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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-03
BRIGHT BITS.

-Sububs just returned from
hunting trip" Towne-"House or COOKE"
Puck.
-"Jobbine tells me he has just bought
a house boat 'why. didn't know he
had money enough for that!' ooh, yes!
This one is for his cellar. Puck.
so the lady engaged you at once when
you said you had served with me?" Eyes,
she said that any girl who could stand
you three months must be an angel
Fliegende Batter.
Governed by Circumstances.-AIrs.
Binkley-''Parson, do you consider darn
a swear word?" Parson Goodhue-"Wen,
it all depends on what you really mean
when you say it."-Chicago News.
-Johnny-"Pa, teacher says it is wicked
to tell lie. You never told lie, did you,
PAP" Pa-'tWell, not for a good many
years. My statesmen attend to that part
of the business. "-Boston Transcript.
-Brown-"I wonder why the great col
leges, like Yale and Harvard, never ad.
vertise in the newspapers" Towne-"They
do; but they don't cali it advertising
They call it playing football Brooklyn
Life.
-AIulligan-"Did Mike make a speech at
the convention" Morrisey-"He did that.
and they axed him wud he take the plat
form?" "And did he take it?" 'Divil a
bit. He towld thin he'd rather take the
nomination. Boston Transcript.
The Real Dificulty.-Little Jacob
"Fader, ven man can't meet a note he
is in financial difficulties, amt he?" Mr..
Isaacs-"Not at all, my son; it's ven a
man can't get his note DISCOUNTED dot he's
in financial DIFFICULTIES PUCK.
One of Those Queries.-'F Father" said
the boy with big, serious eyes, 81 want
to ask you something. what is it, my
SOM" asked the old gentleman, closing
his book and looking wise. IF a monkey
wore shoes on his hind feet would they
be mittens. "-Washingto Star.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-03
PER SONAL.

The late Judge Reuben Merriwether
Dorsey of Howard county, Md, was born
during a snowstorm rode twenty miles
through heavy snowdrifts to be married
and was buried during the recent bliz-
card.
Prof Stanton Of the Iowa Agricultural
College, has just presented to that institu-
ton a chime of bells which he had cast
abroad Congress had to pass special act
before the bells could be admitted free of
duty.
Chris Magee, the well-known Pitts
burg politician, recently narrowly escap-
ed death in a railroad wreck. The sleeper
in which he was riding was telescoped
and a hole had to be chopped in the car
before MIR. Magee could be rescued.
President Krueger's insensibility TO
physical pain is very great. -Four years ago
he was kept awake one night by toothache
and he extracted The tooth himself in the
middle of the night by means Of pair of
pincers which he hunted up in the kitchen.
-Rumor has it in Washington that since
the success of Gen. Otis in the Philippines
administration circles have begun to re-
gard him as a menace to the PRESIDENT
hopes of a second term. Dewey and his
achievements have for the time been for
gotten.
General Gomez stands about 5 feet Z
inches in his shoes, weighs about $50
pounds, and though 20 years of age, has
been from 1858 often in the saddle for
thirty-six hours without sleep. Indeed, he
found his health better in a tent than in
a house.
Not the least important attache of the
White House is the husband of Mrs. Nc
Kinleys maid He is known as "Frenchy,"
and acts as valet to the President, draw
ing a comfortable salary from the secret
service fund. He accompanies the Presi-
dent on all his trips.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-03
DEMOCRATS HELPING QUAY.

