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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-14
THEBANJo AND HUMAN NATURE.
Some Philosophy From a st. Louis
Man on the Subject.
From the Sd. Louis Globe-Democrat


81 was just thinking that this banjo
here typifes a condition of human nature
most beautifully" said w. C.. Tavlor. who
is at the Lindell 1--WE been playing on it
until the strings got out of tune You
probably know how the Spanish fandango
is played-that is, by tuning the bass in
unison with the first string of the banjo.
Now, the fifth string here. which is the
shortest and sharpest in sound, is in uni
son with the first string also. That makes
the bass and fifth string both in harmony
with the first string. However, the bass
and fifth are not in unison with each other
When l sound the first and bass they chime
alike and when | sound the first and fifth
they chime alike; but when l sound the
bass and fifth they are very far from
being harmonious.
"Now, there you have human nature. l
was once of the opinion that if had two
friends and they both liked me, why they
ought to be good friends with one another.
! once imagined that could not be other
wise, but found out different from expe-
rience, and see it here nicely illustrated
on this banjo. l can just say to myself.
now am the first string, and here is
friend who can impersonate the bass
string. Now he in perfect harmony with
me, and whenever go anywhere with him,
or he calls, we have delightful, harmoni-
Gus time. Here is a second friend OF mine,
in perfect harmony with me- Whenever
he calls we have delightful time When
both Of these friends call on the same even
ing we meet, and they are both i'm harmony
with me, so that we spend pleasant even
ing just as these three strings give a har-
monioUs sound. But my two friends when
alone find no companionshipi in each others
company. They do not chime on any sub
ject-they need me. IcannOt help picking
out these illustrations Of my worldly con
dition whenever ind them, and 50 / tell
sou this One.n
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-14

er'n outsider ct he didn't know out loose
wit his overCoat an gripsack, but set it
down ter der fac dat he come from Chi
cargo, an let il go az dat
Der place where he sent me was err
Cigar store. an when asst fer der grip
der teller inside looked up kinder queer
like an wanted ter know how dey was
runnin'
" Slow says l. an skipped out ct err
Sallop fer uptown; but hadn't got but or
rod er two when er Teller laid his hand
onter me sholder an says Look er here,
me friend, wants yer
No, yer don't; yer made er mistake.
It's milk yer wants. says |.
" ] shouldn't wonder f twas, SAYS he,
an afore I know'd what he was dom
he had on bracelet onter me rist, an
tru' up de sponge to onct, fer / knowd
IL want no use to kick when he had der
irons onter me.
'Yerll be sorry fer dis when yer gifts
sobered up, says ter der fly cop on
der way ter der station house. Say, yer
amt wan er dem Jays dat dey calls
'Pinkertons, be yer2 + yer be, yer ain t
responsible fer nothin' yer do; none er
dem cusses is, 'cept fer givin' er bad
character ter hell by goin' dere onct in err
while yer see, tout he'd made er mis-
take, an ! was 'kiddin' him all der way
down ter der station)
when I got dere, der sargent went
over me, an give it ter him straight,
but he didn't take no stock into it.
Den err Teller went tru me an took
possession er what's his names grip, an
] was er little surprised when dey took err
big Tool er der long green out er der
lnsld' pocket Ell der coat dat | never
know'd was dere
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Col. L. j. Alfred Writes;

am in my I'D year, and for fifty years
| have been a great sufferer from indiges-
ton, constipation and biliousness. have
tried all the remedies advertised for these
diseases and got no permanent relief.
About one year ago, the disease assuming
a more severe and dangerous form, / be
came very weak and lost flesh rapidly. |
commenced using DR.. II Mozley's Lemon
Elixir. gained twelve pounds in three
months My strength and health, my APP
petite and my digestion was perfectly re-
orous as | ever did in my life.
l.. j. ALFRED,
Doorkeeper Ga State Senate.
State Capitol, Atlanta, Ca, Aug. ). 1891.
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A Mother's Report

