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"We take pleasure in announcing that
the next in our series of New American
Stories is from tbe pen of Mr. Bret
Harte. Its title is “A Blue Grass Penel
ope." and the first part of it will appear
on Sunday, June 29.
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united with the New York Sun in the pub
lication ot this series of romantic fiction
consists of the San Francisco Chronicle ,
the St. Louis Globe-Dem‘<rat, the Chicago
Tribune, the Cincinnati £rvjuirer, the New
Orleans Times-UemocnU, the Savannah
Morning News, the Springfield Bepubli
atn, and the Syracuse Standard. The va
rious tales of the series appear simultane
ously in all these journals; and a very im
posing and interesting newspaper combi
nation it is.
No doubt a strong effort will be made to
get the next Legislature to abolish base
ball and oleomargarine.
If you want to make a Chicago woman
mad just ailude to a “feat” performed by
the woman with an iron jaw.
Since Logan has been away up in
Maine juggling with Blaine, it is hard to
tell which one ot them has the ball.
The amours of the French are notorious
all tbe world over, but this don’t account
for their desire to get possession of Mo
rocco, the land of the Moors.
The Merchant Traveller ot Cincinnati
publishes a “black list” of cities that tax
drummers. Savannah is not the least
among the number of tabooed places.
The summer resorts are beginning to
get in their work. The charges of some
of them are enough to make even the star
route lawyers ashamed of themselves.
Wouldn’t It be rare fun to see Justice
Sam Hall, of the Supreme Court of Geor
gia, take Senator Ingalls by the nape of
the neck and skin him—rhetorically speak
ingf
The ladies are coming back to sailor
hats. It is to be hoped, though, that the
“sing ho, the merry maiden and her tar”
craze is buried beyond the hope of resur
rection.
The ghost of the Tilden boom is still
making itself ridiculous in the neighbor
hood of New Orleans and St. Louis. Mr.
Tilden got out of the race with great skill,
but he was too feeble to control the entire
boom.
The candidate that is born only of his
own ambition is of few days and full of
trouble. lie cometh up as a Flower and
is cut down. He goeth forth as a shad
dow at set of sun, and continueth not in
the race.
A two days’ sale of fine Jersey cattle
was held in New York the past week.
Over a hundred head were sold at prices
ranging from S2OO to $1,600 each, although
all the bidders knew that the stock had
been watered.
Millions of potato bugs are sweeping
over New York State, and the price of
potatoes has suddenly leaped up from 20
to 60 cents per bushel at the railway sta
tions. Only a small yield, and that of in
ferior quality, can oe hoped for.
Representative Hardeman thinks that
the “breezes” that bear the information
from Washington that he will probably
be a candidate for United States Senator
to succeed Joseph E. Brown haven't been
loaded with correct information.
Baltimore has a city ordinance requir
ing drays and other vehicles to keep ten
feet apart when driving in the street.
This gives the people a chance to cross
the streets occasionally. It is a great
discrimination against the coroners and
undertakers, however.
The Cubans at New York have organ
ized a “Central Patriotical” Society, the
object of which is to give substantial aid
and encouragement to the revolutionists.
It is supposed the encouragement gives
the patriots will be more verbose than
substantial.
The Republicans claim that they have
at last nominated one good man—Calkins
for Governor of Indiana. Ex-Vice Presi
dent Hendricks may be his opponent,
however, and the “old ticket” cyclone
will sweep away the Calkins boom. The
Democrats need Indiana, and Hendricks
will have to take it out of his breeches
pocket and deliver it up.
That hub of culture, Boston, spends
$2,000,000 a year for educational purposes
and $10,000,000 for liquor, yet its poli
ticians and great men think they have a
divine right to run the whole country.
During the 1 ist few years, however, they
have all been relegated to back seats
except the great slugger and saloon
keeper, John L. Sullivan.
The Woman’s Silk Culture Association
of Philadelphia summed up its accounts
for the year Thursday. The report
showed that the number of families in the
school of instruction had increased from
26 in 1881 to 77 in 1883. Sixty thousand
pounds of cocoons had been raised, from
which 30,000 pounds of silk had been
reeled. The year’s progress was consid
ered very encouraging.
All the kuklux have to do to success
full j bulldoze a voter in Mexico is to
induce the authorities to neglect to send
an assortment of ballots to his house.
The Mexican is a notoriously polite bar
barian, and if his vote is not wanted he
would die before he would offer to deposit
it in the ballot box. He reserves all rights
as to bolting and assassinating the suc
cessful candidates, however.
Gen. Sherman and the water inspectors
of St. Louis are still at war. The inspect
ors have again notified him to procure a
lawn sprinkling license, and have re
peated the threat to turn the water off
unless he complies. The General says he
does not use the city water on his lawn,
hut procures it from his own cistern. He
says he has been repeatedly insulted by
the Water Department. “Let us have
j*eace. ,>
Cleveland'6 Strength.
The day following the Saratoga Conven
tion enthusiastic Democratic journals
in various parts of the country appeared
with displayed headlines and double-lead
ed editorials announcing that it was about
settled that Cleveland would be tbe Dem
ocratic nominee for President. The re
ports that were telegraphed over the
country indicated that the convention
was largely in tavor of Cleveland, and
left the impression that the New York (
delegation would be solid for him by the
time that the National Convention met.
This impression has not been strength
ened since the State Convention ad
journed. It is true that Cleveland's
friends still claim that he kas a large ma
jority of the delegation, bet the claim is
as vigorously denied as it is made. Tbe
adherents of Flower assert boldly their
ability to name at least forty delegates
who are out-and-out Flower men. At the
same time the story is set afloat that John
Kelly has expressed the opinion that the
New York delegation does not mean to
support a New York man for the first
place, but has a Western man
in view. It is impossible to reach
the truth, among so many con
flicting stories. One thing appears
to be reasonably certain. It is that there
is not a unanimous sentiment in favor of
Cleveland in New York. If it should
turn out that there is any considerable
number of the New York delegates against
him, even though the entire delegation
should finally decide to urge bis nomina
tion, it is a question whether it would be
wise to nominate bim. The boom that
has been started in his favor is based on
the supposition that he can carry New
York with less effort than any other can
didate. If it shall appear at any time
belore the convention assembles at
CUicago that this supposition is
not well founded, he will be
dropped very unceremoniously. He has
no hold on the party and no personal
following. His prominence is due wholly
to his supposed availability, coupled with
the fact that during his short career
in public life he has encouraged reform
legislation. The wise thing to do in the
next two weeks, therefore, is to make
vigorous inquiries respecting Cleveland's
ability to carry New York. Is it true that
he is not popular with the Tammany
Democrats? Is it true that the anti-mo
nopolists and working classes do not re
gard him with favor? It must be re
membered that the struggle in New York
is not likely to be a weak or tame affair.
The Republicans have made up their
miuds to carry the State if possible,
and the Democrats cannot afford to select
as a leader a man who has elements of
weakness. We do not mean to say tnat
Cleveland Is not a strong man, or that he
is not the strongest man that can be
nominated. We only mean to say that
before nominating him the party ought to
use every reasonable means to discover
whether his prospects for carrying New
York are better than those of any other
candidate. That his friends were not
strong enough in the Saratoga convention
to venture to secure instructions for him
has a rather discouraging look.
