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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-23
How Compass was Bewitched.

The story that deviation Of her compass,
resulting from the presence Of steel in a
cork leg worn by the man at the wheel caused
the steamer Susan E. Peck to strand near
Bar Point, Lake Erie, in September last,
wlth.a loss to the underwriters of upward of
$4,000, has brought out another quite funny
one says the Milwaukee w sconsin.
According to the narrator on one Of the
trips of the fine steel steamer Castalia down
Lake Huron the last season, the second mate
reported to Capt. Allen that the compass had
suddenly gone wrong; that the needle would
swing three orfour points to the right or left
at intervals, and that be cause of these erratic
movements it had become utterly impossible
to steer courSe-iIr fact, he had lost track
of the steamer altogether Capt. Allen &C
found matters just as they had been reported.
Besides the man at the wheel two lazy pas
sengers were in the pilot house
when Capt. Allen entered. Turning
moment, he asked If they wore steel
corsets. reply in the affirmative led
TO further question as to where they had
been, and this elected the Information that
and that while there the engineer had
Afforded them an opportunity to inspect the
dynamo which supplied the electric lights Of
the steamer.
That settles it; you must get out Of here ~
next greeted the ears of the ladies' as Capt.
Allen opened the pfl0t house door for their
exit. And while they were walking to tho
cabin in maze OF surprise and establishment
at Capt. Allen exhibition of bluff sailor like
authority that compass got right down to
the wheel the way with it's usual precision.
1t is hardly necessary to explain that the
dynamo had magnetized the Stell corsets
worn by the ladies, and that thus the corsets
became responsible for the crazy race the
needle of the compass ran as the wearers
moved to and fro in the pilot house.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-23
He Got Evan at Last.

That all things come to him who waits
has been proven to me more than once, said
Judge Henry Mckinney to the Cleveland
Plain Dealer. Zone day when was boy of
or 10 years was sent on an errand q long
way into the country. On my way home
being hot and thirsty. climbed over a fence
and began picking some wild Strawberries
All of q sudden the owner of the farm came
rushing up behind me and struck me brutal
blow with heavy OK CAD, almost cutting nv
body in two AS l started to run away he
hit me again, q most vicious blow. Old man
said 1, III get even some day 1 did, but il
was thirty years later. l was called upon to
defend the property and rights of some
pressor was the man with the OK CAD. In
summing up told the story of the brutal
blows that had received in that meadow
thirty years ago. There is the man that did
it., said l to the jury. DO you wonder that
such man would rob orr han childrenY' The
jury dIdn't seem to wonder bit for got a
verdict in my favor in less than five min.
utpS
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-23
BRIGHT BITS.

Husband (tFiumphantlY)-Iv done it.
have played two games OF chess blindfolded.
Wite-Well. I'd like TO run out for half an
hour. suppose you mix the bread, mind the
baby, stir the pudding haste the roast watch
! the vegetables and answer. the door he'll for
while You needn't be blindfolded.-New
York Weekly.
Which was the greater general OF the two
caesar or Hannibal was the question put to
| young Schwefer at his last examination.
He replied as follows; IF we consider who
Caesar and Hannibal were, and ask ourselves
. which Of them was the greater. we must de-
| cidedly answer in the affirmative. '-Lustige
/ Batter, Vienna.
The English newspapers relate the follow.
| ing story of Bishop Temple. OF London. A
lady was narrating to his lordship how her
aunt had escaped from a railway accident
| Five people in the same compartment were
killed. and my aunt alone escaped; WASH { it
proVidentialE' "Humphi" said the bishop,
don't know your aunt; can't sayi'-Ex-
| change.
Mr. Norris (at the restauranG-Yes, sir: a
small tenderlotn steak and a bottle OF Sass
have been my lnvariaDle lunch every day for
the last twelve years.
Mr.. Norris tat home)-Great Scott! This
is the second piece of roast beef we've had
this MONTH I'm sick and tired OF this same
ness. dom see. Maria, why on earth you
can't manage to introduce a little more va
rety into our dinners brooklyn Life
Mrs. Parker -Norah. what became OF those
cards Mrs Van Alstyne and Miss de MOrti-
mer left here Yesterday
Norah-I TUX them, Mrs, Parker; 1 didn't
| think they was of annyiuse to YOU. Ja1
! Mrs. Parker-And what did you do with
| them?
Norah--I stint them to me cousin in Jersey
| City; she does a great deal of calm an /
thought she moight use 'em.-Harpers Ba-
! Ear.
| Landlord (of the Travellers Rest'O-See
| that Teller over there? Doorin the past year
| he has plugged no less than six men right on
| the street.
| Tender Foot should think the commu-
| nifty would not allow so dangerous man to
| run at large.
| Land1ord-Lord bless your soul. manl
| There. ain a bit Of danger in HIM to the com
munity. He never hits anybody but the man
| he shoots at!-Puck.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-23
PERSONAL.

