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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-13


Of the enterprise. The plan more in ee-
tail calls te. Z bypass canal on the wesr
side o. the Upper sacramento river :
ways proved 10 bs n2ors than the chan-el
could contain. From the confluence Of The
Feather ea9d sacranaento rivers a g-eac
the water al the WSy 10 RIO Vista ans
thence to Suisun Fay and the ocean. Thess
canals are deSigllsd 10 reclaim more tAar
Loo. 600 acres Of Sacramento valley lands.
now altogether or az times under wafer,
II is the opinion Of the state Commissioner
Of public works that the result OF tbs
increase the assessed value Of Sacramento
valley lands by. s5Q,QJg,0O0- The canals Will
not be excavated, as II is intended merely
to build enormously strong lsvees on both
sides of the proposed channels, leaving
room for the food-water to run between
There will be hundreds Of miles of ehor-
levees viii be thrown back from the ca
nails at various points for the purpose
of carrying the fiood-waters into the
main water-eourses.
The roll Of our naval heroes is still in
creasing, says the Providence Journal.
from her pupils that Shakespeare becare
French and Milton Dutch admiral
Mussulmans,. however. was not. of course.
the name given TO french sold. ers, " nor
does suffrage mean hunger" though
sometimes IL is not remotely connected
with thirst There is somsthing solemn
was made a pilgrim" and a false ety.
mology possibly suggested that 'guerrllas
We're men who saw to tle eulllOLne,
and that DComsday Book was so called
because it was 10 last TIL the Crack Of
Doom" And, lastly. here are the two
most recent contributions 10 our national
history: Nelson lived in the re On OF
Victoria, and defeated the French under
Butcher at Waterloo" and, agoin. the
battle of Trafalgar was fought al Water
loo, when Napoleon commanded the Prus-
ans. End Nelson was shot for going on
deck" In geography also the answers are
some what a variance with precOnceived
notions. Jt appears that Derby Is noted
for races, Sheffield for Sheffield ponies
and Bolton for its Abbey" Honolulu ig
Helvellyn "a large volcano in Scotland"
A crater is "a straight line which is very
rot" and the chief foods of India are
tea, coffee, rice aud raw SILK" Possibly
few people know what dykes are; II is this
way: When 2 country is below the sea
dykes are big sticks 10 hold N the wa-er, >
We are glad TO know, on one authority,
that the Albert Nyanza Is so called be-
cause 1t was discovered by Prince AL
BERT but It suggests painful thoughts
to be informed that Livingston went or
exploring till his boots were quite worn
out" There is, however, certain ele-
ment Of truth in the statement that Pan
Is noted for yellow mud, which sticks
to the fingers of those who make it." The
English language itself is a fertile source
are not uncommon. TIE masculine OF
goose is duck, and the feminine of horse
is COW. Tbs plural OF lady Is gentlema ~
and the masculine OF vixen is brute. Alb
stract nouns are things you cannot
see, such as gas and thunder or-as ono
"a thing you cannot feel namely, con-
science"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-13

All the good stories Of DR.. BIcCosh were
not told by his obituary biOgra piers. He
had a thoroughly characteristic. but en-
tirely amidbie, eeotism, which some times
raised smile among the Princeton stu
dents. One day he had been discussing
before the senior class LeibnitZ's theory
o. evll, and especially the point JlaI man
kind was put upon the earth because
there was less evil here than elsewhere
one OF the young men replied: "WeN.
doctor. why was evil Introduced into
the world, anyway
The doctor mad q habit. when he was
puzzled, says Kate Fields Washington, Of
chewing his thumb lsnucxle. and as the
argument was leading up to this, he
gnowed viciousiy. ~ neu the question
came out however. he threw up both
his hands and cri sd-
.Ah, you nave asked the hardest Gu stion
IN all pneelOsophyi Sukkrares tried to
snswer 81, and failed. Plato tried 1t. ana he
failed. too; kahnt attempted it and made
bad work Of it, Leibuuz tried it, and
begged She whole question, as / have
been tellin ye. and" here he renewed
his chewlng-"I confess. I don't know
Just what 10 max of Ii rnesel. &"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-13


