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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-09
Lad who Was a Conundrum.

Perhaps the record for school attend
ance belongs TO a Wslworth lad named
Thomas Ward, who was never absent or
late during his eleven years of school
life, beginning with his fourth year, says
the Westminster Gazette. The local MEM
Der Of che School Board of London tells
the story that when the proud boy receiv-
ed the attendance medal for the eleventh
year-which had TO be specially struck to
meet his case-the mother was questioned
as to how her boy had been able to make
so remarkable record
Had he had the usual children's com
plaints?" she was asked
Yes, sir"
THE measles?'
Yes sir"
"Whooping-cough?"
YES, sir"
How Is IT., then, that he has never been
away from school?'
We'll, sir, he had them in his holidays"
was the interesting reply.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-09
Why Americans Win.

One, of the many reasons why American
manufacturers are so successfully Compel
ing in foreign markets, says the Electri-
cal Review, is TO be found in the following
episode, which occurred recently: An
American manufacturer of steam special
ties was visiting an English firm which
made similar goods. A certain article
which both firms made vas under discus
sion.
What is your price on this thing
asked the American.
We'll, in your money, about $19,"' re-
piled the Englishman. What does il cost
you?"
III deliver at your door all you want
at 81 apiece" said the American.
How in the world do you do it?''
We'll, I'll Illustrate" answered the
American. Look out of that window ana
across the street. See that man painting
a sign?"
Yes"
He's on ladder. isn't her"
YES"
See that other man sitting on the size
walk holding the foot OF the LADDER"
Yes"
Now, in America we have ladders that
stand up by themselves-don't need a
man 90 hold 'em. So you see, in this in
stance we divide your cost of labor exact
ly by two"
II see" remarked the Englishman.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-09
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

MISUNDERSTANDING Commandery No. Z,
K. T.; Mistletoe Camp, No. 4, Woodmen
of the World.
Special Notices-Househ hold Articles Not
Usually Advertised by Us, A. NJ. & c. w.
West; Goods That Are the Best John T.
Evans & Co; Notice of Dissolution, Rouse
& Jackson; Imported Beers, George Beck
mann.
Business Nouce-Sensation Potash.
Biscuit-Uneeda Biscuit.
Do You Need a Pair of Pants ?-HLb
Clothing Company.
Spring. 1900. Millinery Opening-Leopold
Adler.
Insurance Statement-The Mutual Life
Insurance Company Of New York.
Observation-Disclosures Jolly Pathfind-
ers at Theater To-day and Tonight.
Medical-Munyon' $ Kidney Cure; Hood S
Pills: Coke Dandruff Cure; Ayers Pills
Horsford's Acid Phosphate.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent /;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-09
A Tempting Offer.

Say, old boy, I'm going to let you in
for a good thing" said the first man, ac-
cordng to the Cleveland Plain Dealer
ION the ground fioor?"
Nope, on tn sixth floor. Brggsy is in
1t, and Potter, and Thompson, and me.
We want you to make the fifth man. OF
course, there are others, but we like you,
and the boys agreed unanimously that you
was first choice
well, I'm much obliged, I'm sure,
but"
'Of course, we wanted to pick as thin a
man as we could. Briggsy is thin, and so
is Potter and so is Thompson. and I'm
going to train down"
rs it a fight?'
mo, of course not. You don't snore, do
you?"
I'll stay awake tonight and find out"
Don't get mad Do you kick?''
'I'll kick mighty soon if you don't let
me know what in thunder you are driving
at"
You'll do. I told the boys you would.
Couldn't get off couple more pounds OF
flesh in four months, could your"
See here, If you don't tell"
That's all right my boy. Don't get hot.
It's all for your own good. You'll thank
us when you know what were doing for
you"
We'll. I'm just dying to thank you.
well. you see"
'Yes!'
"Yoq see, we four have Clipped in an
hired D whole bed in Kansas City for the
Democratic Convention, and there's room
in it tor just one more! What do you
Say?"k
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-09
Went Once Too Often.