Garrison's Fortune.
On Thursday Commodore C. K. Garri
son said that he was worth $20,000,000,
and on Friday he made an assignment.
The inference would naturally be that he
had considerably overestimated his
wealth. The truth is probably that his
statement respecting the amount of his
fortune was not far from correct at his
valuation of his property. That he was
forced to make an asssignment
shows what an immense depreciation
there has been in nearly all kinds of se
curities within the last few* months.
Many of the securities held by Commo
dore Garrison would be worth very nearly
their face value, perhaps, if there were
an abundance of money to be had, and if
there were not such a lack of confidence
in stocks and shares, but doubtless little
or nothing can be obtained for them now.
Being a man of large enterprises he
must have ready money, and a
great deal of it. He cannot raise it on ;
the kind of property that he has without
serious sacrifices. Rather than give his i
property away, he made-an assignment
for the benefit of his creditors. Some ar
rangement will doubtless be made to pre- <
vent the property from being put on the
market at this time. It is said that with
in a year Jay Gould’s fortune has shrunk
$25,000,000. If he were to attempt to put
Union Pacific, Western Union, Missouri
Pacific or any other one of his numerous
stocks on the market in large blocks, the
price would drop down to almost nothing
at once. He can neither raise money on
them nor sell them for anything like what
they are considered to be worth. If the
stock market doesn’t soon recover from
its depression Commodore Garrison may
see his fortune of $20,000,000 disappear
with remarkable rapidity.
Indiana Politics.
The Republicans of Indiana have nomi- |
nated ex-Congressman Calkins for Gov
ernor, and the Democrats are talking
about an easy victory. A great deal will
depend on the man the Democrats nomi
nate whether they will carry the State.
Calkins is not an organizer, but he is a
very popular man. He is much above the
average in ability, and is a remark
ably fine stump speaker. There
are only two other men who
would have been stronger candi
dates—Postmaster General Gresham and
Commissioner of Pensions Dudley. Gen.
Gresham is regarded as the brainiest man
in the party in Indiana and the most
popular, and Gen. Dudley has few equals
as a party organizer. Mr. Calkins is one
of those frank, freehearted sort of men
who make friends quickly and retain their
friendship. It is certain that he will call
out the full vote of his party. The Demo- .
crats will make a mistake if they think
they can beat him easily. It
is said that ex-Gov. Hendricks
is willing to enter the race against him.
If he is nominated the chances for success
will be largely in his favor. He would
command tbe enthusiastic support of his
party, and would, perhaps, place the
State in the Democratic column. There
is another man who would poll a big
vote—Congressman Holman. It is doubt
ful, however, if he could be induced to ac
cept the nomination. He would rather
stay in Congress. The Democrats, how
ever, need not expect to carry the State
with a second rate man. If they attempt
anything of that kind they will come out
second best in the race.
The Dingley shipping bill passed both
Houses yesterday, but it did not contain
the tree ship clause or the postal subsidy
feature. The Pacific Mail steamship
lobby was greatly disappointed at the
failure of the postal subsidy scheme,
which has been urged in one shape and
another before Congress for years. The
Pacific Mail Company .however, find some
satisfaction in the fact that the law which
arbitrarily requires American vessels to
carry mail matter at two cents per letter,
and which prevents an American vessel
from clearing until such mail matter is
received, was repealed. The repealing
act, however, does not go into effect until
April 1, 1885.
In thirty-four out of the thirty-eight
States the Democrats have done away
with the two-thirds rule in State nominat
ing conventions. Florida, Alabama, Ten
nessee and Texas are the only ones that
still stick to the old plan which nearly
always results in defeating the leading
candidates and putting in those who are
greatly in the minority in the primaries.
The National Democratic Convention
would do well to cut loose from the two
thirds rule.
THE SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS; SUNDAY. JUNE 22, 1884.
A Word to Young Men.
It is doubtful if it is best for a young
man just emerging from school and enter
ing into the business world to have any
resources outside of his own brain and
muscle. Those who have money in hand
without experience very soon part with it,
anu those who are resolved to acquire ex
perience, and to properly avail themselves
of its teachings, will soon begin to accum
ulate money. The world Is full ot places
and opportunities for the young man who
is determined to be somebody and to do
something in life. In this country almost
every one may follow the bent of his own
genius and choose his occupation, and the
chances for success are largely in his
favor if he will be only determined, in
dustrious. persevering.
Legitimate success is not obtained by
any shrewd manipulations or lucky spec
ulations. These are questionable means
of acquiring wealth even where they are
successful, but they are only successful
in one case out of a thousand. Y'oung
men of limited means just beginning in
business life should avoid them as they
would the plague, not only on account of
the great risks involved, but because of
the demoralization produced, whether the
venture be pecuniarily fortunate or not.
Solid legitimate success is only attained
by patience, perseverance, industry and
I economy. When thus attained it is
earned, and when earned it is appreciated
and devoted to legitimate uses.
If a young man desires to be a tarmer,
a mechanic, a merchant or a professional
man, the first step necessary for him to
take is to perfect himself as near as pos
sible in the avocation he is determined to
tollow. He may learn much theoretically
| from books and teachers, but without
practical knowledge theory will be worse
, than useless. Tboory and practice are
best acquired in actual business. Let a
young man who is determined to succeed
go to work, without salary if necessary,
in the line of business he intends to pur
sue, and opportunities will open to him
as his skill and knowledge and usefulness
increase. Places are always open for
those who are competent to fill them.
No young man need be groping about
waiting for an opening in the busy scenes
of life. If he has good character and in
dustry, and is possessed of a determina
tion to succeed, he can open out his own
pathway, and though sometimes he may
fail temporarily, owing to misfortunes or
bad counsels, his ultimate success is
certain.
Lula Hurst ami the Scientists.
The wonderful power exerted by Miss
Lulu Hurst is as great a mystery as ever.
On Monday she gave another private
exhibition in Washington, this time in
the presence of quite a number of well
known scientific men, among whom were
Prof. Graham Bell, Prof. Simon New
comb, Prof. Harkness and others of equal
note. These gentlemen were as much
mystified as the ordinary observer. They
took every precaution to guard against
the possibility of deception, and were
satisfied beyond doubt that the feats she
performed were genuine.
In addition to the ordinary exhibition
given by her she was placed on a platform
held above the floor by brass rollers. On
this she failed. Placed on an ordinary
platform scale she was only partially suc
cessful. After the mo6t remarkable ex
hibitions her pulse was examined by the
physicians present and found perfectly
normal, while the stout gentlemen en
gaged in attempting to resist her power
were almost exhausted, and their pulse
greatly accelerated.
A majority of those present ventured no
opinion as to the secret of her power.
Prof. Newcomb thought it was only a re
markable exhibition of muscular strength,
unconsciously exerted. A well known
mesmerist present declared that it was
mesmeric power. All kinds of theories,
however, have been heretofore advanced
and none fully sustained. Mr. Hurst and
his daughter are yet as greatly mystified
as any one, and have a laudable desire to
have the mystery solved and explained, if
possible.
