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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-01

We Americans are known to foreigners
as a nation of dollar-chasers; and it is pos
sble that the characterization is not far
from correct But do the chasing of the
dollar and the possession of the dollar
after we have it, give the best enjoyment
that there is in life? On any day and at
any hour one may hear the exclamation:
"Oh, If were only rich" Does the pos
session of riches bring happiness, or even
contentment? What is the limit of
earthly possessions which one may have
with comfort of mind? These are ques-
tons which are seldom considered by
those who are chasing dollars Young
men begin a life of penuriousness and
grinding, for the purpose of accommodating
money At middle age they have accu-
mulated a sum. but their habits of earlier
years have become fixed; they go on grind
ing and accommodating; they do not enjoy
their earnings ana savings in the sense of
spending them for the pleasure of them
selves and their friends. Do they find
more pleasure in watching their hordes
grow than they would in INDUCING them
serves dllN OtutES III lnS comforts ana
luxuries that money viii buy?
The greed for gold is as old as the hills.
and is as inexpheable as nature itself.
All men, probably, wish themselves rich;
a few make themselves rich and an ex-
tremely small number enjoy riches when
they have them. At one time, when
William II. Vanderbilt was considered to
be the richest man in the world, an ac-
quaintance approached him and said: you
should be very happy But l am not +"
said the multi-millionaire; my health is
shattered, and all the money have can
not restore it. l cannot even drive one
Of my fine horses, as ii is painful for me
to sit down. My only possible exercise is
for me TO walk down the avenue. am
kept constantly in dread of my life from
the threatening letters 1 receive: my
nerves are always unstrung, for fear
some assassin viii waylay me. 1 am
overrun with people who want 70 get my
money I am a most wretched man.
tell you, that after person has accumu-
lated enough to secure him against power
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-01
Her nI-Timed Break.

Richard Ramsey sat in a brown study
and an easy chair says the Cleveland
Leader. He held an open letter in his
hand and ever and anon he glanced at
il and then a troubled look would over
spread his face.
Finally Glenning, his roommate, asked:
What's the trouble, Dick? No had
news about any member of your family.
1 hope"
NO" Dick replied; ats not that. The
fact of the matter is that the girl to whom
1 have been engaged for the past six
months tells me she never can be my
wife"
Glenning puffed at his cigar and pretend
ed to be reading he paper. But he wasn't.
He, TOO, was thinking. He was sorry for
Dick Ramsay, and didn't know just how
TO go about the business of expressing his
sympathy. Finally he asked:
She's the girl you met when you were
visiting your uncles folks last winter,
isn't she?"
Yes" Dick replied
Let's see. her father Is very wealthy, 1
believe"
NO no, and it wouldn't make any diff
ference to me, anyway"
4 see. You have loved this girl as you
never loved BEFORE
mot at all. I've loved a dozen other
girls just as much as l have ever loved
her-some of them more"
Glenning puffed silently for awhile He
didn't care 10 pry into his friends affairs
but at last he said:
We'll as long as you feel that way
about her don't see why you should let
her decision worry you. Youn meet some
other girl one of these days that you Will
find to be just as charming as this one is,
and you'll forget all about her in a few
weeks. Here, smoke good cigar and
brace up.
oh, it isn't the loss of the girl that's
worrying me-" Dick declared.
What the dickens is it, then? You've
sat there for nearly an hour, reading and
re-reading her letter.
II know. l can hardly believe that I
have read it right even now. You see the
thing that bothers me is the fact that it's
nearly Christmas. I'm trying to figure
out how in the world she ever came 20
suggest breaking off with me a this time.
How does it happen that she didn't wait
for present from me? That's the thing
that I'm trying to figure out. She must
be one girl in ten thousand, after all"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-01

