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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-20
MI. Disston,s Prediction.

Mr.. Hamilton Disston, of Philadelphia,
is the owner OF a very large amount of land
in Florida, and the most of it is very rich.
Nearly all Of it was swamp. Thousands of
acres Of it have been reclaimed, and it is
safe to say that this reclaimed land will
produce abundant crops for many years
without fertilizers. 1t is covered with
vegetable mold to the depth Of several feet.
and it is especially adapted TO the growing
Of sugar.
In an interview the other day Mr..
Disston said that within a few years
Florida sugar gre wers will reap a rich and
handsome income from the government
bonus on sugar" There is a chance that
Mr.. Disston is mistaken. Within a few
years there may be no government bonus.
The paying Of a bonus TO sugar growers
is an experiment TO which a very reluctant
consent was given by many of those who
voted for the Mckinley tariff bill. Il was
apparent TO them that the bonus would be
eventually the cause of great deal of dis
satisf action. There is no more reason why
a bonus should be paid to the grower Of
sugar than to the grower of corn or cotton.
The cotton crop was not a profitable one to
great many cotton farmers this year.
The price Of cotton was so low that the cost
of production was about equal to the gross
receipts of their crops. They lave as good
claim for bounty as have sugar planters,
who cannot raise sugar except at loss I'M
less aided by the government
There are very few years in which the
corn crop IS profitable one to the pro-
ducers. In Kansas, Nebraska, and other
corn and wheat growing states the farmers
are very poor. They will not long consent
to helping pay bonus to sugar growers
while they themselves are suffering. For
this reason there are grave doubts that Mr..
Disstons prediction will come true.
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Parter in Domestic Bliss.

Marriage is curiousy regarded in some
of the eastern states. One of the most
popular ways of viewing it seems to be TO
consider it merely a commercial transact
ton. Placing 1t upon this plane of cold
blooded calculation has a tendency to some
what rudely jar upon the sensibilities of
those who are SO old~fashioned as to look
upon this time-honored social compact as a
sacred institution.
Recently Pennsylvania mechanic, whose
name CHANGED to be Miller, wooed, won and
welded Miss Null at Wilkesbarre. Before
the marriage one Roberts had been a very
ardent admirer Of the girl Within three
years following the nuptial day Miller con-
fided to Roberts that he wished to dispose
of his domestic bliss. Immediately Roberts
became deeply interested. They calmly
talked over the situation from practical
business standpoint After some little
hagging they struck a bargain. Under the
agreement Roberts was to take the whole do
nestle establishment of Miller just as it stood
for $3.50. Presumably this also included good
will. OF the stipulated amount, $50 was to
be paid in cash and the balance "on the in
stallment plan" at the rate of So per month.
That seemed reasonable enough. Neverthe-
less, Roberts failed to meet his payments
regularly, and Miller returned and re-
claimed his property.
Now the question at issue seems to be as
to whether Miller had legal right to take
back property that he had sold and received
part of the purchase price on account of,
or whether he should put up all the chat
tells at public auction to be sold for the ben
eft of his claim in the regular way. If he
should take back his wife along with his
kitchen utensils and retaining all of the
purchase money paid he would place her in
the position Of having been only rented.
On the other hand one might reasonably
argue, on behalf of the party of the first
part, that he is entitled TO all the money he
can collect on account because of damage to
his property. Any sort of impartial ap-
praisement could but ascertain such chat
tells to be greatly reduced in value.
But the situation is still further compli-
Gated by the recent announcement of the
wife that she never consented to the trans
fer In the first place In that event it
seems very singular that she didn't say SO
long ago. Speaking out only now that she
begins to realize the uncertainties of life
and the instability Of domestic arrange
ments merely means confusion worse con.
founded.
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He Carried II.

