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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-29
Electricity on the Canals.

Electricity has been successfully applied
to canal boat propulsion on the Erie canal,
but upon plan quite different from the
one originally proposed. The original plan
was that the current should be taken from
an overhead trolley to a motor on the boat
where it would drive a screw propeller or
a paddle wheel. The current Of electricity
was to be returned to the power station
through the water. the water thus being
made to perform the service usually done
by the rails in a street railway trolley
system. The objections to the plan were
not greatly different from the objections
to steam on the canal boats. The main
one was that the wash" from the pro-
peIer wheels would be injurious to the
banks Of the canal and make frequent and
costly repairs to them necessary. The
system that has been adopted removes
that objection. by virtually making the
electrical apparatus take the place of the
mule on the bank and not the place of
steam engine on the boat. The electrical
motor is really towing machine, and does
not form any part of the individual outfit
of the boat 1t is as much an Independent
continuance as is the tug boat which tows
ship up the river.
A line of steel posts fourteen feet high
and $50 feet apart is set along the bank
of the canal These posts carry two steel
cables the upper one being an inch and
r,le a., ai,v,,o+or ana tbo Yoo,o,. ,,o -,
inch. A motor car is suspended from the
upper cable, which bears the entire weight
of the car. The motor is connected di-
rectly with the driving shaft, around
which the lower cable is twice passed in
such a way that the movement in either
direction by the motor moves the car ac-
cordingly. The motorman has seat in
the suspended car. which consists of moth
ing more than a frame heavy enough to
sustain the apparatus. A tow line is
passed from the car to the canal boat
where it is made fast to the sampson
post" and the procession is ready to
move. The motors are of seven horse
power. and can pull two or more laden
boats.
The electrical current is supplied to the
motor through the upper cable. upon
which the apparatus travels, and is re-
turned to the power station through the
lower cable, thus securing a perfect metal
lie circuit. which is said to be more
economical than the circuits on most
trolley street railways. A similar appar-
atus. it is said, is being successfully used
in lumber hauling at mills in North Caro-
lima.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-29
Fair warning for the Court.

The unmarried woman of uncertain age
was on the witness stand, and the prose
cutting attorney, for some reason, was
disposed to nag her, says the Detroit
Il believe" he said. that YOU gave
your name as Mary Howitly, unmarried
Il did," she replied stubbornly.
And what is your age?"
Il decline to answer"
But the court wishes to known"
ITS none OF the courts business"
snapped the witness.
The witness will answer the question"
frowned the judge.
THE witness will do nothing of the
kind" replied the lady
THE court insists" said the Judge.
And why?' asked the witness. "WiIl I
tell the truth with any less impartiality
whether l am twenty or seventy"
The Judge was thinking of a fitting an
swer when the prosecutor put in:
May it please the court he said severe
ly, this is contempt and should be pun
ished accordingly"
The witness smiled most exasperatingly.
May 1t please the court" she said in
close imitation of the prosecutor, you
may fine me for contempt If you wish but
and the gentleman who asks me the ques-
tion are elected to the offices you fill by
the people, and you are both willing to
be elected again. Imprison me, if you
wish, 1 shall not answer; but | will say
to both of you now that when the peo-
pie know you have punished woman for
refusing to tell her age, you will never
be elected to office again in a thousand
years. Women have some rights that
are bound to be respected, and public SEN
timent has accorded us this one. So,
there"
The judge looked down at the prosecutor
and the prosecutor looked up at the Judge.
and the question was passed.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-29
The Income Tnx Cnrc.

There appears to be a good deal of con-
fusion respecting the exact status of the
income tax case. BY some it is held that
on May the only question that will be
before the court is whether a rehearing of
the case shall be granted. BY others it
is understood that a rehearing has been
granted already, and that If Mr.. Justice
jackson is present the question Of the con-
stitutionality of the law on the points on
which the court was evenly divided when
it rendered an opinion in the case a
couple of weeks or so ago, will be argued.
The question on which the court stood
four to four was as to the constitution
ality of the law in so far as it affects in
comes derived from sources other than
rents and state and municipal bonds. 1t
would be useless to reargue the constitu-
tionality of the tax on incomes from rents
and state and municipal bonds. because
eight of the nine justices have agreed
on that part OF the law and it is not likely
any one Of them would change his opin-
ion if there should be reargument of
1t.
Nothing will be done with the case at
all on May 6 if Mr.. Justice Jackson is
not present. and there is chance that he
may decide before that time that his
health would be injured by leaving home
and taking his place on the bench. Still,
there is such a general and strong desire
that the question of the constitutionality
of that part of the law which is yet in
doubt shall be settled at once, that
he win doubtless take considerable risk
in order to be present when the case comes
up again.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-29
The Indu.trIes Of savannah.

