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The morning news., 1898-11-18
The National Gum uahit

s. Hanfblum, 50 years of age, blond
gray, whiskered, volatile, and all the way
from st. Petersburg, Russia, is at the
Brown Palace Hotel, says the Springfield
Republican. To the surprise of a caller.
who had never seen the gentleman before,
Mr.. Hanfblum turned, and, with an ex-
preston of delight upon his face, exclaim-
ed:
"Ach, my friend! 1 am fill wis delight.
You are re zhentleman from Melboorn
vich l meet on re high mountain, ze peak
of-vat you call heem? All! Pike, re peak
of Pike. Eet ees wis re greatest pleasir
see you"
When gently told that he was mistaken,
he could hardly believe it.
''Ees eet posseeb? Veil, eet ees remark
able ze raysamblance
His accent and vernacular were peculiar
Sometimes he talked like a German, some
times like Frenchman. His manner was
wholly French.
Yes, sair" said he, In answer to a
question. II am a resident of st. Peetairs-
bayrg l wass born in Warsaw, Poland
but l leev in R-russia tairty yairce. My
name ees Jairman, but l am not Eet
ees only re name vich ees Jairman. Deed
you noteece Eat name? Hanf, you see.
meence hemp, and blum ees flower; Eat
ees altogaythair, hemphower! Eat ees
preety, ees eet not?"
Ii was, and his visitor admitted it,
i haf been in America some weeks and
haf noteeced many things TO pleece me and
some vich do not. Now, Eat seengular Gus
toom of eating gom. Eat ees ze most re-
markable. Eet ees not fair me to oon-
derstand. All re time zey bite, bite, bite,
chewing zis gom. So many, too!' And
Mr.. Hanfblum held up both hands and
arms like a pair of exclamation points.
"On Ze car from Boofalo to Neeackeraa
zair was a young Teddy seeting in front
of me ating Zis gom-wisout stop, link of
it! All re time! l ask: Vat ees zis Eat
re peeble all eating? l vas told / pair
chase some of re leedle etoff an put heem
in my mouse-Pa-ah! l shpat heem out.
Eet ees like medeecen and worse. And eet
ees so ogly. 1 wonder so much at zis
mees-erable habeet, and eet seemce to be
ze habeet dees steenkteef, nayceonalAees
eet zo?"
The impeachment was admitted with
grief
And ees zair no r-raymedee, no cure
for zees ter-raibIe sing? No? Eat ees sad"
The morning news., 1898-11-18
The Georgia Penitentiary.
From the Baltimore Sun (Dem.).

The total number of deaths during the
year among the hired convicts," says
Chairman Turner. has been ffty-one, of
which seven were accidental and violent.
leaving forty-four which occurred from
disease, indicating mortality from disease
of sixteen to the thousand. This death
rate is about the same as that Of many
years past, and as has been shown in
former reports from this department, is
smaller than tne rate of mortality in most
communities in this state. This death rate
demonstrates more thoroughly than any
other argument could that the convicts
in the Georgia pententiary are humanely
cared for, and the hygiene of the camps is
carefully and successfully guarded. When
this record is compared with that in some
of the army camps of the federal govern
ment during the recent war with Spain
the comparison is hattering 10 the state. -
II IS the latter sentence that will be most
likely to make the report of interest out
side of Georgia.
The morning news., 1898-11-18
Personal.

Col Van B. Wisker, now a resident of
sedalia, Mo, was during 1S57-5S English
instructor to Alphonso XII, father of the
present King of Spain. The Order of
Christiana was conferred on him by the
Queen in recognition of his services.
Mr.. Rodin, the French sculptor, has
paid a compliment to his critics With a
few exceptions the opinions expressed up
on his great statue of Balzac were hostile
Now Mr.. Rodin has placed cloth over
the statue and this he will not, he says,
remove until year has passed. At the
end of that time he intends to examine his
work again with an open mind
Nearly everything done in the South
African mining region in the last ten years
has been accomplished by Americans with
the backing of British capital. Gardner
F. Williams, general manager of the De
Beers Diamond Mining Company, is a
Michigan man and has 100000 salary
Hamilton Smith John Hammond, Charles
Butler, Capt. Mein and John Weber are all
Californians, and each is in charge of a
large concern at a great salary.
THE ceremony of .ordaining Edward r.
Evans, cousin of Fighting Bob" as the
pastor of a Congregational Church in Dam
bury, Conn, got as far as crowding the
| church with spectators to witness the rite
before ii was decided that the candidates $
| Views were not sufficiently orthodox Mr.
Evans, who is a graduate of the Yale d.
vinity School, has preached several times
in the church he was to have taken charge
of and is quite popular with its congrega>
ton.
Maj S. B. Phinney, founder and editor
of the Barnstable, Mass, Patriot, is still
an active influence in the affairs of that
newspaper, though he is 80 years old. A
! lifelong Democrat, he cast his first vote
| for Andrew Jackson and began attending
the national conventions of his party in
1874 He remembers the laying of the
foundation stone of Bunker Hill monus
ment, of which historic event he was a
witness. In public affairs affecting the re-
gion where he resides he has been infiu-
entail for three-quarters of a century.
The morning news., 1898-11-18

