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ESTABLISHED 1850.
GEORGIA GLEANINGS.
G vl H EKED FROM OUR LATE
EXCHANGES.
j hi Work of the Flames —Choked to
Death—A Horror in Wilkinson—Mur
der in Walton—A Panther Killed in
liberty —Sad Accident in Burke—The
Gainesville Mystery.
Xje i welling house of a colored man named
f-Jidt Garner, in Newton county, was de
,poved by fire one day last week, and his
j: t tle i bild. aged about 4 years, was burned to
des'-tt in it. It seems that (lamer and his
V :fe ere out In the field at work, and had
left their two little children in the house.
On Friday night last, at aliout Uo’elook, the
bars of Mr. J. B. Stinson, of Talbot county,
wl , discovered to be on lire. Mr. Slintou ran
l>o t :n order to let hisstockout of the building,
f : -covered that someone had attended to
that prev lou-ly. The liarn was set afire, evi
der.:’y by au incendiary, and when discovered
w . uruing in two places. The building, a
n r.i framed one, contained aliout 800 bushel*
of- ,rn. quantities of oats, fo<lder, etc. Mr.
-tm-on’s hiss is about $1,200.
v little child of Caiwrs Belcher, colored,
In n; several miles south of Covington, was
( h"i. i to death a few days ago.
Mr. John W. Harrell's corn crib, in Pulaski
;ity, containing three or four hundred
is of com, was burned on Sunday night.
Il„-lire was incendiary.
The Cothl ert Apfteal states that a young
It living a few miles east ofCuthbert. killed
twenty robbins and one squirrel, on Monday
a ruing, with a gun.
1: - stated that the increase in valuation of
r rty during the past year in Atlanta has
been over $1,000,000.
Mr. tllisha Durden, of Walton county, is
a:! to he 101 years old. He picked a hale of
id lits centennial year. He is still quite
gale h>r one of his age.
The mall-pox in llaralsou county is con
ga,.! to a certain locality, and there is no
dan;! rot its spreading. So far it has lieeu
very fatal, as a g,sadly uuralmr have died from
it m taut neighborhood.
jjr, T. 11. P. Wright, of Gainesville, lias
withdrawn the reward of SSOO offered for the
jr-,. and conviction of the murderers of Ja
-..arisr. Recent developments have caused
t,, tear that such a reward "might lie the
. . aient of bringing to trial and puuiah
..me innocent person or persons for said
Oar Uicehoro Liberty county) correspond
rt that ou the night of the Id inst..
t,j. oi-ced men were coon hunting on or near
'a iac Fleming’* plantation, near that place.
The r dogs "treed” a very large panther, which
; billed. They say it was about seven feet
ir ,i'„ tip of nose to the tip of the tail. "This U
tin- Sr-t one that has becu killed near here'
m , v I ran recollect, and lam over thirty-six
\eai- old. VVe think it iuum have strayed
fr,,nj the Altamaha swamp. The farmers are
~.. v backward with their spring work.”
The -audersvilie llc mid states that the in
li.rattons so far for a large fruit crop arc
vrrv cheering, but little damage, if any at all.
li-been sustained by lhq. frosts of last
v. i. Early Irish potatoes aud some other
tt ier vegetables were injured, however, by
the cold snap.
Ine residence of Mr. J. W. Aultman. who
hths aljout three miles from Byrou. was
mirety consumed by nre Sunday uioru
lui just liefore day. lie lost everything, his
hutch escaping from the burning building in
their night clothes. Mr. Aultman feels cer
tim it was the work of au incendiary, as
from the nature of the fire and the time of
it was impossible for it to have caught
fr. ni the stove. There was no insurance.
There was a very light vole ou Tuesday, in
An. ; -ta, at the ebfcstion for ( ouuly Treasu
rer. There was but onp candidate in tlic
geld— ( apt. Geo. Adam—and kit friends were
nufident of his election, so that no esjiecial
effort was made during the day to get out
dr. A. C. Felton lost his residence and
kitchen at Spalding. Macon county, by fill* on
the night of the sth last. The fire originated
i > the kitchen, which was first to go, and then
the house, which was only a short distance
eff. Most at tlu things In the rc'i.icnco were
ea'nt, but nothing from the kitchen. There
s so insurance u|Wk }}>o buildings.
The liitle four year old son of Representa
,lVt. James M. DuPrec, of Macon county, on
Monday evening lat, while playing with bis
lutie Filter, accidental!/ fell from the porch
of h.' father’s aul
hr ke his left log above Hie Icucc.
T ic u.iiedgerijie Recorder is Informed liv tt
reload official ibftt tlic Georgia Railroad
will soon erect anew depot building in that
city for the Macon and Augusta Railroad.
-muSsr to the one at Wnrrentoit, which is of
bre k. substantial, convenient and handsome,
Nellie Itcnson. a colored woman, aged <O9
yer, was burned to death at the residence of
Mr a. L - . Sturgis, i McDuffie county, on
Tuesday of laaf week. Although of such ad r
Ttnccd age. the old guman was comparatively
active, and was aide -> go aliout the house
and yard. Her daughter had only left her for
t few minutes, w hen in leaving ftbmll the
nreolacc law clothing caught fire, and before
assistance could reach her she was burned
sufficiently to cause her death.
General Toombs -aid on Tuesday W *
i• , reporter that while he was entirely
blind in one eye, lie could sec very well with
the other in the day lime or by a student's
lamp at night. He say that he can see bettor
by the light of one student's lamp than a dozen
gasivts. In the day time he can rend a book
printed sell in large type, but cannot rend
•rim a- fine ..* that of a newspaper. He will
nave Ins eyes operated ou for cataract in a
shore w hile.
Columbus is complaining of Jhe impurity of
the gas furnished consumers there.
A. burglar entered the residence of Mr. 6.
B. llsi'ieri in Atlanta, on Tuesday uight. and
..ring a watch eseajied. *
Ben Ilili. Jr., son of the late Senator lldJ, is
mined to hi* ,borne with paralysis of Ihe
vocal chords, arid speak. He use* a
writing-pad, as iiis lot w did last naaner.
Pr. Calhoun. attending. n> qatotpd as saying
he will not recover.
At a meeting of the director® of the Mutto
gee Manufacturing Company, of Columbus,
ou Weduesday, # dividend of seven )>er cent.
as declared out earnings of the com
pany the imst year. TV* annual meeting of
tbe stockholders of the c®ttiquy was held on
Thursday.
The election ou the purchase of a uevf
steamer for the Fire Department of C uthbert,
wa held on Monday, and resulted in a vote
fur the steamer of 121 to *l. The Council held
a woeting on Tuesday night and consummated
the purchase, giving the small hand engine
and J2,*ia jn bonds for the machine. The
bonds run fiv** one to ten years ami are to
heir 7 jwr cent, ifciurret.
The -toreof Mr. J. C. Baldwin, at Tallmt.
irglarized Tnesdav mgs; and about s3u
• • from the safe. No goods r" missed.
Eil. Ma has*' has been arrested. For some
time he lias been iu the capacity of porter for
Mr. Baldw in. When first arrested he ton-
I the crime, but denied it the next moru
.ludge 1.. 11. Featherston met with ,ukp a
stp.oas accident on Tuesday of last week.
Mr. Itedttieucame by his house coining to
Men i„,o, and lie apt in the buggy with him.
Tae h .r-c became frightened and threw him
m hi* dnd riihi .}ioulier. Uifl head
wi ;t.iiv UrujjMi {uiuhb iwl Ann
wverely sprained.
Mt .uton CkroHiclf. “Mr. Mark h*l
r n bis place last w eek a mule w hich W Wl;
t-o davs ago bv a mad dog. and which
•afirred s-th hydrophobia—foanuug at the
•fcitti. ctiUuiff all sorts of capers, biliug
imascil etc LI k getting time for people to
■id srounil and seo whether a dog is really
* rth auvtbinw on a iMk'* premises. If not.
Miners o nc, well tad **, he dtspateheil.
ill*- above case a mute j*ft?*, worth
five hundred well dogs,"
Tbom: -viUe Knttrpriu: “Monday afteruooo
five o'clock, while the \ igilauts Tire
t, Cl ' ! j|;r '.' ere out for practice. Master Toni
MU.ir.i. jog e'Jeven-eear-old son of Mr. S. I-.
*’ . trii. nbo b. the employ of Mewrs. 11.
"Ml A Bro . met wifh what was feared tobe
.eus accident.' lie V3* puliing the hose
**<s!i. when by si?nie means he stumbled and
the wagon p&**iD*r over ty Pit of fti*
Though suffering inteusUy ji.*arose
iw itteiepted to walk* but wst* 4*>
5* to lie dtiveu borne io a \rajn?.
* r * Hpk:pt wai called in to att?hd
I . a L< t retiorts that lie is now getting along
| Uiorallv."
w - ;ro //rralj "O* f/i dav evening
;.! || r >Ynik Howard, an cm-
U.c saw mill of Mr. J. T.
“*y' siwtonviHe, iu tlu* county, \va* keel.-
killed!. It fveeni* that oufi of theruo-
Wbffiari.- lled in two while the
UQt) rr ) i(k *twav, an.l out* end of
'*!•• side u nl struck Mr. Howard, who
''MWaniiing near boiler testing s water
and the blow so severe that he
iieif m a tjm w Howard was from
MV. Kec'c : , ..sc.n
in the highest term* of the
tri, t*r of the unfortunate youwg man.
