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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-29
PERSONAL.

GEORGE W. JULIAN's name wasn't even
mentioned in the Indiana Democratic State
Convention. So soon are the dead forgot.
DAN RICE, the old circus man, has quit
lecturing on temperance and taken to drink
again. He finds it easier to be a frightful
example than to describe 1t.
LORD WoLsELEY takes command of the ex-
peditiOnary force which starts for Khartoum
in the first week of August. His old lieuten-
ants, Sir Redvers Butler and Sir Herbert
Stewart, accompany him, the former as
second in command.
THE singular statement is made that the re-
gents of the Wisconsin State University are
anxious to GUST President DR. John BascOm
because he prevents his students from patron
iZing liquor dealers, and actually has written
books in promotion of the cause of temper
ance.
REV. DAVID n. BENTLEY, who died in Nor
witch, Conn.,, on Wednesday, at the ripe old
age OF 100 years, was undoubtedly the oldest
clergyman in the country. He began preach
ing when but Is years old, and, besides being
the pioneer of Methodism in that part of Con-
necticut, he devoted seyenty-fYe years of his
life to its maintenance. In his lifetime he
preached over 1000 sermons. married 5l4
couples, and buried $500 persons.
THE record of young Irving Hale, of New
York, who carried off the highest honors at
West Point this year, beats any record that
was ever made at that famous institution.
The boy commenced at the head of his class.
He was first in every study in the first year he
entered the academy. In the second year he
held his first position in all his studies but one,
and IN the third year he found himself again
at the head in every branch of study. He
now stands first in the graduating class in all
but one study Spanish, and in that there Is
but One-tenth of a mark between him and
Cadet Sanford, who is first. Hale is the son Of
a school teacher. He Will be assigned to duty
In the engineer corps United States army.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-29
Making a Black List.

Mr.. Walker Blaine, it is alleged, has
been making inquiries in the depart
ments at Washington for the purpose of
discovering if there are any hckers
among the leading officials. Mr.. Walker
Blaine, if the truth is told about him, is
making a black list for the use of his
father. 1t is not very probable that his
father, the Hon. James g., will ever have
occasion to use this black list, because
the handwriting is on the wall that the
Republican party must go, but it is
good thing with which to scare the kick
ers and boilers into the ranks. 1t is said
that Mr.. Walker Blaine found very little
enthusiasm for Blaine and Logan among
the thousands who draw their rations
from the public crib. Anumber of names
was added to the black list, if reports are
to be believed, and warnings gwen that
will cause a more marked exhibition
of enthusiasm among the minor
office-hOlders. 1t may be that Mr..
Walker Blaine is preparing the way for
voluntary political contributions. If that
is what he is doing it is not probable that
his work will yield satisfactory return.
The President doesn't appear to be deeply
interested in Blaine's success. 1t is GER
tain that he won't permit the government
employees to be assessed under the
guise of voluntary contributions.
If any of the employees
want to help Blaine pay his campaign
expenses. Mr.. Arthur will not protest,
but he will have it distinctly understood
that there will be no dismissals for a
failure to contribute to Blaine's corrup-
ton fund. Blaine's political machine
doesn't appear to be working well. He
will probably have it in better order in a
faxx-
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-29
The Alarm Clock.

