the wife
would not be only too willing to swear out
the warrant.
MY pa and ma they got in the fight in
the kitchen. That is how it happened.
My pa made a drive for her but didn't
land, and then my ma she grabbed up the
rolling pin and floored the old man. She
is now setting on him, holding him down.
and that is why she couldn't come to
swear against him. She sent me-"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-24

The cheerful innocent gets his work in
the columns of the Boston Herald once in
a while. In recent article in that paper
calling attention to the fact that there is
just as much patriotism In the South as
in the North, and that sectional differ
ences have disappeared. the following ap-
pears: 1.-The South is undisturbed by any
efforts at the North TO excite sectional
prejudice against her, and is likely to
remain so in the future This does not at
all remove the obligation of the South to
the colored population there, however. 1t
rather is a reminder that she can afford
to treat them fairly and exercise human
ity toward them. The time has come.
therefore, it would seem, for her to cease
to deny the rights of citizenship to those
of them who are capable of intelligently
exercising such rights and to put an end
to those operations in lynch law which
are disgrace and danger to her people,
These New England people have never
yet been able to understand the condi-
ton of affairs in the South. They think
they know all about il, and. hence, make
the most ridiculous mistakes. Isn't the
negro in the Soeth being treated fairly?
What right Of citizenship Is denied to
him? Is he not dealt with much more
fairly than the negro of Boston is dealt
with in that city? Nowhere in the South
is such contempt shown for the negro as
was exhibited for the negro who succeed
ed in being elected to the Office of coun-
Gilman in Boston. In that city a negro
is made to feel that he is negro. Here
in the South every well behaved and re-
spectacle negro is treated courteously. In
Boston the negroes are shut out of the
trades. In the South they are found in
all the trades. Boston should herself
deal fairly with the negro before finding
fault with the Souths treatment of him.
Secretary Gage says 80 per cent. of the
American people are opposed to war. Then
he must admit that the other 10 per cent.
are making a lot of noise,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-24

Even his eccentric ideas were made
plausible by his treatment, says a writer
in Harper's Magazine. heard him say
once that what was then thought to be
the great American desert ought to be
planted with Canada thistles. so as to
give nature some sort of green start.
when other vegetation might be made TO
follow. But the trouble is, Canada this
ties, like any other thing inspired by
pure cussedness," win only grow ana
thrive where their presence would do
some good, and as in the Humpty
Dumpty case. "al the kings horses ami
all the kings men" could not fasten
them there, This perverseness suggests.
in a certain way, the small boys con-
cepton of good and bad-his enchiridion
of nature and life.
What's fun" he said, lis always wick
ed; what we don't want TO do is pious.'
Mr.. Greeley would cut down his alders
in the spring. When 1 mildly suggested
to him that our agricultural authorities
preferred the autumn for that work
when nature could not so well aid their
struggle, for existence, he thought this
season was a mere excuse for not cut
ling them at ali.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-24

A most transeendental genius, who lives
in Hoboken. has offered to the government
an invention of his which, if il is all he
claims for it, should place the United
States in position to defy the world end
the armies and navies thereof. II Is moth
ing more or less than an amphibious air
ship; that is 10 say, it is equally at home
in the water or on the land, while its ospe-
cial sphere Is the air. 1t swims in the
water with the aid of propellers, runs
about on land on wheels, and scars into
the empyrean upon wings. The machine
Is designed TO carry five men. together
with dynamite enough to sink a squadron
or annihlate an army or city With a
few machines of the kind, manfestly this
country could whip the balance Of the
world In short order.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-24

Commander-in-Chief Goblin of the Grand
Army of the Republic, who has lately
taken an extensive trip through the South.
ana has just returned home. says he met
with nothing but cordially during mis- trip.
and saw evidences of prosperity every
where. From the tone of an interview
with him, published in the Philadelphia
Press. it may be inferred that he was sur
prised at being well received and seeing
the people progressive and prosperous The
difficulty is that our Northern friends
cling too closely TO traditions in their opin-
ions with regard to the South.