Senator Jones, chairman of the Demo-
cratic National Committee. has ventured
to give Mr.. Croker the Tammany leader,
some advice Whether or not it will be
accepted Is a question which time alone
can answer few days ago Mr.. Croker
said in Chicago that the silver issue was
a dead issue. On Tuesday, in New York,
Senator Jones was asked what he thought
OF Mr.. Croker's opinion respecting silver.
In answer he said: "Mr. Croker is sadly
mistaken. If he aspires to taking any
conspicuous position ip Democratic ma
tional politics, he had better commence
studying the situation and get into line.
Every man who knows the conditions Of
business and of political feeling knows
that the silver issue is the live issue of
the day. It viii be the foremost issue in
1907
Mr.. Croker is regarded as very shrewd
politician. But 1t may be that he does
not understand the prevailing conditions
relative to business and politics as well
as Chairman Jones does. But we venture
the opinion that he would never have APP
pointed "Coin'' Harvey general manager
of the Democratic forces. There may be
some Democrats who think Mr.. Harvey
the right man to represent the Democratic
party on the silver question and TO coll
lect funds for a silver campaign, but they
are very far from being the majority.
The morning news., 1898-11-18
THE GLUE HOUSE DECISION

1t is now finally settled in this state
that no club has the right to sell drinks
on Sunday A decision TO that effect was
rendered by the Supreme Court on
Wednesday, in a test case taken up from
Augusta Clubs in which drinks are sold
on Sunday are in the eyes of the law
tippling houses, and are liable to be pros
ecuted for violating the law against sell
ing intoxicants on Sunday.
The decision will be upheld by public
sentiment. The saloon is the poor mans
club. He has just as much right TO have
his beer and whisky on Sunday as the
rich man. The rich man gets what he
wants to drink on Sunday at his club.
The poor man must get what he wants to
drink at the saloon, and depend on the
saloon man to violate the Sunday liquor
law by keeping his back door open.
One Of the strongest incentives the sa-
loon man has to violate the Sunday liquor
law is the fact that liquor is sold in the
clubs on Sunday. This decision puts the
saloon and the club on the same plane,
so far as selling intoxicants on Sunday is
concerned. If liquor selling in the clubs
on Sunday is stopped, it will be less diff
cult to compel the saloons to close their
doors on that day of the week.
The morning news., 1898-11-18
UNCLE SAM AND JOHN BULL.