Mrs. n. A. McEntirU writes from Spring
Place, Ga: For many years have been
a great sufferer from Indigestion, sick
headache and nervous prostration. /
tried many remedies but got no per
manent relief until | used Dr. Mozley's
Lemon Elixir. am now in better health
than for many years. My daughter
has been subject 70 chills and fever from
her infancy / could get nothing 10 re-
lieva her; the Lemon Elixir has restored
her 10 perfect health.
Sold by druggists Soc. and 81 O0per bot
tie. Prepared by DR.. II. Motley, Atlanta.
Ga-ad.
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LCOpNright, Isy3.

Der next eVenin j was on deck at der
time he'd set an hung GROUND fer quite
er spell, but he didn't show up an | was
jest erbout ter tro' up der Job when up he
comes runnin' like er stake boss and.
says he, I'm sorry ter keep yer waitin' )
he says, but er little matter err business
detained me. Now I'd like ter have yer
do me er favor T yer will
Sure" says /. Name it, an I'll do it
wit pleasure"
cpd like ter have yer go down ter dis
place, says he handin' me err card. and
git me grip an bring it up ter der -
house, an I'll be dere when you gifts back.
I'd go an git it mesel', but I've got n ap-
pointment, says he.
Ian right; I'll fetch it, says /. an
started off but hadn't got but er step er
two when he called me back, an. Saws ne.
yer might az well be comferterbie Jest
take me overcoat; l hain't got fur ter 20
an won't need it,
well, didn't like ter take his close.
yer know. but he insisted. an ] tell YER
what, IL did feel good wild dose midwinter
zephyrs dallyin Ground der way dcy was
dat night
while / was goin' down / was won
derin' how In thunder he come ter let
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LOCKED UP FOR FORGERY.


Den err copper took me er round an
turned me loose into er pen, an holy gee
Say, I've ben in some purity queer places,
but I'm - | ever struck anythin'
dat could hold a candle ter der lik' err dat.
Dere was er howlin' gang err der cussedest
lookin buns dat | ever run up erginst,
an dere want one in der whole outfit dat
err rattlesnake could or bitten err dark
night widout bein' sick ter his stumak.
II reckon dere' S err good many tings dat
I'd lik' ter hav in der world dat | aim
Ii BILE ter git, but I'll give yer er straight
pointer, | amt lookin' fer no more er dat.
why, er square inch err der air in dat
place would er supplied er whole operer
company er year, f dey used any kind er
Judgment. No, sir, yer can bet yer sweet
life | don't buck up erginst dat kind err
layout no more.
Der mex mornin' | was up in der police
court an found out dat I'd ben took fer
Jerry Fields, err notorious counterfeiter,
an wit der grip an der overcoat an der
money it looked lik' | was booked fer
bout twenty year, but, lucky fer me, I'm
sumpn of er polertitian he spells, an wit
der infooence of der big guns in der
ward got der court ter see it der way it
was, an got er way wit err reprimand an
or pointer dat i better go an git me
teet' filed.
Some time alter ] got out dere was er
letter come ter me from me friend Jerry
tankin' me fer helpin' him ter git out err
der city. He said dey was so hot alter
him dat he wouldn't er had no show # |
hadn't helped him.
"'Jest you keep quiet, says he, AN yer
won't lose nothin' by it Dere was er
$50 note into it. It's all right says he
An yer needn't be erfraid ter use it, >
But | kept it quiet till was purity darned
sure of it, I'll tell yer
After dis begun ter git kilograms wit
tips an dey is al'us signed Jerry
well, | don't know much erbout him,
an er darn sight less erbout his business,
but he's got err pocket full of inside infor-
nation from der race tracks dat lays way
over de best tout dat ever chawed ter
bacco, an T dey keeps on comm fer der
mex tree mont's der way dey has fer der
las tree, I'll back me own horses afore
der end er der season.
Give us err couple er good cigars, jim
mic, an don't fergit der five spot under
der match safe" WAYNE PoUCHEE.
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Cass 10 Bass who has perDctrated a witt.
clsm) Rather an old Joke. that.
Bass did YOU eyer know q really good Joke
that wash an old Onef-l3Ostou Transcript
The Portland daily press., 1893-09-06
CITY OF DEERING.

