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The editor of the Cincinnati Commercial-
Gazette is no longer a political lion, but
•n!y plain Mewraw Halstead.
Patti drew a SIO,OOO house in New York
the other night, and yet Mile. Liberty,
aot only the largest, but the chastest
European actress of modern times cannot
get whereon to place her feet in that city.
A New York farmer while hunting for
skunks shot a tramp in bis haystack.
This shows that a lre6h danger awaits
tramps, and will create a great demand
among them for cologne or soap and water.
While the era of reunion and good feel
ing is at its height, would it be out ot
place to ask if the Journalists’ Club of
Philadelphia has yet opened its Republi
can inclined doors to the colored man and
brother ?
Vow that women are getting in the hab
it cf shooting the men who betray them,
would it not be well for the men who are
in the habit of betraying women to avoid
those women who are in the habit of be
ing betrayed ?
A night watchman in Cincinnati was
attacked and gored to death by a full
grow n tuck deer iu the streets Friday
night. A thousand men have been killed
by buck beer in that citv and nothing has
■>een said about them.
It having been actually demonstrated
that it is possible for a Sheriff to resusci
tate a man who has lieen hanged by a
mob, the interesting question arises may
it not become possible for a mob to resus
citate a man hanged by the Sheriff.
The Secretary of War’s catering to pub
lic opinion, or perhaps popular prejudice,
in taking a rather decided stand against
Chief Sigual Officer Gen. Ilazen, suggests :
that his own skirts may not be altogether i
elear in regard to the Proteus expedition.
-Cleveland is not a wise man. If so, he
would take all the presents he could get
ib j lav them away for future use. They
a*i xfct be of great benefit to bint by secur
ing him the friendship and confidence of
his relatives—especially of his uncles.”— i
U. 5. G.
A young lady of Little lioek saved the !
life ef a Memphis drummer in a sleeping
ar disaster on the Memphis and Charles- i
ton Railroad a lew nights ago. She has ]
not carried oat the romance bjr proposing I
that they travel together during the bal
ance of their lives.
A l -' 'pie who ' ire f,„,j 0 f peering into the
darkness in order to get a glimpse of a
comet will be well entertained this win- i
ter. Prof. Barnard says the next comet i
will be triplet*, and amateur astrono
mists may witness the most remarkable i
if not the grandest phenomenon of the j
century.
The newspapers that are so glib in al
luding to the revenue reformers as “those
who favor the free trade farce” do not act
jo as to command the respec t and confi
dence of intelligent people. Such papers
are generally the organs of monopolists
and the real enemies of the rights of the
people.
All that is required to perform a faith
cure is that the patient must have faith
enough to believe, without doubting that
ae will be cured. The roan who thinks
there is no use praying for rain until the
wind changes, is not the kind of man to
be cured by faith—and this kind appear
to be in the large majority.
Some of the mugwumps who boasted
that they supported Cleveland from prin
ciple anil did not expect or w ant any of
the spoils of victory, appear to be a little
off because some ot the- Democratic lead
ers have been disposed to believe in their
sincerity. Would it not be well for them
to come right square out and let us know
exactly where tuey stand?
Toe Rev. Dr. Charles F. Deems, of New
York, says he is thankful that he has
■ever been able to feel his own pulse, and
he !hir,k9 that the best proof of his ettjoy
m ntef perfect physical health. lie ap
pears, however, to have had no difficulty
in feeling the pulse, and through it the
purse, of his congregation. Perhaps, how
ever, his congregation has not enjoyed
perfect physical or moral health.
Just as it had become generally under
stood over the country that the English
navy could -knock out” our alleged war
ships in less than fifteen minutes the com
plaints of the English press are heard
that the navy of that country is tot only
ia a sad state ofdecay, but that the proper
authorities are afraid to rebuild it, lest it
sual! be rendered antiquated by the im
provements in the science and art of w ar,
V t ire the work can be accomplished. The
r, ..ole world, it would appear, is inclined
to ’make haste slowly” m the navy
br.i’ding business.
Bald Mouiitain. X. C., is about to be
eclipsed in notoriety as an earthquake
and Yoleanic centre by Tonchie, a part of
the western slope of Ike C'atskill Moun
tains. Not only has heavy earthquake
snooks been recently reported from Ton
tine, but stones from 15 to 20 tons in
weight are said to have been thrown out
of the earth, and rumbling is continually*
heard in the bowels of the mountain.
Perhaps the phenomena at Tonchie are
no: any more wonderful than were those
at Ba!d Mountain, but the scientific liars,
it they are not more talented, have the
better outlet to their contributions to
Munchausen literature through the wide
ly circulated columns of the New York
city newspapers.
The scheme proposed by a few promi
nent manufacturers to form a great
Protective Tarifl Association in the United
States as a sort of opposite of the famous
Cobden Club, does not sec-m to promise to
be a success. Already it has become
apparent that the manufacturers of the
different sections of the Union are sadly
divided among themselves on the subject
of protection, and it is doubtful it any
uniform policy can be agreed upon. SOme
want one class of manufactures pro
tected and some another, and were it
not from fear of the power of the genuine
reformers, the protectionists would them
selves, probably, attempt a reform, or,
rather, change of the tariff in the interests
certain great monopolists.
■J he Message,
The President’s message will not ap
pear to the general reader as a remark
able document in any respect. It is about
the regulation length, and it reviews an i
approves the reports of Secretaries of the
different departments of the government
in the usual way.
There is no particular reason, however,
why it should be remarkable, or why it
should contain anything startling. Tee
country is at peace with all nations, and
the outlook tor a prosperous future is
promising. The message, taken all iu all.
is a plain, unpretentious and sensible
State paper, and is in admirable keeping
w ith the tone of Mr. Arthur’s administra
tion. It is respectable and satisfactory,
and Mr. Arthur's administration is re
spectable and satisfactory.
The message opens with an excellent
recommendation. It is that Congress
without further delay provide a bet
ter method for counting the elec
toral vote. Congress has been
tinkering with this subject for a long
while, and has made scarcely any pro
gress with it. The country wants Con
gress to act with regard to it, in order
that it may be rid ot the apprehension of
danger that grows out of it.
A good deal appears to have been done
in the way of making treaties since the
last meeting of Congress. A treaty
with recard to a Nicaragua canal and
railroad has been completed, a
acommercial treaty with Spain has been
arranged am! a treaty with Belgium has
been azreed upon. This commercial
treaty w ith Spain, considered in connec
tion w ith a similar treaty with Mexico now
awaiting ratification, and the treaty with
the Haiwaiin Government, a desire for a
renewal of which has been expressed,
suggests the idea that the Republican
party appears to be aiming at a certain
kind cf free trade by means of commer
cial treaties.
The President is ceitainly right about
one thing. The country has about all the
silver dollars and silver certificates that
is good for it. There is a danger point
in this silver coinage business and
it may be reached sooner than
is generally suspected. The silver dollar
is worth only 85 cents, and the silver cer
tificate is worth no more. The Secretary
cl the Treasury points out that these sil
ver certificates are a depreciated curren
cy. and in the event of financial troubles
the people may refuse to take them for
more than they are worth.
The recommendation to call in *1 and
lolls may be wise, but will be read by the
public with regret. The repugnance to
silver on account of its weight is very
general.
The recommendations relative to one
cent postage on drop letters and the pay
ment of salaries to United States Attor
neys and Marshals instead of fees, are old
but good. No doubt tlr y will be adopted
in good time.
The President’s views with respect to
cultivating c loser trade relations with the
countries south of us will command at
tention. It is certain that we must look
in that diroction for much of our com
mercial prosperity in the future. A good
beginning has been made by interesting
the Mexican and South American people
in the New Orleans Exposition.
