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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-04

New York, Feb 8, 3 p. m.-Flour steady;
southern flour weak; sales 200 barrels. Wheat
tirmer; No. red 79A07s1Sc in store and eleya-
tor: S01f6tS034c afioat; options dull aud closing
firm nc above yesterday; the action of the
House on the antioption bill tends to restrain
all business No. red February delivery 7S56c;
March delivery 79}6c; May delivery 6l55c. Corn
steady; steamer mixed 52l6c; No. 2 white $780,
options dull, declining early HlDl6c, rallied and
closed firm at yesterdays prices; February de-
livery 541fc; March delivery 531ac; May delivery
531fc Oats dull; mixed lower; options IN.
changed No. 2 3Sc; No. 3 3714c; No. 2 white 40
0o4O14c; mixed western 3s03y1Sc; white mixed
western 39D46c. Coffee quiet ana closed steady
$3.50 up; February delivery II 4jGI!7 co; March
delivery II 200l1 IS; May delivery IL 550i6 50;
September delivery ~ 45Dl6 80; December
delivery l6 30D16 40; spot Rio firm; No 1sc.
Sugar-Raw steady; molasses sugar, s9o test,
9 IS l6c. Moasses-Foreign nominal; New Or
leans open kettle in fair demand and firm. Pee
nuts quiet. Pork dull. Beef quiet. Beef hams
firm. Tierced beef steady Cut meats quiet;
short clear sil 3716 Lard higher; western
steam 81 .; city 81 80; March delivery e12 O5;
May delivery Si2 20 asked: refined hrmer:
continent s12 80; South America Sl275. Freignts
to Liverpool duh and steadier, cotton by steam
3.32d; grain by steam 1919.
CHICAGO, Feb 5.-Uucertainty IN regard 10
tue anti-op'ion bill kept the market In very
unsettled condition to-day. Wheat opened
Evening journal., 1893-04-28
100000 FOR STREET IMPROVEMENT
The Committee Authorized to Borrow
That Amount by City Council at Their
Meeting Last Night.

The Committee Authorized to Borrow
That Amount BY City Council at Their
Meeting Last Night.
All the members were present at the
meeting Of the City Council last night.
President Benson presided
The account of John J. Mealy, as
administrator of Martin J. Mealy, tax
collector of the Southern district of the
city. was settled.
An order was drawn up for 81 So, in
favor of Thomas Tatnall, for the refund
of overpaid taxes.
The Finance Committe reported favor
ably the bills of Lelion Collins amount
ing to $751; 25; Thomas Pagan, $500 43,
and Winchester g. Co., $135S3. for the
collection of garbage. Total, $3.50 Of.
The Law Committee was in favor OF
the ordinance, authorizing the borrow.
ing Of 5000, 600, for the use of the sire ct
department
The bill, making an appropriation Of
$4,000 for the relief Of thelPolice Depart
ment was adopted. Mr.. Perkins said that
this extraordinary bill, was not caused
by any fault Of the City Council.
The city treasurer report was as fol
lows: Received from Edmund Mitchell,
5000; from Eugene Sayers, 5000 and from
the depositary banks, $4, 946 40; balance
in bank for current expenses, S., 746, 40
balance in the Union National Bank,
$41 ,476 06.
Messrs. McKelvey, Griffin and Thomas
were authorized TO borrow the 5000, 000
for street improvements.
Evening journal., 1893-04-28