Three or four of us had closed orr umbrellas
and gathered under store awning at the lower
end of Market street, says the Philadelphia
Press, to wait for a grip car. Along came a
colored man, carrying faded and rent old um
brella, and we all noticed that he carried the
shelter tipped forward at such an angle that
his feet were protected at the expense of his
back.
stop, sir' shouted the man at my left, who
had the look and bearing of a judge
Yes, sab, what's wanted?'' quered the col
ored man.
Il want to show you how to carry an UNI
brella. Your toes are dry, while your back is
all wet. don't belsve that one person in fifty
knows how to carry an umbrella so as to get
the most protection out of it
1t an old one, sab, "
Yes, l see, but you don't grasp the handle
right. Here-take mine"
Yes, san
Take the handle with your right hand and
carry it on line with your right shoulder
There-that better"
Can't gIt along wild SIGH stiffness, sah."
YES. you can. Now walk up to the corner
and back Hold the handle on a line with your
shoulder. That's it-go ahead
The negro marched off at a steady pace, and
while he was stepping of the gentleman turned
to us with
Its knack to shelter yourself under an
umbrella, particularly if it rains hard. and the
want of this knack provokes me when see it. -
We agreed with him, and the minutes passed
by and a car came down
Why, where did the niger go to-" asked the
owner of the umbrella.
We looked up and down, but he had disap-
squares, but there was no African carrying a
fine silk umbrella with a gold hande-not as
he could see. We started to rally him a bit as
we went up on the car, but he checked us by
saying:
IF any of you think l can't lick you in one
round, all you have to do is to step off the car
won't detain you three minutes"
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A Hoodooed Conductor.

See that MANI" asked Bro adway car con-
ductor, of a New York Sun man, as he ierked
his thumb toward passenger who alighted
at Union square.
Yes; what of it?"
"In the last stages of consumption, and he'll
never see the leaves again on these elms."
We'll, it isn't two years ago since he was a
freight conductor on a road running west and
was his head brakeman Jim and 1 were IN
the same crew for more than three years"
And he got hurt. l SUPPOSED"
No. He got hoodooed By a tramp. You may
smile, but you can't alter my belief, and he
knows It as well as the rest of us That man
did. Our train finally got such a reputation
among the fraternity that they called it. The
DeVh own, and 1t wasn't once a week that
any OF them would try to beat us I've seen
jim tackle six of them ut once, and, Lord o.
massey, how he used to knock them about
But about the hoodooS"
Well one night at water tank Jim pulled a
tramp off the buffers. He was a chap who
WASH posted, or he wouldn't have been there.
he was sick and weak and perhaps he was an
honest fellow who was playing in hard luck
However, Jim pulled him down and used him
rough, and while they were struggling the train
backed up and cut the strangers legs off.
Lands! but what sight it was and he lived for
quarter of an hour and cursed Jim to his very
last breath; He called out that the Lord would
surely punish him, and he prayed that i'll luck
might follow him, and he cast a hoodoo over
him as sure as we stand here"
"Weuf'
There is no well about it. On the next
trip Jim had collision. on the very next he
had hand smashed and in six months he lost
his place. Then his wife died, sharper beat
him out Of $500 he had saved up. and Jim tried
to suicide from ferryboat They saved bin,
but he's penniless. walking in the shadow of
death. and I'll bet you there isn't an hour in
the day he doesn't recall the words of that dy-
ing man. I've slipped him many quarter in
the last year, but he won't want many more
He's got the death mark and he's got to 60
It's case of hoodoo sir, and every man on his
old train knows il is "
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| Why Ex-Treesurer huston Resigned.
Ex-United States Treasurer Huston is a
much bigger man. in his own estimation,
than the President thinks he is. That,
probably, is the reason he resigned the
Office of treasurer. He helped the President
20 climb to his present high position. When
Gen. Harrison was a candidate for senator
Mr. Huston did all that he could-and that
was great deal-to elect him. and no man
did more to get him the nomination for
President. II is doubtful if Gen. Harrison
would have carried the state of Indiana in
the presidential election if Huston had not
been chairman Of the republican committee
of the state. Huston is a remarkably bright
politician, aud as campaign manager he
has few equals.
Huston expected, of course, TO be re-
warded. He is ambitious, and thought
he would be given place in HarrisOn's
cabinet He was disappointed. The Presi-
dent didn't think he was equal to a cabinet
position, or else he didn't want him in a
position of that kind He offered him the
treesurership and Huston accepted it.
Huston was led to the belief that if
vacancy occurred in the cabinet the vacant
place would be offered to him. But when
Window died the President didn't ask
Huston to be his successor. Huston
finally saw that there was no chance for him
to get into the cabinet, and he resigned. He
made up his mind to 60 back to Indiana
and make the situation there unpleasan,for
the President.
And there was another thing that greved
him. His wife expected to be the intimate
friend and adviser of Mrs. Harrison. They
had been great friends in indianapolis. In
Washington, however. they drifted apart.
Mrs. Huston was not asked to the white
house on great occasions. Mrs. Harrison
explained that she could ask only the wives
Of cabinet officers to be present on such oc-
casions. But the explanation was not salts
factory, and SO Mr.. Huston goes back to
Indiana with two grievances.
And will the Indiana delegation vote for
the denomination of Gen. Harrison in the
next national convention Of the Republican
party2 Not il Mr.. Huston can help it, And
II Gen. Harrison should be renominated it
is by no means certain that he would carry
that state. Huston, Dudley and others who
are among the best republican workers in
the state will be against him. They have
not been recognized by Gen. Harrison,
they think, in accordance with their merits,
and they will make him feel their power.
Perhaps the time may come when Gen.
Harrison will regret that be did not do
more for Huston and Dudley. But the
people will never have such a regret
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-20

