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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-28
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A Sad Change In Style.

From the Parts GaNlois.
A Paris journalist got married some three
months ago.
A few days after the ceremony he met a
friend.
"Well," asked the latter, what think you
of your new position"
my friend, l am perfectly intoxicated.
When l work my wife is always at nv side
and we embrace at every paragraph. Great
heaven, yes. at every paragraph"
"Ah?' replied his friend, smiling, "that &C
jolnted lately"
This conversation was repeated, and the
Journalists articles were henceforth consulted
by his intimate friends as a kind of matrl-
monial thermometer.
For about six weeks the articles were char
acterlzed by sentences even shorter than
those OF the late Emile de Girardin, and the
ladies of the Journalists ACQUAINTANCE were
rapidly growing jealous of the bride.
Then they became longer, the periods were
constructed more in the English style and the
paragraphs were spun out to greater length.
me honeymoon was evidently nearing its ter
mination.
The other day Nine. Y, on opening the
paper and glancing at the article bearing
her journalistic friends name, made a dis
covery.
''On" she exclaimed, there is only one
paragraph. Poor little woman! She will
soon want a separation"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-28
Iu the Adirondack.

FROM the ChtcU0o IF3Obf16.
In some fair Adirondack nook
Are President and Beauty;
He's fishing In the same old brook,
But, now. a sense OF duty
Comes in; he must not stray from camp
Too far, nor prove such sinner
As be-however long the tramp,
Too late for any dinner.
Last summer he. in idle mood,
Went with doctor jolly
Into the Adirondack wood,
They may have shown some folly;
They may have taken eau de vie
More than digestion needed.
But jests thev had and revelry.
And days flew by UNDECIDED.
Times change: no more when darkness fall
Aud vocal are the thickets
With pleasant notes the CHEEKY calls
or katydids and crckets.
There is, with all the clamQr blent
That oils the forest hoary,
The sound OF jokes within the tent
And rather shady story:
No more, when night m axes louder seem,
Though softer and more mellow,
The tinkIc Of the little stream
m Ihat lows DER pebbles yellow,
mere comes from where two comrades sit
A-neAr the eamp-hre's flicker,
sott responsive gurgle-.it
The gurgle OF good LIQUOR.
Far womenl Everywhere without
You man without grace 10;
And yet, there may exist a doubt
II every where your place Is!
When we go Rypsying with one
or you, we do not drink so.
But catch less fish and have less fun
Though sacrtlege 10 think sol
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-28
Why He Will be Renominated,

hon. Phil. Thompson, Secretary of the
Democratic Congressional Committee,
says that "the Democratic party is
bound to renominate President Cleve-
land in order to indicate the first Demo-
cratic administration after an interval of
a quarter Of a century" There is no rea-
son to suppose that the administration
will stand in need of yindication, and If
it did the Democratic party would not
renominate MIR. Cleveland for the purpose
of vindicating it. The party will nomi-
nate the man whom 1t thinks has the best
chance OF being elected, without any re-
gard to the question of vindication, and as
Mr.. Cleveland promises to be the man who
has that chance, 1t Is probable that he will
be renominated.
Mr.. Cleveland is not very popular with
the politicians of his party, but he is
strong with the people. 1t doesn't make
much difference whom the politicians
want nominated. The important question
is. who do the people want? A candidate
cannot be elected without he gets ma
jority of the votes. 1t may be accepted
as certain, therefore, that availability and
not vindication will control the next
Presidential nomination.
Mr.. Cleveland does not appear to be
working for a denomination. AS far as
any one is able to discover, he is simply
aiming to discharge the duties which de-
volve upon him faithfully. In that con-
sists his strength with the people. In all
parts Of the country he is getting indorse-
ments because he is recognized as an
honest, faithful public servant.
He is not a brilliant nor a great man.
He does not claim to be either. 1t does not
require genius to be President. Indeed
it Is rather dangerous to trust power to a
man OF genius. He is apt TO forget the
people in the contemplation of schemes to
increase his own greatness. A man of
honest intentions ard plenty OF good CON-
mon sense ls the sort of man that is need
ed for President.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-28

Select Good Men.

