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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-20

st lost a faithful friend and helper
few days ago." said a letter carrier whose
route lies below Canal street, according
to the New Orleans Times-Democrat. He
was a yellow dog, and 1 must confess his
appearance was not eXactly--er-prepos-
sessing. His hide was the color of cheap
soap and he had the disreputable, skulk-
ing, tranpish bearing peculiar to yellow
dogs generally, but for all that he was a
gentleman at heart. We met in the way
of business. His owner was what letter
carriers call a "throw-out;" in other
words, he lived two eXtra-long squares
from his nearest neighbor and to deliver
the mail he received almost every day
involved a four-square walk Tor each
batch. Four squares means a good deal
to tired carrier. and. as rule, throw
outs are anything but popular with the
craft; but soon after took the route the
yellow dog got to know my whistle and
would come rushing to the corner to get
the mail.
He kept that up steadily, rain and
shine for over a year, and never missed
a trip. What's more, he showed a pride
and interest in the task that was really
half human. Sometimes. for instance, he
would be a little late and find me on the
way to the house when he got out of the
yard Then it was comical TO see HIM
come tearing UP the street, every hair
bristling and saying as plainly as he
could, Stop. hold on! I'm here! Don't
bulge another inch! On such occasions
he would insist on going back to the
corner, which was the only place he rec
ognized officially for the delivery of mail
matter You can judge whether 1 became
attached to him. Often he would be wait
ing for me, cooking his head to one side
and feeling his Importance from his yell
low stump of tail to his yellow stump
of a nose. If had nothing for him he
showed his detection and disappointment
as plainly as a man. but as soon as he
saw me sort out a few letters he would
give a sharp joyous bark that sounded
enough like a laugh to be the real thing.
When his owner met me the other day
and told me he was dead, couldn't say a
word to save my life. 1 turned around
and walked off, and before knew it
was blubbering like fool.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-20
PERSONAL.

Two officers of high rank in our army
have well-won regulations of being par
ticularly good boxers. They are Maj. Gen.
Miles and Brig. Cen Weston, commissary
general of subsistence Gen. Miles has had
on the gloves with Gen. Leonard Wood,
and has been bested by him The match
between him ana Weston, six rounds,
which ended in a draw, is one of the ira
diGions of the army.
Arrangements are being made for the
erection in the public gardens of Khar-
toum of a statue of Gen. Gordon, not far
from the spot where he lost his life fif-
teen years ago. This in itself affords a
striking evidence of the marvellous trans
formation which has been effected in the
reconstruction of the town since the Sou
dan campaign. AS recently as May last
it was officially reported that the town
was a complete ruin and that not a sim
gle building had been left standing by the
DerVishes.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-20
bright BITS.

The Infalible Preliminary.-Nell: Do
you know I really think I will marry
Harry. He is good-looking, rich, and l
am rather fond of him.
Belle: 1 didn't know you We're engaged.
Nell: On it's not formal yet; but he has
told me that l seem different from other
girls.-Puck.
A crossing-sweeper was trying to get
gratuity from an excessively dandified
individual, who, in resis ting, urged that
he had no change-nothing but IS note
Il can get it changed for yer sir" said
the youngster. On seeing the dandy hes
itate, as if from fear of trusting him
with the money, he put it again: IF yer
doubts my honor, hold my broom. Tit
Bits.
She was reading over the marriage SER
vice. She made ii a point always to do
this, for" as she once said, mo matter
how well you may have known a part in
the past, it always should be rehears ed
before piece is revived" It'll death
do us part she read. Then she stopped
to think. Dear me-" she commented
how foolish! Haven't they any confidence
in the courts"'-ChicagO Evening Post.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-20
COTTON WILL OPERATIVES.

