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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-17

she nSsdefed LONDON ShOpkeepcfS are
very unpleasant and uncivil race OF hu-
man beings. l eXpostulated with her on
this wholesale condemnation and asked
her grounds for making such remark.
She told me that she had gone into
smart Regent street shop in search of a
certain style of cloak which she desired
to take home with her. She had her nina
fixed upon one variety, and was deter
mined to get that or nothing. The shop
women were most anxious TO serve her,
and brought out as many as fifteen or
sixteen varieties of garments for her in
spectiou. None Of them, however. quite
suited her, and finally. after some con-
sideration, she said that she would leave
the matter open for few DAYS, in order
to make up her mind about the purchase.
The young woman who had been serving
her. on hearing this, tossed her head I'm
a dsdalnful way and remarked: "Of
course. that is always the way with Amer
leans They come in here, take up our
time, finger our goods, and then walk or.
after giving us a great deal of trouble,
without having spent shilling In the
shop" The American woman was very
Indignant, ana said she had never been
accustomed GO being treated so imperu
ncntly, and left the establishment in high
dudgeon. Then she came 70 me ana asked
my opinion upon the matter
| could but tell The truth, saws the writer
of London letter in the Chicago Times.
Herald, and acknowledge Americans han
earned for themselves this reputation i'm
London. When they arrive at the nna
point of decision they spend lavishly ana
wei, but up 10 that psychological uoment
they are apt to linger mos proyol1ingly on
the very outside edge Of ndecision. SHOP
people in London, and indeed throughou,
England. are prOverbially polite and atten.
tive. But also they are but human. An
experience of my own Is an illustration of
the matter under consideration. EARLY
this season a sufficiently wealthy Am ri
can woman came to me and said she wish
ed TO purchase some pretty and moderately
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-17
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Thus combines ONE SOAP ONE PRICEna1ney % CENTst
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Boston. dior" the free
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-17
A MOST CURIOUS RAILWAY.
1t Runs on the North Sea, ana Is
Pulled or Pushed by Horses.

The most curious railway in the world
ie undoubtedly that one at the bathing re-
Sort Juist, on the North sea. The land
here is of so strange a formation. extend
ing so far out into the sea and making il
impossible for boats to land here, that a
peculiar device has been adopted for the
landing of passengers from ships. First
they must get into sailboats, which come
as far as the end of the railroad track
and then the passengers get into the cars
and are pulled to dry land by the horses
that wade between the tracks as they pun
the ears up on dry land. The horses are
sometimes up to their nccks in water Al
high tide. but they press bravery forward.
and az last find firmer foothold as they get
nearer to land. For years this method mas
been used, though every winter the storms
tear up some of the track of this water
railway We wonder why they use horses
and don't string a trolley wire overhead 10
pull the cars up, and perhaps they viii do
so, but ii would be a pity TO abolish this
unique horse car, where the horse has al
most to swim TO do his work
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-17

Golden weddings are common enou5n
IN Kansas. but il is seldom that a man IS
found who can celebrate the fifdeth 'inI
versary Of his marriage to his seeouA
wife, as recently was done by Bell NJ;
HUGHES. one of the earliest citizens %
Atchison. In the pioneer days Hughe5 W
president of the great Overland go
Company OF which Ben Holiday was sts
eral manager. His only son Andre" 20
Hughes, now general traffic manasel d.; -
the Denver and Rio Grande Ru lr'd'' IT,,
married 70 the sister Of Mrs. Johh D. -"
gals.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-17

