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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-05
Two Pieces of Pie.

ssMa, can I Ihave another piece of mince pie3' 'No, my child, you'd dream of your grand mother"
 ''I like to dream of my grandmother, ma. She used to give me two pieces of pie"-Chi- cago Herald
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-05
Sprinstims Woes.

Now the sunny days are coming, Claribel is full of woes, For the price of every walk is Five new freckles on her nose.
 Buffalo Express.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-05
PARTING OF THE PRESIDENTS.
A Nasty Lunch, Grand Review and a
 Quiet Departure.

Upon reaching the White House after the inaugural ceremonies President Harrison and wife and eN- President Cleveland and wife took a nasty luncheon together The president bid the ex-president farewell, and hurried over to the reviewing stand on the opposite side of the street. where he remained standing for
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-05
waaxers Vote to Strike.

FALL RIVER, Mass, March A-The Weav- ers union unanimously voted to strike unless an advance of wages is granted before March II
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-05

BRETT & Go, Clothiers, Furnishers, Hatters, Bank Street, next to Post office.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-05

Figs, nuts, bananas, lemons, and fine Florida fruit at Ladd's.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-05
''|f On Your Pocketbook ,

Come at once to the U. s. & Go c. w. D. Clothiers. The only parties that can give you strictly cash prices on fine, ready-made clothing. This is the guar. antee:
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-05
"If On Your Mind" ;"

Take it off by leaving your measure with the U. s. & Co, Clothiers. New and very de- sirable samples for the Spring Season of 1889 fire ready for inspection. Measure carefully taken and perfect fitting gar ments guaranteed or no sale.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-05
U. s. & Co.

Nearly time to SPRING A SUIT" on your mind or pocket book.
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irving al 1chang from Pekin, expect

