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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-03
CUPID ON WHEELS.
The First Recorded Case of Proposal
i'm a Street Car.


The bleak and uninyiting interior of
strees car, with the thermometer twenty
degrees below freezing point, was the
scene OF proposal of marriage last even
ing. The hour was half-past 8; the car
one of the amber-hued chariots of the
Thirteenth and Fifteenth streets line, and
the interested parties trim-built, pretty
girl OF about - summers, with dark eyes
and rosy cheeks, and young man of two
or three ana twenty, arrayed in double
breasted OVercOat with a Sealskin collar,
Fedora hat and large diamond scarf
pin that, If the young man was not hotel
clerk, was probably paste.
10 the most casual observer these
cOoers were, evidently, what is known in
the language of love as ''spOons," and the
eyes of both fairly beamed with affection
ate chances of the first water. They were
ensconced IN one of the corners farthest
from the back platform, and opposite to
them sat the only occupant of the car.
humble reporter, who dozed doze as the
car sped along past the glimmering street
lamps ana ratified across the tracks of in
tersectlng railways. 1t was bound north.
Fine, Spruce, Locust and Walnut streets
were passed in rapid succession until the
flashing glare of the electric light on
Chestnut street awoke the sweetly slum-
bering scribe, but his awakening was not
noticed by the lovers opposite.
Are you cold, Amelia?" came in gentle
tones across the car.
eyes, Charley" was the half-whispered
reply. And Charley snuggled up close,
and took Amelia's hand In his.
He then glanced at her in loving way,
looked across at the reporter, who was APP
parently asleep, noticed that the conduc-
tor was entirely occupied in keeping his
feet warm, and, after giving one or two
coughs, said, with a smile:
''Do you recOllect what | told YOU the
first time | met you, Amelia?"
''No, Charley. What?"
''Why, that l had never been in love,
and that it would be a cold day when I'd
ask a girl to marry me-"
ooh, yes; but why do you ask?'
Well, this is Gerry cold day, Amelia,
isn't it?'
Eyes, Charley; but whyY' and she
blushed as she glanced up at him, and as
his face drew nearer hers.
"Well, will you?'
There was silence for moment but for
the jingle, jingle of the bells and the shut
fling of the conductors feet upon the lev
platform. Then she slipped her hand into
his, blushed even roster than before, and
whispered eyes,"
'BlesS you, my children" exclaimed
the delighted reporter; and as the lovers
half started up abashed at the unexpected
discovery of their secret the scribe shot
out of the doorway and hurried aWay
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-03
SECURE IN HIS SITUATION.
A Man at Washington Whose Place Can
not be Filled.


not be Filled.
At the end of the line of clerks directly
in front Of the Speakers desk in the House
of Representatives, says a Washington
letter, sits a short, chubby, round-faced
gentleman, who frequently grabs a large
black mOustache with his hand, looks
nervously around at the presiding officer,
and then gaZes calmly upon the seething
flow of Congressional elOquence and
wisdom below him. That gentleman is
Mr.. Harry Smith, the journal Clerk of
the House. who came in with the Forty
first Congress-, and is liable to remain
where he is just as long as he chooses.
The ebb of the Republican and the flow of
the Democratic majOrities sweep other
officials out into the cold, cold world, but
he alone remains an uncOncerned OBJ
server Of the fights of factions and the bit
ter controversies of parties.
He has made a place of his own. and it
is no idle statement to say that there is
not man in the country to-day who
could fill it, should he retire. Mr.. Smith
is retained in his position to prompt the
Speaker on all questions of parliamentary
law and practice. In the midst of a
squabble, while both sides are doing their
best to carry point either one way or
the other, the Speaker may lose his head,
and in the scores of precedent5 thrown at
him may, for the moment, be thoroughly
''rattled' 1t is then that Mr..
Smith proves himself master
Of the situation. Hastily seiZing his
manual he will rapidly turn to the exact
place which will solve the question
beyond a shadow of doubt, and then he
takes position directly in front of the
Speakers desk and hastily arms the pre-
siding officer with formidable array of
rules and practice which almost in-
variably tumbles over the pretty struc-
lures of mingled fancy and logic, which
the members have been building about
them. Speaker Carlisle relies upon
his judgment and knowledge implicitly,
as did also Speaker Keifer, and it
is probable that a portion of the
long line Of Speakers to come will
do the same thing, whether they be Re
publlcans or Democrats. Mr.. Smith re-
ceives $4,000 year as Journal Clerk and
$1,000 for preparation of the digest, which
is compiled during the recess Of Congress.
Personally he is one of the most genial
and affable of men. His value in the
prompt dispatch of the business of the
House of Representatives cannot be esti-
mated. Mr.. Smith is a native of New
York, but served with distinction in the
war of the rebellion in one of the Michi-
gan regiments.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-03
SIX INCHES OF STRING.
The Story of a Factory That Covers an
Entire Block



