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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-11
A TERRIBLE AUDIENCE.
Ticket of Leave Men See the Ticket
of Leave Man Performed.
From the Pitsburg Dispatch.

From the Pitsburg Dispatch.
Having had a long rest from activity"
a well known actor relates, II returned
to Melbourne to play a short engagement
with my former partner at the Haymar-
ket, and then sailed for Van Deiman's
Land, now called Tasmania. This lovely
island had formerly been a convict sta
ton, where life sentenced prisoners from
England had been sent. There was at the
fined society in Tasmania, though among
the lower classes there was a strong
flavor of the convict element | acted the
Ticket f-Leave-Man' Tor the first time
in Hobart Town, and there was much ex-
citement in the city when the play was
announced.
cat leas 100 ticket-of-leaye men were in
the pit on the first night of the production.
Before the curtain rose / looked through
at this terrible audience. The faces in the
pit were a study. Men with low foreheads,
and small peerng ferret-looking eyes,
some with fiat noses, and square, cruel
laws and sinister expressions-leering
low and cunning-all wearing sullen.
logged look as though they would tear
the benches from the pit and rob the the
alter of it's scenery If one of their kind
was held up to public scorn upon the stage.
The first act of the play progressed
with but little excitement. These men
seemed to enjoy the humorous and pa
thetic side of the story with great relish;
but when / came upon the stage In the
lures of a returned convict with SUNK
en- eyes and a close-shaved head there
was painful stiffness in the house.
The whole pit seemed to lean forward
and strain their eager eyes upon the
scene; and there were little murmurs OF
recognition and shakings of the head
as though they fully recognized the
local illusions they so well remembered;
deep-drawn signs for the sufferings that
the hero had gone through, and smotn-
cred laughs at some of the Old we'll
remembered inconvenience of prison
life; but their sympathies were caught
by the nobleness of the hero's character
and his innocence of crime, as though
each one of these villains recognized how
prosecuted he himself had been.
LAS the play progressed their enthus-
lam increased. Whenever the hero was
bounded by a detective or iH-treated by
the old Hebrew, they would howl their
Indignation at the actors, and when he
came out unscathed at the end of the
play, monument Of prosecuted inno-
cence, they cheered to the very echo.
This performance rendered me ex-
tremely popular with the old Tags Of Ho-
bart Town. and l was often accosted in
the street by these worthless and told some
touching tale of their early prosecutions.
In fact, they quite looked on me as an
old pal
These courtesies were very f1attering,
but the Inconvenience that / was caused
by being poked in teh ribs and winked
al now and then as much as to say: All
rigth, old boy, we knoW-you've been
there rendered my favoritism among
those fellows rather irksome."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-11
r. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO.,
KEHOE'S IRON WORKS,

IVA, OF, D." which in mathematical
parlance is: wv, fourth power, o. square,
D."
Commoner in the navy than personal
nicknames are familiar abbreviations of
titles. The paymaster is often Familiarity
PAY" The chief engineer Is simply
"Chief" The landsman who should use
Mr." for staff officer would commit a
great breach of ward room etiquette,
though there is a disposition ashore to adj
dress the paymaster by the title of his
office, and to couple military titles with
the names of other staff officers.
The term bull lieutenant" is a famil-
lar one in the navy to express the rank
of man who has passed beyond lieu
tenant, junior grade" He is still lieu
tenant and his title is Mr." The officer
who commands a ship is by courtesy adj
dressed as captain" no matter what his
actual rank. Lieut.. Buckingham, in COM
mand of the Dolphin, is captain on the
quarterback of his ship. Even the great
est stickler among naval officers for the
privileges Of the navy would address the
commander of a revenue cutter as cap
tain, when on board the craft of the latter.
II is the courtesy OF the wardroom to call
the commanding officer of the marines
major, even though he be still lieutenant.
This is a sort of Acknowledgement that
the shief in command should be decorat-
ed by some other form of address than
Mr." The surgeon, of whatever rank, is
doctor" though perhaps. Mr." would
be more nearly the proper thing. The
young doctor, that is, the junior surgeon
on a considerable ship, is sometimes IA
miliarly nicknamed doc" by the young
sters, and. as unnautical and non-military.
is liable to have a good deal of chaff
thrust at him until he makes his personal
force apparent
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-11
WAITS FROM THE WIRES.
some of the Days Events SET Forth
in Short Stories.

