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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-24
AMERICAN DIAMONDS.
moss Ihat Are Found Come to Us in
Meteorites From Other Worlds.
From the Providence Journal

AO-H the FFOFldenCe Journal.
Enough diamonds will never be an i'm
porIan5 product of the United States
only an occasional gem of this kind being
picked up here and thera-sueh vast
quantities of them are consumed here
.HaC Jne Geological Survey has thought
IL worth while TO prepare a monogrl ph
on Ihe subject, which will soon be issued
Inc TACT has been established that the
supposed diamonds found in meteorites
near the Canon Diablo, in Arizona, are
actually such. This is a matter OF pro-
found interest, indicating as it does that
sQcn stones exist on 0 her planets Some
duVnoflleS assert that diamoudS-like
coal, which is so nearly OF the same
chemical cons ,ltution-could not poss ibly
come INTO existence without previous
vegetable growths to generate their ma
teflal. tor this reason they infer that
Che nndlng OF the gems in the meteorites
pro, YES that there must have been vege-
IaDle lie IN the place whence the meteor
ties came. If there was vegetable life
there, II is fair presumption that there
was animal life also All this may be I'M
True, but 1t a lords the first guess glimpse
ever obtained into the greaUl ST problem
that mankind has attempted to handle,
namely. the question whether life exists
In other worlds than ours
IL seems strange to take a couple of
ounces or charcoal in ones hand to con
slider that one is handling the pure
material of the diamond If you could
trans orm il into crystalline form, YOU
could sell those few pinchos of stuff for
Sl,O0J,OOO perhaps. No wonder that
chemists are ca ger to discover the secret
OF eIfecting this change. TO assert that
they will never learn how to MAKE crys-
tails of carbons would be absurd BY
means of the voltaic battery real diamonds
OF almost microsc opic sic have been de-
posted upon threads of platinum. But
even If successful process should be
discovered, it might be that the cost of
making diamond by it would be bigger
than the price of a stone of equal size
aud purity from the mines. One recalls
the experiments of Prof. Sage, who turned
out gold pieces in his laboratory from
gold extracted from the ashes of certain
burned vegetable substances. The re-
suit was beautiful, scientifically speak
ing hut the expense Of Fl : ia this
way one s. piece was about $25.
The value of rough gems of all sorts
produced in this country inolS93 was $50
900 less than the output for the year be-
fore, amount g to only S262 900. The de
crease was mainly owing to the industrial
depression. The precious stones of the
United States are sold in large part to
tourists, who purchase them as souvenirs
of localities visited
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-24
Brother and sistar Reunited.
From the Cinclnna Commercial Gazette


A brother ana sister, living within ten
miles Of each other for twenty-seven
years. Just north of the city, often met
ana conversed, but each supposed the
otaer rad oeen long dead, and there was
no recognition until an old family ac-
quain5ance brought them together few
days ago. anu told them of their relation
snip. fhe brother IS On rles NJ. smith
OF Lockland, ana vhe sister Mrs. Lucinda
M. ishec, Of st. Bernard. Mrs. + isner
keeps the toll gate at the junction of the
Carthage Pike and apring Grove avenue,
anu is lno IN to the thousands who travel
those thoroJ ghtar -dr smith has been
employed for some time as sec ion lore
man on the Big Four railroad, and has
passed within twenty feet of his sisters
house almost daily. He often stopped to
ask for drink of water at the well and
many time has received cup from her
hand
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-24
woman's Prime Is 35.
From Earpers Bazar.

There was time when after girl had
passed 20 she was called passee, so that
it really became matter OF moment
with her if it were necessary TO state her
age, and she was thought TO exhibit some
hardihood If she stated it without press
ing reason. But so far has the world
progressed that now girl at 20 is not so
OLD in estimation as once she was at 20,
and such is the ad ance from that period
when animal charm was the greater, that
it is now acknowledged thai at IS a
woman ism her prime for all the uses
and en.oymenUs OF life to herself and TO
others
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-24
Honors to a Dead Cat.
From the London / ally News.


