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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-15
LOGAN IL.
The New York Tribune's Beautiful
Pen-Picture of the Orator and States
man.


Pen-Picture of the Orator and States
man.
Ne10 York Tribune, Jan. Is, 1875.
Pranced there in upon the arena of the
great debate, like a trick mule in a cir
Gus, or a spawned nightmare upon the
track of a beautiful dream-Logan, of
Illinois. There was a vision of mus
taches, eyebrows and hair piled on each
other in arches; large brandisning of
arms, a pose and stridulous war-hoop;
and much as though a picture of the
Deerfield massacre had stepped out from
the pages OF our early history, Logan
took the American Senate by it's large
capac1ous ear. And then he went for
his mother tongue. He smOte 1t right
and left, hip and thigh, and showed no
mercy. Swinging the great broad-ax of
his logic high in the air, he turned it ere
it fell, and with the hammer side struck
the language of 10000, 600 of people fairly
in the face, and mashed it beyond recog-
milton. Under his stroke the floor of the
American Senate was spattered with the
remnants Of a once proud vocabulary,
and messengers, doOrkeepers and pages
we've covered from head to foot with the
spray. In the fearful two hours which
followed the first roar of his Grafton. all
the parts of speech were routed and put
to flight. There were orphaned adiectives
and widowed nouns; bachelor verbs
driven to polygamy, and polygamousv verbs
left lonely; conjunctiOns discovered,
propositions scattered, adverbs disheveled
and distorted, and syntax flung into wild
disorder. 1t was great day for Logan.
He set his teeth into the language as the
untamed tiger of the jungles takes be-
tween his mouth and paw the wearing
apparel of the wayfarer, and the ripping
of it was heard through all the forest
depths. 1t reverberated to the other end
of the capitol, and sluggish Representa-
tives lifted up their ears and listened to
the roar with terrified awe. Some started
for the scene; but, upon being told the
cause of the disturbance in the brief COM
munication, "Logan's up,' turned back,
with full assurance that they could hear
from that end of the capitol all that was
worth hearing. So through two hours
Logan swung his beautiful arms over the
heads of the Senate like the booms of
government derrick, while his chin
churned the language like pile-driYer in
heavy sea, and the baffied reporters
made wild p1unges with their pencils to
gather up his regurgitations for the
printer.
All! Logan is a great man; a states
man. When he throws his intellect into |
a question, whether it is of finance or
self-goYernment, or of sticking to the |
ship, something has got to come. And |
you may always know where to find him |
t0-wit, where he has always been, draw |
ing pay from the government in some ca
pacity. He lacks only fifteen or twenty |
things of being an orator. He has lungs. |
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-15
LULU HURST IN WASHINGTON.
Scientists and Statesmen Puzzled at He1
MYstarinma PnMar

