davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-17
MAGAZINE NOTICES.

The March number of Dem0restS Hdga-
zine is like It's predecessors-repl with
interesting short stories and miscellane-
Gus sketches, while its fashion depart
ment is up to its prOverbially high STAN
dard. Not the least of its attractions is
the artistic snow scene, in cOlOTs, which
serves as its frOntispiece.
1.-The Story of Genius" the first half
Of which is given in the Modern Age for
March, is certainly a very powerful piece
of fiction. The identity of some of the
characters in it has already given rise to
much conjecture on the Continent, and
perhaps some American readers who are
yersed in the history of music for the last
half century may be able to solve the mys-
terry. That powerful secret confederation
known as the Fehmgericht is written of
in an entertaining way by Louis Barrie;
and Lady Hardy is the author of Under
the Palmetto Flag" a description of travel
in South Carolina
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-17
PERSONAL.

CLEVELAND society calls Juliet Corson
"Oueen of the Cuisine" FEARS ago she work
ed in a Florida hotel. Then she was only
known as 1.-THE boss cook
MRS. BETSY MOODY, mother of the evan
celist. recently celebrated her 10Th birthday
at her home in Mortified, Mass. The evan
gelist was AZ years old the same day.
SENATOR MORRILL,, OF Vermont, has served
nearly 30 years in Congress, six terms in the
House and three in the Senate. He IS % years
old, but could easily pass fOr2O years younger
THE Crown Prince Rudolph exposed an
American spiTitualist named BastIan, at ' /
emma. recently. A "materialized spirit was
seized by the Prince and shown to be Bastlan
himself.
DIR. ALLEN Cuttings. assistant superin-
tendent of the insane asylum at weston, w esi
Virginia, was found dead in his bed Monday
morning. He is supposed to have died from
heart disease.
SIR MOSES MoNTEFIoRE has been seriously
i'll with bronchitis. He had two attacks, the
last one more serious than the first. The
weather had been very severe at the time
The last mail ad vices did not report him en-
trely out of danger.
IT is reported that Mr.. Abbey has given the
directors of the Metropolitan Opera House
New York, formal notice that he declines t.
take the house for another year, having lost
money this season and being unwilling to con-
tinue the experiment.
LADY VAUDEVILLE is now living in a very
quiet family place in Ireland, and will not foI
a long time be seen in New York and New
port society. She has three children, and is
said to be a devoted, loving, care taking
mother. Lord Vaudeville is a sad invalid.
DUMoNT, the artist who designed the statue
of NAPOLEON for the NendOme column, died q
fortnight ago, in Paris, at the age of 81. He
was also the artist of the statue of Liberty or
the Bastile column, and sculptures by his
hand are contained in the Louvre Palace o.
Justice.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-17
Cooperative Housekeeping.

The difficulty of obtaining good domes-
tic servants and economical considera-
lions are bringing the question of coop
eratlVe housekeeping to the attention Of
people of moderate means living in nearly
all cities and towns. The system, with
many variations as to details, has been
tried in many places, and has generally
proven successful. The plan adopted in
many OF the large tenement houses in
New York has given general sat
lsfaction. \ common kitchen . is
provided, a first-class cook and
steward are employed, and each family
contributes its pro rata share of the eX-
penses. All kinds of supplies, being
bought IN quantities, are obtained at
much lower prices than are usually paid
by individual families, and it is said that
good meals are obtained at very reason
able rates. Housemaids are also sup
piled, one maid serving a number of fami-
lies, and while the maids are much better
paid than those serving individual fami-
lies, the cost to each family is much less
than under the old Ilan.
The mess system, which has long been in
vogue at nearly all the leading schools
and colleges in the Union, Is on the same
principle. and is generally much pre-
ferred by students to patronIzing board
ing houses. The clubs are formed so as
to consult the means and tastes of the
members. Club life, on the whole. is quite
enjoyable.
In nearly all cities and towns restau-
TS 40 70
regular patrons at very reasonable rates.
Where parties live within convenient dis
tances this is probably the most satisfac-
tory plan for those who do not wish to be
annoyed by the details unavoidable in
regular housekeeping. In some places
the meals are sent to the patrons in me-
tallic cases, which are kept warm by
means of spirit lamps. A printed bill Of
fare is furnished daily to each regular
customer, the price Of each dish being
stated. In this m amer families can OBJ
tain just such dishes as are wanted
for each meal, and all trouble
of marketing, cooking, washing dishes,
ETC., is avoided. Breakfasts and suppers
are furnished at from 10 to 80 cents for
each person, and dinners at from % to 30
cents. For the latter sum very super
ior dinner can be obtained.
The latter plan, for many reasons, is
superior to all others, and no doubt it will
grow in popularity according to the ex-
cellence of the fare and service rendered.
This is not strictly cooperative house
keeping, but there are difficulties in the
first mentioned plan in practice which
will preclude its very general adoption,
however much the theory may be favor
ed. s. No man can serve two masters" is
a truism. Then how can a cook or a stew
ard be reasonably expected to serve a
dozen or two
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-17
BRIGHT BITS.

