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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-06-12

We present elsewhere the platform
adopted by the Republican National
Convention. II il full of glittering
generalities, sound and fury, signify
ing nothing. The Republican party
cont humbug the country by its pro-
fesainnS.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-06-12
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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-06-12

IT Is thought James g. Blaine will
not receive a very enthusiastic support
from the N. Y. Times, the New York
Herald, the New York Evening Post,
and several other influential Republi
can journals. .rt.....
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-06-12
,rl. Hlaine of Maine.

The Republican National COnven'
tion at Chicago finished its work on
Friday, by nominating Jas. g. Blaine
for President on the fourth ballot, and
John A. Logan, of Illinois, for Vice
President on the first ballot.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-06-12

TINE man Arthur. whose admins.
tration, both in its domestic and for
eign policy, was so universally approx
ed by Republican conventions, was
most cruelty slaughtered at Chicago.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-06-12

THE Democrats everywhere are de-
claring for the old ticket, and with il
manifest entire confidence of success.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-06-12

BY order of Executive Committee.
i. 4. SIDDALL, Chairman.
RAvenna, June 3rd. 1924,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-03
Some Comfort.
Detroit Free Press

A little old man, driving pony and a
sled, was speeding up Second avenue yes
terday at a three-minute gait, when a
good deal bigger man, driving a powerful
horse attached to a cutter, came sailing
down. There was a collision. The little
old man went one way and the bigger
man the other, and the pony kicked him
self clear of the sled and ran away.
"Wel?" queried the big man, as he
tied his horse to the fence and began pick
ing up the splinters.
.'Well. I'd like to give you an Internal
good lickingl" exclaimed the other.
"But you can't"
81 expect not, but I'll make you pay
damages"
'Can't do that, for you were on the
wrong side of the street,
"Then Pll complain of you under the
fast-driving ordinance"
''You were breaking the same Ordi-
nance, too"
ssSee hereP' continued the old man, as
he threw down his fur cap and jumped on
it. "Maybe I'm left and maybe l amt
Pll Just bet you $40 to so cents that i
your old boss had a run away my pony
would have beaten him forty rods in goini
a milep
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-03

yea AOfA E-cttcJ 90 LSOotON UtODcs
Tuesday evening, at the annual Sorosis
dinner at DelmouicO's, l sat opposite a
stranger whose appearance strongly in
terested me. / wondered if ne were a
ScOtchman. UndcT-siZed he was, slight
looking, keen, flashing blue eye, grayish
mOustache, brown chin-whiskers, delicate
mouth, a shock of brown hair drawn
straight over backward from his forehead
without a sign of parting. l thought l
had seen the very same face some
where a generation ago. And | had.
For presently Felix MOschelis, the
English portrait painter, came along
and addressed him as Mr.. Massey
and presented me. After the dinner and
the speeches had talk with the poet.
He impressed me as being a disappointed
man. He looks tired and speaks YEARLY.
His after-dinner talk, which should have
been bright and breezy, was Ianguid.
slightly cynical, and with a my-dOll-is-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. undertOne. He lee
lures in Brooklyn next week, he says;
where he goes next, or whether he VIII go
any further he does not know. / have al
ways had keen sympathy for this English
Burns, who never had any help, who
never went to school day, who ran .away
from the looms slavery to London when
he was 10, and earned his first pennies as
an eTrand boy, and thenceforth fought his
way, drawing strength from priva-
ton and beauty from poverty. The
trouble with Massey is that he has the
frenzy of a refOrmer. He wants to recon-
struct the human race at once, right off,
quick He wants to equalize the wealth
of the world, but it is big job. He wants
to put an ''r'' before ''evolution" and
make il. spin. He wants to Danish super
stitiOn, but religious progress, though
sure, is as slow as the procession of the
equinOXes. Possibly he expected too
much when he crossed the Atlantic.
He had golden visions of Cortez, Jenny
Lind and Oscar Wilde before him. ArriY-
ing just as Matthew Arnold made his
firsttiascO, on account Ofnot speaking loud
enough, he advertised his own first lee
ture as ''by Gerald Massey, an English
man who can be heard in all parts Of the
hail." Alas. Let him that boasteth take
heed lest he fall. The night came. The
hall was closed, and Mr.. Massey's agent
stood pathetically on the steps and an
nOunced that there would be no lecture,
because the lecturer has had a sudden
attack of nervous prostratiOn, and can
not speak a loud word" The awful irony
of OratOrVl
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-03
He Wasn't BIighted.

