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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-11
PERSONAL.

The failure OF the suit to break the will OF
the late Joseph Walker, OF Portland, Me, in
sures the distribution OF $50 coo for charitable
and educational purposes.
Professor Fritch. OF Germany, states that
his apparatus for photo graphing projectiles
in fight is the invention Of little S. Otch boy
| named Vernon, ~ years old.
Helen NJ. Flint was a noted Boston spiritua-
| list few years ago. She died in Chicago
last week. and her only dying request was
that her body should be disseeted for medl-
| cal purposes.
Henry Goebel, who. il is said, invented the
| tneandescent electric light, died OF pneumo-
MA few days ago in New York. He was the
father OF fourteen children, seven Of whom
| survive bin.
William G. Fargo. Of Buffalo, few years
ago built magnificent residence which cost
SDuO01 Recently land In that vicinity has
Lecome so valuable that the mansionfs to be
TORN GOWN down and the property cut up into
building lots.
Caroline Scott Harrison, the late wife of
| ex-President Harrison is to be remembered
by the Daughters of the American Revolu-
tlon, VINO are having full length portrait of
MRS. Harrison painted which is to be hung in
the executive mansion at Washington.
Secretary Herbert had to advertise last
week for two men as engine fire tenders at
INC navy ydFuS. lHcre was no applicants Tor
tne position. although it pays PA day, and
SO the secretary was compelled to do like
other business establishments advertise for
his help.
Foreign papers say that the emperor of
Germany while hunting on the estates of
Count Zichnowski recently. used four guns
and 2 900 cartridges. and killed 40 pheasants
AIter the dinner which closed the days en-
terIalnment, the emperor took the baton Of
the leader of the band which furnished the
music and directed the men.
CALIFORNIA; first governor, Peter H. Bur
nett recently celebrated his seth birthday in
san Francisco. In speaking of his career, he
SAID II came from Oregon to San Francisco
ABOUT two years before the discovery of gold
IN Callfotnla. San Francisco was a little
town OF about 500 inhabitants then, / should
Judge. Soon afterward | was made an asso-
ciate justice of the territorial supreme court.
and while the constitutional convention was
In session, in 1919, became a candidate for
governor OF the state"
John P. Hopkins, who has been nominated
for mayor of Chicago by the democrats, is
one OF the youngest men who have ever en-
loyed that distinction, having been born Oct.
~, 1888, in Buffalo. He moved from that city
70 chicago in 1879 finding employment with
the Pullman Company, whose paymaster he
nnally became. He is now interested in a
general store at KeEsington. In politics he
mas been president of the ook county democ-
racy, and was delegate to the last demo
cratic national convention. He is a large.
handsome man, of dark complexion. His
opponent, George B. Swift who was nomi-
mated BY the republicans, is native of Gin
cinnau, where he was born in 1886 He went
10 chicago IN 1852, is a manufacturer, and
was special treasury agent during Presi-
dent Arthur administration.
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Swat in His Castle.