New York has new periodical. Mechani-
cally it is pretty much like Puck AMI
Judge, having illustrations in colors and
purpose il differs from the periodicals.
named, in that it treats al matters seri-
oUsly. Il is not a funny paper" The
name of the new journai-a week.-Mrs.
The Verdict. Its managing editor is AL
fred Henry Lewis, and its owner and
editor-in-chief is Oliver H. P. Belmont,
financier and man of affairs
The most remarkable thing about The
Verdict is its policy, as outlined in its first
issues, taken in connection with the man
who directs that policy. Mr.. Belmont is
rich man, member Of the firm of Au-
gust Belmont & Co, and may therefore
be said to represent capital and corporate
interests to greater or less extent Yet
his paper assails trusts and the money
power in the most vigorous manner. Mr.
Belmont had for years been more or less
closely associated, in one way or another,
with the leading capitalists of New York,
yet his paper in its first issue vigorously
attacked the Vanderbilts, the Morgans, the
Whitneys and DR.. Chauncey NJ Depew
The attack upon the Vanderbilts was par
ticularly peppery, while that upon DR..
Depew, to express a variation of the flaw
oring with recent colloquialsm, may be
called salty" The doctor is called a
"door-slammer for the Vanderbilts." The
Verdict says its politics will be Demo-
cratic, bur not of the "sixteeu-to-one va
rlety." though there are worse things
than sixteen to one" II will also favor
an income tax as being "at once honest,
fair and just to all"
New Workers are wondering what nduc-
ed Mr.. Belmont TO establish such a paper.
They cannot understand how he. a capt.
talist of large wealth. can favor an in
come tax and oppose trusts and combine
tons of capital, nor can they comprehend
why he should make such onslaughts upon
the prominent men of his native city.
Many persons affect to think that there
are concealed personal motives behind the
whole business, while others speak of it
as rich mans within, which he is abund-
antly able to indulge. At all events. it is
probable that The Verdict will prove in
teresting. Its managing editor is known
as one of the brightest and most vitrioiic
writer's in the country. and its owner is
man of brain and ideas
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-01
SCREAMED
With eczema
Baby's Skin Red and Raw. Doc
tors Medicine was Painful and
Useless. A Stranger Advised
CUTICURA. Cured in Month,
with Skin Smooth and Fair.

My little daughter, when six months old.
broke out with Eczema. / took her to a doctor
and he pronounced it " Moist Eczema" and
prescribed for her. She screamed when 1 put
the medicine ON her, and ! stopped using it.
1t was indeed very painful. Her skin was all
red and raw, and moisture coming from it all
the time. A perfect stranger to me advised
me to use CUTICURA remedies. 1 got CUTI-
oURA SOAP and CUTICURA (ointment), and
they entirely cured her loiAtn month She
is twenty-three months old to-day, and her
+ skin is like piece of silk, and fair as lily.
Mrs. E. j. KANE, SIS Ohio Ave,
Oct. Z, 1898. Kansas City, Kan.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-01

~ and TO crafty his reasonable wants, ev-
cry dollar In addition is a burden and
weighs him down"
This was the testimony Of the man who
was supposed to be the richest in the
world. He had not the first boon Of ma
ture, health, and all Of his millions could
not secure it for him. He had the mems
to procure the finest conveyanees in the
world. yet his only means of pleasurable
exercise was open to the meanest tramp
or the poorest beggar-to walk. He was
in constant dread Of his life, and importu-
nate persons were constantly making ex-
istence miserable with their opportunities;
considerations which never enter into the
daily life Of the worker at 81 a day.
after person has accumulated enough
to secure him against poverty" said Mr..
Vanderbilt. How much does it take to
secure one against poverty? Henry Ward
Beecher some years ago started a warm
discussion by saying that one could live
on a dollar a day. Thousands Of persons
live on half that sum, and many on less,
per day. And in many places those who
have a dollar day to spend on personal
needs live very well indeed In many
cities the organized charities have provid-
ed many comforts and luEuries that are
dispensed free Of charge, such as free
baths. free libraries. free reading rooms,
free hospitals, free lectures, free art
galleries and the like. The cost of liy-
ing has been so systematized that meals
and bed can be had for few cents each.
These of course, do not embody the idea
of home life and comfort; but they en-
body actual necessities Of life as being OPP
posed to poverty. A New York banker
whose income was probably 100000 a year
was asked what size income it was nee
essary for man TO have 10 live wen in
that city He replied that his household
expenses amounted to $4,000 a year, and
he did not see how he could live on any
less still" said he with a retrospective
smile, "the happiest time Of my life was
when my wife and ] lived on $500 year,
and thought we were quite rich The
smaller salary had afforded him much
more real enjoyment than forty times the
amount at his command.
And thus runs life away. With the
thirst for money, the more one has, the
more is wanted, usually Few there are
who have the good sense to know when
the limit where wealth may be enjoyed is
reached. The majority of dolar-chasers
continue their chase to the side of the
grave-and then careless heirs step up and
dissipate the workers horde.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-01

