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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-13
The NIcarngun CnnnI ProIect.

So high an authority as Senator Gray Of
Delaware is OF the opinion that the bill
guaranteeing Nicaragua canal bonds does
not stand anywhere near as good a chance
OF being passed by congress as Il did two
or three years ago. In "A previous con-
gress the bill passed the Senate by a ma
jority Of ten. It is doubtful II it could
get a majority at all in the Senate now.
In the FIRST place the report made by
the commission appointed by President
Cleveland leaves "A doubt as to the practi-
cability of the canal route. and. secondly,
&c shows that the cost Of the canal would
be very much greater than 800 10000. the
amount for which the United States are
asked to guarantee the canal bonds. Then
there is doubt as to whether a safe harbor
could be constructed on the Atlantic side
Of the canal.
strong argument that is presented by
Senator Gray is that there is no such
need for the canal as there was when it
was first suggested. At that time we had
no railroads across the continent a veryi
large part Of the freights that would pass
through the canal are carried from the
Pacific to the Atlantic seaboard by these
railroads and the Canada Pacific road.
The building of the canal would deprive
these roads OF vast amount of their
business. and would throw thousands Of
men out of employment. our govern
ment has large interests in our Pacific
railroads. This question is asked: Would it
be wise for the government to incur a
large debt for the construction of canal
that would render valueless, in all prob
ability the securities 1t holds in the Pa
cific railroads?
Much has been said of the advantage
the canal would be to this country. In
time of peace 1t would be of no more ad-
vantage than to any other commercial
country. In time of war we would have
to fight for the control of it, and if it
should be wrested from us it would be
come a source of great INJURY to US.
There is. of course. much to be said in
favor Of the canal. but not enough, from
present Indications. to induce congress to
make this country the mainstay of the
canal enterprise, and If the United States
do not provide the necessary money it is
hardly probable that any other country
will. in the near future. If the canal is
constructed therefore at any time soon it
will be by private capital.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-13
Prepnre for summer.

In his report submitted to the county
commissioners on Wednesday the county
engineer called attention to the impor-
lance of cleaning out all the drains in the
vicinity Of the city before the beginning
of warm weather. We shall have sum-
mer weather in three or four weeks and
this work to which the engineer calls at
tention ought to be begun without unnec-
essary delay. There are many drains
round about the city and it will take
considerable force of convicts several
weeks to put them in good condition.
There is no public work of so much i'm
portance to the city as good drainage.
The health Of the city is largely dependent
upon it. The better the drainage the more
satisfactory will the health conditions of
the city be, and the healthier the city is
the more prosperous it viii be.
New that the law requiring stock to be
fenced in has been put into operation it
win be much less difficult to keep the
drains open. The work that will be done
upon them this spring will be effective
for much longer time than any done
heretofore, because there will be no cattle
to injure 1t.
The county has spent a vast amount of
money upon drainage and there is COM
paratively little to show for 1t. 1t is to be
hoped, however, that in future much
better showing viii be made, Indeed.
there are reasons for thinking there viii
be. since the greatest enemy OF the drains.
ID
removed. Let us have the drainage in
the vicinity of the city attended to at once
so that there will be no fever breeding
swamps and ponds anywhere near the
citys limits.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-13
saiIors. superrtitions.

Inc old superstition as TO lucky and IN
lucky days has largely passed away, says
the London Nautical Magazine. Foreign
mails start and arrive on Fridays without
any regard for beliefs which were at one
TINE accepted as beyond argument by
most sailors. Some thought otherwise
as viii later appear. Generally speaking
an saints days and church holidays We're
regarded as unluckg, and certain days
IN each month were rather distrusted- In
an Old almanac of 1915 we find that July
~. ~, a. and n we're noted as mo good
anchorage. Sunday vas always looked
upon as lucky, presumably In reliance on
the maxim the better the day the better
me deed, and the fact of our Lords re-
day.
Monday had no particular reputation
Ior good or evil; Tuesday was the same.
except among Spaniards, who said,
Don't marry or go TO sea or leave your
Nlie on that day. Wednesday was the
DAY of Odin, the Morse god, and lucky;
thursday was named after Thor. the
Morse god OF war, and was suspicious.
Friday was the day dedicated TO Freya,
Morse goddess of love, and having refer
ehce 70 women was not liked on this
ground The true reason for avoiding
FRIDAY was Of course the fact of the cru
clnXion having taken place on that day.
ana sentiments of special veneration for
the day became converted into a feeling
OF fear for the results which would fol-
low its violation. The Spaniards on the
other hand, had a considerable veneration
Tor Friday, and believed that some occult
influence enabled Columbus to success
fully clear out of port and discover new
land on that day. Saturday was general
ly considered suspicious.
The origin of the phrase "a capful of
wind can be traced to a Morse King,
Eric VI, who died i'm 907 A. ID. He was
credited with the useful power of direct
ing the wind to blow where he wished
by the simp4e method of turning his cap
to that point of the compass. His pow
ers were much appreciated and trusted,
and resulted in his being known as win
dy-cap." There is no evidence as to
whether he could regulate the force of
sumably he could, or. his faithful believ-
ers would not have been so many. A
"bagful of wind is another common ex-
preston, and indicates something like a
gale. This has been ira ced down to the
classical legend of E0lus and his captive
winds confined i'm bags
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-13
"a Georgia Conservative"
From the Boston Herald Qnd.).


