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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-07
A May Dny MadrigaI.

From the Baltimore American.
You must wake and call me early, call me
early mother dear,
For that alarm clock never win disturb
my sleep, 1 fear.
/ want to see the carpets torn in patches
from the floor,
l want to see the statuettes thrown
through the plate glass door.
I want to hear the lurid words of that
suuare-featured man
Who gets his corn beneath the wheel of
the large moving van.
Oh, wake and call me early-very
early as / say,
For 1t will be moving day, mother, it
will be moving day.
Oh, break my SAUNDERS early, for I'm anx,
ious to be fed
On coffee that's as cold as ice, and brittle,
dusty bread.
I'm longing for the breakfast where the
oatmeal has taste
As II 'twere made of sawdust, stirred In
most detected paste.
l yearn to see the pictures thrown in
Misunderstanding heaps
And hear the beds fall down the stairs in
kangaroo-like leaps.
l want to hear the van man give his
swearing traits full play,
For 1t will be moving day, mother, It will
be moving day.
rw@N-
Yes. wake and call me early, call me ear
ly mother mine,
l fain would see you once more with a rag
your hair confne
I'll dream about your horror when the
hired men rudely catch
The grand piano by its legs and give its
back scratch.
l want to hear them hurl the china to the
sidewalk hard.
And see them strew our poorest things in
full view in, the yard.
But most of all 1 want a chance 20 HE
me far away
For 1t Will be moving day, mother, 1t viii
be moving day.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-07
BRIGHT BITS.

I'm Our Boarding House.-''win some
one please chase the COW down this way?"
said the funny boarder, who wanted some
milk for his oat meal
Here. Jane" said the landlady in
tone that was meant to be crushing, take
the COW down there where the calf is
bawling. "--Chicago News.
Missionary: Was it liquor that brought
you to this?
Imprisoned Burglar: No. sir; it was
house thanksgiving house cleanin', sir
Missionary: Eth? House cleaning?
Burglar: Yessir. The woman had been
house cleanin', and tn stair carpet was
up, an tn folks heard me.-New York
Weekly.
Not What He Meant-A writer in an
English paper called the Christian, said
the other day;
1.-THE remarkable Providental escape of
the Prince of Wales from assassination
has called forth a chorus of pro-
found regrets from all the European goy-
ernments and almost the whole of the
continental press"
THE trouble about these Beers" said
the English officer, sis that they are who'll
ly unreliable"
They seem able to depend on one an
other ~ ~ ~
Possibly. But so far as we are con-
cerned. we can never tell whether we
have caught them mapping or whether
they are merely keeping quiet till we get
close enough for them to do damage
Washington Star.
Ready to Back It Upright ahead
of u.s." resumed the traveller who was
narrating his experiences. ''yawned the
mountain pass
"Do you know" artlessly interrupted
one of the younger women in the COM
pany, that seems very queer to me?
How can a mountain yawn?"
Did you never see Cumberland Gap,
miss?' he asked. And there were no
more Interruptions Chicago Tribune.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-07

zone Saturday afternoon young Moody
was dispatched to make a collection from
an establishment whose credit was under
suspicion. While on the train he discov-
cred that the representative of another
fl m, to whom the same store was deeply
Indebted was fastening to the same place
on the same mission" says William r.
Moody, writing of his father, Dwight L.
Moody, in a series of articles in the Sat
urday Evening Post. "a continuous ride
TO the town would break into Sunday
and it was one of Mr.. Moodys principles
not 40 travel on the Sabbath. 1t was ne
cessary for him, therefore, to spend Sun
cay at some point and resume his jour
ney early Monday morning. The other COZ
lector did not have such scruples, but
planned to proceed, arrive on Sunday
morning, and thus secure his claim the
first thing on Monday morning, which
would probably have shut out Mr.
Moody's firm. However, where principle
was involved Mr.. Moody never hesitated
and yet his business pride was az stake
and it was rather hard for him to see
the other man win. Consequently he de-
termined to do what he could, legitimate
ly, to get even chances. 1t was in the early
days Of railway travel and changes were
frequent; so at one of those changes Mr.
Moody and his rival took a walk, and Mr.
Moody engrossed him so in conversation
that he missed his train, and thus both
men got to the town at the same time on
Monday"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-07
A Lesson In PoIiteness.

