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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-11
Personal.

Paul De Longpre, the artist, announces
that he VIII give up working in oils al
most altogether. He believes that water
colors are better suited to portraying the
delicate tints of the flowers which he
paints.
Since Joseph d. Savers became Gov
ernor of Texas, twenty-five babies in that
state have been named after him. Con
sidering all the Dewey's and Schley's."
says the Governor, Il think that is quite
fiattering"
Senator Beveridge of Indiana, whose
return from The Philippines IS now anx-
lousy awaited, will in the next Congress
enjoy the distinction of being the only
United States senator who has personally
visited the islands, studied their resources
and watched the progress of the war. Sen
ator Beveridge was born on Oct 6, 1862
on a farm in Highland county Ohio, and
is, therefore not yet 81 years old He will
be the youngest member of the Senate.
with the exception Of Marion Butler of
North Carolina, who is a few years young
el than the Indiana senator. The friends
of Senator Beverage claim that he is the
original eXpansionist.
"A Washington friend Of Admiral
Dewey says Of him: There is little differ
ence between the Dewey or to-day and the
Dewey Of twenty-five years ago. He was
then the same admirable officer chat he is
at the present time; the effects of time
showing only n the change TO white of his
formerly dark hair and mustaChe 1t il
not eXaggerating the truth 10 say that
Dewey was as popular an officer as could
be found in the navy, and during our
cruises of ten and fifteen years ago he was
always a desired guest Of the banquets
prepared on board ship. He was of a very
charitable disposition, and l know of no
instance in which he harshly criticised an
acquaintance"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-11
A Bluff That Was worth 1t.

ANY man who tries to persuade me that
bluff isn't good thing now and then
will find that I am not with him." said
a man prominent in the war department
to the Washington Star. 1T was a bluff
that saved me a $500 diamond the other
day, and if a thing like that isn't calcu-
lated to give a man a high estimate of
buns, | don't know what is.
Some time ago 1 was ordered to go to
Cuba on government business. As I was
to be gone six weeks, l packed everything
IN my rooms which happened to be lying
around in the bureau drawers. When 1
came back and went through the drawers
again ! found to my dismay that my dia-
mond stud was not in the case where 1
had left it. 1 distinctly remembe hav-
Ing put 1t there, hiding the case beneath
some old socks l went to my niece and
in a voice fearfuly calm I told her of the
theft.
She was. of course greatly shocked
but she began to question me about it, She
suggested that perhaps l had not put it
IN the case at ALL and that it was prob
ably lying somewhere In the drawers. 1
made some crushing reply, intimating that
l was not In the habit of strewing $500
diamonds all over the carpet. I reported
the matter to the police the next day.
The servants were under suspicion, but
HotlIuS was Drought 10 HSnI, ana ueS-
paired of ever recovering it again.
"A couple of days ago, while 1 was in
the Chinese laundry paying my bill, a
bright idea came to me.
John, 1 left a diamond stud in the
bosom of one of the shirts l sent over
here. You found it, of course. 1t went
in like this l explained, putting an ina
sinary stud in the front of my shirt
THE celestial seemed not to underst and
as his face did not change expression, and
he went on counting, without a word.
1T was just an ordinary screw-back
stud that went in So l said, again going
through the motions.
He shufied around behind the counter
for time, moving the laundry packages
on the shelves. Finally he turned to the
cash drawer. and from it tossed out a lit
tie bundle of tissue paper.
Vat him?' he asked.
and a new flyer answered .Yes.,,,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-11
THE DRAINAGE AROUND THE CITY

What is the condition of the drains
around the city? We are led to ask this
question by the communication TO the CITY
Council signed by Mr.. ]. F. Guilmartin
and read before that body on Wednesday,
Is 1t as bad as Mr., Guimartn says il is?
We don't desire to crticise the County
Commissioners, but we should like to know
just what the facts are We have no
doubt whatever of the sincerity of Mr..
Gulmartin but we recognize that there
is chance for him to be mistaken We
assume that if the County Commissioners
agreed with the federal government TO do
drainage work in connection with the
hospital they would comply with their
agreement But Mr.. Gulmartin. if we
understand him Alright. says this agree
ment hasn't been complied with, and that
as matter of fact, the drainage around
the city isn't what it should be.
This is matter of such importance TO
the city that ii shouldn't lose any time in
investigating the charges made Big Mr.
Guilmartin. The prospect is that there
viii be a great deal of rain during the e
mainder of this month. and if the weather
in September should be very warm there
would be a good deal of sickness, if the
drains in the vicinity of the city were not
in good condition
1t was stated when the Buckhalter canal
was practically completed that it drained
the swamps and lowlands back of the
Springfield plantation. Is 1t a fact that
it does drain all of that section of county
or does il drain only little of the surface
water from the swamps in that section =?
We ask the question because there is a
very general desire for correct information
on the subject Ii is to be hoped that it
drains the territory in question complete
ly but if it doesn't no time should be lost
in opening a canal from the uudrained sec
ton TO the river. 1t is section that
should be drained as promptly as possible
because it is a source of danger to the
health of the city.
This matter of drainage is one that the
city cannot afford to overlook. The city
provides pretty nearly all the money for
the drainage work and hence ought to
have a voice in saying how the money
shall be spent, Ii should at least keep
posted as TO whether the health OF the city
is threatened by The lack Of drainage or
the failure to keep the drains in good con-
dition.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-11

