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Savannah morning news., 1885-12-13

The Scotch cOl0nists who are to settle
in Manatee county, Fla, arrived at New
York on Wednesday evening and took the
steamer State of Texas, of the Mallory
line, for their destination on Thursday.
They will leave the steamer at Fernan-
dina, and reach Sara Sofa by rail and
stage.
There are about one hundred of them,
and when they left New York they were
in good spirits and were hopeful that they
would find the section of country to which
they We're going all that 1t had been rep
resented to be.
Doubtless they will to some extent be
disappointed. Few emigrants find the
new locations they seek all they expected
them to be. They want good land at low
price, and they ought to know, and doubt
less do know, that they cannot find it in
well-settled communities, where there are
all the advantages which are to be found
in the vicinity OF large towns and cities.
Sara Sofa will appear to the Scotch colo
nists a rather dreary place perhaps on
their arrival, but they will soon change
the appearance OF the neighborhood in
which they locate. They will be near the
coast, and will be able to get fish and
oysters in quantities at all seasons OF the
year. In little while they will be able
to make the land yield handsome returns
They expect probably to do great deal
in the way Of growing oranges. They
know doubtless that it requires years,
and great deal of labor and patience, to
make an orange grove, and will not. there.
fore, be disheartened because they cannot
begin gathering oranges the season after
the trees are planted.
If the cOlonists succeed we'll they will
soon be joined by Others OF their country
men, and their settlement will not be long
without a railroad, telegraph, and weekly
newspaper. Southern Florida is certain
TO be settled up rapidly, and the Scotch
colonists will not find themselves out OF
the world, as it were, very long,
Savannah morning news., 1885-12-13
A Generous Movement.

Some time last year the suggestion was
made by some Grand Army men, real and
not bogus veterans of the late war, that
the government should establish homes
tor INDECENT disabled ex-Confederate
soldiers, but little notice was taken of it
at the time.
A Washington special of recent date
states that there are indications that
systematic efforts are being made to put
the matter into tangible shape. Printed
memorials are being distributed, ad-
dressed to Congress, asking that such
Legislative action be taken as is necessary
to secure the erection or purchase of
buildings and the establishment of the
homes alluded to. The memorials are to
be signed by Union veterans only, and
the movement is originated by those who
have never been in sympathy with the
Confederate cause. Among the promi-
nent supporters OF the movement are Sid.
NJ. Davis, of Farragyt Post, g. A. R..
Department of the Potomac, and Com
mander w. D. Wylie, of the Department
of Texas, q. A. X.
1t seems that this generous and noble
movement on the part OF the Union vete-
rams is destined to receive the hearty sup
port OF many of their comrades, but there
are also reasons for believing that it will
receive bitter and powerful opposition.
The support will come from those who
believe that the war is over, that its ami
mOsities should have ended long ago, and
that the survivors of both sides are brave
and patriotic men, citizens of a common
country. The opposition will come from
political demagogues and others who
from fanaticism or prejudice believe in
perpetuatiDg these animosities.
The ex-Confederates, themselves, while
appreciating the motives of those who are
seeking TO benefit them, will take no part
in the discussion. They will be silent but
interested spectators of the movement.
They can scarcely believe that it will be
successful in the near future, and it is to
be hoped that the work of establishing ex-
Confederate homes by private contribu.
tiOns and other means, will be continued.
There are comparatively few INDECENT ex-
Confederates now alive, but they need i'm.
mediate aid or sustenauce. There will
be fewer of them by the time the com.
mendable movement to obtain govern.
ment aid for them shall aAain practical
results.
Savannah morning news., 1885-12-13
PERSONAL.

