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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-15
THE ATLAS DYNAMITE.

The Explosive Used in London Stolen
from an American Port and Struggled
to England.
NEW YORK, Feb. lot was said in
the dispatches from London that the
Crown expected to prove that men came
from America to London, bringing with
them dynamite of the Atlas brand. This
dynamite is manufactured only by the
Repaumo Chemical Company, whose fac
tory is in New Jersey, on the Delaware.
opposite Chester, Pa. Mr.. Hamlin, the
New York agent of the company, said to-
day that their dynamite was not sold in
England. The dynamite used in the
Charing Cross explosion was stolen from
a Southern port and struggled into Eng
land. Mr. Hamlin thought that the dyna-
mite used in the recent explosions might
be part of the same lot. lie said that
large quantities were used IN making the
Panama Canal, and that it would not be
difficult to getit in Panama.
George S. Small, general agent Of the
Atlantic Dynamite Company, said it was
very easy matter for the Irish to get
dynamite. NEARLY all the men employed
in blasting" he SAID ''are Irish. One of
them might take cartridge or two away
with him every day until he had hun
dred pounds, or a quantity that, if put
together, would make package about six
teen inches long, ten inches
thick and fifteen inches wide.
That would be enough to shatter the post
office if it were put in the middle of the
building. think it is impossible to regu-
late the sale of dynamite. Laws on the
subject would have less effect than pro-
hlbition laws have on the sale and use of
whisky"
Among the coming colors for spring are
chestnut, deep red, seal brown, marine
blue and green
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-15
THE SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5 1885

it for the rest Of the season. Another girl
announced that she always took few grains
of quInine rs a ''pick- me-up,' she said, to
carry her through dinner or q ball. a third
one owned to relying on beef tea with little
brandy in il, and a massage treatment # ON
her old colored nurse every night and morn
ing, and seemed to be rather proud OF her
hyglen1c grooming. a fourth one said that
strong coffee kept her up TO the high concert
pitch OF the last OF the season, but among the
stimulants recommended none owned up to
alcoholic ones, although the number of punch
es and the bottles Of the raw materials sent
up to a popular society girls room last
season was the gossip of the hotel that her
family stopped at.
MAJ. GEN WILLIAM EARLE, c. B.. c. ;. l..
who was killed at Berti a few days ago, was
between 50 and 60 years of age. He entered
the British army as Ensign on Oct. Il, 1851. He
entered the Crimean campaign in 1854 as Il
Lieutenant, and served throughout that war,
being present at the battles of Alma and Inker-
man add the siege of SebasJopol- During this
campaign he lost one of bis eyes On Feb. l6
1855, he was promoted to the rank of Captain,
and in 1868 to Lieutenant Colonel. In 1870 he
was made Colonel, and joined the staff of Sir
Evelyn Wood at Chatham. He was promoted
Major General in October. 1850. During
WOlseley's Egyptian campaign Of 1882 Gen.
Earle was in command of the base and lines
of communication. He was present at the
bsttle Of Tel-el-kebir, and was twice men
toned in official dispatches for his bravery
He received the thanks of DO houses Of Par
lament. In the present campaign the peril
GUS task was assigned HIM by Gen. Wolselev
of travelling from korti to Beruer by the Nile
route with 1000 troops. lie was to chastise
the murderers of Col Stewart by the way,
which he had successfully accomplished and
uIs!odge the rebels from important forts along
the route. He occupied Abu Hamed without
difficulty, but at Berti met with fierce resist
ance and fell in the heat of the battle. Gen.
Earle served in the Grenadier Guards in
Canada during the Trent trouble, and was
NIraarmn -
was administrator for the government in
Lower Canada.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-15
Effectiveness of Soldiers.

