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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-23
E OF INTEREST.

THE Thetis, Bear and Alert have been or
dered out of commission at New York and at
San Francisco.
THE interest shown in cremation in Flor
ence has led the municipal council to set apart
a considerable space In the Tresplano Gene
terry for the practice OF the system.
TEE latest novelty in the way of vehicles in
Brighton, England, is a light w~ickerwOrk
Bath chair fitted on a tricycle.. There is a
seat for an invalid in the front and another
for a man to propel it ehind They promise
to drive the bath chairmen out Of business.
DR.. FRANZ LIST sends a letter to a Ger
mar paper, stating that he is overburdened
with appeals for his autograph, and requests
to examine musical compositions and to give
his opinion upon them, and that he now in
forms all unsolicited correspondence tina their
letters viii receive no answer.
THE shop hours regulation bill which Sir
John Lubbock will soon Introduce into the
British House of Commons will prohibit the
employment Of any young person IN a shop for
a longer period than II hours in any one day.
and the penalty for the violation of this act by
employers is a fine not exceeding rs for every
person so employed. The act will apply to
England, Scotland and Irelapd.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-23
PERSONAL.

CAPT. EADs is at Galveston. studying the
deep water problem in Galveston harbor.
SECRETARY TELLER appears TO have the in
side track in the Senatorial race IN Colorado.
SENATOR GoRMAN has leased a house in the
swell Highland Terrace block, in Washington,
for the winter.
MINISTER LOWELL sends out . denial of the
story that he would take up his residence at
Oxford, England.
SENATOR HARRIS, of Tennessee, having re-
covered from his recent illness, is In ASH
lngton and at his residence for the winter.
GATH" in the Cincinnati Enquirer, says
that john W. Forney was a printers appren-
tlce OF an appreclative mind and some graees.
JAMES SPEED, who was Attorney General
under President lincoln, is quite Ill at his
home in Louisville from a sudden attack Of
vertigo.
EPPA HUNTON and Miss Erva Winston
Payne, the daughter of Gen. VIM. II. Payne,
were married at Warrenton, Va, on Tues lay
evening last.
DR.. ATTlCCs G. HAYG0OD is writing a bio
graphical volume about the two noted Pierces
of Georgla-Dr. LOYick Pierce and his son,
Bishop Pierce.
VICTOR HUGO eats dried herring and crack
ers every night just before going TO bed. He
got it into his head somehow that the herring
assists In digestion.
THE last will Of Wilbur f. Storey, the late
editor OF the Chicago Times, has been ignored
because his widow was unatle to prove his
sanity when it was drawn up.
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL has consented to a
| pen-sketch from Thomas Hughes pen. The
interview will form the first of q series of
personal and critical sketches on "Authors
at Home that are to be printed in a New
York magazine.
Mr.. STOLE, portrait painter. of Dresden,
has finished q portrait of Gen. William MOul-
trie, of Revolutionary fame. The order was
from the South Carolina Society of the Gin
cinnati and the portrait will be presented, at
the hands Of Mrs. Pickens, to The Mount Yer
non Association.
MIR. GLADSTONE's Latin version of the
Crock Of Ages has been set to music by DR..
Bridget, Organist of Westminster Abbey,
and iC has been decided by the Orchestral
Committee of the Birmingham Musical FEES
tival to include Mr.. GladstOne's work in the
Friday morning performance at the mex fes-
tival. 1t is for a baritone solo, orchestra aud
chorus, and viii probably be sung by Mr..
Santley.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-23
Incendiarism and Insurance.

