The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-16
Sent a Typewriter Challenge.

' al IDlDDtE- anu tue gDullk man " AlD
saw the West from a Car Window" is
being heartily laughed at by his friends
because of the very ridiculous position he
has placed himself in.
To make matters plain, it should be
stated that Mr. Davis is a fad, and pet
Of New York. He has been universally
lauded Of women and some men, because
Of his writings, aud the big magazines
have taken him up as feature at heavy
space rates. Thus MIR. Davis is away up
in CT as a literateur. And in social
matters. if there is anything higher than
sc, " he is away up in that. For he is
the son of his father, who is President
Cleveland's close friend and who has fire.
quently gone fishing with the President;
he is the brother Of young Mr.. Davis, re-
Gently appointed consul to Florence, and
he has himself the honor of the friend
ship of the Clevelands, and the Childses
and Drexels, of Philadelphia, besides any
amount of other good people. Indeed,
Mr.. Richard Harding Davis was first no
ticed by the public as a society man while
Clevelands box at the New York
horse show season or two
ago. All of this weight of honor and dis
tinction, of course, bears upon Mr.. Davis.
II is said of him that, realizing his posi-
ton, his ponderous solemnity has the APP
pearance of being painful for him to bear.
In department he is, necessarily, always
absolutely correct, and for form, there is
no more persistent stickler than he. So
much by way Of preparation.
In a recent number of Harper's Maya
zine MIR. Davis had an article on London.
In il he described at some length a guard
mount at St. James palace, and wound up
by saying: There is no guard mount in
America, and if there was it would be
done in a double-quick and business-like
manner Some days after the appear
ance of the article there was published in
the New York Sun dialogue between a
Mai Max and his wife, in which the ma
or, after t1inging the magazine contain
ing Davis article across the room. ex-
planned to his wife: 1t is the kind of a
fool this man is, not the degree, which
produces this emotion, my dear" Then
the major went on to say: Here, You
see, is an article written by a young man
who has just discovered London. 1t is a
class of literature in which usually find
much enjoyment. Writers Of the present
day who announce the death of Queen
Ann and the capture of Holland by the
Dutch are always worth reading. Such
discoveries are usually made by men of
the fresh and breezy style, suggesting the
complacent pride of a setter pup which
passes over quail you've lust shot and
brings you back last years bird nest"
After some further expressions Of opin-
ion the major said there were within thirty
miles Of New York six military posts, at
each of which there were guard mounts
and further, that the young Americans
who discover London and tell Us about it
in the magazines, probablycould not stand
q civil service examination on geography
which would entitle them to appointment
as letter carrier.
! Was Mr.. Davis angry? Well, there is
no way tOmeasure such wrath He called
at the newspaper Office to see Maj. Max
! OF course he didn't see him. Mai Max is
a myth. But Mr.. Davis wrote Mai. Max
a challenge-wrote it ON a typewriter, a
page and half long-and left it at the
Office, where it got into the hands Of the
pale young reporter who writes Mai.
Max" "Chimmie Fadden," and other
sketches, at column rates, and also into
the hands of some forty other reporters
OF course there will be no duel
Mr.. Davis violated the code by sending a
| typewritten challenge. But before the
bright young author hears the last of the
incident he will wish there had been q
duel and that he had been the victim.
The dizzy Columbian guards that were
the pride and delight of the worlds fair
are not to lay aside their braided and but.
toned tOgs and return at once to the
plow and the ash cart. A happier fate is in
store for them. They are to become real
soldiers, and go to a country where sol
diering means something more than S13 a
month, and where they may wear gaudy
uniforms and small swords forever and
forever, if they live that long. A re-
cruiting agent for the Honduras govern
ment is at jackson park, Chicago, en-
rolling Columbian guards for the nation
al guard of his country He has, so it IS
said, signed three hundred of them, and
will continue to sign them as
long as there are any left
who wish to go south to fight fol
somebody else's country. The recruiting
agent has promised the guards that they
shall be formed into nice companies OF
cavalry and artillery, and armed witt
Winchester rifles and Hotchkiss cannon
In view of these facts, if they are facts, We
may possibly hear something inspiring OF
the Columbian guards after all,
The politicians atWashington, in specu
lating upon the Hornblower nomination fol
associate justice of the supreme court
which was held up in the Senate to obligC
Senators Hill and Murphy, of New York
are not quite sure that the President will
renominate him. They see in the situa
ton at present an opportunity for MIR
Cleveland to provide for his friends, Sec
rotary Carlisle and Senator Mcpherson
of New Jersey. 1t is understood that Mr.
. Carlisle would not object to being re
lieved of the treasury portfolio, now tina
, repeal is accomplished, and that he woulC
like to go upon the bench, hence the sup
, position that Mr.. Carlisle will be nomi