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Alabama is slowlv but surely develop
ing her irreat wealth of coal. Mobile will
doubtless be the great coal port of the
Lulu Hurst has captured the Pacific
emu. At ban Francisco she is overcom
ing the athletes and the spiritualists, and
Hi ut any trou
ble.
Not Terr much fuss is m£uie in hieszo
when a rich ji>rk packer s daughter runs
away with a common batcher. Nearly
ail the pork packers there have evolved
from common butchers.
Ex-banker Eno is said to be suffering
from ennui in Canada. It must be pretty
bad even f-r a conscienceless scamp like
£ CO k> have nothing to do but to sit down
and think about his own rascaliy deeds.
It is stated that the shrinkage in taxa
b\* values in Illinois this year amounts
V> fl'yx*>,<*<o. I*avid Ibivis was not
losing that !<■> pounds in wei-bt for
u .thing. lie w as bound to bring the whole
State down with him.
The high license law in Illinois has re
duced the number of saloons from 13,000
%o 9,00 b. while tne amount collected as li
cense tax has increased from $ .ttt.ooo to
Illinois don't believe in free
liquor, Y*y a good deal.
It Is represented that young Allan Ar
thur is naving a good time at the "White
House while his father is rusticating in
New Jersey. Between fast horses and
lawn-stir g girls it is to be feared the
y Ha will lose uis head if not his heart.
A Republican paper boasts that the
Dem* -e-rats are not beating the tattoo as
l .--.,1v now as a little while back. No,
the ta’tt*>oed man appears to have been
skinned during the last month, and all
that remains to be done now Is to take his
scalp.
What has become of Hon. William M.
Evarts? His clarion proboscis is not seen
on the stump as much as the Republican
managers promised. Perhaps the
‘•plumed knight - ’ objects to his speeches
b*-cause they are so pregnant with “loDg
sentences."
The Ohio Democrats are confident that
if the Republicans don't cany the State
V over 15.000 in October Cleveland can
get the electoral vote in November.
Thousands of Republicans who will stick
to their party on State issues will not vote
lor Blaine.
The topers of New Jersey are happy at
the prospect of an extra large apple crop.
The amount of cider and apple jack made
in that state this fall and winter is ex
pected to be greater than fever before. It
seems that Mr. Bt, John is not making
any very earnest efforts in New Jersey.
Prohibition can't combat Jersey lightning
on its native heath.
It jj contended that the only thing that
has preserved the physique of the English
aristocracy has been the frequent intro
duction of fobust plebeian blood by inter
marriage with cooks, housemaids and
others in the lower walks of life. It is
alleged that the most uncompromisingly
aristocratic families show strong ex iden
ces of petering out.
It is asserted that Jay Gould has con
tributed a very handsome sum to Blaine's
campaign fund. Doubtless John Roach
will do the same thing. They both know
how to put money where it will do the
most good for themselves. If the Repub
lican party should happen to be success
ful again they will expect to get their
money back with large interest.
The celebrated insurance ease of Bing
hamton, N. V., is still contested by thir
teen of tne companies in which Col.
Dwight had his life insured. There is lit
tle doubt that the policies will be held to
be valid, but the probabilities are that
only about half of s26o,ot\> for which the
deceased had his life insured will go to
his family. Court expenses and lawyers'
fees will take big slices out of the amount.
Mr. Blaine was peculiarly unfortunate
in selecting William Walter Phelps to
conch him. Phelps is a well educated
man. and he has even been called a bril
liant man by several leading sophomores
of Princeton; but he has never been ac
cused of being either wise or discreet.
Mr. Blaine will be able to cut a belter
figure beb're the country if he will swap
Phelps off for Wm. E. C handler. Chan
dler is notorious as being a devilish sly
man.
There has been a great ileal of sickness
at Elkton. Md n this *ummer, so much,
in fact, that the health authorities have
been at work to ascer'ain the cause.
After a thorough inspection it has been
inrlilrl that impure milk sohl by one par
ticular dairy is responsible lor the epi
demic. The dairy and grounds were
ff.und in a very nlthy condition, and the
water. °f which the cows drank, and in
which the milk vessels were washed, was
full of aewage.
The sugar planters in the British islands
are not prospering any more than their
brethren in Cuba and the United States.
The cause is the same everywhere—the
great beet sugar production in Europe.
It is probable that France and Germany
will be compelled to discontinue the pay
ment of bounties to the beet sugar pro
ducers in the early future. When this
takes place a rise in the price of sugar
may be expected, provided the making of
sugar from sorghum in this country is not
phenomenally successtul.
While Butler was exhausting the argu
ment out West his “People’s party” in
Massachusetts has been gradually crawl
ing into an auger hole. It is said that in
Boston Butlerism has almost completely
played out. lie will hardly be able to
regain much of his former strength before
the election. Very few of his Democratic
admirers will support him in opposition
to Cleveland, and many of his Republican
supporters have left him. R is not thought
he Will get over 40,050 vote# in the State,
and the idea of his being & prominent
Igure in politics four years hence is en
tertained by no one who is well informed,
except, perhaps, editor Dana and lawyer
Grady.
Tfec Republican managers have hit on a
shrewd plan of bulling Blaine stock. They
pretend to be so confident of victory that
they are already making up the slate for
the next Cabinet. Some of them propose
William Walter Phelps as secretary of
State. Steve Elkins as Postmaster Gen
eral, Grant as Secretary of the Treasury,
Bayne as Secretary of War. Ingalls as At
torney General, and Mabone as Secretary
of the Saw. There is no doubt a Cabinet
composed of these men would be after Mr.
Blaine’s own heart. He should not forget
that a Secretary of the Interior will be
needed, and Heifer would be the very ““
for the place. We apprehend, however,
that neither Blaine nor his managers will
have any voice in the appointment of Urn
The Political Outlook In lowa.
It is hardly probable that the Republi
cans will lose lowa, and yet the situation
there does not look very encouraging for
them. lowa in past years has been re
garded as the banner Republican State,
but it is certain not to be the banner State
this year. In InO it gave Garfield a plu
rality of 7*,oQl> and a clear majority of
45.000. Garfield's nomination was well
received throughout the State, and the
Republicans gave him an earnest and en
thusiastic support.
Blaine's nomination was not well re
ceived. In 1370 he was jooular in the
State and in 1380 he was still quite a
favorite, but there was no great demand
for him at the June convention. The
lowa Republicans preferred Arthur, and
he could have had the btate if he had
made a contest for it.
The reason* for thinking that the Mate
will go Republican by only a very small
majority, if it goes Republican at all, are
that the Democrats and Greenbackers
nave fused, and are now acting harmoni
eusly together. They have united on the
electoral and State tickets and are cer
tain to i*>ll a very large vote. In 18*2 the
Greenbackers polled 43,000 votes. In 1883
the Republicans for Governor had
plurality ot only 25,000. When it isre
membered that in 1880 Garfield had a
plurality of TB.OOO it will be readily un
derstood that a great change has been
j.„ in *on in lowa. Itcannot be said that
the reduced plurality in 1&8S was owing
to the fact that it was not a Presidential
year. The vote was the largest
that year that was ever cast,
and if the Democrats and Green
backers bad voted together as they
propose to do this year they would have
cast within 2.000 of as many votes as
the Republicans. The fusionists think
they ean wife out this margin this year.
To assist them they count on the fact that
hundreds of Germans and Scandinavians
wno have always voted the Republican
ticket will this year vote against it on ac
count of the position Blaine occupies with
regard to prohibition. It would be a re
markable revolution if lowa should
go Democratic in November, but
stranger things have happened. The tact
is that all over the West, and particu
larly in the Northwest, the Republican
party is losing ground on account of its
protective tariff policy. The farmers un
derstand that that policy imposes a bur
den on them for the benefit ot monopolistic
manufacturers.
Omimissiitner Dudley's Resignation.
