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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-23
BRIGHT BITS.

The sweetest thing in purses is when pretty
girl purses her lips The Epoch.
THE Rev DR.. Newton has been preaching
about the dawn of universal peace He has
probably found a sure plan of getting people TO
shut the door. PttlddelpLtG Inquirer.
SpAaENNoGEI, who has been taken up" by
an Irish policeman lin concatory vein)-
Long life for dot Pope,
Officer Tobin-Thot's tin days exthry for
youse me boy. It's an Orangeman yure talkin'
tol--Puck.
THAT young Simkins is a very charming fel.
low. He was talking to me all the morning, and
he was so clever"
What did he say?n
oh, he didn't say anything, but he put it so
we'll Life,
ALL the men engaged in the Arkansas and
Texas train robberies for the last two years are
now under arrest, but so far not a single rail
road official engaged i'm robbing passengers of
Their lives has felt the touch Of the handouts.
Detroit Free Press.
Mr. McCoRELE IAN attenuated dude standing
before portrait of a broad Chested, warrior-like
anceStOr)-l tell yOu. Miss NivenS. I'm no snob.
but I'm proud of my descent.
Miss Nlyens--IOu should be Mr. McCorkle it
has been great one life.
poB~LY GENTLEMAN" Bless my soul. What
IS this great crowd aoOutt'
Byatander-"A deaf mute has Just opened
baroer shop and those men are trying to be
next"
Portly Gentleman" Bless my soul! think
need shave myself '-JHdye
Mrs. KERLEss-You seem greatly changed
aud improved since your return from Europe
Mr. Thompson.
Mr.. Thompson-O, vastly assure YOU Why.
I'm different man altogether.
Mrs K.-lndeed? How pleasant that must be
for Mrs Thompson.-BostO Beacon.
MRs. BGGGs-Now that your son has returned
from college do you feel repaid for your outlay
for his education: Did he take any prize!
Mrs SquiggS-O, yes, mum, yes, indeed He
got medal for what he calls sprnting and
he must 10 high up in mathenatic for he
says he learned four new curves Bldhd Re
publican.
JoNEs-Hello, Bill! hear you have position
with my friends skinner & Co?
Bhl-Oh, yes; | have a position collector
there
JoNEs-Thats frst-rate Who recommended
you:
lected bill from you and they instantly gave
me the place-Jttdge.
New ARRIVAL lin New York; was told to
come here, SIR, for information about getting
naturalized.
New Y ork Official Happy to meet you. sir;
hope you had pleasant passage. What can
do for you?
~ wish to know how long a man must be in
this country before he can vote?"
I'm er-which ticktt;'-Omahn World
MERcHANr-C Come now, move on. I've got
nothing for you.
Tattered Specimen-P Please, sir, I'm not a
beggar, sir. want to buy something I've got
''Humph! What do you want"
one OF those 15c. thermometers but want
you 10 fix it SO it viii register about TO lower
than it does. want to hang it in front of INV
office. -
DO you meau to say you have an Offices
Yes, sir, I'm coal dealer - omaha World
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-23
The south,s Mineral Resources.