WE have received an invitation to at
tend the Worlds Congress Of Representa-
tive Women under the auspices of the
National-American Woman Suffrage
Association at Chicago, May 10 to the
81. We cannot 60. We do not wish TO
incur anybody's enmity by saying that
we are not in favor of this movement"
which does not move at all, except in
Kansas with the other Kansininities
which prevail in cyclonic perfection
there. II we went we could not stay
more than a day or a sufficient time to
hear the big title and the grand objects
of the association. The full title, Of
which we have given portion only
above, contains thirty-o -one words. 1t
contains four worlds, three women,
three congresses and other words calcu-
lated to make the announcement formid
able TO representatives in the state Legisla-
lures. But the invitation has a picture
to stun those whom the title does not
affect. The picture represents a PEN
sively sad Millet's Angelus sort of girl
with doWncast eyes ana towey hair
dressed in the mortar board cap and
gown as a senior wrangler above, and an
impoverished and unhilarious farmer
driving a COW and woman hitched to a
wooden stick plow below. It is one Of
those object lesson pictorial arguments,
Look on this, then on that" which are
always more harrassing than truthful
Now there are many women who would
prefer TO assist pensive quiet and philo.
sophie COW to pull plow than live the
life Of a senior wrangler at Cambridge.
There are some who would not, could
not, be lured from the field to listen to
one speech even Of the loudest, shrillest
woman in that big named congress II
those women assist the COW in making
good crops they may, perhaps, do more
good In the world than those who stamp
and fume on rostrums and pass silly
resolutions. We are not disposed to be
greatly excited over the case Of the
woman who walks besides cow drag
ing plow There are civilized women
doing worse than that.
Evening journal., 1893-04-28
Long Horse Car Line.

"a street car line 90 miles long is pret-
ty good for length" said II. G. Fouse at
the Southern. "There is such line in
the Argentine Republic, but it isn't the
longest in the world. The street car line
between Vera Cruz and Jalapa is 63
miles in length. have ridden on it, and
the trip isn't much worse than it used to
be to go to Lowell a few years ago on
what was the old Fifth street line in this
city. Horses are changed about every 10
miles. When the grade is steep, they are
changed at shorter intervals.
"The distance is covered in about eight
hours, and the fare Is 10 cents a mile.
The superintendent Of the line is a man
named Thraillill, who was one Of Guam
trelrs heutenants during the war. These
unusually long horse car lines that one
finds in South America are relics Of the
first attempts at railroad building, the
primitive road of this kind having beer
devised somewhere in Massachusetts,, the
cars running on wooden rails and being
drawn by horses. st. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Evening journal., 1893-04-28

they are not considered as a part of the
girls duty and she gets nothing, what.
ever in payment, for what she tells as
news. which If published In the daily
papers would cost from 9 to 20 cents a
week besides the trouble of reading it.
The servant girl tells it spontaneously,
between times. so that it neither inter-
rupts her work nor prevents her mistress
from pretending to have a headache
when she doesn't wish to see disagree.
able callers or entertain church. going
beaux whose intentions are not serious
enough to 60 to pay entertainment.
The servant girl, who stays
only short time in each
family, can soon know the private
history, small economies and secret sins
OF an entire community. She is not dan
gerous, but she is sometimes aggravat.
ing to those families she has left in a
particularly high state of disgust. In
such cases she is always more welcome,
more valuable. or, at least, more enter
tanning to the family she is in.
or course we do not know that the
servant girls departure from her respec
tive places is co incident with the com
pletion of her repetoire-that in theat-
rical phrase she has played out her
engagement-but it does seem that when
her store of stories has been exhausted
that her services are no longer valuable
That leads us to remark that the servant
girl does not always get either credit or
pay for what she does She sometimes
puts a whole church, neighborhood, ON
the ragged-edge and still gets no credit
for it. She may entertain the entire
block from the back stoop and still
obtain the wages of scullery maid only.
Evening journal., 1893-04-28
When rennrson Was MADE a Peer.