urely climbing the guipure bodice of n
woman sitting in the pew in front of the.
His parent. says The New York Tribune,
gazed with fascinated reDulsion at the
huge insect and tried 10 think how in such
a case the golden rule should be inter
preted, while her small son watched its
progress with ecstacy.
IT'S gong to crawl on her neck" he
whispered with joy, hoping devoutly that
the woman would shrek. But suddenly
The creature changed its course and be-
came entangled in some lace near the
shoulder, whereupon the boys mother
hesitate no longer.
Catch hold Of 1t in the lace. Johnny"
she said softly, to the little boy. while
l tell the womau." The latter felt herself
suddenly clutched on one side by an un-
seen hand, while on the other, in soft
whisper in her ear, she heard The follow
ing words: Don't be frightened; 1t is only
a spider in your lace" \ spider wild
beast would be less alarming The woman
started 10 her feet and uttered a muhied
exclamation of fright and relief as a bail
about the size of a penny fell TO the 1oor.
uncuried rapidly a quantity of long legs
and scuttled off under the next pew. The
occupant, attracted by the dis
urbance, had seen the fan of
the spider and knew it was in dam
gerous proximity to her. But there was no
Miss Muffet in chat pew. 1t was saint,
with the spirit of martyr, who, al
though she, too, fe.t a feminine horror of
a spider did not allow the imminent dan
ger to Interior with her devoHons. Catch
ing her skirts with one hand, she wound
them tightly around her, and, holding her
hymn book in che other, she stepped, TO
the great delight of the small boy, upon
hassock, whereon, without giving a
glance to see IL the enemy stormed the
citadel, she sung with fervor.
Il never IN my life enjoyed church so
much!' declared the small boy upon his
return home
The Prayer of Life
Lead me- O God. in nfe's brave carly day.
Wilde skies are clear and all the world IS
gay.
SO many hurtful blooms my vision greet!
So many paths diverge to lure my feet
Far from Thy peaceful, siniess road
astray.
And when The morning can no longer stay,
And songs are mute. and noont.de's fer
vent ray
Upon The weary track must fereely beat,
Lead me, God!
Nor leave me when the eventide shall lay
Upon lfe's happy fields its vapors gray
Clasp thea my hand in Thine more close
and sweet
Than Thou hast ever held il; and, while
feet
The night is falling down the unknown
way
Lead me, O God!
Henry ]. SIoekard, in Youths Compan-
ion.
The return Of titled American recently
TO her own country hos called some At
tention to the subject OF interna tional
marriages, in which It is Almost invariably
the woman who brings oil the money,
while the impecunious husband presents
only his title and a more or less dam
aged reputation 1t seems to require NO
more than few years Of residence on the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-17

Of sweet sympatf that also takes quick
measurement of the length of her Grape.
The women all envy a certain Atchiscn
woman who has bluffed her husband INTO
the belief that she has heart disease and
is liable TO drop dead if crossed IN her
wishes
When a girl has her picture taken wear
ing a dress cut very low IN front she COM
plicates matters by turning her eyes down.
ward
The complaint is made that an Atchison
girl is so interested in being a Daughter
of the King that she fOrgets that she has
an earthly father.
The average woman regards an apology
as a good deaf like a sponge and believes
that il viii wipe out anything.
A woman, says the New York Times
who says she has never from any unp.eas-
ant experience known what it was TO have
a stomach lives almost entirely on ba-
nanas. II is a taste inherited, she says
from her father, who spent many years in
a banana country and learned there to like
them and consider them valuable article
of food. Like his daughter, he never eX-
periences those troubles which are the IN
doing of so many Americans. and he also
credits il to the bananas. The first crav-
ing OF the daughter in the morning is for
a banana, and when she rings the bell the
couple of bananas to her room. These she
eats before she completes her toilet, and
goes down 10 breakfast to find two more
beside her plate. These, with possibly
cub of prepared coffee. complete her
breakfast and she thrives on the diet She
has a pretty, soft complexion and a COM
Portable plumpness. The only trouble is
that away from home there is sometimes
difficulty in obtaining bananas. and then
she suffers This inconvenience has made
her think of breaking up the habit, but
the diet is so simple and so satisfactory
that It seems foolish to do so. Dates are
also a staple article of food with her. But
while this is well suited to her, it is not to
other members of her family. While they
are not so comfortably unconscious of that
important organ, the stomach. they are
more conscious than ever OF it if they IN
dertake a banana diet. A doctor says
that if bananas can be eaten, there is
nothing which gives more nutriment but
all people cannot eat them without il
effects.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-17

