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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-08
Frogs as RInndhonndn.

ITS been ten years since l was in WASH
ington last" said the man from Boston,
according to the Washington Post, and
although I've been here now two weeks
it wasn't until yesterday that l felt at
home. l was born here but when l came
back this time the town was SO changed
I scarcely knew it. 1t wasn't bit like
the Washington 1 remembered. Yesterday
evening, though, I went out for car ride
way out into the country. A freckle-
faced boy sat next me- and we struck up
a conversation. He had a small rifle
with him.
What are you going to do with that?"
asked after we had talked awhile.
Coin to shoot blood n Guns
"Blood'n ouos! My! but that one word
made me feel at home. l hadn't heard 1t
since l was a boy, and the boys l know
up in Boston wouldn't know what I meant
If I said it. Blood n Guns! Why, 1t made
me feel like a boy again. l haven't an
idea how you spell the word, but that's
the way we boys used to say it twenty
years ago. l don't know its derivation,
nor anything about it. Washington has
changed nightly since my day, but if the
Washington boys stlI call bull frogs
blood n Guns. I know it's really the same
old town that I was boy in. The Wash
ington boy is just what he used to be-"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-08
rNroN PAssENcrR DEPOT.

Savannah is to have union passenger
depot. That is se,ued. And she is 90
have it unexpectedly, and without any
wrangiing among the railways having
their terminus here. Being unexpected it
viii be all the more appreciated.
The credit for the union depot is
due largely to the foresight Of
Capt W w Mackan President of
of the Georgia Construction Company
II is a part of the railroad develop
ment in which that company has taken
such a leading part, and has the active
support of Mr.. J. SHELTON Williams, the
Pres dent OF the Georgia and Alabama
Railway, and his associates in that and
other railway properties. Their confidence
in the future OF this port is practically
unlimited.
The depot viii be used in common by
the Plant System, the Georgia and Ala
bama Railway the Southern and the Flor
ida Central and Peninsular Railroad The
Central Of Georgia will not be a partner
in the enterprise, but It's passenger depot
viii be so near TO the Union depot that
there viii be very little Inconvenience for
travellers.
The site of the Union depot is on West
Broad street in what is known as Rob
ertsyille The construction company has
bought UP al the property 1t wants in
that thickly settled locality. The purchas-
ing has been going on for over a year,
and the last lot that was needed 10 com,
plete the site was obtained yesterday.
A Union depot has been long talked Of
and long needed in Savannah. II viii
mark the beginning of a period of sun
greater prosperity for the city. It means
progress as well as development. Taken
in connection with the great terminal i'm
provements which are being constructed
here, t indicates a large increase in the
citys business and population.
That this forecast of prosperity for Sa-
vannah has very substantial basis Is
evident from report that the vast ex-
penditure in new railway terminals and
wharves means that an understanding has
been reached by which a great ives tern
and southern trunk line. which now has
ocean outlets at several Gulf ports will
turn large part of its business through
this port. If this report Is well founded
and there are excellent reasons for think
ing that it Is, we shall see Savannah. in
the very near future, growing much
faster than she has grown in any previous
periods of her history.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-08

A very fat little boy with chubby legs
that stuck OUT at right angles from his
watermelon-shaped body sat in a George
town car one day of the week. says the
Washington Post His fond mamma was
engrossed in says sheing'' and says he
ing" with her companion, and Master
Chunk made up his mind that he'd like
40 look out of the window. He rolled over
and climbed up on the seat
Now don't do that" said mamma
You know you've had one awful fall to-
day doing that. so sit right down"
Master Chunk sat down.
Where did l fall MAJ" he piped shrilly.
IN the street car"
did l hurt myseif?" he asked.
Yes she answered.
'Where?' and he looked anxious.
con the head" his mother replied.
Master Chunk raised one cushion OF a
hand to his head, and then, without the
slightest warning, he let up a roar that
would have made the bull of Basham
green with envy. All the way to High
street mamma was busy comforting him.
She had recalled a painful circums lance
to him and he wept-wept the more loudly
since there was no present pain to dis
tract his attention. And the woman across
the car said if he was her child he'd stop
yelling or she'd know the reason why.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-08
CURRENT COMMENT.