When ex-Congressman Csnnon, Of Hi
nois delivered his address before the Audi
bon Agricultural Association, near New Or
leans. few days ago, ne said. among other
things. that he was glad he lived in a coun-
try which, in its whole length and breadth,
could produce anything in the agricultural
line; that what the north did not produce
the south could. What the one lacked in
agricultural products Of certain kinds it
made upin others. Urging a strenuous ap-
peal for home labor aud for the consump-
ton of home products, he made illusions to
the vast undeveloped resources of Louisiana,
and said they were certain to attract immi-
grafton, and as the population increased so
would the facilities for protecting the coun-
try from the invasions of the river. and
that in time Louisiana would be a mighty
and powerful commonwealth. Beside Mr..
Cannon was glad to see the friendly inter
change Of views of how to develop the re-
spective resources of the north and south by
the people of those sections, and closed with
a cordial expression Of appreciation of the
courtesies he he had received at the hands
of the people of Louisiana. Talking in con-
gress for the political prestige it will bring
and telling the truth in the friendly inter
course of everyday life are, apparently,
two entirely different things, according to
the ethics of Mr.. Cannon.
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INDEX TO NBW ADVERTISEMENTS.

MEETINGS. andrum Lodge No. as; Chatham
Gun Club
SPECIAL NoTIcEs-Notice to Private Boarding
Houses and Others, by Merchants Week Asso-
citation; Notice as to Barnard Street Division
Belt Line; Pure Natural Ice, George Meyer.
MILITARY ORDERs-Company B, Savannah
Volunteer Guards
RAILROAD SCHEDuLEs-Tybee Schedule of
Central Railroad of Georgia; Charleston and
Savannah Railway; Savannah. Florida and
Western Railway.
AUCTION SALES Furniture, etc. by }. ].
Oppenheim.
HOTELS The Morrison House, Savannah, Ga.
CHEAP COLUMN ADvERTIsEMENTs-HelpW Want
ed; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For Sale;
Lost; Personal, Miscellaneous.
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Depend upon Mr.. Secretary Blaine to
score a good point against an antagonist
whenever an opportunity presents ITSELF
His statement to Premier Rudini setting
forth that the United States is not doing an
insurance business. and therefore cannot
undertake to carry any risks guaranteeing
the personal safety of adventurous foreign
ers who may undertake to defy the local
law where they may chance to locate, was
rather neat. 1t is also rather a strong point
to contemplate. If Italy or any other
country wants us to guarantee protection
to her wandering population she must man
age to restrain them from infractions of
our laws, both local and federal, or they are
more than likely TO meet with exactly the
same punishment that a native citizen
would receive under the same circum-
stances.
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PERSONAL.
mites.

