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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-02
Tennyson's "Timbuctoo.n

Mr.. James Payn tells an amusing story of
the way in which Tennyson's ''Timbuctoo'
won its prize at the university. The exam
liners for the year were three-the vice chan
celOr, who had IA great reputation, but VIC
lent temper, ana did not write very we'll;
classical professor who knew no poetry that
was not IN dead language, and mathemati-
cal professor II was agreed that each should
signify by the letters g" and b" for good"
and 'badD what he thought of the poems
and the vice had the manuscripts first. When
the mathematical professor got them he
found Tim buctoO' scored all over with "g's, -
and though he could not understand why nor
indeed the poem itself, did not think il worth
while, as he afterward said Though the fact
was ne was afraid) to ask the vice his rea-
sons; so he wrote g on the poem also. The
classical professor thought il rather funny
that DO his predecessors should admire so
unlntelllglOle production; but. as he said
ne ana not care one lOta about the matter
ana so wrote g on 1t also: and as no other
poem had three 'g's' the prize was unani-
mouSiy awarded TO the author Of "1imbuc-
too
After all was over the three examiners hap
pened TO meet one day, and the vice, in his
absolute fashion, fell to abusing the the other
two Tor admlrinP the poem. They replied
very naturally. and with some indignation.
that they should never have dreamt of ad-
mlriug il if he himself had not scored it over
with e s. "Gs,' he said, they were as
Tor queries, Tor could not understand two
consecutive lines of it.
Mr.. Payn says that there was queer re-
semblance between himself and another
trinity man. Not only was often add essed
by persons who took me for him, but people
used to ask, aprOpOs of nothing, whether I
knew So,and-so. 1 remember making a con
siderable impression upon chance passenger
IN a railway tram on the Cambridge line,
who was staring at me rather hard by sud
denly observing. No, sir, | do not know Mr.
So-Gud So. IL had been the very question he
was going to ask me, but my anticipating it
seemed to him so uncanny that he got out at
the next station"
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He Sold the Melon.

He was selling muskmelons on Mulberry
street when a New York Sun reporter heard
him, and this in English, is what he said in
Italian:
No, not 4; s. 5 cents AS many cents as
have fingers on this hand Look-one, two
three, four and five; not four, you under
stand: l go right past the four and l come to
this little finger, which is FIVE. And that is
the price. Five cents; 5, 5, 5 cents
Nah! Does this woman want to render
me crazy2 just listen my friends. Here is
melon, as fine as ever grew in Stella, it is
worth 20 cents, but because | am anxious to
dispose OF my fruit. | am selling ii for cents
And now. mother of the misery thisSesss-
ahhh woman offers me cents, But 1 say s.
cents, cents, > cents. All. think not to tire
me, J have patience that does not sleep.
What: What says she now, That it is
putrid: Pu-trld, pu-trid: 1t is as fresh as
the morning. Holy My Lady But, creature,
IL is your thoughts that are putrid. Feel Il
feel it, feel it. Firm, solid, round; good good
the best of melons.
What is that spot? That spot, my beloved
angel: that spot is where that most beautiful
Of melons was thrown too roughly in the bar
rel The melons will bruise But pu-trid
All. 1t is too much. DO you want this melon,
or are you plotting that l stay and talk TO you
till midnight: Yes. madame, its price is
cents. Yes, you lOveiicSt one, cents 5 cents
Doyou hear? All, never did here, lin ut
ter abasement of spirit take thou the melon.
Thou has C JnQueredn
And he sold it for cents
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A Pair of Munchausens.