''YOu see that large factory? It covers
the entire block. Half q million of money
wouldn't buy it. Well, it was built bv a
little piece of cord not more than six
inches long," Here the speaker paused
and scrutiniZed the reporters counten-
ance for indications of incredulity, not to
say establishment. But the narrator was
talking to man who, since the introduce
ton Of the telephone, has made it point
of principle to be ready for anything and
to believe all that he hears. The speaker
added.
"Eight years ago there lived on the
west side, in tie third story of a cheap
tenement, down on the North river, a poor
mechanic, who was kept poor because he
had passion for inventing-it amounted
to passion. He didn't drink and didn't
travel with the politicians, and all who
knew his family wondered why they
should be so poor. Time passed on, and
still the man was poor. But at last he
perfected an invention-the simplest
thing on earth-and with his patent in
his hand he went down town one day, and
called for the head Of house whose check
was current for five figures anywhere in
the street. The inventor offered to sell
twO-thirds of his patent for $4,000 if the
house would bind itself to put 100000 in
to factories for producing the little thing
GudJ ne ndu lHf6uleUs Inc 0fm signed
papers in less than an hour from the time
of hearing the proposal, and in another
hour the inventor had converted the firms
check for $4,000 into greenbacks. Lots
were bought, and a factory was erected.
The business speedily grew to gigantic
proportions, and at length the firm
acquired all the rest of the block, and
covered it with brick and mortar, and
now the inventor is able to associate with
the millionaires. The little glove fastener
"a piece of cord about six inches long
and dozen little metal hooks or buttons
is the thing that was invented.
$50 much for one man who was con-
cerned in gloves. Others have made for
tunes out of them and lost the money in
other enterprises. l recall a case of
merchant whose net profit in gloves was
$4,000 a year. Some of the New Workers.
who sent their money down to the Gold
Belt of Georgia about two years ago got
his ear before they had lost $50, 900, and
he took the gOld-mining fever. OF to
Georgia he posted. Yes, there was gold
in the hills Of the Empire State of the
South. He returned to New York and
sold out his business, and back to Georgia
he went. And there he is, delYing in
Georgia mud and wishing himself back
at his button business in New York"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-03
HOW It Feels to KIN a Man.


81 believe must have killed at least
dozen of the enemy during my three years.
service in the army" says General
Charles f. Henderson, of Nebraska.
zone gets used to that sort of business,
just as surgeon becomes hardened and
calloused in his profession. The first
man whom | killed was before Richmond,
when Mcclellan was in command. / was
doing picket duty late one night near the
bank of a creek, and had been cautioned
to be especially Watchful, as an attack
was expected. l carried my musket half
cooked, and was startled by every rustic
the wind made among the trees and dead
leaves. 1t was some time after midnight
that | saw a Confederate cavalryman
dashing down the opposite side of the
creek in my direction. AS he was OPP
posite fired upon the horse, and 1t fell.
The cavalryman regained his feet in
moment, and had drawn his pistols. 1
called to him to surrender, but his only
reply was discharge from each revolver,
one bullet inficting flesh wound in my
arm. Then / let him have it full in the
breast. He leaped three feet IN the air
and fell with his face down. l knew l
had finished him. / ran and jumped
across the creek, picked him up and laid
him on his back. The blood was running
out of his nose and mouth, and poured in
a torrent from the ragged hole in his
breast. In less time than it takes to tell
it he was dead, without having said
word. Then my head began TO swim, and
l was sick at my stomach. l was over
come by an indescribable horror of the
deed had done. Itrembled all over, and
felt as faint and weak as akitten. 1t was
with the greatest difficulty that 1 man.
aged to get into camp. There they laugh
ed at me, but it was weeks before my
nervous system recovered from the shock.
Even in my dreams l saw the pale face of
the dying cavalryman, and the spectre
haunted me like a Nemesis long after
had got over the first shock of the affair.
1t was simply horrible, but in time re-
covered, and at the close of the war was
quite as indifferent to the sacrifice of hui
man life as you could imagine"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-03
MOROCCO ROMANCE.
The American Eagle, Beautiful Young
Girl, and a Tyrant.
Cdsa6lanca Letter to Boston AdUertisf1..

