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w: ..: the untTT really demands is a
bill to retire private P&Irell. j
1: ;s 1 rvdicttd that Congress • will ad-j
j urn" all a! rig frem duly 1 to August 1. ,
s posit nas author
wh :aer be ever - its the j siuon of Arthur ]
or not.
When Mr. Cable gets to reading in 1
Europe he will make Oscar Wilde 1
ashamed of himself.
Grant and Ward's wonderful profits i
a; rear :■• have been made b* -addition, -
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East Tec;; -s - a-'.icg of the best
wat cr p for fifteen years, and harvest
ing has already begun.
Chinese G rl in will boa regular reader .
of the newspapers if he ever gets out of 1
the scrape he is now in. j
What are at crime has Blaine committed j
recently that Murat Halstead should rush
~uldenly t- hi- - tpport •
Gen. Butler evidently intends to indorse i
every 5 iatfonu of every party that yill 1
n- m’.cate him f r the Presidency.
Governor Cleveland is evidently not a
candidate. He has net shown a renewed
desire t 'coquette with John Kelly.
Th- Texa-Dem eratie papers deny the
exi-ienee of an alleged Randall boom in
that state. Texas is solid for the “Old
Platform."
Th. >-nerth Bonapartesquit qnarrel
ing am ng themselves and settle down to
raising eabbages and potatoes the better
it will be f-r them.
The members ot the Democratic Execu
tive C- mmittee of the First Congressional
District will meet in this city on Friday.
June 6. at 11 a. m.
R. W. Grubb. Esq., editor of the Da
rien fr izttu. is favorably mentioned as
one of the delegates from this district to
the Chicago convention.
It is about time for the Memphis Ara
lan- \e to bring out its rusty Hancock
boom. That paper ought not to damn its
candidate with faint support.
It apiears to be greatly to the credit of
‘•Buck" Grant that he did not run away,
but surely the greater honor should be
bestowed upon Mr. Ferdinand Ward.
A gr at many of senator Bayard’s
friends wish he would move out of Dela
w..r- into a larcer state, where he would
•,. abb to deveh ; into national propor
tions.
Mr.Ferdinand Ward has taken quarters
in the a; artmetits once occupied by Boss
Tv.. lin Ludlow street jail. This is a
high, r honor than Mr. Ward had any rea
son to expect.
The way the I'nion and Confederate
Veterans harmonized while visiting the
ban’.-fields in Virginia last week is
enough to make the outrage organs howl
with disappointment.
It is thought that Gen. Butler has
serious apprehensi <ns that he will be
‘•b- tiled up’’ 'ey the Democratic National
Convention. It may bo worse with him
than the Dutch Gap business was.
Judge Fields’ friend are counting on
the votes of the delegates from eight
gt ites in Den ratie National Con
vention. He will do well if he gets the
support of half that number of States.
If the Butlerites are going to fill the
country with tramps with advertising
cards huug on their backs, it is time for
people all over the Union to prepare at
once to resort to the shotgun argument.
Mrs. Langtry is putting more money in
New York r.al estate mortgages. She
wants to get it invested where neither
moth nor rust can corrupt, nor Wall
street bankers break through and get
away with it.
New Y irk police justices are severe on
delinquent officers. One of them actually
reprimanded a policeman Thursday for
clubbing and arresting a little boy who
was standing quietly on the stoop of his
father’s house.
The commencement exercises of the
North Georgia Agricultural College
promises to be of unusual interest this
year. The commencement sermon will be
preached on June Sby Rev. Mr. Jarrell,
of Gainesville.
The colored delegates from Texas to the
Republican National Convention are look
ing up second-hand beavers and linen
dU'ters and industriously saving up their
wives’ wash money, in order to buy
tickets for Chicago.
The white elephant shows were what
Malted Arthur's chances with I’ennsvlva
nians. .After seeing and hearing so much
about the great Siamese and Burmese
sac ml humbugs, they turned their hearts
instinctively towards the tattooed man.
It is stated that President Arthur’s in
creased strength is due to the fact that
hi- friends have Convinced the free trade
Republicans that he is in favor of tariff
reduction, while other of his friends keep
his protectionist supporters close up in
line. He i- therefore getting a double
barreled boom.
A society has just been organized in
New York city to wake incineration at
tractive by erecting a magnificent crema
tory. environed with the most beau fit u I !
trees, shrubbery and flowers. The more
foolish style in the surrounding* I
and process of cremation, the more pop- ;
ular it will become.
The Macon Telegraph and Messenger
says:
These are queer times. There is Con
gressman Randall who has been ‘‘read 1
out” ot the Democratic party time and !
again within the past few months, and he j
continues, by common consent, to be the ]
Democratic leader on the floor of the
House. Does the Morning News ob
serve?
Yes. these are queer times. On the only I
prrtv issue before the House this session j
Mr. Randall led a squad of forty-one Demo- I
crats into the Republican camp and helped I
the Republicans to defeat the Democratic |
party. Queer times, indeed, when a
Democratic journal rises up and points
with pride to that sort of leadership and .
honors that sort of a leader.
A Useless Resolution.
On Friday the Committee on the istate 1
of the Church, of the Methodist Confer- !
enee at Philadelphia, adopted a resolu- j
t;.>n condemning Sundav new stupors. (
Sunday railroad trains and various other
things. The adoption of this resolution i
directs attention to the wonderful change ;
that has taken place with reference to the .
0 - rva; of Sunday in the last half con- j
tury. To attempt to enforce the Sunday
laws which were in force fifty years ago j
would be as impracticable and impossible !
as to attempt to carry • n the business of
the w*rld without newspapers and with- j
out railways and steamboats. Sunday !
newspapers and Sunday trains are a ue- j
eessity. It is probable that there is not i
one minister of the gospel out of ten who
does not read the Sunday newspapers,
and it -s certain that church-going people
1 ad tb newspapers on Sunday more
thoroughly than on any other day of the
wt\ k. because they have more time.
Neither the ministers nor their congrega
t. tld very well give up their Sunday
newspapers, because they could not
afford to tie ignorant of what had taken
p’.see in the groat world on the previous
day. Without their Sunday newspapers
the events of Saturdays would be un
kE> wn to them. It could hardly be expect
ed that if there were a panic in Wall
street, a great t attle in some part of the
w rid. important It gislation in Congress,
a steamship disaster, or a railroad colli
—' non Saturday, that the people wbuld
wait for the news until Monday. The
w rid wants the earliest and most relia
ble intelligence of all important events,
and will not consent to wait
1 over one day for it when
it can be obtained at once. It would be
interesting to know how many of the
members of the committee which adopted
the anti-Sunday newspaper resolution do
not read the Sunday newspapers, and
i how many of them would consent to give
up* their newspapers on Sunday. The
j Sunday papers are now much better than
1 those of any other day In the week, and
they are more generally read. Thousands
. of people buy and read them on that day
who do not have time to read them on any
other day. The working people who
1 begin their tasks early in the morning
and continue at them Until night dei>eud
almost wholly on Ihe Sunday papers to
keep themselves informed of what is
going on in the world. Bund:ty news
papers are an established institution, and
the ministers know or ought to
know that they cannot be suppressed by
church conference resolutions or by any
other means. There may be obj- etion
able features in some of the Sunday news
papers. and ministers might do some good
by using their influence to raise the stan
dards of such papers. There is much to
be said for and against the practice of
running railway trains and steamboats
on Sundays. The practice, however, is
so firmly established that it is not 1* ri
sible to break it up. The demands ot com
merce are such now that it would be
as impracticable to slop trains from
running on Sunday as it would be
to compel steamships to stop their engines
in mid-ocean, or a sailing vessel to lower
her sails on that day. AA'itbout Sunday
trains and steamboats, hundreds of thous
ands of working people in the great cities
would never get a glimpse of green fields
or the sea. It is doubtful if the ministers
who enjoy the breezes of Ocean Grove,
Asbury I’ark and other seaside resorts of
church-going people would say that it
would be better for the toilers never to
see the country or the ocean than to pat
ronize Sunday steamers and trains. The
duty of ministers is in the direction of
making the things of which they complain
instruments of good, and not of suppress
ing them.
