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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-15
Luck Was Dead Against Him.

He wasn't'a tramp exactly, but he was on
the way there, says the Detroit Free Press.
He had struck the merchant for 81, and the
merchant was rather interested in him.
L don't see, he said, why you go about
asking for money or help. You are an intel
ligent man and should think you could get
something better to do
I don't know about that - was the despond-
ent reloinder. The Lord knows tried hard
enough to get along before lost my heart en-
tirely"
What did you do:'
We'll, little of everything. had some
money. and thought I'd go to raising rice in
south Carolina and show those people down
there how to do it right. I knew it all. Of
course. and one day man came along selling
a new brand of seed rice. He was a nice
looking man from New York, and ] liked his
style, He liked my style, too, he said, and
would sell me the exclusive right to handle
his stun in South Carolina. 1t was some
thing new-a seed that could not be exposed
TO the light. but that would WELD three times
as much as the old varieties That was what
was looking for. and very quietly I took it
in, paying 500 for the right and four sealed
cans Of seed. l did all the work at night, and
when it was finished 1 sat down to wait and to
chuckle over my enterprise. But | waited
and waited, and nothing came and one day /
looked INFO the old cans and found had been
STUCK with some mean little wheat grains,
and you might as well try to raise icicles in
the bad place as TO raise wheat in South
Carolina rice swamp"
That was bad luck said the sympathiz-
ing merchant
SO I thought. and left the state and went
TO raising cattle in Western Kansas. Hadn't
more than got my herd set out before a cy
clone came along and blew every horn of it
clean over into the next county, and when |
went after my stoeka piOus cowboy who had
gathered them in with his own informed me
that they had been sent to him by providence,
ana he d like to see any son of gun try to
take them away. As he had Winchester
and a lot OF friends with him didn't see my
way clear to interfering with the ways OF
providence, and | left the country
II pretty hard when providence goes
against man, V6ntured the merchant
kindly.
Yes, but that ism all" sighed the discon-
Solate one With what little had left l
went to Pennsylvania and bought a water
power rist mill in the mining regions ] fixed
it up with new machinery. and for awhile it
looked as if my luck had changed. and l was
gong to come out on top at last. But one
night big mine lying under the stream that
gave me my power caved in or sank down Just
enough to change the lay of the land, and, by
gum, the water had began to run the other
way. and when | got to the mill the next
morning the water gates were open, the stream
was running up hill as it were. and my mill
machinery had been running backward until
every blamed wheel in the whole shebang was
a wreck"
The man wiped tear from his eye
Then II was, 80 he went on. that my heart
broke. and l laid right down and quit Now
DO you blame me for what am DOING"
The merchant gave him g. and the man
was IN the police court next morning.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-15
A Party Out Of Touch.
From the Brooklyn Eagle Dem

From the Brooklyn Eagle Dem)
Whether the Republican party as a national
quantity, is going into decadence, is a CUES
ton wildly suggested by its lack OF a
coherent and vigorous policy on matters i'm
mediately before the people. To speak OF
the league as Synonymous with the party
would be manfestly unfair. 1t would not
however, be amiss to look for some indication
of "A tangible opinion even In the mass meet.
ing which has Just finished its deliberations
in Louisville How does it happen that the
lcaguers have nothing to propose in regard to
the profound economical problems, the great
fiscal questions the far-reaching industrial
issues that clamor for solution and adjust
mentt is 10 because from the once stately
edihce OF republican leadership and states.
manship the light OF intelligence, the nobility
OF high human aspiration. has departody For
that. or for some other reason. the party Is
no longer IN touch with the great body Of the
American people
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-15
Turned the Tables on Booth.