Of course there is a word of commen
dation for the civil service law. The Re
publicans are now particularly anxious
that the law sball be sustained.
The I’resident realiz-s that this is the
last message from a Republican Presi
dent that will be rc-ad to Congress for
some time. It may be the last for many
years. The President takes the occasion,
express his appreciation of the
kindness and courtesy his administration
has received from Congress. As Mr. Ar
thur has made a good President, and is
liked by Congress and the country, his
expressions of appro :iation are doubtless
reciprocated by Congress,
The Report of the Secretary of the !
Treasury.
The Secretary of the Treasury devotes i
a pood deal of attention in his report to j
the very unsatisfactory condition of our
manufacturing interests. While he does'
not say that their condition is due to cur '
present tarili system, the inference is
plain from what he says that that is his
opinion. Summed up, his position is that j
before our manufactories can be prosper
ous they must have other markets for j
their products, and that these markets
nui6t be found in foreign countries. They
cannot find markets there now because
our tariff prevents them iroin
competing there with the man
ufactories of the manufacturing countries
of Europe. Our manufactories are able
now, by running on full time six months
in each year, to supply the demand of the
home market. Until they can compete in.
foreign markets, therefore, they are
doomed to idleness half their time.
This is about what the tariff reformers
have been saying all the time, and what
the protec'ionists will be forced finally to
admit. The Secretary thinks that a com
mission ought to be appointed to revise
the tarifl, and that while the work of re
vision is being done the best means of pro
moting our foreign trade ought to be kept
steadily in view.
The Secretary calls attention to the
trade of Brazil, showing that our imports
from that country are many times greater
than our exports to it. The same is true
with regard to all the countries south cf
us. These countries would rather trade
with us than with European countries,
and would do so if we could offer them the
same advantages.
The time has come when we must offer
them the same advantages, if our manu
facturing interests are to continue to
prosper.
Whether or not the evils from which
our industrial interests suffer can be
reached be9t through a commission is a
question for Congress to determine. We
have had experience with one commission
which was not in all respects satisfacto
ry. Its work, however, while not ac
cepted was made the basis of legislation.
There is no doubt that it furnished a great
deal of information. Fublio sentiment
will become sufficiently crystnlized,
doubtless, during the next twelve months
to guide the Democratic party in its tariff
legislation next Congress.
The Meeting; of Congress.
The present session of Congress, which
began yesterday, promises to be rather
uneventful. Beyond the appropriation
bills it is not probable that there will be
much legislation of importance. An at
tempt will be made to secure a long ad
journment during the present month to
allow members to visit the New Or
leans Exposition. If the attempt suc
ceeds there will be little or nothing
clone before the second week in January.
The appropriation bills wlll take up about
all the time between that date and the
date of final adjournment. There may be
some talk of tariff legislation, but it is
about certain that no legislation of
that kind will be attempted. There
will not be time, for one
reason, and, besides, the tariff reformers
will be stronger in the next than in the
present Congress.
The country is looking towards the next
administration, and the inauguration
next March already has more interest for
the country than anything that is likely
to flow from this Congress.
The Democratic majority in Indiana on
the legislative ticket was remarkable
something over 110,000. They say the pop
ularity of Dan Voorhees, who is a candi
date for re-election to the United States
Senate, did it. Somehow or other Yoor
hees has been kept Tery far back in the
Presidential background. Haw would
Bayard and Yocrhees sound for 188 b?
THE SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1881.
The State Ftoad and an Assessment
Law.
One of the reasons advanced for the
sale cf the State Road at this time is that
there is a deficiency in the State's reve
nues of something like $250.0001, and that
it will not be long before the Slate will be
behindhand in it 9 accounts $500,000.
A prominent member of the Legislature
lately stated that to make up the de
ficiency and to provide a revenue that
would meet all the necessary expenses of
the State Government would require an
increase of taxation of at least 33 per
cent.
The bonded indebtedness of the State
cannot be increased; the constitution pro
hibits anything of that kind. The only
way to get the State out of its present and
threatened financial troubles, so those
who advocate the sale of the State Road
think, is to sell the road and apply the
money not only to the liquidation of the
floating debt, but also to the bonded debt.
The proceeds of the sale of the road would
clear off so much of the bonded debt that
the sum required for the interest on the
remainder would be comparatively small,
and the present revenues, relieved of a
large part of the interest charge, would be
amply sufficient for the needs or the gov
ernment.
Independent of the question whether it
is advisable or not to sell the State Road
at the present time, is it not possible to
make the present tax rate meet all the ex
penses of the government and even to pro
vide the means for meeting the existing
deficiency ? Is there an intelligent member
of the Legislature who does not know that
a very large part of the property of the
State is not taxed at ali. and that a great
deal of it is not taxed at anywhere near
its taxable value? Do not all the mem
bers of the Legislature know that if prop
erty were taxed equally, and somewhere
near its cash value, the revenues of the
State would be more than sufficient for
all purposes?
Why, then, do they waste their time
with measures which are of minor import
ance, and refuse to pas 9 an assessment
law that would give satisfaction to tax
pavers and relieve the State of all finan
cial embarrassments? All lisnest tax
payers want a fair and just assessment
law. Dishonest taxpayers would be glad
if there were no law at all.
Year after year this demand for a bet
ter and fairer assessment law has gone
up to the Legislature, and year after year
it has been ignored. Certainly there must
be men in the present Legislature capable
of framing an assessment law such as
the State needs. Of course those who
have managed to escape paying their fair
snare of taxes thu9 far hope to continue
to escape. They will use their influ
ence to defeat any legislation that looks
towards equalizing the burdens of taxa
tion, but are the wishe3 of these people to
be regarded in preference to the tvashes of
honest taxpayers? The proposition to
sell the State Road and apply the pro
ceeds to tue relief of the State is nothing
more than a proposition to apply the
State’s property to the payment
of the taxes of dishonest taxpayers.
We pass no opiniou upon the question of
the advisability ot selling the State Road,
but we do say that the proposition to sell
the road to meet deficiencies ought to
open the eyes of the Legislature to the
necessity of providing an honest assess
ment law.
Tlie Virginia Kpitlemic.
It is difficult to realize that a disease as
deadly as the cholera is killing people by
the hundreds in certain counties of the
mountain districts of Virginia, West Vir
ginia and Kentucky. The stories of suf
fering and death that have reached the
public from those regions almost surpass
belief. The wonder is that the condition
ot affairs has existed so loDg without at
tracting notice, and that ever since the
truth has been make known so little
sympathy for the stricken people has
been From accounts that, are
received almost daily from the afflicted
region, the epidemic has not abated. Peo
ple are dying not only from the myste
rious disease, but also from starvation.
It seems strange that in this country,
where breadstuff's are now so cheap that
the poorest ought to have plenty, we
should read that people of sections of
three great States are dying from starva
tion. The fact is, however, that in these
regions where the mysterious disease is
a terrible drought has prevailed for
many months. Chops have yielded noth
ing comparatively and the people in many
instances have been too sick to gather
what little they did yield. There ought
to be some organized movement to render
the suffering people aid. The only help
they have received was sent th< m by the
Cattle Convention, lately in session iu St.
Louis. They are certainly legitimate ob
jects of charity.
If a telegram from Atlanta to the Nash
ville American is to be accepted as liter
ally (and not figuratively only) true,'the
dignified, reserved and learned Samuel J.