While Savannah lis a commercial city
chiefly. It would be mistake for any
body to suppose she is a commercial city
solely. She has number Of manufacture
ing establishments OF the kind that are
usually classed as the smaller indus
tries. g" while as a matter Of fact some OF
them have as much money invested in
them as some that are classed as the
larger industries" The Morning News
begins this morning the publication Of a
series Of articles descriptive OF Savan-
nah's industries. showing their import
ance to the community and their capaci-
ties as winners OF satisfactory returns
upon the investments. The initial ar
ticle OF the series deals with the lumber
industry. which is shown UP in proper
tons that will doubtless surprise a great
many people in this city. who, while IA
miliar with the situation. are probably
not aware that as many as 200 people
depend upon the industry for a living,
and that the establishments earn so fair
a return upon their capital, even in hard
times.
The article gives also an insight into
the resources of the city which could be
drawn upon for other woodworking man
ufactories, such as veneer factories, fur
niture factories. spoke and handle fac
tories. etc. The suggestion is thrown out
that the building OF railway cars as a
commercial enterprise could be prohta-
bly, gone into here.
The fact that Savannah has already
number of paying manufacturing estab-
lishments will do much toward inducing
the establishment Of other manufacture
ing plants here. There is nothing more
attractive than prosperity. Meantime. sa-
vannahians should bear in mind that they
must depend chiefly upon themselves in
the matter Of broadening the field OF
manufactures. Self-help is the very best
help. 1t is the most reliable besides
being the most profitable.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-29

The probability Of Russia's interfering
in the settlement between Japan and
China seems imminent What such inter
ference would amount 10 is a question.
But short while ago no student Of inter
national affairs would have asserted the
probability Of Japan defying Russia and
being able to successfully back up the
defiance Now. however, another view
of the situation is taken, and careful
journals are caavassing the comparative
military and naval strength OF the two
powers. in view OF the recent demonstra-
1t is reported, will not join in the move
ment to coerce Japan. II Russia at
tempts to do It alone she may find on her
hands one Of the most interesting jobs
that she has undertaken in long while
Russia was once advised by one OF her
statesmen to annex China, because she
is powerless to resist" The advice was
not acted upon, which fact Russia may
now regret.
The New York Herald. summing up the
lighting strength OF the two countries.
places Russia's strength in soldiers at
222j.oOO. and in warships of all kinds at
Isl. OF these troops. however, only some
1900 are in the East Siberia military
district. which is the district nearest TO
the possible scene Of operations. while
most OF the others are a very long way
off. And Of the Russian naval forces,
there are only fifteen ships in Siberian
waters. and ali OF them are.of an inferior
type OF vessel. There is not one first
class ship in the feet. The heavy ships
are in the Baltic and Black seas and
the mass OF the troops are in European
to lighting grounds in Korea, China,
Manchuria or Japan would be an enor-
nous and expensive undertaking, re-
quiring considerable time. 1t is estimated
by a gentleman who has studied the sit
uation, and whose conclusions are en-
titled to respect" that the cost to Rus
STA of transporting and maintaining each
man would be as great as the cost to
japan OF maintaining cohpdHE III tHS
field. The Russian troops and ships would
be operating thousands of miles away
from their base. while the enemy would
be lighting practically at home.
To offset Russias strength, Japan has
an army on war footing of some 10000
men. and navy of some thirty effective
lighting vessels. including those captured
from China. These are all at hand and
ready for instant service. Besides which.
two first-class battle ships are being built
in England for Japan. With this force
1t is thought that the Japanese would be
able to hold their own. and maybe do
better than that. against Russian forces
transported long distance by sea.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-29

The majority Of the labor strikes that
are occurring now are not to prevent a
cut in wages. as they were two years
ago. but to secure an advance. II is a
probability that a good many strikes for
that purpose will occur within a year. A
number OF manufacturing concerns have
voluntarily advanced the wages OF their
operatives recently. They are the con
Germs that have been the most sensitive
to returning prosperity. hence their abil-
ity to make the advances. There are
other concerns which will be slower to
feel the effects of the renewed activity.
and which must. therefore. hold on to
the old wage scales for a time longer. The
employees Of such establishments may be-
come impatient. thinking their employers
are waiting too long to give them some
Of the benefits Of the improvement, and
hence go out on strike. The employees
should remember that. as the times did not
get very bad all in day. neither can
they get very good all IN a day. A little pa
thence will sometimes work wonders.
Speaking of strikes, some Of those report
ed recently are really freaks. For in
stance, the operatives in a Pennsylvania
glass works went on strike a few days
ago because the company wouldn't agree
to furnish free ice water before May l.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-29
Advice Is Chenn.