A group of actors, writer's and artists was
gathered about a central figure in the parlor
of the Players Club New York. recently He
was a dignided man of commanding presence,
but emaciated features. From out the depths
of his sunken eyes there flashed the fire of
genius that even illness could not subdue
Edwin Booth. for it was he, was in a reminis-
cent mood. and his hearers including a Herald
man. listened eagerly to his words.
Yes, gentlemen he said Il did try once
to play joke on Aunt Louisa Eldrldge but
I will not try it again It was during an EN-
gagement in London. On July heard that
Mrs. Eldridge was in London and l sent her
complimentary tickets for the Fourth of july
On the afternoon of July 3 my attention was
attracted by the display of gaudy hosiery in
shop window, One of the pairs
of hose was of silk of barber
pole length and made up of
brilliant red white and blue stripes bought
them and ordered them sent to Mrs Flfridge
The evening of the Fourth came and | was
playing Hamlet The house was crowded
and Mrs. Eldridge was in her box with her
friends ! had told the members of nv com
pany about the stockings and we wondered
what she would do with them. At the end of
the soliloQuy To be or not to be' the au.
dienCe rose in wild applause. ! then noticed
that the members of my company were en-
deavoring to prevent an outburst of merri-
ment, and turned toward the place which
their eyes indicated, which was the box occu-
pied by Mrs Eldridge and her friends She
was holding a large placard on her lap, and
the inscription on 1t could be plainly read
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-15
Another Term Fc~ Cleveland.

u i.ae .,,,..I ir sy,-r.s .,s .b. rzpuElira-,
,,,,.,.s That. tb, ..e,.,..,,.,.o ~ 5-,I. f,sni-I
-,oort ir nm lone q ~,,-.ood M, F,o,.ar
as .o.s,,ror NJ --r.r 1-o-l, md Thai the
I,,..sf5err p,,rros-s IN use ,I,a foler,i
p,tionar, Of Eev vor,- F., s.ol q ,rav as
To ,ssie. him in e,....,:-.. ,la obic-. OF
his ambition.
The fn,imation is also thrown ont tblt
t3, President IS la,,-i,.. r,,...-..r.j n, o.. Pc
nomination for presfs.n. in 1sof and
that he thinks that Col. Lamont. as go~-
ernor OF New York could assist him
greatly i'm gettire auothe, term.
Col. Lamont is credited with being. a
ver- abrewd politician. He has had great
success certainly in advancing his polit-
ical fortunes. The stor-. however. that
he is anxious to be governor OF Nr., Yorl-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-15

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Yacht Club; DeKalb
Lodge No. g. l. 0. o. f; Teutonia Division
No. 8, L. r. k. of P; Citizens Sanitary Assoc
citation.
SPECIAL NoTICEs-Notice to Smokers, P.
Manning.
MILITARY ORDERS Savannah Volunteer
Guards
STEAMSHIP SCHEDULES Ocean Steamship
Company; Baltimore Steamship Company.
HERE WE ARE AGAIN-Lindsay s. Morgan
AUCTION SALEs-Furniture. Clothing, Etc
J. H. Oppenheim & Son; Bedroom and
Parlor Sets, c. H. Dorset.
TO CASUALLY THINK OF IT-Falk Clothing
Company.
RAILROAD SCHEDCLE-Charleston and Sa-
vannah Railroad,
CHEAP COLUMN ADVERTISEMENTS - Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted: For Rent;
For Sale Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-15
Carter Harrison's Beard-Burning.
From The Chicago Inter ocean Rep).

From the chicago Inter ocean tRep).
President Cleveland, who is so grievously
hcset, might employ the same tactics Sam
son, il will be remembered worked great
harm to his enemies by firing the tails of
foxes and letting them loose in the standing
corn. What CONSERVATION would fall upon
the souls of mob of the ofice-seekers should
the door suddenly open and a fellow with
more 10 tmmortalize Carter H. Harrison than,
any combination OF incidents in his varied
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-15
The Bering Sea Court.

It IUIII IIIt " taSIIIIIs IOII 7 UoI TIUU.I J.
II is great pity, however that the excite
ment and irritation engendered by Mr. Nor
gan s interposition and sir Charles Russells
angry retOrts did not lead to permanent
disloCatiou of the whole proceeding. Every
body now realizes that it was mistake on
our part to assent to the proposed arbitra-
tion. The whole nation with the exception of
a few mugwumps and milksops would rejoice
in a restoration of the original situation.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-15
Telling Fish Stories to the President
From the Baltimore American Rep.

