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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-24
POETRY AND THE POOR.

The world is very beautiful 1 said.
AZ yesterday, beside the trimming stream,
Glad and alone, watched the tremulous
slant thro' the wintry wood. green carpeted
With moss, and fern, and curving bramDle
And bronze the thousand russell margin
reeds,
And in the sparkling holly CLINT and play,
Aud kindlc all the brier's flaming seeds
.yTbe world Is very horrible" 1 sigh,
As DID my Wontcd ways. to-day thread
Chill streets. defOrmed with tim mOnotony,
Hiding strange mysteries Of unknown
The rec king court, the breathless fever-den.
Tie haunts where things unholy throng
and brood:
Grin crime, the fierce despairof strOng-armed
men,
CbHd-infamy and shameless womauhood.
And men have looked upon this piteous
Blank lives unvisited by beauty's spell
And said. Let be: 1t Is not meet to bring
Dreams Of sweet freedom to the prison cell !;
sing them no songs OF things all bright and
Paint them no visions Of the glad and free.
Lest with purged sight their mIseries they
And. thro' vain longings, pass to blank de-
spalr."
o brother, treading ever darkeninp ways,
. sister, whglmed in ever deepening care.
Would God we might unfold before your gaze.
some vision Of the pure, and true. and fair!
Better to know, tho sadder things be known
Better to see, tho tears half blind the sight,
Than thraldOm to the sense, and heart Of
stone.
and horrible contentmeut with the night.
On! bring we then all sweet and gracious
things
To touch The lives that he 50 chill and drear.
That they may dream of some diviner
whence each soft ray of love and beauty
springs
Each good and perfect gift is from above:
Aud there is healing for earth's direst woes;
cod lath unsealed the springs Of light and
love,
To make the desert blossom as the rose.
- The Spectator.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-24
" orth a Licking.

some years ago in Georgia that band of
Christians knOwh as AscensiOnists were
having a grand revival. One day when
the meeting was in full force a storm
came up, and young gentleman who was
out hunting with ms servant took refuge
in the church door. Being curious to see
the service, the two hunters crept up into
the gallery, and there hid in place where
they could observe without being OBJ
served.
Come, Lord, come; our robes are
ready. Come, Lord, come" cried the
preacher, while all present gave a loud
''Amen."
"Marsa Gable" whispered Cufy, lifting
his hunting-horn to his mouth, ''let me
glib dem jist one tOOt.''
Put that horn down, or I'll break your
neck replied the master in a whisper.
The horn dropped by Cufy's side, and
again the minister cried: 'COme, Lord,
come; we are all ready for Thy coming
Come, Lord, come"
DO, Marsa Gabe-do jist lemme Glib
'em jist one little toOt," pleaded Gully,
wetting his lips and raising the horn.
III you don't drop that horn, CuHy, I'll
whip you within an inch of your lite"
whispered the eXasperated master.
blow, Gabriel, blow, we are ready for
His coming. Blow, Gabriel, blow"
pleaded the minister.
Cufy could no longer resist the tempta-
ton, and sent a wild peal ringing from
end to end of the church; but long before
its last echo died away mis- master and
himself were the only occupants of the
building.
us ready fur de licking, Marsa Gabe,"
said Cutfy, showing every tooth in his
head, "tor | clare to gracious it's WORT
two lickings to see de way common farm
cattle kin git ober de ground wild skeared
'ScensiOnists behind DEM"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-24
a Peculiar Chemical Experiment.