"A Topeka man promised his vic an an,
fully to name his new silver mine IN w. ,.,,
Mexico after her. Next week she s'
abe printed letter heads of the new M
for the first time, and instead OF enc p d,
~ name Of Marie Louise she lou'i' ."
called "The HOLY Torror."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-17

Being Careful-"Loonidasw excla med
Mr. Meektons wife, on his return from q
journey II am at a loss to understand
your conduct when we started. l. sgid
goodbye 10 you" Yes. Henrietta ="
why didn't you say goodbye in re-
sponsor Il was just about to do so. Hen
retta, but 1 checked myself ] was afraid
you would accuse me OF trying to have the
last word again. NASHVILLE Star.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-17
Loves Way

Loves Way
Why do I love you, sweetheart mine?
Ia sOOtn. ! cannot say.
Love came 10 ME so stealihily
] never saw his way.
His gentle footsteps scarcely pressed
The pathway 10 my heart;
only saw him standing there,
And knew ned ne er depart.
How can / tell what brought him when
l know not how he came?
l only knew. and bowed before
The magic Of MS name.
So many are more beautiful
All, well, perchance lis true;
SO many are much better, dear?
Sweet, no one else is you"
baltimore American.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-17

The Atchison Globe has the following
comments on the fair sex:
Every engaged girl makes the mistake
OF imagining that she now has him too Sc
cure to be scared off by her appearance in
curt-papers.
If you have anything to do with a wo-
man. impose on her, or She will on you
Whenever the women see new widow
coming down the street they put on a lool,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-17

See" eXcitedly whispered a little boy
TO his mother in church, 20 nting 10 a fat
spider Of large proportions that was leis-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-17

The various devices adopted to serve as
a substitute for liquid perfume has never
been entirely satisfactory when 1t comes
10 the necessity of impariing an enduring
scent to a gown. The little silver hearts,
perforated and containing the solid pellets
Of perfume, were rather ornamental than
useful, even when there were no substi-
tutes for them. They are sim in use and
dropped into the deepest recesses Of the
corsage, eXude faint and not very en-
during perfume. Most of the Paris dless-
makers put into convenient places in
gown the small bags OF sachet powder OF
the scent affected by the wearer Nearly
every woman, who makes an effort 20
keep up with these novelties in dantiness
has her set of little sachet bags to be
worn in the corsage even If she does not
have them sewed in every dress.
The times., 1899-04-06
NO PRISONERS TO RESCUE.
Orders to Proceed to BIueneid> Miss
ed by the Machias

The captain OF the cruiser Machias.
which sailed from Livingston yesterday
morning for Key West. has notified the
Navy Department. which promptly notified
the State Department that there are no
American prisoners in Guatemala. Six
rs OF Kansas City. Mo. were re
in Jail there under sentence OF
for alleged hilIbustering.
The Bureau OF Navigation reports that
the cruiser Msch;as has cleared from Liv-
ingston for Key West. This Indicates that
the order sent by Acting Secretary Allen.
at the request of Secretary Hay. sending
the Machias to Bluehelds. Nicarag qua. was
not delivered TO the captain Of the cruiser.
She Will be sent to BiGeaelds from Key
West.
delegation of New Orleans business
men, accompanied by Rear Admiral
O'Neill, Chief OF Ordnance. and Represent
atiyes Myer and Davis. visited Secretary
Hay yesterday and asked him to protest
against the efforts Of the Nicaragpau Gov
ernment 10 double duty on goods. This
was done during the Riel rebellion At
Bluefields, but Il was paid. not to the in
surgents, but to the present Government $
officers so the New Orleans men state
Secretary Hay did not indicate what his
course would be. but !stIiiraI CroWnin-
shield. Chief OF the Navigation Bureau.
told the delegation that they could count
on hearing from the Machias as soon as
they could get her there
The times., 1899-04-06
THE RALEIGH.
Many Atlantic Coast People Wnnt 9
Glimpse of Her.