From the Baltimore American Hepl.
Virginia fishermen are endeavorng to
tempt President Cleveland away from Wash
ington to angle in the streams Of the Old DO
mluiOn, they. have been telling him some
stories about past catches in those waters,
which must remind him forcibly of the rose
hued tales he has heard of the fitness for Of
flee of some of the candidates whose names
have been laid before him
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-15
Arbitration and Slaughter Going On.
LN,oy,, +Ne hiIoda1,,tia Pecor5 many

While the Bering sea arbitration tribunal
is wrangliug in Pacis. in a laudable attempt
to exhaust the appropriations for its current
expenses. the sealers and pot hunters on the
Alaskan islands are doing their best to reduce
the cause of International dispute to insignif-
canoe, If diplomatic delay should find fun
swing in this case there would ere long be
nothing LETT to arhltrate about.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-15

A Wilmington dispatch says deal has
been completed whereby 10OOOO,0O) feet
of North Carolina pine in Beaufort county
has been transferred to a syndicate All
Of this immense amount of lumber viii be
turned ineo box material for the STANDARD
Oil Company.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-15
Mr. Blount,g miesion.

1t was well understood probably when
Mr.. BlOunt was sent to Honolulu as
special commissioner that he would be
appointed minister to Hawaii if he found
the situation such that a settlement of
Hawaiian affairs could be made that
would be satisfactory to this government.
1t is not generally believed, of course, that
Mr.. Blount intends to remain in Hawaii
any longer than is necessary to do the
work he has in hand. He is entitled to a
much better diplomatic place, and will no
doubt get such a place. The administra-
ton wanted an able and discreet man in
Hawaii as its representative and it
selected Mr. Blount
Several days ago the MORNING News
said it looked very much as if a repub-
ican form of government would be estab-
lished in Hawaii and every day confirms
the belief that that will be the outcome
of the Hawaiian revolution. The talk that
the Hawaiians are not fit for self-govern-
ment is not without its effect, but this
country would keep an eye on the young
republic if one should be established, and
would sustain the government until the
people were sufficiently appreciative to
sustain it themselves.
1t is safe to say, therefore, that Mr..
Blounts mission is to find grounds for the
establishment of a republic and to assist
in establishing it. When he has per-
formed that work he will, in all prob
ability, be transferred to higher post
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-15

Warren Leland, the Chicago hotel man,
has provided himself with a class Of
walters that viii never make trouble
about the 0eard-wearing privilege. The
Georgia darky's whiskers seldom grow
very long, and he had just as soon go with
out as with them
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-15

The populists of Minnesota are engaged
in a merry war The party is split into
several factions, and the leaders of certain
OF them are suing the leaders of other fac
lions for defamation of character. Igna-
thus Donnelly is the defendant in two
suits for So, 900 each.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-15

The whisky to be sold by the South
Carolina state barrooms viii be protected
by trademark None genuine without
palmetto tree blown in the bottle What
of your sacred palmetto now, O South
Carolina
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-15

A company organized for the purpose of
building trolley trunk line between the
cities of Philadelphia and Harrisburg, "a
distance of los miles, has bought existing
street railways in the towns on the route
and proposes to make its through connec
tions at once. The people of the cities
and towns interested are wondering what
effect the trolley trunk line will have
upon the steam roads.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-15

The heirs Of Jay Gould have failed in
their effort to have the appraisement for
taxation of the Gould personal estate re-
duced from the S1O,OOO,OO0 mark The
New York tax commissioners have de
termined to let the appraisement stand at
that figure. During Mr.. Gould's life the
greatest amount of personal property he
ever paid taXes on was S50O.OOO
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-15
CURRENT COMMENT.
A Vain Expectation.
From the Chicago Herald DENY.