Cdsd6ldncd Letter to Boston AdCertiser.
About a year ago a well-to-do man died
about thirty miles from this town, in the
province of Uled Hedriz, governed by the
celebrated tyrant Absalam Bershed. He
left three grown up sons and beautiful
daughter of IA. The eldest son had
managed to secure American protection
in order to escape rapine and robbery by
Bershed and his clique. They all resided
together under the roof belonging to the
eldest brother. Recently the uncle of the
girl sold her in marriage to a brute old
enough to be her father. She remon-
strated against the action of her uncle,
and her brothers put in an Introduction.
Failing in his undertaking, the uncle
straightway went for the assistance of
the rapacious Governor, Absalam Ber-
shed. A certain sum of money was
agreed upon and paid to Bershed for his as
sistance in taking the girl by force from
her brothers.
The soldiers went and made a demand
for the girl. The brothers expostulated
in the strongest terms, and the sister de-
clared she would not be taken alive.
Finally, the soldiers-being made to I'M
derstaDd that the girl was living under the
same roof as her brothers, who enjoyed
American protection, and that there was
a Consul in Casablanca who would see
IndI pTOleCIlOH I0SpeCteu-dlG6r uue Gull
sideration returned to the Governor and
reported their ill success. The eldest
brother lost no time in making his report
to his protector in Casablanca. and Absa-
lam Bershed received notice to the effect
that any further interference in this mat
ter on his part would give HIM trouble.
The result was that the would-be husband
failed to get the girl, and the uncle lost the
money he had paid to the Governor for his
Intervention in the matter
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-03
The white Elephant Retinue


A very singular and interesting GUS
tom prevails among the Todas Indians, a
race about 1000 strong, which dwells in
the Neilgherry Hills, in Mysore, Southern
Hindustan, and one which should COM
mend itself to the favor of those unhappy
people now abiding in Utah. 1t is said
that all the brothers of a family unite and
take unto themselves one wife, and this
family wife is the object of the combined
alteration of from one to twenty men, who
constitute her husband. Several of these
polYandrians, together with two Afghans
(natives of Afghanistan, not blankets
and four Hindus, sailed from
Bombay for New York on
the steamship Coptic yesterday. Two
of the TOdas are priests, who are looked
upon In their own country as gods, because
of the fortitude with which they bear self
inflicted punishment. 1t is asserted that
their endurance is cultivated to such a
high degree that they will be able to ride
from Fulton ferry to the Brooklyn City
Hall in a street car without uttering a
moan. 1t is probable that this is an eX-
aggeration on the part of the representa-
tives of the Barnum and London shows,
for which these foreigners are intended.
They will have seats in the chronological
congress which will surround the sacred
white elephant with view to making the
beast feel as comfortable and as much at
home as the circumstances will admit.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-03
Written for the Morning He5es.
THE EXILE.
"A REVRRIE.l


Lo! the poor exile how wretched his lot,
Torn from his country; yea, lost and for
got!
Ger The wide waters his anguish'd eye
turns;
With intense longing his eager soul burns;
AS he thinks of his home and the ones left to
In the land which he loves far away Ger the
deep!
Scenes which his heart have oft gladdened
of yOre
Now brightly CLEAN on the far distant
shore;
Palace il may be, or vine sheltered cot,
TIL vision which fixes his gaze to the spot,
But his soul, cold and lone, DER the wild surg
ing wave
Hears no understanding yOice-feels no hand
that can save!
And tn faces he loved, and the places he
knew;
The meadows and gardens all sparkling
with dew;
The hillsides and valleys in sunsets Of
gold,
And even the cattle at rest in the fold;
All, all speak to a spirit now darkened and
crushed
To a life in which music forever is hushed!
LLOYD MITCHELL.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-03
why He Goes ON Clutches.

