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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-20
His Experience with sound.

The man with the piece of plaster across
the bridge Of his nose wasn't going to say
anything about 1t, says the Washington
Post, but the young man on the opposite
seat kept looking at him so steadily that
he finally said:
Young man. do you know how fast
sound travels?''
mo. sir" was the reply
Then you'd better git the figgers Yes
terday l called man liar. He was 200
feet away. / thought I'd have time to
climb a fence before he could reach me,
but he was onto me with one on the nose
before / could wink three times. Sound,
sir, travels al the rate Of 1000 feet a Sec
ond, and don't you never call man a
liar unless he's at beast O mile away and
you've your runnin' shoes on
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-20

The bills in Congress proposing a new
tariff law for Porto Rico ignore the gov
ernment spelling, puerto Rico" and spell
the name of the island in the good, old
fashioned way. Should the bills be passed
with the spelling as it IS, the Bureau Of
Geographical Names might consider that
it had been overruled by Congress; and
from Congress there is no appeal, even In
matters of spelling
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-20

Senator Hoar is authority for the state
ment that there are nine Democratic mem
bers of the Senate who favor the perma-
nent retention of the Philippine Islands.
If the Senator is correct-and being a
careful man and an anti-expansionist he
probably is correct-it is evident that
Democratic sentiment is not a unit re-
specting the disposition to be made of the
islands
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-20
CURRENT COMMENT.

Discussing the enormous profits of the
Carnegie Steel Company, as shown by the
suit of Mr. F'rick, the Springfield (Mass)
Republican Und) says: at seems to u.s.
as we have repeatedly said, that the first
thing to be done is to withdraw the fed
eral government from the business of pro-
tecting with high tariff the trust extor-
tons which it is plainly sheltering. We
may fairly say we should think, without
mourning the charge of being corrupted by
British gold. that a steel concern which is
making 400 per cent. net profits on the
actual investment can no longer be classed
as an infant industry, deserving the fos-
tering care of the nation. Before con-
sidering extreme measures of trust con-
troll, let us first deprive the combinations
of special public and railway privileges
and aids to extortlonate practices The
high duties now levied upon foreign iron
and steel products, to the advantage solely
of the iron and steel combinations, should
be removed"
The New Orleans Picayune Oem.) says:
ION Friday, in the United States Senate,
Mr.. McEnery, of Louisiana, made a
striking argument against admitting the
mongrel Asiatics of the Philippines TO cit
izenship in the United States. 1t is
easier TO drag down than to build up, and
the ncorpora ton of inferior material in
a great structure will sooner or later in
sure its ruin. To confer citizenship at
wholesale upon millions of negroes, Malays
and mongrels of the dark races. and to
make them equal participants with the
whites in the political and social structure
OF the Great Republic, Will inevitably re-
suit in the rapid Generalization and deg
radiation of its people. and work its early
downfall"
The Nashville Banner Oem.) says: Mr..
Macrum went to Pretoria expecting as
the politicians would say to hold down a
soft government job. He didn't anticipate
the sharp International crisis in which he
was made to figure, and he was not equal
to the emergency. That is the true story
Of Macrum, and about all there is Of it,"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-20

Mr.. William c. Whitney is said to have
been the moving spirit in the sending of
a check for 100000 as a valentine 10
President Nreeland of the Metropolitan
Street Railway in New York. the other
day. The incident recalls to a writer in
the New York Press that not many years
ago Mr.. Whitney made a present of $50
900 to Bourke Cochran for some service
in connection with a street railroad that
Mr.. Cochran had rendered. 1t would seem,
indeed. that when Mr.. Whitney beslows a
favor he does it IN a princely way.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-20

If it is true that the Beers abandoned
and left behind all of their big guns when
they retreated from Kimberley. then the
British have made "A very important cap
ture in Long Tom" the famous French
piece that has been giving the Kimberley
garrison SO much trouble ana uneasiness
for many weeks This gun, it is said is
Of a pair purchased by the Beers a year
or two ago. among the most formidable
weapons turned out Of any gun shop. The
mate TO Long Tom" is mounted on the
defenses of Pretoria
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-20

