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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-09-07
The Loss by uI-Health.
bsmors..,s Mont11y for September

DeUlOT6Sf'S -NOHthtg-J0T september.
Sir James Paget recently delivered an
address before the International Health
Exhibition in London. in which he stated
that the population of England between
the ages of 10 and 90 lose about 20,000,000
weeks work annually on account of sick
ness. The average time is for males a
small fraction over ten days year, and
for females rather more. This does not
take into account the loss of time of those
who care for the sick or those who die be-
fore they are Is years old. Some 100000,
it seems, die yearly in that country be-
fore they reach 10. These figures show
enormous waste and loss of time through
diseases that are preyentable. If men
and women did not drink or abuse them
selves there would be less sickness, and
their children would be less liable to die.
Then if the State and the cities did their
duty there would be fewer fOul-air dis
eases, and fever nests would be banished
from the earth. The aim of all who wish
well of their kind should. be directed to
put a stop to intemperanee, to securing
good sanitary conditions for the whole
population, and to help to improve man
as well as his surroundings. 1t is all
very well to place ones dependence upon
divine Providence, but first of all we
should exhaust the possibilities Of human
Providence.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-09-07
Beautiful Loganese.

Perhaps the most beautiful utterance
the Hon. John A. Logan made in his
recent tour of New York State, says the
Chicago NelCs, was this: ''The relentless
hand of treason had torn down the flag,
trampled on it and spit upon it," etc.
This was probably the same hand Gin
cinnati reporter mentioned in his account
of the death of a young lady at ball.
ssThe festivities were at their height"
said the reporter, 'when suddenly the
pale hand of death stalked in" SO it will
be seen that the Hon. Logan is not the
only person in the world to be addicted to
bulls Of this entertaining character. 1t
was Logan, we believe, who, in the course
of a eulogy upon President Garfield, said:
SAT an early age he was oYertaken by the
bitter pill Of adversely"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-09-07
n "JIMPsoNn WEED DIET.
A Man With Mania for a Poisonous
Weed.

a Man with a Mania Tor q POISONOUS
Weed.
A poorly-dressed, haggald man, whose
frame trembled as if he was suffering
from ague, says the Detroit Free Press, by
his peculiar actions attracted the atten-
tiOn of people living near Thirty-frst and
Latona streets. A little while afterward
the man was found lying on the ground
unconscious. When Officer McCurdy, of
the First District, got on the ground it
was discovered that the man, who was in
a deliriOus condition, had crawled from
the yard and was lying out on the grass.
He was foaming at the mouth, and,
though ignorant of his surroundings, was
convulsiVely tearing up the rank weeds
that were within his reach, and forcing
them into his mouth. DIR. Thomas c..
Rich, who was sent for, administered
emetics which produced the desired eff
feet.
When Eisenstein recovered sufficiently
to talk he told his rambling story.
81 have lived in Mexico and among the
Indians all my life," he said, "and / mis-
took this weed for one that is used as a
medicine by the red men. When once /
began eating it / liked it so much that /
couldn't STOP"
In the afternoon he trembled all over,
and spoke with difficulty
At the mention of the poisonous weed
Eisenstein smacked his lips, and said that
it was the choicest dish he had ever eaten.
81 wish had some more" he exclaimed.
He said that he had so little control over
himself that when once he began to eat it
he could not stop, even though he knew it
was killing him.
sit seems a sort of mania with him"
volunteered a nurse; something like the
opium habit. Probably he has been tax
fv,rr cob, rafs e.
this occasion he treated himself to an
overdose"
A citizen who saw him feeding on the
''JimsOn" said that he spOrted about
among it ''like young goat" and uttered
loud cries expressive of satisfaction. The
medical name for the poison that he took
is ''stramonium."
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-09-07
THE IRON DUKE.
How He Treated His ChiIdren-A Stern
and Unyielding Father.

