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taken up in France, and . report on the sub jeot was presented at recent meeting of the Geological society. In the south Of France long wires ere systematically erected along the seashore, and when the tired swallows alight on them they are stunned or killed by an electric shock. The birds are then sent to Paris. where they are used for decorative purposes.
 The new Brazilian marriage law makes civil marriage obligatory. Any marriage not made before civil powers is null and void. The parties have to pay to the judge $1 and to the clerk fifty cents if the marriage is performed at his office, and double that if in private house, besides the cost of car riage or travelling expenses. Relatives of the first and second degrees, girls under four teen and boys under sixteen years are pro- hibited from marrying. Widows may not marry untilsten months after the decease of their husbands. Civil marriages may be preceded or followed by religious services.
 The socialists may well congratulate them- selves on the progress they are making in England. One of the latest indications oi the drift of things is the fact that Sir John Lubbock proposes that a general law shall bt passed granting the power to local authori' ties to authorize half holidays in varioul trades and occupations when in any givsr town or city two-thirds of the dealers ol shepkeepers shall petition for such change For example, if two-thirds of the grocers Q l an English town request by g petition t have any day of the week made . half holi
 day, the local authorities shall be empoweret to close all of the grocery stores an that par l tioular town during tho htlf daysst aside |
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 llshed In Connecticut.
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or matters of business should be addressed to THE JOURNAL AND COURIER,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-26
Settling a . core

bluegrass idyl has been circulating through
the Southern Society for several days. 1t is a
tale of two Kentuckians-one a major, the
other a colonel-who. after a night of luck at
poker, determined to crafty an oft-eXpressed
desire to visit New York, says the Times Of that
city. They came, and after two days of sight
seeing the colonel suggested to the major that a
trip to New York would not be complete with
out dinner at Delmonico's The major agreed.
It was deemed that it would hardly be consid-
crate t. take Mr.. Delmonico uaawares, and in
order to prepare him for so unusual an event as
swell dinner for two the Kentucky gentlemen
went to the restaurant early in the day, called
for the head waiter and told him what they
wanted. Spare no expense" they said
They dined at 6. 1t was a splendid dinner
They tasted wines of all kinds that they had
never heard of before They ate a great deal
ard drank n great deal aud told each other
stories that both knew by heart The banquet
lasted three hours.
They called for their bill The waiter placed
check, face down, on the menu. The gentle
men were toasting each other as the waiter did
this, and when they placed TIER glasses on the
table he was gone. They saw what appeared to
them to b. scrap OF paper on the menu and
brushed il off The old fellows were ignorant
OF the customs of French restaurants, and they
concluded that the menu must be the bill. The
colonel began to fix are up the prices. 1t seemed
that they had eaten great deal, but the names
of dishes were 10 language unknown to them
and, anyway, they were not in mood to bother
about trifes.
But the colonel gasped when he figured up the
total. IL was $500.
Great heavens. sahl" he exclaimed to the
major. 1T is $500. If we pay this we can't get
back home"
I'VE might" suggested the major. family,
W. might jump out of this window and run"
No, sab. " said the colonel, bringing his fist
down on the table. eve are Kentucky gentle
men, sab We will pay this bill, sab. and then
sab, we will shoot the landlord, sab
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-26
The arin Debate.