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-01

1t is understood. or rather it is being
said in New York, that Mr.. Croker and
Tammany Hall purpose putting Represen-
tative sulzer forward in opposition 10 Rep
resentative Bailey of Texas for the speak
ership domination of the Democratic par
~. 1t is hardly rsking anything, how
ever, to say that the party will not accept
Mr.. Sulzer. He is, or has been, opposed
to the silver feature of the Chicago plat
form
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-01

Commencing with the new year, Balti-
more will enjoy new city charter. one
of the pecunarities of the instrument,
however, is the fact that Baltimore will
have two Mayors from next May until
November. The present Mayor VIII hold
over until November, and the new charter
provides that a Mayor shall be elected in
Nav
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-01

In Chicago a Catholic priest has been
elected 10 become a member of a secret
organization. Father Walsh is the priest,
and the knights of Pythias is the order.
The priest has not yet been initiated, but
says he hopes to receive the permission
of Archbishop Ireland and take the degrees
Of the order
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-01

The builders of locomotives and railway
cars report that 1898 was the busiest and
most prosperous years they have enjoyed
for nine years. The output of locomotives
was so per cent greater last year than
year before last while the percentage of
increase in the number of cars was almost
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-01
PIMplES eV n CUTICURA SOAP

commenced to get pimples and black
heads when l was fifteen years old. My face
was covered. 1 spent about ten dollars for
soaps, medicine, etc, but they never did me
any good. 1 used CUTICURA SOAP for two
weeks, the pimples and blackheads began to
disappear, and it only took three cakes of Gu
TIOURA SOAP to cure my face of those homely
pimples JOSEPH b. CLAMER,
Sept. q, 49, 327 Court ST., Elizabeth, N j.
My face was covered with a pimply, rup-
tured, and itching skin. After using CUTI-
CURA SOAP for six weeks, all the pimples went
away, my skin getting as soft as velvet.
H. CROME, 223 Melrose St., Chicago, Ill.
Sept. 81, 1898.
Itching humors, torturing, disfguring eczemas, and
every species of itching, burning scaly crusted and
pmpy skin and scalp diseases, with dry thin, and fall
ing hair, instae relieved by warm baths with CUTI-
SOAR geH lie anointings with CUTIcURA purest Of
emoieut skin cures and mild doso, of CUTIcURA Re-
SOLVENT, greatest OF blood purifiers and humor cures
when ali else fails.
Sold throughoutthe world Potter DRUo AND CHEN.
Corr, Sole Props, Boston. IAN About the Skin free.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-01

A Boston court has before it a rather
peculiar case growing out of the recent
La Bourgogne disaster. Some Gloucester
fishermen picked up at sea the body of
one of the victims of that disaster. On
the body were found several articles, in
Guiding the sum of $1,000 in money. The
body was buried at sea- Now, the ques-
ton of the ownership of the articles found
upon the body depends upon whether that
body was or not a "derelict of the sea"
within the meaning of the law.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-01

Frank Gould the other day purchased a
seat on the New York Stock EXCHANGE
for $4,000, which is said to have been the
highest price paid in many years. All of
Jay Gould's sons are now possessors of
seats on the Stock Exchange, a privilege
which was denied to their father.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-01
THE MARSHALL HOUSE,

Broushton and Drayton sts
Under new management. Thoroughly
renovated and refurnished. Electric lights
floor. Table cuisine unexcelled. Rates 81
to $3.50 Cars pass the door.
BoYcE & cATHAR1NE.
Proprietors
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-01

The Charleston News and Courier is one
of the greatest sticklers for the truth of
history in this country, or any other;
nevertheless the future historian of Char
lesion who examines the files of the News
and Courier for his data will commit an
unwilling but gross error when he refers
with glowing eulogium to the splendid pa
triotic spirit of the ladies of Charleston
during the war of 1898 as shown by their
act in furnishing a Thanksgiving dinner
to the Seventh Army Corps at Savannah.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-01
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CURRENT COMMENT.