In an old cafe in Venice there lived a
magnificent cat, the pet of all the guests.
This CAP lately died peacefully, and when
the news got about, some neighbors maue
a collection of 200 francs Tor the purpose
of erecting some sort of a monument. The
work was confided to two artists, who
modelled the statue of the cat in clay and
took a plaster cast, painted ike bron e.
The other evening this little monument
was inaugurateu at the cafe, and so great
was the crowd thai the doors had 10 be
saut The ceremony was conducted IN
serio comic style; speeches were made,
poetry was re3ited, the monument was
placed in position, and, finally, the master
oil the cafe was presented with an alJum
containing prose and verse, and a number
OF pretended letters of coincidence, signed
with the names of high personages. AS
the .ulp ,ors refused any remuneration,
the sum collected was distributed among
the Door
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-24
GREECE's FATAL QUAKEs.
The Deaths Foot Up 22e, and 800 Per-
sons Injured

Athens, April 23-The total number of
deaths caused in Greece by the earth
quakes is 229. About 300 persons were
injured. An almost incessant trembling
of the earth continues, although there are
no severe shocks. Three large fragments
have fallen from the Parthenon, and one
of the walls seems to be insecure.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-24
a Postal ard IL Years On Journey.
From the New York Sun.

Chicago, April 2l.-Emerson & Co.,
commission merchants, yes erday re-
celved postal card order from Iuscola,
Ill, for pply OF blackberries. they
were surprised a the order until it was
discovered that the postmark bore date
of Aug. 10, 1852. and that the card had
been u years in transit from Tuscola
The sender OF the card, j. G. Russell,
moved from Tuscola several years ago.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-24

Ki l1.CIle Rock, Ark, April 28.-D. r.
sn '1Is IT,. q Co. and the Arkansas Machinery
cit' Pply Company, a branch in this
andi eolng one of the largeso machinery
So 'eT 1-'9lunury trades in the southwest, as
a6d tG Today. The assets are $3.50, 900,
Unns 'ue liabilities $4,000 Slow colIec-
''0uS caused the suspension.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-24
Only $500, 900 Above the Reserve.

Washington, April 23-Oficial figures
received at the treasury, show that of the
gold shipped abroad Saturday, the Treas
ury lost -, 260, 900, thus reducing its gold
to S100,500,000 or 100000 above the re-
serve notch
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-24
Jerry Simpson Dying.

Washington. April Representative
Jerry Simpson is reported this afternoon
to be rapidly sinking and hope of his re-
coyery has been abandoned
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-24

Inc 1901 is 1Ht cAEapEsrl

Your stationery Is an indication OF your
manner OF conducting bus ness.
Have ever timing neat and trim; in good
taste and on good material froin the com
uIete Printing, Lthogrsphiug and Blank
book manuhtctu ing department Of the
NOR NE%Cs %E:WS,
savannah, Ca.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-24
A Prohibition Convention Called

The y aaIt.a,, Ga, April 23.-C. r. Pringle.
cor. , ,e.S.luent, has issued call for a state
tiop non OF the Prohibstion Associa-
All a. pe held at GAINESVILLE, May 80.
'esaVes VIII be entertained gratis.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-24
Sold His Wife for SIS.


Benson's Mines is North Woods ham
let, forty-five miles from Carthage. The
prettiest woman in Benson's Mines is
Mrs. Joseph Kipp, wife of a laborer,
mother of two children and lady who
carries her heart in her hand. Her hus-
band is 40 years old, while she is few
years his junior. All the woodsmen in
the hamlet admired Mrs. Kipp, and fore
most among them is John Burial,
thrifty F'renchman. Mrs. Kipp, too, ad
mired Burial and declared her love for
him, but Kipp was willy and was ever in
the way of his wife's lover
Burial finally boldly went to Kipp, told
him of his infatuaton and demanded to
know for what price the treasure could
be obtained. The husband spurned the
offer at first, declaring that all the woods
men in Kingdom Come did not have
enough money TO buy the beautiful Mrs.
kipp. But Burial admonished him to
consider, and at a future time tell the
pair of his conclusion. At the next meet
ing Mr.. kipp, while intimating that his
wife was the dearest creature on earth,
offered to part with her and all their
household furniture for the sum of IS.
Burial quickly pushed the money into
Kipp's face. and few minutes later
Albert Droppo, justice of the peace, drew
up bill of sale. and Mrs. Kipp and Mr..
Burial were happy. Kipp left shortly
afterward for Syracuse.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-24
RAN OVER a MONSTER SNAKE.
The Reptile Nearly Seven Fest Long,
and Weighs FIT cen Pounds.
From the Philadelphia Record.