Our neighboring city of Mobile appears
to be sOrely troubled with i%ncendiaries.
The class of incendiaries that infest Mo-
bile does not consist of the ruffians who
fire their neighbors' houses from motives
of revenge, but of gentle, in~sinuating viii
lains, who ply their Internal vocation in
order to profit out of the insurance CON-
panies. So common has incendiarism be-
come in that city that several companies
threaten to withdraw their business. One
of the leading insurance agents IN an in
terview with a Register reporter, the other
day, said that ''the insurance companies
entertain a fear Of Mobile which is grow.
ing daily. and the evil of in%cendiarism
stands out with the most appalling promi-
nence." He complained that incendia-
rism is viewed with great. tolerance by
very many of the citizens of that city.
Mobile may be ahead, but it is not alone
in the possession of this most dangerous
class of incendiaries. Every city in the
land has its share. Without a special de-
tective service il is almost impossible to
detect and punish such criminals, and
small cities are not generally able to keep
up such special service.
There is an effective and at the same
time a cheap remedy against this class of
~incendiaries. 1t can be easily adminis-
tered by the insurance companies them
selves. 1t will not only cost them moth
ing, but will actually profit them by
saving them many unnecessary losses.
Let them quit writing on risks
where there is the least
probability of moral hazard. In the wild
rush of competition for business compa-
/ MES often take risks that directly tend to
| encourage incendiarism. Most of the
larger and better companies are very strict
| on the subject of moral hazard. 1t would
be an effectual check to the evil CON-
planned of if all the companies would fol-
low their example, The insurance men
form associations for the purpose of fixing
and maintaining rates. Let them also
agree among themselves on rules which
will make it almost impossible for a man
Of doubtful character to procure insur-
ance. If they would do this they might
well afford to lower their rates on unex-
c%eptionabIe risks, for it is wrong to make
the reliable insurer pay by increased pre-
miums for the extra hazardous risks. q.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-23
POLITICAL POINT.
Furnished by a Philadelphia Gentleman

Furnished by a Philadelphia Gentleman
The following is an extract from a letter
received in Savannah, and written by a
gentleman now living in Philadelphia,
but who vas born and reared further
South. 1t is published for the purpose Of
showing what the feeling in Pennsylvania
was during the campaign, and how Blaine
came to get such a phenomenal vote in
that State:
wish I could tell you how anxious all the
election uncertainties have kept me. 1t is
difficult, if not impossible. for any one living
ont of Pennsylvania to realize how earnestly
the hearts of the people here were set against
a change of administration. Blaine's major
ity OF $4,000 in this State may, perhaps, give
you an idea. There was nothing like It'll n any
other part of the country. AllO Il friends and
acquaintance, save Mr.. IS family. are Re-
publicans, and many of them feared the
Democrats as the negroes in some parts of
the South are fearing a return to slavery.
Nothing but that gave Blaine the vote he got.
AS the count" in New York progresses these
people are puzzled and 'baftied'' by the en-
oeavor to forecast what Democratic rule will
mean to them.
In the Savannah NEWS I saw to-day the ac-
count of the great demonstration of rejoicing
over the victory. The Savannah resolutions
hailing "a united country have been com
mended by some of the b~itterest
Republican paDers, and Georgia is bearing
herself becOmlngly indeed. l heartily wish
the other States Of the South would Initiate
her moderation.
There is a body OF men here at the North
who are quite as well worth conciliatIng as
the Northern Democrats. l mean the indie
pendents, whose perfect organization during
the recent canvass and great irmness at the
critical moment at the end secured Cleve-
lands election. They are friends of the
South, l am confident, and are no fair
weather friends either. I have met some of
them, and the writings of others are the best
things see in print nowadays on political
questions.
Forgive. I pray, this dissertation, which be-
trays the concern which has moved me with
in a day or two past at seeing newspaper
accounts OF the too Incorporate joy of the
Democrats in some parts of the country.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-23
Pasnuinade.