Condition ur Liberia.
Tiie little republic of Liberia, built up
by philanthropic men and intended to
furnish the negro with a home where
he shutiid enjoy liberty and self
government, is in trouble. Some
fifteen years ago the Legislature
having imbibed the doctrine from the
United Stab s that “a national debt is a
national blessing,” authorized Fresident
Uoye to go to England and contract a loan
of half a million dollars. Rove and his
Cabinet appropriated the money to their
own use. This debt, with the unpaid in
terest. now amounts te over a million dol
lars, and the English creditors have re
cently begun to -rise in demand for their
delay.” and the poor Liberians, not being
able cither to pay or stand off the amount
any longer, are filled with the most gloomy
forebodings.
The English have already several trad
ing stations within the borders of the re
public and manage to keep up a state of
hostility, if not of actual warfare, the
greater part of the time between the
colonists and the native tribes of the inte
rior. The expenses of these wars con
sume what little revenue might be de
voted to paying the interest on the na
tional debt, and prevents to a great extent
the development of the country.
England has already acquired some
15,000 square miles of territory which was
claimed by Liberia, and the people are in
constant dread that she will take posses
sion of the capital itself and obliterate the
republic from the list of nations.
According to recent reports Liberia is
a much richer country so for as natural
wealth is concerned than has been bere
- p] -i. Its fert t -
vegetation, rivers almost literally
alive with fish and great pas
tures stocked with game and cattle
are S' me of its teatures. Besides,
the mountains on the Eastern fron
tiers are said to be full not only of the
richest iron and copper ore, but
of the precious metals as well.
The native tribes obtain considerable
quantities of gold by the rudest methods
of mining and refining, and they barter
large stores of ivory and palm oil to the
traders. These riches are temptations
which England cannot long withstand:
and if she does not take possession of the
territory absolutely, she will probably as
sume a control of Liberian affairs that will
throw the rich resources of the country
into the hands of her agents.
English control might result very bene
ficially to Liberia, if there was any proba
bility that the Republic would be able in
ten or twenty years to pay the debt and
become again independent. England
would see to it, however, that her chains
should fle permanently riveted on the
colonists. Claims for exjtenses of govern
ment, defense, betterments, damages to
various interest, etc., would never cease.
Probably the best thing for the future of
Liberia would be for the Colonization so
ciety. that founded the republic and’gov
erned it for so many years, to again take
it in charge, pay the debt and centred the
destinies of the country until the negroes
show a much greater capacity for self
government than they have shown in the
past. As the probable future home of the
negroes of the United States, it is emi
nently proper that Liberia should be gov
erned under the advice, if not the absolute
control, of those Americans who have
heretofore taken so much interest in its
welfare. t
Tho gratuitous interference of our gov
ernment in African affairs would be a
matter of doubtful proprietv. AVe have a
sufficiency of vexed, and perhaps danger
ous, questions to deal with nearer home;
but Americans must feel an interest in
Liberia. Bn unselfish interest that is in
spired by sentiments that are creditable
to them.
The fusion in AVest Virginia between
the Republicans and Greenbaekers does 1
not create any alarm in the Democratic
ranks. The Democrats have a small but 1
remarkably solid majority over both foe-!
tions, and will turn up all right in Novem- j
ber.
THE SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. MAY 25, 1884.
Safety of Ocean Travel.
The great steamship disasters of the
past few months have brought the subject
of the risks involved iu ocean travel into
especial orominenoe. Just .now the dan
gers of the deep are probably considerably
exaggerated, for the less of one great ship
with its living freight creates a great sen
sation, while little notice is taken of the
thousands that make voyages regularly
and in safety.
One thing that increases the apprehen
sions of travelers as to the safety of the
modern ship lines is the fact that in nearly,
if not quite every instance of the ship
wreck of an ocean steamer the evidences of
neglect or carelessness on the part of those
entrusted with the welfare ot the vessel
are strong, it not indisputable.
The plan of having lanes or -fixed
tracks’’ in the Atlantic for vessels going
Fast and YVest, suggested nearly thirty
years ago. and not yet definitely adopted,
is a good precaution against collisions.
Capt. Gambier, of the Royal Navy, has
recently advised that underwriters refuse
to injure steamships unless they adopt
the lane routes. Such action on the part
ot underwriters would at once give the
-fixed route” suggestion all the power of
law, in fact, it would be more effectual
than any law on the subject that could be
adopted.
More attention will also probably be de
voted in the iuture to the arrangement
and construction of the watertight bulk
heads now put in all first-class sea-going
steamers. As now constructed these
compartments are rarely ever of any ben
efit. esi*ecially in case of collision, but if
properly arranged and built it ought to
be all but impossible to sink a vessel un
der anything like the usual circum
stances.
The uselessness of life preservers in
cases of shipwreck has been extensively
1 discussed. It seems that the fewest num
! ber are saved from wreck by their aid.
Better than life preservers would be the
| disciplining of the crews and passengers
! of all vessels and their thorough instruc
tion daily when at sea in the wreck
; drill. Not only each member of
1 the crew of a ship, but each pas-
I senger should know his place in case of
accident, and should know how to fill it.
and perform such duties as maj devolve
; on him without delay or confusion. The
j subject is of sufficient importance to de-
I mand a book of instructions.
Whether the law is made more perfect
or not the insurance companies and the
; demands of the traveling public will
| require all conceivable precautions to be
! taken by the steamship lines, not only to
| avoid accidents but to save life and prop
erty. It goes without saying that few
| companies eeme up to the ideal in this
; regard at present. The safety of a ship
is considered too much a matter of luck.
The New European Cable.
The shore end of one strand of the new
Benneti-Maekey ocean cable was laid at
Cape Ann. Mass.. AVednesday, by tha
steamer Faraday, which has been engaged
in this work for some weeks. The balance
of this line will be laid at once, and in a
few days anew channel of com
munication between America and
Europe will be opened to the public.
The other strand will be laid during the
summer and its American terminus will
be at New Y'ork city. The European ter
minus for both strands is A'aleheia, Ire
land.
The first cable was laid between Europe
and America a very little more than
twenty-five years ago. Now hundreds of
thousands of miles of cables traverse the
different oceans, seas and lakes of the
world, and connect with almost every
important commercial point.
Up to this time the different Amerieo-
European cable companies have been
able by combinations to keep up the
most exorbitant rates. The Bennett
and Mackey combination promises
that their enterprise will break
the power of the monopolists and result
in the placing of the tariff at rates
which every one will acknowledge
to be reasonable and fair. The men who
are backing the enterprise have ample
means, and they assert positively that
they will enter into a healthy competition
with listing lines at as early a dav s
possible, and that they will neither be
driven off or bought off from their pur
pose. It is to be noped when the hour of
trial and temptation comes they will not
forget their pledges.
Mr. Seney's Brooklyn Bank.