EnG ,mton -Niartcrwer oad Appeal; sat '
rei| 4 ,V ,?‘i5 h '..ta*t a distressing accident occuv,
k. 1 . Miikiimi county poorliouse. For
there has lieeu an inmate of this
or a “ a gc*l colored man by the came
► ,Mape. Aside from hi* decrepit aud
: eeoadiUom, caused bv old age, he was
eomni a 's sndering mind, and at limes so
l, . ***•' ot ** to render him irresponsible
F act ion or deed. During one of these
fin itffa. a Sftwrdav night last, it appears, he
death l , he fire * *“d was llteraliv burned to
liefore help conld reach him. There
t ir 1 ' nia *l negro boy in U>e bouse at tlie
, but he was unable to get tlm old tuna
ITlw Skmmnah fui,
out of the fire, and before he could get assist
ance the fire had done its work.”
Walton Xew: "last Friday night, af about
8 o'clock, while Kelley Butler, a colored man
who lived on Mr. J. L. Wiley’s place, was
sitting in his own cabin, surrounded bv his
familv, he was shot by some hidden assasain
who had up near the house. The
weapon used was a shotgun, fhe load taking
effect in the left side, from which Butler died
in a few minutes. A negro man named Van
Malcom, who lives near Kilgore's mill, is
thought to be the perpetrator of the blood v
deed. The two men had haiF some trouble
about a woman, Butler having taken her
away from Malcom. The proof is ample that
he ts the guilty party. He was arrested at
his home, some twenty miles from the scene
of the murder, about 2 o’clock Saturday even
ing, and Is now in jail.”
I.aGrange Beporter-. "Mr. A. I. Atkins, of
this neighborhoc/d, has two very antique heir
looms, viz.: a Bible and a prayer book. The
Bible has been in iiosaessioii of the Atkins
family for over two hundred years. His
grandfather, Charles Atkins, was born on Ihe
3th of May, I7GO. There were five brothers
who came to Aaterica liefore the revolution,
and who were in the army of Washington all
the time until the iieace bf 178:1. Afterwards
the owner of these lmoks settled in Raleigh,
N. C. The Bible, -in plain, large type, was
printed in London about the year itkiO, and
has lieen the property of the youngest son of
each generation. By the will of" the grand -
sire it will lielong to the youngest son (Charles
Atkins , now of this place. The praver liook
bears the date 1711, and was printed bv Tlios.
Sternbold and John Hopkins, of London.
These books form a link connecting us yvith
the days of John Knox, John Wesley and
John i alvin. Whocau beat this in the line
of antiquitiesV”
On Tuesday evening the citizens of Daniels
ville, Madison county, were thrown into great
excitement over the report that a tenable
murder had been committed about a half
mile from the town. A Germau named Ruler
started out of town under the influence of
whiskv, aud saw some small bovs, three or
four in number, and took after them to scare
them. The negroes ran into a house, and
the oldest one. a lad alxiut sixteen vears
old, got an old gfln and fired at Ruler,
the shot taking effect just below Ihe
heart. The liov that did thc.-hooting is named
Sam HilK After firing the fatal shot he left,
and was not captured uutil Wednesday morn
ing. A large p<>sac of citizens were out all
night huuting Ilili. The three other negroes
are very small boys, aud an- now in jail.
There was no Coroner’s inquest held, as Judge
Bottle decided that il was not necessary. The
little negroes claim that Ruler shot himself,
hut this is not believed. The case will proba
bly la* tried at this term of Ihe court. Ruler
had l*eu in the county about two years, and
was working at Mr. Jeff Scott’s place. Ruler
leaves a wife aud several small children.
THK STAFF: CONVENTION
Called to Meet in Atlanta on tlie loth
of April, for tlie Nomination of a De
mocratic Candidate for Governor.
Atlanta Constitution , Oth.
The Democratic Executive Committee
met last night in the reading room of the
Kimball House, in answer to a call issued
by Captain Harry Jackson, Chairman of
tnecommittee. Captain Jackson presided,
and Mr. Robert A. Bacon, the Secretary
of the committee, was in his place. Mr.
Bacon called the roll and found the fol
lowing gentlemen present, constituting a
quorum:
From the State-at Large Gen. I’. M 11.
Voting, of ltartou . and lion. E. F. Law
son. of Burke
First District—J. 1.. Sweat, of Clinch, by
Cant. John Mil ledge, of Fulton.
Third District—D. M. Roberts,of Dodge.
Fourth District—John King, of Musco
gee, represented by Thomas W, Grimes,
and Heart 11. Harris, represented by H,
H. Retell.
Filth District—Hon. John I. Ilail, of
Spalding, and W. D. Nottingham, of
Houston.
Sixth District—Hon. Washington IVs
suu.of Bibb.
Seventh 1> strict —Hon. Arthur If. Gray,
of Catoosa, and J, W. Akin, of Bartow,
by M. Dwinell.
Eighth District—Willverforce Daniel, of
Richmond, and Frank H. Colley, of
Wilkes, by Hon. Milton Reese.
Ninth District—T. C. Tate, of Pickens,
by Hon. Tyler M. Peoples, of Gwinnett.
Mr. Peeples introduced the following
resolution, which was adopted:
lit: il /v.-o/red, That a convention of the
Democratic party be called to assemble
iu the eojiitol in the city of Atlanta at 12
o'clock iriM>:i , on the second Tuesday, tin*
loth day of April next, to nominate a can
didate for Got eruor t<> fill the unexpired
term of Hon. A leva inter it Siep4ens, de
ceased.
The following resolution was introduced
by Mr. Reese, of the Eighth district, and
elicited some discussion, but was finally
adopted:
llettolveti. That each county shall select
im Relegates to the Gubernatorial Conven
tion iu such manner as the respective
Executive Committees ot' the various
counties may direct, apu iu au event the
Executive Committee of the State recom
mends that the various counties in the
State select their .delegates on the same
•lay—to wit, the first Tuesday in April
next —that day being April :td.
Mr. Dessau ottered the following reso.
lilt ion. which was adopted:
Iltnolcei h That each county in the state
iu the Guliernatorial Convention be en
titled to double the number of votes that
the county las Representatives in the
lower house of the General Assembly.
Air. Peeples introduced the following,
which was adopted:
Regolml, That each county lie request
ed ;b select as alternates the same num
ber bf pe Jpns at the same time and in the
same manner its il selects delegates, and
that this committee vetucimends that
t-urk county, at tlie time of its election of
said delegates, pass resolutions request
ing tiie Btaic convention not to admit any
dejegate unless fie be regularly selected
either a* a delegate oi an aiprjjaje, and
that no person not a citizen of the county
le allowed to represent said county as a
delegate by proxy.
The resolution provoked a spirited ills
cussinn, but w as finally passed.
Chairman Jackson offered the follow
n*ile*olco(I, That this committee In liehalf
of the Democratic party of the State of
Georgia hereby expresses its profound re
gret at too d p *itli of the Honorable Alex
ander U. That the universal
sorrow throughbul too entire btatc,
through t&e full delegations aue&tlteg his
obsequies, etiuees tlie profound respect
entertained for tlie groat statesman dntfihg
his life and the deep sorrow at bis ue
' The resolution was adopted uuanimous
|y by a rising vote.
R.' s> v‘.ji..i;s of thanks to the proprietors
of th** KmibaiL and rpuucsting the'Demo
cratic paficrs of Hie ktiyle to publish the
proceeding*, wore passed.
Tlie committee adjourned to meet at o
. m. ou the !Hh of April in the reading
foopi of the Kimball House. ,
ON TJE ISTHMUS.
Million* Sunk in Preliminary Studies
and No* 8 Foot Cut Yet in the Cana:
Proper.
All Aspinwall dispatch of February 25th
save: “A French Commission from the
Paris Observatory, under Lieutenant Bar
uaud, is in Panama taking its longitude
and lulit ude. The West Coast cable broke
down vesterdav, cutting off eomiminlea
tion between lama and Valparaiso. Ihe
cable of the /Central and South American
Telegraph Company, broken by the earth
quake of the sth instant, just south ot
Panama, is still unrepaired. "Ihe South
ern business of the latter Company now
feeds tlie West Indies and Panama Tele
graph Company, whose cable is reported
tol>e weak, messages at times being fv®
davs in coming rroin New York.
*'*A dispatch, it is reported, arrived re
cently from the canal company’s office in
Paris fixing the Pacific mouth of the j>ro
poseti c*#Bl somewhat to the east of the
site previously selected—the mouth of the
Rio Grande i'iter. The Canal saya that
tbe Franco-Americau Trading Company
have signed a contract for cutting seven
miles on the Panama side from the new
outlet to Paraiso. M. < harles de lessens
will be here on the 28th to inspect the
work doml. Hi* visit no doubt will lead
up <0 tbe third cuti for another SL>.OOO,-
000 gold, or tbe ; s:so.*jwd,Co9 a Ire ad v
paid in it is .aid but little Adnaibs. T,:e
expenditure ha* been enormous, ahd hot
a foot lias been cut out of the canal pfoper.
Millions of dollars have been sunk in
what the canal management calls preli
w'narv work and studies. Docks, store
touee* and machine shops are being put
up and a ijte* quantity of canal machin
es i* non berv 4- English dredger
is ’deepening the cbaiiaei zu nc- Fox river.
“Panama is promised a lb entry gjaa
water-works svsteni. A canal officer isjk
Pari, gow trviiig lo secure $400,000 tobuild
U. HeVaitej l?j New York some months
ago when on aitenip, es made to plant
the loan?’ “ ’
More Tqpacco Works Burned.
