The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-12
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

county as THE Duke of Fort Kent" is one of
the most picturesque figures among the
pioneers and politicians of Maine. He is about
so years of age, but straight as an arrow, aud
district, whom he has often ably represented in
the state legislature. He lives in the barracks
which were erected at Fort Kent by the gov
eminent at the time OF the Aroostook war.
having purchased the property and fitted it
up as homestead. Maj Dickey has been in
strumental in the preservation of the old fort
near his home, which is to be purchased by the
state, repaired, and kept as relic Of the blood
less border war. When visitors turn UP their
noses at the ancient structure and say it Is not
much of fort, the natives reply that it was
mot much OF war, :" either.
ZONE OBJ the most s'prisin' mistooks dat de
gret trelogians is now lab'rin' under am dis,
remarked the Rev. Wharyogwine Simmons
says the Boston Post, in one of his powerful
doctrinal discourses. "Dey all declar' dat de
fruit wha' cawsed de fall OBJ Adam an Ebe outer
dat gyarden war an apple. Lemme ies toe yo',
my bruddren, dat dey is ebbry las one OBJ 'em
barkin' up de wrong tree. Batter fruit warn't
noapple. De ole psen sarpunt didn't peddle out
no SIGH inherent fruit es dat 1t war a banana,
hit, an ct up de top half Den she les scooped
out de res an handed hit toh Adam, an frowed
de peelin' right down dar under foot. An
Adam, he les warn't noticin' ontwell fus'tinp
he knowed he slipped up on dat banana peelin'
an went down ker blim An dat, my deah
bruddren, is widout doubt de properest 'splaina-
shun OBJ de fall"
A YOUNG CANADIAN WOMAN told an American
last summer, when he was In Canada, that she
could tell an American as far as she could see
him by his manner, the cut of his clothes and
his general appearance. The American con
fessed that he could not distinguish an Amerl-
can from Canadian. "Well," she said, there
is a man over there whom l don't know. but
do know from his looks that be is an Ameri-
can" The other was not willing to give in that
he was beaten until it was conclusvely proved,
so when an opportunity came they listened to
catch some or his words, in order to decide the
question by his accent. This, too, proved
satisfactory. and the young woman, beckoning
her brother to come over to her. said: Il wish
standing over there" What Americana asked
the brother. 1.-The stout one. with the gray
beard and silk hat" she explained. 20.
pshaw" replied the brother, don't you know
town. There was neither low music nor
slow curtain, for this all took place on a tennis
| field, but the effect was just as good.
ALFRED @. HOBBS, superintendent and man
ager of the Union Metallic Cartridge Company
at Bridgeport, Conn, died at his home there
Sunday morning. aged 10. At an early age he
tried his hand at several trades, till at last he
opened a lock making establishment In Boston,
| the place of his birth, 1t was then that he
made his worldwide reputation as a lock wizard
| and worked a complete revolution In the manu-
| facture. In New York he gave public exhibit
| ton, opening the best bank safe in the city in
ten minutes and winning the stakes Of $500 In
! side. In London q member of parliament
named Brown challenged him to open one Of
Browns safe locks. M. Hobbs did it in
fifteen minutes with bis back turned to the SAFE
| He refused the $500 in gold which was
the wager. The papers taking the matter up
| he treated several challenges In a like manner,
| and then posted a notice that he could open
the locks Of the Bank of England. This created
! great sensation and seem ed likely to involve
| him in trouble but the only reply he would
| make was that he knew what he was talking
| about, private audience was given him at
| the bank, when, to the CONSERVATION OF every
! body, he fulfilled his promise. The yankee
| locksmith was no longer laughed at, but eventu-
| ally was made a member of the Society Of Arts
! and was awarded the Telford medal of the In
stitute Of Civil Engineers, It being only the
| third of these medals ever brought to America.
| A wife and two children survive him The
| children are Arthur j. Hobbs, the present gem
| eral manager of the cartridge company, and
| Mrs. Frank Kinsiey.
In RESPONSE to a question as to what, after
eight years of the closest personal and political
relations with President Grant. he regarded as
his dominant quality, Hamilton Fish promptly
| answered: absolute tr1thfulness. complete
infexible Veracluy." Il do not thine he CON
tnued, that il would have been posi-
BILE for Grant to have told a lie, even if he had
| composed it and written it down" This
quality, said the governor, shown by
| Grant when the initiation question came
! before the cabinet. There had never been so
| great q pressure upon an executive to sign
measure as this Of imitation, and by the friends
| of Grant, his especial and personal friends The
party must be saved. There was an irresistible
| voice from the west which could not be neg
| lected or silenced, and something was
| needed like initiation TO satisfy and relieve the
| west. There was no knowing what might hap
pen to the party else. and it
was in the power of Grant to
/ save all This was the view of the abest and
truest of republican friends in that quarter, and
| It's effect upon Grant was natural The cabinet,
| with the exception of Creswell AMI Fish. had
given way to the current, and it seemed there
| was nothing to be done. 80 the President"
| said Fish, resolved to sign the bill and as q
| measure of peace with his conscience made
| up his mind to write a message giving his rea-
sons for doing so. think he denied himself to
| everybody and went to work on the message.
But it seemed that the more ne wrote the more he
saw that he was on entirely untenable ground,
and what he began as message of approval ne
| turned into veto. Having decided his course
| he directed his clerks to copy 1t and make eady
| for the Senate. Then when the cabinet met,
| knowing how much he was in the minority,
| even in his own official family, he simply au-
| nounced what he had done, read the messag Q
| which ne had directed to be sent, and said no
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