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St. Louis belles have organized a box
ing club. When tfcev go to give the young
men the mitten they use soft gloves.
Washington city Is to have a large and
wealthy canoe club. Every member of
the organization will lie required to pad
dle bis own boat.
It is suspected that Panama is a better
place in which to search for yellow fever
germs than it is for anythin? else, except
the undertaker’s business. -
Blair.e is not entirely without comfort.
Ex-Governor of South Carolina Franklin
J. Moses promises to support him, pro
vided he t an get out of jail by election
day.
Aliti-'hicken pie societies are increasing
rapidly in San Francisco, and yet the rat
crop is likely to prove profitable. The
principal market is in Chinatown now,
however.
Since the statue ol Bolivar has been un
veiled the critics assert louder than ever
that it is an artistic atrocity. Some of
them also charge that Bolivar was a pa
triotic atrocity.
Of course crab nets would not do to
catch Macon mosquitoes with, esteemed
Telegraph and Messenger. A regular Texas
lariat would hardly hold some of your
gigantic night warblers.
Senator Bayard is truly getting on a
boom. The Boston Post has not only
Called him the “Chevalier Bayard of the
XIA. century,” but has alluded to him as
sans tt sans reproche.
The Republican managers fear that
Secretary Chandler is so busy hunting for
thieves in the Natv Department that he
won’t have time to help them steal any
Southern electoral votes this fall.
A spring poet—dames E. Stewart—died
in the Cincinnati workhouse Monday last,
while serving a sentence for selling bogus
concert tickets. Ste< r clear of poetry,
young person, especially spring poetry.
It is B. F. Butler autl not James G.
Blaine who has captured the votes ot
Patrick Ford and O’Donovan Rosea.
Benjam.n has evidently promised to blow
up a passenger depot when he gets to be
President.
While the House committee has re
ported favorably on the bill to pension
the survivors of the “Tippecanoe” cam
paign against the Indians, t* J con
templated to include tne “Tyler, too,”
patriots in the arrangement.
The S’ew York Irish World threatens to
vote for Blaine if the Democrats refuse to
nominate Benj. F. Butler. It ought to de
mand the nomination of Denis Kearney
for Vico President, and thus carry the
joke to its legitimate culmination.
The Chicago iribune has almost quit
abusing the South. This is to be regretted.
The Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette can
not lurnish half enough calumny and
abuse to keep this section of our great and
glorious country properly amused.
With the Panama canal, the Nicaragua
canal and the Tehuantepec ship railway
there will one day lie no trouble for boats
to get ferried across the ridge that sepa
rates the Carribean and Gulf from the
Pacific. This is verily the age of gigantic
enterprises.
Minister Stang, of King Oscar's Nor
wegian Cabinet, pined away and died be
cause he was fined by the Supreme Court
for violating the constitution in claiming
responsibility to the King alone. In most
countries Ministers fatten on violations ot
the constitution.
General John A. Logan bids for the
Irish vote by claiming that he is the 6on
of a rebel schoolmaster, who was forced
to fly trom Ireland in 1793. As his friends
now assert that he does not mutilate the
English language every day, his bid will
hardly tie accepted.
John York, Jr., a wealthy grain mer
chant of Wayne county, N. Y., has sued
the New York Times, Herald , and several
provincial journals for libel in publishing
a special dispatch stating that he had
eloped with a married woman. He thinks
he has been damaged in all about two
hundred thousand dollars.
Senator Pugh, the revenue reformer,
has obtained an appropriation that will
open the navigation of the Black Warrior
river into the heart of the Western Ala
bama gold fields. Mobile is now assured
of cheap coal at an early day, when it will
oecome one of the most important points
on the Southern coast.
Vanderbilt says he has forty or fifty
million dollars in government bonds, and
therefore is not going to do anything to
hurt the government. A good many peo
ple think he has already done enough in
that line in scooping in the money that
enabled him to invest so heavily in gov
ernment securities.
Should Blaine be elected and proceed to
annex Canada, Mexico and Cuba,
wouldn't there be the finest opening for
carpetbag stealing the world has ever
known * There would also be war enough
to requite some magnificent contracts for
furnishing stale bread, spoiled fish and
moth-eaten blankets to the army.
The Spanish Consul at Philadelphia
claims that he is entitled to immunity
from arrest, no matter whether he cruelly
kicks his dog or does any other act in vio
tion of municipal law. The question
proved too momentous for a Philadelphia
magistrate, and he is dead-heading ad
vice on the subject from the leading law
yers while he reserves his decision.
Lawrence Barrett is now getting in a
little free advertising by swearing that
his short engagement in London has al
ready cost him $15,000 more than it came
to. Lawrence evidently needs a step
father Griffin to manage his financial
affairs. If he had limited himself to three
meals a dav and drank only Kentucky
corn whisky he might have saved up
enough money to pay his way back to
New York. However, it is fashionable
just now for managers to lose money, and
perhaps Barrett deserves a good deal of
credit for being so modest as not to have
lost more than the sum named.
The National Domain.
The criminal recklessness and extrava
gance of the Republican party has beem
exemplified in nothing more startlingly
than in the alienation of the national do
main. Twenty-five years ago the United
States possessed hundreds of millions of
acres of valuable lands, a large propor
tion of which has been disposed of in the
interest of corporations, land sharks and
spectators.
It is estimated that outside of Alaska
the government does not own more than
5,000,000 acres available for agricultural
purposes which is unencumbered by
claims or grants. Whole counties, and
in some instances districts, have been
grabbed by corporations and foreign
speculators, and parties desiring to locate
on such lands have been forced to pay ex
orbitant prices for them, and now the very
best lands are in the hands of these par
ties, or those to whom they have sold
them. The government owns about 446,-
000,000 acres of land, which is classed as
desert. The greater part of it is entirely
worthless, a very - small proportion being
valuable for the timber on it, or the min
erals it contains. There are 190,000,000
acres which are subject to unsatisfied or
disputed grants, 80,000,000 acres of which
are covered by private claims unadjusted.
It will be seen from these figures that if
the unearned railroad land grants are not
forfeited the United States has very little
land left ior settlement. If the forfeiture
bills now pending become laws, the pub
lic domain adapted to settlement will be
increased to about 100,000,000 acres. A
very large part of this can only be made
available for agricultural purposes by
irrigation.
The Northern Pacific Railroad alone
claims nearly two-thirds of Washington
Territory—a district comprising a princi
pality in itself. To most of this magnifi -
cent property the company has no legal
title whatever, although a constructive
title thereto has been recognized by the
Secretary of the Interior. The claims of
this and other railroad companies should
not be construed any more tavorably
than the claims of individuals. If they
are not legally entitled to the lands they
should not have them, and the country
looks to the Democratic party in Congress
to see that justice is done in the premises.
Florida’s Candidates.
The work of the Florida State Demo
cratic Convention appears to have given
very general satisfaction. There are, of
course, some who are disappointed, but
their disappointment isn’t so deepscated
that they will not recover from it. They
will be found at work for the ticket when
the campaign fairly opens. The nominee
for Governor, Gen. Edward A. Perry, is a
man who invites confidence and com
mands respect. He is a native of Massa
chusetts, but is a Southerner in sentiment
and feeling. He was among the first in
Florida to respond to the call of
the Confederacy. He raised a com
pany at Pensacola and was in Vir
ginia in 1861. His company became
part of the Second Florida Regiment.
