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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-21
The blame Must BE Fixed.

The Medical Record an entirely re-
sponsible publication, is firing hot shot in
TO the war department and the medical
bureau of that department, for the shame
full neglect to which the sick soldiers were
subjected on some of the transports from
Santiago to New York. 1t says that the
Secretary of War would like the mat
ter hushed up that he makes light Of 1t
by saying that whatever occurred was to
be expected, and that in reality no one
was to blame. The Record takes the posi-
ton that excuses will not be accepted
and that the blame must be fixed where
it belongs.
1t is to be hoped that the Record will
keep agitating the matter until the war
department orders an investigation and
makes known to the world the names of
the guilty parties. Who was it who left
behind the medical supplies at Tampa?
Surely it was somebody's duty to have
seen that the supplies were on the trans
ports. Because the medical supplies were
not shipped from Tampa, and because
there was not a sufficient number of doc
tors some of the transports which car
ried sick soldiers from Santiago to New
York were called horror ships.
The medical officer who had charge of
the medical supplies places the blame for
the failure to ship them to Cuba on Gen.
Shafter, who declines to bear it. Gen.
Shafter says that the entire responsibility
rests upon the medical bureau.
Let the responsibility be fixed. There
is no good reason for trying to screen those
who have been guilty the grossest kind
Of negligence. If the blame for this scan
dal is not fixed the same condition of af-
fairs is likely to occur again. The only
way to have good service in the army IS to
find out who the incompetents are and
force them into retirement.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-21
Freaks OF the Mauser.

"Those Mauser bullets did some mighty
queer things" said a wounded soldier the
other days, according to the New York
Commercial Advertiser. LAS long as they
were flying through the air they went
straight enough, but when one struck a
mans body there was no telling what II
would do. Sometimes 1t would be straight
through him, bones and all, and no ZIP
ping on to plug some poor fellow half a
mile away perhaps. And then again il
might chase around inside him like a hen
with her head cut Off.
IT saw a man who was hit IN the right
eve by a Mauser. The ball, instead OF
lodging in his brain, went through his
temple and down the side of his face in
front Of his ear, just under the skin. II
kept on under his skim leaving a rcd
track all the way. went down the side Of
neck over his shoulder and down his back
Near his waist il came out. The mans
getting well Another man was shot in
the left breast. The bah went through
his chest turned down. went through his
liver, poughed its way through the mus
Giles of his right thigh and come out near
his right knee. It's mighty queer tho
way those balls so sometimes. sup
pose they hit bones ana glance, but that
won't account for q always Another
queer thing Is that most an the men were
hit between tho belt ana the knee. The
Spanish fired low"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-21
PERSONAL.

James Eads How, the millionaire
grandson of James B. Eads. has given up
luxuries and a palatial mansion in St.
Louis to engage In missionary work IN
the slums of that city
Prince sviatopolk Nirsky, who recent
ly died at St. Petersburg, became a major
general at the age Of %, and served in
all the wars In which Russia has been
engaged since the Crimean war.
Mark Twain writes that 'it feels so
good TO be out of debt that I have can
celed a number of lecture engagements in
Australia. / have no respect for a man
VINO goes about robbing the public on the
platform, unless he is in debt"
The viii of Joseph Banigan, the mil
iionaire rubber king, of Providence, is to
be contested by his widow. Maria Conway
Banigan. BY this viii Mr.. Banigan left
TO his widow the life occupancy of mis-
homestead and a yearly allowance of Sl5,-
wv. Mrs Banigan is to insist upon her
DOVER rights, namely, one-third of the in
come OF the real estate.
Solomon Reinach, the archaeologist,
has attacked the Venus de Milo, declaring
that she is no Venus, but an Amphitrite
He bases his theory on the fact that a
1874, which is of the same size as the We
nus, and tries to supply the missing parts
OF the statue on the supposition that il rep
resents the sea goddess.
Nine. Melba is a good oarswoman, and
she is fond of rowing on the upper reaches
of the Thames. She is well known by the
riverside, both above and below NARROW,
ana may almost any day be seen Swimming
the water in her trim-built wherry. Some
times, however, she prefers a punt in a
boat Her headquarters are a pleasant
house-boat moored just off NARROW.
"A committee of prominent men in Gs1-
many has been formed for the purpose %
erecting a monument to WinihaId Alexis
In Armstadt, where he passed the last
years of his life. lie was writer mucn
esteemed In Germany at the beginning
OF this century, and his works in many
Iorns-poems, stories, books of travel and
crlticism-were widely read. His real name
was Wilhelm Haring.
The German Emperor has devised a
new scheme for the encouragement of vo-
cal music in the German empire 1t will
be put into operation In 1899, and il con-
slsts OF a singing competition to be heid
In different town every year. Cassel has
been selected for the first competition. the
chief condition of which is that each choir
taking part viii receive an unpublished
musical competition about an hour before
the contest takes place. There win be no
accompaniment. The Kaiser's prize is a
valuable jewel, and the president of the
winning choir viii be allowed to wear il
for year, the name of each singer being
engraved upon 1t.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-21
strictly PrOsaic.