How He Treated HIS Children-A stern
and Unyielding Father.
That the second Duke of Wellington,
who died with such appalling suddenness
at Brighton last week, says London
Truth, might, had he been so minded,
have played distinguished part in life,
was well known to those who enjoyed his
intimacy, who had received some of the
admirable letters which he wrote previous
to the loss of one of his eyes, and who
were familiar with the ease and versatil-
ity of his conversation, with his astOund-
ing memory, his power of repartee, and
his many gifts as a rdcOnteur. But the
Duke was fve-and-fOrty years old when
his illustrious father died. From that
father neither he nor his younger brother,
Lord Charles Wellesley ever received
Justice. Whatever the Iron Dukes merits
NAV have been-and l have no wish to
decry them-he was neither a good hus-
houd nor a good father. He regarded his
SONS as voriitths of very mediocre capacity
and gave them no encouragement to enter
public life. she always treated us as
duffers,' his eldest son has often been
heard to exclaim.
The second Duke used to tell story
which shows what the great Duke thought
"
he showed toward him. When Lord
DOuro was in the Rifle Brigade, his regi-
ment was quartered at Dover. The hero
of Waterloo was, as everybody knows,
Warden of the Cirque Ports, and resided
a great deal at Walmer Castle. 1t was
his habit to invite to dinner all the officers
belonging to regiments quartered at Dover,
and the Rifles received the customary
invitations, with one exception-that of
Lord Douro. The regiment being about
to change quarters, the following letter
was addressed by the latter to his father:
"The Marquis of Douro presents his COM
pliments to F. M. the Duke of Yelling
ton, X. G., and would be glad to know
why, alone among the officers of his regt-
ment, he has not been invited to dinner at
Walmer Castle" By return of post the
answer arrived: ''F. NJ. the Duke of
Wellington, X. G., presents his compli-
ments to the Marquis of Douro, and begs
to inform him that the reason why he has
never been invited to dine at w almer
Castle is that he never called there"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-09-07
THE DANCING sPRITE.
An Arkansas Girl With the Agility and
Grace of TagliOni.

An Arkansas O1fl WIN the agility anu
Grace of TagliOni.
The spirit of Taglioni, says an Old Point
letter, has come back in a little girl from
Arkansas, who entertains this whole COM
pany of 500 delighted people every evening
by her exquisite dancing. The band plays
a slow and mournful melody, and little
fair-haired child steps out from a crowd
Of GREATNESS boys and girls and begins
to move slowly and gracefully to the time
of the music; the measure quickens, her
whole body dilates, her little feet just
touch the ground, her eyes glitter, her
white arms are raised. 1t seems she
must float away on the light air, not
lighter than her fragile body. Faster,
faster. She is fairy sprite and not of
flesh and blood. A crush of clouds, a
bow, blush, two tiny hands kiss right
and left, and little Hattie Walters runs
back to her pretty young mother and hides
her face behind her chair.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-09-07
AT ANCHOR.

Nv love was like a buoyant ship
Ger sunny waves at sea.
And in the voyage Of my heart
she sailed away from me!
II.
1 followed in her living wake
The waves grew strong and fleet;
I passed by shoals of circumstance,
And quicksands Of defeat.
III.
But little winds of cOquetry
Still kept our lives apart,
TIL in my cruise Of love / reached
The harbOr Of her heart!
William II. HGV1le, IN HdnhGR1n.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-14
rNGIylER MlLrIILE GOING 10 THE poLE

Recent dispatches from Washington have
stated Chef Engineer Melville Will soon be placed
IN command OF expedition having for It's object tho
reaching of tho North Pole Engineer Melville Is epend-
ing months leave Of absence with friends at Phadel-
pha aud 1t Is not probable that until he returns his
ship, the Tucts any definite abatement will bo mado on
tho subject well-known naval officer said recently
glad 10 hear this talk Of sending Melville 10 tho
Arctic regions in command OF an expedition IIo is
sensible aud hard headed and n any can put such an
undertaking through successful completion the
Melville has already made three VOYAGES To the
north, and each time ho has remained good health.
Many previous expeditions have failed by Of tho
illness oi tho commanding officer, but think that Mel
vile has both the necessary pluck and the physical en-
durance His popularity both In the service and out Will
DO OF material assistance 10 him IN organizing eI-
pcditiOn."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-14