I spent with Lord Tennyson long
evening till nearly midnight the day be-
fore he took his oaths and his seat as a
peer. He was occupied a good deal in
writing and bringing to perfection a
poem of four lines, which he told me
had given him as much trouble as many
a substantive poem of some length. Il
was interesting to hear of his tentative
efforts and his rejection of them, till his
ear and his mind were perfectly satisfied.
Next day met him in tive house Of lords
and saw him write his name on the roll
of peers.
The attendance in the house was ex-
ceedingly scanty on that historic occa-
sion. do not think that a dozen per
sons were present. The poet was not in
the smallest degree elated. His true
eminence lowered supremely above the
adventitious honor, yet he could not but
feel the qualification which had arisen,
not from the fulfllment of kind of am
bition which he had never felt, but from
the sense of the secure fame involved ii
tho recognition by his country of the
priceless services which he had rendered
to her observation-disclosures Sunday Mag.
azine.
Evening journal., 1893-04-28
Horses In spectacIes,

Horses, it appears, are taking kindly
to spectacles. The Optician, which has
made special investigations into the sub
iect, gives the case Of a short sighted
horse whose owner ordered for him a
pair of spectacles. They were made to
fasten firmly into the head stall so that
they could not be shaken out Of place.
At first the animal appeared startled by
this addition to his harness, but he soon
got used to his glasses and liked them
so much that when he was turned out
to pasture he felt uneasy and uncomfort-
able without his goggles and one Sunday
hung around the barn and whinnied so
plaintively that the owner put the head
stall and goggles on him, and the horse
was so glad that he rubbed the mans
shoulder with his nose as the only meth
cd of returning thanks.
Dogs who suffer from short sighted
ness have also been provided with spec
tacles and have been able thereby to
recognize their canine acquaintance
much further off than before. If the
system is not carried further no great
harm will be done, but suppose ''uppish'
horses and dogs insist upon discarding
goggles for the pincenez or even the
monocle? Puppies in eyeglasses would
be Observation-Disclosures Telegraph.
Evening journal., 1893-04-28

DURING a speech at the meeting of the
Union League Club in memory of Grant
last night, Colonel VIC P. Breckinridge
of Kentucky. an ex.Confederate said
We sometimes hear of startling meta.
morphosis Of men I'm Oriental histories
What story can be stronger than of him
called suddenly out of obscurity to take
his place on the pages Of history to take
bis place as the President of great
country2 All of the South can admit
that the general to whom we surrendered
was worthy Of being immortal The
proudest reason that Grant was immor-
tai Is that he conquered Confederates y
When you go South the men you
meet are those you met in battle. Hav-
ing lost like gentlemen we abide the re-
suit. II isn't the man that apologies
but It is the man that is faithful now,
because the country he helps to build up
Is his country now.
That Is TO say, the man who believed
he was right then and the man who
knows he is right now is more trust.
worthy than the man who comes back
regretting, begging, cringing, sneaking
II is the brave, manly man this country
needs, not the man who fawns and fat.
ters for thrift.
Evening journal., 1893-04-28

THE responsibility for whatever is
done or left undone in the Harris case
must rest in any event upon the COVER
nor and upon the governor
alone 1t would have been better,
perhaps, IL he had conducted the hearing
In person instead of delegating this duty
to another, for he would then have seen
the witnesses himself and have been able
to note their appearance, demeanor and
manner Of testifying, and thus TO form
his own judgment Of their credibllity.
New York Sun
1t would have been better still. to
have left the case with the courts. But
Governor Flower seems to wish TO obtain
a pretext for what he has already deter
mined to do namely: reprieve Carlyle
Harris Yet how he can do that is in.
explicable. The man is either guilty Of
wife.murder or he is innocent. He
should be free or dead. There is no
middle ground.
Evening journal., 1893-04-28
TabIe Decoration.

