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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-01
American Forces Made No Move
ment Yesterday or Today.
WILL PURSUE THE REBELS.
Army VIII Continue Active Campaign
Against Aguinaide-1soys h'
Excellent spirits.

washington, April LIN a cable
gram to the war department early to-
day. Gen. Otis from Manila rcportr
that the American troops rested yeatcr-
day after their entrance into Maioloa.
The dispatch indicates that the Amcrl-
can forces made no forward movement
either yesterday to today.
Gen. otis'u dispatch follows:
Manila. April i.-Adjutnnt General.
Washington: quiet prevails. Have
directed troopa at Maiolos and on the
ralload ON accommodating duty. Find
lng Insurgents only In small portions
Of surrounding country who retire on
the approach OF our troops.
Few of our troops moving to now
position.
Preparing for a continued active COM
paign. Army In excellent spirits:
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-17
BRIGHT BITS.

The blance.-Prospective Pur-
chaser-"He answers to the name of
Dewey does he2" Owner-"Yes' m; 'cept
when he's gnawing at a bone or diggin'
out woodchuck, and den he don't pay
no attention to muffin else-he's jes like
de admiral dat a-wayr'-Puck
"A Case of Doubt.-Doctor-"Ja
did that lady in the waiting room come
in her own, coach or a trolley-car?' Ser
Vant-Trolley-car, sir" Doctor-Thanks!
couldn't tell from her dress whether to
prescribe three months at Newport or sui
phur and molasses PUCK
Not Positive.-"Can insure your nfe?"
asked the persuasive man. IT Dunno"
replied Farmer Corntossel II don't want
no life insurance I've got all kin carry
an my wife wants me to stop some O.
that l hope you can't, but I'm a truth
ful man, an l amt goin' to express no
positive opinion till after I've heard Won
talk awhile. '-Washingto Star.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-17
IN UNCLE SAWS UNBORN.

battalion of Porto Ricans will soon
be wearing the uniform of soldiers of the
United States. 1t will be differed by
Americans and will be employed in pre-
serving peace and order in the island. Ii
is believed by the Governor General and
the Secretary of War that these Porto Ri
can soldiers will discharge the duties re-
quired of them admirably. As a matter
of fact not great deal will be required
of them. They will be stationed in vari-
Gus parts of the island and viii hunt down
bandits and murderers.
When Secretary Aiger was in Porto
Rico il was represented to him that II
would be a stroke of policy to put some
of the Porto Ricans in the army for serv-
ice on the island. 1t would be gratifying
to a certain class of the people to see
their fellow citizens wearing the uniform
of the United States, it was said, and at
the same time employment would be given
to a few of the people. many of whom are
in a poyerty-stricken condition.
Notwithstanding the richness of the soil
of Porto Rico the great majority of the
people are miserably poor. The people
themselves are of course responsible for
this condition of affairs. They are not
thrifty, and don't seem to care for any
thing beyond enough to hide their naked
ness and to keep their bodies and souls to-
gether.
The volunteers of our army who were
paid off and mustered out in Porto Rico.
in accordance with their request, do not
appear to have Jared well Doubtless
they thought that with a few hundred
dollars each they could soon become
wealthy land owners At last accounts
they were in a pitiable state of poverty.
Clearly they found the island over-crowd-
ed, or else they fingered with the wine
and dark-eyed senoritas so long that
they had no money with which TO buy cof-
fee and sugar plantations when they real
lied that in Porto Rico as elsewhere.
wealth is not accumulated without an eff
fort.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-17
No Tally, No shirtee.

