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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-18

The wonderful recuperation of France
after the late war with Germany has often
been commented upon. Burdened as the
new republic was with her own war debt
and with the enormous indemnity extort-
ed by Germany, her financial condition
appeared 20 be all but hopeless. The only
considerable republic in Europe, she was
an object of suspicion, almost hostility.
on the part of nearly every monarchy on
the continent. With her own territory
veXed by factiOns-the Bourbons, the I'm
perialists and the COmmunists-the inter-
nal government of the nation was bv no
means a simple matter. The greatest DO
litical, religious and social problems Of
modern times were thrust upon her for
practical solution.
With all these obstacles in her path
way, although her credit was very low
in the money markets of the world her
own people took up her loan; able leaders
were put at the helm of the State, pa
triotism was the moving spirit of the
large majority Of the people, and the
diplomatic skill Of her ministry was such
that in her almost defeAseless condition
dangerous foreign complications were
avoided. Owing to the native thrift and
economy Of her people, prosperity soon
smiled upon her, and now she occupies
perhaps a higher position in the estima-
ton Of the world than she did in the DAYS
of the Grand Monarch or the first Ma
poleon. While repeated attempts have
been made to isolate her from the family
Of nations, her diplomats have maintained
the dignity and honor Of France, and her
foreign policy has not experienced
single serious reverse.
The late campaign in TOnquin was a
great achievement, considering the dis
parity Of the invading forces and the dis
lance from the base Of operations; but the
diplomacy that avoided an open rupture
with China, and yet effected a new treaty
which obtained from that unwilling en-
pire much better terms than France had
ever demanded was a far greater
triumph. While she waived her
formal claim for indemnity she
succeeded in efecting the opening
of three of the wealthiest provinces Of
China to French trade exclusively. This
will doubtless prove much more profitable
TO France than any war indemnity Chin,
could possibly have paiidd. 1t is possible
that the influence of France has been so
augmented in the East by the recent af-
fair concerning Tonquin that she will
gain a complete ascendancy in that part
of Asia and become the first and only
foreign ally and adviser Of China.
The full text of the treaty has not been
made public, but the outline given by
cable indicates that the most friendly
relations between France and China may
now be looked for.
While the internal government and the
foreign policy Of France are not patterned
according to American ideas, true lovers
of liberty everywhere can but rejoice at
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Of the French Repub-
lie, as no people, whatever their other
faults may be, have exhibited stronger
evidences of patriotism than the French.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-18
WHERE TO COIN SICKNESS.
How Student Got the Drop on a Pomp-
Gus Man.
Detroit Free Press.


Some years ago the students of a certain
college in the State Of New York were in
the habit of voting in the town, as they
had a right to do, instead of at their homes.
But, one year, the political party against
whom the students had usually voted, Sc
cured the control and appointed two or
three of their adherents guardians of the
ballot-bOx.
As one student after another presented
his vote one of these officials, a pOmpOus,
strutting man, challenged him. Several
students had yielded rather than enter
into a contest with the "lOud' man. But,
at last, there came up homely, awk-
ward student, gifted with large stock of
mother wit.
EStop!" cried the pompous man, i'm
peratively, as the student was about to
vote. care you voter, sir|
eyes, SIR" drawled the student.
sWhere do you liver" demanded the
man, thinking to make short work of this
green youth.
"Why, here, sir"
81 mean, where do yon reside"
''Why, at the college, sir.''
you are a student thereV
eyes, sir"
you are merely student, and, yet,
claim to reside herew
eyes. sir, | reside here. Where else
should l live and attend this coliege?'
'!You know what l mean we'll enough"
said the pOmpOus man, impatiently.
"Don't you ever go awayy"
"Of course l do, sometimes. The safety
of the town doesn't require my constant
presence drawled out the student.
A laugh ran through the crowd, and the
pompous man grew red in the face. But
he gathered himself up for final effort.
''Young man." said he, solemnly, "these
evasions are of no avail. Answer me this
one question: If you were sick where
would you goW
The student hesitated, as if he did not
like to say, "HOme, sir" or "Where my
parents live"
81 insist on an answer" persisted the
official with a triumphant air Of man
who has driven his opponent into a cor
ner. "Where would you 90 if you were
sick?"
"Well." drawled out the student, "if |
must tell, l should shOuld-go to bed"
Amid the roar of laughter which rang
through the town hall the pOmpOus man
stepped aside, and the student handed in
L. N.raTE LOT
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-18