1t was the witching hour Of 4:30 a. m.
A witching hour of sleep. The thrifty
Alarm Clock on the mantel lifted up its
CHEEKY voice and babe the Sluggard rouse
from his lazy couch. The Sluggard, who
was making about fifteen knots of solid
sleep with both bow ports wide open,
merely shut off his busy snOre long
enough to say:
0CReese that untimely racketr'
And straightway went to sleep again.
But the thrifty Alarm Clock shrunk never
from its duty. Itcried aloud:
chow long wilt thou sleep, oh, Slug
gard! When wilt thou arise out of thy
sleep!"
eRead the tenth verse of the same chap
ter, Proverbs, siX,' growled the Sluggard,
plunging his head yet deeper among the
pillows.
'sThe way of the slothfuI man is as a
hedge of thorns," shouted the Alarm
Clock.
cpl make your way like the track of a
cyclone if you continue this matin much
longer" snarled the weary Sluggard.
HE that is slothful is a brother to him
that is a great waster," ratified the Alarm
Clock.
you're a waster of precious time when
you talk to me in the night" replied the
Sluggard. "Call in during Office hours"
ssAs vinegar to the teeth and as smoke
to the eyes, so is the Sluggard to them
that send him. caroled the Alarm Clock,
with perfect hurrah.
sI'll send you up the chimney in an
other minute, if don't hear some silence
in this room,'' said the Sluggard, pulling
the sheet over his head and getting ready
to smother.
ssUpw shouted the Alarm Clock, with
prodigious clamor. 'tUp, and be stirring!
Up! Bless you, this won't do! Have an
aim in lifev'
And then the Sluggard, enduring no
longer, stood up on his elbow and aimed
boot at the Alarm Clock with such fatal
precision that the air was full of brass
wheels, steel springs, striking hammers,
fractured bells, broken glass and bruis-
ed and battered dial. One brief moment
the Sluggard gazed at the remnants Of
what, but few moments before, was a
good four dollar alarm clock, and then
settling himself down for a snooze that
could be broken only by the O'Clock
breakfast bell, he said:
ssHe that blesseth his friend with loud
voice, rising early. in the morning, it shall
be counted curse to him. See Proverbs,
xvii, H."
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-29
Railway Restrictions in Mexico

halfway Restrictions III meAtcO.
1t is not improbable that managers of
railroads in Mexico built by American
capital and owned bv Americans will be
subjected to a good many annOyances.
The Mexicans were anxious to have the
railroads built, but now that they have
them they are beginning to show some OF
the despotic spirit which prevails in
Mexican affairs. The railroads, it seems,
must be fenced, and the fences must be
so constructed as to keep goats from the
road bed. OF course, the roads ought to
be fenced in cultivated districts of the
country where there is great deal of
stock, but there doesn't appear to be any
GOOD reason why the roads should be COM
PEELED to build fences in comparatively
uninhabited sections. 1t seems, also,
that special trains cannot be run except
bv permission of the Mexican authorities.
Doubtless managers of the railways in
Mexico are just beginning to get a
glimpse of what is in store for them.
1t will not be surprising if they are sub
iected to all kinds of annoying restric-
tions. The Mexicans, probably, will I'M
dertake to regulate freight and passenger
rates, and will finally demand perc emit
age of the gross receipts. When the
building of railroads in Mexico by Ameri-
cans began it was freely predicted that
the roads would eventually be the source
of trouble between the two countries.
Trouble may be long way in the future,
but the dictatorial spirit which the Next
cans are beginning to manifest justiies
the belief that it may be reasonably eX-
pected some time. 1t is not at all improb-
able that railroad property in Mexico
will not prove as profitable as was antici-
mated
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-29
BRIGHT BITS.