It is a question whether the resignation
of Commissioner of Pensions Dudley is
genuine- Why did he fix the date on
which the resignation is to take effect at
N v. 105- He does not intend to perform
the duties of his office between the pres
ent time and the election. He is going, if
he has not already gone, to Ohio to engage
in campaign work, and after the October
election in that Mate he will go to his
native State, Indiana.
Is it the salary that he wants and which
he dries not expect to earn ? The truth prob
ably is that Mr. Dudley does not intend to
leave the Pension Office unless Blaine is
elected, and in that event he has a prom
ise, doubtless, of a better office. He will
know belore Nov. 10 whether the
Republicans are defeated or not. and
if they are it is about certain that he will
withdraw his resignation and resume his
place as the head of the Pension Bureau.
It looks as if his resignation were nothing
more than an effort to avoid criticism. He
don’t want to have it said that he has
abandoned his duties, for the performance
of which he receives a big salary, to give
his time to party work. It
would have been much more
creditable to him, however, if
be had boldly announced that notwith
standing the lact that his services be
longed to the government, he intended to
devote a couple of months of his time to
helping his party retain control of the
government.
The situation is probably that Dudley,
who is a poor man, couldn't do without
his salary, and his party thought it
couldn't get along very well without his
services. So the plan of pretending to re
sign was adopted to deceive the country
with respect to Dudley’s intention.
Asa matter of fact, Dudley is one of
the ablest political managers in the coun
try. He is bold, aggressive and full of
expedients. He is a very amiable man.
and in all business matters which relate
wholly to his own affairs is strictly hon
est, but in politics he is not overserupu
lous. Success is the end he aims at
without regard to the means necessary
to win it. No man had more to do with
carrying Indiana in 1880, and everybody
knows the means by which that State was
carried at that time.
Dudley is not the only promiuent official
of the government who has deserted his
post at his party's bidding. There are
dozens of them, and the business ot the
government is suffering on account of
their aliseuce. Every clerk who can
make a stump speech, or who is known to
be a good political worker, has been given
a vacation with full pay with the under
standing that he shall devote himseif
earnestly to party work. When the civil
service law is amended it ought to pro
vide that government employes shall not
abandon their duties to do campaign
work.
The Relief of Gordon.
The preparations tor the advance ot the
English expedition lor the relief of Khar
toum are being made with as much rapidi
ty as possible. It was considered impos
sible for European troops to endure an
active campaign in Southern Egypt and
the Soudan during the summer, hence all
these months nothing has been done of
consequence exeept to give the rebels a
little chastisement on the coast of the Red
Sea by way of inspiring them with a whole
some fear of British guns, and to plan for
the active work expected to be done during
the fall and winter. In the meantime
General Gordon appears to have been
extremely fortunate in being able to hold
Khartoum and to supply his native forces
with a sufficiency of lood.
It is thought that the route selected by
the English (up the river Nile) is the only
practical one open, or at least not fully
closed, to the expedition. From the base
of operations, Assouan, it is 1,400 miles
by the river to Khartoum, and the navi
gation is obstructed by seven cataracts,
besides numerous rapids. The use of
large lioats is impracticable during the
fall and winter, and the difficulty of pro
viding hundreds of small boats sufficient
to transport an army of 20,000 with its
supplies and war material may be imag
ined by those who have any knowledge of
such matters.
It is hardly possible for Lord Wolseley
to begin his advance in earnest before
Nov. 1, and the natural difficulties in his
way are such that even it he should meet
no powerful enemy in his route his forces
could hardly reach Khartoum before next
March.
The adherents of El Mabdi are known
to lie at several points on the river be
tween Assouan and Khartoum, and no
doubt tbey ean concentrate in sufficient
numbers to seriously obstruct the English
advance, and unless their power has been
very much exaggerated, if skillfully led,
they might easily defeat the expedition,
or prevent its ascending the river. If It
is true, however, that Gordon has gained
important victories over the rebels, he
maybe able to create a diversion from the
south formidable enough to materially
weaken the Mabdi's forces on tbe Nile.
It will be necesssrv for the relief expe
dition to advance with all possible speed,
for if its object is not accomplished before
next summer the campaign will have
been in vain, and Lord Wolseley will be
forced to beat a hasty retreat down tbe
river.
The most important questions are. what
reliable force has Gordon still at his com- ’
maud with which to oppose his enemies. :
what resources has he against famine, and
how long can he hold out?
Gordon has done more than some of the
best military critics expected him to do,
but he has failed thus far in bis great ob
ject—tbe evacuation ot the Soudan by the
Egyptians. Whether the recent victories
he is said to have gained will enable him
to accomplish that object remains to be
seen.
Mr. Blaine wouldn’t thank anybody for
quoting in bis presence the old saying
about a “Shoemaker sticking to his last.”
A Metier System of {sewerage NVedeil
Nobody doubts that a good system of
sewerage would be of incalculable benefit
to this city, and nobody would object to
such a system if it could be obtained
without cost. Indeed, if some philan
thropic capitalist should offer to supply
the city with just such a system of sew
erage as is needed, tree ol cost, the oner
would lie accepted at once, and, that too,
without a dissenting voice. That being
the ease, it may be safely assumed that a
better sewerage system than we now have
is badly wanted.
Any attempt, however, to adopt anew
aDd better system is sure to meet with
opposition. Some of those whose property
is connected with the present system will
raise objections to any change, because
they think that a change will cost them a
few dollars, and many of those whose
property is provided only with vaults
don't want any system, because
they don't want to bear the expense of
the improvement. Any attempt, there
fore, to place such sewers in the city as
there ought to be is certain to meet with
opposition.
But was there ever any public improve
ment in this or any other city which en
tailed expense on property owners that
did not meet with opposition? If the ob
jectors were consulted and allowed to
have their way public improvements
would come to a stand still. #
It is asserted that the present sewers
are faulty, costly and dangerous to the
public health. They are not properly
constructed for sanitary purposes, and
hence are not what are needed. The ex
pense of making connection with them is
from five to ten times as great
as the expense of making connection with
a uew and much better system. They are
dangerous because they allow the sewage
to leak into the ground and poison it.
While the present system has caused a
great decrease in certain kinds of dis
eases it has caused an increase, it is
claimed, owing to its defect*, in other
kinds.
Those who have made a study of tbe
present system and the proposed system
say that the cost of tbe new system to
property owners will not be greater than
the annual cost of repairs of the old
system. If this be true, it is difficult to
see what reason for opposition to the
new system there can be, provided it is
all that it is claimed to be.
Xhe Council has this question of anew
sewerage system under consideration. It
was presented at tbe last meeting, and
will, probably, be taken up for action at
tbe next meeting. There are many
rc-asons why the sewers should be in tbe
lanes rather than in the streets, and it is
easily demonstrated that small sewer
pipes will answer a better sanitary purpose
than large brick drains do. If the Council
proposes to act favorably in this matter
there is no time to be lost. The earth
can lie turned up with safety only in cold
weather, and cold weather is not far off.
There is nothing that contributes so
much to the prosperity of a city as health.
A healthy city, having business advan
tages, attracts capital and people. Good
drainage is absolutely necessary to good
health. Since the work of draining the
neighboring swamps began, the city’s
health has greatly improved.
In the event that anew system of sew
erage is adopted, care should be taken
that the sewers are constructed strictly
in accordance with sanitary and scientific
rules. Bad construction may render a
good system of no account.
A gentleman, a native of New England,
but a resident of the South for several
years past, has just returned from a trip
to his old home. He is very enthusiastic
respecting Cleveland's prospects in Mas
sachusetts and New Hampshire. He says
that it is estimated that St. John, the Pro
hibition candidate, will take more votes
from the Republican candidate than Butler
will from the Democratic candidate, and
that the anti-Blaine Republicans in the
Old Bay State are confident of a victory
for Cleveland. In New Hampshire the But
ler following is insignificant, and that of
St. John considerable. The prospect is that
there will be a Democratic success there.