It isn't at all probable that Mr. Seney's
Atlantic State Bank of Brooklyn will re
sume. Several reassuring reports have
been sent out for the purpose of keeping
up the spirits of the depositors, but it be
gins to appear that these reports are rose
colored. and do not rest on facts. The
receiver who has been put in charge of
the bank has awakened to the tact that
there is nothing for him to receive. He
finds on inquiry that Mr. Seney's practice
for rears was to take the money of the
bank and invest it in securities, and to
lock up the securities in the vault of the
New York Metropolitan Bank. Nobody
asserts that the securities are not
in the vault where Mr. Seney
placed them, but what are the securities
worth? They appear to be of that class
for which there is no sale at any price.
Nobody wants them, and it isn't certain
that anybody ever will want them. The
depositors, therefore, are not any better
off than if there were no securities at all.
It may be that Mr. Seney's fortune is not
so nearly _• :>ne as was at first reported,
and that he will manage to scrape enough
together to furnish the receiver with a lit
tle cash. It is certain the depositors
would rather have a small amount of cash
than all the bank's securities locked up in
the Metropolitan Bank.
Lincoln anti Phelps.
Murat Halstead hast, the reputation of
being a funny man. at he doesn't look
'.ike a funny man. but o. :e in a while he
ays funny things. AVi: a great deal of
lemnitv lately he said that it was not
’probable that the Republicans at
L-iicago wonid nominate Robert Lincoln
and AViliiam AV alter Phelps. That would
be a ticket that would take the dudes by
storm. Lincoln has little to recommend
him except his father's great name, and
Phelps' prominence rests almost wholly
upon his wealth. Lincoln, however,
wears his whiskers parted in the latest
English style and Phelps wears his hair
artistically banged. Lincoln and Phelps
would make a ticket ’that would afford
Puck's artists infinite opportunities to
amuse the public. In suggesting this
ticket Mr. Halstead has subjected himself
to the suspicion that be has a grudge
against one or both of these young men.
Lincoht has done nothing to entitle him to
the distinction of being the standard
bearer of his party. Phelps has done
more than Lincoln, because he sincerely
tried to get the party to sit down on ex-
Speaker Keifer. It wasn't his fault that
he didn't succeed. It wouldn’t take a
large volume to contain the leading fea
tures of the careers of Lincoln and Phelps.
Ail that could be said of them that the
public would care to know could readily
be got into a couple of newspaper col
umns.
Last Monday Gov. McEnerv, of Louisi
ana. in his inaugural, administered a re
buke to the prohibitionists of the State.
Last AVednesday the question of license
or no license was voted on in the parish of
Rapides. The women turned out in force
and announced their determination to
show th* Governor that his advice was
impertinent and uncalled for. They car
ried the parish against license t>y a large
majority. The Governor will probably be
more careful how he touches the prohibi
tion question in the future.
CURRENT COMMENT.
A ('<> fur Leap Year.
Philadelphia TV .n
The star-eyed goddess >.s reminded that this
is leap year and that Tilden it a bachelor.
How Blind din.tier It.
-Vetr l‘,irh (TerM t/Vi.).
The thief being a poor man and stealing
from necessity would have been put into the
prison van and taken to jail. The dishonest
batik Fresident being a rich man and stealing
without a shadow of excuse or necessity, gets
into his carriage and drives out to the park.
Mutt dhow Their Trade Mark.
Betti-h Past
Those eminent and lurid atateamen, Mestrs.
Sherman and Hoar, will not permit Congress
to adjourn without delivering themselves of
their speeches on Copiah and Danville. The
gory gonfalon must be flung to the breeze.
The e. and 1. statesmen aforesaid, have not
made a record on anything else this session,
and unless the bloody shirt, their political
trade mark, can be brought tt> public notice,
they must take their places among the politi
cal reminiscence*.
The Ballot* vs. Blaine.
Bi’tUm Advertiser Rep.).
Mr. Blaine appeared as a ‘ first ballot" can
didate at Chicago in lsßfl. On the opening
ballot he had isi votes, and his highest voi*
was SBS. He felt oft two votes on the second
ballot. This immediate descent of th* mer
cury foretold the Arctic temperatqre of the
last ballot, when only forty-two delegates
supported turn. The prospectus excellent that
a cooling process will begin this year for Mr.
Blaine's candidacy an the second ballot, and
continue till the enthusiasm for him will be
come a freezing mixture.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Korn years teem a long while to wait for a
medal, but Lord Wt.lse ley's Egyptian lie roe*
only received theirs three weeks ago.
The Luke Voorhees cattle range, of Wyo
ming. is the largest tn the world, no doubt.
It comprises 1.000,000 acres of land. 40.000 of
which'are enclosed with a barbed-wire fence,
and has a water frontage of thirty miles.
The range will freely accommodate TSIOOO cat
tle. It now has IS.Oitf head.
Texas is now supposed to have a poP aititln
of about 2,000,*00 people. Of the cutes in the
State. Galveston, with 65.000 peonle. is the
largest. Houston has over 20,000, Fort
Worth more than 20,000, can Antonio more
than $20,000. and there are a number of citica
ranging from 10,000 to 15,C00 population.
The milk of carnivorous animals i* acid;
that of the herbivorous alkaline. Huezo says
a cow well fed will give during 250 days an
average of seven quarts of milk. Schwerz
asserts that Dutch cows yield 2,780 quarts of
milk a year. Paris consumes daily 100.000
quarts of miik, representing 130.000 francs in
value, and there are 7,000,000 cows in France
whose average yield is two and a half quarts
per day.
Thebe are now 107.300 buildings in New
York city, and this number is beinc added t#
at the rate of 2.600 a year. The large majority
of buildings erected within the last two or
three years have been dwellings worth from
1:6.000 to *55.000. so rapidly is the Tacant
ground on Manhattan Island being taken up
by blocks of brick and brown stone houses of
this class, that the prospect is fair for the
whole island to be covered with buildings in
just about the next ten years.
A little German girl living near Fort At
kinson. Wis., found the other day a small
brasv medal, about the size of a two-cent coin.
It proves to !>e a Democratic token, which
was issued in I>4o. Un one side is the head of
Martin Van Buren and the date of his birth.
17*2. On the reverse are the figures IS4u and
a pair of scales. The rising scale is mark* 1
“Whigs" and the descending one “Demo
crats," while around the whole is the inscrip
tion, “Weighed and found wanting."
Mr. Loffler. a veterinary surgeon in Lon
don, cured "Plunger" Walton’s Girofie of
what is known as “cribbing.” While under
treatment Girofie fell in love with a pony
owned bv Mr. Loffler. On Tue-dav Walton
i and Loffler quarreled over the bill presented
to the latter and a fight followed. It is said
that Walton was horse-whipped. Moreover.
Loffler vows to place the pony near the rails
during the next race in which’Girofie runs, so
that the mare seeing the pony will quit the
course to fondle it.
Prof. Keitoer, on feeding his monkeys. :n
Paraguay, with eggs, observed that at first
they smashed them and then wa-ted much of
their contents; but they soon learned to hit
one end against some hard hodv and pick off
the bits with their paws, and if they cut them
selves once with any *harp tool, "they would
either not touch it again or handle it with the
greatest caution. Lumps of sugar were given
them wrapped up in paper, and sometimes a
live wasp wa* put in to try them, so that in
hastily opening the paper they got stung: but
after this had oDce occurred tbey always held
the packet to their ears to detect any’move
ment.