Most people suppose" said an ex-
Californian, according to the New Or
leans Times-Democrat that the vertl-
cal row of hieroglyphics on a Chinese
laundry check are merely so many num-
erals. AS a matter of fact, they are moth
ing of the kind, but constitute a brief
and spicy description of the individual
who left the bundle. If you will take
the trouble to notice Ii, you will see that
the laundryman always go through ex-
actly the same programme. He takes the
package, gives you a swift. comprehen-
sive glance. and then proceeds to decor
ate a slip of rice paper with from two to
five India ink chicken tracks What
he has really written is probably some
thing like this:
" Fat foreign devil who resembles a
pig: squinty eyes and wart on the left
side of his nose
You carry around this fiattering pen
portrait, innocently imagining that 1t reads
No 4-11-44 and when you call for your
wash you will find that the Chinaman
who receives the ticket will invariably
look you OVER making mental comparison
before he reaches for the bundle A Mon
golian friend of mine out in Frisco put
me on TO the scheme, and took the trou-
bic to ascertain whether he was telling
me the truth. 1 got a laundry slip copied
it with microscopic fidelity and submitted
it to several expert native translators.
They all agreed that it ran something like
this:
" Ridiculous old man; very pompous;
bald head like a speckled egg
You will observe that my hair grows
rather high on my forehead and I have
a few freckles although nothing to ms
tify such an insulting description. How
ever. it proved the point. The next ticket
1 got declared 1 was an elderly gentle
man resembling Yun-Tai, the wind god.
which pleased me immensely until 1 per
suaded a native curio deafar to show me
statuette of the deity. Then l wanted
to murder the laundryman. The Chinese
are deep people. boys. They look as
demure as guinea pigs but alb the while
they are quietly sizing us up and havine,
big laugh in their sleeves"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-17
PERSONAL.

Clara Barton's advancing years 10
not apparently diminish her activity, and
she insisted on going to Cuba to PERSONAL
ly review the work of the Red Cross So
ciety, which is beginning to have marked
effect on the natives.
While Cecil Rhodes was In Berlin re-
Gently he talked freely and in characterist-
ically pithy fashion about South African
affairs Regarding the Jameson raid he
remarked grimly: THAT expedition was
wrong; it did not succeed
-Viscount Hinton, the organ grinder. de-
spairing of establishing title to the prop
erty of Earl Poulett, his father, is going
on the vaudeville stage in a sketch EMIT
led London Streets" in which some in
cidents of his career as a wandering mu-
sic-maker will be incorporated.
The will of the late Prof. o. c. Marsh
of Yale University which left all his prop
erty to the university, is to be contested
by a nephew. Robert H. Waters of New
buryport, Mass. The ground for the con-
test, SO far as laid bare in the preliminary
papers, appears to be that the will is not
genuine.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-17
DR.. Hart changea the subject.

Judge Afonzo G. Meyers was sitting
under a big tree in Brandon. Miss, one
fine day exchanging experiences with DIR.
Hart the minister and some more of the
folks of Brandon, says an exchange. Judge
Meyers had a circuit which included TWEEN
ty-seven counties, and nineteen of them
are off the railroad lines. On that account
things happen 10 him once in a while which
he thinks are worth recounting. This day
it happened that DR. Harris attention was
attracted by Judge Meyers feet. There
was something peculiar about them, to tell
the truth. They were quite long, but
they were wide, and the judge made no at
tempt TO conceal the fact DR.. Hart had
very small feet, and he was just as proud
of them as if he deserved any credit He
had his boots made TO order, and kept them
nicely polished, and otherwise sought TO
direct attention to his cute little feet.
This particular day. whRe the group was
sitting out under the tree at Brandon, DR..
Hart said:
Judge, that's a pretty fair understand
ing you have there, isn't it?'
The court looked at the foot rather adj
miringly and said:
Yes, that is a pretty big foot. That
was remarked to me by a horseman who
rode down from Nashville with me a
month ago. He said I had big foot, and
1 said: Don't you always find that good
horses-that is, blooded horses, you know
always have big feet?'
HE says oh yes; that's the rule
well, L says, Isn't it true that jack
asses always have small feet?
and he says, 'Oh, that's true, too
Dr. Hart changed the subject 10 the
prospects for a good cotton crop, which
were not encouraging.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-17
Dewey Dinnerisis.