An event of considerable interest Oc-
CURED in the Chemical Department Of
Amherst College on Saturday. Once in
condensing carbOnic dioxide. So difficult
and dangerous is the undertaking by Chis
process that it is forbidden by law in all
countries except the United States, and
probably Amherst is the only college
where it is undertaken. Two iron cyind-
ers are used, one the generator, the other
the receiver. They resemble hOwitZers
fitted with strong iron bands and peculiar
valves. BicarbOnate of soda and sui
phuric acid are placed in the generator in
such a way as not to mingle until the
cylinder is securely closed. The union Of
the substances generates carbOnic acid
gas with terrific pressure being about a
ton to every four square inches). and this
passes into the receiver, which is packed
in ice and salt. The process is repeated
twelve times, until the gas in the receiver
is forced by pressure and cold into LIQUID
form. When this is allowed to flow out it
evapOrates so rapidly that it forms a
ing temperature of 14O degrees below zero.
Mercury poured upon it freezes instantly,
and the effect of touching it is about the
same as handling a red-hOt coal. The
great danger in the experiment arises
from the tremendous pressure-aud thus
the liability of a bursting cylinder. The
experiment on Saturday, which was in
charge of Instructor Pond and the senior
chemistry division, was Of great interest
to the entire college.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-24
A Cold Day for the Geese.
Carson Appedl.


Yesterday morning Hy Downs, the tun-
mel tender of the Virginia and Truckee
Railroad near Washoe lake, went out
about O'Clock to shoot geese. He soon
discovered a flock on the ice in the lake.
and crawled on his hands and knees on
the ice, through the tules, to get a shot.
Downs is thorough sportsmen, and never
takes advantage of a goose that is not on
the wing. Coming within shooting dis
lance he rose up and expected to see the
birds fly, hut they did not. Then he waved
his hat, aud a few Of the geese tapped
their wings, but did not stir an inch. He
then walked up and there, to his astOnish-
ment, found 128 birds frozen fast to the
ice and helpless. 1t appeared that they
had surrounded an air hole for water the
night before. and had been waddling about
in the overflow and slusl until the cold
wave came up toward evening, and before
they knew it their fee jJI become fast in
the ;c,. some We're dcaG, but the majority
were living. Later IN the day he went
down with a cart and bagged the entire
lot.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-24
M I0rk TeIegrana .


Among the passengersin one of the East
river bridge cars, recently, was a
young woman the muscles OF. whose face,
it was noticed, twitched nervOusly. This
attracted the attention of young man
sitting directly opposite her, who also OBJ
served that her foot was being continually
drawn up and let down, the action being
followed by an agOnized expression of the
young wOman's cOuntenance. The young
man said nothing, but quietly left his
seat. AS he did so, he purp0sely let his
pencil drop at the feet of the young w0-
man. Then he stopped to pick it up. At
the same time he drew from the leather
shoe encasing one of the young woman's
ankles a large needle. AS he did so she
screamed, when the tears rushed to her
eyes and she exclaimed to the young wo-
man who was standing by her side, son,
l am so thankful. That horrid needle has
been sticking into me all the way down in
the car. l could not imagine what it was,
and | was ashamed to look and see, there
were so many people watching me-" The
young man produced his card and handed
1t to the young woman. The passengers
We're amused at the little scene, and eX-
pressed admiration for the young mans
gallantrY.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-24

Henry Watters0n, according to New
York HOrld VI ashingtOn special Of the
goth inst, says that Oliver Payne told him
when he was there last week that his
father would not under any circum-
stances be a candidate for the Presidency.
He does not feel that he has the strength
for the fight, and, in order to avoid being
drawn Into any possible complications
upon the subject, intends to make a visit
70 Europe in the spring and remain away
until after the convention has decided
the matter
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-24
William Nye ON Woman sufIrare