Judge Henry G. Turner, who was per-
mitted to make the most elaborate speech
in the national House of Representatives
in opposition to the Cuban resolutions, is
one of the strongest men of that body. He
comes from the not very large city of Quit
man, and has represented this district
many years. Hon. A A. Ranney of this
city, who was his colleague as long ago as
his term of service in congress, pronounced
him then to be the ablest lawyer he met
there, and Boston people know wen Mr..
Ranney's capacity to pass intelligently
upon this point. Mr.. Turner should have
been in the Senate from Georgia long ago.
he has been more than once a candidate
Tor seat there, but not successful, prob
ably on account Of his never STOPPING to
gain votes by sacrificing. his principles. He
is a sound money man of the truest stamp,
and made a highly credfteble argument on
that side in a debate in congress last
month, when he was antagonized by ex-
Speaker Crisp. If the sound money demo-
Gratis should prevail in the coming election
tney would do the nation an essential SER
ate.
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His Suspicion.

A very worthy visitor. recently deceased,
of charitable organization at the South
End. says the Boston Post, related the
following incident in his official expert
ence: You know, our conference is par
ticular to see that the parties to whom it
gives relief are worthy. l was assigned to
visit the house of a woman who said that
she had no husband, son or other maae
support. After being in her tenement long
enough to note that she was apparently
the door at which | entered, and began
to doubt that she was bereft of all male
comfort or support as she represented.
Whose hat is that?' / asked
She looked surprised, and did not seem
ready to answer. Then my suspicious of
sinister Visitations were aroused, and my
imagination conjured up a male visitor to
the widow, who must have passed into
the adjoining apartment when he heard me
coming upstairs, leaving his hat as an I'M
thought-of witness
{" Madam l said, with increased Sc
verify, L cannot authorize relief sent to
you if you are deceiving us in regard to
male support, or if you have men coming
here whose presence you are ashamed to
acknowledge. Now, l ask you again., whose
hat is that?
why, sir she answered, with an ex-
preston of injury and surprise, isn't that
your own hat, that you left there just as
you came in the door,
ut was my turn TO be surprised, and
seeing the manner in which l had got into
an awkward predicament by over-suspi-
cion, 1 was obliged to back out of it as
gracefully as l could by saying: Madam,
the joke is on me. l will order the aid that
you need from our conference
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-13
The Money Plank at st. Louis.

The financial plank in the platform
adopted by the Ohio republicans in their
state convention on Wednesday and
that IN the platform adopted BY the
Rhode Island republicans on Tuesday jus
tify the inquiry as to what sort OF a
financial plank win be put in the national
republican platform that will be adopted
at 81 Louis. 1t is apparent from articles
that are appearing in the republican pa
pers that there is some fear that it will
not be as strongly and emphaticaIy in ia
vor OF sound money as the sound money
people would like. There are a great many
free silverites i'm the republican party. and
it is apprehended that the politicians in
order to hold these free sIverites in the
party will try to make the financial plank
Of the platform so ambiguous that it will
be susceptible of an Interpretation favor
able TO free silver coinage.
There is some ground for this apprehen-
sion to be found in the platforms adopted
in Ohio and Rhode Island. The Ohio plat
form is a sound money platform, but it is
so worded that the free silverites may be
able TO find comfort in il. 1t is similar on
the money question TO the present ma
tional republican platform. and it is well
known that the free silverites Of the re-
publican party insist that that platform
is favorable to free silver coinage, though
they have very little reason for the position
they take.
1t would be difficult to say what the
money plank in the Rhode Island plat
form does mean. 1t reads as follows: I'VE
reafirm our belief i'm a financial policy
which recognizes every dollar to be of
equal value to every other dollar" We
have no doubt that there are free silver
ties who would willingly agree to a fnan-
cial plank OF that sort The Rhode Island
republicans may have meant to put their
party on record in favor of sound money.
II so, their meaning is very badly express
ed.
If the national republican party should
make the financial plank of the platform
Of the Rhode Island republicans the finan-
cial plank of its platform it might salts
fy the free silverites in its ranks, but it
would lose it's hold upon a vast number of
sound money republicans, especially if the
democratic party should declare strongly
and squarely in favor of sound money.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-13
English as she Wight BE spoke.