England's consols. which pay only -
per cent interest readily command
premium Of per cent TINS country cam
not borrow money for less than per
cent. and the President has just agreed 20
pay 37s per cent. interest on 81. i1q.ao9 ~
coin bonds. 70 he had authority 20 issue
gold bonds he could sen an the money the
Rovernernent needs az 2 peg cent Why
is 80 that England can borrow money at
a much less rate oil Interest than this coun-
tryg England IS not so rich and her na-
tional debt j. more than twice as great
is fl not because there IS the utmost
confidence ia Euglands purpose to keep
her money sound2 ia this country there
are men Of influence who are continually
advocating unsouud or dishonest Gnan-
cial legislation. It is not improbable that
any one Of these dishonest schemes may
be adopted IN the near future. The adop-
lion Of any one Of them would mean seri-
ous loss TO the holders not only OF gov
eminent securities. but also Of other Sc
curities held mere and IN Europe.
IL g. tine fear that our money viii not
be- permitted to remain sound that causes
those who offer to ieud money 10 the gov
eminent to demand higher rate Of In
terest than England pays. 1t would be
impossible 10 give anywhere near cor
rect estimate Of the amount Of money
which the greeubaci and free silver crazes
have cost the government The amount
IS startilngly large.
II there We're no doubt that our money
would remain sound We could borrow on
as favorable terms as England does.
There is one thing which the silverites
have never set satisfactorily explained.
parity of the gold and silver dollar. what
beneht to anybody except the silver mine
owner would the free and unlimited coin
age OF silver be? Do they want the
volume of the currency Increased? If they
do they could easily have a greater vol
ume by providing for an increased circu-
lation of the notes Of banks of issue. AS
a matter OF fact, however. there is an
abundance Of money both here and in
England. and it is remarkably cheap. And
II n were more plentiful and cheaper II
would be piled up ga the banks just as it
is now. There is no demand for It, and
there IS not likely 10 be as long as there
is such uncertainty in respect 10 our ma
tional finances.
But, as a matter Of fact, do the silver
ties favor keeping the debt paying power
Of silver dollar equal to the debt pay
ing power OF the gold dollar? 1t is not
believed they do. In fact. they know 1t
could not be done for any great length
of time If our minis should be opened to
the free and unlimited coinage Of silver.
And because they and all other men who
understand the matter know it could not
be done is why this country cannot Dor
row money as cheaply as England can.
The silver craze is costing this country
dearly. 1t is 10 be hoped the burden 1t
is putting upon the people viii not become
so great as to cause a great financial dis
"a star
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-13
Rich Mems Excuses.

"A clergyman" writes a correspondent
m the Westminster Gazette, set out the
other afternoon on q begging expedition
lfree rich men We're on this occasion Sc
lected as victims. said Number One after
listening 10 an earnest appeal for funds
20 build new church. I'm sorry cannot
help you. but the fact g.. I don't ike your
views. You are TOO evangelical Mum Der
Two would have been glad 10 contribute to
the funds, but unfortunately the poor vicar
was not sufficiently evangelical to suit
MIN. Arrived at Number Three. all seemed
% promise vel, and after very sympa-
tnetic chat the rich man exclaimed, with
a warm hand-shake, u is most cheering
20 meet with one whose views accord so
perfectly with my own, but as ] am nrmly
persuaded that the second coming OF the
Lord VIII take place before your church is
built. it would be useless Tor me 70 give
Won auV-fhiuers
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-13
Four Millions OF Names.

A cynosure OF all eyes at the White Rib
bon convocation, to be opened at Wash
ington on Friday next win be a monster
petition. containing 100000 names. and
praying all civilized governments to aoan-
don all protection or recognition OF the
drink traffic and totally prohibit it with
in their respective jurisdictions. The
names on the petition represent fifty coun-
tries and nationalities. and number OF
men and women about equal to the total
population of London. Rolled up, the
document weighs nearly a ton. ENROLLED
and pasted in a single sheet. the petition
would stretch nearly thirty miles in length.
Five huge boxes are required to contain
the paper which, as 1t stands, represents
many months OF earnest and prayerful
work by an army OF good and sincere
women. The gigantic petition is regarded
with pride by the Womans Christian Tenn
perance Union. under whose auspices the
convocation IS to be held, and it Is de-
pended upon to exert a considerable moral
influence in behalf Of the temperance
cause.
There is, however. another view that
may be taken Of the great list of sigma
lures. How much of hypocrisy. and insin-
cerity. and cowardice, and absolute. de-
liberate falsehood. IS rolled up in that
great petition? It Is a pretty well known
fact that nothing is so meaningless as the
average petition. Some people will sign
anything, where no personal expense is in
volved II only for the purpose of getting
rid of the importuner. Some people take
pleasure in seeing their names attached
to every petition ia circulation. Some peo-
pie sign petitions for accommodation. il
Is probably true that only a small proper
ton Of the number OF men who sign petit
lions do so from a firm sense of convlc-
ton. A majority Of them never take the
trouble to thoroughly inform themselves
with regard to the contents of the paper
they sign. Ii may be different with women
They are probably more conscientious
about such things.
In the case Of the big petition Of 1900 600
names. therefore. the probabilities are
that it is literally loaded with the names
of men who would go to the polls and
vote against prohibition if the question
We're submitted to the people. They had
not the moral courage to refuse their Sig
natures when women asked it, but they
would cast their secret ballots against the
innovation they have petitioned for.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-13
The South's Profit on Cotton.
From the Philadelphia Record Oem.l.