AThdT1Sdao IrdCeLeF.
Mr.. Jabed Gazely, travelling salesman
for the well-knOwn liquor house of Gum
cane & Racket, now wears a pair of
but mainly for use. Several days ago
Gazely, while en- route for a ruraI seat of
trade, fell in with lot of young fellows,
representing many trades and professions.
They exchanged cards, TASKS and compli-
ments, old jokes and wearlsome stories.
When Gazely arrived at the small town
where he was to transact business, if pos
sible. he proceeded at once to the house
whose wants in the whiskey line he had
ever supplied, but upon entering the store
he saw that a change in prOprietorship
had taken place. The proprietor came
forward.
"GoOd morning, SIR"
Good morning. / see that this place
has changed ownership. l used to do
considerable business with your predeces-
sOr and hope to merit your confidence"
"Your nameY
Gazely handed him card, not his own
commercial pasteboard, but unfortunately
the name and twO-line advertisement of a
young undertaken he had met on the
train. The merchant looked at the card
for moment and said:
II am thankful to say, sir, that need
nothing in your line"
but you soon will, L hope" replied
Gazely.
The merchant knit his brows, dropped a
stitch, picked it up and proceeded to knit
a while longer.
81 hope may not soon need your SER
vices, sir. don't know why you say that
my predecessor ever had any dealings
with you, for he is young man"-
~ know he's young man." said Gaze
ly, looking sharply at the merchant, "but
what difference does that make? He kept
his cellar well stocked with my goods, but
that's neither here nor there. I've got the
best in the market and just now we are
selling at strikingly low figures. You'll
never have chance to do better and /
advise you to lay in stock at once. Now,
for your own individual use, can do the
nice thing by you"
'DO you take me for fOol?"
Certainly not. Pm only advising you
to buy in time. Such reasonable figures
will not be open to you many days longer.
l can fix you up in nice style, so that
your friends and neighbors come in'-
"You heartless scoundrelp exclaimed
the merchant, wheeling Gazely around
and kicking him from the door. The fall
injured the young man, hence the crutches.
The mistake has been discovered and both
parties, young Gazely in particular, are
sorry that such a ludicrous misunder-
standing should have occurred.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-03
Couldn't Remember Everything.
pbSI05ay7abS1 fI1U


s'My DEAR" said wife to her husband,
who had reached home very late one Sat-
urday night and in state Of intoxication,
''did you order the meat for to-morrow's
dinnerw
''No,'' he said, 81 (hic forgot it,
''Did you tell the grocer to send couple
of mackerel for breakfasts"
81 forgot that, too"
''Well, the vegetables; hope you didn't
forget them?"
Eyes, / did," he replied as well as he
could, "Pm ve| sorry (hic), but | forgot
a-all about 'em."
''You didn't forget to get intoxicated,
did youT'
"No'm."
"Dld you order the brandy for the mince-
meatP"
"Yes,'' he said, pulling out of his pock-
ct a half-emptied bottle, San l (hic)
brought it with me-"
81 declare,o said his wife, impatiently,
s'we haven't thing to eat tomorrow. It's
the last time will ever ask you to do my
marketing."
ssWen," responded the husband, with
considerable indignation, Eyer dom eX-
pect (hic) er man to remember every
thing, do youT'
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-03
A Musical Fable.

Eugene Fistd IN ne Chacdgo Aetos.
While Rambling about the Streets of
Chicago one day, Henry E. Abbey, the
Impresario, met Goat that Seemed to be
Slightly in his Cups.
@Aha," quoth the Genial Impresario,
"You are Not a Success as a Goat"
SHOW so?" Demanded the BibulOus
quadruped.
because" replied the Impresario, 81
have a Tenor who Can get Fuller than
you Can"
Every true" said the Goat, who Was
quick at Repartee, "but when your Tenor
gets Full l am More of a Success as a
Tenor than he Is as Goat"
Considering which, the Genial Impre-
sario Immediately made a Contract with
the Goat, lest his rival Mapleson should
Secure him.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-03
Mr.. EdisOn's Tribute to a Tramp.

