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ISDEX TO SEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
1 Special Notices—West over Chewing To
bacco; Brooklyn Handicap Quotations,
by O’Dell A Cos.; Beckmann's Cafe; Do
.You Ever Think, Est. S. W. Branch; As
to Crew of German ship Johann Fred
•rlr.h; Removal. Dr. L. E. Welch; Prices
Sell the Goods. W. (J. Cooper; Cut Prices.
Mutual Co-operative Association; Negli
gee Shirts, Falk Clothing Company.
Cheap Suits—At Collat's. *
' Steamship Schedules —American and
(Red Star Lines; Ocean Steamship Com
pany.
Auction Sales—Sundries, by J. Mc
iLaughlin & Son.
To-day—B. H. Levy & Bro.
Two Hundred Men Wanted—Appel &
ESohaul.
Amusements—"Wang,'' at the Theater,
(April 3.
Ice, Ice, Ice—Savannah Ice Delivery
Company.
Cheap Column Advertisements—Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
Cor Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The new city government Is making Its
mark In the park and squares. And quite
a good mark it Is, too. There Is noth
ing more suggestive of genuine reform
and healthful progress than fresh paint.
Dupuy de Lome, who Is to be the suc
cessor of Muruaga at Washington as
Spanish minister, is probably much bet
ter informed with regard to American
affairs than the man he succeeds. De
Lome was minister to this country before
Muruaga, and until March, 1593. He was
also the Spanish royal commissioner at
the world's fair, and took pant in the en
tertainment of the Spanish royal vis
itors.
Charleston is, of course, correct In say
ing that Savannah's May week festivals
are an imitation of Charleston's gala week.
The carnival Idea is purely and distinctly
Charlestonian. Paris and New Orleans
are both base imitators. Nay, more; there
cannot be room for a reasonable doubt
that the ancient Romans got the idea
for their Coliseum from the bend in King
Btreet, and their costumes second-hand
from Von Semen's.
Brother Yeamoh of Massachusetts
should forthwith send to Gov. McKin
ley's political managers a copy of that
bill of his which proposes to punish peo
ple for drawing the color line; for they
do say that Gov. McKinley’s managers
have been doing that very thing In Flor
ida. Unfortunately for Teamoh, his Mas
sachusetts bill cannot possibly be of legal
effect In Florida, still the moral effect
upon Gov. McKinley’s managers of read
ing a copy of it might be salutary, from a
Teamoh standpoint.
It must be that Japan's financial re
sources have been underestimated by some
contemporary writers. There has from
time to time been speculation as to how
Japan would raise to carry on her
war with China. So far, It appears, she
has not only been able to put her hands
upon all she wants for war expenses—an
enormous Item—but has actually had a
little surplus to lend to Korea. Three
million yen—about equal to s3,ooo,ooo—is
not a very big sum, to be sure, but the
lending of that sum shows that Japan is
not yet hard pressed.
The story of the Frenchman who made
a quarter of a million dollars from as
paragus in South Carolina, published in
the Morning News recently, seems to have
created an impression in the west, to
judge from inquiries that have been re
ceived. The west, and other sections,
may be intersted to kngw that there are
in this county numerous broad acres of
trucking lands upon which the French
man's good fortune may be duplicated,
and that the draining of these lands Is
a matter now receiving the attention of
the county authorities.
From Spanish sources the information
is given that the Cuban insurgents are
few’ in number, under poor leadership,
lack arms, ammunition and food, and
are a rather measly lot, anyway. Never
theless, it is observed from advices from
other sources that the insurgents are
thrashing the sleek and well equipped
Spaniards oftener than they are getting
thrashed. If. lacking everything, the
Cubans are able to make such a good
showing against heavy odds, we wish
they could get hold of a plenty of guns
and powder, and three square meals a
day for a week, Just so we might see
how they could fight if they were fixed
for it.
Olne-y's Argument la Ike Debs Case.
The argument that Attorney General
Olney made before the supreme court In
the Debs caae this week Is receiving a great
deal of favorable comment. It was a re
markably forcible argument and the su
preme court can hardly help being greatly
Influenced by It. The issue as he put tt is
whether the federal government, through
the courts, has the power to speedily en
force the Taws enacted by congress for
the good of the whole people.
It is contended tn behalf of Debs that
he is being punished by a court of equity
for disobedient e to its orders in a matter
concerning which it has no jurisdiction.
The attorney general's argument was to
the effect that the. court's right to do just
what it did is beyond question.
