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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-06
Drew the Line at colonels.

Col William NJ. Olin. the secretary Of the
commonwealth, distinguished himself the
other evening at the dinner of the New Eng
land Club OF the Delta UDSilon. by telling
haif-a dozen really excellent stories. says the
Boston Herald. he one most distinctly re-
member has never appeared in print, so far
as I know.
Mr.. DIN was speaking Of the ease with
which the soldiers of the great armies of both
the north and the south returned TO their
homes TO take up again their regular pursuit
after the war was over.
'One summer said he a few wears after
the war, Col Higglnson was travelling in the
south, and he got to talking with a farmer in
some little town who was employing con
siderable mum Der Of men al his haying. 7 he
farmer told Col. HigginsOn that most of them
were old confederate soldiers
You see over there. where those four men
are working :: asked he Wen, all of EN-
fought in the war. One Of EN- was a private
one OF EN- was a corporal one was a ma ior
and that man way over in the corner was a
cuiOnel'
Are they good men {: asked Col. Higgin.
We'll said the farmer. that private.s a
first class man, and the Corporal's pretty
good, too
But how about the major and the col
Onel ::
." The major s $3.50 said the farmer
" But the colonel -
wen don't want to say nOthin against
any man who was colonel In the war said
/ the farmer, but I've mado mp my mind l
Won hire no hrtgadier generals. "
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-06
One of senator vanoea Best.

Zebulou B. Vance. senator from North Car
DINA. who is reported to be al the point OF
death. IS a great favorite at Washington, as
well as in his own state and his death would
De very widely and sincerely mourned
says the Chicago Inter Ocean. Dur
/ Ing the war he came to the front as the GOV
ernor OF North Carolina. and, while a
/ thorough confederate distinguished him
sen by hghttng the arbitrary war meas res
OF the Davis administration tooth ana nail
/ lie was ldollzed by the North Carolina sol
ole D. de was one OF the greatest stump
speakers the south ever saw. and long Je-
fore he went 10 Washington his reputation
/ not only as an able debatcr. but as a story
[ teller. had preceded him. He was very much
| like Lincoln in that he kept 50 close to the
common phase and had pat story at hand
for every happening
Most Of his stories have gone the rounds Of
| the papers again and again, sometimes tagged
win MS name and sometimes not. But
know several which have not appeared in
print an may tell them another day. just now
happen TO think OF one he told at his own
| expense In one Of his campaigns for the
| goVernor5hlp he was riding along country
! road when he met venerable darkey arrayed
IN sunday clothes It was Nance's habit to
tax to everybody he me- in these electioneer-
ing tours
Well uncle" he said. you're sprpced up
nightly this morning. Coin to church,"
Yes, sab Gwine to church
Baptist"'
No, sab; ! can'tsay is a Baptist"
Methodist, them"
No, sab 1 amt no Mefod S nudder'
We'll surely, you're net an Episcopalian: :"
No, sab Use Presp'te'au; dat what I is "
And you believe in all the doctrines Of the
Presbyterian church:
~ eS. sab"
Well now, there's the doctrine Of election
Do you believe that if a man is elected TO be
saved he Will be saved and that # he is elected
to be damned he will be damned"
20, yes. boss, OATS my faith
IT Is, en-. Well take my case. Am I elected
| TO re saved or elected to be damned"
The old man scratched his head his rehg
lous convictions struggling with his desire to
be polite but pressed for an answer replied:
Wen. tell you what MarSe Zeb. I have
year, and l never yet hearn tell of any man
being elected Onless he war candida e.
Equally as a politician and as a Presbyte-
ran Gov. Vance appreciated this diplomatic
statement.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-06
a Story of Toole.

