The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-28
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certain treasury decision, which vastly increased
his payment of duties His lawyer called one
day about another matter. Stewart spoke in an
exasperated way about the treasury decision.
Let me see the decision" said the lawyer
After reading &c through he said: This law
speaks of all silk garments. Why don't you
have thread of worsted run into these goods
when they are made abroadg" "Will that come
within the law" asked the great merchant.
"Certainlyf" How much do you want for that
opnon?" asked Stewart few months later.
Fifty thousand dollars" said the lawyer. And
he got il. He was modest. too. but dollar went
farther in those days than it does now. Stewart
years after told his legal adviser that the casual
suggestion made that day had been worth over
$l,aOO,OO0 to the merchant So the $4,000 fee
was not high
WHEN railroad bondholders who, to save ten
or twenty thirty millions already invested,
wish to create new mortgage that shall be
iron-clad and proof against the attack of future
| lawyers and litigants. the highest authority in
the country will be asked to write the mortgage,
and for his work of perhaps three hours he will
receive fee of 100000. John c. Bulltt, who
drafted the Northern Pacific blanket mortgage,
probably received as much that, and his
services may have been worth it. John E. Par
sons single fee OF 3250,000 was in payment for
services in the sugar trust. Next in magnitude
comes the Sl50.0 900 fee which Henry L. Clinton
received from William H. Vanderbilt, his client
lu the will case. 1t is also remembered that
Robert Sewell got $l25 900 from the Manhattan
received $4,000 from Irene Hoyt in the big
Hoyt will case.
THE intellectual woman, who is so well in
formed, and is so anxious to have you know it,
always reminds me of a leek. useful but tear
starting writes Ella Wheeler Wilcox in the
Ladies Home Jour7lGi. "She has thought on
every subject under and over the sun and has
formed her convictions on all matters and the
instant YOU breach a subject she hastens to
assure you that she knows all about it. She
sometimes possesses handsome features, but
her too active intellect has sharpened them and
hewed away the curves of beauty. She is in
clIned to dress severely and TO wear very digni-
fed bonnets. She thinks out her answers SEN
tence ahead OF your remarks and waits for you
to finish with mere tolerance. Her women
friends speak of her with great respect as such
al intelligent person and the clergyman of her
faith is the only man who ever bestows any
voluntary attention upon her. Her husband
considers her a remarkably intelligent woman
but he is given to dining at the club great deal
and meekly acknowledges that he cannot hold
candle to his wife in BRAIN
PROBABLY the most imposing ceremonies
which ever took place within the walls of
Christ church at New Orleans were conducted
Wednesday. They were attendant upon the
conservation of the Rev Davis Sessums, NJ :,
as assistant bishop of Louisiana. The audience
filed every seat in the capacious edifice Those
| participating in the ceremony were clad in
| their episcopal robes and took their seats
S@-~---~~Ni O-SANR
| lows: The commission of bishops Sine Rt.
| Rev. D. s. Tuttle, D. D.. bishop of Missouri;
! the Ri. Rev. 9. 7. Qqintard, $: !. D. bishop Of
F., Tennessee; the Ri. Rev. j. N. Galleher, s. T.
D., bishop of Louisiana. Prementers-The
| RI. Rev. A. @. Garrette, IL D., missionary
bishop Of West Texas; the Ri. Rev. A. A. Wat
Preacher-The Ri. Rev. H. N. T. Thompson,
S T. D., bishop of Mississippi. Priests attend
ing-The Rev. w. T. D. D2lzeIl. D. D., the Rev
H. H. Waters, NJ. A, the Rev: W. A. snively,
ID MQQfar n aNY1fa hn pa
Hunter. Register-The Rev. II. c. Duncan,
M. A.
CASTELAR, the great Spanish republican was
recently one of party that took luncheon at
Aranluez with the Marquesa de Laguna, a soci-
ETY. leader of Madrid. After the repast the COM
pany strolled into the Royal park. Suddenly, in
a shady alley of this old domain of the Bourbon
kings on the banks Of the Tagus, the party met
queen Christina and her sister -in-law, the In
tanta ISABEL, with some ladies and lords in
waiting. The Marquis de Laguna her daughters
ana al her guests out one stopped to greet the
queen and the infanta with the usual ceremo-
NOUS etiquette of the Spanish court. 'Senor
CASTELAR," says Spanish letter to the London
NeicS uncovered. bowed respectfully, but stood
several yards away from ROYALTY The Infanta
Instantly pointed him out to the queen, who,
being very short sighted, raised her long
handled eyeglass ana gazed intently at him,
Inc queen then passed on with her usual stately
walk without word having been exchanged
between her and the chief of tho Castiliau re-
publicans. When Senior CASTELAR, rejoined the
Marquesa de La2uDas party he remarked: 1T
is neither convenient for the regent nor for my
self that we should ever meet "
1T is hard to tell a rich man when you see
him, saidsa hotel clerk to me yesterday. Some
times wealth runs 10 fashy clothes superabun-
dant jewelry and a loud manner; sometimes IL
IS concealed beneath sinking demeanor and
hand me-down suit, and general unobtrusive-
ness. The happy mean, which / take to be
ready made clothes, a courteous bearing TO all
men and nice combination of self-assertive-
ness and respect for others feelings, is hardly
ever seen by a hotel clerk. for the reason sup
| pose, that rich men OF this caliber do not live
much in hotels" Just then an elderly man,
| whose tangled gray locks bad not felt BARRIERS
| shears for many moons, whose black frock coat
| bore the traces of many accident by soup
aud gravy whose face was not over clean and
| whose shirt was not merely soiled but wilted
and brown near the neck where II ended tn
collar that might have been white q week
| before broke in upon our conversation and
| said to the clerk: whats yer rates by the
day?' The clerk gave the figures and the old
man, after consulting a big. open-faced geld
watch. remarked that he might be back later in
| the day. AS the possible guest departed the
clerk added. to me: I'D like to amend what l
said about the difficulty of discovering q mans
| financial status from his exterior. There is one
| description of rich man can always identify
without trouble. He is the man, in whom, as
| in the old fellow who just spoke to me, a dread
| fully dirty shirt front is combined with an ex-
pensive gold watch. I've never known those
| signs in Conjunction to fail"
1.-THE change in the mode of taxing imported
fireworks has made them somewhat dearer,"
an expert on fireworks said The duty used
to be levied on the cese, and good sized rebate
was allowed on damaged goods, but now the
| duty is by the pound without any rebate. In
| porters under the old plan, with more or less
connivance on the part of the customs in
spectors, used TO collect rebates a large part
| of their invoices on the ground of the goods
| being damaged. fireworks broker was telling
me the other day bow a few weeks ago he was
| called in by the government to reap
| praise large consignment on which
rebate had been originally granted OF the
alleged damaged goods he found rs per cent.
were absolutely unimpaired in value. without
| any chance to get their goods through cheaply,
| at the expense Of Uncle Sam, the importers,
| since the Mckinley bill passed. have raised tie
| prices on the finer kind of fireworks. Since
| June combination of wholesale dealers In
| fireworks in this country has been formed, and
as result prices have advanced from 20 to 10
per cent For instance, one article on the list
which used to sell at So 80 now stands at So.
All the same, as far as the general run of FIRE
| works in the popular grades is concerned. Pitts
burgers viii not have to pay any more for them
than usual. Most Of the frecraokers
are still imported from China and
| Japan, although in the last three
years America has come to the front
in the manufacture OF giant and cannon crack
ers. These crackers OF American make BRO
duce great deal more noise for their size and
| money than the Chinese 1t is a good point for
| the small boy and his parents and guardians N