This evening the fine new pipe organ
which has been put into the Clark
Memorial church at Woodford's will be
tried for the first time. The occasion
will be an organ and vocal concert, par
ticipated in by Mr.. Harvey Murray and
the Haydn quartette. Further particu-
lars are given in the advertising columns.
The march Of improvement is sweeping
away another venerable landmark.
Coyle's gully hill SO noticeable feature
of that part of Forest avenue between
Portland and Woodfords is fast disap-
pearing.
The laying of the sewer along Forest
avenue necessitated filling in the, depres-
sion in the road in order to give sufficient
depth of earth over the sewer pipe. This
almost removed the hill; and now a crew
is at work taking off the top of the hill,
opposite Mr.. Ricker's house, SO as to
make level street along where once was
the gully hill The electric railroad track
is being raised to correspond with the
other improvem ents and extensive addi-
tions are being made to the stone work
on either side of the roadway.
The Portland daily press., 1893-09-06
The Burial of Mr.. Dewitt.

The party that escorted the remains
of the late John E. Dewitt to Brooklyn,
Messrs. Frederick Robe, Marquis F..
King, Frank Allen, Assistant Secretary
Lang, and Canon Stills, returned to Port
land yesterday, with members of the
family. Greenwood Cemetery, Brook
Ign, where the Dewitt lot is, was reach
ed Monday. and the services were con-
Quoted by Canon Stills at p. M. There
was quite large attendance of friends
from New York and Connecticut, many
insurance men being present. When
that portion of the Episcopal ceremony
was reached where earth is thrown into
the grave, that office was performed by
Senator Hawley of Connecticut, and by
Messrs. Robbie, King, Allen and Lang, of
Portland.
The Dewitt lot is in very beautiful
portion of the cemetery, distinguished
by handsome and costly monuments.
There are buried Mr.. DeWitt's father
and mother, and also his infant son.
The insurance men who were present
spoke to Governor Robbie in the highest
terms of Mr.. Dewitt and his work for
the Union Mutual, in which they ex-
pressed the highest confidence.
The Portland daily press., 1893-09-06
X. of P. to the worlds Fair,

The following special train service has
been forwarded to A. M. Sawyer by the
Grand Trunk for the Knights of Pythias
excursion to the Worlds Fair: Leave
Portland at $50 a. m. September 8th,
Island Pond p. M, Montreal p. M,
Toronto 7.2o a. M, Sept. 9th; arrive at
Niagara Falls 10 a. M; leave Niagara
Falls at 4 p. M, London at 8 p. M, Sar-
MIA Tunnel 10 p. M. arrive at Chicago at
s a. M, Sept. 10th. Ample thine is al
lowed for the party to partake of ex-
cellent meals at Island Pond, Montreal,
Toronto and Niagara Falls at reasonable
prices. The pnblic are invited to accom-
pany the Knights on this trip. Applica-
lions to be made to A. M. Sawyer, chair
man of the committee.
The Portland daily press., 1893-09-06
Serious Accident.

Mrs. Timothy Looney, So Warren street,
was descending to the basement of the
house Monday evening and was precipita-
ted by mistep to the bottom where sh e
lay unconscious. The lamp was reduced
to fragments and the oil igniting soon
enveloped the staircase in flames Mr.,
William II Looney was in the act of
leaving the house for walk, when the
connection in the basement attracted his
attention. He made his..way through the
smoke and flames to where his mother
lay unconscious and. extinguished the
fire. Mrs. Looney sustained broken
wrist and several minor bruises in addi-
tion to the physical shock occasioned by
the fall. DR.. Baker dressed the.injuries
o. Mrs. Looney, who was resting quite
comfortably yesterday.
The Portland daily press., 1893-09-06
PERSONAL.