When Alonzo B. Cornell was Governor of
New York. says a writer in the May Sue
cess. he had clerk so ungracious in man
ner that he frequently remained seated
while callers at the Capitol were obliged to
remain standing as they attempted to
transact business with him. One day
delegation came from city In the wesi-
ern part of the state to plead for the life
of a condemned man. The Governor was
seldom known to grant pardon, but the
visitors hoped at least, that they would be
accorded a proper hearing. After the
clerk had kept them waiting for two hours
in the outer hallway, he admitted them
and accorded them permission to state
their case to the Governor-all standing.
The executive refused to interfere, and
told his visitors so.
The spokesman of the little party was
Grover Cleveland then Buffalo attorney.
In one year after the trip referred 10 he
was himself elected Governor Of the State.
When he visited the executive chamber
few days thereafter, Gov. Cornell showed
him over the apartments. and inquired If
there was anything he wished to have
done in advance of his Inauguration
There is Just one thing you can do for
me, if you will" said Mr.. Cleveland. "and
that is to remove the clerk who kept me
waiting outside so long when / was last
here. II may teach him a lesson in polite
ness" The clerk was removed.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-07
MARRIAGES IN CunA.

Tho matter of marriages in Cuba is CIV
ing Gov. Gen. Wood no little concern.
Some time ago Gen. Brooke while he was
governor-general OF the island, issued an
executive order directing the establishing
of a civil marriage ceremony. That the
order has met with much opposition is In
dicated by the large number of petitions
being received by Gen. Wood, In which its
revocation is earnestly requested.
1t seems that this matter of marriages is
one which the Cubans ought TO be allowed
to settle for themselves, and in their own
way, when they shall have come into
the possession of their government. For
several hundred years they have been liv-
ing under the Spanish system, and no in
terest would suffer II they were permitted
to continue under that system for time
longer, or indefinitely, at their pleasure.
Is it not rather intrusive and officious for
the intervening government, which by its
own promises will get out of the island
within a short time to make a radical
change in a custom so long established as
that of the marriage rite?
If there is one matter above another in
which the people of this country have in
sisted upon the right of local self-govern-
ment 1t Is In the matter of marriages,
This is to be seen in the statute books of
every state. So diverse are our state laws
upon the subject of matrmony that We
are entirely without any fixed standard
which we might offer to the Cubans as an
improvement upon the laws which Spain
In
stance, certain states refuse to recognize
divorces. granted in other states. 1t is
possible therefore, for a man or woman
to have two or more legal wives or hus-
bands in the United States, depending
upon the distribution of the said help
meets. One state, for instance, grants no
divorce and recognizes none. But cit
izen of that state, after residing in an
other state for a specified length of time.
may secure a divorce there, with permits
sion to marry again. And marrying In
that state, he might maintain a wife
there, and wife No. l in the state from
which he removed, without violating the
laws of either state.
Many efforts have been made to harmon
ize the American marriage laws and make
them uniform in all of the states. but so
far the efforts have been fruitless. Such
laws affect the most sacred relations of
life. If after many years of earnest en-
deavor we have failed to evolve a mar
rage law acceptable to ourselves as a
whole, it Is likely that foreign military
officer having only slight acquaintance
with Cuba would be able to give her peo-
pie marriage law which would be salts
factory to them?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-07

Capt. j. jenkins Haines, the writer Of
sea stories. will soon go to Panama to
study the route of the canal He is
son OF Gen. =. C. Heines, U. s. A. senior
member Of The present commission to ex-
anime the Nicaragua route.
Gen. Henry Kyd Douglas, who was on
''Stonewall' Jackson's staff at Frederick
town, says that Jackson never saw Bar
bara Frietchie, never even passed her
house, and that, If she had flag, she was
Sc years old and helpless as a child at the
time, and would have been unable to wave
t..
The next generation will see the Gould
fortune pretty well cut up, there being so
many heirs. The richest of these will be
Kingdom, George Goulds eldest child. His
father is rate1 at SO0O),O00. Kingdom,
though mere child, speaks German and
French and has picked up a surprising
Knowledge Of yachting.
An American woman who saw the
work this winter of Prof. Petrie at Ably
dos for the Egypt Exploration Fund, now
yielding the richest returns about the re-
mote first dynasty of Egypt, was so i'm
pressed that she has sent 800 for the con-
tinuance of the explorations. So diversi-
fed is the society's field of research-pre-
historic, classical, Biblical, etc.-that DR..
James Schouler, the historian, in send
ing his subscription to the Rev. Dr. w.
c. Winslow, of Boston, adds: II am well
convinced of the socioty's usefulness in
the advancement of historical knowledge.
Prince Rupert Of Bavaria, whose en-
gagement has just been announced, is
the eldest of the ten surviving children
of the eldest son of the Regent and will
therefore in the ordinary course of affairs
be one day King of Bavaria. His mother
is the head of the elder line of Stuxrt.
The enthusiasts of the White Rose League
styled him prince of Wales when he
came to greet Queen Victoria ON her last
jubilee. He is nearly thicty-one years old.
The bride-elect, Princess Marie Gabrielle,
his junior by nearly nine years, is sec
ond cousin of his father, and is the Sec
o OF four daugh ers of Duke Karl The
odor of Bavaria. the princey savant who
deVotes himself to the cure of diseases of
the eye among the poor. She is a niece
of the murdered Emp ess of Austria and
OF the Duchess d'Alencon who persisted
in the terrible fire in Paris in 1877.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-07
IMPROVE WHITAKER STREET.