Sabah Bersharpt has put a jersey on
-Lady Macbeth.” whose hair may yet be
banged. The actress appeared in that role at
the Porte St. Martin Theatre, in Paris, on
Wednesday nieht. In the first act she wore a
white jer-i’y. close-fitting as a glove, no cor
sets. Embroidered T- .r* ,ie l ,- in gold and
blue were scattered over the jersey, and the
arms and corsage were checked in’ diamonds
of the same color, while puff- of white crepe
de Chine were at the shoulders, a gold coro
net on her forehead, and her auburn hair fell
loroely over uer shoulders. It is sa.d that
“Bacquo's Ghost" was so gruesome that some
of the women gave little mouee-like screams
and brought forth the smelling bottles.
Among the many ways of obtaining flowers
for the flower mission, a plan has lately been
hit upon by the ladies of Old Cambridge
which promises to work quite successfully.
Each Monday morning large baskets aw filled
with bouquets of wyd and garden flowers,
brought by the children in the public schools
to their respective school houses. These bas
kets are then carried by scholars designated
by the teachers to the room where volunteers
busy themselves in arranging the buuches for
d;i’r:bntion among the hospital pat;e:s. The
flowers which the children bring in this way
are gathered by them on Saturday and Sun
day, and not only do they give great pleasure
to those who receive them, but also those who
pick them ana learn something of their names
and habit*.
William H. Vanpebbilt'3 treasure vault,
in which he recently stowed away some SIOO,-
OOO.QOO in securities, isoneof the most redoubt
able works of defense on the American conti
nent. though you may not be entirely certain
of that bv surveying his mansion from the
outside. Its foundations were blasted out of
the rock; the front wall is five feet in thick
ness, and the side and rear walls are three
feet, the material# used being pre*sed brick
with brown-stone trimmings. The beam*,
girders and main piilars are iron, incased in
ure-proof material. The doors, window
frames and minor partitions are iron, marble
and glass. No wood is to be found in the
structure. The ertat vault is thirty-* x by
forty-two feet, of wrought iron, steel and
Franklimte iron, is imposing in strength and
proportions, and is situated on the ground
floor. It.- four outer doors weigh '.200 pounds
each, and have every effective and known im
provement in defensive devices. A masdve
wall of masonry surround- the ironwork. The
vault, which is burglar, fire and water proof,
constitutes a distinct building in itself. ’
Southern Asia, the original home of cre
mation. is also the region where it is cele
brated with the greatest pomp and splendor.
In Mam. when any famous man is cremated,
a magnificently decorated building is erected
specially for the occasion, and vast sum* are
expended in making the whole spectacle a*
gorgeous as possible. The ceremonies ob
served at the cremation of the late Regent of
Siam may serve as a fair specimen of those
customary on such occasion*. Immediately
upon h; death, in March, lv3, hi* remain*
were inclosed in a vast urn of costly material,
several yards in height, which was placed in a
large room opening upon the court yard of hi*
palace, which stands on a creek flowing into
the river that traverses the capital. Bands of
naive priests, relieving each other in turn,
kept repeating prayer* night and day in the
death chamber, around which were displayed
all the order* and decorations worn by the
dea i man in his lifetime. Twelve months af
ter hi* death the urn and its content* were
carried in state to a kind of temple erected
for the purpose, where the cremation was
performed in the presence of thousands of
spectators, including thy King himself and
hi* entire court.
BRIGHT BITS.
“Amateur Actor” is informed that thefirst
•upe mentioned in history is Godfrey de Bouil
lon. — Courier.
The immortal saying. “There's ilWav*
room at the top," wa* invented by a hotel
clerk. —Bnetinotan Uaak*n*.
The Empress of Austria can set type, and
the Fmpres-a of American farm can set a
hen. Cust.-m differs in various coßnixies.
Merchant Traveler.
-Mr. Highwater. how is ii I find no cream
on TOUT milk*" Mukman; —Well, mnm, X ex
pect the cows are holding it back for straw
berry time.”- Pituhurg Chronicle.
A Philadelphia paper, speaking of the
XVall street panic, save, -The Mcrst is
Over.” Just so. The worst has been over
in New York—for several days . —Sorrieioeen
Herald.
The bridesmaids now give present* to the
bridegroom, instead of the opposite, a* for
merly. Tins injures the groom a full *npply
of twenty-five cent neckties before starting.—
Philadelphia Call.
We often hear of wit that “provoke* a
smile.” .Much of the wit in the newspapers
nowadays ought to more than provoke a
smile; it ought to make it get up on it* hind
legs and howl with rage.— Philadelphia Call.
It *is a little curious, though, that the title
of “gentlemen" tome by most of the cricket
ers of the counties in England is meant to dis
tinguish them not only from —profess.oosls,
hut from persons engaged “in trade."—Phila
delphia
A prominent machinist is recorded as sav
ing : “Oratorv is a good thing for the outside
and for the galleries, bul it wins over no dele
to any man's side. A good, smooth,
scientific political trader at Chicago will be
worth all the orators in the land."
It seems a little bit strange that a man will
sit in his parlor surrounded by looks and
spend his time looking at pictures of scenery
through a stereoscope, when he spends his
time on the cars reading, instead of looking at
precisely the same kind of landscape all
around Yiim.— Puck. •
It ts reported that New Y'ork women play
draw poker. But let ns hasten to explain
that this new accomplishment has no connec
tion with the custom of draw poker that at
one time made a husband's home life so dan
gerous during seasons of marital contention.
Oh dear, no: draw poker is only a harmless
little pastime hitherto monopolized by the
sterner s ex.—Boston Transcript.
A m an's life has been saved by means of an
accord eon. He was in a sinking ship, and the
accordecm was opened and used a a life-pre
server. This is the first case on record where
a man's life lias been saved by one of these
machines. It seems to be the general impres
sion that they were manufactured purposely
to destroy life, not to save it. An aeeordeon
that would not kill at UW yards never was
considered much of a bonanza.— Yonkers
Skitesman.
The new school of novelists, composed of
several writers who regard the worksof Dick
ens and Thackeray as lacking >ll art. are doing
much to reform literature. Realism, they
say. is now in the manhood of it* strength.
The following is a chanter from one of the new
school teachers: Julia sat ou the floor. Her
mother entered and said: “Hello, Jule."‘
“Hello, mam." “Feel like eating a snack?”
“No, I'm obliged to you. I have just eaten
the hind lfg of a shoal.” Julia's mother
sighed, stooped down and picked up a shirt
button. Julia smiled and blew her nose. The
mother sighed again. Ten days from that
time Julia's mother scalded a dog. The dog
is dead. The end.— Arkn i-oic Traveler.
PERSON A I*.
sen a tor Log an says that he shall not at
tend the June convention at C hicago.
Jem Ward, the veteran prize fighter, who
recently died in London, held the champion
belt as long ago as JB3L
Qveen Victoria will remain in Scotland
until the latter part of June, after which she
will go to Osborne for the summer.
A woman has discovered that in James G.
Blaine's book only one woman is mentioned.
This shows how vindinctive Gail Hamilton is.
Secret ary Lincoln is sai i to be a constant
rider and the possessor of a valuable steed,
whose spirit was recently proved bv throwing
its rider.
secretary Folger finds relief from care in
his regular horseback rides. It is not be
lieved that Gov. Cleveland's-cares necessitate
such violent recreation.
President Artuck is said to be an accom
plished horseman. His clothes also fit him
perfectly, and he wears anew necktie everv
day. Where in the country is there another
such a paragon?
Capt. Webb's widow is exhibiting as an
attraction by playing the part of cashier at
Whirlpool Rapids Park, ‘near Suspension
Bridge, close by the acene of her husband's
last foolish plunge.
Bismarck protests that he is not, as re
ported. superstitious; that he will engage in
any enterprise whatever on Friday, ami that
he is ready to sit down at a table with twelve
and wi ! l eat and drink more than all the rest
of 'em put together.