1t seems little remarkable that promi-
nent Democratic senators should use
their influence to bring about the re-elec-
ton of Senator Quay. Ii NAV be true
as Senator Jones of Arkansas saws. that
Senator Quay is always frank in dealing
with Democratic senator's and has al
ways been fair and liberal in his attitude
towards the South. but it doesn't follow
on that account that Democratic senators
should try to have reelected a man who
is under Indictment for misusing the funds
of his state. 1t may be true that there
is no truth in the charges which have
been made against Senator Quay. We DO
not pretend to say whether there is or
not. 1t seems to us, however, that it
would have been time enough for those
Democratic senators who have expressed
a desire for Senator Quay's reelection. in
the event of it being impossible to elect
a Democrat to have assisted him after
it had been shown that the charges. made
against him were false. At least, half of
the people of Pennsylvania believe the
charges are true. That being the case,
we do not see that the Democratic sena-
tors in question were justified from any
point of view in trying to have him re-
elected.
1t is true that Senator Quay announced
that he was ready for trial when his case
was called the other day, and that the
postponement was granted on the motion
of the state. There is a well grounded
belief. however, that the reason of the
postponement was the discovery that the
jurors had been tempered with. If that
was the reason it would have been a seri-
GUS mistake to have proceeded with the
trial. No doubt Democratic as well as
Republican senators have a very kindly
feeling for Senator Quay. He is said to
be very companionable man. 1t is GER
tain that he has made many and strong
friends in the Senate, and it is not there
fore surprising that there should be
very general desire in that body for his
acquittaL There is no justification, how
ever as far as we are able to see, for the
action OF those Democratic senator's VINO
have attempted to influence Democratic
members of the Pennsylvania legislature
10 vote for the reelection of Senator
Quay.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-03
Didn't Post Himself.

The old man In the shaggy overcoat men,
toned something about Kansas in his talk,
says the Chicago News, and the Bostonian
leaned over toward him and asked:
Ibid you say you were from Kansas"
''No, but 1 jest come from there"
"Then I want to ask you a few ques-
tons. How are times out that way?"
II dunno"
els money plenty or tight?'
Cant say"
But don't you know how the farmers
are feeling?"
mo"
as business good or bad in the towns?''
81 didn't ask anybody"
''You-you are not an observing man."
said the Bostonian.
mo, guess not. I went out to Kansas
10 see a widder 1 used to know, and to
ask her to marry me. 1 got to her house
al o'clock in the afternoon. l asked her
to have me, and she said she wouldn't
and at $3.50 I was on my way back. 1
didn't see no crops nor ask about good
times or bad. The state of Kansas may be
holdin reg lar Fourth of July over good
times, or everybody may be goin' to the
poorhouse. All know about ii is that I'm
an old fool fur spendin' $50 to run arter
Kansas wilder when / could hev married a
New Hampshire gal fur u shillin's!
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-03
Five dollars for a Machete.

With the air whistlng from the brakes
and an almost humangsigh of relief from
the locomotive the train came TO stand
still. says the Chicago News. Instantly
stream of humanity poured down the steps
and through the doors into Fifth avenue.
Ii was a cosmopolitan crowd and the in
nocent countryman was there. He was
tall, awkward, young fellow of % and The
wide-open mouth and wonder-stricken
countenance instantly sealed his fate.
Down the street he slowly took his way,
stumbling occasionally over a loose plank
in the walk. for his eyes were looking
heavenward at the wonderful sky-scrap-
ers. At Van Buren, street a little man in
a dilapidated uniform accosted him: Wy,
Chonesy, my poy, how was your "Eh,
HUH My name amt Jones'" replied the
farmer in a deep-toned drawl. Vat, you
aindt ChOnes. who vas hit a Mauser bull
let vidt by Candida go salretty ind nearly
died?" exclaimed the little man in amaze
ment. mo, amt but say" and his eyes
glistened with admiration, "wuz you TO
tn war;" "Of course l vas und 1 losd my
chob for idt, too" replied the soldier sad
ly. 'Nodt Won cent in my pockedt und
holdings but my mahsheetay lefdt. I got
it from liddle Cuban poy after the battle
of Santiago undt now 1 must zell idt
or go hungry" A tear stole down the thin
cheek and the countryman's heart was
touched Hack much dye want fur it?"
he asked. Il reckon Said like t. hev it."
Veil" said the veteran, 'idt's cheap, but
you look like Chones so much; fife tollar."
The countryman trudged on, holding his
prize tightly and congratulating himself
on his shrewd bargain. AS he passed one
of the big department stores he looked into
the window and gave a gasp of indignant
astonishment. There filling the window
were hundreds of the Tnachetes labeled
$3.50 each"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-03
Womnn,s Wennon.