Effectiveness of Soldiers.
The reports from the war in the Soudan
are reviving interest in the statistics of
mortality in battles as compared with the
number of shots fred. A paragraph went
the rounds some time ago stating that in
the recent Franco-Prussian war /. 800 bull
let's were fired for every man killed or
wounded, not to mention the amount of
ammunition used by the artillery. 1t is
stated that in the battle of SolferinO the
Austrians fred in round numbers $780,
GOO musket shots, and the killed and
wounded in the French and Sandman
ranks numbered about u, 900.
The craftsmanship of continental troops
has always been VIGOROUSLY poor, whether
from agitation or want of practice and
training it is not known. A distin-
guished French military critic states that
nearly all soldiers in battle ire without
taking deliberate aim-indeed. very
many discharge their guns with
cut taking aim at all, and it is not in
frequent that they kill or wound their
own comrades. 1t was noticed during
the late war between the States that
troops defending stockades or houses
very often discharged their guns without
showing their heads at the IoOp-holes Or
windows. American troops, however,
have always been tar superior to those Of
Europe in battle. A much larger proper
ton Of them are sharpsbOoters.
The value of sharpshOoters is now
more appreciated in European armies
than it ever has been. An enthusiast on
the subject says that one crack marks
man can do an enemY's forces more
actual damage than whole regiment OF
ordinary troops. Had the little force Of
Leonldas at the pass of ThermOpyl8
been iirst-class sharpshooters, armed
with the best class of modern rides, they
might have almost annihilated the Per-
sian hosts, notwithstanding the attack
made on them in flank and rear.
The British troops on the Nile are
equalled in valor by the hosts of the False
Prophet, but their superior arms. dis.
cipline and craftsmanship enables them
in almost every engagement to defeat
vastly superior numbers.
1t is probable that the European pow.
ers will greatly reduce their immense
standing armies before many years shall
ell ipse, and retaining only such soldiers
as are distinguished for skill as well as
bravery. The soldiers of the future will
probably be required to stand more rigid
examinations and tests than the officer;
of the present day.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-15
Plans for Suppressing PoIygamy.

A~AS AOE SURPRISING ROY 8aHu9s
The present Congress Will not touch the
Mormon problem. 1t hasn't time, and if
II had there is no reason to think that 1t
would attempt to solve it. The majority
OF Senators ana Representatives would
like to have it solved, but by their mac
tivity they admit that it is beyond their
comprehension.
Great things were expected OF the Ed
munds' law. The law has accomplished
nothing. rs only effect, perhaps. has
been to make the M0rmOns more deter
mined than ever to cling to their peculiar
institution. Of course nobody is ready
to advise measures for the suppress
sion Of the Institution that are not
included in the forms of law. and
yet there are those who question
whether polygamy can be suppressed
by law. The future is only to be judged
Of by the past. All laws in the past have
proved Ineffective. The fact is Congress
is at the end of its rope, as it were, in this
Mormon business. 1t doesn't know
what to- do. and hence it does nothing. The
hope that has been entertained for years
that polygamy would gradually die out
has ceased to be comforting. The institu-
ton is growing and spreading.
As Is well known it has found lodg-
ment in Idaho. Montana and New Mexico.
a few days ago it was announced that
the old President of the Mormon Church
Taylor and three apostles had gone to
Mexico for the purpose Of spying out the
land with the intention of removing the
Mormon Church to that country. 1t is
true that Taylor and the apostles
went to Mexico, but the Mormons have
no intention Of abandoning Utah.
Their purpose is to plant colony in the
State Of Sonora, as they have planted colo
MES IN the Western Territories, with
the idea of strengthening the Mormon
Church. There are rich lands and mines
in Sonora, and the Mormon leaders be-
lieye that a Mormon colony would grow
with great rapidity there. The Mormon
leaders are wise as well as wicked.
A novel plan for the suppression of
pOlygamy was suggested in a cOmmuni-
cation to the New York Herald a day or
two ago. The plan is to raise S1O,OOO,OO0
by subscription in Christian churches to
- tN~~'0A III hett AIS INC tx JCuSES u
immigrants to Utah. The idea of the
originator of the plan is to locate in each
county more Gentiles than Mormon vot-
ers so that the Gentiles can control all the
political and legal machinery, and hence
viii put only Gentiles in Office who will
make and enforce laws against polygamy.
The plan has the merit of novelty. if no
other. If it were possible TO raise the
sum mentioned it would not be as difficult
to get agents to handle it as it would be
to get the right sort Of immigrants.
1t is probable that the peculiar institu-
ton Will be allowed 70 grow, because Of
Of the inability to deal with it success
fully, until it becomes so great as to
openly defy the National Government.
Then the time viii have come for the use
OF force. If anybody thinks that poly
gamy is to be suppressed in this country
IN any other way than by force it is pretty
safe to assume that he is mistaken.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-15
BRIGHT BITS,