A mild-mannered gentleman called at a Ger
tain tkeater one Monday morning ana looked
in at the box Office, says "a London exchange
Gould Ter he said in an apologize
nervous sort @! way, could I-er-book
couple of seats for to-ulght:'
Certainly said the young lady in charge
OF the offte, What seats would ypu like
circle or stalls"
Il think l II have stalls" he answered hest
tatingly; but, nO-er-perhaps I'd letter
have the circle. But wait momnet. please
What's the play. and the-er-who is it that's
here this week"
Mr.. J. L. Toole, the famous comedian -"
was the reply.
''Toole: 1oole! Who's he:'
Oh surely you've heard of Mr., J. L. Toole
the great London comedian: Hes known ali
over the world"
What old Toole? Oh it's old Toole is
II: Wen, / shan take any seats if it's
Toole,"
But really, sir, you'd better; you really
oughtn to miss such an opportunity. You
ought to see him"
Mo. / shant FOoz seats if it's Toole:"
II should strongly advise YOU not to miss
the chance. You re1lly ought to see Mr.
Toole, sir he's awfully funny
mo, thank you; i shant book seats if its
Mr. Too!e. because, YOU see-er-as it hap
pens, Im-er-Mr Toole himself. Good
morning.
And truly it was that veteran arch-ioker w
to his tricks again.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-06
Higher INSURANCE Rates.


The Southeastern Tariff Association has
advanced the rate Of insurance in this city
% cents on the SI0S. This Is the second
advance within a comparatively short
time. II startIes business men and prop
erty owners. Well may they ask al shat
point viii the demands Of this ire insur-
ance trust stop.
The occasion for this last increase is the
heavy losses of the insurance companies
by the recent fires which destroyed the
building Of Wilcox, Gibbs & Co., and
the stocks Of NJ Ferst's Sons, Il Co.,
and the Savannah Grocery Company.
But do the insurance companies expect to
do business here or elsewhere without suit
fering losses2 There may be years when
they will lose money, but they viii have
good years when they will not only re-
cover all their losses but make great
deal of money. The average will be a
handsome annual profit. 1t seems hardly
fair to raise the rates of insurance when
ever a big fire occurs and heavy losses are
sustained, particularly as there is no re-
duction in the rates in the years when the
losses are small.
When the previous increase in the rates
was made it was said that the city had an
insufficient supply of water. The people
have taxed themselves to the extent of
nearly half a million dollars for new
water works, and Savannah has now a
supply Of water as ample as that of Fanny
city of her class in the country The
claim of the tariff association now is that
the fire department is inefficient. Is
this claim well founded The tariff asso-
citation should show that it is. before
making it the basis of further increase
in the insurance rates.
Could the fire that destroyed the Will
cox building have been confined within
narrowerImits and thus prevented from
doing so much damaged 1t is for the
tariff association to show it could before
proceeding to put an additional tax upon
an already heavily tax people The de-
cisiOn of the Atlanta syndicate,
reached without thorough iuvestiga-
ton ought not to be accepted in so I'M
portant matter without protest If it
be true that the fire department is inef-
ticient, the respects in which it is so
ought to be pointed out, so that the
remedy could be applied at once. If
this is not done the impression may get
abroad that the charge that it is in
efficient is only an excuse for raising in
surance rates and making the property
owners of the city pay the loses which
the insurance companies suffer. If large
fires occurred only in Savannah there
might be some excuse for charging that
the Savannah Fire Department is in
sufficient. As matter of fact large
fires occur in all cities, and we do not
think we are out of the way in saying
that they are as destructive in cities
which have lower rate OF insurance as
they are in Savannah.
1t is proposed to have a meeting of
citizens to protest against the action of
the Southeastern Tariff Association as
being discriminating and unjust.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-06
Danger in Delaying the Wilson Bill.