Mr. D. of Boston, a constant devotee of
the wheel, was recently visiting in one OF
the small towns of Western Massachu-
setts. says Harpers Magazine. He was
taking a spin about its streets shortly az
ter his arrival, when he was run down,
as he claimed by a negro and knocked
off his bicycle. The fall not only ruff
fled his dignity and his clothes, but broke
his skin end his wheel. These combined
injuries made a breach in his placditv,
and he picked up a stone and threw it with
accurate aim ct the colored man and
brother This infracdon of The peace re
suited in his arrest and in his conviction
in the .ocal court of justice
Il VIII fine you So said the judge
"FIeve you anything to say?''
Nothing" replied D., unmollified, Tex
cept that | wish l had killed the fellow
THAT remark will cost you S. more, -
rejoined his honor.
DIS temper was not improved by this
fresh dispense lion of justice. wherefore the
bitterness of his rejoinder was plainly ap-
parent conversation seems to come high
in this court" he observed.
Five dollars FOR contempt" promptly
responded the bench. Have you anything
more 10 say?"
Il think not" answered the defendant;
you have the advantage of me in repair
tee"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-11
Concerning Trusts.

From the Boston Courier.
We've struck the age Of trusts. in every
artery of trade.
We feel the potent influence their growing
strength has made
There's scarce a thing we eat or drink or
wear or utilize
But has a nineteenth century trust adj
justed to its size.
We're getting so that trust may soon mo-
nopolize our health,
When burglar trusts viii dictate means
and avenues Of stealth,
When trusts may govern bench and bar
and forcibly maintain
The market rates at which we may the
fruits of justice gain.
We've trusts political that govern offices
for sale.
And social trusts that name the price to
get within the pale.
And ere the climax is attained they'll very
likely seize
The right to govern wedding fetes and
human obsequies.
The fashion isn't popular, but since IT'S
come 80 stay,
Wed like to hint at something worth re-
viving in our day,
We mean a trust that brings to rich and
poor full recompense-
A Simon pure. old-fashioned, earnest trust
in providence.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-11
TALK WITH INGERsoLL.

John Templeton Cwho now spells his first
name JONI, a whilom manager of the
Savannah theater in The sixties, and a
clever man and actor-"a man of many
parts"-is now helping to edit the Tam
many Times in New York. 1t appears that
Mr.. Templeton has recently had an inter-
view with the spirit of the late Col. Inger-
SOL, and he has sent the Morning News
copy OF his paper containing the inter-
view. marked: "True-giye opinion" As
the truthfulness of the Interview is backed
up by duly signed and sealed affidavit.
il would seem that there could be but one
opinion, hence we must believe in Temple
tons ability to see and talk in the YER
nacular with spooks Were it not for that
formidable affidavit however, we nigh,
have doubts, ard think that perhaps JON
had been doing the happy hours away
and dreamed of 1ngersou But
There are more things in heaven and
earth. Horatio.
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
We hope that our old friend viii be able
to establish a regular line of communica-
ton, by telephone or Otherwise. with the
great agnostic so that he may De able Ia
ger NJ The facts respecting The great be-
yond. II the spook OF lngersoll VIII just
talk about the matter In that vigorous and
poetic style which was peculiarly Inger-
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BRIGHT BITS.

Professor 10 his wife Drovoled)-I
never know how to take you. Amelia. Five
years ago you were crazy for that hat.
and now I've bought il for you, and you
don't like it at ail-Tit-Bit
1t was Edih's first visit to tie coun-
try. and while there she saw one of her
grandfather horses shod. ally" she ex>
claimed ON reaching The house, grandpa
had a breast-Dn put on every one of his
horses feet'-JudSe.
- Hard World By lookin' in de micro
scope" said Plodlirg Pete, you learns dat
every time you drinks water you puts a
bunch o wild an wisglin animals in yer
stomach" YES" answered Meandering
Mike, AN il you drinks whisky you has
EN- in yer head; 50 what's a man to DOE
Washington Star
The domestic man rang the boarding
house bell. Mrs. Skinner came to the door.
spoon in hand Madame, do you take
children" DO l take children, Ell? Ar
yes. l know you You are one of these
hired detectives If 1 said l took children
you'd mplcate me in the kidnapping wap e
that's going over the country. But I'm too
smart. "-Ch.caEo News
Mrs. Brown-Our language is fun of
misnomers. For instance l met man
once who was a perfect bear, and they
called him a ciVil engineer
Mrs. Smith-Yes, but that's not SO ride
ulous as the man they call teller in a
bank. lie won't tell you anything. | ask
ed one the other day how much money
my husband had on deposit, and he Just
laughed at me.-Household Words.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-11

