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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-14
4 Letter Hard 90 Read.

Not long ago a Cleveland man received
Dealer. 1t reached him in the afternoon,
and when he glanced it over he found that
he couldn't make head or tail TO it, 1t
was only brief little note on a slip of
paper but it held that mans close atten-
ton for an hour or more.
We'll, by George"' he said, this beats
me| II certainly did, for when II was
time to go home he was still studying
on il.
He thrust the puzzler in his pocket and
sought the homeward-bo bound motor. Right
after dinner he took the letter out and
went to work on il again. Pretty soon his
wife wanted to know what he was doing.
Don't bother me-" he said, shortly.
But she insisted, and finally he showed
her the note. She looked it over with
many Dear dears" and well, wells, -
and finally she looked up and added;
''Why don't you take it over 10 Mr.. Jim
merson. the druggist? They say he can
read anything"
So the man Of the house put on his hat
and overcoat and stepped around the cor
ner, where the red and green lights glared
behind the big windows.
Hello, Jinn erson!' he cried, "can you
make this out?"
And he handed him the lawyers note.
The druggist took it and glanced it over.
Then he went little closer TO the nearest
gas burner and looked at il again. After a
close scrutiny he marched TO the rear OF
the store and disappeared behind a parti-
ton. The man who was thirsting for in
formation wondered at. this a little, but he
somehow connected the druggists disap-
pearance with a possible desire TO use a
magnifyng glass. Presently the druggist
came back again. He had good-szed bot
tie in his hand.
There you are" he said.
whats this?" inquired the other man.
Why your tonic" said the druggist.
"Who said anything about tonic?"
why you handed me the prescription
The prescriptions"
Yes, here il is"
What" roared the other man. did
you think that was a prescription. It's a
letter from my lawyer
And he went out into the night, roaring
with delight, and thoroughly convinced
that the joke was very much on the doc
tors.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-14

1t has been determined that there shall
be a special issue of postage stamps com
memorative of the Omaha Exposition. our
Washington dispatches of yesterday gave
a list of the subjects to be engraved upon
the stamps. A glance at the list shows
that each stamp is to contain an elaborate
picture embodying a lot of detail. The
Wanamaker Columbian postage STAMP
freaks may be recalled. Elaborate prem
arations were made for that picture gal
lery, and the result was a number of
chromos which were laughed at by artists
1t would seem that the people at Washing
ton are running almost too much to chro-
mo-making. 1t has not been great while
since they tried to make a picture gallery
on our paper money, with such unsatisfac-
tory results that certain new issues of
silver certificates ere to be replaced with
other bills with less gingerbread" work
on them
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-14
Pensions for Daughters.

The bills providing a pension of 800 a
month for each of Gen. Meade's two daugh-
tiers has been held up in the Senate for the
reason no doubt that there is a great out
cry against further increasing the pension
burden. Pensions are claimed for the
daughters of Gen. Meade on the ground
that he rendered great service 20 the IN
ion cause at Gettysburg
If, however, Gen. Meades daughters
should be given a pension Of 800 a month
each, would not a precedent be made for
giving pensions to the daughters of other
Union officers who rendered good service
on that and other battlehelds? The
daughters of even private soldiers who did
their duty faithfully would have ground
for making a claim for pensions. They
would not, of course, ask for as large
pension as has been asked for the daught-
ers of Gen. Meade, but they would have
a precedent for asking for something.
The granting of pensions to Gen. Meade
daughters would be an entering wedge
opening the way for a new class of PEN
sioners. Let the giving of pensions to
daughters be once begun, and the pension
burden would grow far beyond its present
proportions. 1t would take the entire re-
sources of the government to pay pen
sions. Indeed, it is doubtful if the present
revenues would be sufficient for that pur-
pose.
This claim for pensions for Gen. Meade's
daughters shows to what extent public
sentiment in respect to pensions has been
demoralized. Ten years ago nobody would
have thought of giving pensions to the
children of person who had rendered the
country notable services. Now, however
not only is such thing thought of, but
bills are actually pending in Congress for
that purpose.
The time has come for cutting down the
pension roll, not for increasing it. The
National Treasury cannot stand any more
such reckless pension legislation as that
which has saddled upon the people PEN
sion charge of 100000 year.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-14
PERSONAL.

