The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-09

There is a story current in New York
and Washington TO the effect that Bour<
Cochran, the famous Tammany orator. IL
ambitious to enter politics in ireland AMI
take the place Of leadership made va
cant by the death OF Parnell. 1t is said
that Mr.. Cochran. who Is now in Europe.
actually oontemplates renouncing allegl-
ance to the United States and removing
permanently to his old home in Ireland anu
seeking an election to parliament. Since
the break between Mr.. Cochran and Mr.
Croker it seems TO be the formers opin-
ion that there is no future for him in
New York politics. and that the best he
can do is TO seek new fields. To take
Parnelrs place is said to have long been
the hight Of his ambition. Ex-Speaker
Reed is alleged to have given Mr.. Cock
ran the advice to go to Ireland. because.
there viii not be much of a place for
democrats in Washington for some years
to come"
1t is reported that Mr.. Alexander CHS
ohm. a former South Carolinian, but now
a prominent banker in New York, is at
the head of a large and wealthy syndicate
formed for the purpose Of buying the
delta Of the Santee river. South Carolina,
and cultivating rice there. An immense
embankment will be built around the del
ia, which comprises some 1900 acres.
with steam dredges. Steam power win
be used on the plantation wherever prac-
ticable. including the blowing and cult
tavating. Horse power viii hardly DC
used at all. The land involved in the
deal is said to be as fine rice land as there
is in the rice producing country. and is
now divided into a number of small
plantations.
1t would probably have been better for
ex-Speal1er Crisp's reputation as a states
man If, after having expressed himself in
favor of 10 to 1 free coinage, he had not at
tempted to hedge, as it appears that he
did in that northern interview when he
said: "Of course it is all problematical
and a day or a month may change the
whole idea. This is tickle public, and it
is not safe to assert anything to-day as
a certainty for the future" The appar-
emily unhxed condition of the ex-speaker's
mind has made an opportunity for adverse
criticism which the papers and people of
the country have not been slow to take
advantage of. Some Of them even go so
far as to accuse the ex-speaker of being a
political weather cock, which is unjust.
A Spanish mathematician who has spent
several years in figuring out what proper
ton of our lives we really live. has an
nounced some of bis conclusions. He says
that a man who dies at twenty lives only
eight or nine years. and one who dies at
thirty only fourteen or fifteen years For
the first five years, for instance he thinks,
we have no knowledge Of existence, and
deducts $500 hours. Sleep. he estimates
at seven hours, and illness at one hour,
out of the twenty-four, which he deducts
from the total of years of existence.
A real svengali. in the flesh. was the de-
PENDANT in a Brooklyn police court a few
days ago. HIS full name was Domenico
svengaH and there was a woman in the
case She was not Trilby however, but
plain Ann Costigan. and Svepgali and an
other dago had cut each other with
knives in a fight about her. The reports
say the Brooklyn svengah was as dirty
and disagreeable looking as Du Maurier's
character could possibly have been.
"
Georgia fruit growers are to be congrat-
ulated upon the fact that the hail storm
which visited Alabama day before yes
terday did not extend to this state. As
conditions are now, the outlook for fruit
is exceptionally good. severe han
storm, however, might quickly change the
bright prospect to one very gloomy.
Columbia College. in the city of New
York, has been made the recipient of two
magnificent gifts, one from President Seth
Low of the value of 81, oOO,O 900, and one from
Mr.. w. c. schermerhorn of the value of
100000 President Lows gift is to take
the shape Of a library, and NJ. schermer-
horns the shape of a building.
Kentucky newspaper is backing Sena-
tor Blackburn for reelection to the Sen
ate, on the ground that he is "a good
mixer" In Kentucky they used to take
it straight.