Some very important matters VIII come
before the Legislature of this State to be
elected this fall. There is no occasion TO
enumerate them. 1t Is very generally
known what they are. 1t is necessary
| therefore that good men-men who are
sufficiently well informed to know what
ought to be done TO promote the best in
terests of the State, and VINO have the in
tegrity and courage to act in accordance
with their convictions-should be select
ed for legislators.
In every county there are men who
would like to so to the Legislature-some
for the honor which is attached to the
position, and some to engineer schemes
out of which they hope to make money
but they are not always the ones who
ought to be elected. or course there are
among those who push themselves for
ward some frst-class men, but the people
would act wisely by not accepting them
too readily. Before nominating them
there ought to be a pretty thorough in
quiry respecting their qualifications and
the regulations they sustain among their
neighbors.
AS general rule, the people DO not
realize the Importance of sending able
and honest men to the Legislature. They
are too apt to nominate some one of those
who persistently seek office, and who may
be totally unfit for the place they seek.
The people are too apt to think that
almost any man will do for the Legisla-
ture, and readily assent to the nomination
OF any man who has a glib tongue and
makes plenty OF plausible promises.
Georgia is great State and her inter-
ests are great. Her prosperity may be
accelerated or retarded by legislation. If
wise laws are made prosperity is pretty
certain to follow, but Ii the laws are bad
the people become dissatisfied, immigra-
ton ceases and investments in railroads,
factories and enterprises of one kind and
another ceases.
There are men qualified to serve the
State in legislative capacity in every
county. Let them be found and sent to
revise the laws and to make new ones.
Let the next Legislature be one of which
every citizen of the State will feel proud.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-28

from the Toledo Blaze.
''If ever get married in church again you
can call me a goatp said bashful man the
other day.
Whats the matter now?"
Matter enough" he retorted; and he
seemed to get m I'd as he thought of 1t. II was
married notlong ago, and as my wife's parents
were pillars of the church, it had TO come OF
there. so they thought. Well, some repairs
were being made IN the church, so the mar
rage took place in the Sunday school room
There's where the whole trouble cane in We
stood on the platform where the superintend-
ent's desk stood. and before the minister got
started noticed great many people smiling
in the audience. didn't know what to make
of it, They all seemed to be looking over my
head. never said anything till the thing was
done; then I turned around and looked up.
What do you think 1 saw? One Of those con-
founded notices hanging right over our
heads, and 1t said; Suffer little children to
come unLo me Isn't that enough to make q
man mad2N
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-28
Badly Needed Reform.

The MORNING News Is glad to see that
in different parts Of the State the country
press is discussing the tax assessment
question. For years the MORNING NEWS
has been pushing this question on the at
teDtion OF the people. 1t has shown hon.
est tax payers how they are robbed by
dishonest ones, and how millions of do!
lars worth Of property all over the State
escapes all taxation.
1t will take long time, of course, to
work public sentiment up to a point
where the Legislature will be compelled
to enact an assessment law. which will
insure an approximately honest assess
ment of property. Fl
In a late issue the Waynesboro True
Citizen calls attention to a fragrant case
of under assessment in that locality.
Plantation lands, for which $40 an acre
would not be accepted, were returned at
81 30 per acre. The Receiver of Tax Re-
turns refused to accept this low valua-
ton and the matter was submitted to ar
bitration. The arbitratoTs being neigh
bors of the land owner, naturally sympa-
tbized with MIN, and refused to change
the valuation which he had put upon the
land.
1t is easy to see that if half or any other
proportion of the taxpayers return their
property at one fourth of its value the
other tax payers who return their prop
erty at somewhere near it's true value
will have to pay more than their fair
share Of the taxes. A certain sum of
money is needed for public purposes, and
if one tax payer, by under valuing his
property, avoids paying the part of it that
he ought to pay the tax payer who makes
an honest return of his property has to
bear IA double load.
There is way to make taxati ON fall
equally upon all, and il is the duty of the
Legislature to find it. AT the present rate
at which assessments are being lowered
in some parts of the State 1t will not be
long before it will be necessary to increase
the rate of taxation.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-28