After dinner the talk ran upon the claims
made by the new woman for the ballot and
higher wages, says the Youths Compan-
ion. The old doctor listened In silence
awhile and then said:
Il have nothing to say as to woman's
rights, but have an opinion as to the
me recall one or two facts.
THE straw workers near Florence in
Italy, some little time ago struck for high
er pay. The soldery were called in by
their employees. When the troops arrived
in a railroad train they found hundreds of
women, young and old, seated on the
track, like nothing so much, said an eye
witness, as a flock of cackling hens
THE crowd stood around, laughing and
joking with Italian delight in fun. The en-
CINE drawing the train stopped, then,
Threatening to run over them, moved for
ward foot or two. The women laughed
and calmly sat still. The troops were then
drawn up in line, and pointed their mus
kets at them.
''The women sat immovable good hu-
mored, but resolute. They knew the order
to fire would not be given. In the end they
won their point simply by calm, good-hu-
mored determination. Their strength, as
they wisely apprehended, lay in cheerful
persistence in their demands. Tact COM
mon sense and a gentle, courteous bearing
are womans weapons, and they have
worked marvels in human history"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-03
President Loubet,s ways.

Frances new President has been made
the subject of innumerable stories, most
of them of a character to demonstrate his
great good nature. Thus, when he arrived
from the South of France to assume the
presidency of the Senate, in succession to
the atrabilious, irascible and sour-tempered
Challemel-Lecour, he was met at the rail-
road station in Paris by an exceedingly
well-dressed and important looking gentle
man, whom he at once assumed to be one
of the principal officials of the Senate
writes "Ex-Attache' in the New York Tri-
bune. The gentleman in question having
greeted NJ. Loubet, informed him that a
carriage was in waiting, and conducted
him TO it. AS soon as Loubet had taken
his place in the vehicle he pulled the
skirts of his coat aside in order to make
room for his companion beside him. No
ticing, however, that the latter was about
to shut the door without getting in, he
inquired why he did not enter.
Il am going 10 ride on the box, mon
President" said the stranger.
Nonsense, not a bit of it, exclaimed
Loubet, you are welcome inside"
But your excellency-''
Come along, insist upon it,
The stranger thereupon took his seat be-
side the new president of the Senate, who
subsequently,, during the course of the
ride. discovered that his companion was
nothing but one of the footmen, or one of
the mental servants of the Luxembourg
palace. 1t is scarcely necessary to add
that the man was subsequently loud in
his praise of the condescension and bon
hommie of NJ Chaliemel-Lacour's success
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-03
How an Error Helped.

Jim was broke, says the San Francisco
Wave. However he managed to reach
Vancouver and. walking into the head
quarters offices of the Canadian Pacific.
said to the manager in charge: II am
Jim Wardner, and I am an old friend of
Tom Shaughnessey, the general superin-
tendent. VIII you wire him and tell him
that / am here, broke and want trans
portation to Montreal?" Back came the
reply: Don't let Jim walk" He got the
transportation, and arriving at Montreal
called at once to thank his friend. wen
well, Jim, is this really your" Then with
a twinkle of the eye: How under the
heavens did you get here so soon, if Won
were broker Why. thanks to your tele-
gram, Don't let Jim walk of course. 7
was az once furnished transportation; ana
here 1 ami" "Confound those operators
1t is strange they cannot get my mes
sages through correctlyv Didn't Won tel
egraph Don't let Jim Wake interrunt-
ed Wardner. Certainly not. My answer
was; Don't! Let Jim walk! - -
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-03
GoMEz.s TALK TO THE cUBANs.