! The world is somewhat surprised al the
many manifestations Of friendship be-
tween the United States aud Great Bri-
tain. They are cropping out ali the time.
! AT the Conservative Club in London on
/ Wednesday night Mr Chamberlain made
many friendly references to the United
/ States, all of which were vociferously
cheered. IN the course of his remarks he
/ said Il know a hundred reasons why
England and the United States should be
trends and none why they should be other
wise; and believe this has been the true
| feeling Of this country towards the United
States for many years. All misunder-
stasdings have been happily removed, and
the combination of the two English speak
Ing nations would fear no other alliance.
our Imagination must be fired when we
contemplate the possibility Of such a cor
dial understanding between the 700 600
people of the United States and our 50,
100000 Britons-an underst tanding that
would guarantee peace and revolutionize
the world
on Tuesday night, at the annual din
utI Ol iiS New i lOIh OudtlDeT Ol GOul-
merce, Lord Herschel, ex-chancellor of
England, the guest Of the evening. spoke
enthusiastically of the cordial feeling ex-
isting between England and the United
States. Among other things he spoke of
their future relations as "a determined un-
the forces of justice and humanity the
world over"
That England is particularly anxious to
have our friendship al this s-time there is
no doubt The Continental Powers ere
not over friendly to her, although she
claims that she has satisfactory relations
with Germany now. However, she would
rather have our friendship than that of
any two of the Continental Powers. The
war with Spain awakened her to the fact
that the United States are a great sea
power, and are going to be a stall greater
one in the near future. She saw enough
in that war to convince her that there Is
no other nation that is as great a Power
On the other hand there is belief in this
country that England prevented combi-
nation Of the Continental Powers to assist
Spain in her war with us The Russian
Ambassador recently denied that there
ever was a movement among the CONT
mental nations to aid Spain. Neverthe-
less che American people believe there
was, and they give England credit for
defeating it.
There are, therefore, substantial reasons
for the good feeling that exists between
the two countries. As far as we can now
see 1t is good thing for the world that
such a feeling exists. and it viii be a
good thing if it continues to exist.
The morning news., 1898-11-18

Contract bonds which go to the govern
ment along with bids are required to bear
revenue stamps the same as other official
papers. Some post route contractors have
recently tried to form combination by
which they could open each others bids.
select the lowest and send them in, and
suppress the others, in order 20 escape
the 50-cenis war tax on bonds. The de-
partment has notified such contractors
that they will not be permitted to thus
dodge the war tax. as their agreement
would be considered in violation of the
statute which forbids combinations by
bidders
The morning news., 1898-11-18
STILL DIVERSITY OF OPINION.


on Monday. to a correspondent of a New
York paper. Postmaster General Smith
said that "There was at the beginning a
great diversity OF opinion regarding the
ACQUISITION of outlying territory. The peo-
pie had not fully studied the problem
and considered that 1t was the assump-
ton of an unnecessary risk to undertake
10 govern mixed and dissimilar people be-
yond the seas"
Does Mr.. Smith think that the diversity
of opinion no longer exists? He does not
express an opinion on that point, but he
leaves the impression from what he says
that there is no longer feeling that
il would be unwise to take per
r1anent possession of the Philip
pines If that is the view he
has, It is not venturing too much to say
that he is mistaken. The first serious
trouble we have in respect to the Philip
pines will bring to the surface a very
strong sentiment that exists against max
ing the islands a permanent possession of
the United States. If Spain were to re-
fuse TO make a treaty because of our de-
mand for the Islands, and some one of
the European Powers should offer to lend
her a helping hand in her efforts to hold
on to them, the chances are that the ad-
ministration would be severely condemned
for insisting on having territory that
would be a burden to us and which would
make it necessary for us to become mixed
up in the question of the division of the
Chinese empire.
One thing that is helping to create
sentiment against the permanent possess
sion of the Philippines is the discomfort
of our soldiers there. They are very tired
of Manila. They want to get back to
their homes. They see nothing there that
interests them. The mails are burdened
with letters to their friends and relatives
to get them furloughs or leave of absence
or discharges from the army. They are
willing to accept anything to get away
from the Philippines. Naturally, the re-
cipients of these letters are asking what
we want of territory in which our voun-
teer soldiers find nothing attractive. The
administration will find before very long
that the diversity of opinion that existed
in the beginning as to the advisability of
holding the islands permanently has not
by any means disappeared. On the con-
trary 1t is steadily growing greater.
The morning news., 1898-11-18
The Kind Thnt Go TO Henven.

over on Capitol Hill there's a Sunday
School where young man know is su-
perintendent says the Washington Post.
He is an earnest, conscientious young
fellow, and disagreeabie as it may sound
in me 10 say il, he means we'll Sunday
before last he arose to give a little talk.
Dear children" said he, Il am very
glad to be with you this morning, and when
l look into your happy faces l am sure
that all of you rejoice with men in the
privilege of gathering together this morn
ing to sing our songs of praise and 10
listen to the lessons your dear teachers
but then you know what he said
You know what they always say-heaven
bless them for saying it, too Anyway
this particular superintendent said that
this beautiful Sabbath was "only a prom
Use Of the blissful hereafter, of the happy
land to which we all want to GO"
And what is the happy land?" he ask
ed. The small boys on the front seat kick
ed each other surreptitiSusly and vicious
ly, but nobody spoke till little Georgie
said, with a tone midway between a sniff
and gurgle:
Heaven"
"Ah. that's it! that's itr said the su-
perintendent. Little George knew il. 1t
is heaven. Ard we all want to go there
And now, children, can you tell me what
kind of little boys go there?"
George was emboldened by praise. His
head was dizzy wit success. He rose in
his place.
Dead ones" he bawled.
The morning news., 1898-11-18
COMMISSIONS AND Committees