Inc SOuJn 5 mineral hesODTC6S.
The United States Geological Survey, of
which Mr.. David T. Day is Chief of the
Division Of Mining Statistics and Technol-
ogy, has just issued the fourth Of a series Of
volumes, begun lin 1852, on the Mineral
Resources Of the United States, the pres
ent volume being for the calendar year 1886.
When the war ended, the mineral fields
of the South were left in a demoraized
condition After awhile, however, North
ern capital came to their rescue, and in
time Southern capital was also put in them.
About two years ago a phenomenal boom
in iron mining commenced, continuing to
this time, and on May /, 1897, twenty
furnaces were in course of erection.
Alabama leads in the production Of iron,
followed by Virginia, West Virginia and
Kentucky. Georgia ranks sixth, producing
in 1886, 46, 400 tons. During the same year
her gold and silver mines yielded gold
valued at $l52, 500 and silver at 81, 900, this,
however, being a falling Off in gold from
1888 Of nearly $4,000. One of the two
principal mines from which American
corundum is obtained is situated in Rabun
county, and owned by the Hempden Emery
Co., of Chester, Mass, and of manganese
obtained from Georgia mines during 1886
there were 20, j67 tons, the State ranking
second in the Union in point Of the produc-
ton of this ore. The total Georgia produc-
ton of coal in 1886 was Do, 900 short tons,
the spot value Of which was 1884 500. Gran
tie and marble quarries are established in
the State, and i'll the latter the 1886 yield
amounted to 100000 cubic feet, valued at
100000.
South Carolina ranks fifteenth in the
production of gold in the Union and six
teenth in silver. For the year covered by
the report she produced S37,500 worth of
the former and $500 of the latter Iron ore
in large deposits exists in the western
part Of the State, but for thirty years past
no iron has been made there Since the
manganese mines near Mccormick have
been operated, beginning in 1885, some 800
tons have been mined.
The South realizes more fully each sue
ceeding year the Importance of her mineral
deposits, and with proper encouragement
from the Geological Survey and the invest
ment of additional capital for the develop
mont Of her mines, she may at some future
day rank with States that are now far
ahead of her in these industries. When she
supplies as far as possible all her wants,
whether they be food or clothing, furniture
or house building material, farm nipple
ments or machinery, the equipment of her
railroads or the making of tools for her
workmen, her wealth and prosperity will be
greatly increased.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-23
The Panama Canal.

At a meeting Of the American Society of
Civil Engineers in New York the other day
Lieut.. Charles G. Rogers, of the United
States navy, read paper on "The Panama
Canal in 1857 There has been said a great
deal both for and against this canal, and as
Lieut.. Rogers was sent by the government
to make a report on it, and had every facil-
ity given him for investigation, what he
states is presumably reliable.
Some of the facts given by him are quite
interesting. As is well known, the greatest
obstacle to the success of the undertaking
is the Chagres river, whose mountain tor
rents rush with great force across the path
of thescanal. 1t appears from the paper
read by this gentleman that the river is a
more serious obstacle than is generally sup
posed. as it crosses the course of the canal
seventeen times The engineers think that
by cutting deep channels alongside the canal
the river can be detected and its waters
carried in artificial courses to the sea. The
yearly overflow of the Chagres causes much
delay by destroying a great portion of the
work done. 1t is proposed to prevent this
by constructing an enormous lake, which is
expected to hold all the water accumulated
in the rainy season. The Rio t4rande also
crosses the canals path and its course is
likewise TO be controlled by means of new
channel
In the Culebra section of the canal there
are great difficulties to overcome. Huge
hills frequently slide into the excavation
and rapid progress is of course impossible
Lieut.. Rogers expressed no opinion as to the
probability of overcoming the difficulties.
The impression he left was that, though the
undertaking is vast one, it will be accom-
plished in time if the necessary money is
Forthcoming.
There are II 500 laborers on the canal,
and the company wants $500 more, but on
account of the climate and the bad reputa-
ton Panama has, it is worry difficult to get
an adequate supply. The accommodations
provided for them are excellent, and they
are treated with kindness. Liquor, said
Lieut. Rogers, has great deal to do with
the deadliness of the climate.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-23
Men, Women and Clothes.

IftHt Itr 4Ntft YIN OTuOltt.
When a man has a new outfit from head to
toe he sneakS out in one piece at a time He
will wear a brown vest with gray check trousers
and blue coat rather than to face the public in
the whole brown suit at once.
If he has new hat he'll sneak out TO the cor
ner grocery in it before breakfast to order kind
ling wood or condensed milk four mornings in
succession before he II get up courage to venture
down town in it,
When woman gets new coat she'll stay at
home from church Sunday for month waiting
to get everything to go witht, to make a thun-
dering sensation when she walks no the aisle
She wants even her gloves and boots to swell
the triumph by being obviously designed for
that especial toilet.
Its success governs her movements; il it is
moderate she viii walk up Broadway and feel
that she has fulfilled her mission. If it Is great
she insists on dining at DelmonicoS. If it is
superb she feels that she is dsobeying Scripture
and hiding her light under hushel unless she
can drive in the park; the last touch is to drive
there in victoria; If she can do it all by herself
or with only the sweet society of her favorite
pug. all the better. then you can study every
line Of her pose and every fold of her draperies
20 perfection, and her notion is that you could
not be better employed
If in new clothes that are the fufllment of
her fOndest dreams, she doesn't feel like that,
take my word for it she is no true woman, and
wouldn't trust her to know a baby from a poll.
parrot. Modesty. evidently thy name is man!
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-23

