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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-15
A Mountain Out of a Mole am.

A great deal more has been made out of
the letter of Editor Watterson to Gov. Hill
than the letter itself warrants. Indeed, it
would have caused hardly a ripple of ex-
citement il Gov. Hill had not declared that
it was impertinent and insulting, and ex-
pressed the belief that it was forgery. But
after there was no reason for Gov. Hill to
doubt that the letter was genuine he is re-
ported to have said that he did not believe
it was written at the time it purports to
have been. He is also reported as having
said that he had never seen Editor Waters
sons paper, the Louisville Courier Journal,
and that he had only slight acquaintance
with Editor .Wattsrson.
He appears to have gone out of his way
to say something unpl easant about Editor
Watterson, and to make remarks calcn-
lated to give to give the impression that
Editor Watterson is not nearly so great a
man as the editor thinks he is. Gov. Hill
would have shown more wisdom if he had
said nothing about the letter until he became
satisfied whether it was genuine or not
Since, according to his statement, he had
not received the letter he was not in posi-
But where is the letter. Editor Waiter
son declares that he mailed it, and it does
not appear to have turned up at the dea d
letter Office. Did Gov. Hills private score
tary throw it into the waste basket, believ-
ing that it would only annoy his chief9 II
is remarkable that the letter should not
have reached its destination.
OF course the republican papers find the
letter very inter esting. They pretend to
think that it is part of a. plan to destroy
Gov. HIPS influence in New York, and that
the plan was concocted by MIR. Cleveland's
friends. Such a pretension is ridiculous.
Editor Watterson alone is responsible for
| the letter. In the subsequent letter, ex-
planning why he wrote it, there is no diff
ficulty in finding what influenced him to
write it. He felt he was a big enough
leader in the Democratic party to advise
| even Gov. Hill as to the course he should
pursue. He is leader of considerable in
fiuence. but not Of sufficient influence to
offer unsought advice to Gov. Hill-so the
latter thinks.
Editor Watterson has one satisfaction,
however. 1t is that he furnished the news
papers and the politicians with an interest,"
ing political item. If Gov. Hill did
not know him before he knows considerable
about him now.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-15
Mem are Growing Meaner.

Gallantry to the fair sex In former
years was considered one of the indispensa-
bic characteristics of gentleman and of
every decent man in whatever walk of life.
But it now appears to have fallen into disuse
if not actual disrepute. Yet it was always a
very attractive attribute of manly charac-
ter and would still be undeniably becoming.
In fact the rarity of it in these degenerate
days only serves to show how exceedingly
shabby man can appear without it.
Years ago a mans word was all that any
woman ordinarily required as a pledge of
fidelity in dfaires de c9ur. Now she
must take care to have a written contract,
so as to hold him In constant awe of legal
penalties before the courts. in order to hold
him to matrimonial promises. Such a state
of affairs is really too bad. Not only dc
tickle and deliberately false swains fla
GRAVITY desert their trusting sweethearts, but
they frequently taunt them aftarward and
tell malicious stories about them.
Suffice it to say that one who would be
guilty Of the despicable meanness Of betray-
ing the condolences and besmirchin g the
character of the woman who has loved and
trusted him, whatever their subsequent diff
ferences may be. is altogether too con-
temptible to be worthy Of the name Of q
man.
Recently young man in New Jersey
urged and finally persuaded an estimable
and handsome young lady to marry him, and
after she had made all preparations for the
nuptial ceremony, at an expense which she
could ill afford, he not only failed to keep
faith with her, but ostentatiously paraded
up and down in front of her house in q
shabbily untidy suit of working clothes, and
without any apparent excuse for his extra
ordinary behavior.
Unfortunately there is no statutory pen.
atty that will satisfactorily punish such dis
reputable conduct. But if ever q civil suit
for breach-of-promise was justiable it is
in just such an instance as this, and the
defendant should be assessed for exemplary
damages. For the credit of our common
country the only gratifying feature of the
whole wretched affair is the satisfaction Of
being able to state that the miscreant is moi
| an American.
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savannah's Promise of Prosperity.