Danville, V*., March H.—The tobacco
factories of W. T. Clark, W, J. Patton
and L. L. Strause, valued at $ls,0O(), ware
•turned this morning: fully insured. Tbe
buildings were rented by eight firms, who
ii£t their stock, fixtures, etc. M’lie loss is
ftsdmsCfl at $40,000, whieh is covered by
insurance-
An ArouiafJc Fragrance
I* imparted to the mouth by tne use of
Sozod'out, It is beyond doubt the clean
est nurest and best wash ever offered to
the’public. Sozodont and comfort are
synonvms. It cleanses the cavities ID the
enamel of the teeth.
ANOTHER OCEAN' HORROR.
AN EMIGRANT STEAMER FOUND
ERS IN THE GALE.
Sixty-five Lives Lost—The Account of
the Survivors Passengers Washed
from the Rifflflne—Futile Efforts at
Rescue—Frightful Damage to the Eng
lish Fishing Fleets.
London, March *J. —The steamer Na
varre, bound from Copenhagen to Leith,
foundered during the gale of vesterdav.
There were eightv-one persons, mostly
emigrants, on board. Only sixteen were
saved.
Forty-nine more passengers had in
tended to embark for America. Nine of
the male emigrants who were rescued
have landed at Hull.
The survivors give the following ac-
JL < i l ‘ nt .. of > he wreck: Ou Tuesday, when
-00 miles from Chrlstiansund, the Navarre
w-as struck by a heavy sea. The cargo
shifted, and on Wednesday the forehold
‘'Bed. When a fishing smack approached
the Navarre, ten men took a boat and
boarded the smack, letting their small
boat go adrilt. The smack sailed around
the sinking steamer, but having no boat
was unable to render assistance,
the emigrants in the mean time
were clinging to the rigging, the sea
washing over them. In a short time an
other sniack arrived on the scene, when
fifteen of ihe Navarre’s men endeavored
to reach her in another boat, but it
swamped and all its occupants were
drowned. A steamer arrived at the spot
only in time to receive six persons who
were struggling in the water as the Na
varre was foundering.*
Owing to the heavy gale the tide Jin the
Clyde is remarkably low. The steamers
Derania, Circassia; Manitobain and
several others were at one time aground.
The Hull fishing fleet has suffered seri
ously by the gale. Eighty vessels of the
licet have arrived there in a damaged
condition. Twelve of them lost members
ol their crews. Three vessels foundered,
one of them with all hands. Similar ac
counts have been received from the Yar
mouth fishing fleet.
THE IN VINCI DUES.
Byrne Released in Paris—How Egan
Eluded the Police.
London, March 3.—A Paris dispatch
says Frank Byrne was released last even
ing. The government held that the new
charge brought by the British Govern
ment against Byrne—namely: Complicity
in the attempted murder of Juror Fields
and Judge Lawson—amounted merely to
introducing arms into Ireland. They
claimed that even if the arms were in
tended for purposes of murder the offense
was a political one.
The Press Association says the govern
ment yesterday mailed to France and will
shortly mail to America depositions relat
ing to the man known as ‘‘No. I” and
other jiersons, whose names were revealed
at the private inquiry iu Dublin.
Dublin, March 9.—Jenkinsoii, director
*>t the* jrisb criminal investigation depart
ment, says Egan has been under police
supervision for some time, but left Ire
land on Thursday unknown to the police.
Jotikiuson believes Egan fled because he
thought if Sheridan was extradited im
lxvrtuut evidence would come into the
hands of the authorities. Three letters
from Egan were found on Carey’s premi
ses, dahxl October ami November, 1881, at
which time the Invincibles were estab
lished. < >ne of these letters expresses the
hope that Carey will succeed in the work
be has on hand.
Eight dagger knives have been found iu
the'Riugs end of the basin.
Patrick Egan eluded tlie vigilance of
the police by shamming sickness. Dr.
Kenny maintained tlie deception bv visit
ing Egan, who, it is believed, left the
city disguised as a priest.
THE GALLOWS.
A Negro Hung in Alabama and Two
Men in New York.
CL4YTDN.Ai.ji., March 9.—80 b Cooh
rap, colored, who was convicted at the
special term of the C ircuit Court in this
(Barbour) county in February for the
murder of Mr. M. L. Drew, near this
place, was hanged here to-day. The
hanging was witnessed only by
the officials and representatives of
the press. Having eaten heartily
apj tajten a drink of whisky,
lie' lit a cigar and, surrounded by
tlie guard, took his seat on tjie coflin anil
was driven to the gallows. He confessed
his guilt in a firm voice and besought the
negroes to remember the whites as their
best friend*. The trap was sprung at
1:20 anil the culprit was dead in fifteen
minutes. His laxly was turned over to
the parties to whom tlie condemned man
had sold it.
New Yqrk, March 9.—McGwin and
Major were hung at 8:12 this morning.
BULLION AND BONDS.
Large Purchases of tlie Former—The
Rights of Virginia Bondholders.
London, March 9.—Bullion to the
amount of £200,000 was bought yesterday
for export to New York. It will be for
warded by Saturday's steamer. The pur
chase was tpade In advance hi Order to
guard against the possibility of a rise in
the price of gold eagles af the Bank pf
England to-day,
£12,000 have been raised here to
defray the cost of representing the holders
of Virginia bonds and vindicating their
rights before tribunals in the United
States. It is lielieved that the council of
foreign Ixindholders is quite ready to test
the consequences of the decision of the
Supreme Court at Washington, rendered
on Monday last in regard to Virginia
bonds, bv vigorous action through suits
against Virginia The council has ample
fuii(U ; ‘ '■■>*■.
THE SOCIALIST MEETING,
Dispersed by the Police—Louise Michel
and Fourteen Others Arrested.
Paris, March 9.—Six thousand persons,
most of them attracted by motives of cu
riosity, collected ou the Esplanade des
Invalides this ’ afreimxm. The police,
without resistance, prevented groups
from forming. Fifteen jiersons were ar
rested. It is reported that Louise Michel
is among the number. The police barred
the passag? of live hundred men w ho were
marching to the Elysee residence of Pres
ident 'Grt-vy. The affair was a fiasco.
After the crowd oft the itsplu}sde des
Invalides bad dispersed, a mob or about
ote Iffoustutd men returned th6re. They
broke windows aqd overturned carriages,
but were finally scattered py the Jtclipj.
The report that Louise Micfiol had been
arrrested is denied,
THE CAUSE OF KAY’S SUICIDE.
The National Bank Examiner FlntlH Hi*
Accounts Short SIOO.OOO.
MoxTGOfiStty, March 9. —Since the
suicide last'Saturday of Mose* 7’ I]ay>book
kpener ami assistant cashier of the Mer
chants' odd Plasters’ Batik, rumors have
prev aiicd of a shortage lu afjpq'jfits as
the cause of bis get. The national bank
examiner tm# fitlisficd fiis examination
and finds the money nhort $1O0 ; ()OO. The
officers of the bauk discovered a day or
two before Ray’s death that there was
trouble. He was sick at bis room, and on
sending for bill) on Saturday fie killed
himself. The bank will lose bolliii;g, as
Ray’s bondsmen are amply able to pay
the* loss.
STRUCK BY A TUG.
tons Mon Drowned and Four Fatally
Injured.
Jersey City. March 9. 4t the point
where Washington street strikes the'Mor
ris canal there is no bridge, and the place
is known as “The Gap," over w hich a
short ferry transfers passengers from Jer
sev Citv to the New Jersey Central Rail
road yards and shops. AVhile a boat con
t&iliibg U'irtv workmen was crossing this
morning a life struck the loat and upset
it. One man is known to he drowsed aud
three are missing. Four others were so
badly injured that their recovery is doubt
tui. ’
Weather linli*a.iu:j.
Office Chief Signal observer,
Washington, D. C., March 9.—lndica
tion* for Saturday:
In the South Atlantic States, partly
eloudv weather, local rains, winds mostly
northerly, stationary or higher tcuijx*ra
ture, anil lower pressure.
Frightful Boiler Explosion.
Montreal. March 9.—A boiler in the
Canada Press works at La lortue ex
ploded to-dav, killing two workmen
named Murphy and Masson, and serious
ly injuring a lhrge number of others. Ihe
building w as leveled to the ground.
SAVANNAH, SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1883.
THE WESTERN OVERFLOW.
Latest Report* from Helena—A Wide
Wastw of Waters—Houses and Stock
Swept Away.
Helena, March 9.—The river has been
stationary since yesterday, with forty-six
feet eleven inches marked on the gauge.
It was stationary at Madison yesterday
and is probably tailing to-day. A decline
is confidently expected here by Sunday.
Work on the levee is still going forward.
The people of this vicinity now have
in their security. The
'country below is entirely sub
merged, the water in manv places
pouring over the levees back into the river.
Reports from Austin, Clarksdale and
Friar’s Point are of a most discouraging
character. Not a single house in any bf
the places named escaped the deluge.
To-day is clear and calm.
St. Louis, March 9.—A (Robe-Democrat
correspondent, who reached Helena yes
terday from Memphis by the steamer
Chateau, gives the following view of the
situation along the river bank:
There are not more than two
or three sjxjts of ground visi
ble between Menqihis and this jioint.
Scores of the best farms in Arkansas and
Mississippi are completely ruined, and
most of them are abandoned, the owners
and laborers having fled to high ground.
In many places cattle are standing in the
water, which overflows the platforms, and
almost every house is filled with colored
people.
At Harbut’s landing there were eighteen
negroes in two boats moored to a tree on
the flooded bunk, waiting for a steamboat
to take them away. There is not a foot
of dry land in fortv miles. Skiff loads of
colored people, with their household
goods, are to be seen at various points
seeking for ground to rest on.
At Sterling, the colored people, horses
and cattle are indiscriminately huddled
in the upper story of the only store there.