The fashion Of beautifying tho table,
which in these days is carried to such an
extent, is by no means so original as
many claim it to be. It is simply the
revival Of an old custom. We are told
that in France when the great joints
grew distasteful and small dishes took
their place decorations Of the table
changed too. Permanent pieces called
"dormants, or "surtouts," made of crys-
tai and mounted in silver were placed in
the middle of the table, and from them
branched candelabra Of gilt and silver,
vases filed with flowers, tiny trays COW
cred with sweetmeats, or here and there
statuettes.
Finally the surtout grew so large that
it almost covered the table. People at
last grew tired Of the monotony of this
ornament, no matter how artistic it
might be, and instead the center of the
table was often covered with layer Of
potter's clay, in which a florist would
set cut flowers in any design that pleased
him. Artists were often employed to
decorate the table, the center Of which
would be covered with temples, bridges,
amphitheaters or emblematic groups Of
figures, all made Of paste.
Sometimes the artist would represent
landscape covered with snow. M.
Carada invented an artificial hoarfrost,
which was melted by the heat Of the
room, during which process the guests
saw the thawing of the river and the
budding of the trees and flowers as spring
succeeded winter. There were also the
"sableurs," who, by means of beautiful
ly colored sands, powdered marbles,
ground glass, beads and bread crumbs,
made very ingenious figures upon the ta-
BILE cloths.-Harpers Bazaar.
Evening journal., 1893-04-28
SILK Frnm Wood PnIn.

We are accustomed to the use Of paper
made from sawdust. An attempt has
been made to produce artificial silk from
a similar source, the pulp Of wood. Rib
bons Of many hues have been exhibited,
and the cost is said to be less than half
that Of real silk ribbons. the fabric being
almost as good in appearance. But at
Besancon it seems that the production of
silk from wood pulp has been long car
ried on, and large works have been built
for the trade. It has never come into
common use, one reason being the ex-
treme inAammability of the material, as
well as its want Of durability.-London
Leisure Hour.
Evening journal., 1893-04-28

ACTING Secretary Of the Treasury
Hamlin said yesterday that the financial
situation continues satisfactory" The
Treasury received and accepted yester-
day several offers of gold. The amounts
were not large, but the offers came from
diverse points, showing general dispo
siiion to help build up the Treasury gold.
The evidence continues to accumulate to
show that the Treasury is not at the
mercy Of the Wall Street bankers. That
Is q political theory which has been sedu.
lously cultivated by the bankers and toe
iImidly yielded to by the party which has
Just been overthrown. It is similar ia
the theory that commerce cannot exist OF
flourish unless a few rich men are hired
TO promote It.
Evening journal., 1893-04-28
SERVANT GIRLS.

The servant girl is much written about,
more thoroughly talked about than any
thing under the sun, except babies and
husbands. She gets great deal of
credit for not doing things and often
very little credit, and frequently less
money for what she does do. Some.
times, indeed, great injustice is done by
not giving her credit when she particu-
larly deserves credit.
The servant girl is ubiquitous chiefly
for two reasons: First, because she is
an indifferent servant; and second, be.
cause she has an indifferent mistress.
The average mistress and the average
girl are perhaps equally indifferent
Hence they frequently change, either Al
the motion of one or because Of the emo
tions of both.
That habit of changing enables a ser
want girl to gather information concern
ing the domestic life and eccentricities 6r
the family, emitting nothing that viii
be agreeable and refreshing to tel
the next mistress, as if that were tn,
chief department of her industry.
When she leaves one place this infor
nation is related in the bosom of the
next family without losing any Of thos'
decorative embellishments which goot
memory, fertile imagination, petty
malice and a bevy of appreciatiye and en-
couraging listeners will always inspire
Some of these tales may be true and &C
curate; they are always enter
tanning They are often usefu
aud frequently instructive. But
Evening journal., 1893-04-28
TO ROBERT BURNS

Sweet singer, that lo'e the maist
o. ony, sim wi eager haste
i smacket bairn lips over the taste
o. hinnied sang,
I hail thee, though blessed ghaist
In heaven langi
For, weel ken, nae cantie phrase,
Nor courtly airs, nor lairdly ways,
Could gar me freer blame or praise,
Or proifer hand
Where "Rantin Robbie" and his lays
Thegither stand.
And sac these namely lines send,
WI jinglin words at illSa end,
In echo OF the sangs that wend
Frae thee TO me
Like simmer brooks, wi mony bend
o. wimplin glee.
-Jnmcs WhitcOmb Riley
Evening journal., 1893-04-28

