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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-26
AnAN1r MpnonAnLE.

After DOCKING over the situation in New
York last Saturday, Secretary Gage said
that he could not see any conditions which
justified fears Of panic. There is, how
ever a feeling of uneasiness in financial
circles. caused largely, no doubt by the
gloomy talk Of the leading operators on
the bear side Of the stock market The
leader of the bear spectators is quoted
in the New York papers of Sunday, as
saying that in his opinion the present in
dustrial activity and high prices for COM
modities would not continue longer than
three or four months of next year.
Talk like this is to be expected from
those who make money by shaking conf
dence in securities. Undoubtedly there is
a vast amount of industrial and, other
kinds of securities on the market which
are quoted far above their real value. 1t
would not be surprising if the water would
have to be squeezed out of them before
violent fluctuations in prices on the stock
market cease.
The case with which confidence in Sc
curities which have been boosted by spec
ulation far above their actual value Is
shaken, is shown by the statement that
the price of one of them was sent down
many points last week by a report that
the property they represented was about
to be put in the hands of a receiver. There
was no foundation for the report, but III
had for a little while almost as much eff
feet on the stock market as If It
mad been true. There is a law in New
York against circulating such reports, and
a reward of $25,OOO has been offered for in
formation that will lead 10 the arrest and
conviction of the person who put the
stock jobbing report in question in cir
culadon,
First-class stocks are dragged down by
the weak ones, and when the public Is
alarmed evil reports are sufficient to cause
holders of frst-class securities to sell
them at sacrifice. This was the case
in Baltimore last week, when a person
connected with the courts put in circula-
ton a report that one of the larger trust
companies would soon file deed of trust.
That report caused the stock of that
company to be sold at a sacrifice. One
holder of 1t sold all that he had at
loss it is stated, of $4,000.
There does not seem to be any good
ground for financial panic in the near
future. Ii may be that there is not
enough money for stock jobbing opera
tons but there seems to be enough az
fair rates of interest to meet the demands
of all other kinds of business.
There have been ten or eleven periods of
business depression in this country, but
the conditions which prevail at present
do not resemble those which preceded any
one of these periods. The various kinds
of business and the industries appear to
be on a solid basis and there does not
seem to be any lack of confidence in the
future among those engaged in bona fide
business undertakings. 1t may be that
they expect lower prices when the great
demand of the present is over, but they do
not expect such falling off in the de-
mand as will produce business depression
and panic prices.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-26
A suspension of Sentence.

For twenty-five years Squire Quigg held
the Office of justice of the peace in Doni-
phan county, and in the early part of his
administration he held the idea that
justice had as much jurisdiction as dis
trict court, says the Kansas City Journal.
Once a shooting scrape occurred in the
township and the culprit was brought be-
fore the Squire for preliminary examlna-
ton After listening TO the arguments,
the Squire ordered the prisoner to stand
up. He then said: Mr.. Prisoner, it is
the sentence of this court that you be
hanged by the neck until dead dead,
dead" Turning to the constable, the
Squire said Take this prisoner outside
and hang him to the tree in the yard
There is a rope halter in my buggy" The
constable made move for the prisoner,
and then the Squire, taking a second
thought, said: MIR. Constable, / guess
you had better not hang the prisoner I'M
til we see whether his victim dies"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-26

A woman lawyer and a woman student
Of literature at the university rode out to
Kenwood on the car together the other
evening. says the Philadelphia Press.
'Oh, this quarters work is simply love-
w." remarked the woman student. beam
ing over her speetacles.
What are you working at? Sociology"
queried the lawyer, with a suspicious
sniff
Dear no; we finished sociology two
terms past. and now were taking up the
modern drama. It's simply fascinating!'
Il suppose you attend the theater. then.
a good deal?"
Not a great deal; it isn't necessary"
what do you think of Mansfield in 'Cy-
rano?' -
Haven't seen him; couldn't get timer
Il suppose Mrs. Fiske's Tess is bone
of contention among your" the woman
lawyer ventured, beginning to have pecu-
liar CLEANS in her eyes.
mo, really, you see, we don't have time
for that kind of a thing. We analyze and
classify, and try to find out the deter
mining force, and the securrent motives,
and-and-that sort of thing"
II understand, perfectly. Miss Neither
sole's Tanqueray,' for example, is an in
teresting study in modern problem plays.
Don't you think SOP"
You don't say so! I've never seen it,
of course but ] fancy Miss Nethersole
must be simply horridr
For my part, An American Citizen
and Arizona are restful relief from"
Eyes, yes, of course, but. as l say new
er get time for the frivolous side of the
drama" interrupted the student, as she
furtively adjusted her mortar-board cap
by the aid of small looking -glass, which
she drew out of her pocket.
'@By the way" remarked the lawyer, as
she gazed absently out of the window
did it ever occur to you that actors and
actresses are fairly good interpreters Of
the drama. It's kind of in their line, you
kp0WI"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-26