savannah's Promise of Prosperity.
At no other period in her history has Sa-
vannah's prospect Of becoming larger
city been more promising than it is at pres
ent Within a year or SO she will have sew
eral more railroads, and each year her CON-
MERGE shows marked increase. This year
her cotton receipts win be more than ,O0O,-
600 bales, and her naval stores receipts will
exceed those Of any previous year. Her
wholesale trade is growing in volume
rapidly, and it is therefore reasonable toex-
pect that there will be constant increase in
the number of her wholesale houses.
Savannah's future is so bright that out
side capitalists are beginning to regard her
with great favor. In our local columns
yesterday the statement was made that the
Equitable Life Insurance Company was
seeking site for a large building which it
purposes to erect here. A building such as
that company would erect would encourage
the erection Of other large buildings.
The recent visit of the Gould-Inman
party had great significance. One of the
chief objects of Mr.. Gould's visit to the
south was to see Savannah and find out
from personal observation what facilities
the Central railroad has for handling
very large amount of freight at this end Of
its line. There are ample reasons for think
ing that he was much more than satisfied.
Indeed. he was surprised at the magnitude
of the Central's terminal advantages, and
he expressed the opinion that they were
worth at least S., 900, 900.
II the plans which Mr.. Gould has in view
are carried into effect the amount of freight
received at Savannah will be more than
doubled. The surplus products Of a large
part of the southwest and west will reach
the seaboard at this poirt, and Savannah's
harbor will be crowded with shipping all
the year around.
Now is the time for the business men and
capitalists of Savannah to help along their
city. They can do a great deal for her, and
what they do will not only benefit
them, but will influence others to
invest their money here. Factories of
one kind and another are needed.
That they would pay there is no doubt. and
they would afford employment for thou
sands of persons for whom there may be no
room in the different kinds of commercial
undertakings.
Savannah will be very large city, and
enjoy greater degree of prosperity even
than she does now, if her people have con-
fidence in her future and work for her adj
vancement. There are hundreds of ways in
which they can now invest money to adj
vantage within her limits, and they shout
DO quick to take ADVANTAGE of them
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-15
BRIGHT BITS.

DROWNING MAN will grasp at straws. So
will thirsty man, il there's mint julep in
sight.-NelO Orleans PicaytLne.
CALLER-And this is the new baby.
Fond Mother-Isnt he splendid?
Gallery s ,sindeed. g.
Fond Mother-And so bright! See how intel
hgently he breathes.-Neto York Sun.
BRIGGs-Wiggins must be making quite for
tune out of his non-losable necktie fastener.
Griggs-What makes you think soY
Briggs-I have bought three of them since
yesterday mornlns.-CIothfer and Furnisher.
Mas. DoRcAs-I think we should help the poor
people in the neighborhood Now, if / send food,
what will you send!
Mrs. Flightly-Me? Oh. will send an old rec
ipee book, so they can cook the food property
Puck.
TEAcHER-When the wise men came to the
king. what did they say?
Boy-They said: 20, king, live forever"
Teacher-Quite right; and what thenf
Boy-And Immediately the king lived for
ever.--LQe,
Dip Shakespeare wish to make Julius Caesar
out to be an untruthful man when he lets Marc
Antony say;
"But yesterday, the word Of Caesar might
Have stood against the world; now lies he
there" Washington Star.
COUNT DE BINouEs-I fear Eat your daughter,
Miss Alice, ees a very delicate girl. Mrs Lenox
Mrs, Lenox-Oh, no; she is the very opposite
to that
Count de Blnques -Ahl she is, affair all, in
delicate. Eat is charmant i-Neto York Herald.
BooKKEEPER-If you are out when Mr.. Owen
comes in tomorrow to order q suit of clothes
what shall | tell him?
Tailor-How do you know he's coming inp
Bookkeeper-He sent $40 to-day to apply on
that old account-Smith, Gray de Co.'S
Monthly.
''wHo is this man Scharwenka that is adver.
tised to appear at the Metropolitan" inquired
the football and billiard editor.
HIS is a pianist" replied the musical crank.
Born in American"
mo; born in Posen."
''Ah: And now he's Pos'n' in America. ~
Brooklyn Ed1le.
''Oh, doctor, it troubles me so much that nv
master does not have the appetite that he used
TO have"
"You seem to be very much attached to your
master, but you need not be so anxious. AS he
grows thinner he will feel better"
''Yes, but then I cannot get into his clothes
any more !"-b ie0eHde Bldtter.
BEFORE can answer you as to the proposal
which you done me the honor 20 make for the
hand of my daughter, you will permit me to
inquire as to the amount OF your yearly in
come"
I'm all, 5000 marks. Mr.. Van Smith"
And in this | suppose. you include the in
give my daughter as her dowry?"
Yes, certainly nave permitted myself to
count that ill., Fliegende Batter.
DRAMA IN THREE ACrs.-Act Monday
Jones Ia bore)-Is Miss Smith in.
Servant INSTRUCTED by Miss Smith)-No, sir;
she's out.
Act H-Tuesday. Jones-Can I see Miss
Smith?
s,ervant instructed sick. and wishes
to be excused
Act "Wednesday. Jones-How is Miss
Smith to dayl
Servant dnstructed)-She says she's dead
Jones-How sad Gan see the remainss-
Puck.
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They'll Have a Drink Together.

