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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-17

Now we know something Of the causes
Of the rapture which filled the heart of
the poet when he wrote the poem, Beau
uful Snow" And we can appreciate more
than ever before the joy which thrills the
small boy and even grown persons when
snow begins to fall. Vice President Egan
of the Central has told US all about IL.
The snow, he says, kills fever germs and
insures a season of health and it fertil-
ICES the land, making it certain that the
crops will be abundant. In view of these
expected blessings Mr.. Egan thinks that
those who have lost their vegetable crops
and those whose cattle and fruit trees were
killed by the frost ought to cease bewail-
ing their losses and let smiles chase the
shadows from their faces.
Truly Mr.. Egan is an encourager of the
misfortunes ard is therefore worth his
weight in gold In times of calamity. The
fact that the snow will make the land so
rich that the farmers will not have to buy
any fertilizers this year affords him pro-
found satisfaction, although his road will
from fertilizer freights But the loss which
his road will suffer is as nothing COM
pared With the benefits the farmers viii
receive from the fertihzing material in the
snow
This ability to find blessings in what ap-
pear TO be misfortunes is a great gift-a
gift which few. have. 1t is a pity that
those who are the sufferers from the
freeze insist upon asking why it is that
If snow is such a mighty fertilizer the
farmers of the North, where there is plen-
ty of snow, are such large consumers of
fertilizers. and why the snow, IL 1t is such
germ killer, doesn't kill the typhoid
fever and grip germs which are so active
all winter long in some of the snow bound
cities. Even the yellow fever germ. which
has thus far eluded the eagle eye of the
persistent bacteriologist, has succeeded in
doing very effective work after a whole
season spent in snow and Ice
Still, we recognize the fact that 1t is not
ereditable to attempt to put a damper
upon cheerfulness which an optomistic
philosophy discovers in a sad situation,
and therefore instead of attempting to
show that snow Is neither a cotton maxi
er nor a disease destroyer we Join Mr..
Egan In hoping that the coming season will
be remarkable for bursting crops
and the scarcity of disease germs.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-17
Mother Electric Marvel.

An electrical barber shop has been OMEN
ed in Paris, says the Cleveland Plain
Dealer, and though detailed particulars
nave not been received, it may be assumed
that 1t is conducted-by an insulated con-
ductor, of course-something after this
FASHION: The customer comes in, wipes his
feet on the electric doormat and then stems
to a non-conducting rubber rug. where
he remains until the gentlemanlv head
electric tonsor utters the magic word
Next" When it finally comes. the victim
gingerly moves to the electric chair. with
It's network of wires and its huge glass
legs. Then. he removes his pocket knife.
his keys and all his coins. He also takes
off his shoes, because the uails in them
might make him trouble When all is ready
the barber engineer touches a button. the
chair tips back to the right angle and a
moment later the electric singers set up a
weird fourishing about the customers
head OF course, there are no razors used
all this electric barbering is done on the
scorch-it-on principle. They come closer
ana closer there is grievous smell of
burning hair, a flourish here and there. a
grimace, a stified shrek. a smothered oath
and 10! the man is shaved.
1t is beautiful, but a little wearing on the
nerves.
When the shave is completed the hair cut
comes on. More singers, more smell. more
swearing, more repressed squirming. Then
an electric arm comes up a bottle of bav
rum is overturned on the victims head.
another arm comes up, a roller runs across
the denuded space; another arm does the
parting, still another adds the oil and fin
ally, an electric fan hobs from under the
seat and straightway blows all the short
singed hairs down the victims neck.
Then the boss presses a button. an cleo
trio spring forces the chair into place and
at the same time the customer is neatly
elected from the seat, and tossed to the
rubber rug from which he started There
he hreathes silent prayer for his escape.
resumes his knife, his coins, and his shoes.
Then he drops franc piece in the electric
cash register, and with great caution
strides from the shop
Perhaps he vows never to go back. Per-
maps he doesn't. Anyway, he must admit
that there are several strong points in IA
vor of the electric barber system. II
doesn't talk, it doesn't eat garlic, il doesn +
expect tips.
These are admirable recomment1a lions
and they must not be lightly regarded.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-17
A ooMMENDABLE UNDERTAKING.