A Chicago drummer and a New York drum
mer met in the st. James hotel Wednesday
night and talked ten minutes Of trade ten
minutes OF choruses. ten minutes Of politics
says The New York Mail and Express, and
concluded with 4 couple Of Nunchausen yarns
that II properly paid Io- would be entitled to
the biggest share OF the cake
4 am just back from three months trip
TO Norway, said the New York man, land
had great time. tell you, but we struck
some col1 weather few days after got TO
North IrOudhJcn. We ran across an old
Dane named Lid, who had settled at the very
spot where King Cauute used TO drink his
eight hasons OF ale for breakfast. Very cold
there. The steam from the tea kettle would
fall like snow front Of the fireplace. out
III the open air. whenever a man spoke his
breath congealed so rapidly that his words
actually fell on the ground. 1t was impossible
10 play wind instrument / tried TO tOot
French horn. and couldn't sound a b fiat to
save my life. The notes seemed to get stuck
little dog we had went TO sleep in front OF
the fire one night, and the side Turthest away
from the blaze was frozen stiff
Pears that must have struck the other
extreme, said the Chicago drummer, as he
lighted fresh cigar Il was out IN Southern
stopping with farmer who had four acres IN
potatoes and four in popcorn. hot wind
swept In from the desert IN the early part OF
august and 1t was so hot that every potato
IN that patch was roasted in its Jacket. L
am ruined man. said the farmer. 1 hope
not, SAID /. It's long lane that hash a
u IA IT, anu IL must Oe an III Nluu' lHueeu,
that dOeSn IT blow somebody s barn over.
You re right said the farmer i guess I'll
set the Dominique hen on turkey eggs He
started for the chicken house, but in a minute
came running tack all excited. Come out
here he yelled, and look at my field of corn.
just come ana look at it
Il went out, and if you'll believe me, every
ear Of corn in that teld had popped. 1t looked
like a cotton field for all the world. The
ia mer got to work, shoVeled the corn up and
carried in sixteen double wagon loads to
town and sold it. That's what 1 call power
ful spell of hot weather.
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The Occasion HopelessI v MARRIED.

party of three policemen got leave Of alb
sence the other day and went on hunting
and fishing excursion, their objective point
being a secluded spot in a locality of whose
whereabouts it is only necessary for the pur-
poses OF th$s narrative to mention that it was
several miles from anywhere and could only
be reached by long and laboriOus journey in
wagon from the nearest railway station,
says the Chicago Tribune.
The party arrived at its destination an hour
or two before nightfall and Proceeded to I'M
load The tent the camp stove, blankets
eatGEles, guns, ammunition, game bags, fish
ing rods. and other necessities of the cam
paign were taken out of the wagon by Mike
LarSy ana piled on the ground.
II guess That all said Mike, preparing to
CLIMB out.
Not by joyful" responded Dennis, the
ranking officer Of the squad. Look over In
that corner beyant We. There's a jug. It's
full. Mind. now. how ye handle it,''
Larry picked up the jug with great alacrity.
But in handing it out he had the misfortune
to strike it against the hind wheel
And 1t broke all to pieces.
There was q CHASTITY. horrible silence. 1t
was broken at last by Dennis.
Boys he sad in heart broken, world
weary, but rcsolute voice, git out o. that an
help me pile these things back IN the wagon. -
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BRIGHT BITS.


How did OldenriCh start in life, anyway,
"He was born. '-BroOklyn Life.
Kashen-Why don t you put a check to that
fellow who is everlastingIy dunning your
Bnker-Whatd be the use: The bank
wouldn't pay it.-Bunalo Courier.
Pauline-What's yo' takin de razzer to
church TO-?
Raspberry goin to politely request de
pastor to resign.-ErOvidence Journal
Pastor-You ought to be ashamed Of your
self! Even animals know when TO stop drink
Ioper-so do l. when drink what they do.
FhegeCde Blaettar.
How are you feeling today" asked the
physician.
And the man with the govt murmured
painfully, L can't kick, doctor, Washing
ton Star
Stickles your UMBRELLA
Yes: and it was economy to do it. 1t saves
me che 70 cents day he used to bOrrow."-
Washington star.
A man with a donkey for sale, hearing that
a friend wanted to buy one, sent him the fol
lowing, written on a postal card: Dear Jack
If you are looking for "A really good donkey,
don't forget me. Tit Bits.
Bolker meditatively)- experience has
taught me one curious thing.
BIObbs-HaS Ell? What is it?
BolkGr-Ihat the closer man is the harder
1t is to touch him.-BuGaio Courier
My lord" said an oYerworked parson to
his bishop, Il have not had a holiday for FIVE
years.
I am very sorry for your congregation, "
replied his lordship, with smile.-lit-Bits
why is it that the mother in-Iaw is looked
down upon while the father in-law always
escapes ceusuret'
That's easily explained; the latter plays
poker with his sOn-in-laW, and lets him win
every time. Boston Gazette"
Bob-What did the lecturer say when you
threw those cabbaEes at him?
Dick-Uh, he said he had hoped the audi
ence would be pleased, but he really hudn /
expected they would entirely lose their heads.
Louisville COurier-Journal.
Analogy.-"You have heard" said the
present governor OF New York 70 his type
writer the fable OF the prtdant BLOSSOM
which, instead of standing oDstnately against
the blast, bends in modest Obscurity until the
storm is oyer:'
Yes
Wei that $ the kind of Flower am
Washington star.
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Hill,s Enemies At Work.