The tariff debate Is pretty nearly over
for this session There will be two weeks
more of it The democrats and republicans
virtually agreed yesterday that the general
debate should close on Sept. 8. and that
after three days further discussion Of
amendments under { e five minute rule the
vote on the bill should be taken
Very little attention will be given T. the
latter part Of the bill. The bill has already
occupied nearly four weeks Of the Sena.es
time, and not one-half OF it has been con-
sldered. Nothing has been done yet with
the sugar schedule. and it is known that
quito number Of the republicans are very
much opposed TO free sugar, unless it IS
coupled with Blaine's reciprocity policy.
There is a proposition pending, introduced
by Senator EdmuGds, which provides that
the President shall have the power to
prohibit the entrance into this country, free
of duty, ofsugar from those producing
countries which do not admit our exports
duty free. 1t is expected that this propo-
sition will be the subject Of a long debate.
1t is probable however. that the demo
Gratis acted wisely in agreeing TO close the
general debate on the DILL on Sept 5. The
whole country now knows just what kind
Of bill it is, and it would hardly know
great deal more about it if the debate
should be continued until December. The
bill does not reform the tariff and does not
reduce it. On the contrary, it greatly in
creases the duties on a large number Of
articles. IL Is a bill that will make the
protected monopolies richer and the people
poorer 1t is bill in which the ideas Of
tho high protectionists are carried ont to the
fullest extent IL will taSe millions more
out of the pockets of the people than the
present tariff does. and that, too, without
increasing the revenues in the least. be-
cause the increased duties are mainly on
articles which are produced in this country.
the duty being SO high that foreign COM
petition will be prevented.
II Speaker Reeds tactics had been applied
in the Senate the country would never have
known anything about the bill-would not
have known that manufacturers who are
now clamori1g for higher duties already
sell their products in foreign markets much
cheaper than they sell them in this country
but it would have been rushed through
the Senate at break-neck speed, as it was
through the House.
What the republicans ought to do is to
postpone the bill, for the reason that they
themselves are not satisfied with it. They
haven't the courage to do that, however,
TO admit that in a whole long session they
failed to pass a tariff bill after having
promised faithfully in their platforms,
state and national, to reform the tariff
The country, therefore, will have a crude
good
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BRIGHT BITS.

ABOUT A L ELLOW-
i fellow well simply call Mr.,
Stepped up toauOther mans sister,
And wha, do you think,
Why, quick wink,
He threw his arms, roul I'd her and kissed her
berkshire NelUS.
Two CONSTANT SrAYERs-
Poor Billy Patterson is gone; grim death saw
fit to pluck him
Before we clearly ascertained Just who it was
who struck him.
And while from other Bills each day we're
forced TO sadly sever
Our tariff and our pension bills, they cling to us
forever. Chicago Eventnq Post
MANY MEN fall in love and claim to have lost
their hearts, whose experience afterward con-
vinces them that they lost their heads instead =
AtchlSon Globe.
ACCOUNTED FoR.-CustOmer-Seem to me
that razor is rather dull?
Barber-M ought be, sab. 1t was to pahty
las night, sah.--NeI0 York Weekly
ST. PETER-Were you enumerated before you
left?
st, Paul Spirit-No.
ST. Peter-Dld you make any effort to have
your family counted?
st. Paul Sprlt-No; why should l?
st. Peter-lt was your duty. Just take seat
on that toboggan there and slide down below
Suns line.
THOSE FAST BOATS. Mr.. Leonard Franklin
You came over on one of thu record breakers
didn't you?
Mir. Thomas White-Yes. sir; seven DAYS after
we left Queensto@ was in my house in New
York.
Mr.. Leonard Franklin-Seven days. Thought
you made the trip in less than six
Mr.. Thomas Wnite-Im counting the time
waited on the dock for my baggage. Puck
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rs marriage a failures"
IT "a fAnzudS

rs marriage faiiure.'
T lat depends
Quite likely; but there were many famous
men who gave the strength of their opinion and
example 70 the view that marriage was some
thing not 10 be desired"
This CONVEX at,on. says the Detroit Free Press.
took place yesterday between two disputents at
the Russ Il boCse- The bachelor continued:
S al! fire of my list of famous men who
wofuly unhappy"
TIE married man replied Fire your head
of If you choose. But warn you before you
begin that your argument is Of no avail"
How soS"
Because every man is entitled TO his opin-
ion, and the opinion Of a bachelor on marriage
must at least oe mere matter Of hearsay or
the fancies of inexperience and prejudice"
i defy you
''Thsn 20 ahead"
Here they are the famous bachelors of the
world, a list Of men eminent in all lines of hu-
fee OF time and"
'-Hah,'
Hou do not want to be convinced You are
a married man, perhaps against your will. Let
US see how the worlds most famous men have
viewed the subject of matrimony. Are you
ready for this Intellectual and scientific bonn J.
shells"
For heavens sake. go on"
Il WILL then, as follows: Behold these distin-
guis ed bachelors-N-wton. Locke, Gibbon,
Hume Adam Smith. Harvey, Leibnitz, Boyle.
HOBBS, Hampton. Sir Fraacis Drake. Earl of
Essex, Haydn, Hand-l. Pitt. Michael An cello.
the three Carracci, Sir Joshua Reynolds Wosey.
Pascal, Fenelon, Pope, Whittier, Akenside
Goldsmith. Gray. Collins, Thompson. ]. Bent
ham, Plato, Pythagoras. Eplcurls. Bion, Auaxa-
g5ras, HeraclItus. Democritus and Diogenes.
Now, then" continued the bachelor, here
are other famous men who, although married.
were supremacy miserable: Aristotle, Socrates,
Pittacus. Fernandez Euripides. Aristophanes,
BOccaccIo, Carlyle, Dante, Milton, Steele, Adj
son, Dryden Moliere Racine, Sterne, Garrick
and Bacon. Are you satisfied with this, the tes-
timony of ages
Ana the married man sat dead in his chair.
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polling His appearance.

