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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-16
On the Road to Wealth.

There is boy in Philadelphia who some
day is going TO be a millionaire, SAYS the
Record. He is only newsboy now. and
sells papers every afternoon at one of the
railroad stations, but when he cannot
manage to make sale he exercises his
wits and the result is generally sure.
The Saunterer has often noticed this par
ticular lad, and after purchasing paper
one afternoon last week stood near by in
the hope of seeing something interest
ing. He had not long to wait
A young man was coming down the
steps that lead from the train floor to
the street He was dressed in a frock
coat and silk hat and moved slowly. IS
if preoccupied. One urchiu tackled him
when he was half way down with a "Pos'-
Grip" and the young man shook his head
Then the Saunterers young friend saw
him.
Stepping up to the man, the youngster
halted him and said, with the politeness
of Chesterfield, BEG your pardon mis-
ter, but dey's somethin on yer coat.
Want me ter take ii OFF,"
The young man stood while the bow pass-
ed his hand over the back of the coat.
and brought 70 view three or four long
strands of golden hair The lock of CON
fusion and apparent guilt on the face of
the man was worth seeing. He hastily ran
his hand into his pocket, pulled out a quar-
ter and rendered it TO the boy and fairly
ran the rest of the way to the street.
The boy stood chuckling. Hes dead
easy he remarked. Il got dem from
my sister," and he pulled out a handful
more from his pocket and showed it to
the Saunterer. You see, everyt hing
comes in handy in dis line" and he went
back to his business of selling the wary
and preying upon the unsuspecting.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-16
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Meetings-Lafayette McLaws Camp, 596,
u. c. v; Savannah Lodge, No. 1873, B. P.
o. Elks
Special Notices-Special Notice, Leo
pold Adler; Ship Notice, Barnard & Go;
Special Notice, Daniel Hogan; Paints and
Home Painting, Savannah Building Sup
ply Company; Brick, Andrew Hanley
Company; Canned Vegetables, A. M. & C.
w. West.
Business Notices-E. & w. Laundry; A
Treat for Our Friends, Est. S. w. Branch;
Linked Beauty Hunter & Van Keuren.
Observation-Disclosures Business Col
Iege, Savannah, Ga.
Railroad Schedules-Southern Railway.
Cut Price Sale-The Hub Clothing Com
pany.
Auction Sales-Administrator Sale, L.
d. LaRoche, Auctioneer; New Stock Gro
ceries, by l. D. LaRoche Auctioneer; A
Well Located and Very Desirable Brick
Residence, by c. H. Dorset, Auctioneer.
% Per Cent Discount on Ladies Cos
tumes-Leopold Adler.
Amusements-Gide Big Minstrel
Carnival, at Theater, Jan. 10: What Hap
pened to Jones?" Night.
% Per Cent Discount on Mems Suits
Leopold Adler.
Mineral Water-Apenta.
Proposals-For Constructing Jetties.
Salt-Perfect Table Salt.
Whiskey-Murray Hill Club Whiskey;
Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey; Hunter Bal
timore Rye Whiskey.
Medical-Hood's Sarsaparilla; Hyomei
Dyspepsia Cure; Munyon's Blood Cure;
Coke Dundruff Cure; Horsford's Acid
Phosphate; S. S. s.; Worlds Dispensary
Preparations; Dr. Hathaway Company.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-16
our ExrRAvAGANT GOVERNMENT