/ Danger in Delaying the Wilson Bill.
The Senate does not seem to understand
that the delay in doing anything definite
in respect to the Wilson bill is preventing
a revival of business and causing dan
/ gerous degree of unrest among the PEG
/ pie The bill has been in the possession
4 Of the Senate finance committee for sew
/ eral weeks. and there is no certainty as to
when it viii be reported TO the Senate
/ The debate upon il in the Senate may be
a long one-so long, in fact that ii may be
| summer before the bill is ready to be sent
I 20 the President,
I 1t is the cause Of a strong feeling Of
! hostility TO the Democra tic party through
out the country, and this feeling may
I crop out in acts of violence if there is not
"A change FOR the better in the business
situation soon. The number of the I'M
employed must continue large as long as
the depression in business continues, and
the cranks and dissatisfied elements Of
the masses are doing what they can to
foment trouble If there should be
demonstrations against individuals or
classes the Democratic party would be
held responsible for them.
The dissatisfaction is not with the
Wilson bill itself, but grows out
of the delay in acting upon it,
Certain interests are, of course,
dissatisfied with it, but that is
expected. The dissatisfaction that causes
uneasiness and threatens trouble would
disappear at once if the bin should be
come a law II is uncertainty that par
alyzes industries and holds business prac-
tically at a standstil. For this uncer-
tainty the democratic majority in the
Senate is responsible.
There is a number of democratic
senators who threaten to defeat the bill
unless their demands are complied with.
Would it not be better to come to some
sort Of an understanding with them at
once than to permit the uncertainty and
its consequent evils TO continue The
Wilson bin must be passed in some shape.
Every democrat understands that To
fail to pass it would be equivalent to an
admission that the Democratic party is
unequal to the task it has promised to
perform. Unless it keeps its promise to
lower the tariff it viii go out of power,
ana stay out for many years. And 1t Is in
danger of iniuung itself beyond recovery
by its delay in acting.
1t would be wiser to make some conces-
sions TO those democratic senators who
insist upon certain important changes in
the Dill than to delay the bill indefinitely,
or run the risk Of having it defeated If
the entire Wilson bill cannot be obtained
at this session, let such changes be made
as will insure its passage. If the conces-
sions have to be made let them be made
promptly. The country would not find so
much fault with the concessions as it is
finding with delay, because the tariff, if
not satisfactory, can be changed at the
next session or by another congress,
while it would be difficult to remedy the
evils that are sure to come from great
delay in passing the bill. What is wanted
now is action.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-06
Lord Roseberv.

Mr. Gladstone thinks ord Rosebery is
one of the brainiest men in England
Eight years ago, in introducing the Young
man as member of his cabinet TO the
liberal party, Premier Gladstone re
ferred to him as The man Of the future.
1t seems that the reference contained
more or less Of an element Of prophesy.
for Rosebery has been in the asceudancy
ever since, and has become to be looked
upon by the liberal party as the Elisha
10 the Grand Old Mans Elijah.
The new premier is something of
political anomaly. He has an old head on
young shoulders-he is in his 47th year
He is a peer with a pedigree that runs
back for hundreds of years he was born
and bred in an atmosphere of exclusive
ness, and surrounded always by the
nobility; yet he is a democrat. He. is
wealthy in his own right, and married
the daughter, the only child, of the late
Baron Meyer de Rothschild, yet he has
always used his talents in the interest of
the common people" Immediately upon
entering the House of Lords, in 1865, he
identified himself with the liberal mi
nority in that chamber ana at once com
manded the attention and respect of the
peers by his astuteness and eloquence.
1t is claimed by contemporary writers,
who are admirers of theme premier, that
his career has just fairly begun, and that
he may be expected to attain to as great
eminence as that reached by Palmerston.
Disraeli or Gladstone Rosebery, while
il coil to 10 "a Il
III the highest sense of the word. and a
statesman broad-minded and clear
sighted enough to put to their best uses
the victories won by the politician. If
this claim of his friends Is well grounded.
it was good for England when the queen
selected him to succeed to the premier.
ship,
In connection with the new premier's
personalities, it is said that he has no
patience with political fads; that he is
not in the least impulsive: that popular
clamor has not the least effect upon him
unless the thing clamored for has in
trinsic merit to back it up, and that his
conclusions are always arrived at method
lcally, and never Jumped to-" 70 illus
trate his persistence when he has a pur-
pose in view, 1t is told that when he left
Oxford he announced that he had deter
mined upon accomplishing three things;
marrying the greatest heiress in England,
winning the Derby and becoming prime
minister. The first of these three pur-
poses he accomplished when he married
Miss Hannah Rothschild, who died sew
eral years ago; his horse, Ladas, is the
favorite for the Derby of 1894, aud the
queen has just chosen him for prime mia
lister.
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-06
a PleasinR Moment.