New York, Jan. 10.-Lazard Freres, it is
stated, will ship $750,000 gold to Europe to-
morrow. Heidelbach, Ickelheimer & Co.
will probably ship 100000.
Washington, Jan. 1O.-Attorney General
Hartman has appointed Joseph w. Barn
well, of Charleston, S. c., special assist
ant United States district attorney for
South Carolina
Milwaukee, Wis, Jan. 10.-The repub-
lican state central committee in session
here yesterday decided to hold their state
convention in Milwaukee on March IS. A
canvass of those present showed a deci-
ded preference for Mckinley as a presi-
Dental candidate.
Washington, Jan. 1O-The republican
senatorial caucus called for yesterday
and postponed will probably not be again
called for several days. A number of SEN
ators have left the city and there is a
tacit understanding among those here
that nothing shall be done for a few days
at least.
New York, Jan. 1O-Thomas Dunlap,
the oldest and one of the best known To-
cal politicianssof this city. died this MORN
ing at Westfeld, N. j., of pneumonia.
Mr.. Dunlap was the oldest member of the
Tammany Hall general committee, having
served continuously since 1912 and was
the second oldest member of the Tam
many society.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-11
sl1s,Ooo HANGING on a WORD.
Fortune Dependent Upon the
Grammatical Construction Given
to a Sentence.
From the New York 5


TO Sentence.
From the New York sun.
A fortune of $11S,000 is hanging on the
grammatical construction of a single word
in the superior court of San Francisco.
A jury, among whom there is not a school
teacher or any one claiming to be an au-
thority on grammar. had, up to a week
ago, devoted twelve days TO the consider
alton of the point, and at last accounts
the cast was still unsettled. The learned
judge and some half dozen high-priced
lawyers had been helping to disentangle
the intricaces of the problem.
The prize depends on the exact mean
ing of the word their as II appears
in a clause of a contract. 1t is plain
that the word is a pronoun, standing for
an antecedent noun in the sentence, but
there are, two such nouns, and the point
is as to which it refers. This is the SllS,-
And at their option the Adams Company
is to have the use of all the machinery and
coal-hoisting appliances now in use by
the southern companies"
The Southern companies referred to
have the money which is at stake and If
the jury decide that the their refers
to them, they will keep it. II they hold
that their refers to the Adams Com
pany, then the Adams Company Will get
it. The sentence occurs in a contract
by which the Adams Company was to
Pacific Railroad Company for five years.
The Adams Company owned machinery
for unloading the coal, but il broke down,
and then the Southern Pacific Company S
machinery was used, the Adams Company
claiming the right to use IL by virtue Of
the clause quoted. After the contract had
run six months the southern Paeificis
machinery also broke down. and the
Adams Company alleged that the South
ern people ought to repair 1t. The South
ern objected and insisted that as long as
it used the machinery the Adams Com
pany should keep 1t in order. The trouble
thickened, and finally the Southern Com
pany turned the Adams Company out and
got another concern to unload the coal
Then the Adams Company brought suit
to recover $11S, 900, the profit which would
have been made had the contract run its
agreed length.
1t is said that the Southern Pacific Com
pany's lawyer did not see the possibili-
ties in the queer bit of grammar until long
admitted in the first answer to the suit.
the San Francisco Examiner says, that
the Adams Company had the option Of
using the Southern Pacific Companys
machinery. But the latter company now
rests the entire case on the contention
ern companies and not the Adams Com
pany. In the sentence under dispute APP
pear the words Adams Company is
and the Southern companies claim that
the word company is therefore written in
the singular sense and the word their >
cannot apply to it. If the writer had
meant 1t to apply to the Adams Company
he would have used the word tits" in
stead of their" The other side claims
that the word their must refer to the
Adams Company because the latter is the
nearest noun to the disputed pronoun
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-11

