The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-07

just Now Admiral Dewey Is n Fav-
Ored Recipient, but There Are

Orcd Recipient, but There Are
Others.
Washington letter in New York Herald.
During the last two years more babies
have been named for Admiral Dewey than
for any other one person in this coun-
try. The Admiral has a couple Of trunks
full of pictures of these babies, sent him
by fond parents, and that many hundreds
of letters have been received in addition
informing him of the appropriation of his
rame In all probability most of the
writers of these letters are actuated mere
ly by an honest desire to do homage to
he Admiral, but some of them get the
most absurd notions as TO the gifts VIII oh
it is thought he will give to every child
named for him. Here is one of the curios-
tiles of this kind:
Dear Sir: you may be surprise to find
Twelve c6ns in this letter as christmas
is coming and I would like to give pres
ent to my little sisters and brothers as
have only twelve cents l thaught that
| would send them to you. If you will
change them for pennies and that way
I would give them a nice present live
on a farm and my name is Edwin Avery
Park and / am years old. l love to
draw pictures. l have made one to send
10 you. 1t is not any special sh p but one
drew out OF my head. l hope you will
Ike it. Yours truly,
Edwin Avery Park"
Another letter received by the Admiral
Is as follows:
May the 10, 1850.
Mr.. Dewie Take my pen in hand TO
write to you in reguard to my little boy
name. a fir end of myn reqested me to rite
II hat m
was dewie. l named him dewie when he
was bout days old he will be one year
old the day of april, my friend said he
red in a newspaper that you had made
a present of 5000 to a little child named
dewie Mr. dewie II you are going to
make present TO the children, that is
named after you. Remember my little boy
If you please.
dewie was the first name 1 thought
about naming my little boy. 1 will bring
nv letter to a close. yours answer soon
from -- --
ITO Mr.. george Devils.
Here is one from a mother who does not
seem 10 anticipate the possibility OF ie-
ceiying SO large an amount as that men
toned by the preceding writer:
June 10 1900
Mr.. Admiral Dewey
gentleman Dear Sir I thought / write
YOU TO let you know / have just Named
nv Son Noble Dewey Miles, after one Oh
the bravest and Noblest men of my Coun-
trv not that 1 want to fiatter you but it Is
60 he will he . wears the 23nd Of this month
now if YOU think you can send the Litte
how a present it will never be forgotten as
l am sorry 10 say am very Poor Hoping
YOU will Receive this alright will simply
await a answer and Obliged
Address - -.
ono Of the strangest crank" letters ever
seen in Washington has been received by
Admiral Dewey. The writer appears 10
think that il is the intention or the Eng
lish authorities to place President Kruger
Of the Boer republic on the Island OF st.
Helena. and that the Admiral can saVe
Kruger 1t is as follows:
May the 81.
Dear admiral will you use your juddg-
roent i'm be half of Mr.. kruger the peple is
soin' to put him on ailand to die from mis-
family please see how you would fell TO
Ieav YOUR wife pleas help the poor Boer
Meas hilp them If you can the country
and site the people is mad at Mckinly for
not help Boer while you was in battle
nrad the good father protect you In battle
and he did thank god for it please stop
the peple from takn kruger pleas II you
can think you can If eny man can 1t is
you
81 am sixty for and will help the Beers
fit if nesary.
"pleas excus bad ritin bad spellin
Mr. Oh A.
wee think what you sa is law and Cos
pell
''Ny eys is very bad
pleas admiral help them il you can
now you will you are so good you will
now if you can"
One of the presidential possibilities not
long ago received encouragement in his
aspirations from the following Letter writ
ten by the wife Of a railroad man In Mich
igan:
"Honored Sir:
"In case you are a presidential candi-
date, my husband, who is a railroad man,
will vote for you, providing you promise
to do all that you can to bring about gov
ernmental ownership OF railroads. All
other railroad men would work hard for
you could they know that during your ed-
ministration you would try 10 bring about
the above named much desired change.
They consider Themselves oppressed and
III treated. as you no doubt know"
one of the penalties OF greatness Is that
dance OF poetry Sometimes the poetry
which great men receive relates. ut least
Indirectly. TO them, but II frequently hap
pens that much that does not refer TO
them In any way is sent-presumably as a
mere sample