AfSNSAN@'
Paterson, n. J., April 21.-Snakes as
large as that killed yesterday by James
H. Hagan are not natives of this state
Mr.. Hagan's snake measures 6 feet Z
inches in length, and weighs Is pounds.
Experts say it is an ana Onda.
Mr. Hagan is experimenting the con-
struction of telephone line RON PaJer-
son to tuxedo. While driving between
Waldwick and Allendale he saw what he
thought was a rail across the road, but it
afuerward proved TO oe a larse snake,
bas ling in the sun. When the first wheels
passed over it MIR. Hagau felt Jolt, and
the next instant was startled by com
motion in the rear of the wagon. Turn
ing aryund he saw great cloud of dust
arising, and something beating the road
way. Next he saw huge snake coiling
itself about the wheels, and jumping out
he picked up large rock and killed the
reptile.
Hagan brought the snake to the city,
drew the fangs this morning, and will
have them mounted He made Jim Nc
Cormick, the ex-ball tosser, a present of
the snake, and it is now on exhibition at
the latter's cafe. Mr.. Hagan thinks the
snake escaped from captivity.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-24
WARLIKE AT BLUEFIELDS.
NiCaraSualS Seize a Steamer Flying
the American Flag.

Schooner Load of Troops Landed
and More on the Way-Danger of a
Conflict Between the Nicaraguans
and Americans-The San Francisco
Goes to Port Limon to Send a
Report-Two Americans Probably
Killed in Honduras.
Bluefelds, April 10, via New Orleans,
April p, per steamer Clinton.-Since the
departure of the San Francisco for Fort
Limon to coal and send report to the
navy department Of the situation here,
there have been some exciting events
which, although no bloodshed has yet
been precipitated, has caused a great
deal of uneasiness. Capt. Watson. of the
San Francisco, left two officers here with
instructions to proceed to Rama and inves-
tigate the killing of the American,
William Wilson, by Aguella, the
acting governor of that town. They have
not YET returned, but report has
reached here that the mail boat which
plies between here aud there, and which
flies the American flag, has been seized
by the Nicaraguans. AS the Clinton is
preparing TO sail, schooner load of Mica
raguan troops has Just landed, having
come up from Greytown. Ii is reported
that three other boatloads of troops are
coming.
LACAYo FEARS TROUBLE.
Lacayo was very much agitated when
he learned that the troops we're about to
land,as he feared that trouble would ensue
with the Americans and natives, espe-
cially as the American man-of-war was
down at Port Limon, and would not re-
turn for several days
A Mrs. Renton, of New York, has ar
rived here with her little niece, years
old, and reports having been subjected to
barbarOus treatment. Her left wrist is
shattered by bullet. 1t seems that her
husband had claim near Brewer Lagoon,
in Honduras, where they lived. A man
named johnson, asG an America Il wed
with them. One night a half breed
called johnson to the door and shot him
Ill the knee with Winchester.
HER HUSBAND SHOT,
Later Renton was called out and
shot in the stomach by the same
man. AS Mrs. Renton went to her hus-
bands rescue she was shot in the wrist
and then seized by the fiend. who had been
reinforced by several of his ilk, and with
her niece she was made to ride on mule
back for three days and subjected to
brought her to Port Garcias,
where, hearing that Nicaraguan
troops where in the vicinity, they
abandoned her She found the
assistance of some Americans, who made
up purse and sent her to this place,
where she is being we'll cared for She
AYERS that the attack was prompted by
parties who wanted to get possession of
her husbands claim. She has not been
able to learn whether he and his friend
ever escaped alive, though she does not
think it possible.
News has reached here that all the
property of the Nicaragua Canal Com
pany at Greytown was seized by the Mic
araguan government for an alleged debt
about three weeks ago, and sold at auc-
ton, being bought in by some Spaniards
for about SIS, 900.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-24

She-How the fashion CHANCES
He-There ism inugh change in the pocket
books EXCEPT they are worn shorter aud
lighter this ear.-TeXas SIttnss.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-08

thrills and stlra. and moves to res,s,anc. .,
laughter, or to tears He is the great nas,, ~
Of lights and shades, and he Illustrate ",
the most vivid contrasts. Like the ersa,
painter he knows the full value Of color His
wit Is keen, quick and to the point and ln,e
the lightniug's fash it lights IN all about Il
His humor is genial as the light Of tbc bar.
vest moon when It catches glimpse of tho
setting sun and banishos the shadows IN !
twilight OF glowing beauty. Pathos ia Ms
ana ne Is master Of and holds the kew TO tba
fountain Of tears. In his deft hands scorn
becomes powerful weapon in the denuncia-
tlon OF wrong and the exposition Of fraud
ne IS INC magician who sways the hearts and
the minds Of men to his own mood. Who
viii deny that, with this wonderful power be
IS not genius, with an innate sin. that
training may improve or hamper, but which
1t can never wholly destroy and never give
even in part" e'
Us not the orator limited in his power IN
those who come within hearing Of his yolee7n
asked. y ''' 'V''''
The Colonel thought not, but he conceded
that the effect OF the orators power was much
greater on thosew who heard him than on those
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-08