ure.
The news of the James failure at At
lanta caused some uneasiness among the
small depositors of the savings depart
ment of the Southern Bank Of the State
Of Georgia, and there was yesterday a
small run on that department of the bank.
One hundred small depOsitors drew out
their deposits. There was no particular
excitement. The large depOsitors were
not alarmed by the run and regarded it as
OF no consequence. They did not disturb
their deposits. The deposits in the other
department of the bank were larger yes
terday than they have been any
day for a long time. In fact, more
deposits were offered than the officers
could very well handle. No one Of the
deposits drawnwa over $500. Those who
drew their savings will lose, Of course,
the quarters interest that would have
been due on the first Of June. There
doesn't appear to be any reason for uneas-
mess here respecting the condition Of the
banks, or, in fact, anywhere else just at
present. The excitement in Wall street
( has subsidized, and there is no doubt that
confidence will soon be restored there.
Here there has been no occasion for loss
of confidence or even of uneasiness.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-18
PERSONAL.

MINISTER FERRY gave a diplomatic recep-
ton on wednesday to Ii Fong PaO, the new
Chinese Minister to France.
MARX S. BREWER, the American Consul
General at Berlin, will start for America on
May p to be absent from his post four
months.
WILLIAM SHOVE, of Pittsburgh, Pa. who
was an abOlitiOnist when there were ONLY
half dozen Of that faith in that city died on
Monday evening, aged Il years.
CHARLES O'CONNOR's fine estate on North
Shore. including his fire-proof library build
ing, will pass by bequest into the hands Of the
Roman Catholics of Nantucket.
FRANZ LIST, who is now at Welmar, is in
excellent health for his seventy-fOur wears.
but has injured his eyesight by writing music,
and Is obliged to employ an amanuensis.
MARSHAL MCMAHON lives now in a very
quiet, unObtruslve way in Paris. He goes
thence for few months every summer to his
Chateau de Scilly, near Autun, where he has
a rare collection Of Irish relics and memo
rails.
JAMES CULLEN, known as "the IRISH Am
bassador," whose drinking establishment,
The Shamrock" near the Elysee Palace, in
the rue Duras, is one of the Irish curOsities
of Paris. is a sturdy Wicklow man. His bar
is noted for bgsAg the rendezvous of Irishmen.
who make sterling stump speeches and sing
good irish songs. Politics IN prose are for
hidden on the premises, but an Irishman may
LORD FALMOUTH never had a known bet in
his life except the historical one with Mrs.
John Scott, wife of the trainer, viz, a six
pence that his mare, Queen Bertha, would not
win the Oaks, and which he afterward paid
with new coin set with diamonds. Includ-
ing the sum realized by his sale, Lord Fall
mouth has during the last fifteen years added
to his capital by his turf transactions s.. OOO,-
600. To win this result, skill, Judgment. pa
thence, and judciOus liberality have been
combined to an extent never before brought
to bear on the raising and racing of thorough
bred horses.
"PREMIER GLADSTONE is probably more lied
about than any other living person." writes a
London correspondent. THE last rumOr is
that he is out Of his mind. Strange to saw,
there is really some excuse, though, of course,
no foundation for this gossip. Reporters have
been hanging about Coombe Warren like
touts in the neighboFhood of a race course.
and they have heard Mr.. Gladstone carolng
the songs of his youth, like a skylark, in the
strawberries. or course, this seems a little
eccentric, but il is explained by the fact that
his physician had directed him to exercise his
vocal powers in the open air."
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-18
The National Banking System.

