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Weekly News, Sun Building, New York.
Hou. R. P. Flower may not be modest
enough to “blush unseen,’’but he seems to
be "wasting his sweetness on the desert
air."
When a man is fool enough to go to
Monte Carlo and gamble otr all his money
the world does not lose much by his sui
cide.
It is stated that seats in the different
exchanges of New York city which a lew
years ago sold at fabulous prices can now
l>e bought extremely cheap.
The Baroness Burdett-Coutts is the
queen bee of the British Bee Keepers’ As
sociation. She presided over a recent
meeting of that body at London.
The United States Senators may not be
very inspiring, but they are certainly as
piring enough, six ot them have their
eyes iixed on the Presidential chair.
Sergeant Bates has gone probably to
return no more, but Gen. Simon Came -
ron will be along in a few days. Good
looking young widows should be on their
guard.
Miss Corson, the cookologist, is giving
lessons in housekeeping and domestic
economy in Baltimore. Expenses of
living will now be greater than ever in
that city.
The star routers are getting unpopular
after they have lost their power. Even the
Republicans now accuse them of all sorts
of crimes, not excepting the responsibility
for the murder of President Garfield.
The Democrats are keeping square alter
the Republicans in Illinois. The Repub
lican Ntate Convention is to meet in Pe
oria, and a few days afterwards the Dem
ocratic State Convention will meet in the
same city.
There seems to be great fear in some
parts of the State that Gov. McDaniel
cannot be caught out on either a fly or a
foul, and that he will make a home run
and secure another innings at the Execu
tive Mansion.
An experiment is being made with a
traction engine for general farm work in
Muiyicxmi. it u expected to make it
plow, thresh, hat' 1 c*GUUee *-> u.—ricet,
and do ;>.• work that can be done by
horse-power.
It is impossible for our State exchanges
to keep quiet on local politics until the
corn crop is planted. It seems that even
Tom Ochiltree’s statesmanship can't keep
the campaign in the different States from
opening somew hat prematurely.
An old uegro woman died at Wilming
ton. Del., the other day, who formerly be
longed to the father of Hon. David Davis,
of Illinois, who once resided at Elkton,
Md. Ex-Senator Davis has been sup
port ing her for several years.
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher has been
lecturing in Washington on the Mormon
question. He believes severe measures
on the part of Congress will strengthen
the Mormon church and polygamy, and
that education and the influences of civ
ilization are the irresistible weapons for
ensuring the downfall ot .he Mormon
power. It is stated that the chances are
against the passage ot any additional
laws looking to the suppression of polyg
amy at the present session of Congress.
The New York Prison Reformers are
somewhat non-plussed. They have abol
ished the convict labor contract system,
to take effect as the present contracts ex
pire. Now each county pays $1 per week
for the board of its convicts, but the
keeper of the Albany Penitentiary points
out that when the contracts expire the
counties w ill have to pay about $2 50 per
week for each convict. Counties that
have a hundred or two convicts in the
penitentiary will find this tax rather bur
dens- -tne. Some of the contracts, how
ever. have five years yet to run.
The Philadelphia frets had scarcely
tiuished mailing several thousand circu
lars asking for Presidential preferences
of prominent men all over the country
when it gives editorial utterance to the
following sentiment; "Fellow citizens,
at the outer edge ot the great political
crisis which this glorious country is about
to enter, let us place our hands upon our
hearts and swear by our lives and sacred
honors that every fiend we catch going
through railway trains taking straw votes
for President shall die on the spot. The
way to avert this peril is to remove it.”
A great Republican paper is nothing if
not inconsistent.
Philadelphia is having an exposition ot
Western journalistic amenities. The city
editor of the Times and a reporter of the
Press have had a misunderstanding
about the question of the employment of
colored reporters by the former paper.
They are accusing each other of printing
"tissues” of malicious falsehoods, etc.
One ol the colored reporters also publishes
a card saying that he feels like punching
the Press reporter's head for alluding to
him as a "darkey." It would be well for
John Gherman to keep his eye on thy
J’rcst. Have colored journalists no
rights that Republican papers are bound
to i espeet ? Probably they are Democrat
ic "uarkeys," however.
There is something grand in the digni
fied manner in which Chairman Morrison
and the majority of the Ways and Means
Committee have demeaned themselves on
the tariff question. There has been no
undue haste and no unnecessary delay m
considering the bill looking tow ards a re
form of the tariff'. The protectionists have
been unremitting in their threats and
arguments. The former jiave had no
effect, while the latter have been patient
ly heard and duly considered. It is the
policy of the tariff reformers to march
steadily forward with an eye single to the
good of the whole country. Whatever
clamor has been raised against them by
yhe monopolists they have not halted or
wavered. There has not been a single
break in the ranks, and there is not like
ly to bo. If the bill is defeated it will be
on account of a coalition between the
Protection Democrats and the Republi
cans, and not on account of any blunder
o\ default of its supporters.
The Outrage Shriekers Harmless.
Over $16,000,000 was invested in facto
ries and mines in the South during the
months of January and February of the
present year. The Manufacturers’ Record
of Baltimore makes this statement, and
names the States and the localities in
which the investments were made. Where
did this vast sum come from? Some of it
represents the earnings of Southern in
dustries, but the greater part or it came
from the North. The country is just
beginning to realize the extent to which
Northern capital is being invested in the
South. There is no reason why the next
two months should not show still larger
investments. The banks of New York
and other Northern cities contain millions
of dollars of unemployed capital. The
owners ot it are eagerly watching for
opportunities to invest it. Bonds which
pay a good interest command too high
premium and just now there isn’t much
corfidence in stocks. Until within the
last few years the bloody shirt stories of
the Republican party organs kept North
ern capital out of the South. Capitalists
were afraid to invest where they were led
to believe there was such an unsettled
condition of society. They have at last
discovered that they were misled and mis
taken. It is true that John Sherman and
Mr. Malione are doing what they can to
continue the impression that lawlessness
prevails to a marked extent in the South,
but they are not meeting with much
success. Northern men have visited
the South, and have satisfied
thoraselvos that their property is
just as safe in a Southern as in a North
ern State. Bloody shirt stories will have
no further influence on them. They see
that there is as much respect for law and
order in the South as in any other section,
and they are show ing their faith in the
future of the South by putting their money
into Southern enterprises, 'ljjie outrage
shriekers may howl themselves hoarse,
and papers like the Chicago Tribune may
till its pages with attacks on Southern
loyalty, but these things will not avail to
keep Northern cash away from the South.
As the South's mineral wealth begins to
t>e comprehended, and her advantages tor
manufacturing become more fully under
stood, the millions from the North will
flow towards her in a constantly increas
ing volume.
Pilgrimages to Greystone.
Since the alleged visit of Gen. Clunie to
Mr. Tildeu pilgrimages of prominent poli
ticians to Greystone promise to be dis
tressingly frequent.
The last visit of the kind that has been
reported up to date is that of Mi. Erskine
l’iielps. President of the Iroquois Club, of
Chicago. He stated to some friend in
Washington the other day that he found
Mr. Tilden in fair physical condition, but
not inclined to talk much about politics.
He said that the sage ot Greystone con
versed entirely in a low whisper, hence it
may lie inferred that he is not altogether
so vigorous as he was when the Hon.
Henry Watterson was romping around
the house with him less than a year ago.