Many Republicans throughout the New
England States, who are quiet men and
supposed to be true to the party, will vote
for Cleveland.
Democrats and Independent Re
publicans in New York claim that
State safe for Cleveland by
50,000 majority, and are willing to back
up their opinion with any amount of
money. The New England gentleman
already quoted savs he never witnessed
such enthusiasm in the ranks ol the
opponents of the Republican party.
Every day, he says, strengthens Cleve
land’s chances. He says that Northern
Republicans boast that they will carry
four or five Southern States. He was
willing to give large odds that they would
not carry a single Southern State. He
onlv found one man to take a bet on his
terms.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Blaine Condemns Himself.
Si. Louie Republican {Dent.).
Mr. Blaine's own explanation of his double
marriage and the reasons for it, if accepted as
true, show him to have been scarcely one re
move from an idiot, when he was in Ken
tucky. We have never heard it charged that
he was a natural fool even then. This story
would not lie accepted without proof for one
instant if it came from a person in the or
dinary walks of life.
Blaine Beaten Already.
Sett York Timee (Ind. Rep.).
Mr. Blaine is beaten already, a*d no ma
jority that Ohio can give her Republican
State ticket in October will avert or lessen
the disaster with which the honest voters of
this country are preparing tooverwhelm him.
Besides, the rebuke administered to this dis
honest and untruthful man will be all the
more emphatic anti stinging if after a He
•publican victory on State issues Ohio goes
against him in
The Lion and ths Ox—A Fable.
FMUidelphi.i Record (Ind.'.
A Lion and an Ox. having gone together
upon a hunting Expedition, the Lion agreeing
to Protect his Companion against Foreign
Cotnuetition, found that Game was nowhere
to be obtained, and that m the midst of the
Desert they were threatened with Starvation.
“Owing to the depressed condition of our
Industry," observed the I-ion, ’*l shall be com
pelled to reduce you 10 per cent.,” and he bit
a litieral Rump-steak out of the unfortunate
Ox. “But what am 1 to dor” bellowed the
maimed Bovine. “O,” responded the Lion.
aiTubly. “you may bite a Steak out of me—if
vou can!” Moral.—For the Moral of this
Fable apply to any Laborer at the Cambria
Iron Works.
lIT MS OF INTEREST.
Uvm is made from sweet potatoes in Louis
iana. Seven barrels of potatoes yield a bar
rel of rum.
In Brinks, if a patient requests that his
tooth be extracted with eas. the dentist forth
with lights the cnandeher.
Gov. Crittkspes. of Missouri, points with
pride to the fact that under his administra
tion the State penitentiary lias been made to
pay.
Tuk use of bitter willow in flavoring and
coloring tobacco is vehemently denounce*! by
Prof. Dcsenaraps, of Paris, as causing soften
ing of the brain.
Boilep peanuts are a favorite dish with
the Chinese. Long cooking beneath water
extracts all the oil and flavoring principle
and leaves a dough that can be used in the
same manner as that made from flour.
In excavating a well at York, Me., the roots
of neighboring oaks and hickories were found
imbedded in the rock 40 feet below the sur
face From either pressure or alorption they
had in many instances formed cylindrical
channels in the stone.
Olivxr Dalybmpli. tie champion farmer
of the world, resides ib St. Paul, ami has a
two-thirds interest in 75,000 acres of Dakota
Wheatland. He employs not less than 1,000
men, 808 horses and mules, 200 reapers and
SO steam threshers. Ilis crop this year will
amount to about 000,000 bushels.
A favorite Danish dog was with the Em
peror AJexadder 11. in the tragedy of XSSI,
and escaped the catastrophe in which his
master perished. The animal was taken pos
session of by the Princes Dolgorouki.and may
have been freyuentlr seen escorting the I nn
cese and her children in the Champs Llysees.
It has now just died at Lucerne, and will
probably be stuffed and sent to St. Petersburg.
It is stated in French agricultural journals
that Frencn cbeesemakers are not satisfied
unless they get from $l5O to S2OO per annum
from each cow. This is owing to their ex
pertness and thoroughness in the manufac
ture of cheese, and each particular agricul
tural district of F’rance has attained a celeb
ritv for the making of some particular variety
of cheese, developing into a special and im
portant industry.
Another danger is added to modern house
keeping. Dr. Austen has discovered that
water containing orgamc matter will, when
under pressure, dissolve compounds of lead,
line and ccpper more rapidly ami in much
larger (juantiues than when pure and under
ordinary conditions. He claims that many
cases of dysentery result from drinking such
water that has stood all night in lead or zinc
pipes.
AN Italian invention is a compass, in which
the needle floats upon a pool of water, tinc
tured with spirits of wine to prevent freezing.
The -Hole is enclosed in a sealed case. The
advantage claimed for the com pass is that,
while the ordinary movements of the needle
are free enough, those occasioned by sudden
shocks are modified and softened. The effects
of the discharge of a heavy cannon and of the
pitching of the vessel are thus guarded
against.
Bananas are not thoroughly ripe and lus
cious until they part readily from the stem.
To have to yank and twist to get one from the
bunch is proof of immaturity. Several
bunches hanging in the boast betwixt a cwl
airv pantry and a warm airy living roern will
afford a family supply. Bananas behavein
ripening some what as pca= do. The select
men of banana island- keep a string of
bunches hung by pulleys or cords along the
iaks of the thatched roofs of their bamboo
hou-e~. They lo.verdown bunch after bunch
in selecting perfect fruit fora guest.
There is a sunken forest of white cedar in
New Jersey which has been mined for timber
over seventy years. Tbe industry of digging
the sunken logs is carried on by the people of
llenni-viile. a village which was brought into
existence through the buried wealth of lum
l>er in its vicinity. Over the sunken forest
trees of large size are growing, and in many
instances these are cut away to reach the
more valuable timber three or four feet below
the surface. The sunken trees are ol enor
mous size. Their age is a matter of curious
conjecture. It is probable they were buried
many centuries ago by the action of an earth
quake.
Natiralists say that the feet of the com
mon working ltee exhibit the combination of
a basket, a brush and a pair of pincers. The
brush, the hairs of which aie arranged in
symmetrical rows, are only to lie seen with
ihe microscope. With this brush of fairy
delicacy the bee brushes its velvet robe to re
move the pollen dust with which it becomes
loaded while sucking up tbe nectar. Another
article, hollowed like a spoon, receives all the
gleanings which the insect carries to the hive.
Finally, bv opening them, one upon another,
by means of a hinge, these two pieces become
a pair of pincers, which render imjiortant
service in the construction of the com tie.
The oddest of evangelists are two men and
a girl, all negroes. They speak the dialect of
the Southern plantation too richly to have
long been at the North, and their garments
are about as Happy and grotesque as any
ever worn on tbe stage by imitation Afri
cans. The men carry anil play on fiddles,
while the girl taps and shakes a tambourine,
and all sing camp meeting airs. Thev range
themselves at the edge of the sidewalk, and
with voice- and instruments quickly call to
gether a crowd. Then their exhorter de
livers a brief but very animated harangue,
and a second bvmn is sung, with interpolated
hallelujahs ami amens. The services last no
more than ten minutes, and are followed by
a collection, the girl passing her tambourine
for coins.
Is the ordinary manufacture of gold and
silver thimbles thin plates of metal are intro
duced into the die and then punched into
shape. But in Paris the French have a way
of their own for making gold thimbles that
are said to be much more durable than those
made in the usual way. Pieces of very thin
sheet-iron are cut into disks of about two
inches m diameter. These, after being heated
to redness, are struck by means of a punch
into a succession of holes of a gradually in
creasing depth to give the pro-ier shape. The
thimble is then trimmed, polished and in
dented around its outer surface with tiny
holes. It is next converted into steel by a
process called cementation, then tempered,
scoured and brought to a blue color. After
ail this is completed a thin sheet of gold is in
troduced into the interior and fastened to the
s eel bv a mandrel, while gold leaT is attached
firmlv by pressure to the outside, the edges
being seemed in a small groove made to re
ceive them. This completes the thimble that
will last for years. The steel used in Its con
struction will scarcely wear out in a long life
time. and the gold, if worn away, is easily re
placed.