Squire 3 is the FIRST citizen" of the
New England town in which he lives, and is
respected by all citizens for his sterling q ali.
ties and atstemIOuS habits, says Harper $
Ma gazine.
He has much Of the courtliness of the old
school; coupled with SO keen a sense OF humor-
that ne can appreciate a lOke even though it
be at his own expense. lie relates the follow
ing episode with relish:
Not long since his business called him to
New York, which is as much his home as is
his native place lie hailed a Fifth avenue
stage, ana entering it, found it nearly filed.
SPRAYING across the aisle sat q man in that
state OF intOXlcatiOn which renders one care
less of appearances. Squire B. at
tempted to step over his legs but just then
the stage gave a lurch, and he stumbled over
them.
40 the great amusement Of every one in the
stage the man sat erect. and with maudlin
severity SAID, Man n your ndish oughter
take pr cab
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-06
An Orator Who overdid It.

'Nes, said the statesman, according to
the Indianapolis Journal, Il defeated myself
by my own eloQuence once"
How was that
Il was candidate for the nomination for
congress. and got up and made a speech to
the convention, in which / Just naturally
flung Old Glory. with capital 0 and a capt.
tai o. to the breeze in so enthusiastic man
ner that took the house by storm. I dilatei
responsibilities on the man who should be
called to make her laws till one old fellow
from back county got up and said that had
convinced him that il was too zig io0 for so
young man as I was TO tackle so he moved
that The convention nominate man of more
dNpenence, and, by gee, they did it. Since
then have sorter held myself in check"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-06

Mr.. Stead, the London editor who en-
ioyed Chicagos hospitality and at the
same time sought to find as MANY
skeletons in Chicago's closets as
possible, for commercial purposes. has his
book on Chicago in press. 1t is called, 1T
Christ Came to Chicago" and is alleged
TO abound in the most sensational matter.
printed under the pretext of forcing out
the social miasma by turning in the sun
light of truth. The book is illustrated
one feature of it being maps of the city
In which the gambling heus and other
disreputabie places are located in colors.
A list Of the names OF the persons own
ing the property thus spotted accompanies
the maps. II is easy to see what kind of
q directory Mr.. Stead S book will be. 1t
Is alleged that some of Chicago's million
aires are scored so heavily in the book
that several Of them are considering the
matter Of buying the whole edition before
II is printed, on the condition that the
publishers will smash the plates and
burn the copy
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-06
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

MEETINGs-Savannah Yacht Club: Ogle-
thorpe Lodge No. !. I. 0. O. F.; Confederate
Veterans Association; Alpha Lodge No A.
& A. s. R. F. NJ; Armenia Lodge No 1880. G.
Z. o. o. 0. F.
SPECIAL NOTICEs-Infanta Eulalia Cigars
at the DeSoto Stand. Watson & Powers;
Good Liquors and Wines. Henry Solomon 6
Son; Notice, ]. c. Mathews s Co: Ordinances.
Notice to Tailors, F. e. Retarer, Clerk Of
Council; Card TO the Public Henry K. Al
sick.
MINERAL WATER Suwannee Springs
Water
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Robson at the Thea.
ter March 80.
BOYS GET PR1zEs-B. H. Levy & Bro.
WE ARE GIVING AwAY-Appel & Schaul.
LEGAL SALES Chatham Sherif's Sales;
City Sherid's Sales.
AUCTION SALES Administrators Sale, BY
J. Mclaughlin s. Son; Fine Parlor Suits,
Etc, BY A. Is. Wilson, Auctioneer.
CROWDED. PACKED JAynED,-Adler
MEDICAL-The Animal Extracts. The Co
mmbian Chemical Company, Washington, d.
G.
THERE ARE OTHER THINGS TO CONSIDER
J.. & b. S. NJ. H.
DON'T PUT OFF-Fall Clothing Company.
OUR HANDSOME PREMIUMS GIVEN AWAY.
Foye & Morrison.
CHEAP COLUMN ADVERTISEMENTS Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted For Rent;
For sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-06
Linens,