Edward Ladd, an Apache fuIl-blood,
is said to be the best Indian interpre ter
in the country. He knows an the Indian
languages and most of the dialects and
has been regulrly employed by the New
Mexico courts.
An old interviewer of Washington says
that Senator Hoar is the hardest man to
interview he has ever met. "He is very
reticent," says the writer "and. unless
they know him personally, a despair TO
all newspaper men,"
1.-The tablet which has been placed in
the state house, Boston, in memory of lis
architect, Charles Bulfinch, bears an in
scripton which, after a detail of his life
concludes, "A grave, modest just and
cheerful man of simple habits. c1ear in
telligence, high principle and gentle judg~
ments'
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-26
BRIGHT BITS.

'--"Hard water can be made soft by the
addition of soda said the professor
Now can soft water be made hard?"
yes, sir replied Thomas F. Taddells
Indeed? How?" "By freezing THAR
per's Bazaar
-Brusse.s was set laughing the other
day by the conundrum, What is the diff
ference between Ladysmith and BrusseIsT'
tie answer to which is, 'Autour de Lady
smith il v a de vrais Beers, tandis que au-
tour de Bruxelles il MY a que DIES fau-
bourgs."
One Grateful Son-'This," said The
guide, sis the grave of Adam? With rev.
el entail awe, the wealthy merchant tailor
on his first trip to the Orient drew near
and cast a flower on the tomb. "Erring
ancestor" he murmured, Il should be the
last man on earth to revile your memory!
To your sin 1 owe my prosperity!"-Chi-
cago Tribune.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-26
A Fable.

Once upon a Time, says the Indianapolis
News. a Frog sat upon the Bank of .
Pond and croaked and Beloved all night.
As he croaked and Beloved he COM
muned with Himself, and his thought was:
II must sing with all my Might, for, see.
the whole World is Listening TO Me I
can hear No other sound but the sound of
my Singing"
Presently the Frog paused "a Moment
and he then found that all the DINER frogs
We're singing as loudly as Himself while
the Katydids in the trees were working
Overtime. Then the Frog thought again.
1T would seem that l am not Playing Il
Star part, bat am Simply one of the
Chorus"
Moral-There are Heaps of People in
this World who are like the Frog. The
only Trouble is that they do not pause a
Moment.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-26
Uphappy Moment for a Freak.

One evening in search of entertainment
Maj. Fred Mather. the father of aquari-
ums in this country went TO a Bowery
museum, says the Saturday Evening Post.
AT one end of the platform sat "Circas-
sian Princess" in her national costume.
Her hair was fiaxen, fluffy and on END.
Her eyes were pale blue, and her fea-
lures Milesian The Major stopped in
front of her throne and made obeisance.
The Princess nodded affably. ''Shure,
she replied in pure Corkonian brogue.
How is my old friend, Beejoo Heejoo
Weejo Meeio? ] trust that he bears his
years well?"
The Princess flushed and stammeringly
answered that he was we'll
''You speak the language?" asked the
Major.
Again the Milesian "Shure" but it was
plain to see that Her Highness was ill at
ease.
.;Slabatoo habitoo Mabitoo handkerchief,
veni vidi Wei, kohinoor," responded the
Major, eloquently. "Escanaba winnipeg as
sinaboine paris hong kong foo choo. Eh?''
How much longer the catechism would
have been extended no one knows, for the
armless man, next to the throne, broke In
with:
Say, young Teller, de Princess is dead
tired, and your talk has brought all de
memories of her happy childhood days
She can't say no more to-day. Come back
for your answer tomorrow"
The look of gratitude the Princess fash
ed at her armless defender would have
melted an ossified heart. and the Major
withdrew. The next week he went back
The same Princess was there, but under
her throne was freshly painted sign read
ing thus:
Princess De Sage,
OF the Royal Blood of Circassia.
The Only Deaf and Dumb Circassian Prin-
cess on Exhibition in the World"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-26