There is some talk of Senator Henry Ca
Dot Lodge of Massachusetts as the running
mate of President Mckinley in the ap-
preaching campaign. The Washington
Post says that the mention of the Sena-
tors name Is not distasteful to admins
tration leaders. The nomination of Lodge
would be apt to increase .the size of the
Democratic vote, both North and South.
The last time the force bin" was before
Congress Senator Lodge was the sponsor
for and strongest advocate of It, His ra l.
ioal partisanship. as shown at that time
and upon other occasions. would bring out
10 the polls many stay-at-home Demo-
Gratis. From the Democratic point of view.
the Republicans might do worse than TO
\ nominate Lodge.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-20

The Prince of Wales is showing his pa.-
triotism splendidly. He now wears a
KhaK-colored suit, and writes his letters
upon paper of the same color. All socie-
ty, 1t is predicted, will soon be clothed in
khah-colored cloth, a magnificent tribute
TO the British army.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-20

France and Russia, it is said, do not
desire TO see the war in South Africa
brought to speedy close. They wonld
prefer that it should last a year longer.
or even more, since it is draining Great
Britain's military strength, and they have
certain demands TO make of Great Britain
when the proper psychological moment
arrives.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-20

Gen. Andrade of Venezuela says he does
not know what the revolution in that
country is about. The probabilities are
that many of those who are doing the
nshlng are equally ignorant. About all
that they know or care for is that there
Is lighting. Like the Irishman in the
story, they are 'agin the government"
and that is sufficient for them
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-20

Two weeks ago Senator Bacon slipped
on the ice and fell, sustaining painful in
juries. Day before yesterday Senator Ell
kins slipped on the ice and fell, and was
badly hurt. Would It not be a good idea
for the Senate to use a part Of it's con-
tingent fund in providing it's members
with spiked shoes and alpenstocks, or in
sprinkling their pathways with saw
dust?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-20

osition to establish Department Of Com
merce and Industries with head who
should be cabinet fsecretary We said
that If this idea was 4favorably received
it would not be long before stin other
propositions for new departments and new
cabinet offices would spring up The pre-
diction Is already verified. The House
Committee on Mining was a day or two
ago authorized 10 report a bill In favor of
the establishing of a Department Of Mines
for the benefit of the 100000 persons
who are directly Or Indirectly interested
in mines and mining" and the friends
of expansion are talking about the abso-
lutte necessity for a Department of the
Colonies
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-20

1t is said to be sincerely regretted in
London that the Beers did not capture
Cecil Rhodes when they had him penned
up in Kimberley. Well informed Britons
are fast coming to the conclusion that
Rhodes is responsible for the government
troubles in South Africa. THAT beast
Rhodes" is an epithet that is frequently
heard in London, according TO a cable.
when Cecil Rhodes dies" said Mark
Twain some time ago, Il want piece of
the rope" The Londoners. it seems, do
not even care to get a piece of the rope.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-20

Unless ex-Consul Macrum is careful, he
VIII wake up one of these fine mornings
to ind himself the candidate of some
freak political party for the presidency.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-20
The Weather.

The indications to-day for Georgia
and Eastern Florida are for fair and
warmer weather.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-20
The MORNING NEWS is published

Registered at the Postomce in Savannah.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-20

Balance net assets, Dec.
81, 1899 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. s62, 377,S7S 80
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-20
Discussed IN 1899.

