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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-26
An oId-Time Kansas Tale.

The announcement that ex-Judge Steve
Osborn, of Salina, viii become a candi-
date for speaker of the Kansas House is
remiudful of a story Steve used to tell
on himself says the Kansas City Journal
In the early days of Western Kansas he
was a poor, but industrious young man.
striving to practice law at the little town
of Ness City. About all the practice there
was to DO was before the United States
law office, at Wakeeney, and whenever
Steve had a case in that tribunal his pow
erty compelled him to cross the forty
miles intervening between the towns on
foot one snowy night In late November
he found himself lost from the road, but
before darkness came entirely he found
his way TO a. ranchman's house where he
was cordially welcomed for the night. The
remainder of the story, in Judge Osborn's
words, goes as follows:
THE house was one of a familiar plains
type, being a big, one room affair, built
out of sod. At one end was fireplace,
which served alike for giving warmth and
cooking, and included in the rest of the
furniture was one solitary bedstead. In
asmuch as the family consisted Of the man
and wife and six small children, I soon
commenced to wonder where they all slept
and what manner of provision could be
made for myself the guest.
after the chores had been done and the
ranchman had made his stock safe for the
night, we all sat down TO a good ranch
supper, or, rather, the ranchman and
did, for there were but two chairs in the
house and the wife and children stood Up
to take their food. After supper we men
drew up TO the fireplace and smoked our
pipes while the woman cleared up the
supper dishes. The evening passed pleas
md oh O 7 chs he
woman prepare three of the, children for
bed after which she tucked them into tfe
only bedstead in the house. They went
off 10 sleep presently, and then the wo-
man carefully removed them from the bed
and sat them up against the wall close
to the fireplace, after which she put Il e
three remaining children to bed in the
same manner. l began to catch on TO the
game by this time, and it tickled me ma 4
to death. BY and by the last three chill
Gren went off TO the land of Nod, and they
TOO, were carefully removed to a place
along the wall. Then, turning to me, tie
good people told me l was to occupy the
bed for the night, and that 1t was ready
for me whenever I saw fiji to turn in.
Naturally, 1 protested against taking
the only bed in the house, and declared
that I could sit in a chair and sleep as
well as not, but no amount of protest
could move these hospitable people, and at
last l reluctantly turned in, leaving my
host and hostess nodding by the open fire.
never slept sounder in my life. ] had
been made dead tired by the long walk of
the day before, and the soft bed was very
seductive. | did not wake until day was
breaking, and then L encountered the most
astonishing thing 1 eyer met with in my
life"
What was it?" chorused the boys, who
had been listening to Steve's enhancing
story.
Il found the man and woman in bed and
1 was sitting with the kids along the
wall"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-26
POISONED BY MISTAKE.

In a North Georgia home the other day
there was deep grief, made more poignant
because il had been occasioned by a gross
blunder. child was slightly i'll during
the night It's mother got out of bed, felt
around in the dark, got a medicine bottle
and gave the little one a dose. 1t was the
wrong bottle" 1t contained poison. In
a few hours the child was dead.
The incident, however, is not an excep-
tional one Many of the same sort occur
every year. Through observation-disclosures or
carelessness, or for some other reason, but
rot Intentionally, persons get hold of the
wrong bottle" or box as the case may
be: and there is another life sacrificed
There has been a good deal of discussion
as TO the best means of providing against
such accidents, but nothing has come
from them. About a year ago, in New
York after just such a sad occurrence as
the one noted above, there was a PROPOSE
ton TO pass legislation providing that pois-
ons should be kept only in certain kinds
of bottles, of peculiar formation-with
spines or corrugations, or something of
the sort, upon them, so that one could not
touch poison bottle without being made
aware of its contents through The sense
of touch. But not even that expedTent
would serve TO restrain careless or
thoughtless persons in their homes. The
person who would give arsenic for quinine
or laudanum for squills; who would grope
about in dark closet and pour out a
draught from an unseen medicine bottle
and swallow it, or give it to another
would probably not be deferred by the fact
that the bottle was of a peculiar shape
Such persons may be said to belong to
the category of those who didn't know 1t
was loaded" and since there will probably
be such as long as human nature remains
unchanged, there seems little probability
Of ever aboiishing poisoning by mistake
All that can be done is to keep cautioning
such persons against themselves.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-26
,rhe Marin Teresn.