Mr.. BLAINE Is said TO own the best hunting
lands in West Virginia.
EVANGELIST MooDY's Brooklyn campaign
is meeting with great success.
THE late Bishop of Manchester owed his
extraordinary mastery over his voice to
having lived for years with deaf mother and
aunt. ~ .fM .3lf
\ .THs poet Browning has bought the famous
MaDzoni palace in Venice IL is n beautiful
building, and was the residence of famous
family. 41 d irro,ia
PRoF. WILLIAM g ! SUMNER has for some
little time carried his right arm In q sling 10
ia now announced that lie has been Tearing to
ride bicycle. 3n1 lGadh
. MIMI. PATTI is TO- have $1,000 for each OF six
appearances y 9peg@ SdT,d In3ir NEXT Feb ,h
handsof the doctor. n ret,
Iris SAID that D6nCHlosloves flattery as
bees love sickening iprbeT0se sweets, and TO
can him ..Chafles VlIl'Sts 10 tickle his soul
via the great eardrun route
4 Gas. BANKS begins TO show the iuroads Of
ar uion alsoneee Tt3Hnt form. For many
bearing have combined 70 make him q notable
1gure in the streetsof Boston.
GEN. JAMES 5. .BRIsBIN said In 81. Louis the
other day tnai ''theft'A MILLIONS in it" for the
man that shah patent some plan for branding
cattle Excessive brauding causes the loss Of
about S5,0OO.000 a year IN this country.
TaR EMPRESS EUGENE, whose health Is in
q very unsatisfactory state, has been ordered
TO pass the winter on the Riviera. She Will
leave England soon for Hyeres. where villa
has been engaged for her, aud she will remain
there till the middle ~ April.
Mrs. JoHH A. LOGAN presides over the
lndies' aid aee"ciailOn whicn announces n
keftledrum and hazar At Washington in aid
of the Garfield Memorial Hospital, for the
middlc Of December. at which Mrs. Endicott
ana Mrs. whitney are to ofiiciate.
TuE WIFE Of Joseph G. Mackin. the Chicago
politician who was recently sentenced TO i'm.
prsonment for tampering with election re-
turuF. il SAID 10 be In want After her hus.
bands conviction she lett her parents home
because her mother tainted her with the
melancholy outcome OF her marriage. A
snecinl from that city says that Pat shecdy a
tind hearted gambler. provided temporary
home for her.
Two or three wears ago u distinguished
United states senator made the grand tour ~
the West Of course bsng furnishpd with
the usual ssfacuitics" hy the various railroad
companies. over Nshosc line he travelled ne
rcpcned Cincinnati during the great food
and his b aggage was del yed. The extra eX-
uense thut eniaiied Amounted tO ~ 85. For
thi. sum the thrifty senator forwarded a bill
tn the company upon whose pass he was trav.
cling. sni thc amount was properly refunded
to. and recelptcd for hy him. The only palli.
alton of ihia "uchruoss" on the part Of the
eminent statesman. is the fact that he n not
worth much over s50Q,oo0.
Savannah morning news., 1885-12-13
DR.. Friere's Inoculation Expert

The reports OF the success OF DR.. Friere,
OF RIO Janeiro, in protecting persons
against yellow fever in that city by inoc-
ulating them with yellow fever virus, has
attracted great attention among physi-
clans In Southern cities of this country
which are liable to have yellow fever cpl
denies. The President OF the louisiana
Board OF Health has started a movement
which has been indorsed by the New Or
leans Cotton Exchange, looking TO the
sending OF commission to Rio Janeiro to
confer with DR.. Friere, and find out
whether the reports of the success of his
lnoculating experiments are well founded.
In this connection it may be of interest
to know that the health officer OF this port
mas taken pains to inquire Of sea Captains
VINO have been at Rio JaneirO lately,
whether the EXPERIMENTS Of DR.. Friere are
regarded with as much favor in that city
as the published statements in this cOun-
try seem to Indicate.
The information which the Health OFF,
Ger has obtained is not flattering to DIR.
Friere. The sea Captains with whom the
Health Officer has cOnversed have no con-
hdence in DR.. FTiere's experiments. They
say that those who have been treated by
him are as liable to contract yellow fever,
and to die from it, as those who have not
been treated. DR.. Friere, they say, how
ever. has inoculated a great many per-
sons, aud has reaped nice little harvest
of dollars.
Ii there is anything in DR.. Friere's In
oculating theory the world ought to know
1t, and if there isn't, the truth cannot be
made evident too soon. The testimony of
these sea Captains, who are intelligent
and observing men, is valuable but not
conclusive. Their opportunities for FORM
ing a reliable opinion may not have been
OF the best. The fact must not be over
looked, however, that if public sentiment
were not against DR.. Friere's experiments
at Rio Janeiro, the sea Captains would
not have the impression.of them that they
express.
Savannah morning news., 1885-12-13
Shin-hniIdinr Interests.