At the battle of Williamsburg its Colonel,
G. S. Ward, was killed and Captain Terry
was chosen to fill his place. In the course
of time the Fifth and Eighth Florida Regi
ments joined the Second and formed a
brigade, and Col. Perry was made a Briga
dier General and placed in command of
it. He was wounded in 1864 in the battle
of the Wilderness. After the close of the
war he returned to Pensacola and re
sumed the practice of the law. He is re
cognized as a leader ot the bar of Florida.
His associate on the ticket, Hon. M. H.
Mabry, candidate for Lieutenant Gover
nor, is a young man, being only about
thirty-three years of age. He is an
Alabamian by birth. A part of
his life was spent in North
Louisiana and a part in Mississippi. It
was not until 1879 that be adopted Florida
as his home. He has made good use or ms
time since he beo*<*e a citizen of that
State, anJ 18 regarded as one of the bright
est and ablest of the young men of bis
party. Leesburg, Sumter countv, is his
home. He has been Mayor of his town,
member of the Constitutional Convention,
and at present is a member of the Legis
lature. With standard bearers such as
Perry and Mabry are, the Democrats can
hardly fail to carry the State by a hand
some majority. The outlook for success is
very encouraging. All that is needed are
good organization and good work, and It
is pretty certain that there will be no
lack of either.
Making; a Itlaek List.
Mr. Walker Blaine, it is alleged, has
been making inquiries in the depart
ments at Washington for the purpose of
discovering if there are any kickers
among the leading officials. Mr. Walker
Blaine, if the truth is told about him, is
making a black list for the use of his
father. It is not very probable that his
father, the Hon. James G., will ever have
occasion to use this black list, because
the handwriting is on the wall that the
Republican party must go, but it is a
good thing with which to scare the kick
ers and bolters into the ranks. It is said
that Mr. Walker Blaine found very little
enthusiasm lor Blaine and Logan among
the thousands who draw their rations
from the public crib. A number of names
was added to the black list, ir reports are
to be believed, and warnings given that
will cause a more marked exhibition
of enthusiasm among the minor
office-holders. It may be that Mr.
Walker Bhflne is preparing the way for
voluntary political contributions. If that
is what he is doing it is not probable that
his work will yield a satisfactory return.
The President doesn’t appear to be deeply
interested in Blaine’s success. It is cer
tain that he won’t permit the government
employes to be assessed under the
guise of voluntary contributions.
If any of the employes
want to help Blaine pay his campaign
expenses. Mr. Arthur will not protest,
but he will have it distinctly understood
that there will be no dismissals for a
failure to contribute to Blaine's corrup
tion fund. Blaine’s political machine
doesn’t appear to be working well. He
will probably have it in better order in a
few weeks.
Railway journals agree that within the
last year there has been a great shrink
age in railway traffic the world over. The
figures show that it has been greatest In
the United States and Canada, and least
in Great Britain. A writer in the Chicago
Xetcs says that “to date this year the
shrinkage in Great Britain has been £200,-
000, or 1 per cent, in seventeen railways,
with an increase in mileage of nearly
per cent. In the United States the de
crease in ten railways has been $3,458,-
380. This is a decrease of 5% per cent, in
the tea leading roads, with an in
crease of mileage of 6 per cent. In
Canada the falling off in traffic is <}£ per
cent., with an increase in mileage of over
20 per cent. 1 In France the decrease in
traffic is per cent., with an increase
of mileage of fully 11 per cent. In Ger
many, in the first three months of the
year, the decrease in traffic is nearly 2%
per cent., while there has been a consid
erable extension of mileage. In Austria
the decrease in traffic is 3>£ per cent.,
with some expansion in mileage.’’
Gen. Lew Wallace, American Minis
ter to Turkey, sits down on the stories
which imaginative American travelers
tell respecting their visits to Turkish
harems and their flirtations with Turkish
women. He says that the Turkish women
are the most beautiful women in Europe,
or anywhere else, but travelers don’t get
a chance to talk with them. He says that
during his three yeare’ stay at Constanti
nople he never spoke to a Turkish woman.
Gen. Wallace can't be much of a
“masher.”
THE SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. JUNE 29, 1884,
The South American Washington.
The unveiling of the equestrian statue
of Gen. Simon Bolivar, presented to the
city of Xew York by the Republic of Vene
zuela, in Central Park, revives interest in
the struggle of the South American colo
nies to throw off the Spanish yoke. Proba
bly the people of the United States know
less ot the history of the countries on the
southern portion of our hemisphere than
of any other portion of the civilized world.
It was perhaps a recognition of this fact,
coupled with a desire to cultivate a friend
ly spirit between that country and ours,
that prompted the Venezuelan Congress
to present the statue of the liberator to the
metropolitan city of North America.
Bolivar was born in Caracas in the very
year in which the thirteen North Ameri
can colonies ended their struggle for in
dependence, 1783. He belonged to the
Creole nobility, in Venzuela, and although
he was educated and married in Madrid
he never possessed any great love lor the
mother country. In 1809 he visited the
United States, probably in the interest of
the revolutionists, for in the very next
year the revolution broke out and he at
once identified himself with it. He at first
visited England, where he purchased
arms and acted fora brief season as diplo
matic agent in the attempt to secure help
from that country. In 1811 he returned
and joined the army, when he was ap
pointed on the staff of Gen. Miranda and
was placed in command of the Fortress of
Puerto Cabello, which was soon captured
by the Spaniards, the citadel having been
seized by 1,200 Spanish prisoners confined
in it.
A treaty was signed by Miranda
restoring V enezuela to Spanish rule, but
that General was atterwards arrested by
Bolivar and others and turned over to the
Spaniards on a charge that he was about
to leave the country. Bolivar then raised
a revolutionary force, and, with the as
sistance of other leaders, expelled the
Spaniards from New Granada. He then
marched on Caracas, and captured the
city after slight resistance. He was
honored with a triumph, and proclaimed
himself “dictator and liberator.” In 1815
he was defeated by the Spaniards, who re
covered both Venezuela and New
Granada, and he was forced to leave the
country and take refuge in Jamaica in
1815. lie returned in a few mojitlis, and
gathering up the scattering forces of the
revolutionists, he was made commander
in-chiet of Venezuela and New Granada.
The war against the Spaniards was
waged with varying success lor many
years. Bolivar was soon joined by forces
from Ecuador and Peru, and he was suc
cessively made dictator of all these pro
vinces, and founded the republic of
Bolivia. The Spaniards were finally ex
pelled in 1823 and 1824.
After the end of the war the provinces
of which he was dictator, forming the
United States of Colombia, were torn by
internal dissensions, and Bolivar's in
fluence was greatly weakened. He was
denounced as having an ambitious de
sign to establish a monarchy, and at
tempts w T ere made to assassinate him.
He repeatedly resigned the Dictatorship,
but being decidedly the leading mind in
that portion of South America,was as often
re-elected. His final farewell to the na
tion was written in 1830, on the occasion
o£his fifth resignation, and his death took
place before the end of the year. He was
a man of great ability and patriotic im
pulses, but was fond of fame and power,
as well as of the pleasures and frivolities
of life.
Oscar and the Storthing.
The struggle for constitutional govern
ment in Norway shows no abatement.
The recent failure of the King’s Cabinet
and the resignation of its members have
greatly encouraged the LEierals, and they
hope tnat the time is not far distant when
he will lie forced to select a ministry in
accord with the views of the large ma
jority of the people, as expressed in the
Storthing.