From the Baltimore American.
Homeward, from the Westward, home
ward,
Came the peoples hero, Dewey;
Came the sinker of the Spaniards.
Came the Boss of all the Sinkers
And his people rushed to greet him.
Rushed to greet him and to meet him:
Rushed with open arms to greet him.
And they said, "Ohl Come TO dinner'
Dinners ready, George, please Join usr,
Everywhere he went he heard il;
Heard ii from the very moment
That his feet first touched the dry land
Men from Podunk rushed to meet him
Cryin, George, please come to dinnerp'
Men from Oshkosh cried in frenzy:
George. OH George, please come to din
ner!'
Men from Goosebir chased him. saying;
George, the dinner bell is ringingl"
Men from Hawspike yelled their plead
ings,
George, we've built dinner for WON'T,
Men from Wishwash and from Hooeaw.
Men from Dustbin and Boggs Center.
Men from ev-ry country cross roads
Pressed him close with invitations:
All the nations famous cities
Sent him lovely invitations;
Pleaded with him TO accept them,
Sent committees by the score and
Begged that he would come TO dinner.
Everywhere he went ne found them
Waiting with an invitation.
Men who printed menu cards got
Rich in ten or twenty minutes;
Butchers raked in tons of dollars.
Bakers got SO rich they tainted;
Cooks were working overtime and
Walters fell like leaves in autumn,
Just from sheer eXertion fell down.
All the union was excited;
Kettles sang, and corks were popping
Morning, noon and also night time.
Heroes always come home hungry,
Hence the reason for this wondrous
Case of Dewey dinnerisis.
s-Hobarf
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-17
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-17
THE ADMIRAL AND THE OLYMPIA.

The Olympia, with Admiral Dewey
aboard, will arrive at New York in Au-
gust. On the ship with the admiral will be
Lieut.. Tom Brumby of Georgia. The peo-
pie of his state have concluded that they
will present him with a splendid sword.
Admiral Dewey is said to entertain a
very high regard for Lieut.. Brumby, and
no doubt it would give him a great deal
of pleasure 10 be present, and see the
young man honored by his Georgia adj
mirers And the admiral might not be
averse TO coming with his ship for short
visit to his fellow countrymen of the
South TO see if they have changed a great
deal since he was with Farragut and they
were on the other side. In short, why
would ii not be a good idea to invite Ad-
miral Dewey and the Olympia to come to
Savannah after the New York reception,
and take part in a quiet Georgia celebra-
ton of the Manila Bay victory, with the
Brumby sword presentation as the feature
of the occasion? We should not lombard
the admiral with pies and pates and
speeches, as they are proposing to do in
New York, but we would give him a hear
ty, whole soured welcome, the memory of
which would remain with him as long as
he lived. New York should not be permit
ted to monopolize Dewey. He and his ship
and his men belong 10 the whole country.
The South is just as anxious 10 see them
and to express admiration of their Prov
ess as the North can possibly be; and
there Is no better, more convenient or
patriotic Southern port that the Olympia
could visit than the port of Savannah II
would be one of the browning events in
The life of Tom Brumby, sailor, to be
presented with that sword at a great sea-
port and in the presence of his admiral.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-17

Ambassador Choate stirred up a hor-
nets nest the other day in London when
he mentioned the names of Dewey and
Sampson as our naval heroes of the war
with Spain, and compared them with Lord
Nelson. 1t rifles the true Englishman to
viii be anybody worthy of comparison
with Nelson. The London Globe, in com
menting on Mr.. Choate's speech, said
Nelson was strong man, but he certain
~ was not a Sampson. He was only blind
IN one eye and could always see his enc
my wen enough 10 get at close quarters
with him."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-17
Knew a. Much as Some Lawyers.

Both oratory and law We're natural gifts
for Uncle Dick" Oglesby, who. like his
friend. Lincoln, was not educated as our
lawyers are now, says the Chicago Chron-
icle. He used TO tel this story of his
entrance into the profession of law:
L really didn't know what 1 wanted TO
be, so one summer tried farming. l work
ed hard, but the seasons passed and I had
cleared just $3.50. 1t rather struck me
that had not been cut out for farmer
and SO 1 decided to study law. I had
never read a book through in my life, but
down in Springfield 1 went TO read with
Judge Robbins. The first thing 1 tackled
was Blackstone. Well, the big words
nearly took my breath away. The judge
suggested that it would be well for me
to read English history in connection win
the works on law, and asked me what
could remember of any history.
I never read any. judge I answered.
What! No English history?'
"'No.'
No American history?
mo
Well, what have you read? asked the
judge, severely.
Nothing, Judge. 1 never read a book
through in my life
ITO say the judge was astounded at my
audacity, I think, rather than my ignor-
ance, is putting it mildly, but he only look
ed at me and said:
Why, Dick, how in the dickens do you
expect 20 become a lawyers?
Il told him that l knew several lawyers
who never read anything never had read
anything, didn't know anything and hadn't
any sense, either, and 1 guessed L could
be lawyer if they could"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-17