He listened very attentively, however, to
the reports of the strong feeling said to
exist in Illinois in favor of the "old
ticket,” but had nothing to say about his
own views on the great political questions
of the day.
The fact that the country knows so lit
tle as to the physical and mental condi
tion of the man who was elected Presi
dent in 1876 appears to be an inexplica
ble mystery. It maybe regarded as pret
ty certain that his health is by no means
vigorous, and, if we may take an anec
dote related by Mr. Phelps as a pointer,
his mind is not as strong as it was a few
years back. Speaking of a kanAo~-*< imii
visitor's enthu** ” >er the scenery
arou" ’ CT ‘ t ‘. vstone t r - Phelps said she
exclaimed to Mr. Tilden, "1 have never
seen anything so beautiful in the world,
and never expect to see anything to equal
it in loveliness.” At this his face light
ened up and Ue replied in a loud whisper,
"Tat, tut! look in your glass.”
It is quite apparent that the efforts ot
a few newspapers to start a Tilden boom
is premature. The fact that he was
counted out in 1876 by fraud counts for
little or nothing in his favor now. That
Mr. Tilden was a great man is not denied,
and his failure to prove equal to the emer
gency of 1976 can only be accounted for by
his physical weakness and the consequent
impairment of his mental powers. He
appears to realize his condition, and hence
the persistency with which he has of late
refused to enter on political discussions,
even with friendly visitors. The news
papers and politicians ought to let the old
gentleman alone.
Facts About the Methodist Church
South. -
This being the centennial year of the
organization of the Methodist Church in
this country the Methodist Church South
is publishing some very interesting in
formation respecting the growth, wealth
and present condition of this branch of
the church. This work is under the direc
tion of Rev. W. P. Harrison. He
shows that during the past year
the memliership of the Southern
branch of the Methodist Church
has increased 26,940, making a total mem
bership of 904,248. This increase is at the
rate ot 3.07 per cent per annum, which is
over 1 per cent, greater than the increase
1 in the population in the Southern States.
The increase in the number of Sunday
school scholars last year was 26.50 s ,
! which is certainly very encouraging. The
amount collected for missions last
year was $227,640 SS—a gain of
sl9,ssi 32 over the previous year. For
worn out traveling preachers and for
widows and orphans of preachers there
was collected last year $57,146" 07, a gain
of $5,713 25. Mr. Harrison says that it is
a well authenticated fact that Methodism
flouri.hes more vigorously in the South
than in any other section of the country.
During the present year it •will be
shown that Methodism was first planted
j in the South, and the first Methodist
; Church in thi9 country was built at Straw
bridge, Md. At the organization of the
Methodist Church in this country, one
hundred years ago, three-fourths of the
members, Mr. Harrison says, were in the
South. Since the close of the war the in
crease in membership of the Metho
dist Church South has been over
| 400,000—that is, it has very
nearly doubled in eighteen years.
. Doubtless this will be a great year iu the
history of the church North and South.
The church will pour out its wealth for
various purposes, and its extra charity
and generosity will strengthen it and
make it more prosperous.
Colored Conventions.
There have been several colored con
ventions within the last few months, and
quite a number are announced to take
place before the meeting of the Chicago
eouvenitons. It is noticed, particularly
in Washington, that very earnest efforts
are being made by the colored leaders to
get the colored voters of the North organ
ized and under control. This, of course,
means that they propose to make de
mands of some kind as a con
dition of their support. It is
stated that the negroes hold the
balance of power in three or four of the
Northern States. If this statement is true
they are in a position to force a compli
ance with their demands. They no longer
feel a strong attachment for the Republi
can party, and they will not, therefore,
aet with it unless it appears to be for
their interest to do so. The colored lead
ers seem to think the time has come lor
the colored people to look out for them
selves, and it would not be surprising if
the negroes in the North in the coming
contest should assume a position that
would startle the Republican party.
THE SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, MARCH 9, 1884.
The Crisis in Norway.
The trial and conviction of Christian
August Seltner, Minister of State of i
Norway, is to be followed bv the trial of
the other Ministers ot the Kingdom. The j
great question involved in these trials, as :
has been heretofore alluded to, is the con
stitutional power of the King to nullify
any act of the Storthing. The present
question arose on an act first passed in
1872 to make the ministers responsible to
the Storthing, whereas they had before
been responsible to the King alone. The
King vetoed the law, and it was passed a j
second and third time with a like result. ;
The last time the law was passed, in ISBO, j
the King proclaimed his right to veto it ]
absolutely, and the Storthing published i
the law as valid and called upon the Min- j
isters to obey it. The Ministers adhered
to the King and refused. This made the !
issue direct between the King and Storth- i
ing. In the next election the Liberals or j
Republicans, who passed the bill, gained ;
a decided victory, and their strength in ]
the Storthing was largely increased.
Oscar 11. is a true Bernadette and firm !
believer in the doctrine of the divine right
of Kings. In his speech from the throne !
he reaffirmed his position stated iu his
vetoes, and denounced the people for
voting to sustain the Storthing. The Nor
wegians are not an excitable people, con
sequently there was nooutbreak or violent
demonstration on account of the appa
rently high-handed course the King and
Ministers had taken in nullifying the au
thority ol the legislative body. The policy
calmly agreed upon is to proceed iu a
strictly legal and constitutional manner.
Should the King resist the removal of
the Ministers, which will undoubtedly be
decreed by the Supreme Court, a struggle
will be precipitated which will either re
sult iu the partial, if not entire abolition
of the King’s authority, or the blotiiug
out of the claim ot the people through the
Storthing to an influential voice in the
government of the nation.
The -issue between the King and the
Storthing is not anew one. In 1815 that
body passed a law abolishing titles of
nobility. The King, Charles XIII.. great
grandfather of the present King, refused
his approval. The next two Storthings
passed the same measure, although the
Kiug made a personal appeal against it,
accompanied with a strong military
demonstration on the Swedish frontier.
The King’s veto was thus rendered null,
it is claimed, in accordance with the pro
visions of the constitution. Several years
alter this the Storthing passed another
law to the effect that the people of Nor
way should be called “citizens” instead
of “subjects” of the kingdom. Oscar 1.,
lather of the present King, pursued a con
ciliatory policy towards the Norwegians,
and acquired great popularity among the
people. In Norway the large majority of
the people are peasants. They are much
better educated than similar classes in
most other countries, and are decidedly
i democratic in their ideas of government.
They are opposed to classical education,
however, associating it with aristocracy.
1 and in 1869 they secured the passage of a
law abolishing it in the university at
Christiana.
Whether the threatened contest will re
; suit in the overthrow of the monagfhy,
jor its entire subordination to the
storthing, depends on the tact and power
of King Oscar 11. and the ability of the
1 Liberals, as well as the limit of their de
; mands.
l’ayne and Blaine.
It is a fact worthy ot notice that several
j of those who are very prominently men
tioned in connection with me Presidency
i announce tt-i mey are not aud will not
v. candidates. One of those mentioned
is Henry B. Payne, of Ohio, who, iu the
estimation of his admirers, is pretty cer
tain to receive the Democratic nominn
tion. Another ia James G. Blaine, the
most prominent Republican in the coun
try. Payne is a very old man, and, per
haps, fears that the worry of a great
campaign would seriously impair his
health. Notwithstanding his desire to
be let alone, however, his Ohio
friends persist in dragging him to
the front, and in discussing his merits.