"Hark, What's that"
Mrs. McSwat sat up and listened. says
the Chicago Tribune.
'.Biligerl" she exclaimed in a hoarse
whisper, shaking her snoring husband. i
hear noise
.'Wh-what? Wheref" said Mr. Nc swat,
waking. What's the matter, Lobelia:"
"Sh! Listen, There it IS again! 1t s down
stairs. Billiger, somebody's in the houseI'
Blllger listened a moTuent.
She was right.
There was a noise down stairs-a shutting,
stealthy kind Of noise. as il made by some
cody who was unacquainted with the preIn1-
ses, and had no business there.
he rose, dressed himself by thrusting his
| feet in a pair of slippers and pulling on a
dressing gown Then he lighted dark Ian
tern he had purchased for emergencies of
| thls kind, armed himself with a patent car
pet stretcher-one Of the deadltest weapons
known to science-and turned to mis- wife
"Lobella,' ne whispered huskily, remain
| here! You can do no good I will meet this
invader alone Bat stay II there should be
more than one" he continued, and you near
me call out, YOU may come to the top OF the
stairs and yell. Make all the noise you can.
1t VIII convey the impression that we are eX-
pecting them and are prepared"
with his dark lantern and the deadly car
pet sire cner, he started slowly down the
stairway, coughing loudly as he went.
Mrs. McSwat listened with eagerness. She
could near Billiger rasping his terrible
weapon against the balustrade and coughing
with violence that increased every moment.
Presently the noises ceased. 1t was evil
ueht mat Billlger was searching the house 10
slip upon the marauders unawares.
linen there came wild yell
without waiting to assure herself whether
1t came from Btlliger or the burglars, Mrs.
McSwat seized chair ran to the head of the
stairs, screamed with all her might, tumDled
the chair down to the floor below, rushed
back for the WaShbowl and pitcher. sent them
! flying after the chair hurled down a broom.
another chair, small trunk, bootjack and
several other articles of a portable nature
That stood or lay within reach, her voice ring
ing out all the time in q series of wild Shrieks.
While the din was al its height Mr.. Bllliger
McSwat appeared at the foot Of the stairs.
"Lobelia!' he shouted lodging nimbly as a
| towel rack few past his head, what on earth
do you mean by this Internal racket? You've
broken 500 worth of furniture and reused the
nelghborhood! The police and tire depart
m 3nt viii be here If you don't stop"
Wasn't there any burglar, Bllllger?' asked
Mrs. A1cSwat.
"Burglar!" snorted Billiger, climbing over
stairs three steps a time. Burglar: No
1t was only the at Didn't you hear it screech
when kicked it out of the parlor: Burglar"
he exclaimed contemptuously, throwing the
patent carpet stretcher under the bureau, ex-
tlnguishing the dark lantern, and crawling
between the sheets again. "Lobelia, if you
hear any more burglars or thieves or robbers
IN this house to-nt{ht and wake me up again,
there going to be trouble! Go to bed
And all the rest OF the long, weary night
Iobella lay abed, wide awake, and listened to
the deep, eeaseless snoring of Mr.. Btlliger
McSWat.
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Alfred Ellison in Chicago Reco


The Lullaby Land is wonderful land
Not found on the maps of men;
For the dimpled hand of the Lullaby Land
Knows nothing of pencil or pen.
And the only way you can reach this land
Is to take up the thread of years
And follow it back life S winding track
To mothers smiles and tears.
And there you find the Lullaby Land,
with its Rocl-By river Of mirth
Flowing on to the deep of Sleep, Baby, Slice p
The suuniest ocean on earth.
And up by the lake they call Wide Awake
Is many goblin and fay:
And fairies and elves that swallow themselves
10 brighten the people away.
Oh, a wonderful land is the Lullaby Land
Where little wee folk are founA
Who only coo when they talk to YOU,
And laugh with a llsping sound
Their hair is sunny, their eyes are blue
AS the depth of summer sky;
And their breath as soft as the winds aloft
When spirst goes floating by.
And these little wee folks have the funniest
ship,
That like pendulum swings
In perfect time to the worldless rhyme
OF q song their mother sings.
And these little wee 70 ks get into that ship
And go sailing and sailing away.
Exploring the streams Of the Land of Dreams
All night till the break of day.
And when they get tired and long for ride,
No saddle nor bride have they,
But they mount in glee on their father knee,
And go racing and chasing away;
Prancing and dancing with sway and swing,
OF fears they have never a one,
For when their steed increases his speed
1t only increases their fun.
o, isn't it coy and rosy and rare
To live in the Lullaby Land?
Where skies are as blue as the sun shines
through,
And life so lovely and grand
If | could but take my own choice tonight
OF ali the countries of men.
l would take up my stand in the Lullaby Land
And never would leave it again
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-11
Sinking Jury Duty.