Scientists and Statesmen Puzzled at Her
Mysterious Power.
In response to an invitation from the
parents of the Georgia prodigy, says a
Washington special Of the 18th inst. to
the New York World, Professors HiIgard
and Taylor, of the Smithsonian Institute.
attended this evening a seance given at
the Metropolitan Hotel, for the purpose
of witnessing an exhibition of the pow
ers of the young woman. 1t has been
claimed for Miss Hurst that she is able to
coin at will nervous strength sufficient to
overcome the muscular resistance of the
strongest man. The exhibition was in
the presence of Senator Ransom, Con-
gresham Reese, of Georgia, Congress-
man Willetts and wife, Judge Harris, of
Virginia, Richard Townsend and num-
Der of people prominent in Washington
politics and socially. The result of the
performance was sufficiently mystifying
to make Miss Hurst very popular with
people seeking after the new and unex-
plainable.
In the clear light of a blazing chan
delier, in the presence of about fifty
watchful people. the Georgia girl
showed herself the possessor of most
curious strength. With her hands rest
ing lightly upon the handle of an UNI
brella held by q stout young man from
among the spectators she was able to
shoot the umbrella through space by a
simple exercise of her will. Congressman
Reese, of Georgia, who is very power
full man, tried to hold chair in his arms
while Miss Hurst rested her hands lightly
upon it. The chair was forced down i'll
spite of the most violent struggles of the
muscular Congressman until it was about
two inches from the floor snow push
the chair down to the floor" cried Father
Hurst. Mr.. Reese changed his resisting
powers and bore his whole weight upon
the chair without being able to make it
touch the floor.
This experiment was repeated with two
men, and then three tried TO hold the chair
still under the touch of the young woman,
but in vain. 1t was tested in various
ways, but no one was strong enough to
resist the so-called force. Prof. Taylor
and Hilgard refused to personally take
part in any of the experiments, which
were made under their inspection, and
could give no explanation of the peculiar
power displayed. There is no claim upon
the part of the Hurst family of any SUI
pernatural explanation of the young wO-
mans powers. For nine months she
has been the pOssessOr of the ner-
vous strength exhibited this evening. She
can raise chairs in which stout men are
seated by simply placing her palms on the
back of the chair This was done this
evening with various well known gentle
men who were present. Miss Hurst is a
strong, healthy looking country girl. She
claims to be in a perfect gale of spirits
when exhibiting her strength. She laughs
at every movement of the strong
men in their mad struggles to resist the
lightest pressure of her hands. Congress-
man Blount, of Georgia, who was present,
thought it would have been a most excel
lent thing if Bill Morrison could have Sc
cured Miss Hurst's support early in the
session for his tariff bill.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-15
International Electric Exhibition.


Comparatively few people in the coun-
try appreciate the wonderful progress
that mas been made in the electrical
science during the last few years. A de-
cade ago the idea Of having an interna-
national electric exhibition in the United
States in which any one except scientific
men would feel an interest would have
been considered the extreme of folly. Now,
however, the laws governing this mystic
rious force have became so well known to
those who have studied them, and it has
been applied to so many useful and unique
purposes, that thousands take a deep in
terest in its development, and the possi-
bilities Of invention connected with it
may be considered almost limitless.
The Franklin Institute of Philadelphia
has determined to hold an international
electric exhibition during the coming
fall, and all the countries of the civilized
world have been invited to make exhibits
in all classes OF appliances connected with
the subject. Electric exhibitions have
already been held by France, England,
Germany and Austria. and it has been
demonstrated that electricity in its appli-
cations has passed from the experimental
stage to that Of practical necessity.
The bulletin of the institute gives a
synopsis of the classification Of the pro-
posed exhibits. The first section will be
devoted to apparatus for the production
of electricity. The second section will
embrace electrical conductors, wires,
cables, insuIators, etc. The third win
contain instruments for the measure
ment of the speed and force of electricity.
The fourth section will be the most in
teresting Of all to the general public. 1t
will be devoted to the applications of
electricity in the arts, sciences and in
dustries of the world. The vast number
of purposes to which it has already been
applied will be shown in a striking and
systematic manner, which will not only
be instructive in a high degree, but sug-
gestiye of the field of research still open
to the student and the inventor.
There can be little doubt that electricity
will be the most useful servant of man in
the future. Its application to telegraphy,
the telephone, micr0phone, photophone,
lighting, fire and burglar alarms, annun-
ciators, and electric clocks, as well as in
firing blasts, are already in use in all civ
ilized countries. 1t is being
also applied in spinning and weav-
ing, in dentistry, in surgery, and
the treatment of diseases, to traps and
snares, musical instruments, writing and
printing, toys, for the transmission and
conversion of heat and power, and for
many other purposes.
The proposed exhibition can scarcely
fail to give a new impetus to the study of
electricity and the development and per-
lection of inventions connected there
with, and no doubt its influence on the
future of almost every industry in the
country will be great and lasting.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-15

AS an appendix to the report Of the De-
partment of Agriculture Of Georgia for
May, Commissioner Henderson gives
another lecture, translated from the
French of the distinguished agricultural
authority, Prof. Vile, on stock and stock
raising. The paper. is minute and ex-
haustive, and, at the same time, is replete
with information and suggestions of great
practical value. No doubt the intelligent
farmers into whose hands these lectures
may fall from time to time viii read them
with great interest, and encourage the
Commissioner to continue their publica-
ton in his reports.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-15
A Hopeful Reformation.