The small sample of brick pavement on
Whitaker street at the Intersection of
Gwinnett affords an idea of how Whita-
ker street would appear If the whole of it
were paved with vitrifed brick or asphalt
The situation of that street is such as to
make 1t thoroughfare between the north
ern and southern sections of the city; but
with its rough cobblestones and car track
1t is not a comfortable street for vehicles
of any sort. From Bay street to Ogle-
thorpe avenue it is a business street. and
a very busy one. There are more stores,
public buildings and halls on or near it
than any other street of the city. Fur
thermore, Whitaker is the western bound
sry of the park and the parade ground,
and is the only one of the streets bound
ing these resorts which is not paved.
Some years ago a petition was sent to
City Council asking that Whitaker street
be asphalted, but nothing ever came
of it, The improvement of the
street was highly desirable them
it is a necessity now. The amount
of traffic that continually pours
through Drayton street is so great as to
make driving for pleasure on that thor
oughfare out of the question. Indeed, at
certain hours of the day the pleasure We
hicle or the bicycle on Drayton street
is in almost constant danger of being
caught and crushed by heavier vehicles
The southern section of the city is grow
ing constantly and rapidly, and the vol
ume of traffic is becoming greater and
greater to and from 1t. AT present there
are only two paved streets connecting the
two sections, Drayton and Jefferson, both
narrow. The accommodations afforded by
them for the traffic even at present are
inadequate, and the difficulty will con-
tinue to Increase The means of relief are
to be found IN the paving of Whitaker
with either brick or asphalt. 1t is to be
hoped that the authorities will take this
matter up and push IL through
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-07
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Meetings-Georgia Historical Society
Solomon's Lodge No. l, F. & A. M.
Fourth District Club.
Special Notices-Annual Picnic Savan-
nah Baptist Sunday School May 10; Bill of
Fare 'Levan's Cafe.
Business Notices-He+N Tea; Peerless
Salt; e. & w. Laundry.
Legal Notices-Catations from the Clerk
Of the Court of Ordinary of Chatham
County.
A Choice Article-Lindsay & Morgan.
Medical-Quina LaRoche; Hoods Pills;
Ayers Pills; DIR. Hathaway Company;
Mothers Friend; Hostetter's Bitters; Cas-
toria
Cheap Column Advertisements-Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-07
AUTOMOBILES AND coacHMEx.

The automobile has not yet created
much of a stir in the labor field, but there
is promise that 1t will do so before a great
while at least in New York and Chicago
At present almost anybody who is able to
buy an automobile is permitted 10 run it;
that is, with the exception of the steam
machines For these latter it is required
that the driver shall undergo an examina-
ton and be licensed Recently there has
been started in New York an agitation in
favor or requiring licenses of all drivers
of automobile vehicles of whatever pat
tern. And an engineers union is said to
have demanded that all drivers of automo-
biles requiring engineers shall be mem
bers of the union. 1t is reasonable TO sup
pose that Chicago will Immediately take
the matter up In that city man is not
permitted to solder a leak in his roof or
patch his garden hose unless he is a mem
Der of the union, therefore it is unthink-
able that Chicago would permit New York
to stay long in the lead in agitatng a new
labor problem.
1t is hardly hoped or expected by the
promoters of the omnibus license PROPOSE
tlOH tIdt al uIlNGIS OIL dutO-VenlCleS VIII
become members of the union, even if
they should be required to take out Ii
cense. They probably would not require
Mrs. Vanderbilt, Mrs Astor Mrs. Potter
Palmer and others to provide themselves
with union cards before taking their own
vehicles out for spin. But they do ex-
pect that the drivers of trucks, buses and
other heavy vehicles will become members
of the union. The Liberty Dawn Associa-
ton of Coach Drivers of New York fav-
ors the license and union scheme. 1--WE
want members of our organization to have
a chance 10 be employed on these ma
Chimes" said a leader of the coach driv-
ers. The drivers do not like the idea of
being displaced along with the horses.
hence they will endeavor to transform
themselves from coachmen into "auto-en-
gineers" and take their union over with
them.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-07