II is said that an effort will be made
this winter, under the leadership of Rep
resentatiye Hewitt, to promote our mer-
camille marine interests. At present,
very little in the way Of building ships is
being done in this country. 1t hasn't
been many years since American ship
builders built the most desirable and
popular Of ocean-going vessels. At that
time we enjoyed a fair share of the worlds
! carrying trade. We have lost most of
I our carrying trade and we don't build
many ships.
II is probable that we could in time re-
gain the share OF the carrying trade
which legltimately belongs to us if our
navigation laws permitted US to buy
ships abroad, or II our tariff laws were
such as to permit us to compete success
fully in snip building with nations which
now supply the worlds market for ships.
For a number Of years there has
been a restless feeling throughout the
country with respect to this ship-build-
ing and carrying-trade business. There
is a belief that better ships can be
built in this country than anywhere else
in the world, and that under favorable
conditions they can be built as cheaply.
1t is not creditable to US as a people
that our carrying trade should be done
in foreign-built and foreign-Owned vessels.
In the Forty-seventh Congress this
whole matter was gone over, and there
was legislation in aid of American ship
ping, but it fell far short of what was
needed and, consequently, did no good.
II the shipping question is brought be-
fore Congress this winter there ought to
be no half way legislation with regard to
It. If new lite is to be given to our ship
ping interests, either permission must be
siven to citizens of this country to buy
foreign ships or the way to building ships
at less cost must be opened. 1t is hardly
probable that foreign builders Will be per-
mitted to profit by our wants, The most
that can be reasonably hoped for is that
the tariff laws will be so modified that our
ship-bulders will be able to compete with
foreign builders.
A revival Of the ship-buiding industry
could hardly fail to be beneficial to the
South. The ships of the future will be
built largely of iron. No where in this
country can iron be produced so cheaply
as in the South. Southern iron is now be-
ing marketed in the metropolis OF Penn
sylvania by way of this city. and Southern
iron can be produced profitably at prices
which do not justify lighting the Pennsyl-
vania furnaces.
Ofcourse a great deal of wood is needed
even in the building Of iron ships. Where
can finer and cheaper woods be found
than in the Southern forests9 Even the
palace car companies depend upon the
South for the woods they need for finish
ing purposes. The idea that white men
cannot stand Southern summers is ex-
plOded. In this city they work on build
ings during the hottest days. In year
or two more this port will have water to
the sea that will float the largest vessels,
and here all the materials for shipbuild-
ing can be obtained as cheaply as at any
other seaport town in the South. If there
is a revival Of the shipbuildlng industry,
why should not Savannah be one Of its
chief sites?
Savannah morning news., 1885-12-13
INDET TOTBW ADVERTISEMENTS.