From tho Nebraska State Journal
Get up, young man.: the poet wrote
And breathe the air so sweet;
Put on your light spring ovS-ooat,
With lambkins in the early morn,
Go sport upon the greeni"
Next day the poet all forlorn
Arose at ten fifteen.
1t is an easy job to give
Advice-we all can teach
But such an awkward thing to live
And practice what we preach!
OF kindly pTecept none have lacked
So far as | have seen;
But words by good example backed
Are few and far between.
The country stands in need of those,
Who do as Enoch did
And while their weary jaws repose
Walk right side up amid
The mad, diSccrdant surging thrOng
That treads the pavement blocks
Such men do more to crush out wrong
Than one who simply talks.
We have too much of vocal noise,
Too great a waste of breath,
This life IS robbed of half its joys
And talked almost to death;
II more would braNely do and dare
The land of heavenly bliss
Would have few recruits to spare
From those who die in this.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-29
Confessions of ssCOfn.v
From the Chicago Times Herald Qnd.).

Conn., what did you mean in your FL
nancial School" by saying %. 81, while
trying to show that the silver dollar had
always remained the unit: 80 that up
to 1873 we were on what was known as
bimetallic basis, but what was in fact
silver basis?' Didn't you know that from
about 1870 a silver dollar was never seen
in circulation, and that gold was the only
money in use?
No. had not known about that.
Well, Coin, you are a small boy. and may
learn sense and many other things as you
grow older. but didn't you know you were
nbbing when you said we were on a silver
basis in fact after 1894?
Well, yes but l changed the sense
little TO suit what the silver mine owners
told me 10 preach They tell all their
speakers to make confusing statements.
and then by the time they are exposed 10
20 on 10 something else.
Then you knew, did you, that the market
ratio OF gold 70 silver after 1884 was so
far different from the legal ratio OF 1871
that gold was the cheaper metal and
drove out silver. and that no silver dollars
were IN circulation from that time until
Yes but | did not think IL obligatory on
me 20 put ~ everything especially II II
dld not agree with my orders from my
employers.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-29

Glass is a meterial whose astonishing
possibilities we are only beginning to
understand, says the Illustrated Ameri-
can. Incredible progress has been made
in it's manufacture the last ten or twelve
years. We. who saw the glass gown spun
for the Princess Eulalia at the Chicago ex-
position, viii forget the wonder with
which that dainty creation impressed us
should we be lucky enough 10 sec the
exposition in Paris in 1900, when NJ. Hem
rivaux. an enthusiastic French manufac-
turer, promises to show us a house made
entirely Of glass and with furniture and
even tapestries made Of the same mate
rial This very novel mansion Is 10 have
an original csheme Of being rendered al
ways warm In winter and cool in summer
NJ Henrivaux proposes TO erect an iron
skeleton on which win be placed slabs
Of glass IN such fashion as 10 form a
double wall. IN the interior OF which lot
air can be circulated Ia winter and com
pressed air-which WITH cool the walls
IN summer. The roof VIII be OF glaae on
a network % iron. and the partitions ana
ataircaSes OF the same material.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-29

1t is reported that ex-Gov. Matthews
of Indiana has gone over to the silver
ties. 1t is also reported that ex-Congress-
man Cooper of Indiana, who was silver
ite. has abandoned free coinage and
Joined the sound money advocates For
the next year we may expect to hear SINH
lar announcements concerning men more
eriess prominent on one side or the other
That kind OF thing is common to all polit-
ical campaigns.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-29
A satisfactory Basis.
washington ga. Gazette DENY.

We believe that it will be wise for the
Democratic party to take ground against
the free coinage of silver at 16 to l by the
United States only. But it is a different
thing to take ground against international
bimetallism. This is not a question of our
internal politics, nor Is 1t necessary for
our political parties to take ground
further than to say, that the United
States should send delegates to conven-
ton for discussing and settling the ques-
ton of international money whenever
asked so to do. We have a gold standard
now, and II there is no prospect of its dis
turbanee except by agreement of the great
GENTLY settled and secure for the purposes
of business.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-29

A committee of five representative mem
pers of the proposed colony of federal
veterans to be settled in this state. re-
Gently visited Montgomery county to ex-
anime the land bargained for. and ger in
formation with regard to the situation
The report of the committee was not only
favorable but enthusiastic. The commit
teemen found everything to be even better
than had been represented, and recon-
mended that the option be closed at once.
The closing of the option was noted in our
telegraphic dispatches.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-29

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workinsmen should rake warning.