SuO JUuIu0y1 ~ NC "O'0 ~ 0I"'O
almost Immediately, Mr.. Little found
that no one there had authority to
discuss the regulations, but that four
officials, two from each of the Vice
roys of the r%iverain provinces, were
about to start for Ichang for the
purpose. As these came from the
respective provincial capitals, % of
which (Cheng-tu) was between 500
and 600 miles eff, it was clear TINT
the end was not yet. AS a matter Of
fact, the delegates did not arrive for
four months, and on February %
the first meeting took place at the
British Consulate. Then, at least,
there was reason to hope that the
few regulations would be promptly
arranged and that the season would
be saved. But here, again, allow
ance must he made for the i%nstilc-
tive procrnstinqIion of the Chimes,
and il speedily appeared that, besides
procrastination, there was a scheme
on the part of the delegates TO pre-
vent the steamer from ever starting
and to weary out the patience aud
the pockets of those interested in The
voyage. Tie delegates knew well
that The company was a smalI one,
formed for a definite object, which
was expected to be accomplished
without serious delay, and that its
directors never contemplated the
heavy and prolonged strain of keep
ing an expensive steamer, with high
ly-paid officers and c~rew-highly paid
because they were specially select
ted from more than II quarter of
the world for their experience in
river navigation-lying idle month
after month in the Yangtsze. 1t
was evident that the object was to
wear the company OUT, and thus to
stife tho enterprise. Ii would be
wearisome to recount here the ne
EQUATIONS that went on. The de-
legates never intended to frame
practicable regulations. An idea OF
The nature of their proposals may be
gathered from d which they grave
ly advanced. To prevent collisions
efectuaIly they offered to stop all
navigation on the river in the neigh
bourhOod of the steamer for two
days every month, the steamer TO
travel during these two and to lie by
during the rest of the mOnth-this
arrangement 10 last only from May
to October, but not from October to
May, the river during these latter
months being closed to the steamer.
AS the latter, at first, at any rate,
cannot travel at night, and as Chung
king is 400 miles from Ichang, this
modest proposal meant that Mr..
Little would take six months 70
arrive at Chungking, and that he
would be forced TO stay there until
the following year, when his turn
came round again, and thus the
voyage up and down would take
about Is months q
The delegates had nothing to offer
but monstrous proposals Of this cha
racter until about the middle of
April, when Mr.. Little was approach
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construct his steamer and make. pre-
parations for the pioneer voyage,
all of which were known @itoaathe
Chinese Government, who had two
years more 10 make their arrange
ments, giving ten years in all but
when in November, 1887, DR.. Little
arrived in Shanghai with his steamer
and again demanded his permit, then
the Chinese talked as il they had
never heard If such a thing before;
they must refer to The local Viceroys,
they mus, have time TO pacify the
r%iverain population, they must be
allowed some delay to take measures
against the ferocious monkeys who in
habit the banks md who would be
sure to resent the appearance Of a
steamer by rolling rocks on the deck,
and subsequently evading arrest
through their activity, which is supe'
rior to that Of HE locals officials ; and
so on with a dozen other excuses, in.
GLIDING the displeaSure of the immor-
tai sodS, who, il was said, never inten-
ded the Yam. tsze to be navigated by
a steamer Or they would not have put
rocks in the middle of the stream.
The answer to all these was "You
have had ten years to do all this, to
settle with your Viceroys, and your
population, Your monkeys, and your
immortal gods; you have had full no
tice tor two years that the steamer
was coming what have you done in
that time" There was just this small
amount of truth on the Chinese side;
the boatmen and crackers of Chung
king were violently opposed to the
steamer, and might have created II
riot; but then they had years notice,
during which they might have taken
measures to 'epress popular outbreak.
Besides what are we TO think of the
Government of a great Empire, IA
first class Power, which tries to keep
a foreigner out of his treaty rights on
the ground that it cannot restrain the
mob OF a provincial city! Is there
any other Government in the world
with the smallest sense of its own
dignity that would have reSorted 10
such an excuse? After IL months
effort the permit was granted, sub
ject to the collision regulations being
framed in Ichang. his brings Is to
November, 1888; then The delegates
wasted three or four months before
they appeared in Ichang, aud another
three months after their arrival there
in putting forward proposals which
would have been comic in their i'm
pudence if time were not of the last
importance. At last, in June 1889,
II years after the treaty right was
conceded, nearly four years after Mr..
Little first made his demand, and
nearly Two years after the steamer
was ready for The voyage, The permit
is granted, not with good will or good
grace by the Chinese, but in response
to diplomatic efforts and pressure of
unusual vigour. Mr.. Little and the
gallant little company which he has
Behind him richly deserve all the
success that can be obtained from
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DOA w ~ 'tS
the attempt, if there were a prospect
of being bought out, perhaps at a
profit, does not appear. The sug-
gestion must have been very allur-
ing to a man with an expensive
steamer and staff on his hands, bar
assed and worried by the calculated
and ingenious delays Of Chinese
officials, with a number OF share
holders at home, largely personal
friends, who had put down their
money in reliance on Mr.. little's
Judgment, aud here was a chance OF
saving their investments, at least ; 1T
would not be glory, but it would be
business. Fortunately, as il will doubt
less turn out, The ineradicable pro-
p%ensily of the Chinese for remaining
ia a state Of dubirty and unsettIe-
mcnt came TO the rescue here the
price to be paid for the steamer, the
compensation to those mainly con-
cernrd, and all other details were
settled, with the exception Of a sin
gle item. For days this remained
open, and Mr.. Little and the COM
pany, foreseeing the danger Of falling
between two stools, and not knowing
whether this was not merely Il TtSe
TO waste more time, did not relax
their exertions to obtain a permit.
A week ago this was how the mat
ter stood none knew whether the
Chinese did seriously intend to buy
the company out altogether or not,
and none could tell what the result
of the persistent demands of the COM
pany for the permit to which they
were entitled would be. Now
comes the unexpected news that the
permit is to be granted at Once.
Probably the Foreign Office, which
has all along supported this inter
esting and important enterprise with
vigour, and the British Minister at
Pekin had satisfied themselves that
The delegates and their proposals
were shamS, and mere time-wastin2
agencies, and that they peremptorily
demanded the full permit at Pekin
without any more delay. At any
rate, the highly ingenious cobwebs
of the delegates III Ichang have been
swepr away roughly, and once more
Mr.. LitIlc's prospects are "set fair"
One or two dates will show more
clearly than anything else the extra
ordinary difficulties and delays with
which Mr.. Little has had to contend
all along. 1t will be borne in mind
hat he asked for no favour or
privilege; the right 10 attempt the ma
vigation of the Upper Yanstsze was
conceded by the Chefoo ConventIo"
in 1877 to British SUBJECTS. Yet in
1885, after they had had eight years TO
digest The clause, with q British Con-
sui, Agent at Chuneking even in their
eve to keep them in mind of IT, they
seemed as much amazed and ffuster-
ed as if he had dropped from the
skies when Mr.. Little appeared be-
fore them and demanded Il permit to
DO that which for eight long years he
end other British subjects had a per-
feet right, and which the Chinese had
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-04
The Choice Was Difficult.