Randall must have been strangely affected
bv the Atlanta air as soon as he reached
that town. The telegram says: “When
Mr. Randall arrived last night, owing to
the disarrangement of the schedules, it
was at an hour when no one was present
to receive him, and he retired quietly to
his room in the hotel. It was not long,
however, before his privary was broken
by the entrance of Henry W'. Grady, the
gentleman who adjourned the Georgia
Legislature in honor of Uleveland’s elec
tion. Clasping Mr. Grady in his arms,
Mr. Randall said: ‘Your adjournment of
the Legislature was the noblest event In
history. lam proud of you and of your
act.’ ” It is gratifying to know that Mr.
Randall does not consider his union with
the Republicans to defeat a Democratic
attempt to reduce tariff taxation the no
blest event in history.
A well-known American writer testi
fied several years ago that “For ways
that are dark and tricks that are vain, the
heathen Chinee is peculiar,”
consequently the average American
does not like to admit that
he is far behind the average Mongolian in
shrewdness and wisdom. It appears,
however, that even our great statesmen
have not been able to prevent the legal
admission of Chinamen into this coun
try. The Chinese assert that the law re.-
strictiDg Chinese immigration is incom
plete and very easily circumvented. The
principal loophole is that it fails to pro
hibit the influx of Chinamen wjio are
naturalized as citizens or subjects of
other countries. The Chinese have got
this matter down fine, and get naturali
zation papers (English) at Hong Kong
for £2.105., French 40f., Peruvian $5.
Spanishes, etc. As the Consuls of many
countries only require the payment of
fees as a condition precedent to the issu
ing of naturalization papers, it may easi
ly be seen how weak the wisdom of our
statesmen has been. The tricks of the
heathen Chinee are not so vain after all.
The popularity of the gallant and bloody
(shifted) Gen. John A. Logan appears to
have declined wonderfully since his de
feat. They say it was almost impossible
to get up enough money in Washington
the other day to hire a band to toot around
him when he arrived from the West, in
fact only a eection of the Marine Band
furnished music fer the occasion. “There’s
nothing succeeds like success,” and
there’s nothing fails like defeat.
A man iell from the scaffold of Wash
ington Monument Saturday into the shaft
500 feet above the earth, but caught on a
large nail ten leet below the scaffold and
was saved. He is no relative of the man
who is bound to snag his new suit of
clothes on every nail head that projects
within a stone’s throw of his pathway.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Tl> Advantage of Good Nerves.
AVte York World (Pem.).
Between the men who are clamoring to eet
out of jad and the men who nre seeking to get
into chico Gov Cleveland is having what
niifiht be termed “a halcyon and vociferous
tune." But Uis nerves are good.
An Alaruiicg Discovery.
Washington Star {/:/.}.
It i? givcu on: that serious defects iu the
civil service rules have been discovered. No
doubt they exist; and it is more than likely
that by the time the coming Democratic
Attorney General gets to feeling at home in
his new ofti-e he will tie able to point out a
mini her of them that up to that date had been
overlooked.
Some Millennial Advice.
LouUrilie Courier-Journal (Ari
Poes it not often occur to some of these es
teemed Republican contemporaries that they
are overdoing the hate bnsine s- To cherish
acrimonious hatreds against anv man or set
of men is not only a violation of Divine com
mands, but it is a malignant cancer on the
moral nature. It our? awav all the nobler
atiribuies of the mind and leaves a man a
moral wreck.
Some Happy Anticipations.
-Vc York Erening Post (Rep.).
No sectionalism can long maintain itself
against genuine discussion of principles. The
solid South and the solid West will melt away
together before it. Never were the conditions
more favorable since what we may term the
parliament of ghosts has been ilis-blved—the
palaver of parties afraid to speak their minds
üboutsubjects likely to cause a division, and
hence likely either’ to cost the Republicans
their rule, or the Democrats their hope of rul
ing. The Democrats are now half seated on
the throne, the Republicans are half unseated.
To be wholly in or wholly out of power calls
at last for new and tangible claims on public
opinion—a wiping out of old scores and the be
ginning of a fresh reckoning.
ITEMS 4 INTEREST.
A society bei.le in New York is said to
have recently paid JJCO for a pair of shoes.
They were of white satin, and embroidered
with pearls.
St’K Fong Low’s new Chinese restaurant in
San Francisco is receiving such gorgeous de
coration that it is said that when the decora
tion is completed and the house is furnished,
the total expense will approach 120,000.
At a leberwurst party given in New York
last week in honor of Cleveland’s election, a
sausage 45 feeyong and a 25-foot loaf of bread
were among We dainties consumed. The
former weighed 75 pounds, and tbe latter 100.
Bosk’s cutlets are the latest novelties at
London dinner tables, and they are said to
have a flavor of the mediaeval banquets at
which roast peacocks were their accompani
ment. The wild boars are shot in the for< sts
of Belgium and France. The cutlets are
served on a round dish with a sauce made of
broth, white wine and spices.
CREMATION continues to win favor in Ger
many. Thus the 200th case has just been re
gistered at Coburg, where 54 people have been
cremated this year alone. These 200 crema
tion? have occurred since 1878, when the fur
nace was first erected in Coburg, and iho
c?fcs Include 02 inhabitants of the iluchy and
I > foreigners—l 26 men, 6a women, and 5 chil
dren.
The Kish Commission fteamcr Albatross
will winter in Southern waters. A specbd
subject of investigation will tie tlie cause of
the strange malady w hich for a few vears
Piet hat rendered the fish in and about Mo
bile Bay unfit fur food. The first part of the
cruise of the Albatross will be along the coast
of Texas and Louisiana, and explorations of
the waters of the Gulf of Mexico will be care
fully made.
Even the stamp collectors have to suffer
from forgery. A wholesale factory of old
issues has just been broken up in Zurich. The
old Swiss patterns are rare, and the forgers
are said to have cleared about 4400 before they
were discovered. The work was already done
and mounted on bits <>f old envelopes bearing
post-marks from 1843 to 1860, so a? to deceive
the unwary, and now many a schoolboy is
mourning the loss of liis misspent pocket
money.
A note on distilled water used for drinking
purpose’s was recently read before the Paris
A ademy by M. A. Bureau de Villeneuve, in
which the author argues the importance of
tbe use of distilled water, and that the price
might be greatly reduced by obtatningitfrom
steam engines at work in mills. He consid
ers it i? neither unpalatable nor difil nlttodl
ge.?t, that it generally contains a sufficient
quantity of air, and that the absence of cal
careous salts is rather an advantage than a
drawback.
Among the English reminiscences of the
late Postmaster General Fawcett is the fol
lowing! ‘lt was my fortune to accompany
lum on the first real walk he ever took after
his blindness had been declared incurable.
Onleaving the house he struck out at ouhe with
the long, quick ?tride of his old walking era,
and stumbled naturally almost at the first step.
One or our party caught him by the arm. and
begged him to pick his steps more carcfullv
‘Leave me alone,’ was the reply; ‘I have got
to learn to walk without seeing, and I mean
to begin at once; only tell me when I am go
ing off the road.’ ’’
Emigrants are pouring into California at
the rate of 1,000 to 1,810 a week. Most of
them settle iu the southern part of the State
aud engage in fruit and wine growing.
Many of the emigrants are men of means,
who go to the country in search of health and
are led to devote themselves to congenial
business The ponr.-r classes go to the north
ern counties and engage in agricultural pur
suits, ? hile about 80 per cent, of the whole
number push up north to Oregon and Wash
ington Territory. The population of Cali
fornia is now about 1,060,000.
It may be interesting to know what the
Rev. Mr. Spurgeon thinks of Raleigh's de
light. In a discourse at the Tabernacle he
declared that if an hotly could show hi.n in
the Bible the command. “Thou slialt not
smoke,” he was ready to Keep it. “I find,” he
said, “ten commandments, and it’s as
much as I can do to keep them; and I've no
desire to make them into eleven or twelve.