The application of the Secretary of State
for $250,000 to be used in purchasing cer
tain rights in Nicaragua as a basis for a
waterway between the Atlantic and Pa
cific oceans is attracting a good deal of
attention in Washington. It is alleged
that French agents are hard at work try
ing to secure control of the Nicaraguan
route. There is every reason to believe,
says a Washington correspondent, that
the Panama canal enterprise forces itself
on De Lesseps and his engineers as too i
costly for practicability. Only one-thir
tieth of the work at a cost of 59,000,000
francs has been done so far, nd much
thereof has recently been rendered worth
less by the rain and consequent inunda
tion from the Ch agree river. The only
practicable canal route as claimed is that
offered by the Nicaraguan topography i
and physical features. It is to secure
this beyond peradventure that the $250,-
000 is needed. Senor Batres, Minister
from Guatemala, Salvador and Nicara
gua, has conducted the negotiation with
Mr. Frelinghuysen so far.
Following the example set by the Re
publican leaders in 1880 in giving a ban
quet to Dorsey, Mr. William Walter
Phelps, the leading Blaine manager at
Chicago, gave a little dinner a few days
ago to celebrate the Blaine nomination.
At the dinner he made a speech, in which
he said: “We had to pay the expenses of
the colored delegates both ways, and that
averaged about S4O. Then we had to pay
the hotel bills in Chicago, and that cost
more, for the colored delegates came early
and staid late, and nothing was too good
for them. And finally we had to buy each
one a suit of clothes.” The colored dele
gates seem to have fared pretty well at
Chicago.
Col. Mapleson, the great impressario,
must have a great deal of fun while he is
sinking thousands of dollars in grand
opera. It is stated that he has engaged
Mme. Patti to sing in America next
season at $4,000 for each concert and all
her expenses. By the time the season
ends perhaps Mr. Abbey will soften his
heart, and come up and tender his condo
lence to his rival. The Colonel has doubt
less resolved never to hire another prima
donna who has a genuine, live baby on
hand.
The Philadelphia Press has sent a
circular to the iron manufacturers of
Pennsylvania asking for a subsidy of $20,-
000 to aid it in the campaign—the amount
to be devoted to distributing this ultra
protection newspaper free among the
workingmen. About $12,0000f the amount
has already been subscribed and the bal
ance will doubtless be forthcoming. The
Press may now be expected to jump up
and caper around on the tariff question
ten times worse than ever.
The 19th of June is the day set apart in
France in honor of the soldiers who per
ished in the Franco-Prussian war. The
French residents in Philadelphia, New
York, and other cities, celebrated the oc
casion on Thursday last. Among the
events of the day were the celebration of
low mass, and the offering of prayers for
the dead in the French Catholic churches
and the decorating of the graves of friends
and relatives with flowers.
The national military encampment at
Dubuque, lowa, was deluged with rain
on Monday. The 'Washington Artillery,
of New Orleans, and many other com
mands were much disappointed on their
arrival to have the pleasure of a three-
tramp through the mud to very infe
rior accommodations in the way of cheap
tents and wet straw for beds. It remind
ed the old veterans of actual service in
the field in time of war,
CURRENT COMMENT.
Making All Due Allowance.
Heston Pott iDetn.).
All thing* considered, and giving a fair al
lowance of probable backsliders from the bolt,
Massachusetts must be placed on the list of
doubtful States this year.
Making Sport of Fate.
Philadelphia Prett Rep.). •
Tariff plank of the New York Democratic
platform:
OCOOOOOO ???* !!!!!!! -——
adjusted as not to encourage monopolies.
A Republican Platform Bull.
Nets Tort Herald (Ind.).
There could be nothing more comical in
platform making, nothing that could be con
sidered more obviously a “bull," than for the
Irish element to procure the insertion of a
“Know Nothing" plank in the Republican
platform. lor this class to insist upon keep
ing “lurrin" capital and immigration out of
the country is irresistibly funny.
Too Much “Sugar In Thelrn.”
Louisville Courier-Journal (Pent.).
The Louisiana Democrats “reaffirm the
principles of the party." and at the same time
adopt the Ohio platform. When did the Ohio
platform become the principles of the party?
How do the Louisiana Democrats propose to
stand for a “tariff for revenueonly, declared
a principle of the party by the last two Na
tional Conventions, and at the same time
stand for the Ohio platform, declared a prin
ciple of the Republican party at Chicago the
other day? We fear the Louisianians take a
little too much “sugar in theirn.”
Defeated After AH.
Pew York Sun {lnd.).
In his remarks on the Hen-epin canal ap
propriation the other itay, Mr Blanchard, ot
Louisiana, referred to the Yun-ho canal, be
tween the Kiam and the lloambo; to the
canal of Xeeho and Darius; to Strabo, Dio
dorus, Herodotus, and Paul Frisi; to Pliny,
Trajan, Cains Marius and Julius Caesar; to
-Enilius Scaurus and Quintus Curius Hostil
ius; to the Tartaro and the ancient Philistine
canal; to the canals of Odoacer, Charlemagne,
and Francis Sforza; to the Aragon canal, the
canal della Martesaoa, and tbe canals of
Briarre and Bologna; to the Scotch, Dutch.
English and Irish canals; to theOrissaandSone
canals; and to many other famous waterways
and famous persons connected in some way
with them. And, after all, the Hennepin
canal item was defeated.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Thirty-eight men on the Kennebec river
loaded 29,000 tons of ice in five days and eight
hours last week, and this is said to be the
largest amount of work ever done on the
river in the same time.
Thebe are about a thousand convicts in the
Kentucky State penitentiary; their labor is
leased at forty cents per day to a firm that has
permission to employ a certain portion of
them in constructing railroads. About 500
of them are so employed at that low rate of
wages.
Sensitive travelers will he pleased to learn
that Jersey City ferryboats now have their
cabins marked “men" and “women,” instead
of “gents” and “ladies.” To be called a “gent”
before breakfast, and after a night’s ride in a
Pullman, has proved too much for many
aesthetic souls.
Mb. Edward Atkinson has written a letter
! advocating tbe construction of one-story
j factories. He claims that his plan is cheaper,
i lessens the risk of fire, decreases the rate of
i insurance, reduces the number of overseers,
j cuts down the gas bills, aud is cheaper and
more convenient in every way.
The Comte de Paris has not suspended his
| work on the “History of the Civil War in
America.” On the contrary, he has
! the manuscript of volume 7 (French
edition) ready, and all the matertal
for volume 8 (French edition) in such
j condition that he can finish it an early date.
These volumes will be translated and pub
i lished by the American publishers on the same
1 day they are issued in France, and will
: make the fourth volume of the American
' edition.
Thb Chilian newspapers contain some curi
■ ous statistics concerning the occupation of
Lima by their country’s troops. They estimate
1 at 9,000 the number of children born there of
Peruvian mothers and Chilian soldiers during
thirty-three months, and as a great part of
the troops have gone home already, and in
many cases have taken these mothers and
children along with them by perm ssion of the
Chilian Government, and the occupation is
expected to cease altogether in August, they
compute the accession to the population of
Chili from tnis source at 14,000.
The clergy in the west of England were
formerly devoted to whist. About the begin
ning of the century there was a whist club in
a country town of Somersetshire, composed
mostly of clergymen, that met every Sunday
evening in the back parlor of a barber’s.