Weeks and months before election in
Wyoming the partyWith the longest purse
subsidies the most livery stables and
carriages. Then on the eventful day every
conveyance available is decorated with
political placard and driven by polite
young man, who is instructed to improve
the time. Thus every woman in Wyoming
has chance to ride once year at least.
Lately. however, many prefer to walk to
the polls, and they go in pairs, triOs and
quartets. voting their little sentiments
and calmly returning to their cookies and
crazy quilts as though politics didn't Jar
their mental pulse a minute.
1t is possible, and even probable, that
man and his wife may disagree on politics
as they might on religion. The husband
may believe in Andrew jackson and a re-
lentless hell while his wife may be Stall
Wart and rather liberal on the question of
eternal punishment. If the husband man
ages his wife as he would a clothes
wringeT, and turns her through life by a
crank, he viii no doubt work her pOiti-
caliy, but If she has her own ideas about
things she viii naturally act on them,
while the man who is henpecked in other
matters till he can't see ont of his eyes
Will be henpecked, no doubt, in the matter
of national and local politics.
These are a few facts about the actual
workings OF female suffrage, and l do not
tackle the great question OF the ultimate
results upon the political machinery if
woman suffrage were to become general.
do not pretend to say as to that. | know
a great deal, but | do not know that.
There are millions of women, no doubt,
who are better qualified to vote, and yet
can not, than millions of alleged men who
do vote; but no one can tell now what the
ultimate effect Of a change might be. So
far as Wyoming is concerned the Terrific
ry IS prosperous and happy. | see, also.
that murderer was hanged by process of
law there the other day. That looks like
the onward march of reform, whether fe-
male Suffrage had any thing to do with it
or not. And they're going to hang another
in March if the weather is favorable and
executive clemencY remains dormant, as
l think it Will. All these things look hope
full. We can't tell what the Territory
may have been without female suffrage,
but when they begin to hang men by law
instead Of by moonlight, the future begins
to brighten up. When you have to get up
in the night to hang man every little
while and don't get any per diem for it.
you feel as though you were a good wav
from home
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-24
The Virginia Hoop snake Revived.

AS a couple of gentlemen were riding
down the Roanoke valley, Virginia, re-
Gently, they saw a huge gTeen-cOlOred
snake writing and twisting at the root of
beech tree. Going closer they discOy-
cred it to be one of the horned species of
the h0Op-snake. 1t had formed itself into
hoop by taking its tail IN its mouth and
rolled down the hill in pursuit of a rab-
bit or some other small game. So great
had become its velocity that it couldn't
guide itself, and it had struck the tree
with such force as to drive its horn into
the solid wood to the denth Of an inch or
more, holding it tight and fast, There are
great many trees i'll the vicinity that
have been struck in the same way. and
they invariably die. So deadly is the
poison that the leaves on young oaks have
been known to wither within an hour after
being struck.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-24

A curious instance OF the kindling Of q
fire by means Of the concentration Of the
SUMS rays by a globular water-bottle
through which they passed is related BY a
correspondent of La Nature. The day
was cold, but the sun shone brightly; the
bottle. an "onion-shaped" flask, filled
with water so as to form perfect lens,
sat upon the table. The starting of the
fire, which would have caused great dam
age ii the relatOr of the incident had not
been present to extinguish it, was re-
vealed by the smoke. A deliberate expert
ment was made on the next day, with
complete success, in kindling fire by
this means,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-24
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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-24
HORsFORD's ACID PaUsPHATF.

DR.. n. S. Read, Chicago, says: 81 think
it is a remedy of the highest value in
many forms of mental and nervous ex-
haustiOn, attended by sick headache, dys-
pepsia and diminished vitality"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-24
A low condition OF health is common

\ low condition OF health is common
with many who allow themselves to worry.
Mental anguish causes bodily sufFerings.
Anxiety and care has broken down many
constitutions. A train of disorders usu-
ally follow mental distress. Heart affect
ions, nervousness, sleeplessness,d dyspepsia,
liver complaint, kidney troubles, etc, are
among the list. A sure remedy for re-
lieving all mental and physical distress
is Browns Iron Bitters. 1t at once
strengthens every part Of the body, max
Ing work a pleasure and care unknown.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-24
The Fatal Name of waiter.