Sheepmen report o rem arkable assure in the
Sierras. some thirty miles southwest of this
place, near the extinct volcanoes whose lava
now extends across the valley below Fish
Springs. For some years mast the sheepmen
driving their fOcks through the mountains
have noticed assure in the mountain side.
When first noticed 1t was hardly more than
mere line, but each succeeding visit has
shown the rift to be wider than 1t was the
year before, tin 1t is now at least foot wide
aud mile in length. The break extends al
most due north and south, and, Judging from
It's nature, those who have seen it believe it to
he connected in some way with the terrific
activity which shaped all It's surroundings.
The walls, as far as lowered candle re-
yeals, go down vertically, without approach
ing one another in the slightest degree. Stones
dropped in are heard to tumble for some time
on their way TO the interior of the earth
Ihat the rift is practically fsthomess is GER
tain. Besides the depth shown by dropping
stones into it the air at the mouth is very
much warmer than elsew here. showing the
connection with the hot interior.
Small animals held over the mouth of the
chasm are not affected, no moro than is a
lighted candle. The rapid growth In size of
This mysterious hole in the ground during the
last year is supposed to be connected with
the increased earthquake activity during the
time.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-28

Notwithstanding the fact that the Presl-
dent announced when he LETT Washington
for the Adirondacks that he did not want
TO hear anything about business or poll
tics during his short vacation, he has
nevertheless consented TO talk about the
appointment of Matthews as Register of
Deeds for the District OF Columbia. This
appointment has been quite severely
criticised. not because of any belief Of the
untitness of Matthews for the position,
but because he had been rejected by the
Senate and because there is a sentiment
in " ashIngton that the local offices
should be filed by citizens of the District.
The President, in an interview with a
New YORK Herald reporter on Wednes-
day, said that in the appointment OF
Matthews he was guided by two con-
slderations. The first was that he had de-
termiued to appoint colored man
TO the office of Register OF Deeds, and,
second, he desired to appoint one OF the
ablest OF the colored Democrats.
He wanted to appoint cOlored Demo-
crat, because he is satified that the coll
ored people deserve recognition from
the administration. The great ma
jority of them are Republicans now, but
as their condition improves and they be-
come better able to think for themselves
they will, the President thinks, become
divided, just as the white people are, into
Democrats and Republicans. The Presi-
dent pointed out the fact that the colored
people, whether Democrats or Republic
cans, feel very kindly towards the admin
istration. The number OF cOlored men
who are prepared now to vote the Demo-
cratic ticket is far larger than the lead
ing Republicans ever thought it would be.
Matthews, said the President, is rep
resentative colored man, and has sue
ceeded, although yet comparatively
young man, in winning a very respectable
place at the bar Of New York. He has
good character, and, as far as ability is
concerned, ranks with the ablest COL
ored men Of the country.
1t is clear that the President intends to
stand by Matthews, and will do what he
can to secure his confirmation. ills very
uncertain, Of course, what the Senate will
do. Having rejected Matthews once, it
may not be an easy task to get it to con-
nrm him.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-28
PERSONAL.

