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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-07
BRIGHT BITS.

IA seaman washed overheard" ex-
claimed Mrs Jones. as she read a news
paper headline; but he perhaps was so
dirty they hadn't enough water on the
ship. "-TidBits.
Sea Terms.-stout Party Ito bathing
master)-"Got bathing suit to fit me?"
Bath Robe Man docking him over)-'T
guess so. What's your displacement ?''-
Philadelphia North American.
"A Plausible Theory-Hixon-'I wonder
how Methuselah managed to live to such
a ripe Old age" DISCRETIONARY be-
cause there were no bacteria and disease
germs in his day."-Chicago News.
"A Wordy Row.-'Dunphy is pretty
well battered up" Yes He and Nc
Cracker had a passage of words" "Only
words?" That's all. McCracken threw
a dictionary at him. philadelphia North
American.
= -Papa-"You and Willie ought to be
ashamed of yourselves not to give little
sister any of your gumdrops." Tommy
well, paw, you see, me an Willie have
formed a trust, an she don't belong. -
Ohio State Journal.
"A Deficiency. -"France is the home of
modern art" said the young man. well, p"
answered the blunt citizen who had been
reading of the Dreyfus case, may be they
can paint artstically and sing artisticany
and dance artistlcally. But I'm blest if
they can lie artistically." w shington
Star.
Official Member-Brother Noteworthy,
we may look for the usual liberal contri-
button from you for the preachers salary
this year, presume? Brother Trustworthy
Il don't see how 1 can afford to give any
thing this year. I've got to pay taxes on
$4,000 worth of personal property!-Chica-
go Tribune.
"A Record Observation-Disclosures is a
man over in that museum who has lived
for forty days on water
Giles-Pshaw That's nothing. 1 have an
uncle who has lived for nearly forty years
on water.
Miles-Impossible!
Gies-Not at all. He's a sea captain
Chicago News,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-07
PERSONAL.

United States Senator Hansbrough OF
North Dakota acquired his education in
a newspaper office. In 1870 he was an
apprentice in the composing room of the
San Francisco Chronicle, and gradually
worked his way up till ne became news
editor of the paper.
Don Eduardo Lopez de Romano. the
new President o. Peru. was sent to Eng
land by his parents when he was only 10
years old, to be educated al Stonyhurst
College From that Institution he went TO
the Royal Institute of Engineers at Lon
don. where he obtained the degree Of civil
engineer and became an honorary member
of the institute.
d. S. Sherman. who at Ashtabula, o..
recently. was the oldest Santa Fe engi-
neer. While running mis- train across the
prairie in the early days he frequently
stopped his engine to let droves of buff
falo pass. He has stood still an hour at
a time while a whole sea of wild bison
surged across the tracks, and then start
ed his engine slowly for fear some of
the hindermost would turn to charge the
bull CINE" Engineer Sherman pulled the
last engine that crossed the Ashtabula
bridge before the terrible disaster there in
centennial year.
Six great universities have offered to
confer their highest degrees upon Her
bert Spencer. and several governments
have rendered him decorat tons, but he
has consistently declined all such honors
He is now 70 years old, and his fame is
widespread but he is plain Herbert Spen-
Ger. Mr. Spencer, according to a writer
in the Popular Science Monthly has been
prompted year after year to decline these
various honors by the conviction that IN
stead of being, as commonly supposed,
encouragements to literature and science
they are discourasing. He contends that
they constitute a system of inverse han
dicapping. In physical competitions it is
usual to give the younger a certain arti-
fetal advantage when they are set against
the elder; but in these mental competI-
lions, between the rising men and the
men WAC have risen, the reverse practIc
Is followed-the men who have risen have
artificial advantage, and the younger
men, who of necessity have much to
struggle against, have difficulties artifl-
cially increased by the absence of titles
which their competitors possess
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-07
GEORGIA CATTLE GOING WEST.