The south has not reaped the real profits
upon its cotton crops. England sold to
Japan in "a single year $4,000 600 worth of
cotton goods. Almost every pound OF this
material came from the southern states,
but England received as much for each
yard Of fOur-ounCe goods AS she paid The
ton Of extensive cotton mills IN Georgia
and other southern states during the past
few months BY New England cotton spin
ReTs is a most important feature. Secre-
tary OF the Interior Hoke Smith has al
ready emphasized the fact that the manu-
facture In thu south Of its own cotton
would change the value OF the crop an
rrenv from sS9o.00o,es0 to about Sl.0o0
0gO, Co.,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-13
Question Of Privilege,

Bret Harte in Scribner's Magazine.
n was Andrew jackson Suffer, who, de-
spising Cutter for remarks he heard
him utter In debate upon the moor.
Swung him UP into the skylight, In the
peaceful, pensive twilight and then
keerlessly proceeded, maxim no &C
count what we did
To wipe Up with his person casual dust
upon the floor.
Now a square tight never frets me, nor
...- uupleasantness upsets me, but the
simple thing that gets me-now the
job Is done and gone,
And we've come home free and merry
from the peaceful cemetery. leavin'
Cutter there with Sutter-that mebbe
just stutter
On the part OF Mr.. Cutter caused the loss
we deeply mourn
Some bashful hesitation. just like. the
speHin punctoos1ion-might have
worked an aggrayation unto Suffers
mournfuI mind.
For the witnesses all vary ez to wot was
said and nary galoot VIII toot
hts horn except the way he is in
clined.
But they all allow that sutter had begun
a Kind of mutter; when up rose Mr..
Cutter with a sickening kind of ease,
And proceeded then 20 wade IN 70 the
subject then pTevailin'; rs Profanity
Degradin 90 in words like unto these:
'fonlike- the previous speaker, Mr.. Cutter
seeker-and not like him-a cuss-'
It was here that MI. Suffer softly reached
for Mr.. Cutter, when the latter with
a SHUTTER said; Accustomed 10 dis
cuss.'
Then Suffer ne rose grimely. and sorter
snilin' dimly. bowed onto the chair
man primly-Gust like Cutter as could
Drawled He guessed he must fall back
as-Mr. Cutter owned the pack as
he just then played the Jack as"
Chere Gutter gun went crack! as Mr..
Suffer gasped and ended every man
can see!'
But William Henry Pryor-just in range
OF Suffers -fre-here eVinced a wild
desire TO do somebody harm
And in the general scrimmage no one
thought If Suffers 'jnage" was
misplaced puncLOoation-like the
hole in Pryor's arm.
For we all waltzed in together, never
carin' to ask whether Il was Suffer
or was Cutter We woz tryin' 10 abate
But we couldn't help perceivin' when we
took to inkstand heaVin' that the
process was relievin' to the sharp
ness of debate.
So we've come home free and merry from
the peaceful cemetery, aud I make
no commentary on these simple child
ish games.
Things is various and humsn-and the
man amt born of woman who has
got enough acumen to say wots an
others aimsi
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-13
QuiGg Outlines the Policy
From the New York Press Rep).