81 have had many queer experiences
with transient boarders," said lady who
has kept frst-class boarding house IN
Washington for number of years, ac-
cordfng to the Star, but the queerest
case came under my observation only last
week. To be brief an old man, at least
he seemed to be about 60 years of age or
Whereabouts, came to me about five years
ago IL l remember Alright, and secured a
room in my house for week. He said
he was a lecturer and gave the custom
airy rigmarole in such a nice way, how
ever, that l omitted, very foolishly, 10
ask him for his board in advance. To
make long story short, he walked out
at the end of the week to go to some
small town nearby, where he was to lee
ture to young folks on the twin subjects
of temperance and honesty. and conven-
iently forgot where he lived temporarily.
The old man must have been mixed up
in his dates or locations. for he applied
to me again for board here a few days
ago for a few days Foolishly l let him
in, and still more foolishly decided not to
ask him for the price in advance, for out
of curiosity | wanted to see if he was
still playing the old game. Sure enough,
al the end of a few days he knocked al
the door of my room and informed me
that he would not be back for breakfast
in the morning, as he was going to give a
lecture to young people in a nearby
town on the twin subjects of temperance
and honesty but would be back to lunch
con knew l had him and proceeded to
tell him so, probably astonishing him
more at his own lack of memory than my
excellent ability to remember deadbeats.
"Unluckily, however. my room was on
the second floor and his on the first, and
when he assumed righteous wrath, that
l we'll knew was feigned, 1 could not but
let him go to his room to get the filthy
lucre' that would square us. L say I'M
luckily his room was on the floor below
mine, because he kept right on walking
and l haven't seen him since. You may ex-
ploit the mysteries of boarding house
hash, but don't forget that the boarding
house mistress has her trials. too,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-09

From Munseys.
Were hunting a nodse-do you know of
with bath and furnace and closets
ahd gas;
Well, ristern and faucets and plenty of
sim,
And ! plat in front having lots of grass?
A garnet where traps can be stored away
And a nice back yard for Bobbie and
Sue,
And barn for the horse and oats and
hay,
And a summer kitchen and woodshed
too.
We're hunting a house-and it must be
where
The children can easily walk to school;
Not TOO far out from the Court House
Square.
But stiIl the location must be cool.
The paper and paint must be fresh and
clean;
The place in the best condition be.
Perchance you've house that should be
seen.
Please tell us where we can get the key
We're hunting a house-as the one we're in
For fully year has sheltered us,
Hence now il is time that we begin
To have our annual moving fuss.
The season is here and a vague unrest
Has driven the people by hundreds mad
So we viii change to a neighbours nest
And others VIII enter the one we've had
Edwin L. Sabin
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-09
CAPITAL ny COOPERATION.

| There are in the two Carolnas and
| Georgia a number of cotton mills that
/ have been built with money raised on the
installment plan, the payments being
made as in building and loan associations.
These mills are in successful operation,
and are worth really more 10 the COM
munities in which they are located than
if they mad been built with money from
a distance. The reason is plain. They are
local enterprises: the people Of the neigh
borhood, having a proprietary interest in
them, do everything in their power TO
further their welfare And again, when
one such enterprise has been established
and is in successful operation, a dormant
resource is stirred into action. with the
probability that other dividend producing
enterprises will follow.
Mr. d. \. Tompkins OF Charlotte. N
c.. may be called an authority on the
building of mills by the cooperative plan
He has had the pleasure OF seeing pro-
iected and constructed some fifteen or
twenty mills under that plan. 1t has been
his experience that weekly payments of
81 on shares Of 800 each, of even week
" payments Of fifty cents per share-the
been Invariably satisfactory. and that
where this plan of raising money has
been adopted the hum of the spindles and
the looms has quickly been heard. With
such easy payments. farmers and all
classes of wage earners become stock
holders, putting their surplus earnings
into the fund for the mill. Under the
scheme of 81 payments the par value of
the stock would be paid in a little less
than two years and under the fifty cents
scheme, in a little less than four years
Under either scheme the assessments are
a collateral upon which ready cash may
be obtained if it is desired to hurry the
cons truction.
The plan Of operation of the Savannah
Industrial Association is very similar to
that which Mr.. Tompkins has found to
be so practical and so beneficial in the
building of mills in the Carolinas In sim
pie terms, the association means to pro-
mote the establishment of manufacturing
Industries here through cooperation. 1t
will receive small subscriptions thus
permitting wage earners and others to
become co-partners in the enterprise. Such
investments would promote in persons of
small means the habit of regular and
systematic saving, and would enhance in
all investors the spirit of local pride which
is worth so much to a city. Under the
plan Savannah ought quickly to be able
to raise all the money needed. There are
dozens of small towns in the interior that
now have $100, 900 cotton mills built by CO.
operation and raid for in from two to
four years
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-09

