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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-04
Dress Is the Working GiIr's Social
Guage.
Jane Adams, in the Atlantic.

Jane Adams, In the Atlantic.
The girl who has a definite social stand
ing, says Jane Adams in the February
Atlantic, who has been to a fashionable
school or to a college, whose family live in
a house seen and known by all her friends
and associates, can afford TO be very sim
pie or even shabby as to her clothes, if she
likes. But the working girl, whose family
lives in a tenement or moves from one
small apartment to another, who has little
social standing, and has to make her own
place, knows fun well how much habit and
style of dress have to do with her position.
Her income goes into her clothing out of
all proportion to that which she spends
upon other things. But If social advance
ment is her aim, II is the most sensible
thing which she can do She is judged
largely by her clothes. Her house-furnish-
ing with its pitiful little decorations, her
scanty supply of books, are never seen by
the people whose social opinions she most
values Her clothes are her background,
and from them she Is largely judged. 1t is
due to this fact that girls clubs succeed
best in the business part of a town, where
working girls" and young ladies' meet
upon an equal footing, and where the
clothes superfcially look very much alike.
Bright and ambitious girls will come to
these downtown clubs to eat lunch and
rest at noon, to study all sorts of subjects
and listen to lectures, when they might
hesitate a long time TO join a club identi-
fed with their own neighborhood, where
they would be judged not solely on their
personal merits and the unconscious social
standing afforded to good clothes, but by
other surroundings which are not nearly
I'D to these. For the same reason. girls
clubs are infinitely more difficult to organ
ize in little towns and villages, where
every one knows every one else, just now
the front parlor is furnished, and the
amount of mortgage there is upon the
house In some very successful
downtown clubs the home address is not
given at all, and only the business ad-
dress" is required. Have we worked out
our democracy in regard to clothes farther
than in regard to anything else?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-04
The Angel of the Cowgate.

Max o. Rel in North American Review.
lneTe died, in Edinburgh, a few years
ago cheerful, happy looking old woman
VINO sold sweets to the children of the Cow
safe, that wretched, squalid spot of the
Scottish capital Her whole stock was
worth about a couple of shillings, and she
once told me that when at the end of the
Gay she had made six or eight pence profit
she was perfectly satisfied. Alas, there
are many children in the Cowgate who
never felt in the hollow of their hands a
nai-penny or even farthing, and who,
on oeholding the old woman's basket fun
oil SHINY white, pink and rose candies,
"ouid throw side glance of envy and
pass on sad and detected or stop few
seconds with their fingers in their mouths
0eiuom was child, who could not afford
10 pay her allowed to pass that basket
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-04
THE TRUE EAGAN.
A Letter He wrote to Robert b.
Roosevelt Last Summer,

From the New York Herald, Feb. 2.
In view of the recommendation by mem
bers of the Eagan courtmartial to elem
ency for the commissary general of sub
sistence on the ground that the language
of his reply to Gen. Miles characterized
ton of the beef furnished the soldiers by
his department was written while laboring
under unusual mental excitement, consid-
cradle interest has been attached to a let
ter addressed by Gen. Eagan to Robert
b. Roosevelt, former minister to Holland,
and vice president of the Empire State
Society, Sons of the American Revolution.
Mr.. Roosevelt, who was prominently
identified with those interested in the
welfare of the soldiers, wrote to William
W. Kenely, secretary of the Sons of the
American Revolution, a letter published
in the Herald of July 3D. in which he adj
vised that an attempt be made to expose
the shameful incapacity or Infamous dis
honesty in the commissary department"
and suggesting that an example might be
made by "crucifying a contractor on his
cross of gold"
He also cited the letter OF a lieutenant
colonel at Santiago, as evidence of the de-
plorable condition of the troops.
This letter aroused the anger of Gen.
Eagan. As told In the Herald at the
time, he characterized MIR. Roosevelt S
criticisms as "a low, libellous, scandal
Gus villfcation of honorable men," He
also stated that he had written to Mr..
Roosevelt in reply to his letter to Mr.. Ke-
nelly, and was awaiting his answer there
to.
"As I said in that letter." said Gen.
Eagan, 'T will give him ample time to
make the investigation he Is so anxious
for, after which time 1t Is my purpose
that Mr.. Roosevelt shall be made to eat
his statements or stand his trial for crimi-
nal libel"
Gen. Eagan, seeking an indictment of
Mr. Roosevelt on the grounds of criminal
libel, submitted the letter to Henry e. Da-
Wis, United States attorney for the District
of Columbia, and was told by him that
as the letter brought only charge against
his department an action for criminal Ii
bel would not hold.
This letter to Mr.. Roosevelt was as fol-
lows:
''War Department, Office Commissary of
Subsistence Washington, July %, 1885,
Sir: Only to-day, i'm fact, this minute,
have / seen your diabolical, infamous,
scandalous, false, libelious letter addressed
to William w. Kenely, secretary of the
Sons of the American Revolution. for
one do not propose to let any liar what
ever his position or whatever society he
may belong TO, to escape the just censure
that all right-minded people will heap upon
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-04
North Platte. clear .......-eIL +