Four of these were acting as pall bearers at
the funeral of a reverend brother, when a
delay occurred from the grave not being
ready, and the coffin was put down in the
chancel. By way of whiling away theirtime,
one of them produced a pack of cards from
his pocket and proposed a rubber. When the
sexton came to announce that the prepara
tions were complete, he found them deep in 1
tbe'r game, using the coffin as their table.
This is what the San Francisco Argonaut j
says happens with a certain class of newspa- i
pers of the- paadiDg fort, if a barn blows I
down: “There will be a diagram of the prem- 1
ises; view of the barn before being blown j
down; view of the barn while being blown I
down; view of the ruins; interview with tbe |
hired man, who said he always knowed it was
agoing to blow down: interview with the
owner, with his and other theories on barns
blowing down; interview with Prof. Mug
wump, the distinguished Chicago savant, with
his views as to the reason why barns blow
down rather than up; comparative table of
barn mortality in this and other States for the
last forty years, showing percentage of barns
blowing down compared with the illiterate
vote; history of barns from the earliest times \
to the present; statement ot lose—s3oo.”
The popular notion that the remains of By
ron were refused a resting place in Westmin
ster Abbey requires some qualification. The
precise facts are given in the appendix to
Lord Broughton’s “Tour in Albania.” The
bodv was brought to London in July, 1824, and
a rumor prevailed at the time that a formal
application had been made by his executors to
the Dean and Chapter of Westmimter for
permission to bury him in Poets’ Corner. But
no such formal application was made. An in
quiry was indeed made of Dr. Ireland, Dean
of Westminster, without instructions from
the executors, whether the permission, if
asked for, woifld be granted; and an answer
was given in the negative. Byron was ac
cordingly buried at llucknall Church, near
Newstea’d Abbey. Ten years later Dr. Ire
land refused to a’llow the statue of the poet by
Thorwaldsen a place in the Abbey. “I do,
indeed,” he said, “greatly wish for a figure by
Thorwaldsen here; but no taste ought to be
indulged to the prejudice of a duty.”
BRIGHT BITS.
Car-spring chicken would not be a bad
name for it.— Drake'* Magazine.
A correspondent of an agricultural jour- ,
nal wants to know how a aog can be pre- ;
vented from sucking eggs. Hold the dog
firmly by the collar and suck them yourself.— 1
Philadelphia Call.
When a Chicago man dies the Pew* speaks
of it as “joining the silent majority.” That
is poetically very pretty, but in sober phrase
it is not true. No Chicago man could keep
silent in any majority. —Cincinnati Times-
Star.
Teacher—“ Suppose you have two sticks of
candy and your big brother gives you two
more, how many would you have then?” Lit
tle boy (shaking his head)—“Y'ou don’t know
him; he ain’t that kind of a boy ."—Hartford ,
Time*.
Florence Marryatt (Mrs. Rose Church)
is coming to this country expressly to deliver
her prize conundrum lecture,- “What Shall
We Do With Our Men?” when the answer is
obvious: Florence—marry at once —Pete
York World.
Amateur Tragedian—“ Yes, sir, I claim
that the mantle of Forrest has fallen on me.”
Unsympathizing stranger—lndeed! How yon
must sufferl” Amateur tragedian—“ Suffer?”
Unsympathizing stranger—“Yes.it fell from
such' a height, you know.”— Philadelphia Call.
First New Y’orker—“How did you hurt
your arm?” Second New Yorker—“l missed
the last boat from Bedloe’s island the other
night, and while wandering aronnd in the
darkness I stumbled and sprained my wrist.”
First New Yorker—“Ah, I see. You must
have fallen over the Bartholdi pedestal.”—
Philadelphia Call.
A YOUNG gentleman of Austin, whose
finances were not in tne best condition, and
whose reputation for industry and sobriety
was not much better, applied to an Austin
merchant for a position as salesman. He had
hardly had time to get fairly into office when
he came out very abruptly. “Did the boss
hire you as salesman?” asked a friend who
was standing outside. “No, but he wanted
me to travel. — Texas Siftings.
American—Do you mean to say that you
have actuallv abandoned your large estate in
Ireland and come to America to begin life
anew? New Arrival —Y’es, it is true. “But I
understand that you owned a great many
acres, and that the land is very fertile. What
did you raise principally?” “Bents.” “Ha!
ha! I forgot that in Ireland the landowners
don’t do their own farming. But what did
your tenants raise?” “C*\n.”—Piuladelt>hia
Call.
.Jones—Hello. Smith! what are you doing
now? Smith—l’ve got into anew business.
Jones—What is it? Smith —I’m a waker-up.
Jones—What in the world is that? Smith-
Some days ago I advertised to go around and
wake up servant girls in the morning. Jones
—Well, well; and how are you eucceeding?
Smith—l have had 35,000 applications, and
they are still coming in at the rate of a thou
sand an hour. The job is too big. Guess I’ll
have to give it up.—Philadelphia Call.
Beatrice—“ Hit’s hall your fault that I'm a
miserable hold maid to-day.” Victoria—
“ Why, ’ow foolishly you talk. ’Aven’t I tried
to push that bill tbrongh the 'Ouse of Lords
hever since your sister Hallice died?” Be
atrice—“ True; but look at that hodious Mary
Hauderson. Hevery duke in the kingdom has
proposed to her.” Victoria—“ That’s the work
of "er stepfawther, Beatrice. I cannot help
that, ye knaw.” Beatrice—“Hif I'd 'ad an
American stepfawther, I'd been married ten
years ago.”— Graphic.
Marjorie's Kisses.—
Marjorie laughs and climbs on my knee,
And 1 kiss her, ami she kisses me.
I kiss her, but I don’t much care.
Because, although she is charming and fair,
Marjorie's only three.
But there will come a time, I ween.
When, if I tell her of this little scene.
She will smile and prettily blush, and then
I shall long in vain to kiss her again,
When Marjorie’s seventeen.
Walter learned in the July Century.
PERSONAL.
Hon. Emoby Speer, United States District
Attorney for Georgia, is in Washington find
stopping’ at the residence of his father-in-law.
Dr. J. E. Morgan.
The retirement from the press of Nashville
ol Gen. Ira P. .Jones, after over a quarter of a
century's service, is a notable event in the
annalsof Tennessee journalism.
Lieut. George M. Stonet has arrived at
Ounalaska. Lieut. Stoney was sent North by
the government to explore the Great Un
known river, discovered by him last year.
Walt Whitman distinctly declares that as
a poet he is not an impressionist but a realist,
and Anthony Comstock, closely reviewing
some of Walt’s lines, came to the same con
clusion.
Sabah Amelia Scull, of Washington, au
thor of a text-book on Greek mythology, and
connected with Mount Vernon Seminary, in
that city, last week received the degree of
doctor of philosophy from the Ohio Wesleyan
Female College.
Millais, the London painter, lives luxuri
ously at Kensington in a house of his own de
signing and decorating, with his studio,
drawing-rooms and galleries filled with choice
works of art from all ever the world, and a
room full of engravings exclusively from his
own works.