Gov. Gambler is receiving praise from
the Northern and Western newspapers for
his efforts TO break up lynching The Chi
cago Record Qnd) says: Gov. Gambler
of Georgia seems to look at the lynching
problem in a proper light, and appears
anxious TO set an example to the Governors
of several other Southern states. He went
to little town where a lynching was
threatened took charge of the endangered
prisoner, and conducted him safely to the
Atlanta jail thus proving his good faith
in denouncing the lynching epidemic, pre-
venting another blot upon the name of mis-
state, and gaining for himself high re-
gard both as an official and lawabiding
citizen"
OF the incident the New York Tribune
(Rep) says: Such an example of cour-
age and determination on the part of the
chief magistrate of the state can scarcely
fail to add great force to his recent APP
peal to the officials and people of Geor-
gia."
The New York Evening Post Qnd) says:
IF every Governor will treat every case
of threatened iynching in this fashion. the
practice VIII soon be effectually checked
The Philadelphia Times Qnd) says:
What the South needs is more Govern
ors and other officials of the Gambler type.
Gov. Gambler has set an example of official
firmness as well as personal diligence in
the enforcement of law against mob rule
that deserves to be followed by every Gov
ernor of every state, North or South. A
Governor who governs is the only kind of
Governor FOR which the country has any
use. and Gov Gambler has shown himself
to be that kind of a Governor"
The Memphis Commercial-Appeal Oem)
says: There is entirely too much pessi-
mistic writing and sentimental gush now
adays. The real man with the hoe is as
bold and Independent as any other man,
quite as inteligently and quite as prosper
Gus. His lot is much as he chooses 20
make il, and he has his own destiny TO
work out, the same as his neighbors."
The Galveston News Oem.) says: If
gold had not been unearthed on the dis
puted strip there would have been no seri-
Gus rupture between Great Britain and
Venezuela The same may be said of the
dispute between the United States and
Canada. and of the quarrel between John
Bull and Dom Paul"
The Chicago News Qnd) says: BE
fore Congress adopts Bishop Turn
er's suggestion and appropriates
100000 to deport the colored peo-
PIE Of the South to some other
country, the bishop viii probably be re-
CURED to show that his race desires to be
depoUed-a hing he win find il difficult
to do. The bishop means wei, but he is
pess.mistIc."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-08
BRIGHT BITS.

Lady of the House 90 peddler)-If you
do not go away IN whistle for the dog.
Pushing Peddler-Then let me sell you
a whistle, mum.-Tit-Bits.
-Doctor-Have you taken any remedy
for this trouble?
Patient-No, doctor; I have not; but I've
taken a power of medicine.-Harlem Life.
Run in the Family" Money, you
know, is an evil eyes. but don't sup
pose people are to blame for 1t when it's
inherited. "-Philadelphia Bulletin.
They had debate at the club the
other night. The subject was Resolved,
That the Martini is more deadly than the
Mauser.' " Gums or cocktaiTs!'-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
old Gentieman-My friend, what do you
do with your wages every week-put part
of them in the savings bank?
Bus Driver-No, sir After paying the
grocer baker, butcher, and rent, l pack
away what's left in barrel l don't be-
lieVe in savings banks.-Tit-B,ts,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-08
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Meetiugs-Isle of Hope Yacht Club; An
Client Landmark Lodge No. 81. f. and A.
M
Special Notices-Ship Notice, J. F. Minis
q Co, Consignees: Crackers in one Pound
Boxes, at A. NJ. & c. W. Vests; Notice
10 City Court Jurors Ship Notices
Strachan & Co, Consignees
Business Notices-LeRoy Cigarettes and
Little Cigars, Henry Solomon & Son,
Wholesale Agents; Dayton Wheels, r. D.
& VIM. baltimore.
Steamship ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and
Miners Transportation Company
Legal Notices-Citatons From the Clerk
of the Court of Ordinary of Chatham
County; Applications for Leave TO Sell
Real Estate of Jane Rutledge, Deceased.
Legal Sales-Chathsm Sherins Sales
Murray Hill Club Rye Whisky-Jos, A.
Magnus & Co, Cincinnati o.
Auction Safes-Administrator's Sale, by ].
Mclaughlin & Son; Administrators Sale.
by RH. Tatem Auct ioneer; A Well-Located
and Roomy Residence by c. H. Dorsett
Auctioneer; Ten Beautiful Lots, by c. H.
Dorset. Auctoneer.
Educational-"Th Citadel" South Caro-
lima Military Academy. Charleston, S. c.
Insurance Statement-The Massachu-
sets Mutual Life Insurance Company of
Springfield.
Aliens Foot Ease-Alen S. Olmsted, Le-
Roy, N. Y.
Medical-Cuticura Remedies; S. S. S.;
Mothers Friend; Horsford's Acid Phos-
phate; Erie Medical Company; Castoria
Coke Dandruff cure; Worlds Dispensary
Preparations,
Cheap Column Advertisements-Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-08