It may be that these efforts are iu har
mony with his wishes, aud that he hesi
tates to announce himself a candidate
because the prospect of success is not yet
verv promising. If it appears later on
that he is not as strong a candidate as his
friends believed, he will be in a position to
say that at no time was he a candidate.
Nobody seems to know whether Blaine is
playing a shrewd game or whether he is
| sincere in declaring that he is not in the
i Presidential race. The more he holds
back the more clamorous his partisans
become in his behalf. Indeed, so active
are his friends and admirers that many
i have been led to believe, from what they
read and hear, that he will he nominated
whether he wants to be or not. Blaine
undoubtedly has strong friends, and he is
j certainly the most popular Republican
politician in the country, but it is a ques
tion if he is any nearer a nomination than
he was iu 1876 or in 1880. Like some
other great politicians who have figured
j in the country’s history, he has a strong
following, but not strong enough to
1 gratify his ambition.
An astonishing assertion was made by
1 a physician in Boston the other day in an
investigation in reference to gas poison
ing cases of which he had treated. He
I stated that he bled his patients, then oxy
genized the blood, and purified it in the
air, filling up the veins temporarily with
' salt and water, so that the action of the
j heart would continue, and afterwards put
the blood back again, when the patient
would soon entirely recover. That doc
; tor would hardly be willin'; to have his
| own blood purified in that manner.
The Ceuturiau Reform Committee of
Philadelphia is easily discouraged.
Having been beaten by less than ten thou
sand majority in the municipal election,
it has come to the conclusion that its
j labors are iu vain, and it is about to dis
band. It certainly has not much “cut
and come again" about it.
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CURRENT COMMENT.
The Height of Folly.
Boston Pott {Bern.).
* Even were it not abstird on account of liis
age. to think of nominating I’ayue, of Ohio,
. fortlie Presidency, it would he the height of
i folly and ingratitude to go to that State for a
candidate aud take any other man than the
j Old Roman. Allen G. Thurman.
The Louisiana Republican Idea.
I‘hiladelphia Press ; Rep.',.
' Louisiana Republicans have done what tliov
j can to injure President Arthur in the next
National Republican Convention bv sending
William Pitt Kellogg to vote forhim.’ Kellogg
i is under a Federal indictment which the De
-1 partment of Justice should press for trial and
does not.
Protectionist Misrepresentation.
Baltimore Sun (Dem.).
The stories of discord among the Democratic
: members of the committee are shown by the
result to have had no sulietanlia! basis. ’lt is
not unlikely that the similar stories of irre
concilable disagreements that are to innifest
themselves in the House when the Democrats
of that body come to discuss the Morrison
tariff are equally fallacious. The leadership
of the majority is at present in exceptionally
able hands, and it ought to turn out tnateverv
contingency has been provided for.
A Conspicuous Monument.
Philadelphia Record (/<s.).
That rather reaiculous organization which
pretentiously styles itself the “National
League of America." lias been holding "an
imp >rtant session" in Washington, “to con
cert strong measures for the suppression of
lawlessness in the South." if that is the object
tbe League should lose no time in disciplining
the interesting Cash family in South Carolina.
Col. John E. Bryant, a member of this
League, has beeu fomenting race-hatred in
Georgia ever since Ue left Maine, after the
elose of the war. He is a monument of the i
patience and law-abiding character of the 1
people whom he libels.
The Man, a New York weekly paper, de
mands that all women, on arriving at the age
of 21, be permitted to use the prefix “Mrs.” to
their names, whether married or not,
ITKMS OF INTEREST.
NKW York city pays annually $9,730,000 for
pure milk, and 16.300,000 for skim milk and
water, The producers receive 32,500,000.
According to th v if edical Record, insurance
tables show that a man who abstains from al
cohol has at 20 years of age a chance of living
44 2 years; at 30, 36.5 rears; at 40, 26.0 years.
An intemperate man's chances at 20 is 13.6
years; at 30, 13.8 aud at 40, 11.6.
High license laws seem to be having the de
-sired effect iu Nebraska. Siuce their adopt ion
the cities of Omaha anil Lincoln have lost half
their saloons, while the decrease in the smaller
towns is said to be still greater. It costs
31,000 for a license iu cities, aud 3500 in vil
lages.
A millionaire cattle king in Colorado re
cently died, leaving a wife and ten children.
The wife was the daughter of a Cheyenne
chief, and was but 11 years old when she was
married, her husband being IT. She was verv
beautiful, and they lived a most happy wed
ded life.
The old Vanderbilt homestead, on Staten
Island, has lieen used for several years past as
a beer garden, but the tenants have been re
cently notified that their lease will not be re
newed. and it is said that a charitable insti
tution will be erected on the site in memory
of the Commodore.
In a recent speech at Calcutta. Trot. Monier
Williams pointed out that some of the in
scriptions at the exhibition there were liable
to be misunderstood, as. for instance, that
under an image of Mali. This god is account
ed the prince of darkness, the despot of the
infernal regions, and the Indian cataloguer
has named lnm "The King of the Nether
lands.”
THE matrimonial cause celebre of the Karl of
Kustcn, heir of the Dukedom of Grafton,
promises to eclipse in interest even the Gar
moyle-Kortescue affair, and will lie charac
terized by more dramatic events than even
the brain of Wilkie Collins could invent. The
curious point whether or not a wife can re
coguize her own alleged llri-i husband will
form one of the leading incidents. The ease
may not last as long as the Tiebborne case
did”, but it will give rise to as much discussion.
A little story is told in connection with
the recent opposition by Presbyterians of
Philadelphia to the acceptance of the pro
ceeds of a charity hall for the uses of a hospit
al. Forty years ago, when the now memora
ble Dr. l T yng was in his prime in that city,
this same question was submitted to him. as
to the taking of unconsecratcd means for the
promotion of consecrated ends. The eloquent
and* impetuous divine settled the question
with the remark: “Take the money? Of
course, we’ll take it! Didn’t Moses skin the
badgers to make coverings for the taberna
cle ?”
An architectural novelty in New York city
is the duplex apartment house. Its peculiar
ity consists in having twice as many stories j
in front, so far as the arrangement of the dif
ferent flats is concerned, as it has at the back.
This device gives very high ceilings for the
parlors and diuiug rooms, and economizes
space by means of low ones for the kitchen
anil sleeping rooms. Hut this involves some
eccentricity as to levels. Each suit of apart
ments has half of the house’s front, while the
rears of each pair overlap. One family lias to
go down half a story to get into the bed-rooms
or kiti hen, while the next go a short flight
up-stairs to accomplish the same purpose.
One of the strangest sights to be witnessed
on the streets of Canton, China, is that ot the
blind leading the blind. It is said that the
sightless people are wont to form coalitions
for their mutual benefit, and may be seen
moving cautiously along in a procession. Each
person takes hold of the garment of the per
son in front of him with the left hand, and
with the right keeps a bamboo pole moving
about on the ground so as to prevent a mis
step, which those in front of him mav have
avoided simply through good fortune. In this
wav the pitiable little hand picks its way
along the crowded streets, turning corners
and ascending and descending steps with
wonderful ease. The principal responsibility
devolves upou the leader, and he tcldom has
less than a dozen followers.