-Munkacsy, the great artist, whose life
has several times been despaired of during
his long illness, usually lies in dazed
condition, but recently, for the first time in
some years, he recognized his wife and
spoke quite nationally of his future pros
poets and work.
Wisconsin papers say that Rev. o. p.
Christian of Milwaukee, who married the
clipping daughter of ex-AIinister Robert T.
Lincoln to w. w. Beckwith, is finding him
self in great demand as a tier of matrimo-
NAL knots, couples going even long dis
tances to be married by the man who
married Abraham Lincolns granddaugh-
ter"
"A young college athlete at Richmond
Hill, L. l., saved~two lives the other day
by making a leap of six feet through the
air and striking with his shoulder man
and woman, who stood on the edge of a
railroad track with a train almost on them.
The shock threw them TO the ground just
over the edge of the track and barely in
time.
The Dean and Chapter of Canterbury
England, has just superannuated DR..
William Henry Longhurst, the organist of
Canterbury Cathedral, at the full amount
of his yearly salary with permission to
continue the use of his residence in the
precincts. DR.. Longhurst has been asso-
ciated with the cathedral for an uninter-
rupted period of seventy years, having en-
tered as chorister at the age of g.
Congressman Acheson of Pennsylvania
has introduced bill granting pension to
Pat Bane, known as the Green county
giant" Dane stands feet inches in
his stockings and is a veteran of the civil
war His ailment is rheumatism, and the
ground on which he asks a pension is that
because of his great size there were no
uniforms in the service large enough to
properly clothe him. From the conse-
quent exposure he says he contracted his
present rheuma tism.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-14

Two notable sketches by Mrs. Emily
Crawford appeared recently in London
Truth They were of two Americans OF
great wealth who lived and died in Paris.
One was DR.. Thomas w. Evans, a dem
list, who accumulated great fortune in
the French capital and who was an in
innate friend of Napoleon III. The other
was Mrs. Josephine Mellen Aver, whose
husband, the patent medicine man, left
her a fortune of $15,0O0,OOO.
DR.. Evans left most of his fortune to
found museum in Philadelphia, the city
of his birth, and to erect a monument
to himself He had been fattered so much
during his life on account of his great
wealth that he thought himself to be n
much greater man than he was. He gave
fine entertainments and, therefore, did not
want for friends. But when he died there
were only secretaries and servants in his
house and very little attention was paid
to his remains. They were thrust into
a vault somewhere to await the opening
of his will, which was regarded as of
much more consequence than the dead
man.
MIS- aver was literally overwhelmed Dy
the attentions of friends during her resi-
dence i'm Paris. Princes and potentates,
the great and the honored were her
guests. Her friends, however, were fair
weather friends. Those friends hung
about her for what they could make out
of her. Mrs. Crawford says: "They
fought over her like dogs over a bone,
and when there was no longer room to
hope for line in her will or further fes-
tivity at her expense, there was general
desertion. She was so neglected at the
end that although she died at o'clock In
the morning, her death was unknown I'M
ill o'clock in the afternoon"
And yet the poor old lady seems to have
thought she was getting the best there
was in life. Both she and Dr. Evans
were fattered in life and forgotten al
most as soon as dead. Great wealth has
| its drawbacks. 1t does not always insure
! happiness. In fact ii never does unless
rightly used.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-14
BRIGHT BIT s.