In the early part Of 1868. twenty-eght years
ago, Gen. g. NJ Dodge of Iowa and Gen. NJ NJ
Bane OF Illinois. now chief Of the contest di-
vision. general lana office, says the
Washington Post, were. by the fortunes
Of war, thrown together as military officers and
socially at Corinth, Miss. While there together
news came Of Gen. Burnside's order suppressng
the publication Of the Chicago Times for dis
loyal utterances They made this order the
that, while probably the Times deserved the
treatment, yet he believed President Lincoln
would revoke the order.
oh, nc" replied Gen Dodge, Lincoln will
never do that"
Yes he will" retorted Gen Bane; ''he will
never interfere with the freedom of the press or
allow it 20 be done"
IN bet you a bottle OF Green Seal that Lin
Dodge
Done" said Bane. and the twain shook hands
upon the wager
They separated in a day or two not to see
each other again for long, long years. But, as
Gen. Bane had predicted. President Lincoln re-
days.
As soon as Gen Dodge learned of this he
caused bottle of Green Seal to be forwarded
TO Gen. Bane, which the latter duly received.
and which, strange to say. he has kept carefully
ever since determined that it should never be
opened until some day when both might to-
gether enjoy the sparkling wine.
All through the war, wherever the army went.
Bane carried this bottle. At the close of the
struggle he took it to his home in Quincy, Ill
Later. when he was appointed register of the
land Office at Salt Lake, he took this bottle
along with the family lares and penates to the
Mormon capital. Several years it remained
there, and was finally brought to this city,
where it has been sacredly preserved until now,
awaiting the arrival of the time when the two
should meet TO quaff its bubbling contents and
revive In the social reunion the "reminiscences
of 1883
Gen. Dodge is now at Wizards, and upon
learning the fact Gen. Bane sought him out
yesterday that he might fix the time for the
pleasing, though long postponed. ceremony,
and, which, it is understood. will take place in
a dav frro
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-15
index TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