Communication to indianapolis Times.
FOrty-four years ago the writer was
called in a prof, ssiOnal capacity to a
rudely constructed lOg-cabin in the woods,
sixteen miles east Of this city. a male
child was bOrh-the first born of man and
wife-whose intelligence and general
cultivation was much in advance of the
society in which they lived. They were
d. termined to make themselves a home Of
plenty in the new country by their own
industry, having nothing but a quarter
section Of good land and their household
goods. They came from ClearmOnt
county Ohio. Three nelghbOr women
were there, and after the little stranger
was dressed the mother, with black hair
and beautiful eyes, was asked to name
the boy. 'si want to call him Walter, but
it is an unlucky name. My great-gTand-
father was named Walter, and he never
came home from the War for lndepen-
dence. Then my husbands grandfather
was named Walter. He went to the War
of 1872 and he never returned. His oldest
brother was named Walter. He went to
sea and we heard that he became a soldier
in Europe, but he never returned. We do
not know where any of them are buried.
No graVestOnes mark their resting-Dlaces.
There is no war now, and l trust never
VIII be in our lifetime in this country,
and | am in favor Of calling him Walter.
that the old family name may be retained
among US" TWENTY-FIVE years from that
time Walter babe his widowed mother
farewell to join the army for the defense
of the Union and the home of his child
hood. He was good and brave boy. but
was missing after the battle of Stone
River. All efforts to gain some trace of
his death and final resting-place proved
futile. No one can tell where, when, or
how he died, or who disposed of his re-
Ill e
her first-bOrn, and often regretted that
she had named him Walter. A few years
ago she died at the old home. On her
death-bed she said: BURY me beside my
husband on the hillside, and if Walters
grave is ever found spend all the estate l
leave, if it takes that much, to bring him
home and put him by his father and me-"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-24
N Incident of Grants Administration.
:
s.. Louis Post Dispatch.


When General Grant was inaugurated
President, after his first election, il is said
chat "a few families who had long ruled
Washington society combined to exclude
the new corners from their circle. The
official families We're to be recognized as
officials, but socially they were to be
ostracIsed. The alleged cause for this
sentence Of Punishment was the fact that
The President had once been a tanner,
and had frequently been seen driving a
cart in the streets of st. LOUIS. A bril-
liant ball was given by one of the leaders
of fashion, to which none Of the new COM
ers We're invited, and the hostess took
occasion 10 observe to a foreign minister
who was present: eve may have to ac-
cept tradesmen and mechanics as our
rulers, but we are not obliged to associate
with them" The remark was repeated
widely. i few days later a paper was
privately circulated, bearing the names of
nearly all the American guests at the
dinner, with an appended note Of their
origin, as Mrs. A, daughter Of black
smi,h;'' Mrs. b, granddaughter of a
hOr5e-iOckey;" MIR. made his money by
swndiiug the Sioux" etc, etc. The act
was that of vulgar and malignant ma
ture. But no one can deny that the pun
1samcnt was deserved.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-24
STALE CANDIES.
Some that May be Melted Over and Some
that are "a Dead Loss.


"What do we do with stale candIesT'
repeated the cOniectiOner as he gave a last
fold to a package OF the best French
mixed and deftly wound it with red string.
THAT depends upon what kind OF candies
are stale. Some kinds are a dead loss,
while others may be melted up and made
over again."
"What kind Of candies are a dead loss
when they become stale?'
1.-The finer tarieties, such as cream
dates, most fresh fruit candies, the choice
French mixed, fine gum drops and chOco-
late creams. NJ arshmallOW drops get as
hard as rocks after a short time. The loss
is considerable, because the candies are
expensive. The common candies are
easily made over "
"Why do you not sell the stale candies
at a cheaper priceW
81 presume that is done by some con-
fectiOners, but il is very bad policy. Can
dies stand on their own merits, and there
Is no class Of consumers so critical as the
people who buy and eat fine candies.
will guarantee that there are hundreds Of
young ladies who will tell at the first
taste whether Il candy is older than it
should be, even by a day, or if there is
any imperlectiOn in it. The harm that
comes Of selling two boxes OF poor candies
in succession to u customer is ere alter
than the good that comes of selling Il
dozen boxes of the choicest. You may
lose the customer"
But if person buys stale candies as
stale candies it ought not to do you any
injury"
'YOu don't go far enough into the mat
ter" said the cOnfecti0ner, smiling.
"A young man comes in to buy box of
candies for his sweetheart. The good
candies cost, say ST a pound, and along
gTi In of l9a fol- ro-Iro
cents a pound. They look alike, and it is
near the end of the week. The young
man buys pound of the stale candies
and takes them to the girl. She eats one,
ana cries out, 'What horrid things!
Where did you buy themY The young
man basely mentions the confeotioner's
name, and there, you see, the trouble takes
definite form. | could rive you many other
instances where the sale of stale candies
would be hurtiul.7
DO you lose much by candies getting
stale?"
''Not great deal. But it is because 1
have steady custOmCrs, and only
make up enough to supply
what l think the demand will be. l he
lieve it better to be out of a certain varie-
ty than to lose on it. 1t is likely that the
customer will buy another sort. There
was mint of money lost this season by
the small cOnfectioners who do not make
their own candies. They thought there
was going to he big demand during the
Christmas holidays, and laid in accord
inglv. There was nothing like the sale
that they expected, and they had to dis
pose of their stock as best they could"
GLOW long will candies keep f'resh?"
st depends on the candies, tho tempera-
ture, and amount of moisture in the place
where they are kept. Some kinds will not
last tweuty-four hours. Last summer /
sold cream strawberries, which were the
fresh rawberries coated with the cOnfec-
ton. | had to make them up two and
three times day. Those left over night
were spoiled in the morning."
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-24