we cannot understand why there should
be any hesitation on the part of the rail-
roads which transport the truck of the
Florida farmers to market to accept the
proposition of Supt. Myers of the Florida
division of the Southern Express Coupanv
to provide seed for truck farmers of that
state who have not the means themselves
to purchase seed. The amount called for
from each road is comparatively small.
insigntfcantly small, in fact, in compar-
ison with the amount which the railroads
will get in freight money if the farmers
are put in position to raise crop.
1t may be said that the crop would be so
late that the vegetables would come into
competition with those of the farmers
further north. and, hence, not enough
would be realized from them to pay the
freight That would not be a correct
statement, however, because the cold
weather has given a back-set to the truck
ers all along the coast from Miami TO Nor
folk. If the Florida farmers are given
help quickly-the kind of help proposed by
Supt Myers-it will be but a few short
weeks before they will have crop of veg
etables ready for shipment The growth
of all kinds of truck is very rapid in
Florida
The railroads in FLORIDA cannot afford
to let the settlers along their lines become
disheartened. They must help them and
keep them in good spirits. This has been
an unfortunate year, but Ii doesn't follow
that next year will be an unfortunate one,
or that the next haif-dozen years will be
unfortunate ones. The freezes from which
Florida suffers once in a while seem to
come in groups. 1t may be a dozen, or
even a score of, years before the state
will suffer from such another cold wave
After the great freeze of 1895 Florida had
no cold weather that amounted TO calam-
ity for more than half century. 1t is
not improbable that many years will
elapse before the state will be afflicted by
cold again as severe as that of last Mon
| day.
If the railroads are going to furnish
seed to Florida truckers who are too poor
to purchase seed they ought to act prompt
| Iy. the sooner the farmers get their land
planted the sooner will they have crops
ready for market, and the sooner they
get their crops to market the better prices
will be which they will receive for them.
The railroads will lose nothing by lending
them a helping hand.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-17

Il tell you what it is. said the man
with tired. .drooping eyes and a scrubby
fringe of fur around his ovetcoat, accord
ing 10 the Washington Star: "humor amt
what 1t used to be. Back in the days
when I used to write real stuff for the
Whangville MOnitor-never heard of the
Monitor? Why ii was the sensation of
the day. I couldn't go to a minstrel
snow or pick up a book without seeing
some of the good things had had in the
Monitor; changed, of course, but could
recognize EN-"
You think humor has degenerated since
them" inquired his auditor whose inter-
est seemed rather slight.
Il should say so. l don't see any of
the good, Old-fashioned, out-and-out fun
that used to delight me. Where is that
joke about the mother-in-law? 1t has
drifted from the scene Like the giants
of oratory and craftsmanship and acting,
it is no more. The way they used to get
up things to hurt the feelings of mothers
in-law and show EN- they had no right to
say word If a man chose to stay out all
night and come home intoxicated and FUN
bic around the keyhole did my heart good
That always used to make me laugh-the
way they would depict a man in a state
of total inebriety fumbling at the keyhole,
with is mother-in-law and wife inside,
wondering whether it would be safe to let
him in or not"
1--WE don't see as much of that sort of
humor as we used to-" assented his friend.
No. They seem to have lost the knaclz.
The spirit of the age Is iconoclastic The
tendency is to slight the old classics, even
TO sheer at them, and think that things
pretty near as good are being produced.
There was the young man who went
trembling~int the old mans study to ask
him for his daughters hand. What has
become of him? The way the old party
would take him by the ear, lead him out
20 the front door and kick him clear out
to the curbstone-he always lit on the
curbstone-used to tickle me nearly 10
death. I have laughed for hours as I
thought of him lying there with his best
clothes spoiled, waiting for somebody to
come along and send for the hospital am
bulance."
He's not very much in evidence that's
a fact" was the reply
Then there was the little boy who ate
things which didn't agree with him-green
apples, usually-and went to Join the an
gels. That used to keep me in roars. The
Idea OF that little boy-well, there's no
use OF trying to describe It, IT'S too funny
to talk about. And the servant girl VINO
oleW herself into atoms trying to light the
IRE with Kerosene and lot more of them.
nave about disappeared. Once In awhile
they try to flicker 10 the front but thev
ami what they were when I was writing
the real stuff for the WhangvilIe Monitor.
Those were the palmy days of humor: and
have my doubts If Wen ever see any,
thing like 'em again"
And he heaved a long, long sigh.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-17
A LESSON FOR HoUsEHoLDERs.

