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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-05

STAND UP" MARSHALL P. WILDER.
OF course you know Maze Edwards. He
used TO be treasurer in the Fifth avenue
box Office and is very little man like my
sell. One day as | went in TO get some
tickets he was standing at the window
selling, his head just coming up to the ledge
of the window. Mine just came up to the
edge outside, and in my naturally deep voice
| opened up and said, "Give me two seats
in c, please
"stand up" he called angrily, thinking
l was a tall man who had stopped down to
guy him.
stand up yourself, J." answered quickly
at which recognizing the joke, we both
laughed heartily. Merrily yours,
MARSHALL p. WILDER.
HOW JOSEPH MURPHY HoRRIFIEs SOME
GOOD CITIZENS OF Topeka.
My funniest stage experience did not hap
pen on the stage at ALL 1t happened when
l was billed for Topeka, Kan. When my
train arrived in Topeka half dozen gen
tlemen came into the car and said to me
" Is this MIR. Murphy9n to which replied
il was, whereupOn with few pleasant re-
marks they led me out TO q carriage near
the depot. 1t was frightfully rainy day
and remember thinking it extremely queer
that any one should meet me with a car
riage; but having played TO big houses
all around there. concluded it was little
act of courtesy ON the part of Topeka oiti-
zens.
We drove to the hotel and the rest of my
company went to theirs. Immediately upon
our arrival in the parlor touched the bell.
Upon the boy answering my summons
turned to my companions and said: Gen
tlemen, what will you havel a glass
of beer, wine, cigars or any thing you
choose"
The faces of the men, as / said this, were
a study, and they exclaimed: why,
don't know what you mean, Mr.. Murphy
81 mean 81 pie courtesy" l returned.
at is certainly customary to offer glass
Of wine in return for such q welcome as
yours"
"Ibis is outrageous cried one of them,
"that you should come here tonight to lee
ture on temperance and talk about drink
to do nothing of tue kind.
Are you not Francis Murphyp they
asked.
mo, 1 am Joe Murphy the actor. )" | said,
smiling. and they dashed out Of the door in
search of their right visitor.
Well, it seems some big temperance So
ciety there was to have Francis Murphy, a
well-known temperance lecturer, there on
that same evening. The other Murphy's
train arrived SONS five minutes after mine,
and he was obliged to carry his valise
through the rain to near hotel, unwel-
coined and alone. / afterwards became 40
quainted with him and we enjoyed good
laugh over the mistake.
JOSEPH MURPHY.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-05

D. G. Blanton, Townsville Ga, writes:
~ have used Botanic Blood Balm in my
family as a tonic and blood purifier with
highest satisfactory results. I'D.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-05
NOT ON THE SHOW BILLS.
ACTORS TELL SOME GOOD sTORIE J
ABOUT THEMSELVES.

Actor Willard is Reminded That "Ells'
T-Marshall P. Wilder Measures
Swords With Another Short Man
billiard Ruins Els Dress Suit and
Patent Leather shoes-Nat Goodwin
Has stage Fright -Dixey, Burgess,
5othern, Murthy and ONeiu Lave
All Been Placed in Embarrassing
Positions.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-05
(Copyrioht. 1891 5
E. s. WILLARD AND THE FAT SUPER

L. >. w 1LlAAhD AND 1tth FAT SUPER.
A cockney gallery god furnished the ma
terisl for this amusing Renaissance of mine.
1t was during my early days on the stage
aud l was playing part in holiday pan
tomime called the "Seven Devils" ct one
point in the piece the devils one by one
sink through trap on their way, presum-
ably, to the neither regions. On this night,
how ever, one Of the demons failed to mate
rialize at the theater, and at the last mo-
ment one of the supers was pressed into
service. In the hurry and excitement his
bulk had not been considered, and when the
other six had safely descended it was found
that the fat super was many sizes too large
for the opening in the trap. There he stuck
in spite of the combined efforts Of all the
devils to pull him through by the legs. This
Of itself was intensely funny, but when one
of the gallery boys in tone of intense relief,
sang out at the top of his voice, Thank the
Lord 'Ell's full" there was universal shout
Of laughter in which everybody in the build
ing joined, with the single exception of the
fat super. EDwD. 5. WILLARD.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-05-21
CONDENSED TELEGRAMs.