There is sin another story of the death
OF Lawton. II is now said that he was
killed by Lieut.. Garcia of the civil guard
of Cavite, for reward of 100000 which
had been placed upon the Generals head
by The KaIipunan Society. There is prob
ably about as much truth in this yarn as
there was in that other, that he had been
shot by his own men. The simple truth
no doubt is that Gen. Lawton was killed
in battle, with his face 20 the enemy, as
many another brave soldier has met his
fate and as all true soldiers would prefer
10 die
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-09

The armor plate trust demands S5i5 Dsr
ton for the armor needed for the warships
now authorized, and will not recede one
iota. The House Commute on Naval At
fairs is said to be willing to pay Sil5 per
ton for the material needed. Senators
Tillman and Chandler will insist upon a
$3.50 rate. and no more, it is said. This
Is the situation. Meantime the frame
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-09

Several Atlanta physicians held post
mortem upon the body OF the late Elan
nagan, murderer, who died in Jail the
other day. We gather from the Atlanta
Journals report of the matter this inter-
esting bit of Information There was a
difference of opinion among the doctors
as to the condition Of he BRAIN Some
commended that the indications of a de-
ceased mind were marked" That was,
indeed, singular thing to be shown by
a dead mans brain
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-09
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Baltimore Sun (Dem) says; THE
Republican leaders in Congress have got
to their wits end and az the same time
to the end of their rope. They admit
their own utter helplessness and incompe-
toncy in the face of the inevitable prob
lens presented by the situation which
they themselves through their own weak
ness and folly and their blind dependence
upon the blind leadership of President
Mckinley, have created for their own
utter confusion. When was there ever
a great political party in such hole?"
Commenting on the recent blunders of
the Republicans. the Louisville Courier
Journal CDem.) says: Under the circum-
stances, the alarm of the Republicans is
not without good reason, and the anxiety
of certain leaders of the party to get back
to Sound principles is well founded. But
Il remains to be seen whether the differ
ences can be patched up m any way that
will not drive off large number of those
who intended to vote the Republican ticket
in November
The Chicago Record Qnd) says: THE
interests of all the people demand that
the ship subsidy bill be defeated. I'M
portant interests of the Northwest and
West are seriously menaced by the posi-
bility of the enactment OF such a law"
The New York World CDem) says: IF
the Supreme Court should decide that the
acquisition of Porto Rico carried with It
an extension of the constitution over that
island it would create an interesting stu
alton in the Philippines
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-09

The trouble with a great deal of the
private pension legislation is that it is
altogether too private to be honest. That
was the case in the bill 90 pension a man,
whose name was never on the enlistment
rolls. as the "photogra pher" of Penn
sylvania regiment during the War of Sc
resSiOp
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-09
GEN, CoRBIN,s RECORD.