We have lately acquired foreign prob
lens. as everybody knows. But the Boston
Post Qnd) insists that we have serious
problems at home. II says: How are we
to get money enough 60 pay the cost of
government When the war with Spain
came along the Dngley system of revenue
was not producing an income equal ia
amount TO the current expenditures. The
deficit for the financial year ending June
80, 1895 was over $40 100000 With the de-
claration Of hostilites a schedule Of ad-
ditional direct taxes was added, and the
proceeds of these war taxes are needed to
make both ends meet in the treasury ac-
counts Is there no home problem here ?"
The Springfield (Mass) Republican Qnd)
says: "Why the Western Union telegraph
and the Ben telephone companies are not
opposing the annexation of Porto Rico is
past understanding. Perhaps they are.
now operating a public telephone and tele-
graph system there. and a successful ex-
pertinent of this kind is something not to
be tolerated"
The Birmingham (Ala.) News Dem.)
says: "The action of the New York camp
Of Confederate Veterans in Disappearing
Of Senator Buffers proposal to have the
federal government pension the Confeder-
ate soldiers voices the sentiment of the
Southern war heroes generally. As the
camps Resolutions well say, the scheme
is one to be "abhorred" and will meet
with unqualified condemnation"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-01

The editor of a contemporary explains
that he wrote Subsidies for American
chipping" and the intelligent compositor
made It Suicides for American Shipping"
An explanation was hardly Necessary. The
two terms amount to pretty much the
same thing.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-01

Registered at the postonioe in Savannah
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-01
GARDENERS BAZAAR
Il BTOughtOn Street, East.
STATION cry.

Box Paper, 25c, 15c, 1Oc.
12O Sheets Good Note Paper, 1Oc, Sc.
Paper Covered Novels, 1Oc.
Toys. Dolls, Games.
Crokinole, $2.75.
Gold Fish and Globe, 25c. -,
Gold Fish, per dozen. $1.OO.
Bird Cages, SOC.
Three pounds Canary Seed, Csc.
Mocking Bird Food, pound, Csc.
Dutch Hyacinths. closing out balance,
a &c each.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-06-28
MOST FAMOUS CUBAN DETECTIVE.
Domingo Martinez Has Sent CountleU
Criminals to the Garrote.

Domingo Martinez Has Sent Countless
Criminals to the Gsrrote.
Domingo Martinez is probably one
of the most unpopular men in Havana.
Certainly the Cubans have no great
fondness for him. He has sent more
Cubans to the garrote and penal SER
vitude than any modern sleuth.
Martinez has made life study OF
rogues, and has brought up family
of boys to recognize the fact that
criminal is one on whom sympathy
should not be wasted. They say OF
Martinez, at least the Cubans do, that
he WAS the paid assassin Of SPAIN
that he has sent more innocent men
to the vivac, the carcel and the gar
rote than ever Weyler. The Span
iards naturally deny this and hint
that Martinez has not brought quite O.
sufficient number of Cubans to JUS
tice to suit the criminal condition Of
Havana. .. .... ..-.
Martinez was chief of the detective
bureau of Havana when the American
military authorities assumed charge.
When Mario Menocal was apI
pointed civil chief of police he in
true Cuban frankness promptly turned!
Martinez out and appointed his!
brother Gustavo in his place.
Military Chief of Police Major
Gary Evans became convinced about
the same time that John McCullsgh;
and Sergeant Crowley did that Mar
tinez was the only man in Havana fit
to take charge of the then newly or,
ganized detective bureau of that city,
and made that recommendation to,
Major General Ludlow, who indorsed
the idea, but altered his opinion when
the whole Cuban police force said it
would resign in body in the event Of
Martinez being made chief of the bu-
reau. =
Martinez was not made chief of the
bureau, and the Cubans considered it
a capital joke that he was not. Some
are inclined to the belief that it isn't
quite joke after all, for Martinez has
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-06-28