There is a very strong probability that
an effort viii be made by men in
side tho Democratic party of New York
TO defeat the ticket led by Senator Hin.
It is regrettaUle that there is such a lack
Of harmony in the democratic ranks in
that state. If the party We're thoroughly
united il could carry the state. The
state is democratic 10y quite a large ma
i0rfty II an independent democratic
ticket should be nominated, however. the
probabilities are that the republicans
would carry the state.
The opposition is. Of course, 10 Senator
Hill Mr.. Lockwood, the nominee for
lieutenant governor, and Judge Gayuor
the nominee for the court Of appeals, are
believed 10 be acceptable 10 all factions
Of the party. If, therefore. an independ-
ent ticket is announced it will be for the
purpose Of Furnishing Senator Hill and de-
feating the plans Of Tammany.
But would it be advisable to wreck the
Democratic party of the state for the
purpose of showing hostility to Hin and
Tammany2 What woGld be gained by
turning the state over To the republicans
Those who are leading in the independ-
ent movement were delegates to the
state convention at Saratoga, and were
denied seats in that body. senator Hill
has stated that he advised admitting
them to seats, but that his advice was not
accepted He wanted to have the
democracy united and, therefore,
proposed that factional differences should
be forgotten. The Tammauy leaders of
New York city and the Mclaughlin lead
ers Of Brooklyn ignored his advice, and
followed their own judgments.
Senator Hin did not want the guberna-
torial nomination. Tie took it because it
was thrust upon him in such way that
he could not very well refuse it. If he
had persisted in refusing the convention
would have found it difficult to get q sat
isfactory candidate
In yielding to the unanimous wish of
the convention he felt that he was MAX
ing great personal sacrifice. Under the
therefore, it is difficult to
see how there could be much sympathy
with an independent movement. An in
dependent ticket could not be elected, but
it might bring about the defeat of the
regular democratic ticket.
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INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

MEETNGs-Alpha Lodge No. l, A and a. :.
A F. N.
SPECIAL NoTICEs-City Bonds Wanted, D.
r. Thomas. Secretary Of Sinking Fund Com
mission; First Venison OF the Season. J. J.
Joyce; Special Notice. Wakefield; AS to
Grew of British Steamship Clintonia; Tivol
Beer. John Carr. TivoH Beer. Geo Schwarz;
DR.. Carson's Return; DIT. Aiken Return.
FINANCIAI-St Statement Of the Condition Of
the Citizens Bank Of Savannah.
LEGAL NOTICES Citation for the Clerk OF
the Cour, Of Ordinary Of Chatham County.
WE SoLFLY CONTROL DUNLAP HATs-B.
q. Levy & Bro
. PUBIICATIoSS-Fncycl Britannica.
STEAMSHIP SCHEDULEs-B Baltimore Steam
ship Company.
You MIGHT As WELL-The Executors
Sale OF Stock OF Emil A. SchWarz.
STRAIGHT GOODS. No FAKE Appel &
Schaul.
AUCTION SALEs-House and Lot. by'Robert
Il. Tatem; Carload OF hay by a. X. Wilson;
Household Furniture. by c. h. Dorsett; Sill
verware, Clocks, etc, by c. H. Dorset.
CHEAP COLUMN ADVERTISEMENT Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous
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a Question that VIII Settle Itself.