Du. Allinson, whose vegetarian diuners
aud recipes have attracted so much attention
in London, says that the Esquimaux live on
fish and flesh from necessity. They eat as
much as eight pounds of flesh meat or twelve
. pounds of fish at a meal, says Dr. John Rae,
, and a Rian who lived among them twenty
i years, says they usually die at from 35 to 45 of
: scrofula, the women living about ten years
more. He knew of only two tnen living to be
J TO. The Esquimaux eat the green contents of
the reindeer's stomach, and in spring eat
scurvy grass, wild turnips, wild vetch, wild
; oats, wild rice, sorrel, docks, etc. In autumn
; they eat wild prunes, blackerries, blueberries,
crowberriee, cranberries, etc. The women
who gather these berries eat more of them
than the men. and live longer inconsequence,
i while the two men who lived to be near Tu
! lived as much as possible on these green stuffs
l and fruits.
Dancing for health is a practice among
Indiana 11, llio far WuU almu-t *w |iul<uW as
' the Turkish bath is in civilized countries, and
j it is founded on much the same principle.
The Butle, Nev., Record contains this account
: of one: “The Digger Medicine Man on Rancho
| Chico prescribed a ’heap big sweat’ for his
braves, and last night a large number of them
gathered at the place arranged for performing
the ceremony. The ‘sweat house' is made air
tight, with the exception of a small hole at
the top. The house is built of poles, placed
npriglit. and then covered with dirt. An en
trance is made through the small opening at
the apex, the braves descend bv means of a
ladder. A large Are is built on the floor in
the centre of the house, and the men. attired
only in their complexion, dance and jttmp
around it until the perspiration rolls from
their bodies in streams. They sometimes take
a breathing spell long enough to have the
moisture rubbed from them witha flat piece of
l>one, similar to that used in scraping race
horses after a spirited heat. Immediately
aftee the dancing is ended the tired out in
valids duck their heads into cold water, fol
lowing the Medicine Man’s advice to ‘keep
; vour head cool and vour body warm."
BRIGHT BITS.
One of the funniest sights in Washington is
said to be a Western Congressman trying to
lift raw oysters With his knife.— Philadelphia
Call.
Another Waterloo veteran is dead. AVe
are not sure how many Waterloo veterans
still live, but if Napoleon had had half of them
in his army lie would have wou the fight.—
Hartford Post.
Ip we stop drinking imported beer and
champagne Germany and France may quit
taking our patent medicines, and thereby
materially decrease our whisky exports.—
.Wit York Commercial.
A woman should not scream at the sight of
a mouse. It lets the ferocious animal know
riglit where she is located, after which it may
advance with thweertainty of death upon it’s
quivering prey.— Commercial Advertiser.
De ’Tern ai, Trvth.—
No matter how dat rich man blow.
An’ hole his head above de po’;
Chile, some dese days he’s got to go
An’ stan de tes’.
Close up ag’in de King’s elbow.
Like all de res.
Christian at fieri'.
The papers arc giving away everything that
Matthew Arnold does or says. Now is our
chance. While Mr. Arnold was here he con
versed with a reporter of the Xeics. and we
have .had the same electrotyped. It says:
i “Aw, my deah fellah. Haw, can you tell me
what time the next train leaves for Ilawfood?
Thanks. So much obliged."— Bridgeport Xews.
' It is sometimes a misfortune to lie deaf. At
a revival meeting not far out of thiscity a few
nights ago a German arose to express his
opinion, and said: "Der pe’s a good many on
de road to hale." A worthy deacon, who was
hard of hearing and regulated his responses
I by the inflection of the speakers’ voices, ex
! claimed: "The Lord be praised!" —Bradford
■ Sunday Mail.
I Daniel Webster once proved that bo was
' the handsomest man in New England. -Bos
ton," said lie, “is the handsomest town in New
England. Tremont is the handsomest street in
Boston. Scollay’s are the handsomest build
ings iu Tremont street, Christopher Gore’s
office is the handsomest room 15
building, and lam (now) the handsomest lii’rin
in Christopher Gore’s office—ergo. I am the
handsomest man iu New England."
Stableman—"’Ere 'e be, sir! A regular
himported Hinglishhanimal. 'E’s a bit thin,
i sir, but hall the Lunun blood- rides ’uni that
way, sir." Dude purchaser—“But those
; howid letters on his side?" Stableman—"On
his shoulder, sir. That's why we 'olds 'im so
| 'igli, sir. U. stands for 'miter and Hess for
; Lord Stapleton, wat bred 'im, sir They honly
j puts them on winners. It costs a Aver at the
'Orse Guards to get the letters done, sir.”—
| Life.
“I’ve got two beaux,” she said, “two
iieaux—”
(She warbled in the choir)
"The tenor and the basso both
Y'ottrs truly do admire.
“I alternate; when fears are scarce
As truths iu screeds of Ycnnor.
And stripling voices cheer the dav
J patronize the tenor.
"But when 'tis night, and horrors threat
My timid soul to lasso.
I crave a voice that frights the foe,
And utilize the basso."
l onier, Gasette.
PERSONAL*.
Mrs. John Jacob Astor will go to New
port as soon as ber health will permit.
Rev. Dr. Morgan Dix, of New York, is
very ill from the effects of a fall on an icy
pavement.
Gen. Scales, of North Carolina, probably
will decline to be a candidate for re-election
to Congress.
Ex-Co.vsrt, Simon Wole, to whom was at
tributed the authorship of the Lasker resolu
tion, says that he did not write it.
Beatrice King, a thirteen-year-old girl,
has just been sentenced to one month’s im
prisonment in London for stealing a pint of
milk.
Liect. Hakbf.il who brought De Long
home, has been offered au assignment to duty
in the New York branch of the hydrographic
office.
Ex-Gov. John L. Roctt, of Colorado, who
was one of the 306 in the Chicago Convention,
with an apt appreciation of the right thing in j
the right place, has adopted that historic num
ber as his cattle brand.
Miss Helen Laflin Sloane, who will be
married to Lieut. Daimihower, in Christ
Church, Oswego, next Wednesday, is the only
daughter of George B. 81oane, formerly
Speaker of she House at Albany and now a
wealthy manufacturer at Oswego.
John R. McLean, editor of the Cincinnati
Enauirer, is only thirty-three years of age.
lie has made money rapidly in the past five
years, both front his newspaper and by fortu
nate speculations. His wealth is estimated
now by some of hie townsmen in tbe mil
lions. "
Mr. Charles A. Dana does not look a bit
older than he did ten years ago. He i* very
tall, straight, aud with a round, compact,
well-built figure. His features are very reg
ular, with an almost youthful expression
upon his smooth, contented-looking counte
nance. The lower part of his scholarly face
is hidden in a full, soft, gray moustache, and
a short, thick beard. Tlie only appearance of
eccentricity is in tiie hat. Mr. Dana, in man
ner. is gravely courteous anil kindly.
Minister Hi nt lost two wives by death,
got a divorce from a third, who was consid
erably older than lie. and leaves a fourth.
When he was Secretary of the Navy Mr.
Hunt was a good disciplinarian About the
time of his appointment to that office his son,
a naval officer, reached San Francisco and
telegraphed for permission to come home by
rail instead of by Panama, by which route the
rest of the officers were ordered home. The
Secretary telegraphed to the boy that he had
better obey orders and take his chances,
without favor.
HOOK NOTICES.