The MORNING News will begin the publ
cation of deeply interesting story next
Sunday morning entitled Section 55s, or the
Fatal Letters. The story is based upon
facts furnished by Inspector Byrnes, the
great New York detective, and is written
by Julian Hawthorne. 1t deals with mat
tiers of the present day, with which many
people are familiar. There is a saying that
truth is stranger than fiction, and this story
illustrates how true this saying is. The
story is startling and sensational, but con-
tains nothing that strikes one as being inn
probable. The reason of this Is that strange
as the leading incidents are they are true.
The story has been procured by the MORN
ING NEWS at considerable expense. Those
who read it will admit that the expense was
justified. 1t will appear in the Sunday and
weekly editions, and those who want it
should subscribe at once.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-23
NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH.
But Second interviewed to Save the
Lives of Many People.

From the NeW York World.
A crowd of people who stood at the Grove
street crossing of the Pennsylvania railroad in
Jersey City yesterday we're witnesses of one of
the narrowest escapes of number of passen-
gers in a horse-car that have ever been recorded
from that death trap Car No. 1868 of the Erie
street line came up just as the gates were about
70 be dropped. The driver whipped up his
horse and the animal made a plunge 70 get
across before the train came along. The horse
was not equal in point Of speed to the rapidly
advancing steam-horse, which was tearing
down at the rate of thirty miles an hour. The
hyStanders closed their eyes in horrible anxiety
lest the horse, driver and passengers should be
crushed by the oncoming avalanche. But the
car just got its tailboard over the track when
the ponderous, swiftly flying tons of metal and
wood whizzed by, the whistle of the locomotive
giving added impetus TO the flying hoofs OF the
car horse.
With blanched faces the passengers in the car
looked back at the death which had so quickly
passed by them and offered up a thankful
prayer for their narrow escape One of the
women in the car tainted outright after the ex-
citement had passed. while the male passen-
gers, in congratulatory mood shook hands with
each other. The gateman who had charge of
the drop-gates at the time the engine was pass
ing was shOveling snow from the neighborhood
of his sentry box and knew nothing of the on
coming train until he heard the shrill whistle OF
the engineer Then he yelled to the car-driver,
who was by this time across the track, to stop,
but the crowd urged the driver to continue,
which, luckily for himself and his charge, he
death for him and the passengers The driver,
whose presence of mind saved the lives of his
passengers received warm praise from his fare.
His name is Michael Reagan.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-23
His Promise of Future Greatness.
From the Neto York Tribune.

They tell this story of NJ. Sad-Carnot. uncle
of the new President of the French Republic.
Napoleon BOnaparte. when First Consul. was
one day amusing himself on the banks of the
miniature lake at Malmaison by throwing stones
in the water near a boatful of ladies' who were
with Josephine. The ladies were dressed in
rather expensive summer toilettes, and as the
stone throwing of the magnate caused them
great annoyance, they protested Napoleon,
little boy, years old, who had been looking on,
ran up to him and said: You brute of First
Consul will you leave Off tormeptirg the ladiess''
The Consul stopped rs if stupefied, and, on
seeing the boy, burst out laughing The youth
full knight errant young Sadi- Carnot who
had accompanied his father, Napoleons Minis
ter of War to Malmaison
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-23
Ownership.
From The Youths Communion