PdSQutn-HallO, Marjorie! What's STIR
ring your Tisibles to such a degree this
morning?
AarJorio-Pve been reading Blaine's
sore head speech to his friends in Angus
ia, Maine, and it puts me in mind Of a
niger story that Uncle Remus left out of
his book.
PaSquin-Well, tell it me, that 1 may
smile with you.
MdrfOriO-Listen, then, whilst l COM
municate. The fox, sneaking home from
a raid or a chicken house, saw the bear
sitting On the bank of the creek, growing
and beating off the flies from his bruised
and bleeding head with the tail of a pole
cat. "EallO! Brother Bear,v SAYS he.
"whats the matter now? You seem a
lit tie wasted. Is any of yer frien's sick ~
''Sick" SEE he;H"I wish my friens was
all in hell, if they hay'n't more brains
than this here feller." And he switched the
tail before my nose spitefully. Faugh,
how loud it smelt! But l sez, SEE L.:
"What dat odoriferOus animal do that
you dock his tail dat much?"
why" SEE he, ''the derned fool know
1 been trying to nab dat fat otter dat Ibis in
de creek, and slides up and down dar eb-
cry night arter dark, but widout success.
So whOJ he do but, widout tell me, he go
an set a log trap wild a figger four trig-
ger, and bait 'um wild ole stale herriR' In
stead of good fresh fish! Den l come
along arter dark crawlin' up to de slide,
thinking 1 got otter sure dis time. But |
smell de red herrin' an I say, what
dis an go smellin' about till my nose
touch de bait, and den, baml down come
de log on my skull, an lay me out strait!
an den wha' you tink? Dat cussed otter
come and stick he nose out de water, and
put he ham to he nose and say, SEE he:
'Ahal Broder Blain, you darT Wha'
for he call me brudder Blain? 1 dom
no. And l say, What for
you call me Br0deT Blain.' And he
grin and say 'bekase dem trapstick name
Rum, Romanism an rebelltonp and de
bloody shut, stink like ole herrin now
and den 1 shake my well fist at him and
say, SEE L: "You laugh now; but I cotch
you yit, and den you'll see!" ''See
what?" says he. "See de debil," SEE I.
81 sees him dere long side o. you, al
ready" SEE he. Den l throw a Niger
head at him, and he dodge-kachunk-
under the water! and dat's why I'se NOSE
mad dis mornin', 'nOt dat l mind not
kotching de otter, but dat my friends, the
parsons and the commissioners, are such
blasted fools as not to set their traps bet
for -
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-23

had not been cut off so early in life, might
have left something that 'the world would
not willingly let die"
mat the advance of civilization has
Ieu 10 the encouragement of the practice
OF duenng is evident from the laws passed
IN late years in all the States, but within
my memory TO refuse to fight a duel was
PaLtt0t Soctd! and utter political ostra-
clsm. More than one successful duelist
has confessed to me that but for This thev
would be free from blood-guiltiness. for
they fought not in revenge of injuries or
to repel insult, but because lockers
On thought cause sufficient had
arisen. But before entering on the sad
narrative of such conflicts, which l have
seen only to ridicule or heard Of t. Ia
ment, l will return to a singular story
connected with the poem OF "My Life IS
Like a Summer Rose" written by Rich
ard Henry Wilde and known to the public
before the abandonment of the poem in
consequence of his brothers. murder.
on ONE OCCASION A PARTY OF GEN
TLEMEN,
dining at my fathers table, entered into a
discussion on the subject of education at
the South, and in the course of eonversa-
ton Mr.. Anthony Barclay, English Con-
sui in Savannah, and a graduate of Ok
ford, in England, doubted whether we had
a good Greek scholar among the profess
sOrs of any of our colleges. To settle the
matter Mr.. 3. took Wilde's poem of the
Summer Rose, in which, by a strange mis-
take, Tempe had been substituted for
Tampa, and translated it into Greek.
He then sent it to my brother,
then in Athens, requesting him to
show it to the Professor of Greek, as a
recently discovered poem by Shoemaker.
a poet of the age of Sappho. This was
done, and the professor showed his knOWl-
edge of Greek by translating it off hand,
but his deficiency in critical skill, by say
ing that 1t was in the style of the pretend
ed author, of whom there was no known
fragment eXtant. He, however, detected
the close resemblance to Wilde's poem,
and the fact becoming known to the pub
lie, it was considered a piece Of plagiar-
ism unworthy of the author. He, of
course, was terribly annoyed by the i'm
putatiOn, and the commOtion in literary
circles was such that the truth had to be
confessed by the perpetrators of the
joke. One good effect, however,
resulted from it, in raising the question as
to whether the study of the classics re-
quired to be carried farther thar was nee
essary to instruct youth IN a correct style,
and familiariZe them with great ideas,
events and noble sentiments. That these
could not be impressed in translations
was freely admitted, since what was so
easily acquired would be as easily for
gotten, and no forming of habits of
thought and character be effected there
by. So much for the E'humanities" of the
schools-nOw for the 'sinhumanities'' of
the dueling ground. r. w. H.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-23
BRIGHT BITS.
Is THE poet who writes cheerful songs a