If lunatIc asylums are to be made safe
some OF the inmates should be put in charg,
of them.-CiaeiHRah Enquirer.
HE-I don't see Charley and Clara together
lately. She-NO, they've broken off, He
/ For good; She-Ies, for her good Yorker,
Statesman.
SERGEANT-AT-ARMs HILL should be pro.
vlded with a stuffed club. If IN a conflict
with refractory member of the House, be
should happen to break his mace what would
| become Of the United states Of American
/ C0urter-J0urHdl.
'MY WIFE is really getting complimentary, -
remarked Fogg. 'Ah! how's that" asked
Brown. ''Why, she came mighty near speak
ing of my beautiful raven locks" How
near:' why, she said my head looked like
crows nest.'-B0ston TrdnscriDt.
Il AN sorry to saw" remarked the oculist ia
new patient, that your eyes are somewhat
astgmatlo.' "Oh, they are, are theyY''
shouted the other as he started for the door.
w ell, 1 want you to understand that
didn't come here to be stigmatized in that
way"
IN Corea woman has no name. She is al
ways somebody's daughter, sister, wife or
mo her. 1t Is pretty much the same way in
TINS country with the man who marrles pop
ular actress. He has no name, either. He is
always somebody's NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
HsraId.
''NOw, Charlie, 1 want you to stop making
light of my cake!" exclaimed Miss Fussan-
leather.
Indeed, should say it was impossible to
make light of this cake
sir that's very nice pound cake"
"A pound cake. Say rather a fifty pound
- I0nhers Statesman.
WHY, Caroline, aren't you ashamed Of your
sel1:" exclaimed mother entering the par
Tor, and addressing her daughter. Your
poor father has only been dead three weeks
ana here you are playing the pIany." Hes
been dead longer than that, nav. He died
on the I'd, so you see he's been dead four
weeks That's a fact" said the mother.
10 ahead. declare my memory is failing
me.-A rfdnSda0 Trdre2er.
CANDOR was a merit the Chancellor Kent
Possessed in an eminent degree, and when
upon one occasion he informed an individual
he detested that he was pleased to meet him.
should so diverge from his known frankness
and sincerity to express pleasure at meeting
such man: That IS all right. my dear sir,
replied the Jurist IN his quiet easy way. Il
was glad to meet him, but l should have been
very sorry II he was going our way - Ebdny
ErLress.
THE COAL DEALERS COLD DEAL
W men the mercury lncOntinently tumbles,
AND blizzard blows per hour forty miles.
Ilen the coal manipulation never gTumbles,
But ne lies IN wait for orders and he smiles.
He lies in wait,
With heart elate
And twlDkllng eyes;
let, so some state,
To our surprise
In weight he lies.
And he thinks that unsupported are his Wiles.
-Nei0 FORK JCHrHdE.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-15
PERSONAL.

Mr.. TILDRN weighs twenty-five more
pounds than he dld year ago.
ERNEST LoNGFELLow, the son of the poet,
and Mrs. Longfellow are in Washington
ARABG PAsHA is now employed as q school
master at Colon DO, in the island of Ceylon.
GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE, air-brake inven-
tor, has been knighted BY the King of the
Beglans.
TIE King of Wurtemburg Indignantly de
MES the rumOr that he has joined the Roman
Catholic communion.
TIE late OTIS NJ. Merrick, of Owingsville.
KY, left property worth about 81 O00, eco made
in business in Mexico.
SARAH BERNHARDT's anatomical fancy. a
human skeleton, brought only so cents al the
recent creditors sale.
GEO. II. CALVERT, the author of several
long and dull poems in book form, and once
the editor OF The Baltimore american, has
been lecturing in Newport, r. l., on Rubens
o. whom he is lineal descendant.
THE visit of Mr.. Algernon Sartoris, Gen.
Grants sOn-ln-law, who arrived in New
ork on the Germania day or two ago, is
entirely upon private business connected with
his property interests in the West.
MARY ANDERSON in England as in the
United states, refuses to play during Holy
Week. Her place viii be file by Nine.
Modjeska. Miss Anderson will reopen on
Easter Monday in The Hunchback."
OOL. DIX blRNABH. VINO was Killed at
Abu hlea, many years ago passed as the
strongest man in England, and used to twist
poker round his neck and carry ponies up
stairs. Then he had an Illness, and subse-
quent to this he never renewed these feats.
MISS DAISY HAMPTON, daughter of Gen.
Wade Hampton, is 4 lovely brunette with
large, lustrOus black eyes and peachy COM
pleXion. She receives calls on Senator's day
at the Riggs House in a dress of white satin,
cut a la POmpadour at the neck and garnished
with a large bouquet de cOrsage of orchids
and hyacinths.
THERE'S Mr. Jones, Of Texas" said the
House OF Representatives elevator boy to q
Washington Star reporter, 'he VIII never get
on if there are more Than one or two in the
car. Heis q great big fellow, you know, and
l suppose he's afraid such a weight might
break it down. But there's Perry Belmont;
he doesn't weigh more than hundred and
fifteen or twenty, and he won't ride in the
elevator at all, He always takes the STAIRS,
The heaviest load have is when get DORIS
heImer, Tom Reed, Frank Hiscock, and Kei-
fer all on at the same time. Each weigh over
200 pounds and Dorsheimer weighs over 300.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-15
ADVERTISING.
The Confederate Documents.