From the Philadelphia Times.
Built by the proud Castilian, launched in
her fulsome pride,
Steel from her keel to her main truck;
hailed as the oceans bride,
Tenderly watched in her building, but
built with the sweat-wrung gold
OF a race that as past redemption. Her
fate was the fate of old
Part of their ill-starred squadron, she few
their Adm rails flag;
Nailed fast at her straining taffrail was
their yellow and blood-red rag,
Proudly she steamed that morning, she
fell-'twas her country's death
Mid the shrieks of the shells and shrapnel
and the lannon's fiery breath.
Raised by her foes, she f1oated, patched
were her shell-torn sides;
Once more she breathed in her boilers,
again was she kissed by the tides.
She groaned as they turned her north
ward; she shrieked as they threw on
coal;
And she prayed to the God of Oceans, for
the freedom of her soul.
Hearing, he gave her answer, and she
trembled in his grasp;
His winds and his waves beat DER her,
but she gloried in their clasp
And the little men aboard her grew cold
as they saw the sea,
With mis- long green arms enfold her, his
glorious bride to be-
She whipped through the swrling break
ers in the throes of her sought-for
death;
With his foam tossed face against her and
his breath upon her breath.
Buffeted. sore and aweary, she rose to her
final leap,
With her prayer to the sea gods answered,
she sank to her Wakeless sleep.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-26
BRIGHT BITS.

First New Yorker-Did you note any
world and the new when you were abroad?
Second New Yorker--Well, Jerusalem
and Ireland looked familiar.-Life.
Feminine -Hattie-Would
you call Nell a beauty?
Ella-Well, that depends.
Hattie-Depends on what?
Ella-Whether 1 was conversing with
her or some one else.-Chicago News
Father did you hear what the man in
the pulpit said?"
what did he say?"
he mean us?"
ooh, no! It is only his way of saying
he is all right'-Boston Life.
His Point of View-Papa, it speaks
here of a burst of confidence. What does
it meant"
Failure of trusted bank growled the
old gentleman. who had just been hit by
that sort of a calamity.-Detroit Free
Press.
A schoolmaster had been giving a les
son on physical force.
Boys" said he, "can any one of you
tell me what force it is that moves people
along-for example, in the street,"
please, sir" replied the first boy, its
the police force1-Tit-Bits.
Better than Law-Housekeepe (excit-
edly)--I am in a terrible way about a ser
want girl 1 can't get rad of. 1 have dis
charged her. but she won't go. She is a
perfect giantess, and has most horrible
1vrt.11
do?
Great Lawyer (calmly)-Keep the kero-
sene can full and the wood wet.-New
York Weekly.
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coLLrGr MEN III nrsINEss.


1t is the custom of Yale to watch the
careers of its graduates. This custom mas
been followed from practically the begin
ming Of the college. II is probably not
amiss TO take Yale as a representative
institution and its graduates as represent
ing the average Of American college men,
in their ambitions and achievements. The
influences which operate 10 direct Yale
men into certain channels after the com
petion of Their college courses operate
also to direct the graduates Of other col
leges into the same channels. Taking
such general view Of the matter there
fore, some statistics recently made public
by Yale present some interesting facts re-
specting the life pursuits of college gradu-
ates.
One hundred years ago more graduates
adopted the ministry of the gospel as
career than any other calling. The pro
portion was little more than one-thiri
of the total number Of graduates. The law
followed next in order, but taking con-
siderably smaller number of men. Gradu-
ally the law gained on the church, until
il took first place. about 1878 per cent. of
the graduates becoming lawyers. The
standing OF these two professions remained
about the same until within the last ten
or fifteen years, when the law slightly
increased It's dead. From ten years ago
up to the present time, however, com
merce has been forging TO the front, and
at the present time it appears chat more
graduates engage in commercial pursuits
than in either the law or the ministry.
One-third of the men who now come from
college go into business, considerably
smaller number go into the law, and very
much smaller number become preachers.
The conditions have been reversed in
100 years. Then the law and the church
were regarded as being pretty nearly the
only learned professions. Now the for
merly despised trade" is taking more
highly educated men than either the Iaw
or the church.
The marvellous growth and expansion of
commercial enterprises during the hundred
years is responsible for the changed con-
didops. II requires men of brains and
education to plan. organize and erect the
monster enterprises which are to be seen
on every hand at the present time, Com
merce has not only become Respectable"
but it offers inducements to young men
such as are not duplicated by the learned
professions. AS a matter of fact should
not commerce, since its higher branches
now require the services of so many high
~ educated men, be included among the
learned professions? The commercial de-
velopment is destined to undergo still
greater expansion, and the probabilities are
that the demand for college men in its ser
vice viii go on growing for many years
10 come
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-26
From the Persian