Little Ikey-Vat ish a mark of respect,
fader?
Z Old sv1ndIebaunl-Der dollar-mark,
imein sohn.-Puck
Your son is an actor, you say, Mr.
Maginnis?'
Faith, he is"
"And what role does he play?"
Rolls, is it? Faith. he rolls up the cur
tain. Tit Bits.
-Wallace-You are positively the most
impudent and the greatest beggar ever
met.
Wayworn WatsonLWell, that ort to be
worth nickel, anyhow.-Indianapo
Journal.
The Butler-IIand hevery night at the
hour of midnight the ghost happears, and
groans, and wrngs its hands.
Tourist-Ah. must have died in the Gu
cunber season i-Tft-Bits.
"A Revision.-The Rev. Saintly-Ah,
well, the paths of glory, you know, lead
but to the grave.
Rising observation-disclosures The paths
of glory lead to the lecture platform
Chicago News.
--Reassuring Her-'T get so down-heart-
ed sometime doctor, that I am almost on
the point of despairing of being cured by
medicines at all and going to the faith
healers."
'Humbug my dear madam Transpa-
rent humbug. Here is something that will
do you more good than all the faith doc
tors in the world can do you" And he
gave her bread pill-Chicago Tribune.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-14
An In to Date Port.

A noteworthy incident of the current
commercial year was the clearance yes
terday of the British steamship RAMA,
for Europe, with 1920 bales of cotton, the
largest cargo of the kind ever shipped
out of a North or South Atlantic port.
Notwithstanding the price of the staple
is very low, the value of the RAMA s
cargo is considerably more than half a
million dollars. An interesting detail of
the loading was the fact that the average
weight for the cargo was SO bales to the
ton. This shipment illustrates how com
merce is handled in the up-to-date port
of Savannah
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-14
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Meetings-Subscribers to the Merchants
Association; Palestine Commandery, No.
2, K. T.
Special Notices-Jaruary Clearing Sale,
Falk Clothing Company; Ship Notice,
Strachan & Co., Consignees; A Regular
Smash-up in Prices. Savannah Carriage
and Wagon Company.
Business Notices-Le Panto Cigars;
Duffy's Malt Whiskey.
Coal Coke, Wood-C. H. Dixon & Co.
January Clearing Sale-Falk Clothing
Company.
Sale of Trousers This Week-B. H. Levy
& Bro
Steamship Observation-Disclosures Steam
ship Company
Legal Notices-Citation From the Clerk
of the Court of Ordinary of Chatham
County; Application for Exemption of
Personally, by A. F. Flint.
Cottolene-M. K. Fairbanks Company.
Medical-Munyons Remedies; Warner S
Safe Cure; S. S. s.; Hoods Pills; SCOTS
Emulsion; Cuticura Remedies; Castoria;
Baco-Curo.
Cheap Column Advertsements-Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-14
SAVANNAH TO BOSTON DIRECT
MERCHANTS AND MINERS'
TRANSPORTATION co.
RATES OF PASSAGE.

TO NEW YORK-Steamer and rail-.
Cabin, limited 4 days, 1880. Cabin nm
limited, 5000. Excursion. ,imited 9
months, $S2. Second class. limited 4 DAYS
$14.75. '7'
TO -Steamer-Cabin. limited q
days, S22 Excursion, limited months. S9S
Second class, limited days, ST.
TO WESTINGHOUSE and rail-
Cabin, unlimited $500. Second class.
limited 5 days, $11.2O.
TO PHILADELPHIA-St and rail
Cabin, unlimited, $3.50. Excursion. lin
tied 6 months, 5000. Second class, limi-
ted 4 days, $3.50
TO PHILADELPHIA teamer-Cabln.
unlimited, S17. Second class, limited i
days, 81. so.
TO BALTIMORE-Cab limit 8 DAYS.
SIS. Excursion, limited months, s25. In.
termediate, limit 8 days, $3.50. Interme-
date, excursion, limited months 500
Storage, limit days So
The steamships of this company are ap.
pointed to sail from Savannah to Baltl-
more as follows STANDARD time):
.ITAsCA. Capt. James. SATURDAY, Jan.
IS, at 900 p. m.
ESSEX, Capt Billups. WEDNESDAY,
Jan. 49, at 300 p. m.
D. H. MILLER, Capt. Kirwan. SATUR-
DAY, Jan. p, at 6 p. m.
And from Baltimore every TUESDAY
and FRIDAY.
j.. ]. CARoLAN, Agent,
Savannah, Ca,
W. F. TURNER, &C. P. A
A. D. STEBBINS, A. T. N.
J. c. WHITNEY, Traffic Manager.
General Offices, Baltimore. Md.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-14