Greentown, Ind, is said to be the model
town, in so far as good behavior and
minimum of government is concerned. in
this country. 1t has population Of 800.
but gets along without mayor. alderman.
police, constable or sheriff In short, It
has no law officer or lawyer within its
precincts. IL doesn't need any. II is gov
orned by board Of trustees. who meet
once month TO pay for the electric lights.
water and gas consumed by the munich
PATTY since the last meeting. Once on a
time there was town jail, but several
years ago It was sold and is now used as
stable. year ago a marshal was elect
Cd but soon resigned because there was
nothing for him TO DO A few weeks ago
another marshal was elected, and he de-
e'ined to qualify for the same reason.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-17

The latest novelty in the transmission
of signals over wires by electricity is re-
ported from Binghamton, N. Y. An in
ventor at that place has perfected an ap-
paratus with which both Geographic and
telephone messages may be sent over the
same wire at the same time. With the
apparatus in connection with what is
known as the quadruplex telegraphic Nys-
tenn, five messages may be transmitted
simultaneously over the same wire with
out either interfering with any of the
others. Numerous efforts have hereto
fore been made to utilize telegraph wires
in sending telephone messages, but this is
believed to be the first success eyer
achieved
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-17

In Paterson, N. j., a property owner
who has a feud with some of his nelghbors
has announced that a row of houses which
he owns near them win be rented only to
negroes. When a Northern man gets very
very angry With his neighbor, and wishes
to infict upon him the most humiliating
injury that he can possibly think of, he
sends negro to live near him. We have
seen this illustrated recently in Brooklyn
as well as IN New Jersey.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-17

Maud Adams success on the stage in
New York may be in a measure judged by
the fact that she is receiving an honora-
rum Of 1t were the tenth part of the
sum ii would be called a salary of more
than twice as much per week as the Pres
ident of the United States receives. She is
now getting 5000 per week for six APP
pearances; and recently Philadelphia made
her a bid of $500 for a weeks engage
ment.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-17

There are some persons in Kansas, it
seems, who would not hesitate to make
use of the most brilliant heroism for the
base purpose of dollar-gathering, if they
could. The State Fair Association of
Kansas, it is said, has laid before Gen.
Fred Funston proposition to pay him
$1,000 if he and his nine Calumpit hero
privates will swim the Arkansas river, and
show the visitors TO the fair how they
swan the river in the Philippines and at
tackled the insurgents. OF course, Fun
ston, who is a real soldier and a splendid
fighter, will refuse the proposition to make
a country fair freak of himself Those
Kansans who formulated the scheme
ought to be ashamed of themselves, for
having attempted to cheaper one of the
most brilliant characters of the Philippine
campaign.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-17

Philadelphia is having about as much
trouble stopping the waste of water by
householders as Savannah is. A new or
dinance in the former city levies an IN
creased taxation, amounting to about "a
per year, upon those who use obsolete and
embarrassing fixtures.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-17