BRIGHT BITS.
Mk. Walters,of Minneapolis, hanged him
self "to fool his wife." lie would have his
little choke.
Emerson says: “There is always safety in
valor." but Emerson never was interviewed
bv a red-headed woman, with a cold and re
lentless cowhide lnd under her shawl.— Mtr
*Kantffrareler.
A Detroit man is writing about kisses in
literature. There cannot, however, be much
kis-mg in literature until more ladies shall be
put uj>on the editorial staff. —Louieville
Courier-Journal.
We aver the borrowed kiss
Gives the lougest, sweetest bliss:
Molen kisses oft are spurned,
Borrowed, have to lie returned.
— Gorham Mountaineer.
The Conundrum Club has just constructed
the following answer, but have not had tine
to build a question to meet it : “One is a Jer
sey mosquito and the other is a ‘Mercy, just
quit, oh'.' ” — X. Y. Journal.
“On. I do so dote on the sea." she gurgled
“If you only had a vacht, Augustus dear!'.
"1 have no yacht, Wilhelmina," he sighed
“but 1 ean give you a little smack.“ And
then it sounded as if a cork had flown out of a
bottle.
“Who saved tbe Union? Give us an answer
plain." A Republican echo answers.
"Blaine." “What Blaine* What Union did
he save - Give us an answer specific." The
Republican echo answers, “Union Pacific.”—
Albany Time*.
Jinks—"Whv. what is the matter with your
noser" has been frost-bitten."
Jinks—“oh! come now. you have not been on
any Arctic expedition." Finks—“ No. but the
other evening 1 kissed a Boston girl.’’—Phila
delphia Call.
“Arise with the lark and with the lark to
bed," read a little boy from tbe “Third Read
er " Then he stopped a moment and contem
plated the picture of a lark at the head of the
lesson. “Mamma." he said, “that lark’s toe
nails are so long I’d be afraid to go to tied
with him."
New York millionaire—“ Are the girls
locked up for the night, wife'" “les."
“Coachman chained?" “Yes." "Has the pat
ent butcher catcher in the front yard been
oiled so that it works well?” “Yes." “Well,
we might as well chloroform the gardener
aid go to sleep."—-V>ic York Tribune.
“And now what ails you?" asked the Ser
geant at the Woolbridge street station of a
prisoner brought in there the other evening
all covered with blood and dust. “Politics,"
was the brief reply. “Can't you talk politics
without wanting to kill somebody?” “Yes,
sir. but it was the other fellow who couldn't.
Hang him! He hit me with the whole Demo
cratic platform at once !"—Detroit Tree Free*.
“Oh! ma, I am so happy since I said yes to
dear George.” “I am glad to hear it, my
dear." “I never shall forget his first kiss. He
put his left arm around me; drew me quickly
up to him; placed his right hand lovingly on
my hair and pressed my lips so gently."
“sec here my child, you better break with
that voung man." “Why, what for, ma 5 "
“He has had too much experience."—Phila
delphia Call.
“IN looking over the bank book," said the
new bookkeeper, “1 find on a stub the sum of
110,000 as having been checked out. but there
is no mention of the amount in the bank's
statement, and no canceled check. Isn't that
rather strange?” “Not very strange," said
the old gentleman. “I believe I have the
check in my pocket. Yes. here it is. My
daughter was married recently, and it figured
among the wedding presents.”
Jenkin' was in the pantry, trying to open a
can of tomatoes, and making a good deal of
unnecessary noise aliont it. “What in the
world is the matter?" demanded his wife from
the kitchen. “What ara you trying to open
that can of tomatoes with?" “Do you sup
pose I am trying to open it with ray teeth?"
"No; 1 thought perhaps, judging from your
language, you were trying to open it with
prayer.” —Xeo Tort Mail.
The prettiest girl at a SaucelDo picnic the
other dev was observed to act in a most in
explicable manner. She peremptorily re
fused to dance, swing or climb the rocks
after ferns. 1-ater in the day she was found
bv another girl weeping bitterly under a bush.
-What on earth's the matter, Gussie?" "Why.
you see, Sophy," sobbed the weeper, “I can't
have a good" time, nor enjoy myself a bit. 1
started off in such a hurry this morning that
1 forget to put ou my other stockings." Thus
"conscience doth make cowards of us all."—
S,in Francieco Poet.
PERSON Alt.
Loro Tennyson is represented to be fu
rious over the determination of a New York
publishing bouse to include in anew edition
of his works all the earlier poems which he
suppressed, particularly the one satirizing
Bulwer-Lylton.
The object of Capt. Eads in bringing over
the Great Eastern, if he can get her, to New
Orleans is not so much to gratify the Crescent
City as to prove that his jetties have mads
the mouth of the Mississippi large enough to
easily take in the big ship.
Mr. I.iveset, the fouuder of teetotalism in
England, who died lately in the nineties, lost
his father and motherfrom consumption when
he was 7, and had a most discouraging experi
ence of water in early life, as he had to work
in a damp eellar. often inundated, for years.
Joaqcin Miller has prepared a pleasant
lecture for the coming season in Washington,
which he proposes to call “The Danites,"
meaning the late A. T. Stewart and the very
much present Jay Gould. W. 11. Vanderbilt
and Gen. Grant, whose financial experiences
he proposes to portray.
Baron Edmonp de Rothschild has taken
it upon himseif to give the people of the I’etak
Tikva colonv in Palestine regular wages suffi
cient for maintenance until they can support
themselves. They have a prospect of eventu
al success, hut it will take time. Other neigh
boring colonies seem to be doing fairly well.
The Empress Mother of China is hostile to
European innovations. When her son. the
Emperor Tong Tzi. who died in 1874, was at
tacked hv small-pox, th* Russian Ambassador
offered the services of his physician. They
were declined with thanks, the Empress hav
ing more confidence in the frightful effigy of
the god Tamien, to whom the Chinese attri
bute a healing power.
Robert Been an an thinks that America
possesses in Walt Whitman the most original
poet in the world, the noblest soldier in Sher
man. the profoundest philosophic physiologist
in Draper, the greatest humorist in Mark
Twain, tbe finest Jiving actor in Jefferson, and
the wisest statesman in Lincoln. Our cigar
ettes are abominable, and nowhere in the
world is so much feminine beauty to be found.
The King of Sweden had narrow escapes, it
seems, while on his recent tour in England.
A tremendous storm arose soon after he left
Gothenburg, and another as he neared the
English coast. While he was visiting Holy
rood a violent thunder storm came on, and
the lightning struck close to a window by
which oe was standing. Later in the day it ac
tually Bit a carriage which was awaiting him.
The coachman escaped by being at the horses’
heads.
Comptroller Lawrence was arguing an
appeal before the Supreme Court of Pennsyl
vania last winter, in the course of which he
quoted a decision quite unfamiliar to the
members of the court. “Pardon me, Judge,”
interrupted Justice Wood, blandly, ‘‘what is
your authority for that?" “Lawrence, 1.,"
was the rather" hesitating reply. His embar
rassment was not lessened at the titter which
ran through the room u bluff old Justice
Gray exclaimed, totte coos: “Well, if that
isn't cheek I’ll be d—d!” The Comptroller
had been quoting from his own decision*.
BUNKO AND a BliADfiE >IAN.
How a Connecticut Church Pillar Was
Swindled—He Meets “ Air. Emmons
Blaine” in the Crowd that Welcomed
the Candidate at New Haven.