THE little son of W. W. Meacham. of
Fulton. Ky, while playing with watch
chain ten inches long. n few nights age,
accidentally y swallowed is and came near
choking to death. 4 piece Of leather
was attached TO the chain. and he had
swallowed all but that when his mother
discovered it.
The largest individual failure that
ever occurred in Arkansas was an
nounced az Little Rock on the I4th.
IL was the assignment Of Maj John n.
Adams. The assets are S4O0, eco and the
liabilities about $500, 600.
IN the United States Court at Charles
ton, w. Va, on the 18th, Warren VI.
Frame was convicted of violating the
lottery law by sending letter through
the United States mails to the Louis
lana Lottery Company and was fined
s25 and costs. This is the first convic-
tion for this offense known 10 have been
made in the United States.
Gov. NICHOLS, of Louisiana. on the
18th remitted 30 much OF the sentence
of ex-Secretary of State viii A. Strong
as condemned him TO term of impris-
onment. His crime was the embezzle-
ment Of -. 600 of the States funds. He
was tried but made his escape a short
time ago he surrendered, and was SEN
teneed 20 six months in the penitentiaiy
and TO pay fine of double the amount
embezxied
The house Of Daniel Morgan, near
Oak Grove, Kan. was demolished BY an
explosion Of dynamite on the 18th. Ii
is not known who perpetrated the out
rage Mrs. Morgan's collar bone was
broken and sne was otherwise injured.
Mr.. Morgan was badly injured. though
not fatally. His two children escaped
unhurt, but a stepson was blown &c
yards through a tree top and alighted
on a fence.
The present crop Of small grain in
Texas is the largest ever produced in
that State. The wheatcrop is estimated
At SO. 200. coo, and the GA. crop at ST.
o0o, 600.
The relatives OF Crlmpler, the man
whom Penton, the desperado. killed Ave
years ago in Covington County, Ala, on
the 18th paid Detective Cheatham and
his party $500. the reward offered by
the family sor PeRton. dead or alive.
The State also paid its reward Of $500.
BUSINESS failures in the United States
during the past week number lis.
against Is6 last week, and ISL this week
last year. The total since January ] 10
date 10 s,dls, against t.tle lsst ysss.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-05-21
HOME AGAIN.

Arrival Of the Presidential Train In wash.
inSton Afier ~. Ten Thousand Vile Run
Marked by Enthusiasm. Pleasure and In
structton To- Ir- Occupants All Along the
koase-on- Hundred aud Forty >ps~eh~.
Delivered by the President.
WASHINGTON. Nav I7.-The grand
tour of President Harrison and partv.
which began April IL last. ended at $50
O'Clock yesterday afternoon. " hen the
presidential train came to n standstill
IN the Pennsylvania railroad station
exactly on time. The great Journey of
10000 miles had been accomplished
without an accident and without devia-
tion from the Prearranged schedule.
except ON one occasion
benjamin Harrison Mckee was the
hrst person to be greeted by the presi-
dent. who jumped from the platform of
the train and clasPed his grandson in
his arms Little Mary Mckee was also
at the station.
Secretary Proctor. Secretary Foster
and Attorney-ticneral Miller. with sew
eral assistant secretaries and n number
Of government officials. met the partv
at the train Only few people wers
at the station when the party arrived.
The president, Mrs. Harrison. Mr. and
Mrs Mckee and Mrs. Dimmicl wer,
driven directly To the White house,
while Mr.. and Mrs. Boyd took a train
for Philadelphia
The last day Of the journey was the
quietest of the entire tour Rain fell
most Of the time, and when the party
reached Washington il was pouring
down steadily. Between Washington
and Baltimore the members " the
party and the employees assembled in
the observation ear and the president
made short speech in which he
thanked all those who had accompanied
him for the courtesics extended. lie
paid high compliment To Mr. George
W Boyd, the genial passenger agent
Of the Pennsylvania railroad who had
charge Of the train. for what he had
achieved in keeping them exactly to
the time schedule
The president has delivered -
speeche on the tour His hest recon
for single day was yesterday. when
he talked - twelve different assem-
hlagcs. The day before he made eleven
speeches
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-05-21