The panic in Wall street last week
directed public attention in a very marked
manner to the national banking system.
That it is the best banking system the
country has ever had there is little, if any,
doubt. Nobody who holds the notes Of
the broken Marine Bank or the Atlantic
National Bank Of Brooklyn is disturbed
in the least, and if the other New York
national banks which experienced tenn
poraTy trouble last week had permanently
suspended their notes would have passed
as currently as those of the soundest
banks in the country. National bank
notes Of broken bank are as good as the
notes of a bank of good standing.
There is never, therefore, any uneasi-
ness about the notes of any national
bank. How different was the condition
Of affairs under the system Of State
banks! Under that system there was
always doubt and suspicion about bank
notes. The notes of many banks were
not only subjected to a light or heavy
discount, but there was never any GER
tainty that they would be redeemed.
When a State bank suspended its notes
ceased to circulate, and in the majority
Of cases became partially or wholly
worthless. National banks fail, of course,
but in nearly every case the
failure Is caused by viola
ton of the national banking laws.
Congress has thrown safeguards
Of all kinds around the national banks
which, If regarded as they should be.
would protect them from harm. The
capital Of the Marine Bank was $500, 600.
and under the law it could only lend to
one party one-tenth Of that amount. or
$4,000. As a matter of fact it loaned the
firm of Grant & Ward $4,000 900. Such
fragrant violation Of the law
ought to subject the guilty official
to the seyerest punishment which
the law provides. The offenses of
the President Of the Second National
Bank OF New York against the law came
near wreeking that institution. 1t can be
said for the national banking system.
however, that the banks are less liable to
failure from the wrOng-doing of their
officers than banks under the old State
system would be, because they are hedged
about with greater restrictions and are
subjected to greater supervision. What
Is needed now is the enforcement of the
law against delinquent bank officials. If
they break the law, let them suffer the
penalty Of the law. Because they do not
stand, in popular estimation, on the same
plane that common criminal does, is no
reason why they should escape punish
ment for their misdeeds. The temper of
Congress appears to be TO thoroughly
overhaul the reprehensible practices of
national bank officials, and to discover, if
possible, a way to check them.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-18
BRIGHT BITS.

PHYSICIANS should not be afraid to cross
the ocean, because they are used to see sick
ness Chicago Sun.
A HUNDRED young doctors have just been
graduated in New York and undertakes are
celebrating the event.-BostoR Post.
1T Is said that Gen. Grant has lost his po-
litical influence because he couldn't carry his
Ward.-PhitGde[Dhia Record.
TIE astute sewing machine agent wears
side w4liskers so as TO give his chin free play.
--BOstOH Commercial Bulletin.
CYRUS H. MCCORMICK invented a great
reaper, but the Reaper whose name is Death
cut him down, and now he is no mOwer.-N.
Y. W0rld.
THE latest novel bears the title of ''The
Man She Cared For" 1t takes over 200 pages
to explain that it wasn't her husband.-Bur-
ltHgtOH Free Press.
THERE is considerable difference between a
sacred white elephant and political dark
horse. 1t is principally in the ''sacredness. -
AOrristo1cn Herald.
II anybody would like to know why there
are so many Undiscovered doctors riding like
mad along our streets, we will simply say that
the spring flight Of the guileless cucumber has
begun.-Bur5iagtof Free Press.
FOGG says he doesn't believe 1t paws in the
end to get ynnr landlord to make osxtensivc
repairs. Putting new wood into an old build-
ing is like putting sew cloth into old raimeDt
--N+e-~
TIE only king who sits firmly on his throne
to-day is the Almighty DolIar.-Detroit Times.
We don't like to contradict our esteemed con-
temporary, but we have always had an idea
that the king, who Is followed by three others
and an ace, feels pretty safe.-BostoR Post r
FIRST belated sportsman-'.Is that the sun
or the moon rising over the hilli' Second B.
). (perplexed -"Really, cant say. Pm
stranger hereabOuts. '-Esehdnae. The fore
going paragraph commands respect on ac-
count OF It's extreme age -Hartt0rd Times
THE "Ioudest" female fashion described this
spring IS "bugle' trimming on accordion
skirts. Why the ''fiuted" rufiles are omitted
is not explained. With such a dress a lady
should not wear a brass band around her
Wrlst-as many Of them do.-NorristOacn Her
aid.
A GENTLEMAN who recently inspected the
new house Of Henry Willard on Madison ave-
nue. says that one peculiar feature of it is
what Is called the music room" In this
room the prevailing color is white; the piano
is white, the floor, walls and ceiling are white
and all the furniture and ornaments are of
the same celestial hue.-Grdphie.
ALDERMAN GAYNoR kept a GROCERY on
Canal street, and was shot by a drunken
loafer while drinking at Hastead street GIN
MILL yet the Common Council will of course
produce the regular set of resolutions telling
what an esteemed and valued citizen he was
and how irreparable in his loss to the grief
stricken community.-Ch Times.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-18
Speculative Bank Presidents.