DoGTCtt LFbe lFSS6s
There arrived in Detroit the other dav.
half an hour after the West bound train
over the Detroit, Grand Haven and Mil
waukee Road had departed, young man
who was in terrible fix. He was on his
way to a village in the interior to get
married. The day and the hour had been
set, and here he was, fifty miles away and
no show to get there unless he hired
locomotive. Acting upon the advice of
the depot policeman, the young man had
an interview with one of the chief Off
Gals of the road, who offered the use of a
locomotive for $40.
"Thats a heap Of money! replied the
young man, as his enthusiasm began to
OOZe away.
EYES," said the Indifferent official.
"Pll telegraph to her father and see
what he says"
''Very we'll; let me know within an
hour"
In about an hour the young man re-
turned with message in his hand, and
he laid it before the official without
word. 1t read:
Susan changed her mind yesterday and
was married to Frank
fThen you won't want the locomotive,
of course? -
'Of course not. 1t was lucky thought
of telegraphing, for I'm just SD ahead"
''And you don't feel bad over being
lefts0
'Wer, I'd been engaged to Susan for
thirteen years, and when L opened that
dispatch my knees wabbled a bit, but |
guess it's all for the best. Pm also en-
gagged to a Toledo milliner, who does a
business Of $4,000 per year, and to a girl
in Columbus who expects her aunt to
leave her $50. 900. and I'm in hopes of pull
ing through without going into decline
Sorry to have troubled you, sir, and III
bid you good day."
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-03
SECRETS OF THE JEWELLERS,
TRADE.
Imitation Sapphires Made and Sold
How Color was Introduced
London TeEsor1nb

london Telegraph.
At the Lord Mayors Court Yesterday.
Dec. 81. the Recorder and a common iurV
heard the case of Ricardo agt. Abrahams.
The plaintiff, dealer in precious stones,
sought to recover from the defendant 2
jeweller, the sum of Ell las. 4d. for par
eel of imitation sapphires, sold and de-
livered. The defendant plead a denial of
liability, alleging that the supposed stones
were sold to him as real, and turned out
to be imitation. The plaintiffs case was
that on Sept. 20 last he met the defendant
in the street, and offered him a parcel
of imitation sapphires, known as "beryl
sapphires." Mr.. Abrahams referred him
to his son, who was at home, and that
gentleman purchased the parcel for the
sum now sued for, having till the next
morning to decide upon the matter. He
had, however, subsequently refused to
pay for them, alleging that they were not,
as represented, ''inferior sapphires."
For the defense the defendants son was
called, and said the plaintiff represented
at the time he brought the parcel to him
that the contents We're real stones. but of
an inferior quality. He sold some of them
at small profit to his brOther-in-law. a
leweller, who gave him check, which he
stopped two hours later, informing him
that the supposed stones were nothing
but paste, and worthless. He thereupOn
refused 10 complete the bargain.
In crOss-eXamination he said he had
been in the habit of buying and selling
sapphires, but only when mounted up.
Their value then was according to their
setting. He was no judge of sapphires.
He was aware that the invoice was for
"beryl sapphlres." He did not know that
the word beryl meant imitation. He
thought it was a mere description of the
stones. He was jeweller, and dealt in
gold and silver goods.
Mr.. Alfonso NOurick, a lapidary. said
he had examined the supposed stones.
They were of the commonest kind of imi-
tation known as paste, and sold by the
gross.
Mr.. Geoghegan-Whatd does paste mean?
Wimess-A mixture of violin glass and
boraX.
Mr.. Geoghegan-And what are imita-
tions?
Witness make limitations, but make
them out of real stones.
Mr.. Innes-HOw can that be?
Witness.-I will tell you. Perhaps 1
have some pale stones which would not
be valuable. l split those, introduce the
color desired, and then join them again.
Laughter. By that means the public
get real stones at a cheap rate, represent
ing stones of greater value. Renewed
laughter. l never heard of a beryl sap
phire. Beryl IS Yalueless crystal of va
riOus cOlors, but would mean real, and
therefore l should consider a beryl sap
phire to mean real stone.
Another witness Mr.. William Jen-
nings) was called, who examined the sup
posed stones, and pronounced them to be
paste.
Mr.. Innes-Are they we'll got up?
Witness-Yes.
Mr.. Innes-They would take Anybody
in, would they not?
Witness-That is exactly what they
were intended to do, l should think.
Loud laughter
Ultimately the jury found verdict for
the defendant.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-03