We propose to publish on March Is and
March p some twenty-five or thirty let
tiers, reports and kilograms of a most in
teresting historical character connected
with the last days of the Southern Con-
federacy. These documents cast an im-
portart light on questions that are still
unsettled. They include official com-
mLnications between the Governors of
south Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and
North Carolina, with reports Of agents
and officers, and kilograms and dis
patches from Gen. Lee and President
Davis. There are also letters from pri-
va-e citizens OF distinction like William
Gilmore Simms and A. 2. Aldrich.
There is no doubt about the authenti-
city Of these documents. They will be
published on the same days in several Of
the leading journals of the country.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-15

Mr.. RandalPs scheme for building a
navy may attract some attention, but
there is not much reason for thinking
that it will be adopted. The plan which
Mr.. Randall hopes to have made part of
the naval appropriation bill authorizes
the President to appoint six civilians,
skilled in wood or iron construction,
ship-building or engineering, who, with
the Secretary Ofthe Navy, shallconstitute
a board of experts. This board is to meet
in Washington, and after organization
is to send to all ex-Secretaries of the
Navy, all officers and retired officers of the
line and staff of the navy, all prominent
ship-builders, marine and naval archi-
tects and engineers, a circular asking
such suggestions as they may see fit to
offer in relation to the types of vessels or
other matters pertaining to naval affairs
or to national defense. When the replies
are received the board is to determine
the general character of the vessels to be
constructed, and if its action is approved
by the President it shall invite COMPETE
tive designs for the types OF vessels it has
determined upon. The board shall de-
eide upon the merits of the designs, and
shall make awards for the best
of each type. One vessel of each type
shall be ordered TO be built, and if on trial
it shall prove to be successful it shall be
adopted as the standard of its type. 1t
would take long while, probably, to
build a navy on Mr.. RandalPs plan, and
it is by no means certain that it would be
a very good navy when it was completed.
There appears to be too much circumlo-
cution connected with it.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-15
Rev. Heber Newton and the Re
pOFterS.

The Rev. Heber Newton, Of New York
city, minister Of the Episcopalian Church,
has blossOmed out as a sensational
preacher. All the reports about him
agree that he is not a man of marked
ability, ard that if he followed the beaten
paths that the church has marked out ne
would never be heard of outside of his
own congregation. Unkind critics 60
even further, and say that if he confined
himself to preaching the gospel as it was
taught to him his congregation would
soon become so small that it would fur
nlsh him a very precari0us support.
But if the Rev. Heber Newton hasn't
talent he has ambition. He wants to be
talked about and to figure in the newspa-
pers. He has succeeded in achieving his
purpose, but it cannot be wholly crafty
ing to him to know that he has acquired
notOriety rather than fame.
The doctrines to which it is alleged he
has given utterance from the pulpit
place him, in the estimation of many, in
the school Of which Col. Bob Ingersou is
the distinguished leader. Indeed, Inger-
soil, after reading one of the Rev. Mr..
Newton's sermons, expressed satisfac-
ton that the opinions o. the reverend
gentleman were so nearly in accord with
his OWL.
In justice to the Rev. Mr.. Newton,
however, it is only fair to say that he in
sists that the wicked newspaper men
have not reported him correctly. From
his pulpit last Sunday he denied that he
had taught anything contrary to the
beliefs Of his church, and went into
rather elaborate explanation Of what he
had said.
Ofcourse the newspaper men have a
story to tell. What they published they
copied from manuscript with which the
minister furnished them. They were also
provided with a box of very excellent
cigars to aid them in their work.
OF course there must be some expIana-
ton OF the discrepancy between the state
ments of the minister and the newspaper
men. The explanation, perhaps, may be
found in the cigars. They may have been
so strong that they confused the neWspa-
per men, and they got the Rev Mr.. New
TOMS views and their own views, which,
by the way, may have been tinctured
with IngersOllism, mixed.
Of course the truth will come out if an
investigation IS had. Bishop Potter has
been called on to inquire into the Rev
Mr.. Newton's beliefs, and it is probable
that he will respond to the call. He will
discover, doubtless, that the Rev. Mr..
Newton is ambitious to twinkle in the
galaxy Of pulpit stars in which Beecher,
Brooks, Talmage and others shine with
steady light, but he may not find that he
has denied the doctrines of his church.
But whatever the Bishops finding may
be he will advise the Rev. Mr.. Newton,
probably, against furnishing reporters
with strong cigars.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-15

