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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-25
Between Six and seven.

A case was being tried in court, and
the particular question at issue was the
number of persons present when a GER
tain event occurred, says the Green Bag.
An honest, but supplemented, German
was in the witness box.
He had never taken an oath before, and
was not little disconnected The lawyer
who conducted the ss-eXamination saw
his opportunity and badgered him with
questions, after the manner of his kind.
How many did you say there were
present." he shouted, bringing his fist
down upon the table, as though the fate
of empires trembled in the balance.
''Vel,' meekly answered the witness,
loft course, 1 gould not chust say, but 1
drinks dere vas between six und sefen."
Tell the jury what you mean by that!'
roared the lawyer. How could there be
between six and seven? Were there six
or were there seven?"
we'll" answered the witness, maybe 1
vas wrong. There vas more as six, but
dere vas not so much as sefen. One vas
a fiery leetle boy"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-25
PERSONAL.

Brig. Gen. T. H. Stanton, paymaster
general of the army. who will early in
February retire because of age, has long
been konwn as the fighting paymaster,"
because of his taking part in several bat
ties of the civil and Indian wars when
his duty did not require him to expose
himself
An Englishwoman who has lived many
years in China says that the Empress
Dowager has some skill as a painter She
is fond of wrestling, and frequently in
dulges in this rather virile form of exer-
else. She is well read is fond of Euro
pean music, and has some skill as a pian-
list. She is said both by her friends and
enemies to be without any sense of fear.
Prince Mansur Mirzoo the second son
OF the Shah of Persia, now in Paris, would
like to visit England. but is waiting for
an official invitation. "To go through Eu-
rope without visiting England" he says,
lis like visiting a fine museum without
looking into some of its most splendid
rooms. This l hope, will not happen to
me, and it will not be my fault if l have
not the profound satisfaction of seeing the
great Queen"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-25
THE NICARAGUA CANAL BILL.

1t does not by any means follow that be-
cause the Senate has passed the Mica
ragua canal bill the House will also pass
it. The indications are the bill will be
given a thorough overhauling in the
House. II IL true that 1t is provided that
the Maritime Canal Company shall be
paid only so much for its rights and actual
property as a commission shall say is en-
titled to. the amount not to exceed 1000,
900. There is a strong feeling in Congress,
however. that that company has little or
nothing which 1t can convey to the United
States. Therefore it ought not to be paid
very much for its claims. 1t has been i'm
moribund condition practically for a
number of years and it is surprising that
the Senate considered that 1t had much
of value in the Nicaraguan canal.
AS we have heretofore stated the cost
of the canal is not to exceed $115OOO .OOO No
bonds are TO be issued. and the money to
build the canal is to come out of the Uni
ted States treasury at the rate of S2O, 900,
600 a year. 1t is provided that the canal
shah be completed within six years after
il has been begun.
1t is claimed, with some show of reason
that the concessions which the Maritime
Canal Company obtained from the govern.
nents of Nicaragua and Costa Rico can
not be transferred by that company to the
United States. AS matter of fact those
states have already granted the conces-
sions held by the Maritime Canal Com
pany to another company, and this other
company no doubt, will want several mil
lions of dollars before il will consent 10
give up the rights which it pretends to
have.
The Clayton Bulwer treaty stands in the
way of the United States building and
owning the canal. The treaty provides
that the United States shall not have
exclusive control of any trans-isthmiar
canal 1t is announced that Secretary Hay
has already taken up the canal question
with the British premier with the view OF
having that provision of the Clayton Bull
wer treaty which interferes with United
States ownership of the Nicaraguan canal
set aside 1t is thought that he will have
no difficulty in accomplishing that object
as it is provided in the Senate bill that the
canal shall be neutral. Still, 1t cannot
be said with any degree of certainty that
Great Britain viii be willing that we shall
have exclusive control of the canal.
There are a good many questions which
VIII receive attention when the bill reaches
the House-things which appear to have
| attracted very little notice in the Senate
There is no doubt that it is the desire OF
the American people that a canal uniting
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-25
Not Sinking the Tax.