A newspaper item that was extensively
copied a short while ago told how ex-
Secretary Carl Schurz had run from and
lodged a process server in order to escape
jury duty, but had finally been captured
and required to attend the court, where
hepaid a fine rather than go into the jury
box. Mr.. Schurz's action in this matter,
however, is not exceptional. He is man of
a type. 1t is matter of common knOwl-
edge that in every town and city there
are numbers Of the best citizens who
never go into the jury box; they are
habitual shirkers of that responsibility,
and are always willing to pay a fine if
they may thereby evade jury duty. The
percentage of these shirkers in proper
tion to the number competent to weigh
evidence correctly and return just
verdict is in many communities very
large, with the result that professional"
jurors are to be found almost everywhere,
and great many iuries are made up of
these professionals and men of Indifferent
intelligence
On the subject of Sinking jury duty,
President Florance of the Law Reform
association, of louisiana, made an inter
esting address before the association last
week, IN the course of which he uttered
words of sharp admonition to the leading
men of communities who seek by every
means at their command to avail them
selves of exemption from jury service.
BY such actions on the part of the bust
ness men and well-to-do citizens jury
service is left to the iLiterate and impecun-
iods, with the result that startling mis-
carriages of justice frequently occur.
Much of the mob violence and many
of the lynchings that occur are
the outcome of lack of con
fidence in juries, and for much of that
lack of confidence these men of intelli-
gence and standing who evade the jury
box are responsible. The refusal of the
leading citizens to take part in the work
of the courts creates public sentiment
in opposition to them, and 1.-The courts
are powerless when public opinion OPP
poses them" Bewailing the prevalence
of mob rule or lynch law will avail moth
ing, so long as the mOurners remain at
home and refuse to take an active part
in the enforcement of the law. "If juries
are to be retained as part of the ma
chinery of the law" says President
Florance, directly upon those who evade
jury duty is the blood of those uniustly
slain and the dishonor of the state"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-11
A Financial Transaction.

Say, mister said a boy who had just
ove-ta1en market wagon, after pursuing it
for four or five blocks, DO you want to know
who hit you in the neck with that hard snow
ball?"
You bet ] do. - replied the man, slackening
speed says the Washington Star.
win you gimme quarter eff | keteh him
and bring him here:'
Yep"
Gimme fifty cents?"
Yes said the driver lifting his whip from
the socket; but won't give you any more n
that.
We'll git the money ready"
You haven't got the boy that threw the
snowfall yet
Yes, have. That boy is me Dads sick.
and me mother can git work The twins is
too little TO earn anything an if | don /
hustle there won be any Christmas at our
house. III take ltckin any day fur fifty
cents.
sonny, said the market man. in a voice
that was remarkably husky, here's yer
fifty cents. I'm in hurry now-you needn t
bother about dehyerin the goods Wen call
ii square
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INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

MEETINGS Clinton Lodge, No. 81 F. & A
M; De Kalb Lodge, No. 9, 1. o. o. F.; Ger
man Friendly Society.
SPECIAL NOTICEs-Liquor Licenses, Notice
to the Public. Fireworks, Henry solomon &
Son; The Duplicates of Our London Cut Falk
Clothing Company.
MILITARY ORDERs-orders No. %, savan-
nah Volunteer Guards.
IT is DUTY-Falk Clothing Company.
LEGAL SALEs-City Marshal's Sale.
NOTICE TO INvEsTORs-The Savannah Con
struction Company.
AUCTION SALEs-C Clothing, Hats, Etc, by
J. H. Oppenheim & Son.
STEAMSHIP SCHEDULE-Ocean Steamship
Company; Baltimore Steamship Company.
No DIVORCE SUITs-At Kohler's.
ts8 $40, SIC For A SUIT-.B. Il. Levy & Bro
WE HAVE SOME GOOD NEws--Appel &
Schaul.
RAILROAD SCHEDULE--J., ST A. and L r.
Ry; The Tropical Trunk Line.
CHEAP COLUMN ADVERT sEMENTs-Help
Wanted Employment Wan ed; For Rent; For
Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
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Opening of the Manchester Canal.