Most ot the fences aud house* along the
hank are still intact, though manv have
lieen flouted away.
At Star Landing tiled welling* are full of
cattle and the gin houses full of negroes.
It is probable that there will be a big rise
below here, as the flow of water from the
St. Francis river 1s undimiuished.
t ajit. Thorwegan, of the steamer Cha
teau, thinks there is unprecedentedly high
water between Vicksburg and New Or
leans on account of the closing of Bonnet
Carre crevasse.
The bridge and trestle over Cassados
Lake on the Iron Mountain road, one mile
w est of here, was discovered to be afloat
last night from tlie back water coming up
from the break iu the levee lx*low there,
’this will cut Helena off from railroad
communication, as the railroad men say
it will be impossible to get trains out
4intil the water subsides.
Memphis, March 9.—The river here has
(leelined two inches. A special from
Helena, Ark., says: “The river is failing
to-night. Several hundred negroes just
south of here are reported out of pro
visions. A large number of cattle, horses
and mules are standing iu the overflowed
country from knee to waist deep, hope
lessly abandoned. Trains over the iron
Mountain Railroad are abandoned east of
Forest City owing to the track being sub
merged just below Helena."
AN INSANE SERVANT GIRL
Make* a Murderous Assault on Her Mis
tress with a Ilateliet—Au Infant Killed
with a Toilet ltottle.
Philadelphia, March !,—A German
servant girl named Catherine Mctjtgar,
in the employ of Samuel May, at No,
2021 North Seventh street, made un at
tempt this morning to murder her mis
tress, Mrs. Lizzie May, and the latter's
child. The servant girl got up
in the middle of the night, went
to tlie cellar and procured a hatchet,
which she hid under ter bed. At half
past a o’clock this morning she arose
again, and bending over Mrs. May, who
was sleeping in bed, dealt her several
blows on the head with the hatchet. Airs.
May's cries brought iu a jiolicentan. who
promptly seized Catharine. In the mean
time she had thrown a bottle at
Mrs. May’s elglit-montlis-old son
Edward, who was asleep in the crib
beside the bed, and fractured tiis skull.
It is believed that JTrs. Slav will recover,
but the infant w ill die” The girl, Who
came here from Germany three mouths
ago, had only been a week in the emplov
of the May family. She is only eighteen
years old, and gives no other reason for
the assault than that she was prompted
for several days to do it.
It now appears that the death of Mrs.
May’s child was accidental. In the
struggle which followed Mrs. May’s
awakening, >|Vs. 3) ay wiTncljed the
hatchet from the girl’s hands. The latter
then took a heavy Lottie of bay rum from
the toilet table, aud threw it at Mrs, May’s
head. The bottle glanced and crushed the
infant’s head. Mrs. Mav, who is young
and vigorous, ejected tb*e girl from the
room and called for the police. The girl
washed the blood from herself and went
back to her bed, where the jiolice found
her. She is undoubtedly insane.
A PROMISING SCANDAL.
A (arunite King I'nearthiMi that lla
Bepii Plundering Ilie Government
Many Prominent Men Implicated.
Washington, .March9.—Secretary Fol
ger is now investigating charges, which
have beeu preferred officially, that there*
exists in this country a granite ring,
almost rivaling in proportionS fhe famous
whisky ring. It 1$ cltuvged lljat
all the granite men in the country have
for years combined, and by a mutuality of
interest have made* ffie government pay
double price for all the* granite used in the
construction of public buildings. Names
are mentioned, including those of the pre
sent Governor of Massachusetts, a promi
nent ex-Senator and other eminent men.
This jiromises to develop into a scandal
of very fair proportions.
A TRAIN ROBBER CAPTURED.
Lynch Law Tjireateneq-'Tjie Cqnuuc.tor
Dead ad the Brakemap Dying.
Little Rock, Ark., March 9.—Only
four men were engaged in the attempted
train robbery ou Wednesday, 011 the west
bound train oh the Little Rock and Fort
Smith Railroad, near Van Buren, not
forty ac telegraphed. The forty was a
telegraphic etyot. une of tqe tout' ncu
was captured on Wednesday night. ?Je
was wounded in the face and arraj and
being unable to keep up with hi* com
panions took refuge on a farm, where he
was traced by the officers. He is now in
jail at Van Buren. At first lynching was
threatened, but the town was quiet last
night; Conductor f’a.’n died of his
wounds yesterday morning!' Brakeiuai,
Lester, it is cannot recover. ■ ’
FROZEN pYXAMITE.
Fatal Results Attending tl|c Handling of
It In a Quarry,
Pittsburg, Pa., March 9.—This morn
ing, at Fleming’s stone quarry, in ‘’Dead
Man’s Hollow,” near McKeesport, while
Daniel ami Qeorge Ileutiuger, Noble (lij.
ky and an unknown colored man were
at wbrk in the quarrv, one bf
them Attempted to throw out a
cau of dynamite used for blasting
purpose** wfeicp had frozen, wheu aq ex
jdostqn followed. Hhiniel IleniiugtT wap
killed ptitright and George ITemiuger and
the colored man were *0 badly injured
tliut they will die. Noble Gilkv was also
hurt, hut his wounds were slight and he
wus nflle to go home alone. •
The Failure* for the Week.
New York, March 9,-The business
failures of the last week as reported to R.
G. Dun * Co.’s Mercantile Agency num
ber 252, agaiust 272 last week, distributed
as follows: New England. 21; Middle
States, 40; Western States. 80; Southern
States, 57: Pacific coast "and Territories,
17; Canada and tfie Proyinoea, js7i New
York city aud Brooklyn, 10.
Death of a Well Known Catholic Bishop.
New Orleans, March 9.—Rev. John
Quinlan, the Catholic Bishop of Mobile
since 1850, died this morning at tfie pas
toral residence attached to St. Theresa’s
Church, ill this city. He had been sick
for two months. The funeral will take
place Thursday morning from the Mobile
Cathedral.
Marriage of Ex-Governor Sprague.
Richmond, Va., March 9.—Ex-Gov.
William Sprague, of Rhode Island, was
married at Staunton, last night, to Mrs.
Dora Inez CalVert, of Greenbrier countv,
West Virginia. ‘ : ” •
The People's World-wide Verdjct.
Burnett’s Coeoaiae has been sold in
every civilized country, and the public
have rendered the verdict that it is the
purest and best Hair Dressing in the icorld.
Burnett’s Flavoring Extracts
are invariably acknowledged the cheapest
aud the best.
MUSIC IN THE TREASURY.
BAI’M AND LAWRENCE AT LOG
GERHEADS.
A Deadlock for the Court of Claim* to
Break—Naval Smuggling -Esthetic
Sea Dog*—Seven Hour* a Day— The
Wearied Clerk* Kicking—A Reformer
Fallen from Grace.
Washington, March B. —They are having a
little nuwic in the Treasury Department. By
the way the band often plays in that depart
ment. Ramn, Commissioner of Internal
Revenue.and Lawrence,the First Comptroller,
are the chief musicians this liun-. Raurn is
a man who don’t like folks to tread oa his coat
tails officially or undo without just and suffi
cient cause his official acts. Ijtwrence aspires
to lie known as u watch dog of the govern
ment. He passes Anally on all accounts. If
there is any jxissible way by which
lie can sit down upon any account he
always taker- his seat there. Under the law,
officers of the government who are ujxm
official business bent have their traveling ex
penses paid out of the public parse. A short
time ago a uuml>er of special agent* who
served under Kaum were sent out on a short
trip for business purposes. They sent in a
statement of tlie money which tbev had spent,
liaum examined it and gave his approval.
The accounts went to Lawrence. He also ap
proved of all that hail been apeut except
sixty-six cents. The party of officers had
bought lunch aud the sixty-six cents
was an amount iu excess ot whatlhe bill would
have leen had the lunch cost twenty-five
cents a head. Lawrence INM We law ’down
that no government employe should pav more
than twenty-five cents for a lunch, lie deliv
ered an elaborate opinion on this subject,
which he had duly printed at the expense of
the government. Baum was mad, but made no
demoustration justtheu. But alotigcame an
other dash. Mr. Rodgers, the Deputy Com
missioner of internal Revenue, went over to
Baltimore. He was gone about eight
hours. He put in a. bill of $3 :to
for expenses. Kanin approved it
and in due course of time it weut to Law
rence. Here it was disapproved aud an
other able decision delivered and priuted at
the government's expense. Then Kaum got
very mad. He to-day sat down and wrote to
Lawrence, lie said that lie was an honest
man. He certainly would not approve of ac
counts that he hail not carefully examined
beforehand. Lawrence, he said, iu disap
proving these accounts both reflected ou his
honesty and implied tliut he was unable to
manage his office properly. He said
also that Lawrence was trying to make
a little cheap notoriety by posing
as a wall of defense between tlie Treasury and
those who want to get their hands into it ille
gally. Why did he not exercise some of that
diligence when ho was passing upon the ac
rountsof Congressional junketing expeditions,
where thousand* of dollars were spent for
liquor, wines, cigars and other luxuries'*
Why had he approved of the traveling barroom
that the late tariff' commission toted around
with it? It is said that Raum went so far as
to nsk Lawrence how many hundreds of times
more the printing of his two picayune opin
ions amounted to than the total amount of the
bills which had been presented. To make a
test case of it the SB3 30 account of Deputy
Commissioner Rodgers will be taken to tbe
Court of Claims.
NAVAL BMPOOU.NO.