Eyes" said the man with a large pro-
truding mustache, according to the De-
troit Free Press, 81 was out West in
the early sos"
ooh" said the girl with little shrek
of delight, then you know something
about mining?"
mot a great deal"
ooh, l know how shy men like you are
when it comes to talking about yourselves.
Now l want you to tell me about the
Klondike. I've been reading so many de-
scriptions of it and am just crazy to go
there"
You mean you would be?"
81 would be WHAT"
Her indignant expression brought a
blush to his bronzed countenance.
81 beg your pardon" he exclaimed, "but
I got in the habit of saying things in the
quickest way and L don't always mean
EN- exactly as they sound"
You made your pile at the mines,
didn't you?" she inquired, and hastily ad-
ded: THAT is the way they say 1t, isn't
it?"
Eyes, miss, I made my pile, such as It
Is, at the mines"
II wish you would tell me just what
you did when you got there. Start at the
very beginning. The very first thing was
to stake a claim, wasn't it?"
Not exactly. I'll never forget how
hungry / was for fresh meat The first
thing did was to hunt an eating house
and claim a steak, but after that 1 set
up a saw mill and that's what I've stuck
TO ever since"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-21

Georgiana Allendale was happy, says the
Cleveland Leader. She could hardly keep
from laughing aloud. Her eyes blazed and
her cheeks were flushed. II was one of the
most blssful moments of her life.
What is it?" her husband asked, after
he had gazed at her for a little while and
wondered If it could be possible that she
had looked upon the punch when it was
too red.
"Oh, I'm so happy. Harry" she ex-
claimed, that I don't know what to do"
That's nice" he returned, only dom t
let 1t become chronic. The world is al
ways suspicious where happiness bubbles
too freely. A sunny disposition is good
thing, but it can be overdone. Your Aunt
Henrietta hasn't died, has she?"
Harry Alendale! How you talk! I'm
just mad at you, so I ami" she replied,
assuming an injured look and turning her
left shoulder toward him.
"Oh, come, tell US what it Is he insist
ed. You know I didn't mean that"
"Wel," she explained, you know I was
invited out to Mrs. Westwood's to party,
this afternoon, and that was requested TO
take my first baby picture along"
Eyes"
"Of course all the other ladies' present
had been requested to do the same. The
game was to mix the pictures all up and
then distribute them around, the one who
greatest number of them winning the
prize"
"Oh, I see," he said. quite clever idea.
Where is it?"
''Where is what?"
your prize"
81 didn't win prize, you stupid"
I'D like to know what tickled you so
much, then"
why you see, all but two of the ladies
who were there had daguerreotypes of
themselves. Young Mrs. Dellmar and 1
were the only ones who had been photo
graphed as babies"
Il may be unusually thick-headed to-
day." Mr.. Allendale said but must
confess that so far 1 haven't heard any
thing which makes me feel like throwing
up my hat and bowling for joy
"Oh, dear" the fair little woman sighed,
what dull things men are! Don't you
know that as soon as they got TO making
photographs daguerreotypes went out of
style? OF course those who had daguerreo-
types of themselves must, therefore, be old
err than we who had photographs, mustn't {
they? And" she concluded in tones that
were laden with triumph Nell Wadding-
ton who has always claimed to be several
years younger than 1 really am, was one
of those who had a daguerreotype. 1 just
couldn't help throwing my arms around
her, as we were leaving, and telling her l
was sorry she had allowed herself to be
caught in that way. suppose shell never
speak to me again"
Harry Alendale walked out upon the
porch and bit the end off a cigar, after
which he said to himself
Il have learned a lesson. If ever have
a daughter, she shall have no baby pic
lures taken You never can tell what the
inventors will do next"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-21
A Chnnce for the CcntrnI.