EDWARD HILL of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia,
and Miss Elizabeth Kane, a niece Of ex-Secre-
tary Bayard, and relative of DR. Kane, the Arc
tic explorer, were married at Wilmington, Del,
on Tuesday.
DR. BENJAMIN BRINLEy EADs of Paris Ky,
one of the recent graduates of the jefferson
Medical College of Philadelphia. has been ap-
pointed resident physcian-in-chief of the Jeffer
son hospital.
BEBEL, the leader of the German socialists,
lives in great luxury in Berlin. He not only
has finely furnished house. but select and
abundant larder and one of the finest wine eel
lars IN the city. At the same time he denounces
the extravaganza of the rich.
Coz. SPRAGuE of the Union Dime Savings
Bank, New York, is an expert in speaking and
writing the now universal language, Volapuk
He says that upward of 300 business houses
throughout the world conduct a portion of
their correspondence in Volapuk.
GRACE GREENWOOD is nearly blind, owing to
cataracts on her eyes. and will soon become en-
tirely so for time, and permanently should
the operation fail to remove them. She is to
leave New York and take up her residence in
Washington soon, with her daughter.
BouGUEREAU AND JEROME the celebrated
French painters will leave Paris for St Peters
burg. The Russian artists intend to give their
French colleagues very cordial reception A
grand dinner will be given in their honor by
the distinguished artistic population of St.
Petersburg.
THE WORLDS FAIR scored its first matrimonial
match the past week Cora D. Payne, the lady
manager from Kentucky, was married quietly
to Alfred Jackson, a stenographer in Director
General Davis office. They never knew each
other before the first session of the women's
commission. jackson was sent to take steno-
graphic report of the meeting. Miss Payne had
lust finished making speech. The confusion
was great at the time and Jackson could not
catch all that she said. AS she seated herself
he went quietly over to her seat and asked her
politely to repeat what she said. It was then
that Miss Payne felt her first sensation Of love
1 anrnlAl NJ Inr lanA L. L.
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Blear-eyed old Ben Butler made very
tart comment upon the severe snub he re-
ceived recently at the hands Of United
States Judge Carpenter. But it is like the
old man to have sarcastic reply ready for
almost any occasion. Pronouncing the dis
approving court IAN inferior judge of an
inferior court of the inferior state of Rhode
Island" is almost as severe as the judges
plain statement to Butler, in which he said:
"Sir, you have stated as true that which is
not true and which you knew was not true
when you said So" So they are about even
on epithets. But the judge appears to be
trif1a ahead on bis facts
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A Statesman to the Kansas Alliance
From the Buffalo Sunddv NelUs,

from he 6uUdLo sunday NetGS.
The moon is shining on the grange,
The winds are hushed, the leaves are still,
The patient stars look softly down,
Ger town and field and Kansas hill;
Then come, my horny handed love.
And wander through the dell with me,
And gaze upon the Durham bull,
And listen to his pedigree.
cannot leave you long to stay;
/ fam would linger where you stand;
Sweet hope. pray do not turn away:
Come, let us wander hand in hand!
We have been friends throughout the past
We may be friends through future wears
The fieeting hours flow, O, so fast.
And pray excuse this flood of tears
Once was buoyant with success,
Wsyward, too, as petted child;
Arrogant, that must confess,
Perhaps unjust and never mild:
But now, Ibut now, sweet SuDflower bloom,
l know the folly and the pain;
| think I'll join the farmers boom,
And on its crest arise again.
Daisy Alliance, new mich COW.
I'll mix for you change of feed;
Some bonds and mortgages, and then
Some things the free trade mixers need,
Besides, have Mckinley bran
War issues, taxes, schemes that pay;
III coax you to the ballot-boX,
And feed you till election day.
While PETER holds you by the horns,
And Simpson holds you by the tall
I'll safely sit me down between,
And calmly fill my milking pail!
How bright the moon shines on the grange.
Daisy Alliance, eat your fill
The patient stars LOOK softly down
Ger town and field and Kansas hill.
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BRIGHT BITS.
WHEN TWO GIRLS meet they kiss. When two
men meet they don't. This shows plainly who
want kissing tue most-Pottsutlle Republican.