TIE changes that have been made in
the police force will Justify themselves
The Republicans may blame their officials
for the arguments, the scandals, which
they furnished to procure the legislation
necessary to produce the changes. It is
not necessary to mention the scandals
which have followed the wake and soilsd
the record Of the police since they have
had control. Without those scandals the
Legislature could not have been induced
TO consider any change. The facts
which were brought to the notice of the
legislators forced them to act.
Evening journal., 1893-04-28
WANAMARER,a.
Philadelphia, Friday. April 2s, 1898.
The weather to-day is likely
to be clear.

Housekeepers, matrons,
chefs, cooks, housemaids,
messengers have been coming,
singly and in groups, for the
German Onyx Kitchen Ware.
We do not sell it to dealers.
But the average number of
pieces sold to each buyer is
twelve.
Have you bought your quota
yet? If not you will not get
it unless you buy soon. The
list is repeated for your infor-
nation.
Tipped Saucepans. 10, 16, 10, %, 25,
44, 5Sc.
Dippers, 10, %, 29c.
Dish Pans. 6S, 70, $1.10. 81 25.
Drinking Cups, 13, 10, 49, 10, %, 25c
Pudding Dishes, 10, %, 25, 30, 35c.
Farina Boilers, zoe, 81, $1.25, $163.
Soap Dishes, 19c
Pie Plates, 10, 16, %, 19c.
Skimmers, II, 1Sc.
Soup Ladies', IA, Is, II, IS, 19c.
Tea Pots, 70, 80, 94c.
Coffee Pots, 80. 81, 70, 80. 94c.
Tea Kettles, 40. S8c, 81, 81. 10.
Wash Basins, 30, 81, 42. 49c.
Preserving Kettles, 20, 80, 80, Al, 80,
81, GO. 10, 95c
Baking Pans, IS, 10, %, % 90, 8ec.
Cooking Pots 80, Al, AZ, "a, &c.
Pitchers. 63, 7S, $50.
Butter Kettles, rs, Ssc, 81, 1926
Convex Sauce Pans, 90, 63, SO, 70, $50
Basement
The Long Trouser Boy likes
a stylish Suit as well as the
dressiest man of them all.
Can't get it, say you? Wrong;
that's a has been. There are
some heaped up tables in the
big Clothing store that will in
terest you as well as the L. T. B.
Homespun Suit, medium color, 81. 90
Cheviot Suit, D B. Coat, $S.
More quality at So, $40,
$II, $I2 and up to $22.5o.
A Market street window full
of Mems $40 Overcoats. The
closer you look the more you'll
wonder. $Io seems absurdly
little for almost any of them.
1t is, but we do things that
way every now and again.
Juniper and Market streets.
JOHN WANAMAKER.
Evening journal., 1893-04-28

against all organizations An organiza-
tlon to prevent any man from earn
ing his bread in his own way,
and to punish him for attempting to do
that without the consent Of the organi-
zation, is equally opposed to the genius
and institutions of this country as an
organization to fix the price of bread, and
reduce the price of labor beyond those
normal limits of the laws of supply and
demand. Those laws are often rigid
and cruel enough-mans assistance is
not needed to make them depressing
often oppressive.
Evening journal., 1893-04-28

DURING his conference with the
bankers in New York Secretary Carlisle
stated the position of this administra-
tion in regard to the currency frankly.
He says that the issue of bonds at this
time is an inadequate and unnecessary
expedient. He says the currency laws
need revision, having been enacted to
catch the votes Of the silver aud
Western states and not lose the votes
Of the Eastern states; and that the pro.
posed revision should start with the
repeal Of the Sherman silver purchase
law
Evening journal., 1893-04-28