A Hindu pleader in British India, who
had evidently learned his English with the
misleading help of a book of synonyms
besides dictionary, amazed local mag
istrate, says London Law Notes, with this
extraordinary tangle of metaphors: MY
learned friend, with mere wind from a
teapot, thinks to browbeat me from nv
legs. But this is mere gorilla warfare
l stand under the shoes of my client,
and only seek to place my bone of con-
tention clearly in your honor's eyes. My
learned friend vainly runs amuck upon
the sheet anchors of my case. Your honor
viii be pleased enough to observe that
my client Is a widow, a poor chap with
country, your honor will be pleased
enough to observe, Is not like a widow
OF your hCnOrS country A widow of
this country is not able to eat more than
one meal day, or to wear clean clothes,
or to look after man. SO my poor eli
ent had not such physic or mind as to be
able to assault the lusty complainant. Yet
she has been deprived of some of her
more valuable leather. the leather of her
nose. My learned friend has thrown only
an argument ad hominy upon my teeth,
that my clients witnesses are all her
own relations. But they are not near re-
lations. Their relationship is only home
opathic. So the misty arguments of my
learned friend viii not hold water. Then,
my learn friend has said that there is
on the sac of his client a respectable
witness. namely, pleader. and since
this witness is Independent, so ne should
be believed. But, your honor, with your
honor's vast experience, is pleas
ed enough to observe that truth
fulness is not so plentiful as blackberries
in this country. And ! am sorry to say,
though this witness is a man of my own
feathers, that there are in my profession
black sheep of every complexion, and
some of them do not always speak gospel
truth. Until the witness explains what
has become of my clients nose leather he
cannot be believed. He cannot be allowed
to raise a castle in the air by beating upon
a bush. So, trusting in that administra-
ton of British justice. on which the sun
never sits, l close my case"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-13
BRIGHT BITS.

The much-abused message boy is the
only contortionist who can successfully
move with his feet in a walk while his
shoulders are in dead run.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer
You are not so hot" remarked the
shirt bosom. Il am on to you, all the
same" retorted the sadiron However. the
laundresS managed to smooth things over.
Indianapolis journal.
Mr.. Mann-Its cold as a barn here. 1
never did know you to have a fire when
it is needed. I'm almost frozen to death!
Mrs Mann-Well, Frank, If you SHOULD
be frozen to death, you'd soon thaw out,
dear.-Boston Transcript.
Mr.. Inslte, give the class your idea
of cptimist and pessimist."
YES sir An optimist is a man who
Is happy when he's miserable, and pes
smist is q man who is miserable when
he's happy. Record.
-One View of the Case.-"Mamma.
teacher whipped a boy to-day for whisper
ing in school"
Well that was right"
But. mamma, he hollered ten times as
loud as he whispered. Chicago Record.
"A Dreadful 1nvention.-"These new
Roentgen ray photographs are going to
make trouble"
Wnen
all the neighbors know Just what one an
other have for dinner."-Chicago Rec
ord.
He Didn't Need Him-"You talk
mighty independent" said the ward heel
err, with an ugly scowl. but let me tell
you, boss, you'll never run your little boom
through my precinct unless do the steer
in"
Il think I'll get along without YOU"
replied the candidate. IF | need to have
any steering done, sir, there are rud-
ders."
And he sternly bowed him out.-Chicago
Tribune.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-13

Senators German and Brice announce
that they will not attend the democratic
national convention. Richard Croker and
Bourke Cochran will not be there The
probabilities are that the old time bosses
Of the democratic party will be conspicu-
GUS by their absence from the conven-
ton. But the old time bosses of the re-
publican party win show up in great
shape at the st. Louis convention. Messrs
Depew. Clarkson, Plat, New, Quay and
others viii be there. and as large and
lively as usual
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-13

The Widow Sloan of New York. who is
shortly to marry Mr. Barclay, has paid
him very high compliment aside from
the compliment of loving him well enough
to marry him. Her former husband left
her fortune with the proviso that if she
ever married again it was to go to yale
University. This fortune Mrs. Sloan
gives up to become the wife of Mr.. Bar
clay. Yale will be happy to congratulate
her upon her marriage.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-13
Puzrling Chicago Relationship.