Dr. Henry Hull, of Athens, Ga., was the
author of some sketches from the early
history of that town. The sketches cover
the period from 1801 to 1825. Those who
are curious about old family histories will
find these sketches interesting. They can
be had at Wylly ■& Clarke’s bookstore,
Savannah.
Has General Grant Genus ? By Private
.Tones. J. Hagerty,6B Uortlandt street, New
York, publisher.
The author reviews Grant's campaigns,
and answers the question, which is the
title of his work, in the negative.
MAGAZINES.
The March number of the Southern His
torical Society Papers contains memoirs,
letters, telegrams aud sketches of very
general interest.
The Sanitarian for March is an excep
tionally fine number. This magazine
grows steadily in interest and popularity.
113 Fulton street, N. Y.
The English Illustrated Magazine for
March contains a number of superb illus
trations and a great deal of very interest
ing matter. 112 Fourth avenue, N. Y.
The Current, a Chicago venture, is
meeting with deserved success. The mat
ter is first class, and each number is
edited and presented to the public in ex
cellent style. The Current , Chicago.
M’CAKTY REPLIES TO WISE.
Comparing Him to Bob Acres, and Call
ing Him a Ridiculous l-Htlo Pol
troon.
The excitement over the anticipated
fight between Congressman John S. Wise
and Captain AY. Page McCarty, says a
Richmond special of the Cth to the New
York Sun. has been wrought to fever heat
by the publication in the State this even
ing of. the following card from McCarty:
Richmond, Va., March 5,1884.
To the Editor of the State:
There is a card in the Whig this morning
from Mr. John 8. Wise, the object of which
seems to beau explanation of why he did not
challenge me in answer to an article charging
him with being a “suborned witness against
his State,” and the alleged reason is that he
! has given up dueling. Tf he had rested his
I case with that statement there might have
j been a claim to dignity in h's plea, but when
he calls me Sir Lucius O' Trigger I must say
; that the comparison could have no other foun
- datiou than his own likeness to Boh Acres.
whose reform as a duelist only occurred
. in the face of an adversary whom his
! excited fancy exaggerated, just as Mr.
| Wise does me. Mr. Wise has mis
! taken ridicule for what he is pleased to
term “abuse,” for I certainly treated lits ex
-1 ploits as a stump speaker on the witness stand
j only in the light of the facts, referring rather
1 to liis intentions than to any harm that his
I hearsay testimony could do. Innocuous by
| his over-zeal against his State and satirized
: by liis doubtful posillon in a contested seat iu
Congress, perhaps he will further signalize
! his reform by treating the country to the par-
I ticularsof his contest with Mr. Massey, in
which, during the taking of the evidence,
1 this suddenly reform hero of thirteen duels
j on papei slipped thr face of a grav-hatred
preacher. This would lie a good piece of tes
timony (after he changed the record; to put
upon the bloody shirt issue, and, artistically
' ground out by the committee, might set the
precedent for introduciug the blood-curdling
i picture he has drawn of me. As to his "pay
j ing profession,” thiS is the first that has been
heard of it; and when lie makes money the
! standard of respectability people will riatur
| ally inquire if it came by work. The people
! who know us both may judge of the
; comparative civilization of the two men,
| and any others who are interested in Mr.
Wise’s literary compositions arc welcome to
; liis autobiography aud his interesting portrait
of himself, which may do for a family picture
to hang in the kitchen where lie receives col
ored statesmen. Mr. Wise says that I would
be glad to get an opportunity “for some gen
tleman to kill Him" (me). W’lien I reach that
point I should certainly not apply to Mr.
Wise, and for two reasons: First, bis unsap
ported testimony, which he himself does not
believe, is insufficient to establish him as a
gentleman: second, the hereof thirteen blood
less paper duels is not the person one would
naturally seek to do the job. Mr. Wise’s tes
timony is good only against himself as an un
deniable proof that he is a ridiculous little
poltroon and an ass, who, not being able to
! wear tbe lion's skin, is fit *t; just what he is—
I the trick mule in Sherman s Danville circus.
Page McCarty.
Capt. McCarty’s friends think he has
downed Wise by this Card. They claim
that its dignified'tone and freedom from
gross personalities is in striking contrast
to Mr. Wise’s vituperative language. Mc-
Carty's allusion to Wise’s “paying pro
fession" means that Wise is living on his
wife’s money, having none of his own.
BURIED TREASURES.
A Chest of Gold Said to be Hidden on
Crabtree Island.
A few days ago, a9 some workmen were
making an excavation for a windmill on
the farm of Henry Smith, near Unionville,
this county, just over the Sussex county
line in Jew Jersey, says a Goshen, N. \\,
special to the New Y’ork Times, they came
upon a flat stone, a foot wide and two leet
long, about four feet below the surface.
Upon removing it, it proved to be the cov
ering to a shallow pit, the four sides of
which were laid up with brick. A Spanish
dollar, which, on being cleansed, showed
the date of 1781. was found in the pit; also
an oblong pile of something resembling
scorched paper, about six inches long and
three inches wide, and which reached
half-way up the top of the pit. Upon be
ing touched it crumbled to pieces. There
were no legible marks upon it, but from
its shape and appearance it is believed to
have been a pile of bank-notes.
At different times since the Revolution
ary war buried treasure of greater or less
value has been unearthed in the above
neighborhood, and in different parts of this
; country. Many coin 9 have beeu found
ante-dating the Revolution a long time.
The plow has frequently brought these
treasures to the surface, notably in a field
; near Unionville. where only a few years
ago a farmer caine upon an earthen jar
which contained nearly SI,OOO in old gold
and silver coin. A gentleman named
Corwin discovered a sealed jar, in 1871,
near Cornwall, while excavating for a
cellar, which was filled with ancient coin,
the whole amounting to ovr $1,500.
Gold and silver plate and jewels have
been found hidden among the rocks in
the Kamapo Mountains and isolated
recesses in the Hudson Highlands. It is
supposed that these hoards *f money and
treasure were secreted by persons’ who
lived in the vicinity to keep them from
falling into the hands of predatory bands
of Tories, cowboys and Indians’, which
were continually raiding the early settle
ments, and that the owners, driven from
their homes by these marauders, were
either unable to return and recover their
property or to locate its hiding places.
Many of the present generation are firm
believers in the legend that there is SIOO,-
000 in gold buried in an iroD chest on
Crabtree Island, in a wild part of Yernon
township, Sussex county. This, accord
ing to the legend, was placed tnere by a
large band of Tories who secured the plun
der in the lower portion of the Delaware
valley, and, being pursued and close
pressed by American soldiers, they were
guided by a Tory named Dewitt to the
spot named, where they deposited it. De-
Witt lived many years after the revolu
tion near Pori Jervis, and a son of bis
died onlv a few years ago nearly 100 years
of age. The family always insisted on the
truth of the buried treasure story, and in
rears past much money and time have
been spent in endeavors’to find the bidden
riches. The finding of the pit wiyh the
tnat money had been buried in
it near Unionville has awakened new
interest in the Crabtree Island legend,
and there is talk of another search for the
Tory plunder.
I
OHIO AND THE PRESIDENCY.
The Fart that the October Election Is to
l’ln|"-Its Bearnig on the Presidential
Cand'Mates —Mahone and His Follow
ing.