Representative David De Almond OIL
Missouri presents some figures relative 10
the expenditures of the government that
ought to arrest the attention OF every
thoughtful citizen. The government -
spending a great deal more money imam
it ought to- Just now it is collecting more
than it is spending and consequently
money is congesting in the treasury 10
the suggestion. however, that the stamp
tax be repealed the Republican party ut
ters an emphatic no. 1t says that all the
money that is being collected will be need
ed in the near future. Evidently it has in
view some extraordinary expenditures,
CONCERNING which it has not yet enlighten-
ed the public.
In 1860, when our population was 3D.
H3. 331, our appropriations for that year
amounted 10 only a little more than $65,-
OO)00 That was about 81 per capita In
1850 our population had increased to So
$50, 7S3, and our regular annual appropri-
ations had grown to $3.50, 457. 1896. There
does not seem to have been any satisfac
tory explanation for such a great in
crease. From these figures it will be seen
that the expenditures had reached pretty
nearly 81 per capita. The population had
increased only about 60 per cent. while
the expenditures had increased close on to
80 per cent.
But notice what an extraordinary in
crease there has been since 1880: For the
fiscal year beginning July l. 1899, the APP
preparations amount to $5l6, 302 802. %. Our
population amounts probably to 100000,
though that is a pretty high estimate
There has, therefore. in the twenty years
covered by these figures, been an increase
of so per cent, in our population and of l75
per cent in our expenditures. And yet the
Republican party is preparing, from all
accounts to still further increase the ex-
penditures.
The question which presents itself is,
how much more can the expenditures be
increased before there will be emphatic
protest from the people? Mr.. De Almond
points out that as population increases
there ought to be decrease in the per
capita of the expenditures There are sew
eral reasons why this should be So one
of them being that this is can era of in
vention and discovery and of economy in
production and distribution" AS a matter
of fact. our regular annual appropriations
now should not amount to more than $3.50,
100000. The estimate for the next fiscal
year-that is from July l, 1900 to July /,
1901-is $738 S55. go. Well may the people
ask, what is to be the outcome of this
extravaganza? Mr.. Bryan ought to an
nounce, as one of the planks of the next
Democratic national platform, opposition
to extravaganza in public expenditures.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-16

Gov. Stanley of Kansas is experiment.
ing with plan of releasing convicts on
conditional pardons. He does not know,
he says, whether the plan is strictly legal
or not, but he viii continue to follow Il
until the Supreme Court tells him to stop.
The convict about to be pardoned is re-
quired to take a solemn oath that he VIII
not drink intoxicating liquor, that he will
keep away from gambling resorts ana
other places where he might get into trou-
BILE that he will not knowingly violate
any law, that he win do all fe can 10 find
honest employment and support those who
are dependent upon him, and that he will
aport his Whereabouts and how he is
ting along 10 the authorities al least
&c a month for a given length Of time
e Governor says he is well pleased with
~ working of the scheme SO far.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-16
A GOOD APPOINTMENT.

The Governor has done the State Uni
versity a real service and given great sat
isfaction to people of this section of the
state by appointing Mr.. B. A. Denmark
a trustee of that institution. The appoint
ment was one eminently fit to be made.
Mr.. Denmark is well qualified to fill the
position, and he will take pride and find
pleasure in filling it not only TO the salts
faction of the Governor, but of every
one else who has any interest in the
states chief educational institution.
Mr.. Denmark is an alumnus of the uni
versity, and he has a son who is a stu
dent there. He has always felt a deep
interest in its welfare He can be de-
pended upon therefore to do all that it is
possible for a trustee TO do to promote its
advancement. He has met with more
than the ordinary amount of success in
life, having made a reputation as a law
yer, financier and business man, but ii is
doubtful if any success he has won gives
him as much real pleasure as this appoint
ment as a member of the Board of Trus-
tees of his alma mater
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-16
"LACK OF THRIFT"

In his testimony before the Congressional
Industrial Commission in Washington a
few days ago Mr.. j. H Hall of South
Glastonbury, Conn, who owns extensive
peach and plum orchards in Georgia, said
that 'lack of thrift was one of the
causes of the depressed farming industry
in the South. To a limited extent, no
doubt Mr.. Hail is correct. There are in
the South a great many farmers who do
rot make the most of their opportunities,
The soil is so fruitful and the seasons 50
equabe that they take no thought of
tomorrow" being quite sure that what
they shall eat, what they shall. drink and
wherewithal they shall be clothed will be
provided by bounteous nature. The ease
of making living from the soil may and
probably does, produce want of fore
thought or "thriftlessness'' in some farm
ers, who, lacking ambition, are content
with merely enough to live on. They have
no long and hard winter months to provide
against.
But the lack of thrift is not general in
of Georgia which comes under the i'm
mediate notice of the Morning News No
more thrifty people are 10 be found than
the farmers of South Georgia. AS a class,
they are wen-to-do, and live in comfort
able circumstances. In this county,
Chatham, for instance, we have such
farmers as Maj Ryals, the Exleys, Mr..
Bliss, and others, whose farms will COM
pare favorably with farms anywhere in
duct their farming operations upon bust
ness principles, and their lands yield them
good returns
Meantime Chatham cannot be called an
agricultural county. 1t contains thou
sands of acres wen adapted to agriculture
which have not yet been brought under
cultivation. These lands are only await
ing development to make their developers
as prosperous as are the gentlemen named
above.
The Morning News has always main
tanned that intelligent, Industrious farmers
can do better in the Southeastern states
than anywhere else; and Southern Geor-
! gia is the best part of the Southeast Our
labor, both white and black, when prop
cry handled and fairly compensated, is
the best farm labor in the world; and
there is an abundance of it. And the lands
wild produce anything that can be grown
| in the temperate zone. Two and even
| three crops a year are produced upon the
same ground by intelligent farmers who
! study the rotation OF crops.
There are, as a matter of fact. large
number OF thrifty farmers in the South
east, but there is room for a great many
more Tens of thousands Of them could
| find room in Georgia. If thrifty farmers
of the North, East and Northwest who
! have heretofore been accustomed to fight
| ing against intense cold and the other
! drawbacks of those sections would come
| South and give even half of the time, at
tention and hard work to Southern lands
! that they have been accus toned to devot-
| ing to their farms in less favored chimes
they would find their profits much larger
than they now enjoy
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-16
Unfeigned joy.