ronage, has had long apprenticeship in
the public service. He was employed in
1898 In the mail service in the Senate. re-
celylng 5000 year, and he held the place
| until March, 1860. He was then ap-
pointed a messenger, at 81, 200 a year,
noldlng the position until December, 1861,
when he was made Assistant Postmaster
OF the Senate, at SI,44O a year.
AS Assistant Postmaster this Demo
p. at from Maryland served I'M
dor Republican administration
mill ug. 4, 1864, when he was promoted
tn he p stmaster, his salary being in
c ~ o % - 81 he held the office Of
Postmaste G II, til August, 1866, when he
was annoin+ad In ternal Revenue Collector
for the Fifth Mary. land district, with a
salary of 81, 800 yem ana commissions,
which made the post W. Ftni IL Is SAD,
$1,000 year. He remained III tnls once
until April, 1869. In June he was mace
director of the Chesapeake aAu ONO
Canal Company at $500 year, am IN
1872 he became President of the COMPANY
at $4,000, which salary was in 1877 in
creased to $4,000. He still holds the office,
and is also engaged in railroad md coal
enterprises in company with James G.
Blaine, Stephen b. Eikias. ex-senator
Davis, and others.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-15
Washington Society News.

The important part that social life plays
at the national capital is shown by the
space which is given to society news in
the daily press OF the country. There are
members Of Congress who can remem-
Der when if was unusual to see a society
I item in the Washington dispatches of the
leading New York papers. Society mat
ters, if noticed at all. were treated in let
tiers, and accounts of only very few of
the chief social events of the season
found their way into print. Now, about
all the receptions, balls, dinners, ETC., at
which well known people are entertained
appear in the public prints the day after
their occurrence.
All this shows that Washington life, as
well as Washington city, is undergoing a
great change. The capital is becoming
the winter home OF rich people. Those
who have attained distinction in art,
literature and science are generally to be
found where there is wealth, because
where there is wealth the conditions of
life agreeable to them are generally found.
Men who have attained prominence in
public life, but whose political careers
have closed, if they have the means, fire.
quently determine to make their homes at
the capital, not only because their most
agreeable acquaintance are there, but,
also, because the scenes and surround
i9gs which have become familiar to them
have attractions for them too strong to
resist.
Washington is very different from what
it was at the close of the war. Then it
was a village, whose streets were stunned
in wet weather on account of the mud
and in dry weather on account of the
dust. 1t possessed neither attractions
nor comforts. Now it is a city of elegant
residences, splendid parks and superb
streets, shaded and graded as those of no
other city in the world are. Fine statuary
and grand buildings are seen everywhere.
The suburbs are attractive, and there are
magnificent drives Of many miles in sew
eral directions.
Washington will continue to grow in
beauty, and every year the number of its
rich and distinguished residents will in
crease. Its social side will continue to
command increased attention. The ac-
| count Of Mrs. Senator Blanks reception is
read with as much interest by large class
of newspaper readers as the account ofM
Senator Blanks speech is by another
class. The women all over the country get
to know the social stars and they look for
counts Of the receptions, balls, dresses
and for the bits Of gossip as eagerly as the
men look for the proceedings in Congress-
As prominent therefore, as is the place
which Washington society news occu-
pies in the great daily journals Of the
! country it is certain to occupy a still
more prominent place in the near future