A few days ago the Morning News, in
commenting on the very large number OF
cotton mills that was being built in this
state and the Caroinas, called attention
to the probability that very considera-
BILE percentage of the white people would
be drawn to the mills from the farms, and
that consequently there would be immi-
grafton from the West to take the places
made vacant by the demands of the mills.
II was assumed that the negroes would not
become farmers to any considerable oX-
tent, and that, therefore, there would be
an attractive opening for white farmers
from other sections of the country.
The Tradesman of Chattanooga is of the
opinion apparently that there will be no
immigration movement based on the re-
markable growth of the cotton manufac-
turing industry. 1t says: so far the
Southern mills have not drawn many
hands from the farms. Some of the ten
ant farmers have gone to the mills, but
generally speaking, the mill help has come
from the hill country"
1t is probably true that a majority of
the operatives have come from the hill
country. but they left little farms. They
made their living from the laCd and,
though each family may not have iroduc-
ed more than two or three bales Of cot
ton a year the aggregate amount they
produced was very large. Now, however
mills are being built in the lowlands, and
il is expected that the operatives for IAN
will be drawn from the farms in their vi
cinity. The owners and tenants OF small
farms will furnish the greater part of the
help but is il not a fact that the majority
of the farmers in the lowands as well
as in the hills are small farmers?
In an article in the Political Science
Quarterly for March, Mr.. Holland Thomp-
son has an article on "A Southern Min
Town" in which he says that the great
majority of the mill help is drawn from
the country surrounding the mill. The
mill town he describes is in North Caro-
lima, and he says that the operatives are
divided into three classes namely, the
children and grandchildren of the first
operatives operatives from other mills
and those who come from the farms. By
far the largest, however, is the last men
toned class. The reasons for the migra-
the earnings at the mills are larger than
those on the farms and the advantages for
educating children in the towns are bet
ter.
1t will be a long time yet of course be-
fore the drain on the rural population for
mill help will attract much attention. and
it will not be noticed at all if the farms
are taken by immigrants coming from
other states That there will be such i'm
migration there does not seem to be much
reason to doubt. Many immigrants are
now settling in this state and the Carroll
mas. The cheap new lands, from which
the timber is being cut, is attracting them.
There are no abandoned farms as yet, and
it may be that there will be none. Still, il
cannot be denied that if mill building
goes ON at the present rate for number
of years there will be a marked change in
the rural population brought about by the
movement from the small farms to the
mills
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-20
THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
FUND,

The Republicans of Philadelphia have
not yet succeeded in raising the S1G0,OOi
guarantee fund for the National Conven-
ton Of their party They have about $70.-
coo of the amount and it is probable that
they will get the balance by the time the
convention is to meet.
This difficulty in raising the guarantee
fund is a very annoying one to the people
Of Philadelphia. They feel it is a reflection
On their city. The Democrats are under no
obligation 10 contribute to it Still they
would have been glad if the money had
been raised promptly They naturally feel
pride in their city. One hun
bred thousand dollars is a very small
amount for such a city as Philadelphia to
raise for any purpose. To have the whole
country jeering their city because of the
difficulty experienced in getting the guar
antee fund together is humiliating to
them, as well as to the Republicans. 1t
seems that there are two factions in the
Republican party in Philadelphia, and
that the faction that will have the hand
ling of the money and the management of
the convention, SO far as Philadelphians
are to manage it, is not the faction that
has the wealth. The wealthy faction is re-
sisting all appeals for contributions for
funds.
1t is said that 100000 is not the only
money that the city will have to raise
The auditorium building in which the
convention is to be held has to be put in
order 1t is estimated that to make the
necessary changes will cost $4,000. The
city therefore has to raise $4,000 more 1t
is not to be wondered at that there are
Philadelphians> who are wishing that their
city had not made a bid for the conven-
tion ana who would be glad if Senator
Hanna would carry his convention some
where else. An effort was made to get
$4,000 from the city treasury, but there
was such a howl of disapproval that it
had to be abandoned. 1t is pretty safe to
say that it win be a long time before
Philadelphia viii ask for national con
venticn again. In the meantime ii is
worthy of notice that the Democrats are
having no trouble about their convention.
There is no scandal connected with it.
The money promised viii be forthcoming
at the proper time and everything will
be in readiness when the time comes for
the convention to meet.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-20
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Special Notices-As to Closing of city
Offices; Park and Telford Cigars. A. NJ. &
c. w. West; Dewey Banquet. Isaac G.
Haas. Chairman; Notice, The River Com
mittee; If It's Nice We Have II, Hardee
& Marshall
Business Notices-"Harvard' Pure
Beer; Sterling Silver Novelties, Hunter &
Van Keuren; Does Your Brother Like
Cheese?" Est. S. w. Branch.
Ribbons-B. H. Levy & Bro.
The Everyday Usefulness of This Store
for Men-The Metropolitan Clothing Com
p&ny.
2sasted Coffee-C. NJ. Gilbert & Co.
Visitors to Savannah-Leopold Adler
Whisky-Hunter Baltimore Rye Whis-
ky; Duny's Pure Malt Whisky.
Proposals-For Furnishing Fuel Requir-
ed in Department of the East For Re
pairs to Boiler. Etc, at Quarantine Sta
ton.
Steamship Schedule-Plant Steamship
Line.
Amusements-Prof. Louis Spencer Dan
iels at Guards Hall, March %; Ada Re
han at Theater, March 27.
Auction Sale--Large Lot and Four
Houses. by c. H. Dorsett, Auctioneer.
Mineral Water-Apenta.
Salt-The Perfect Salt
Medical-S. S. s; Hyomei; DIR. Hatha-
way Company; Castoria; Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla: Johann Hoff's Genuine Malt Ex-
tract; Coke Dandruff Cure; Mothers
Friend; Ayers Cherry Pectoral.
Special Notice to Visitors to the Dewey
Celebration-The Hub.
Cheap Column Advertisements Helm
Wanted; Employment Wanted For Rent:
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-20
A Bath and a Vote.