DR.. Alexander Milton Ross. OF Toronto Canada. an
aboouist who went through the South and assisted
slave, 90 escape and friend Of John Brown sends
the second edition Of hi- autobiography lie has
since become an eminent naturalist
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-14

Old MunrOe whose fsvorite ink sour milk turned
by his countonance and backened by his reflection has
marched out OF ne Gdsee office TO the tune OF
Old Grimes Is dead" Twas the dismal pen which
wrote letters 20 General lIawleys paper signed Tenn
peton" the only letters the Pharsoos about New-York
GOULD get dismal enough to copy. He could not abide
Mr. Blaine. lie too pure and sour. An ancient
resident In him. and he too had read tho
private letters. Muigan great authority with him,
greater than Noah Daniel Webster. 30 arc only the
greatest minds profoundly affected by their eaye.drOp
pngs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-14

The late Lot Morrill, beaten for the senate by Han
nibal Iamlin Mr. Bainos friend. because no aympa-
thiLed With AIR. Fessenden, who supported Andrew
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-14

We have 1876 900 pupils at the public schools of New
York to-day. Not ono OF them ever saw human slave.
Their parents have not only slaves marched through
the capital of the United States manacled together ana
com lacontly regarded by the President tho Senator'S
mi the Judges but they have seen tracked down In
our great Northern cities and tho American haS anu
army employed to put thom back In bondag" me
parens Of these children considering whether they
shall vote Tor who took not the least part 10 eo
vato labor and give II for employment or To con-
tnne I'm control man never untrue I'm one pusatlon OF
his heart to tho onward civilization and hope OF the
million.
tia not sign Of independence. but OF nGrmi,y TO set
up In the day ones youth for wiser ana better men
than tho public leadership OF tue state which brought
ono into freedom and opportunity Let independence
begin gratitude and not In impertinence and rebellion
Absalom was the most independent his father had,
and tho meanest. Ito wore his hair long and read
Bastlat Old Joab pierced him with some articles "
domestic manufacture.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-14

The cal mp thc street night Ncei or past
and stopped botorr tho familiar hotel. within. last
asleep. he sat who would Ice Cc,cands Collector OF the
Port Ills goggles screwed into his check, his
check on hi- breast. hi, pauuch was like pcdcr's
pack tan OF bricks, lac snorcd and did
carriage was surrounded. Jimmy OBrcn had called
them mp ANA pointed the sleeping beauty ont Behold
my fellow Democrats" said Jimmy oar houored
leader! How can We help election Of Grover Ce,c-
land uOwl"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-14

"B Scott OF Erie. ia the fiery spirit Of the Demo-
cratic wigwam in Twenty-fourh-st The Of sutcr.
II Is said about Fortress Monroe, a kind Northern
man. seeing him young page in Congress took him TO
Erie for holiday in tho and there be married and
settled. His for this consideration is desire To
turn the Northern states 20 tho Virginia school
for financial education. Tho very gamblers around
Twenty iourth-st, walk up to tho headquarters and
say "Do you bet ON Covellndp
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-14

man Of good ordinary rcrue driving to his bank dur
nt last week u a ncghboriug town. touud lie" rlaper
published in thi. city. which covered him with such I'M
uutltious that he went Into room and cut the veins I'm
his arms and cut his throat and fell dead God help the
institution which ont of freedom afforded 10 the press
found no uober use 10 illustrate itself than o drive that
man to DEATH II was found in another day that he bad
been victim instead Of offender. such the news
papers which have been publishing a this summer hire
Linz attacks in the interests OF British manufacturers
upou the next President Of the United states Especially
have they been DESTROYS wound his wife and children
The people Will have an accounting with these folks I'm
November
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-30
POLITICAL NOTE AND GOSSIP.