In an interesting interview in yester-
days Morning News Mr.. J. r. Creamer
called attention to "a movement Of cattle
from the southern counties of this state
to the West Mr.. Creamer is an inspector
Of fertilizers, and his occupation gives him
an opportunity to see what is going on
among the farmers.
One suggestion that ne made is that the
cattle are being bought up 50 rs to cut
Savannah off from any meat supply ex-
cept that which comes from the great
meat-suppIy houses Of the West. In 9TH
er words, the meat trust wants a mo-
nopoly of the meat market of this sec
ton, and seeks to get it by buying up all
the cattle available for beef. Having de-
stroyed competition it will be in posi-
ton TO put up the price of beef.
The suggestion may be based on the
truth. but il seems TO us that the real
reason Western buyers are seeking cattle
in the South is that there is a scarcity
of cattle in the West. There is need
for more stock on the great Western
ranches. These Western ranchmen can
purchase cattle in Georgia, ship them TO
the West and make money by the trans
action. The present high price of beef en-
ables them to do so.
Il will be noticed that Mr.. Dreamer said
that only young heifers are wanted. That
is an indication that the Georgia cattle
are being purchased for breeding. They
can be had at a comparatively low price,
and no doubt they answer admirably the
We do not undertake to express an
opinion as to whether or not the farmers
of South Georgia are pursuing a wise
course in selling their young cattle 50
freely. They ought to be able to judge
of what is for their interests better than
outsiders, but we agree with Mr.. Dreamer
that in restocking their farms they would
show wisdom by getting a better breed
of cattle than those they now have 1t
doesn't cost any more to feed and take
care of blooded cattle than it does the
common grades, from which it is fmpos-
sible to derive much profit
II the farmers of South Georgia were
to give attention to the better grades of
cattle they could not only make more than
'ieS 10 III growing cotton, out they would
have the means of greatly improving their
lands. The Accommodations of barnyards
are much better for enriching land than
commercial fertilizers. If this heavy buy
ing of cattle in South Georgia should have
the effect of calling the attention of farm
ers of that section to the possibilities
there are in cattle raising, 1t would prove
to be a good thing for them and their
part OF the state.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-07
Trials of Society Lie.

Truth Is drofler than fiction. probably
because the truth always manages to leak
out into general circulation while fiction
languishes on the booksheives. says the
Detroit Free Press.
when 1 got home 10 dinner the other
night" said a man, my wife seemed
veNed-put Observation-Disclosures you may
choose 10 call it, She had been out max
ing calls ali afternoon. and as that is her
idea of pleasure 1 felt naturally disap-
pointed that she wore an air of not having
had good time. After cycling her
stealthny across the table two or three
times, I asked: What's the matter, my
dear?'
Matter enough she answered in an
impatient fashion. You know l have been
out calling all afternoon in borrowed
carriage with your old hardware horse
hitched up 10 it, and 1 should think that
would tell the whole story
Sure enough. l had forgotten that l
wanted her TO cut just as much of social
dash as could be cut under our comforta-
bic but limited financial conditions, and 70
that end had borrowed a surrey for her
and had done without the horse at my
store an afternoon. After all, it had not
been q great success.
Didn't the horse go all right?' 1 inqulr-
ed, with some gloomy forebodings.
3" Go all right? repeated my wife. oh
yes. he went all right-for a hardware
wagon-but not for a calling expedition
Little Sam 1--WE had engaged a little black
driver at ten cents an hour couldn't do
thing with your horse. The hateful OLD
thing dashed around corners and banged
the surrey around as if it was your old de-
livery wagon. He raced up into alleys
backed up 10 curbstones and wanted to
stop at every drinking fountain he came
to: yes. strand once he stopped at a sa-
I loon-yes, SRA saloon. We had so much
bother with him that I didn't get but five
calls made Well, you can laugh, if YOU
want to- but it isn't bit funny-no, sir
not a bit funny.
"Of course I stopped laughing, and
promised to repair damages with new
hat. or whatever the abused little woman
wanted but it was funny-don't you think
eooi'
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-07
QUEER FEATURES IN THE CARTER
CAGIE