Hawaiian annexa ton was brought a
step nearer ON Saturday when the United
the amendment 10 the consular and diplo-
matte bill approprating S5OO,O0 for the
purpose cf beginning the CONSTRUCTION of
an American cable to Honolulu The cue
koos in the House viii. OF course, make
q DESPERATE effort 10 Kill this appropria-
ton and the administration organs VIII de-
nounce tx VociferoEsly. But whatever &C
ton the cuci1oos may take. the record
made In the highest legislative body of
the nation stands and the next House can
be denended upon 10 carry on the work
of hi1llnn Hawaii 10 the L-niLeo STATES
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-13

The American Wool and Cotton Repor-
ter's reports show the American wool mar
lyet 10 be not only existing, under the new
tariff but actually growing-both condi-
the protectionists some months ago. The
sales Of wool for January, 1885, were some
100000 pounds greater than We're The sales
for the same month one year ago.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-13
Col. MorrI.on,s Nerve.

Friends Of ex-Congresman William r.
VI son of Illinois are telling an an
ecdote Of uncertain date relating TO the
chairman of the interstate commerce com
mittee. which forms rather cheerful
reading these pleasant days OF snow and
arctic zephyrs, says the washington FOst:
Col Morrison believes In the efficacy Of
discipline OF the mind. He has spent
great part or his eVentful career IN notes.
and one of his theories has ALWAYS been
that the mind can be so trained that the
biggest sort of hotel FIRE is powerless
to side-track the reasoning faculties on
occasions when presence of mind is need
ed. He impressed this theory very strong
" upon Mrs Morrison by conjuring up
variety OF critical eNigencies and instruct
ing her how to act in given cases.
Fate would have II that the colonel
should be put to the test. he and mis-
wife were aroused from their slumbers
one night by an alarm Of fire. The hotel
in which they had their rooms was afire.
and great confusion and tumult ensued
Nov is the time to put into practice
what have always preached TO you, my
dear" said the colonel. Don't ret eS-
cited. Pvt on all yonr Indispensable APP
parel and take your time. Don't lose your
head Just watch me"
He caimed Mrs Morrison's anxiety,
handed her the various articles necessary
TO her toilet. pnt on his collar and Guns.
took his VIZ Itch from under his pillow
aud placed 1t IN his vest pocket put on
his hat packed elise of V9luahles and,
taking his Gene. walked with Mrs. MoTrt-
son out of the burning building into the
NOW nv dear" he said. when they
we're safe" don't you see what rrond
thing It is to keep cool and act with a
anIihera te purpose IN an emergency like
this? Here you are completely dressed rs
though YOU We're going ont for walk,
ard over ver.'ar are several ladies Ia COM
plete dishabille."
Just then Mrs. Morrison for the first
tire glanced gt ho~ lNlshHnd
You are riPht. william she said. sit
fo a r-raOd thing to keen cool and act de-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-13

A peculiarly of the pending naval bin,
and one that is regarded as dangerous. is
the privilege of retirement it would
extend to officers on and after reaching
the grade OF lieutenant commander. pro-
vided they have been thirty-five years in
the service. The Philadelphia Record
upon inquiry. finds that if the provision
were to become law, every rear admiral
and commodore in the service might
pass Immediately into retirement. where
they might be Joined by sixteen captains,
who would be eligible to retirement I'M
mediately upon their promotion to the
vacancies caused by the retirement of
the admirals and commodores. That
would mean the addition to the retired
list OF ffty-four officers each of whom
could hold the commission Of rear admiral.
The service would be apt to suffer be-
cause of such wholesale Withdrawals.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-13


Here IS Oscar Wiides latest. It is
prose poem and tells of an artist: "One
evening there came into bis soul the de-
sire 10 fashion an image Of the pleasure
that abideth for a moment And he went
forth into the world TO look for bronze,
for he could only think OF bronze.
But all the bronze of the whole world
had disappeared, nOr anywhere IN the
whole world was there any bronze 10 be
found, save only the bronze Of the image
of the sorrow that endureth forever.
Now this image he had himself and
with his own hands fashioned and had set
" on the tomb of the one thing he had
loved in life. On the tomb of the dead
thing he had most loved he set this image
of his own fashioning that it might serve
as a sign of love OF man that. dieth not,
and a symbol Of the sorrow Of man that
endureth forever. And in whole world
there was no other bronze save the bronze
Of this image.
And he took the image he had fashioned
and set il in a great furnace, and gave 1t
to the fire.
And out Of the bronze of the image of
the sorrow that endureth forever he
fashioned an image OF the leasure that
abideth for moment"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-13
"DiscrelitabIe."
From the Hartford Tines Dem.).