The recent cold spell contains a lesson
for householders in this city. 1t is this:
It is cheaper TO put water pipes deep
enough in the ground to be out of danger
during a freeze. and TO provide means for
letting the water out of them when a
freeze Is threatened, than it Is to pay
plumbers bills every time there is a
freezing spell of weather. If householders
will count up the cost of repairing bursted
water pipes during the last ten years they
will find that they would be ever so much
in pocket If they had taken known precau-
tions to prevent damage 10 their water
pipes from cold
In a very little while now householders
will have 10 connect their houses with the
new drainage system. There then will be
an opportunity, without very much extra
cost, for fixing the water pipes so that
they will not burst whenever their is freez-
ing weather We are not sure that the
city should not compel householders to
take such precautions with their water
pipes as will protect the pipes from burst
ing when the temperature is below the
freezing point. The city is deeply inter-
ested in the matter because, whenever
there is a cold spell of weather, an extra
amount of water has to be pumped on ac-
count of the waste from bursting pipes
and open faucets. The interest of house
holders and of the city together ought to
be sufficient 60 make the Improvement
which we suggest
But If the city does not take hold of the
matter no improvement will be made by
majority of the householders They
win prefer to spend as little as possible In
making connection with the new house
drainage system and take the chances of
the water pipes bursting. The agitation
of this matter should be begun at once and
kept up until the change is made.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-17
The EngIishman,s oner.

They were speaking of the trivial whim-
sicalities of life and what little thing
it requires to create mirth when mirth is
eminentfy unbecoming the situation, SAYS
the Chicago Chronicle.
Il crossed the ocean once with an Eng
lishman for my neXt-door neighbor at din
ner," began woman in the group, "or.
rather / started out with him as dinner
companion, but after the first meal 1 so
disgraced myself with uncomfortable
laughter that never ventured near the
diningroo all the rest of the VOYAGE"
What could il have been to merit a
penance like that?" asked one of her in
teTested audience.
We'll, IN tell YOU" began she, laugh
ing again at the recollection He was an
awfully solemn. pompous-looking man.
with Britain stamped all over him. We had
noticed him and joked about his cheeks
and his accent when we first got on board
and when I found him next me at dinner
l was in dangerous state of effervescence
anyway. And it began with the very first
course. ! had turned away from him as
much as possible after being seated. bur
when 1 looked at my oysters 1 discovered
that mine was the only plate that did not
contain the half of lemon. L was looking
about for waiter when the Englishnan
leaned over me with his piece in his fingers
and asked politely:
Can't give you a little squeeze?'
Il snickered and laughed and gurgIed
and choked and did everything else that
was disgracefully Inbred But couldn't
have remained sober to save my head. Do
you wonder stayed on deck for the rest
of the voyage%
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-17