PENNSYLVANIA furnished two notable
news items yesterday. Two women way
laid, sand bAgged and robbed man in
Hazelton; and Philadelphian went to
Bristol and stole a team of horses, a
heavy wagon loaded with hay and $50
Pennsylvania people were always indus.
trious
Evening journal., 1893-04-28

THERE were many police officers who
might have been retained; in fact the
whole police department would have
been left as It was, if Mayor Wiley aud
Jester had not furnished the arguments
for changing it. Why did not those who
are objecting to the results object to the
causesf Can any sensible man declare
that he expected the people to overlook,
excuse, Palliate and continue Mayor
Wiley, Jester, the two detectives
Blackburn and WigglesworthG Have W,
no sense, no decency2 Have they n,
shamel
Evening journal., 1893-04-28
DEATH OF DENNIS AHERN.
Was In { he Employ of the Delaware Rail
road Company Thirty-aeven Years.

Was In The Employ of the Delaware Rail-
road Company Thirty-Heven Years.
Dennis Ahern, foreman Of section No.
@, Delaware railroad died at If 30
o'clock last night, at the residence of
his daughter, Mrs Andrew Locksrman,
in Blackbirds hundred, aged GO years
He leaves four sons and two daughters
P j. Ahern, yard foreman at the Delaware
Iron Works, New Castle John P. Ahern,
ticket agent, for the Queen Anne aud
Kent railroad at Wilmington: William
A Ahern, telegraph operator at Mt
Pleasant; Eugene Ahern of this city
Mrs. Mary Hibbard Of West Chester, Pa
and Mrs. Andrew Lockerman.
Mr.. Ahern vas born in County Cork,
Ireland, and has been In the employ Of
the Delaware Railroad Company for
thirty seven years.
The funeral will take place at the
home Of his daughter Mrs. Lockerman,
on Saturday at s 80 a. m.
The remains will then be taken to
Dover for interment in the Holy Cross
Cemetery
Evening journal., 1893-04-28
snrEx striking can makers were bound

SEVEN striking cap makers were bound
over in Philadelphia yesterday to answer
the charges Of interfering with the
business OF Berger & Fein, cap manu-
factursrs, and assault and battery on
employees who had taken the strikers
places. These violences. the legitimate
outcome Of the anarchistic and vindica-
tive tsachings of many of the orators,
walking delegates and other salaried
men Of the labor organizations. prevent
the settlements which might otherwise
be made and create in-feeling and enmity
Evening journal., 1893-04-28

THE first note of delay in the World s
Fair exhibits is that Of the Federal
government which will not be ready till
May Is. Other delays will occur but
there will be still enough sights to make
the hayseeds dizzy. Chicago is a grand
sight in itself and is capable of giving
man liberal education II he will pay
for it; and able to make him pay for it
whether he is willing or not.
Evening journal., 1893-04-28

TIE replacement of J. w Aydon as
the superintendent of the Fire Alarm
Telegraph is right and proper He
should not have been removed He
was competent, skillful and expsr
fenced electrician; Mr.. Pearson, for whom
he was removed was simply a Republi
can. As Republican we have no OBJ
lection 10 him; but as a man who tool
an Office he was incompetent to FIJI anC
which he has filed bunglingly, we hav,
serious objections to him. It is gooC
thing for the city and oreditable thing
for the Board of Commissioners thai
they have put J. w. Aydon back. II,
is competent. and that is the reason b
has been replaced.
Evening journal., 1893-04-28

A NUMBER Of ex.Confederate soldiers
engaged IN the exercises at the Union
League Club of Philadelphia in honor of
the birthday of Grant. Still the country
survives
Evening journal., 1893-04-28

MRS. CLEVELAND has returned to
Washington. being unable to attend the
ball in New York last night. The ex-
aggerated rumors concerning her sick
ness are not warranted, and her sickness
is not as unexpected as it is inopportune.