A white man. upon meeting negro in the
street, says the Pirt,burg Dispatch, remarked:
Jasper, those squirrels you brought me
were very fine
Glad you'se pleased" replied the old man.
taking off his hat and bowling profuSely, mon
dat his deeds is preciated in dis yere sin-cussed
worl."
Your deed i'll getting me those squirrels was
appreciated, assure you l had number of
people for dinner, and they dec AIRED that they
had never tasted better meat.
You makes dis ole heart glad widin me. "
the negro responded, placing mis- hands on his
breast and again bowling. ''Taint often dat
dis po' ole heart Is made glad, kin tell you dat,
an Wen 1t Is. W y feels lie Shoutin' fur Joy
The white man was deeply moved and hand
ing the negro a quarter. said; There is some
thing extra, Jasper. | believe that a man
should be rewarded beyond agreement when he
does more than his duty"
Several days later, the white man, upon meet
ing old Jasper again, seized him by the collar
and exclaimed
Il ought to kill you right here. you old scoun-
drel!''
'whuts done, sab? Take yo' hans often
nv garments "
You Internal old hound, you killed lot of
kittens and sold them to me for squirrels"
Who said SO? Take yo' hans often my gyar-
ments.'
Il have found it out. you miserable thief"
Il amt miserable, sab. You peer to be de
pusson dat is miserable. | amt eat no kitten
Take 20 hans often my garments tell you
Lowed yo' gwine had cumpny at yo' house an
mus hab er mess o squirrels, an eff l hader
dlsapp'inted you, wy you would er cussed me.
Stead O. dat l furnished de fines meat you
cumpny eber seed, an now you come er putin
yo' hans Oh desc yere garments lat done cost
me money. De folks dat wuz at de dinner is all
satisfied, an you wuz monstus pleased till jeS
now l clar doan know whut's gittin' inter
deze yere white folks, nohow. Ef you doan
take yo' hans often my garments I'll sue you
fur So lin my pearance fur de funeral dat
has ter 90 ter tor-mO ~
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PERS ONAL.

PREPARATIONS are being made already for
the celebration of Field Marshal Count Won
Moltke's Goth birthday, next November, The
whole German army will celebrate the day.
Special exercises will be held in the schools
also.
THERE are many who have suspected that the
name of Rudyard Kipling yelled the identity of
the young writer who mas created such a furore
ID England, but few will be prepared for the
assertion now made, that he is Henry G. Bruce,
Harvard graduate, and son of an Indian mis-.
sionary, who is now temporarily in Duxbury,
Mass.
PRINCE BISMARCK has just had some photo
graphs made of himself at FREDERICKSBURG by the
celebrated photographer, Bockman, of Strass-
burg. The prince has been taken in CuirasSier
uniform and also in plain clothes. The like
nesses are excellent. and, as the ex-chancellor
is in exceedingly good heath, he looks much
better than he does in photographs taken some
months ago.
THE ENGAGEMENT of Mr.. Tenant, brother of
Mrs Henry NJ. Stanley, and Miss Clementina
Furniss is announced in Lenox Miss Furniss is
woman of large wealth and is devoted to
charitable work. She owns, with her sisters a
handsome town house on Fifth avenue and
Fortieth street, New York, and a beautiful
coun' IL place at Lenox. Mr.. Tenant is a tall
athlIsN III glishmau OF about 43,
A fRIcAN PHYSICIAN who lately visited
Constt 1nople. writes home his belief that
Kiamil 4 cha, the present grand vizier, is a
man of singular learning cultivation and
sagacity, and that his clevernesS in statesman
ship would have enabled him to make his mark
as prime minister of any European power
Probably the Turkish empire has as much need
for such man as any other power.
1T SEEMS to be understood" says the Boston
Transcript, that the heirs of John Boyle
O'Reily will sell his interest in the Boston Pilot
His partner was Archbishop Williams, who will
PROBABLY retain bis interest James Jeffrey
Roche, Mr.. O'Reilly assistant, is looked upon
as the coming editor The proposition to have
an acove in the new public library dedicated to
the poets memory appears TO meet with much
~
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-26
No Strike Probable.