Acase of smuggling by naval officers, the
details of which have just come to light, will
again attract attention to that practice whieh,
with shame be it said, ha* become almost an
universal one in the navy. The case I
refer to is now told to me by an employe of
the Washington unvv yard. You will re
member that the Trenton, flagship of the
European station, brought over to at
tend the Yorktown Centennial the
French guests of this natiou. When
the Trenton arrived at Yorktown, 10,000 tine
cigars which were on board here were distri
bute*! among the different officers of the fleet
there assembled. They were regularly con
signed to these officers; but of course no dutv
was paiil ou them. The government tug Tal
lapoosa hove alongside the Trenton. To her
were transferred case after case of merchan
dise. There wore silks aud all manner of ma
terial for women’s wear; many other articles
of wear and for the toilet were there. These
cases were brought to the Washington navy
yard, where they were landed ou
a government dock. The dock looked
us if the navy yard were a regular commercial
port. The foreign marks on the cases were
removed ami they were distributed to their
various destinations. Lieutenant Emory, a
wealthy officer living in a pnlatiul residence
here, got many of them. Of course no duty
was paid u|khi any of the goods. This is an
other exposure of what seems to lie a regular
system of fraud iqios the government, prac
ticed by its own officers, who, it would be ex
pected from their honorable positions, would
be above such things. While upon this sub
ject, t will give an extract from a report made
by Mr. E. W. ( lark, Chief of Hie Revenue,
Marine Division of the Treasury Department:
“While stringent regulations are maintained
and enforced against the smuggling of mer
chandise by passengers of the gcqeral public
arriving at our poKtc from l abroad, not only
their baggage but'even their persons )icing
subject to search by the inspectors, no certain
means exist of reaching the personal baggage
or the naval officers returning by their own
ships. No oath or certificate is required of
them that they have not in their effects dutia
ble goods in frauil cf the customs revenue.
Enjoying such immunity there is no check or
restraint upon them beyond that imposed by
a sensitive conscience. Statesmen, judges,
tradesmen, and others ot the general public
are not exempted from tlie search, hut naval
officers may escape tt. A casual inquiry
into the subject covering only the period
of live years, beginning with 1878 and ending
with December, 1882, shows that live naval
vessels returning from foreign station* within
that period have been used bv naval officers in
violation of section 1(124 of’ the statutes, as
transports for the Importation of merchan
dise, and that the attempt was made to land
such merchandise without the payment of the
duties prescribed by law. The value of goods
(appraised by the naval officers themselves at
a nominal price in many cases) thus unlaw
fully imported and funded is over seven
thousand dollars. The number of officers of
tlie navy directly concerned iu this business
was over fifty. Forty-two packages were
seized at the express office where they were
being shipped beyond the reach of customs
officers. .Someof these packages were address
ed to naval officers, others to families of naval
officers, and others still to private citizcAs.
One package, containing two hundred and
eighty-eight pairs of kid gloves, was addressed
to a merchant in New York city v in this
connection must be noted tfic remarkable fact
that these sfyndalous Iu tract ions of law and
the naval regulations seem not to have beeu
visithd with discipline.
seven iiqi rs a pay,
Tbj: lfigioliiDvi:, e*txu(ive aud judicial bill
as it finally passed contains a provision that
the heads of departments may. in their and lucre
crelion, require seven hours’ labor a dav from
the government clerks. Tlie clerks' work
seven hours a day during (lie winter, but only
six hours during the summer. They don’t
want to work seven hours this summer. They
are organizing in some of the departments
regular “movements” to bring arguments
to bear upon their chiefs to show
that there is no reason why they
sliontu ntiilie ic, out at-3o’clock dm-ing the
hot spell, Some qf the yery prettiest female
employes are most active in these movements.
Doubtless most of the heads of departments
witt exercise the discretion given them by
the bill, and let the clerks and elerkesses off
from work at 3 o’clock in the afternoon during
the summer.
ANOTHER EXPEDITION.
The revenue cutter Corwin will make an
other y: i>gdUiQji to 41asa inis HShmwer,
.leaving from *ail Ffanfcisco. The object of
the expedition will be to inquire into and af
ford protection u necessary to our interests
in that country, and also to gain further in
formation about Alaska and the adjacent
waters. This is one of similar expeditions
which have been made, and all of which have
proved profitable to the government in their
results.
I QOEIA'J} AFTER Hiß itkl.*Tl’ F.n.
LikeKeifet, Senator Mitchell,'lt appear*
looked (Kter his Eelatlt'es' Interests just at tl?e
elose of the session. Mitchell is an independ.
ent reformer frdni Fecnsyß ania. He L , bair
hinn of the ( ouiiqUtet; oq Patents. ' tin the
last, day qf the session he discharged the clerk,
assistant clerk anil messenger to that commit
tee. These men had done the work of all the
session, and were looking forward to a long
rest while they drew IjKO' Pav bm •-—'- '
zJ“S- 4 *“****-*; faces he appointed a relative
or his wile, his fifteen-vear old son and a
i enuaylvanin'constituent. These three aen
tleiheij won:tevoiVbe in Washifigton during
theeutire recess. Their pay, however, will
be sent to them once a month. Potomac.
Dentructlye Fire )n Vermont,
Bku.C|!Yß F4U.B. Vt., "Marc 4 it.—a fire
fire this morning caused losses as follows;
On the building owned by The Bellows
r alls Canal Company, $15,000, no insur
ance; Osgood A Barker, loss $50,000, iti
suretl for $12,000. Tbe Vermont Farm
Machines Company’s loss is about $45,000.
insured for $25,000.
Caveats Against Probating a Wilt.
Philadelphia, March 9.—Several
caveats have leen tiled by relatives in the
Register of Wills office* against the ad
mission to probate of the will of the late
Henry Sejhprt, who left $1,250,000 for
charitable parfioses, find whose body was
cremfltOd a couple of days ago. !
A Socialist Leaves His Wife Behind.
Vienna, March 9.—Of twenty-nine So
cialists on trial here charged with high
treason and complicity in a murder, two
are women. One of tliem is the wife of a
man named Halze, who decamped to
America with part of the plunder derived
from the robbery of Herr Merstallinger.
The Kentucky Republican*.
LouisiViLLß, March 9.-The Republican
State Central Committee have called a
State Convention to meet in Lexington,
Ky., May 23,
Twenty-fdtor Honrs jq Lit*.
John Kuhn, Lafayette, Ind,, writes ps;
t‘One year ago Y was, to all ajipearance,
in the last stages of Consumption. Our
best physicians gave my case up. I finally
got so low that our doctor said I could not
live twenty-four hours. Mv friends then
purchased a bottle of Dr. Win. Hall’s Bal
sam for the Lungs, which considerably
benefited me. 1 am now in perfect health,
having used no other medicine."
WASHINGTON NOTES.
Sherman’s Next Junket—Belford StiU
Mad—Tabor’s Proposition to David
Davis.
Washington, March 9.—Gen. Sherman
never lets summer pass by without some
pleasant junket. This, his last summer
as General of the army, he will make an
extensive inspection tour of California
and the Pacific coast slope. He will be
accompanied by one or two aides and
several ladies.
ANOTHER ONE ABOUT TABOR.
Truly Tabor was a daisy while he lasted.
He furnished more good paragraphs during
his thirty days in the Senate than manv
other members of that body do in six
years. Here is atiotherabout him: A few
days liefore adjournment, while Edmunds
was in the chair, Tabor lieckoned David
Dav is to him. The good natured Illinois
.Senator went over to Tabor’s seat, when
slapping him on the back, Tabor *aid :
“Lwk here, old man, they tell me you are
going to get married, f am thinking of
getting spliced myself. What do vou sav
to bang-up, double-barreled nuptials. Let
us get spliced together. We can hire a
couple of Pullman cars and go on our
wedding tour. We will paralyze the
country. It you say the word, ft shan’t
cost you a cent.” Davis didn't sav auv
thing. He just walked away.
“lookout for music."
Representative Belford, whose red hair
got mad the other day in the star route
court, was met to-day. His hair was still
mad. He said: “If you wait till Congress
meets again I am going to introduce a
resolution to investigate how these star
route trials have been conducted, the
methods employed and the big sums of
money spent for counsel fees. The next
House will be Democratic, and I don’t
think there will be much trouble in get
ting an investigation ordered. Then look
out for music."
THE CAMPAIGN.
Wliat Senator Brown’s Fosition Will be
In tlie Pending Canvas*.
Atlanta Constitution.
A Constitution reporter called to see
Senator Brown yesterday on the subject of
the guliernatorial election, with a view of
ascertaining his position and his prefer
ence in the matter. After expressing his
deep sorrow at the death of his almost
life-long friend, Governor Stephens, for
whom he had the greatest love and vener
ation, Senator Brown stated that Jie had
no intention of interfering in any way in
the nomination of a candidate for GoVer
nor Stephens’ successor. He said that he
regretted to see the prospect of a heated
scramble by a number of aspirants for the
position, as it had been but a short time
since tlie excited campaign of last fall.
“1 understand you, Senator, to sav that
vou do not expect to take anv active-part
in the selection of a candiilate for the
nomination ?"
“Yes, sir; that is just what I intended
to sav. All that I desire is that an able,
worthy and true Democrat be nominated;
a man who has the confidence of the De
mocracy and of the people, and whq w ill
he able to harmonize the conflicting ele
ments, it there lie such, in the Democratic
ranks."
“How is it that you took so active a
part in the last two campaigns, and do
not intend to utteiqpt to control anything
in the present i”
“I was plaeed in a condition in each of
the two last campaigns where I felt It my
duty to take tie course I pursued. A
bitter assault had becu made upon Gov
ernor Golqultt for appointing me to the
Senate, and upon me for supjiorting Gov
ernor Colquitt. And I felt under the cir
cumstances that there was nothing left
forme to do when 1 was assailed by a
strong opposition but to bring into "the
held any strength I might l>e able to in
fluence to prevent the assaults from being
successlul. But in each case I regretted
what seemed to tend to division in tlie
Democratic party."