White Linen Table Cloths, with white and
colOred borders, are conspicuous for their re-
markable prices
Two yards at ~, worth So 50; 215 yards s.. So
worth SO; yards at So %, worth s.. All pure
linen and the strongest bargains of the season.
Full lines Laces, Em5roideries and Ladies'
Underwear at popular prices.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-06
BLACK SILKS
DRESS GOODS,

Six lines Of Fancy Dress Goods, consisting
Of Atwood novelties, worth zoe, for 45c the
yard.
Atwood novelties, worth CSC. for 75c yard.
silk and wool mixtures worth 81, for SOC
yard.
silk and wool mixtures, worth So, for 81. 80
yard.
Spring Suitings, 52inches wide; worth $3.50,
for S125.
Special values in fine wash goods. an as
sOrtment similar to which cannot be found IN
this city. Come and see finest French Cling
hams, Lace Stripe Ginghams Scotch Mourn
ing Gtnghams Satin Plaids and Stripes, EN-
brOidered Stripe Ginghams, fine Novelty
Zephyrs Roman Stripe CIinghams, Broche
T igured Ginghams I'm ported Broehe Sateens
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-06

Lord Rosebery's everyday name, if he
had not been an earl, would have been
Archie Primrose. AS it is, he is Sir
Archibald Philip Primrose, Earl of Rose
berry, Niscount Rosebery, Viscount
Inverkeithing; Baron Primrose and
Dalmeny in Scotland; Baron Primrose of
Primrose, in the county of Edinburg,
England.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-06

The ''yank ee" newspaper Of London,
Mr.. Astor's Pail Mall Gazette, is having
lots of fun with its slow-going, ponderous
British contemporaries. A month ago
when the Gazette announced that Mr..
Gladstone would shortly resign, nearly
allof the London dailies ridiculed the sug-
gestion and endeavored to make butt of
the smart yank ee sheet that had the SUI
preme gall TO try to show Londoners how
to run newspaper a few days ago,
after the fact that Mr.. Gladstone had re-
signed had become public property, the
Gazette reprinted the jeers, gibes and in
suits that the other membe Of the press
had heaped upon it, for announcing before
them that the resignation would take
place. That, Of course, was adding worm
wood to the already bitter draught the
beaten editors were swallowing.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-06

Johann Strauss. the composer Of the blue
Danube and Other famous waltzes is thin.
emaciated, sickly old man with rheumatism
and the govt, and the various ills OF fashion
and wealth. A thousand wrinkles play hide
and seek on the once beautiful face the eye
which used to mirror a genius in highest
poetic ecstasy and fasCinate thousands OF
enthusiastic devOtees on the waXed floors of
festive halls now appears weary and clouded
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-06

1t is not matter of surprise, as some
OF our contemporaries seem TO think, that
the recent correspondence between Gen.
Evans and Col. Atkinson was "couched
in the most courteous language" and was
without the slightest evidence that
either felt the strain of the great contest
that is going on between them" 1t
would, indeed, have been a surprising.
and shocking incident if either of the gen
tlemen had betrayed i'll feeling in his
correspondence.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-06

If the Hawaiian provisional govern
ment has really proposed to Mrs Domi-
mis-, late Queen Liliuokalani, that she ac-
cept retiring pension, to be continued
during good behavior, she had better
take it. From the present outlook moth
ing better will ever come her way.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-06

Cincinnati has just annexed five villages,
with population of $4,000 What a pity
it is that big river and the state of Ken
lucky stand between Cincinnati and Gov
ington; otherwise Cincinnati might be in
the race with Greater New York and
Greater Chicago.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-06

The populists of Georgia are moving
slowly in the matter of putting out candi,
dates for governor. They are already two
months behind the democrats. Possibly
they have concluded not to waste time
and money this fall in trying to contro-
vert the popular desire That would be
about the most sensible conclusion they
could arrive at
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-06

Woman suffrage is not so popular in
Iowa as its advocates could desire. A
proposition to submit the matter Of
changing the constitution so as to permit
woman to vote was rejected in the state
Senate few days ago by a vote Of 20 to
20. Immediately upon the announce
ment of the vote a disguised advocate of
women's rights offered a resolution de
claring the American revolution a failure
and that an apology was due for it. But
the Senate declined to apologize