Discussed IN 1899.
For claims by death,
matured endow-
ments and annui-
ties ........ .....A,S 2S,S 1861 80
Surplus returned to
policy-holders 80. 1895, 1874 IA
Lapsed and surren-
dered policies. 49,. $50, 66T So
Total to policy
haIJar- &c 101 oca ~
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-20

@ o m m S onS to
agents, salaries,
medical examiners
fees, printing, ad-
vertising, legal, real
estate, all other
expenses 49,. ..... 921, S44 IL
Taxes $50. .....,... S9S,73s %
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-20

Net assets,Jan. 1, 1899 SCI, sO7.O67 So
RECEIVED IN 1899
For Premiums :. -. 81 932, $50 80
For intst and rents 29S9,O47 2S
For balance, profit
and loss .,.asc.,.sr,sss $3.50 70
s,Uo7,757 81
.. ssS,S14S24 "a
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-20

JACOB GREENE. President.
JOHN NJ. TAYLOR, Vice Pres.
HERBERT H. WHITE, Secretary.
DANIEL H. WELLS, Actuary.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-11-15
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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-11-15
Protector.

An Irishman hay ing lost his wife
and one child in the cid couutry, jour
neyed to this with his living child,
and while passing by steamboat down
Lake Cha mplain his boy siekened aud
died, and Vas buried in PlattsbUrg.
The bcrealed parent can finish the
story better than /:
II asked neighhor 10 give me the
loan OF a wheel-barre 10 wheel me boy
to the burrying place, and after the
box was in the girornd raised board
at the head of the grave, and 20 kape
the remembrance of me boy, had this
bit of epitaph painted upon the board
Beneath this stone lies two childers
dear, Wan in Swate ireland and the
other here"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-11-15

Ventlate the sleeping room, never
sleep in IA strictly close apartment
Let bedding and bed linen be each
day well shaken before taken" in
hand to be "made up
Leave night garments unfolded, and,
as we'll as may be, exposed to the
healthful influences of gentle breezes.
Have open windows during tho morn
ing hours, weather permitting, close
them in the heat OF the day, and open
them again at early nighfall.
Let cleanliness of person and place
be the order of both day and night,
with strife between the two divisions
of time as to which shall be the more
perfect Selected.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-11-15

Fraternal means brotherly. Every
man should ask himself the question,
"Am my brothers. keeper? His own
conscience will unfailingly answer in
the affirmative. r'No man liveth to
himself" Such a condition never ex-
listed. The lowliest being in "A commun-
ity has an influence for good or bad up
on some other and is link in the social
chain, men may snub him, and call him
an outcast, and wish he we're dead, and
all such things, but all the same every
life that touches his life is affected by
it TO some degree. But this is not being
fraternal-it only proves the necessity
for such "A noble principal applied TO
all our relations with our fellow men, is
any beneath US? We should aspire To
reach their level at least. Every life
should be helpful to every other life
within the touch OF its influence The
Protector.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-11-15

Tomorrow may never come TO us.
We do not live IN tomorrow. We
cannot find it in any of our title deeds.
The man who owns whole blocks OF
real estate, and great ships on the sea,
does not own a single minute of to-
morrow. Tomorrow. II is myster-
ious possibility, not yet born. 1t lies
under the seal OF midnight, behind the
veil of gltterihg consultations
Chaplin.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-11-15
| THE LODGE CORNER |
THE SPIRIT THAT PREvADEs.

We sometimes hear from a member
that "the lodge seems cold, unsocial,
not 10 show as much OF the fraterna
spirit as it should, etc.
II this be true, it Is the fault OF the
individual members. Those same mem
bers would, IL transferred TO some other
lodge, of whatever order, still remain
the same. The circle OF fraternity has
the same bounds in every order.
The testing place for every member
To make as much of the social feature,
of the fraternal spirit. of effort, ETC.. ,
for mutual help, is within each lodge of
whatever name, location or order.
The lodge can be no more than re-
lection of those who compose it. Thus
we find, as in other circles OF life, some
bright, cheerful, helpful growing
strong. While others fall somewhat
short OF the ideal.
The only way TO improve the circle
is to improve the acquaintance OF those
who compose it. Let each lend some
cooperative aid according to their abil-
ity. The vivacious, bright and cheerful
OF the lodge will soon cement and make
strong the friendship and fraternity OF
the lodge, provided others just come To
the meeting and make little effort.
In the lodge room the strongest
friendships may be formed. The influ'
ence is entirely for good. Here good
men and good women meet and mingle
socially as at home. The object of the
gathering is the Good of all. The pro.
lection also of the home.' Let the
lodge room always be crowded. Let
harmony and cheerfulness and spirit
vail. The lodge is for other purposes
than simply going through the forms Of
ritual. Social open meetings from
time to time help nightly in drawing
the members nearer together.
The circle OF one lodge or one order
Is as great to encompass the fraterna
spirit, helpfulness, etc, as the circle o.
any other lodge. These matters resi-
with the members. A character for
these things is not made by constitu.
tional enactment, or the name OF ar
order.
We become better friends from length
of acquaintance. From the effort to hell
others as well as To receive. These
same qualities cooperate to make the
fraternal the social lodge. Keep at it
Do all you can. Don't expect it all tC
come 10 one night. Time will stamp OF
any lodge that character the members
contribute. Keep a-going. Mod
ernograph.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-11-15