The silver question will settle itself if
those who are agitating it do no succeed
in getting legislation that would stimu-
late the production Of silver. The COM
mercial value Of silver Is rising, and IN
der existing conditions the time may not
be distant when il will be such that the
minis can be opened 10 the free and I'M
limited coinage of that metal at the ratio
Of rs 10 without danger Of forcing the
country 70 silver basis.
Inc commercial value Of silver has been
so low during the last few years that the
production Of silver has declined
There are a great many silver
mines that it has been impossi-
bic to work 'proftably. Thousands
Of miners who were engaged in silver min
ing have turned their attention TO the
mining Of gold. Within the last three or
four years, therefore, there has been a
steady increase in the output of gold. The
worlds production of gold in 1890 was
Sis, SIS, 200; in 1891, 1925, 1873, 800; In 1892,
Sl3S, So, 600; in 1888, 1855, 522, 900, and this
year il viii be S174, 900. 900.
Ia proportion as the production Of gold
increases and that of silver decreases the
gap between gold and silver that was
made by the enormous production of sill
yer will be closed, and there will beno OBJ
lection from any quarter to the opening
of the minis to the free coinage of silver
at the ratio of Is to l.
We have only to look back to the times
before the war, when there was such a
surplus of gold that it drove silver from
the minis, to understand what's likely to
take place from this increase in the gold
production. This increase will continue
until the advance in the commercial
value of silver viii make the mining of
the latter metal so profitable that much
of the energy expended in gold mining
will be turned in the direction of silver
mining.
This silver question will be satisfacto-
rily adjusted without any legislation if
the silver cranks will let it alone.
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Peggy.

BY Robert Beverly Hale in the Independent.
Bright as the sun among the trees
Gliding the household with her smile
She's thoughtless; But remember, please,
She's only lived little while.
No power can tempt her words astray,
Strong in the fearl5ssness of youth,
She says just what she wants to say,
And has no motive but the truth.
In bed last night when, as she dreamed.
she elias p ID her dolly close and smiled,
The tears stood in my eyes; she seemed
More like an angel than a child.
She screams at times, for grief or glee,
More loudly than most angels do
And, when she chooses, she can be
A naughty little angel, too.
He hts OF rage reprovcd in vain,
seem desperate TIN the transports past;
Like The wild southern hurricane
They're short, but dreadful while they last
And yet her truth and love are such,
Her heart so large, tho she S so small,
doubt II she so very much
Below real angels, after all,
Thank God, tho we ma have our I'LL,
OF grief or poverty or pain.
We have the children with us still
To make this old world young again.
To make the winds OF heaven more free.
The flowers more bright. the sky more blue.
All, Peggy, Peggy, may De
a better man because OF you!
"How did Oldtimor like the act Of the lion
tanner asked The circus proprietor.
" lie was uoreu 20 death. ou see. he used
10 Dee the manager OF au opera company with
three prtma dounas In it.. Washington Star.
81 cont believe Mrs. jerks is Wiluos own
Motbcr-wby not.'
Wen, I was there fifteen minutes to-day
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President w. j. Littleiohn of the Tn
derwriters Association Of the Northw est
charges that the recent great forest fires
in Michigan and Wisconsin were started
by order of 1.-The lumber kings, " and that
the incendiarism was committed for the
purpose of "hiding the evidences Of their
lumber stealings." Mr.. Littleiohn's as
ISOLATION has sent detectives into the two
states, and he says they have secured evil
dence suficient to warrant his statement
and that if the state authorities desire
they can secure all the evidence necessary
20 convict the instigators of the outrages.
Mr.. Littlejohn's charges are very serious.
II will be remembered that more than 100
lives were lost in the fires, and that mil
lions of dollars worth Of property was de-
stroyed II these disastrous results were
brought about by lumbermcn in their
efforts 10 hide their stealings, and the
facts can be proved, the inhuman mon
sters deserve hanging.
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kicking Democrats in New York.