Among the many visitors who came to
New Haven on Thursday, says a New
Haven special to the New York Time*,
get a glimi>se of Mr. Blaine, were some
business mfin and substantial farmers
from up Naugatuck way. Most of them
had business or purchases to make in
town, and staid over till evening to see
the Republican candidate on his tour ‘
As the number ot picked pockets show s,
there were other travelers in Mr. Blaine s
companv than the distinguished states
men whose names were published, ana
who made themselves conspicuous at
every gathering of the But
it was not supposed, until to-dav, tnat
any money had been feloniously taken
away except in unwillingly abstracted
pocketboooks. Then an inkling came to
the Time s’ representative that some con
fidence men had been in the distinguisnea
company of Mr. Blaine, and the com
mon pickiiockets, and that they reaped
heavier harvest than their humbler breth
ren in the pocket lightening art. ,n
tigation showed that several persons naa
been taken in and lost sums varying iruni
SSO to $l5O. It was notieable that no casts
were reported to the police, or u they
were, the public have not heard about, it,
and tbe game must have been worked
with great skill. The only victim whose
name has been tound out is a prominent
church member, whose motive for desireu
concealment was fear that the knowledge
of his gambling would cause his d°J vn ''
fall in the church. If the others who lost
by their greediness were in the position
he occupies it is no wonder that a sense
ot 6hame has made them keep quiet.
William Berrv is the owner of a rather
small but fertile farm in the Naugatuck
valley. His wife wanted a silk dress, and
by much saving had accumulated about
SSO which she intrusted to her husband.
Mr. Berry had some business in New Ha
ven, and his wife asked him to get a dress
pattern like the sample she gave him.
Were it not that Mr. Berry returned with
out the dress pattern or the money it
would not lie known how the gang oper
ated. Man like he forgot to get the dress
pattern in the alter noon, bnt consoled
himself bv thinking it would bean excuse
to stay over till the next day and see Mr.
Blaine’s reception. He went to the sta
tion, heard the cheers, cheered some him
self and felt bappv generally. When the
train pulled out Mr. Berry was near the
west end of the platform, a few feet from
the rest ol the crowd. As the last car
had dashed around the curve a young
man whom Mr. Berry describes as very
well dressed, in a checked grav suit ?ery
high collar, striped necktie, and black pot
hat, ran hurriedly into him, stumbled and
fell. He scrambled to his feet and start
ed to run on, but tbe train was gone.
“What can 1 do?” said he, and he
turned around appealingly to Mr. Berry.
,‘What’s the matter?"
“Father went off and he’ll wonder what
liecame of me. 1 went into the station to
get a lunch and when I came out the train
had started. When does the West train
leave?"
“Is vour father Mr. Blaine?" excitedly
queried Mr. Berry, who had beard that
one of Mr. Blaine’s sons was with him.
“Yes," answered the young man. “I’m
Emmons Blaine.”
“Is there anything I can do for you,”
said the kind-hearted Mr. Berry, “let me
know."
Mr. Berry felt a little exalted to be in
the company of the son of such a dis
tinguished gentleman.
“Will you direct me to a hotel?” said
voung Mr. Blaine.
“Certainly,” and Fir. Berry started off.
As they were walking up from the sta
tion the young man asked Mr. Berry to
step into a tobacco store and have a cigar.
He accepted. Behind the cigar store was
a bar. “Come in and have a drink."
quoth the young man. Asa rule, Mr.
Berrv does not drink. At home, he steers
clear" ot all intoxicating beverages, except
cider, but now he hated to disoblige and
he assented. The bartender must have
given him something very hard or Mr.
Berrv must have poured a pretty big
drink out of the bottle, for he felt, as he
expresses it, “a little flustrated." It
chanced that there were a couple of men
plaving cards at a little table near the
bar". They and the bartender were the
onlv men in the room. The young man
from Maine looked over the men's shoul
ders and began to look interested. In a
few seconds he leaned over and whispered
to one of the men and slipped a dollar up
on the table. That hand was played out,
and the man handed $2 to young Mr.
Blaine.
“That's cheap," said young Blaine.
“How ?”
“Why, I thought that fellow had a good
hand, and let him bet a dollar for me."
It was the first time Mr. Berry had seen
real gambling. He had always before
thought it the height of wickedness ever
to plav at “devil cards," but Mr. James
G. Blaine was a great man to him, and
his son must know what was proper in
the best circles. Besides, a dollar was a
great thing to Mr. Berry.
“Please bet one for me next time you
think that man will win,” he ejaculated.
“I’d rather not," said young Mr. Blaine.
“You might lose it, and I bet that one
only for fun, you know."
Mr. Berry insisted. “All right, I won’t
take any responsibility for the conse
quences,’ though."
Mr. Berry’s dollar was wagered. Fir.
Blaine put up one of his own too, and the
player over whose shoulders they looked
handed four ba-k. Fir. Berry felt jubi
lant. He treated young Fir. Blaine and
eagerly bet again. He won again. Lay
ing aside his "natural caution, he offered
to treat the crowd. Young Mr. Blaine
told him he wa9 getting reckless and
should subside, but he would not. He
kept cn, and began betting on his own ac
count, when young Fir. Blaine quit and
tried to get him out of the saloon. He
got ahead about S2O. Poker was the
game and the man whose luck was car
rying Mr. Berry through got a full hand.
Queens up. To Fir. Berry's avaricious
eyes this seemed to be a fortune.
"“What’ll you 9ell that hand lor?" he
whispered, hoarsely.
“Play it yourself, if you want to," re
plied the innocent player.
Fir. Berry played. Down went the |2O
winnings bn the table. His opponent
raised him SSO.
“You can’t do that.” said Mr. Berry.
This game had no limit, and the player
who had dropped out explained a few
technicalities that the green farmer had
never dreamed of.
“Better let him keep the $20," said
young Fir. Blaine.
“UasheiT if I do," said the pillar of the
church, and he pulled two S2O-bills anil
one $lO from the wife’s dress money. The
other man had four twos. Fir. Berrv was
indignant. He charged fraud.
“I told you not to bet," said young Fir.
Blaine. “Y’ou would do it though.”
This was too much. Fir. Berry went
out. He took the first Derby train the
next morning. Mrs. Berry met him at the
door. “Where’s my dress?" But dress
there was none. She stormed. Then it
all came out how a pillar of the church
had gambled. Mr. Berry tried to keep it
quiet, but curtain lectures are sometimes
overheard, and there is a delightful
church scandal to interest village gossips.
Tbere is a rumor that Mr. Berry’s friend
was not young Fir. Blaine.
He Wanted tbe Medicine.
Sotton Globe.
In a suburban town wliere “local op
tion" decreed that a physician’s prescrip
tion must precede a sale of liquor, a man
entered a drug store and called for a pint
of whisky.
“Have you a prescription?’’ inquired
the druggist.
“What's that?" asked the applicant.
The law was explained, and the cus
tomer rejoined:
“Wal. I'm an invalid, where can I find
a doctor?"
“I am a physician,” suggested the drug
gist.
“You make it out, then," said the in
valid.
This wa9 done, the whisky put up, and
delivered with the gentle words:
“A dollar and a half.”
“Whuffor?" inquired the invalid.
“A dollar for the prescription and fifty
cents for the whisky."
“Wal, 1 guess I don’t care for the 'scrip
tiom; 6'mother feller may want it." said
the invalid, as he threw down a half dol
lar and escaped.
A Clever Squire.
Arkanenc Traveler.
’Squire Patterson, wearing an air of
deep concern, approached his friend,
Farmer Glover, and, without speaking,
leaned on the fence and sighed. “What’s
the matter, ’Squire?" “I don’t know
what this country’s coming to. FYhat
would you think if your daughter should
run away and marry an ignorant hired
man?" “Ob, I don’t know ’Squire; but I
would not take it to heart if I were you.