Why, a man may ihink it a sin to have his
boois b!acki-d. Well, then, let him give it up
and have them whitewashed. I wish to say
that I am not ashamed of anything whatever
that I do: f don’t think smoking makes me
ashamed, and therefore I mean to smoke.”
One of the richest amateur collectors of
pictures and rare bric-a-brac has just died in
London, Christopher Rockett Denison. Ilis
house was a museum of art treasures, which
overflowed from the drawing rooms into the
-tair cases ar.d even the aHi-s, which were
lined with china, brass work and pictures.
\ clone his paintings were works by sir Peer
Lely, Sir loshua Reynolds, Wi'kie, Lawrence
ad Greuze. Mr. Denison was the largest
professional purchaser at the I >uke ot Hamil
ton's collection, where, among other trea
sures, lie bought Ruben's great picture of
“Daniel in the Lion's Den,” which hangs in
his London house Ife was also a collecto- of
rare jewels and had a string of pearls of uni
que value.
The last new fact in character reading is
tho study of the fingernails, which are classi
fied according to their shape and their color.
If they are long and slender they show imag
ination and poetic feeling, artistic feeling
and laziness. If they are long and flat they
indicate good scee. gravity and prudence. If
wide and short they prove anger, obstinacy,
rudeness ami love of controvar.-y. A healthy
color means courage, liberality, health, hap
piness and virtue. Dry and brittle texture is
a sign of anger, cruelty and bitter q .arrel
somene-s. The curved and clawlike shape
proves hypocrisy and wicitednts*. Softness
snows a corresponding feebleness of body and
mind, and a bitten nail means dissipation and
follv. If this becomes generally known, life
will have Dew terrors for the small boy.
Chicago has just lost an alleged centena
rian, whose age is stated a: 103. He \vs a
Frenchman named Maurice M. Dcpres, and
ha<l passed his life as a school teacher. He is
saidlo have vividly recalled the scenes of the
Reign of Terror and Napoleon’s ri-:e and
downfall, and the restoration of the Bonrboos,
as well as the overthrow of Char es X. and
I.ouls f'iiillippe. His arrival in America was
after the clo-e of the Fra-co-Prussian war,
and he resided in Michigan 10 years, reaching
Chicago in 1982. At 93 his chief pleasure was
flailing in the lake, and at 9f he gave Frem-it
lessons to several pupils. Beside- leaving two
sons in this country, aged re*-Di ctively • Sand
03, he left a daughter in Paris, aged 03. A
grandson, aged 44, and many great-grand
children from 1 to 15 vears of age complete
this remarkable record of longevity.
One piece of news that finds a place in the
Maine newspapers this week looks as if it had
strayed from Georgia or the Carolinas and
lost its way among the winding roads of
Maine. It is that a man in Cumberland coun
ty has recently given an order to a mar‘le
worker for a monument to be erected over the
grave of a former slave of the family, who
lies buried under Marne soil. The. slave was
owned by one of the early settlers of Maine,
ran away from his master, enlisted, and, af er
serving in the army, retired in the enjoyment
of a pens on and his freedom, and died many
years ago, having attained the good old age
of over a hundred years. It is only an act of
poetic justice that ’this poor slave should be
remembered after to tnanv years by a de-eend -
ant of his former master, but it is an a lit
tle out of the common course. The effects of
slavery in Maine and the other Northern
States have so entirely passed awaytlat it is
difficult to realize that it ever existed there.
A TEN-TON TANK WAGON of CrCOSOtC Oil Was
despatched from Newcastle, Kngland, to the
north. While it was passing along the Cale
donian lice at Blackford it was discovered
that a brass piug, 3 inches in diameter, in the
bottom of the tank, and need for emt tying it.
had fallen out. The leakage was so great
that the ground between the rails for TO
vards was covered with oil fully 3 inches
in deoth. The station master at Blackford
and the porters endeavored to plug the hole
with waste, but before the leakage was
stopped the tank was nearly emptv. By this
ti ne the stream of oil was rush.rg over the
north embankment of the railway into an ad
iacent field, where there is a drain lending to
the rivor Allan, a distance of 150 varus. The
oil, getting into the conduit, poured into the
river, killing every living thing as far down
as Dunblane. Thousands of fish lay dead in
the river, no fewer than 300 being counted in
one pool. The eels were allkille 1 and a num
ber of water rats were poisoned. The Allan
is a favorite stream with anglers, but it is
stated that rears must elapse before the river
is restored to the condition in which it was
before tlie accident.
I Si} i'N.
Tbov i> N ast, the earica’urist, is to give a
coarse of illustrated lectures this winter
strike his audience with ihe jaw bone of a
bast, as it were. —Philadelphia Record.
“Oh. PEAK.'’ yawned a little boy after he
had returned from church. "Id n't wonder
the world is so full ot wickedness.” “Why
so?” asktd his astonished mother. “’Cause
God picked out such a tedious day for Sun
day.”
A v. inistek Is after the society editor of one
of the dailies because an item 'which should
have read, “The spirit moved him to go out of
town for a season,” appeared in print, “The
Sheriff moved him to go out of town for a
reason.” — Merchant Trace Ur.
A gentleman who was going to take his
family to see a dramatic performance, the
other day, was surprised to see his wife pack
ing a large trunk and filling two large baskets
with eatables just before starting. “What on
earth are yon'doing that for?” inquired the
hashing. ’“Whv.” returned the wife, “it says
on the play bill that six week* elapse between
the first and second acts.”— Ex.
A Western journal, in a recent descrip
tion of a wedding in Kansas City, gave a list
of the bride's presents, followed by an enu
meration of costumes w orn by the guests. An
item of the first order unaccountably drifted
among the detailed accounts of costumes,
making the following rather amusing combi
nation: “Mrs. John , heliotrope velvet,
pearl ornaments. Miss Jennie , lace bed
set.”— Harper's Bazar.
“Aw, my dear fellah, I notice you cawwy
vouah cane by the handle.” “Tes.sir; that is
what the handle is made for.” “But, yon
knave, that is not the pwoppah capah: it’s not
Knghsh, ye knaw.” “I don't care.” “But
tell me. dealt fellab, why you do not assume
English ways as the west of us do. You ah so
deuced odd. ye knaw?” “I don’t know, unless
it is that I am English and have lived in Eng
land all my life.” — Chicago Metes.
Not long since a New Hampshire com
mittee man was examining an infant school
class. “Can any little girl or boy give the
definition of the word ‘average?’” be asked.
For some time no one replied, but finally a
Uitle girl hesitatingly replied: “It is a thing
a hen lays an egg cd sir.” “No, that’s not
right.” ‘‘Yes, sir, my book says so;” at and she
trotted up to her questioner and pointed to
this sentence in her reading book. “A hen
lays an egg every day on an average."—£tery
Other Saturday.
To Those avno Lost.—
Turn gently while the day is young.
Before the glaring moon;
Nor heed the friend who calls aloud:
“Too soon to turn, too soon!”
Now gently turn your coat, my son!
And-sm'ic (“a villa'll still”);
Trim w ell your ails to suit the breeze
And gain the People’s will.
Which way the tide moves, move along.
Care not for Man or Vote;
But as you move, with ready grace
Turn,' gently turn your coat!