The bill Of Senator Cullom, prohibiting
Presidents and other officers of national
banks from engaging in speculations, if
passed, may do some good. 1t is certainly
a prudent measure. No man who buys
cotton, stocks, grain and provisions on
margins ought to be allowed to occupy a
position of trust where he has access to
the money Of others. Speculative bank
Presidents were the occasion of the trou-
bic which some of the New York banks
experienced within the last few DAYS.
But will Senator CullOm's bill be enforced
if it becomes law? There is now a very
stringent law against the over
certiication Of checks. 1t isn't
enforced. Before the panic it seems
from the reports that Over-certificatiOn Of
checks was a very common thing. In
fact, one of the causes of the failure Of
the Marine Bank was the over-certifica-
ton of the checks Of Ferdinand Ward
1t Is useless to inquire why the law is not
enforced. 1t is about impossible to enforce
any law which is not backed by a strong
public sentiment. Wall street sentiment
does not, il seems, sustain the law against
the oyer-certificatiOn Of checks, and It
would not, perhaps, sustain a law
like that proposed by Senator Cullom. It
would not be an easy matter to detect
violators Of the law before a failure or a
defalcation disclosed them. Speculation
is carried on through brokers who do not
disclose the names and business Of their
customers. The Cullom bill is in the
right direction. Its wisdom is recognized
and admitted. The feeling is that specu-
lative bank officers must 90. One question
is, how to get rid Of them; and another
question is, how TO get good bank Presi-
dents who do not speculate. The ablest
and richest business men risk their money
in specializing on margins.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-18
THE SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. MAY IS, 1884.

Chairman. 1 was elected and sat on a saddle.
Then he moved that we proceed to the election
of boss for the firm. and that the election
should be by ballot. That motion was carried,
and he handed around his hat, putting IN a
ballot for himself. l started to vote and he
stopped me. saving that the Chairman
couldn't vote unless there was tie. Well, l
thought I'd get a chance to vote anyway
when the cook put in his ballot, but when
Routt handed him the hat the negro said he
couldn't write, so he couldn't vote, and was
left without any show at all 10 get even, and
he was elected boss. He is still bOssinG it,"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-18
A PRINCES IN RAGS.
The Daughter of an Empress Compelled
to Mend Old Clothes.

The Daughter OF an press
to Mend Old Clothes.
The recent conduct of the Queen to-
wards the Grand Duke Louis ", of
Hesse, SAYS a London special, has spurred
the English press to publish unsparingly
every extract from the memoirs of
Princess Alice calculated to show the
meanness of the German courts towards
English Princesscs in contrast to the law
ish Iiberality shown by the English .peo-
Dle to every German who has entered the
ROYAL family of Great Britain.
The publications display in the most
glaring way the pitiful daily pinching
which Princess Alice was compelled to
resort to to make ends meet in her Darn
stadt palace; the pathetic appeals she
was forced to make to tradesmen for I'M
paid bills; the keenness with which she
felt the disgrace of her poverty when en-
Pertaining royal visitors; and, worse Of
all. the RIGHTEOUSNESS of her husband in
making it necessary for her to often mend
her own clothes, and even to turn the gar
ments of herself and children tor new use
when too threadbare on one side.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-18
Thinks it the Path to Victory

~. L0tlY Repu0tlcd9 LDe7H.).
The old ticket and the old platform with
only such changes as changed events have
made necessary viii heal every breach in the
Democratic party. Who is it that will object
to the doctrines proclaimed In 1876 upon which
the country was swept? 1t was a sound de-
claTation on the tariff, and cannot be refused
by any Democrat. The path to victory is open
and Main
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-18
without Manv-sided Talents.

FHltuuelDfld Hec0rd lInd.l.
If General Grant had undertaken to do bust
ness in the rear Of an army as a sutler, instead
of at the head Of it as a General he would
have doubtless proved a failure He has
shown himself a competent commander of
men and an incompetent partner in a brokers'
shop. No man is so many sided that he is
great in every direction
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-18

The mob spirit is not yet crushed out in
Ohio. The exhibition at Ashland Thurs
day night and Friday, on account of the
private execution Of the murderers Crib
bon and Horn, was not creditable to Sen
ator Sherman's State.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-18
What Bank is in DANCER {?
Nets York Sun lInd.).