Adjutant General Corbin is being made
aware of the fact that he has some very
bitter enemies. There is a bill pending in
the Senate to make him a major general
and these enemies of his have made it
the excuse for attacking his record as a
soldier.
During the war with Spain Gen. Corbin
was criticised quite severely by some of
those who were not pleased with his man
agement of the adjutant generals office
The impression got abroad that he tried
to conduct the entire campaign against
Spain. 1t was thought at the time that
he was chiefly instrumental in having
Gen. Miles pushed into the background
He occupied a position that made it easy
for him to increase his influence with the
President, and it may be that he had
more to do with the appointments in the
volunteer service and the assignments in
the regular army than some of the older
ARMY officers and leading politicians
thought he ought. However that may be,
1t is evident that these enemies of his
have risen up against him, and intend
to prevent him from being promoted to
the position of major general, If they can.
The charge that is brought against him
is that he was once courtmartialed for
cowardice on the field of battle There is
no doubt, according to the statement in
the dispatches, that he was tried by court
martial, but it seems that he was acquitt-
ed The officers who tried him must have
been satisfied that there was no ground
for the charge or they would not have
shown such a strong desire that 1t should
be known that he was honorably acquitt-
ed
If the Senate finds from the record of
the proceedings Of the courtmartial that
there was no good ground for charging
him with cowardice the revival of that
charge for the purpose of defeating the
bill to make him major general will be
helpful rather than hurtful TO him. The
American people like fair play
We do not know of any good reason
why Gen. Corbn should be made a ma
jor general, but IL there are such, the fact
that he was courtmartialed more than
thirty years ago, and honorably acquitted
should not prevent him from getting the
position. If he doesn't deserve the nro-
motion then the bill for that purpose
should be defeated. Personal enmltv
should not be permitted to play any part
in the matter. An officer seeking promo
ton should stand upon his merits alone
Ambassador Choate is reported to be up
on the eve of linking a prolnps,oA ,.a.,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-09
PRESIDENT sTEYN,s PREDICT

To correspondent of the London Daily
News, President Steyn of the Orange Free
State predicted that the capitu1ation of
Pretoria, the capital of the Transvaal
would be preceded by events which would
astonish Europe. His meaning is clear.
1t is that the Beers will fight to the last
man in their efforts to resist the advance
of the British
There is no doubt that President Steyn
feels just as he talks. The Beers have
given ample evidence of their purpose to
make the very best fight they can TO main
tain their Independence. Sim. it is doubt
full if the Boer armies can be held to-
gether for any such exhibition of endur
ance and courage as that at which Presi-
dent Steyn hints. There will be a brave
defense of the road 20 Pretoria, but if the
Beers find that the British cannot be re-
sisted the probability is that they will not
make a useless sacrifice of life.
II is evident that in the open the Beers
have not much chance against the British.
They have neither the numbers nor the
discipline. AS long as they can carry on
the war from fortified places in the noun
ShliS, where "a Sileiit luitt Cal uO4tl d very
large one in check, they are somewhere
near on an equality with their enemy, but
without the friendly assistance of hills
and mountains they are hopelessly over
matched Gen. Roberts will soon have
100000 men AT his command, and it is
doubtful if the Beers can muster 10000
Besides, 1T is probable that feeling the
struggle 10 be a hoDefeSs one the Beers
vial not fight as determinedly as they did
before the surrender of Gen. Cronje.
The success which Gen. Roberts is now
meeting. as stated in our dispatches yes
terday, seems to sustain this view. Stin
il must not be understood that the British
are going to have everything their own
way from this time forward. AS Presi-
dent Steyn says the world Will probably
hear of some wonderful fighting before
the British reach Pretoria.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-09

The military feature of the Dewey cele-
bration will be imposing. Already there
are assurances of considerable out-of-
town attendance, with two weeks yet in
which commands in neghboring towns
may make up their minds to come. The
occasion gives promise of being one of the
most successful and enjoyable of the kind
ever held here.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-09

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-09

A few weeks ago il was announced that
Russia had made a loan 10 Persia, secur-
ing herself by taking as collateral the Gus
toms receipts and some valuable railway
franchises. Three or four days ago came
another report saying Russia had loaned
1000 600 yen TO Korea the money 10 be
used TO pay off that counry's indebted
ness to Japan. When il is remembered
that within few weeks Russia has herself
secured a considerable loan in The United
States, it appears that she has become a
lender with one hand and borrower with
the other There is probably politics in
each transaction. Ii is pretty well I'M
derstood that Russia has IAN ak to grind"
in both Persia and Korea. and 1t is no
doubt her policy to do whatever she can
90 retain and strengthen the friendship Of
this country while she is carrying out her
schemes in the Far East Russia never
asked a loan in the United States until
after we were the masters of Manila bay.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-09

The Walker Canal Commission has ar
rived at Panama and is now making an
inspection of the work done by the PAN
ANA Canal Company. Some months hence
we shall probably have a report and esti-
mates, differing from those which have
been made heretofore and making the ca
nal question more hazy as TO cost than
ii is at present