It seems strange on reading a history
of the prolonged contest between the
Storthing and the King, in which his
ministers were one by one impeached
• because they adhered to his ideas as to
their responsibility, to read that Oscar is
a most popular sovereign. His personal
influence and forbearance have probably
had more to do with the preserving of the
peace in Norway than the conservative
character of the people.
It is said that the Norwegians ar e not
yet ripe for a republican form of govern
ment. It appears, however, that they
have such decided ideas as to what a con
stitutional monarchy should be that the
government they are determined to have
will be a republic in reality and in form,
with the exception that the highest office
in the nation will be filled by a hereditary
instead of an elective executive. The
struggle has apparently reached the point
where either the King or the
Storthing must yield, and as the Liberals
have a large majority in both branches of
that body, it is hardly possible that it will
retrace its steps just after it has won a
series of brilliant political and judicial
victories.
Should the King appoint a Ministry in
accord with the demands of the Storthing
his popularity would no doubt be greatly
enhanced, though his power would be
much reduced. The Bernadottes love
power, but they have generally been
shrewd enough to know when to bow to
the inevitable.
Railway Restrictions in Mexico.
It is not improbable that managers of
railroads in Mexico built by American
capital and owned by Americans will be
subjected to a good many annoyances.
The Mexicans were anxious to have the
railroads built, but now that they have
them they are beginning to show some ol
the despotic spirit which prevails in
Mexican affairs. The railroads, it seems,
must be fenced, and the fences must be
so constructed as to keep goats from the
rood bed. Of course, the roads ought to
be fenced in cultivated districts of the
cou ' try where there is a great deal of
stock, but there doesn’t appear to be any
good reason why the roads should be com
pelled to build lences in comparatively
uninhabited sections. It seems, also,
that special trains cannot be run except
by permission of the Mexican authorities.
Doubtless managers of the railways in
Mexico are just beginning to get a
glimpse of what is in store for them.
It will not be surprising if they are sub
jected to all kinds of annoying restric
tions. The Mexicans, probably, will un
dertake to regulate freight and passenger
rates, and will finally demand a percent
age of the gross receipts. When the
building of railroads in Mexico by Ameri
cans began it was freely predicted that
the roads would eventually be the source
of trouble between the two countries.
Trouble may be a long way in the future,
but the dictatorial spirit which the Mexi
cans are beginning to manifest justifies
the belief that it may be reasonably ex
pected some time. It is not at all improb
able that railroad property in Mexico
will not prove as profitable as was antici
pated.
In committing a wretched mother to
jail for having committed a petty larceny
in order to keep her infant from starving,
a Philadelphia Justice said: “I dislike
to send you to prison, but I have no alter
native.” Justice is always blind when it
ought not to be, especially a Philadelphia
Justice. The magistrate that hasn’t
genius enough to frame a verdict of “jus
tifiable larceny” in a case of that kind
ought to be sent to the asylum or the
State prison.
B. F. Butler and John Kelly deny that
they had a political conference in New
York Tuesday. They both appear to be
ashamed to let it be known.
CURRENT COMMENT.
A Distinction Without a Difference.
Cincinnati Times-Star t/nd.J.
Gen. Butler will go to Chicago, and he hopes
to be on the Committee on Resolutions, hav
ing already prepared a tariff plank. Proba
bly it is the old plank which he held up (or
public inspection last year—“tariff only (or
revenue,” instead ot “tariff (or revenue
only." Mr. Randall applauds it.
The “Tribune” Then and Now.
Sew York World (.Pern-.),
Twelve years ago the New York Tribune
regarded an Independent Re mblican as about
the handsomest thing that could be (rained in
the prodigalitv ot nature. Now, the Tribune,
edited by the same patriotic citizen, holds
that an Independent Republican is very little
better than a horse thiet, confidence man,
pirate and hedge-hog rolled into one.
Should Assert Principles.
St. Louie RepublicaniDem.).
The Ohio protectionists succeeded in tag
gingontothe State platform a wool resolu
tion. which has no more proper place there
than it would have i( tailed on to the Deca
logue. The great mass o( the Democratic
party are sound to the core on the tariff, but
an inconsiderable contingent too (requently
succeeds in marring its declaration of princi
ples, through the complacency or timidity of
committees and leaders in ’conventions. It
will lie a happy day for the party when the
majority determine to unequivocally assert its
principles everywhere and on all occasions.
Politics and Prohibition.
Monroe Advertiser ( Dem .).
S. C. Pomeroy, of Kansas, a notorious cor
ruptionist, was nominated for President of
the United States, and J. A. Conant, of Con
necticut. for Vice President. We are sure we
represent the prohibitionists of Georgia cor
rectly when we say that they will have no
thing to do with such a mongrel concern.
There are a dozen other names that might be
applied to it, with as much propriety as
“Prohibition Convention.” Georgia prohibi
tionists do not want the issue for which thev
are contending mixed with politics, and they
will not have it so unless the liquor men force
it oil them as is now the case in McDuffie
county. They prefer that it should stand or
fall ou its own merits.
ITEMB OF INTKKKST.
The little “five-fingered Jacks,” or starfish,
arc again, in re-enforced numbers, attacking
the oyster beds along the shores of Connecti
cut.
A San Francisco society leader engaged
the front row of tlie dress circle for Laugtrv’s
appearance last week, and filled it with local
beauties in decoUctte dress. The verdict was
they were all more beautiful than the Lily.
A couple whom a quarrel separated fifteen
years ago, but who were never divorced, were
reunited at Monahan, Texas, recently, and
went off on a second honeymoon. The hus
band and wife were aged 70 and 60 years, re
spectively.
“Economy," said Voltaire, “is the source of
liberality.” We shall, therefore, expect great
things of the town of Trumbull, Conn., which,
in order to avoid expense, left a human body
lying in the fields, exposed to the weather,
for three weeks.
Dynamite is coming more and more into
use among farmers, who find that it clears
pastures of bowlders and wood-lots of stumps
much more rapidly titan the slow-moving ox.
Some of them will doubtless lcaru that it
uever needs to kick but once.
An Indian mound has been opened at Page,
near Tower City, Dakota, in which were
found the skeletons of three men in a sitting
posture, facing the east. One skeleton had
the stem of a pipe in its mouth. The remains
of a horse anil a dog were also unearthed, to
gether with a curious shaped stone, covered
with figures. Several groups of skeletons
were found: also a well defined wall, as if the
ground had been removed to an unknown
depth and filled with soil.
On June 10 Berlin was treated to a pageant
in the shape of a grand historical procession,
organized by the Guild of Shoemakers, in
celebration of the sexcentenary of its exist
ence. The procession, which attracted enor
mous numbers of spectators, was viewed from
the balcony of the Palace by the Emperor anil
the Crown Prince, and also by Prince Bis
marck, as it passed along Wilhelm strasse.
One of the historical groups delineated llans
Sachs and his surroundings, while another
showed the development of the ehoemaking
art.
M. Vulpian, the Paris doctor, had a patient
some time ago who was afflicted with that
form of aphasia in which speaking is impos
sible, though the individual is able to sing
without difficulty. The doctor utilized the
singing power Tiy teaching this patient and
those who followed him to 6ing whatever they
wished to say, without confining themselves
to the words of the air. Asa consequence,
the hospital lias become musical with the
notes of opiera bouffe and the Marseillaise, in
which the patients nsk tor everything they
desire.