A writer in the New York Press argues
that our language must be sdn further ex-
panded. He quotes mug-house club
motto: The meaner and no counter a
man gets the earlier he gets up in the
mornin'. Commenting he says: I'VE
shall be forced to admit no count and its
kinfolk into the language. No count no
counter no CONTEST Wen, sir, he's the
no CONTEST chap you ever laid eyes on
Your stlckler says. Hes of less account
than etc, of lesser account of least
account but the strength of the language
of the soil is not there"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-08
A Summer Reflection.

From the Washington Star.
1 have read about old Dante and the jour-
ney which he took
To write the words that fill in for our par
lor picture book
And it's many time I've wondered how
it was he ever missed
The fercest most emphatic style of tor
ture in the list.
I have scanned those illustrations, and
have seen nobody there
With the latest cut of clothing and a look
of wild despair,
Compelled by imps, who stand around, I'M
plying and alert,
To wear a stand-up collar and a hard
boiled shirt
There is nothing more intense in the re-
finemeut of distress
Than to take man when weathers at
100, more or less,
And starch him stiff and proper, and then
turn him down the street,
To share the grim discomforts of the other
men he'll meet.
And each will smile, no matter how his
garb viii rasp and cling;
Their grief knows not the comfort which
companionship might bring.
You must keep namely jolly and pretend
ii doesn't hurt
When you wear a stand-up collar and a
hard-boiled shirt.
Is it possible the ruler of that realm de-
pcted there
In the book which makes you shudder as
you handle il with care
Is, way down deep within his heart, a
sympathetic elf.
Far more considerate of man than man Is
of himself?
There are costumes light and airy as you
glance the pages through,
And perhaps il is high time to let the
devil have his due.
He ne'er compelled mortal who his fate
could not avert
To wear a stand-up collar and a hard
boiled shirt
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-08
SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT
for the six months ending June 80, 1899, OF
the condition of
The Massachusetts Mutual Life In
SUI GDCe Company
ON csUIo INC I1STI7T II
sEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT
OF SPRINGFIELD,

organized under the laws of the State of
Massachusetts, made to the Governor of
the State of Georgia, in pursuance of the
laws Of said state
Principal Office, No. 43 Main street
Springfield Mass.
Amount of capital stock. Purely mutual
Amount of capital stock paid up
in cash Purely mutual
Total assets of the company
actual cash market value. es-
timated ................ ....... So, TIC al AZ
Total liabilities Observation-Disclosures. 07952 52 q
Total income actually received
during the first six months in
cash ................... ........... 2,77OO56 20
Total expenditures during the
first six months in cash........ 2,043,9J8 I6
A copy of the act of Incorporation. duly
certified, is on file in the office of the In
surance Commissioner.
STATE OF GEORGIA, COUNTY OF
CHATHAM, ss.-PersonaNy appeared e.
fore the undersigned, WILLIAM J. HAIR
TY. JR, and BENJAMIN J. APPLE, who,
being duly sworn, depose and say that they
are the managers of the said company in
Georgia, and the foregoing statement IS
true TO the best of their knowledge ana be-
lief.
(Signed) WILLIAM j. HARTY, JR.
(Signed) BENJAMIN j. APPLE.
Sworn 10 and subscribed before me this
9Th day of August, 1899.
(Signed) NJ. A. COHEN,
Not. Pub. c. c., Ga.
HARTY & APPLE,
Managers for Georgia
No. III Bay street east. Savannah, Ga.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-08