squire and parson bolted and we held the
meeting. Since then the men gather IN large
numbers. Itissueb now departure from the
old rut that the parson and the big pots do
not know whore they slnnd.T
Mr.. Arch might have added that the ''big
pots al over England do not know whore
they stand. The trend OF events Is over all
old privileges and perqplsiies, which the
"blg pot" was heir to. But the farm laborer,
the dull-witted pariah Of the plow-tall WIS
the last to bestir himself HIS TWO bug. bears
have always been the squire and the par
son" Even Mr. Arch has been able only to
educate himself in a sort OF blind aggressive
moss against them. second cousin to the poor
laborer's rcyeront dread Of these two masters
Of rural England. This bin, Mr.. Arch's ewo-
lamb, provides allotments Of land 70 the farm
laborer a. well as giving him a direct concern
IN the management Of local Affairs. At pres
ant things are bad enough.
"rhe past winter Mr.. Arch said. "has
been most trying one Tor the landless
laborers. Last summer was 80 dry tbs, the
root crops turned out thin and the straw
crops we've very Light Where It took four
men to pulling mangels and turnlps e took
now only two II Was sha same with tho
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-08

but 10 has lived on lines OF broader comfort.
You must remember"
HAS American competition had anything
to do with the falling on In agriculmrey"
"No, not a bit. II had forty or NIFTY acres
OF land wouldn't care about competition.
In America no morn than twenty-five bush
els can be raiscd from an acre as rule.
Then there is the cost Of transport; even
when you ship wheat as ballast there arc
s'oyedoro charges. Here rs higha slxty-ilye
bushels an acre can DO raised, and can have
II theshcd out and sold on the spot. The
American farmer cannot compete. That Is
all rot"
But there has undoubtedly been some
decline in English farming in tho last twenty
years-whet Is the cause, thenF"
"Well, the farmers have no security. They
DO not know when thclr rents will be raised.
This has made them live from hand to
mouth, rubbing along anyhow. The best
farmer is tina more dangerous condition than
the worst farmer. Say you are a tenant FAR
NOR beside me under tho Same landlord. I
am cnltlyailng my land TO the highest possi-
bic pitch, obtaining throc times the quantity
OF beef, mmips, corn and wool, aud we have
the same quality Of land. While you are beg,
caring your land am improving mlne. You
SO to your landlord and say; I want re.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-08