1T. temperature; 'v, velocity Of wind;
-, below zero. II. b. Boyer,
Observer Weather Bureau.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-04
sydney Smith and His witticisms.

Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, in the Atlantic.
The Rev. Sydney Smith was one of the
FIRST TO honor our introduction with a call,
saws Mrs. Julia Ward Howe in the Feb
ruary Atlantic. His reputation as wit
was already worldwide and he was GER
tainlv one of the idols of London society.
In appearance he was hardly progresses
ing He was short and squat of figure,
with a rubicund countenance, redeemed by
a pair of twinking eyes.
In the course of the visit already referred
TO Mr.. Smith promised that we should
receive cards for an entertainment which
his daughter Mrs. Holland was about to
give. The cards were received, and we
presented ourselves at the party.
AT this party, Sydney Smith was con-
stantly the center of a group of admiring
friends When we first entered the rooms,
he said to us. 81 am so busy tonight that
1 can do nothing for YOU
Later in the evening, he found time to
seek me out. Mrs. Howe" said he,
"this is a rout ! like routs. Do you have
routs in American
I'VE have parties like this In Amerlca."
I replied, but we do not call them routs."
What do you call them, then?"
1--WE call them receptions"
This seemed 10 amuse him, and he said
to some one who stood near u.s.
Mrs Howe says that in America they
call routs receptions"
He asked what had seen in London, so
far. / replied that l had recently visited
the House of Lords Whereupon he re-
marked
Mrs. Howe, your English as excellent.
I have only heard you make one mispro-
nunclation. You have just said House of
Lords We say, House of Lards.
Some one nearby said, "Oh yes! the House
is always addressed as My Luds and Gen
temen.'"
When / repeated this n Horace Mann
It so Vexed his gentle spirit as to cause
him to exclaim, House of Lords! You
ought to have said House Of Devils!"
| have made several visits in London
since that time one quite recently, and I
have observed that people now speak of
receptions, and not routs. 1 believe also
that the pronuncia ton insisted upon by
Sydney Smith has become a thing of the
past
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-04

without receiving one for love. One day,
coming out of school, the children looked
for the old woman in vain. She was dead.
Az her funeral hundreds of brefooted lit
tie boys and girls in rags followed their
departed friend down the Cowgate.
When that old woman arrived at the
gates of heaven there We're more angels to
meet her and take her to the throne of the
Almighty than there would be for the ar
rival of all the dukes an Christendom. If
there are social sets in heaven, / guess
that old woman is a leader of fashion
among the 400 Thereon my idea of heaven
is altogether wrong.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-04
FROM THE MAGAZINES.
Cen. sherman Was Not NOmi-
VIZ mated for President.
senator Hoar IN Scrlbner 5.


W. lated for President.
tor Hoar in Scribners.
~. thought Gen. Sherman was the per
"" ma wanted. 1t was known that
son 49, ,,.ritten a letter to MIR. Blaine de
DC - have his name used, and that
en- had been received from him by
5o,agate during the session of the
ton 70 the same effect. But it was
,-.,,,t mat if he were once nominated ne
=, end if impossible to decline, and
H. previous refusal would be an ele-
'i'' .,rangth and not of weakness in
-. country. After the adjournment
Itch was at 11:45 a. m, on Friday June
,z,,- before the balloting, 1 made an
....,,,.nt TO meet Mr.. George William
-, the chairman of the New York
,-..ior and one or two other gentle
IN of the same way of thinking, from
~, ar TWO other states, and we agreed
mat when the convention came IN again
.,.,,l5 east the votes of our delegates
.,,rae5 with us for Gen. Sherman.
ma been authorized by large majority
Of the Massachusetts, delegation 70 nave
,b,. interview, and knew that I repre-
MED their opinions, although they had
40, all of them, spoken to me about Gen.
etsrm,n When. I got back to the
80 meeting of the convention, l made
- ~ Them what 1 had done. l was
saiJ Nv several of them that they would
e el'od bv me. but that it would cause
great dissatisfaction when they got home .96l,
ss.U,b,t is the matter?" l said our
a.. not want a father confessor in
P ,So White House" was the answer. AL
.t1,sb cen. sherman was a Protes-
tgnf. it is web known that mis- wife was
C',Loltc Soon after. Mr.. Curtis came
~ ,,,. seat and said: "Mr. Hoar, l
o,1 NOT carry out our agreement"
o .rba, is The matter?" said 1. There
is an instruction in the New York dele
eatjon was his reply. ''They do not
sa'' father confessor in the White
House So we agreed we should have
10 give il up
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-04
In DEVILS Gully.