If the republican bosses expect to make
party capital out of the Hawaiian policy of
the Cleveland administration they expect
very much more than they VIII realize.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-15

The ousting of Marshal Buck, of this
state viii do as much toward consol-
idating the democracy as could be eff
fected by any other single act of the ad-
minstra ton
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-15

An Official statement shows that during
the last year of the Harrison administra-
ton, 1893 specified new offices were Gre
atod at an annual cost of 1888 0l0; that 1S6
specified offices We're abolished or omit
ted from the appropriations. at an annual
cost Of S214,SS9 and that new Offices or
employments not specific as to num-
bers or rates of compensation and princi-
pally in the postal service throughout the
country, We're authorized, at an annual
expenditure of SSS9,0l2; while the annual
reduction made on this account amounts
to S23, 800 The number of salaries
specifically increased Gncluding those of
2,45I first sergoants and sergeants in the
army, whose monthly pay was raised 50
and 81 respectively)was :, 4S0, at an annual
cost of S51,S94; and the number Of sal
aries specifically reduced was 1866, at an
annual cost of So, $50" The democrats
are now at work cutting off some of the
useless offices that were created for
favortes by the last administration.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-15

The line of country banks in Indiana
and Illinois that tumbled over the other
day in consequence of the failure of the
Columbia National Bank Of Chicago were
the creations of ZImri Dwiggins, an In
diana banker, with career as remark
able as his name. Ten or twelve years
ago he began his career in finance in con-
nec.ion with a bucket shopat Attica. Ind
Later he determined to start bank in
connection with the stock business. and
organized the United States National
with capital of $4,000. Suisse
quently the bucket shop was broken
up by the law, the bank being left
in Dwiggins control The stock of
the United States Bank was swelled
to 100000, with wind, it is believed
The United States Bank was not prosper
Gus. A reorganization and change of
name brought the Columbia into exist
ence. Dwiggins' next move was to or
game a chain of country banks The
plan was to visit some well-known and
well-to-do farmer in a town and secure
his services as cashier of branch, the
farmer taking large block of stock. The
money was advanced by the Columbia
people and some one put in control whom
they could manipulate. The country
bank stock thus acquired was either used
as collateral for loans by the Columbia
National or bought outright. The CO.
| lumbia, however, finally got loaded up
with the country stock which it could
not use when the necessity for ready
money arose, hence the crash.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-15

Boston is trying to find a descriptive
nome for the man who turns on the cur
rent at an electrical execution. Says the
Herald: "Inasmuch as the electricians
dislike to have the executioner called an
electrician, it is proposed to call him the
electrizer, or electropeter, or electro
killer -
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-15
some interesting experiments. made 10 b

Some interesting experiments, made to de-
termine the sensibility of animals to music
are described in the Spectator In each eN-
pertinent the violin was first played the
music commencing low and soft and beCom-
ing louder. Then came the hiEh-toned piccolo
and after that the flute. The effect was often
startling. The tiger, for instance listened in
tcntly and with evident pleasure TO the violin
but when the piccOlo began was filed with the
Widest rage, rushed up and down the cage or
bounded across il. reared on his hind legs
shook his head and and ears and dashed his
tail from side to side. The flute, however
Gained him at once and, coming TO the bars
of the cage, he listened intently to IT, The
monkeys who We're admitted to the concert
were affected IN the same way as the tiger
but were not so violent In the expression of
their emotions. The music Of the violin was
often so agreeable 10 them that they would
drop their food ana listen very attentively
while the plccolO almost Invariably aroused
their anger. The elephant preferred the flute
and was enragcd 40 the sound Of the piccOlo
as was also the ostrich. The wild asses aud
zcbras left their food when The violin was
played and ran 40 hear 10 the picoolo, how
over, seat them back agains
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-15

Savannah will be pleased to confer with
Nine. Beard with regard to her proposed
immigration bureau. As port of entry
for the southern states, for either freights
or passengers, Savannah is second to none
on the South Atlantic. The railway IA
cilities from this city to every section of
the south are all that could be desired
for the distribution of immigrants, and
arrangements for landing such traffic
could be made without great cost.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-15

The influence Of the Columbian exposi-
ton on European travel has been a mat
ter of discussion for some time Enthusi-
astic friends of the exposition predicted
that European tourists, who usually
travel in their own country, would be
drawn to Chicago in large numbers.
bringing with them to be spent here large
amounts of gold as an Offset against the
gold we have been shipping across the
water for months. Furthermore, they
believed that rich Americans who have
heretofore gone abroad to enjoy their sur
plus wealth would remain at home and
spend their money to see the sights at
Chicago.
Advices from abroad with regard to the
amount of foreign travel booked for this
country are not very reas5uIing. 1t au-
pears that, so far, the bookings have been
below the most conservative estimates Of
the worlds fair people. On the other
hand, the indications are that the fame
effect on American travel abroad viii be
very considerable. During the month of
April the passport division of the state
department at Washington issued only 744
passports, against 1.41S for the same
month one year ago. 1t is estimated that
the American tourists in Europe last year
spent quite 500, 100000. If the worlds
fair shall have the effect of cutting down
/ this enormous expenditure Of American
gold in foreign lands, and induce the
/ spending of it at home, the effect on the
/ financial situation could but be benefciala
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-15