Texas Siftings,
Adah Schakdt lives on Kelly’sls'and. He
is a rare old German with a sweet accent. He
gives the following history of the early set
ters of Kelly’s Island: “In the first place, the
island was literally covered with snaies and
reptiles, and no human being, not even the
noble red man. had the. courage to dispute
their right and title to the island. Daring a
beavv storm many years ago a schooner was
wrecked off McGodgain's Point The boat
carried a cargo of live hogs. All hands were
10-t, tut the hogs swam ashore, and, as they
found little else to feed upon, they made a diet
of snakes. In the course of time they suc
ceeded in devouring all the snakes on the
island. Then the Kelly family put in an
appearance and began devouring the hogs, a
feat which was accomplished easily and
quickly. Nothing has since succeeded in ex
terminating the Kelly family.”—.Verc York
Sun.
PERSONAL.
John Nthabt Mill’s adopted daughter.
Helen Taylor, is an editor of the London
Democrat.
Miss Mary Anderson has recovered from
her illness and played again at the Lyceum
Theatre, in London’.
Daniel M anning and his bride arc passing
their boneymoon within a hop, skip and jump
of the White House.
W. W. Corcoran, who entertained Mr.
Buchanan when he took the oath of office,
offers the like courtesy to Mr. Cleveland
Victor Hugo has purchased land on the
Paris street that bears his name aid will have
a line man-ion erected thereon for himself
and family.
Cai*t. John Webster, of Salem, Mass. has
given to the town of Newmarket. N. H., a
512.C00 library t.uilding. The structure was
dedicated the other day.
While visiring the tombs of her husband
and son at Chiselhurst the other day. the
Empress Eugenic fell as she was alighting
from her carriage, sustaining a fracture of her
ankle.
Now that tlm Illinois Legislature issoclo?e
ly divided in politics, people are noticing that
the Hon. David Davis is circulating more
freelv than usual among politicians and men
of intlneace.
At a rehearsal of one of his plays, S&rdou
makes the fireman, porter, supernumeraries,
etc., the audience, and carefully notes th<i
effect of play and acting npon them; and he is
not satisfied until their emotions are aroused.
James Birney. eldest son of James G.
Birney. the St John of the Presidential cam
paign of l fi 44, has become a resident of Cleve
land. after a law uractice of twelve years at
the Cincinnati bar, and a service in Michi
gan as Circuit Judge for several years.
Er hr aim Keyser lias finished at his studio
in Rome the clay model of the statue of De-
Kalb. The model presents ati animated mar
tial and vigorous figure, the heroic soldier
being in what artist? call “an enthusiastic
pose" and in the act of leading his troops on
to victory. His uplifted sword and radiant
face indicating “onward and forward.”
Representative J. Randolph TTCKER.the
intimate friend of Garfield, relates that the
latter once asked him if he knew where tlie
National motto, “E pluribus unnro.” came
from. Tucker admitted that he did not.
“Well,” said Garfield, “it conies from a de
scription in Horace of the preparation of a
Uo-r.nn sa'adaud he turned to it. There,
surely enough, was the list of ingredients, and
the remark that the result was ‘ e pluribus
unum.”
Sir George Grove remarked the other day
to an interviewer: "The Enelish are the best
choius singers in tlie world ar.d have good
cars, hut we want tube taught to depend on
ourselves. How can we he called a musical
nation when we spend millions a year to hear
German or Italian music played and snug by
German and Dalian musicians, and when, if
one is asked, as X was asked the other day at
Pontresina. ‘Who is your l>e?t English piano
forte player?’ there is literally no answer to
make."
While waiting Ms turn on the pr'gramme
of a ronnert at the Edinburgh Music Hall, re
cently. Sims He ves itrolle ’ out of the stage*
door into the street. Two blind street singers
ran against him. and one asked, “Do non
know if Sims Reeves has turned up?” The
popular tenor replied in the affirinativ , upon
which the beggar excl lined, “Shouldn’t I
like to hear him!” “So you shall,” was the
answer, and the sireet cha acters. to their
amazement, were led into the concert room to
enjoy the entertainment.
CIIUSIED UNDER A STONE.
Horrible Death of a Staten Island Jlo
tel Proprietor.
Theodore Ludwig, proprietor of the ho
tel at Castleton Corners, Staten Island,
says the New York Times of Nov. 29, met
with a horrible death on Tuesday or
Wednesday. The exact time of his death
is not known. Mr. Ludwig has a large
farm near the hotel. He went out Tues
day with a spade, telling the family that
he was going to dosome work. He didnot
return that night, but his family paid
no attention to that fact, "as he
frequently went out driving and
did not return over night. On
Wednesday afternoon a friend called to
sec him. It was then discovered that all
the horses were in the stable, and search
was made about the neighborhood for the
missing man. Piercing screams from Mrs.
Ludwig brought the searching party hur
riedly to her. It was after dark, and they
all carried lanterns. The rays from Mrs.
Ludwig's lentern revealed to the others
the ghastly face ot Mr. Ludwig tulned
upward from a large and newly dug hole
in the ground. Mrs. Ludwig had fainted
beside the corpse of her husband. A huge
boulder was resting on the chest of the
dead man. His tongue and eyes pro
truded, and his face was discolored. It
was evident that he had died from suffo
cation.
An examination of the spot showed
that the unfortunate man had dug a large
hole under the boulder, intending to bury
it. He dug too far and undermined the
rock, which fell upon him and pressed
against him with such crushing force that
he could make no outcry for help. How
long he iived after the accident could not
be discovered. The doctors said that he
might have been pinned there for a day
before death ensued, or he might have
died in a few minutes. It took 10 men
and a derrick to hoist the stone so that the
body could be extricated.
A liird in the Hand.
Detroit Post.
“Well,’' he said to the minister, at the
conclusion of the ceremony, “how much
do I owe you Y' “Ob! I’ll leave that to
you,” was the reply; “you can better es
timate the value ol the "service rendered.”
“Suppose we postpone settlement, then,
say for a year. By that time 1 will know
whether 1 ought to give you SU)O or noth
ing.” “No—no,” said the clergyman,
who is a married man himself, “make it
now.”
MISS DOE I.OSF.S A T.OVEII.
Her Admirer Driven Away by Wicked
Father and a Malevolent Goat.
John Doe ami Richard Rce, says the
New York Times, are aliases for two esti
mable gentlemen of this city, whose names
are withheld for the sake of their rela
tives. John Doe is a wealthy merchant,
who resides iu a fashionable part of East
Sixtieth street, near Madison avenue.
He is the progenitor of a lovely daughter
w ho has just reached the charming age of
20 years. Richard Roe is a young'man of
25 years, whose occupation in life is being
a dude. Richard had the felicity a year
ago of meeting Miss Doe at the charity
ball, and since then he has whoshipeil
continuously at her shrine* Miss Doe
has reciprocated his affection in a man
ner, and all during the past summer he
turned up regularly at every watering
place she visited, timing his visits so as to
avoid Mr. Doe very adroitly.
For. Mr. Doe, st’rante as it may seem,
neither loved nor respected poor Richard,
and he habitually made luu ot that guile
less youth to bis daughter, and was not
always particular that the object of his
jests should be absent at these times. Mr.
Doe has even been known to be a trifle
coarse. For instance, upon one occasion
when he came into the parlor and ob
served Mr. Roe in very tight lavender
trousers perched upon an end of the sofa,
he warned his daughter not losit down in
her lover’s lap for fear she might snap his
legs off. and-it was a draw as to whether
Miss Doe or Mr. Roe blushed the more
violently. Upon another occasion, as
Mr. Roe was one afternoon gingerly
descending the front 6tep9 of Mr. Doe’s
mansion, and smiling into the window
at Miss Doe, the old gentleman rudely
shouted: “Hi! hi!” 60 as to attract the
attention ot every one in the street.