These stories are told in PERSIAN Life
and customs"
"a village soldier asked me IL I knew
OF dog-worshipers. 1 told him I had heard
Of ire-worshipers, cow-worshipers, and
the like. but not of dog-worshipers. He
said he had seen some ia Teheran. Some
foreigners there had fed dogs al their ia
bles, had washed and clothed them. fon-
died them in their laps. and taken them
riding IN their carriages; were they not
dog-worshipers2
IAN English sea-captain, whose shin
touched at Bushre. took a horseback rldo
through the streets of the city. but made
30 poor "A display OF horeemanship as TO
astonish ana amuse the people. The next
day a vender OF fruits came on board the
ship ana said 10 the captain.
4 have made such an explanation AZ
10 free you from ail reproach There is
no one who does rot think that You are
an expert rider. as becomes ore of "a na-
tiou of horsemcn'
AND how GA y2u 10 thai9" asked tho
captain
"l told them you aere drunk"
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Two FIighty Young Things.

John, are you sure you have the extra
bottles?" asked the young wife, according
to Harpers Bazaar.
Eyes, my dear. You have the can of
milk all right?"
"Oh, yes. You didn't forget the extra
wraps, did you?"
mo; here they are"
Nor the extra linen?"
mo. indeed. You have the bag with the
toilet things, haven't your"
Yes, dear Oh, John, won't mother be
pleased! You are positive you have the
bottles?'
Eyes, yes, my dear Also the wraps and
linen"
And have the milk and toilet things"
wei. l guess we are all here, then
And here's our train. Hasn't the little
darling been good? She hasn't given you
biz of trouble. has she?'
what! Me! John. haven't you got
her?"
"Oh! Oh! How could you forget her?
Oh, my poor little baby! You unnatural
father! And she's all alone in the house
and I'm sure it's burned up by this time.
Oh, my baby, my baby my baby!"
Here Mary, get in here quick. Cabby
drive like the devil home again"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-26
CIVIL SERVICE PENSIONS.

Are we to have civil service pension
list? 1t looks so. A bill has been intro
duced into Congress providing pensions
for government employees who have be
| come superannuated. 1t was introduced
by Representative Tawney of Minnesota.
1T does not provide that the Government
shall pay pensions to those Of its employees
VINO are no longer able to discharge the
duties of the positions they hold. The
purpose of il is to make the employees con
tribute to a fund out of which the pen
sions are to be paid.
It is estimated that per cent. of the
salary of each employe would furnish a
sufficient fund TO provide a very fair an
nuity to each superannuated employe. The
author of the bill estimates that the total
amount paid in salaries annually to civil
service employees is $1l4660 900. That
would yield an annual fund of 49, 439, 800.
which, it is believed, would be sufficient
for the purpose intended.
There are two objections to this scheme.
One is that il would not meet the approval
of a very large proportion Of the people in
the civil service of the government, and
the other is that if the bill should become
law it would not be long before the
question of saddling the burden on the
government so that the government en-
ployes could have the benefit of their full
salaries, would be agtated. The
agitation would in all probability,
be successful In other words the
Tawney bill IS but an entering wedge to
a system Of pensioning all government
employees in the civil service who, on &C
count of age or disease, become incapaci-
tated for the discharge of the duties of
the places they occupy.
1t will be a long while before the peo-
pie will be willing to pension superannuat-
ed employees of the government who have
places in the civil service. Nobody is
asked to accept a place in that service,
and the salaries paid are, as a rule, bet
Ter than those paid outside of the govern
ment service. If persons who go into the
civil service deliberately neglect to make
provision for sickness and old age they
must take the consequences. There is no
reason why toiers outside of that service,
the majority of whom have not had as
good a chance as those in that service to
put by something for a rainy day, should
be taxed in order that the civil service
people may live in their old age in COM
parative comfort without making an eff
fort in their own behalf.
If the Tawney bill should become a law
il should be with the distinct understand
come responsible for the civil service PEN
sion list established by the bill The PEG
pie would rather go back to the spoils
system than retain the merit system if it
is to be burdened with a pension list.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-26
Personal.