The 10000 Ohio miners who went out
on strike on Mayday have returned to
work AZ the old scaleof wages Thecom-
panies were not hurt by the strike, but
the strikers are out Of pocket ten days
wages each, or a total Of 100000 days for
the whole bolN
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-15

call has been issued ior meeting of
the "conserratiYe element of the ALI
: arg in Texas, to be held at Waco on
The purpose OF the meeting is 10
donoUnce the "so-called alliance" and the
= n1@n who have dragged our noble order
from The pure principles upon which it
ives first organized" The call emauates
from am clement that is both anJi-N1acune
AMI anti-Beu Terrell A lively fight will
probably be precipitated during the meet
inc
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-15
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

New York ONCE % Park Row.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-15
PAINTS AND OILS.

nLD NEWSPAPERS, 200 for % cents o.
~ Business once Morning News
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-15

The situation along the Mississippi is.
apparently, not as alarming as recent re
ports would Indicate. New Orleans has
no fear of a serious food this spring The
Times Democrat says of the matter: "The
more closely the river situation is studied
the more evident it becomes that we are
not TO have a serious food this year. Of
course we will have high water, and the
river may be expected to rise for some
days yet and give us a few crevasses in
weak levces, but it will not reach the
level of last year; and, as we have
stronger leveos than we had then, we can
better Withstand the food, so that the
loss win be iuconsiderablc."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-15
I CAN'T WAVE THEM,
BECAUSE
I'VE GOT THEM ON.
The Niaouly Tree.

'She almost broke up the play"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-06-10
MAGAZINE NOTICES.

The New ENGLAND Magazine for J,,ne
onans With IN ;r+oros+;ne, ,,.nar ,5oo1;n -
opons WIN Oh interesting p"pei ue"iin ;
with the men and times OF The Boston
Tea Party. 1t is fully illustrated with
renroductions of old and scarce epo,av.
80 - -, - =.
,nsS VI INC peiioo anu Is WRITTEN ny
Francis Z. Abbott. Price Collier gives
the history of The Old Meeting House in
bingham. Mass. the first church oroan-
;ro1 :. .a.,.ss ' ''1 n,t n.S' o "a -
ized in America. The article is finely
illustrated by M. Lamont Brown.
Katharine Lee Bates contributes a long
moan, ~, The E,,noro1 of ph;,,in, proo1,s
30, ~ 10 : "iioi a. - iii.ip' DiooA''
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-06-10

How dead filibustering is in the Eng
lish Parliament may be inferred from
the fact that the Irish members, who
were the authors of obstruction, are
blaming Mr.. Gladstone for allowing the
Conservatives too much freedom in de-
batting the Home Rule bill; and the Lib
eral Unionist papers are beseeching the
anti Gladstone party to make their tao
tics less openly dilatory for fear Mr..
Gladstone may use wholesale closure to
hasten the final passage of the bill. To
break the back of the fiIibuster re-
quired an exhibition of firmness and
courage on the part of the speaker that
made all England ring with the story at
the time; but once done it seems to have
been done for good,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-06-10
Abe Colby Oracle.

The Colby Oracle for 1893 has been is
sued by the students, under the superin-
tendence of a board of editors, of whom
D. E. Bowman is editor in chief. Be
sides the usual amount of general liter
airy and statistical matter, the volume
contains several special features worthy
OF mention. The portrait of President
Whitman is especially fine, and is accom-
panied by an appreciative biographical
sketch. Samuel Osborne, for so many
years janitor, is also represented by an
excellent likeness. General Butler, who
has died during the year, is remembered
By biographical sketch and an excellent
full page likeness, a reproduction of the
oil portrait which he presented to the
college.