Owen Hail, All 1lpplt4SOtt .
He cave another cry, and again the
echoes came from far and near. he had
reared himself up and put his feet on the
sloping face of the rock, While all the
inn his eyes seemed 10 be fixed on mine
with looks of hendish malignity. Suddenly
h.rs was a cry close behind him, and,
az if encouraged by the sound, he made
what oDpeared to be a desperate effort, and
the next moment he was scrambling, roll
ing or climbing up the face of the rock
with q motion that was quite indescl1b-
able in its clumsy eagerness AS ne ala
So another black figure appeared at the
bottom and ! heard a splash as third
legIn To wade the stream. 1t was grow
iug serious indeed. / waited until he got
within few feet of me, and then 1 fired.
He gave a snarling howl, and rolled to
the hOitom.
When the smoke cleared, l could see
him IN the ground, but the other had be-
sun to climb IN his place. Slowly, care
fully. d0gsodly. he came on, as If his one
object in existence was to reach me.
wslted till he got near the top, and then
fired. He rolled halfway down, and then
he seemed 10 cling 10 the rock and stop.
Taeu he began 10 crawl up again, gnasning
his ioeth and swapping tiercely at the
PAGES where the shot had wounded him.
] had TO fire again, this time almost into
his face. before he rolled down again. And
- it went on, with a sameness that grew
more and more horrible, with a persist
eccy which seemed to me nothing less
tam q. 5olical one by one they came
in answer to the cries of the wounded;
one by one they attempted to storm the
rock. with the same slow, desperate, I'M
urins energy. l used up my cartridges,
and Yet they came. l dubbed my gun and
teIed them one by one. 1t was like the
most horrible of nightmare dreams. No
sooner did one disappear than another
took his place. Battered, bleeding, hardly
able 10 crawl, still they crept up, one by
one
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-04
sneczcd HIS Shoulder on.

Newark, Jan. 31.-A hearty sneeze caused
passenger on the midnight Pennsylvania
Railroad train last night from Philadel-
phia to New York to dslocate his Shout
der. He was a young man Of Jersey City
who had been at Philadelphia. He re-
fused to give bis name. The mishap oc-
CURED just this side Of New Brunswick
lie sneezed and uttered a piercing cry
OF pain. Drs. Harold and Wallace and
large party of other politicians from
this city were returning from Trenton.
The two doctors ran TO the young man 8
relief and saw at a glance that his shoul-
der was dislocated. The violent wrench
ing of the sneeze had done t. He was
carried to the baggage car and the joint
was with great difficulty snapped back
into place.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-04

1t viii Happen Now.-Chlef of Detec-
tives (dreamily)-I was just wondering
Assistant-What?
Chief Of Detectives-Wholl be the first
actress TO have poisoned candy sent TO her
by mail.-Puck.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-04
To-DAYS WEATHER FORECAST.