A humorous incident of the voting on the
Porto Rico bill was the manner in which
Representative Spight of Mississippi was
brought into the House just a minute too
late to vote for Mr.. Richardson's substi-
tute, says the Washington correspondence
OF the Chicago Chronicle. While the roll
was being called it was ascertained THAI
Spight was not in his seat. A messenger
found the Mississippian rolling luxurious
ly in a bath tub In the basement of the
Capitol. He notified Mr.. Richardson, VINO.
approaching the desirability of recording
every vote that il was possible to round
up against the tariff bill. sent two stall
wart Democrats to the bathroom to bring
Mr.. Spight to the floor with the least pos
sible delay. They found Mr.. Spight
sprawled at full length in the tub.
They want you up on the floor to vote
for the substitute for the Porto Rican bill,
exclaimed one of the messengers, who
broke into the room without ceremony.
But l can't go now" Mr.. Spight plead
ed. Il am taking a bath"
IF you don't get a hustle on you ana
have your vote recorded l wouldn't care
TO take your chances for coming back 10
Congress. Amy member who ducks this
important vote will be blacklisted in the
party"
Mr.. Spight. who is an old man and some
jumped out of the tub dripping wet and
looked around for a towel with which to
dry himself. There was more in sight.
What will do?' he pleaded
"Oh, get your clothes on and come on
upstairs and vote and then come back
and dry yourself" was the advice of both
messengers Then one of them seized Mr.
Spights trousers and assisted his wet
legs into them. The other helped him
on with an undershirt and both aided him
in putting on shoes without socks.
Now I'll put on my shirt" said Mr.
Spight.
mot on your life. You amt got time,
said the messengers.
They put his overcoat on, commanded
him to button il around his neck, and then
hurried him upstairs to the floor of he
House, where he arrived just as the clerk
began the recapitulatiOn of the vote and
too late to be recorded. AS he stood out
in front of the Democratic desks with an
ulster collar absorbing the water that was
oozing from his matted hair he was pic
ture of despair. He did not return to the
bathroom until the final vote was taken an
hour afterWard.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-20