she rubbeds it with the other. Then she
took a rabbits foot and rubbed her left
ear, while standing on tae right foot
what are you doing that for?' asked
Rafferty,, who had not heard of the lucky
numbers which had won at policy.
Il done hit 'em hard" was the woman's
reply, land doan want de luck to leave
me for while. Brandy an rum an rab-
bits footi I'm, UNI, white mani Fo'
leben-forty-fo'."
Hundreds of Incidents similar to the
foregoing took place in the levee district.
Colored men and women who had jewelry
and other property In pawnshops won
more than enough to take the pledged
articles out. Saloons and restaurants did
more business than on Christmas or New
Years Nearly everybody on the levee
had played one of the gigs that won, and
the winnings went for wine and big, juicy
steaks.
All the colored resorts along Clark, Har-
rison and State streets were crowded last
night. and the only thing heard was about
"4-11-A." 1t was night that viii be long
remembered by the devotees of policy
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-11
NICKNAMEs IN TnE NAVY.
They Are Mostly survivaIs of Naval
Academy Days.
From the New York Sun.

AcHuemy Dayss
From the New York Sun.
Perhaps Fighting Bob is the naval
nickname best known to the public. 1t
was early bestowed upon it's possessor
because Of his hardness with his fists,
and it is not many years since there were
occasional adventures in the career of
Capt. Evans that justified the name. The
title may now be accepted as merely ex-
pressive of an aggressive and energetic
character, for a commanding officer in
the United States navy has few tempta-
tions to the use of his fists. Whether or
not war shall come to give a, new sig
niiicance to the title, Capt. Evans Is like
ly to wear it to the end of his days.
Most of the naval nicknames have sur
vived from the academic days of the
wearers, though few were of later be-
stowal. One was earned by an officer of
with the younger officers and cadets. 1t
is allterative, picturesque, almost pro-
fame, and altogether uncomplimentary.
A man with a very long name is likely to
lose one or syllables at the academy,
and to be known ever after by the re-
ever, have their currency limited in ac-
tual practice by the tremendous and ever
present fact of rank. 1t is a bold ensign
who addresses the executive officer by
a nickname, even in the comparative ease
of after dinner talk. A commanding Off
Ger would hardly be spoken of by his
nickname aboard ship, though the phrase
in the wardroom. The wittiest nickname
that survived in the navy from academic
days was that of the bold Chief Engi-
neer w. w. w. Wood, who was called
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-11
BicycIe superstitions.
From the Minneapolis Journal.


Folks open to the influence of signs.
omens etc, should read the following
list of bicycle superstitions: Il. The.
wheelman who allows a hearse to pass
him will die before the year is out. 2.
To be chased by a yellow dog with one
blue eye and one black eye indicates a
bad fall. 3. To see a small boy with a
slung shot beside the road is a prophecy
of a puncture 4. If you pass white
horse driven by a red-haired lady, your
rim will split unless your say 'cajan-
drum and hold up two fingers. s. The
rider who expectorates tobacco juice on
the track will lose a spoke. g. If you
take your machine to the repair shop, it
is a sign that you will not buy that new
suit of clothes. Z. Kicking the man who
asks the make of your wheel is sign of
high honors and riches within a year.
8. Lending the wheel is the sign of the
double donkey. 3. To attempt to hold
up a 2I5-pound woman learning to ride
is the sign of a soft spot
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-11

in habits and nat
ural tendencies.
A tiger Will
spring upon and
destroy a deer.
A cat will watch
for hours and take
delight in destroy
ing Nermin.
Each organ in
the human hndlv
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-11

has its special function or duty to per
form and does IL.
The stomach seizes upon our food, dl-
gests 1t. and so prepares it as to nourish
the various tissues.
The kidneys, on the other hand, have
different work to do.
Like the cat they lie in wait and seize
and throw out from our blood every poi
son, imDurity and disease germ as fast
as the blood passes through them.
They are not simply filters They know
what to seize and throw out Of the blood,
and what not to touch.
Like a detective who knows every
criminals face they know in a moment
the good from the bad.
DR.. Hobbs Sparagus Kidney Pills con-
tain in its most active and concentrated
form. the virtues of Asparagus root,
stalk and berries.
Asparagus is wonderful Kidney
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-11
A MISSING STEAMER SAFE.
The MiOwera Spoken South of the
Hawaiian Islands.