From The Youths Companion.
Old Farmer Boges, of Doggy Brook,
Went to the county fair.
And with his wife ne strolled around
TO see the wonders there.
That horse, ne said, Gray Eagle Wing,
VIII take the highest prize
But our old DObbm looks as well
And better to my eyes
He is, ] know. what folks call slow,
It's far the safest way to go;
Some folks perhaps, might think it strange,
really should not like to change.
And those fat oxen. Buck and Bright,
Don't have so large a girth
Nor match like them, inst to a hair,
But know what they worth.
They're good 10 pillow and good to draw,
You stronger pullers never saw,
Aud always mind my gee and 'haw.'
Some folks, perhaps, may think it strange,
really shouldn't want to change"
That Devon hefer cost heard,
thousand dollars. Now"
Said Mrs. Boggs, my Crumple Horn
Is just as good COW;
Her milk I'm Sure's the very best,
Her butter is the yellowest
Some folks, perhaps, might think it strange.
| really shouldn't want q change.
Those premium hogs" said Mrs Boggs
My little Cheshire pig
Is better than the best of them,
Although he $ not so big.
And that young Jersey is not half
SO pretty as old Brindle's calf;
Nor is there in the poultry pen
AS SpeciIed Wings so good hen"
AS Farmer Boggs to Doggy Brook
Rode hOmeWard from the fair,
He said: Il wish my animals
Had all of them been there:
And if the judges had been wise
| might have taken every prize
Marion DOr-CTA7
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-23
Why They Refuse to Take Italians as
Depositors.
N,om a Philadelphfn Ptcse

Some of the old established savings banks of
this city refuse to take Italians as depositors
When asked why they discriminate against
hand organs and peanuts, the officers said that
our Italian brothers are not a comfortable class
70 deal with. Their names are against them
being, in many cases, almost similar. at least to
American ears. This causes confusion and often
serious trouble, as some not overburdened with
integrity take advantage Of il, get hold Of each
Others books and 20 and draw out the other fel-
lows money. And when any thing goes In a
way that doesn't please the Italian depositor OF
humble station, he makes Off and brings his
priest, IN the full belief that that fnnctionary
can straighten out all terrestrial tangles.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-23
Rather Hard to Miss.

rum btr A'b"tN't JifIUtU
The fact that this is n very big country never
strikes one so forcibly as when he has travelled
a couple of thousand miles due west and still
finds the prairie stretching out before him A
young spIlg OF BRUSH noelhty was over here
last SIMMER, accompanied by the inevitable
"Jeems.' They saw the seaboard cities carried
for time in Chicago,in St Louis and in Kan as
City, and then struck out into the great West
Somewhere near the edge Of Colorado the train
was delayed at a small station. and the passen-
gers got out to stretch their legs. among them
his lordshp and 'JeenIs," who seemed to be in
q brown study.
What is it :" asked his master
II was just thnkin', ME lud," said Jeems.
that Columbus didn't do such a mighty big
thing when he discovered this ere country
halter halls said and done. 'Ow could g 'eip
N-f
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-23
A REMARKABLE OLD LADY.
At the Age of 81 She is at the Head of
Banking House. q

From the Albany Journal.
Mrs, Deborah Powers, of Lansingburg, is 81
years old Her maiden name was Ball, and she
first saw the light of day at Hebron n. H., Aug.
s. 1890. When 20 years old she married William
Powers, school teacher and soon after moved
TO Lansingburg, making the journey in COM
mon road wagon. A few years after their ar
rival in Lansingburg Mr.. Powers started on
small scale In the manufacture of oil'cloth. He
was very successful. One day a vessel filed
with varnish boiled over, and in attempting to
eXtinguish the flames Mr. Powers was fatally
burned. The widow. however. took up the bust
ness, and even to this day she takes an active
interest in it, as wen as in public affairs She is
very vigorous for one of her great age, and
takes long walk every day. She is mother of
Albert f. and Nathaniel b Powers, and in addi-
ton to her interest in one Of the largest oil
cloth factories in the world, is the head of the
Lansingburg banking house of d. Powers q
Sons of which Hon Henry L. Lamb, formerly
acting Superintendent of the STATE Banking
Department, IS general manager and cashier.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-23

A man in Oil City with small oil we'll
would not accept the terms that the Stand
ard Company offered him for the produce
of his well, and to dispose of it started a
refinery of his own and peddled the oil
about town. Now his product has become
famous for superior excellence, and he sup
plies the whole Oil City retail trade.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-23
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS,