Gen. Gomez Is trying 20 ailay the impa-
thence Of the Cubans for the withdrawal of
our troops from Cuba He is telling them
that he has no doubt our government in
tends to deal frankly and fairly with them,
but that what they want done cannot be
done Immediately.
1t is pretty certain that Il is not the pur-
pose OF our government TO withdraw from
Cuba until a stable and enlightened gov
eminent is established there. At present
there is no government other than that
provided by our military forces. And there
are no indications that there will be any
other kind for some time to come. If our
troops were to be withdrawn now there
would be, in all probability, a revolution
started within two or three months.
The Cubans do not seem to understand
that when we undertook to drive the Span
iards out of Cuba one of the objects we
had in view was the establishment of
government in that island that would pre-
vent it from being a source of annoyance
to US. We cannot therefore leave the is
land In the hands of its people until there
tanned there and order preserved. 1t would
be a mistake to leave the island in the
hands of those who constitute the so-called
Cuban assembly. 1t is doubtful IL they
are the choice of the people. They may
be the choice of a fraction of the people,
but before we turn the island over to the
Cubans there ought to be a choice of Of
Nv he kat
under a constitution that has the sane
ton of the people.
our work in Cuba is not done yet. In
order that the island may be prosperous.
and source of a vast trade to us, we
must see to 1t that ID has the right sort of
government, and that means are provided
for insuring its stability. The present so
called assembly would like nothing better
than to take charge of affairs. The chances
are that il would burden the island with
debts and waste the money it would raise
from bond issues. No, as much as we
should like to see our soldiers brought
back from Cuba at once we can plainly see
that our work there is not yet done. There
is no use in the Cubans murmuring against
our continued presence in the island. We
shan not get out until it suits us to do
so, and it is safe to say that we shall not
stay a moment longer than is absolutely
necessary.
And the fact must not be overlooked that
Cuba owes us a pretty big debt. 1t is a
debt that ought to be provided for before
any other is created. The Cubans seem to
think that the many millions of dollars we
have spent in driving the Spanards out of
the island are not TO be repaid. OF course
all that the war has cost us will not be
repaid, but there are certain obligations
which Cuba wiH have to provide for, and 1t
is probable that arrangements will be
made for the payment of these obligations
before our troops are Withdrawn 1t is use
less for the Cubans to become impatient
for our withdrawal. We shall consult our
own interests in the matter
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-03

The naval bin carries an appropriation
for the purchase of additional land at the
Port Royal naval station, or more prop
erly speaking. the Paris Island dry dock.
Does this mean that the dock is to be put
to use? II is to be hoped so. Up to this
time the Paris Island dock mas been I'M
der the ban Of the navy, and no vessels
have been ordered there to be overhaufad
or even scraped- If the government is go
ing to dump more money down on Paris
Island, it ought to use the dock; If it is
not going to use the dock il should place
no more money there, but should abandon
the undertaking and establish dock at
some port where it would be of some ac-
count.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-03

new prison law is proposed in the Tex
as Legislature. 1t provides for the APP
pointment Of a board Of inspectors in eacn
of the counties, the board to be composed
of three qualified voters, to be appointed
by the district judges. An inspection of
jails and prisons must be made once
month. the inspection to include the con-
dition Of the prison, the quality and guam
uty of the food served the prisoners and
the general conduct of the institution. The
leading Texas newspapers apparently ia
vor the proposed law.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-03

Roland B. Molineux, who has been in
dicted for the murder of Mrs. Adams in
New York is the son of Gen. f. L. Mo-
lineux. who was in command of federal
troops in this part of Georgia Immediately
after the war of secession. Gen. Molineux
IS remembered by Older citizens of this
section as a soldier and a gentleman. 1t
was he who tried to put a stop to the
stealing Of cotton from our people by mill
tary orders. 1t is hard to believe that
son of Gen. Molineux could be guilty of
q dastardly crime.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-03
LILLE cosT oF THE wan.