'sTHE true economy OF human life'' consists
IN making six-dOllar salary cover twelve
dollar expenses and having some spending
money left at the end Of the week.
A FASHIONABLE lady ordered a bathing
suit OF the latest style. It came TO her in
letter, in which was also enclosed stamp for
a reply. She wrote back TO ask which was
the suit and which was the stamp rapAic.
LOGAN AND ENGLIsH.-ssWhat q contrast
there is between Logan and English" sug
gests the Norristown Herald. Between Logan
and Bill English, YES; between Logan and
the Qneen's English, yes, again.-Phftddst-
DAiG Times.
HENRY JAMES, in his latest novel, permits
western cowboy TO eiope WITH the daughter
OF an English lord. This would seem to re-
flute the assertion that Mr.. James had become
entirely imbued with the spirit OF British
arlstOcracy.
the new German industries. The usual size
Is 10 by AZ and ~ inches. They are prepared
from small cOrks, refuse and cement. And
will find great favor with men accustomed to
carry bricks in their hats.
SOME of Meissonier's models, it is said, are
compelled to retain the same positions for six
hours at time. Almost as long as a we'll
regulated family can persuade a servant girl
TO retain her position in these days OF Gull
nary OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Free Press.
ADOwN the sloping country lane The wheel
man wheeled him on his wheel, With speed
of wild hurricane, As spun the pedals like
reel. CrOuching in corner of the fence. The
ambushed foe lay low in wait, Ready TO sud-
denly spring thence And hurl the victim to
his fate. The wbeeiman came-"BOo-h0
oo-hoo!" The old hog jumped into the way;
Full ninety feet the wheelman flew, And
wheeled his wheel no more that day Wheel
mans Gazette.
CHESTER" said Robert Lincoln, as he
tossed out his line at oyster Bay, ''what's
your opinion of the ticketg'' Robert" said
Chester, ''yOu know / am Republican, and
shall vote straight; but tell you Jim Blaine's
chances are slim. Don't mention it to any
body, but have the most positive informa-
ton that j. b. has only twelve pairs of pants!
Think of II, Robert, man running for Presi-
dent of country like this with only twelve
pants! All, me! j wish the convention had
nominated q. William Curt,s!'-Courier-
Journal.
ALGERNoN docking down into Alice's see
lestial blue orbs'' l-"My darling, live
heard Middle l should like to ask you"
Alice ian innocent Lovey- Dovey with long
eye-lashes)-"Yes, Algy, dear?" Algy-"Er-
er-oh, yes. What is the bwightest idea in
life?" Alice bordering deeply)-'In life?-
hum!-the brightest?-hum .-in lfe?-hum =
/ don't know, dear. III give it up" Algy
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS your Eye, dear, of
counsel" Pause of ten minutes. Alice sud
denly, with a little scream of delight)-"Oh.
yesi | see-my Idea-Oh, yes. That is good
of cOursen (And yet some people wonder
that men are no more humorous than they
are).
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-29
oscar and the storthing.

The struggle for constitutional govern
ment in Norway shows no abatement.
The recent failure of the Kings Cabinet
and the resignation of its members have
greatly encouraged the liberals, and they
hope that the time is not far distant when
he will be forced to select ministry in
accord with the views of the large ma
jority of the people, as expressed in the
Storthing.
1t seems strange on reading a history
of the prolonged contest between the
Storthing and the King, in which his
ministers were one by one impeached
because they adhered to his ideas as to
their responsibility, to read that Oscar is
a most popular sovereign. His personal
influence and forbearanee have probably
had more to do with the preserving of the
peace in Norway than the conservative
character of the people.
1t is said that the Norwegians ar e not
yet ripe for republican form of govern
ment. 1t appears, however, that they
have such decided ideas as to what con-
stitutienal monarchy should be that the
government they are determined to have
viii be republic In reallty ana IN form.
with the exception that the highest office
in the nation will be filed by a hereditary
instead of an elective executive. The
struggle has apparently reached the point
where either the King or the
Storthing must yield, and as the Liberals
have large majority in both branches of
that body, it is hardly possible that it will
retraee its steps just after it has won a
series of brilliant political and judicial
victories.
Should the King appoint Ministry in
accord with the demands of the Storthing
his popularity would no doubt be greatly
enhanced, though his power would be
much reduced. The Bernadottes love
power, but they have generally been
sbrewd enough to know when to bow to
the inevitable.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-29

Railway journals agree that within the
last year there has been great shrink
age in railway traffic the world over. The
figures show that it has been greatest in
the United States and Canada, and least
in Great Britain. A writer in the Chicago
Netcs says that ''to date this year the
shrinkage in Great Britain has been $780,
900, or 1 per cent. in seventeen railways,
with an increase in mileage of nearly IL
per cent. In the United States the de-
crease in ten railways has been $3,45S,-
$50. This is a decrease of 90 per cent. in
the ten leading roads, with an in
crease of mileage of per cent. In
Canada the falling off in traffic is ~ per
cent, with an increase in mileage of over
20 per cent? In France the decrease in
traffic is IA per cent, with an increase
Of mileage of fully IL per cent. In Ger
many, in the first three months of the
year, the decrease in traffic is nearly 21z
per cent, while there has been a consid-
cradle extension of mileage. In Austria
the decrease in traffic is 81 per cent,
with some expansion in mileage"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-29
Politics and Prohibition.

