The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-10
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| -AhSs OAhflElAD Is S6lu 70 DC OVERWHELMED Dy
her correspondence. Letters come to her from
every part of the country, and upon every con-
celVaoie topic. Every communication she re-
ceives is given careful attention, and frequently
pleasant letter of some length is sent in an
swer.
The German government does not allow Rus
SLAMS TO work in its shops at Spandau. Two
weeks ago Russian woman and her daughter
who had been swindled out of their last cent by
confidence man. and were on the verge of
starvation, received employment from petty
foreman in a Spandau powder factory. They
were notified by the direction, however, one
day that they must leave at once, as no person
OF Russian birth was allowed in the government
shops. They were then hustled OF to the Rus
sian embassy, u der the Linden, " whence they
were sent back TO Russia.
WALL STREET MAN who has been over to
Boston recently has returned with story of
seeing for two weeks every morning citizen at
ons of the prominent hotels eating hot mince
pie and drinking champagne for hreakf st. H
des RIDES the citizen as one who has made
| S2,OOOOO0 out of a silver mine and who re ur ed
TO Boston. his native city, to spend some of his
new found wealth. This man had spent twenty
years in the west. He had roughed it and had
about as hard time as any man in the silver
| hills, but now that he has made his fortune his
chief idea of luxury is hot mince pie and cham
payne for breakfast.
CURT ABEL, retired corporal in the Wurtem-
burg contingent of the German army, has been
| condemned to fourteen days arrest by court
| martial in Frieburg. Abel's offense was that
| ne exposed the abuses practiced by German
| ONO RS on German priVatss, and enumerated in
| several sensational pamphlets cases In which
| soldiers had been beaten, burned with cigars
| and cut with knives by lieutenants in command
or them. The ostensible rea on of his punish
| ment however, was that he had observed these
abuses without reporting them. Abel's trial
and sentence have aroused much indignation in
all the German li5eral dailes, which consider
nus treatment matter of Simon-pure intimida-
ton.
only TWICE." said a well-known lawyer to
the New York sun the other day, "have really
been proud. The first time was years ago in
court. I'd been admitted, and had had charge
or the preparation of an Important suit The
jury brought in a verdict for our side and felt
happy But after I'd collected the papers and
DOCKS, and was going out, my chief, who was
one OF the lights of the bar in those days, put
his hand on my shoulder and said: You pre-
pared that case well, my boy; if 1t hadn't been
for you we'd have been beaten And knew it
was so, for he'd come back from Washington
only that morning and had had TO depend en-
tirely on my work. And the second time felt
proud was when my married sister came into
my library one afternoon and said in a half
whisper, It's boy
AMONG the numerous army of veterans which
came to the capital of San Salvador on Sunday,
were several women, who, shouldering their
guns with belts grded 10 their loins marched,
keeping time to the drums, and showing by
their bearing and demeauor as much discipline
as the best soldier. 1t cannot be denied that
Salvador, as far as the defense and the preser-
walton of its ri hts is concerned, stands among
the hrst nations Of America, since frai woman,
though strong in these cases, volunteers will
ingly to go into the battlefield, not only TO be Of
use in lendi & succor to her wounded husband
or son who fight for their rights, but also to
their country by shoulderinga rifle and firing
ON the enemy cartridges, which by nature she
would fear to touch. There we say, must exist
great love of country, profound patriotism and
great zeal for their liberty and independence
for their fatherland.
THERE is such a thing as carrying things too
far. Not long ago man in Maine village
went the way of all flesh. party of yerv
muchalve friends of the deceased assembled at
the late respected o ie's house to sit up with"
and otherwise honor the departed. Shortly
after midnight tremendous uproar attracted
the night watchman down to the vicinity in a
hurry. The 'front.' room in the house of mourn
| ing was brilliantly Illuminated, and, gazing in
| at the window, the Waterman bsheld CHASTITY
spectacle. The dead man mad been removed
from the coffin, and, propped bolt upright in
| one corner OF the room, was regarding the dem
onstrations with the horrible placidity of death
His narrow tenement, tipped bottom-side up
across two chairs, held bottle, glasses, and a
| pack of cards. Around about this layout the
drunken visitors were dancing q spirited
cancan. The Waterman, with the assistance of
the undertaken, finally managed to get the
corpse away from its des orators, but it was
evident that the men reluctantly submitted
with the firm opinion that the defunct was
being robbed of his just dues.
THE DUKE OF PoRTLAND's WINNINGS on the
turf this year, which are now placed at the ex
traordinary figures of S625 900, cause that portly
and popular young nobleman to be looked upon
by the world at large with even more envy than
ever says the New York World. A few wears
ago ne was comparatively unknown member
OF the guards, with thirteen people standing
between him and the dukedom of Portland
de never even dreamed of succeeding to tn
title, but fate smiled upon him. aud the thirteen
people died off, and at 30 years he is the
| DOSSasSOr of of the ~,
the world. an exalted tit 9 in the British peer-
axe, series of historically beautiful estates,
handsome and clever wife, broad shoulders
deep chest, an untiring appetite, and stable
that is second TO none in existence. If the
anarchists ku7w more about millionaIres they
would let dyspeptic Russell Sage workworn
c. P Huntington and millionaires of that TYNE
alone, and fix their gaze upon mis- grace of Port
land. If he has not had more than his share of
the good things of the world then the Judgment
OF WeLlnformed men is singuarly astray
In the south Kensington Museum in London
there are preserved the original manuscripts of
number of Dickens novels, says the New
Iork Star, and greatly enjoyed looking them
ov-r several years ago. 1t was extremely in
tefestlns TO note where the author was full of
ms subject. aud the ideas fairly chased his pen
across the pages, and then to come to a hit oF
aetail that was necessary to the story but evi.
Gently lrksome at the moment to the writer
The erasures and changes often occurred most
frequently, however, In that portion of the
writing which seemingly was reeled of most
easily. sometimes at the beginning of a book
or cnapter the opening sentence was rewritten
ana altered many times. 1t will be remem
bered that The Tale of Two Cities ;,
for instance, begins with series OF antithesis.
1T was the best of times; IL was the worst "f
times, etc. This sentences was turned and
twisted in many ways before it finally wa al
loved to stand The orig nal climax was I'VE
were all go ng straight to heaven; we were
all going straight to he'll" After many
changes the last clause was left I'VE were III
going straight in the other direction. In Al
most every case one sees the improvement in
the changes OF the first writing a gain in eIe.
gance, In refinement and very often even in
simplicity. Really 1t is an educational exercise
to go througf one OF Dickens manuscripts and
note the choice he made in the uss of words
Il have been occasionally troubled with
Coughs, and in each case have used Browns