Tybee, Feb 3. 700 p m-Passed up, steam
ships Tallahassee, VIM Lawrence, brig Hne-
line (Br).
Passed out, steamships City of Savannah,
Nacoochee, bark Geo Davis (Br), schr Howard
Williams.
Came down and anchored bark Konoma CBr).
Waiting, barks &emlo (Br), Geo b Doane
(Br).
Wind NE, light; cloudy.
New York, Jan 3I-Arrived, schr Marcus
Edwards, Outten. Jacksonville.
Cleared, bark Daisy OBJ, Lewis, Bruins
wick; schr Susan IL Richie, Bartlett, Fer
nandina.
Barcelona, Jan 27-Arrived, bark August
Smith tNor) Christensen. Savannah.
Liverpool. Jan 30-Arrived bark Carl
Frederick Ger. Koch, Brunswick
Havana, Jan 26-In port, bark Felo SD,
Lagunilla, for Savannah, to load for BARGE
Iona.
Baltimore, Jan 8I-Cleared, schr Ida Law
renee, Young, Savannah.
Delaware Breakwater Jan 31-Passed, schr
Francis c Yarnall, Scott, from Savannah for
Philadelphia.
Darien, Ga, Feb Arrived, ship Glenhaven
(Br), Rees, Rio Janeiro; schr IL A Dewitt,
Welanty, Jacksonville.
Fernandina, Feb Cleared, schr Fannie f
WolstOn, Mara New York.
Arrived, schr Sarah Potter. Keen, New
York.
New York, Feb ARRIVED. Abyssinia, San
Domingo Delaware, Colorado, j 4 Garfield,
VIM Cobb, Annie Lord, Harry Prescott,
Estelle Day, Lizzie Chadwick, Island City.
Arrived out, CephalOnIa, Pennsylvania,
Castillo, Wingate, OrsinO, Cydonia.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-03
How they Met Mr.. Lincoln.

4-bNotNg LetcgFUHt.
On the Fourth of July, 1861. four of the
young fellows of Company f, Third Mich
igan Infantry. of whom / was one. were
strolling up the Potomac river road,
when We met large cab driving toward
the city, Two colered men sat on the
drivers seat in suits Of dark blue, with
large plain brass buttons and plug hats.
One os the boys remarked: 'sThey think
they are some, don't they? Let's have
some fun with taeui." Ali agreed, and as
they came up we kept the road. So did
they. The team came to a halt. and
voice from the cab said: "What's
wantedf' and when we looked that way
there was a silver haired man looking out
of the door. We told him we wanted to
take a ride with him to Washington to see
Old Abe. ThereupOn he stepped out of
the carriage, saying: didn't you ever
see him - and was followed by another
man, and then another Hntil four men
stood in front of US four Boys. / had only
noticed that they were fine-loOkiHg men,
when the first one SAID; ''SOldIers, l in
trOduce you to the President of the United
States; also, the Hon. E. NJ. Stanton,
Secretary OF War; the Hon. William II.
Seward and myself, the Hon. Gideon
Welles." Tho President stepped forward,
shook hands with US and laughed at the
joke; but our situation was beyond the
laughing point, and soon there were four
siiiy.iooking fellows going for camp AZ
qIiek-step gait,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-03
GRAND OPERA.
What 1t Is, and How 1t Differs from
Opera That Is Not Grand.
ArknnRn,r TrrreLen


Gather" asked a young man of his
cynical parent, ''what is grand opera ~
Il don't know"
'Why are some operas called grand.
while others are not so designated? 1t
seems to me that if a composer could
write grand opera he would never write
any other kind"
'Well, you see, it is only by experiment
that a composer can determine whether
or not an opera is grand. If, upon first
production, the music is beyond the abili-
ties of the singers and bores the audience,
it is grand. The weary yaWn of a man
does more, my son, to determine the value
of an opera than the highest recommended
ton from professional critic of music.
If, though, the singer can climb to the
summit of emergency, and if the audience
is pleased, the opera is not grand and the
composer goes away dissatisfied, diSap-
pointed, and discOnSOlate. Sometimes the
composer can correct the mistake brought
to light on the prOOf-Sheet of first prOduc-
ton. On one occasion a great composer
produced an opera which he hoped would
be grand, but there MAS so much music in
it, the singers did SO well. and the audi
ence went into such fits of rapture and
spasms of enjoyment. that the composer
saw his work doomed to wayward life of
inferior appreciation. After the perfor-
nance he took the opera and sat up all
night crossing out the music, and mark
ing in rasp flats and guinea-hen sharps.
He went with nigh hope the next night to
get revise. The audience became rest
less. Men began to talk business. A
harness and buggy dealer from neigh
boring town sold three buggies, two sets
of harness, and figured extensively on an
omnibus trade. Women drew their cIoaks
around their shoulders and shivered. The
voices on the stage broke and fell in
shattered fragments. The composer went
away happy. His opera was grand.v
did the people continue their patron
age after the music was marked out and
the opera pronounced grand?"
BLESS your ignorance, yes. WHY the
increase in attendance was wonderful.
Previous to an operas advent as grand
that is, before the music is crossed out
only people who really loved the 'con-
cord of sweet sounds went to see it, but
afterwards it was alike to all. The man
| with the dullest ear enjoyed it quite as
much, or pretended to, which is all the
Same, as the person whose spirit was
stirred by the gentle touch of sOul-bOrn
harmony"
But, father, if there is really nothing
sweet in the grand operas why do you
| take mother to see them:'
Because l am a fool. SON."
Eyes, but why does mother"
Because she is fool, my boy"
care all people thus actuated?7
"4es; that is, all who are honest
enough to confess it."
Don't you believe there are people who
enjoy grand Operas?'
10 yes"
"They are highly cultivated, are they
nOt?"
mo. not necessarily
''What kind of people are they?"
deaf people, young man."
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-03
REGION OF BURIED TREASURE.
A Spanish Dollar and n Pile of Supposed
Decaved Bank Notes Found in a Pit