THE late DR.. C. A. Merrill, of Exeter. n.
H., left 81, 900 for the benefit Of the town IL
brary.
THE Zanzibar Princess, the Sultans sister.
gains her living in Berlin by giving lessons in
Arabic.
Mr.. STEVENS, the byciclist, having wheeled
around the lnhospitable Shah's kingdom, is
safe in India.
Mr.. CAMDEN, one of the United States Sena-
tors from West Virginia, has gone with his
whole family to Dakota.
SENATOR HEARST. who has plenty of money
and 10 spare. proposes to start an American
daily In the City OF Mexico.
THE King of Portugal is not handsome
man, and did not particularly charm the
LOndoners as he went about In an unfashion-
ably cut frock coat and carrying cane or
nanented with tassels after the fashion OF the
Fourth George.
W. AND d. GLADSTONE. two dusty millers
Of White Cottage, stark county, o., are
cousins OF the great English statesman They
are quiet, unobtrusiye business men. and are
said to take more pride in their American
citizenship and their millstones than in their
English Gladstone.
SIMON CAMERON has lately bought the
Stamm farm, consisting OF about l40 acres of
very nne farming land. located about one
mile from Maytown and mile and half
from Donegal Springs his beautiful Lancas-
ter county summer resort. The General
makes frequent trips from Harrisburg TO
Donegal to look after the work men whom he
has employed to make extensive Improve
ments.
REV, GEORGE O.BAREEs, the mountain evan
gelist OF Kentucky, Gays that he has made his
trip around the world with his WIFE SON and
two daughters entirely on faith. He had no
plan when he set out but 10 preach, had no
invitations from abroad, no promises of sup
port, no Acquaintances even in the cOuntries
he visited. Yet he made the Journey and
wanted for nothing. IL Is said that there il
nothing Of the beggar or dead beat about any
Of the Barnes family.
CARoLUs DURAN. the portrait painter. ,.the
Spaniard from Holland, who 10 more OF a Par
islam than any Parisian born" is a person of
varied accomplishments. He rides Ike n cir
Ike Capt. Paul Boytou, paints so that the We
lasquez portraits in the Louvre nod to him
from their frames as he passes, and ia "A very
handsome man 10 boot. Before he was a
painter he was n musician, and he koeps
large organ in his studio upon which he PLAYS
TO entertain his visitors.
RoRERT GRANT writes his stories with
typewriter. and fastens the pages at the cor
ner with legal rivet. Prof Boyeten writes
his stories on the green, pink or blue rosters Of
Columbia college. Prof. Sophoclcs wrote the
Byzantine Dictionary 90 ribbon paper. II ia
whispered that Joaquin Miller, like the
Father Of his Country, spells unc ertainly and
leaves punctuation for the proof reader IN
iian Hawthorne mnrks tho nun her OF words
in hi~ IN tnuscript on the outside page. Edgar
Fawcett writes tin lead pencil and uses sn
eraser. George Mac Donald nses thin French
paper, and his handwriting Is very are. Sid
ney Lanler wrote on highly glazed paper in
blue ink, and made his corrections In brown
iuk.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-28
That Unfortunate Memory Again.

FT01n VIC BOsE0n HeFuFU I1Nu.I
Mr.. Blaine must credit the public with a
very short memory when he seeks to make
point against the administration by denounc-
ing its unnecessary and undignited dieplay
OF in5oience and braVadO toward Mexico"
lie must be strangely obtuse not to perceive
the self-satlre of his utterance, for these
words exactly describe his own attitude
toward Mexico on the occasion of one Of the
most characteristic episodes which made that
remarkable ''spirited foreign policy of his
fortunately brief career as Secretary of
state one continuous record of clustering
laundering and buldozing.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-28
ANNUAL SPECIAL EDITION
OF THE
Savannah Morning News
AND THE
Savannah Weekly News,
TO Be
ISSUED ON SATURDAY, SEPTEM-
Der 4, 1880.

The annual special edition of the DAILY
MORNING and the WEEKLY NEWS, issued on
Sent. 4, will this year be larger than ever be-
fore. 1t will be an edition that will be credit
TO the city, and Savannah's business men will
have both pride and pleasure in distributing
copies of it among those with whom they have
business relations throughout the country.
1T will contain a complete and comprehensive
review of the trade OF the city for the past
year, and Will show the progress the city has
made in everything that helps to make up Its
wealth and that contributes to its prosperity.
The facts relating to cotton, naval stores
,andthe different branches Of the city's whole
sale trade will be so presented as to give
clear idea of the citys business for the year
ending sept. l.
The facts relating to the city's growth viii
be given in detail, and attention viii be
drawn to prominent buildings which are
projected.
Attention Will be called to the additional
territory which has been made tributary to
the city by the extension of the CentraPs sys-
tenn into South Carolina, and the construction
of new lines by the Plant system in Florida.
The benefits which will flow to the city from
the construction OF the Savannah, Dublin and
Western road and the proposed road from
Tallahassee will be pointed out. In fact, this
Sept. edition will put Savannah's business
and Savannahs prospects for increased pros
perity before the public in their true light.
A limited amount of space will be reserved
lin the united editions for advertisements.
The rates for advertising will be as usual.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-28