I would try to think that it had happened
for the best." “Would you forgive the
girl?” asked {the ’Squire. “Yes, I be
lieve I would. There is no use in holding
out, you know. When did it happen?"
“Just awhile ago.” “Who performed the
ceremony?” “Idid." “What! Then you
could not have been opposed to the mar
riage?” “Oh, it makes no difference to
me,” replied the ’Squire, ‘‘for you see,
it’s your daughter instead of mine."
In Strict Confidence.
Troy Fre*e.
First bridesmaid—“ You’ll never tell?"
Second bridesmaid—“Of course not; I
never do, you know." First bridesmaid—
“ Well, she told me, in strict confidence,
understand, that though Jack was poor
they were going to travel all summer and
stop at the best hotels, and that they got
the money by selling their duplicate wed
ding presents. I wonder whether my
spoons are paying part of the expenses?"
OVER NIAGARA FAIA*.
The Man Who Propose* to Make the
Trip in a Rubber Ball.
A Buffalo dispatch to the St. Louis
Globe-Democrat says: Oliver Wormald, of
this city, by occupation a painter, offers
to go over the falls in a rubber ball fifteen
feet in diameter for the sum of SI,OOO, to be
guaranteed by the railroad companies or
by private im’bursement. The matter has
been thoroughly canvassed, and has en
listed the co-operation of W. G. Graham,
of Cleveland, and Peter S. Grant, a busi
ness man of this city. Mr. Wormald s
ball, he says, will be fifteen feet in diame
ter, within which there will be sufficient
space for the adjustment of an apparatus
which he claims will keep him in an up
right position while the ball is in
motion. It will consist of three-fourth inch
rubber covered with a close braiding
of tarred rope, so as to prevent in
jury to the rubber should the sphere strike
the rocks. But this precaution is scarce
ly necessary, ss Mr. Wormald claims
that the ball will receive sufficient mo
mentum to hurl itfarirom the falls, where
be expects to be picked up by boats.
After having been inoculated with a
quantity of air to keep the occupant alive
for fifteen minutes the ball will be her
metically closed by means of hot rubber
applied with a brush, and the netting
fastened bv means ot snap springs. Mr.
Wormald "is a man of small stature,
weighing about 126 pounds and measur
ing about 5 feet 6 inches. In complexion
he is a blonde, with blue eyes of a merry,
dancing temperament, and a mouth which
bespeaks determination. Being a fresco
artist and 6ign-letterer, he is accus
tomed to dizzy heights, and therefore
the word “afraid” has no meaning
for him. His theories are clearly ex
pressed. The plan devised by Mr. Wor
mald is not anew one, but the man is,
and that is some encouragement for the
furtherance of the experiment. Wormald
also claims as a backer George Doll, of
this city, who says he will stake SI,OOO on
the venture alone. Warmald was born
in London, England, and is about 35 years
of age, at which period a man ought to
know what he is about. His father is a
prominent machinist at Perth Amboy,
and the inventor of a street car motor.
Oliver has a wife and two small children,
for whom he displays great affection, but
such confidence has he in his venture that
he considers it no sacrifice to his future.
BACKING UP THEIR OPINIONS.
Wh it Two Committeemen, of Opposite
Parties, Think About Majorities.
Col. George W. Hooker, says Monday’s
New York Times, of the National Re
publican Committee, met Col. Charles W.
McCune, the member of the Democratic
State Committee, representing Buffalo,
in the Hoffman House, last night. Col.
McCune was born in Brattleborough, Vt.,
and when Col. Hooker talked confidently
of Vermont giving Blaine 27,000 ma
joritv. Col. McCune promptly replied:
“I’ll bet vou SIOO that he does not get
24,000 majority.” The two gentlemen
gave their checks to the clerk and turned
away.
Something was said about the State of
New York, whereupon Col. McCune,with
characteristic promptness, declared:
“Erie county will give Cleveland 2,500
majoritv, notwithstanding anything to
the contrarv that may be said by Mr.
James D. Warren, Chairman of the Re
publican State Committee. See here,
Hooker. I’ll bet you SI,OOO that Cleveland
carries the State of New York.” The
Vermont Colonel studied the magnificent
frescoes of the lobby for a full moment,
then gave a minutely observing glance at
the New York Colonel’s face. He was
satisfied that it was his plain duty, and
he said he would take the bet. Again
they stepped up to the desk and deposited
their checks. “See here. Hooker, you've
forgotten to sign this,” exclaimed the
New York Colonel. The Vermont Colonel
straightened up and, alter satisfying him
self that that was the fact, proceeded to
remedy the trifling error. _ The two Col
onels shook hands after having said “how”
in the adjoining cafe.
A CRAZY BRASS BAND.
Fourteen Inmates of tlie Xorristow n
Asylum in the Orchegtra Box,
A brass band has been organized among
the inmates of the Norristown Insane
Asylum, says the Philadelphia Record,
and will comprise two E-fiat cornets, two
B-fiat cornets, two E-flat altos, two B-flat
tenors, one barytone, two E-flat tubas, one
pair cymbals, one tenor drum and one
bass drum. Dr. Chase, the resident phy
sician ol the asylum, is of the opinion that
the inmates should be treated as sane
persons and that every effort should be
made todivert their attention and thoughts
from the fact of their being confined
in a public institution. With this in view
he has entertainments every two weeks
for the mild patients, such a9 minstrel
and magical performances, charades and
light comedies. The attendants at the
asylum compose the minstrel troupe, and
their shows are hailed with delight by the
couple of hundred inmates who are per
mitted to attend. It is intended that the
band shall supDly the place of an orches
tra at the entertainments. Mr. F. D.
Sower, of Norristown, furnished the in
struments for the band at $lB5 60, donat
ing the profits for the benefit of the insti
tution.
A Michigan Discovery.
A big Rapids dispatch to the Detroit
Post says: A somewhat curious and in
teresting discovery has just been made on
the farm of B. C. Hemphill, a few miles
north of this city. It appears that Mr.
Hemphill had long ago noticed a singular
looking mound of earth, about two feet
high, in the woods on his farm, but as the
roots of a fallen tree often turn up the
earth in a singular manner, and as a pine
stump about two feet across stood almost
directly over it, it attracted but little at
tention. A few days ago. however, it was
noticed that a woodchuck had burrowed
into the mound and was engaged in bring
ing out human piecs of bones- therefore a
few of the neighbors assembled and opened
the sepulchre, which revealed partly de
cayed bones of from six to eight full-sized
human beings. Upon some estimates be
ing made, one or two of them were
supposed to have been at least seven
feet in height. In the vicinity of the
bones were pieces of broken pottery, evi
dently formed to hold liquids, and after
ward burned in a fire. Red oak bark had
also been laid over the remains, and the
parties removed pieces several inches
square and in a fine state of preservation.
Tne bodies had been laid on the surface
of the earth and the mound formed over
them. A trench had also been dug around
the mound, apparently to carry off the
water. Ot course it must remain a mat
ter of conjecture as to the length of time
the bodies have been interred, and also
whether they were white people or In
dians. No spring or running water is
within a long distance of the mound, and
the place selected was a very dry one.
One thigh bone was said to be nearly en
tire, but nearly ail, including the skulls,
were in pieces. From all the evidence in
the case it is quite probable that one or
two centuries have passed away since the
death of these individuals.
I He Remained.
Detroit Free Pre**.
| The other day the driver of a Woodward
avenue car saw a boy slip sottlv up on the
rear platform, and he presently called to
him to vacate. The boy replied by mak
ing up faces.
“I tell you to git!”
The bov elevated his nose.
The driver seized his whip, but the boy
winked at him.
Whip in hand the driver dropped off the
car to make good his threat, but as he
grabbed for the rear railing he missed it
and sprawled in the street, while the
horse jogged along at such a gait as made
it necessary to run two blocks to over
take the car. The boy meanwhile in
dulged in chuckles, grins, cackles, guffaws
and gyrations, out as the driver got with
in ten feet of the car he walked in, de
posited his fare in the box, and came out
to coolly observe:
“I’m a passenger now, and you larrup
me if you want the company sued for
SIO,OOO damages'.”