Decayed Bank Notes Found in a Pit.
On Monday, a Unionville, New York,
special to the New York Sun says, as some
workmen were making an excavation for
the foundation for a windmill on the farm
of Henry Smith, near this place, just over
the New Jersey State line, they came upon
fiat stone foot wide and two feet long,
about four feet below the surface. Upon
removing it it proved to be the covering
to shallow pit, the four sides of which
were LAID up with brick. A bright Span
iSh silver dollar, bearing the date of 1871,
was found in the pit; also an OblOng pile
of what looked like scOrched paper, about
six inches long and three inches wide, and
which reached half way to the top of the
pit. Upon being touched it crumbled to
pieces. There were no legible marks
upon it, but from its shape and appear
ance it is believed to have been pile of
bank notes.
At different times since the Revolution
airy war, buried treasure of greater or less
value has been unearthed in this neigh
bOrhood and other portions of Orange
county. Many coins have been found
ante-dating the Revolution. A few years
ago a farmer came upon an earthen Jar,
while digging in field near DuckertOwn,
which contained several hundred dollars
in English and Spanish coin. A similar
jar was exhumed near Cornwall, sealed
up and containing 81, 100 in gold and sill
yer coin. 1t is supposed that these treas
ures were buried by persons who lived in
the vicinity to keep them from falling
into the hands of Tories and cowboys,
who were continually raiding the settle
ments, and that the owners, driven from
their homes by these marauders, were I'M
able to return and secure them after the
war was ended. Silver plate and jewels
have also been found from time to time.
According to legend, there is 100000
buried on Crabtree Island, in Vernon
township, Sussex county, and much
money and time have been spent in I'M
successful searches for it.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-03
Kacheen Marriage Customs.

Mr.. X. Gordon, who has been exploring
among the sources of the IrrawaddV river
has given to the ROYAL Geographical So
ciety some additional facts concerning
the marriage customs of the Kacheen, the
curious Burmese tribe who were de-
scribed by Lieut.. Kreitler in the July
number of the Popular Science HOnthly:
"When man and woman set up house
the man has to give to the parents of the
woman cattle, pigs, gongs, muskets, GdS,
slaves, clothes, spears and money. and
for his wife's use he has to give coral
beads, tdBleingS, jackets, broadcloths, ETC.,
according to his circumstances. After the
gifts the woman is brought to the mans
house, and the man has to feast the bring
ers of the woman with rice and curry and
spirits and liquors. To the elders, also.
he has to give blue waist cloths, turbans,
dGS or spears, according to their degree.
The man then shows the woman all the
work to be done in the house, and bids her
do the work. After having lived
together for long period, if
the man dies the woman cannot marry
any one; but the elder or younger brother
has to set up house with her. If there be
no brother the deceased mans father the
wOman's father-in-law) takes possession
of her, and makes her his wife. If an
elder brother dies the younger brother
takes over his wife. If the father dies the
makes them his own, except his own
mother. If a wife dies the husband goes
to her parents and asks for another wife,
and they have to give him her elder or
younger sister-a woman who is unmar-
ried. If there be no sister to give
they have to give a female relative.
Husbands and wives must not be at
enmity with each other. Divorce is I'M
known as a custom. However bad hus-
band or wife may be, they cannot separate
unless, in the case of the husband, he gives
double the amount of what he originally
gave her, and in the case of the wife. unless
she gives quadruple the amount she oTigi-
nally received. If the man sets aside his
wife, takes another, the head wife has the
right to take possession Of all the property
of the younger wife, as well as to sell her.
The young unmarried men and women, so
long as they are not brothers and sisters.
act as they please inside the apartments
of the house.1 The Kacheen women wear
waist cloths dyed black and blue, FIVE
hands long and not very wide. The jackets
are close fitting, and over them they have
a lOoser one set off with cOwries. This is
probably full dress. Round their waists
they have perforated cowries ON three or
four hoops of rattan. From their knees
down to their calves they wear hoops of
rattan. Some women, the wives of the
principal men, tattoo their legs from the
knee to the ankle.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-03