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-08
A SAD DAY FOR PLEASURE SEEK
ERS

Sunday turned out to be a very sad
day for many pleasure seekers. Near
Bridgeport. Conn. about forty people
were killed in a trolley car accident, and
near Bar Harbor twenty were drowned by
the breaking of a gang plank. In each
disaster the victims were out for holi-
day and were, according to the accounts,
having a very happy Time They were
not thinking of death. Their thoughts
We're all of life, and of pleasures present
and to come.
In the crowded trolley car the people
were singing as they sped swiftly along.
Even while the song was on their lips
the treacherous trestle was reached, and
In moment the scene of galety and joy
was transformed into one of agony and
death. The car, with its load of living
freight pitched into the mud and water
forty feet below, and before it could be
fully realized what had happened death
had claimed forty people
The victims of the Bar Harbor disas-
ter were part of a jolly excursion party,
looking forward to a DAY of enjoyment.
All of the party had not left the cars
NiAIh tH0 dONAuEAl bNtuAtHus ne people
were moving from the train to the boat
laughing and joking in the fullness of
their happiness In the twinkle of an eye,
as 1t were. the scene was changed from
one of active, joyous life to one of hor-
ror and death.
To what extent were carelessness and
negligence responsible for these terrible
disasters? The Investigations which have
already been begun will in all probability
furnish answers TO th,5 question. From
the statements already published the In
ference that the trolley car was not handl-
cd carefully ana that the gang plank was
not properly supported seems TO be justi-
fable. There must have been careless
ness or inehiciency somewhere.
No pains should be spared to place the
responsibility where it belongs, not only
for the purpose of holding the Transport
tauon companies for damages if the fault
is found to be theirs, but also to impress
upon all, who are in positions where hu-
man life is dependent on them the nee
essity for the utmost watchfulness and
care at all times.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-08

A few years ago II. Victor Newcomb
then president of the Louisville and Nash
vile Railroad. was recognized as one Of
the abest railroad men in the country.
Now. however, the once brilliant mind is
in eclipse. A sheriff's jury in New York
few days ago declared Mr.. Newcomb in
sane, and committee was appointed TO
take charge of his property. At the hear
ing medical experts testified that Mr.
Newcomb's troubles had been brought on
by the use of chloral. There is a possl-
bihty of partial recovery.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-08

Recently the supply Of tobacco allowed
TO the convicts in the Iowa penitentiary
has been cut down. and since that time
the prisoners have been sullen and hard
10 manage. TWO or three hundred of
them indeed, have refused to work Ply
siciaus interviewed with respect TO the
matter are of the opinion that the prison
authorities acted unwisely. They say that
tobacco in moderation does no harm, and
that its quoting effects make prisoners as
well as soldiers more amenable to disclp-
line and less DISPOSED to mischief
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-08

Much Indignation has been aroused
among prominent Hebrews in this CITY,"
says the New York Herald, and through
out the country whore it is known of the
determination Of the management of the
Manhattan Beach Hotel and Land Com
pany TO bar Hebrews from the Oriental
Hotel and, in a lesser degree, from the
tianhauan Hotel" And this is in New
York, state and city whose people fire.
quenty lecture the South upon race preju-
dice!
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-08

The British North Borneo Company is
alleged to have received a request from the
Philippines asking the company to sell or
lease Banguey Island to a number of Fill
pinos. It is believed that Aguinaldo is
looking 10 the island as a place of retreat
after he shall have been beaten in Luzon.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-08

New York's triumphal arch in honor of
Dewey is 10 be erected at a cost of some
thing like $4,000. Eminent sculptors and
artists viii give their services free. 1t
has not been announced yet that Horgan
& Siattery, the Tammany architects, will
revise the plans.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-08
CUBA ABLACK REPURLIC.