Gen Sickles, OF New York when asked a
few days ago il he intended TO make a speech
on the tariff question, answered: Il don't be-
neye VIII participate in the dehate. am
sun studying the question. 1 have been
studying it for forty years.
Capt. McDougal, Of Wisconsin. the origin
ator OF the whalebaek ships, predicts that
within the next ten years the shipments
from ana 70 the head of Lake Superior will
amount to fully 200O0 90 tons yearly or more
imam any other port OF the world 70
Edward C. Ashley, OF Providence, Special
collector Of Customs, died last week of pneu-
monla. Mr. Ashley was appointed a customs
olncer during President Buchanan's admins
tratlon IN 1891 and was one Of the Oldest
government ofneials in Rhode Island.
Messrs. Moody and Sankey have opened a
series OF revival meetings in Providence that
is to continue month. Their first meetings
were attended by throngs OF people, several
OVethoW meetings being held to accommodate
hall.
John A. Becker, president Of the Baltimore
Cactus Society, and the owner of one OF the
finest collections Of cacti in the United
otates.ls negotiating with Gustave Schribe.
OF mexico, Tor the purchase by the society of
tne Mexican exhibit OF cacti at the worlds
fair. The exhibit includes one specimen
valued at $1,000
The refusal OF the German emperor to con-
Ter the Schiller prize" on Ludwig Fulda, the
German poet, has caused considerable COM
ment IN Germany. The committee decided
SO 10 honor his work. The Talesman." 1t is
now said that the emperor objected because
OF the youth of Fulda, who was born in 1862
The emperor was born in 1889.
There are now two German representatives
at Rome bearing the name Won Bulow. One
Is the German ambassador to the King Of
italy, Bernhard Won Bulow, and the other is
the Prussian- minister to the Vatican, Otto
Won Bulow. Although the two men bear diff
erent titles, considerable confusion results
from their presence in a diplomatic capacity
IN the same capital, and tits possible that one
may be transferred TO another city.
M. zola, in reply to questions put to him
last week about anarchists, made the fol
lowing answer: ITO tell the truth, think
an the means tried insufficient to stop the
rising tide Of anarchistic doctrines. What
am asked, will be a preventive? Wen, l.
who have fought for pasltivism, after thirty
years OF struggling, find that my convictions
have been shaken. Religious faith would
prevent the propagation of such theories: tut
has It not almost disappeared nowadays?
VINO is to give US new ideal:'' -,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-23
The Demands of the Alliance.

