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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-09
~ 4lrsbaU Messenger.

A. -r-- 'a '-.t-t 4teecHlcFs
- y "a ~ Texan being asked by a stran-
sI,-r 1ssserioe a nOrther, said:
r--5 ~ tsll you what il is, stranger: a
Dr.. puts IN the quickest work Of any
isFS tl- ever saw. You see that lake
le-. --le pointing to a beautiful lake
ars- - Llile dlstant), last spring, in the
b A. I1Il OF March, was fishing in
& rss noon, the sun was shining. and
sr~s--s warm almost as the middle of
,lsr ~ +. Ice tsh were jumping up all
laee aud they were biting splen-
1ts az. - s4ale came suddenly over the
lsH ~ thought I smelt a strange
-r-4;i-'.a- often precedes a nOrtheT. L
~ i5-I--55ll turned away from the lake
~ l ~ toward the northwest, and J
s.i,riirs s-lall dark cloud passing like
NJ I-.7,e.ld knew must hurry home.
4 tg-eI lii-s a short time at the cloud
. n az 80 looked at the lake, when. to
b sr--i-e-linelt, the lake was frozen
e ee 1l-ly hsn were lying on top Of
d - t tle nsh had jumped up and the
Z, ..f t,.J1en over so quick they could
Is - -A. stranger, maybe you think
you es--Se-ellng things a little, but I'll
irir- -yItler can beat anything but
-stiFs ana u can hurry that up
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-09

New Orleans has increased her cotton
manufacturing from 1900 to $4,000 spin
dies in four years, and with the influence
of the Worlds Fair expects rapidly to
become a great manufacturing city. The
South already employs 100000 persons in
mining and manufacturing, and the prob
ability is, from present indications, that
the next census will put her down round
million. She has only commenced opera
tions, and when fully under way will pre-
sent to the world a scene of industrial
thrift never before witnessed among the
Nations
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-09

THEY got into a political quarrel at the Ma
tional Convention Of the Women's Christian
Temperance Union, says the Boston Herald,
and one woman thought TO settle the difficulty
by announcing that she had revelation from
God as to what should be done. But, natur-
ally, 1t was not done. National conventions
are not susceptible to such influences.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-09
CoURTING- STICKS OF OLD.
= Curious COntrivance of New EngIan
Lads and Lasses in Colonial Days.

= Curious Continuance of New England
Lads and Lasses in Colonial Days.
In early New England days, as far back
as the middle of the eighteenth century,
when hospitality was a practice as well
as a virtue, says the Hartford Post, there
was in most houses only one large assem-
/ bly, room, and there the family and all the
| guests and chance callers gathered on
winter nights about the blazing fire logs.
We know that youth was youth, and love
was love, and young men were timid and
maidens were shy, and cOurtship went on
in those days. How was cOurtship posi-
bic in this common room. where every
word was heard and every look taken
mirable volume on the recent
centennial of Long Meadow, Mass, By
Prof. Richard 5. STAIRS, of that town, in
the winter evenings for the convenience
of young lovers, since there was no ''next
rOOm," cOurting-sticks were used; that
is, long wooden tubes that could convey
from lip to ear sweet and secret whispers.
Was this an invention peculiar to Long
Meadow?
1t is a charming picture that this calls
up of life in a Puritan household, this
tubular lOve-making-the pretty girl
(nearly every girl is pretty in the fire.
light of long ago. seated in one stiff high
backed cnair, and the staid but blushing
lover in another, handling the court
ing-stick, itself an open confess
sion of cOmplacence, if not of
true love. Would the young man dare
to say, II love yOu," through a tube,
and would he feel encouraged by the
| laughing, tender eyes of the girl when she
replied through the same passage, DO
/ tell" Did they have two sticks, so that
one end Of one could be at the ear and the
end OF the other at the mouth all the Whlles
How convenient, when the young man
got more ardent than was seemlY, as the
! flip went round, for the girl to put her
thumb over the end of the tube and stop
the flow Of soul! Did the young man bring
his stick, and so announce his intention,
or did the young lady always keep one or
pair on hand, and so reveal both will
lingness and expectation? 1t was much
more convenient than the telephone, with
its ''hellO' and proclamation TO all listen
ers at the end Of the line.
TIE LATEST use TO which the electric light
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-09