Last December gold-bond issue could
have been negotiated at about lper cent.
less than this new issue must sell for,
which is nearly 4 per cent. This uncom-
Portable and discrediIable difference meas
lres the decline of the governments credit
in that brief time; thanks to an imbecile
and the rising cloud Of 'popu-
ism i'm the west It's one more object
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-13

The blizzard IN the north and north
west has permitted a shrewd Chicago
man 20 corner the New York egg market.
The chemists have not yet got 20 the
point where they can knock the genuine
hen fruit out Of consideration.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-13
CURRENT COMMENT.
An unfair Critic.

Springfield (NLass) Republican Und).
The New York Tribune has the eff~ont-
cry 10 intimate that il desires to treat
President Cleveland fairly. The organic
policy of that newspaper has been TO mis-
represent. abuse, impute dishonorable and
reasonable motives, and generally faisify
concernine the Presidents. acts and pol
icy, all in the name and for the glory of the
Republican party
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-13

Harry Hayward is losing some mighty
fine opportunities to bring hypnotism to
his defense. He neglected to hypnotize
Bhxt and his own brother when they were
on the stand aud they told some very bad
stories. which may hang the society man
Harry.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-13

Insurance men who were daring enough
TO take relnsul ance risks on La Gagcogne
and her cargo. had "a picnic" The rate
ran up from one-fourth Of per cent.
the normal rate, 10 12ls per cent.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-13

The popuiists Of Chicago are going to
have a grand rally on washington's birth
day Old Father George didn't know any
thing about either Chicago or the popu-
lists; and yet some people say ne died too
carly.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-13

Mr.. Richard Croker. who is in Florida,
is expected 10 return 10 New York next
week. II is said he Will be met at the
station by a number Of Tammany men.
who desire 20 consult him about reOrgan-
izing the Tammsny society. It is very
evident that Mr. Croker is not out Of the
leadership.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-13

The theatrical managers Of New York
are organizing TO fight the high hat bill
that is pending in the legislature. The
bin puts the managers between The Of
and that is what the managers do not like.
They DO not relish the idea of having TO
bear the brunt OF displeasure of the wo-
men who may have to be elected for
wearing unlawful hats. 1t has been sug-
gested that maybe the law could be rem
dered a. dead letter and imperative by
The managers, through the giving Of
pr.zes to the wearers of the most beau
ttful and artistic of those bead and
ribbon affairs called opera bonnets. In
striving Tor the bonnet prize, the women
No"ld forget al about big hats.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-13


This hsrd-luck story from Chicago, par
ticularly since the action took place in 4
zero atmosphere, is especially touching:
Mir. Andrews left his club, with its warm
rugs and warmer drinks. at midnight to
go to his home a mile away. The snow
was dry and he had plenty of wraps, so
he concluded to brave the brisk wind
and walk the distance. Three blocks
away from the club highwayman held
him up" and took his watch and Sl.25
hut overlooked SIS in bills ia his fob pocket
Mr. Andrews congratulated himself on
the robbers oversight, and went forward
brislzly. But scarcely a block was gone
before a second highwayman relieved him
OF both the $i5 and his overcoat. That
was bad enough. but 1t was not the worst
4 third highwayman took his top clothes
about a block from his house. leaving him
with nothing on save his under-flannels.
After some banging at his door Mr.. An
drews got into his house and tumbled at
once into bed. TO thaw out. Despite his
adventures he fen asleep quickly and slept
soundly. The next morning. to his con
sternaton, he found that burglars had
been through the room and left him not
q thread of clothes.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-13

The internal revenue service, as stated
in our dispatches yesterday, will not be
responsible for any failure 10 pay the
income tax. The law holds the taxpayer
not the collector. responsible. All ndi-
viduals whose income for 1894 equalled
or exceeded $500, and all corporations
whatsoever, are required by the pro-
visions OF the law to make returns to The
collectors. The collectors have been. or
viii be, supplied with blanks, and tax
payers must get the blanks from them.
These blanks must be properly filed out.
sworn TO and filed with the collectors "on
or before the first Monday in March
1885" There are only few more days
for the making Of returns. StiI. the
time is probably ample, for Georgia.
There are not great many people in
this state who have incomes above $500 a
month.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-13

Ready 50 Learn--Justice Severely
How could you, sir, be SO mean as 10 swim
die people that put confidence in you?
Pnsoner-Wel, judge, Ill make Il WORT
something TO yer ~ you'H tell me how Z,
work them as dOnt.--Life's Calendar.