monroe a Uoeftt6ef NDeM.i.
5. G. POmeroy. of Kansas, a NOTORIOUS cor
ruptOnist, was nominated for President OF
the United States, and j. A. Conant, of Con-
necticut, for Vice President. We are sure we
represent the prohibitionists of Georgia cor
rectly when we say that they viii have no
thing TO do with such a mongrel concern.
There are a dozen other names that might be
applied to it, with as much propriety as
'tProhibltIon Convention" Georgia prohibit
tiOnists do not want the issue for which they
are contending mixed with politics, and they
it on them as is now the case in McDufie
county. They prefer that it should stand OF
fall on its own merits.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-29

Lawrence Barrett is now getting in a
little free advertising by swearing that
his short engagement in London has al
ready cost him $4,000 more than it came
to. Lawrence evidently needs a step
father Griffin to manage his financial
affairs. II he had limited himself to three
meals a daY and drank only Kentucky
corn whisky he might have saved up
enough money to pay his way back to
New York. However, it is fashionable
just now for managers to lose money, and
perhaps Barrett deserves a good deal Of
credit for being so modest as not to have
lost more than the sum named.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-29
zor SaIF.
Eor SaIr.
APleaSant Country Home

I AM offering at a reasonable price a very
4 pleasant home in the delightful village OF
NARROW, 26 miles from the city on the Central
Railroad. There are 20 acres of ground 'front.'
ing the railroad, about three minutes walk by
a well shaded street from the depot. The
house has two stories and contains six rooms.
with fire places in four of them. There are
the usual outbuildings for summer kitchen.
servants room and stable. The location is
excellent, with neighbors in easy call. The
grounds are nicely shaded, and are ample for
healthy and the community one OF the most
desirable on the line of road to live IN.
The railroad service is such that person
family every night.
This is a most favorable opportunity to
rid ones self of high rents, jury duty and ma
laria.
G. H. DORIS ETTs
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-29
shonld Assert Prineiples.

.. LOUIS HeDu0tlcdn De1R.l.
The Ohio protectionists succeeded in tag
ging on TO the State platform wool resOlu-
ton, which has no more proper place there
than il would have if tailed on to the Deea-
logue. The great mass of the Democratic
party are sound to the core on the tariff, but
an incQpsiderable contingent too frequently
succeeds IN marring its declaration Of princi-
committees and leaders in conventions. 1t
will be a happy day for the party when the
majority determine to unequiYOcally assert its
prlnciples eYeryMhere and on all occasions.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-29

Gen. Lew Wallace, American Minis
ter to Turkey, sits down on the stories
which imaginative American travellers
tell respecting their visits to Turkish
harems and their flirtations with Turkish
women. He says that the Turkish women
are the most beautiful women in Europe,
or anywhere else, but travellers don't get
a chance to talk with them. He says that
during his three years stay at CONSTANT
nople he never spoke to- Turkish woman.
Gen. Wallace can't be much Of
ssmasher.v
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-29

Senator Pugh, the revenue reformer,
has obtained an appropriation that will
open the navigation of the Black Warrior
river into the heart of the Western Ala
bama gold fields. Mobile is now assured
of cheap coal at an early day, when it will
become one of the most important points
on the Southern coast.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-29

John York, Jr., a wealthy grain mer-
chant Of Wayne county, n. Y, has sued
the New York Times, Herald, and several
provincial journals for libel in publishing
a special dispatch stating that he had
elOped with a married woman. He thinks
he has been damaged in all about two
hundred thousand dollars.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-29

Vanderbilt says he has forty or fifty
million dollars in government bonds, and
therefore is not going to do anything to
hurt the government. A good many peO-
pie think he has already done enough in
that line in seoOpmg in the money that
enabled him to invest so heavily in gov
eminent securities
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-29

The Spanish Consul at Philadelphia
claims that he is entitled to immunity
from arrest, no matter whether he cruelty
kicks his dog or does any other act in viO-
ton Of municipal law. The question
proved too mOmentous for Philadelphia
magistrate, and he is dead-heading adj
vice on the subject from the leading law
yers while he reserves his decision.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-29
The tribune Then and Now.