CINoINNATI Commercial Gazette: Endorsed by
the Greenbackers in indianapolis, Ben Butler
will present himself with much more force at the
Democratic national convention in Chicago than
Horace Greeley did at the Baltimore convention
in 1872. Should the Democrats nominate him,
the act would be more consistent than was the
nomination of Greeley at Baltimore.
Boston Herald: Boys who were in their Latin
grammars when the presidency was stolen, will
vote next November" says the Sun. And if
they are sensible young fellows, they will care
less for Tilden than they did for the grammars.
By the way, was this the reason why She Demo
Gratis didn't invite a vindication in l8s0-s0 az to
get help from the boys four years laterl
New YORK Mail and Express: at seems"
observes the careful and conservative Boston
journal, after having seen the expressions of the
newspapers all over the country, "as If the at
tack Of Mr.. MacVeagh is helping tho President
more than the New York meeting did" This
has all the appearance of being a concise and ac-
curate statement of an interesting fact in cur
rent political history.
MAJ 10Th the American Sentry wrote a letter
to B. F. Butler. asking him whether he still stood
by the doctrines laid down by him in his speech
of October II, 1875, before the New York Board
of Trade, and Of February 26. 1878. IN the House
Of Representatives. IF So" wrote the Sentry
man, you are a good enough Grecnbaoker for
me" May 2lst. Butler wrote back: "Of course
! do. They were well considered and spoke
true principles of finance which are as eternal as
all other truths."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-30

A STRANGE m or rather beautiful
ceremony, performed under strange condi-
tions, will be witnessed at Andersonville, Ga,
to-day. Last year Lieutenant Frank Smith, of
Ohio, caused IA, 900 flags to be placed at the
heads of the graves there. This year he an
nounces that the work ofdecorating the resting
place of the thousands who suffered and died
there will be done by both federals and ex-
confederates, and that quite a number of South
ern cities will contribute flowers. May the
occasion be the means of teaching a
new loyalty and a fuller conservation
to that union of States upon which the
life, happiness and prosperity of the nation
depends. The memory of the awful scenes
at Andersonville, revived by the sight of the
$4,000 graves there-an object-lesson of the
fearful sacrifice made that the republic might
live-ought to overwhelm with confusion and
palsy the tongue of any and all who would
dare speak against the indissolubility of the
Union. May the hearts of those ex-confed-
crates who to-day strew flowers upon our
dead be moved by an impulse of loftier pa
triotism than they ever felt before, and in
that solemn presence may they feel as men
best may feel what the noble Northern dead
did to deliver the South from the thraldOm of
slavery and sectional exclusiveness.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-30
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL FRIDAY, MAY 80, 1854.

kinds that may have a possible bearing upon
the result. 1t is suspected that the Repub-
licans, in order to cqualize matters, will post
pone adjournment until after the July conven-
ton, that they may pursue the same purse
In the minds of Democratic congressman this
is undoubtedly regarded as very brilliant and
proper political m%aneuvering, not to say states
manship, when practiced by themselves, but
when adopted by the other side as diabolical
in the extreme. Their fears and anticipatiOns,
however, may be Gained, because the records
of any and all Democratic candidates can be
ventilated with ease and expedition without
recourse to the means SO thoughtfully sug-
gested.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-30

pleasant exchange of ceurtesies. When Dixie
was being played, there were enthusiastic
cheers from all parts of the theatre, and the
delegates from the Southern States went across
the aisles to shake hands with their Northern
brethren. When the strains of yankee Doodle
which followed, were first heard, the cheers were
renewed with almost d~eafening effect, and State
banners and flags were waved in wild profusion.
A committee appointed at themorning session,
consisting of Hon. Scion Chase, of Maine,
General Warren Chase, of California, and plain
Mr.. Chase, of Rhode Island, to wait upon Geo.
W. Julian and invite him to address the conven-
ton, reported that they had performed their
mission, and that Mr.. Julian, while expressing
his obligations for the courtesy, asked to
be excused on account of illhealth; and
a complimentary resolution regarding him
was passed. While awaiting the report of
the committee on resolutions. votes of thanks
were given the press. the committee on arrange
ments, the citizens of Indianapolis, Hon. W. H.
English and others for courtesies extended and
faYOrS shown.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-30