H6t5 7 OH sui IINu.I ].
If Mr.. Seney suppOses the press has any
hostility to him, because it denounces specu-
lation by bank Presidents, he is deceiying him
self. 1t is fact beyond dispute, in our judg-
ment that bank whose President speculates
is in danger; and it is the duty of the press to
point out this dancer. no matter who is hurt.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-18

Some Of the Republican papers that
howled so for Boggan Cash's blood while
they thought that he was a Democrat, are
sorry for it now that he has been killed.
They lost the opportunity Of announcing
in eloquent head lines, ''murder of lead
ing Republican,"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-18

The constituti0nality of the high license
ordinance is to be tested in Minneapolis,
MINI. The saloon keepers have employed
all the able-bOdied lawyers in the city,
and it is thought they will have more than
a fair chance 70 gain their case.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-18

"WHERE do you live, my little MANI" asked
a gentleman Of a diminutive specimen on one
OF our railroad trains a few days ago. Il
have the pleasure of residing" Never
mind" observed the old gentleman, interrupt
ing HIM, and leaning back he thought TO him
self, ''How easy it is to tell Bostonian-"-
BOsfOn Post.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-18

The train dispatchers and telegraph
operators are now sharing with the ship
captains little of the abuse for needless
sacrifice Of human life. There seems to be
a great deal of incOmpetency in respOn-
sible positions. The demand is for re-
form.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-18
Prohibition i'm Georgia,

The temperance movement in Georgia
is attracting attention in other States. d.
r. Locke, better known as Petroleum V.
Nasty, in a recent letter to his paper, the
Toledo Blade, speaks of the movement IN
the highest terms. In this matter he
thinks that Georgia is far ahead Of many
of the States whose newspapers and
stump orators take delight in criticising
Georgia civilization. Mr.. Locke calls at
tention to the fact that So of the 1877 coun-
ties of the State have declared for prohi-
bition, and that they are well-nigh free
from the liquor influence. He Ire
diets that the remaining y counties
will soon follow the example of
the prohibition counties. With re-
spect to the effect Of prohibition
he says that in the prohibition counties
it has been startling. Labor has been.
improved 100 per cent. and the condition
of the laborers !, 900 per cent. Men who
never worked but part of the week now
put in six good days, and those who spent
their entire wages at the dOggeries, leaV-
ing their wives and children to shift for
themselves, are now saving monev and
are LOOKING 81 ward hopefully to the time
when they shall own land themselves,
something very easy to accomplish in
almost any part Of Georgia."
Prohibition appears to mean a great
deal more in Georgia than il does in
Maine. There is certainly not so much
parade made over it in the Southern as in
the Northern State. Notwithstanding the
vast amount of temperance work that has
been done in Maine the amount of intoxi-
eating liquor sold within its borders is
enormous, and now when it is
proposed to put prohibition
amendment in the constitution
the abIest advocates of temperance in the
State rise up and oppose it on the ground
that it cannot be enforced, because public
sentiment is not ripe for it. Georgia,
quietly and unostentatiousIy, and in a
comparatively short time, has done more
genuine temperance work than Maine
has, although Maine has been posing for
years before the country as a great tenn
perance State.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-18

The Wall street panic has not had a
disastrous effect on the business Of Geor-
gia, but the announcement that the ''tape
worm advertiser has been banking on his
reputation and cannot pay his bills has
caused a shrinkage OF values in several
uevspaper Offices.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-18

1t was very kind in Secretary Folger to
offer to relieve the pressure in the very
State that bad once repudiated him by
100000 majority, but the Wall street
sharks have ever stood up to him man.
fully. and be NAV need their hhln apain.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-18

Some Of the Republican newspapers are
now iattering Senator Logan with the in
tent to induce him to foregO writing that
book. 1t will take a great deal of tafy to
buy John off
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-18

A religious exchange takes Col. Fred
Grant to task for calling his father and
brother fools, and hints that thereby he
puts himself in danger Of spiritual ere
nation