When Mr. Roe looked around'Mr. Doe
yelled that there w#s something sticking
on the back of his coat, and everybody in
the vicinity saw that the old gentleman
referred to the tails of Mr. Roe’s cutaway,
which w ere visible below his top coat, and
the unfortunate youth was overcome
with contusion at the mirth of the popu
lace. Upon this occasion Miss Doe tear
fully informed her parent that he was a
horrid old thing, and she would never,
never speak to him again as long as she
lived, and Mr. Doe laughed himself al
most into an apoplectic lit.
But there was one evening in the week
Richard discovered when he might feel
safe from tbc gibes of the parent of bis
lcved one. That was Thursday evening,
when Mr. Doe Invariably remained at his
club until toward midnight. Richard
never failed to take advantage ot the op
portunity thus afforded, and many happy
Thursdays has he spent this fall both in
anticipation and realization, tor he had
been engaged to Miss Doe since early in
September, though lie has never had the
courage to ask rude old Mr. Doe for his
daughter's hand. Last Thursday evening
Mr. Roe called as usual in Sixtieth street,
and he remained in the front parlor until
11:30 p.m. He was on the point of de
scending the steps a few moments after this
hour when he discovered a goat that had
probably wandered over from Shantytown,
loafing in the street below him. Mr. Roe,
being a prudent young man and possess
ing some slight knowledge ot natural his
tory, decided to remain upon the steps un
til the animal had passed. The goat ob
served him. and Mr. Itoe perceived with
a thrill of horror that it seemed interested
and paused to size him up, as vulgar per
sons would, and Mr. F.oc would hot say.
The young man backed up into the corner
of the doorway, and was on the point of
rmging the bell, having determined to re
enter and pretend he had left something
in the parlor, in order to avoid a collision,
when the goat started, listened to a foot
fall approaching from the vicinity of Fifth
avenue, and then cantered down" to meet
the wayfarer.
Mr. Roe felt relieved until he looked
down the street and saw that the person
approaching was none other than Mr.
Doe, and that the goat bad marked him
for its own. Mr. Dye also perceived his
peril. He barely had time to drop his sil
ver-handled umbrella and seize the beast
bv the horns as it charged upon him, and
Mr. Roe observed and trembled. He saw
Mr. Doe look carefully about him and no
tice that no one was in sight, and then the
old gentleman attempted to back the goat
up. The goat stood firm and traced his
feet, and Mr. Doe did likewise. Then Mr.
Roe approached timidly, feeling that if be
Could only get Mr. Doe out of his scrape
he would ask him for his daughter’s hand
before the old gentleman recovered from
his gratitude.
“Aw,” he said to Mr. Doe, who, very
xed in the face, was being gradually
pushed back toward the gutter, “can l—
aw—be of any assistance?"
“Yes— you—in—fer nal—nin— com—
poop,” gasped 51 r. Doe, out of breath from
his struggles,” “catch—hold—of—one—
horn there.”
Mr. Roe valiantly rushed around and
seized the goat by the left horn. Mr. Doe
promptly let goof the Ireast aitogetber.and
Mr. Roe had just sufficient time to seize
the right horn, also to prevent himself
from thrown over. Then the goat
deliberately began to back him down to
ward Madison avenue, and he called to
Mr. Doe for assistance. Mr. Doe calmly
arranged his own disordered clothing,
nonchalantly picked up his umbrella,
bade Mr. Roe hold on tight, ascended his
steps, unlocked the door, and entered his
house.
Then Mr. Roe’s soiree began. The goat
ran him backward to Madison avenue,
and then turned him around and rushed
him up to Fourth. Mr. Roe dared not
scream lest his cries should cali forth his
lady love, and he was too proud for that,
and so he only clung to the animal’s
herns and suffered and was strong. At 1
o’clock a policeman happened to pass in
that vicinity, and he at once arrested slr.
Roe and the goat, made the unfortu
nate youth back up to the police station,
still holding the animal by the horns,
while the officer amused himself by st r
ring up its ardor with his club. Here Sir.
Roc was able to explain matters satisfac
torily, and was released. He has not
called at the Doe mansion since, and Miss
Doe wonders-yet what caused her lather
to roar with laughter long after he had
been in bed on the night she last saw her
lover, and whether the cause of his
laughter had anything to do with Mr.
Roe’s sudden cessation of worship at her
shrine.
Florida on the Wire.
Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. I.—lt is
rumored that Judge Settle, of the United
States Court for the Northern district of
Florida, intends to resign and that Mr.
Bisbee will be appointed to fill the va
cancy,
The United States Court convened this
morning'. There is a light docket, both
civil and criminal.
Senator Call left to-day for Washington.
Three deaths occurred in the city last
week.
Well informed persons from North and
West predict an unprecedented inflow of
visitors and land buyers to Florida this
winter. The arrivals' to date far exceed
those of last season.
The handsome residence of Mrs. Fateo
was burned yesterday at Mavport, in thi9
county.
A number of fresh shad have been
shipped to Gov. Cleveland.
The Florida electors meet at Tallahas
see Wednesday to cast the vote of the
State for Cleveland and Hendricks.
A I-ong Hide for 50 Cents.
St. Louis Dee. I.—Passenger rates to
Chicago were openly quoted at $1 by all
lines this morning, but by noon the scalp
ers put the rate at 50 cents. It is said
that the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Road will place on sale tickets at 50 cents.
The Middletown Bank’s Receiver.
Washington, Dec. I.—The Comptrol
ler of the Currency has appointed A. W.
Blyc, of N. Y., to be receiver of
the Middletown National Bank, of Middle
ton, N. Y.
Communion with Nature.
JHarwell CGa.) Dispatch, '
A negro. Lew Brown by name, in this
community, who has all his life affiliated
with the Republican party, has recently
turned Democrat, and gives this reason
for it. lie says: “De 'publican party is
like a red bird and de nigger like de jay
De red bird sets ’way up in top o’ de pine
tree, looking down at de jay bird in de
bushes, an’he say to ’im: ‘I-l-o-v-e-y-o-u!’
But de jay bird he shake hise’f an’say:
‘Show it. show it!’ Now, dat’s de way I
is by de ’publicans. Ever sence we been
sot free dey been makin’ love to us and
promisin’ everything from forty acres ot
land and a mule to the highest office in
de gov’ment, but we ain’t got nothin’, so
I am done wid ’em.”
Family Fuel.
Chicago It’s ire.
He entered the coal office with a small
market asket on his arm. “Give mo a ton
of coal.” “Yes, sir,” replied the coal mer
chant; “where shall I send it?” “Ob,
just put it in this basket: I'll carry it
home mvseU.” “But we have a wagon
right here and can send it up at once.”
“No; I can carry the coal up easy enough,
but you might send the bill up in a wag
on.”
remarkable escape from
DEATH.
Intfruting Personal Experience of a
Well-Known Philadelphia Lady.
Philadelphia Time*.
file following remarkable statement,
lately made to one of our reporters, is
vouched for by Oipt. Harry Mitchell, re
siding at 50. old Jarvis street,a prominent
Republican of the First ward, aud for
merly Captain of the Watch at the Phila
delphia navy yard. Mr. Mitchell hap
pened to know that we had lately devoted
considerable time to the investigation of
cases where bodily relief had resulted
from the use of that now famous medi
cine, Brown’s Iron Bitters, and meeting
the reporter the other day in
front ox Independence Hall, "said:
“I can tell you of something
that may interest you. I know an elderly
lady down town who told me yesterday
that she had been rescued from the very
jaws of death by using Brown’s Iron Bit
ters. She is an intimate family acquaint
ance of mine, and I knew sDe" had been
very sick and was hardly expected to live
from hour to hour. I was, therefore, nfore
than astonished to meet her on the street,
in apparent good health. I expressed my
pleasure and surprise, when she informed
me that she bad never expected to leave
her house alive again, and that she had
been most miraculously cured by using
Brown’s Iron Bitters.”