Advices from Texas indicate that it is
advancing as rapidly in civilization and
refinement as it is in population and
wealth. 1t is stated that the evidence of
this advance is specially conspicuous in
the decadence of the habit of carrying
deadly weapons. The popular idea that
the typical Texan is always loaded and
likely to 90 off with murderous effect on
the slightest provocation or through mere
caprice is no longer correct. Even in the
last two or three months the dimi mutton
in the number of homicides reported in
that State has been noticeable, and the
better people say that the shooting-iron
age in Texas has gone never to return.
A few years ago few citizens of Texas
would have dared to leave home without
being armed with revolver of the most
approved pattern. The reign of crime in
that State reached such a state, that re-
action took place earlier than was ex-
pected, and the better people of the State
determined to effect a reformation. The
ministers, the newspapers and the courts
urged unrelenting war on the revolver,
and on homicides. Several popular preach
ers took the stump and canvassed the
State against the custom of carrying con-
cealed weapons. The courts began to en-
force the law, and it is asserted that to-
day the practice of carrying revolvers is
no more common in Texas than in the
older States of the Union.
Not only is this true as regards Texas,
but the custom OF carrying concealed
weapons is fast becoming obsolete all
over the South. If the metropolitan news
paper reports are to be believed, there are
many more pistols carried in New York
city, in proportion to population, than in
the State Of Georgia. The people are de-
termined to tame, or exterminate, ruffians
and DULLES, and when the country is rid
of these classes the carrying of deadly
weapons viii be entirely a thing of the
past.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-15

The report of the loss of several whal-
ing schooners off the coast OF Greenland
from being crushed in the ice causes in
creased interest in the voyage of the
Greeley relief expedition. Nothing has
been heard from the relief S Gamers since
they sailed from st. Johns, =. f. If the
expedition has succeeded n reaching
Baff IS Bay in safety, it will no doubt be
able hear something from the Greeley
party ny the middle of July. Advices
can scarcely be expected to reach the
United States, however, before the latter
part of August,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-15
Marriage Laws.

A curious divorce case is being tried in
Boston which brings out with startling
distinctness the difference between the
marriage laws of New York and Massa-
chusetts. The defendant is a wealthy
cotton broker. The plaintiff has been
recognized as his wife for sixteen
years. AS husband and wife they
have been recognized by a wide circle of
friends and acquaintance. They have
spent seasons at the most popular sum-
mer resorts together, and have visited and
received visits without ever having eX-
cited a suspicion that they were not what
they pretended to be. The woman's
name appears on a number of deeds, where
she acknowledges that she signs away
her right of dover, and she has
a large number of letters signed ssYour
affectionate husband" To the plaintiffs
petition for divorce the defendant replied
tsVVe were never married." The story, as
related by the woman, is that she entered
into the marriage relation with the de-
fendant in New York sixteen years ago.
There was no ceremony, but they made to
each other solemn declaration of mar
IldG6. WHICH Sues Ut luC Time,
believed was binding. At that
time the defendant was in moderate cir
cumstances. He accumulated wealth
rapidly, until at present he is one of the
rich men of Boston. A year ago he quietly
married and refused to provide for, or
have anything to do with the plaintiff.
Under the laws of New York there
was marriage, but I'M
der the laws of Massachusetts
there was not. In the latter State cere-
mony by a magistrate or clergyman is
necessary to constitute a binding mar
riage. If the court holds that the parties
to the suit were married, the defendant
win have to share his fortune with the
plaintiff, and will also be liable to punish
ment for bigamy. The second marriage
will, of course, be void. But whatever
way the court decides, one of the two
women is bound to suffer, and so far the
facts show neither of them deserves to
suffer. All the trouble was brought
about by the difference in the marriage
laws of two States. The marriage and
divorce laws of all the States ought to be
alike.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-15
An Envious View of TiIden.