Society at Cairo. Egypt, is having fun
with Mrs. Letter. OF Chicago, who is now
stopping temporarily at that place. Her
encourage is said to be the SWEETEST thar
ever astonshed the Nile. and it is one
OF the "relaxations Of society" to see her
enter her carriage, while the Inverted
footman stands at one side with his hat
Off as is the custom in vice regal circles
but not in ordinary life. She is said re-
Gently to have sent TO the railway Of
fee an inquiry II Lady Curzon OF Ked-
leston's mother could have a reserved
carriage" to which the reply came back
that Lady Curzon of Kedleston's mother
could If she paid for It," And TO Lord
Cromer, Lady Curzon OF Kedestons
mother is said to have expressed the hope
that Dear George viii be a success, as
he has married my daughters
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-20
The MORNING NEWS is published

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Transient advertisements, other than
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Letters and kilograms should be ad-
dressed MORNING NEWS" Savannah,
Ga.
EASTERN OFFICE, % Park Row, New
York city. II. c. Faulkner. Manager.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-20
MIR. sHELDON,s EXPERIMENT.

one result of the Rev. Mr.. Sheldon's ex
pertinent in editing the Topeka Daily
Capital las Christ would edit it, is dis
agreement among the stockholders Of the
paper with prospective lawsuit. The
owners of majority of the stock say that
the paper has not been a paying property
and they think 1t can be made a success
by running it as a religious daily. The
minority stockholders insist that it will
never pay If run on the lines marked out
last week by Mr.. Sheldon.
1t is true that the circulation reached
enormous proportions while Mr.. Sheldon
controlled IT, but that evidently was not
because of any merit the paper possessed.
People in all parts Of the country wanted
10 see what Mr. Sheldon would permit to
appear Ia the paper. They We're curious
to know how, in his opinion, Christ would
edit a paper. Their curiosity is now sat
isfed. While the paper reached a circu-
lation of 1865. 900. it would hardly reach 90,
600 this week under the same kind of edit
ing
1t is the judgment doubtless of nine out
of ten of those who read the paper that
very little in it that any one cared to
read.
1t is evident now that Mr.. Sheldon did
not conduct the paper wholly in accord
ance with Christian teaching. That teach
ing would not have permitted The ac-
emulation of wealth in connection with
the experiment. and yet great deal of
money was made in connection with il.
The circulation of the paper was increased
enormously and the receipts from the adj
vertising were very large.
1t may be urged that MIR. Sheldon could
not help what the proprietors made out
of The experiment Why could he not?
He could have insisted that any profit ac-
cruing from the experiment should be
given to deserving charity. If he had in
sisted upon that, however, il is probable
that the experiment would not have been
made 1t seems to be clear that the
proprietors of the paper permitted it be
cause they thought it would be a source of
profit, and, thinking so, the paper was
not conducted in accordance with texts to
be found in the Gospels.
That profit was the object of the pro
prietors is evident from their disagree
ment as to the papers future policy. The
chief owners think there is a big field for
such a paper as Mr.. Sheldon conducted.
They propose to enter it and make all
the money they can. They are not infiu-
enced to take this course by a desire to
lift up the people, but by the hope of ac-
cumulating wealth. The experiment prov
graduate himself
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-20
The DOcfor,s Guesn.

Lawyer Chapman OF Los Angeles was
once associated with Senator Stephen NJ
White in a certain case, says the New Eng
land Magazine. Chapman loves a good
dinner, and one day. just before the big
case was to come up In court he ace more
than he ought The next day he was
sick. and White took a doctor around TO
see him Chapman was groaning with
pain, and the doctor was puzzled. Al last
the doctor noticed a red spot on Chap
mans cheekbone, and came 90 the con-
dusion that Chapman needed a dentist.
and told him so:
you have an liberated tooth. That's
what ais you"
Chapman quit grooming long enough 20
turn to his wife and say:
Just hand me my plates Off the bureau.
so / can see which one Of those miserable
teeth is aching"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-20
THE INSURGENTS STILL ACTIVE.