MEET1Sos-DeKalb Lodge No. 9, I. o. o. f.;
Calanthe Lodge No. %, X. =.
SPECIAL NoTIcE-Bills Against British Steam
ship Storra Lee.
BLACKFIsH-H. L. Townsend, Charleston, s G.
STEAMSHIP SCHEDULE-Ocean Steamship Co.
HAY-Thos II. Robinson.
AUToGRAPHs-W. r. Benjamin. New York
city.
AN INVOICE or NEW MATTING-A, J. Miller &
Co.
o. CHEAP COLUMN ADvERTIsEMEYTs-H Help Want
ed Miscellaneous
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-23
The Situation simplifed.
From the Nelg YORK. star (Derll

From, the Nec York Star (DerO
The Democratic duty is to press straight on,
without moments delay, to the vital work OF
revenue reform. 1t is not merely necessary that
the result should be achieved during the present
session The country needs an absolute assur-
ance that il will be done, and demands that that
assurance be given straightway. The result of
srlvania simplifes the situation. From no
quarter can an authoritative Democratic voice
be now raised against the Presidents policy.
Votes Will not be lacking in the Senate to
pass any judicious measure adopted by the
House
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-23

An international at Council of Women, "
called by the National Woman Suffrage
Association, viii he held in Washington,
opening March 25 and closing April next.
1t is intended thus to celebrate the fortieth
anniversary Of the woman suffrage move
ment in this country. 1t is expected that
the leaders in the movement for equal edu-
cational, industrial, professional aud politi-
cal rights for women will be present, and a
number Of papers will be read and addresses
delivered
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-23

Gen. Butler is in Washington, and is devo-
ting much of his time to talking with mem
bers of Congress about house he owns in
that city. The house is an enormous one,
at the top of Capitol Hill. tits now rented to
the government. 1t is said to be an expen-
sive property on the Generals hands, and
he has long been trying to get Congress to
buy it. Last year three appraisers appointed
by the Secretary of the Treasury valued it
at $271 900, and it is said that Butler has
since been posing as a philanthropist who
offered to sell to the government property
at less than its true valuation The Gener-
al always did show tendency to lay up
earthly treasure.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-23

Baltimore is to have a modern store build
ing, the first two stories of which will be of
glass, with tho exception of the necessary
iron pillars. The third and fourth stories
will be of brick and stone. The cost will
be $50 600
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-23

Mr. Watterson is right. The time for
straddling the tariff issue, if there ever was
such time, has passed. The country de-
mands reduction of the tariff on the nee
es; aries of life, and obstructionists will have
10 stand aside
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-23

Mr. Powderly is still quite ill, and his
recovery is much slower than was expected.
He subsists entirely on fluids, principally
beef tea. 1t is not improbable that vexa-
ton of mind has good deal to do with his
slow recovery.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-23

Mr. Breckenridge. of Kentucky is re-
ceiving generous praise for his speech con-
corning the portraits presented to Congress
B. by Massachusetts, the other day He is
said to be the finest orator on the Demo-
cratic side, or in tho entire House.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-23

Kentucky will vote on the prohibition
question next fall The Prohibitionists are
getting very bold when they wage war on
whisky in Kentucky.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-23

Male candidates for matrimony in New
York are lacking in attractiveness, or else
the women are very fastidious After be-
ing introduced to forty men by a matri-
monial agency in that city, Mrs. Emily
Guion brought suit against the manager for
recovery of money paid him to procure her
a life mate
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-23
The Anxious Republicans.

From the Boston Globe (DeDLJ
The Republican papers are patheticany inn
ploring Mr.. Cleveland to remember that he is in
favor of single term for Presidents, which in
dcates that they would rather undertake the
task OF beating sonpe other man.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-23

A man named Small has invented ma
chine which, it is said, will revolutionize
the cigar manufacturing industry. 1T is
described as being SO simple in its operation
thar a 10.year-old girl can be taught in an
hour to run it. A half interest in the in
vcntion has been sold by Small for 500, 900
cash. Perhaps the day is not far distant
when good cigar can be bought at n
reasonable price