A testimonial is beinggot up for Sir Julius
Benedict, says London truth, as he has lost
money. I am told that Dr. Von Bulow, to
show nis appreciation of the extent to which
Sir Julius had benefited the cause of music
generally in his generation, contributed the
large sum of sixpence.
It is a case of clear heredity that Miss Maud
Bank* should succeed reasonably well in Bos
ton as an amateur actress. Her father, N. P.
Banks, played for a wh>i *
but mg greatest run was down the Shenan
doah Valley, when he took the leading part,
with Stonewall Jackson close behind him.
Richard M. Jones, head master of Penn
Charter School, in Philadelphia, has the larg
est Virgilian library in that city. The Bodoni
of the collection formerly belonged to the
Empress Marie Louise, and her monogram
and the imperial crown are stamped in gold
upon the sides.
Bishop Williams, of Connecticut, will of
ficiate at the dedication of the Curtis Home,
at Meriden, on June 28. The Curtis Home is
a public institution, built for the eare of
orphans and aged women by Lemuel J. Cur
tis, a millionaire of that town. Mr. Curtis
has endowed the home with the income of
5250,800 for its maintenance.
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Princess Napraxine is not an exception.
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The volume of 120 pages contains more
than one thousand popular quotations
from standard authors. In addition to
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three hundred selections for writing in
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plete book of the kind ever issued for the
price.
Mingo and Other Sketches is Black
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ton: James It. Osgood & Cos.
These stories are different from Mr. Har
ris’ usual style, but as studies of types of
character of the present day in Georgia,
they are both unique and interesting.
“Mingo” gives a pretty accurate idea of
life in the well-to-do but uneducated mid
dle classes. “At Teague Poteet’s” is
a story of the mountains, and it
presents the leading characteristics
of the peculiar class, we might
almost say race, to which the moonshiners
belong, their trials during the war, their
peculiar life since. “Blue Dave” and “A
Piece of Land” are also readable sketches
and will repay the time spent in their pe
rusal. The volume is neatly bound and
contains 273 pages, and is a fit setting for
the stories it contains. To readers who
have not the time or taste for mastering
the intricacies of negio dialect, this
volume will prove of more interest than
any of Mr. Harris’ works.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
pany is showing a great deal of enterprise
in connection with the national conven
tions. In connection with the Republi
can National Convention it published a
Red Book, which gave a great deal of
valuable information about all the Na
tional Republican conventions that have
been held, and it has now sent out a Red
Book containing information, both inter
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MAGAZINES.
The Continent, like wine, grows better
with age. The July number is full of in
teresting and valuable matter. The edi
torials, short stories, poetry and miscel
lany are all excellent. Our Continent
Publishing Company, New York.
The Outing for July comes along with
the breath of the hills and the scent of
summer flowers in it. The first article is
an illustrated description of the Catskills,
where one can still evidently find nature
at her best without getting beyond the
bounds' of civilization. The various
’cycling descriptions are particularly
readable, Mr. Hume describing a French
bull-fight and recounting some Rhine
legends in a vein of light sentiment,
while Mr. Fiske touches up Belgium
wheeling with humorous severity, and
President Bates tells us, in his funny way,
of a drive with his wife. The Wheelman
Company, Boston.
The July Manhattan has a humorous
short story, “Plain Fishing,” by Frank
R. Stockton, the author of that amusing
sketch, “The Lady or the Tiger?” It has
also a biographical and critical paper on
the Earl of Dufferin, written by J. L.
Whittle, the Earl’s intimate friend, and
one of the staff of the Lord Chancellor of
England. The Earl became so well and
favorably known in the United States,
while he was Governor-General of
Canada, that an article about him ought
to interest a large number of persons in
this country. Frank Vincent, Jr., has an
interesting article on “While Elephants.”
The number is an especially brilliant
one. Temple Court, New York.
The July Eclectic contains a very fine
steel engraving of Gen. Gordon, whose
fate is now a matter of such interest to
England, and, indeed, to the world. It
also presents as usual many excellent
points, and includes a number of season
able and weighty articles. The place of
honor is given to a paper on “Cardinal
Newman,” one of the most remarkable
men of the age, by Richard H. Hutton.
Prof. Edward H. i'reeman is represented
by a fascinating article entitled “Some
Neglected Points of History,” in which
this brilliant historian is seen at his best.
Matthew Arnold’s American lecture on
“Emerson” is reprinted as an essay, and
will excite renewed interest in this form.
25 BoDd street, New York.
The well-known English writer on
political subjects, Mr. T. H. 8. Escott,
editor of 7he Fortnightly Review, con
tributes to the July Century a careful and
critical estimate, including some anec
dotes of John Bright as an orator and a
parliamentarian. He concludes that the
great English radical has an innate con
servatism which has saved him from ex
travagance, and although he considers
him neither a great administrator nor
legislator, he shows why he was indispen
sable to the legislation of his time—as
an “eminently faithful representative of
the English character.” A frontispiece
engraving after a full-length photo
graph accompanies the article. Julian
Hawthorne has an interesting and narra
tive paper on the “Scenes of Hawthorne's
Romances,” Concord, Boston, and Brook
Farm, which formed the background of so
many of his stories. The number contains
a poem entitled “Nine Graves in Edin
bro’,” by Irwin Russell, the versatile
writer of negro and dialect verse, who
died a few years ago. The Century Com
pany, New York.
A SCENE IN CHRIST CHURCH.
A Taciturn Old Gentleman—A Talkative
Old Lady—A Mischievous Boy and a
Dog the Choristers.
Prom the Reminitetncee of an Artitt.
Augusta, Ga., June 20.—Near our
house, in Savannah, and separated from
it by a garden—now covered by several
brick dwellings—lived an old lady, a de
scendant of one of the first colonists of
G eorgia, who was much respected for her
virtues and colloquial powers; in fact,
she might have been called a gossip and a
scold but for her careful avoidance of per
sonal allusions in conversation, and from
her reproofs being always tempered with
good advice and humorous comments on
her own distinguishing idiosyneracy.
Webster defines idiosyneracy “a pecu
liarity of temperament or organization of
body, by which one is rendered more lia
ble to certain disorders than bodies dif
ferently constituted;” and Mrs. E.’s dis
order was not so much in her fondness for
“talk” as in that if she once began she
never could stop till some big word oc
curred and arrested the flow of speech as
effectually as a corn-cob inserted into the
mouth ot a -damejean”—commonly pro
nounced “demijohn”—and really, as I
peeped through the blinds, as I often did
when I heard her commence on her ser
vant girl in the kitchen, and beheld her in
her old-fashioned dress, resembling the
hoop-skirt of later days, with her arms
akimbo and her words' flowing rapidly, I
could think of nothing but a demijohn of
my father’s wine pouring its precious
contents into the recipient pitcher with a
guggle, guggle, that oniy ceased with the
restoration of the cork. In her case, one
particular word oftenest served as this
cork, for if Sally, negro like, happened to
be out of call when most wanted, the voice
increased in strength and the words hur
ried one on over another, till at last, in de
spair, she would exclaim, “Can’t you
hear? Won't you hear? Oh, you tanta
mouhl, you I” Tki* big ward, intended
lor catamount, as I afterwards ascertained,
invariably indicated her retreat te her
arm-chair, there to await with Christian
resignation the advent of the negress.