Victoria, B. c., Jan. 1O.-The Canadian
Australian steamer Miowera, which
broke her tow lines off Cape Flattery
while attempting to tow the disabled
steamer Strathnevis to port, and about
whose safety grave apprehensions have
been felt, is safe. The steamer Warrimoo
of the same line, which arrived this morn
ing. passed the Miowera 100 miles south
of the Hawaiian, Islands. After the
MioWera's tow lines broke, she stood by
in the vicinity for fifteen hours, search
ing for the Strathnevis.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-11

Poor fellow she said sympatheti-
caIIv whats the natter" he asked
"The poor man was disappointed in love.
she replied. 'Of course" he returned. II
never does come up to expectations. =
Chicago Evening Post.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-11

Mamma, didn't the vicar say that the
natives of Gongaleoloo wore no clothes?"
Eyes, darling. vas il gau5k
'oThen why did papa put button in the
bag?'-Punch,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-11
TRAITS OF ANNALS.
The Difference Between the Cat
and the Tiger.
PEcULIARITIEs or EACH.

The cat and the tiger belong practically
to the same genus or family.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-11

There IS a lady who is so particular
about her daughters morals that she al
lows her to play only upon an upright
piano.-Household Words
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-07
THE MAYORS CHARITY FUND.

The efforts of Mayor Jones in behalf of
the deserving poor Of Kansas City should
meet with hearty cooperation from the
public. With tine prospect of a hard winter
before us, there are doubtless many fami-
lies in the city that will need assistance,
and the prosperous well-to-do people
should give a portion of their store to help
those in distress. And they Will doubtless
do so. Kansas City is noted for her char
tiles as well as for her liberal spirit in
many other directions. and the mayor
appeal will not be in vain. Donations of
all kinds will be acceptable, whether in
cash, provisions or clothing. The mayor,
with Characteristic modesty, only asks for
5000 in, money, but the cash contributions
should be double that amount. The Christ
mas season is a time when want and suf-
fering seem more than usually sad, by rea-
son of the contrast with the prevailing
happiness and good cheer. 1t is time
when every one who is blessed with
share of the worlds goods should have "a
tear for pity, and a hand open as day for
melting charity" The mayors fund should
be a generous one and in every way worthy
of the city and its people.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-07
Goop-nY TO RAr.p HEADS.

It seems that The. now famous Y rays
ar. @1t so entirely harmless as the scfen-
tIdr gentlemen gave us TO understand at
tho beginning. The experience of Profess
s"r George Newoomb. OF Salem. Mass. .gho
for a number Of months continued expert
ru"mts with ;ie mysterious ItShr. is proof
positive that. like the worm. it can turn
a-a.rz. ire human raptors. Professor New
comb lost his finger nails and the skin end
hair upon his right hand as a result of ex-
posing shat member to the rays in his
experiments. and IT Is said that the pains
he suffered were most excrucfatiug.
And now comes another instance in the
case Of Captain J. MoA. Webster. Of the
Twcury-secord infantry. who was recent,
" placed beneath the rays for the purpose
of discovering a bullet which he had car
ried in his bcLy since the war As result
tho skin all came OF his stomach, and an
Inflammation followed which still confines
him to his bed.
It IS proper 10 add in extenuation Of Dr.
RoentEen's discovery however. that in put
ting the injury upon Professor Newcomb
OF which We have spoken. It also revealed
a new and useful quality which had here
tolorc remained undiscovered. The pro,
fesso- found that upon the healing of the
skin upon his hand a luxuriant new growth
Of hair made its appearance. which he at,
tributes directly TO the influence of the
rays. It does not seem an Overmaste-ing
tax upon the imagina don, then, to conceive
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-07
BETS on KENTUCKY.