A young Berlin student the other day pa
raded about one of tlie most frequented streets
of that city in a lady’s white petticoat, a red
feather hat, with a sunshade held gracefully
aloft. He had made a wager to walk from his
residence to a favorite students’ haunt in the
centre of the town adorned with that costume.
His courage did rot meet with due reward,
forJong before his goal was reached lie had
to seek reruge from the crowd in the nearest
house, whence, without the unwonted garb,
he emerged after tne crowd had been dis
persed by the police.
The Italian array has for some years been
known as a legion of Benedicts. For many
years it was a royal rule that noofficer holding
his Majesty’s commission should marrv unless
he possessed a certain amount of private in
come. Italy is not a rich nation, aud the
subalterns of its army are not wealthy. The
consequence is that married officers have been
the exception, not the rule, in Italy. The
grievance—for in this light the rule has been
regarded by its victims—was recently brought
under the uoticc of his Majesty, and the King
has now relaxed the regulation, fixing the
marriage income of his officers at a point
which will enable gallant geutlemen to enter
the bonds of matrimony in the broad light of
day, as becomes the action of the soldier, in
stead of marrying in secret and repenting at
lei-ure.
Rev. Charles Graham has published the
story of Charles Keade’s conversion. With
regard to theatres Mr. Graham writes: “Early
in 18 c 0 Mr. Ueade asked my advice in relation
to his connection with the theatre. My reply
was that he had now found anew Master,
from whom it was both his privilege and duty
to seek guidance. Soon after he said to me,
‘1 have now cut off my right hand and cast it
from me. lam done with the theatre.’ But
here it is only right to say that in the meshes
of that evil net he allowed himself to be again
entangled. Of his sin in this entanglement
my v lued friend soon became convinced.
Confined to his room by one’of his severe
bronchial attacks, I called on him, when im
mediately he said to me, *1 have backslidden
from God; I have returned to the world. Is
there no mercy for me?’ I pointed him to the
examples of Daniel and Peter.” It is some
what remarkable, says the London Truth, that
with these singular views as to the iniquity of
all connection with theatres Mr. Reade should
have, in his own epitaph, described himself as
a dramatist.
The latest sport in Pans among the young
gommeux of the day is to offer a supper In
some of the swell restaurants, where the room
and the lights are given by the Host for a
costly sum, while the guests are only allowed
the food which they bring and which they
must steal on tlieir 'way down to the rendez
vous. A correspondent says: “The young
fellow who had invited me to see the fun stole
oorae three pounds of cherries as his share of
the programme, while a mutual friend joined
us with a jambonneaux under his arm,
wrapped up in his handkerchief. Not being
considered intelligent enough,l was allowed to
come in, as an unproductiveoutsider.with pre
cise stipulation that mum was the word. The
table snowed a most thorough aptitude on the
part of young France to the power and possi
bility of helping itself. The fashion was set
some years since by the Duke de Moray. It
is to be presumed that any flagrant act of
appropriation to the needs of the moment
would in the end be paid for, but for the time
being the viands, wines and flowers have all
the flavor of stolen sweet3.”
An Indian maiden was sent about a year
ago by her parents, who are intelligent civil
ized aborigines, to the school'at Carlisle, Pa.,
to be educated. The young girl was one of
the handsomest Indian maidens ever seen at
the institntion, and could speas English with
fair success, at least well enough to exchange
love messages with young Howard White
woli. of Carlisle, who became smitten with
her charms. She learned to love the pale
faced youth, and opportunities forclandestine
meetings were found at which vows of ever
lasting constancy were exchanged. Alas, the
duskv daughter of the plains loved not wise
ly. in consequence of her indiscretion she
was sent a few weeks ago to the Roaine Horae,
at No. 3,216 Germantown avenue, Philadel
phia. where she remained until Monday last.
In the meantime young IVhitewolf, who is a
person of good family and generous impulses,
was easily prevailed upon to marry the girl
andtake'her to his home as his wife. The
wedding occurred at the Rosine Home last
Monday in the presence of a large number of
the friends of the institution.
Morality has proved too much for Spa.
The government suppressed the gambling and
paid a million dollars or so to heal the wound.
This the authorities of the town failed to in
vest so as to lessen the taxes needful to take
care of the parks, casino, etc., but spent it in
building new ipavilions, ornamental railings
and the like. In Bpite of this furbishing, vis
itors in sufficient number declined to come
when the attraction of the green tables was
no longer present, and the town found its ex
penses increased and its resources diminished.
In this emergency a scheme has been sub
mitted by a company of Parisian speculators
which is‘likely to be accepted. This “syndi
cate” proposes to pay the town about A3,000 a
year, and to take over all the public estab
lishments, keeping up the same as heretofore.
It also undertakes to expend not less than
jC2,000 in advertising in the English and
French journals the natural and society at
tractions of Spa; to give about six days’
racing, with good prizes and added money,
and about the same number of days' pigeon
shooting; to say nothing of frequent balls,
fetes, etc.
Representative Ochiltree, of Texas,
will soon go to England to visit Albert Ed
ward, Prince of Wales.
BRIGHT BITS.
“The true ceonomv of human life’'consist*
in making a six-do’llar salary cover twelve
dollar expenses and having "some spending
money left at the end of the week.
A fashionable lady ordered a bathing
suit of the latest style. It came to her in a
letter, in which was also encloeod a stamp lor
a reply. She wrote back to ask which was
the suit and which was the stamp.— oraphic.
Logan anh English.—“ What a contrast
there is between Logan and English,” sug
gests the Norristown Herald. Between Logan
and Bill English, ves; between Logan and
the Queen's English, yes, again.—Philadel
phia Times.
Heerv .James, in his latest novel, permits
a Western cowbov to elope with the daughter
of an English lord. This wonld seem to re
fute the assertion that Mr. James had become
entirely imbued with the spirit of British
aristocracy.
Bricks made of cork now constitute one of
the new German industries. The usual size
is 10 by YK aud 2)4 inches. They are prepared
from small corks, refuse and cement. And
will find great favor with men accustomed to
carry bricks in their hats.
Some of Meissonier’s models, it is said, are
compelled to retain the same positions for six
hours at a time. Almost as long as a well
regulated family can persuade a servant girl
to retain her position in these days of culi
nary competition. —Burlington Free Frees.
Adown the sloping country lane The wheel
man wheeled him on his wheel, With sjteed
of a wild hurricane, As spun the pedals like a
reel. Crouching in a corner of the fence. The
ambushed foe lay low in wait, Ready to sud
denly spring thence And hurl the victim to
liis fate. The wheelman came—“Boo-hoo!
00-hoo!” The old hog jumped into the way:
Full ninety feet the Wheelman flew. And
wheeled his wheel no more that day.— Wheel
man's Gazette.
“Chester,” said Robert Lincoln, as he
tossed out his line at Oyster Bay, “what’s
your opinion of the ticket?” “Robert,” said
Chester, “you know lain a Republican, and
shall vote straight; but I tell you Jim Blaiue's
chances are slim. Don’t mention it to any
body, but I have the most positive informa
tion that J. B. lias only twelve pairs of pants!
Think of it, Robert, a man running for Presi
dent of a country like this with only twelve
pants! Ah, me! I wish the convention had
nominated G. William Curt'S!”— Courier-
Journal.