The Naval Board of Construction had a
session yesterday. at which the question of
where the repairs to the cruiser Raleigh
should be made was again under discussion
No decision was reached. but the probabili-
ties are that the vessel will be ordered to
Portsmouth, n. H., for oyerhauling after
she has visited New York and perhaps
other ports. The board decided that the
Brooklyn navy yard was the proper place
to make repairs to the Raleighs sister ship,
the Cincinnati. She will be thoroughly
overhauled there and receive a set CT new
engines. The plans of the board contem-
plate her transformation into what will be
practically new ship. II has been real
lied for some time that the engines OF
both the Raleigh and the Cincinnati are
too heavy. A great deal of pressure is be-
ing brought to bear on the Navy Depart
ment to order the Raleigh to several places
on the Atlantic coast, at each Of which the
people want TO give her a reception befit-
ting the first of Dewey's victorious squad
ron to return to the United States. Nor
cruiser and wants the repairs to be made
at the local navy yard. A delegation oil
Philadelphians called at the department
yesterday to urge that she be sent TO Phila-
delphia for the Grant statue exercises this
month. The Governor and many citizens
of North Carolina think the ship should be
ordered 10 Wilmington in order that the
people of Raleigh may have chance to see
the vessel named in honor of their city
All Of these requests are under cOnsidera-
ton, but viii not be decided until the
Raleigh reaches Tompkinsyille and her
condition is ascertained
The times., 1899-04-06
THE NEW LIBRARIAN.
Oath of Office Administered to Her
bert W. Putnam.

Herbert ". Putnam entered upon the
duties of his new office yesterday and was
Installed as the head of the Congressional
Library. The cath OF office was taken be-
fore notary public in the Capitol Build
ing. and at 10 a. N. Mr.. Putnam was es-
cOrted TO the Library.
Acting Librarian SpoffOrd introduced the
new chief to the heads of the various
departments and the principal employees.
He was given an opportunity TO note the
extent of the machinery CT the big Library.
and expressed himself as pleased and sur
prised with his surroundings.
When seen by Times reporter yester-
day. Mr.. Putnam stated that he would not
attempt to take full charge of the Library
for several weeks. He stated that
he would study the various departments
and their workings and would have a full
understanding OF his duties before taking
complete charge.
Mr.. Putnam left the Library al l p. m.
and was accorded a pleasant interview
by the President. The new Librarian is
a youthful-lCoking man. but has had years
of experience in the largest Libraries in the
country.
The times., 1899-04-06
arbitrary arrests or punishments; free

no arbitrary arrests or punishments; free
schools and religious liberty no prohi
bition of industrial and commercial en-
terprise, and. therefore. degree of pros
perity never dreamed of or conceived by
them; and the power to choose their own
local administrative officers. In short
they have, in every respect, the exact
rights and privileges and advantages and
opportunities that belong TO the American
people. save that they do not vote for
President and members of Congress. To
an enlightened people with a self-won in
dependence this exception would be i'm
portant. In this case it is not, because
it is the price of the liberty they do have.
When the American colonists fought for
independence it was because they were
oppressed-because the rule of the English
kings was unjust and practically hurtful
and distressing and opposed TO their ma
terial prosperity. This is not the case
with the Philippine people. They could
own interests as this Republic will. They
could not advance their own intelligence
and prosperity as this Government Will.
So, practically. they have something in
finitely better than independence. even il
Independence did not mean a king and
destruction. If England had offered the
colonies what We give to the Philippines
there would have been no Declaration OF
Independence
The times., 1899-04-06
Disability and Pensions.