He has always, in seeking even the noblest
ends, preferred secrecy to openness. indirect
ness to dlrectness, the crooked TO the straight
road, the whisper to the loud voice, and the
result has been a reputation which is probably
far below his merits as a statesman. The way
in which he lost the Presidency in 1876 would
doubtless have given him a strong and perma-
nent hold on the sympathy of large numbers
outside his own party but for the discovery
that his friends had been fighting the devil
with fire on his behalf and apparently with
his eonnivance. The South Carolina cipher
dispatches and the Oregon negotiations were
and must always rob Mr.. Tildens role in the
contest Of 1876 of the impressiyeness and
solemnity with which he not unnaturally
wishes to surround it in the eyes of posterity.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-15

owing to an unexpected delay in the
completion Of Mr.. Howells' work, which
the author regrets as deeply as we do, we
are unfortunately compelled to postpone
for a week or two the continuation Of the
series Of New American Stories so bril-
Iiantly opened by the Pandora Of Mr..
Henry James.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-15
The Plumed Knight's Magnetism.

-'otV AVFa = VFtI LLchHsI.
There is unquestionablv something about
him that draws men TO him. He drew Bob
Ingersoll long ago; he drew all the star rout-
ers; he fascinated the worst elements in the
Chicago Convention; he attracts jay Gould
and Russell sage and Chauncey Depew and
all the monopolists and railroad jobbers, and
finally he fasclnates the Tribune, which has
all along been the organ of Toryism, class leg
lslatlon and monopoly. There can be no doubt
of Mr.. Blaine's personal magnetism. He
draws. and so docs a carcass-hnt Mhat2
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-15
CURRENT COMMENT,
A Shameless Party.

aI7ttC
The Republican party has been in power
twenty -four years. 1t is the party of whisky
ment jobs. 1t is also the party of vulgar
wealth secured through a long term of power.
How much longer viii it flash its stolen dia-
monds and exhibit Its stolen money in the be-
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-15

The respite granted by Gov. Mcdaniel
to Jack Barrett, who was to have been
hanged at Perry Friday, was made in
compliance with the request of number
of leading citizens of Houston county.
1t is alleged that the condemned man slew
his adversary in defense of his wife's
honor.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-15
President Tilden's Noble Farewell.

He appoints no political legatee He leaves
the party free from embarrassments, and his
farewell letter, so grand in its utterances, so
noble in all its parts, ought to be an lnspira-
ton to the men who would have supported
him, had his consent been given, to devote
their most unselfsh labors and purposes to
meeting the matches opportunity which the
Democratic convention will present.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-15

The memory of the late DR.. Samuel D..
Gross is to be honored by the establish
ment of memorial chair Of patholog ical
surgery in some one of the leading medi-
cal colleges of the country. A circular is
to be addressed to medical men through
out the world to solicit their assistance in
the endowment of the ''Gross Professor
ship" A committee of $50 of the best
known physicians in this country and
Europe win be appointed to aid the COM
mittee from the Jefferson College alumni
in raising the endowment fund.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-15

Gen. Grant and Col. Fred are actually
going to move into the celebrated cottage
at Long Branch for the summer, while
poor partner Ward languishes behind the
bars Of his dungeon.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-15

Secretary Lincoln has not been cOnsid-
cred by any means profound man. His
silence since the late convention, how
ever. has been most conspicuously pro-
fguud
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-15

Her Majesty the Queen might save a
good deal in buying statues Of John Brown
if she would enter into contract to have
them cast by the dozen, and thus get
fhem at wholesale rates.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-15

Were it not for the fact that he lives in
the benighted State of Ohio, ex-senator
Thurman might loom up as a wonderfully
strong Presidential candidate.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-15

The Chicago Times suggests spencer
Rifles as a good name for some Of the
Blaine clubs. Blaine is probably the most
s'nlustrated'' statesman that ever ran for
the Presidency Of the United States.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-15

Judge Field as a Presidential candidate
is not in the field. The action Of the Cali
fornia Democracy seems TO have caused
him 70 take to the woods.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-15
No Man So Grand.