The artist placed the easel in front of
his model and worked away rapidly on
his allegorical picture of Joy" says the
Chicago Tribune.
Uncle Ephram," he said, IF this
picture is a success shall give you, be-
sides the half dollar l promised, the fin
est and plumpest young pullet in the mar
ket."
A grin overspread the shiny face of I'm
Gle Eph m, but the artist was disappoint-
ed The result was not quite what he had
expected.
An inspiration came to his aid.
Down on South Water street, this
morning." he went on, Il saw the latest
'possum that was ever brought to this
town. l am going to get it for you"
"Goilyr
And the picture was a magnificent sue
cess.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-16

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-16
The Armchair warrior.
From London Punch.

From London punch.
Ye amateurs of England
Who keep your native seats
And criticise so bravely
The fighting mems defeats;
Ye turkey-carpet warriors
Who ventilate your view
OF what could be accomplished
If things were left to you:
My paDer-map civilians!
One cannot but admire
With how sublime q courage
You face the clubroom fire:
With what prophetic wisdom
You speak tfle warning word,
Choosing the happy moment
When things have just occurred
There runs an ancient proverb,
Good for the swollen head,
How fools rush in serenely
Where angels fear to tread;
But here the common mortal,
The stroller down the street,
Knows better than to follow
Your rash, intruding feet
Is not our task enough, sirs,
To bear the present hurt,
That you on wounded honor
Must dump your little dirt?
You, from your padded armchair,
Safe in sea-locked land,
While those you smirch are holding
Their lives within their hand.
When we are short of critics
To sum the final blame,
Well ask a fighters verdict
Upon a fighters game
But you who pass opinions
On work but half begun,
Please give US your credentials.
Show something you have done!
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-16

An unusual and regrettable accident (?)
occurred in New Jersey a few evenings
ago. Three surgeons were performing an
operation for appendicitis on woman.
In the midst of the operation, and just
at the most critical juncture of it, the
electric lights failed, and the operators
We're left in the dark. Some minutes
elapsed before other lights could be pro-
cured. The woman died. Whether the de-
laying of the operation at its turning
point caused the death is a question.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-16

1t is announced that 'in the spiritual
work of the late Dwight L. Moody, 1.-THE
mantle of the dead preacher will fall
upon the shoulders of his son, w. r.
Moody" 1t is to be hoped that the young
man will prove equal to the demands that
will be made upon him; at the same time
it is to be kept in mind that fathers do
not often transmit their own genius 10
their sons, and that men like Mr.. Moody
come few and far between.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-16

An amendment to the dispensary law
pending before the South Carolina Legs
iature proposes that the larger cities shall
be excepted from the operations of the
law. 1t will probably not he passed, since
the adoption of such an amendment would
sound the death knell of the dispensaly.
The cities furnish the money with which
the expenses of the institution are paid.
and the dispensary parusans are not go
ing to cut off the head of the goose that
lays the golden egg.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-16

Walter Rothschild eldest son and heir
of the great banker will not be accepted
as a volunteer for the South African war.
He is not much of a rider or a marks
man, and weighs 200 pounds. which makes
him too good a target for the keen-eyed
Beers.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-16

Former Capt. Alfred Dreyfus is show
ing excellent judgment in keeping out OF
the public prints thus preserving to him
self the sympathy Of the public Mean
time it is a pleasure to know that he is
enjoying good health, and has about re-
gained his strength in the South OF
France where he is staying. 1t is under
stood that he is engaged in writing a book,
which may or not create a sensation when
70 is published.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-16