Opening of the Manchester Canal.
The formal opening of the Manchester,
England, ship canal, which occurred on
Thursday last, is matter of interest to
Savannah, and to every other cotton ex-
porting port in the country. Heretofore
Liverpool has dominated the cotton
traffic. The opening of the canal means
the weakening of Liverpool's power and
the cheapening of freight rates, which
means better returns for American ship
pers. Cargoes loaded at Savannah
wharves can now be taken to the mills at
Manchester without breaking bulk, and
at less cost for canal tolls and wharfage
than has been charged at Liverpool for
trans-shipment alone
The opening of the canal marks the
completion of one of the greatest of engi-
neering undertakings, that of making a
seaport of a city fifty miles
inland and co., feet above sea
level 1t is a greater work, probably,
than the Suez canal, because of the pc
culiar difficulties that attended it's build
ing, all of which were scientifically sur
mounted. Work was begun on the canal
in 1887. Two years earlier, after several
years of fighting between Manchester and
Liverpool, parliament passed an act au-
thorizing its construction but so ardent
was LiverpOol's objections that it took all
of the Intervening time between the pas
sage of the act and the beginning of the
work to wipe out technicalities and secure
rights of way. Liverpool was Jealous of
her cotton trade, which she knew very
So,
deeply if the canal should be built.
The canal traverses a thicl5ly settled
country, and crosses four railway lines,
seven public roads, and the Bridgewater
canal, and all of these had to be provided
for with expensive and sometimes diff
cult bridges. The arrangement for the
Bridgewater canal is the best piece of
engineering on the ship canal line. The
Bridgewater is a canal of six feet
draught. Its level is some feet above the
level of the ship canal. To preserve the
Bridgewater's level a huge swinging
tank of steel, 234 feet long, % feet wide,
and containing depth of six feet of wa
ter, bridges the ship canal and forms
part of the smaller canal The big tank
weighs, when full 1,450 tons, and is
moved upon sixty-four rollers. 1t turns
in a quarter-circ after the manner of
the railway bridges now in common use,
to permit of the passage of vessels
There is no similar canal device in us
anywhere.
Fine sets of locks, capable of accommo-
dating the largest ocean steamers, over
come the difference between the levels of
Manchester and the sea. The canal has
a minimum depth of twenty-six feet for
its entire length, and at the Manchester
end broadens into harbor of ia acres,
on which there are five and a quarter
miles of wharves, besides coaling stations
and repair docks. The city is thus arti-
ficially made a seaport with all the APP
pliauces and conveniences of old and
natural seapOrts.
A public celebration of the opening of
the canal is to be held on New Years
day, when procession of ships will make
the trip through the canal with colors
flying and cannon booming. A ship from
Galveston, Tex, laden with this seasons
cotton will be in the procession
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-11
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Couldn't Marry on $4,000 a Year.

No remarked the young man with a
touch Of sadness in his voice according to the
Chicago Times, lit may be that some day
happiness Will be mine. but at present 1t is
beyond me. There is girl whom / love
her, but l dare not. / really cannot marry
and live on $500 year" His two friends to
whom he spoke looked at him in wonder. For
moment they We're spec shless-consterpa-
tion and pity depicted on their youthful eoun-
tenauces. But presently speech returned to
them exactly at the same time and they
fairly howled in their excitement: You can
Why not:" echoed the youth with the sad
voice, which grew still sadder Why simply
because haven't got the 10000" And Inc
mystery was explained.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-11
sovereien,s Political Ideas.

Gen. Master Workman Sovereign in his
address to the Knights of Labor favors free
coinage OF gold and silver at the ratio of ! to
49, the abolition of the Presidents veto, the
establishment of the popular initiative and
land and Industrial monopoly. Mr.. Sovereign
has cut ont very big piece of work for an
organization that has not recently been very
successful in dealing with the limited but
important problem which called 1t INTO
existence.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-11

The American Forestry Association
has issued a circular letter urging all
friends of forest preservation to use the
influence they possess in favor of the
passage of the bill introduced in the
House by Mr.. McRae, of Arkansas, to
protect the public forest reservations. ="
The bill contemplates the employment of
the army in the protection of the reserva-
tious
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-11

The epidemic of grip that appears to
be sweeping the country is said by grip
expert to be different in character from
the visitation of last year and the year
before. 1T comes, - says he, with a sort
of sudden paralysis of the organs Of the
throat, and is both infectious and con-
tagious. But it does not shatter the sys-
tenn as did the disease when it first APP
peared. With care it can be easily over
come, but the danger is that it will be
neglected, and then the conditions are
favorable for a dangerous attack of pneu-
monia'
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A Remarkable Criminal Case.