fe' al he tcJches, transngures the common,
and changes the meanest metals into gold.
hesacreator. He is candid, sincere, poetic.
winged with Imagination sympathetic, per-
huAslfei convincing and almost Irresistible"
Aulfd person suggested hero that man
nlsn De all this through training, like an
s''or YET neither feel nor fully comprehend
wy Nl import Of what he was saying. This
.0iolea lngersoll denied, while conceding
"a. the Influence Of the actor might be very
a0ound Tor the moment, but the effect OF
NV orator II the orator were, as he should be,
@'Aposue Of truth, would be permanent, in
Aleeclhg the life Of the individual and it
A.sn' De oithe nation. ITO convince men the
s.a'0l must be himself intensely sincere. and
.l'uely fearless in giving reason for the
1u'u 'hAt is in him. Outside OF other gifts
-s, n courage and profound human SYM
orator" ~ 4'''''eS VI 'iie
N. Il we believe the legends connected with
r., =, , s'sat orators Of antiquity, Demosthenes
M " s.a and OF some modern ones"
ss ue Impression is forced on us that the
~ ~ Il gun It be- is due largely to cultivation
~. ,asn patience and practice, like many Of
no man has more respeet for patiepce and
,bss u'at Is for hard conscientious work,
ava.. myself replied Colonel Ingersoll,
NJ, sO,A no matter the natural aptitude. is
~, ue'y essential to the greatest success.
i. ~ snen you ask me II the gilt of oratory
c. ~ 70 acquired, say emphatlcally No.,
~ 1917 cannot be acquired. BY long study
~ s4'eiul practice men can become good
- , W, not orators. By studying the
.pa ~ soai position and the rules Of syntax
NM F,O'oay' men can acquire wonderful
hvs nym'ng, but not all the acquired
hs.a .ua rules in existence can ever make
"a ,a r.sVS' man might learn all the drills
"A ester ',.s'er all that has been written on the
~ war, and have even a sublime conroge
sehoels neser succeed as soldier. The
Tdos-. ene training can give nothing.
Do ,,n NY uhderyaue them, but all they can
at,ltrt An most, Is to develop the brains and
a eiyln, seh-Ve. Education does not mean
nisoasss o. eanythiDg, its genealogical sig.
aaaI,s' 49, Is to draw ont, Poets we ara told
via nv 'rue, are born not made. and 50 It Is
d, r sus orator. 1--we have not the brain Of
10 reas 1870 training can never teach him how
M u ana stir the hearts of Nom
pss.sD, hoa- Dwight Townsend. who was
IN .siai volunteered the opinion tS %o so Mas
tat ~. .Alent for public speaking ana
Nth M. ','ls talent bordered on eenius
~, aus Colonel Ingars,l ,..-,
IN no' only ortory but to p ,a. ,i a.,ep
,esHss' a,ls and all he arts. and 70 pu the
~ Ds.' = web, for in,,n, Ike Darwin Bsx s
poii.iv r''. y, Spencer, Edison and others haS
spylsl A' n, for the sciences abstract t.s' or
suas Many men. never heard ~ hsa
s,issse- much acquired knowledee Of the
Sqrs .r,. 8 the great men named va ,s u,v
CO. sAss anything out Uiins ana
M ". u. laseFsoll continued;
ss,si s, IA orator is genius. He Is
sssr,s 'I n. and the most potent d al rS,,a
ir.S ny, u. ininenes. with word. NJ n @i,
sss 'i glow in the brain ans ne ~ 1i my
ss. s s,,s AAst throsslns I To 81 .s,s sas
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-08

ior "hen every one Is speaker. peonle arr
Saushea with medlocrlty. The true artist "a
not going to enter The field against tho Aign
painter, nor will the poet compete with H.
maker OF advertising rhymes.
webster was man Of grand possibilities
rather than ofgreat aehieyements. He aimed
at being sonorous and ponderous, and he
succeeded. He ignored the heart while adj
pressing himself to tho head, vet he has left
aiew grand oNtorlcal paragraphs that win
surVivein the Language after his standing asa
statesman Is forgotten Clay was handicapped
uy inadequate training. His success with
the masses, who idolized him, was due more
70 MS personal magnetism than to his origin.
ailty, Tor he had none There was far morn
in his manner than IN his natter. He was n
great force, but history will not rank him as
great orator In his own field Tom corwin
was superb, but he either lacked the oppor.
tunity or did not make 1t, 10 give the world
the best that was in him. s. s. prentiss ras
an oratorical meteor He famed across the
SKY and was gone, but he had the divine eiit
with all the human iailings that attach In
denuneiatory power, biting scorn and withcr.
ing contempt Wendell Phillips was wonder
lui, and unaproachod by any man OF his time.
Henry Ward Beecher as an orator OF the first
class stands IN the fore front OF Americans
and unsurpassed by many OF the anclents or
noderns' He was master OF the emotions.
he said grand things and might have spoken
sun better, had not his splendid genius been
cramped by his environment. It is a great
pity that Beecher wasted 50 much of his life
within the narrow and narrowing compass Of
the pulpit Talmageg Who ever accused
Talmage OF being an orator. certainly no per.
son able to define the word or to appreciate
the giitf He Is a spouter, word copiurer
me yentrloqulst can do some surprising
things with his mouth, but that does not
make him an orator. Lneon's Gettysburg
speech is gem, and Abraham Lincoln In that
rose to the front rank Of orators. But II was
but one flight, as brilliant as It was brief. In
dieating the grand possibilities that lay dor.
mant In the man. No land has had so many
great speakers as America, but Il would be
sheer vanity for us to claim to head the list
with our array OF great orators"
Don't you think, Colonel, that the printing
press has lessened the field for orntory. or
rather the need ioritY" was my next question.
Has the polychromatic printing press that
turns out millions OF reproductions OF
splendid painting, limited the field OF the
artisti OF course not, il anything the pro-
duction Of the chrome intensnes the iesirc
to see the genuine thing. People are still
eager to hear and be thrilled by the music OF
the human voice. They have read the
speeches, and they yearn to see and to hear