THE PEW IN CHURCH
which the old lady occupied, and which,
I think, she inherited from her colonial
ancestor, was immediately behind our
hired one. In this, near midway, was a
stout column, leaving seat-room for three
farthest from the door, and for one near It,
and as I was the only churchg-oing child,
it was more than large enough for the
family. But there was an old gentleman
of the highest respectability, who, when
his own pew was full, as it often was,
would take his seat in ours. He also had
his “idiosyneracy,” quite on the opposite
side of Mrs. E.’s; for while hers was ex
cessive garrulity, his was taciturnity;
while she was aiways smiting, he never,
smiled; and while she had a great horror
of dogs, he never appeared unaccompa
nied by a poodle, sheared, as was the
fashion, to resemble a lion in mane and in
tail. In entering our pew, the old gentle
man would stand up for a moment, look
over the church, clear his throat, and, de
liberately parting his swallow-tail coat,
turn once more round, then slowly take his
seat. In the same way, his little dog
would walk in after him, look under
the footboard and seat, give a little
sniffle, turn round, and, as he had no two
flaps to his coat-tail, would give two wags
to his one, with the tuft at its end. and
then lie down to await the conclusion of
the service. I very often felt tempted to
disturb his repose, but dared not for sev
eral reasons, easily guessed at—though re- j
spect tor the church of God was certainly
one, and regard for the principle: “Don’t j
do to others what you would not have them ■
do to you,” another, since J feared that a I
sly kick or tread on the tail might invite a j
sharp snap from my vicious looking ca
nine guest. In truth, my principles were
but my practice was not always
judicious, since my natural love of the
experimental philosophy then creeping
in to supplant the speculative Aristotle
ism of the past century often led me to
attempt and sometimes to do what a prac
tical community designated “mischief.’'
But researches" into the laws of nature
never involved me in acts of cruelty, and
while I hated cowardice, I had learned
from experience that “discretion is the
better part of valor,” especially where
the ability to fight or run was not mine. I
was even then aware of the wisdom of
the military maxim, though I had never
heard it said, “before attacking look to
your means of retreat.” But to know is
one thing, to do, another, as I shall now
show.
ONE SUNDAY OUR FRIEND AND HIS
POODLE
did not appear at the door of our pew till
the moment the minister, the Rev. Abdiel
Carter, arose to commence the service,
but paused on seeing many not yet in
their seats—young men mostly, who had
remained on the porch or come late, as
was, even in those “ qood old times,” too
much the case, l have heard. From some
like cause, the poodle did not immediately
follow his master, and the devil—l sup
pose it was—took the opportunity to whis
per into my ear the question: “Will the
old lady stop talking in church if she
once be’gins?” The intrusions of genius
often come like a flash, and seeing that her
pew door was open, I closed ours, while
the old gentleman was busy m dividing
his coat-tail, so that he did not observe
the act. At length the service began,
but the minister had just got to “Dearly
beloved brethren, the Scripture moveth us
in sundry places”—when it became too
evident that something else was moving
the congregation in our part of the church,
and this it was, viz.: The poodle finding
our door shut in its face was too proud or
well bred to knock or whine for admits
tance, and naturally, seeing the next door
open, turned Into it. The apparition of
the hated canine in her pew was more
than Mrs. E. could stand, and she, com
mencing her protest against the intrusion
in a whisper, which, like her appeals to
Sally, rose in volume and distinctness as
their effect on the dog appeared to be null.
The first I heard was:
“Schut, schut; git out, you varmint!
What you come in here for? Go’long;
don’t look at me with your red eye in that
way! You’re a beauty, ain’t you? Ain’t
yoxi sublime, with that little karkis done
up like a lion, with a collar round your
neck more like sheepskin than like a
mane, and curled and frizzled like the
hair of one of them fashionable gals over
there, and tail more like my little mop
than like a lion’s. Git out! Schut, schut!
What fools folks makes themselves when
they goes agin nature’s doin’s and tries to
make things different from what God
makes them, and brings ’em to church,
too. Lord a massy, I’m forgittin’ I’m in
church and the service begun! Git out!
Schut, schut! I did not call you. Go
’way; I did not ask you in, and I don’t
want you to stay. Git out! O, Lord a
massy—ho will come nearer—and here
I’m talking in church. Shall I ever stop;
and people a hearing me; shall I ever
stop? Git out! Git out, you little ridicu
lous dog! You tool’s pet! You tanta
mount !”
THIS WAS THE CLIMAX.
But by this time everything said was au
dible to a stood many; the excitement
spread, and at last an audible titter was
heard, and the parson stopped in amaze
ment. By this time the cause of the up
roar became evident to the poodle’s mas
ter; he stretched across me and opened
the door, called in the dog and then closed
it behind him.
Mrs. E., with her head sunk in her coal
scuttle bonnet—the fashion of the day—
was breathing hard and fanning herself
violently, while my father and mother
were threatened with apoplexy, from
their eflorts to suppress their laughter.
The only two imperturbable persons
present in that church were the dog’s
master and my innocent self; but even I
nearlv exploded, when turning slowly to
wards me he snapped my ear with his
finger. I didn’t laugh, but I crept under
the seat and rubbed my ear with an en
ergy worthy of a better cause.
I was never punished, for there was no
proof of malice prepense; and even cir
cumstantial evidence could not be brought
to show that I had expected the result
that followed on my shutting the door. I
never confessed, and my father, a lawyer,
could not cross-question the truth out of
me, for mv innocent look would almost
throw him'into convulsions. Two people
only seemed to guess the truth—my old
nurse, whs when she heard it, said: “You
Mass Ricket, you too mischief;” and the
Rev. Mr. Carter, who was not a little of a
wag himself, in spite of his cloth. He
knew that I was his best and most con
stant and orderly Sunday school scholar;
but he suspected that, being a little of an
infantile Biblomaniac, my goodness was
not of grace, but arose from the fact that
a certain number of “perfects and ex
tras” could be changed for books out of
the Sunday school library. He cut me
dead for two weeks, but at the end of that
time, being at our house to tea, we com
promised the matter on condition that I
would never look at him from behind the
pillar while he was preaching. I stuck to
the compact faithfully, and I got more
perfects and extras than ever. The fact
is that I was not a bad boy, but had in me
so much Irish blood, inherited from my
grandmother, that if in a peaceful shindy
I saw a head, 1 could not resist the temp
tation to hit it, without regard to whose it
was. R. W. H.
LAKE CITY GOSSIP.
The Crops— Politics—Railroad Matters.
Correspondence of the Morning Pete*.
Lake City, Fla., June 19.—Our farm
ers in Florida can now put in a large crop
of field peas, Bweet potatoes, etc., and
swell the products of their farms.
The nominations ot Col. Pope for Gov
ernor, and Hon. J. C. Greely for Lieuten
ant Governor at Live Oak. yesterday, by
the Independents, are regarded as the
strongest ticket the party could put out.
If this ticket is indorsed by the Republi
can Convention, the race will be pretty
close. It is predicted by many that the
Republicans will go for a straight ticket,
and give the Independents a clear track.
The Democrats are preparing to meet the
struggle boldly. It is believed that the
best men in the party will be put in nomi
nation. There is no doubt that it will
take the best men in the State to win; we
must have them. It is no time now to
take part in men's little differences, or
debate over the mistakes or follies of the
past.