Sne was a little TART
-HdrDer's Bdzar.
AN ATCHIsoN WOMAN has fuchsia with 100
buds on it. That means that her husband
piled out of bed 100 times last winter to put
more coal on the fire and to move the plant
farther away from the window.-Kdnsds City
Star.
BENEVOLENT OLD LADY, wish to leave all
my property TO charity.
Lawyer-Your relatives might break the will
Why not give the property to charity at once?
Old Lady-Theyd put me in a lunatic asy-
lum.-Neio York Weekly.
BRIDGEs-How is your friend coming on with
his suit over the lar ceny of Miss Oldun's affec-
tions?
Bookshelf get off light They were shown
to be so shopworn that she will accept q plea
of petit larceny.-Ne1o York Herald.
Miss PRUYN--Now. Mrs Tompkins, what do
you think is the hardest lesson a woman has to
learn?
Tompkins breaking in)-That the bargain
counter is yet to DO discovered where one can
get something for nothing .-NetO York Herald.
THE REV. DR.. REsTLER Ito reformed young
man)-Do you speculate in stocks any now?
X. Y. Mo, doctor, not at all-but play
poker some.
Dr. Restler-Mustnt do it, my boy; that's but
milder former of gambling.-Brookiyn Life
"TvE-Aw-had at least a dozen diffewent
ITALIANS in my time, said Cholly proudly.
The proverb doesn't hold good in your case
then, said Cynicus.
What proverbs"
20, that one about nine tailors making
u."-Ne'0 York Press.
THIS, my son, s. he said to his little boy at the
dime museum, sis the Armless Wonder. He
writes with his toes and eats with knife and
fork held between his toes. Wonderful, is it
not?"
Say, pop, ask him how he scratches his
back.-New York Recorder.
CURRENT COMMENT.
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About 3 O'clock Wednesday morning, in
New Jersey, the occupants of Edward
Knapps house, at Keyport, were awakened
by the constant ringing of their front door
bell. When Mrs. Knapp opened the door
she was startled to see naked woman.
Then Mrs. Knapp Immediately called her
husband. who appeared in his night dress.
When told that naked woman
was at the door he went out on
the stoop and found her. She told
him she had been ill-treated and wanted
some clothing. She had walked all the way
from Freehold, where she was chased by a
man. AS Mr.. Knapp was about to ask her
In the ladies of the house appeared and OBJ
jected. Clothing was then given to her,
and when she was dressed she started to go
away. Soon afterward she returned and
complained that she was very cold, and Mr.
Knapp tore up strip of carpet and
wrapped it about her. Then she left Mr..
Knapp thinks ruffians had captured her.
and in the struggle to free herself her
clothes were torn Off. She was good-looking
and about 80 years old. Two or three
scratches we're on her face. Atterward a
search was made in the woods near the
Knapp house, which is about three-quarters
Of a mile from Keyport. There were indi-
cations Of a struggle along the road, but no
clothing was found. and the woman has
not been seen since. No one there knew
her. Now the only object in recitiug this
very peculiar occurrence is to show how
very unkind, not to say harsh. women can
be to one another. II that woman was In
danger alone and well-clad, she was GER
tainly in much more danger without proper
clothing at that hour Of the night. Depend
upon woman for barbarous treatment Of
| another woman every time