Algernon (looking down into Alice’s “ce
lestial blue orbs”) —“My darling, I—l—l’ve
heard a Widdle I should like to ask you.”
Alice (an innocent Lovey-Dovey with loDg
cye-lashes)—“Yes, Algy, dear?” Algy—“Er—
cr—oh, yes. What is the bwightest idea in
life?” Alice (pondering deeply) —“In life?—
hum!—the brightest'?—hum!—iu life?—hiun!—
I don’t know, dear. I’ll give it up.” Algy
(triumphantly)—“Why, your Eye. dear, of
course!" Pause of ten minutes. Alice (sud
denly, with a little scream of delight)—“Oil.
yes! I see—my Idea—oh, yes. That is good!
—of course!” (And yet some people wonder
that men are no more humorous than they
are).
PERSONAL.
George W. Julian’s name wasn’t even
mentioned in the Indiana Democratic State
Convention. So soon are the dead forgot.
Dan Rice, the old circus man, has quit
lecturing on temperance and taken to drink
again. lie finds it easier to be a frightful
example than to describe it.
Loud Wolselev takes command of the ex
peditionary force which starts for Khartoum
in the first week of August. His old lieuten
ants, Sir Redvers Buller anil Sir Herbert
Stewart, accompany him, the former as
second in command.’
The singular statement is made that the re
gents of the Wisconsin State University are
anxious to oust President Dr John Bascom
because he prevents his students from patron
izing liquor dealers, and actually has written
books in promotion of the cause of temper
ance.
Rev. David X. Bentley, who died in Nor
wich, Conn., on Wednesday, at the ripe old
age ot 100 years, was undoubtedly the oldest
clergyman in the country. He began preaeli
ing when but 15 years old, and, besides being
the pioneer of Methodism in that part of Con -"
necticut, lie devoted seventy-five years of ins
life to its maintenance. In his lifetime he
preached over 2,000 sermons, married 514
couples, and buried 2,300 persons.
The record of young Irving Hale, of New
York, who carried off the highest honors at
West Point this year, beats any record that
was ever made at that famous institution.
The boy commenced at the head of his class,
lie was first in every study in the first year he
entered the academy. In the second year he
held his first position in all his studies "but one,
and in the third year he found himself again
at the head in every branch of study. He
now stands first in the graduating class in all
but one study, Spanish, and in that there is
but one-tenth of a mark between him anil
Cadet Sanford, who is first. Hale is the son of
a school teacher. He will be assigned to duty
in the engineer corps United States army.
BOOK NOTICES.
But a Philistine. By Virginia F. Town
send. Boston: Lee & Shepard. Price |1 50.
This is one of the best stories of this
gifted authoress. The scenes are laid
principally on the coast of Maine, aud
are described with a graphic pen. The
principal characters are selected from the
types of the most intelligent and refined
members of society, and the plot is com
plete though not at all tedious? The story
is written in an attractive style, free alike
from meaningless twaddle and pedantry.
While it is a lone story, it is not ol the
ordinary class. It is a book that can be
read with intense interest, aud yet it will
teach most valuable heart lessons with
out possessing the fictitious glamor and
frivolity usual in modern novels.
Hei.lekism, or Second Sight Mystery. By
Harry Herman. Lee & Shepard. 17 Frank
lit street, Boston, publishers. In cloth, 41,
Some years ago, Prof. Heller, magician
and musician, astonished large audiences
by placing his sister blindfolded on the
platform, taking his place far off in the
audience, and then requiring the lady to
describe articles held in his hand or on
the persons of others. Many persona have
ottered large sums to obtain the secret, as
the art cannot only be made to afford
pleasure and recreation, but is decidedly
useful as an educator of the memory.
This book tells the whole story, and is a
decidedly interesting volume even to those
who only wish to gratify a laudable
curiosity to know how it is'done.
Whirlwinds, Cyclones and Tornadoes.
William Morris Davis, author; Lee & Shep
ard, publishers, 47 Franklin street, Boston.
In cloth, 50 ceuts.
In this little volume of 90 pages there
is a vast amount of information about
storms of all kinds. The information is
presented in a very interesting way, so
that facts are gathered without apparent
effort.
What Is To Be Done. An emergency book,
by Robert B. Dixon, M. D. In paper,sixty
seven pages: Price 30 cents. Lee A Shep
ard, Boston, No. 47 Franklin street, pub
lishers.
This little volume contains many use
ful hints and much valuable information.
It directs what should be done and what
remedies applied in cases of accidents
and sickness.
Barrara Thayer; a novel. By Annie Jessie
Miller. Lee & Shepard. 47 Franklin street,
Boston, publisners. In cloth, sl.
The author is an Indiana lady, aDd
enjoys quite a literary reputation. The
story is well written, and is entertaining.
It is not a great story, but it has strong
points, and will not disappoint its readers.
The Reading Club. Edited by George M.
Boker; Published by Lee & Shepard, Bos
ton, No. 47 Franklin street. Paper, price
15 cents.
This little volume contains fifty selec
tions in prose and poetry, and they are ad
mirably adapted for reading clubs.
Broken English. A Frenchman’s struggle
with the English language E. C. Dubois,
author; Lee & Shepard, 47 Franklin street,
Boston, publishers. In cloth, price 50 cents.
This volume is amusing as a narrative,
and instructive as a handbook of French
conversation.
MAGAZINES.
St. Nicholas for July is fully equal to
any number that preceded it. Tlie illus
trations are excellent, and the matter is
of a high standard. A glance at the table
of contents shows that there is no inten
tion to lower the standard ol the maga
zine.
Why Commodore Garrison Killed a
Man.
San Francisco Post.
In his life and ending Ralston was per
haps the typical Californian of the early
time. In 1847 he began life as second
clerk on the steamboat Convoy (of which
C. K. Garrison was captain and main
owner), running from St. Louis to New
Orleans. After varied fortunes, in 1849
Commodore Garrison killed a well known
Mississippian in a fight, shooting him in
the head Just in time to save his own life.
The family of the man he killed was a very
rich and powerful one at that time, and
while Garrison did what he did clearly in
self-delence, yet he certainly would have
been killed by some of the dead man’s
brothers if he continued to run on the
river. He therefore concluded to leave
the South, and the California gold excite
ment breaking out at that time he went
out there, his clerk, Ralston, tallowing
him. As might be expected Garrison soon
became very rich, and established the
firm of Garrison, Fretz & Ralston. After !
making an immense fortune he came East !
to New York, leaving Ralston one of the ;
leading financiers ofthat section. His j
life, adventures and sad death are too well *
remembered to need further mention. |
PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANTS
OPINIONS AS TO THE COMING
MAN AT CHICAGO.
Democratic Congrc.isnicn for Bayard ar
Cleveland—A Tariff Plank in Favor
With Them—lt Must Not be Protec
tion in Pennsylvania and Revenue
Reform In Massachusetts —The Ran
dall Movement—His Reasoning on the
Situation.
Special Correspondent of the Morning Xetcs.
Washington, June 27.—We are all
talking about the Chicago Convention of
next week. We have been talking about
it ever since Blaine was nominated, but
the stream flows deeper and faster as it
nears its plunge. Very little else is talked
of in the cloak rooms of the two houses
and along the narrow aisles on the floor.