few days ago the secretary of the
Manufacturers Club of Philadelphia de-
livered an address in Harrisburg. Pa,
in which he favored the free coinage
of silver. 1t is understood that many
members of that club favor free silver
coinage. and their attitude on the silver
question is the occasion of a good deal
of surprise.
There is no reason why there should
be surprise. In his letter to the Chicago
committee that invited him to deliver
an address on the financial issue, the
cult to convince the wage Garner that if
there were benefits arising from degen-
Grated currency they would reach him
least of all and last of ALL" All expert
ence teaches that the foregoing is true.
If the country should go to a silver
standard tina earnings of the wage earn
ers would remain practically the same
in amount, but they would have only
about half the purchasing power they
now have. In effect. therefore,
their wages would be reduced
one-half and judged by the ex-
perience of the past they would not be
able to get them increased. because be-
fore the agitation in behalf of an in
crease produced results the silver boom
would burst. and the country would be
in the midst of financial distress.
Those members of the Manufacturers
Club of Philadelphia who favor the free
coinage of silver do so probably because
they think they would get the benefit
of silver prices for their products without
paying their operatives silver standard
wages. In other words they hope to get
the labor of their operatives for about
half what they now pay for it in proper
ton to what they would get for their
products.
In the west there are wage earners
who are favoring the free coinage OF
silver. II the silverites should succeed in
putting the country on silver basis all
wage earners would have cause to regret
it. II they think they are poorly paid
now they would have much more reason
then 10 complain Of their compensation.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-29

A Washington dispatch a few days ago
said there would not be established a De-
pertinent of the South of the army be-
cause there was no general officer to take
command of such a department 1t trans
pires. however. that since the recent ap-
pointment of two brigadier generals by
the President, there are not enough de-
partments for all the generals. The pros
poets for Department of the South.
therefore, are improved
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index TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Meetings-DeKalb Lodge No. Q. l. O.
OF
Special Notices-Hannis Distilling Com
nany's Whistles. Henry Solomon & Son.
The Company's Agents: Fragant Teas
Henry Solomon & Son: Coal oil John
ny's Petroleum Soap. J. II. Immen; Impe-
rial Baking Powder. Sam Sheftal; Sun
day Excursions to Charleston, Plant Sys-
TEN; Turtle Soup for Lunch at Beckmann's
cafe.
RHiroad Schedules-Plant System.
Come Around To-Day-Appel & Schaul
Amusements-An Evening I'm PompeH
May i; Lewis Morrison in Faust at Thea
ter Maya
Beautiful Spring is Here Again-At La
Ears.
Portland Cement-C. NJ. Gilbert & Co.
Manufacturers Sale-Appel & Schaul.
Auction Stakeholder Top Desk. etc, by
c. II. Dorsett; All Kinds of Merchandise.
by j. II. Oppenhem & Son.
Steamship Schedule-Ocean Steamship
Company.
Come And See Our Hard Times" Suit
Sale-B. H. Levy & Bro.
Proposals-For an Aquarium in the Uni
ted States Government Building at At
lanta.
Cheap Column Advertlsements-Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted: For Rent:
For Sale; Lost Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-29

Secretary Herbert can with propriety
attend the opening of the Baltic canal. If
he desires to do so. There is precedent
for trips abroad on warships by navy
department officials. established in 1866.
when Assistant Secretary of the Navy Fox
went to Russia to carry the congratula-
lions Of this government to the car upon
his escape from assassination.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-29

In Atlanta Ike a Jonah's gound- The ex-
speaker does well 10 put himself night in
the matter. Now ne ought to get a sharp
stick and go for the fellow who attempted
10 make him appear DESTROYS Of forcing
himself to the front ahead OF demand
from any source.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-29

The Pail Mall Gazette advises Great
Britain to follow the example of Japan.
and get nearer to America" How much
nearer TO America than Corinto does John
Bull wish to get?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-29
The Real Friends of Silver.
From the Brockton (Mass). Times Dem

There is no better friend of silver in the
United States than President Andrews
of Brown university. who, in a letter to
a western paper strongly deprecates the
present free coinage movement. He de-
clares that Independent free coinage
would in his opinion cause great none
tary troubles, as well as defeat interna-
tional action. The best friends of silver
are the men who recognize this fact.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-29

A Texas exchange surmises that the
Mexican and Libcrian colonization
schemes viii make great headwoy with the
southern darkies. now that an insect thar
destroys waiermelons has appeared IN
Georgia and Alabama.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-29
Cotton went Up First.
From the rattnall Ca journal Cpe

Any rise in the prices of a commodity
is ascribed by the Constitution to the rise
in silver. but when prices go down no
reference is made, and silence to them
is golden. AS cotton advanced earlier
than silver, why not say the rise in cotton
caused the rise in silver.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-29
Everything Goes.
From Grimm (Ga) Morning can DENY.

And now an Idaho preacher teaches
that to be in favor of free silver is as es-
sential to eternal salvation as belief in
the Son of God. Quite as reasonable as
heard expressed by the laity in this sec
ton.