Is THE poet who writes cheerful songs a
cheer-up-ode-ist?
A LONDON physician says death has no
sting. Did he ever press his finger on the
fighting precinct of a dead hOTnet?-L0CeU
Courier.
WHAT are the natural products of Ken
tuckyg' asked the teacher. ''Tobackern ~
yelled little Sammy. .What else" "Whisky!'
yelled Tommy. "What else?" "Kurnels! ~
yelled Johnnie.
REV. DIR. BURCHARD is personally one of
the gentlest and most harmless of men. The
banana, by the way, is the gentlest and most
harmless Of fruit, but it makes mischief when
out of place.-PhiddeLphia can.
81 THINK unused Gail Hamilton, who is
said to be working a pair of slippers for DR..
Burchard, 81 think that SIMPSONS feat of
Staying a thousand people with the jawbone
OF an ass IS totally Standardization Ed-
gle.
asked a father. ";Cause he said | stole his
top" "And you struck him to prove to him
that you did not take it, eh?" mo, sir, cause
L did take it, but | can whip any boy that says
so."-Ar6dnS0ao ITGUeter.
SWELL, there is one thing about William"
she said, "and that is-he is honest" Show
so?" replied the mother. "When he left me
last night he said he would be with me in
spirit to-day, and'he kept his word" allow
do you know?" ~ smelled his breath."-
brakes TrdUeyers' Mdgdsine
ALL complaints answered: Mrs. Slimdiet-
"What is that complaint you are making?'
Thin Boarder-'I say that my napkin is so
damp that it is of no use at all" "Damp,
Ell? Guess you must have rubbed it against
your board bill" "My board billg' "Yes;
that's all overdue, you Ow."-PhHddelphiG
Can.
"YOU must give up all tricks of the trade"
. said the pastor to the grocer, 'if you expect
1 to go to heaven" 81 have thought about that
for a long time. l think 1 viii do so after
Jan. l." ''Why don't you now, brother?
! There is no time like the present" 81 can't
do it now very well, but / will them" "Why
do you set that date?" because the first day
of the year l retire from business. "-Ne0
York Times.
o, BELvA, dear,
1t seems so queer,
So sad and drear
That you are badly left!
Though well you fought,
Fer less than naught,
OF name you're not bereft.
Your anchor to the windward yet,
Is best of all, by far;
For fame and fortune you may get
By practice at the bar.
| Hartford Times.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-23
What is the Use of Lying?

AoW IVTH UFUDttC IIHu'I'
But there is no rebel yell at this period, and
this ardent Republican politician knows it.
The assumption that there is such a yell is
really a lie as mean as the lie to the effect that
with the Democratic party in power the
blacks of The South will be returned to slavery.
Democrats are as good citizens and as honest
men as Republicans are. 1t was not the Re-
publican party which crushed the rebellion
so much as the Democratic party of the
North; and the fact that in doing so 1t crushed
itself for a term Of years is all the more evil
dence that it is loyal and that itmay be trusted
by the people,. What is the use of lying?
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-23

The constitution of the United States
prohibits the infiction of cruel and un.
usual punishment on persons convicted
OF crime, yet George W. Peck, the "Bad
Boy" man, has been allowed to present
the library of the Montana %penitentiary
with a complete set of his alleged funny
INKS
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-23

M Blaine is SAID to be out of pocket
$4,000 cash contributed to the Republican
campaign fund, besides several months
time lost from work on his book. Mr..
Blaine was not altogether "a deadhead in
che enterprise" but his windward anchor
did rot hold worth a cent.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-23

Broken English is sometimes more ex-
pressive thar the polished mother tongue.
AT Carlisle Indian school pa a visitor
asked a Cheyenne girl the other day if she
was a member of the church. Her an
aver mot much, just a little" might well
apply 20 thousands of half way Christians
Of the Caucasian race.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-23

The ceremony Of naming one Of the
Green Mountains in Vermont mount
Cleveland" in honor of the President
elect, was performed one day last week.
The ~geographers are not thinking much
OF Blaine just now, but they may find
some "slOugh of Despond" after awhile
which can be named for him.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-23
COMMENT.
Has Deepened the Distrust.

~FFNWsV Nt"Vo NAtW'I'
Tie people defeated Mr.. Blaine because
they distrusted him; but Mr.. Blaine has
deepened distrust into positive conviction by
his after election %follies, and he has SO
thoroughly indicated his defeat, that all
parties and all sections will welcome Grover
Cleveland to the Presidency.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-23
Sinks Covered with DishOnOr

In fact. Blaine stands unsupported in his
frantic attack upon the South by any but a
few of the thick thin reckless partisans
among the journals that so lately advocated
his election. He sinks out of the contest, COW
cred with dishonor as with a mantle-and it is
all wrought. WARD and wool. by his OMn hands.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-23
RroRn,a New House.
ArkGusaag TrarsZer.