Forecast for Savannah and vicinity UNI
til midnight. Feb. 4. 1899: Fair.
Washington Forecast for Saturday:
For Georgia and South Carolina; Fair;
colder; winds becoming brisk northwest
erly.
For Eastern Florida: Fair; colder in
northern portion; winds becoming brisk
northwesterly.
For Western Florida: Fair: much colder;
winds becoming brisk northwesterly.
General Conditions: The weather from
Wilmington to Boston, on the Atlantic
coast, ls cloudy, accompanied by rain and
fog. On the Southeast Atlantic 1t is gen
orally clear, while ON the Gulf coast and
In the Lower Mississippi valley cloudy
weather prevails. Rain Is falling In the
Ohio valley and snow In the Missouri and
the Upper Mississippi valleys.
Zero temperatures still prevail I'm Ne
braska and Minnesota, while on the lakes
the temperature changes have been slight
Throughout the southern section of coun-
try the temperature is decidedly higher
than on yesterday. Thunderstorms have
occurred at Vicksburg, Washington and
Philadelphia.
Yesterdays Weather at Savannah
Maximum temperature p. M. 76 degrees
Minimum temperature a. m... 81 degrees
Mean temperature ................ 6S degrees
Normal temperature ............ IS degrees
Excess of temperature. ......... 10 degrees
Accumulated excess since Feb.
........................... 3 degrees
Accumulated deficiency since
Jan. l ............................ 16 degrees
Rainfall ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 10 inch
Normal ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. II inch
Excess since Feb. .............. .38 inch
Excess since Jan. ................ 60 inch
River Report-The hight Of the Savan-
nah river at Augusta at 8 a. m, 18th me-
ridian time, yesterday was 1l.4 feet a
rise of IA feet during the preceding TWEEN
ty-four hours.
Observations taken Feb. 3, 1899. p. m.
(7jth meridian time) at the same moment
of time at all station, for the Morning
Nous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-04

Lacked Interest.--Buswick-O Stub
bins had a very slim funeral
Van Brunt-Yes; the will was read the
day BEFORE Philadelphia North American.
The Advocate and news., 1899-01-18
STATE TREASURER.

which sometimes follow feeding on
alfalfa alone.
Swine and their diseases and sheep
raising in Kansas were among the i'm
pOrtant subjects ably handled and thor
oughly discussed. The paper by ]. Logan
Jones, of Kansas City, with reference to
the farmer and his wife as seen by the
merchant was very full OF suggestive
ideas drawn from the practical expert
ence and observation Of thorough and
successful business man. Mrs. G. +.
Wilder, OF Manhattan, read a very in
structiVe paper upon the subject Of Home
Life in City and Country
Hon. T. A. Hubbard, OF Sumner coun-
ty, was elected president, and Hon. Ed
win Taylor, Of Wyandotte county, vice
president. OF course, Secretary f. D.
Coburn was continued in his present po-
sitiOn, for. no one would think that any
other person could fill that position so
ably and we'll. A unanimous vote of
thanks was given him for the able man
ner in which he had performed the du-
ties of his Office during the past year.
The reports from all portions of the
State, as given by the delegates in at
tendance upon this meeting, indicate
very prosperous and contented condl.
tion among the farming classes. The
prospects for the coming year are very
bright and the farmers OF Kansas we're
never any more enthusiastic or hope
full than they are at the present time.
The annual address Of Governor Click
and the report of Secretary Coburn are
given herewith, and the attention OF all
who are interested in agricultural mat
ters is especially invited to them.
The Advocate and news., 1899-01-18
THE NEW STATE GOVERNMENT OF KANSAS.

ogist have all been conscrlpted into the
service Of the board.
The work Of the board does not stop
at the purposes Of money making or In
creaslng the wealth Of the people by dis
seminatlng information pertaining only
to agricultural and cognate subjects, 1t
seeks to dignity and elevate the calling
OF the husbandman and the stock
breeder; to place him on higher plane,
where he properly belongs
The foundation of our national pros
perity is based on the success Of the
agriculturlst, and the men who thus lay
the foundation OF an enduring prosperity
are deserving Of place In the hearts Of
those who are the recipients Of the ben
eflts secured by efforts Of those who till
the soil, feed the people. and place the
balance Of trade on Americas side Of the
ledger
The efforts OF the board have been to
ennOble the work Of the farmer; to add
to the happiness and comforts Of farm
life: to build up and secure a permanent
prosperity in our State that will com
mand the love and admiration Of her cit
izens, that patriotism and loyalty to our
institutions shall find safe and per-
manent lodgment in the hearts Of our
people.
The aim Of the board is to educate the
farmer, enable him to become an expert
In his calling; teaching him how to APP
ply new discoveries in science to his farm
work; to adopt new methods; to apply
new rules to old methods; to change old
methods for new or better ones; to
make the farm local experiment sta
Continued on ninth page.)
The Advocate and news., 1899-01-18
Meeting of the State Board of Agrl-
culture.