It will hardly be denied that congress
has the right to enact laws for the control
of Interstate commerce, and that those
laws are superior to state laws relative
to commerce within state limits. If there
fore, there Is a conflict between the fed
eral and state laws the state laws must
give Way. Having superior jurisdiction the
federal government can resort to any of
Its courts for the enforcement of federal
laws. It is not limited to any particular
court.
It Is true that Debs and his associates
could have been proceeded against by In
dictment, but that would have been a slow
process. What was desired was to put a
stop to the riotous disturbance at Chicago
as quickly as possible. The aim was not
to inflict upon Debs and associates the
severest punishment which the law pro
vided for their offense. Therefore, an in
junction was taken out against them,
which Injunction, It Is asserted, they vio
lated. It might have been worse for them
had they been proceeded against crimi
nally. They ought not to complain be
cause the mildest method of dealing with
them was adopted.
Debs and his associates are trying to
escape by means of technicalities. It is
not believed they will be successful. It Is
to the interest of the whole country that
they shall not be.
Gov. McKinley*. Vl.lt.
Savannah extends a hearty welcome to
Gov. McKinley, not so much because he Is
a presidential candidate nor because he ts
one of the most distinguished of the lead
ers of his party, but because he Is a
thoroughly conscientious public man who
stands upon a high plane In politics and
would rather suffer defeat in defending
his principles than achieve success hy
abandoning them. He has the reputation
of being an honest and a fair man in
politics, anil a reputation of that kind
entitles him to the esteem of men of all
shades of pulltlcul belief.
On his way to Florida last Wednesday
he was reminded, when he reached Quit
man, that that place was the home of
Hon. Henry G. Turner. He Is roport-d
to have said In reply; "1 know Mr. Tur
ner well, having served with him on the
ways and means committee, and I regard
him as one of the strongest men In pub
lic life from the south. He is always fair
anil, manly and the people of Georgia and
the south have a right to be proud of him.”
Gov. McKinley is much such a statesman
as Mr. Turner. Both are straightforward,
anil have a keen appreciation of the ob
ligations and responsibilities which rest
upon those who are chosen to discharge
public duties. Savannah appreciates those
who are true to public trusts whatever
their political affiliations may he, and
she greets Gov. McKinley with a cor
dial grasp of the hand.
Whisky Trust Finances.
The report which the experts employed
to investigate the books of the wjhlsky
trust makes a bad showing for those who
had control of it before it was put in the
hands of a receiver. If the statements
that have been given out are true, it Is
not to be wondered at that the trust w’as
wrecked.
The* directors, It is charged sold them
selves trust stock at figures which net
ted them $'.'.000,000. IT is also alleged that
they speculated In the stock with the
money of the stockholders, and that no
mention Is made In the books of about
400,000 In rebates that was paid to the
trust by the transportation companies. If
these charges can be substantiated, the
officers and directors are in a pretty bad
box, particularly if it is the purpose of
the stockholders to prosecute them.
That they ought to be prosecuted there
is no doubt. If they are innocent their
good names ought to be cleared of the
stain now upon them, and If they are
guilty they ought to be punished to the
rullest extent of the law. It is too often
the case nowadays that officers and di
rectors of corporations are allowed to es
cape with their booty. Examples should
be made of every one of them.
Railroad wreckers have done the credit
of the country an Incredible amount of
damage, besides taking from Individuals
and charitable institutions their means
of support. They are really worse than
train robbers and should be shown no
mercy.
The opinion was expressed by the dele
gates to the Waco cotton convention, as
reported in our dispatches yesterday, that
while they favored a reduction of the cot
ton acreage, the convention was called too
late for its action to have much effect upon
the Texas crop. Then, why was the con
vention held so late? It was called by
practical cotton planters, who certainly
knew when the planting lime would begin,
and when there would be time enough to
circulate the conclusions of the convention
among the planters. Did the Texans fix
their date "too late" purposely? The
prospects are, so It is reported, that the
Texas crop will be reduced 20 per cent. If
It should be, it will be due to the sensible
conclusions of individuals, and not to the
efforts of the Waco convention.
The Manufacturers’ Record shows that
forty-two cotton mills for the south have
been organized in the last three months.
That doesn’t look much like the southern
movement of cotton mills was "all talk.”
In Delaware they deal with ordinary
recalcitrants at the whipping post. The
wonder is that nobody has suggested that
the dead-locked legislature be treated as
an ordinary recalcitrant.
THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 1895.
A Womnn Voffrngp Rumor.