The radical action OF the National
Fraternal Congress in adopting reso-
luton at its last meeting, recommend
ing 10 the law making powers of all
states the enactment OF laws that will
require fraternal benefit societies,
hereafter organized, 10 adopt rates not
lower than has been demonstrated to
be necessary, before giving them IL
cense TO do business, is occasioning a
great deal OF comment. The action Of
the congress is considered by many to
be the death blow to hy-by-night fra
ternalism. The congress recognized
that the fraternal benefit system could
not be put upon an enduring founda-
ton if it was compelled to continually
meet the competition OF the fraterni-
ties which spring up in day, and
whose only claim for support is that
they furnish insurance cheaper than
any other society, regardless ofthe fact
that their rates do not cover actual
cost of the insurance they attempt TO
carry.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-11-15

Just keep pegging away. If you have
got your lodge started on the upward
grade, don't let it stop. Some lodges
make 1t rule TO have one new mem Der
for every meeting night, while others
do the work of the whole year in one
lump. 1t is the lodge WHICH keeps peg
cling away all the time that will be the
winner in the end Elk.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-11-15

Many OF your friends, or people
whom you know Of, have contracted
consumption, pneumonia or other fatal
diseases, by neglect Of simple cold or
cough. Foley's Honey and Tar, safe,
sure and pleasant cough medicine
would have saved them. II is guaran-
teed. w. /. Benedict.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-11-15

OF surfaces which rub together Ia an
engine is on the same plan as the In.
IRRIGATION OF joints in our bodies, Man 3
nervous system resembles the tele-
graph in It's mode OF working.
The ball bearings Of a bicycle or au.
tomobile are not so very dissimilar TO
the ball joints OF human hips and
shoulders The principle OF the lever
was foreshadowed in the long bones OF
the human body.--New York World.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-11-15

No man ever sank under the burden
OF the day. IL Is when Tomorrow s
burden is added to the burden OF to-day
that the weight is more than man can
bear. Macdonald,
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-11-15
DEBT.
ernograph.