Health officer Doty of New York, who
has been to Havana, says that nothing
really effective has been accomplished by
the Americans there to guard against an
epidemic of yellow fever next summer. He
says there has been no radical change in
the sanitary condition of the city, nor can
there be any until new sewage system
has been established and the streets prop
erly graded and paved. He says Gen.
Brooke and Gen. Ludlow are making every
possible effort to improve the condition of
the city, that the. means at their disposal
are totally Inadequate. All of this in face
of the fact that Col George f. Warnings
report on the sanitary condition of Ha-
vana has been in the hands of the gov
eminent for months. In that report Col.
Warning stated what should be done 60 pre-
vent fever epidemic next summer. and
what might be expected if it were not done
Should yellow fever be introduced into the
United States from Havana next summer
the administration would have a hard
question to answer to the people.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-17
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Observation-Disclosures Commandery No. Z,
X T.; Landrum Lodge No. 4s, f. and A.
M; Zerubbabel Lodge No Is, F. and A.
M; Lafayette McLaws Camp No. 500, U,
C. v; Clinton Lodge No. 81, F. and A. M.
Francis s. Barlow Camp No. SO, U. s. c.
"; DeKalb Lodge No. g. I. o. o. F.; An
Client Landmark Lodge No. 231, F. and
"A. NJ
Special Notlces-ship Notices. strachan
& Co., Consignees; Ship Notices, ]. f.
Minis & Co. Consignees; Choice Seed Rice
and Rough Rice, John Screven, Jr.; Peo-
pies Loan and Savings Company's Stock,
A r. Myres; Butter, A. NJ. & C. w.
West; Groceries. Hay and Grain, j. C.
Slater; Choice Flowers. Wolf & Co.. Flo
rBsts.
Business NOTES.-The Original Pepper
whiskey Henry Solomon & Son.
We Wave -bye-Byck Bros.
Notion Specialties, Stationery, Sporting
Goods, Etc.-Oppenheimer, Sloat & Co.
Auction Sales-Real Estate at Public
Sale, r. II. Tatem. Auctioneer.
English Dinner Biscuit and Opera Wat
ers-C. A. Munster
Mineral Water-Apolliuaris
Medical-Warner's Safe Cure; Cuticura
Remedies Duffy's Pure Malt whiskey
Browns Bronchial Troches; Hoods Pills
Munyon's Rheumatism Cure; s. S. s..
Erie Medical Company; Castorla; Lydia
Pinkhams Vegetable Pills; Ayers Cherry
Pectoral.
Cheap Column Hell
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-17

'Misfortunes never come singly." They
seem to have struck the Merchants and
Miners Transportation Company in a
bunch. 1t was for long time the boast
of the company that 1t had never lost a
ship Now, however, within the space Of
a week 1t has lost three, the Fairfax, the
william Lawrence and the State of Texas.
II is sincerely to be hoped that the com
pany's streak of bad luck has run out,
and that it will henceforth enjoy its for
mer immunity from disasters of the sea.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-17

There are two Generals Otis at Manila
One is Mai. Gen. Elwell s., whom we of
Savannah know, and the other is Brig.
Gen. H. G., whom we have heard of It
was Harrison Grey Otis who, as editor
OF the Los Angeles Times in 1883, entrap-
ped the British minister, Lord Sackvnle-
West. into that famous 'indiscretion''
which resulted in his recall from Wash
ington at the request of the administra-
ton. This particular Otis seems to be
about as good fighter as he was a news
paper man. 1t was he who led the charge
al Caloocan the other day.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-17

Former Minister Of War Mercier took
surreptitious and unlawful means OF sub
hitting evidence against Dreyfus. and
other members of the staff took unlawful
means of manufacturing evidence against
Dreyfus; still it seems that all that has
been done or may be done unlawfully will
not serve TO mitigate the sentence in the
case of the prisoner of Devil Island. Ger
tain persons are convinced that Dreyfus is
guilty, and that all means under heaven
and ON earth TO the end of having him
punished are not only honorable, but pa
triotic.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-17

Bob Means, young farmer of Green
Vile Kan, has found remedy for hard
times which is worthy of the attention of
those of his neighbors who may be ALWAYS
Inclined to howl calamity. Bob has what
he calls farmers alliance corn patch.
When the alliance was organized he set
Off a ten-aere field and vowed that he
would never work it except at such times
as mis- neighbors, members of the alliance.
were off at political meetings discussing
what should be done to save the country
from going to the dogs. He says that he
was compelled to abandon the scheme. as
ten acres were not enough, and he found
that he was working his corn TO death.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-17