Mr.. BROWNE" Eyes, you are right
'Made the money out of whisky, / sur
poser" '.No." 'FWhy, you are a liquor
dealer, are you not?" "Oh, yes; but the
money Pm putting into this house was
made out of the water l put in the
whisky"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-23
EARLY KepubIican Teaching.

bOSJOU FOSt IUeHt.J.
1t is cruel for the BlaIneites to lay the blame
all on old DR.. BurchaTd for their defeat. He
only repeated what has been beat into his
head for 10 years or more that the Democrats
were all rebels and rummies and that the
Catholics were all Democrats. Children and
fools always speak what they have been taught
to helIeYe is the truth.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-23

Congressman Crisp, of Georgia, is in
Philadelphia attending the House Com
uittee on Great Guns. Congressman
Crisp bids fair to be considered a gun Of
no snail calibre himself.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-23
h PhOnOgraph,

Telephone, Telegraph, and kindred cleo
trical messengers will all be utilized by
orders for Sozodont, which will be flashed
n sounded over the wires. 1t is as well
known abroad as at home as a cleansing
agent for the teeth.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-23
The Probable Greedy Inyestigation

There is little, if any, doubt that Cor
gress will appoint a committee to investi-
gate the conduct of the officers of the
Greedy Arctic expedition, and especially
that of those who planned and conducted
the PrOteus relief expedition. The demand
of Chief Signal Officer Sen. Hazen for an
investigation of the latter matter will
hardly be passed UNDECIDED. The public has
not forgotten the court of inquiry which
devoted so much time to Hazen and Gar
iington last winter, and how unsatis-
factory the verdict was to all parties
concerned. There may be some new evil
dence which may bear upon the subject,
but the terrible suffering and the starva-
tion of so many of Greely's party was the
result of an ineXeusable blunder some
where, and responsibility for the blunder
ought to be definitely and authoritatively
located.
While Lieut.. Darlington, the COmman-
der of the PrOteus, was found guilty of an
''errOr of judgment in the exercise of a
difficult and unusual discretion" the
verdict of the country was that Gen.
Hazen was guilty of giving Darlington
very indefinite and misleading instruc-
tions, when his orders ought to have been
as plain and unambiguous as was the I'M
Outstanding with Lieut.. Greedy in 1881, that
on his retreat from Lady Franklin Bay ne
should endeavor to reach Cape Sabine,
where he would find such provisions as he
might need.
Gen. Hazen feels keenly the weight Of
public condemnation, and his efforts to
cast the whole or the greater part of the
responsibility on Darlington, appears to
meet with little sympathy. 1t is even
probable that a full investigation, in view
of facts which the return of Greedy rem
ders it possible to establish, will cause a
reversal of the judgment rendered by The
court of inquiry against Darlington.
While Gen. Hazen demands a vindication
of his conduct in regard to the expedition,
it by no means follows that such a vIndi-
cation as he desires will be the result of a
full Investigation.
1t is to be hoped, however, that the in
vestigation will be made. Every part oil
the civilized world was Mortified that ii
was possible for so many of the Greedy
party TO starve to death after they had es-
! capped from the far north, and after they
had safely reached the place where it was
prearranged that they should find provi-
sions in abundance.
If an investigation should bring out
anything to relieve Gen. Hazen of the
condemnation under which he rests, it
would be a surprise.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-23

Ehe jubilant Democrats appear to be
enjoying their victory to the fullest ex-
Sent- One of the humors of the celebra-
ton at Cleveland, o., was the holding ola
mock millionaire banquet after the man.
ueT Of the Blaine-GOuld Delmonico dir
Her. Some of the chandelier crystal dia-
uoUds are said to have been remarkably
large and brilliant and the speeches con-
Nulslny.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-23

Verify the era Ofpeace and good fellow
ship Is at hand, when a Philadelphia pa
per can thank Hon. 5. j. Randall for a
copy Of volume IN. of b ''Odicial Records
Of the Union and Confederate Armies
This is not the Press, however. 1t thinks
the Records of the Rebellion are still
being written by the Democratic papers
Of ne South.