MEETTNGs-Hebrew Benevolent Society; 81
Johns T. \. and B. Society.
SPECIAL NorICFs-Card Of Thanks, A1olph
Fernando. Chief Engineer :. +. D.; A Letter
from santa Claus.
AMusExENr-Grand Vocal and Instru-
mental Concert.
AUCTION SALEs-Two Small Cottages, Four
Brick Residences, by c. H. Dorsett.
WASTS-Ten salesladles; Employment at
Copying; $500 on Gilt Edge Security; Sales
man to take Al Line: situation by Young
Man; A Good iesrmsker; A Waiter; a rev
Permanent Boarders; salesladies.
FoR RENT - Furnished or Unfurnished
Rooms; premises on Broughton street.
FoR sALK-Two Mich Cows.
IosT-A Newfoundland Puppy.
A WORD WITH THE PUBLIC-J. \. Wilson.
CABrNEr PaoToGRAPHs-At W lson's.
To TIRE Young LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
Ravens.
CABINET PHOTOGRAPHs-At Havens'.
CLOTHING REPAlRRD-S. White.
DR.. BEST. DESTIsT-Corner Congress and
whitaker streets.
CHRIsTMAs PRESENTS IN CLoTHINe-Chas.
Logan & Co.
MEERY CHRISTMAS Furniture, ohlander
Bros.
HOLIDAY GooDs--B. +. McKenna & Co.
HAIR CUTTING. ETo--Emile Fauna Fegeas.
Toys AND HOLIDAY GOODs--At Louis VO-
gels.
ORANGES, ETC.-W. d. Simkins.
TIE GREAT RUsHFOR SILKs-At Eckstein's.
STILL HAPPY SELLING CLOTHING, ETC.-A.
Falk s son.
STEINwAY. KNABE AND GABLER PIANOS
schreiner's Music House
BASANAs AND CoCoANUTs-Kavanaugh &
Brennan.
CHRISTMAS CLoTHEs-Abrahams & Birn-
baum.
STOvEs-E. r. Chapman.
PORTRAITS FRAMED-C. S. Richmond.
SCHOOL OF PHOHOGRAPHY, ETC.-l4 Lib
erty street.
BEAUTIFUL PHOToGRAPHs-A. r. Launey.
PORTRAITS FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS
Jas. p Field, Artist.
HoT SPRINGS AT HoME-Thermo- Electric
Medlcated Vapor Baths.
GREAT ATTRACTION or BRoUGHToN STREET
Jacob Cohen.
HOLIDAY GOODS Solomons & Co.
BLACK JACK WOOD-At Henderson's Wood
Yard.
FLINT, THE OPTIcIAN-Altmayer's Block.
BRONZE GILT FRAMEs-At a. Heler's.
TURKEYS, CHICKENS AND EGGs-At j. S
Collins & Co.'s.
APPLES. POTATOES. ETC.-E. z. Cheatham.
PRINTING-F. p. Townsend.
SPECIAL DRIVE FOR THE HOLIDAYs-G. Nj.
Heidi & Co.
Savannah morning news., 1885-12-13
DIckenE nired stomnch.

Mr.. Howard Paul was entertained at dinner.
last week by the Glover Club OF PHILADELPHIA.
aud in an after-dinner speech related the FOL,
lowing:
Engnshmeu are conspicuous in their hos-
pitanty In the matter OF dining, but il stritea
me forciby that the Americans are surpass-
ing their brethren "OVer the sea- In this ~ -
spect. l have been in the United States nov,
some six weeks, and 10 seems 20 me have
dned out at clubs and other places almost
every day since my arrival. Mr.. Charles
Dickens was entirely alive TO the profuse bo.-
pitality OF the Americans. as this incident
will indicate. Some years ago. when he cnu,c
here To read, he brought with him a strong.
vigorous, ape b9aled compairiot named
was by no means struck with his capacitv
and heard TO my surprise that Mr.. Dickens
bad engaged him az large salary. ON the
return ~ the great novelist 10 England 1 said
g. him: "I congratulate you. sir on vour
great financial and 9rtistic success in the
states. but can't imagine what you wanted
with Dolby"
NJ lear sir" replied he, "that man w,s
simply o treasure. He possessed Unlimited
capacity for eating and drinking, and hsd
NOBLE digestive powers. when anvbod y
called on me- and suggested drink / gently
deputed Dolby TO 10 II for me. When was
asked out To dinner and couldn't cnnventenfI,,
attend. Dolby turned up as my represontatiee 4 .
and occupied my place. lie did most Of m v
superiiuous eating and drinking. and so saved
me vast deal OF exhaustive festiyitv. In
point Of fact" concluded Mr.. Dlckens. s.f
simply engaged Doby's stomach
Then perfectly understood remember.
ed that Dolby had hne, wel-seasoned. Urit.
ish. iron-olad interior, ana reveied In viii AZ
he was wont 90 call "a hig greasy chin al, II
ner." MIR. Dickens looked al tile befipr FOR
hls American trip. shortly after thls met
Dolby 40 club and he was relntivoiv n
wreck. The iucessant gorging and coektat-
inr. whisky -sonriug. charireuse.ing marna.
chino- ing and other alcoholic frivolities had
done heir Tell work, but Dolby stili live fo
protest that the Americana are The most hos-
Savannah morning news., 1885-12-13