Within the last month almost as much
has appeared in the newspapers about the
Carter case as there did at the time the
courtmartial which tried Capt. Carter
was in session. and it is within the bounds
of truth to say that in all the mass of
stuff that has been published there has
been only now and then a grain Of truth
An Illustration of the correctness of this
statement is found in the alleged inter
views with Frank P. Blair, one of the at
torneys for Capt. Carter, on the affidavit
which he filed with the President some six
months ago. The affidavit was made pub
lie for the first time last week, and in
quiries were made of Mr. Blair about it.
Mr.. Blair was made to say in the public
prints many things relative to it. One of
them was the following on which the
Times-H Herald of Chicago commented on
editorially:
The affidavit 1 have made in regard to
Gen. Otis is true l flied the charges with
President Mckinley five or six months ago.
When l did so the President said: But
Otis represents the sovereignty of the
United States down there lin the Philip
pines)."
l replied: Il don't care as to that; it
don't make him any less a liar
The President continued: But I will
have to recall him"
l said: That is what you'll have 10 do"
The editorial, in which the foregoing APP
pears, was published on Monday. On the
same day the Chronicle of Chicago pub
lished an interview with Mr. Blair, from
which the following extract was taken:
II never talked with the President about
the affidavit" he said. Il do not even
know if he read it. The story is absurd.
The affidavit was filed TO show the preju-
dice of the president of the courtmartial.
My accusation against Gen. Otis goes that
far and no farther. ] believe that he was
Influenced in his judgment on the matter
by something or somebody outside of the
evidence. That is evident to any reader
of the evidence"
From this it appears that Mr.. Blair not
only did not make any such charges
against Gen. Ous as the Times Herald
would have the public believe but he never
talked with the President at all about the
affidavit II would be interesting to
know who is responsible for the interview
that was published in the Times-HeraId,
and which has been widely copied What
MIR. Blair did say in his affidavit was very
different from what it was claimed he said
in the interview which he repudiated. 1t
is not improbable that he did some talking
when he was not being interviewed, and a
reporter. with an Imagination, but no
scruples, got hold of some of this talk and
manufactured the interview which the
Times Herald deals with editorially as if
it were genuine.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-07
Quo Vadis.
From the New York Times

From the New York Times.
Which way, 0 France! which way?
The nations wait;
The universal ear is strained attent,
To catch the fateful words which thou
must say.
The eyes of all the world are on thee bent;
For more-far more-than one poor pris-
oner's fate
Is hanging on thine utterance, this day.
Which way, o France! which way?
Which way, o France! which way?
Shall craven Fear
Blind Prejudice and fierce fanatic Hate,
with baleful Murder lurking in their rear.
Bear down the scale of Justice, and out
weigh
Gods Truth, which. crushed to earth for
many a year,
Now stands revealed in the clear light of
day?
Which way. o France! which way?
In times of yore
Thy camps and courts were sWayed by
men of might
Fair honor ruled thy realm, from shore to
shore.
That time is past; thy brilliant, glorious
day
Seems darkening to long and starless
night.
1t must be so-else wherefore should men
say:
(Which way, o France! which way?"
Which way, o France! which way?
Thy hands have built
A monstrous Idol, all of FURNISHED brass.
And in its senseless hands have placed a
lance,
Which should it fall (as fall full well it
may,
For many a stranger thing has come to
pass,
Would pierce thy stormy heart, o reckless
France.
And therefore, ere thy fiery blood be
split.
We cry to thee to snatch that lance away
This day, o France! this day
Which way. o France which way?
Not yet too late.
The monumental crime of all our age.
Designed to wholly ruin, rend and slav.
foul, black Lie. begot of bitter hate
Blind, cruel prejudice and senseless rage.
Awaits its sentence from thy lips, this day.
Which way, o France! which way?
Which way, o France! which way?
We. also watt
The whole. wide world awaits, with bated
breath,
Those brief, decisive words which thou
shalt say.
Had ever words before such solemn
weight?
For him (and thee) new life or moral
death.
Honor or shamel What wonder that men
say:
(which way, o France which way?"
Charles Perez Murphy.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-07