Some of the rumors that come from
South Carolina regarding the means to be
employed by the forthcoming constitu
tional convention to the end of Insuring
white supremacy in the state government
through fair and constitutional methods
are decidedly Interesting. Especially so
is that one which says the convention will
probably incorporate woman suffrage in
the fundamental law; not stralght-away
woman suffrage by which all women may
vote, but a suffrage based on property
qualifications, which will permit of quite
a large number of white women becoming
electors but will shut out virtually all of
the black women.
If there has been any talk in the state of
such a purpose on the part of the conven
tion, the talking must have been done in
an undertone. So far as the outside world
knows, woman suffrage in any shape or
form has not been advocated by either fac
tion In the recent factional dispute; nor
has it been publicly suggested and defend
ed by any of the political leaders as a
means of maintaining white supremacy.
There has been talk of educational and
property qualifications as prerequisite to
the right to vote, and It ts a fact that a
great many white men would be disfran
chised by the adoption of any such quali
fications. It Is. furthermore, probably
true that there are in the state a suffi
cient number of educated and property
owing white women to more than offset
any losses of white votes that might be
sustained by reason of white men being
disqualified under an educational and
property ownership standard. Still, if
there is a strong sentiment in favor of
making voters of these white women, the
fact has been kept very quiet. It can
hardly be supposed that the convention of
the forty by inference expressed Itself
against a submission of the new consti
tution to the people for ratification for the
reason that woman suffrage was con
templated and It was feared the people
would reject the scheme.
If the convention were to grant women
taxpayers the privilege of the ballot, it
would also have to give them the right to
hold office and sit on the Jury. We do not
believe the women of South Carolina want
to be legislators, dispensary constables
and Jurymen. They have not said they do,
at all events.
“Put i11,,. In Jiklrh.”
It was fondly hoped and believed that
the “new” woman would at least per
mit the man of the family the melancholy
pleasure of wearing the ''pants'' in the
coming new era of emancipated woman.
Vain hoi>o; baseless belief! Not content
with deposing masculine man from Ills
proud position of lord of creation, femin
ine man Is now seeking to deprive him of
his ''pants.” “Put him In skirts," says Dr.
Sarah Hackett Slevensen of Chicago, a
prophet of the new order of things, and a
physician of varied erudite attainments.
Nor must it be imagined that Dr. Sarah
Hackett Stevenson winds the bugle for
an assault upon the "pants” without rea
sons for the campaign. She appeals to
aesthetics, to hygiene and to history to
prove that the skirt Is the proper habili
ment for the sex hitherto called “the
sterner”—w'hich distinctive term, hy the
way, will have to be laid aside when the
"pants” are plucked. "Men look better in
skirts,” says the eminent Chicago dress
reformer. That this is true, and was ac
knowledged by the ancients, she proves
by reference to the costumes of the Greeks
and Romans and Egyptians of the early
ages. None of them covered their legs
with "pants,” but all dressed themselves
In skirts or modifications of skirts. And
take the ancient ra'ces of modern day's,
the Koreans and the Chinese—their drap
ery for masculine underpinning is more
tn tho way of skirts than anything else.
See the Chinese laundrymen In our own
country! He offers an Illustration of a va
riation of tho skirt that is striking. He
affects a skirt that hangs from his shoul
ders and has two splits In Its tall. Isn’t
It a beautiful garment?
“Put him in skirts,” says Dr. Sarah
Hackett Stevenson. Poor man! The woman
has appropriated his shirt, his coat, his
cravat, his collar his shoes, his "nighties''
and hts hat, and now she Is reaching for
what there is left. However, there Is one
consoling reflection; she can't get his
whiskers.
The equality of the sexes is strikingly
recognized in an ordinance of the city
of Griffin, in this state. The ordinance,
which has been fished up by the News
and Sun, presumably to back a demand
for a municipal fire alarm system, goes
on to say: "It shall be the duty of all
ablebodied inhabitants in the city to re
pair to the place of the alarm of fire,
where they shall be subject to orders of
the mayor, or any alderman in the city.
Any citizen who shall refuse to obey the
orders of said officers shall, on convic
tion of the offense, be fined in a sum not
exceeding S2O, unless a satisfactory" ex
cuse be given." Women and children, as
well as men. are "ablebodied Inhabitants,”
hence it is the duty of every healthy man,
woman and child in the city of Griffin to
turn out to every fire and ask the mayor
what he proposes they shall do about it.
Rink teas and beaus’ calls are presuma
bly not good excuses for young women to
give for failure to attend the fires.