Ex-Gov. Foster, of Ohio, turns up in
Washingtcrß periodically and gives news
paper row a talk about Presidential can
didates. He was in Washington last
Thursday, and the New York Sun corre
spondent had a talk with him. The cor
respondent sent the following dispatch as
the result of the talk
L>es]iite confusing reports and foolish
speculations concerning the Presidency,
Republicans begin to understand that in
their convention all will turn on the ques
tion, Who has the best chance of carrying
Ohio in October, and Ohio and New York
in November?
Ex-Gov. Foster is in town, reiterating
that Arthur cannot carry Ohio. “I did
not make that statement a Sew weeks
ago,” says Mr. Foster, “without a knowl
edge of the truth.”
Foster is backed by many intelligent
Republicans. Few can be found who will
say for Arthur anything better than that
; with him it will be a hard tight. “This,”
said a New England Republican, “will go
; far to upset Arthur, whatever strength he
i may develop. No man for whom Ohio
cannot be pledged in October will be
nominated.”
Who, then, is most likely to carry Ohio
in October, and, by so doing, give an
i impetus to the great November battle? In
i Washington personal preferences, loca
! tion, stripes and antecedents are yielding
to this view. Gan John Sherman fill thu
; bittr roster, as yet, will not say yes to
this. There are rumors of an agreement
j between them, it is understood that Sher
man will go to Chicago with the Ohio
j delegation for him, and that a slightly
qualified assurance of his ability to make
sure of the State will be given.
“Is Sherman strong in New York ?
This question was put to a New York
leader, who said: "if the treatment of
Arthur by Sherman when he was Secre
tary ot the Treasury is forgotten, and if
. Mr. Conkling does not retain the feeling
| of resentment engendered by Sherman’s
j course toward him, he may receive the
ordinary party vote. Until the past is
wified out, and bygones are bygones,
Sherman’s prospect iu New York must
be considered dubious. At the very least
his nomination would invite a danger
1 that in the first twenty days of the cani
! paign might prove fatal.”
“What are Sherman’s and Conkling’s
relations?”
The answer was: “I think I can say
that they have none. When Sherman
became Hayes’ Secretary of the Treasu
ry he sought for Conkling’s good will and
support, and in return pledged his friend
ship and good offices. Conkling gave
what Sherman wanted. But Sherman
gave the reverse of what he promised. It
is not difficult to understand what must
be Conkling’s feelings to-day, or what
might happen with Sherman,'the Repub
lican candidate. It would be risky. The
convention is not going to take risks with
its eyes open. When the question is put
at Chicago as many may be found saying
that Shernsan cannot carry New Yoti as
that Arthur cannot carry Ohio.”
“What of Logan on this pivotal ques
tion ?”
“He might carry Ohio, but New Y'ork
never. That ends him. Logan has just
found out that his own boom amounts to
nothing with Lincoln, the general iavorite
for Vice President, and he is having a
hard time trying to kill Bob off. While
he and Blaine have been playing the ride
and-tie game against Arthur, Blaine has
effectually trumped Logan with Lincoln.
This discovery has had a startling effect
on tlie Black Warrior.”
“What of Blaine iu Ohio?”
“He is solid there. He is the choice of
the Garfield Republicans, and will have
Ohio’s vote in the convention when Sher
man is floored. lie may have some of it
from the start."
“How would he go in New York?”
“As well as if not better than Sherman,
although with him it would be as with
Sherman among a class of Republicans.
Blaine, with certain exceptions, is all
right with the Stalwarts. Neither Grant
nor Coukling is for him. Conkling, il
anything, would be against him if he :
were the candidate; but Grant would
silently go with the part}'. There would
boa jumping in for Blaine from the word j
go that would be true Of no other man,
particularly were the ticket Blaine and
ianeoln. He would be able to get money, I
and money would get votes. That’s his
creed.”
“Do you look for Blaine’s nomination?’’
“I look for the nomination of the man
who best answers the question as to Ohio
in October, and who has an equal chance ,
in New York. It all lies there, no matter
in what way or for whom the delegates
are elected.”
Gen. Logan presents himself as the
special champion of the G. A. R. In re
turn he asks its support of his Presiden
tial aspirations. Not long ago a worthy
member oi the G. A. R. applied for a place
under the government. Nearly thirty
thousand members of the order signed a
petition in bis behalf. The applicant was
especially qualified by experience, char
acter ami education. All this was known
to Gen. Logan, but he supported a favor
ite of his own*useful in politics, who had
never shouldered a musket nor tramped
with the boys. The General's iavorite got
the office.
Boss Mahoue’s support of Arthur is
much questioned. He will go to Chicago
heading a delegation free to act, and with
a disposition to break crockery in an un
expected direction. Of late he has been
thick with Sherman, although not tied to
him. The two meet on common ground
i regarding the negro vote, which consti
tutes a bond stronger than any existing
i between Arthur and Mahone.’ Tne Vir
j ginian's experience with the present ad-
I ministration has taught him the im
-1 portanee of having an interest with
a good title in the next one. Whoever is
! nominated he intends shall acknowl
■ edge their obligations to him. Under
t certain conditions Mahone will turn Vir
-1 giuia over to Blaine, and stranger things
I have happened than Blaine's nomination
I by such votes. Here common ground for
Mahoneites and straight-outs to stand on
1 may be found, with Mahone the acknowl
edged leader. Blaine Republicans in Vir
, ginia, though not numerous, are as im
| portant to Mahone as the Mahoneites are
to Blaine. The two agreeing a union of
! forces follows. So look out for Virginia
: for Blaine at Chicago'.
Ridicule Cure for Hydrophobia.
Chicago Xcics.
A. Zeter, a milk dealer, owns a large
.and valnable Newfoundland dog. Last
Wednesday the animal sprang upon him
and slightly scratched the little finger of
his left hand with its teeth. There has
been considerable talk in the neighbor
hood regarding the recent deaths caused
by hydrophobia. The matter was talked
about in Zeter’s family, Sunday
the mau became alarmed. He im
agined that he was becoming rabid.
Dr. Goodall was sent for. He
cautorized the wound and took a look at
the dog. The animal showed no aversion
to water as a beverage. He objected, how
ever, when a large quantity of water was
poured on bis back. Dr. Goodall came to
the conclusion that the bite itself was not
; dangerous. He was afraid that Zeter
i would work himself into a frenzy in case
J he was not that the dog was
not mad. The doctor consequently pre
scribed large does of ridicule for the pa
i tient whenever he suggested that the dog
was mad. The neighbors .and family of
the milk-dealer supplied the doctor’s pre
scription. Zeter Is now recovering.
Mr, Arnold on Philadelphia and Boston.
Silt York I-etttr in the Boeton Globe.
After the lecture last evening a reporter
asked Mr. Arnold if bis visit to America
bad been agreeable.
“Very, and 1 half regret my intention
of setting sail so early.”
“You have been pretty well over the
country?”
“Haven’t I?”
“How far West?”
“As far as St. Louis, and the further I
went the more discontented I was.”
“What city of all that you have seen
charmed you the most?”
“Ohl Philadelphia. That is the hand
somest city in America, and it has the
only business-looking street In America —
Chestnut street —which reminds me oi
our Bond street.”
“And Boston,”
“Too cold—too artificial. 1 don’t like
Boston.”
It Is an 111 Wind that Blows no One
any Good.
The usual spring equinoctial gales are
always preceded by the Grand Monthly
Drawing of the Louisiana State Lottery.