1.-THE city must put its foot down on such
corruption shrieks an excited contemporary.
But it can't, ! GU know Corporations have 70
sOles.-Lgs.
''IF there's anything love, it's roast goose
remarked henderson, as he passed up his
plate for a second helping. 1T does you
credit" said Fogg; "theTe's nothing so beauti-
full as affection amongst the members of a
family.
AN eccentric old man in New Hampshire
surprised his neighbOrs and friends the other
day by shOuldering his gun and starting for
the woods on the morning of his wife's funer-
al. On being urged to come back he refused,
saying: "She warn't no blood relation of
NINE"
"MosT people can't play on harmonious"
harmonica invariably start operations on
they master mid pleasures. and Here
they stick and it is probably weeks before
they run in the palaces Lord, what a time
that is for the neighb0rs.'
He is a young doctor and she is a Vassar
graduate. Last Thursday evening he said to
her: DO you know. dear, have heart af-
lection for your" ''Have YOU had il lung"
she cOyly inquired. "Oh, yes; l feel that
will liver troubled life;withOut yOu," he fer
vently responded. "Then you had better
asthma" She softly murmured. Then he
Rugged her so hard he had to reset her coll ar
bone.
THE deaf mute put his finger in his mouth,
shook his head, and produced little slate and
pencil. Cant speakn' wrote Henderson
The man shook his head, Henderson then
wrote: "Why don't You try some other Ian
guage? Everybody tells me that English is
very hard to learn. Try French. l had
friend who learned to speak it quite well in
six months" The face of the dumb when
FendersOn's sage advice was read was lumi-
nous with mystiticatiOn.-B0st0RP Post.
AT a station in Montana, the other day,
Boston girl stuck her head out of a Northern
Pacific car and exclaimed: 'The bewildering
wcmance which cwOwns this twanscendental
scencwy with such indescwibabel fascination
and tinges its evcwy featuh with such over
towering interest quite bweaks me up" And
a number of members Of the local vigilance
committee standing on the platform looked
grimly into each others faces and muttered,
F'Oh fit was only man. '-Bismdrcb Tribune.
THE DARwINIAN's VALENTINE
When you and were monkeys,
A million years ago,
We lived amid the nutmeg trees
On the coast Of B0rpeo.
SO many other things we did.
My recollection fails;
But where we couldn't use our paws,
We hung on with our tails
But since we've shufIled of these tails,
Have hands instead o. DAVIS;
We must like human bipeds, i've
Obedient to the laws.
Ape, monkey and chimpanzee
Love led us from your line.
And bids US choose each other
For a lifelong valentine. Life.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-17
The Political Investigations.