Secretary of the Navy Long is learning
to operate a typewriter. and the infor-
nation is that he is getting along YER,
we'll lie wrote letter on the machine The
other day, and it is said that the recip.ent
Of It was able to read it withslt requiring
the services Of puzzle editor.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-17
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Meeting Georgia Chapter, No. 3, r. A.
NJ.
Special NOTES.-THE Georgia Telephone
and Telegraph Company; Spring Vegeta-
bes, NJ. S Gardner; Helmken's Cafe; No
tice to Jurors City Court; Reward For a
Stolen Horse and Buggy. J. E. Hester,
Menhard, Ga; Notice, James M. Kreeger
Business Notices-Delatour Ginger
Ale, Club Soda and 'Sarsaparilla, Henry
Solomon & Son, Distributors.
Auction sales-50O TO 900 Mules by ]. b.
Bellinger, Major and Depot Quartermas-
ter.
Hotel-suwanee Springs Hotel, suwanee
Fla.
sauce-Lea & Perrins' Worcestershire
Sauce.
Extract of Beef-Llebig's.
Our IS Hot Water Heater-Mutual Gas
Light Company.
Residence Teiephones-Southern Bell
Telephone and Telegraph Company.
Coffee-Lion Coffee.
Beers-Anheuser-B Busch Brewing Asso-
CLINTON.
Mineral Water-Hunyadi Janos.
Medical-Dr. Hathaway & Co; Castoria;
Hoods Pills; Paines Celery Compound;
Bradfeld Regulator Company: Aver S
Cherry Pectoral: Cutlcura Remedies; Or.
Kennedy's Favorite Remedy; b. b. B.; AL
igator Eminent; Sloats Vegetable Bit
tiers.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-17

During reunion week in Charleston the
street railway company took in little
more than $4,000, which. at cents ride.
shows that more than 100000 passengers
were handled. In Charleston they have
hrst-class street railway system, aud the
people delight TO patronize It.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-17
CLAIMANTS DOOMED TO DIsAP-
POINTMENT.

Do those Engllshmen, Frenchmen ana
Germans who lost property in Cuba dur
ing the war between Spain and Cuba real
ly think our government viii pay their
claims? They are getting them in shape
10 be presented at Washington, and there
fore must have some expectation that they
viii be paid. II is not easy to see, how
ever, In what respect our government is
responsible for them. The claimants
knowing probably that there is no pros
pect of their getting anything from Spain,
have decided to see what they can get
from this country basing their demand on
the fact that we now have possession of
Cuba. Cuba may pay them when she
sets up an independent government, but
the political party which should take the
position that this country should pay them
wouldn't have a very long life.
We shall have as much to pay in the
way of claims when our own people get
through filing their demands for compen-
sation for losses which they suffered in
Cuba, while Cuba was under Spanish rule.
We agreed to pay those losses on condi-
ton that Spain would pay the losses which
her people have against this country for
alleged aid given the Cuban insurgents.
Besides there are some claims in the
Philippines which we shall have to pay
claims growing out of the fire at Ma
Mia. These Englishmen, Frenchmen and
Germans who think they lost millions in
Cuba will have to look elsewhere than to
our government for compensation.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-17

The game laws of Ohio prohibit any one
fisherman from taking more than twelve
bass in a day. Mr.. Cleveland and Commo-
dore Bob Evans, who are fishing there,
are said to go to the limit of the law each
daY.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-17
HUM0R GERMS
EXPELLED BY
CutiCura RasoIve0f
Greatest Of Blood PurIfisrs
and HHmOr Cures.

That is TO say, it purifies the blood and ,.....
lating fluids Of HuMoR GERMs, and thus ,''O1'
the cause, while warm baths with C,.--.-5 yes
SOAP, and gentle anointings with CuTrrr. ia. "a
ment), greatest of emollient skin cur. -i. -l'-
the skin and scalp of crusts and sea.as .1-'
itching, burning, and Inflammation. a7d 10y -',1y
and heal. Thus are speedily, permanent, ' lug
economically cured the most torturipg 5iss- 'l1
ing, and humiliating humors of the SIN so1 1l'
and blood, with loss OF hair, when the bsst MP
sicians and all other remedies fail. P1!'
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-17

NJ. Edouard Rod, the French author
critic and lecturer, who has just sailed for
Europe after a stay of several weeks in
this country. found just one American
habit that he considered worthy of adop-
ton. And that was chewing gum.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-17

The Springfield (Mass.) Republican Qnd)
says: 1.-The Democrats carried Texas by
ever 100000 in 1896. but Director Merriam
allows them but six of the thirteen census
supervisors, giving the other seven to the
Republicans. In nearly all of the states
Mr. Merriam is distributing these places
on partisan lines, and in some of the states
there is much complaint over his
methods.n