“Who is the lady, and where does she
live?” our reporter inquired. “Her name
is Mrs. Margaret Springfield, and she re
sides at No. 812 Pierce street. She is the
mother of a grown-up family of children,
and 1s well known in the southern section
of the city.” Capt. Mitchell then offered
a personal introduction to Mrs. Spring
field, and an appointment was made.
They accordingly met and proceeded
together to Mrs. Springfield’s residence.
The lady was not at homo, but was found
at the house of her daughter, corner of
Eighth and Tasker streets. Our reporter
states as follows: “I found Mrs. Spring
field a well-preserved elderly lady of pleas
ing manners and good conversational
powers. Learning the object of our
visit, she made the following statement in
the presence of Capt. Mitchell and her
daughter: ‘I can say that I thought I was
on my death bed, and none of my family
or friends believed I would recover. Peo
ple were calling at my house continually
asking about me, and from day to day !
was supposed to be dying. I am quite
well now, and I can say that I consider
my wonderful recovery entirely due to the
use of Brown’s Iron Bitters. I was bed
fast for three weeks, and for at least five
weeks I could not eat anything. My
greatest trouble was excessive pains in
my side and breast, and I had the worst
kind of malarial symptoms. 1
became so weak that I could
not even lift my hand, and was complete
ly prostrated all over. Tor some time I
really felt more dead than alive. I know
I contracted a very heavy cold, and it
seemed to permeate every part of my sys
tem. 1 suffered terribly, and got 6'o bad
that 1 could not take anything at all. in
sheer desperation I resolved to try
Brown’s Iron Bitters because of some
thing I had read about it. 1 seut for a
bottle and commenced taking it, and to
my great delight and astonishment I be
gan to feel a sense of relief at once. I
continued using it, and it seemed to drive
out the pains in my breast. I began to.
gain a little strength, and my appetite
gradually returned. Brown’s" Iron Bit
ters appeared to be just tbe thing my pros
trated condition required, and, as 1 have
said, I believe it saved my life. Certainly
1 never took anything in my life that did
me so much good.’ ” -
Our representative then remarked to
Mrs. Springfield that we desired to give
publicity to her statement, when Capt.
Mitchell said: "I think It ought to be
done as a philanthropic duty." If you
know of anything that will benefit man
kind it ought to be made public.” Mrs.
Springfield then gave her consent, sav
in'.': “I do not seek notoriety, but I atn
perfectly willing that the 'world shall
know of anything that has been of so
great benefit to me, and I can certainly
say that Brown’s Iron Bitters brought mo
to strong life when everybody thought I
was dying.”
Mr. VYra. C. Workman, 110 Bay street,
Savannah,says: “Fortwoyears I suffered
from malaria fever and its dreadful effects,
my physicians rendering me only tem
porary relief. In Brown’s Iron Bitters I
loun i decided and permanent benelir.”
Miss Georgia Henderson, 21 Jones street,
Savannah, says: “Asa tonic I deem
Brown’s Iron Bitters worthy of the high
est recommendations.”
Mr. John H. H. Entelman, corner
Broughton and East Broad streets, sa
vannah, says: “I tried Brown’s Iron Bit
ters as a blood purifier, and found it per
fectly satisfactory.”
Mrs. Mary E. Gaiibard. Barnard street,
Savannah, says: “I used Brown’s Iron
Bitters for fever with very beneficial re
sults. It imparted great strength.”
51. A. Kiley, corner Brvan aud Farm
streets, Savannah, says: “I used Brown’s
Iron Bitters as a tonic and appetizer, aud
found it ail 1 could desire.”
51rs. L. Sailer, Mo. 213 Charlton street.
Savannah, says: “Mv sister-in-law and I
used Brown's Iron Bitters tor dyspepsia
and general debility, caused by malaria,
and it afforded great relief ”
lotimj.
LM&
CAPITAL PEJZE, $150,000
** W* do hereby certify that t ce tupemee .he
arrangement* for aU the Monthly and. Sen.i-
Annu.iL Draeoinge of the louietana State lectio y
Coropany. and in /*• nor. manage and centre i
the drawing* themselees, and that the tame cut e
conducted tcith honesty, fairmen, and in gooc
faith venourd all par Hue, and tee auihoriee •*
Company to tut i hie certificate, toiih fnc-tind,-*
of our Hgnaturei attached, in it* adrerlit.-
'.■itnis.”
COMMISSIONERS.
Unprecedented Attraction!
Over Half a Million Distributed.
Louisiana Stale Lottery Company.
incorporated in istis for 25 years by toe Leg
islature for educational and charitable pur
poses—with a capital ol $1.000,000 —to which s
reserve fund of over $550,000 has since bees
added.
By an overwhelming popular vote its fran
chise was made a part of the present State
constitution. adopted December 2, A. L>. is
Its Grand Single Number Drawings wil
take place monthly. It nerer scales or zmt
ponee. Look at the following
175th Grand Monthly
AND THE
EXTRAORDINARY
Semi - Annual Drawing,
In the Academy of Music, New Orleans,
TUESDAY, Dec. 16, 1884, under the personal
supervision and management of
Gen.G.T. BEAUREGARD, of Ixmisiana, and
Gen. JUBAL A. EARLY, of Virginia,
Capital Prize, $150,000.
NOTlCE.—Tickets are Ten Dollars
onlv. Halves, $5. Fifths. $2, Tenths, $l.
LIST OF PRISES.
1 Capital Prize of $150,000 ?!60.00G
1 Grand Prize of 50,000 50,000
1 Grand Prize of 20.000 20,000
2 Large. Prizes of 10,000 20,000
4 Large Prizes of 5.000 20,000
20 Prizes of . 1,000 20,000
60 “ 500 25.000
100 “ 800 80,000
200 “ 200 40,000
600 “ 100 60,000
1,000 “ 60 50,000
APPROXIMATION PRIZES.
100 Approximation Prizes of $200....$ 20,000
100 “ “ 100 . .. 10.000
100 “ “ "5.... 7,500
2,279 Prizes, amounting to $522,500
Application for rate* to clubs should oc made
only to the office of the Company in New
Orleans.
For further information write dearly, giv
ing full address, POSTAL NOTE?, Express
Money Orders, or New York Exchange in
ordinary letter. Currency b) Express (all
sums of $5 and upwards at our expense) Ad
dressed
M. A. DAUPHIN,
New Orleans, La.,
Or M. A. DAUPHIN.
607 Seventh street, Washington. D. C.,
Or JNO. B. FERNANDEZ,
Savannah, Ga.
Make P. O. Money Orders payable and ad
dress Registered letters to
NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK,
J ‘ New Orleans, La.
Rotrie.
HARNETT HOUSE
SAVANNAH, CA.,
IS conceded to be the most comfortable and
by far the best conducted Hotel ia Savan
nah. Rates: $2 per day.