The reports we are getting from the
COpiah county investigation at New Or
leans, and the Danville investigation at
Washington, show state of affairs very
much like that which existed in this
county before and at the riot on election
day in November, 1868, and in other parts
of the South al various times during the
carpet-bag period. They are the same old
stories, with changes as to time, place and
leading characters. There are still white
men, it seems, mean enough to stir up bad
feeling among the negroes, and to incite
them to commit insulting acts, which ulti-
mately lead to violence, in order to crafty
their greed for office. At Danville
the white leaders of the negroes
were not in sight when the riot
occurred, and, consequently, not
one Of them was hurt. Between seven
ty-five and a hundred negroes on one side,
and from fifteen to twenty-five white men
on the other, took part in the riot, and the
negroes got the worst of it. Peaceable
and industrious negroes were not there.
The negro mob was made up Of that loaf
ing, goOd-f0r-nothIng class of negroes to
be found everywhere i'll the South, and
who are always standing on their
rights" At DanvilIc, however, they did
not stand long. Not a great while ago
there were localities in this State where
the political condition of affairs was not
very different from that in COpiah county.
The white sOreheads, in order to advance
their office-getting schemes, called them
selves Independents, and became en-
ragged with their white fellow-citizens
who refused to have any association or
utilization with them. They used to get
very much out of temper and were loud
in their desire to kill somebody or have
somebody killed. They wouldn't allow
themselves to be called Republicans, but
they did their utmost to profit by the
votes of the negroes. Happily, affairs like
that in COpiah county are not liable to
occur often now; the white men who make
them possible are about all 'weeded out of
the South. One of them ran away to
South America a few days ago. He was
Louisiana tax collector under the Kel-
lOgg regime, and later was post office
inspector in this State. Quite a number
Of c0ntiding postmasters mourn his alb
sence, as he borrowed their hard earned
cash and forgot to return it. When
these political adventures are all gone
there will be no occasion for political in
vestigations in the South. The negro is
also beginning to learn ''dat de mean
buckra am mighty unseTtin."
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-17
THE GEORGIA BAPrIsrs.
A Centennial Celebration to be Held in
October.

October.
A special to the New York Times from
Washington, Ca, says: The Baptists of
Georgia propose to celebrate the centennial
OF the organization ofthe Georgia Assoeia-
ton in this place next October, and as a
monument to that occasion they are just
now raising an endowment of 500, 900 for
Mercer University. One hundred years
ago the Baptists of Georgia perfected their
first organization at Kiokee, in Columbia
county, under the name of the Baptist
Association. The membership of the
church at that time did not reach 1000.
When the body met at Sardis Church, in
Wilkes county, in the year 1900, the Pew
elton conference was organized, out Of
which grew the, general committee,
and subsequently the general
convention, composed of dele
gates from. the different assOcia-
tions. AS an enlargement still of the
same idea came the Southern Baptist
Convention, body which divides control
of the social and religious questions of
the South with the Methodist Church. A
meeting of this convention viii show an
array of faces familiar in the Legisla-
lures and cOurt-rOOms of the country. At
the meeting of this convention in Texas,
at which United States Senator MaXey,
Brown, Of Georgia, were present, the
members several times alluded to these
gentlemen by their official titles, when
Senator Brown arose and said: - We are
all brethren here and should know no
worldly distinction" The statistics Of the
church i'll Georgia show a membership
of: Whites, III ,564; colOred, 1852;
total, "a, 106. There are church build
ings: White, 1,701; cOlored, 1,022; total,
. mi 20
$50; colored, $50; total, 1850.
When the question ofholding a centen-
NAL celebration was mOoted it was pro-
posed to signaliZe the occasion by endOw-
ing Mercer University, of Macon, the
principal Baptist institution of learning
in the State, with 100000. The history of
Mercer is interesting. Among the most
notable Of early Baptists was Jesse Mer-
GER. A gentleman named Penfield pro-
posed to give the association 3d. 800 for the
establishment of UNCONVENTIONAL school
on condition that the association sub
scribed as much more. With this S., 900
Mercer Institute was organized in 1888.
A farm had been offered for the site of
the institution in Greene county. A COM
mittee was appointed to select the site for
the proposed building. They found the lot
to be primeYal woods. Seeking the
shade of large oak tree. they selected it,
and, with uncovered heads, knelt in
prayer. Jesse Mercer gave at different
times sums amounting to $4,000 to the
institution. Prof. /. o. Mcdaniel, the
father of the present Governor of Georgia,
Henry d. Mcdaniel, was member of the
original faculty, and is still living. The
Governor is an alumnus of the college,
Subsequently it was removed to Macon,
its scope enlarged, and it took position
with the leading educational institutions
of the country.
The exercises here in October promise
to be largely attended, as the intention is
to make it grand reunion Of the Baptists
of the State.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-17
The Lasker Resolntions.

