The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-13

and have been unable to ascertain the
name OF any person or persons connected
herewith. We strongly condemn the meth
Cd of lynch law in any case. and would
counsel our fellow-citizens 20 let the law
De upheld and all cases brought before
the proper tribunal for trial, and in so do
ing we feel that the law will be obeyed
ana justice melted out to the guilty par
The week just closed was the banner one
Tor the manufacture of cigars in Tampa.
II IS clearly shown by the shipments and
general indications that it was the largest
IN the history of the city. Factories are
working daily and Sunday, and every
workman that can possibly be secured is
given a place This is but a repetition
OF the weekly story for more than month
past, but 1t is Il matter of great interest.
Thls is especially shown on Saturdays,
When one sees men. leaving the banks
staggering under immense bags of coin,
all OF which goes to pay the people who
do all this work The weekly payroll now
runs close TO the 100000 mark.
Jacksonville Call; Florida has some
giants in intellect and culture who occa-
sionally drop by the wayside In the past
year we can record the death of many
great Floridians, and only in the past few
days have we 10 record the passing of one
who made his life work shine in our
midst like a beacon light to all who knew
him. Judge e. X. Foster was an uncom-
mon man. grand soul inhabited an af-
tiicted body, which caused him great suf-
fering. A fine brain spun out its work
though pain racked his frame, and bis
life results were grand and dutiful. His
life will be spread on the records of Flor
ida as one of her illustrious adopted citi-
zens, whose loss we all will sincerely
mourn.
Considerable excitement was occasioned
at Port Tampa Sunday afternoon. Some
wag took advantage of the similarity of
appearance, and introduced Tom A. Dean
to a friend as ex-Speaker Reed of New
York The Introduction was taken in good
faith and it was but a few moments be-
fore the jolly cigar man was the center of
attraction. and was pointed at by every
one as being the distinguished ex-czar of
Congress. He has some of the general
appearances of the big man from Maine,
and is as good cigar man as the former
was a speaker He enjoyed the joke
hugely. and many of the curious people in
the crowd did not know any better as
celebrated men so often drop in this way
without previous notice that such things
are taken for granted
a dlSpaJcn from JdChSOhNiliS' ia'' say .
Farmer Eli Geiger of the Okeinokee
swamp region, in Georgia, is the boss
Laughter of the world. He laughs inces-
sanity. and his hilarity has frequently
broken up camp meetings and been a
drawing card TO many circuses. His
mania was born in him, and will follow
him to his grave. Eli laughs all day
and all night, and will laugh all the days
of mis- life. When ELS brothers were ba-
bies they wept as they slept and bawled
as they sprawled on the floor, only ceas-
ing when their mother dosed them with
castor oil and turpentne. But Eli laugh
ed when he was baby, and because OF
his hilarious disposition his mother gave
him much sugar and soothing syrup.
Now Eli is such a jolly fellow that he
wants to attend every circus that comes
to town, and he never misses one. His
peculiar "huah! huahsI' are so loud and
hearty, and he laughs so necessarily, that
his presence in a circus always draws a
large crowd. AS it Is worth the price of
admission to any circus to near Eli laugh,
everybody enjoys the performance. Eli
attended a camp meeting one night, and
the preacher, in the midst of a funny
anecdote, said "Git there, Eli" and Eli
shot up toward the roof of the house and
huah, huahed, fit to kill blind govern
ment mule, as he fell sprawling on the
benches. Eli laughed till his eyes filed
with glad tears, and the preacher went
wild and tore out hanks of imaginary hair
from his bald head and yelled for the
police The service was broken up for
that night and ELS friends prevented
his being arrested for disturbing the SER
vice