Judge SJmonton's decision in the case
of the seizure of the sloop Our Fritz, from
this port and at least nominally’ bound for
a port in North Carolina, being in fact en
gaged in Interstate commerce, will in
form the South Carolina authorities of a
fact previously known to everybody ex
cept themslves—tviat the South Carolina
dispensary law does not supersede the
Interstate commerce law wherever there is
a faint possibility that the dispensary law
will be violated. Judge Simonton's decis
ion is that a vessel passing from a port
in one state to a port in another hi under
the Jurisdiction of the federal law until
her voyage is completed. If the state
laws are violated at the end of the voy
age, then it Is the state's business.
South Carolina has her hands to her
ears now, listening to hear what Sen
ator Irby has to say about the action of
the convention of the forty.
PERSONAL.
—Prince Bismarck has been elected an
honorary member of th* Acad
emy of Art*. There arv only four honor
ary' members, one of whom ia the Empress
Frederick.
—On the 13th of this month the coffin of
Victor Hugo wax place I in a sarcopha
gus In its final resting-place in the vaults
of the Pantheon in Paris The niche filled
by Victor Hugo's coffin is In a solitary
vault divided by a wa!! from the vault
In which the late Pre*i<l*-nt Carnot lies.
—Rudyard Kipling has been spending
several weeks at the cap: f al. He has been
making a close study of Ceorge Washing
ton relics. Kipling’s admiration for the
Father of Our Country is not easily ex
plained. Early in life Washington put
himself on record as opposed to fiction.
—Frank M. Nve, the prosecuting at
torney who achieved distinction by *he
conviction of Harry' Hayward at the Min
neapolis murder trial. Is a brother of “Bill”
Nye, and was born In Maine forty-two
years ago. He nominated John C. Spooner
in the caucus for United States senator.
—of people in Genoa, Italy,
mourn the death of Bann Podesta, who
for years was mayor of the city and one
or the best-known men of Northern Italy.
Under him the great improvements of the
last few years took place, adding much
to the beauty and importance of the city.
—-President Cleveland is said to be in
better health than he has been for some
years past.' His complexion Is clear and
he carries himself like a man who had
fi’lven u-p all thoughts of becoming a
confirmed invalid. His recent duck-shoot
ing expedition was of great benefit to him.
—Every year Worth sent the Empress
Eugenie a large bouquet of Parma vio
lets tied with a mauve ribbon on which
w-aa his name embroidered in gold. This
was in memory of her patronage at the
time when her whim could make or ruin
a 1 .iris tradesman. Even toward the
empress. In the days when he made her
costumes. Worth exhibited his charac
teristic stubbornness. He used to take
his work to the palace In the morning
and nearly always had his way, fre
quently overruling the empress’ wishes.
HltlCjiHT KITS.
—Better Unsaid.—Mrs. Bi-Iter— I expect
your baby will be much larger when I
see her again. Mrs. Wilter—l hope so.—
v\ ashlngton Star.
—Plggs-What did your pastor, the Rev.
Dr Borem, preach about last Sunday?
’Diggs—l didn’t go to church, but judging
from the three-column extract from his
sermon that is printed in “The Gospel
Trumpeter” I think he must have preach
ed about two hoars.—New York Tribune.
—SaiMtig-vessels in the Australian trade
frequently carry only one or two passen
gers, who share the saloon with the cap
tain and chief officer. Aboard one vessel
recently there was only one passenger,
and the captain and mate generally con
trived to get the most and best of what
was on the table. One day there was a
roly-poly pudding, with sweetmeats in the
middle. “Do you like puddin’ ends, sir?”
asked the captain. “No, 1 don’t like pud
ding ends, sir.” said the guest. “Well,
me and my mate do,” said the captain,
cutting the pudding in two. and putting
one-half oh the mate’s plate and the
other on his own.— Ho-usehold Words.
—Ye Sympathetic Friend.—Friend—Got a
cold, 1 ree.
J inks—Yes, a little one.
“You ought to be mighty careful. That
cough needs attention.
“Think so?”
“It has a regular graveyard sound.”
“Good gracious!’’
“Awful dangerous time for people -with
colds—gripe pneumonia and quick con
sumption everywhere.”
“Eh?”
“Yes. A friend of mine took a cold,
not half so l>ad as yours, last week, and
in three days he was dead.”
"My stars!”
“Fact. The doctor said my friend
might have pulled through If he hadn’t
worried so much. Take my advice, and
try not to think about It.”—New York
Weekly.