Efforts are being made to introduce
novel features in weddings at " ashing-
ton Recently, at one OF the most fash
ionable weddings which has occurred al
the capital for a long time. an idea was
successfully carried into execution which
has caused an unusual amount of COM
ment. OF course, at such affairs it Is
customary to have an orchestra concealed
behind a screen Of growing plantssv. The
duties of the musicians are to sulay a
wedding march upon the entrance Of the
bride and groom, and after the icerer
mony is completed TO furnish aa
varied programme at the reception
which follows. 1t occurred to one Of tha
ladies that during the ceremony, when
all is quiet, that there is usually &n awk-
ward feeling of restlessness aud eX
pectancy, and she made up her mind 10
obviate this as far as possible. TakinQ
her intended into her confidence, she slig-
gested the idea OF having some appro.
pirate music played while the knot was
being tied. He entered into the project
with enthusiasm, and consulted Band.
master Sousa, of the Marine Band, which
had been engaged for the occasion.
Finally it was decided 20 begin with the
wedding march As is customary, and as
soon as the couple had reached
the floral bell under which
the ceremony was to take place.
then the "Flower Song" from Faust"
should be played as the clergyman was
uniting them as man and wife. The plan
was carried into execution and proved TO
be an immense bit. The wedding march
was played with the full strength Of the
orchestra, but during the ceremony the
mutes were used in rendering the "Flower
Song" giving il subdued and entranc-
ing effect This innovation has "caught
on" TO borrow from the expressive Ian
guage of the street. IL is said that in the
majority Of the weddings planned for the
near future that this feature will be In
trOduced.
Savannah morning news., 1885-12-13
Yearning for the End.

From the PhilddeIDhiG Record.
Breathe soft and low, o whispering wind,
Above the tangled grasses deep,
Where those who loved me long ago
Forgot the world and fell asleep.
No towering shaft or sculptured urn,
Or mausoleum's empty pride,
Tells to the curious passer-by
Their virtues, or the time they died.
/ count the old familiar names,
O'ergrOwn with moss and lichen gray,
Where tangled briers and creeping vine
Across the crumblIng tablets stray.
The summer's sky is softly blue;
The birds still sing the sweet, old strain
But something from the summer time
Is gone that will not come again.
So many voices have been hushed.
30 many songs have ceased for ave,
SO many hands used to touch
Are folded over hearts of clay.
The noisy world recedes from me;
chafe TO hear its praise or blame;
The mOssy marbles echo back
No hollow sound OF empty fame.
| only know that calm and still
They sleep beyond life's woe and wall,
Beyond the fleet of sailing clouds,
Beyond the shadow of the vale.
| only feel that, tired and worn,
halt upon the highway bare,
And gaze with yearning eyes beyond
On fields that shine supremelv fair.
Savannah morning news., 1885-12-13
CHRISTMAS! CHRISTMAS

AS CHRISTMAS is NEARLY HEpv 49,.
YOU ARE THINKING OF GIVING NJ
ENTs, WHY NOT GIVE THOSE That ~
USEFUL AS WELL AS ORNAMENT,
NEW SUIT OF CLOTHES is THE vEpv - a
THING You CAN GIVE EITHER To no..
OR MAN, AND THEN THE COLD wp,rnuI
is HERE AND AN OvERCoAT Is mn
PENSABLE.
NEW HAT OR GOOD SUIT OF RENO,
WHITE UNDERWEAR, A HALF nozU.'
WHITE SHIRTS, BOX OF coL1Aps ."
CUFFS, NICE SCARF OR HOSIERY. A s,I,'
UMBRELLA, OR SOME HANDKERcu,rra
ALL OF THESE ARE NECESSARY. Avn y,"
HAVE A FULL LINE OF EACH Avn ,n1.
OFFERING THEM AT PRICES AS LOW a.
ANY FOR THE VERY BEST GoODs
MEMBER, OUR CLOTHING Is THE d.
MADE. COME AT ONCE.
Savannah morning news., 1885-12-13