The news from the Philippines is very
disquieting. Gen. Otis has not yet sue
oeeded in getting the Filipnos to accept
American rule.
In many parts of Luzon the insurgents
are as active and aggressive as if they
thought they had a chance of winning in
dependence. 1t is said that the Filipino
mayors of the towns. officials appointed
by Gen. Otis, are either resigning or using
their positions TO advance the cause of the
Insurgents
1t is difficult TO understand this sudden
activity of the insurgents. Gen. Wheeler,
who has just returned, says that when he
left Manila il was the opinion that the
war was over, and that the only oppo-
sition 90 our government was offered by
rowing bands of guerillas. Bishop Potter
of New York, who arrived from Manila
last week. says practically the same thing.
One of the insurgent chiefs is quoted as
saying that the reason for the present
activity Of che insurgents is the belief
that by keeping up a show of opposition
better terms will be obtained from our
government The insurgent leaders are
of course informed as to what is being
said and done in this country in respect
TO their islands. 1t is not improbable that
they have followed the debates in Con-
gress on the Porto Rican tariff bill and
are we'll aware of the appointment of
commission to visit the Philippines and set
up a oivil government. Assuming that
such is the case, their purpose may be
to try and convince the people of this
country that it would be better to give
the Filipinos their independence, and, if
not that, to make very liberal concessions
TO them. 1t must be that they have some
such purpose in view, because they are
not as well prepared to carry on an in
surrection now as they were a few months
ago. They have no organization and they
cannot have very much ammunition Be
sides the people are Enthusiastically tired
of war
1t is difficult of course to make the Fill
pinos understand. what our purpose in re-
gard to them is. They are suspicious, and
they look with distrust upon every move
that Gen. Otis makes and every order he
gives. If they could be made to under
stand that they viii be much better off
under our government than they would
be under an Independent govern
ment the entire Philippine trouble
could be settled very quickly-that is, as
| far as the Filipinos are concerned From
the latest reports, however, il is probable
that the way is not yet open for the Taft
Commission to begin it's work of putting
i'm operation a civil government for the
| islands.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-20

Lady John Scott spottswoode, who died
last week in England. was the composer
of the famous song Annie Laurie" which
is now sung all over Christendom. She is
said to have been a quaint old gentlewo-
man, who as well might have stepped out
of a Goldsmith comedy or a Gainsborough
picture. She insisted upon observing
ancient customs, travelling by coach with
postiIlions and outriders, and otherwise
conforming to usages of a hundred years
ago. She was 81 years old.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-20

The Virginia Legislature at its last
session granted an innocent looking char
ter to a shipping corporation which, upon
examination, strikes a deadly blow at the
rights of the pilots of Norfolk. The char
ter abolishes in SO faR as the corporation
is concerned, ,he compulsory pilotage laws
OF the state, eXempting all vessels intend
ing to load at the corporations wharves
or having loaded at those wharves from
all pilotage fees while entering, leaving or
navigating the waters of Virginia Be
sides striking the pilots blow, the char
ter gives the corporations a great advan-
tage over every other similar corporation
in the state The matter will be taken in
to the courts, on che ground that the char
ter disdriminates unfairly in favor of the
corporation.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-20

When a doctor gets good chance at
really rich man, he usually "soaks il to
him" In Nice recently a doctor Won
Bergman, performed comparatively
simple operation upon a Russian million
air. removing two nerves from his cheek
The operation was successful, and the
doctors bin was $4,000 The Russian was
able TO pay. so that was an end of the
matter
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-20

The present price of cotton should not
be suffered to stop the agitation in favor
Of diversified crops. Should there be a
great crop next harvest, the price would
not be nine cents, and might be in the
neighborhood of half of that figure. And
then where would the farmer be? In the
hele.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-20

The yacht which was recently built for
the Queen, at a cost Of s.. 100000, is practi-
cally conceded TO be a costly failure She
win probably never be used by Her
Majesty, and may be turned over to the
admiralty for use as a dispatch vessel.
The difficulty wlth the yacht Is her In
stability; she rolls too much to carry
royalty. ..t. s.t
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-20

The South African Republic is building
fine pavilion at the Paris Exposition
and intends nlling 1t with exhibits But
by the time the exposition shall have
gotten fairly under way there may be no
South African Republic.