—The Rev. Psalmjones was not feeling as
well as usual, tho church was cold, and
some of the big boys near the door un
dertook to enliven matters by coughing
in chorus and throwing in now' and then a
startling imitation of a sneexs. The preach
er stood it patiently a few .minutes, and
then paused in his discourse long enough
to say: “If I hear any xpore of that noise
back thebe, young mett. I*ll wallt you out
of this building, one by one, or all In a
bunch; I ain’t very particular which.
I’ve had dealings with fellows of your
stripe dozens of times and I know how
to manage ’em. Now, you quiet down
mighty quick, or there’ll be trouble.” A
deathlike Stillness pervaded the church.
He waited a moment to let-it take effect.
”J know I’m a little dry this morning,
brethren,” he said, “but I’m not so dry
that anybody can rattle me. T||e text
says in the third place”— etc.—Chicago
Tribune.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Nothing the Mutter With Olney.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican (Ind.).
No one nowadays asks: “Who's Olney?”
His arguments before- the United State-s
supreme court stamp him as an unusually
able man, and he is certainly one of the
strongest of Mr. Cleveland's advisers.
No Jingoism In It.
From the Baltimore Sun (Dem.).
The Monroe doctrine, as stated by its
author, proposes no policy of aggression
on the part of the United States. It docs
not look to the seizure of Cuba or Canada,
to say nothing of far-off Hawaii. There
was no Jingoism in it. such as republican
politicians are now constantly preaching
under the name of Monroe doctrine. It
was merely a declaration favoring the
preservation of the political situation as
it existed in the West Indies and in Central
and South America in 1823.
The-Whiskey Trust Scandal.
From the Philadelphia Record (Dem.).
No one v-ho reads the scandalous ex
posures with regard to the management
of the affairs of the whisky trust will
have a moment of Incredulity because
of the desperate scoundrelism brought to
light. A trust in Its inception is a dis
creditable undertaking. It is an attempt
to do by associated conspiracy what could
not be accomplished by fair and opn
methods. It is not astonishing that par
ties banded together to levy unjust tribute
upon everybody else should, when oppor
tunity presents itself, rob each other.
See Here. Gov. McKinley.
From the Boston Herald (Ind.).
There is little doubt that New’ Eng
land republicans are practically united
in preferring (Mr. TANARUS, B. Reed as their
next candidate for the presidency, but
it is entirely possible that they *iay carry
for Gov. McKinley some of the districts
that are now being claimed for him in
this section of country. Mr. Reed comes
from a small state, and a sure one for
his party with any candidate. If it shall
appear that Gov. McKinley has the bet
ter prospects of the nomination, the con
dition of polities is such that there are
plenty of politicians who will like to
appear as the original McKinley men from
New England, and some of them may de
velop the capacity to carry districts for
their candidate. It will tl; remembered
that there was once an original Blaine man
in Boston. •
Am to Cuban Annexation.
Charleston News and Courier (Dem.).
"Senator Morgan of Alabama, and Gov.
Atkinson of Georgia." says the St. Louis
Globe-Democrat, “are not the only Amer
icans who would be glad to see Cuba an
nexed to the i’nlted States. Nor is the
sentiment of that sort confined to the
south. It is as strong above Mason and
Dixon's old line as below it. The attitude
of Che north toward anrvex'atlon has
changed radically since the war. Before
that time the absorption of Cuba would
have meant an enlargement of the area
of the slave territory, and the addition of
two or four senators in congress to the de
fenders of slavery. On that account the
south advocated annexation and the north
opposed It. Emarn ipatlon. having changed
the conditions, has disarmed the north's
hostility to the project." The question
has only a theoretical interest. The mother
country—or perhaps we should say the
stepmother country—want* the island her
self. and Is able to hold it. That la the end
of the whole matter. • •
An Injnred Proprietor.
This is the narrative of Potter Palmer
and his chief porter, as told in a Chicago
paper:
Mr. Palmer has what he considers an
educated taste in horseflesh. He thinks he
knows a trotter when he sees him. and
has little doubt of his ability to judge
of the aforesaid trotter when he sits be
hind him with ribbons in his hands.
Mr. Palmer some time ago bought a
horse with an alleged ability to do a mile
in 2:50, that struck him as being extremely
desirable. He paid a good deal of
money for th*> animal, and he was filled
with delight when he thought of the easy
and brash manner in which he would pass
the various turnouts on the Uake Shore
drive.
He asked Mrs. Palmer to come out with
him to try the new horse, and, having
nothing better to do, Mrs. Palmer con
sented. The wagon was yoked up and
the driver attached.