In calculations relating To- machinery,
the loss of power due To friction il al
ways an important factor. That the
loss incurred in few seconds by the
friction of a mass of coins, one upon the
other, should rise to an appreeiabl..
amount. strikes the average mind as
highly improbable. But there need
only be enough of the coins-not more
than are often required for a single
shlpment-to cause waste which
would make trouble for somebody II il
were not accounted for. The Iron In
dustry Gazette states that careful ex-
periments made at the United States
mint shows that five dollars is lost by
abrasion every time one million dollars
IN gold coin Is handled. The experi-
ments were conducted with bags con
tanning five thousand dollars each. and
IL was found that the mere lifting tn a
truck Of the two hundred bags making
up the total sum resulted in the loss
stated; and rs the unloading caused a
similar waste, there was loss Of ten
dollars. or one-thousandth of one per
cent. in the transfer of the million
from one vanlt to another.-Mechani
cal News
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-05-21

one reason why the wars of the Ro-
mans were 50 much more sanguinary
than those Of modern times was. be-
cause in those days armies fought hand
to hand,.with weapons about like bowie
knives There was no fighting at long
range, or roundabout stratezieal move
ments. whereby defeated army would
be allowed to retreat with but few
Killed or wounded When one Of their
armies was defeated the vietors were in
arms length Of them, and it. Of course,
fared hard with the vanquished. Pc
sides. the warriors of those days toaSi.i
70 sill.-S. Y. Ledger.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-05-21
FROM PALACE TO HOvEL.
sad story of n Onre-Pctt.si New Work Belle
She Married Printer and Her Friends
Disowned Her.

sad story of Onre-Pettesi New Work Belle
She Married a Printer and Her Friensis
Disowned Her.
CHICAGO. May IA woman giving
ner name as Mrs. George +. Bond. and
claiming to be the eldest daughter Of
ex-Gov. Marcy of New York, is in this
city seeking transportation to her girl
hood home. She is a middle-ared
woman and has evidently been hand
some, though years of poverty and ir-
regular life have left their marks upon
her.
Il am the daughter of ex-tiov.
Marcy" she said. ''and though you NAV
not believe me. | was once n New York
society belle, petted and admired by
all Some time after my fathers death
in 1889 married printer by the name
of Bond. and my fashionable relatives
east me out and refused to have any
thing tn do with me"
She saws she lived in Colorado, where
her husband deserted her. and she
came "a Chicago in search of him
Il find that he IS dead and buried
here. Z" she said. and IL / can get to
New York | think | can get employ
ment-"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-05-21
swallowed by TN. Canadian Pacific.

WINNIPEG. Man, May IT--It now
seems To be an absolute certainty that
the Canadian Pacific has purchased the
Northern Pacific lines in Manitoba IL
was confidently asserted yesterday
morning that the deal between the
roads had been completed and that the
Canadian Pacific railroad takes all the
Manitoba lines and terminals Of the
Northern Pacific almost Immediately.
The official transfer Will take place
next week it is said A meeting of the
board of trade has been called for
Tuesday next to take into corsidera-
tion what steps are advisable in view
of the runored withdrawal of the
Northern Pacific railway from the
province.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-05-21
MONEY AND BUSINESS.
The Commercial sn.t Financial oasIaos
Throughout tire Country . shown bx ~
q. Dunn 4 Co.'S weekly Eexi~w-Bu-ia~--
fsiiare~ &r the Week. Vie


Nav NoRK MAY I5--E- &. Dunn K
COS weekly review of trade SAYS.
Reports viii -hov tlaf az Boston boets susf
shoes are quiet. Suoisn@ duIi Fhiiasi e. paia
eomhe'i snoj - in fair demand ami Knit
goods works fult % oryl~rs bat the drv
gcosi- trade j. light. Wuol - irrrssuiAr and
dry goost- dau a. Hartford but hardware
fair. b~-~~iurr trru s iitsie more active
AZ about isst years prices Pittsburgh
Eis-s - fairly active Trade d. only fair a
Cleveland and Detroit. helped by activity IN
hu iissiu@ a. Cincinnati Russsi at On aha and
healthy - han=a- City. bat AZ Milwaukee
ant - Faui the ne-si of raia for cror- T. felt.
Chicago reports a third increase iu receipts
of corn and cheese compared e ith last year.
ansl = Per cent Increase over last. ansi per
cent Increase In slrvEoos- u Ithvprv far trati~
In shoes. but Increase In meats. Cotton IA
light demand st Ncw orleans. and sugar ia
active The iraa furnaces IN blast MAY II
inrreased - fou~ greater weekly than last
wear. But tn. trade j. le-. depressed and
the long d-iay in settlement of the coke
strike tends u strengthen prices In gen
ersl. indu~trie. arr fairly active. except
where interrupted by strikes in the bald.
ing trades At New York
The business failures occurring through.
out the country during the ps-s seven sav.
number. for the United states III aud far
Canada 5. a total OF II a. compared " an
a total Of 2t2 last week. and ~ ths. week
previous to the last Fur the corresponding
week OF last year the figures we're III rep
rssenting iaI failures in the United states
and n In the Dominion Of Canada.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-05-21
CuitIxa.lon nfElnurr.