The Savannah, Florida and Western
Railwav added to their purchases in real
estate in Lake City yesterday. Some of
the important functionaries of this road
are to be seen in town this morning, in
the persons of Merry, Reynolds, Tracy
and Ives. Our eyes and ears are open to
developments in railroad matters. It is
expected that a fast mail will soon be put
on from Jacksonville to Pensacola.
Through the kindness of Dr. Bacon the
efficient supervisor of the college build
ing, I was shown through the entire struc
ture a few days ago. The tin roof has
been completed* and the lathing and wood
work nearly ready for the artistic touch
of the plasterer. The masons will soon
commence the work of encasing the en
lUe structure wlUl brlcK, Which Will be
pushed rapidly to completion; the build
ing is a solid structure, and reflects the
highest credit upon the contractors,
Messrs. Hensley and Emmons. It is ex
pected to be occupied Ist of October.
Suwannee county is: Drew for Governor;
Col. White for Congress.
w. w. w.
A STORY FROM IOWA.
Pictures Not Drawn by Mortal Hands
Seen on a Miner’s Window.
A Des Moines, la., letter of June 18
says: Several days ago the wife of a eoal
miner named Calvert, employed in the
Garver mines in East Des Moines, was
told by her little 6on that there was a pic
ture on the window of their house. She
paid no attention to the lad at first, but
examining the window later was startled
to see an exact likeness of her husband,
excepting only that he was livid in death,
with his eyes and mouth partially
open. One side of his head had the ap
pearance of having been crushed, and his
hair was matted and clotted with blood.
Thinking It might be an optical illusion,
she called in several neighbors, who pro
nounced the likeness complete. Calvert
was sent for, and endeavored to laugh
away his wife’s fear, but in vain. He
then examined the window, and saw the
gory image of himself under the same cir
cumstances he hatl seen so many of his
comrades in past years. Every effort was
made to efface the dreadful counter
feit, soap, warm water, scraping with
knives, acids and other means be
ing vainly resorted to, and nearly
a week elapsed before the outlines had
faded away entirely. The day following
the first appearance the same picture ap
peared on another pane ot glass, this time
being an exact reproduction of the room
in the mine where Calvert works. The
tools and mining utensils were plainly
visible, but no face appeared. There
were many visitors to the house. Several
spiritualists were among the number, and
these assert that it must be the work of
the spirits. There are also many reliable
persons who were interviewed by the
correspondent, and all vouch for the truth
fulness of the statements made. Mrs.
Calvert cannot be induced to permit her
husband to return to his work in the
mines
A PRACTICAL JOKE.
Henry Dunn Carr, of Wisconsin, Caused
to Leap from a Car Window.
Xew York Sun , 16th*
A horn player in the band of the Wild
West Combination, whose name is said to
be Oscar Frank, is a humorist, and is par
ticularly proud of his reputation as a per
petrator of practical jokes. While he and
a party of his fellow musicians were
passing through Fairview yesterday af
ternoon on a West Shore train bound for
Jersey City, he noticed an innocent-look
ing passenger in a seat near the front of
the car. Mr. Frank conceived the idea
that the tedium of the journey might be
relieved by a little fun at the expense of
the countryman. Aoproaching him he
abruptly asked:
“What’s your name, sir?”
“Henry Dunn Carr,” answered the
stranger. “I’m from Wisconsin.”
“You are, are you,” shouted 31 r. Frank,
with much assumed sarcasm and indigna
tion.
“That’s too thin. You’re a New York
pickpocket, and you stole my watch and
chain while I was sleeping in my seat.”
“No, sir, I didn't,” Mr. Carr protested.
“If you don’t give ’em up,” said Frank,
drawing a revolver, “I’ll blow your brains
out.”
At the sight of the pistol Carr turned
around, and before he could be prevented
he sprang out of the open window. The
train was moving, but not rapidly. When
the train arrived at Jersey City the acci
dent was reported, and Carr, who had
been picked up unconscious near the
track at Fairview. was brought on to
Jersey City and taken to St. Francis’
Hospital, where he was lying. last night
in a very precarious condition.
An Amusing Story.
Boston people tell a somewhat amusing
6tory, says the Chicago Times, about Mr.
Charles Perkins, Commodore of the Hull
Yacht Club. 31r. Perkins, it seems, is a
popular and well-to-do picture-frame
dealer in the Bean city, and having any
quantity of leisure on his hands he con
cluded to join the Hull Yacht Club. Com
bining every element of popularity, he
was soon elected Commodore of that or
ganization, and a formal reception was
given in his honor on board the flagship
of the squadron. Now, while Mr. Perkins
was thoroughly acquainted with every de
tail of the picture-frame business, he was
wofully uninlormed as to nautical matters,
and hardly had he boarded the yacht on
the evening of the ovation to him than he
made a most compromising break. Sur
rounded by his lellow sailors he proudly
paced the deck of the yacht till he came
to one of the traps leading down into the
hold. Pausing here and peering cau
tiously into the empty space below, an ex
pression of surprise illuminated his coun
tenance, and he exclaimed: “Gosh! the
darned thing's holler, ain’t it!”
“G.’s” that Governed the World.
Fall Mall Gazette.
When Mr. Gladstone lormallv contra
dicted the monstrous story that he was in
any way responsible for “G.’s” article in
the Fortnightly, all the other “G.’s” in the
front rank were passed in review. In
England there are only three conspicuous
“G.’s”—Lord Granville, Lord Grey, and
Mr. Goschen, for Mr. Gorst can hardly be
reckoned as a “G.” of the first magnitude.
On the continent there are among states
men of the first rank only two “G.’s”—
Giers and Grevy—neither of whom, it is
safe to say, inspired Mr. Escott. Three
years ago it was said in France that the
world was governed*by the “G.’s.” There
was Guillaume, of Germany; Gladstone,
of England; Gambetta, of France; Gort
schakoff, of Russia, and Garfield, of the
United States. Death has thinned the
ranks of the “G.’s,” but still with Guil
laume, Grevy, Gladstone, and Giers, it has
the first place in an alphabet of states
men—as, indeed, it deserves, for does not
••G” stand for government?
A New Court Officer.
Chicago -Vc.
A Legal Construction walked into a
court-room.
“Did you send for me, Judge?”
“Yes. Do you want a good, easy posi
tion ?”
“Of course I do.”
“Well, then, go and stand by the outer
door, and when a woman with a bandage
about her eyes and a set of scales in her
hand comes up, tell her she can’t come
in.”
“Is that all?”
“That’s all. It’s a pretty soft job. I
don’t think she will venture to come
around here, but if she should, I’d like to
have you handy to shoo her away.”
“Who is she, anyway, Judge? What’s
her name?”
“Well, it’s so long since I’ve heard it,
blamed if it hasn’t slipped my memory.”
Prron:*t.
Money to loan.—Liberal mRCs .
on Diamonds, Soil and Silver Wiv' t,"
•J£ w j-ry. Pistols. Gens, Sowing Ma'-hnW
Wear'll* Apparel. Mechanic#’ Toot*,
et., etc., at Licensed Pawnbroker House.’ lS
Congwss street. E. MUHLBBRo, KanSrer
s i Higftest prices paid tor old Gaidani
tUatitfd.