The merchants of this city have opened
trade with Havana. Last week they ship
ped several car loads of merchandise to
that city. A month or more ago we said
that Cuba and Porto Rico offered a splen-
did opportunity to this city to extend it's
trade. But if our merchants are to get
any considerable share of the trade of
those islands they must have line of
steamships from this city to Cuban and
Porto Rican ports. They cannot depend
upon the route by way of Tampa. The
merchandise sent to Havana last week by
one of our merchants went to Tampa by
railroad and from there by a sailing vessel.
We must have a fast line of steamers
from this port and cheap freight rates in
order to compete successfully with New
York.
And here As an opportunity for the Cen
trail of Georgia to greatly extend its
business. Among the chief imports of
Cuba and Porto Rico are -four, hog pro
ducts and supplies for stock. These things
are products of the Western states. There
is no good reason why they should be
sent from the West TO New York and
shipped from there to the West Indies.
Chicago, st. Louis and Kansas City are
as near to Savannah as they are to New
York In fact they are nearer. What the
Central should do is this: 1t should put
two of its steamers on a line between
Savannah and the principal ports of Cuba
and Porto Rico. 1t will have two
steamers at its disposal very soon-steam-
ers which are now in the service of the
government, and for which il may not
have any immediate use-and with these
it could make the experime mt
of opening up carrying bust
ness between Western cities. Sa-
vannah and Cuban and Porto Rican
ports. Unless we are greatly mistaken
there would soon be very large trade
between the West and these islands by
way of the Central, as well as between
Savannah and the islands.
But if anything is to be done towards
getting a share of this trade it should be
done quickly. It will not do to wait a
year or two in order to find out whether
or not the development of trade with the
islands is going to be as great as is pre-
dicted Our merchants should take hold
of this matter at once and endeavor to
get prompt action In regard to 1t.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-21
sample spanish Wit.

Don Francisco Quevedo was a talented
Spaniard, wit and a satrist, who had
the entree Of the court Of Spain during
the first half of the seventeenth century,
says the Washington Post. Like all
other literary men, he had more respect
for talent than for accident of birth.
About that time the Kings of Spain were
hedged around by rigid rules of etiquette,
and not even an approach to familiarity
with them was permissible.
QueVedo made a bet that he would tell
the Queen of Spain that she was cripple
in a most public manner, and that she
would not resent the familiarity
He carried with him rose and another
flower, and, approaching the carriage in
which her majesty was seated, he held
the rose in one hand and the flower in the
other, with his arms extended, so the
Queen wouid be between the flowers, and
after being recognized with permission to
salute, he said:
Entire esta flor esta rosa,
Vuestra majestad es cola.
Translated:
Between this flower and this rose
Your majesty may choose.
is what the Queen understood by it. The
other folks took ii as Quevedo meant it:
your majesty Is halt of the leg"
les" is Spanish for is and cola" means
game-legged female, but when 'es' and
''coja" are joined as one word they mean
choose you. The pronunciation is the
same, whether used separately or con-
joined.
The double entendre pleased everybody,
and Quevedo won his bet.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-21
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-21
The War stamp Tax.
From the Atlanta journal Dem.)