Here is story that Gen. Pierce Young tells.
says the Washngt II Post. Away up in the
Georgia mountains lies Cltoosa Springs, a
laVorte summer resort of Savannah and At
lanta society people. Among the pines and
breezes of the hi Is the fever and lassitude bred
from The malarial air of tne low country disap-
pear like magic. One day Gen Young saw an
old fellow with n basket cf egg and bunch Of
Chickens for tie hotel people. and recognized
an old troo i,er Of his command.
Jake, he called out, Jake Dorridge, how
are you?"
why. laws a massy. general, how -de-doy l
han't Sc We sence the wah"
They clatted for few minutes.
'Dbyou come up here often, Jakeg
"PootY nigh every day. The folks want nv
chickens N aigs like to rest my eyes a looA-
in at some o these yer poorly gals"
They are handsome, aren't they, Jake?n
Deed they air.
NOW Jake" said Cen Young, waving his
hand toward group of three youn. ladies'
with whom he had been chatting, tell us
which Of those three young ladies' is the pref
tieSt?n
- "Aw, Gineral Young, they's all poorly.
Twoul Int rood manners for mo to say airy
one was poOtier' t'other"
But, Jake, 1t will give them a great deal OF
pleasure to learn your opinion. They are great
friends, and will not feel at all hurt at your de-
cision. Now, walk right up and pick out the
best looking"
After much solicitation Jake undertook the
task. He walked up and peered closely at the
laughing girls. About 100 guests had gathered
by this time to see the trial. Finally Jake
tur ed scrat ching his head. All three Of the
young ladies' wore broad sashes around their
waists.
General Young. they's all three so poorly it is
hard to make a choice, but sti / am fo'ced to
say that the ore with the yalier belly-band is a
leetie the trimmest."
There was u scream, a flutter OF white dresses,
AMI three blushing young ladies', with various
colored sashes, dashed into the hotel and out of
sight.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-04
Dangerous Cranks.

The statement was made in our dis
pa ches yesterday that there are half a
dJzen Gui5eaus in Washington. By this
astounding statement it was meant that
there ara at least half dozen cranks in the
national capital who are so disap, ointed,
because of their failure to get Offices that
they would not hesitate to take the life of
the President, or any member of the cabinet
whom they thought responsible for their
failure.
Doubtless the statement is an exaggera-
ton. 1t may be true that there are men in
Washington who are SO bitter against the
administration that they would gladly i'm
prove any opportunity to bring it into dis
repute, or to do the members of il q serious
injury, if they could do s. without serious
clnseq gences to themselves. They went to
Was ington to get Offices, and they were
OF successful. Day after day and month
after month they lived on the hope that they
would be provided for finally At last
their money and credit were gone I'd they
found it difficult to get enough to eat or to
make decent appearance upon the streets.
Their hope turned to despair. and they came
to believe that the President and his cabi-
net were respo .sible for their desperate and
| unenviable condition. In the minds of some
of them this thought has taken such firm
hold that it is not surprising tn 1t they in
dulge in expressions that lead people to re-
gard them as Guiteaus
The spoils system is responsible for the
Guiteaus. As long as cranks, aiventurers
and thrlftless fellows who will not work
for living, can get soft places in the gov
| eminent service for little polite IL work,
Washington will be afflicted with Guiteaus.
| Not tenth of those who rush there for
places are successful, and the disappointed
| ones become more worthless than they were.
| The way to get rid of the Guiteaus is to
make fit ess alone the test for employment
| in the government service, and the que tioa
| of fitness must be determined by the civil
| service rules.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-04

The Morning News for the Summer.
Persons leaving the city for the summer
can have the MORNING News forwarded by
the earliest fast mails to any address at the
rate of % cents week, 81 for month or
50 50 for three months, cash Invariably in
adUance. The address may be changed as
often as desi ed. In directing q change
care should be taken to mention the old as
queU as the ne,O address.
Those who desire to have their home
paper promptly delivered to them while
away, should leave their subscriptions at
the BUSINESS OFFICE.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-04
The Fenca Election.