1t having been settled that these is to
be joint Gubernatorial canvass in Ten
nessee, and the Taylor boys having each
promised not to tell any tales out of school
on the other, the people are expecting a
rather commonplace campaign, the only
interest being in the fact that the candi.
dates are brothers. As the canvass warns
up, however, it may become lively enough
to require that Rev. Nat Taylor, the father
OF the candidates, be called on the stump
as umpire or referee.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-28
jacksonville journalism

The country press of Florida appears to
be losing respect for the Jacksonville
dailles. One OF the most influential of the
country papers of Florida, the Sanford
journal, speaking Of the press OF Jackson
vile says: ''Instead of being, as it should,
a guide and eXemplar to the presumably
less informed and unpretentious members
of the profession in the rural districts of
the state, the metropolitan press is lower
ing the standard OF journalistic dignity.
The feeling of disgust with the abuse and
villifcatlon INDUCED in by the Jackson
vile dailies pervades every section Of the
State where they are read, and provokes
the most unsparing criticism among all
classes OF respectable readers"
1t is remarkable that there are so many
editors OF newspapers who think that the
public is Interested in their little personal
quarrels and their hostility to this or that
man. There are a few people who are
interested in personalities, and think that
those who use their newspapers to abuse
people they don't like are smart fellows,
but the great mass Of newspaper readers
want the news and well considered CON-
ments on the news. They don't like TO
see newspapers they sustain devoted to
stirring up strife, or made sewers through
which blackguardism. ISLANDERS and bitter
personalities are emptled upon commu-
mites.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-28
iNDEI TONBV ADVERTISEMENTS,

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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-28
A Dakota Contemporary.
Fron, tAe B,.dson Register.

SPY an unfortunate typographical error"
says Dakota newspaper, 1--WE were made
TO say last week that our distinguished
townsman, Prof Kennedy, was about to rig
ment of his daughter on her wedding trip
over the prairies. What we meant to say was
a nobby balloon. We write this with our left
hand while lying on our spare bed, with one
eye entirely closed and the other handpainted.
and an inverted chair across our stomach for
a writing table. The extent Of our regret for
the blunder may be measured by the Difficult
ties we have surmounted in penning this ex-
PLANTATION
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-28

The New York Sun still finds civil SER
vice reform a stumbling block. 1t says:
"If the Democratic ticket IN 1888 is TO be
Cleveland and Voorhees, as we have
seen suggested in several journals, the
platform will have TO include two planks
on civil service reform. Dan Voorhees,
thinks that the Mugwump style OF reform
Is humbug, and says So" It is possible
that the Democrats won't depend on To-
diana for Vice Presidential candidate in
1885
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-28
Where BIaIne Tripped .

From the 81. Louis Repu6Licdn (Den.)
Mr.. Blaine undertakes TO show that the
Minnesota Republican Congressman who
voted against the Morrison bill did so against
the wishes OF large majority Of their con-
stltuents. Will Mr.. Blaine then tell us how
IL happens that every one Of those Congress.
men has been enthusiastically renominated?
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-28

Georgia has spent about one-third OF
the amount proposed TO be invested in
the new capitol, and it IS presumed that
the building is about one.third COMPLETED
1t is gratifying to know that the people
are still determined that the capitol shall
not cost more than S1.000.000
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-28

Some of the papers object to the proposed
design Of the new oleomargarine stamp
- bull trampling on a serpent. They
snfnk the cow ought 10 have been given
che place ~ honor. No one suggests the
goat, as be is hardly ever a bogus butter.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-28
Where John Drew the Line.

From the BROOKLYN Eagle tDem.)
John Roach used to build better vessels for
our coastwise steamer lines than he ever built
for the navy. 1t seems that the way to get a
adapt John Roach freight and passenger
ship. John took Uncle Sam for fool; but he
never made that mistake with the proprietor
OF an American steamship line.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-28

1t lie not likely that Blaine can place
himself squarely on the prohibition plat
form in Maine, at least Mr.. st. John pro-
poses to see that the platform is not in
juired by any anchors cast to windward.