The Hartford Comm Times, discussing
the shipping trade, says: "AII the wooden
vessels, little and big, which nave been
engaged in the coastwise trade this year
have made a good deal of money. Some
of the large coal schooners have realized
as much as $1,000 for a single trip. In
fact we are told that the owners have
had the greatest bonanza in the history
of shipping, and, considering that there
have been more freights than vessels, it
is not strange that the shipyards of Maine
have been called upon to turn out. scores of
new schooners to take part in the vast aud
ever-inereasing commerce of the coast"
The Cincinnati Enquirer Dem) gives
this insight into the reason why the Re
pubhcans decided not to hold their con-
vention in Chicago: THAT Senator Han
ma is still the boss OF the Republican party
and able to run its affairs can hardly be
disputed since the back-slap he gave the
overgrown city of Chicago. Chicago is
said to have demanded all the tickets TO
the convention for speculative purposes.
This would have crippled the party man.
agement in the means of trading with the
Southern delegates. So Philadelphia.
which was less poreine, got the conven-
ton"
4uc HlAAlSlASAu NAAaoSsJ INCPubAASa AAhAsl
says: sympathy In Wall Street. so far
as 1t has ever existed for the Beers Is
rapidly turning to the British side. The
reason is obvious Whatever the theo-
rists may say, wall street under the
knocks of hard experience, now accepts
the quantity money theory to its last let
ter 1t wants the Transvaal gold sun
ply unlocked as speedily as possible. No
matter about the right or wrong of the
contest, or whether right or wrong trl-
umphs. the war is now seen to be hurt-
ing business That settles it,"
The Nashville American Oem.) evident
" thinks the Boer war will be ended in
less than year. II says: This Christ
mas Is not a time for rejoicing in England
Christmas Of 1870 will no doubt see the
Empress-Queen sovereign OF all South Az
RIGA. to the benefit of civilization"
The Chicago Times-H Herald (Rep) says:
Lords Roberts ana Kitchener, who are
10 DO he business for England 10 Africa.
arc both lrshmen. IL h iittle wonder that
John uliihaists on .bolding Ireland"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-26
An Enp4y Nest.

From Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly.
Never a sign in this empty nest
OF the love that mated, the love that
sung.
The birds are flown to the east and west,
And the husk of their homestead has no
tongue
To tell of the sweet still summer ewes.
OF the sweeter, merrier summer days;
Only nest in the falling leaves,
And silence here in the woods dark
maze
But hold in my hand the dainty thing
Woven of feather and fluff and reed.
Once twas the haven of breast and wing,
And the shelter of callow and helpless
need
It tells of passionate gladness gone;
II dumbly whispers that love is best;
That never a night but has had a dawn
And 1 drop kiss in the empty nest
Margaret E, Sangster
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-26
TncreduIous as to Its origin.

A party was being shown over the Brit
ish museum. In one of the rooms the
keeper pointed out collection of antique
vases, which had been recently dug I'D at
Herculaneum, says Pearson's Weekly,
Dug up sir?" echoed one of the party
eyes, sir"
What. out of the ground?"
"Undoubtedly."
"What. just as they now are?"
Perhaps some little pains have been
taken I'm cleaning them. but in ali other
respects they were found just as you see
them"
The wise man turned TO one of his com
panicns, and, with an incredulous shake
Of the head, whispered:
lie may say what he likes. but he shall
never persuade me that they dug up
ready made pots OUT Of The grouni.v
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-26

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-26

Mr.. Coils P. Huntington. in a private
letter recently, wrote TO a friend: Virginia
is state for which l have more honest
regard and affection than for any other
state in the Union, because il has treated
and hberality." And in return for lis fair
ness and liberality Mr.. Huntington is
working wonders for Virginia. He has
given her one Of the largest and most
perfect steel ship building plants in the
world, and has made one of her ports a
leader in foreign commerce. II is not well
to regard every man with a million or
more as a public enemy.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-26
TROUBLESOME NEW POSSESSIONS.