Secretary Alger instructed Eagan 10
buy Chicago meat in preference to beef
on the hoof as matter of economy. The
Texas cattlemen offered to carry cattle to
Cuba on their own ships, feed them. care
for them. butcher them. and serve the
meat 10 the army, for twenty-five cents a
pound. For ten cents less the Government
could get the Chicago beef and the saving
was considerable.
There is economy and economy. The
country was willing to bear the expense
of the proper feeding of its soldiers, but
even If it had not been. it would have
saved money by doing the right thing.
Before we get through with it. the Chicago
beef will cost the Government very much
more than twenty-five cents a pound. II
is the deliberate conviction of many army
surgeons that nne-tenths of the sickness
among the soldiers was due partly to the
lack of nourishing food and partly to the
poisonous effect of the beef. 1t has been
shown that even when the canned roast
beef was eaten, it was without nutritive
qualities. Men were debilitated because
they had no other ration to take the place
OF meat, and so became the easy victims
of climatic disease. So did those who were
made positively i'll by the beef.
The applications for pensions on ac-
count of general debility have begun to
come in. How many thousands there are
likely to be may be estimated from the
number of regiments there were in the
service There are five regiments which
show an average of three hundred and
forty-seven. or total of more than seven
teen hundred. This is only the beginning
and there will be a good many additions.
When Secretary Alger gets out his pad
and estimates the total number OF pen
sioners for debility caused by his cheap
meat, and figures on the expectancy of
life he will discover that his bad meat
scheme was far from economical. Not
only the wishes of the people, but purely
business considerations also, would have
dictated the purchase of good beef for our
soIdjerc
The times., 1899-04-06
Incomunicado Methods.

What we might flippantly refer TO as
great deal of row is being made over the
fact that our loyal and excellent judge of
the Court OF Castigation in Cuba, Senior
Ortiz. is arresting American citizens with
out allowing them to know the charges
against them, and is keeping them lin
eomunicado" for any length of time he
iudieiously or adjectively pleases.
Inasmuch as this ''incomunicado'' bust
ness, as prosecuted under Spanish rue,
was one OF the things that exasp=rated
the American people and compelled them
to kick Spain out of the hemisphere. We
are able to understand why a revival Uf
the system, under General Brooke, should
create surprise and excite some indigna
ton. In our American jurisprudence it is
new and strange, and really not much
liked; but, in principle, it seems TO be
something which has come to stay.
Persons and papers have grown to be
pretty much the same thing in respect of
their value, or otherwise. TO the only sub
ject worthy of national attention at this
time. II is unnecessary TO remark that
the subject in question is the patriotic in
terest of Mr.. Hanna in the campaign OF
1900. If papers are habitually held in
communicable why not persons? We know
that the terrible arraignment of the rotten
army rations by Colonel Roosevelt was held
up in that way. so that 1t should not en-
barrass Mr.. Alger's personally conducted
Relief Commission. And We are now in
formed in the most public manner that the
horrifying discoveries of a Government
meat inspector were similarly suppressed
He found that rotten beef carcasses, filthy
with the diseases of tuberculosis and lumpy
jaw, after condemnation under the law.
were sneaked from the bottoms of Chicago
waste tanks and placed on the market TO
murder the public. His evidence and that
of tcO many witnesses to laugh down shows
that the whole force of the Administration
has been devoted to keeping a deviIish
crime against the army and the people in
comunicado." Then why should anyone
wonder that a few innocent persons are
treated in the same way in Cuba?
'incomunicado" is a notoriously conyen-
lent principle. 1t was evolved. in connec-
tion with the poisoning and murder of our
troops, by Credit Mobilier Dodge, linear
rion DENLY. Pullnose Beaver, Mcdowell
MeCook, Chuck Conner, Green Whisker
Woodbury.. Wheelhead Wilson, and Tscky
Howell representing and being the Alger
Relief Commission. Why should it not be
applied in the administration of our colo
nies?
The times., 1899-04-06
Trade Relations with Canada.

Wrom DE Ihicag0 thronclcl
When tie mass of the people Of Canada come
to see that iree trade between Canada and the
United States would be a- safe and beneficial as
free trade between Quebec and Manitoba, and
when the mass Of the people Of this country
come to that free trade between it and
Canada would he safe and beneficial q, Tree
trade between Nebraska and Massachusetts, there
will be 30 difficulty about establishing entirely
friendly commercial relations. Until then 10 High
Joint Commission viii bc likely to succeed in
reaching any satisfactory agreement We must
all learn that political union is not at all ncces-
say in order to rcaiizc in fullest measure the
benefits oi comnIelc cenmcrcisl lihcrtv.