The information which our dispatches
this morning from Terre Haute contains is
that there will be no strike on the Wander
bit roads. The labor leaders who are in
session there have, it seems, reached the
conclusion that it would be- a mistake to
order a strike. There is no doubt
that the conclusion is wise
one The issue between the
knights of Labor and the Vanderbilt roads
is not one upon which the Knights could
look for the support of public senti-
rient, and without su CHI support they could
not reasonably expect TO be successful
The issue, briefly stated is that when any
one of the knights is discharged the ques-
ton, whether or not he was discharged for
a good and sufficient cause, shall be sub
mitted to arbitration. Between fifty and
sixty of the knights have been discharged,
and the leaders of the knights say that they
were discharged because they
were knights. The railroad off,
Gals deny this, and assert that the men
in question were discharged for cause-for
drunkenness, incapscity, and because their
services we're not needed-and they refused
to agree TO an arbitration. 1t is apparent that
if any discharged man could have the ques-
ton whether or not he was properly dis
charged passed upon by board of arbitra-
ton not only would there be arbltrations
going on all the time, which would be a
source of constant annoyance and great ex-
pense, but the control of the employees of
the roads would be transferred from the
railroad officials to the labor leaders.
When questions of real Importance be-
tween the company and its employees arise
they ought to be arbitrated, and public
sentiment would undoubtedly support a
demand for arbitration. Public
sympathy is much more apt
to be with the employees than
with the roads, but it can be pretty safely
stated that the public is not vet ready to
support a demand for arbitration by every
employe who thinks there did not exist a
satisfactory reason for his discharge.
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KDRI TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Oglethorpe Lodge No. /, I. o. O
F.; Feay Division No /, X. P; Yemassee Tribe
No g. l. Q. R. NJ; Stockholders of Savannah
Cold Storage, Ice and Beer Manufacturing Com
pany.
SPECIAL NoT1cEs-Fine Stable to Rent, Apply
Guimartin & Mehrtens' Stables; Notice, P. D.
Daffin & Son; Return OF DR.. Brandt
RED Rust Poor SEED OATS, ETC.-T. J.
Davis
Mill SUPPLIEs-Pslmer Hardware Company.
AUCTION SALEs-Elegant Lots, by Harmon,
Walker 6 McHarrie; A Home Free from Taxa
tion, a Cheap Home, by C. H. Dorsett.
STEAMSHIP ScHEDULEs--Ocean Steamship
Company; Baltimore Steamship Company.
RAILWAY SCHEDULE Savannah, Florida and
Western Railway.
CHEAP COLUMN ADVERTISEMENTS - Help
Wanted Employment Wanted For Rent; For
Sale; Lest; Personal; Miscellaneous.
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The Situation He Wanted.

The young man handed his letter of intro.
duction to the merchant prince and waited
resp ctfully, hat in hand, relates the Pittsburg
Dispatch.
"Ah! This is Mr. Yipps, is it' l am glad 10
see you, sir. Take a CHAIR. SO it appears that
you are acquainted with my niece, Miss Bessie.
are you?"
Yes, sir, said the young man, and she was
KIND enough to say she was certain I could fill
give me-
so see, replied the merchant, referring to
the note or introduction again. well, | have
great confidence in Besse's judgment. Bessie
is my favorite niece, by the way. AS to this
position now, what salary would you expect?''
Salary would be immaterial-at least lust
now" '-0
Il see you would like to begin at the bottom
and work up Well, what kind of a position
would suit your"
Il think, sir answered the youth, twirling
his hat in an embarrassed way. II would like
the position of nephew"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-26