From the Columbia Is. CO. State DEM.
The effect Of the nomination of Mr. Fair
child, or anybody else who VIII draw many
votes away from Nj Hill, VIII he disastrous
Hill may be beaten and his presidential pros
poets destroyed, but the Democratic party
will suffer through him. 1t is not time for
personal Rrudcs but for patriotism. The
question is not OF principle. The regular
platform ana the nominee who stands on IL
in the one respect OF ;he income tax, and in
that they represent the protest of the richest
state Ia the union. President Cleveland
ought 20 call down his fool friends who are
engaged In this undertaking.
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Losing Ground,

The signs of bad temper that are crop
ping out in the ranks of the populists are
satisfactory evidence that they have been
badly worsted in argument and that they
are not at all satisfied with the prospects
of the vote their ticket is likely to get.
They are losing ground, and that accounts
for the bad feeling they are exhibiting in
some localities.
1t is regrettable that they permit poll
tics to disturb the harmony of commuui-
ties. Nothing is to be gained by exhibi-
tions of temper or violence. Men are
Influenced by reason, not force.
The information at hand iustifies the
conclusion that the efforts of the popu-
lists to capture the black vote have not
been successful. The blacks are more
alarmed than pleased by the populist
demOnstra lions to gain Their assistance
Nowhere does there appear to be any de
sire among the blacks TO vote the populist
ticket, Notwithstanding the fact that the
republican leaders would like them to as
sist in breaking up the Democratic party
They seem to know instinctively that the
populists are not their friends and seek
only to use them without giving them
anything in return.
If the democrats do their duty to-mor-
row the populists will have more cause to
mourn than to be angry, because their
party will have no future in this state.
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CURRENT COMMENT.
A Bar'l to Felp Morton,e.

From the st. Louis PostDispatch DemD
1t is rather alarming to the democrats to
read that Rockefeller approves of the nomi-
nation Of Morton. should ROckefeller's
har'l be drawn on in the campaign the horizon
will be dark sure enough. Nobody knows
Just now much Rockefeller barl holds, but
Morton $ is a mere keg by the side of it, In
fact, il was a great oversight Of the New York
republicans when they did not nominate
Rockefeller himself
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A free silver contemporary, in its
efforts TO dispose Of law of supply and
demand, which law must be got rid Of be-
fore its silver arguments will have leg
TO stand on, SAYS: The farmers are told
that the reason their cotton is worth only
. cents pound is because there is no dc
mand for it. But what's the matter with
the demand Have the people Of the
world held a caucus and concluded to re-
turn TO the fig leaf that Uncle Adam
made famous IN the first place, the
farmers are not being told by any honest
market report that their cotton is worth
only cents pound. IN the second place,
the people Of the world do not feel dis
posed 10 pay for or wear two shirts al
time when one is enough, merely for the
purpose Of taking up tnosurpius Of cotton
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somethinr New IN the South

From New Orleans Times Democrat CDeml
The tendency Of the people to concentrate
in cities IS a new departure for the south
since the time OF the civil war Before that
the then existing economic conditions which
did not favor manufacturing DEVELOPMENT
were all autag onis1c to the massing of the
people in cities and towns. Recently the
south mas started in earnest on q new career
of Industrial progress and one OF its princi-
pal signs is this rapid congregation OF the
citizens in populOus ceuters to which the
i'm
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-02

OF ali the dishwater that has found its
way into republican edtoria! columns in
year, the criticisms passed by those pa
pers upon Congressman Wilson for par
taking of the hospitality of certain
Euglishmen, is the dirtiest Mr. Wilson
Is representative American gentleman.
and the English people sought to honor
his country in houoring him. The re-
publicans seem to think Mr. Wilson should
have acted the pavt of boor by decliu-
ing to be entertained by foreigners. Had
he been another man, the author Of an
other famous tariff bill, and representa-
tive Of repubicanism, he might, with pro
priety, have played the Door. But he
isn't built that way"
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Senator Walsh gave a Savannah au-
dience talk on silver a week or so ago.
Hon. Henry G. Turner gave a Savannah
audience talk on the same subject last
night. The difference between them IS
this: Senator Walsh did not satisfy the
reason. AS he made his points, the
thought was how easily they could be an
swered. Mr. Turner satisfied the reason.
His arguments appeared TO be unanswer-
able.