“Then it is j’our wish to see the party
harmoniousasked the reporter.
“Yes, sir. I sincerely wish to see har
mony and unity in tlie organization, and
I am unwilling to he an obstacle in the
way of such harmony. I have no dispo
sition whatever to attempt to dictate to
the Democratic pur tv of Georgia, or to
aiy fraction or portion of it. All I claim
is t);e right to exercise the same privilege
and take the same part iti the organization
that any other Democrat lias a right to take!
I have no wish to occupy any position that'
looks to division, or that in any way dis
turbs harmony. I shall, therefore, neith
er take part myself in the pending strug
gle before the convention, nor shall I at-,
tempt to influence my friends one' way or
another, i flunk it very pvobaule that
many of my )nends, who have stood hv
me iu my darkest days, mav prefer one
candidate, others another, arid others still
another, I w isl/each to exercise his own
judgment and discretion to the fullest ex
tent. I have no doubt the party in con
vention will act wisely when' the time
comes.”
“AVhat will be Governor Colquitt’s
course In the matter?”
“1 have not conferred with Governor
Colquitt to an extent that authorizes me
to_ speak for him. I met him but a few
minutes to-day and had no 'opportunity
for an extended conversation. He will
doubtless speak for himseif whenever he
wishes to lie heard. I have 110 doubt,
though, that his wish will be to aid in any
way he can in harmonizing the partv and
securing the* triumphant elebiiwit of tbd
nominee This is mv feeling, and l trust.
11 will bo tbe- feeling'of (-very Democrat. I
hear the names of Several gentlemen men
tioned in Connection with the nomination,,
who are able and Worthy anfi weH quali
ited, aud \ expect to be verv well content
ed with the action of tbe convention, and
to support its nominee cheerfully ami to
the extent of my ability. But Ido not ex
pect to take any part in tlie selection of
the nominee."
“Then it is your wish that the party
shall act for itself, and you are content
witli any good man who may be nomi
nated ?’’
“That is precisely n.y wish- I trust
the the great of tfie party
may Tie respected, and that the person
selected may be thechoioe of the majority
of tiie whole party in Georgia, and that he
may be a man who will do justice not
only to the Democracy, but to the whole
people of Georgia, and who will admin
ister the law faithfully and impartially,
without regard to anv divisions of any
character that may exist aoitmgtnff* peo
ple.,; ••* • "* " ” ’ ™ '
BUC’HANAN’H BIOGRAPHY.
A Suspension of Judgment Requested as
to tlie Last .Democratic President.
Georgs Ticknor Curtis in Sew York
The Philadelphia I .s, in Us issxie of
last Sunday; contains a long*account of
an interview lieldby Its correspondent af
Memphis with the Hon. JacobMompson,
wa,j (secretary 6f the Interior in Mr.
Buciianarfs administration until the com
ing on of the secession troubles, when he
resigned, This interview relates, among
other matters, to President Buchanan’s
message at th of Congress in De
cumber, 1860, to the resignation of
Cass as Secretary of and to ii sup
posed agreement between the President
and the South Carolina Commissioners
relative to the military status quo in
Charleston harbor during the remaining
portion of M r - Buchanan’s official term.
The ‘.‘Life 0t President Buchanan," on
which 1 have beeti engaged for two year,
and upwards, will probably he published
in the coming month of May by the Messrs.
Harper. On documentary evidence
of tne most unquestionable character,
and especially on written memoranda
made by tbe President himself at the
times in question, my work will put a
very different aspect upon all these mat
ters from any that they have hitherto
borne. It will be made absolutely certain
that the President, for example, never
made the reputed agreement vith the
South Carolina Commissioners or anv
one else respecting the status quo in
Charleston harbor; and that as to the
resignation of General Cass, the Presi
dent recorded in bis own hand all
the circumstances attending it, and
the history of the famous passage in his
message, where be spoke of coerc
ing a State to remain in the Union. So,
too, the President himself made an ample
record of all the facts attending the
resignation of Secretary Floyd. Under
these circumstances, is it asking too
much for me to request the public (b wai t
for tfie 1 precise revelations which Will lie
made when 'Mr. Buchanan comes to be
heard through his own recorded testi
mony ? lam happy to be able to say that
the first volume of my work If nbw
Stereotyped and that the plates Yor the
gepoqd volume will be nffide'as rapidly as
such work can he properly done,
Emperor William has subscribed 4,000
marks from his private purse for tbe re
lief of the German sufferers by the floods
in America.
E. Spieldock, Broad and Indian streets,
Savannah, save: “I have been taking
Brown's Iron Bitters for rheumatism, and
it has benefited me."
NEW YORK NOTES.
A SERIES OF MYSTERIOUS
SHOOTINGS.
“Derby” and “Darby”—A* to Finger
Bowls—An Organ for Growlers—The
atrical Manager* In Wail Street—The
Corpse in “Feodora."
New York, March B.—My attention has
been attracted by the extraordinary number
of shooting eases last week. These are par
ticularly numerous among women. Within
the last few days there have been half a dozen
cases of severe shooting in this vicinity, aud
every case has been surrounded with more or
less mystery. A Frenchman named Horn et
was killed by a woman whose reputation he
had injured by too intimate relations. Bhe
struck him with a knife and killed him
instantly. The same day Annie Smith, of
New Dorp. Staten Island, was seriously shot,
apparently by herself, though she claims that
the shot came from the stove. Mr. George YV.
Haight, while lying by his wife's side in bed,
is suddenly- shot. Mrs. Haight savs she did
not eveu near the shot,"so sound was she
asleep, but she is now in the hands of the
police. The next night Mrs. Nellie Walsh, iu
twenty-third street, shot a burglar, who was
carrying oft her property, and at the same
hour a man named Donovan shot himself.
Miss Mary Smith next day was shot at Gar
den City, and there were two cases of shoot
iug in Brooklyn and a murder in Jersey Citv
the following day.
The Rev. Mr. Darby—“ Father” Darby, as
lie is sometimes called—assistant priest of the
ritualistic Church of Bt. Mary tlie Virgin’s,
nail au experience the other eveuinsr remind*
iiig one of that of the Western woman, who,
when she answered a knock at her door, was
asked, “Does Mr. Robinson (her husband; live
here- ’ “ Y es,” she replied; “ but lie is not at
home. “\\ ell, he will be iu a minute,” was
the knocker's retort, "for I have got him .lead
in the wagon yonder.” When Mr. Darliv—it
lieing his .servant’s night “out responded to
a similar summons at the door of his flat, iu
west torty-tirst street, tie was confronted by
n solemn-looking man, who asked:
“ Is this Mr. Darby’s? ”
Tlie clergyman replied in the affirmative.
"Well, Um an undertaker, and I’ve come to
bury him,”
“Bury me!” exclaimed the astonished cler
gyman; “who told vou I was dead:”
“Nobody,” said the undertaker; “it’s Mr.
Darby whom I’m ordered to burv."
“But I am Mr. Darliv.”
“Is this West Forty-irst street?”
“Yes.”
“Well, it’s Mr. Darby, of West Forty-first
street, who’s dead, and as you yourself say this
is his house, the corpse I am to bury must be
here. Perhaps it’s your wife what’s dead.”
Mr. Darby, who was a widower when he en
tered the church, and has never remarried
from ritualistic scruples, made haste to an
swer that he had no wife. But he was unable
to shake the undertaker’s convietious that he
was at the right house, until he flualiv re
membered that a Mr. Derby lived, or’ had
lived, further along the block.
“Derby,” said the undertaker, “how do you
spell it?”
“D-e-r-b-y," spelled the clergyman.
“Why,that’s Darby!” exclaimed the purvey
or of t'oflin.s, whose aceent had long before pro
claimed him to beau Englishman. "He must
be the party I’m looking for. I’m sorrv lo
have put you to trouble so unnecessarily,’ but
here’s my card; keep mv name in mind, anjl
1 II see there’s no mistake tfic next time I
come!”
A stqry is told hy the Rev. Dr. Matteson,
another Episcopal clegymau, who used to edit
a church paper here. VVfieu he first went to
live at Richmond Hill, 1,, t,, lie uudert**ok to
give a reception to his parishioners, aud seut
to all the combined card of himself and his
wife, with the word*, “At home, Thursday at
8 p. m.” Unfortunately the sex
ton of the church, ' who was
also the grave digger, had not
understood Urn name of the new clergyman,
and, therefore, regarded the card as au order
for his professional services, and not as an in
vitation to a merry-making.
“Dr. aud Mrs. Matteson, he read, “a lady
and gentleman con>se. An’ (hey want a
double grave ready at 8 o’clock Thursday
night. Mighty queer time for a funeral, but
I *up|K>Hc they knows their owu business.”
Accordingly, Mr. .Sexton digs what he called
“a pair of beautiful graves, and 8 o’clock
the following Thursday evening, when every
body else and his wife in Richmond Hill were
hastening to the party at the parsonage, found
him in the burying ground, waiting patiently
for the “lady and gentleman corpse.” But
they came, not.
Edward R. Johues, a young lawyer of this
city, is to marry on April 18, Miss Mary
Harris, of Louisville, Ky. Mr. Johnes form
erly lived in Louisville, where his step-father,
the Rev. Hr. Shipman, now pastor of Christ
Church, Fifth avenue and Thirty-fifth street,
was for a long time located. Mr. Johnes,
who is a member of the University and other
clubs, is well known in New York society,
and Was the Prince Charming in the spectacle
of “the Sleeping Beauty,” which was pre
sented at the Academy of Music two winters
ago. lie was poet of lilsclass at Yale ( ollege,
and has published a volume of versus eutitled
“Briefs by a Barrister.”