Lord Leicester has 11OOO swans upon
his estate at Abbotsburg, a charming little
village a few miles from Weymouth, Eng
land. The cost of caring for the swans
averages over $4,000 per year.
Sir Thomas Upton, challenger for the
American cup, has offered TO come to the
relief of the distressed English colony of
Barbados. He is prepared to invest $780,
600 in the sugar industry of that island
and has named to the English government
a few easily filled conditions.
That there is after all some sort of
honor among thieves" is shown by a re-
cent communication to a leading paper of
Palermo Sicily. Candino, a noted brig
and, writes that one Galbo. a notorious
member of his band, has been expelled
for "discourteous and unmannerly conduct
in his dealings with The public"
The Journal Official lately contained in
a list of pensions granted to widows of
French officers the name of Berthe
Amelie Bertincourt widow of the late Col
Henry. who committed suicide in prison
after having confessed that the Dreyfue
bordereau was a forgery. She gets 1857
francs year, or about 1888.
Two of the richest men in Montana
W. A. Clark and Marcus Daly-are COM
peting for a senatorship in Montana this
term. Mr.. Clark, who has had a burning
senatorial ambition for years, is eX-
pected to open a large barrel, but will have
10 buck against an equal financial force
welded by Mr. DAILY, who is sworn to de-
feat his longtime foe. Merchants in Hell
ena are looking forward to a profitable
season, as many state legislators are eX-
pected to earn more than their salaries
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-26

Mr. Barrow thinks all of the aldermen
should have free street railway passes.
There are, indeed many reasons why they
should have them. one of them is that
the aldermen certainly have done enough
for the company TO merit some mark of
appreciation Another. suggested by Mr..
Barrow, is that the aldermen could ride
around and see how things are getting
along on the car lines. If the aldermen
had been riding around during the past
six months they would have seen great
many things in connection with the car
lines that needed attention. Did the com
pany withhold complimentary passes from
the aldermen In order 10 keep them from
riding around apd seeing that savapnah
had not an improved" street car SER
vice?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-26

The Washington correspondent OF The
New York Times sends his paper am in
teresung story respecting the court mar
tal case OF Capt o. NJ. Garter. OF the
engineer corps. THE report was heard
to-day az the war department" says the
correspondent, THAT a was possible that
after delay Of "a month more. the case
might be dropped altogether This was
not lhe nrst limo that such "a report has
been heard. bni ~ ben hoard before b. was
af once dieIedihri as preposiefoar ono
49, Wfn.ns pap,r 4bs th4t at the
white ii9lH. BE- Wa. leafDsl to-day mtf
Ihe FrsaasHi would no aai upou t1e oase
a.I af tasf "a month"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-26
CURRENT COMMENT.