We have not yet Begin to see the end CT
commissions and investigating committees
relative to matters growing out of the war
with Spain, if there is any truth in the
published forecast of the Presidents mes
sage. 1t is said not to be the Presidents
purpose to make any Recommendations in
his forthcoming message respecting the
government of any of the territories ac-
quired from Spain. He will assume that
Congress will want to investigate the con-
dition of these territories for itself, before
legislating for them. II is expected there
fore that congressional committees will be
sent to Cuba. Porto Rico and the Philip
pines soon after Congress meets, and that
Congress will base its legislation on the
reports of these committees.
In the meantime the President will gov
ern the territories by means of the mill
tary forces. Army officers will discharge
civil as well as military duties. The Presi-
dent, being the head of the army can do
pretty much as he pleases in administe Ter
ing the affairs of the Islands. When Con-
gress has decided upon the kind of govern
ment the islands shall have the civil gov
ernment will take the place of military
government.
1t is stated that il is the Presidents pur-
pose to gradually form Cuban army. AT
first there will be one battalion of Cuban
! soldiers to two battalions of American SOL
ders. After a time this proportion will be
reversed, so that there will be two Cuban
battalions to one American When the Gu
bans are ready to take charge Of their own
government the American soldiers will be
Withdrawn altogether.
This plan for governing the islands is a
very Interesting one, and in theory
seems very fine but how win it be
in practice? 1t is safe to assume that there
will be a good many rough places en-
countered before il is fully carried out In
Manila, particularly. a great many difficul-
ties are certain to be met with The
natives there are not going to be easy to
deal with There viii be plenty of fighting
to do, if there is anything in present .ndi-
cations. before there will be much oppor-
tunity for civil administration.
WIN there be a scramble for places on
the committee that is TO so TO the Philip
pines? That Will be a longer junketing trip
| than congressional committees are accus-
toned to, and as the Philippine climate is
/ not noted for its healthfulness, places on
the committee are not likely to be eagerly
sought after. Sull there are always ad-
yenturous spirits in Congress and a com
] mittee may be Secured without a great
| Geal of trouble
The morning news., 1898-11-18
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Meetngs-Landrum Lodge, No As, F. &
"A. M; Savannah Tribe. No. 4, l. o. r.
NJ.
Special Notces-Ship Notice, Georgia
Export and Import Company; Irish Pota-
toes From Canada, A. NJ. & c. w West;
Military Outfits, Falk Clothing Company
State and County Taxes, 1898; Notice 10 the
Young People of the First Baptist Church.
Business Notices-E. & w. Laundry.
Amusements-The Baldwin Melville Com
pany, Matinee To-day at p m, and To-
night at p. M; Wilbur Opera Company,
Nov. 21.
Attention, Seventh Army Corps-Palmer
Hardware Company.
Square Shoe Facts-Byck Bros.
Steamship Schedule-Ocean Steamship
Company; Merchants and Miners Trans
portation Company.
Legal Notices-Thomas Davis VS.. Oreha
Davis, Libel for Total Divorce; Notices to
Debtors and Creditors Estate Richard d.
Guerard, Deceased, and Sarah Powers, De-
ceased.
Auction Sale-Steamer Pile Driver, by /.
d. LaRoche. Auctioneer.
Doyouknowbrown-M. S. Brown.
Medical-Duffy's Pure Malt Whisky;
Warmers Safe Cure; Cuucura Remedies
Johann Hoff's Genuine Malt Extract;
Hoods Pills; Ayers Hair Vigor; Alligator
Liniment.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Help
Wanted. FmDlovment Wanted. For Rent.
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news., 1898-11-18