The tax on bank checks should be re-
pealed at the first opportunity because II
has tendency to cause Withdrawals Of
deposits from banks, and thus restrict
money circulation by leaving the banks
less power 70 aid business enterprises.
There are other stamp taxes that may De
removed with proprety But the new
tax on beer, that on tobacco 10 various
forms, the tax on mixed -four and several
other taxes that were either imposed or
increased by the war revenue bill may
well b. let alone.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-21

NANNY" Butler, the Popullst boss,
promises that there shall be no more
fusion. Mr.. Watson Is willing to bear tes-
timony that "Manny's" promises are not
always TO be depended upon. Further
more, Populism has degenerated into a
go-as-you-please race for Office, hence
Chairman Butler would probably not be
able to control his party with regard to
the matter even if he were disposed to
do so.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-21

Chaplain Jones of the Texas traces the
credit for American prowess In arms back
TO the public schools. We sent inteili-
gent enlightened. patriotic men against
men "who cannot count one. two. three
or write their names ana whose love Of
country as wen as efficiency IN service 81
decreased W ignorance
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-21

1t has been seen at Santiago that not
even a military edict can be made to gov
ern the monetary ratio. Gen. Wood issued
an order relative to the respective values
Of gold and silver money. The terms he
fixed did not meet with the acquiescence of
the commercial community, which went
ance with its own ideas Of their relative
worth
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-21
THIS ISSUE
CONTAINS
TWENTY PAGES
INDkA IL NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Meeting-Y Mems Protection Club.
Special Notices-Columbia Wheels, T, A..
Bryson, Agent; Dr. NJ. A. Norris Veteri-
nary Surgeon, Has Returned; Fine Surf
Bathing at Hotel Tybee To-day; Special
Bicycle News, R. d. & VIM. baltimore;
Ship Notice, Strachan & Co.; Closing out
Sale, Savannah Cyclic Company; That
Track Dayton~at Oglethorpe Pharmacy;
Savannah Conservatory of Music.
Business Notices-E. & w. Laundry; lie
Panto Cigars; Shirts Laundered, Savannah
Steam Laundry
Printing, Binding, Etc-The Morning
News.
Hotel-South End Hotel. Tybee Island.
Price-Leo Frank.
Observation-Disclosures Business Col
lege.
Sterling Silver Shirt Waist sets-At
Gardeners Bazaar.
Bicycle sundries-The B. F. Timer Com
pany.
Removal sale-Falk Clothing Company.
Your Privileges Are Many Here
Metropolitan Clothing Company.
Nearing The FAN, But 60 Days of Sum
mer Left.-Daniel Hogan.
s. And So Gas Ranges-Mutual Gas
Light Company.
Fine Vehices-H. II. Cohen & Co.
Signal of Distress-Byck Bros.
Irresistible Below Cost August Prices
Leopold Adler.
Reconstruction Sale-Jackson, Metzger
g. Co.
Quality Characterizes Our stock-Walsh
e. Meyer.
In order to Make Room for Heavy Ship
ments of New Autumn Goods-At Gut
mans.
Half Price, % Per Cent On.-At Levy's.
You Can Have no Doubts-At Eckstein's.
Beef-Dr. Llebig's Extract of Beef.
Steinway, Mathushek and Huntington
Pianos.-Ludden & Bates
Medical-Cuticura Remedies; Pe-ru-na
Or. Sander; Worlds Dispensary Prepare
tons; Hoods SarsaparilIa; Lydia Pink
hams Vegetable Pills; Bradhelds Female
Regulator.
Cheap Column Advertisements Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-21
The Popular Hero.
From the Springfield Republican In

His name is Dewey. Parents name their
infants and children their dogs after him.
GO to the most remote district in the
woods. and there you viii find pet calves,
colts and kittens answering to the name
of Dewey. lie has already been uominat-
ed for President of the United States, with
Hobson, Joe" Wheeler and Teddy sug-
gested as running mate.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-21
The Occupation in Cuba.
From the Macon Telegraph Dem.)