The Standard Oil Company seems 90 be
doing little something besides distribut-
ing millions of dollars in dividends to its
stockholders. 1t was announced in New
York on Thursday that the company
would advance the wages of it's employees
throughout the United States to the
amount of to 10 per cent, or grant them
a corresponding reduction of hours as
they might choose. 1t is said that this
will affect no less than $4,000 men. Ac-
cording to Mr.. Alexander, manager of the
New Jersey department of the company,
the minimum wage paid at present is ST. 50
per day, no matter how humble the ca
pacity' in which a man serves the cor
poration. The increase, 1t is said, will
reach every man in the companys SER
vice, who is paid by the day.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-07
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Springfield (Mass) Republican
Qnd) says at might puzzle the su-
preme Court to decide whether Gov. AL
len had any legal right to say: Fellow
citizen of Porto Rico; and then the court
might divide on the question to 4. Gov.
Allen is a citizen of the United States,
while the people of the island are some
thing entirely different according to the
Foraker law. They are citizens of Porto
Rico. Does an American become citi-
zen of Porto Rico simply by virtue of
holding an office in the Porto Rican gov
eminent to which he has been appointed
by the President? If so, then Mr. Nc
Knley. being Gov. Aliens superior Off
Ger, is a citizen of Porto Rico, although
he has never been to the island in his
life. President Mckinley and Gov. Allen,
therefore, and perhaps a few other Amer
leans in office. can say, Fellow-citizens
of Porto Rico while the rest of the
Am erican people can say no such thing.
The question also arises, win Gov. Allen
and President Mckinley retain their citi-
zenship in Porto Rico after their, terms
of office have expired and they have re-
turned 20 Canton and Lowell to pass the
remainder of their lives? II is to be
hoped that all these points will be set
tied before the comic opera makers grasp
their potentiality in the operate art"
The New York Journal Of Commerce
Qnd) says: Gen Grosvenor has introduce
ed a bill permitting national banks to
make loans on real estate. The conditions
are that the property shall be In the state
or territory where the bank is, and shall
be worth exclusive of buildings double the
amount of the loan. and not more than %
per cent. of the total loans of bank shall
be secured by real estate. The bill has sim
ply been introduced and referred and IL
may never be heard of again, but here is
a large agricultural interest that believes
the national bank law discrminates
against 1t, and which will push this bill IL
there be any chance for ii. 1t represents
so radical a departure from what are uni
VeTsally regarded as sound banking princf-
pies that 1t will be well enough 10 watch
It, The fact that the new currency law
will encourage the establishment of banks
in the small towns for the accommodation
of agriculture gives some additional signih-
canoe TO this amendent"
The Charleston Evening Post Qnd.) says:
"In urging the passage of the new army
bill, Senator Sewell of New Jersey. who IS
a soldier of ability. himself, pointed out
that the Coufederacy had nineteen lieuten-
ant generals and eight full generals in its
armies and he used this fact as an argu-
ment for establishment of the rank Of leu
tenant general in the United States army.
II is noteworthy that whenever an exam
pie of efficient military establishment Is 70
be given, the Confederacy is cited"
The NASHVILLE American Dem) says
Dewey sang Dixie on the trip down
the Chicago drainage canal, and yet they
say there Is no politics in his trip"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-07

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-07

The Philadelphia Press says that the Re-
publicans of Pennsylvania have rejected"
Mr.. Quay. That sounds a little strange.
In view of the fact that state Republican
convention in Pennsylvania only a week
or so ago enthusiastically indorsed Mr.
Quay and his methods, and urged his can
didacy for the vacant seat in the Senate.
And at the last session of the LEGISLATURE
majority of the Republican members
voted for him for the Senate but failed TO
give him an election because there were
other Republicans and the Democrats
against him. Not only this, but the
state administration is in the hands OF
Quays friends, and 1t has a hundred times
been asserted In the Philadelphia pape:s
that the Governor is a tool of Quay. Does
that look like rejection" AS a matter of
fact, ii would not be in the least surpris-
ing to see the Quay machine carry The
state by big majority in the next cleo
ton, unless perchance 1t should be carried
by the Democrats.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-07

That must have been a very bad bill
authorizing the adjustment of the rights
of the settlers on the Navajo Indian reser-
Walton" The President has vetoed II. The
President has been known 10 sign bills
which were in direct opposition to our
plain duty" as he conceived it to be. In
deed, the President is so 10th to veto any
measure which has come to him from Con-
gress that he has only twice before. In
three years, returned bills with his veto.
The veto of the Indian bill on Friday made
his score up to date three. 1t is instruc-
tive TO note a comparison between this
record of vetoes and that of Cleveland
During his two terms Mr.. Cleveland We
tosd 343 measures, or more than all of the
Presidents before his time and since put
together. Up TO date, and including Nc
Kinley veto No. 3. there have been 497
vetoes by Presidents. This veto record
may possibly go long way toward ac-
counting for the hostility 10 Mr.. Cleve-
land which developed In Congress during
his last term. He had the courage of his
convictions, and would kin bad bill
whenever he found 1t in his power TO do
SO. Mr. Mckinley is popular with the
congressman because practically every
thing which comes 10 him from them
goes"