An expert from the agricultural depart
ment at Washington has been down to the
sea islands OF South Carolina TO investi-
gate the sea island cotton blight. The
blight is in the form of a fungus which
attaches itself to the roots of the cotton
stalk and chokes the water ducts, causing
the plants to die. The expert has secured
9 number OF specimens of the fungus and
of the soil in which it has made its APP
pearance. and win make an exhaustive
study of the matter upon his return to
Washington
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-07

A very "frenchy' story comes from Paris
relative 20 the Franco-Guern war. Cue
rim aud his friends have barrcaded them
selves in house, from which they are
defying the police. The story is that one
of those inside the house with Guerin is
the Duke of Orleans, pretender to the
French throne that he arrived in Paris
recently for the purpose of taking advan-
tage of certain demonstrations that were
to be made upon the conclusion of the
Dreyfus trial. and that the prompt action
of the government caught him in the trap
in which he is now confined. This, it Is
alleged, accounts for the prolonged resist
auce of Guerin and his friends. and the
singular delay and precautions on the part
of the government
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-07

The famous Lmma mine comes once
more into notice. through the adjudica-
ton Of the ownership Of II by a Denver
court. The court decides that the mine
is the property Of W. J. Wood who is now
ar inmate of an insane. asylum. For the
past ten years the mine has been operated
by a company whose president resides in
New York. The Emma mine has been the
cause Of dozen tragedies and as many
ruined regulations. Some eight men com
mitied suicide ON account of 1t, and the
career OF a minister to the Court of st.
James was blighted by Emma mine stock
transactions. Stewart, who is now
United States senator from Nevada, was
connected with the promoting scheme
which dragged down Minister Schenck and
financially ruined large number of in
vestors.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-07
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-07

Some of the London papers are saying
that the Beers can put no more than 5000
effective fighting men in the field That
may be true; but it should not be lost
sight of that those 5000 would be fighters
of very excellent sort. The resistance
40 the British that they would make would
be neither child's play nor toy war Every
Boer Is a marksman, having grown up
with a rife in his hands. With anything
like equality of numbers on each side, the
Beers might be counted on 10 win; but
there win be no such thing, and in the
event Of war the hardy Dutchmen viii be
crushed by the superior strength and wealth
OF Great Britain.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-07

The two leading yellow journals of New
York are now devoting especial attention
20 the Carter case. Both were short time
ago unfavorable to Capt. Carter. but now
one Of them has swung around and is pub
fishing many columns favorable to him.
Il would be interesting to know if the Jour
nal has changed its mind merely to be in
opposition to the World, or whether it
really thinks the captain has been badly
used.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-07

In Kansas City an organization has been
formed for the purpose of doing away
with woman labor as much as possible"
The organizers say they do not object 10
women working. but they do not want
them to work for less wages than men re-
ceive. It is claimed that women work for
half. and often third Of what would be
paid to a man for the same work" and
that therefore many men. the heads of
families. are deprived Of good positions by
woman competition.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-07

The Cubans are said to be surprised that
the customs receipts of the island are so
much larger under American than they
we're under Spanish domination. And the
people of this country may evince little
surprise when they learn that the Gus
toms collections in Cuba are made with
much less cost than they are in this
country. The cost in Cuba for the past
six months has been $50 per cent, as
compared with a cost OF 462 per cent. in
the United States.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-07