1t is hoped that the American occu-
patton of Cuba viii be delayed until af-
ter the rainy season. We do not need
any more experiences with fever, such
as Skaters army had, than is abso-
lutely necessary.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-21
CURRENT COMMENTS.


From Memphis Comnercial-Appeal CDem)
We don't know what Deweys politics
is. but we are sure he would make
good President, and his presidential mes
sages would simply be dreams.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-21

sagasta's chat about the United States
paying. for Spanish public property in
Cuba, and about the present state of
things being only a cessation of hostil-
tiles, viii not be taken seriously on this
side of the water. 1t was merely grst
for home consumption. He finds it neces-
sary to let his people down easy, and that
Is the way he takes to do it, lie knows,
as We know, that the war Is ended, and
thal the United States VIII make the
terms of peace just as they please and
that Spain will conform TO them as they
are submitted TO her, for the conclusive
reason that she has no power to enforce
any modification or demand which she
might like to make, and no Power would
suforce IL for her.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-21

Il is understood that the President will
appoint Southern man on the Peace
Commission. 1t has been intmated that he
viii select a senator for the place. SEN
ators Daniel, Morgan and Bacon have
been mentioned in the newspapers id'ton-
neetion with the appointment The Ma
con Telegraph suggests that the President
might do well TO so into the walks of
private life for his Southern commission
er and select Mr.. Henry G. Turner of
Brooks county. 1t seems unlikely, how
ever, that the honor will come to this
state, since Georgia has furnished one
member of the Porto Rican commission,
in The person Of Gen. W. w. Gordon.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-21

Col. John Jacob Astor of New
York has again astonished the ma
tives. Somehow or other many Of
Col Astors fellow citizens have
imagined it impossible for a rich man 70
be either patriotic or honest BY volun-
teerIng and fighting hard for his country
this rich man has shamed the pessimists.
and now he has stil further confused
them by requesting that his tax assess
ment be increased He pays $4,000 a yea,
ia taxes but says that is not enough.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-21

The West India hurricanes may pres
emily get tired Of giving Mr. Hobson their
negative aid in his plan for raising the
Cristobal Colon.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-21

The toughest fate of all has befallen the
cruiser Minneapolis, which spent most Of
the time Of the war chasing ghost ships
OF the New England coast When one
wishes 20 know the name of the com
mander Of the Minneapolis It is necessary
10 refer to a naval LIST.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-17
Had Catarrh 36 Years.

Josiah Bacon, conductor on the P. ". & B. R. R., says. ''I had suffered with catarrh for 36 years and regarded my case as hopeless. One day saw the testimonial of Geo. H. Hearn Ill Braz- ilian Balm circular. Hearn was the engineer on my train and I knew ms case was desperate. Italked with Hearn and his cure gave me hope. l began the use of the Balm at once. There was not much change for the first two months but then began to improve and ltl :. SIX months, to my inexpressible satistaction' l was entirely cured"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-17
UsefuI Boons.

If a scholar has little money fcs books, he should expend 1t mostly on works of reference, and so get a daily return for his output. So seems to have thought a young man of whom we re- gently heard, who, when asked by a eanvasser to purchase an encyclopedia. said he had one
 Which one is it?'' inquired the can, vasser,
 The young man could not remember Neither could he tell who published it, but it was fine work. in many large volumes.
 .'Do you ever use them?o asked the agent.
 "Certainly-almost every day"
 In what lineq"
 s"Oh, press my trousers with them They are splendid for that. Rambler.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-17
Does Not Mind a Broken Ne~A.

Kokomo, Ind. is the home of man to whom life insurance would be wanton prodigality. Two years ago Alfred Got singham, a teamster. was thrown from ais wagon and load of heading blocks fell on him, breaking his neck, the spinal cord being completely severed. The doctors declared he could not sur vive 24 hours, but he was we'll in few weeks and resumed his daily labor. This week Mr. Cottingham received another fall, and the spine was disjointed at the same place, but he thinks he will get well, saying he is used to living witt q broken neck, and that it will require something more severe than that to kill him. Chicago Times Herald