The Democratic House is evidently sadly
anticipating that there will not soon be an
other body called by that name, and hesitates
to let go its hold by adjournment. 1t means
to stay until the last rose of summer falls, if
possible, and is now engaged in d~evising
schemes whereby the blame of the arrange
ment may be laid upon Republicans. The
correspondent of a Southern paper is already
disseminating information going to show that
the Republicans in Congress mean to postpone
adjournment until August for base reasons.
The Democrats cannot possibly get through
the business now on hand before June %,
and Mr.. Randall is quoted as saying that there
is no reason why they should not adjourn at
that time, but it is thought that the Senate
will not permit it. The Democrats, says the
able correspondent, will have had several
weeks after the Republican convention in
which to bespatter the candidates of the
latter party with mud from Washington,
where the records of public men are
so well known. They will also
be enabled. through a free use of the mails.
TO send out tons Of public documents Of all
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-30

taken up by the Democratic party and thus
become a formidable candidate. With vigorous
denunciations Of the spoils of Office upon their
lips, and with their mouths full of the finest
sentiments, the delegates were evidently
very tired OF being on the outside, and were
for the Tewksbury child of destiny because in
him and through him they had some hope of
getting on the inside of the fence where the
green pastures and the still waters are sup
posed TO be.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-30

In the hustle incident to the meeting of the
National Greenback party, and the prepare
lions for the Chicago convention so soon to
meet, the meeting of the executive council of
the National Board of Trade in the city may
not have seemed to attract the attention it de-
served. But this was only an appearance.
Indianapolis feels honored by the presence of
the distinguished gentlemen so representative
of the business of this great nation, and we
have reason to believe they will cave us with
a due appreciation Of the enterprise and hos
p~itality of the business men of the capital
city of the Hoosier State.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-30

THE national Greenback convention con-
cluded its work at a late hour last evening.
with the nomination Of Gen. Butler for Presi-
dent, and Gen. West, of Mississippi, for Vice
president. Gen. Butler received 800 votes
out of 425, but on a motion to make it unani-
nous the vote was not much, if any, stronger.
There was much talk of a bolt last night, the
details of which are given in our city columns.
The outcome of the convention justifes in
every respect what the journal said the day Of
its assembly. The prevalent spirit of the con
vention from tj'a FIRST was to nominate Butler
IN the pure a mple hope that he would be
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-30
very and sectional exclusiveness.

IT is not necessary to enter into any per
f~unctory notice of Decoration Day. With
the turn of the year the 30th of May is again
here, and it brings one of the most pleasing
duties and sacred privileges to every loyal
heart and hand. Unusual preparations have
been made throughout the State for the OBJ
servance of this most beautiful ceremony,
and indeed throughout the entire country.
On the eve of a great national cam
paign, and with the air full of
the preparatory notes of one Of
the most exciting contests the nation has
ever entered upon, it is well that for one day,
atleast, there shall be a cessation of all bust
ness and political strife, while citizens of
every faith and name unite to do honor TO the
sacred dead. Let everything be forgotten
while flowers are strewed upon their graves,
and again is rehearsed the story of the terri
BILE conflict by which the nation was not only
preserved but redeemed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-30

ABULLET from a thirty-eight caliber Smith
& Wesson lodged between President Riddles
eyes, would be powder and lead well spent.
Cincinnati News Journal.
Your indignation is pardonable, but your
remedy is bloody and inexcusable. One would
think that the terrible lesson Of extra-legal
justice so lately set before the people of Gin
cinnati would not soon have been forgotten.
If we are to draw a pistol to settle with those
whorob thepeople, why not resort to the same
bloody method to adjust slandersf And so on
through the list of o~ffenses. Sucha hint is an
cffense against peace, and order, and justice
that the people cannot afford to encourage.
Let us be content with lawful methods, only
insisting that law shall prevail and be vigor-
ously enforced by the legal authorities.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-30

Hon. STANTON J. PEELLE, the legal repre-
tentative of this district in Congress, returned
home yesterday on an enforced furlough. He
received an earnest of the feeling of the PEG
pie, not only of this city, but of the entire
district, in the informal reception rendered
him. Mr.. Peelle has been a faithful public
servant, and is justly held in esteem and
honor by his constituency.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-30

IEAsMUCH as Ben Butler, while Governor
not "a person in the eyes of the law, and
was overruled by his Republican Council, it is
hard to understand the devotion of the women
in the Greenback convention to the man who
put this unnecessary and unwarranted slight
D the sex.