From the Chicago Tribune CRepO.
The National Farmers Alliance asks fora
great deal 1t wants the ballot given to
women. 1t demands the election Of PreSi-
dent, Vice President. United states senator's
and postmasters by the direct vote of the
people The first demand necessitates the
change Of state constitutions, and the latter
of the federal constitutions very slow Job.
The alliance demands in the interest Of farm
ers the adoption Of the Hatch-W ashburn anti
option bill, measure which would be most
injurious to their interests. 1T wants the
farmers to elect their pro rata share of the
legislators of the country in their respective
parties. 1t is their own fault IL they do not
get their share. A progressive reading
course for farmers IS recommended. to be
under the control OF the various
farmers organizations. agricultural col
leges. and experimental stations. This
is an excellent idea. 1t would
be better for the farmers If they read more
than they do. The alliance demands In our
monetary system. a regular and equitable dis
trlbution independent of selfish and greedy
combinations, free from private manipula
lions, with stability as well as flexibilty, and
value as well as volume just what is
meant by this is not lated IL may mean
anything or nothing. These are confirmed
without opposition. Then when the legisla-
lature meets next January the subject can be
discussed and IL will be seen what can be
done. II Ia useless to look to constitutional
convention for relief, firstly. because two
thirds OF the members OF the general assem-
bly, viii not vote 10 call one, and secondly
we're they TO do so q ma iority Of the people
would not vote to have one.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-23
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Meetings Oglethorpe Lodge No l, l. o. O.
F.; Workingmen's Union Association
SPECIAL NOTES.-The lie Panic Cigars;
AS to Bills Against British Steamship Eden
more and Norwegian Ship Chapman; DR..
Royal Resumed Practice; Notice Of Copart
nership. Hull & Peoples; Notice A. B. Hull
s. Co.; Applications for Liquor Licenses; AS
to Crews of Norwegian Banks Herman
Lemkuhl, Elebtra and Lakme, Austrian
Bark Mic Figlie, and Italian Banks Gaele and
Vedova R.; Fifty Cents B. H. Levy & Bro;
For Sale. John 7. Rowland $500 to Loan
John 7. Rowland.
MUsEMENrs-Illustrated Views of the
Worlds Fair. Trinity Sunday School Build
ing. Jan. % and 30
SPLENDID SUBURBAN BUILDING SITES FOR
SAILED. G. Purse, President Merchants
and Mechanics Land Company.
AUCTION SALE-Trustee's Sale OF the
Southern Cider and Vinegar Company, by l.
D. & r. D. LaRoche.
HUMAN NATURE-Appel g. Schaul.
THERE'S A BUTTON GoNE-B. H. Levy &
Bro.
CHEAP COLUMN ADvERTIsEMENTs-He
Wanted; Employment Wanted For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-23
Faots to De Rememrhared.

From the chicago Herald (Dem.).
1t was not the last democratic House that
created an annual charge Oslo 900 900 for sugar
bounty. 1t was not the last democratic House
that added some SG0,0OO.C00 to the annual pen
sion charge, and, at the same time, cut of
al olt $4,000, O0J of revenue by putting raw
sugar on the free list. 1T was the last repub-
hcan House-the House OF Reed, Mckinley g.
Co..-that did these things, 1t was the same
House that created a charge for shipping
bountes and that voted to return to the
states some SIS 0000Q) of direct taxes paid by
individuals thirty years ago. 1t was not a
democratic House that used up the large
surplus in the purchase ofbonds not due at a
high premium. 1t was the last republican
administration that did that. 1t was not the
last demoCra House that brought on the
silver panic by passing the Sherman silver
purchase and imitation bill. 1T was the last
republican House and Senate that did that
and so cut the revenues away down below the
ordinary figures. 1t was a republican con-
gress that made II necessary for a democratic
congress to appropriate over III, 900, 900, 900.
That is the truth OF the matter.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-23
Not THAT Kind Of a president.

The mischief makers are trying 20
make it appear that the Pres ident
vetoed the New York and New Jersey
bridge bill because Senator Hill is deeply
interested in it, and was chiefly instru-
mental in having it passed. While it is
true that Senator Hill brought about the
defeat of the nomination of Mr.. Horn
blower, or at least had great deal to do
with defeating it, there is no ground for
saying that the President vetoed the
bridge bill with the view ofpunishing the
senator for the part he took in defeating
the Hornblower nomination. If Mr..
Cleveland were capable of an act Of that
kind he would not be at 10 be President.
The reasons the President gave for We
TONG the hill are very good ones. There
are several of them, but one of them-the
one that the bill does not prohibit the
putting of pillars for the support of the
bridge in the channel of the river thus
obstructing commerce-is sufficient TO
justify the veto. 1t was not the inten-
ton of congress, probably to grant the
bridge company the right to erect pillars
in the river, but the bill does grant that
privilege, and the company might have
INSTRUCTED the channel of the river if the
bill had become law. The President
did simply what he thought it was his
duty to do. He may have thought that
veto OF the bill would not be
pleasant for Senator Hill, but
it is certainly unjust to say that
he vetoed it for the purpose of strik-
ing blow at Senator Hill.
1t is to be regretted that the President
is not in accord with the New York sena-
tors on the really important questions.
1t would be better for New York and, in
fact, the-whole country if they worked
together
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-23
The colonel.s n1issine Hand.