The twenty-eighth annual meeting Of
the Kansas State Board of Agriculture,
held in Topeka last week. was one Of the
bet and most interesting ever held by
the board
The address of the retiring president,
Hon. Geo. w. Click, was replete with in
formation upon agricultural subjects and
full of hope for the prosperity of the
agricultural classes in Kansas. 1t was
well said by him that the aim of the
board is to educate the farmer and en-
able him to become an expert in his call
ing, and that the efforts of the board
have been to ennoble the work Of the
farmers and add to the happiness and
comforts Of farm life.
The report of the secretary, Hon. F.
d. COburn, contained brief statement
of the work Of the board during the past
year and what it had accomplished on
behalf of the agricultural interests Of the
State.
All the papers and addresses were ex>
ceedingly interesting and full of useful
information. That by II. d. Watson,
Of Nebraska, upon the subject of alfalfa,
will be of great interest to the farmers
of this State, and especially those in
the western portion. 1t advanced many
new and useful ideas upon this great
forage plant, the most noticeable Of
which is in regard to hiS experience in
growing blue grass and alfalfa together,
which he finds makes a perfect feed for
stock through a large portion Of the year
without any danger from the effects
The Advocate and news., 1899-01-18
Address of Prealdent (illCk.

The annual meeting Of the State Board
of Agriculture Is the bright oasis in the
years events. 1t is the occasion when
the results of experimentation, scientific
research, improved methods of the hus-
bandman and the results OF the harvest
are brought to the view of those who
are engaged in the laudabIe and patri-
otic effort to hotter the condition Of the
people Of our " ing and growing State.
These meetings tIrnish an opportunity
for all to learn much Of what has been
accomplished in the preceding twelve
months. It welcomes all who by efforts
In various directions OF agricultural re-
search have made discoveries that are
useful and beneficial to the stock breeder,
the horticulturist and the farmer. The
records Of the board are a storehOuse
of information for our own people, and
they are sought after by innumerable
persons living beyond the limits Of our
own State while many foreign countries
seek information from this great store
house Of collected and systematized ag
ricultural knowledge. The State has
made no other effort during Its existence
that has done so much to build up her
great Industries disseminate more val
liable and paying information. or added
more to the general prosperity Of our
people, than in organizing the work Of
the State Board Of Agriculture. No
branch of economic husbandry has been
neglected. The work of the practical
man, the work OF the scientist, the ge-
pIOgist, the agricultural chemist, agrOs-
biologist, and the labors Of the entOmol-
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-03-29
Talk 9 o NG SAMOA.

Blafne,s Plan OF settling the Question
Again brought Forward.
WAsHINGToN, March 2277 There is
some suggestion that Mr. Blaine's plan
for q PARTITION Of Samoa may again be
brought forward, al although it has not
assumed official form thus far. II is
based on the. ideast that as the Samoan
group consists Of three large islands,
each Of the three interested nations
would take one of the islands. The
Germans insist that they have FREEDOM
mating influence IN the large island of
Upo1u, where the capital, Apia, is Sit
uated, and that IN any partition Upolu
would fall tos Germany On this basis
the eastern island Of Tululia with its
harbor of Page Page, would fall to the
United States, and the large Western
island of Savaii to Great Britain. AT
present the United States is preparing
to take possession of It's naval harbor at
Page Pago, and q collier is now loading
at Norfolk with supplies for that point
But while it is one Of the best naval
,harbers on the Pacific, there IS much
doubt whether this government would
econtented with naval harbor alone
while Germany absorbed the rich CONF
mercial partssof the island group Tor
is it Believed Great Britain would ac-
cept part which assigned to
her the Western island, which is
barren and mountainous. While,
therefore, the partition Of sSamoa
issbeing put forward ina tentative way,
5it appears to 1nyolyest too many animos-
tiles to prove d practical solution.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-03-29
THEPRESlDE EMIT / N Id ORIDA

Welcomed 70 the State capita, BY Cow
ernor Blox ham.
ALLAH assoc Ia March % The
president and party arrived herejust
before noon and were received by Gov
sernor Bloxhanl and a local COMMITTEES.
The town had been. Ella orately dec
GRATED IN honor Of the president. The
party was driven first to the state cap
ito, where a large crowd from the town
and surrounding country had assem-.
bled. After q brief rest, during which
the ladies Of the party were presented
immense bouquets Of beautiful violets,
the party was driven to the Leon hotel,
where an Informal public reception was
held by the entire party and an elabo-
rate lunch served to about 100 persons.
Then followed drives to points Of inter-
est and . visit 81 the president to 4
large negro college having about 800
students The party left here at 80
and arrived in Thomasville at $40.