The Chicago lawyer who sued for five
cents fare because street car conductor
neglected to put him off at the proper cor
ner. has lost his case. The court said II
was too trivial. The lawyer thought
there was a great principle involved. but
the court evidently thought that a prin-
ciple based on nickel could not amount
to great deal. 1t is to be hoped the law
yer enjoyed whatever fun he may have got
Out Of the case. He certainly got nothing
else
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-17

White House etiquette permits that
Mrs. Mckinley hold informal receptions
on Saturday afternoons. The president is
not in evidence at the pleasant gatherings
nor do the cabinet ladies' assist as at more
stately functions. During her long resi-
dence in Washington as a congressman's
wife Mrs. Mckinley made many friends
outside the exclusive circle to which she
is now largely confined Many of these
old acquaintance drink tea with "the
first lady in the land" at the Saturday af-
ternoon receptions.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-17

In Chicago some of the hackmen not
content with their legalized system of rob
bling passengers, have taken to the prac-
tees of highwaymen. They drive passen-
gers into out-of-the-way alleys, hold them
up and take their money, and then aban-
don them. Now. an Atlanta hackman
would never do that. He would carry the
victim at least within block of his house
after the robbery.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-17

A New York man who has fallen heir
10 large estate has declined to take
charge of it, because the Lord has not
vet sent him a call to take the property"
The average New York man does not wait
for a cali from The Lord in such cases;
gust the faintest suggestion of right and
aitle is all he requires
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-17

The editor of the Columbia State, who
mas been following the debate on the dis
pensary in the South Carolina Legislature,
has come 10 the conclusion that 'the con-
fusion of tongues recorded at the building
of the tower of Babel resulted from a
debate on the liquor question by the Ba-
bel Legislature"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-17

The Wisconsin legislature has adopted
an anti-railway pass amendment to the
constitution, and an anti-pass law based
on the amendment. The law is simply
prohlbitory, without carrying any penalty
for its violation, and nothing is said in 1t
about drawbacks from the railroads.
Should the constitutional amendment be
ratified. it is claimed that 1t would be
just as easy for legislators and other pub
lie officials to ride upon free passes as it
is now. The lawmakers probably make
the new law for the purpose of impressing
their constituents with the idea that they
are fncorr1ptible.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-17
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-17
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Kansas City Journal (Rep) says:
by using smokeless powder Gen. Otis is
enabled to distribute his benevolent as
sanitation packages among the Filpinos
with much more telling effect
The Norfolk Landmark (Dem) asks:
would the Spaniards be greatly to blame
If they viewed the American reports of
battles in the Philippines with the same
lack of entire confidence as we showed
in scanning the Spanish accounts of Gu
ban engagements? There is a marked sim
ilarity in the casualty statistics"
The ST. Louis Post-Dispatch Oem.)
says; 1.-THE Standard Oil trust owns d
trusts get little stronger they will doubt
less create banks of their own, and NAV
ultimately drive the old line, genuine bank
ers out of the business. Such a develop
ment would be logical and would make
them the supreme rulers in the CONNER
cial as we'll as the Industrial world
The Columbia Is. c. State Dem.) says:
1.-THE McEnery resolution is not specific
enough and not binding enough to meet
assure the F'ilipinos as to our Intentions
which is the Immediate desideratum. But
1t at least makes a concession to the orig
inal spirit of our government and affords
a base from which to advance to a full
assertion of American doctrine. Enough
has been conceded to give the Democratic
demand for more such Republican justi-
fication."
The Boston Herald Qnd) gives this
warning to the tax-eaters: THE tax-eat-
ers should learn by foreign examples that
the taxpayers must not be overburdened
lest the back be sacrificed to the load
We are not suggesting that there Is any
present danger of getting out of our fiuan-
cial depth, but extravaganza is the road
that leads there, for nations as we'll as
individuals, and if Congress wishes to keep
the country in safe and prudent position
II should turn sharp on its heel and adopt
a policy of reasonable economy in its APP
preparations