The 166th Monthly will take place on
March 11, ISS4. It is an ill wind that
blows no one any good, and on applica
tion to M. A. Dauphin, New Orleans, La.,
you may obtain information bow you can
obtain $75,000 for $5, or $15,000 tor $l, etc.
A MYSTERY SOLVED.
How Freight Cars Were Bobbed Be
tween Little Bock aim d Texarkana.
Detective Furlong returned yesterday
from tbe South, says the St, Louis Repub
lican of the sth inst., and reports an ar
rest which, he says, solves a mystery that
puzzled him for a long time. Several
weeks ago a peculiarity was noticed in
the condition of merchandise sen! from
St. Louis ami passing over the Iron
Mountain Railroad between Little Book
and Tezarkana. Freight cars reaching
the latter point appeared to be duly sealed,
and yet when they were opened the con>
tents were found in a state of disorder,
cases and packages were open and goods
were missing. The man who inspected
the seals on the car doors found them all
right and appearing not to have been dis
turbed after Ihey were first put on. As
the goods were shipped from St. Louis and
the seals were placed on the doors here,
it was supposed that the thefts must have
been committed here before tbe cars were
sealed. Mr. Furlong had detectives sta
tioned at the platforms of tbe freight de
pot, and the most earetul surveillance
showed that when the merchandise was
shipped it was in good condition; and was
not tampered with before the ear doors
were sealed. Yet it continued to arrive
at Texarkana in the condition mentioned.
The seals apparently had not been broken
but goods were missing. It was deter
mined, therefore, to investigate the mys
tery at another pioint, and defectives were
#ut on tbe branch road between Little
Rock and Texarkana. The result was
satisfactory. One day last week a lot of
stolen boots and shot s were found in the
oil I voosc oar of o frcigkc imiit ott tkie
branch, and two brakemen; Fred Wyiey
and Joe Prince, were arrested for tbe
theft. The mystery was now explained.
They had provided themselves with a but
ton-hook. the "hook” end of which had
been straightened and filed down until it
was as sharp as a small awl. This they
inserted in one ot the holes in the seal
through which one of the wires passed,
the hole was enlarged, the seal slipped off
and entrance to the car was an easy mat
ter. After helping themselves to such
goods as they desired, the car was closed
and the seal was slipped back on the wire.
Two small pieces of soft wood, one of
which was placed on either side of the
seal, were then brought into requisition,
and with the aid of a pair of pincers the
seal was pressed against the wife so that
it looked as if it had never been tampered
with. Mr. Furlong says that these thefts
had been carried on for a number of
weeks and a large amount of goods had
been sold in Little Rock. YVyley and
Price were Held in bond for the grand
jury.
A WIFE’S WANDERINGS.
Through Europe and the States in
Search of a Truant Spouse.
For the past six years Mrs. Leopold
Klarburg, a comely Jewess of 27, says the
Cincinnati Enquirer, has been looking for
her husband. Ten years ago she was mar
ried in Vienna, and after two months of
married lile she was deserted by Leopold
Klarburg, who is now supposed to be in
Cincinnati. Mrs. Klarburg has traveled
in various parts of Europe but failed to
find her missing husband. On learning
that he was in Minneapolis, Minn., she
sailed for the United States, four months
ago, but upon arriving at Minneapolis
Kiarburg had fled. At tbe latter city Ue
went under the name of Louis Mabel.
Here, it is said, he obtained a quantity of
dry goods under false pretenses and, fear
ing arrest, skipped the town. From this
point Mrs. Klarburg went to St. Louis.
She laid her case before the chief of po
lice, but no trace of her husband was ob
tained. After spending several weeks in
St. Louis she came to Cincinnati, where
she was told her husband surely was, and
that he vr.-.s isottn as Louis Grollish, and
earned a livelihood by peddling dry goods.
The deserted wife called on the superin
tendent of police and left a description of
Klarburg. Steps will be taken to find hint
if in the city, but the probabilities are
that the lady has been misinformed as to
his whereabouts.
Mrs. Klarburg is now without means
and can go no further. She was provided
with a temporary home in a Jewish fami
ly at No. 307 West Sixth street, where she
was seen yesterday by an £>igre
porter. To’him she’stated that Klarburg
deserted her two months after they were
married, taking with hint several hundred
dollars of her money. When asked why
she was so anxious to find him, she said
her only object was to induce him to re
turn to her home in Vienna, where she
would obtain a divorce from him. Her
parents are very religious, and in order to
obtain the divorce, which is granted by
the rabbi, the husband must be present.
As far as he is concerned she cares noth
ing for him, and wishes to be separated,
but only in the manner that is customary
with her religion. She will not apply for
i a divorce in any other way. and if her
husband is r.ot found she will return to
her home in Vienna, where she has a nine
i year old child being taken care of by her
parents. She will probably be provided
with means to sail, as several gentlemen
j are interested in her welfare. The lady
: also told the reporter that her husband
was a gambler and vagabond, and the
short time they lived together he neg
lected to make any provision for her.
AVI I'll FIVE WIVE*.
How a Crockett County Digamist Was
Captured.
Monday afternoon Sheriff Booth, of
Crockett county, arrived in Brownsville
in search of one Tom Crawford, a fttmous
bigamist, who was wanted by the author
ities of that county, says the Brownsville,
Tenn., States. It hart iiecotne known to
him that Crawford was in Haywood coun
ty going under an assumed name, ana he
came over to look him up. The Sheriff
stated that Crawford had five wives resi
ding in Crockett county, where he had
lived for many years, and indictments for 1
bigamy were’ held against him. Craw
ford’s whereabouts were discovered to be
somewhere in the neighborhood of the
Brownsville Landing, where he had taken
up his quarters at a ’stave camp.
At twilight, Monday evening. Sheriff
Booth, accompanied by Sheriff Mathews,
started toward the river in search of
Crawford. After riding several miles
through the dark woods and over fields
and muddy bottoms, they were informed
that Crawford was spending the night at
the cabin of Doc Van Buren, on Mr. P.
11. Mann's place. They arrived at the
lonely cabin away down in the deep
woods of Hatehie bottom at midnight.
The cabin is a rude double log-house, with
two rooms and a stack chimney. When
the officers entered the west room, Craw
ford heard them and dashed up the chim
ney, but, unfortunately, left his feet hang
ing down in full view of his pursuers.
He was pulled out, black as the ace of
spades, and reluctantly surrendered. He
was brought to this city and Tuesday
taken back to Crockett county. *
Crawfbrd is over fifty years of age,
heavy built, with a repulsive counte
nance, and it is somewhat surprising how
he succeeded in winning the hearts and
blighting the holies of so many fair
Crockett county lasses.
The Planets During the Month.
The planets this month will be an in
teresting study for the observer. Venus
10 ' particularly brilliant. She is now
moving iapi<i’iy northward toward he?
greatest elongation, or distance from the
sun, and sets a little later every evening.
It is impossible to tpiss her, as she is the
only very brilliant star in the western sky
early in the evening. Viewed through a
telescope she looks like the moon when it
is past the full and just before it enters
the last quarter. It is a peculiarity of
Venus that she looks the smallest when
she is full, as she is then at her greatest
distance from the earth. She is now com
paratively quite near us, and is brilliant
enough to cast a shadow.