A Pittsburg man who holds public 10
sition which pays him 80 a day, and, con-
sequently, is burdened with cares of state,
was found by a friend one Sunday morn
ing at o'clock sitting on the coping of a
fence about st. Paups Cathedral weeping
aloud. says an exchange,
Hello. Billy! said his friend, whats
the trouble now?'
before this war began" explained Bill
w between his sobs, the national debt
was 81, 22S 900, 900. Look where It is now!"
Don't cry Billy" said his friend, SYM
pathetically; with tax of $40 per gal
ION on whisky no one can accuse you of
irving to avoid discharging your share of
the obligation"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-25
Helen Combs boards.

You know Camp Walworth is support
ed largely by Miss Helen Gould's generosi-
ty," said one of the young wimen in the
office. land really Miss Gould would be
delighted could she know how grateful the
soldiers are to her" writes Cleveland Moi
fet in Leslie's Weekly. zone of the
Rough Riders told me little incident il
Illustrating this. They were putting down
some boarding in tent at Camp Wikoff
and a man was saving off some boards
very carefully so as to make them just fit
the space.
whats the use of taking so much pains
with them boards?" another man asked.
There's plenty more where they came
from; they belong to the government.
9: That's where you're way Off said
the man with the saw These boards be-
long to Helen Gould. She sent 'em dawn
here, and there amt going to be an inch
of 'em wasted Z"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-25

Governors Junkst to . Wine Cellar.
In relating stories having reference to
the various men who have occupied the
mansion here as Governors Of Missouri, an
old-timer, according to the Kansas City
Times, tells this one on ex-Gov Francis:
We were on a Junket 10 Hermann,
Mo said the o. t., land. as all visitors
are certain to do, we visited the fine wine
cellars. Didn't know, did you that at
Hermann there is the second largest wine
vault in the United States? No. We'll,
you've learned something about your own
state
Now, of course, we sampled the wines
pretty freely, and there were many to
sample. But We were far underground in
the cool, damp cellars, and the wine didn't
seem to touch US Soon we got into the
warm sunshine again and that wine began
to work. We went 10 the hotel, with the
wine still working, and there Gov. Francis
was called on for a speech. lie had his
staff with him. logged out in all kinds of
gilt and tnfoil, and one member was evil
IDENTIFY past going
when The Governor made his speech 1t
was his usual graceful effort. He fairly
gloated over the glorious country, the
magnificent vistas, and more than all, the
splendid wines at Hermann. And said
tne governor IL is with singular pleasure
that L observed that there Is not among
us an individual who has INDUCED TOO
freely save glazing at the member of the
staff who was sprawling in a chair with
a Vapid smile on his face, the misguided
youth yonder.' Here the Governor started
toward table to get a match, stumbled
over cuspidor and landed in a heap on
a divan, whence he was rescued with diff
Guilty. Str2ightening himself with iurch
he added with great force, And, gentle
men, the Governor of Missouri"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-25

The presence of 5000 American soldiers
In Cuba for four years-the number Of
men and the space of time Gen. Wood
asserts to be necessary-would have not
able effect upon the financial condition of
the island. There have been a great
many Spanish soldiers in the island, to be
sure, but they added comparatively moth
ing to the cash in circulation, for the rea-
son that Spain did not pay them. The
Spaniards lived on the islanders. on the
other hand, the American soldiers are paid
promptly every month, and they are no
toriously free and liberal spenders. Fifty
thousand American soldiers would be
worth 1900 to Cuba every month. That
would amount to 100000 year, and
$360OO,0OO for the four years, one of the
most profitable industries" Cuba ever en-
ioyed
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-25
Pettus Was Hungry.