M. L HARNETT.
j TV the P ab!lc know ?;* 1 cViT
net Photographs made hr the -* ,
slant ancon s process will remain 1,1 ■■■
! Cozen for the ne-t thirty days, an t *fur‘-t er
; time the price will be changed, j \ J??*
; SON. 21 Bull street. ’ w? *-
WANTED, employment, hv a I
\ } bookkeeper, t a-hier and collector
tivc of this city, can giveflr-t-e!as..r tV. •*
cr.ces. Address M., Morning New-, ‘ r ' f r ~
si[i per month
QI U maid and wait res. io
IV9 Waldburg, between Montgomery aJaj >'
fereon. u *-
WANTED, immediately, f ( , r
> > three, a person to cook and do l ot
Apply Mus. FOX. 114 South Hr .ad ftret. ag '
IFA'TKD, three
'1 hands prefericrl. L F. By, k A s?>x*
gstler wanted.
street, up-.-tair*. 1 a Bar
IV ANTED.—A geoi cork.
j YY colored, wanted im©ediaLj r ll,, i le or
! SO Price street, corner of Chariton
! WANTED, MEM.-Anv ~
tt making le.-a than ,<4O . r ’’•■an
investigate our easy monev-makinz \ ftk)u W
! We offer energetic men" an
! business opportunity. Our $4 trial “*>e
; to those who m an business. a<lw u fre c
stamp, A. K. MERRILL A CO., (.hir^!* 1111
\TTANIED. position by
” grapher; can operate either
writes a fa r hand, and can me the
references. Address feTENOcHAITIK
ter 8., this office. *®t-
M ADAME SMITH wants
know that she is bow locano L,mJ
Barnard and Charlton street 1. ';
door north of Big Jones street. ’ ’
W" ANTED TO Pl-KLHASITT:~7 r
Schooner, capacity 1,200 to 2,000 bushels.
Address, or apply to
_ <?• H. EaTILL.
Whitaker street. Savannah, Gs.
WANTED, everybody to know
X T Bough Lumber, Boards. Plank. Sesnt"-
ling, Lath-, -hingles, Flooring, Ceiling and
Weather-losrding for sale at my retail lm.
tier yard, Taylor and East Broad streets, next
to Cassel’s wood yard. R.B. BEJPPaKD.
for Hrxti.
JLpOR BENT, in a hoxise just repainted, fire
nice rooms and bath; convenient for house
keeping. To desirable tenant at sls a mouth,
near Park and Gaston streets.
PURSE, care News.
¥BOR RENT, suit of three rooms, foraished
1 or uiilurnishcd.southfront, with veranda.
Apply 214 Waldburg street.
18011 RENT, office in Stoddard’s Iz,vr,. r
range: in complete order. Apply to JOHN
L. Hardee.
H< >f'E 105 Jones street to let in Hats; some
of them furnished. Apply to A. N. WIL
SON, Internal Revenue office.
FVJR RENT, that desirable two-sterr and
basement brick .dwelling No. 150 Harr h
street; ti ree rooms deep, with a!) modern
conveniences. Apply to JOHN eULLIVAN
A CO , 114 Bay street.
RENT, part of a house just repainted;
convenient for housekeeping; to desirable
party a low rent. T H. P., care News.
TBOR RENT, from Nov. 1 next, that ocr
1’ able residence southwest cornar Jones
and Drayton streets. Apply to A. N. WIL
SON, Internal Revenue office.
I7OK RENT, that desirable residence souiii-
P west comer Barnard and Henry street*
Apply to Pit. L. A. FA LUG a NT.
18 OK KEN r, the very desirable office 64 Bar
F street, originally occupied by Anartw
Low & Cos., with warehouse attached. Ap
ply to WM. L. WAKEI.EE, 54 Bay street.
JT'OR RENT, the first floor of that desirable
residence ISO Liberty street; om ul the
most convenient localities in thecitv; hand
some large rooms hot and cold water bath
and closet attached. Apply to IlAMilOM).
HULL & CO.
gor Sale.
18014 SALE, three large Chandeliers, one
X 1 Stein way ,Piano anu a Kitchen Kang*.
Address V. O. Box 82.
180 R SALE.—If you want a eood single lop
F Phaeton, new; ■ Saddle Horse or a good
Jlule, you can get a bargain at the Uray
Eagle Stable-, corner Drayton and Cun,rise
streets. J, DkMARTIN AS< >N.
180 U SALE, the clc.-irable brick residence
(three ttories on a basement) No. 2i Gor
don street, fronting Monterey square, in per
lect < rder, with all modern improvements, oa
very reasonable terms; possession given at
oace. Z. FALK, corner Congress, W i.itaier
and ct. Julian streets.
PRESSES FOR *AL£.—l offer for snie the
following Printing Presses: i Super
Roya Hoe Cylinder; l Half dam Liberty
Press. The machines are in good order, and
can be seen at work in Morning News press
room. -J. R. BSTILL. Savannah. Ga. ,
foot.
IOST, a black-and-taa half-hound I>og;
a legs and breast yellow; left ear split;
named "Ketch;” end of tail cutoff. A liberal
reward w ill be paid for him or information.
It. W. FE.tKE.y2 Montgomery street.
IOST, a large brass key, about inches
J long. The finder, by returning it to if
Abercom street, will be suitably rewarded.
Xtoar&mg.
ITLEASANT sooth front rooms, with board,
can be had by applying at 106 South Broad
street.
SlratjrD.
STRAYED, one large sorrel Horse. A suit
able reward will be paid for his return t*
corner Broughton and Randolph streets.
A FINE Oyster Soup and other delicacies
will be served for Lunch To-DAY irom
10 to 12:30 o’clock at the Merchants' Ex
change, Congress street.
CHAS. F. GRAHAM, Proprietor.
fttonri) to loan.
MONEY TO LOAN.
CLEMENT SAESSY, Soupy Broker,
• No. 142 Bryan street.
IOANS made on Personal Property. Dia
monds and Jeweiry bought ami sold on
commission. Cash paid for Old Gold, JUlver
and Mutilated Com.
MONJS.I X’G EUAN.—Ubtsrai loans metis
on Diamonds, Gold and Silver Waiohes.
Jewelry. Pistols, Guns, Sewing Machines,
Wearing Apparel, Mechanics’ Tools, CiechN
etc., etc., at Licensed Pawnbroker House. Is?
Congress street. K. MVHLBKRG, Manager.
N. B.—Highest prices paid for old Gold aad
Silver
Suburban &ailroaoo.
City and Suburban R’y.
Sat ANN AH. Not. 11, 1384.
ON and after WEDNE-DaY. Not. 12. tin
following schedule will be run on the
Suburban lint:
WiVI ARKIVX. I.X A VK LSATt
CITT. CITT. IBLK HOri. MOKTO’XY*
6:30 r. M.j 8:40 a. M. 8:10 A. u. 7:45 *• *•
SPECIAL SCHEDULE K<ilt SAILKDAY
SUNDAY,
IAWK AKKIVE | LEAVE I.XAT*
CITY. CITY. j ISLE HOPE. MONTO EV.
10:25a.m.j :4U A. M.| 8:10 A. H. 7:45 a. M.
*3:25 P.Jf.j 2:06 P. M.j 1:30 P. M. 1:C0 P. *•
7:00 r.M-l 6:30 P. M., 6:00 p. M. 5:30 r. M.
*3:25 P. M —This 13 the last train on Sundays.
On Momlaya there will be a train to Moct
gotnery at ti 4 '* r A [t M TOHXSTO y president.
NOTICE.
j y;. F. X. MOUSSEAU offers his services to
the Savannah public. Will make a specialty
of female troubles. Residence and oUie Ifo.
67 Charlton street.
NOTICE.
J WILL not get possession of PWLA9KI
HOUSE STABLES until Jan. 1, 1885. If"!
to Lease not expiring till then.
E. C. GLEASON.
JAS. P. FIELD,
artist.
ORDERS for Portraits in Oil, Tafitel and
Crayon solicited. W iil take a limited
number of pupil*. „
“ tmlio, u;>4 CONGRESS STREET. Savan
nah. Ga.
School of Practical Knowledge.
IHONOGR \PHY, TYPEWRITING. TEL
' EGKAPUING, BOOKKEEPING thor
oughly and practically tauebt
No. ISS and 137 Bay street, between Buil ana
Whitaker streets.
Ms. and Mss. C. S. RICHMOND.
Principals.