1t cannot be stated with any degree of
accuracy, what the cost Of the war. begun
to free Cuba from the yoke Of Spain, has
been up to the present time, but it has
been stated on the floor of Congress to be
about S6O0.000OOO. How much more we
shall have to spend before Cuba has gov
eminent Of her own and order and law
are restored in The Philippines no one can
say. It would not be surprising if our ex-
penditures growing directly out
Of the war, including the in
creased cost of our army and navy, should
amount 10 81 900, 10000. That is an immense
sum, but if we have spent $500 100000 thus
far, we see no reason why our expendi-
lures should not aggregate 800, 900. 900 more
before we are through with the job.
If it had not been for our interference
in behalf of Cuba we should not have in
creased our army, and the Increase in the
navy would have been small in compar-
ison with that which is now proposed. OF
course our national debt will not be in
creased by the war $1,000 900, because
war taxes are now being collected The
ever, and it is pretty certain that there
will have to be other bond issues. There
has been talk of a bond issue within the
last few days. II is known that, notwith-
standing the great Increase in the reve-
nue. owing to the war taxes, there will
be an immense deficit at the end of the
next fiscal year. for which some provis-
ion will have to be made.
And what benefits will accrue to us for
this vast expenditure? That is a question
which no one seems ready
or able to answer There
are some, of course. who insist that our
benefits cannot be estimated in dollars and
cents. Refuge is taken in that view be-
cause there is no other answer. As a mat
ter of fact the American people expected
material benefits from freeing Cuba from
Spanish rule when the war was begun.
They did not, of course, undertake the war
because they thought its benefits would
be greater than its cost, but they had no
idea that the cost would be so immense.
II is evident that we are going to get
very little from Cuba except in the way
Of trade, and 1t is certain that we shall
get little or nothing out of the Philippines.
All of the revenues of those islands win
not be sufficient to pay the expenses of the
military establishment that will be neces-
sary to maintain order. AS far as our ma
terial interests are concerned it would
have been better, perhaps, if the President
had acted upon the advice given him by
Senator sewell Immediately after the bat
tie Of Manila, namely, to order Dewey to
sail away from the Philippines at once.
The exact figures are not at hand. but
II is safe to say that the appropriations
of the Congress which goes out of exist
ence to-day will aggregate fully s., 900. co.,
COO What howl there was throughout the
country when the appropriations of one
of the Congresses reached $1,000, 900, 900.
And yet this Congress has appropriated
hundreds of millions more than that Con-
gress. In the matter of spending money
we are progressing at a very rapid rate
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-03
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Meetng-Landrum Lodge No. As, F. &
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Special Notices-Notice TO Liquor Deal
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Scotch Jams, A. NJ. & c. W. West
Business Shakespeare, La Car
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solomdn & Son; We Are Now Ready c.
"A. Munster.
Auction sale-Of Lumber on Bark
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Ger.
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Mr.. Kipling's illness has brought out
one very striking fact 1t is this, that
his fame rests chiefly upon his poems. For
the past week about all persons and
newspapers commenting on his sickness,
and his hold upon the English speaking
peoples, have laid stress upon his poems;
his depth of feeling and power of express
sion, as shown in his "Recessional, !" 1.-THE
White Mans Burden" and one or two
others, Indeed, if he had written nothing
more than the two poems named, his fame
would have been secure. The one is a sub
dued, deeply emotional, fervent prayer of
nation; the other a powerful exhortat ton to
a young republic not to shirk the duties
and thankess tasks which destiny forces
upon a superior race. Kipling has been a
rather voluminous writer of stories; of
adventure, and pure fiction. And all of
his works in those lines have shown ge-
MUS. On the other hand his poems have
been few in number. But when the time
came TO form an opinion to criticise him
for his greatest works, 1t was his poetry,
and not his prose. which was foremost
in the public mind. The public verdict,
therefore, seems to be that he will be re-
membered as Kipling the poet, rather than
as Kiphng the story writer, notwithstand-
ing he leads his contemporaries i'm the
latter as well as in the former. Kiplng.
indeed, is the real laureate of England:
a literary genius of whom all English
speaking people are proud, and of whose
writings they cannot get enough. The in
formation that he now has chance of re-
covery is most gratifying.