The Senate had debated the Nicaragua
canal bill up to 6 o'clock this evening,
says a Washington dispatch in the New
York World, when Senator Davis, chair
man of the foreign relations committee,
moved to go into executive session, Sem
ator Pettus of Alabama, sometimes call
ed "Confucius the Second" moved to ad-
journ. Mr.. Davis walked across the Sen
ate chamber and whispered in his ear.
Il only want to report a nomination. 1t
won't take a minute"
Whose is it," inquired Mr.. Pettus, in
his most sepulchral tones.
"Choate, as ambassador to England" re-
sponded Mr. Davis.
ooh. well. he can wait. l am hungry"
retorted Mr. Pettus in a stage whisper.
Then he continued aloud Il insist upon
my motion, Mr.. President" and the Sem
ate adjourned.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-25
A BOON IS ON.

There is a big boom in securities winch
are dealt in on the New York Stock Elk
changes, and there is extraordinary ac-
tivity in the formation of trusts of various
kinds The public seems to want to spec
ulate and the promoters of all sorts of
enterprises-some good, perhaps, but the
majority, it is safe to say, contain more
wind than substance-are hard at work to
give them a chance. 1t would not be sur
prising if within the next six months more
speculative companies, syndicates and
trusts should be formed than there have
been in the last five years.
There mas not been much speculation in
real estate yet, but it is reasonable to
suppose that there will be as big a boom
in town sites and town lots as there was
a number of years ago, when so many
people, who thought that the boom that
was then on had come to stay. dropped
many more dollars than they could afford
to- Wall street has gone crazy and some
of the leading brokers are saying that the
high prices of stocks and bonds which pre-
vail have come to stay They give very
plausible reasons for this opinion. Nat
urally, they are affected by the prevailing
speculative craze. But it would be UNI
usual if prices on the stock market should
contine strong very long. 1t is only a
question of time when the tide will turn,
and then those who are loaded up with all
sorts of securities will want to unload as
quickly as they can. Then will come
troublous times. particularly for those who
have speculated beyond their means.
good many of the stocks which are
now soaring skyward in the stock mar
ket are selling for more than they are in
trinsicaliy worth. The time will come,
and that, too, very soon. in all proba-
! bilty, when the truth about them will
dawn on the public. 1t does not take a
prophet to foretet what will happen then.
| The wild Speculation that IS going on
| now in the New York Stock Exchanges
| is largely due to a desire OF many people
to get rich quickly. And yet how few
of them succeed. The financial editor of
the New York Sun, commenting on the
prevailing condition of affairs in Wall
street, says: "In this country there are
| u OO00 900, at least of men striving to be-
come rich. Out OF them barely 5000 ac-
cumulate in their lifetimes as much as
81 100000, not 10000 as much as $780, 900, and
barely 100000 the modest fortune of $780,
0O0."
Only & few succeed In making a for
tune, and still fewer what is to-day called
great fortune. In a period of wild specu-
lation a few persons are fortunate; the
great majority who speculate are poorer
when the craze for speculation is over
than when it began. How long the pres
ent craze will last no one is in a position
20 say with any degree of certainty. If
it results in the opening of mines the es-
tablshing of new enterprises and an in
crease in the prices Of the products Of
the farms there will be good reasons for
being thankful for it, but If it benefits
only Wall street brokers and a few gam
blers in stocks there will be many reasons
for regretting it.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-25
KipIing Dunned for a Poem.

Mr.. Kiplng. according to The Boston
Globe, thus describes how he came to
write THE Recessional:"
anything l ever wrote. I had promised
the Times poem on the jubilee, and when
it became due l had written nothing that
satisfied me. The Times began to want
that poem badly and sent letter after let
ter asking for it. / made many more at
tempts, but no further progress.
Finally, the Times began sending tele-
grams. So I shut myself in my room,
with the determination to stay there until
/ had written a jubilee poem. Sitting
down. with all my previous attempts be-
fore me, searched through those dozens
of sketches, till at last il found just one
line I liked. That was Lest, I'VE forget.
Round these words The ReeessionaP was
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-25
BRIGHT BITS.