AoW 4VFN HOFtb kDc"t.i-
Twelve years ago the New York Tribune
regarded an Independent Republican as about
the hands0mest thing that conld be framed in
the prodigalitY of nature. Now, the Tribune,
edited by the same patriotic citizen, holds
that an Independent Republican is very little
better than a horse thief. confidence man,
pirate and hedgehog rolled into one.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-29

Should Blaine be elected and proceed to
annex Canada, Mexico and Cuba,
wouldn't there be the finest opening for
carpetbag stealing the world has ever
known: There would also be war enough
to require some magnificent contracts for
furnishing stale bread, spoiled ish and
mOtb-eaten blankets to the army.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-29

Mr.. Lawrence Barrett makes the longest
theatrical jump ON record. He leaves
London July to open his American en-
gagement at Denver, July %, during the
great Colorado Exposition. Among his
company are Louis James, T. G.. Mosely,
b. g. Rogers. G.. NJ. Collins and the Misses
Marie Wainwright, Minnie Monk and
Rosa France.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-29

Since the statue OF Bolivar has been IN
yelled the critics assert louder than ever
that il is an artistic atrocity. Some of
them also charge that Bolivar was a pa
triOtic atrOcity.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-29

Blaine is not entirely without comfort.
Ex-Governor Of South Carolina Franklin
J. Moses promises to support him, pro-
vide5 be can get out Of Jail by election
day.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-29

General John \. Logan bids for the
Irish vote by claiming that he is the son
of a rebel schOOlmaster, who was forced
to fly from Ireland in 1873. As his friends
now assert that he does not mutilate the
English language every day, his bid will
hardly be accepted.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-29

1t is suspected that Panama is better
place in which to search for yellow fever
germs than 1t is for anything else, except
the uudertaker's business.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-29

OF course crab nets would not do to
catch Macon mosquitoes with, esteemed
Telegraph and Messenger. A regular Texas
lariat would hardly hold some of your
gigantic night warbIers.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-29

Washington city is TO have large and
wealthy canoe club. Every member Of
the organization will be required to pad
die his own boat.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-29

Anti-chicken pie societies are increasing
rapidly in san Francisco, and yet the rat
crop is likely to prove profitable. The
principal market is in Chinatown now,
however.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-29

Minister Stang, of King Oscars Nor
wegian Cabinet, pinned away and died be-
cause he was fined by the Supreme Court
for violating the constitution in claiming
responsibility to the King alone. Utmost
countries Ministers fatten on violations OF
the constitution.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-29
CURRENT COMMENT.
A Distinction without a Dinere

Cincinnati ItzaeS-Stqf md.
Gen. Butler will 90 to Chicago. and he hopes
to be on the Committee on Resolutions. hav-
ing already prepared tariff plank. PrOba-
bly, it is the old plank which be held up for
public inspection last year-''tarim only for
revenue" instead of Sstarif for revenue
nnlv.n Mr. Randall ami arlds IL
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-29

Senator Bayard is truly getting on a
boom. The Boston Post has not only
called him the "Chevalier Bayard of the
XIX. century," but has alluded to him as
sans Deltr Ct sans reprOcHs.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-29

While the House committee has re-
ported favorably on the bill to pen sion
the survivors of the ''TippecanOe" cam
paIgn against the Indians. il is not con-
tempiated to include the ''Tyler, too"
patriots in the arrangement.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-29

The Republican managers fear that
Secretary Chandler is so busy hunting for
thieves in the Navy Department that he
won't have time to help them steal any
Southern electoral votes this fall.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-29

With the Panama canal, the Nicaragua
canal and the Tehuantepec ship railway
there viii one day be no trouble for boats
to get ferried across the ridge that sepa-
rates the Caribbean and Gulf from the
Pacific. This is verify the age of gigantic
ENTERPRISES.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-29

st. Louis bellies have organized a box
ing club. When they 20 to give the young
men the mitten they use soft gloves.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-29

Mrs. Langtry appeared at Boyd's Opera
House, Omaha, Nebraska, Saturday even
ing, in "Pygmalion and Galatea'' to a
packed house, and contrary to expecta-
Iion left very favorable impression.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-29

In committing a wretched mother to
Jail for having committed a petty larceny
in order to keep her infant from starving,
a Philadelphia Justice said: II dislike
to send you to prison, but have no alter
native" Justice is always blind when it
ought not to be, especially Philadelphia
Justice. The magistrate that hasn't
genius enough to frame verdict of 'Jus-
titiable larceny in a case of that kind
ought to be sent to the asylum or the
State prison.