Gen. sheridan was noted for his facility
in epigrammatic speech, which is well H.
Illustrated by a remark he once made ia
Gen. Meigs, says the New York Tribune.
Gen. Meigs was the architect Of the pen
sion office. in Washington, and was inordi-
nately proud of his achievement When
Sheridan inspected the building Gen. Meigs
accompanied him. Sheridan went thor
oughly over the structure from top to bot
tom without passing any comment, but
when the inspection was competed he
turned TO his guide with:
well Meigs, 1 have only one fauft TO
find with g."
'NVhat is that, generai?" asked the de-
lighted eN-quartermaster general
MS freproof," replied Sheridan.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-11
GEN. NIERCIER,s BEARING.

The bearing of Gen. MERCER at the Drey-
fus trial is so remarkable as to excite very
general comment. 1t is reported that just
before he started for the scene of the trial
he declared that he would prove Dreyfus
guilty, and when his name was called by
the president of the courtmartial he ans
wered so agressively as to startle all the
members of the court.
The trial means a great deal to him.
He was minister of war at the time Drey-
fus was convicted and was one of his
most bitter prosecutors. If Dreyfus should
be declared innocent Gen. MERCER and
other generals of the army who assisted
in the prosecution would be placed in a
most unenviable position. 1t is not prob
able that they would be prosecuted be-
cause it would be pretty generally accept
ed that they were honestly mistaken-de-
ceived probably by some of their subor-
dlnates who had an interest in having
Dreyfus put out of the way. But they
wouldn't be treated with the same cour-
tesy and respect that they were before
the Dreyfus case became disturbing e,e-
ment in the politics of France
1t is understood that neither Dreyfus nor
his friends intend to prosecute those who
have caused him so much suffering in the
event his innocence being established
There win be no need for prosecutions in
the courts to fully punish those who are
responsible for the conviction of Dreyfus
if they acted with any evil intent Their
consciences will be their accussers and the
people Will inf1ict the punishment. 1t is
certain that in the event of Dreyfus
acquittal the revulsion of feeling will be
so great that Dreyfus' enemies will find
living in France unpleasant until the ex-
element caused by the trial dies out
There are prominent men in France,
who are of the opinion that there will be
great disturbances in Paris and other
cities of France when the verdict is an
nounced, whether Dreyfus Is declared in
nocent or guilty. The defeated party will
not accept the finding of the courtmar-
tial and will manifest their displeasure
at the outcome of the trial by exhibitions
of violence
The chances are that this view is an
erroneous one. The facts will be brought
out so clearly, and, that too in a public
manner, that the people will have made
up their minds and will be prepared to
accept the verdict. whatever it may be.
before the courtmartial is ready TO an
nounce its conclusion
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-11
An ALARMED SOUTH AMERICAN.

! There is apparently some foundation to
! the report so generally circulated cou-
pie Of weeks ago that the leading men Of
the South American states We're advocat-
| ing an alliance Of those states against the
! United States. In our dispatches yester-
/ day from Rio Janeiro it was stated that
| President Roca OF the Argentine Republic,
at present the guest of Brazil, was de-
sirous Of negotiating an alliance between
Argentina. Brazil and Chill against the
| United States.
All this talk which has appeared in the
newspapers of this country and Europe
! respecting the adoption of an imperialis,ic
policy by our government has greatly
alarmed the South American statesmen.
They are afraid, apparently, that just as
soon as We have pacifed the Fiipinos We
win send our navy and army to capture
the South American states and make them
accept our rue.
They ought to understand the people Of
this country better. 1t Is doubtful If there
is any considerable number of Americans
who would like to see the states of South
America a part of this country or who
would favor exercising authority of any
kind over them. If the United States had
wanted the South American states they
could have taken them long ago. They
don't want, however. any more troubles
than they already have. The people of
South America need not be apprehensive
that we shall undertake to grab their ter
ritory and dominate them
European statesmen also seem to be ap-
prehensive or purpose on our part to in
terfere in European affairs If they could
realize how strongly opposed the great
majority of the American people are to
anything ike imperialism, or even TO
system of colonies, they would dismiss
their fears at once. The United States
wouldn't be in the Philippines to-day if
il had not been for the accident of war
They are there, and must stay there I'M
til they succeed in restoring peace and or
der. They would not be occupying Cuba
and Porto Rico If they had not been
aroused to action by the cries of the Gu
bans for assistance. They didn't go into
the war with Spain with any idea of con-
quest And nothing is further from the
minds of the American people than to in
terfere in European politics or to dominate
in any way the affairs of the South Amer
lean republics.
1t is astonishing what a wide-reaching
effect the newspaper talk respecting impe-
rialism in this country has had! The eff
feet has hardly been percepuble at home.
but it has been very great abroad. When
foreigners understand our politics better
they Will not permit themselves 90 be
alarmed by the partisan thunder of our po-
itical campaigns
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-11
half BLIND FROM
MA
Three Children Afflicted. Whols
Bodies and Faces Sore, Raw
and Bloody Mass.
Tried Doctor after Doctor for
20 Months Without Slightest
Relief. Crying Constantly. !
Gould MT Sleep. Tried CUTICURA
First Application Gave Relief.
Cured in Fourteen DAYS.