Thfcre is au episode in William Black’s latest
novel, “Shandon Bells,” that recalls a some
what similar story that used to be told of 11
well-known New York lady.' it is tlie ciau**--
ing back by Hilton ('la'rkmfrqnf evening dress
to morning attire, when he sees that Fitz-
KpVffWi one of fiffi guests at dinner, is not
elotfied in the conventional costume. The
stqry which tips recalls lias also to do with the*
dinner table. It was before the use of linger
howls had becomo general, ami a country
guest at a formal diuuer party created con
sternation by, through ignorance, drinking
from a finger bow l. Tlie hostess, however,
was equal to the emergency, ami, in order
that the guest might not tie mortified by tlie
mistake, at once drank from her own linger
howl. The other guests, with equal pres
ence of mind, followed her example, and the
representative from the rural districts did
not leam until long afterwards, if he ever did,
of the soeinl delinquency of which lie had been
guilty. At least that is*the story. I don’t be
lieve it, however.
Therein another story told of finger bowls
which also illustrate the former simplicity of
what citv people call “our country cousins.”
It is said that one of tiie chief contribvtuig
causes to Van Bureu’s defeat, when he "was a
candidate for re-electict. in I*4o, was the use
of huger bowls in me White House. Rural
orator* dilated on this senile imitation of the
luxurious habits of the effete monarchies qf
the old world, and made what Dffgtfem' till
ed “ordorouscomparisons” between the linger
bowls otT*n BqreiD* table aiffi hard cider
ami big tiatyfifl mailt were the emblems of
“Tippecanoe ami lyler tuq.”
There is really mi end Qf the journals start
ed in NW \ Qrfc, Scarcely a day passes that
does not produce some new paper. To-dav
as 1 passed the news stand on the Elevated
Road 1 noticed anew name, stopped aud
bought a copy of The Grumbler, a .fournal for
Everybody. It is a small paper, about the size
of the Critic, has twelve pages of r'oei
printed matter, ami is sold tor flyg Its
object is to print the h-tlere “of' peo
ple who J;a 1 e (ompldVnts to make
about iU(t*KS- ’ v Th ’’ gbneritb j t h e
flrev •page' ah ffid gentleman grumble* at the
iniquityuf \e\y > m-fc, which ho saysfordown
right villainy, unheard of infamy and de
grading debauchery knocks out anv other citv
111 the Union. He calls imperatively upon an
exposure of the vicious dens fn lower New
York. Beneath is another letter, cisncd
“Cynic,’ which is a prolonged tmniJ upon the
evil of iron and coal hole covers. ■'Tift Cynic
stepped on one, tat' down, suddenly,
ant* be nee bis Iritfiil Tien I
SfijjSf. ,1 .tKHfi h man who
‘a’.fa'H this; f#uj tfiht he cannot go to church
without being reminded of ,ieath t,
iwiuhuoh o[ <ieatn by the
undertaker's igu upon the front doors A
“studont” writes two columns about the v.ro
per pronunciation of the word ■lnly, and a
lan- com plains that h? cannot throw snow
balls on tne street without being arreSttd by
the police. The reM rf the paper is filled in
with very Ling extracts fro* -A ' London
ipectiUoV! In Hie >Fortniahthi Itevivy, anda
series ,of rather dull advertisements. - The
theory of the editor. ii |Wttb,4Uy that his can.
H°, r i \ cfydWruaceut, and that at 5
cents atop? he can make money. There is
no doubt of that if lie can sell his paper.
Therein lies the difficulty.
Ono of the papers has started the question.
whether theatrical managers invest-in Wall
street or not. The fact Is tliat spm\la'ion
Itwki 1 *? * a fb*rt of a theatrical manager s
Mot* ,n trade. He seecurateS naturally, and
from soeculMiug in theatricals he drifts easily
into speculating in Wall street. Manager
Gilmore, of Niblo’s Garden, has speculated
for years, and is Baid to be nearly a hundred
thousand dollars ah,il so far
Henry E. perhips the fore
most o* American managers. docs
not speculate steadily, but often takes a flyer
on the streets. J. H. llayerly Las well high
ruined himself \u .peculating, and would
probably Ihj one, cd the wealthiest men in
America to-day U the hulk o| lu fortune w as
not wrapped up in mines, Maurice Grau, the
French Opera Troupe manager, speculates
constantly, and Joliu McCaull, of the Bijou
Opera House, is also a well known
\\ all street man, Muuager Duff 0 f
Daly’s Theatre, has mad* a great
deal more money in Wall street than he has
on his theatre, and Theodore Moss of WaU
lack’s Theatre, has built up Qno-kaU of his
fortune by Judicious dealing* with the Stock
Exchange. Leonard Grover, the playwright,
spent many >eara in WalUtrcet. and is not
proof against its iascination vet. There are
few, if any, managers who are not more or
less interested in the street.
Sarah Bernhardt iscertainly the most origi
nal woman in the world. There is absolutely
no limit tq the extent of her invention in get
ting up seusattons for the public. The latest
freak has set all Parts talking. I must say
that I thought she reached her tether when
she got married and settled down, which was
such an astounding thing that it was the sur
prise of the world for six days. That she
would get a divorce from her husband
was a natural consequence. She did
not intend that for <• surprise. Now I am told
T>y a letter from Paris that she has capped the
climax of her eccentricities by introducing iu
anew play of “Feodora” a feature that is ab
solutely without precedent. In the fourth act
of this very emotional tragedy, the actress has
a scene over the body of a dead man. Ordi
narv actresses would give the. scene over a
cloth-stuffed t*dummy,! blit Sarah insists
upon having sqihe living person aot the
cori>6e five.i v night, and she finds she cannot
get herself up to the requisite degree of en
thusiasm unless the corpse is acted bv a dear
friend. As is well known, Bernhardt's dear
friends stretch in a long and illustrious line,
from Prince Napoleon and the Prince of Wales
to her husband. The sensation in Parts now
is to And out who the corpse is every night
She began with her aged companion,
Madame Joahanard, who piaved the part until
she was comp's tel y covered with bruises and
knocked out or breath and she resolutelv de
clined. Then Bernhardt had her husband act
the corpse ami reduced him to a pulp in one
night. After thaf Prince yarese<?rgauitch
was a victim, and from that time on the vari
ous notables of Paris have striven for the
honor of playing this celebrated corpse The
booking list is *aid to be full some\veek* in
advance, and no man in Parisian society is
A swell of the veryswellest type unless’he
has been mauled and clawed bv Sarah in her
frantic passion scene in Feodora.
Hall Havxes.
REVENUE REMOVED.
A Very Clear Statement by the Commis
sioner.
Washington Special Cin. Times-Star.
The Uommissiouer of Internal Revenue
is just now one of the busiest men in
Washington, though in point of fact, all
the departments are busy with the new
laws and additional labor which they
have brought. The revenue and tariff
bill,.as B passed in the closing hours of
t. ongress, afiects the internal revenue as
much as the tariff. According to Sena
tor Morrill and Mr. Kelley, who made
some statistical statements regarding the
bill in those two or three eventful davs
after it was reported irom tlie committee,
the SiO,OOt),(HM) reduction of government
revenue which it afiects is about equally
divided between internal revenue aud the
tariff receipts.
“This fact,” said Assistant Com mis
sioner Rogers, speaking of the situation,
‘"makes us V'ery busy to-dav and for many
days to come—yet,” he added tfood na
turedly, “never too busy to furnish the
press any legitimate information of wkicli
this office is iiossessed."
“On what articles then, Mr. Rogers,
and at what rate, will internal revenue
taxes lie collected hereafter?"
“Dell," said that astonished official,
with vide open eyes, “this is a pretty
large question. me see, bless me. let
me see,” and he turned to a bookcase at
ins left; “here is a list which we can easily
correct," and he ran down over tlie list,
crossing out a section here, changing a
figure there; “there, you see," he said pass
ing it over, “you cut out all the stamp
taxes on bank checks, patent medicines,
perfumeries and cosmetics, playing cards,
cigar lights and tapers, and oil matches,
and the taxon bank deposits and bank cap
ital. Then you cut down the rate on cigars
irom $6 per 1,000 to $3; on cigarettes, from
$1 75 to 50 cents per 1,000; tobacco and
snutf, from 10 cents per pound to 8 cents
per pound; the special tax on retail deal
ers in leaf tobacco, from sst)o per annum
to $250; dealer# in leaf tobacco, from $25
per year to sl2 per year; manufacturers
ot cigars, from $lO to $0 per vear: manu
facturers of tobacco, from $lO tosti ; deal
ers in manufactured tobacco, from $5 jier
year to s•_ 40; and peddlers of the first
class, from SSO to S3O; of tiie second class.
from $25 to sls; of the third class, from
sls to $7 20; and of the fourth class, from*
$lO to $3 GO, and you have the list com
plete as it will stand after this law goes
into effect.”