There is no doubt that the opinion Is
entertained by many of the most intelli-
gent and progressive Cubans that univer-
sal SUFFRAGE In Cuba would mean a black
republic. In our dispatches yesterday
from Havana a leading Cuban merchant,
who has business connections in pretty
nearly all parts of the island is quoted
as saying that if the negroes were given
the ballot in Cuba, without any restrIc-
lions, there would be a black republic
there in the very near future-that is, if
Cuba became an Independent state.
There is no way in which the negroes
could be prevented, in the opinion of this
Cuban, from getting control of the gov
eminent. 1t is estimated that the number
of voters under a system of universal suf-
frage would be about 100000 and that fully
half of them would be negroes. Unless
Cuba had a large white immigration the
black population would increase much
faster than the white, because the negroes
can stand the climate better. In very
few years the negro voters would greatly
outnumber the white voters. Then the
negroes, if they understood their strength,
That they would understand their strength
there is every reason TO believe. There
are some very intelligent negroes in Cuba
In the recent insurrection against Spain
some of the most prominent and forceful
leaders were negroes. Cuba would take d
place alongside of Hayti and San Domingo
as black republic.
viii the white Cubans-those Of them
who are now clamoring for Independence
seeing TO what independence will likely
lead change their opinions and become
anneXationists? Have they patriotism
enough to sacrifice their chances for a
short official career in Cuba as an indie
pendent state for the good of their coun-
try? 1t is very doubtful Unless the Gu
bans who own the property, and who are
therefore anxious for a liberal and stable
government, are influential enough to con-
troll the situation, Cuba will have her in
dependence within very short time after
the meeting of Congress. Congress is
pledged to Cuban independence, and the
pledge will be kept. But there are many
reasons for thinking that it will be sad
day for the island when the American flag
is no longer the dominant one there.
Hayu and San Domingo are as productive
as Cuba. They are in constant state of
turmoil. Assasslnations and revolutions
succeed one another so rapidly that there
is no opportunity for the development OF
! the resources of the country. What is
happening in these black republics would
happen in Cuba Is there no way in which
| Cuba could be saved from such fate?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-08

Ana Mr. william Waldorf Astor has tax
en- swift ana sweet if at the same time ter
rible. revenge upon the Prince of Wales
IL was hardly more than a week ago that
the Prince eliminated Mr.. Astors name
from q list Of guests with the remark
Not Mr. Astor: he bores me" On satur-
DAY last came Mr. Astors opportunity
ana he struck straight and sure On that
day Mr.. Tod Sloan, the Princes esteemed
friend, arrived in New York aud took an
automobile for me Waldorf-As,oria. But
Ae couldn't get in. They refused him &C.
eommodatious. Aud thus was Mr. Aston
avenged upon Wales.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-08

And now science has found way Of
mechanically expanding the youthful
head for the reception of useful informa-
ton! DR. Remond. a French scientist, is
alleged to have discovered a means by
which the mental process of youth is
quckened and accelerated by the applica-
ton of electricity. 1t is claimed that "the
mental powers can be pushed to a very
much higher development by the appli-
cation of an electrical current than by the
art of examining" The cerebellum,
which has been prepared by a course
Of electrical Shocks" shows an immense
superiority in the assimilation of learning.
We may judge from this that the brain
is shocked into a sort of sponge, ana one
has only TO pour in knowledge for it to be
instantly absorbed. If Remond's method
will really swell the mind and improve the
race in common sense, why he cannot get
it into general use too soon.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-08

An ONO woman wants a divorce from her
husband because he smiles in her presence.
That woman does not know when she is
well off. 1t Is much better that the hus-
band should smile" in the presence of
his wife than take his drinks in a saloon
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-08

Bernnpstein is dreadfully put out. &"
What is the trouble?" He opened his
clothing store last evening and the band
played 'Therell be a Hot Time in the Old
Town Tonight. indianapolis journal.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-08

With the mercury bubbHng in the top
of the thermometer the people of the
United States can appreciate how and why
the Cubans are 50 much opposed 20 Gen.
BroolIes order that undershirts must be
covered