Jupiter is now about as near the zenitif
as he ever gets, and shines unrivaled in
the centre of the starry dome. Mars is
just now at a disadvantage, being so far
away that he looks scarcely any bigger
than" Saturn, and his brightness will con
tinue to diminish for another year. When
he is nearest us, he rivals Jupiter in ap
parent size. He is not far behind Jupiter
and ii? easily recognizable by his ruddy
hue. Both he and his great companion
rise anil set earlier every evening through
out the month.
Saturn is in the western sky, and sets
now soon after midnight. He is between
Aldebaran and the Pleiades, and may be
easily distinguished from the former by
the steadiness and serenity of his lustre.
Astronomers say that Uranus will be visi
ble to the naked eye this month. The
night must be moonless and cloudless,
and the atmosphere exceptionally clear.
He is to be found in the constellation
Virgo. The most favorable night, if the
conditions we have named are fulfilled
then, will be the lfith. as he is then in op
position,
pmioiial.
\l ONE4' LOANED on personal
1 j! large sswirtru nt of unredeemed Goirt
and Silver Wai*hes, and other Jewelry for
■ sale very cheap at Licensed Pawnbroker
I House, 187 Coe greet street. F„ MUHLBERG.
1 Manager. N. 15.—Highest prices paid for old
! gold and silver.
numirft.
TUJSTKD, Boarders. >y Mrs. Allen. 172
1 1 State street. Pleasant rooms; good lo
cation; reasonable terms.
YI'AN'TED, A*pril Ist. three partly ftrrcish-
• ed Rooms, for gentleman and wife, cen
trally located. Address HOPA care News
Office.
T\ T ANTED, a yonng man as CaNiier; must
ti boa competent bookkeeper. Best ref
erences required. Address in own handwrit
ing, stating salary desired, to PLATSHEK’if
AEW VARIETY STOKE. Savannah, Ga.
WANTED. —A medium size House,-in re
pair. with all modern improvements and
in a-good location, can find a number one ten
ant bv addressing or calling on KENNEDY jfc
BLUN.
A WANTED. Four Gentlemen to take orders
' } ,m this and adjoining States, for Collier's J
Standard Books, on the installment plan.
Business pleasant and lucrative; do capita;
required. Any man who will work can make
SSO and upwarus weekly. Apply Mondav and
Tuesday to T. MARION,
56 Barnard street.
AA7ANTED, by a white giT!. a situation as
4* House Girl or as Nurse. Apply at 93
Liberty street.
A A*'ANTED, two good hands to work at
\ y dressmaking. Apply to Mrs. DUFF,
85 Liberty street.
A A*" ANTED, a woman to Conk ; ret do gene-
\ ral hou>e work for a small faxtily. Ap
ple N. E. corner Abercoru and Gaston streets.
AY r ANTED, by a German, situation .vs drum
y y raer, porter or shipping clerk ia whole
sale or auction and commission iiou.***. Ad
dress "F,” News office.
’II’’ANTED, ladies and young men wishing
** to earn 31 to *3 every day quietly at
their homes: work furnished; sent by mail;
no canvassing; no stamps required for reply.
Please ad.ire-- EDW ARD F. DAVIS A CO.,
58south Main street, tail River. Mass.
Jor llrnt.
IAOIt RENT, till November, part of the tic -
-F sirable residence 103 Jones street.
rpO RENT, ROOMS. Inquire at 60 York
street.
IAUR RENT, three rooms and hath room on
same floor, at 68 Cassel Row, third door,
corner Lincoln and St. Julian streets.
"Pol; RENT, the store 173 Congress street; a
1 first class location for any business. In
quire at the “FAMOUS,” 140 Congress street.
t'OR RENT, a house of live rooms, exclu
sive of kitchen and bath room; jnissession
fiven March 4th; rent 520 per month. C. H.
IQRSETT.
I7OR RENT. 13 Abercorn street, southwest
. corner of sit. Julian, nicely furnished
rooms, with excellent board; term’s moderate;
also table board.
IXOII RENT, furnished rooms in first class
’ private house from Ist May; can likewise
give kitchen and dining room*for housekeep
ing if desired; highest reference given. 11l
East 19th street. New York, near Broadway.
Tor Sale.
JpOR SALE, a fine Grand Square Knabe
Piano, and a handsome Billiard Table. Ad
dress BARGAIN. News Office.
lOTS-OX THE SALTS.
U For rent, at 330 a year each, with privi
lege of purchase, six water front lots on Beau
lieu tract.
L. A. FALLIGANT.
Jj*OK SAXE.—Mirrors, Mirrors, Mirror*?
A fine Mantel Mirror for 35 50. worth 310, a;
NATHAN BROS.. 186 Congress street.
Soot.
lOST, a Roll of Money. The finder will be
J liberally rewarded by leaving same at tln
office.
Stratjcd.
CTRAYKD, on Sunday aftern'ion, liver-
O colored retriever bitch; no collar on; lit
tle white in her breast; quite fat. The finder
will be rewarded bv returning the same to
mv office, 83 Bay street, or 139 Perrv street.
GEO. SCHLEY*.
Educational.
JISS MARY mCHMOXD will tic glad of
a few more Mu-ic Scholars. Particular at
tention given to beginners.
For terms apply on Habersham street, 2d
door from Harris.
Drawing, painting and decora
tive ART taught by Miss H. LAZA
RON, at 151}i Gordon street.
Orders for Crayon Portraits solicited.
Stoat-ding.
TYOARDING.—I3 Abercorn street, south
!) west corner of St. Julian. Nicdv fur
nished rooms with excellent board. 'Term*
moderate. Also, table board.
tttifttoi?Vn}.
Mils. IiITTMAN. Graduated
Midwife, No. 35 -Drayton street, corner
President street, Savannah. Ga.
Smoking iTobarro.
Teff the children to cut out *nd save the comic
silhouette picturesaa they appear from issue to
issue. They will be pleased with the collection.
" ~ ~4 i
This space is owned by
BLACKWELL'S BULL.
Of coarse we mean the famous animal arrearin*
on tiie label of every genuine package of Black
well’s Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco. Every
dealer keeps this, the bat Smokin? Tobacco made
None genuine without trade-mark ot the Bull
Suburban KatlroaDo.
City and Suburban R’y
Savannah, February 23, Is-*.
' PiS ajp! after SUNDAY NEXT, 34th met..
[ yj the following schedule will be observed:
-KAVB ARRIVE LEAVE I LEAVE
-- • CITY. ISLE HOPE. MOSTG'RT.
C.TY. |
TT; — ‘ *•'* a. v. I 7:45 a. x.
10:25a.x.! 8:40 a. x. J i.sn . M
*3:25 p.x. 2:20 P X. 1:50 p. _
7:10 p.x. 6:30 P. x., 6:00 p. x.i 5
•3:25 p. x. Sunday this is the last outward
train.
On Mondar morning an early train for
Montgomery only at 6:45.
J. If. JOHNSTON. President.
ilrooiotouo, <?tr.
CRUSHED INDIAN
EMERALD OAT MEAL,
WHITE WHEAT,
WHITE OATS,
CASSAVA,
BRANUM.
For sale by
F. L. GEORGE,
COR. STATE AND WHITAKER STS.
Drroontahtng.
BEGS to call the attention of her customer
and other ladies of Savannah to a line of
fine Mourning and other Black Goods for
spring and summer wear, and also to inforn.
them that she is agent for Shriver’s Celebrate.
Crape Renovating Establishment, for whirl
she solicits orders at her place of business, >:
, Liberty street, up suits,