Hon. L. M. Webb and family, viii
leave today for trip to the Worlds
Fair.
Editor Blanding of the Maine In
dustrial Journal, was in town yester-
day.
Mrs. Hunt, Mrs. Gibbs, and the coach
man, Mr.. Casey, were all doing well yes
terday.
Miss Olive Higgins, Danforth street,
Miss Preble, New York and Mrs. G.
L. Browne, New York, are cruising
along the coast in the yacht Tempus,
Commander Browne.
A. Frazier, were at the Preble House,
yesterday.
The Misses Madigan of Houlton. M.
Clark and party, Toronto; A. N. Water
house, Philadelphia; Mrs. Theo. Cham
berlain, P. F. Smith and party, L. T.
Romano and party, New York, were
among the arrivals at the Falmouth yes
terday.
Mr.. Frederick Smith, agent of the
Grand Trunk in this city, is spending his
vacation at Bethlehem, N. H., the hay
fever resort.
Rev. NJ. J. Maloney, c. SIS r. Of st.
Patrick's church, Quebec, is in the city
in attendance at the profession of his
sister, which ceremony took place yes
terday morning at St. Elizabeth's Acade-
my, Free street.
Mr.. Peter S. Nickerson and wife re-
turned home from Cape Cod, Monday,
where he has been looking after his bog
cranoerries. He says the crop this sea-
SON will be the largest he has received
yet The cranberries are very large,
some being as big as good-sized nut
meg.
The Portland daily press., 1893-09-06
BRIEF JoTTINes.

The Musical Record for September has
been received.
Tonight the quarterly meeting OF the
Loyal Legion will be held at the Fall
mouth hotel.
The board of engineers have appointed
Mellen L. Stickney clerk of engine 8.
The South Boston yacht Itires was in
the harbor Monday.
A change of time on the Grand Trunk
is expected Sunday.
The gunners are getting few wood
duck and partridge. A Portland sports
man bagged four wood duck on the
Nonesuch river the other day.
Bright and warmer yesterday morning,
cloudy and showery in the afternoon.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Portland Yacht Club will be held this
evening.
Rev. Father Hurley has purchased
from the city one hundred of the desks
and chairs formerly used in the High
school building. The price paid was 81
each. The chairs are to be used in ST.
Dominic's school.
The committee on public buildings
held session from 12 to yesterday but
transacted only routine business.
By the kindness of Bishop Healy the
altar boys at the cathedral enjoyed de-
lightful excursion to Diamond Island
yesterday.
The Portland daily press., 1893-09-06
RIoBY PARK.
No Horse Yet Found to Trot Against
Nelson.

The entry list for the October opening
at Rigby Park promises to be large. Mr..
Nelson has secured a goodly number at
St. John and Bangor. 1t has been found
impossible to make a match between
Nelson and Kremlin, Stamboul or Nancy
Hanks, the former not being in training
and the two latter having, engagements
in the far West for the remainder of the
season. The first story of the grand stand
will contain a restaurant, ladies wait
ing, check and toilet rooms; gentlemen's
waiting, check and toilet rooms, several
private offices and ample storage. The
waiting rooms will have counter connec-
lions with the restaurant. The lower and
upper deck is divided into ten sections;
each section upon the lower deck will
contain 300 opera chairs and the upper
deck, 210, making total of 5, 700 opera
chairs. Upon the front of the lower deck
there will be five large circular boxes
seating from rs to IS each. The floors of
each deck are to be covered with iron.
The front of the stand, to the fence, is to
be planked, thus affording standing room
for those who prefer to move about.
Tickets will soon be on sale for the open
ing meetings, October 8, 4, and 6. It is
hoped and believed that our citizens, a
very few of whom, as yet, realize the
amount of work and large expenditures
of money which have been:put into Rigby
Park, and which is to prove of great
benefit to this city, will come forward
and make this opening meeting the sue
cess which the management have worked
SO hard to insure.
The stallion Nelson is again at Rigby
Park. and is worked on the track every
pleasant day.
The Portland daily press., 1893-09-06
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FORT ALLEN PARK.
The Improvements Made There This Year
"A Beautiful Addition to Port
lands Park System