Gen. Dabney H. Maury of Virginia,
whose death was chronicled in our dis
patches few days ago, was a member
of the famous West Point class of as.
Among those who were graduated with
him were George B. Mcclellan, "Stone-
wall jackson and George f. Pickett. who
won undying fame on the battlefield, be-
sides half dozen others whose names
will be remembered in history.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-16
WINTER RESORTS.
THE BROCK HOUSE,

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Splendid bass fishing, good duck, English
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Descriptive pamphlet
H. F. INGLEHART & SONS Props.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-16

If bill pending before Congress should
be passed young men who hereafter enter
West Point VIII be obliged to take an oath
that they will not engage in hazing, in
any form, while at the academy. This
would seem to be about the most direct
and practicable method of breaking up the
silly and dangerous practice.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-16
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Springfield (Mass) Republican
Gnd), commenting on the fckleness of
British public opinion, says: Three
months ago the British ministry couldn't
rush to war fast enough to suit the great
majority of the British people. When
John Morley tried to speak in opposition
to the war the populace howled him down.
A remarkable change has now come over
the scene The same people, led by the
stanchest government newspapers, are at
lacking the ministry at all points. In their
unreasouing rage they cry for a victim,
and they will surely smash every minis
terial head if Roberts does not soon begin
to organize victory"
There is again talk of the abolition of
the two-thirds rule in the Democratic Ma
tional Convention. Commenting on the
proposition the Chicago Chronicle Dem)
says: 1.-THE reasCnaBeness of the two
thirds rule is indicated by uniform ex-
perience 1t is conservative power of the
highest usefulness. Unanimty is certain
TO follow when two-thirds of a convention
agree to a nomination. The rule causes no
difficulty. No deadlock ever occurred
where il was in force. 1t is the best guide
for ascertaining and expressing the senti-
ment of the party in all its intelligent and
patriotic elements"
Discussing the development OF cotton
manufacturing in the South. the New Or
leans Picayune Dem) says: This mar
velous growth of cotton manufacturing has
helped other manufacturing enterprises
and contributed largely to making the
South less a distincuvely agricultural sec
ton than formerly. 1t has increased the
growth of cities and has developed bank
ing and commerce, oil of which have help
ed TO make the South more independent
Of outside financial support, and, there
fore, more prosperous"
The Memphis Commercial-Appeal Dem.)
says: "Mr Mckinley is no doubt dou-
ble-breasted villain Of the deepest dye but
we can hardly believe that he instigated
the Fiipiuos 10 undertake the massacre
Of the American troops at Manila in order
to bring on the war"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-16
THE Weather.

The indications for to-day are fair
weather in Georgia and Eastern Florida.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-16

DR.. Schenck, the Austrian sex-prophet.
says he is coming to the United States
during the spring. English physicians OF
the highest standing do not hesitate 10
say that the Schenck theory is an impos-
sibility, and that the man is a dreamer.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-16

That Bryan wool story was neither all
wool nor a yard wide.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-16

That Atlanta paper-built navy for the
Beers does not seem to be giving much
uneasiness to the British admiralty.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-16

Julia Morrison. the actress who was
found mot guilty of the murder of Ac-
tor Leiden, in Chattanooga the other day.
and who proposes to make capital of the
tragedy and trial by lecturng on THE
Other Side of Stage Life" has found it
impossible to secure a hall in Chatta-
nooga The manager of each auditorium
IN town refuses to permit her upon it's
stage Some few months ago woman
Killed the brother-in-law of the President
at Canton, o., and was acquitted She,
too, proposed to make money by lecturing.
or something of the sort. But she has
failed to do it. The American people do
not care much for women with bloody
hands
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-16

The British soldiers who are now about
starting out from London for South At
riea Will have the sympathy of every man
in American uniform, or who ever wore
an American uniform, because of the load
when each man win have to carry. The
oihcer kit it is said, will consist of an
air pillow, cork mattress, a tin box Of
candles, a lantern. water filter and other
impediments, while me KIT of the private
soldier will contain four pairs of trous-
ers, four pairs of shoes, three caps, a
pair of pajamas, two large turkish towels
a water filter, a clothes brush and a writ
ing portfolio. Add to these things the
weight of his gun and cartridge belt, and
1t Will be seen that the British soldier
becomes little short of pack horse.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-16
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