From the Plttsburg Dispatch (Rep

The Hawaiian annexation jobbers have
won a point in their fight without even
the formality of a test vote. This is in
having all debates upon the treaty in Sc
cret session. Secrecy and darkness are
the favorite conditions for those who plot
against the public welfare whether in high
political station or in the alleyways of
the slums. There is no good reason why
the debates upon this subject should not
have been conducted in the broadcast light
Of publicity and the very desire to hide it
is fresh condemnation of the scheme. 1t
has been so long before the public that
every citizen is familiar with the facts.
pro and con. Why. then, secrecy? 1t
can only be because of an intention to do
something which the annexationists have
reason TO believe would bring forth pop
ular denunciation if known.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-14
-John Loughborough Pearson. whn dle

John Loughborough Pearson, who died
the other day, was the most eminent &C.
clesiastical architect in England. His
great work was the erection of the catbe-
dral at Truro, the only cathedral built in
England in the century, but st. Angus
tines Kilburn, one of the handsomest
churches in London, is almost equal to II.
He was the consulting architect of Lincoln
Cathedral of Westminster Abbey, of Pc
terborough, Rochester Bristol and Exeter
Cathedrals, of ST. Georges Chapel, Wind
sor, and of more than one colonial catbe-
dral. The new building Of the UNIVERSE
ty library al Cambridge and those on the
west side of Westminster Abbey were
also built from his plans.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-14

AS soon as Mrs Griffith got her mind
settled, Hanna was elected. She is the
woman who elected Hanna, thereby estab-
fishing herself in contrast with Mrs. Lease
the woman who defeated ingalls,. This
Griffith business, by the way was one of
the most freakish manifestations in the
Ohio senatorial campaign. One day the
woman would line her husband up in the
Hanna columns to be counted and the
next day she would yank him out of it,
with the explanation that Hanna had in
suited her and she would have her hus-
band vote against him for punishment.
She was the weathercock, or rather the
weather hen, of the general assembly.
and kept everybody guessing The heelers
chased after her from hotel to hotel. and
sat up with her nights in efforts to prevent
changes of opinion during her drea m
hours. However, that did not prevent
changes Finally, however, she Topped to
Hanna, the man who had insulted her. and
the ballot clinched her husbands vote
During the very remarkable proceedings
Griffith himself does not seem to have
amounted to anything more than an au-
tomaton to obey the wishes of the woman
Mrs. Griffith is now equipped to go on the
stage, or the lecture platform, or to en-
ter politics on her own hook
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-14

Young Mr.. Harry Payne Whitney Of
New York. son of former Secretary of the
Navy Whitney, is coming to the front
rapidly. He recently married an heiress
worth millions of dollars, and entered poll
by the new Tammany regime, and it Is
reported that he has become the owner of
one of~the finest stud farms in the coun-
try. Young Mr.. Letter of Chicago will
have to look to his laurels as the youth
full genius, or Mr. Whitney may take
them from him.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-14

A New York letter to the Pittsburg Dis
patch contains the information that Bet
tina Girard, for long time believed to
be at the point of death in a New York
hospital, lis once more in the line" the
correspondent having. seen her walking
up Broadway with a light, kpringy step
and bright eye" Her friends believe -
continues the correspondent, that she
has prohted by past experiences and will
journey TO the end a sadder but a wiser
woman"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-14

The first japanese warship being built in
the United States will be launched next
week at Philadelphia. There will be no
controversy with regard TO christening
this ship, as the daughter of the Secre-
tary Of the Navy has been selected by the
builders. The christening win be unique
ceremony. There will be no cracking Of a
bottle of wine or other liquor over the
prov, but instead a white dove will be
liberated by Miss Long as the vessel slides
from the ways into the water II strikes
the western mind as something of an in
congruity that a white dove-an emblem
Of peace-should be employed at the
launching of monster of war; but then
the japanese have many customs which
seem queer to US.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-14