Ay ANTED, purchasers tor
T mint ot Baby Carriages and Kefnirera
tors. Tester Frames and Mosquito Net? be
seen South of Masou and Dixon's line at low
prices, at W. j. LINDSAY'S, 169 and in
Broughton street. 1
AyANTED.-Ten select families can obum
M board at the Crawford House ISOan.i
152 Whitehall street, Atlanta. Ga e
first-class in all its appointments-ga* ,ot
and cold bath*. Address Mr*. L. R. DAVIS
\y ANTED, a white woman, forbght house
,work ' *° a suitable person good wage*
will be given. Apply at No. 26 Drayton
street. ’
-
\y ANTED, a white barber, to go to Jack
sonyille, Fla. For particulars apply at
Marshall House Palace Shaving Saloon.
AY’ANTED, everybody to know mv learns
will run to White Bluff regularlv.
J. w. re Illy.
YU ANTED, ladies and young men wishing
? to earn 51 to 53 every day quietly at
their homes; work furnished; sent by mail
no canvassing; no stamps required for reply’
Please address EDWARD F. DA Vis A CO.!
IS South Main street. Fall River. Mas*.
for flrtt!.
I7OK RENT, dwelling No. 70 fronting south
on Broughton, near Lincoln street; suits
j ble for a small family; has just been reuova
i ted inside; large yard, with water. Anplv to
! H. J. THOMASSON, Real Estate and Collect
ing Agent, 116 Brvan, near Bull street.
I IT'OR RENT, a small house fronting on Bar-
F nard street, corner Chariton street lane;
i possession given July 1. Apply at 109 Jones
i street.
IT'OR RENT, from the Ist of July, a three
story hrick building, containing 16 room*.
Apply to J. H. o'BY’RNE,#}s Jefferson street.
RENT, three rooms, corner Barnard
and President streets. Apply within.
JfOB RENT, furnished rooms, with use of
bath, 31 Jones street.
IT’D R RENT, the store No. 158 Congress
street. Apply to Y. S. LATHROP, lOßull
street.
IpOK RENT, two-story house, five rooms, on
Cann street, between Abercorn and Dray,
ton streets. Apply to E. P. RUSHING, An
son and Whitaker streets.
for
JUST received, a large lot of }s-inch French
Plate Looking Glasses, worth 540, selling
for 525; the plate is 45x20, and with frame,
which is nicely ornamented, will be 60x36
inches. Those in need of looking glasses will
find it will be to their interest to call at NA
THAN BROS.’, 186 Congress street, near
Jefferson.
fool.
IOST. —Straye<l from my premises, New
-j Houston street, between Jefferson and
Montgomery, a white Setter Dog, with
lemon-colored left ear; answers to name of
"Twist.” A liberal re want will be paid for
his delivery either at the premises or 98 Bay
street.
IOST. pair Opera Glasses, In tbe Theatre.
-e Friday night, June 30. Finder will be re
warded by leaving same at 216 Liberty street.
Stfirto.
GERMAINE’S
NEW AND IMPROVED
EMPIRE STATE SHIRT.
r rHE only 5! Shirt sold with all the latest
1 improvements. A trial is all that is re
?[uired to convince its superiority. All sizes,
rom 13}$ to !7’s.
I have also a full line of
BOYS’ SHIRTS,
Made from Wanisutta Shirting and best Irish
Linen, from 12 to 13}$, at 75c. each.
A good assortment of light weight
BLACK COODS,
In all newest Fabrics, with a full line of
COURT AULD’3 CRAPS and VEILS.
All which will be sold a a low as they can be
purchased.
GERMAINE'S MU STORE,
132 Brousrhton street (next to Furber's).
Suburban Haitroaflo.
City and Suburban R’y,
SUNDAY SCHEDULE
THE following schedule on the City and
Suburban Railway will be run THIS DAY
(Sunday), June 22, 1884:
OUTWARD.
LEAVE j ARRIVE | ARrJyiT
SAVANNAH. (ISLE OP HOPE.} MONTGOMERY.
6:45 a. m. 7:20 A. a.
10:25 a. m. 10:55 a. m. 11:06 a. m.
3:25 r. M. 3:55 r. m. 4;85 p. m.
inward.
LEAVE I LEAVE I ARRIVE
ISLE OP HOPE. , MONTGOMERY.! ClfT.
8:10 A. M. i 8:00 A. M. I 8:40a. m.
1:10 p. m. 12:50 p. m. 1:30 p. m.
6:30 P. M. j 7:00 p. M.
7:00 P. M. I 7:40 p. m.
JAS. H. JOHNSTON, President.
__ ffubre Srtjc&uir.
Deßary-Baya Merchants’ Line.
TYBEE FERRY ROUTE.
ON and afterSUNDAY, June 15,1884,steam
ers will run, on the Tybee Ferry Route,
the following schedule, viz:
Cnr,Garc > Ftom city at 10 a. m. and 3 P. M.
Sundays, ( jy oi> a t 7A. M and 7p. jf.
Mondays, from Tvbee at 7 a. m.
p—i-H ESiSUfA'-r:..
Fridays, from city at 3 P. M.;from Tybee 7a.m.
Satnrdavn. ' From cit Y 10 *• and 7P. M.
_atur lays, ( Krora Tybee at 7a. m. and sp. m.
Commutation tickets for Tybee Route and
Tramway on sale at office.
Freight payable here, and goods only re
ceived up to 15 minutes of departure of steam
ers.
JNO. F. ROBERTSON, General Agent.
Savannah. Ga.
W. B. WATSON. Manager, Jacksonville.
yroutotono, (Sir.
F. L. GEORGE,
DEALER IN
Fine & Staple Groceries,
Keeps constantly on hand a full supply of
Seasonable Goods,
COR. STATE AND WHITAKER STS.
grrr
“Original Bndweiser”A “Antaeuser.”
\NOTHER fresh car load just received
from Anheuser-Busch Brewing Associ
ation, St. Louis. Mo., for whom I am sole agent
for Savannah and contiguous territory. Be
sides having kegs and halts I got out this time
“Original Budweiser” in ponies (eighths) for
Families, Marooning, Picnic and Excursion
Parties. 1 respectfully ask my friends and
the public to call for these pure and unrivaled
beers. On tap daily at F. J. Ruckert’s, J. M.
Henderson’s, T. M. Ray's, Phil Be wan’s, Geo.
Schwarz's, A. Jackson's, Jas. Lane’s,Marshall
House, T. Enright's, Gus Fox's, T. Magee’s, P.
Houlihan's, J. Kaufmann’s, W. G. Ebbs’, and
all first-class saloons. All orders promptly
attended to bv
GEO. ME 1 ER. Office, 142 Bay street.
.Arttntrrt.
CHARLES HINKLEY,
Architect, Builder A Contractor,
Residence 131 York Street,
SAVANNAH.
ptrdUtnai.
Ol‘TuM'and~WH ISKY~hXbTts cured by
B. M. WOOLLEY, M.D.. Atlanta, Ga.
Reliable evidence given and reference to cured
patients and physicians. Send for my book
on the Habits and their Cure, tree.