The Philadelphia Press claims that the
returns Of the recent election in Virginia
demonstrate that the Democrats Of that
State are losing the white vote, and says:
$50 in whatever aspect the Virginia elec-
tion may be viewed, IL can hardly con.
duce to Democratic exultation." 1t has
taken the Press over month 20 study out
tnis consoling idea, but the Republican,
have not yet been exulting 70 any very
great extent over the result Of the Virginia
election. That this is true is a matter for
Democratic exultation.
Savannah morning news., 1885-12-13
webster's Chowd7r aud Punch.


Every spring he would join the Saturday
parties OF Congressman and officials who used
to go down the Potomac on the old steamer
Salem to the 1shing grounds and enjoy freshly
caught shad. opened, nailed on Oaken boards
and cooked before large wood fires. On one
of these occasions Mr.. Webster had obtained
pork. and he made a chowder. He had a large
tied the successive layers of fish, crackers and
potatoes and onions oyer and over until there
was no more room, Then pouring in a half
gallon OF milk, he rubbed his hands.
exclaimiDg: Now for the fire. As
Mrs. Macbeth said: If tits to be
done, when tits done then tits well 'twere
done quickly" | quote from memory.
but shall never forget his JOYOUS expression
of cOuntenance and the merry twinkle OF hls
deep-set, burning black eyes The chowder
was a success and so was medicinal prepa-
ration of Santa Cruz rum, brandy, dash of
arrack, loaf sugar, lemons and strong iced
tea. No one VINO ever drank "Marshfeld
Punch forEOt its seductive excellence but
some found to their sorrow that it had a fear
ful kick. Mr.. Webster grew up at a time
when almost every man took his daily glass of
toddy, when decanters of brandy were on the
tables of the first class hotels, and when
wines and liquors were genuine, not manu-
featured from poisonous ingredients To.
wards he close Of his life, when stricken bv
domestic sorrow and deserted by some whose
fortunes he had helped TO make, he NAV M
times have sought to drown care. But he was
not habitually Incorporate, and what he did
drink vas taken without disguise or hvno-
critical cOncealment.
Savannah morning news., 1885-12-13

The Philadelphia Record says: "The
passenger rate war on the trunk lines is
still waged by Western ticket scalpers,
and the East bound traveller accordingly
ignores the settlement and schedule Of
fares made by the railroads. Unless the
scalpers everywhere can be Jailed, as in
this state, the vision OF nigh uniform rates
is likely 10 fade rapidly from the sight ol
the trunk line pool" II is difficult to see
how the scalpers can keep up the wa
unless they are furnished with tickets nj
reduced prices By the railroad companies
Probably itls not the scalpers who mos
deserve 70 be jailed,
Savannah morning news., 1885-12-13
Protecting the Health of the School

Protecting the Health OF the Schools.
school superintendent Baker, in his an
nual report Of the public schools, calls at
tention 10 the admirable system which
has been adopted for keeping the public
schools from being the means of spread
ing diseases. He notices that IL has be-
come a very common practice throughout
the country to put upon the schools the
responsibility for great deal Of the sick
ness among children, and he points
out that the schools In this city
cannot Justly be saddled with
any such responsibility. Throughout the
whole of last year the health OF the school
children in this city was excellent. The
attendance al the schools was not inter-
rupted by epidemcs Of any kind. TINS
condition of affairs was largely due.
doubtless, 20 the regulations adopted by
the Sanitary Board. by which the super
intendent is promptly informed of every
case OF disease Of a contagious character
which makes It's appearance anywhere
in the city. With this Information In his
possession he is able to exclude frsm the
schools children from families in which
tho eonta ious disease exists until Ger.
tihcate from The health officer or family
physician shows that danger no longer
exists. This system Of guarding the
health Of the schools ia "A good one. and
there IL no doubt that II has afforded
school children far more protection than
J parents have any idea OF.