the other day the Brunswick Times
asked the MORNING NEWS IL it purposed &c
contribute bucket Of whiuewash for the
benefit OF Mr.. Felix Corput, and when the
MORNING News asked the Times IL NJ.
Felix Corput bad been found guilty Of
wrong-doing the Times answered
that Mr.. Corput was not found
gully Of wong dong" Under the circum-
stanc IS 1t is somewhat remarkable that the
Times should ask any more questions, par
ticularly of the kind that reject injuriously
upon people or which indicate that the
MORNING News has pursued a certain
course. Bot it is not, it SEEMS, at all dis
turbed by having to back out Of its insinu-
alton against Mr. Corput Il now wants 70
know why the MORNING News IA
vors Mr.. Corrupt for speaker
OF the House Of the next legislature, "wh le
it condemns Mr. Clark Howell" The
MORNING News does not remember to have
condemned Mr.. Howell. Perhaps the Times
does, however. VIII the Times please
quote anything the MORNING News has
said condemning Mr.. Clark Howell: If it
Canuot will 1t be kind enough to tell its
readers what its object was in asserting
that the MORNING NEWS condemns Mr..
Clark Howell.
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own argumen

This is considered an off year in Ohio
state politics, but all the same the demo-
Gratis should put forward their best
efforts to win again this year. An Their
victory for the democracy like that of last
year. and the state of Ohio will no longer
be an uncertain factor in elections The
democratic state convention, which meets
at Springfield to-day to select nominees for
secretary Of state, supreme court judge
and member of the board of public works,
no doubt understands the situation, and
men will be nominated who will have the
confidence and support of the people.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-26
Looks Bad for Raum.

The turn the Raum investigation has
taken is no surprise to the public. 1t was
known from the start that the republican
members of the committee of investigation
had been selected to prevent rather than
encourage an inquiry into the alleged dis
reputable transactions of the pension COM
missioner. The postponsment of the
investigation until Sept l is doubtless
merely for the purpose of gaining
time to fix up testimony to avoid further
exposure. By Raums own admissions the
charges against him are substa tiated.
He confessed that George Z. Lemon, the
notorious pension claim agent, Endorsed for
him notes for the amount of $4,000 Other
proper questions he refused to answer.
Now. if Mr. Raum was a man above re-
proach and sincerely desired to have the
charges against him cleared up he would
not hedge himself ar ound with technicali-
test but would afford every assistance
necessary for proper understanding of his
affairs.
The reason why Mr.. Raum did not deny
the $4,000 Endorsement, probably, is be-
cause it could have been proved by public
records 1t is sufficient to convince most
people that there were improper relations
between him and Lemon. At first the pen.
sion office refused to make certain ruling
to advance Lemons claims; afterward this
ruling was reversed, and it is in that con-
nection that Lemons Endorsement
is important evidence. Furthermore
it was shown that Raum was insolvent,
that he is visionary financier, and that he
habitually interests himself in wildcat en-
terprises. Would practical business man
like Mr.. Lemon have Endorsed notes for
$l2, 900 for man Of Mr.. Raum's financial
standing without expecting some return
The evidence 50 far justifies the conclusion
that the pension bureau was used to ad-
vance Lemons purposes.
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The New York World presents a ro-
mantle story from the Chinese quarter in
that city. The account sIys: Mott street
merchants are IN great state of expect
ancy. Big camphor chests are being
opened, the choicest silk "moquas" and
other articles OF fine Oriental ramsnt are
coming out, and pigtails are sleeker than
ever. News has been received direct from
the Flowery Kingdom thai band of sixty
coy Chinese maidens are on their way to
Chinatown, with no other object in view
than to make their country men happy"
On their arrival there is to be big celebra-
ton, followed by the marriage of the i'm
ported beauties. All this is very well, and
a wholesale wedding in It's Oriental splen-
dor would be a grand sight if the exclusion
act didn't stand IN the way of it's consum-
nation. How are the fifty maidens going
to land' But writers of fiction always let
the unexpected happen, but if this one can
bring about the usual happy denouement,
elude the custom house inspectors and unite
the lovers, ne will scoop the entire fra
ternity