When on the street Gen. Sheridan is said to
walk very rapidly, seeing no one whom he
passes, unrecognized in a crowd, unmindful
of his surroundings, and with an air that
plainly betokens that he is going home and
does not propose to be interrupted.
An interesting discussion isgoingon in Lon
p don as to what kind of boots the Duke of Wel
lington wore at Waterloo. In the great pic
ture in the hall of the House of Lords he is
represented as wearing Hessian boots; but
the statue outside gives the impression that
he had on a neat, tight-fitting pair of ordi
nary boot*.
The genial Gemini of comedy, Robson and
Crane.nave settled down for the summer sea
son at their homes in Cohasset, Mass. Crane,
who is fond of water and the pleasures of
navigation, will spend most of his time on
Charles Stevenson's yacht, hehaviug Wen ap
pointed skipper. H'e will occasionally visit
our port for supplies.
The friendship between Queen Victoria and
the Empress Eugeme i* ~o well known that
it is not surprising to learn that the widow
of Napoleon 111. is to visit the Queen at Wind
sor Castle before her departure for Scotland.
The Empress has lately been staying with the
Bishop of Winchester and Mrs. Harold
Browne, at the fine old castle at Farnham.
senator Jonas' successor, Mr. Eustis. was
in the Senate six years ago. and he is, there
fore, well known among Washing.oniar.*, one
of whom describes him as a tvpica! South
erner. rich, indolent, fond of fashionable life
and full of caste prejudices. He. neverthe
less. has made many friends at the capital,
and his presence there will be hailed by the
entertainers as a valuable addition to the
social circles.
“There are two men who can alwavs com
mand large audience* in th: Puritanic citv."
write* a Boston correspondent, -and thev ire
Jno. L. Sullivan and Col. Robt. G. Ingersoll.
Preparations are being made to give John a
muling reception when he returns with gold
abundant to his native land, and his admirer*
will flock to the Washington street saloon,
wnerein his pictures are displayed, bv the
thousand. The eloquent Colonel has" l>een
here and gone, and he departs soma hundreds
of dollars better off than he was when he
struck the Hub.”
Congressman chace. of Rhode Island, is
the only Quaker in the National Leg slature.
He is describe t as a short, m arc person, with
* tv', v f..- a 1 black Lair.
You t-e T.-r *ee i.:m save * -tntofimmanlate
broadcloth" with immense skirts to the coat,
and an old-fashioned black choter on the ex
panse of white bosom. A boat the 1 apitol and
on the streets he looks like a figure from a
fashion plate of half a century ago. and in the
House he never seems to c.tre much about
what goes on unless the tariff is mentioned
and then he is always to lx- found on the right
side.
Chief Jr stick Marshall - family is rep
resented in this generation bv several’persons
living m Woodford eountv. Kv. Near the
town of Washington, in tha’t State, lives Col.
Charles A. Marshall, a nephew of the Chief
Justice, Adjoining the town is the Marsha l
burial ground, in which the tombstone-tell of
the Mcclungs as well. The mother of the no
ted duelist. Alexander McClung, was ;t - -;er
of the Chief Justice, and one of her sons, who
drowned himself at Niagara Fall*, married a
sister of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston. The
latter, though fainoa* as a Southerner, was
the son of a Connecticut Y'ankee, old Dr.
Johnston, who migrated to Kentucky t-ariv in
the century.
BOOK NOTICES.
Salt Lake Fbot. A Thrilling Tale of Mor
mon Life, by an American. Rand, Avery
& Cos., Boston.
The authoress, who prefers to remain
incognito for sufficient reasons, is a lady
who has occupied a high position in
Washington circles, and is thorough!v
qualified to write on the subject. The
facts narrated in the story all have their
counterpart in the well authenticated ex
perience of actual lives. The book is well
printed and handsomely bound, and con
tains many striking illustrations.
magazines.
The Ecleciic Magazine foe June is dis
tinguished by a number or notable ar
ticles. The powerful and suggestive paper
by Herbert Spencer, on -The Coming
Slavery,” is one to arrest the attention of
thinking readers. A striking essay in
another vein, by Archdeacon Farnir. is
on “Frederick Denison Maurice,” who
has affected religious life in England more
than any other roan of his time. Matthew
Arnold's American lecture, “Numbers: or
the Majority and the Remnant,” is pub
lished in full. 25 Bond street. New Y'ork.
The Continent for June is a credit to its
conductor. It contains more matter,
perhaps, than any other monthly periodi.
cal in this country, and the matter is ail
first-class. Whether it is winning its wav
to popularity or not we do not know, but it
certainly deserves popularity. Art is a
feature of the magazine, ar.d it is treated
in an admirable way. The editorial mat
ter is full of thought, and. though it may
not always meet with approval, it show's
sincerity and ability. The Continent
Publishing Company, New Y'ork.
St. yieholas for June is full of fresh
and readable material. There are a good
many good articles. Mrs. Sophie B. Her
rick has a paper on bee-hunting, which
will open a field for sport and profit that
will be new to many readers. It is enti
tled -Queer Game..” Louisa M. Alcott,
J. T. Trowbridge. Lucy Larcotn. Maurice
Thompson. Helen Gray Cone. Palmer
Cox. Mrs. 8. B. Herrick, E. 8. Brooks and
Susan Anna Brown are among the *cn
tributors.
The Art Uni i for April contains a
great deal of interesting reading matter
and quite a number of superb illustra
tions. One article which we reproduce
to-day. giving an account of Mr. Brandt's
visit to Europe in the interest of the Tel
fair Academy of Arts and Sciences, is of
great interest to Savannahians. 44 East
Fourteenth street. New York.
Outing and the Wheel men for June is a
superb number. The improvement which
is constantly being made in this maga
zine is very noticeable. The frontispiece,
-The Start." is a very fine picture. In
deed, all the illustrations are good. -A
Naturalist in Florida" is an article that
will be read in this section with interest.
ITS Trement street, Boston.
Demorest's Monthly for June comes to
its readers filled with its usual amount of
valuable information, light reading, pic
tures and cut*. Improvement i* notice
able in every issue and the publication’s
popularity will doubtless continue to in
crease. 17 East Fourteenth street, New
Y'ork.
Our Little Ones for June meets fully
the want that it is intended to meet. The
illustrations and the reading matter can
not fail to interest the young folks. 36
Brumfield street. Boston,
GOTHAM’S BLACK WEDNESDAY.
The Result of the Recent Crashes on
Fashionable Summer Resort*.
Correspondence of the Morning Metre.
New Y*ork* May 22.—The financial
disasters of the past fortnight, even If
they do not continue, will cause "Bla#k
Wednesday” to be remembered and re
gretted by people who have never seen
YY'all street or been guilty of Speculating
in stocks. So many hundreds of persons
have lost money by the depreciation in
values that they will either be obliged to
give up going out-of town this summer or
will be forced to seek cheap quarters in
obscure villages. This is so true that the
keepers of high-priced hotels at the fash
ionable summer resorts are already pro
nouncing the season a financial failure.
Cottages at watering and seaside places
which a ordinarily rent at high figures
will this season remain tenantless, or
will bring their owners a comparatively
meagre income. The outlook at present
is especially blue for New London. Not
only is there a prospect of one of the ho
tels closing, but the chances are that
many of the cottages will remain elosed
the entire season.