The statement Of the London Times,
which appears in our cable dispatches,
that Prince Bismarck has ordered the
Lasker resolutions of coincidence returned
to the House of Representatives at Wash
ingtOn, with a sharp message insinuating
impertinence on the part of that body, is
doubtless a sensational item. 1t will be
remembered that the resolutions We're in
troduced by Congressman Ochiltree, of
Texas, and that the House took no notice
of the vote until the author, by personal
solicitation, got few members to say
faye" and there being no opposition,
they were declared adopted. The state
ment of the Times, that the relations be-
tween the United States and Germany are
in a state of great tension on the prOhib-
tied pork question is scarcely sustained
by the facts Of the case. the discussion so
far being entirely friendly, and no inter
national complications being likely to
arise from it. There IS no doubt. however,
that tho LoekcI resolutions have been the
subject of considerable unfayorable COM
mentin Berlin, and it is not impossible that
they will be resented in some manner, as
Herr Lasker was not at all in accord with
his government. When the little notice
taken by England of the O'Donneli resO-
buttons and the careless manner
in which the House became COM
mitted to the Lasker resolutions
are considered, it is proper to suggest that
all questions bearing in any manner on
our relations with foreign countries ought
to be submitted to the appropriate COM
mittee and have due consideration before
action is taken on them. Notwithstand-
ing the Importance of the great Am
erican hog and the great American Tom
Ochiltree, no serious complications with
Germany is to be apprehended atthis time.
The harmless resolution of the red-headed
statesman of Texas will hardly be the oc-
casion of trouble.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-17
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

AMERICAN artists in Paris are accused OF
being conceited and of asking too much for
their pictures.
FRENCHMEN are becoming fastidiOus. A
restaurant in Paris where dogs meat was
sold has been closed.
A HOTEL KEEPER at Monte Carlo advertises
that he will hold the relatives of those who
commit suicide in his tavern financially re-
sponsible.'
GLADSTONE has been visited by an idiot
who offered to get rid of the London fOgs for
f50OO00. The Gladstone hirelings showed
him the front door.
A FATHER in Vienna has killed his son.
Rendered frantic by want, he said to his son
boy, cannot see you hungry and freezing"
and then he killed him.
FRANCIS PARKMAN, the historian, says that
two-thirds of the few hundred women who
want the ballot in Massachusetts have stand
ing quarrel with the Almighty for not making
them men.
ABOUT two weeks ago the key to the British
House OF Commons was lost. and some anX-
iety in consequence prevailed, as the opening
of Parliament was so near at hand. n second
key was found soon afterwards.
THREE specimens of the well-known terra
Gotta ware of Tanagra have recently been
added to the British Museum, and they are
said to be remarkably beautiful specimens rs
They are statuettes of draped or partially
draped female figures, one being Ariadne
sleeping on a rock.
THE other day a quail, pursued by hawk,
flew against window pane made OF twenty
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-17
CHILLING.
Success Success Success

OR ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE PUBLIC
THAT WE WERE MAKING GREAT REDUCs
TIONs AND THAT OUR FALL GOODS MUST
GO, HAS BEEN A SUCCESS. WE ARE NOW
ABLE TO STATE TO OUR MANY FRIENDS
THAT OUR STOCK HAS BEEN GREATLY
REDUCED IN CONSEQUENCE OF OUR RE-
DUCTION IN PRICES, But WE HAVE A
FEW LEFT. AND THEY MUST GO Also, As
WE WANT AND ARE NOW ABLE TO SAY
WE WILL PRESENT THE PUBLIC WITH AN
ENTIRE NEW, FRESH STOCK OF GOODS
NEXT FALL. WE ARE THE ONLY STORE
THAT DOES NOT CARRY OVER AN M
MENsE STOCK OF GOODS, AND WE CON
GRATULATE THE PUBLIC As WELL AS
OURSELVES on THIS FACT. OUR SPRING
STOCK IS NOW COMMENCING To BE
SHIPPED TO Us, AND CONSEQUENTLY
WILL BE N THE SHAPE TO SHOW THEM
THE LAST OF THIS MONTH. DON'T FOR
GET OUR STORE Is THE PLACE TO GET
YOUR CLOTHING, HATS AND FURNISHING
GOops, TIE ''KING OF SHIRTS" ETC,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-17
The Modern Prize Fighter a Swell