The season which is now drawing to a
close has been marked by Some substan-
tial improvements in the park system OF
the city. The remarkably severe dlouth
has somewhat interfered with the work
of the year, as it has absorbed in taking
care of work already done some of the
resources that would otherwise have
been applied to new work. But DIR.
Smith and his associates of the Park
Commission had determined to do one
substantial and lasting piece OF work,
and for that they very happily chose
Fort Allen Park. This is not large
area compared with the great parks OF
some of the large cities, but with It's
outlook over the harbor, islands and
Cape shore, it is place of interest and
beauty such as few cities in the world
can boast. Fort Allen Park is really a
continuation of the Eastern Promenade,
and as such the Park Commissioners
have treated it in the work which they
have done. The old earthwork, thrown
up in 1775, and probably named after the
hero of Ticonderoga, has been retained
and utilized in the finishing Of the park.
Descending from this earthwork towards
the cliff overhanging the water front the
Park Commissioners have made level
esplanade, bordered by a curving drive
way and walk, which sweeps into and
out of the park like letter U. This
driveway not only adds much to the ap-
pearance, but is the proper arrangement
for a park which terminates a great
driveway like the Eastern Promenade.
The work is not yet quite complete, but
gives good idea of what the park will
be another season.
The advantages of the location as a
place of observation have, of course,
been kept first in view. Seats, of which
there are already some, are to be made a
prominent feature of the improvements.
The Portland daily press., 1893-09-06
Farmers Field Day.

A farmers field day meeting will be
held at the Maine State College on We'd
nesday, September 27th. All who are
interested in the work of the institution
are cordially invited to attend. Round
trip tickets, for one fare, will be sold at
all stations in Maine on the Maine Cen
trail and the Bangor & Aroostook rail-
roads, good to go to Orono the Goth and
9th, and to return on the 9th and 2sth.
Beans bread, fruit and coffee will be
served for refreshments. For everything
further visitors will depend upon their
lunch baskets. Those who expect to at
tend this meeting will confer favor by
notifying Prof. Walter Balentine. Orono,
Me-
The Portland daily press., 1893-09-06
state Board of Trade.

A meeting of the State Board of Trade
will be held at Belfast Sept. 18th. The
following is the programme:
How can Maine so improve her principal
markets as to supply her home trade?...
.MI. Z. d. WnSl0W
General discussion ........ ...'.....
What lessons has the Worlds Fair for the
business men OF Maine?...
General discussion
How can the currency that is held IN Maine
be kept in circulation in the State?......
John L. Crosby, Esq, Hon. l. O. Winslow
General discussion. ....-................
The Belfast Journal says: 'sThe
importance Of such a gath
ering in our city of leading bus mess
men from all over the state can hardly
be overestimated. Of course every citi-
zen will feel it incumbent upon him to
do all in his power to make. the meeting
both pleasant and profitable to all con-
cerned."
The Portland daily press., 1893-09-06
MARINE NOTES.
The Seine oat Found off Matinicus Be-
longed to the Ethel and Addie-Mackerei
Still Scarce.