One by one the speedy horse* of the
neighboring Armours and Trees and Hea
lys were passed, and Mr. Palmer was just
beginning to rejoice in his purchase when
there came the rattle of a badly con
structed village cart.
“\Ve will have to have one more run, my
dear,” said Potter Palmer.
“Just this once, love,” said Mrs. Potter
Palmer.
The clattering came nearer, and nearer,
and nearer, and presenter, and pres
enter, and at last passinger and pasalnger.
until it faded away in the distance far
beyond anything Potter Palmer and his
new’ horse could do, but as the vehicle
went by Mrs. Palmer recognised the dri
ver.
It was his own head porter! The man
who had brought him to open shame was
the person who tcld the slaveys how *o
pile the trunks around in the Palmer
house.
Mr. Palmer said nothing just then,
but got back to the hotel as soon as possi
ble.
“How much does that head porter get
a month?” he demanded.
“Fifty dollars,” replied the manager.
“How can he buy trotting stock on 350 a
month?” demanded Mr. Palmer.
"Oh. you forget his fees.”
“What fees?”
“Why, his tips—the mouey people give
the head porter when their luggage is
brought to them.”
“Hereafter,” said Mr. Palmer, “no por
ter is to be permitted to collect fees. You
see that he does what h£ is paid to do
for what he is paid for it. And, by the
way, find oub what he will take for that
horse he had out to-day.”
He Wan Smarter Than Shrewd.
There are pitfalls for the man who
tries to be discriminating in a street car,
says the Buffalo Express.
This was proved in the case of Mr. Jay,
who rides twice a day on the Elmwood
line. When the notion takes him he will
give up his seat to a woman, and with a
killing flourish, too, if the woman chances
to be an acquaintance. Usually, however,
when he is just his average, selfish self,
he will let an aisieful of womankind stand
and show no sign of budging. He will sit
and stare up at the unfortunate woman
who is jammed up against his knees
with an innocent air that says: “I know
you’re thinking that I ought to offer you
my seai, but I don't propose to do any
thing of the sort.’’
This was the situation yesterday, when
the ear stopped to lot on another passen
ger, a woman well wrapped up and wear
ing spectacles. Mr. Jay observed her.
struggled to his feet, and although half
a dozen women w*ere nearer the place than
the newcomer, he beckoned her to come
and take it. She, seeing he was
stranger, hesitated, then crowded for
ward and took the seat, saying with
something with wonder in her vole**:
“You’re very kind, sir—but I don’t see—
there are other ladies so much nearer—”
"Madam,” said Mr. Jay, impressively,
“school girls and young women can stand
as wi ll as I; hut no gentleman will keep
his seat when an elderly—”
Then he hesitated, for a look came in
her eye which was ominous. “1 see,” she
said, as if she were biting a tile, “you
took me for an old woman, did you?
Humph! Any man as smart ns you-ought
to ride in his own carriage, where neither
old women nor young w'ould trouble him.”
And thereupon she bounced from the
seat and hooked on to a strap, while the
aisleful of young women more than gig
gled, and Mr. Jay. without a word to say,
w f ent out on the back platform for air.
And the woman in spectacles who wasn’t
old is mad yet.
A Kentucky Snake Story.
"Whqn I got down to my farm in Har
din county, last week,” said a lawyer
to the Louisville Courier Journal. "I found
my men still talking about the snake
one of them killed during the last snow.
Silas Warner, who manages the farm,
was passing through a small apple or
chard on his way to a mound of turnips
that had been covered with earth for
winter use. He carried a hoc with which
to dig out the turnips. As he walked
along a small footpath made by the cows
in going to the spring for water, ha was
surprised to see half the bodv of a big
cow snake, almost erect, and fanning the
air viciously.
"lie stopped in surprise, for snakes In
motion in the winter time are most un
usual. The snake's body dropped down
to the ground in a minute or two, and he
seemed to be resting. Then the body
again assumed a motion, and the tail
began gradually to bo lifted into the air
and the quick threshing of the tail was
repeated. Warner waited for the same
programme of action to be gone through
a third time without disturbing the snake
Then the cold began to make itself felt,
and Warner resolved to investigate the
reptile’s queer actions without further
delay. ,
“He walked over to where the snake
was and found the front half of the rep
tile buried in a small opening in the
ground. It was kept from going entirely
into the hole by a big round bodv. War
ner pulled the snake out of the hole with
the hoe. The reptile refused to move. He
cut the snake in two. What was his
surprise to find that the swelling was
caused by a gourd, which had been worn
smooth and shiny. .On cutting the gourd
open he found that It was sttll juicy- an l
apparently fresh. Where and when the
reptile swallowed the gourd was not quite
plain to Warner. The only man who
raised gourds lived three-quarters of a
mile away from my farm. "
NVlien Marin Jane im Mayor.