Chatham county yesterday refused at the
ballot box to taks place among the pro-
gressive counties OF the state. Ia refusing
TO adopt the "no fence" law she did s)me-
thing that will retard her development and
prosperity. Her lands will continue to re-
main uncultivated.
Instead of being dotted all over with
truck arms and orchards, as she would
have been in few years if she had deter
mined that stock should be fenced in and
that crops might be cultivated with
out being inclosed, she will remain
to a great extent a county of forests
and swamps. Her cultivable lands will
yield nothing, and her live stock will show
no improvement. Hundreds Of voters in
this city, who refused to take the trouble to
go to the polls yesterday, are to blame for
this condition of affairs. If the majority
of those who favor the mo fence"
law had voted that law would have been
adopted, and marvellous changes for the
better would soon have taken place in the
appearance of the county.
Those who want their cattle to run at
large have gained a victory, but it is a vic
tory that checks progress and arrests
development.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-04
Eigh Llcenze Gets a Rlack Eve.

According to our dispatches the high
license law of Pennsylvania, which has
done so much for prohibition in that state,
has had the bottom knocked out Of it, as it
were, by recent decision of the state ST.
preme court. The license courts ave been
acting under the impression that they had
the power TO grant or refuse licenses to
whom they pleased, and until the decision
referred to, they refused licenses to many
brewing and bottlilg companies, and to
persons whom they thought were not of
good moral character. The result was that
the number Of Licenses issued in the cities
was comparatively small, and in some OF
the counties the license courts were so District
there was little or no intoxicating liquors
sold in them.
Oae OF the big brewing companies Of
Philadelphia appealed to the supre ne cour
and Obtained a decision that the license
courts had no discretion where there were
no contests-that is, in cases in which the
moral characters OF the applica ITS We're
not brought into question by parties outside
of t5e court. In such cases licenses must be
issued. The result has been, Of course, a
very large increase in the numuer Of
licenses. In PHILADELPHIA alone, several
hundred licenses have been issued within
the last few days to persons to whom they
had previously besn refused
OF course the proaibitionists are thorough
ly disguised with this condition of affairs.
Only few days ago constitutional prohi-
bitioa wes defeated in Pennsylvania, and
now the benef which were derived from
high license are being lost. Probably the
prohibitionists will have the high license
law amended 50 that the license courts will
have gre ter discretion. If they do not it
is probable hat, SO far as Pennsylvania is
concerned, temperance " i'll 10 e great deal
OF the ground it has gained within the last
year or two. Tho prohibitionists are
rlucAy, and it is pretty certain that they
are not yet ready to give up the fight to re
strain the liquor traffic.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-04
INDEX TO new ADVERTISEMENTS

MEEr1Nes-Solomon's Lodge No. 1, F. and A.
M; savannah RiHe Assoc alton; The Work
mans and Traders Building and Loan Associa-
ton; Zoroyda Archery Club; Haupt Lodge No.
So / O. OF.
SPECIAL NoTIcEs-A Brass and String Band at
Ocean House Fourth of July, Charles F. Ora
ham. Proprietor; Special Notice, C. H. Dixon;
Notice. Jo C. Thompson; Notice, Jackson,
Metzger & Co.; Melons J. S, Collins & Co.
RAILROAD ScHEDULEs-Fourth of July Seized
ue, Savannah and Tybee Railway; Central
Railroad of Georgia. Coast Line Railroad
Schedule for Fourth OF July.
SUMNER RESORTS -Boarders Wanted at Kes
wick, Va.
AUCTION SALz-Postponed Sale of Tables,
Counters Etc, by I. D. LaRoche & Son
Coal AND WooD-Chas. II Dixon & Co.
CHEAP COLUMN ADVERTISEMENTS - 'lD
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For
Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-04