Senator Allen of Nebraska has intro
first regular session of each
new Congress shall begin q"
on the fourth day of March next
following the general election at which the
members thereof were elected 10 such Con-
cress" The New York Times Dem)
says: 1T is an old idea, not without merit,
but not likely to be carried QUE until the
climate of Washington is changed. or I'M
til new President wants to meet a new
Congress on the day he takes Office"
The New York Tribune (Rep,) indorses
the idea of dealing vigorously with the
Cuban question. It says: Admiral Samp-
son has the right idea of making the Gu
bans amenable to our temporary rule. He
SAYS: 1t does not make any difference
whether the people of Cuba prove amena-
bic 70 our rule or not. We are there. We
intend 10 rule, and / guess that is ali
there is about it.
The Springfield (Mass) Republican Qnd)
says president McKinley's pleasant
tour In the South mlsled him if he thinks
the people of that section are for extend
Ing the borders of the United States into
ASIA. Under any leadership worthy the
name the evil OF the treaty made in Paris
could be taken out OF IT, There is no
sense in giving this country what the
Boston Pilot calls "a tail-hold on "a
bear"
Coz. Wauorson Of the Louisville Courier
Journal Uem) has discovered new me-
mace. which is thus referred 10; In view
OF the constantly declining earning power
81 money. the question IL asked. What 81
60 become of our mililonaires? The ques-
ton is serious one. Dut they m ght try
rc-lening. D. they hand 10 their reslgna-
lions promptly their places can s,lll be-
nnod"
Discussing the "open-door" policy the
Houston Post Dem) says: when we
ulk ln fhe United states 81 commercial
sanauFior Hnf "open d01rs" $50 mean exc
pnnsion srd daefa ior fHe exclusive uss
900 pr0nt of apr DIS eomHnea ana pro-
itCtcd lHfsItstsiF
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-26
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Meetings Bondholders of Georgia and
Alabama Railway; Calanthe Lodge No. Is,
X. of P; Division No. 4, Ancient order of
Hibernians; Catholic Library Associa-
ton.
Special NOTES.-The Mckinley Banquet
Souvenir Hats-M. S. & d. A. Byck.
Business Notices-LePanto Cigars.
Furniture, Carpets, Stoves and Bi-
cycles-Lindsay & Morgan
Pearline-James Pyle & Son.
Legal Notice-Notice to Debtors and
Creditors Estate p, A. Glenn, Deceased.
Decided Bargains All the Week-Daniel
Hogan.
Proposals-For Furnishing and Deliver
ing Broken Stone or Gravel, etc, at Null
let Key and Egmont Key, Tampa, Fla.
ndedical-Johann Hon's Genuine Malt
Extract; Cuticura; Hoods Pills; Castora.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Ee
Wanted: Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; PERSONAL; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-26

In many cities the savings banks have
given notice Of reduction of the rate of
interest that would be paid on deposits,
but it has remained for Cleveland, o.,
savings concern to notify its clients and
debtors that on and after a certain date
the rate of interest il would charge on
loans would be reduced from to per
cent. This reduction covers old loans as
well as new ones. Those debtors who are
in good standing with the concern will
have the benefit of the lower rate while
the affairs of bad debtors will be wound
up.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-26

Director Barrow, of the street railway
company, says the company will be pleas
ed to receive reports of any failure of
duty on the part of officers or agents of
the company. No one has been making
any complaint about the conductors and
motormen. They seem to be attending to
their duties to the best of their ability
1t is the company itself which has been
and is under the fire of criticism.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-26

The Supreme Court of the state of Hin
DIS has just decided that non-union labor
has rights which are bound to be respect
ed. Organized labor in Chicago ordered the
board of education to adopt, "a rule that no
contracts should be let by At for blu ld.nes
etc, except to contractors who agreed to
employ union labor exclusively. After some
hesitation the board adopted the rule de
manded of it. Bids for certain work were
advertised for. The lowest bidder was a
contractor who proposed TO use uon-union
labor. The board OF education refused TO
award the contract TO this bidder, its only
reason for refusing being lis rule respecting
the kind of labor 10 be employed. A bin
was filed against the board, to have its rule
declared Illegal. The matter finafly went to
the Supreme Court, which has rendered a
decision to the effect that the rule in quos-
ton discrlminates between different classes
OF citizens, restricting competition and
tending TO increase the cost of work which
has to be paid for by all taxpayers and not
by organized labor alone; that the rule
was adopted for the benefit of labor
trust" and 10 put a stop TO an compeu-
ton with that trust; therefore the rule was
illegal, and was ordered abolished.