II there we're only some way to abol-
ish debt, or extinguish obligations, or,
in short, if there were only some way
to have a general cancellation of debit
accounts just before ones life light is
put out-what a relief, what lessen
ing OF the burdens of the dying there
would be.
Men must be in debt. Men always
have been and always will be as long as
the world lasts. Men will always be in
debt because-well, II they were able to
pay their debts they would do so But
they are not able TO liquidate. And so
it happens unto the day of death. They
are born into the world under obliga-
tions. They go down TO their graves
encountered in one way or another.
They are always hopeful of meeting
and liquidating their obligations, to be
sure, bnt somehow or another they go
on from year TO year in the same old
way-hoping. They worry about it in
their waking hours and often dream Of
it in the sleuping ones. They worry
and hope by turns until at last death
oyertakes them and-well, they are alb.
solutely helped to the grave by the
thought that they are sinking out OF
Just obligations and unloading a burden
onto loved ones-wife, children, friends
that ought to have been met or wiped
out long before this distressing hour.
The wise man, the considerable man, the
ordinary pro vident man, will see TO il
that no such conditions confront him in
his last hours. For, behold how easy it
is to arrange otherwise. If the home
is mortgaged for a thousand dollars,
the bread winner should carry life pro-
lection for at least two thousand dol
lars-one to lift the mortgage, the
other thousand for the family. II his
business is indebted, his factory not
clear, In short if he owns anything
whatsoever, his clear duty and only
course is to insure for enough to pay all
debts and have "a reasonable amount left
for home and family besides. Debts do
not grow less at death. Dol ar for dol
lar has to be paid in money. II bust
ness or real estate or home must be
sold to pay with, what frightful
shrinkage and sacrifice there will be.
a life insurance certificate is the wisest
provision. II cancels your debts at your
death. II saves your estate. 1t makes
death less painful to you.-Ex.
Almost all OF mems inventions have
been foreshadowed by nature. The
hypodermic syringe with which the
physician injects morphine into the
patients arm has its counterpart in
the sting OF bee. The tunnel borer
is an adoption of the work OF the ter
edo, or ship-worm. The principle of
the balloon is found in certain fishes.
The paper making industry is parallel
The colored American., 1900-12-08
SHEHT

Gives tna names OF dead and living frtnds
tells who and when you Will marry also OF
business Journeys lawsuits, ., a9seht 1 friends
matter what II is. He can call up J our spirit
friends and show them to you. Can make
them rap all around the room. He asks Nc
questions don't ask you to write names +
him. Don't try to pump you in any wa oul
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from them gold medal and special license
to practice his wonderful powers; credentials
no one else can show can give the usands OF
references 10 both " h1te and cOlOr6d patrons
Twenty-Five years practtce-seVen In brook.
lyn-will show you that he can DO all he
OF. Can tell what business Is best for you and
where, how to win speedy marriage with the
one you love. How to be successful In ali your
doings in short what is best 10 do. Il g will
succeed when all others fail. Positive sattsfac
ton or no pay. Call and see. You will find 1t
luck to consult this hrtstian gentleman.
He has a medicine that VIII cure drunken
ness; can be given patients not knowing II.
Thousands through hin are now
RICH HAPPY AND SUCCESSFUL
with ali their rundertakings,wh those o
neglect his advice are still labOr1ng again
poverty. Through his perfect knowledge
will overcome your enemies and win you
friends. HIS aid and advice has often been
solicited; the result has always been the Sc
curing OF speedy and happy marriages and
all your wishes. In love affairs he never falls.
BE has the secret OF winning the affections OF
the opposite SEX,
u
large cities there are class OF men and Wo-
men who claim powers they do not possess.
They have neither gifts, credentials, nor ref
erences. Surely the cOlored people are not
so wanting in sense as to throw their time
and IL oney away on such. DR.. Shea refers to
the Hon. Charles Miller, capitalist, 248l At
lantic avenue; the Hon. William Denmore,
architect and builder, AZ Cleveland avenue,
and Mr.. Arthur SewelI, ship builder, South
Brooklyn. All have known him for
the past ten years. He gives a tree test OF his
power to all. The doctor has practiced five
years in New Orleans. st. Louis, Memphis
and Louisville, understands thoroughly the
diseases, spells or influences the race Is
subject to. He has now and always had large
patronage from them
PLEASE READ THE FoLLOwIEG:
BroklYn, August, Is, 1So1-This letter is to
certify that I came to New York from Alba
ny. l was a stranger in strange city, out OF
work aAd Ous Of money. l had no luck In
anything undertook. What to do L did
not know. a friend advised me to go and
see DIR. Shea. l did. He told me the cause
Of my troubles; he took me In and treated
me as q brother. Through him l got good
position that very week. had been to 9TH
ers, they took my money and did me no
good. bless the day [ first met Dr.. shea
would advise all in bad luck, sick or in
trouble to go TO him at once,
Sincerely, Albert Ayers
29S7 Atlantic Avenue.