Congress will find itself in hot water
when it begins the work of adjusting the
relations which our new possessions shall
bear to this country in the matter of the
tariff The tobacco growers of Connecti-
cut, and perhaps of other states. are pro-
testing against the admission of tobacco
from Porto Rico free of duty and the SUI
gar beet growers of the West and the su-
gar cane growers of the South are strong
ly opposed to the admission of sugar from
Porto Rico and Hawaii free of duty. The
proposition has also been made by the
Secretary of War that sugar from Cuba
be admitted on the same terms as that
from jamaica and it viii not be long
probably before an effort viii be made to
have sugar and tobacco from the Philip
pines admitted duty free, and also tobac-
co from Cuba.
A very large section Of country is inter-
ested in these tariff matters The Connec-
ticut tobacco growers are especially
alarmed at the prospect of free trade with
Porto Rico. According to information fur
nished them that island can produce about
four times as much tobacco as it now does,
and it is of a kind that comes into com
petition with the Connecticut product.
Labor is cheap there. Tobacco can be
grown at a profit at about five cents a
pound AT that price the Connecticut 20
bacco growers would starve to death.
They could not get labor that would COM
pete with that of Porto Rico, where a la
borer feels he is rich if he earns twenty
FIVE or thirty cents a day, American
money.
But if free trade with Porto Rico is Civ
ing The tobacco growers Of the Connect cut
valley so much uneasiuess, what will be
their feelings when it is proposed to admit
the tobacco of the Philippines free of duty?
In the Philippines enough tobacco can be
grown to supply the market of this coun-
try with better tobacco than that of Con-
necticut, or perhaps of any other state.
The quantity produced there now is large
and under the methods of cultivation that
villa be introduced when peace is restored
will leave but little, if any room 10 our
market, for Connecticut tobacco, il the
Philippine product is permitted to come
in free of duty.
Naturally a strong sentiment against per-
hitting Porto Rico TO. become part OF
this country is springing up in Connectl-
cut, and II is probable that there viii be
even a stronger sentiment in that state
against annexing the Philippine Islands
The representative Of the Connecticut to-
bacco growers is in Washington for the
purpose Of urging Congress to adopt the
policy of holding Porto Rico as a mill
tary possession 50 as TO bring it products
seeking our market under our tariff laws.
1t is evident from the foregoing that our
new possessions are going 10 give US some
trouble before their relations with us are
fully adjusted.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-26

1t is now stated that the commander of
the Boer forces in the Nicholson's Mex
tight in which the Irish regiment of the
Queens troops lost heavily, was an Irish
man of the name of William Vance, who
was formerly leading Orangeman in
County Cavan. Vance was the agent Of
the Earl of Annesley in Ireland, which
country he left some years ago and re-
moved to South Africa. 4.a
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-26

Senator Bacon's Philippine resolution
pleases the Chicago Evening Post a Re-
publican 3spaper which is supposed TO
stand c.ose to the administration. The
Posi- says Of the resolution: 1T evinces. a
regard for facts and an appreciation of
national duty, II not OF national oppor-
tunity. il is not an attack upon what
che government has done so far; it con-
eerns Itself solely with future policy. It
is moderate. judicious ana admirable
statement Of the conservative anti-expan-
sion position. u is not unpatriotlc or In
a'i'nslole. II lifts she question 70 a plane
worthy Of the American people,"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-26
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Special Notices-Original Admission Lime,
Andrew Hanley Company; Paints and
House Painting, Savannah Building Sup
ply Company; Whitman's Instantaneous
Chocolate, ETC.. A. M. & C. w. West.
Business Notices-Lillian Russell Cigars;
e. & w. Laundry.
Proposals-For Repairs to Wharf, at Sa-
vannah Quarantine Station.
Great Semi-Annual Cut Price Sale-At
The Hub.
Amusements-The Lambardi Italian
Grand Opera Company, at Theater Dec.
a7-2s.
Whiskey-Hunter Baltimore Rye Whis-
ney.
Mineral Water-Apenta.
SaIt-Favorite Salt
Medical-World's Dispensary Prepara-
tons; Mothers Friend; Coke Dandruff
Cure; DR.. Hathaway Company; Prof. Dex-
ter
Cheap Column Advertisements-Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous,
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-26

Senator Butler of North Carolina imag-
ines that there is still a Populist party.
He may be able TO find men enough of that
political persuasion TO hold a convention,
but ii will probably be the last conven-
ton; and when the ballots are counted
after the next election, the Populist voting
strength will be found thing of the past,
There is neither room nor need for any
such party in this country.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-26

The incandescent electric light is just
twenty years old. 1t was in December
1879, that Thomas A. Edison gave the first
public exhibition of the new lamp, which
has now become so common and so neces-
sary to modern life. From the little film
which the genius of Edison adapted 10
illuminating purposes a great industry
representing millions upon millions of dol
lars, has grown up in two decades.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-26

The dispute among certain leading Re-
publicans as to who wrote the gold plank
in the st. Louis platform is becoming
tiresome. 1t makes little difference who
originated or penned the words, the whole
party win be held responsible for them.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-26

Before we indulge in criticism upon the
tactics of the British troops in South At
RIGA, let us reflect upon this query: Sup
pose we had been obliged to fight Beers
instead of Spaniards and Filipinos; is it
probable that We would have done better?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-26

An experiment in wireless telegraphy is
to be made by the Alton Railroad. with
view to adopting the system for sending
its train dispatches. Should the system
be put into use, the probabilities are that
there would come many times when the
conductors and engineers would be glad
if they had a good, old-fashioned metallic
circuit over which to get their orders.