Mr.. VANDERBILT has Just given his reIa-
tives $4,000. 1t is well for man to begin bv
giving his relatives small sums. In this way
he gradually prevails upon them to accept
whatever he wants them to take. Patience
Will finally overcome the most obdurate kins-
man.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-09

Another cotton picker has been invented
by Mr.. j. B. Parker, of Memphis, Ala.
He is represented as a very inferior work
man and with poor materials to work with,
but correspondent is quite sure that Mr..
Parker's picker will make itself known
as soon as he can interest capital to bring
it out. Mr.. Mason, of South Carolina, and
Mr.. Parker, of Alabama, should put their
heads together and make good job of the
business. A fortune awaits the success
full inventor of a practical cotton picker
and a monument as high as that of Bunker
Hill should perpetuate his memory. The
saving from single crop would amount
to millions
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-09
THE GAME sBE WON.

she vas a pretty and frank c0Quette,
~ vrqs a lad in his freshman year,
,-f thev stood on the lawn by the tennis net
WIN nobody By 70 see or hear;
rts .un was bright and the sky was clear,
~ he foOllshly bent his tall, young heads
AL whispered the rules in her list ming ear
For she did not know the game, che SAIL
she vas pretty and frank caquette, ..
and her ripe lips met ia the sweetest Dout;
yrF7Ie over her eyes the arch broWs me- me-. 4,
a. She studied the meaning OF IN anu
aut."
trfhaIfIn shyness and half m DOUBT
AI-5srioref with low voice highly bred,
,rtet this and WHIST that were all auouS-
F-- We did not know the game, she said.
-,., ,-a= q uretty.and frank coquette,
Ana ner wrist was round az she tried to
me never q ball could she toueh-and yet
~ tossed with her racket his heart away.
s.--e and return we're one that day,
- nj -s-ed till her dainty cheeks grew red ;
"a won the set, a. a bold youth may.
In. the little maid Won the game-they SAID
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-09
NfnItlnlr Your Industries.


The Introduction of every new industry
is a blessing to mankind and a gain of
strength to the State. New inventions
often invoke hostility because they save
labor and thereby throw some out OF en-
ployment; but in almost every instance,
it will be found that the labOrers are in
creased rather than reduced in number.
Take for illustration the street railways,
which superseded so many hacks, car
riages and small vehicles in our large
cities. In the United States and Canada
there are Ais of these railways. Beside
the cost of their construction they employ
$1,000 men and 10000 horses, and to feed
these horses one year the farms must fur
nish 10000 tons Of hay and more than
100, 900, 600 bushels of grain. 1t is well
known that the life of street car horse
is very brief, not more than from three to
five years, so that the farms must restock
the street railways with young horses
every three or four years. As animals
cannot be raised and matured for such
service short of that period, it will be seen
that the great annual increase of street
car service is likely TO tax the resources
of stock raisers severely and will proDa-
bly, keep prices well up in the future.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-09
THE FIELD, FAKM AND GARDEN.

We solicit articles for this department.
The name of the writer should accompany
the letter or article, not necessarily
for publication, but as evidence of good
faith
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-09

1t takes a good judge to tell the difference
in the quality OF mutton, but the smaller
Southdowns make the best.-.StOck Jour
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-09

TIE LATEST use to which the electric light
has been put has an interest for housekeepers
and others who like 10 have bread well baked.
At the London health exhibition baker s
oven with a plate glass door is so brightly
illuminated that every part of il - distin tiy
seen. The light is from two incapdescent
lamps which are driven by a Victoria Brush
machine under the oven, where the tempera-
ture is from 400 to 800 degrees Fahrenheit,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-09

---r are the chances OF war, fear.
srternis. when people CT odds are set,
t-fore IS lad in his freshman year
a-' '- Life.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-09
COMMISSIONERS.