From the Chicago Record.
When Maria Jane’s elected to the mayor
alty chair
There'll (be many wrongs corrected that
are now apparent there.
The sidewalks will be carpeted, the streets
swept thrice a day.
The alleys be as fragrant as fields of new
mown hay.
What with parties and receptions and
occasionally a ball,
There will be a transformation around the
city hall.
And each ward in the city will be repre
sented then
By lovely alderwomen instead of horrid
aldermen.
When Maria Jane is mayor, none but la
dies will, of course,
Be appointed members of the city police
force.
And in their bloomer uniforms they’ll
look so very sweet
The "gang” to be arrested will consider it
a treat.
The stores will be compelled to have a
bargain sale each day.
And for chewing gum anti soda you will
not be asked to nay.
Oh, gTeat reforms will be projected, all the
wrongs w’ill be corrected
When Maria Jane's elected to the mayor
alty chair.
The President’s Biggest Fish.
Frank Daniels sings a song In "Princess
Bonnie" about 'The biggest fish 1 ever
caught was the fish that got away," says
the Washington Post. President Cleve
land, his confidential advisers say, de
clares that that song describes his own
case to a T. He says, however, that he
had landed his fish—it was as gallant and
brave and strong a trout as ever rose to
a fly—but that after depositing him in
his creel the fish, with a vigor, dexterity
and sagaciousness which had Jong enabled
him to defy the most worthy declples of
Izaak Walton, sprang through the slot
of the creel, and, landing upon his tail
which he seemed to use as a spring, re
bounded high in the air and ere the man
with the net could catch him dived into
the water and disappeared.
"At such a time," the President is re
ported to have said, “I think rhat anv
man is perfectly justified in swearing If
I had only attempted to weigh him be
fore putting him Irt my creel he would
not have escaped me."
"Why didn't you weigh him?" one of
the cabinet Inquired.
"Because.' 'said the President, "he
would have broken the scales."
ITEMS OF INTEREST,
—That nur*ry tale which ha* charmed
generation* of children and their elders,
known as “Blue Beard,” wa* written by
a French author. The original of the
character of “Blue Beard” wa* a mar
shal of France, who lived in Brittany
and who wa* charged with murdering
several wives and over 100 children. Be
ing convicted of sorcery, he was burn
ed. A singular peculiarity of his hair
and beard was in its inky glossness,
which in a certain light appeared in an
indigo tinge, and so won him the apel
lation which ha* rendered him immortal.
—On© flourishing American Industry
which the pressure of hard times has deep
ly inlured is locomotive building, says
the New York Sun. There are five cities
in the United States hi which locomotive
building is carried on so extensively as
to be an * important local Industry. These
are Philadelphia. Paterson, Scheqeotady,
PltJtsburg and Troy. In each of these
cities there is at least one large locomotive
works, the total number in the United
States being Ithirteen. In 1893, which wa*
a good year in the business on recount
of the extra traffic caused by the World’s
Fair, 2,011 locomotives were built In tfffe
United States. In 1894 the total number
fell to 095, of which eighty-three were
built for use In other countries. Three
big concerns filled no orders whatever in
1894. In iB9O the total number built wa*
2,300; in 1891, 2.165; In 1892. 2.012. The rail
road companies of the United States have
now a greatly dffnlntehed volume of busi
ness, and some of the large systems are
sailing so ck>se to the financial wind that
they are buytng no new equipment. With
a practical cessation of railroad building
has come the decrease in 'the order* for
'locomotlMes. though th foreign trade
keeps up fairly well, the United States
exporting locomotives to severaj of the
South and Central American countries.
—A practical Invention by a veterinary
surgeon is now successfully applied at
Berlin. He manufactures horseshoe* of
paper impregnated with oil or turpentine
to make it waterproof. After being sat
urated, it is glued together <in thin layers
with a cement which does not become
brittle when drying, and consists of a
mixture of Venetian turpentine, powder
ed chalk, linseed oil and lacquer. These
horseshoss arc made in various thick
nesses. The holes, admitting the nails by
which the shoe is fastened to the hoof,
are stamped through the paper when
moist; it is then subjected to a very
strong pressure, under hydraulic press,
and, when dry, can be filed and planed
to fit the hoof srtugly. The inventor has
also attempted to make these horseshoes
of paper pulp, adding chalk, sand, turpen
tine, linseed oil in such quantities that
the material is impermeable to moisture.