So the list from which the internal reve
nue of the country will lie collected in
future stands as follows:
Distilled spirits per gallon 4 90
Yt ines made in imitation of champagne
hut aut made from grape grown in the
I nited .states, per pint. . 10
.stamp* for distilled spirit* for export.. lu
stamp* for distillery warehouse .. lu
Stamp* for rectified spirit* .. 10
Stamp* for wholesale liquor dealer* 10
Stamp* for special bonded warehouse . 10
Stamp* for special bonded warehouse
and for re warehousing jo
Stamps for tobacco for export lo
Stamps for imported spirits 10
Fermented liquors, beer, etc, per barrel 100
Cigars, per thousand . soy
Cigarettes, per thousand ”
Tobacco, chewing aud smoking. i:er lb os
Snuff, per lb oj
Dealers iu manufactured tobacco, per
annum ’ 5 yq
Dealers in leaf tobacco, per annum li uo
Manufacturers of tobacco, per annum 240
Manufacturers of cigars, per annum .. 000
Manufacturers of stills, per annum 50 00
ror each still manufactured, per annum 20 00
Brewers, 500 bills per year, per annum 50 00
I eddlers of tobacco, first-class, per an
num (mi
Peddlers of tobacco, second-class, iier
annum 15 00
Peddlers of tobacco, third-class, per
annum. - qq
Peddler* of tobacco, fourth da**, l>er
annum g gy
YVholcsale dealers in malt liquors, per
annum.... 50 00
Wholesale liquoy dealers, )>er annum . 100 tx)
Retail liquor dealers, per aunum 25 00
Rectifiers (500 barrels per annum}, per
annum 100 06
Retail dealer* in leaf tobacco, per an
num JJJO ou
And for annual sales over SI,OOO, 30 cents ou
each sl.
Circulation of hanks, per month, 1-12 of i per
cent.; circulation exceeding 00 per cent, of
capital, % ot 1 per cent, additional; on cir
culating medium of banks, cities or persons,
10 per cent, r
“There," said the good-natnred Ansist
aut Commissioner, “that is the complete
list of articles from which the internal
revenue is to )>e raised hereafter, and the
rate at which it will be collected. People
might do well to cut it out and lay it a wav
for reference, for there can be no further
change for some time.”
“This does away with nearly the entire
stamp system of revenue ttpm, does it not,
Mr. Rogers?”
“Pretty nearly," he said, glancing up at
a trame containing a large collection of
stamps, which ornamented the wall op
posite his desk. “Prettv nearly. There
were an immense number of 'then*, you
see. The manufacturers e? proprietary
medicines (patent medicines, as they are
popularly called, J had a way, many of
them, of having the stamps on'their rhedi
ctneKmade from a special die cut to their
order. See"—and tie i>ointd out a large
number of stamps in the frnmo—“here and
here, and up there and over vonder; they
are special stamps, made'at the Bu
reau of Engraving for these people at
their expense, from SIOO to $250 a piece.
You see they contain the names of tlie
medicine, perfume or cosmetic for which
they are manufactured, and in some cases
the picture of the proprietor of the article
paying tax.”
“Does the value of ‘he*e stamps run to a
large sum. Mr, Regers?"
“Not in vhe patent medicines; but the
°Lt\W documentary stamps (used
uijen the internal revenue system taxed
bonds aud deeds and articles of mis
naturewere in some cases quite valu
able. Do you see those two stamps?"
pointing to a couple about two.lches wide
by three inches in length. “Those are $5,000
rh .9J' mm used to stamp the
$1,000,000 "aiirogd bonds. Of course thev
were uot in great demand for general use,
but quite a number of them were called
for and used. The values ran from that
figure dovvu to one cent. With tiie enact
went of this law all this class of stamps cro
but of use after July Ist of the present
“And about your special license stamps
dealus iu tobacco, liquors,
GThose. vye shall have la change by print
ing some statement across the face show
ing that they are Issued under this act.
\V e have them all engraved and printed
and ready for distribution, and We cannot
wait to have new. plates made now. As
soon as possible, however, new plates
will be made, and anew set of stamps
made.”
-■
A* rested for Idbel.
V’aMDKN, N. J., March !).—William J,
Browning, a member ofthe Board of Edu
cation, has caused the arrest of Frank F.
Patterson, Thoiftaa If. Hamilton anil .lohn
11. McMtHTay, Publishers of the Camden
-Daily Courier, for libel, iu charging him
with irregularities in his oUlcial duty.
Candle Factory Destroyed.
Xkw York, March 0.-At a late hour
last night Are destroyed the l'our-storv
brick building used as a candle factory bv
It. G. Mitchell & Cos., 324 and .TAJ Front
street. The loss is s*>s,o(X). It. Cosgrove's
coo™ Nos. 32# and *3O, \ VW damaged
Killed on the Track.
Pa., March 8,-A Lehigh Val
ley passenger tram ran into a team near
Bound Brook, N. J., to day, killing Peter
and Abraham Voorliees, brothers, and in,
juring two others. The ftorses were
killed and the wagon demolished.
Nearly “000,000 Unis’ leas of coal were
consumed in London last year thau In
the year preceding, and this in spite of
increase of population and the seve. ity
of the weather. This great reduction in
fuel is ascribed chiefly to the anti-smoke
question, which has led to the invention
and aiVoptioirof the best sort of lire places.
London, as well as New York and Phila
delphia, has always been wasteful in re
spect to fuel. Our ash carts carry awav
every week from some of the houses of ouY
wealthy merchant*, as much coal as would
supply a Parisian family with tire for the
whole week,
Twenty Years Ago.
In 1863, Mr. Wilson, now of Lawrence,
Mass., was in the Commissary Depart
ment in TV ashington. Somehow or other,
be was taken with a violent soreness of
the throat. Several arruv surgeons exam
ined his throat and decided that it was a
case of diphtheria, and that it was hope
less. After they had given him vu>, he
Died Pkrky Davis’ Pain KU-ikr. The
next day the scales began to come off his
throat, and in two or three days he was
well.
Dates, Ingham & Sons, dyers, of Brad
tord, England, have faik-d. Their liabili
, ties are £l3o, otw,
t PRICE 810 A YEAR, i
1 5 CENTS A COPY. {
WIGGINS IN A BAD FIX.
HIS FIRST DAY’S PREDICTIONS
NOT VERIFIED.
The Panic Extends to the Fishing Fleet
ud Causes a Fish Famine—Property
Owner* in Halifax Demoralized—Ot
tawa Stricken with Fear—What Wig*
gins Told the Women.
Washington, March 9.-Reports from
the Signal office on the first day of Wig
gins’ storm says: ‘-Within the limits of
the stations of observation of the Signal
Service there are no indications of the
development of any great storm energy.”
The storm also failed to put in an ap
pearance at Montreal, Ottawa, Halifax
and Toronto.
Gloucester, Mass., March p,—The
loss to those deixmdent on the fisheries bv
the storm scare will reach $125,000. Over
8,000,000 pounds of fish might have been
taken in this section.
Halifax, N. S., March 0. — Some of the
city wharf proprietors fearing the fulfill
ment of Wiggins* prediction have notified
the owners of goods in their cus
tody that they will not *e
responsible for their safety during the
ensuing week. The property in the stores
on some of the wharves is being removed
from the lower to the upper stories,
owing, it is said, to the refusal of the
American fishermen to go on the banks
till after the dates of Wiggins’ storms.
A fresh fish famine has been caused, as
Boston and New York have ordered from
here all the fish than can be obtained.
The weather is Clear and pleasant, with
no indications of Wjggins’ storm. Wig
gins telegraphed here that the storm
would certainly be upon us this eveuing
or Saturday.
Ottawa, Ont„ March Wiggins is
much disturbed by the jteople w hom he
has frightened, ife insists upon the cor
rectness of his predictions, and says a
vast tidal wave must have occurred to
day in the Gulf of Mexico, and that to
morrow the northern portion of this
country will catch it. It is said that
threatening letters pour in on Wiggins
to the effect that lie will suffer for it if
the storm does not come as predicted.
It is stated that a large crowd of excited
women waited upon him early to-davand
asked him where they could find a’ safe
place, lie quieted them by saying that
Ottawa would experience only the tail
end of the shock. The weather is mild,
with lower pressure.
St. John, N . 8., March It. —The storm
has abated and the fishing fleet have gone
out.
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The Story of n Struggle which Ended
iii the Defeat of a Despot.
“Well, why on earth don’t yon cfo seme thing
for it? It seems to me that so simple a matter
as lame back and lumbago ought not to be
allowed to aQlict a man forever.”
“Oh, I hate to go about among my friends,
or even among the doctors, parading my aches
and pains. I just stand up under a well as
I can, and let things tak** their own course.”
The tivo gentlemen who had fallen into thin
, style of conversation were lunching in a
popular up-town restaurant.
“I teg your pardon,” interrupted a middle
aged, kindly-looking man, who was sipping
ills coffee at a table not three feet distant, and
had overheard the talk, “but 1 have been
through the lumbago and backache campaign,
met the enemy and driven him off.”
“Is that so?” queried the other in a voice of
quick interest, “how did you do it?”
“I cured him with one of BENSON’S CAP
CINE POROUS PLASTERS.”
“Possibly; but, confound it, man, I've tried
plasters—porous, too; as fuU of boles as a
seive. I tried almost every other brand o t
plaster to lie found iu the market, but l only
got covered with gum and stuff, leaving the
lumbago twinging away and laughiugat me.”
“Young man,” said his adviser, draining his
coffee cup, *‘l am not an advertising agent.
I have no interest in recommending BEN
SON S CAPt INE PLASTERS. You say you
have lame back, and I tell yon what I kuow
will curt; it. If you don’t want to try the ex
periment, why don’t—that's all.”
“My friend, i will try it—try it to-day.”
“You’ll live to thank me if you do,” said the
man of experience, paying bis check. “But
look out for swindles. See that the word
CAPCINE is cut in the plaster, and when,
you re all right, show your gratitude bv pass
ing the word to others. Good day.” '
Price 25 cents. Seabury & Johnson, Chem
ists, New York. '