From the earliest times. and whenev-
er any considerable progress has been
made in civilization. plants have been
cultivated for the sake Of their beau,i-
:ul or fragrant flowers Flowers are
used everywhere for the adornment of
the person and of houses, particularly
on festive occasions. and also in many
countries in connection with religious
rites Flower markets existed in an
cient Athens, as in the richest capitals
of the modern world India. China and
Mexico have been famous for the Guilt
vation of flowers from earliest pericds
to which their history can be traced.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-05-21

hAs A EpIsox, the electrical
pr. thus describes his latest piece
Fk; A man can sit in his own
and see depicted upon a curtain
ms of the players in opera upon
nt stage and to hear the voice OF
gers When this system is per
which will be in time for the
Yen little muscle of the singers
lil be seen to work. every color
pr her attire will be exactly re-
ed and the strid> and positions
natural To the sporting fra
viii state that ere long this
can De applied - prize fights.
nole scene, with tine noise of the
talk. etc, viii be truthfully
.rred-
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-05-21
A Picture of waIIIns Island for the Worlds
Fair.

WAsEISsToS, Nay IT.-Mr. Albert
Bierstadt the painter. will do his share
towards comDemorating the 40oth an
niversary of the discovery of America
by painting mammoth historical pict-
ture of Walling Island. which is held
by the majority of geographical author
tiles TO have been the first land found
of Columbus MIR. Bierstadt has Just
returned from visit 10 Walling Island.
where he made numerous sketches for
the picture. which viii be finished in
time for exhibition at the Worlds Fair
In Chicago.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-05-21

Az anti-European riot occurred at
Woo Hoo. China The Catholic mission
and several houses were burned.
A GENERAL. strike OF ironworkers has
been ordered throughout Belgium
SECRETARY Foster has decided to re-
duee the forces employed in collecting
the customs 50 as 70 avoid deficiency.
Boston will first feel the cut.
THE last of the troops gathered at
the time of the Sioux outbreak have
been ordered TO return to their former
posts
THERE was an unconirrned report
on the 18th that the Charleston had met
and sunk the Itata
THREE men and boy were killed by
n boiler explosion at Wilson's sawmill
near Germani1, W. Va
INFORMATION has reached Come that
during the progress of n fierce storm
which recently visited Massowah. a
building used as a barracks and con-
tanning u number of soldiers, collapsed
Six men were killed and ten seriously
injured
JEWISH refugees in Austria showed
no sign of grief on hearing of the care
witch's misfortune IN Japan
FINANCIAL matters were reported
more quiet at Lisbon
A GOVERNMENT magazine in County
Down. ireland. was exploded by dy-
namite recently. The authorities were
looking for suspected American
K. C. DUNCAN, of Washington, aged
81. was recently detected in the act %
numbering his wife on Mount Snowden.
in Wales. The woman was unconscious.
her head being badly fractured Dun
can was said to be well connected in
Washington
The United States legation in London
officially states that there are in the
Bank of England no large sums of
money awaiting claimants. The total
amount in cnancery belonging to uI-
known persons IS less than 5000, 900.
IT is learned that two more Jews
have been murdered at Corfu and that
bodies of several Jews who died at that
place from starvation lie unburied It
IS also learned that the troops continue
to keep n Gordon about the Ghetto, or
Hebrew quarter.
tbs Belmont oil works, Philadel-
phia. have been destroyed by Ere.
PEELAnSLPHIANs have completed all
the a-raarpneats for boarse on the
EEFope1n lIsan. !: viii be housed in an
slevea story building % cost sa,eoo, ,eoa
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-05-21

eE have been during the last
more Americans than usual in
But with the close of the season
hvc scattered, some to the north
|ne for short trip in the south
leaving Italy. Their places
|pt been filed By newcomers. 1t
that there are not one-tenth the
p IN Rome that there were at the
ping of April the diplomatic
p between Italy and America
diverted the tide of travellers to
Rlaces.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-05-21

the British house of commons
Hon IL PiunlSett. for the public
ngs department.. stated that he
rsiered that the parliament houses
aued and fumigatcd with sulphur
the Whitsuntitie holidays. he
I been informed On high author
y sulphur was the best preventive
spread Of influenza. the microbes
ieh disease. Mr.. Caldwell. NJ T.,
rd, were probably present in
|nties in the chamber.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-05-21