Inspector of Schools in En- gland,
who has just made visit to this
country, says: "The most surprising
thing to me is the social position OF
your public school teachers and prin-
cipals. understand that the educa-
tion, culture, taste and friends of a
teacher alone determine his or her
standing in society. Consequently,
you get very superior men and women
for the work. In England, with the
exception of very few head masters
and mistresses in the larger schools,
the teacher has no recognition what
ever. In some of the smaller places
he or she may occasionally visit the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-06-28
SIMPLE PLANS FOR BUILDING HOMEMADE ELATBoAT.

bottom, directly under the sidepieces
(see a.a, figure 81. A similar piece,
but inch in thickness and 8 inches
wide, should be nailed to the center
of the inside bottom of the boat (see
c, figure A.. These serve to brace the
boat and make the bottom secure, as
we'll as to act as guards on the out
side bottom. The seat, OF seats, may
be placed to suit your convenience
excepting that one shculd be placed far!
enough to one side of the centre to make
it useful for rowing purposes (see f.:
figure 4). Each seat should be 8 feet.
long, 10 inches wide and l inch thick
and be placed IA inches above the!
bottom of the boat. The seats should
rest on brackets or 2-inch planking,!
which may be fastened to the side;
pieces of the boat. The oarlocks may
be simply handmade rests (see d.
figure A. or the patent metal ones usu-'
ally found in boats of more preten!
tious pattern. Each end of the boat
should be coverad with platform Of
greater or less width (see b, fg7
ure A., according to the taste of the!
maker. Many fatboats have all thel
sloping portion covered, and piece;
of planking 10 inches wide separating;
this covered part from the rest of the
inside of the boat, thus making q fish
box. One end of the boat may be
fixed up that way and the other end
arranged for the accommodation of a
sail mast. To do this simply cut a
hole the size of the mast in the plat
form, and directly under that hole and
in the bottom of the boat nail piece
of 2-inch planking supplied with
similar hole. A straight Eastwood or
maple sapling may serve asa mast and
a square piece of rag carpeting or
neavy canvas, stretched Oh two arms
(see figure s., will do for a sail. If
you wish. to be stylish you may nail
side strips at the top of the sides (see
e-e, figure A. and add to the strength
of the hoat
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-06-28
A Politician in Embryo.

"This is straight story" said the
grocery clerk, whose veracity has never
been impeached. "Ithappenedin in our
store. A little boy came into our Mar.
ket street store on Monday, and waited
for some one to notice him. He carried
sheet of writing paper in his hand, at
which he glanced from time to time.
One of the idle clerks came to him
finally, and the boy, reading from his
paper, announced in a sing-song
voice:
"'My mother wants ten pounds OF
rice, fifteen pounds of sugar, twelve
pounds of oatmeal, twenty pounds
o.
"'Hold onr interrupted the clerk.
Not 80 fast. Suppose you give me
that paper, and I'll find out the Or
der
"But the boy insisted on calling of
the articles himself. Two other clerks
were pressed into service and the three
men proceeded to do up the various
packages as the boy called them of.
He wanted all kinds of things, and he
asked the price of each article as they
went along, making note OF it on his
paper. The clerks had the counter
stacked with packages, when the boy
wound up with eighteen pounds of
-four One of the clerks called out
the price, and the boy continued, in
his sing-song voice, and how much
money does my mother have to pay for
her groceries?' One of the clerks
counted up the total and announced
it at S1s.73. The boy made note OF
it and started out.
"'Come back here; where are you
going?' cried the clerks in chorus.
Why said the boy, as he made
for the door, that's jest me 'rithmetlc
lesson for Monday. have ter know
Il or I'll git licked. '"-Boston Pilot