While the effects of the panic are thus
in one respect apparently widespread, a
visit to Central Dark of aii afternoon will
cause one to almost doubt that there has
been any panic at all. Hundreds of expen
sive carriages and other vehicles, drawn
by valuable horses, and filled with richly
dressed women, are to be seen on every
pleasant day. YYhat if many of the
women are vulgar in appearance and
look ill at ease, as if they had never satin
a carriage before, while others evidently
belong to what the French call the -half
world?” the outward and visible signs of
wealth are none the less manifest. YVith
ruin and disaster staring their husbands
in the taee down town last Tuesday and
Wednesday, women drove through the
park in equipages indicating the pos
session of immese incomes and looking as
if they did not have a care in the world.
It was the last drive in their own vehicles
for many, doubtless, but so crowded does
the park continue that their absence,
were they twice as many, would not be
missed.
While some women thus acted as if
there was no cloud on the financial sky,
those who were depositors in the Second
National Bank, which is in the Twenty
third street corner of the Fifth Avenue
Hotel, participated in the panic quite as
much as men. Thev flocked to the bank
in crowds, and almost tore off each others’
silk dresses in their eagerness to secure
their money when withdrawing their de
posits. One woman insisted on being paid
$5,000 in gold, and only when she found
the amount too heavy for her to carry did
she consent to take half the sum in bills.
As it was she was well laden down when
she went off with $2,500 in gold.
NOW LET ME TELL YOU OF A FINAN
CIAL TRANSACTION
of my own at Niblo’s Garden the other
night. I gave the ticket agent what I
supposed was a $1 bill” and hur
ried away without, of course, stopping to
get change. The sight of Mrs. Langtry
as -Galatea" occupied my attention tor
the rest of the evening, and it was not
until the next morning" that I missed a
$lO bill and tound that I still possessed
the $1 bill which I supposed I had given
the ticket agent. Getting a detective to
accompany me to vouch" for my respect
ability. I went to the theatre in the faint
hope of getting back the $lO bill, which I
had evidently given by mistake for the
sl. I said to the ticket agent: -Before
seeing the play here last night I had a $lO,
ass and asl bill. 1 now have a $5 and
sl—” "That's right,” he answered, in
terrupting me, -I have your $lO bill.”
On our adjourning to the barroom of
the Metropolitan Hotel to offer a libation
to Bacchus the ticket agent told me that
he was continually called upon to rectify
such mistakes as mine.
-Men are all the time running away
without their change,” he said. -When
they find out their mistake they come
back for it. and nine times out of* ten get
it, as I always, when I can. put it aside
for them. Sometimes, however, the man
who comes after the careless person grabs
the change due the latter, as in the hurry
and confusion I am not aware that I am
paying it to the wrong party. In th;-t
caie. of course, the person who has made
the mistake pays the penalty of his care
lessness, as I am not responsible, when I
have handed out the money, if the wrong
man gets it.”
My" friend Rehves, that’s the name of
the ticket agent, went on to explain that
the particularly stupid farce which pre
ceded "Pygmalion and Galatea.” during
Mrs. Langtry’s entire engagement, was
played merely to allow time for people
who dine late and remain a long time at
table to get to the theatre.
-That sort of people,” he said, -only
want to see Mrs. LYngtry, and at the same
time they don't want to spoil theiralin
cers by hurry, consequently we don't
begin ‘Pygmalion and Galatea' until
nearly quarter to nine, and have the farce
just to occupy the time.” Why such an
unnecessarily stupid farce was played he
did not explain.
THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF UNCON
CEALED SKEPTICISM
as to religious matters, by the war, among
the class of people who dine so late and so
long that the beginning of Mrs. Langtry's
play had thu* to be delayed for their con
venience. It would perhaps be invidious
t > particularize and mention names, but
quite a number of persons well known in
society, women as well as men, are no
toriously known to be what are called
agnostics. They seldom, and some never,
go to church, and those that go only do bo
in compliance with social" prejudices.
Several of the women who pride them
selves on being agnostics are. in every
other respect, everything that is womanly,
and are as attractive as they are accom
plished. One iu particular, who is as
charming as she is clever, not only never
goes to church herself, hjjt apparently has
persuaded her husband, who was consid
ered a religious man. to give up going.
At any rate he no longer goes.
To show that I am not speaking at ran
dom, I will name an agnostic ho has
courted publicity by announcing himself
as such in the newspapers. Courtlandt j
Painter, the President of the Nineteenth j
Century Club, has repeatedly bragged of j
his skepticism in print, and the members
of the club in general—except, of course, j
the clergyman Who belong—are supposed '
to share his opinion*. I doubt, however. ■
whether the Bev. (-that ••rev.” is aw fully ;
out of place) Mr. Bchermerhorn, the suc
cessor of Dr. Bellows, should be con- j
sidered an exception. 1 have heard him !
rate the Buddha after the Founder of
Christianity, and in other respects write
himself down as an opponent of revealed
religion.
WE HAVE HAD A BOURBON
among us. or, at any rate, somebody
nearlv as akin to royalty. Prince Poiua
towski, the husband of the granddaughter
of Bmith Eli. is a descendant of the Btan
i:au* P -inatowki, who was. for a short
time. King of Poland, something over a
century ago, and of tae Marshal of
France, who fell when fighting in the Ser
vice of Napoleon. It is not always that
American girls, when they risk alliance
with continental princelings, pick up
such a real Simon-pure prince as he. The
newlv married pair are now visiting the
bride's grandfather in Vermont.
speaking ot princes, the most welcomed
visitor of their Royal Highness, of Biam.
on their arrival at the Filth avenue hotei
was Mrs. Leon Owens, an English woman
now living in New York, who was once
governess at the court of Siam, at which
her brother is now Master of Horse.
The princes were formerly her pupils and
th?T greeted her effusively in Siamese,
which she found she had not forgotten.
Mrs. Owens has written a book about
Biam embodying her experiences during
her long residence in that country. Bhe
is also something of an elocutionist, and
supports herself by giving readings.
There is to be a union of what invidious
people would term May and December in
August. Francis At Stout, who is to 1
marry the daughter of Gen. Meredeth :
Read! formerly Minister to Greece, is 51
while the future bride is but 21. He is
verT rich. Gen. Read, when in Greece,
was a confidential adviser of King George,
which rendered bis visits to England un- 1
usuallv pleasant.as the Princess of Wales
always took every opportunity to show
favor to the friend"of her brother.
One word as to the Arthur meeting: It
was a far more imposing and representa
tive gathering thau the President’s enemies
make out. President Arthur should be
proud of such an indorsement by his fellow
citizens. Whether it will effect anything
is another matter. D.
Three Monster Iceberg*
Bt. John. N. F., May 24.—Three mon
ster icebergs are reported on the New
foundland coast. One over nine miles
long ts drifting along at the mouth of
White bay, and one estimated to be seven
miles long is passing south forty miles
east of 8l John, and a third, several miles
in circumference, is in St. John Bay.
aground on George's Rock, and almost in
the harbor of St. John.
WHAT CONGRESSMEN DRINK.
A House Restaurant Man Gives the
Thiug Away—No Two Dollar Cham
pagne, but Plenty of Good Whisky and
Cheaper Wines—The Speaker Gets His
Lunches Free,
"Our wine trade,” remarked a subordi
nate of the House restaurant to a YY’ash
ington correspondent, -basYallen off very
much 6ince the warm weather began.
Members who drink a great deal of wine
in winter won’t touch h in summer.
Whisky and beer and some cooling mixed
driaks are about the only article* in this
line sold in the eapitol now. Ye*." be
said, m an answer to a question, “we sell
in coed weather a great deal of wine here;
a great deal. To whom? Well, to every
body; some to the lobby and a gsod deal
to members and court clerk*.