MEETINGs-Anniversary Meeting Savannah
Port Society.
Special NoTIcEs-The Chatham Bank, Saw
ings Department; Timing, etc., z. c. Pacetti;
Call on "Uncle" Adam; Charlton H. Way,
Broker in Real Estate, Stocks and Bonds; Spot
Cash, The Savannah Carriage and Wagon Com
pany: Townsend Heads the List; The Con-
science of the King" The Robinson Steam
Printing Company; Notice to Parents, Dryfus
Bros; Notice to Water Takers; State
Specific Taxes 1891; Prospectus Chat
ham Consolidated Land and Improvement
Company p D. Dafin & Son, Dealers in Stocks,
Bonds, and Real estate; Few of Our Offer
ings, Rowland & Myers; Rossignol the Real
Estate Man; A Liberty Street Residence, by G.
II. Dorsett, Real Estate Dealer; Syndicates and
Railroad Capitalists, c. H. Dorsett. Real Estate
Dealer; Georgia State Building and Loan Asso-
citation; The Savannah Steam Laundry; Notice
of Dissolution, McGoldrich & Hall; Reily's for
Fine Teas Etc; The Empire Steam Laundry;
Notice of Absence of DR.. Q. H. Cox.
AMusEMEYTs-Katie Putnam in Love Finds
Way at the Theater Tuesday and Wednesday;
The Mendelssohn Quintette Concert at Masonic
Temple Feb. 10; Races at Thunderbolt Driving
Park Feb. Is.
RAILROAD ScHEDuLE-The Florida Central and
Peninsular Railroad.
AUCTION SALEs-An Elegant Lot, Peremptory
Sale, Well Renting Property, by o. II. Dorsett;
Sundries, by ]. ]. Oppenheim.
SpEcIALTrEs IN Stock AND TO ARRIvE-At
Engei & Rothschild's
BARGAINS THIS wEEk-McGilis & Rustin,
MANTELs, CRATES, ETc.-Jas. Douglass.
SHoPPERs-D. Hogan.
JAPANESE PILE CURE-The Heidi Drug Com
pany.
EXTRAORDINARY INDUCEMENTS Morrison,
Foye & Co.
THIS WEEK-At Altmayer's.
NoTIcE-Gustave Eckstein & Co.
WAGONS, BUGGIEs, CARrs-Savannah Carriage
and Wagon Company.
NOTICE TO Observation-Disclosures B. Cheat
ham, Chairman Terrell County Court House
Committee.
As SURE AS DEATH-The Globe Shore Store.
Know THYsELF-Dryfus Bros.
HAVE LAID Our SOME PLuNs THIS WEEK-C.
Gray g. Son
PRINTERS, BLANK Book MANUFACTURERS AND
BooKBINDERs-Braid & Hutton.
BuTTER-J. s. Tyson. Jr., & Co.
LAcEs AND Recommendations & Dooner.
MATHUsEK PIANos-L & B. S. NJ H.
GAS FIXTURES, ETC.-Norton s. Hanley.
CHEAP COLUMN ADvERTIsEMESTs-Helr
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For
Sale: Lost: Personal; Miscellaneous.
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She Deserves Luck.

A tall, welid dressed and rather dignffed
woman was watching for an opportunity to
cross Delaware avenue at the foot of Market
street the other afternoon, says the Philadelphia
Press, and when the chance at last appeared
she stepped lithely into clear space moment
arlly opened among the trucks, wagons and
other vehicles that thronged the thorJughfare.
She had crossed about half the street when the
stream or wagons began moving again and at
that critical moment the lady stopped with her
eye nxed upon the muddy street and her hand
peremptorily waving back the drivers who
seemed DISPOSED to run her down. Most Of the
truckmen swore as they pulled up their teams,
but all stopped, supposing that the lady had
dropped her purse. With the utmost deiibera-
ton she stopped and picked out from the gutter
a large and very dirty horseshoe which she
placed, all dripping, in her handbag. At this
tle truckmen and spectators burst into laugh.
Ter.
20, your cheek viii win you luck, you don't
need no horseshoe, " shouted one driver.
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Death OF Gen. sherman.