Taking census in India always
arouses the popular suPeTstitions and
dread of unknown evils. After the last
census of the Bills their chiefs insisted
on new imperial obligation that in
future no Bhil woman should ever be
weighed, they fearing that the plump
est and heaviest women. the national
beauties, were being checked OF for
appropriation BY the census takssa
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-05-21

kreuz Zeitung publishes an
kt article on Russia intrigues on
|nube, in which It declares that
has boughs over all OF the Of
|of the Daaubian Steamship Co,
|bsorbiuG the whole Danubian
nnd has placed officials and pom
at all strategic points on the
lhe duty of the officials being To
bond with the Russian govern
IN cipher The paper urges
P to take measures to counter
ksia's schemes.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-05-21

IsrArCH from Calcutta SAYS that
'pverument proposes to annex
lur 10 India The British SOL
b the place have been allowed
> they please and have even gone
as TO bow M two idols which
near the rajah's palace The
RI the slain British officers had
Prinkled over the mouths of the
Fhi.sh were in the forms of drag
supposed to have a supernatural
pee IN protecting the royal in
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-05-21

\ jury at Waco. Tex. returned yer.
diet Of acquit;al in the case of Hal
Hunter. charged with n murder com
nsiited twenty-seven years agc. Hunter
was the son of a slave-owner. and in a
quarrel with a negro slave killed him,
IL IS claimed. in self-defense.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-05-21

D. BLAvATsKY's ghost is already
travels. if any confidence is to be
4 in the statement of the Paris
he. that il appeared TO the Duchess
|r. in the presence of Nine. Adam.
|ews of the death coming some
Afterward
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-05-21

rs E. WARD Il Co, the New
shipping merchants, have re-
] a cablegram from Buenos Ayres
X that gold there had reached soo
)um. the highest rate ever known
! Argentine republic Mr.. Ward
that this would seem 70 indicate
something serious had happened
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-05-21

! BUTLER has secured the release
Jail by a writ of personal replevin
r Cariotia johnson. who BY the
nce OF Judge Carpenter OF the
y States supreme court, was serv-
pr time for alleged perjury in a
pn case The first ease wherein
rrit was used in Massachusetts
In issf and inquiry among law
bow that previous to that date it
|nknown
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-05-21

FIXING very singular has been
bred, 50 it IS alleged. on the face
recent issue of treasury notes
makes it more than possible for
nllfut forger or eoGnterfeiter to
Ihe notes of the lower denomina-
ass for the larger. The defect is
ink used by the officials in the
~ department in the printing of
lotes. it being of such a character
p possible for any one to rub out
pres and substitute any that may
nost convenient for the purpose
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-05-21

DusTAST SECRETARY SPAULpISs
bformed an Ohio firm that in the
pr Of the treasury department the
.horses- rs used in paragraph ss7
3 act of October l. is90, includes
Hnd nonieS
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-05-21

St Petersburg correspondent of
.ondon Chronicle sa-s il was re-
that the cxarewitch was more
Isly wounded than was admitted
! authorities The correspondent
that the assailant Of the care
Was nihilist who escaped from
Gien. an island off the east coast
] A. belonging TO Russia. and who
tsied in entering the japanese p,o-
,~,s....
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-05-21

NOE QuISTIERI has given notice in
|talian chamber of deputies of an
pellation regarding Premier Rudi-
Mentions in view of Mr.. Blaine's
communication on the New Or
affair.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-05-21

The last Legislature If Texas passed
uniform textbook bin. and during its
discussion a powerful lobby fight en-
sued II passed, however. by large
majority. was enrolled and the
author Of the bill went over il
carefully Sefore sending IL 10 the
governor. The governor permitted il
to become law without his signature.
and sent IL to the secretary Of state to
be published with other laws. TN
reaching the secretary Of state. how
ever, IL was found that the enactiag
clause had been omitted and tn. law j.
null aud void
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-05-21

.rEES anarchists have been arrest
Terni. Italy. They had in their
ssion plans 10 pillage and destroy
dynamite banks, factories and
property.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-05-21

Rev Robert G.. Cleburne. rector Of NJ.
Johns Episcopal church. New Orleans,
died after brief Illness. lie was ma
tive II Ireland. brother If Medical
Director Chris J. Cleburne. United
States navy. and cousin Of confederate
zen Pat Clehurue, who was killed in
the battle of Franklin.