My second child got eczema when seya,
months old. Three months later my first child
got it, and following him, the last one, two
years old, fell victim. For twenty month,
they suffered fearful agony. Their whole bod
les, especially their faces, were so sore and
raw that the littlo ones were blind half tia
time. No words can describe the suffering Of
my second child, whose whole body was ons
bloody mass. He was constantly crying, could
get no sleep, and he actually did not look hu.
man. tried doctor after doctor, but none at.
forded the slightest relief. decided to try
CUTICURA. The first application brought re.
lief in each case, and after fourteen DAYS
treatment with CUTIoURA SOAP and CUrI.
CURA (ointment), the worst case was cured
and the whole neighborhood is surprised at
the wonderful effect Of CUTIcURA. Icontinue
the use of CUTICURA SOAP for the children,
because it makes the little ones look splendid.
Nov. %, 1898. MRS. ANNIE RING,
515 E. 18th ST., New York City.
In ali the world there is no other treatment so
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-11
PRESIDENT BROWNS PLAIN TALK.

President Brown of the State Agrcul-
tural Society hasn't much use for those
Northerners who are forever meddnng
with the affairs of the South-always crit
icisine and condomning the Southern peo-
pie. In his address at Quitman on Wednes-
day-the opening day of the meeting Of
the State Agricultural Society-he paid his
respects 10 them. The kind of Northeners
he had in mind are represented by Mr..
Thurber of New York city, whose address,
read at the meeting of the Southern In
dustrial League at Atlanta, was the sub
ject of great deal of comment. most of
which was not very complimentary to Mr.
Thurber
President Brown seems TO have the idea
that the majority Of the Northern people
hold views in respect to the South ana
Southern affairs similar to those expressed
by MIR. Thurber, and in the course of his
address he said that they were South hat
ers. and were at The bottom of most of the
troubles in the South lie said he thought
IL time we were letting them alone" and
that we should quit running after them,
quit toadying TO them"
We agree with President Brown that
there is a class of people in the North who
like Mr. Thurber, are happy apparently
only when they are saying something
mean about the South and the Southern
people, bur we doubt that the Southern
people run after people of that kind or
toady to them. In fact, we doubt if the
Southern people run after any class of
Northern people. They show them proper
courtesy on all occasions, courtesy which
isn't always appreciated. The effort which
the Southern people make to get Northern
people to settle in the South, and to invest
money in Southern enterprises is not run
ming after the people of the North nor is
it toady.ng TO them.
The people who think of settling in the
South, however, and those who are put
ting money in Southern enterprises are not
South haters, ana are never offensive in
their Criticisms OF Southern affairs The
people to whom President Brown refers
don't know anything about the South or
Southern institutions, and have no inten-
lion 10 invest in the South. They seem to
think they are divinely appointed guard
ians of the negro. BY their speeches and
publications on lynchings and the rights
of the negroes they do an infinite amount
of harm, because knowing nothing about
the situation, they lead the negroes to
adopt an aggressive and offensive atti-
tude, and indirectly encourage them to
commit the crimes which call mob VIC
lence into existence. President Brown is
right in saying that the Northerners OF
this class are the cause of much of the
trouble between the races in the South.
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Commander st. John Of the British
cruiser Peacock may have spoken truly in
that interview. in which he says OILS
should be removed from command at Ma
Mia, because of his incompetency; at the
same time, Commander ST. John acted
very indiscreetly. We value the friend
ship and good will of the British, but we
do not like. to have them suppose that
that fact gives them license to tell the
world, including Aguinado that our com
mander-in-chief in the Philippines is a
weak and incompetent man. The effect IS
10 weaken confidence at home and ell
courage the insurgents to longer resist
ance.