If Blaine had not been nominated, if Til
den had not withdrawn, this would not
have been so. But Blaine was nominated
and Tilden has withdrawn, and the Demo
crats are face to lace with a grand oppor
tunity and a puzzling problem. Here in
Washington both parties appreciate fully
both facts. From the newspaper inter
views of the past few weeks one might in
fer that the Republicans did not agree
with the Democrats that the latter bad
now in their grasp the chance of a party’s
lifetime. Most of the Republican inter
views have been of the hurrah-boys
jingo sort. Blaine and Logan were to be
elected by an overwhelming majority re
gardless of what the dudes and Democrats
might do or say. The dudes were drunk
with conscientiousness, and the Demo
crats were dazed by the very hope of suc
cess, and they would be easily beaten by
the invincible Blaine and the irresistible
Logan. Well, this kind of talk does well
enough for remote settlements in the pine
woods of Maine. But it don’t go down
here, where the real opinions of the Blaine
boomers are well known. The average
Washington politician is given to lying.
BUT THE AVERAGE EXPERIENCED WASH
INGTON CORRESPONDENT
usually knows what the average Wash
ington politician ought to say if he would
tell the truth. For example,' I know that
the men who have been most vociferous in
their attempts to make the country be
lieve that Blaine is already elected, are
most doubtful of his pulling through. Y'ou
can have no idea, unless you have talked
with them confidentially, how widespread
is the distrust of Blaine’s success among
Republicans here. Members ot the Cabi
net, members of the Senate, members of
the House, not the riff-raff, but the best
informed men among the leaders, tell you
that they can only hope that the ticket
will get through. Such a thing as a con
fident assurance that it will receive a
majority of the electoral votes is unknown
outside of the newspapers, and these
hopes, flimsy as they are in most cases,
are built upon the expectation, which may
be disappointed, that the Democrats will
blunder at Chicago. This is the earnest
desire of the Republican heart—that the
Democrats may blunder in their candi
date and juggle in their platform, and so
merit the condemnation of that great
mass of voters who are not partisans. The
Republican leaders are praying, as they
never prayed before, that the Democrats
may nominate a weak man on the Ohio
platform. Then they hope to be able to
bring their ticket through. But they feel
that with Bayard or Cleveland at the head
of the Democratic ticket, aud a good
Western soldier at its foot, with
an unequivocal revenue reform tariff
plank, the Republican party will
fight up hill all 4he way to a defeat
which will crush it in November. Noth
ing is more apparent in all private con
versations with well informed Republi
cans than their hope that the Democrats
may blunder, and their fear that the Dem
ocrats may not. Yet all the while they
must have’ a public opinion for publica
tion directly opposite to that which they
have expressed a hundred times in con
vention.
YOU WANT to discount a republican
INTERVIEW
about 100 per cent. There is, of course, a
small minority of Republicans who really
believe that Blaine and Logan are certain
of election. But they are ill informed
ones, who do not know what they are
talking about. Their very statements,
when they bring themselves down to any
thing definite, show how absurd tlieir
views are. The great majority of the Re
publicans in both hoffses are clinging to
the hope that the Democrats will defeat
themselves. If there was any way of get
ting it into the convention, Blaine man
ager William Walter Pbelp, and Blaine
manager Stephen B. Elkins would wil
lingly send Stephen W. Dorsey to Chicago
next week with half a million crisp two
dollar bills auil instructions to prevent
the nomination of Bayard or McDonald.
Now on the Democratic side the situa
tion is very simple. There is less of per
sonal politics in it than is usual. If the
choice of a candidate and the conqiosition
of a platform was left to the Democrats
of the two houses Bayard or Cleveland
would be the nominee', and a first-class
tariff plank, which would not mean pro
tection in Pennsylvania and revenue re
form in Massachusetts, would be written
into the platform. No one having the
confidence of the Democratic leaders can
doubt tnat they are at this moment ani
mated by a pure desire to select the best
candidate and adopt the best platform
that can be had. With the exception of
a few men, alone wedded by personal
Iriendship to particular candidates, they
are willing to take the best without re
gard to personal preferences.
IF IT IS BAYARD, THE GREAT
majority is for Bayard. If it is Cleveland,
the great majority is for Cleveland.
They do not hold equally indifferent
views, though, about the tariff plank.
Here they insist upon an honest declara
tion in honest words for honest revenue
reform. So far, although frequent con
ferences have been held for the purpose,
no form of words has been agreed upon.
But at a conference of revenue reformers
from all over the country, to be held at
Chicago next week, I presume that the
phraseology of the tariff plank will be
amicably settled. The attitude of the
Democratic leaders is as unusual in
politics as it is admirable—it is a rare
thing to see personal opinions sunk in
patriotic purposes. The personal pre
ferences of the Democratic Senators are
in most cases lor Bayard. They know the
man. To know him is to respect, yes,
admire him. In many cases the regard
for Bayard among those men who know
his simple, pure, noble life best, has
ripened into undisguised affection.
They think that everybody must see that
he is the ideal candidate,as he would be the
Ideal President. “He is as nerly perfect as
men ever are,” they tell you. “He is able,
pure, high-minded, patriotic, a statesman
oflong experience and ripe culture. John
Kelly is for him; here is a letter to prove
it; the Independents are for him; the
Democratic party evervwhere is for him.
He would carry New York, Connecticut,
Massachusetts,'New Jersey, Indiana and
the entire South in spite of any ‘bar’l’
that Blaine may unhoop. Then why not
nominate him?” Ah! why, indeed. The
trouble is that while all the Democrats
(and all the Republicans, lor that matter)
admit that this splendid man would make
an ideal President,a majority of the Demo
crats of the House do not think he would
make an ideall candidate.
THEY ARE PINNING THEIR FAITH
to Cleveland on the theory that he can carry
more Northern States than even Bayard.
They base this upon their information that
Cleveland is the first choice of a majority
of the Democrats of New York. Hewitt
and Dorsheimer tell them that this is the
case, and S. S. Cox, who is counted a
personal representative of John Kelly,
tells them that while John Kelly will do
all he can to defeat Cleveland at Chicago,
he will, if Cleveland is nominated, do all
he can to elect him in New York. Never
theless there is a strong Bayard
contingent among the Democrats of
the House. Then there are in the
Senate and House individuals who
think that Tilden ought to be nomi
nated in spite of his letter; that Mc-
Donald ought to be nominated on the
theory that a change from East to West
would change the luck, and there are
a few other little booms of that
sort. But the most entertaining
feature of the situation is the Randall
movement. I had heard a good deal of
talk about this remarkable production,
but I did not fully realize its Importance
until to-dav. Randall Is to be the nominee
of the Chicago Convention. Don’t you
believe it? Why, he says so himself. He
tells his and men who are
not particularly friendly to him—that he
feels sure he will be nominated. He is
quite as confident of it as he was last
November that he would be nominated
for Speaker. I remember that he said
then: “You hear a great deal of talk about
Carlisle and about Cox, and this one and
that one, but remember that I will be
Speaker.” Well, he isn’t. Somehow, after
all, Carlisle had a majority of the caucus
and a few votes to spare.