What is raised mostly in damp eli
mates?" asked the teacher.
Umbrellas" replied Johnny.-Tit- Bits
You use dots and dashes in sending
messages" remarked the idle young per-
son who was watching the man at the
telegraph instrument
Yes" answered the operator, who was
quite busy. except when we are sending
reports of what some of these army peo-
pie say about one another. Then we
don't use anything but the dashes."-
Washington Star
-Wattleigh: Our Congressman is a poor
stick. and I'm going 10 work against him
with all my might when he comes up for
reelection the next time.
Burkart: Why? He's secured an ap-
preparation for new postoffice here, and
he's looked after the interests of this
district pretty well, hasn't he?
Wattleigh: Yes, but he has never dis
covered that any prominent measure is
unconsttutional.-Cle Leader.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-25
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Special Notices-Ship Notice. Strachan
& Co. Consignees; DR.. E. H. Nichols Re
sumes Practice: Notice to City Court
Jurors; Notice of Dissolution, the PAU
Plumbing Company: Notice of Partner
ship, the Paul Plumbing Company; Ship
Notice, J. f. Minis & Co., Consignees; No
tice, Shearouse, Hutchinson & Co.;
To-days Stock, Joseph II. Ba.
ker; Meats, NJ. S Gardner; A
Banquet Tonight, J. II. Helmken
Your Breakfast S. L. Newton; Best Re
serve Corn, John T. Evans & Co.; Ship
Notice, W. w. Wilson, Agent, Consignee.
Business Notices-Fancy Candies, Henry
Solomon & Son.
The Gas Range Saves Money Every Day
The Mutual Gas Light Company.
A Man Came Into Our store-Metropoll-
tan Clothing Company.
A Cheap Sweep All Through-Leopold
Adler
Amusements-Otis Skinner at the Thea
ter, Jan. 27-2S.
Mineral Water-Hunyadi Janos.
Malt Nutrne-Anheuser-B Busch Brewing
Association.
Railroad Schedule-Plant System
PToposals-For Manufacturing and Plac-
ing in Position White Oak and Mahogany
Furniture in Government Buildings at Sa-
vannah and Omaha.
Beef-Liebig's Extract of Beef.
Medical-Dr. David Kennedys Favorite
Remedy; Browns Bronchial Troches;
Munyon's rheumatism cure warmers sale
Cure; Paine's Celery Compound; Castoria ;
Railways Pills; Erie Medical Company;
Bradfields Female Regulator; Ayers Sar-
sapariila; Cuticura Remedies; Lydia
Pinkhams Vegetable Pills.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-25

They sometimes teach Christian charity,
forgiveness and brotherly love in Philadel-
phia in a very queer manner. The other
day at a prayer meeting a man who was
under conviction" got up and declared
himself a wicked sinner sorely in need of
the prayers of the congregation. IF 1 had
my just deserts" he declared, in the fer
vor of his religious enthusiasm, II would
be In the Columbus, O., jail. oh, what a
wicked man 1 am. stole 500 In that
city and the police are looking for me-"
And members of the congregation went
out and informed the police of the confess
sion of the repentant sinner; and the next
time he appeared among the faithful he
was nabbed and hustled off to Jail. When
he felt the click of the steel upon his
wrists, il is said that his religious fervor
evaporated rapidly.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-25

Justice Brewer of the United States Su-
preme Court, who is on his way to Paris
10 take part in the Venezuela arbitration,
said in London day or two ago that
he was sure majority of the people of
the United States favored the annexation
of the Philippine Islands. but added that
the "hurrah element was on top at pres
ent. Whether there would be a reversal
of public opinion herafter he could not
undertake to predict. He thought, how
ever, that the fate of the islands would
not be determined by the present Con-
gress, but would go over TO the next
one.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-25
Miles Leaves.