Incorporated in 1865 for % years by the Leg
ialature for educational and charitable pur.
poses-with capital of $1,000, 000-to which q
reserve fund Of over S550sO00 has since beer
added.
By an overwhelming popular vote lts fran
ehise was made part Of the present Stats
Constitution. adopted December 2, A. D. 1879.
The only Lottery ever voted on and in
dorSed by the people Of any State.
1t ale0er scales or poStpones.
ITS GRAND SINGLE NUMBER DRAWINGS take
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-09
Wedding Presents {!
&nttErJca.
E&F- CAPITAL PRIZE, S75, 900. ~
Tickets only So. Shares in proportion.
LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY CO,

LOUISIANA STATE LUTTERf CVs
arrangements for ali tie M0sth1y and Se1st-
A'lnUGI Drds0tss0s Of tho Louisiana State LOTTERY
Company, and IN person 1eGEG0e and control
The DrGsoia9s then1seJDes, and that ths same ar
conducted soitb honesty, JGiTeess, and in good
faith t0109Td all parties, and acS authorizes I'll
Company to sse THE certificate, Foith JGe-siiJ<s
Of oar sigasatSrss attached. 10 Sts GdSsrtiss-
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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-09

AppfOXln AtlOn Pr1ZeS OF $75U..... $5,1bU
9 Approxin- stion Prizes of &c.,. 1850
APPROXIMATION Prizes of 250..... 1880
1887 Prizes, amounting to. $685., 500
Application for rates to clubs should be made
only to the office Of the Company in New
Orleans.
For further information write clearly, Civ
ing full address, POSTAL NOTES, Express
Money Orders, or New York Exchange in
ordinary letter. Currency by Express (an
sums of IS and upwards at our expense) adj
dressed
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Or NJ. A. DAUPHIN,
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Or JNO. b. FERNANDEZ,
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Make P. o. Money Ordera payable and ad-
dress Registered Letters to
NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK,
New Orleans. La.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-10
THE REPUBLICAN LANE"

No less remarkable than ex-senator Gordon's
observation is Henry Watterson's, made in
speech at Louisville on the same evening. He
said:
"The adage says it is long lane that has
no turning, but twenty four years of lane
twenty four years of muddy lane as straight
as a ramrod, not crook anywhere, and hardly
any sunshine, fox-fire in front to lure us into
pitfalls and bitches, the devil in the rear pick
off the hindmost-that is the sort of lane we
have been travelling"
The lane that Mr.. Watterson thinks is very
muddy embraces that portion Of our national
history in which it achieved its greatest tri-
umphs in war and in peace in politics and in
business. The Republican party that had
charge of the Republic while that "lane" was
traversed, has done more for the country,
despite armed and hostile Democracy, than
had been achieved in all the years from the
days of Washington to those of Lincoln. In
the first part of that '1ane" the Re-
publican party was confronted by Democratic
rebellion, intent on destroying the Union
rebellion was put down and slavery was
strangled. If the '1ane" was muddy at that
place, it was from the blood of patriots ming
ling with the dust of forced marches and
hard-fought battles, in the cause of liberty
and Union. Next in that memorable ''lane"
the Republican party set about putting
national finances on a solid foundation, and
in this, as in all else, succeeded, despite the
fact that the "mud1 of Democrats wild
cat currency and State banks was still
clinging to and impeding the
wheels of commercial progress More
''mud" was encountered in that lane when
Southern Republicans, white and black, were
murdered in order 70 make a solid South.
Again there was "mud" in that lane when, in
1876, the electoral votes of certain States
were sought to be bought like so much mer-
chandise by Samuel J. Tilden, the Demo
cratic candidate for the presidency And,
finally, there is "mud' at the end of that lane,
if the end to be now reached is that the Dem
ocratic candidates will enjoy the benefits of
not less than thirty-seven electoral
votes to which their only title is the
shotgun and revolver. The Republican
party comes out of the lane as clean as it
went in, and looking back views with salts
faction the many things accomplished. At
its chariot wheels it brought back rebellion
conquered, four million human beings
wrenched from the thraldom of Democratic
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-10