The driver didn’t.
Don’t Be Hard
On the car drivers and conductors. Don’t
order them about, or speak harshly to
them. They are overworked and under
paid men, exposed to all sorts of weather
and to everything calculated to rob them
ot their health. "They suffer from rheu
matism, neuralgia, liver complaint, and
sometimes from general prostration.
Brown's Iron Bitters is the very thing for
them. Dr. G. N. Roberson, of Elm Grove,
X. C., says: “I prescribe Brown’s Iron
Bitters, and find it all it is recommended
to be.” It cures dyspepsia, weakness,
and malaria.
e>qpoum.
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Just Think of it, a Jersey for SI!
LOT XO. 3.
127 dozen Ladies’ Black All Wool Plaited Back, any Size and with Bow, $1 25; posi
tively worth $2.
LOT NO. 3.
97 dozen Ladies’ Black and Colored, Plain Fine Guage, All Wool, at $1 50; consid
ered cheap at $2 25.
In addition to the above lots, our stock generally will be marked down in propor
tion at figures that will astonish all.
PARASOLS! PAR ASOLS! PARASOLS!
The balance of our Stock to be closed out at cost.
Our stock of Ladies’, Misses’, Children’s and Boys’ STRAW HATS must go. Price
no object.
NEW ARRIVALS BY EVERY STEAMER.
New arrivals In HOSIERY'.
New arrivals in HANDKERCHIEFS.
New arrivals in SASH RIBBONS.
New arrivals in SHOES.
New arrivals in LADIES’ HATS.
In Fact, New Arrivals in Every Stock at
A. R. ALTMAYER & CO.’S
135 BROUGHTON STREET.
LUatrhto aith
TO THE OPENING
OF
II NEW STORE
I invite my friends, my patrons
and the public.
M. STERNBERG,
157 BROUGHTON ST.
Among the many attractions
will be a
820,000 PAIR
OF
DIAMOND EARRINGS.
frattjrr, (frunbo, (Sit.
Rubber, Leather and Gandy Belting,
GUM, HEMP and USUDURIAN PACKING, GEN ROLLER STRIPS and BRISTLES, RAW
HIDE and OIL LACING,
SADDLES, HARNESS and COLLARS,
Bridles, Hames, Trace Chains,
Trunks, Bags and Satchels
IN ALL QUALITIES AND STYLES.
E. L. NEIDLINGER, SON & CO.,
156 ST. JULIAN & 153 BRYAN STS. f SAVANNAH, CA.
HARNESS AND TRUNKS REPAIRED WITH NEATNESS AMD DISPATCH.
Trunks! TrunksiTrunks!
THE season having arrived when the Traveling Public are in quest of reliable goods, we
wish to say we have a large stock on hand, are HEADQUARTERS for Good Trunks and
Traveling Bags, and solicit a share of the trade.
Also, in store and for sale cheap, a full line of
HARNESS, SADDLES & BRIDLES.
THE BEST MAKE OF
Rubber and Leather Belting, Rubber Hose, Packing, Etc.
We sell the Spiral Cotton Garden Hose, the best in use; warranted to stand great water
pressure, and will not crack and leak from handling or rubbing on pavements.
Special attention given to Repairing HARNESS, TRUNKS, TRAVELING BAGS, etc., by
careful workmen, with dispatch and at reasonable charges.
W. U. MELL ■& CO.,
Market Square*.
Jurniturr, (Tarprto, etc.
WORKED TO DEATH!
WHAT DOING?
Selling goods faster than we can get them oat, bat relieved now by the ad
dition of two new men.
Call around and inspect the magnificent stock of FURNITURE, CARPETS,
LACE CURTAINS, TURCOMANS and WINDOW SHADES in the latest
‘•agony.”
With polite and attentive salesmen to show yon around, and with as fine a
selection of goods as can be found anywhere, I hope to be favored with a
eall from “all hands.” Respectfully,
W. J. LINDSAY,
GRAND OPENING!
THE undersigned will open a large and well-selected stock of all kinds of fine and me. limn
grades of
FURNITURE!
On or about Sept. 19. Parties in need of anvthing in the Furniture line will do well to call
and examine our mammoth stock before purchasing elsewhere. We being manufacturers, we
can safelv say that we defy competition. We particularly request the la lice to call and see
our magnificent stock of PARLOR SUITS. BEDROOM SI ITS, CHIFIPONIERS, WARD
ROBES, and all other goods pertaining to the Furniture line.
M. m. HELLER & CO.,
150 St. Julian street, next to cor. Whitaker. Factory cor. Broughton and Randolph streets.
iUovko.
j. j. McDonough. ~thos. baliTanttxe.
McDonough & ballantyne,
MANUFACTURERS OF
STATIONARY, PORTABLE, ROTARY & MARINE ENGINES,
HOII.KIts OF VI.I. KINDS,
SUGAR MILLS AND PANS, U
MILL GEARING, VERTICAL AND TOP-RUNNING CORN
MILLS, SHAFTING, PULLEYS, HANGERS, ETC.
TIT E also have special facilities for overhauling Locomotive. Tram..
' ’ way and Logging Engines. Our facilities tor building Saw MJI MHpRMHffiSMNI
M u liiTu-ry is ui-.-urt'ia—•• II- ->v\ Ir.u. sr.-i lira
als... Pattern, on -h r; not. W. „ ... keep a foil hne --t Wron .-ht ■
I roil ate! I* IV i ' .!.•••-. < Ur 1.:;: r: t or ,
Injectors; ill fact, all Other I’-l.t ’acr> v. : sitting-. win.-h we lat HHHH
manufacturers' prices. We guarantee work.. W, solicit the 1! aii,. r .
anti Machine work ot our friends and the public, with assurance tl) at it
will receive prompt and satisfactory attention. | H
M’DONOUGH & BALT^ANTYNE,
SAVANNAH. GKO RGI. . *
Eno’s Fruit Salt
FOR SALE AT
STRONG’S DRUG STORE.
Turpenti ne Axes, Hackers,
TRUSS HOOPS, HOOP IRON,
AND ALL jrUKPKNTINB SUPPLIES. POE
SALS BY
WEED ft CORNWELL
jttt anted.
N\ r ANTED, tenants for part of a fine four
th story brick house; furnished or unfur
nished; with all modern improvements: will
be rented en saite or otherwise. Inquire on
premises, 158 State street, near Barnard.
TIT ANTED, employment by a competent
11 bookkeeper and good penman; refer
ences unexceptionable. Address Wp. o.
Box 564, Charleston. S. C.
"WTANTED, a first-class retoucher, or an
\ > operator and retoucher; none but sober
and reliable parties need apply. J. N. WlL
sox.
AIT ANTED, ten girl- to pack crackers. Ap-
Y> ply to ACOSTA A EINSTEIN.
■pOOKBINDER WANTED.—A good finisher
1J and ruler can get permanent position by
addressing, at once. EDWARD PERRY &
CO., Charleston. S. C.
'II' , ANTED. to inform the public that our
11 Piano Tuner has arrived, and we are
ready to receive orders at reduced rates.
SCHKE’NER’.- MUSIC HOUSE.
YI T ANTED, agents in every city and town
ll for campaign Badges; any boy can
make from $1 to $5 a day; send live 2-cent.
stamps for sample badge, and state whether
Cleveland or Blaine is wanted; liberal dis
count to club- and the trade. Address SMITH
A BERRY, Stencil, Seal and Stamp Works,
■Savannah. Ga.
trANTED.—Everyliody to know that I
t T have Rough Lumber, Flooring, Ceiling,
Weatherboarding and Shingles for sale at
reasonable prices, at mv retail lumber yard,
in the S., F. & W. K’y yard, foot of Tavlor
street. R- B. EEPPABD.
for Rrttf.