It is to be regretted that the members
of the City Council cannot get together
aud pass bill providing for the paving
of Bull street from the Park Extension
to the city limits. The Improvement of
the street is badly needed. 1t is in a dis
reputable condition now. as it has been
for some time. The people who are com
PEELED to use the street do not care any
thing about the personal differences of
members of Council; they desire to have a
passable street provided for them. Per-
sonal prejudices and fractional differences
should be laid aside in matters of this
kind
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-14

The President just had to have place
for Charles Page Bryan. Mr.. Bryan did
good work for Maj. Mckinley in Illinois
during the campaign, and Maj. Mckinley
was determined that he should be reward
ed with a fat job. AS Senator Quay says.
the President did not cease to be a poll
tician when he entered the executive Of
fee. Mr.. Bryan's lack Of diplomatic abll-
ity may be less noticed in Rio de Janeiro
than il would have been in Pekin.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-14

The Hon. Romulus Il. Linney, RepubM-
can congressman. from the Eighth district
OF North Carolina, has been heard from.
He is evidently very candid gentleman.
He Is quoted in Raleigh paper as say
ing: "All b., and that includes fusion.
cannot carry the state next time against
the Democrats. unless something is done
about the civil service business" Il is
the opinion Of the Hon. Romulus 2. Lin
ney that the Republicans must have the
Offices with which to buy votes, or the
state viii be lost to their party There
are many Republicans In Congress who
think just about as the North Carolinian
does but the most Of them are afraid to
be soAoutspoken.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-14

Pearl buttons are being made out of
clam shells at Dubuque, Ia. The Rome
Tribune directs attention TO the fact chat
buttons Of much finer quality could be
made from the mussul shells in the various
rivers OF Georgia. The fact Is that there
are a thousand and one varieties of raw
material in Georgia which could be man
ufactured into valuable commodities; but
it would seem that our people prefer to
let other sections of the country supply
them with manufactured products and
reap the profits of the manufacturing.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-14
Georgia Has the Raw Material.
From Columbus (Ga0 Enquirer-Sun (Dem.

Nearly all foreign countries are to-day
sending to Pittsburg for aluminus; and
Pittsburg is sending to Georgia and Ala
bama for the beauxite ores from which
aluminium is extracted. Georgia and Ala
bama should reduce their own ores and
foreign nations should send to them for
aluminium.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-14

Guns planted upon Hawaii" said Sen
ator Davis in his speech on Wednesday,
would be pointed directly at the mouth
of the (Nicaragua) canal" The interVen-
ing space between the guns and the mouth
of the canal would be hundreds and hun
dreds of miles; but then space and time
do not count for anything in the Senate
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-14

A Columbus dispatch says: Mark
Hanna appears six inches taller than dur
ing the presidential campaign" There is
a plausible explanation which might be
offered, were it not for the fact that the
photographers have so persistently pulled
the, leg of the joke ever since the begin
ming of the Ohio camnaign
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-14
FactionaIism VIII BE Punished.
From the Athens (Ga.) Banner Dem.)

The interest of the people and the bene-
faction of government wisely and success
fully administered are paramount to all
partisan purposes, fractional prejudices or
disappointed ambitions, and when these
matters are made to interfere with the
higher interests of the people the day of
righteous reckoning and rebuke will surely
come.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-14
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-14

Legislatures will be in regular or extra
session this winter in thirteen states The
number is unlucky, for the people of the
states
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-14

The City Council made no mistake in
electing DR.. Duncan to fill the aldermanic
vacancy. He is a good man in the right
place
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-14
THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY JANUARY IA 1885,

A publication in the New York Journal
says the forthcoming annual report of the
New York Chamber of Commerce Will
show that the foreign commerce of that
port fen OFF last year .OH as compar-
ed with the business of the year preced-
ing and that while New York was losing
this amount, other ports of the United
States were gaining more than $135. O00. 600
in foreign commerce. There was time
when the New Workers thought they had
the only American port. but they are get
ting out of that notion now. They are
learning that there are Others" One ev-
idence of this change is to be seen in the
efforts to induce the British Board of
Trade to abolish the winter load time.