STILL THIS TIME MR. RANDALL
may be right. His hopes are the out
growth of this process of reasoning:
“Blaine is tbeloremostproteetlonistinthe
Republican party. He was nominated on
one of the stiffest protection-for-protec
tion's sake tariff planks ever written. If
the Democrats put np a free trader on a
free trade platform the Democrats will be
buried thiough the efforts of the business
interests of the country, as they were in
1880. Therefore, to succeed,the Democrats
must nominate a protectionist on a pro
tection platform of the Pennsylvania
variety. Now. lam the loremost protec
tionist in the Democratic party, and I am
perfectly willing to 6tand on the Republi
can tariff plank if it is necessary. There
fore. I will be nominated.” You see this is
good logic. Then, too, Randall con
siders himself Tilden’s favorite. He
regards himself as the legitimate inheritor
of many of the Tilden delegations which
he has’ helped to organize in the West
and South. Many of these Tilden dele
gates, oddly enough, are protectionists.
Then Randall is everybody’s friend —John
Kelly’s and Ben. Butler’s —and he has a
kind’ word for the Independents, though he
don’t like high-kickers ordinarily. He
has made his peace with William A. Wal
lace and most of hie other opponents in
the Democratic party of Pennsylvania,
and he feels that he can promise that State
to the Democracy, together with New
York, Connecticut, New Jersey and Indi
ana. Perhaps Massachusetts, perhaps
not. Take it all in all. Brer Randall feels
that he has cause tor joy. He smiles con
stantly. Brown-Floyd.
BLAINE’S PART IN A PISTOL
FIGHT.
Three Groans Sent I’p for Him by South
ern Cadets in His School-teaching
Days.
The nomination of James G. Blaine,
says a Texas correspondent of the New
Y'ork Sun, adds new value to an anecdote
about him relating to the time when he
was connected with the Western Military
Institute as Professor of Languages. The
anecdote was related to me by a cadet of
that period, now a resident of this town.
The headquarters of the Western Military
Institute at the time of my friend’s matri
culation was at Blue Lick Springs, Ky.
The large incresse in the number of ca
dets necessitated a change of location m
order to secure more room, consequently
the institution was removed from Blue
Lick Springs to Drennan’s Springs, a
summer resort on the Kentucky river. In
the arrangements for the removal some
misunderstanding arose between the pro
prietors ol Blue Lick Springs, some par
ties by the name of Holiday, and the
Board of Professors, at the head of which
stool Col. Thornton F. Johnson, aided by
Col. Bushrod Johnson, since distinguish
ed in the late war; Col. Richard Owen,
James G. Blaine, and several others. The
result of the misunderstanding was a
tight between tbe Board of Professors and
the proprietors of the springs, in which
encounter Col. Thornton F. Johnson was
shot down and maimed for life. Col.
Bushrod Johnson stood his ground until
he had emptied the last barrel of his old
pepper-box pistol, then retreated amid the
universal shout of the boys to “run.”
James G. Blaine, on the contrary, at the
beginning of the encounter, hastened to
a stable close at hand, harnessed
and attached a horse to
a vehicle, and, with the Colonel,
fled to Wellersburg. A few days later
Col. Bushrod Johnson and James G.
Blaine made their appearance together at
Drennan’s Spring, the new headquarters,
where about 150 of the old cadets had as
sembled. As soon as the former of these
two professors appeared, the cadets
raised a shout of “Three cheers for Old
Bush!” They made the place resound
with their hearty cheers. They then
shouted, “Three groans for Blaine!” And
the night was rendered hideous by the
howls, grunts, and groans of the school
boys. The derision was too much for
Blaine, and he soon tendered bis resigna
tion and left for the hills ol Maine.
MYSTERIOUS STONE THROWING.
Two Brothers Driven From Tlieir Corn
Field by Showers of Pebbles.
George Sandford, aged about 25 years,
says a Trenton, N. special to the Sun,
lives with his mother and younger
brother, Albert, on a farm half a mile
north ol Trenton, on the plank road be
tween Utica and Boonville. On Monday,
while they were hoeing In a corn field ly
ing on high ground, the brothers were
suddenly assailed by a fusilade of stones,
several of which struck Albert with suffi
cient force to abrade tbe skin. There
was no fence or building near behind
which a person could conceal himself,
and there was no one in sight. The
stones were between the size of a pea and
a large egg. They continued to fall so
furiously that the brothers were obliged
to flee.’ The stones continued to pelt
them until they reached the nouse. about
fifty rods away, and one stone dropped
within the dwelling. This occurred at
about 4 p. m.
At 9 a. m. on Tuesday they started out
to resume their task, but again the shower
of pebbles set in. Then they came to
Trenton and got several men to return
home with them. While these persons
were at the Sandford place forty or fifty
stones of various sizes were seen to fail
near the brothers. While Albert was tak
ing a drink from a cup at the well a stone
knocked the cun from his hands. Several
stones went into the kitchen through the
open door and one through an open w in
dow.
Crowds of people are going to the place.
J. B. Watkins and E. C. Bevins, gentle
men in whose word every one here has
confidence, declare that they saw the phe
nomenon, and were utterly at a loss to
discover where the stones came from.
The Alarm Clock.
Bob Burdette.
It was the witching hour of 4:30 a.m.
A witching hour of sleep. The thrilty
Alarm Clock on the mantel lifted up its
cheerv voice and hade the Sluggard rouse
irora his lazy couch. The Sluggard, who
was making about fifteen knots ot solid
sleep with both bow ports wide open,
merely shut off his busy snore long
enough to say:
“Cheese that untimely racket!”
And straightway went to sleep again.
But the thrifty Alarm Clock shrunk never
from its duty. It cried aloud:
“How long wilt thou sleep, oh, Slug
gard ? When wilt thou arise out of thy
sleep?”
- “Read the tenth verse of tbe same chap
ter, Proverbs, six,” growled the Sluggard,
plunging his head yet deeper among the
pillows.
“The way of the slothtul man is as a
hedge of thorns,” shouted the Alarm
Clock.
“I’ll make your way like the track of a
•yclone if you |continue this matin much
longer,” snarled the weary Sluggard.
“He that is slothful is a brother to him
that is a great waster,” rattled the Alarm
Clock.
“You’re a waster of precious time when
you talk to me in the night,” replied the
Sluggard. “Call in during office hours.”
“As vinegar to the teeth and as smoke
to the eyes, so is the Sluggard to them
that send him,” caroled the Alarm Clock,
with a perfect hurrah.
“I’ll send you up the chimney in an
other minute, if I don’t hear some silence
in this room,” said the Sluggard, pulling
the sheet over his head and getting ready
to smother.
“Up!” shouted the Alarm Clock, with
prodigious clamor. “Up, and be stirring!
lip! Bless you, this won’t do! Have an
aim in life l”
And then the Sluggard, enduring no
longer, stood up on his elbow and aimed
a boot at the Alarm Clock with such fatal
precision that the air was full of brass
wheels, steel springs, striking hammers, j
fractured bells, broken glass and a bruis
ed and battered dial. One brief moment
the Sluggard gazed at the remnants of
what, but a few moments before, was a
good four dollar alarm clock, and then
settling himself down for a snooze that
could be broken only by the 8 o’clock
breakfast bell, he said:
“He that blesseth his friend with a loud
voice, rising early in the morning, it shall
be counted a curse to him. See Proverbs,
xxvii, 14.”
Mr. Lawrence Barrett makes the longest
theatrical jump on record. He leaves
London July 5 to open his American en
gagement at Denver, July 28, during the
great Colorado Exposition. Among bis
company are Louis James, F. C. Mosely,
B. G. Rogers, C. M. Collins and the Misses
Marie Wainwright, Minnie Monk and
Rosa France.