TO RENT, to gentlemen, three connecting
southern-front rooms, furnished or un
furnished; bath room on same floor. Address
ROuMS, News office.
I ''OK RENT, the re.-idence No. ss Harris
1 street, first from Abercom, opposite Ca
thedral. Apply to L. PUTZKL, Market base
ment.
18UR RENT, dwelling on northeast corner
1 of South Broad and Montgomery streets.
Apply to H.C. CUNNINGHAM, No. 114 Bryan
street.
FOR RENT, from Oct. 1, two-story brick
tenement corner Harris and Habersham
streets. N. C. MILLS.
i''Oß BENT, one or two nicely furnished
I front rooms, with good closets and all
modern conveniences about the house; the
rooms are very pleasant and in a splendid
neighborhood; roomers have the use of bath
room ami parlor; 37 Abercom street,opposite
the square; also, paint or carpenter shop for
rent.
¥-OK RENT, from Nov. 1. brick residence No.
JP 150 Harris street. Apply to L. J. GUIL
MARTIX.
FOR RENT, a suit of four offices, Nos. 42,
44, 46. 4- Bay street, and the warerooms
below: rent low. Apply to J. H. JOHNSTON,
9i Bay street.
L-OR RENT, anew frame house with seven
I' rooms; water, bath and all modern im
provements; 192 Bolton street, south front.
Apply to J. T. SHUPTRIXE, 196 Bolton street,
or 1&5 Congress sireet.
i-Olt RENT, a desirable office’m Stoddard's
X’ upper range and a ground-floor office in
Commercial building. J. F. BROOKS. 13S
Bay-street.
TNoK RENT, from Oct. 1, a six-room house
JR on Harris street, near Montgomery. Ap
ply 160 Congress street.
FOU RENT, two front rooms, furnished or
unfurnished, in a good locality and with
every convenience; also, one carpenter shop
facing President street. Call at 37 Abercom
street.
TO RENT, house three doors from Hall on
Barnard, in good order, with all modern
improvements. Apply W. F. CHAPLIN,
corner Gwinnett and M'hitaker streets.
TO RENT, store and two floors, 25x90.
J. H. KUWE,
73 Bay 6treit.
¥BOR RENT, a store, with three rooms at-
T tached, in a good locality tor a retail gro-
C. H. DOR-SETT.
V'OR RENT, office on the northeast comer
L of Bull and Bryan streets; possession given
Oet. 1. For terms apply to GEORGE W.
OWENS, No. 1 Bull street.
IX) K RENT, two-story on basement house
’ with garden attached. No. 57 Charlton
street. For terms apply to GEO. W. O WENS,
No. 1 Bull street.
foot.
LOST, in or near Madison square, a G. M.
A. Medal of ls-4. A suitable reward
will be paid the finder by leaving same at this
office.
LOST, a sorrel mare mule, with white spot
j on back, where saddle wore. A reward
of 425 will be paid for her at the Barrel Fac
tory, Savannah.
SJoarDutg.
N'ICE rooms, with board. 136 State street.
Mrs. ALCORN, formerly of 172 Jones
street.
Uunrij.
A FINE Oyster Soup acd other delicacies
will be servf and for Lunch TO-DAY lrom
10 to 12:30 o'clock at the Merchants’ Ex
change, 149'. Congress street.
CHAS. F. GRAIIAM, Proprietor.
for asmt.
PRESSES FOR SALE.—I offer for sale the
following Printing Presses: 1 Super
Royal Hoe Cylinder; i Half Medium Liberty
Press. The machines are in good order, and
can be seen at work in Morning News press
room. J. H. ESTILL. Savannah. Ga.
Iltonrq to loan.
MONEY TO LOAN.
CLEMENT SAI'SST, Moncj Broker,
No. 142 Bryan street.
IOANS made on Personal Property. Dia
j monds and Jewelry bought and sold on
commission. Cash paid for Old Gold, Silver
and Mntilated Com.
MONEY TO LOAN.—Liberal loans made
on Diamonds, Gold and Silver Watchea,
•Jewelry, Pistols. Guns, Sewing Machines,
Wearing Apparel, Mechanics’ Tools, Clocks,
etc., etc., at Licensed Pawnbroker House, IST
Congress street. E. MUHLBERG, Manager.
N. B.—Highest price* paid for old Gold and
Silver.
I? durational.
Georgia Military Academy.
THE Academic year of this institution will
begin on Wednesday. Oct. 8, under the
direct supervision of the Board of Trustee*,
aided by MAJ. JOHN A. CBOWTHER. As
sistant Superintendent, and an able corps of
Professors.
Cadets are enjoined to be punctual in re
porting for duty. All who propose entering
for the year are requested to give advice of
such intention, through the mail, to Maj.
Crowther. at Savannah, or to tne undersigned,
on or before Oct. 3.
CHAS. II.OLMSTEAD,
President of the Board Managing Trustees.
Savannah Sept. 24. ism.
Savannah Academy
annual session begins Oct. 6
1884. Instruction in English. Latin, Greek
French, German, Spanish, Italian, Mathe-
and Gymnastic Exercises.
Catalogues promptly furnished on appheation
to DAVIS BROS., or
JOHN TALIAFERRO, Principal.
miss Mclntosh
YY" ILL re-open her School for nrimarv
¥ ¥ pupils on the first Mondav in October
at 97 South Broad street. Special attention
given to beginners.
Miss NELLIE JOHNSTONE
\U ILL open her school Oct. 6, as-is ted by a
¥ ¥ competent teacher of French and Eng
lish, at 140 Liberty street.
ART SCHOOL.
CONSIDERING Sr.vannah the proper loca
tion for the Art Department of the Uni
versity, private enterprise muit be depended
on till the State is n adv to act. I will, there
to'e. open on the FIRST OF NOVEMBER a
class for voung ladies for instruction in Draw
ing and Painting. History. Antiquities, Mt
thology. Perspective, English and French
Languages and Literature, ami Lectures on
Art generally. Term.—for an eight month*
course—slo in advance, or 45 per month. All
engagements must be for the session ending Ist
Juiv. 18s5. Addre-s, Oglethorpe Barracks bv
post&l c-.nl. to care ot A. Moffett, R. W\
HABERSHAM. Artist.
COLLEGE
CHARTERED ISIS.
COLLEGE FOR COLLEGE FOR
rOCSG LA LUES. TOCSG J (EX.
Dipiomeu i!t Degree*. DijJom.it * /Vyrec*.
ALSO ALSO
Preparatory & Pri- Preparatory A Busi
mary schools lor girls, ness schools for boys.
Assistance to worthy persons preparing to
preach or teach.
ULitnct courses of study and government.
Separate Buildings. One management.
Fall term opens Sept. 10, IS>J- ror cata
logues and full information address Rev. A.
M. JELLY. D. D., President, New Windsor,
Md.
SWARTHMORE COLLECE.
FOR BOTH SEXES.
ttvdfß rare of members of the Religious
T sll etv o?Fr*ends. Thirty minutes from
station. Full College Ccur^v
c££ica’ Scientific , nJ Literary. Aiaoa
SS
Apnlv earlv to insure admission. tor
tUV ' A Swarthmore, Delaware Cos.. l’a.
, (K s SYLVANCS REED’S Boarding and
>1 pay school for Young Ladies and Little
Girls, 6 and 8 East Fifty-third street. New
York, between Fifth and Madison avenues
(Central Park). Course thorough in Collegi
ate Department. Special students admitted.
Primary and Preparatory Departments.
French the language of the school. Begins
October A, IS>*. ~
M-LUPIN'S UNIVERSITY SCHOOL.
ELUCOTT CITY. Md. Session opens Sept,
16. For circulars address.
CUAPiIAN MALi’iN, M. A. s Principal,