AS Mr.. T. A. Edison and his midnight
co-workers were coming out of the Edison
Company's offices in Fifth avenue, last
night, E. III. Johnson dropped behind to
listen to the application of beggar.
"What's upY' said Mr.. Edison.
''This man wants money to buy a
drink replied Mr.. Johnson.
''Did he say that-'tO buy drink T'
asked the inventor.
"Thats just it," spoke up the tramp.
Mr.. Edison drew from his trousers peck
cts handful of keys, some copper wire,
a silver watch, and some loose change,
and selecting the largest piece, silver
dollar, tossed it to the beggar.
SIS that for his truth-telling" inquired
President Eaton.
SNo," said Mr.. Edison, "it's tribute
from one inventor to another. He has dis
covered a new use for an old fact.'
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-03
AN UNFRIENDLY SKETCH.
An Indiana Editor Describes His Distin-
guished NeighbOr, Mr.. Joseph Il. Nc
Donald
ld1orencebUrg Press

LdUfeHceOHFg IFeSS.
Mcdonald sat somewhat shrunken in a
black suit he once had filled, plainly a
remnant of departed age. A rounded
and rosy cOrpulence had become some
what fiabby, and his thin, long hair could
not give size enough to his head to suit q
statesman's place. You could neither
find the height nor breadth you sought.
The eyes had fallen in some, and seemed
inofensive holes. His face is beginning
to have the dropping, leathery appear
ance of age, and though pleasantly benig-
nant, did not seem complete without a
streak of tobacco juice pendant from each
corner ofhis mouth. The figure belonged
plainly to the hog and hominy period of
Indiana history; tG the simple days when
the typical Indiana farmer hauled his
wheat fifty miles, sold 1t for fifty cents a
bushel, and paid twenty-five cents a
yard for calicO-a forever hOnored and
noble period-but it was thirty, forty, fifty
years ago. The mills were on the creeks.
There was no steam; there were no rail-
roads, no factories, no machinery, no bug
ges, pianos or threshing machines in the
country-nO tin bucket brigade in the Gle
les. There were no cities. But there was
free trade, wildcat banks and Democracy,
and robust Representative Mcdonald.
Yet, shade of the last magnificent TWEEN
ty-tiye years, here sits the remains, posing
for the Presidency. Does the old man
know that the son of the farmer of his
time measures his land, sends his sons
and daughters off to college, drives a
reaper and a carriage, deposits in bank,
sells his wheat for a dollar, and finds
station within five miles? Does the old
man know that every county seat Is full
of factories, and that the Presidents pick
their teeth at four-dOllar-a-day hotels
when they travel, and send their wives to
the seashore in summer? Does he know
that the workmen at these factories know
all about political economy, send their
children to the best schools, and have
Brussels carpet and piano in the house?
1t is impossible to look at him and think
that he knows any Of these things have
come to pass. No wonder when he lately
delivered an address on alleged present
political economy he began with the
PhGnicians, and before he got down to
the Hoosiers the matter was so uncertain
that our friend of the Recorder remarked,
in
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-03
Fleeing Before Cold Winters Blast.

The MOTEL Keepers OF New Orleans, IN
common with their brethren in all the
leading Southern cities, are prepared for
an unlimited invasion of Northern inva-
lids and health seekers. Those about to
seek the sunny land should remember that
on February y, exactly two weeks anti
cipatory of the gay festive season of Mar
di Gras, the next Grand Monthly Drawing
of the Louisiana State Lottery will take
place, about which M. A. Dauphin, New
Orleans, La, will tell you on application.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-03
Browns Bronchial Troches'

are widely known as an admirable RENE
dy for Bronchitis, Hoarseness, Coughs,
and Throat troubles. Sold only an 6oHes.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-03

Should insist upon obtaining Burnetps
Flavoring Extracts; they are the best.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-03

Mrs. s. M. Robbins, Wadley, Ca, says:
81 found great relief using Browns Iron
Bitters for spinal affection Of long stand
ing"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-03
Premature Loss of the Hair

May be entirely prevented by the use Of
Burnett's COcoaine.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-03

Very little jewelry is now worn in the
street, collar button and very small knob
earrings being the main items.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-03
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