DttTUtt EFte LFt6s lUent.I
No man in the history of the country ever
held as unique or on the whole as grand a
position as Mr.. Tilden occupies to-day. A
rightfully elected President Of the United
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-15
THE SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY JUNE Is, 1884,

states, he has lived to see his competitor, who
scurity, if not contempt. while he has at his
command a nomination for the Presidency
which he does not need as an honor and which
he feels be cannot accent as q trust.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-15

The continuance Of the Atlantic coast
fast mail service is assured. The House
yesterday agreed to the necessary increase
IN the appropriation. The Senate has
been favorable from the beginning. Post
master General Gresham is entitled to
good deal of credit for the earnest way in
which ne has pushed this matter to a sue
cessfuI issue.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-15

w. B. Thomas, Superintendent of the
Wrightsville and Tennille Railroad, says
that he has graded six miles OF his road,
two and half miles of which he has
ready for locomotives. He says that the
average cost per mile of grading, Cross
ties and railing in order on the road bed
will be between $1,000 to $1,000. His
crossties cost him only 20 cents apiece.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-15

A Philadelphia firm makes a speciality
of selling $40 silk suits to servant girls on
the installment plan, requiring weekly
payments Of 81. It is thought that the
servants Of that city will soon outshine
their mistTesses in the matter Of dress.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-15

Mobile is organizing and actively pre-
pairing for the grand Interstate military
encampment to be held in that city. The
time has not been fixed, but it is intended
to eclipse the late display at Houston,
and to make the occasion a notable one
in the history of the South.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-15

Rev. DIR. McFerrin, the distinguished
Methodist minister whose obituary was
extensively published last winter, has been
making a visit to East Tennessee, where
his first missionary labors were performed.
On the S,h instant he delivered the bacca-
laureate address for Hiwassee College.
The Doctor appears to be in better health
than for MANY wears past.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-15

The United States Circuit Court at
New York mas entered a noIle prosequi
in the case of Singleton, the man
aver Of the Grand Opera House, who
was indicted for refusing to sell
tickets of admission to the dress circle
Go a negro. The court decided that the
civil rights bin so far as it bears on this
subject is unconstitutional.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-15

Mast, the artist of HaFpel'S Weebiu, =
being severely criticised in art circles
for drawing an elephant with the knees
of his hind legs turned the wrong way.
One Of the illustrations in Webster's die
tionary exhibits similar mistake.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-15

IL is probable that the people of this
country viii not recover from the L.angtry
craze until the Hessian Grand Dukes
grass widow, Nine. Kalomine, is induced
by some enterprising manager to come
over the water. She is said to be so much
prettier and naughtier than the Jersey
Lily that she would 20 up head in third
class Gotham society at once.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-15

Very large lace and embroidery collars,
attached by bows of soft muslin, lace
trimmed, are dressy afternoon and even
ing wear.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-15

The illustrated newspapers must give
up all their claims to enterprise unless
they will give the hero wOrshipers Of the
country a true portrait Of Bradford, the
tattOOed substitute Of the plumed knight.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-15

The Philadelphia papers repeat the re-
port that Gen. Grant has withdrawn from
the Madison Avenue Congregational
Church in New York. 1t may be that in
the midst of the misfortunes of his credi-
tors he is too full for utterance, as limited
by the rules of genuine orthodoxy.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-15

The New York police are not pleased at
Anthony ComstOck's showing them how
4sasy it is to catch aristocratic gamblers
in the very act Of violating the law. The
police have heretofore stoutly maintained
that they were p0werless TO break up
gambling, and that whenever they made
raid they found the gaming houses de-
serted. OF course some Of the police Off
Gals always posted the gamblers in re-
rard to the raids about to be made.