EXerts q pressure on the bale Of 5,0OO,000
Pounds, the most powerful in the world.
Has loaded the largest cargOes, per ton
measurement, ever taken from an American
port.
The whole number Of Cotton Compressors
in use in this country is ia of eight different
kinds. ~ of these are MORSE, and all in
trOduced in the last six years. In the last
three years. 20 MORSE have been built,
and only four of all other kinds COM
bincd.
OVER ONE-HALF OF THE AMERI-
CAN COTTON CROP Is NOW COM
PItESSE ED by MORSE COMPRESSORS.
Its Use is saving -Four to Five Million Dol
lars Annually to the crop, in freight charges.
Several of those erected six years ago have
now compressed soc, 900 to 500, 600 bales
each, without breakage or appreciable wear.
not q single breakage or defect has
ever occurred III any one Of the MORSE
COMFEESSORS, built of Cold Blast
Charcoal Iron.
IL has made the business OF cotton COM
pressing the safest and most profitable Of any
in the south.
Those wanted for next season should be or
dered at once. For particulars address the
sole proprietor.
S. 3. STEERS,
NEW ORLEANS.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-24

For sale by r. B. Cassels, Taylor and East
Broad streets. Telephone No. 77.-Ade.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-24
For Throat Diseases and Coughs.

Browns Bronchial TToches, like all
really good things, are frequently imitat-
ed. The genuine are sold only in boxes.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-08-21
The Richmond Virginia, state, re

The Richmond Virginia, State, re-
ferring to the attempt to bag the
"Irish vote" for Blaine says:
The Republican candidate, an ex-
Know-Nothing, aud Ills cunning
agents, not more inscriptions than
himself, cannot betray Irish Demo
Gratis into striking at a party which
they have trusted rs a time honored
friend, and whose candidate, let
SANDER say what it may, has spoken
so frankly and earnestly in their be-
half. The Republicans neve made a
grayer blunder than when they singh
ed out Irishmen as their prey, and
reokcned for success upon the false
suspicion that these men who from
childhood up have striven for liberty
whose Unborn longing for centuries
has been after the freedom that by
right is theirs, should have forgotten
the past, not only in oppressed Ire
land, but in one armed America, and
have ruthlessly cast aside the pride
and gratitude that so strongly mark
ed them rs a people. No! Irishmen
cannot be deceived, they will not be
deceived, and in vain will be every
effort to turn them from the broad
path of human freedom. which they
have sought and in which they are
now wont to talk.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-08-21
The Blaine

The Boston Post reflects our sen
timents when it says it Sincerely
hopes that no Democratic paper will
transfer this scandalous and filthy
story to its columns. If false, it has
no proper place at this late day in
the public discussions of a presiden-
tial canvass. We know that Demo
cratic journals have great provoca-
ton to make use of this and other
scandalous stories which may stand
ready to be put in circulation; bu,
looking at the matter, even from q
partisan point of view, what is to be
gained by so doing? There can be
no doubt that the vile attacks made
upon Governor Cleveland by Parson
Ball, and other feeders upon mora
c%arrion, have made votes for the
Democratic ticket"