One who has not lived there can never appre.
ciate the picturesque and peculiar lives OF the
North Carolina mOuntaineers, says the Wash
ington PlSf. The railroads, the war the inc n
sons Of revenue officials have tended largely -
obi crate these racy and racial peculiarites.
but you want % get Senator Ieb Nanc.. or Maj.
iiu n Waidell TO descrbin; TIE moIntaineer,
of the JOS and earlier A Wel-EnOwu Washing
ton merchant tells the following story on him
self: He was born clear up in the mOu tains
near the Tennessee line. HIS mother died when
be was months Old, and his father and gr nd
mother raised him by hand in their lonely
c bin on a mountain clearing. miles from the
nearest neighbor He was ella in sin de flow
in garmeat on the Mother Hubbard sty.e,
made OF homespun tOwclJtl. which was 10 sgth
ened as years added length TO his limb.
He never saw girl u t he was Is. That
ear a terrible drought struck Ia and lis father
had to go ten mics down the cove to get his
corn ground Sc he yoked up the steers and
threw several be ) OF corn in the bottom Of the
cart The boy, il his peculiar garment, eli nbed
in and sat on the bags lie was going 10 n n W
ard far-OfH country. aud every sigHt was a won
curious interest the corn making its way ON
the hopper into the heart Of the stone and thea
squirt out in war white jets into the trough.
he went outside and saw the water p ur over
and turn the huge overs rot wheel and peere
with sensatO of fear into the dark, messy
cavern into which the wheel was forever re
treating.
On rising at a little distance he sried a log
caoiu and shortly wandered over through the
brush in it's dire, ton. A rail fence stopped his
progress a c)upie OF 70 IS from the dUorW ~,
and he leaned over and looked. There, sitting
outside the door on bench were two girls
One Was spinning wool and the other knitting
They were the most beautiful Things ne nad
ever seen, aud he nearly died ri at here. They
saw hun and burst out laughing at /, remark4
BILE a pearance He dldu know what to do
but thought it was probably the proper thing 10
stare at them and laugh D.ck, " ich lac did With
utter st. This mutual entertainment Kept u
for some ten minutes, when one Of ne girls
lau shed so hard she rolled of the bench. lie
thought that was queer, but just then he fe t
something cold on his legs.
He turIed around. AS ne did 80 both girls
shricked with la ghter and ran into the house.
He found that tue cold thing ON his legs was the
muzzle Of a Dull calf that was chewing away
vigorously on what was left Of the rear of his
dress. which had been shockingly multi ted by
the animal during the few minutes he was
staring ct the girls.
He mas seen more girls since and bears their
smiles with greater equanimity. IL IS also one
Of the best dressed men 10 Washington, but
that experience with the bull calf and the girls
will never be effaeed from MS memory.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-04
Savings Banks for Schools.

For some time the subject of savings
banks for school children has engaged the
atteution of people in some of the cities of
this country. The first hank of the kind
was established in Kent, England, about
the year 1873, and the first year Of its exis-
teace more than Is, 0G0 school children were
depositors. There are now sixty-two of
these banks in Liverpool. The average
amount deposited il a weel, by eacl Pupil
is only cents, but this is more than s. a
year each, if the deposits are mad9 eva ry
week, ard with the large number Of pupils
in that city, the aggregate yearly amount
is considerable. Ii is not so much the
amount saved, however, as the lessons of
life learned, that .c0mmends the y-tem.
Children are made to realize the value OF
money, and they are taught self-depend-
ence, frugality, aud provision for the
future. These lessons are valuable to all Of
them, but particularly to those who, after
they leave school, must Depend upon their
own eXer;ilns for a living.
The system has not been adopted very
extensively in this country, but it is being
urged by pubhc-spirited men III different
cities, and the probability is that in few
years such banks will be much more nu.
merous than they are now. One was estab-
lished in Long Island City, N. Y, four
years ago, and it now contains deposits
amounting to $1,000. Tae schools of sew
eral other cities followed the example OF
those of Long Island City.
1t would be a very easy matter for the
majority Of children to save five cents each
a week out of thu money they receive for
kAick-knacks, and they would be surprised
at the aggreg tied amount savel by all of
them during thei school lives.