The second trial of Rev Friedrich How
ard, alias William Lord Moore, which is
in progress at jackson, Tenn, calls atten-
tion TO one of the most remarkable crimi-
nal cases in the annals of crime in this
country. If the defendant, Howard, is
guilty of the charges pending against
him, he is one of the slickest scoundrels
who have ever figured in the courts.
Briefly, this man, it is alleged, under
took to swindle people by getting them to
believe that large fortune in England,
held in chancery, could easily be obtained
by the rightful heirs in this country, and
he succeeded beyond all reasonable expec-
tations. What makes the case remarka-
BILE is the fact that he obtained large
sums time and again from those who were
made to believe that they were soon to
come into possession of millions of dollars.
And the number of these heirs who paid
money, month after month, for alleged
legal papers and services, was so large as
to give Howard very handsome income.
1t is estimated that he collected several
hundred Thousand dollars by his fraudu-
lent practices
When he had worked his dupes for all
that he could get out of them he would
adopt another name, and, under plausi-
BILE plea, would secure new contributions
After he had worked the field pretty
thoroughly in London he went to New
York, and from that point was able to get
other large contributions.
He finally settled in jackson, Tenn,
and had himself elected president of the
company of a projected railroad and in
that position, it is said, he sent out circu-
lars to his dupes intimating that he could
assist them in getting their money Some
of the parties who had kept the letters
they had received from London
from William Lord Moore, thought
they detected strong resem-
blance between them and the letters
received from Howard. The man Howard
was then arrested. A mistrial was the
result of the first hearing of the case.
There is great interest throughout Ten
nessee in the result of the second trial.
1t seems strange that there are still
people in this country who spend great
deal of money to get estates in England,
to which they are led to believe they are
the heirs. Nobody seems to have heard
of any of these heirs being successful, and
yet it is probable that the paying of
money to tricksters to get such estates
will continue for long time to come.
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1t would te mistake for the legisla-
ture to pass an act prohibiting foreign
corporation from owing 5000 acres ofland
in Georgia. In Maryland, Mississippi.
and probably other southern states. for
eign emigration societies are acquiring
large tracts of land upon which they are
settling colonies of desirable German and
other foreign farmers. Recently the
planting of such a colony in Maryland
the second of its kind, attracted much
attention. The people and papers of that
state consider the scheme great one.
and heartily favor its continuation until
all the waste lands shall have been taken
up and transformed into productive farms.
And just such immigrat ion is what is
needed in Georgia. The settlers brought
In by such colonizing agencies as the one
that planted the Maryland colonies are
honest, hard working white people who
eventually become citizens, and of the
best Kind law abiding, peaceable and
wealth producing. If a foreign corpora
ton should desire to purchase 5000 or
more acres of land in Georgia upon which
to settle such people, the state would be
standing in its own light by refusing the
corporation the privilege.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-11
Harrison in the Monarchy Business,
From the New Orleans States DemD.

The republicans have had a great deal to
TO say about President Cleveland supporting
q monarchy in Hawaii, but they appear to be
ignorant OF the fact that in his message Presi-
dent Cleveland calls attention to the treaty
which ex-President Harrison entered into at
Berlin with England and Germany TO estab-
fish and maintain Malietoa as king Of samoa.
and in doing so he caused this government to
depart from its time -honored policy not 10
form any entaugling alliances with foreign
powers. The Berlin treaty shows quite
plainly that resident Harrison went Squarely
INFO the monarchy business.
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Can't Be Pleased.
From the Cour,er-Journal (Dem).

When President Cleveland urged upon CON
gross definite policy in regard to repeating
the sherman bill, he was denounced as IA
dictator. When he sends in a message less
urgent in its suggestions, he is criticised as
very much afraid that the present admins
tration Will never please the Republican
O2rtN
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The Tariff a Local Issue.
From the Chicnao Trihune lRer

1VIIl NANNI'7'
In the Wilson bill the duty on peanuts re
mains as before, while the duty on beans is
increased. This will please Virginia. but a
wild, weird, prolonged calamity howl will
come up from Mr. Cleveland fond admirers
the Boston mugwumps