Col Streeter, F1oridan, told the zoolog-
lcal reporter OF the Washington Star good
one the other night. One Of the colonel's
hands was missing. and knowing the section
from which they hailed. the reporter nat
! uarally expected 10 get hrSt-claSS war
story, But he didn't ne hand was not lost
IN the fratrieidal struggle. II was the work
OF an alligator.
wei it happened a long time ago" said
Col Streeter. and If l had not told the
story so often think should have forgotten
1t. When L was a young fellow. chuckful OF
dazzling dreams and ambitious schemes.
used to hunt gators for living The hide of
one OF these brutes Is worth all the v ay from
II to 81 according TO size, condition, and
ase' l nau q olg nht-noIton Dodt, soIt u Z
I compromise between a oatteau, and SAND
scow- and used 10 cruise at night on lake
not far out Of Tampa
One dark night showed OF. After had
reached the most aligatorial part Of the lake
lit a fire on the end Of the boat. These craft
are arranged especially for this so there ism
much danger OF the whole thing going up In
smoke. Well. when my rosin knots began to
blaze and sputter and sizzle as rosin knots
VIII. It wasn't long before big gator raised
his head out Of the lake to see what the illu-
mlnation meant. TO a newcomer there isn't
any more horrible sight this side OF the other
world, than great long gator lying close 20
you and gr1nning at you with his rip saw
worries under the weird glare of pine knots.
But didn't think of this, for was an old
hand at the business Bang, and Sharpe
gun relieved that gator of all earthly care
and trouble. hauled him in and stretched
him out in the bottom of my boat. II was
good. night for the sport, and the gators
scented TO be especially inQuisltive as to the
meaning OF that htful light. That trusty rihe
spake again and again. and one By one
landed the victims in the old boat.
The last one came to the ton pretty close to
dayOreak. He was a savage looking old
timer. He was what with propriety we might
call hard-shell gator. Helooked at me in
an Insulting sort Of way, and resented his
lmpertinence. l brought him into the boat.
There Is Just where / made my mistake.
That alligator wasn't ali the way dead. He
seemed to have lots of energy stored mp some
where. and he turned on me. We had fight
ri hit there in the boat. Before could pump
some pills into him he had me. What
wrestling match it was! Young man,
that what the matter with the END of that
D.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-23
Dole's Defiance.

Mr.. Dole, Hawaii's provisional presi-
dent, does not appear to be the high
minded and contentious individual he has
been represented to be. His letter to
Minister Willis, in which he charges that
Minister Willis and the United States
government are responsible for a very un-
happy condition of affairs at Honolulu,
is hardly the kind of document to be
expected from a man in his position and Of
his alleged high character. If he is to be
believed the whole provisional govern
ment and all the men, women and chill
dren at Honolulu were in continual
state of alarm from the time Minister
Willis arrived until President Cleveland s
message was received, because of the con-
duct of Minister Willis.
AS far as is known in this country Min
lister Willis did nothing calculated to
make anybody apprehensive Of danger.
He certainty sought to create the i'm
preston that nobody need be uneasy on
account of anything he might do. He
simply undertook to carry out his instruc-
tions 10 restore the queen by peaceable
means. He did nothing that should have
caused uneasiness to Hawaiians or the
Dole government.
President Dole's letter will not do him
or his government any good. 1t is not
defensible from any standpoint from
which it may be viewed. He seems to
have realized that he made a bad
blunder When Minister Willis asked
him for bill of particulars
he refused to give it on the ground that
having read President Cleveland's mes
sage he saw no reason for carrying on the
correspondence.
The truth is, doubtless, that he couldn't
furnish a bill of particulars. His letter
to Minister Willis was evidently written
with the view of influencing public opinion
in this country in his favor His refusal,
however, to name any one who had been
alarmed, or who had suffered business
losses by Minister Willis conduct. justi-
fes the conclusion that his letter is lack
ing in sincerity. He has created the i'm
preston that he is not quite the high
minded, straightforward man his friends
have represented him TO be. Congress
win notice his letter when it takes up the
Hawaiian question, and will probably
reach about the same conclusion the
President did in respect to it.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-23