omaha Herald.
Must Uf the UgnUerS OF JO-Uay are men OF
cOnSidpra bla intoII: ssa~~.-r "a Z VI liiuCIl
higbar asade intellectually than those
who fought in the ring fifty years ago, and
many have gained position and influence
through being successful in the ring.
There is a great difference in prize fight
ers. The brOken-n0sed, bullet-headed,
bull-necked, stumpy, and lOw-lived pugil-
lst Of the Olden days, who associated with
hOstlers and stable boys, has almost en-
tirely disappeared. The pugilist was
formerly the man who took of his hat
when he came into the presence of a gen.
tleman. AS rule, the reverse of this is
now true.
A great many famous fighters pride
| themselves upon their manners. Such a
one, for instance is Paddy RYAN. No one
could flatter Ryan more successfully than
| by averring that he was ''perfect gentle
| man." Ryan always wore a beaver hat
of the most fashionable mould, and cloth
/ ing that was richly embellished with silk
/ facing and velvet collars. He wore clean
| linen and gaudy searfs, and never cOnsid-
cred himself quite right unless he held a
| half-smOked cigar in his mouth. He
| went about the streets accompanied by Il
| thick-set and bright-eyed young man, who
! was labOriOusly introduced as "Mr. Pad
/ dy Ryan's secretary, Mr.. Jerry OBrlen."
/ Together these two gentlemen wandered
/ about town, and were made welcome at
all the prominent saloons. Ryan had a
| a royal time of it for year or so, until he
went down South and was inglOri0usly
walloped by John l.. Sullivan. just at
this time Sullivan began to make calls.
| He went about the saloons of New York
/ just as Ryan had done but he did not fill
/ the place of that gentle and cultured citl-
| zen of Troy. Sullivan was not 4 swell.
| He wore loose and shaggy coat, heavy
shoes, a Derby hat. and was often desti-
/ tute of collars and cuffs. He lacked the
! gentleness of Ryan. He did not enjoy the
/ companiOnship of other men as Mr.. Ryan
/ did, and was suriy and gruff. By degrees,
as Sullivan became more popular, and
/ famous, his manner sOftened a little.
/ The beaver-hat mania struck him and he
became more particular in attire. He
now dresses as fashionably as Ryan ever
did, even going to the extent Of wearing
yellow gloves on his huge and ham-like
/ hands.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-17


Instances in which the industrial in
I terests Of the country have been destroyed
or handicapped by an unjust tariff law
made for the benefit of few mOnOpolists
( are coming to light almost daily. TIE
/ people are continually learning more and
more about the shrewd tricks of the pro-
4 tectiOnists.
I One of the leading Industries of Balti-
more several years ago was the smelling
Of copper. The works in that city were
( supplied with their low grade ores from
the copper mines Of Maryland, but, in or
der to make good copper, it is necessary
to combine with the native ore a certain
quantity OF high grade ore, which could
be obtained at a living price from Cuba
The Baltimore works employed a great
many labOrers, besides furn ishing a
market for the mines, and
thus supporting the miners. A few
years ago the copper mines
of Lake Superior, the richest in the world,
were opened. The owners of these mines
were amply able to compete on even
terms with any other country in the
world. But protection and extOrtiOn
were the ruling spirits of the day. They
secured tain on copper Of from 215 to
I cents per pound. The result was that
the whole copper trade of the country was
monOpOlized by the Lake Superior COM
panies. The Baltimore works were COM
PEELED to suspend because they could not
afford to pay the tariff on the Cuban ore,
and they, as well as the Maryland mines,
I'll
ever since.
The Lake Superior mines and works be-
gan to turn out immense quantities of
copper, and soon OyerstOcked the Ameri-
can market, but the price was not APP
preciably diminished here. The surplus
was shipped to Europe and there sold for
considerably less after paying the freight
than was paid by the American cOnsum-
ers. In the spring of last year one sale OF
10000, 600 pounds of Lake Superior copper
was sold in Europe at 16 cents per pound,
while the American wholesale buyer was
forced to pay III. eff protection protects
American industries" says the Balti-
/ more Sun, commenting on the above facts,
I ''we should like to see where in this in
/ stance, as in many others that might be
cited, the protection comes in
The effect of protection is almost in
variably to make the rich mOnopolists
richer and the poor poorer. The former
! have come to the conclusion that it is the
! paramount duty Of government in leg
islation to look to their interests alone,
and they call the time-honored principle
of the greatest good to the greatest num-
Der" an exploded humbug." The time
has come for the people to assert their
rights. The true and constitutional theory
| is that the tariff should be laid for reye-
nue. only. If there is any incidental pro-
| lection, it should be so adjusted as to en-
I courage and not crush out our industrial
interests, but a prOhibitory tariff, for pro
lection only, is not only robbery of Amer
lean consumers, but it handicaps our
smaller industries, and destroys our COM
merce with foreign countries.