THE scheme of the Democrats of New York
to pay no attention to the returns, but to rely
on Mr.. Manning's Democratic returning
board" is proven by unnumbered circum-
stances and statements. Here is dispatch
sent out from New York by 30. o. S." at 2
A. M. on the 7th of November, before the re-
turns were received, but when it was known
that the vote would be very close:
'Utterly disregard all other dispatches to the
contrary, and bet every dollar you have got
on what l tell you. BUT MAKE YOUR BETS
THAT CLEVELAND WILL RECEIVE THE ELECT
ORAL VOTE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK,
AND WILL BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES. o. OS :"
This has been the Democratic cry from the
first. But the presidency of the United States
will be settled by the official returns, and not
by campaign buster and threats, or by the
bets of desperate gamblers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-10

slavery 1t sees worthless Democratic cur
rency, that rotted in ones hands and persisted
in night, succeeded by one of
the stablest and best systems ever
devised. 1t sees the national credit
re-established after the Democratic party, in
a time of peace, had been obliged to sell the
bonds of the Nation at discount of u per
cent, so that the three-per- cents. now sell at
premium. 1t prides itself over the fact that
it has so managed national finances that over a
thousand million dollars of the debt entailed
by the Democratic rebellion have been paid,
and the annual interest account reduced from
$3.50, 900, 900 TO less than one-third that sum.
1t feels just pride in the fact that the
manufacturing interests of the country have
made unexampled progress under the encour-
agement afforded. The 'lane" from begin
ming to end embraces history of which the
Republican party is proud, and the machinery
of government is to-day in better working
order, with less friction and less loss of power
than ever before. The Democratic party was
trampled under foot in that lane, but the car
of progress never turned back nor even halted.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-10
hungry"

IT is worthy of note that thus far nothing
has been definitely asserted in the independ-
ent and Democratic "claims' which has not
been found correct when brought to the test.
They said that Connecticut was theirs, and it
is. They said that New Jersey was theirs
and it is. They said that Indiana was theirs
and it is. And, lastly they say that New
York is theirs, and when the official vote is
reached it is probable that in this instance,
too, they will be found accurate.-Boston Ad-
vertiser.
ut is worthy of note" that the Democracy
claimed Michigan, and it is not theirs. They
said Wisconsin was theirs, and tits not theirs.
And lastly, they said Nevada was theirs, and
it is not theirs. They claim New York, and
in this instance, too, it may be found, they
are inaccurate.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-10
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

ROBINS fulbreasted and fat, have made their APP
pearance in the New York market, and retail at 81
per dozen.
THE Prince Of Wales is one of the finest lawn-tennis
players in England He is also splendid shot, and
killed seven stays out of nine, few days ago, at
Glenderry.
MIME RIsToRI's daughter, Blanca, is about thirty
two years of age and has to extent the hstrionc
gifts of her mother but will not adopt the stage as
profession.
RECENTLY in Paris, during the session Of the con-
gress of the Free thinkers, one eminent thinker
striking an attitude passionately exclaimed. "Gen
tlemen, 1 am athest-thank God"
A CLEAN and perfect copy of John Bunyan's
''Pilgrams Progress" 1878, has just been added to
the British Musuem library. Only three other copies
are known, and but two of these perfect.
LORD LYTToN has had to call in the assistance of
the law in order to suppress the publication of the
loveletters written by his father to the whom
he afterwards treated so badly and he will doubt
he successful in his application.
THE father of General Custer lives in Michigan.
He is described being of very venerable appear
ance with long white beard and hair. He is seventy
eight years old and may be often driving horse
that his gallant son rode in the Black Hills
Mrs. JULIA and her daughter Maud usurp so much
space in society columns that is craved for
mention of Mrs. Julia Wards SON. Mr.. Henry
Warren Howe, who, with his charming wife, is
spicuous in the best Boston Beac on Hill society.
NEW YORK society is worried over the fact that the
wedding of Mr.. Paul Dana and Miss Duncan, and of
Mr.. Ladenburg and Miss Stevens on the same
day-Nov. IL. 1t will be impossible to attend both
Miss Stevenss will take place out Of town and Miss
Duncan's on Staten Island.
A CORRESPONDENT of Missouri paper says: II
was given lesson in etiquette by Mexican young
lady met on the train. L saw you eating an orange
on the depot platform she said. In Mexico that
would be considered unmannerly. There it is IN
nannerly to eat anything outside of house. even
candy And noticed when Mr.. Romero gave you
Mexican match you threw it away after using but one
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-10