Per Charleston and Savannah Railway,
Feb PA bales cotton, 1;495 sacks guano. 5 bbls
pitch. bbls tar, lot h h goods, and mdse.
Per savannah. Florida and Western Rail-
wav, Feb 2-242 bales cotton. 30 cars lumber,
796 bbls rOsin SIS bbls spirits turpentne. 81 bbls
and 1918 boxes oranges, 3 cars wood, 1856 sacks
oats. AZ sacks rice, bales hides, and mdse.
Per Central Railroad, Feb 2-527 bbls rosIn.
1853 bales cotton, .404 sacks corn 20 bales hay,
S22 Jugs, 2I0 boxes tobacco, Dol sacks oats, 170
sacks bran. 95 pkgs CRATE fixtures, 125 bbls
flour, SO caddies tobacco, IS boxes hardware, %
pSgs furniture, % bales yarns, % horses, Is ties
hams, - bbls whisky, 10 bales domestics, s
cases plaids, cases can goods, bales mat
tresses, 8 boxes frames, 3 boxes preserves,
pieces casting, boxes wood in shape, boxes
books. 3 cases empty cans, box fruit, / bale
bags, box gas fixtures, 10 pkgs mdse, bag
gage car, car poultry, l car slaves, cal
board, car cooperage, IL cars lumber,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-03
gon,mrrriaI.
SAVANNAH MARKET.

OFFICE OF THE MORNING NEWS.
SAVANNAH, GA. Feb. 2. 1884. p. M
OOTTON.-There was no special STIR in the
asrkct. which was rather quiet and easier #
anything. There was quite a large amount
81 cotton changing hands, but this does not
represent the actual days business "a the
ereator part of it was partially contracted Tor
several DAYS ago. Quotations remain ut IN
ahanged figures. but they represent sellers
news rather than buyers. There Is very little
shange IN the situation. Buyers are encOur-
- TO continue to hold of, because of more
siberaI arrivals at the ports, as well as the be-
fiaf chat & fair amount Of cOttons still remain
"a tho plantations. But sellers are firm, and
Remand full prices, backed by an easy money
market The total sales for the day foot up
3 $50 bales The official report of the DAYS
business at the Exchange was as follows:
Thc market opened quiet and unchanged, with
tsles or 2.SS7 bales. AT p. m. it was quiet,
the sales being SO bales. The market closed
bun. with further sales Of 25O bales. Below
sviH De found the Official closing quotations OF
tHa C1r-1u Exchange.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-03
EXPORTS

Per steamship City of Savannah. for Phila-
deIDhia-466 bales upland cotton, 100 bales do
mestics and yarns, 20 bbls spirits turpentine,
43S bpls rosin ll6,475 feet lumber, 100 bbls cot
ton seed oil, As bales paper stock, b6ls fruit,
90 tons pig iron, 223 pkgs mdse.
Per steamship Nacoochee, for New YORK
537 bales upland cotton, los bales sea island
cotton, l49 bales domestics and yarns, IVA Dds
81 .34l feet lumber, "a bbls fruit, 1907 boxes
fruit, 10 bales paper stock, AL pkgs mdse, Hs
bbls cotton seed oil, Is tons pig iron.
Per schr V l. Hickman, for New York., lou
bbls rosin-JOhn Judge.
Per schr ManantioO, for Kingston, Ja-Ss
bbls -four, 63, 90 feet lumbeT-Petomae Fer
tiliZer Co.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-03
CLEARED YEsTERDAY.

Steamship NacOOchee, Kempton. New York
&c NJ Sorrel.
Steamship City of Savannah. Catherine,
Philadelphia-G NJ SOrrel.
Schr Howard Williams, Flyers, Fernandina.
in ballast, to load for Philadelphia-Jos A
Roberts & Co.
Schr Carrie Belle, Lawrence, Darien, in
ballast, to load for NOank, CO1n-Jos a Rob-
ertS & Co.
schr Virginia Lee Hickman, Morris, New
YOrk-JOs A Roberts & Co.
Schr Manantico, Cullen, Kingston, Ja-Jos
A Roberts & Co.