Last week the mayor of Chicago issued
orders to the police to clear the city of
tramps who, in the guise of unfortunate
unemployed workingmen, begged and &C
cepted charity but refused to work. The
effect has been that the "army of unem-
ployed" in Chicago has decreased
to an appreciate extent. The tramps,
however, are moving eastward in bodies
and not scattering over the country.
Buffalo, N. Y. is now full Of them, and
they are said to be working their way to
New York city. AS soon as the tramps
struck Buffalo the number of burglaries
in the residence portion of the city began
to increase. The mayor of the city will
issue strict orders calculated to make the
tramps move on.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-23
TRAFFIC on the mississippi.

The government is spending millions OF
dollars in the improvement of the Mis-
sissippi river, The improvement has two
purposes IN view, namely, to deepen the
channel and prevent overhows. The main
purpose is, of course, to deepen the chan
mel, and thus benefit commerce.
1t isl fact, however, that the COM
MERGE Of the river is steadily declining No
such an amount of carrying is done upon
it as there was twenty-five years ago,
and the indications are that less will be
done twenty-five years hence than now,
even though its channel should be greatly
improved.
The reason is, that the railroads are do
ing the greater part of the transporta-
ton that naturally belongs to the river
While it is true that river freight rates
are lower than rail freight rates the
railroads manage to get the bulk of the
business.
1t will not be long before railroads will
be paralleling the river on both sides from
st. Paul to New Orleans. From ST.
Paul to Dubuque there is a railroad on
each side of the river and they do nearly
all the shipping that is done between
those cities. Theiriver is closed by ice for
four months in the year, when the rail-
roads do all the business. The railroads
have taken advantage of this annual
closing of the river to bulldoze the
largest shippers into making yearly con-
tracts with them. A few held out against
such contracts for awhile, and they were
made to pay higher rates when the river
was closed, and were Disseminated
against in other ways They found it to
their advantage TO make annual contracts,
From Dubuque to St. Louis there are
railroads on each side of the river, and
from ST. Louis to Cairo there is rail-
road There is a road from Mem
phis to New Orleans, and other lines of
road are being constructed along other
parts of the river. Within a very few
years there will be roads on each side Of
the river from the head of navigation to
New Orleans.
Old steamboat owners and captains see
that the time is not distant when there
will be very little use for steamboats, on
the Mississippi river. The splendid fleet Of
steamboats, that once made a magnificent
spectacle along the levee at New Orleans
has, to a great extent, disappeared. A
good many steamboats, can be seen there
still, but there is no such number as there
once was. The day of steamboat traflc
on the Mississippi virtually belongs to
the past, and the steamboats, will not re-
gain their supremacy however much the
navigation of the great river may be inn
proved.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-23

1t may be true, as some critics allege,
that Patti has long since passed the zenith
of her glory as a singer-that Is, from an
artistic and ideal point of view But
from the point of view of the box office,
which, at her age, Nine. Patti probably
considers of first Importance, she con-
tinues to be a success. At Chicago the
other day 1000 people more than the Au-
ditorium could hold tried to fight their
way in to hear the diva sing, and the
police had to be called to quell the dis
order. Women predominated in the tur-
buleut throng and were, it is said, more
unreasonabl Die and violent than the men.
So long as the madame's drawing power
remains potential it matters little about
her singing power
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-23
She Discharged the Servant.

The young husband was somewhat sur
prised when his wife came into the office,
says the Indianapolis Journal She opened
the conversation at once.
II want enough money to go out of town
for few days" she said, and you will have
to take your meals down town for a few
days"
why. what does this mean?n
1T means just this. Il got messenger-boy
to come TO the house for Mary Ann, to tell her
that she was wanted at her aunt's. and as
soon as she got around the corner l shut mn
the house and locked it and ran away. When
she comes back she won find any one there
We don't owe her anything so it is all right.
and / wanted to discharge her, but YOU know
never would dare to tell her to 20. and I
knew youwouldn t dare and don't YOU think
your little wife knows pretty well how to
manage? Say yes now, or I'll break down
and cry right here in the ONCE"