Mrs. Langtry appeared at Boyd’s Opera
House, Omaha, Nebraska, Saturday even
ing, in “Pygmalion ‘and Galatea” to a
packed house, and contrary to expecta
tion left a very favorable impression.
What a Tedious Time.
“Benson’s Capcine Porous Plasters
cured me of a chronic affection of the
kidneys.” S. T. H. 25 cents.
ULtittrft.
'll” ANTED, from Sept. 1, a fiAt of three or
T i four unfurnished rooms, foi’light house
keeping. north of Liberty street. Address,
with terms and location, BROW’N, News
office.
YYTANTED, one large or two small iVoms,
t V furnished, by two young men, neai’ the
Market, and private house preferred. Add'css
G. P.. Morning News office
Y\ T ANTED, men with good address to sol!
T f the New No. 8 Wheeler and Wilson Ma
chine; only men of energy and business quali
fications neett apply; liberal inducements of
fered to good men. Office, 48 Bull street.
YITANTED to sell, a good Caligraph, near
this office.
VRT GALLERY.—Wanted, a lady to at
tend reception room and make herself
generally useful. Apply RYAN’S Art Gal
lery. 139)4 Congress street.
\\ T ANTED, immediately, a female nurse at
tt Savannah Hospital.
\\T ANTED.—Ten select families can obtr, n
V 1 board at the Crawford House, 150 aits
152 Whitehall street, Atlanta, Ga. House*
first-class in all its appointments—gas, ti W
and cold baths. Address Mrs. L. B. DAVIS
Y\r ANTED, ladies and young men wishing
vt to earn fl to 33 every day qnietlv ar
their homes; work furnished; sent by mail;
no canvassing; no stamps required for rent v ’
Please address EDWAItD F. DAVIS 4 CCS..
sSSouth Main street. Fall River. Maas.
for JSrnt.
IJtOK RENT, the three-story brick house
204 Bryan street, second door from Mont
gomery. Apply to TIIOS. BOSTOCK, No.
Montgomery street.
VfBM PLEASANT second - story front room,
southern exposure, with board, good
lieghborhood. to rent. 172 Jones street.
pOB KENT, suit of rooms, furnished or un
furnished, at 155 Liberty street.
IjvOß KENT, furnished or unfurnished
’ rooms, with nse of batli room and parlor,
at 87 A bet-corn street, corner of President.
r l' , o KENT, two rooms, furnished or imfur
-l nislied. with use of bath, in desirable lo
cality. Address M.. care Morning News.
ITHHt KENT, pleasant rooms, furnished or
unfurnished, with or without board, with
use of bath. 172 Liberty street.
IMNK large comfortable rooms, second floor,
’ 204 State street. Inquire of LESTER
HUBBELL, 190 Congress street.
riNO KENT, a nicely furnished room, with
1 use of bath, suitable for one or two gen
tlemen. 103 Liberty street, near Drayton.
(CHOICE southern rooms, also some small
J rooms, to rent, with or without board.
Apply 66 Barnard street, Orleans square.
KENT, the fine store No 151 Brough
-1 ton street, now occupied by Mr. Daniel
Hogan. Apply to EDWARD LOVELL.
TO KENT, house 210 McDonough street, t>e
tween West Broad and Montgomery,con
taining 8 rooms, with kitchen and servants’
room in yard. Apply to A. B. FAWCETT,
Market Square.
IJOR KENT, the store No. 158 Congress
: street. Apply to F. S. LATIIKOP, 10 Bull
street.
fur Sale.
ASSIGNEE’S SALE.—The remainder of 11.
C. HOUSTON’S elegant stock, consisting
of the finest imported goods that have erer
been brought to Savannah, such as Black
Cashmeres. Hosiery, Corsets, Laces, Velvets,
Ribbons, French Flowers, Feathers, Orna
ments, Crepes, Ladies’ Merino Vests, etc.,
must be closed without delay at almost any
price. M. BROWN,
Assignee for H. C. Houston.
THE Eagle Patent Gas Burner, saves 20
to 40 per cent.; stops the waste of gas; wo
guarantee to hold the consumption from 1 to 6
feet per hour. For sale at NATHAN BROS.’,
188 Congress, ageuts for the State of Georgia.
Stvaqcfr.
STRAYED OR STOLEN, a white Maitiff
Dog, brown ears, scar on bead. Answers
to tlie name of “Spot.” If relurned to I*. O.
KESSLER & CO., 174 Broughton street, liber
al reward will be paid.
ftoarDinst.
EW YORK CITY, near Fifth Avenue'’
Hotel; furnished rooms 31 per day. 38 East
Twenty-sixth street.
Iltoitru to Xo;ti.
MOJVEYJTO LOAN.
CLEMENT SAUSSY, Money Broker,
No. 12 Whitaker street.
IOANS made on Personal Property. Dia
j monds and Jewelry bought and sold on
commission.
Monl? TO I.oAN.—Liberal loamf made
on l)i monds, Gold ami silver Watches,
Jewelry, Pinto's, Guns, Sewing Machines,
Wenru.ii A por.'ct, MeehanW liwliy Clock*,
etc., etc., at Licensed t’awnbioker House, 187
Congress street. K. MCHLUKKU, Manager.
N. B.—Highest prices paid for old Gold and
Silver.
llrio JVDnri’tlormrnlo.
THEY MUST liO !
•
AS THE SEASON IS SO PAR ADVANCED,
AND \VK HAVE MORE GOODS THAN WK
WANT, WE ARK WILLING TO GIVE OUR
CUSTOMERS THE BENEFIT OF IT, AND
SO ARE MAKING GKEAT
REDUCTIONS
IN CLOTHING, HATS AND FURNISHING
GOODS.
REMEMBER, WE HAVE CLOTHING AND
HATS FOR MEN, YOUTHS, BOYS AND
CHILDREN.
WHITE VESTS, ALPACA COATS, ETC.
NOW IS THE TIME TO GET BARGAINS,
AND SO DO NOT LOSE THE OPPORTUNITY,
BUT COME AT ONCE AND GET FITTED OUT
FOR THE WARM WEATHER.
“KING OF SHIRTS,”
THE BEST SHIRT IN THE CITY FOR THE
MONEY.
Chas. Logan & Cos.,
THE SAVANNAH
Clothing & Hat Store,
FOR SALE,
IA AAA STRAWBERRY PLANTS,* the
lU.UUU best known variety for this cli
mate. See them growing in Graham’s gar
den on Exlev lands, IJ4 miles above the city.
For particulars apply to
GRAHAM * HUBBELL.
190 Congress street. Savannah, Ga.
for SSaif.
A Pleasant Country Home
I AM offering at a reasonable price a very
pleasant home in the delightful village of
Marlow. 26 miles from the city on the Central
Railroad. There are 2)4 acres of ground front
ing the railroad, about three minutes walk by
a well shaded street from the depot. The
house has two stories and contains six rooms,
with fire places in four of them. There are
Jhe usual outbuildings for summer kitchen,
servants’ room and stable. The location is
excellent, with neighbors in easy call. The
grounds are nicely shaded, and are ample for
gardening purposes. The village is very
healthy and the community one of the most,
desirable on the line of road to live in.
The railroad service is such that a person
doing business in thi3 city can be with his
family every night.
This is a most favorable opportunitv to
rid one’s self of high rents, jury duty and ma
laria.
O. II- DORSETT.