They do not indulge in $2
champagne, though they do in IV and
t2O cent cigars. Our cigar trade is very i
peculiar. We sell more high priced cigars j
to committee clerks and to House “in-
ployes thau to members of Congress. It
is a* curious thing that members of Con
gress who sit and smoke on the floor of
the House will buy cheap cigars, when
they know that the galleries are full cf
ladies and that the smoke of their cigars
rises perpetually to the galleries. Yet it
is a fact. YY'hy I have seen members buv
a class ot cigars that would make th'e
average committee clerk ashamed to be
seen smoking. And they go straight from
the cigar stand into the* House, and sit
and puff that smoke up iuto the faces of
people in the galleries. As to wines?
Well, the AVestern members do not drink
much wine; it is the follows from the
East, mostly New York and New Eng
land, and some from the South. Sam.
Cox is, in the wine season, before the
weather gets too warm, one of our best
customers. He usually drinks two or
three bottles of wine a day in winter and
early spring, and always the best, too, for
it costs him $2 50 a bottle. Others? YVell,
let’s see. There is Gov. Dorsheimer; Re
takes a bottle occasionally, though not
often. Joe Blackburn used to drink a
good deal of wine, but tnis year I have
not seen him with a bottle before him.
Quit drinking? Oh, no; he takes whisky
now or beer; don’t know why it is that
he has changed his tactics, but there is a
marked change in his habits in this re
gard, though I have never known him to
drink to excess of auything. Others?
Well, yes—now therfe is* Speaker Carlisle,
for instance, he takes a glass of wine, or
sometimes a bottle with his dinner. The
Speaker’s lunches are free, you know,
and are always sent to his room. Good
eater? Y'es, he takes such things as ter
rapin stew and canvas back ducks and
the very best thßt the market or the sea
son affords. Adams, of New Y'ork, is a
generous fellow to himself and to the boys
in the restaurant as well. His lunch bills
are generally large and paid without
grumbling. There is a big difference in
the way people pay their bills. Some pay
with m’anv a grumble and others without
a word. See that New Hampshire man
sitting over there? I remember when he
first came here. He made a big kick one
day over paying 15 cents for bread, butter
and coffee. I read him a lecture, for it
seemed to me ridiculous for a Congress
man to be complaining of so small a mat
ter. He staid away for several days, but
came back, directly, and we have* never
had a growl from him since. To-day you
see he is taking a chafidS dish stew,about
the most expensive article on the bill.
Belmont? AVell he is rather funny, he
makes a heap of trouble, and while of
course he has plenty of money and orders
only the best, yet h - is not a very satis
factory customer. Converse does not
often come in here, and when he does
only takes a light lunch. Stockslager. who
is Chairman of the Committee on Public
Buildings and Grounds.is another one who
gets his lunches free. They are sent to
his committee room, and are good ones too.
Davis, of Illinois, is a pretty good custo
mer. 80 i* Deuster, of Wisconsin. Deus
ter and Guenther, who are the most
pronounced Germans in the House, make
it very lively for the bar here. Y'ou can
see them almost any day about lunch time
with a bottle of Milwaukee before them.
Finerty ? No. he does not drink much, oc
casionally a little whisky with some
friend, or a bottle of beer. HoimanJ
Never knew him to drink anything but
tea ond not ‘cold tea’ either. His regular
lunch is bread and butter and tea. He
•omes in at a regular hour, sits down at a
regular table or as near to it as he can.
and always in the same corner of the room
and always takes the same thiDg. The
waiter, who never gets anything from
him, always knows what to order as soon
as he sees the Judge coming in the door.
King, of Louisiana, is a generous fellow,
both to himselt and others. He gives dol
lar where other people give dimes. Le
Fevre? AVell. he drinks a little beer oc
casionally, sometimes something strong
er. and enjoys a good lunch as much as
any fellow in the' House. Ochiltree is a
good customer, ot course, though he hard-,
ly bears out the reputation that some
folks give him in that line. He takes a bot
tle of wine quite frequently and olten
whisky. He does not trouble the beer
much. Too weak. AVashburn is another
generous fellow. He does not drink
much, but usually gives the waiter 50
cents every time he comes in. Hitt, of
Illinois, is" also quite generous. He al
ways seems to have plenty of money, and
orders the very best. His lunches "are a
regular dinner, and he generally nas a
bottie of wine or a glass of claret with
it. Do we ever lose anything? AA'ell. 1
should say so. I have known members of
Congress to come in here and run bills
day after day until they get so large that
they are ashamed to come any' more.
Then they go off and bay their lunches
from the old woman down in the corridor,
and never come here again. Of course,
they are exceptions. Asa rule we do not
lose anything from Congressmen, though
we have had a pretty tough time with
House employes this session. I am a
Democrat myself, but I shall have to ad
mit that employes of a Democratic House
are pretty hard* to get money OHt of.”
A DEMAND FOR GOVERNESSES.
Pretty Toong Women Wanted Who Can
Lf*p French and German Sweetly.
-The demand for governesses is very
quiet just now,” said the proprietor of an
educational bureau to a New York Mail
and Express reporter. “Foreigners are
preferred, of course. French and German
women are preferred to English."
-AVhat qualifications art- cece*ary?"
-First, they must be pretty, well read,
speak three or four languages and be of
amiable disposition.’*
“What kind of people are in search of
these creatures?”
“A governess is now considered a ne
nessary adjunct of every well regulated
family! Especially is this the case with
families who have suddenly acquired
wealth, and want to shine in society.
Some of these ambitious folks are them
selves sadly lacking the elements of civi
lization, decency and common sense. But
this has not tended to diminish their ambi
tion. The name governess tingles in their
ears with a poetical sweetness. It sounds
big and that settles tie business. Their
households would be dreary and desolate
without a governess, ilrs. Eainewavup.
of Fifth avenue, has one. 80 has Mrs.
Hiihtone. of Madison avenue. Mrs. Bang
up. who lives in the St. Shoddy flats,
fronting Central Park, has just engaged
two darling governesses from Paris', who
are expected by next steamer, and now
the contagion is spreading."
-How about the pay?”
“AVell, firm, s24* to s•s> a month. The
latter figures, however, are exceptional.
In. re are some families that want a gov
erness for their board alone. Frequently
we have calls ot that kind. The appli
cants are offered delightful homes, and
impressed with the dutiful and pleasing
character of the children with whom the
governess is to have the privilege of living,
and in addition to this they are frequently
offered the privilege of doing more or less
work in the kitchen.”
A SINGULAR ACCIDENT.
How a Preacher Alarmed Hi* Congrega
tlOß.
A singular accident occurred recently
at Naples in the Church of San Maggiore.
where some priests or the so-called mis
sion are now preaching. The preacher
of the evening had chosen for his theme
the terrors of hell. The chureh was
crowded, ‘ear the pulpit stood a figure
of the Madonna. Ail at once, in the mid
dle of the sermon, the lights went out and j
the figure ot the Madonna disappeared. |
The priest, striking the desk with an iron
chain, cried out: -We are falling into
hell! Look, the Madonna has fled! Call
;on her; call, or woe to usl" The panic
wa£ universal; women fainted, children
screamed, and there was a rush to the
doors, which were found to be carefully
closed. At Ihe last the police appeared
on the scene and got the doors opened,
and the congregation escaped into the
open air without injury, beyond a few
. bruis< * and the loss of Tariou’s articles of
wearing apparel.
Pfretmai.