A new process for the manufacture of tin
plate has been perfected by a Wheeling.
". Va, inventor. 1t is claimed that by
this process Is per cent. of the number of
employees in the tln-plate mills will be
eliminated, and the cost of making the
plates reduced by a least one half. There
is no suggestion, however, that the selling
price OF the finished product win be re-
duced in proportion. The increased percen-
tage of profit viii no doubt go into the
Golfers of the trust.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-07

Under the British law employees hired by
the week are required to give a week.
notice to their employers of their inten-
ton 10 quit. Not long ago the employees
of a certain firm went out on strike, with
out notice to the firm The firm brought
suit for damages against the strikers. and
the court gave a verdict against each TO
the amount of one weeks wages. A sim
liar law in this country might be found to
labor.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-07

It becomes more evident daily that the
Dreyfus trial is being reported by Jour
nalsts' 1t would be very gratifying If
three or four competent, old fashioned
hard headed newspaper rapor ers were put
en- the case for while, so that the public
might lie Informed precisely what is going
on and how II is going on. The more one
reads of the stories Of The journalists. the
less he knows of the case.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-07

Some of the Usage Indians APPEAR 10
nave made considerable progress in acquir-
ing The civilization Of the waite man. \
number of them have filed papers in bank
ruptcy. in order 10 avoid paying their
debts. The Osages are said to be the
richest people in the world.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-07

A contemporary says something about
the caddies on certain golf links having
gone out on strike. Our contemporary is
mistaken. There is no such common word
as strike" in the vocabulary of the links.
7 he caddies may have quit work and gone
out on putt, or foozle. or something of the
sort. but il wasn't strike.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-07

The New York Press says that Wayne
MacVeagh received a retainer of $40 600 in
the Carter case, and that his fee will be
five times as much. The probabilities are
that this IS a guess, and about as accu-
rate as the guesses some of the papers
have made respecting the sum the govern
ment is said to haYe lost through Capt.
Carter.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-07

Thomas ]. Gargan of Boston, a prom-
nent gold Democrat and supporter of
Palmer and Buckner in 1896, now says:
Il believe it the duty of all men believ-
ing in the perpetuity of our republic to
ally themselves with the Democratic par
ty. Imperialism has already nearly dou-
bled our taxation, and means, if contin-
ued a vast standing army, eating out the
substance of the people. We daily read
with profound sorrow the sacrifice of the
lives of American citizens in a distant
land in a conflict with people who are
struggling to secure the same liberty for
which we fought in the eighteenth CEN
fury"
The Hartford (Conn) Times Dem.)
says: IF the Philippines are a part of
the territory of the United States they are
under the constitution of this country, and
there can be no slavery on the islands,
no tax on exported productions. Congress
may provide a territorial government and
the President and Senate may appoint a
Governor and judges. Or Congress may
divide the islands into a number of terri
tories each to have a Governor and judi
cial officers 1t makes a great difference
whether the islands are territorial or in
dependent.
Greenvllle Is. c. News Dem) says: THE
state of South Carolina may be regarded
as rejoicing over the short crop of corn,
as it promises decreased competition in
her rum business The boys In the noun
tains can make stills Of wash pots and
gun barrels and can get along without
licenses, permits or smokestacks, but they
must have corn and fresh water"
The Birmingham News Oem) says:
1.-THE average impecunious politician who
is exhausung his lung power denouncing
the Wall street money devil would be
only TOO glad TO exchange places with
the aforesaid devil If but for a brief pc
Rod"
The New York Tribune says: THE
Dreyfus case the other day turned on the
date of the bordereau. The original date
of that precious screed was September
1t was first changed to August, then to
May, and has now been put back to Aprl,
al for the sake of proving that Capt
Dreyfus wrote it.. Whatever the need,
there is always a forgery to meet it,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-07

Days in which there is neither riot nor
outrage in Cleveland, o.. are becoming so
rare that when one occurs the fact is tele-
grabbed 70 the papers.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-07

Did any member Of the Sea Grit team
forget 90 carry his rabbit-foot?