Gen. Sherman. whose death occurred
yesterday afternoon, was one OF the most
conspicuous actors in the war Of secession.
He was great soldier. The place he will
occupy in the military history Of the great
civil conflict has been SO clearly determined
that it is doubtful if it viii be changed by
future historians IL is admitted that
among the union generals be ranked next TO
Gen. Grant in ability and in theimportance
Of his military services He was educated
for a soldier, and, although during his
career he tried banking. the law and civil
engineering, he succeeded only as soldier
When the civil war began he was pro-
fessor in a military institution at Baton
Rouge, La He resigned at once and went
to st. Louis. There he remained until
President Lincoln issued a call for $1,000
men. He obtained an interview with the
President with the view Of re-entering the
army. In that interview he expressed views
so radically different from those entertained
by the politicians that he was not regarded
as a safe man to entrust with command.
He insisted that it was folly TO expect to end
the trouble with 5000 men. He
had lived in the south, knew the strength Of
the south and how deeply in earnest the
southern people were. He expressed the
opinion that the military force which the
President hal called out would not be more
effective in coercing the south than squirt
gun would be in quenching the flames Of
burning building. The newspapers and the
politicians said he was crazy, and he went
back to his street railroad in St Louis.
Subsequent events showed that he had
clearer appreciation of what the civil con-
fict would be than most men of his time.
His great military achievement was his
march from. Atlanta to the sea. 1t was a
march through hostile country, and aided
immensely in bringing about a collapse of
the confederacy. The ruin that was
wrought by Sherman's army during that
march and the cruelties that were prac-
ticed will never be forgotten by the people
of Georgia. A strip of country forty miles
wide throughout the whole distance was
laid waste. The torch was used freely, and
what was not burned was stolen. Gen.
Sherman acted upon the idea that the more
cruel war was made the sooner it would be
ended And he made it cruel enough in
Georgia.
But he was not a cruel man. In private
life he was one OF the mos6 kind-hearted of
men. After the war he was a social favor
lite in Washington, st. Louis and New York
He was especially fond of the society of
young people, and with them he was ex-
tremely popular. And in his own home and
the homes of his friends he was gentle and
lovable to marked degree. But in war
his methods were those of barbarian.
He never sought political honors and re-
fsued those offered him. He was content to
rest Ais fame upon his military achieve
ments. Perhaps his failures in civil life
convinced him that he was untitled for
office-holding.
But few of the greatest Of the partici
pants in the civil war remain. Within a
few more years they will have all disap-
peared. And the years pass quickly.
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After the adjournment of congress Presi-
dent Harrison and Postmaster General
Wannamaker threaten to take a swing
around the circle in southwark direction.
Probably they go forth to build Harrison
boom in opposition to the strong Cleveland
sentiment. Very likely the scion of his
grandfather thinks he has only to show
himself and let the gaping natives admire
him in order to conquer all prejudice and
remove all indifference. Have your en-
thusiasrn ready.
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The Reason Why.
Thomas Lo1,eu Beddoes.

Hove thee and love thee not,
love thee, yet I'd rather not,
All Of thee, yet know not what;
A fiowery eye as tender,
A swan-like neck as slender,
And on 1t a brown little spot
For tears to fall afraid on,
And kisses 70 be paid on,
Have other maidens too.
Then why love /, love none but you!
IL L could find the reason why,
Methinks my love would quickly die.
Ay. knew how to hate thee, maid.
I'd hate thee for knew not what.
Excepting that I'd rather not
Be thy friend or fosman;
For thou 'rt the only woman
Or whom TO think my hearts afraid;
For, If l would abhor thee,
The more must long for thee,
What others force me to,
turn me from; why not from you?
If could find the reason why,
My disenchanted love would die.
But should st thou cease my heart to move
To longings, that I'd rather not,
And tried | hate, know not what
My heart would do for mourning;
Love lit bursts, love scorning.
o loveliest hate, most hateful love,
This combat and eldeavor
Is what enslaves me ever.
I'll neither of the two,
Or hate or love the love of you.
And now I've found the reason why,
know my love can never die.
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Arkansas is again disappointed in ex-
Treasurer Woodruff. Despite his fair
promises he has not yet set
tied that little account of $67, $50
the state has against him, and the
governor is growing anxious and impatient.
Unless he comes down with the cash
promptly on the next call the executive
will probably make life very unpleasant for
him. Quite right
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