1t was their first meeting in several
years, says the Chicago Post, and they had
a great deal to say to each other.
Il have been so busy that haven't had
time to study it out" said the one in blue,
but 1 think we are related in some way,
are we not?'
mo. l think not" replied the one in
dark brown. where did you get that
idea?'
why I had an impression that the
second wife of your first husband was the
first wife of my present husband and that
would make a sort of connecting link,
you know
Possibly you are right, but we could
hardly call that a relationship. We can
come closer than that through your second
husband, who was a cousin. two or three
degrees removed, of my present husband.
but even that does not make any rela-
tionship. l think you have become CON
fused on the subject. of alimony, which
constitutes the most direct connection"
Il could never get those complications
through my head" said the one in blue
'Wen," exclaimed the one in dark
brown, the alimony that you get from
your first husband is just enough to pay
the alimony that your present husbands
first wife gets from him"
Yes. l let him have it for that pur-
pose
'"Then his first wife" continued the
mathematician in dark brown, was nv
first husbands second wife, and as he is
paying me the same amount Of alimony
the money is simply transferred to me.
That is where the connection comes in"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-13

1t appears that Jacksonville has mag
unanimously retired from the contest for
the sub-treasury and given Savannah her
support, as is evidenced by the resolu-
tons of the Jacksonville Board of Trade.
If Charleston will now gracefully retire
from the field-she has not chance for
winning, and can only play the dog in
the manager by keeping up the fght-sa-
vannah's wish in the matter may yet be
gratified.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-13

The Raines bill, which has passed the
New York Senate, abonshes all local ex-
else boards and creates in their place a
state liquor tax department, which is to
issue liquor tax certificates in place of
licenses. In New York the tax on ordi-
nary saloons is to be $500, and in BROOKLYN
$780, The tax for smaller cities and towns
is graded from $500 down to 800. All alco
holic liquors come under the same tax
certificate One-third of the money re-
ceived from the liquor tax is to go to the
state and two-thirds to the municipality
The tax in New York and Brooklyn is
to be collected by special deputies. and
elsewhere by county treasurers. All fines
and penalties are to go to the state. The
governor is TO appoint a state excise
commissioner at $1,000 year, who will
have under his direction sixty confidential
agents or inspectors. Local option is
granted to towns, but not to cities No
saloon is to be established within 200 feet
Of dwelling house without the consent
of the owner. The law, it is proposed
shall so into effect on May l of the present
year.
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-13

South Carolina farmers have discovered
that they possess fine soil and climate
for the cultivation of tobacco, and they
are beginning to make the most of them.
In Darlington. Florence and Marlboro
counties the acreage in tobacco this year
will be quite large, and will doubtless
give big returns. AS an example of what
can be done with tobacco in Darlington
county, the News and Courier of Charles
ton refers to crops raised last year by
Mr.. E. Z. McGin and Mr.. w. ]. Williams.
The former got return of 1927 from one
acre of tobacco from an outlay of SS5, and
the latter sold the product from two ana
three-quarter acres for 1914. Short staple
cotton is not to be mentioned in the same
breath with crops that turn out such
profits
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-13

If the legislators of Kentucky-demo-
Gratis, republicans and populists alike
were prompted more by patriotism and
less by practical politics, they would prob
ably have little if any trouble in settling
the senatorship muddle. There would
certainly be no mobs at the doors of the
legislative chambers, with pistols drawn.
from time to time. 1t is gratifying to note
that the situation is easier than it has been
before since the unseating of members on
Wednesday; but there is no telling how
Ron another crisis may arise
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There Are others.
From the PHILADELPHIA Record Dem

Objections to the interference of the
Spanish minister in our domestic politics"
would come with better grace from our
senators if the latter had not meddled and
muddled to an offensive degree in the do
nor De LONE may have been without pre-
cedent; but so has been the conduct of
the Senate. No parliamentary body ever
nation and it's representatives such as have
been recently heard in congress leveled
at Spain. To call these discussions purely
matters of domestic politics is a traves-
fx-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-13

Like all dancing, the root of the ballet
is to be found in prehistoric times, but
Italy was the home where its growth
became coincident with the DEVELOPMENT
of the opera, says the Saturday Review
With the Medici it was imported INTO
France, and fiourished as a court enter
tainment under Catharne de Medici. AS
the ballet increased in popularity it was
gradually associated with the Hbretto Of
great poet and the music of a great
musician, and it used to put on the STAGE
by some noble patron of the arts Princes
Of the royal blood frequently took mari
in the performance-Louis XIII. to Wit
and Henry ", who had a special dancing
room built IN the arsenal. Even lie Roi
Soleil did not deem it beneath his diS
nifty to impersonate various characters
in the ballet. until he was. prevanted nv
his growing corpulence. -
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some More nelIigerents.

What is the matter with the protection
managers in congress that none of them
has proposed to recognize the belIigerency
of the Abyssinians? They are as bellig-
erent as a basket of crabs in point of
fact, and it might be as well for the pro-
fessional jngoes to resolute to that gen
eral effect for their announcement Our
warning African brethren are only half
civilized or less. it is true, but they are
certainly lighting for their liberty and in
dependence, and they are mighty consum-
ers of manufactured cotton goods, and
guns and fixed ammunition. Why this
inVidious determinations against them?