Without protesting to be an authority
on sports, it strikes US that the decision
OF Colonel Dunbar, the holder Of so much
stake money upon the result Of the cleo
ton in Kentucky. is based neither upon
common sense nor fairness. Large sums
of money We're wagered that Mckinley
or the Republicans would carry Ken
lucky, and Colonel Dunbar holds that, in
asn.uch as Bryan got one eIector out of
the thirteen. neither Mckinley nor the Re
publicaus- carried the state.
When a wager was made that Mckinley
or the Republicans would carry Kentucky,
it must have been clearly understood on
both sides Of the bet that, to win, McKin-
ley's electors must receive more votes than
Bryan's electors. Regardless of the fact
that one Bryan elector did manage to creep
in, it is nevertheless true that the No
KinIey electors as A whole received more
votes than the Bryan electors, and if this
Is not carrying" the state we are mis-
Informed as TO the meaning of the word
in political parlance. Even if Bryan had
secured six of the electors. leaving Nc
Kinley majority of but one, the latter
would s;ill have carried" the state, in
the sense that he beat Bryan.
There is, perhaps. more of a lesson in
this unjust decision than could possibly
be derived from a just one, for it teaches
not only the wickedness of betting. but
also the folly of putting up money without
a written contract covering every con-
tingency which might arise.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-07
The Retaliatory War With Germany.

From the Chicago Record.
President Cleveland's action in retaliat-
ing upon Germany by imposing tax of
6 cents a ton on German vessels entering
ports Of the United States may be wise
and necessary stroke of diplomacy at the
present time, but it is hard to conceal the
fact that the necessity which compels 1t
is q direct OutgrOwth of the ill-advised
performances OF the Fifty-third congress.
That intelligent body, ignoring the innum-
cradle reasons why a general policy of
reciprocity should be encouraged to the
utmost possible extent, abruptly terminated
the reciprocity treaty with Germany The
action was unwise. but the manner in
which it was performed was about as bad,
Without even the courtesy of formal
notification to Germany that the terms of
the treaty were to be abrogated the con-
gressmen suddenly passed a law making
il null and void. The German government
got word of the discourtesy afterwaTd.
The result, as might have been expect
ed was a return to the retalatory war be-
tween the two countries. Germany prompt
ly began to erect the barriers of heavy
import duties. In almost every way con-
Ceivable American trade with the kaiser's
people was checked and hampered. Lately
this discrimination against the commerce
of the United States has become so bur-
densome that il is virtually impossible for
the government to ignore it. President
Cleveland. having already. in a message
to congress, made manifest his strong con-
viction that some measure Of retaliation
should be put in force, has now taken
matters into his own hands and given the
Germans tit for tat.
These retalEations and counter retalia-
tions are. of course. serious injury TO
American trade. The president must un-
derstand this fact. even while he recOg-
nizes the necessity of giving Germany as
harsh treatment as she has been admin
istering to Us. The whole trouble is the
fruit OF the action of the Fifty-third con-
aress, when it recklessly abrogated one
of the vital principles of the American
tariff policy. The insult to Germany has
brought us into direct conflict with one Of
oUr best customers in the European mar
liet 1t should be one OF the first duties
o: the incoming administration to restore
reciprocity with Germany and make Wig
oroUs effort TO put an end to this costly
retaliatory warfare.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-07

like a tiny CLINT OF light piercing through
the dusty gloom
Comes her little laughing face through the
shadows of my room.
And my pen forgets its way as It hears her
patt'ring tread,
While her prattling treble tones chase the
thoughts from out my head
She is queen and her slave. one who toves
her and obeys.
For she rules her world Of home with i'm
perious baby ways.
In she dances. calls me "Dear"' turns the
pages of my books;
Throws herself upon my knee. takes my
pen with laughing looks
Makes disorder reign supreme. turns my
papers upside down.
Draws me cabalistic signs. safe from fear
Of any frown.
Crumples all my verses up. pleased to hear
the cracking sound,
Makes them into balls and then-hings
them all upon the ground.
Suddenly she fits away. leaving me alone
again.
With a warmth about my heart. and a
brighter. clearer brain.
And although the thoughts return that her
company drove away.
The remembrance of her laugh fingers with
me through the day.
And it chances. as 7 write, I may take a
CrUmpled sheet.
On the which. God knoweth why! read my
fancies twice as sweet
Victor Hugo.