This composition possesses the necessary
elasticity and toughness for the purpose;
it can he pressed in moulds and dried
afterward, or cut out of blocks of the
mass and placed under strong pressure.
The shoes made by pasting together pa
per sheets are preferable, as they are
stronger than those made of the com
pressed material. These shoes can be
fastened to the horse's hoof either by
nails, as usual, or be cemented with
glue consisting of gum ammonia, one
part, and guttapercha two parts. The
great advantage claimed by the inventor
for the now shoe is the impossibility of
the horse slipping on slippery reads.
—The fear of death in the abstract is a
natural instinct, and, being natural, is
doubtless a wholesome one, says the Nine
teenth Century. And this being so, a con
stant realization of tt is scarcely to be vke
sired. It is much to be questioned whether,
to use "he imagery of the hymn, the man
to wii< . - ness it was nightly
pitched a day’s march nearer to h!s grave
would be a useful canypa’gneT. But, in
poim of fact, fh*-rc is DO omiw Hint it
will be so. The .‘to*y Is told that a priest
who, under sentence of death In days w hen
tin penalty U m re common than now*,
obtained the privilege of preaching to his
fellow convicts in like case. It is a scene
which 1s repeated in a thousand different
place* every Sunday morning, buit it Is
a hundred to one tha-t the situation doe*
not strike either preacher or people un
pleasantly, and you will find each going
home to dinner cheerfully as if he carried
a special exemption in hls pocket. It is
best so. Not to climb a hill till you come
to it is a homely maxim. <but It is aston
ishing how much, carried out, it exempli
fies Mfe.. You imagine itt to be an alp that
is barring your way, and when you reach
the spot it turns out to be a gently rising
gTound from which you may view the sur
rounding country before making a fresh
start. And so with death. P'ctrmidable as
ft appears from a distance, the more one
looks intoythe subject the more certain
it becomes that mankind, w'hen brought
to a practical acquaintance with it. have
agreed in some blind way to recognize in
the enemy whose approaches they have
been so unremitting in Jheir efforts to
ward off something altogether different
from the terrible and hostile force w'hich
they have been accustomed to consider
it. “We fall on guard, and. after all, it
is a friend who comes to meet us.”
—All real English oatns are built on the
canonical model, but few' of them survive,
says the London Standard. The church
man did his cursing in a methodical and
detailed fashion. Beginning by invoking
the damnatory influence of all the heav
enlypporers, he first consigned his victim
to misery en masse. Then he began with
details and cursed him according to place
and tim*. “May he be damned w’herever
he be, whether in the house or stable, the
garden cr the field or the highway, or In
the path, or in the wood, or in the w r ater,
or in the church.” Next in time and cir
cumstances, “May he be cursed in liv
ing, in dying, in eating and drinking, !n
being hungry, in being thirsty, in fasting,
in sleeping, in walking, in standing, in
sitting, in lying, in working, and in rest
ing ” Then came personal details, “May
he be cursed in the hair of his head, in his
temrles, in his forehead, in his ears, in his
eyes,” and so on through his heart, liver,
lungs, and kidneys, right down to his toe
nails—all which curse was to take effect
unless the cursee repented and made sat
isfaction. When the common people took
to cursing they followed afar off this
excellent model, and there still lurks
among them a disposition at odd times to
treat with less than respect one another’s
eyes. Oaths strictly on the canonical model
held the admiration of seafaring men
down to a late period. “Shiver my tim
bers,” was one of them, and Capt.Marr
yat’s sailors, who vowed by their own
and at other people’s liver and lungs,
were followers of the ancient school. Sav
age people have little skill in cursing.
To curse with effect requires some definite
notion of hades. Most of the quasi-civilized
natives of Asia execrate, however, with
much ease and fluency. The Japanese are
a singular exception, and -it is a high
tribute to the gentleness of their manners
that their language should contain no
“swearing words.” According to Sir Ed
win Arnold, the severest word one Jap
cai> apply to another (without dicing
into English) is “fellow,” and high con
demnation is found in the words “there,
there.” Hindus, on the other hand, curse
with fearful ease and fullness, and quite
throw the excommunicating priest into
the shade. For not only do they curse the
immediate subject of their wrath in all
his parts, but all his ancestors back to
Adam by both the male and female line.
The Norsemen had a heaven, of a kind in
their mythology, but no hades. Therefore,
they could consign their enemies to noth
ing worse than oblivion; but in the Sagas
they do a wonderful amount of cursing,
all to take effect on earth.”
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