1t seems, says the Washington CORE
spondence of the New York Press, that
Gen. Miles has a new uniform somewhat
different in pattern from the one worn
formerly 1t was observed by an army
woman at the reception given by the Sec
rotary of War and Mrs Alger, where, in
spite of rumors TO the contrary, Gen. Miles
was present with Mrs. Miles, and she call
ed out to a friend:
please tell me what that collection of
leaves on Gen. Miles, collar means"
II fancy" said the other one, coolIy
at is the laurel wreaths slipped over his
head"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-25

The capitalists of New York seem to
think there are millions of money in COM
pressed-air enterprises. 1t is now an
nounced that a new company, backed by
J. j. Aston, DR.. Depew, Seward Webb and
others. has been formed to operate air
propelled trucks and other vehicles, in
competition with the company recently or
gained by Richard Croker, Joseph Letter
and others. With rival air truck COM
panies in the field there should be close
and keen competition, until one of the
concerns absorbs the other.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-25

The Presidents war investigating COM
mission is winding up its work. This week
will see its conclusion, it is predicted, and
by Feb. 1 the report will be in the hands
of the President. The testimony and re-
port, it is said, will make a large volume.
The commissioners are burning the mid
night oil in order to finish up the work
this week.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-25

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-25

An exceptional and queer bequest was
that made by Pierre Duquesne, an eccen-
trio Frenchman who died in Paris some
two or three months ago. He was the
inventor of the air brake, which brought
him fortune. In his will he bequeathed
to the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern
Railroad the sum Of 100000 and certifi-
cate OF honor, in recognition of the excel
lence of It's equipment and service be-
1fFeen Cincinnati and Washington.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-25

the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans shall
be built. but they don't want the enterprise
undertaken until il is determined beyond
question that canal is practicable, and
they are not willing that large sum shall
be paid 10 the Maritime Canal Company
or any other company for concessions and
properlles which have practically no value.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-25

Senator White says there can be no
assimilation of the Filipinos by the Amer
icanos. The cable dispatches say that
large numbers of the Americana troops
at Manila ARE engaged to Filipino girls. "
Is not that a step in the direction of as
sanitation, or absorption, or something of
the sort? And then, which party is do
ing the assimilating?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-25

A New York newspaper estimates that
the securities owned by twenty-seven of
the richest men in this country have been
increased in value in the sum of $4,000 900
by the recent upward movement in the
stock market
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-25

Richard Croker is said to have dropped
Representative Sufzer and put forward
Representative Jefferson NJ. Levy of New
York as his candidate for the leadership
of the majority in the next House against
Mr.. Bailey.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-25

"If peace prevailed" cabled Gen. Otis
from Manila TO Washington, I'VE might
establish a hospital an the mountains &"
The impression conveyed is, that IL there
are no actual hostilities between the Amer
icanos and Filipinos, affairs are set on a
hair trigger and that an explosion may be
the result of even the slightest jar,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-25

BY convenient legislative fiction, Ha-
wall is 90 become a eoastwise American
port, and only ships flying the American
flag are to be permitted to carry freights
and passengers between the United States
proper and the islands.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-25

On several ballots the Quay vote has been
twelve short of the the number necessary
TO nominate. Twelve! Precisely the num-
Der to fill criminal court jury box!
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-25

Germany seems to be having lots of fun
in international affairs. She gets right up
TO the edge of a row, and then skins
lightly to one side out of danger; thus
she is getting plenty of excitement with
out having to fight.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-25

China is not a good country for labor
saving devices. Consul General Goodnow
writes to the state department that labor
is so cheap in China that 1t is next to
impossible to make any machine which
can compete with hand labor.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-25

In the matter of the bill to keep Brigham
Roberts OF the three wives, out of Con-
gress; would not the previous condition
of servitude" amendment TO the constitu-
ton cover his case?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-25

The farmers of the United States, who
have not the benefit of protection, sold
in foreign markets last year their products
TO the amount of $3.50, 200, 900. This makes
the record for farm produce exports, and
is an increase of nearly $lOO,OOO,OOO in ten
wears