EX-SENATOR GORDON, of Georgia, says; ri
can now salute your flag as my own" Major
John W. Daniel of Virginia, says there must
be "a new flag" But whether the old or the
new flag, the Southern ex-confederates are
satisfied SO long as the colors are in Demo
cratic hands. With Cleveland in, the "solid
South" is in the saddle 1t is folly to talk
about REFRESHING the controlling influence of
1853 electoral votes out of possible 218. The
tail cannot wag the dog. The Southern dog
will wag the Northern tail, as it always did.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-10
A nNEwu NORTH AND THE OLD soUTH.

In the speeches made at various Democratic
Publications on Saturday night some very
peculiar ideas were advanced-ideas that may
set even ''independent" Republicans and Pro-
hibitonists to wondering if it will pay them
to let the Democratic camel into the official
tent of this Nation. At the Now York meet
ing ex- United States Senator Gordon, of
Georgia, said: "To you this triumph is a new
North; to the South it is a resurrection"
These are remarkable words and their signifi-
canoe must attract the attention of the Nation
What does the Senator mean by "a new
Northf" Of what sin of commission or of
omission has the North been guilty. What
has it done or failed to do, that it should be
regenerated, and that, too, by no vote of its
own, but by the solid Soulful Possibly
the ex senator, like many other Democrats,
thinks there has been a grave mistake com
mitted The ''North, " in distinction from the
South, has done few things, and but few
The NORTH" believing in national unity,
COnpelloO Iue OOuIu W lOIoSO SeCSSSlOu Is
the "new" North to recant the dogma of an
indissoluble Unionf The North compelled
the emancipation of slaves. Will the "new"
North abandon the doctrine that all men
should be freeY The North conferred the
right of suffrage upon the slaves it freed.
Will the 'new" North think of undoing th1s7
The North-for it is the North that gave the
Nation its executive during the past
twenty-four years-has paid over thousand
millions of the public debt, heaped onto the
country by the South, and has reduced the
annual interest account from $3.50, 900, 900
to less than one-third of that sum- Will the
new" North change all these things-stop
paying the debt scatter the surplus, and
strange the admirable system of national
finance so laboriously built upf What is the
significance of the "new" North in which the
South sees so much goodP And what does
the "new" North see in itself, after rejecting
that this "new" North is born, if
born at all, in the Ohio river counties
Of Indiana, and the slums Of New York, and
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-10

THE Boston Advertiser is one of the boiling
Republican papers which had the decency and
honesty not to profess any great admiration
for the Democratic candidate during the cam
paign. Now that he is possibly elected the
Advertiser is not very proud of what it has
helped to bring about but admits that Mr..
Cleveland's slippery hold even upon his own
State, and the inability to control the narrow
est najorities in others, show that he also has
proved an essentially weak candidate before
the people" There are numerous signs that
the mugwump is not altogether satisfied with
his work
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-10
Politics in the Metropolis.

New York Sun.
A finelooking gentleman was discussing poll
planning to a select circle that if Blaine was
elected he'd die in month"; but that if Cleveland
were beaten ne wouldn't eat or sleep any the
less.
no" remarked another gentleman, land
neither would hog at fair if he didn't get the
first prize"
The first gentleman stopped talking politics
and the two had a fight Their hats We're
ruined, and they rolled over the sidewalk
twice Worse might have happened, but just
land, our next President" The first gentleman
was electrified, and, springing to his feet, waved
what was left of his hat and cheered as request
ed while his opponent, equally sincere pressed
his elbows against his ribs, bent his stomach
over, and groaned with his hackers. That ended
the fight