sts
Last Mondays PRESS told of the find
ing of seine boat off Matln1cus py Inc
fishing schooner Annie Sargent. Inc
seine boat was made fast to something
at the bottom; and it was inferred that
a sunken schooner to which the seine
boat might belong was below. 1t has
now been ascertained that the seine ooat
belonged to the schooner Etnel and
Addie, of this port. In the great storm
the boat, which was towing behind,
filed with water and became unmanage-
able. So Captain Alphonso Dyer an
chored her, determined to find her when
the storm should abate.
The Henrietta Francis arrived yester-
day with a hundred and forty barrels OF
mackerel. In the general mackerel
situation there is little Improvement,
and the fishermen are beginning to be a
little anxious.
The yacht Whim arrived in the harbor
yesterday. The Whim is schooner rig
and belongs to the Larchnlont Yacht
club. -
Schooner Alva brought 5000 live lob
3sters, Morning Light 5000, Clara A. Mars
ton 5000 to G. W. Marston & Co.; True
Republican 1000, I. W. Crawford 1000,
Belle 1000 to j. W. Trefethen; J. Q. jane
son 5000, Planter $500, N. F. Trefethen,
steamer Mary Jane 400 to Kennedy &
Willard.
Schooner Robert Graham Dunn, Capt.
Pierce, from Baltimore with coal to the
Grand Trunk, arrived yesterday. The
captain reports that in the gale of August
29th, when off Shovelfull Lightship, he lost
foretopmast and some sails. He anchored
off the lightship and rode out the gale.
He was three weeks from Baltimore and
was out in three gales.
The Portland daily press., 1893-09-06
The Grange.

Master Brigham of the National Grange
will address the patrons of York and
Cumberland counties at Alfred town hall
Tuesday, Sept. 18th, at 2 p. m. York
County Pomona Grange meets at $50 a.
m. The afternoon meeting will be open
to the public. Half fare on the Maine
Central railroad (Mountain Division) to
Cumberland Mills; also on the Portland
G. Rochester from Portland and all
stations in Maine.
The Portland daily press., 1893-09-06
Portland, Mt. Desert s. Maohias Steam

Portland, Mt. Desert s. Machias Steam
boat Company.
Beginning Saturday, September 9th,
and continuing throughout the remain
der of the season, the steamer Frank
Jones will make two round trips week
between Rockland and Machiasport.
weather permitting, instead of three
round trips a week as at present. The
schedule of these trips will be as fol-
lows: Leave Rockland for Machiasport
and intermediate landings on Wednes-
days and Saturdays at ga. m. Return
ing, leave Machiasport for Rockland and
intermediate landings on Mondays and
Thursdays at a. m.
The Portland daily press., 1893-09-06
Horse CarlBroke Down.

AS one of the Congress street horse
cars reached Smith street on its trip
west: about-s. As p. m. yesterday, 1T
stopped for passenger to get off. When
the car started again wheel came off
and down went the car on the track
An attempt was made to get the car off
the rails and the axle broke in two.
Finally the car was moved to the side
of the street from whence it was in
tended to remove it to the repair shops.
The Portland daily press., 1893-09-06

The PRESS, in it's report of the city
meeting of Monday evening said that the
estate, county and city taxes assessed up
on the citizens, etc., of Portland for the
year 1898, be made payable November LIST
1893; that all paid before October, LIST
next be allowed a discount of one per
cent; and that interest at the rate of G
per sent be charged after November LIST,
1893 The paper should have said "that
all taxes PAID before October 3lst next
Instead of October LIST, be allowed dis
count of one peT cent?
The Portland daily press., 1893-09-06

There have been numerous devices for hitch
ing horses in the stall and on the street, with
view to prevent harm, if a horse should cast
himself. Many have had good points. but those
that were good were too costly to come into
general use. At last there has been inverted
Crepeau's Safety Halter Rope, yeEy simple,
low cost and effective contrivance, which fills
tho bill. 1t is very simple, well made and not
liable to get out of order, and accomplishes ali
that is claimed for it. Manufactured by Henry
Crepeau Portland, Me.
The Portland daily press., 1893-09-06

when Baby was sick, we gave her Cassoris.
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria'
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria
dec11 eod&1wy