; A pV arc - Mechanics’ Tool*. C'ocS
-* c.... a. Fawnbrolrer Ho-re S 1
CcDgreeeetreet. js, MUHLBERG, Manger
Silveri' Hlghcst P* l *** { ar old Gold and
MGNEA TO LOAN,—A place whe-*
can obtain a loan on personal propeftJ 1
ranies wishing to sell Diamond* a,J
and those wishing to buy *ueh article* should
tfßSfc W&uBEJk
OTanlra.
IyANTED.-Partie* leaving
■ *' summer, wishing their turn* taken
tZelfu* ' ' by ’■‘---pon-itce person-. Apply
IL rr ' street* given. *
lt'l.vTlb. board and comfortable southern
,T rrx.cn with private family where no
! very few are taken, by a gentleman
wk* want* comfort a or' quiet;
i Addre**, *tat*Dg location, 8015, care of
office.
xy AJfTEP, position a, traveling salesman*
groceries, tobaccos or litjoors prefer
commence work Ist Jnly or August -a’
tory references. Address, tor one wV. s*
BUSINESS, this office. k
WANTED, five bovs. as , T .—
WESTERN CNImN TELEGRAPIf. f.
\y ANTED.—Ladies and Gen.Vm- : tin
> or conntry; distance no , aa
have steady work at their owe -runes a p
year round and can make from ?;o t • f : ; •..
week. No canvassing. Work -*-n r-v'mvi
Address OAKLAND SANI'KG C-v. 1, -7
Boston.
\y ANTED, ladies and young men Wishing
their homes; work finaM; sen: tv mail
no canvassing; no stamps required for reply’
Please address EDWARD F. DAVIS & tjj '
i> South Ma n street. Fall River,
for Brat.
TO RENT to gentleman, a large, we.. far-
Dished room; id! conveniences: possession,
at once or June 1. 79 Broughton -tree;.
TT'OR RENT, suite of rooms or half a hon.se;
JT suitable for small family: gas acd a:h;
desirable location; rooms cool and pleasant.
Apply south side Wald burg street. fourth
door west of Jefferson.
F’OR KENT, nicely furnished rooms; bath
and every convenience for gentlemen or
; light housekeeping. 37 Charlton street, sum
mer terms.
—a
FJ'OR RENT, a desirable residence on Wsi-i
-burg street. Apply to ED. F. NEI'F
VILLE. Real Estate and insurance Agent, 3
Commercial Building.
UOR KENT, cheap, at las State street, near
I Barnard, several rooms, furnished or un
furnished. with every convenience.
E , OR KENT, that e-irable !r: k .dwelling
A No ISO Bronghton s;reet: posses- on given
June 1. Apply on premises.
>it RENT, from June 1. house No. 101
E Liberty street. Apply to Me?.C. HEN
NESSY. 3* Houston street.
pOR RENT, from June 1, a house or two
± fioors first and second . central location.
Address J.. this office.
JP"OR RENT, three connecting rooms, frost
ing south. ISO Liberty street.
T° BENT, large, cool rooms on first and
second floor; 181 South Broad street.
Ij'Oß RENT, a desirable throe-story ou base
ment brick house; modern improvements;
121 Gordon -:reet; terms low. Apply to C. H.
WILLCOX 22 Commercial Building.
for
TrojJt voar Photograph*. Ferre Irpe* aad
£ Frame.*, get them ma le by J. N. Wl L-.ON,
the Instantaneous Photographer, 2, Bul *t. *s
ing* and Steel Engraving* at such a isw
figure that will astonish evervbodv. At
nathan Bros.-,
18S Congress street.
loot.
IOST. child's gold pin. on Tuesday after
u noon on Bull street, between Liberty and
Jones. Finder will be rewarded by leaving at
65 Abercorn street.
Searding.
THE BRISTOL, Eleventh street and Fifth
avenue, New York, near Broadway, an
exclusively respectable family hotel; Amen
ican plan: superior cuisine": liberal table;
thorough attendance; perfect sanitary ar
range men.*: nine exit* to the street; imp;*
fire escapes; moderate terms—one week or
over at regular rates. Further particulars at
the Pnlaskl House.
/"COMFORTABLE Summer Boar I as low
rate*: in fine climate: liverv convenient.
Appiv to BUTLER * CHURCH. Yft. Ary, Ga.
Summrr flreorto. ’
theTolTl bi ax,
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y.
A HOTEL of superior excellence. locates!
opposite Congress Spring Park, conduct
ed by as. JAMES M. CASE. ' tue Pulaski
House. Cuisine under Prof -ssor Alexander
MonttrianJ. late of Fifth Av , Hotel. New
Y'ork.
No expense spare I in any department to
gratify the most fasti .nous taste*.
JA3IES 31. CASE,
Proprietor Pnln-ki House, savannah, Ga.,
The Columbian. .Saraiogu. N. Y.
Grab Orchard Springs
LINCOLN COUNTY. EY\
HOTEL enlarged and improved for season
of ISM. OPEN.3 JUNE 2. Weekly ra:*
for June a per cent. less than July at ; Au
gust prices.
Mr. O. E. Miller, late of Kimball House.
Atlanta. w:!i be tn charge of t : ..
For circular giving terms, route*, etc., ad
dress hotel direct, or
W. T. GRANT, Pre>’t.
Crab Orchard Spriasrs and Salt* (©.,
LOUISVILLE. KY.
CATOOSA SPRINGS, GEORG IA.
VLCM, Su pbur. Ep- m. soda. Maraesia,
Ir J. *: *' . Fro .
separate Springs; also, many -.her mineral
water? here. Fine band of music; N.lghtfal
rooms; clean beds; *2 5*5 to tS per lay; SU to
fir 50 per week: special rates for forger time
or large parties. A. LEYDEN, owner and
Proprietor. GEORGE M. TILTON. Manager,
formerly Stevet*' He-use. New York: Adams’
House. 'B ■*;, o. Mass.: late Park v ;t w Ho tel,
Florida.
fiooirnj, Ifrr.
HOSIERY.
WE WILL OFFER THIS WEEK AN EX
CELLENT ASSORTMENT OF
Ladies’ Black and Colered Silk Hose.
Ladies’ Solid Colored aad Pin ■
Striped Hose.
Misses’ Colored and Black lisle
Hose.
Gents' Fancy Striped Half Hose.
Gents’ Balbrigtran Half Hose.
Black Camel’s Hair Grenadines.
Black Nun’s Veilines.
We have just received a very hamdseme lot
ot BLACK CRAPE VEILS. 'All prices.
Continued reduction in COLORED PRESS
GOODS and SUMMER ~ILKS.
I. DASHER & CO.,
Broughton aad Whitaker Streets.
ffoiiartnrrotnp ilotirro.
DiuoMon of CeiartunUp.
r pHE copartnership heretofore exsetieg be
-1 tween SIGMOND J. EPrTEIN an ' ISI
DORE BERG. under name and style of EP
STEIN A BERG. 19 this dav dissolved bv mu
tual consent, sigmond J. £ptem has bought
aii the interest of said Berg, continues the
business on hts own account, and ha* assumed
all the liabilities of late copartnership, s. J.
fc pete at alone is authorized to sign in liquida
tion.
S. J. EPSTEIN.
ISIDORE BERG.
SavsXNAH. Ga.. May 23k lsS4.
COPARTNERSHIP.
THE undersigned hare this dav formed a
copartnership under the firm name at
EPSTEIN k WANNBICHEK.
and will rontinue the Wholesale - -.very
Business heretofore conducted by Ep* s A
Berg, at the old stand, 107 Bar street. We
respectfully solicit a continuance of the pa
tronage former',v extended to the old firm.
8. J. EPSTEIN.
G. WANNBACHEB.
Sirmiß. Ga.. May 23, ISH,