So FAR as the information goes, every
member of the Georgia delegation in Con-
gress. senator's and representatives.. is op-
posed to the policy of territorial expansion
IN the Far East The Governor is opposed
TO it, and with one exception the leading
newspapers are opposed to 1t. There are
reasons for thinking that the legislature is
practically unit on the same line. Ceor-
gia ciings to the time-tried principles
which animated the founders Of The re-
public.
The morning news., 1898-11-18

A Macon poet sings: IF we could have
for mayor Daisy Price always" etc
Well. why not have him. always and a
day? Is not thing of beauty joy for
ever? And since nobody viii dispute the
first part of The proposition as applying
TO Mayor Price, there seems to be no good
reason why he should not be enjoyed per-
petuaily. One great advantage Macon
would have with Mayor Price as fixture
would be that whenever il appeared that
the town was about to go dry, he could
go out and hang up a snake.
The morning news., 1898-11-18

Col. Robert G. lngersoll finds himself in
rather an unusual position. He has been
retained by Mrs. Robertson of Boston TO
try and break the viii of the late DR..
Robertson, the woman's husband. IL
transp.res that Col Ingersoll is a benef-
ciary of the very will which he has been
retained to attack in the courts. How
ever, lngerson win be a winner in any
event. If the will should be sustained he
would get his bequest, while if ii should
be broken he would get his fee.
The morning news., 1898-11-18
The MORNING NEWS is punished

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Subscriptions payable in advance Re
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Transient advertisements. other than
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The morning news., 1898-11-18

Gen. Flagler recommends that facilities
for making 2.5Oo rifles and carbines per
day be installed in the government plants
In Springfield, Mass, in order that the
government may be ready to meet any
demands which the army may make for
small arms in the future. At present
Springfield is the only place at which the
United States magazine rifle is made. But
why should the government place all of
its eggs In one basket, and that basket
be set away up in the northeastern cor
ner Of the country? In short. why should
not the government establish a rihe-mak-
ing Plant in the South and thus provide
two points of manufacture and distribu-
ton? For some time the bulk OF the army
will be in the South, and henceforth
considerable proportion of it will be on
this side of Washington. Why should
raw materials be sent to New England
to be returned 10 the South as manufac
tured products? There is hardly ques-
tion but that the rifles could be manu-
featured in Alabama or Georgia cheaper
than in Springfield; and the distribution
over very large area could be more ex-
peditiously made from a Southern point
than from the Northern.
The morning news., 1898-11-18

Il must be poor Jerseyman who can
not afford wife Wives are sometimes
bought and sold cheap and on the install
ment plan in Newark, in that state The
other day a volunteer soldier, who was
smitten with the charms of the young wife
Of friend Of his, asked the friend if there
was not some way by which he could ac-
quire title to her. The friend thought
there was. He would be willing TO relln-
qu.sh his claims for s.. he said. The wo-
man agreed. The soldier, however had
not so much money The best he could
do was to plank down 81 cash. agreeing
to pay the balance in four equal install
ments The soldier and the bargain wife
were married. The authorities, however.
are looking into the affair."
The morning news., 1898-11-18
Dingley,s Failure.
From the Chicago Record qnd.).

What Senator Hanna suggests in the
way of retaining internal taxes, or some
thing very similar, is what will have to be
done to secure necessary revenue. The
war revenue law, meant to be only tenn
porary measure, cannot be repealed in its
entirety The admission of this by Sen
ator Hanna is virtually an admission of
the failure of Dingleyism. Possibly the
foreigner has grown weary of paying the
The morning news., 1898-11-18

They haven't in the Philippines any tree
which grows fiapjacks and 'lasses, but ac-
cording to Dr'Aylma Hood, who has lived
there, they have a tree there which is
really more fruitful of good things From
the eocoanut tree" says Dr. Hood the
native gets his food, wine, oil, vinegar
fuel, ropes, fishing lines and clothes A
properly planted grove will yield 500 an
acre every year"
The morning news., 1898-11-18
The NulliGcation Governor.
From the Philadelphia Press (Rep).

Gov. Tanner of Illinois will not escape
his share of responsibility for the whole
1t has taken place since Tanner defied the
constitution and laws of the United States
by lncting murderous attack on coiored
men in Illinois, and refusing them the pro-
teciiOn he had sworn TO give all citizens.
Tanner Is worse than any Southern Gov
ernor In that respect.