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STEAtisnir Schedules—General Trans
atlantic Company; Ocean .Steamship Com
pany.
Amusements—Games of Base Ball Be
tween the Chatham* and Macon Volunteers
tills afternoon, and the Nine Brothers of Au
gusta and t halhams of savannah on Mon
day.
Excursion—Savannah to Brunswick.
Wants—Salesman; Employment by a
Young Man; Two First Class Wheelwrights;
Purchaser for Peas; a White Girl; a Colored
Buy.
For Bent—Two Delightful Rooms; Suite of
Three Rot ms.
Strayed—A Medium Sized Cow.
Lottery—Little Havana.
Onions. Etc.—T. P. Bond.
Oddfellows’ Hall Association—Appli
cation for Incorporation.
Surely the war is oyer. Gen. Fitzhugh
Lee and a brigade of Virginia militia are
expected to enlist for the national mili
tary encampment near Philadelphia this
summer, ami other Southerners may be
on hand.
A Norwegian named Johnston is on his
way from l’enzauce to New York, alone,
In a small canvas-decked boat, and hopes
to cross the ocean Balely, and will start
out into the Atlantic from (Queenstown
to-day, if his heart does not fail him.
The complaint is made that the North
in artists almost invariably represent
Confederate soldiers as haviug long hair.
These artists evidently saw very few Con
federate soldiers. Few soldiers on either
side wore long hair when it could be
avoided.
The bioody-shirt cranks appear to he
rather plentiful in Ohio just now, and are
trying to work the Grand Armies of the
Republic up to a fever beat before the
State campaign fairly opens. They are
not meeting with much success to speak
of so tar.
Just as the announcement was received
that there was to be no more gambling in
Chicago, came the news that thieves had
tore down and stolen a whole two-story
brick house in that city. This looked a
little like straining out a gnat and swal
lowing a camel.
The Omaha salnoDist who bought Mr.
Rutherford B. Hayes’ houses has named
ais place of business the “Hayes Saloon.”
This is probably more tbnn the great ex
fraud can stand, and he will probably
have the irreverent Omaha man enjoined
as soon as possible.
Judge Allen, of Boston, proposes to stop
the lawyers from brow-beating and bull
dozing witnesses in his court. It will
not, probably, be many years before law
yers will not be allowed to treat witnesses
wish insolence and discourtesy anywhere.
This practice is not as common now as it
was a lew years ago.
If the troops out in Arizotia and New
Mexico were as successful in catching the
Indian warriors as they are in corraling
squaws and papooses, the settlers in those
territories would rest a good deal better.
Tnere is notning that encourages the In
dian assassin so nnu-h as to Know that
the government is taking good care of
the;r women and children while they them
selves ate on the war path.
An attempt was made in Etowah coun
ty, Ala., the other night, by some twenty
negroes to exorcise the devil out of a
woman who was accused of witchcraft.
?je was tied up and beaten until she was
supposed to be dead, and her bouse was
set on fir.'. She came to and escaped,
however, ana has had a number of her as
tailants arrested. Since her escape the
negroes are more than convinced that sh
is in league with the evil one.
Tiicrc hss been a great deal written
lately with reference to the future of the
negro in thin country, but nothing that
has appeared in print on this subject hue
attracted more attention than the views
of Bon. Robert Toombs, which were
printed in the Atlauta Journal a duy or
two ago. He oolves the negro problem u
IKtlo differently than others who
hive attempted its solution. He says
tut tho negro is uncducatioaable and is
dyiufo.it. The fallowing is an extract
from h's t:i!k: ‘lt is the plainest thing In
• mi .'.til d.o out. Ho is dying
rut lien. i ii.uv 1 ought to understand
the coitus. 1 have studied enough. 1
toll you that it is Vicing lulsely inter
preted ty certain people in this country,
Tho.negro is dying out us u race; he is
bound to die out. That is what will be
come of him. It is tho history of all in
ferior races, nnd hero is the broad distinc
tion. The negro race is a scrub race:
the white race is a thoroughbred race. In
time the scrubs are bound to die out, but
t',e thorough hreda live on to procreate the
spades, it ( a a ]aw of Goi and cannot
change.’*
Two Specimens.
Thus far the public prints have contain
ed the reasons given by two Republican
officials for resigning their offices, and it
is safe to say that neither of them
occupies so high a position in the
estimation of either Democrats or Repub
licans as they did beiore they resigned.
They undertook to make their tollovv-
! citizens think that they were influenced
: by high and praiseworthy motives. The
! truth appears to be that they are both
demagogues and lack the honest manli
ness that commands universal respect.
One of these Republican officials is R.
Root, and he held the office of Marshal of
the Southern district of lowa. Mr. Root
wrote to the President a letter in which
he tendered his resignation, and stated as
a reason for resigning that the Dem ocrats,
having worked hard for success and hav
ing been successful, ought to have the
offices. It was very nice of Mr. Root, of
course, to want the Democrats to enjoy
the fruits of their victory, but is it a fact
that he resigned for the reason that he al
leged?
The truth is that Mr. Root had been
elected to another and a better office, and
it is fair to presume that he resigned the
office of Marshal to accept it. His letter
to the President was published and
commented on. It was said that
he had set a manly example,
which other Republican officials would do
well to follow. But, in fact, did he pur
sue a manly course? Would he have re
signed if he had not got a better office? It
is highly probable that he would not. The
chances are that he would have stayed
until removed, and that he would
have whimpered like a whipped boy
aud have loaded the air with complaints.
He would even have attempted doubt
less to prevent the confirmation of his
successor. If he is really the straightfor
ward sort of a man that he tried to make
out he would have resigned before he
secured a better office, and he would have
been modest about it. He wouldn't have
paraded his act before the public and
asked his fellow citizens to admire him.
The other Pecksniff is A. F. Howard,
who was Collector of Customs at Ports
mouth. N. H. The facts in his case were
stated in our dispatches yesterday. He
resigned because, as be alleged, he was
such a radical Republican that he
couldn’t think of holding an office under
a Democratic administration. There is
some satisfaction in knowing that the
truth generally struggles to the surface.
This man Howard, it 6eems, resigned not
because he has any objection to serving
under a Democratic administration, but
because he was paid to resign. In ex
change for his resignation he was given a
business that was much more profitable
than the office he held, and yet he had the
cheek to attempt to deceive the public
and to try to make capital with his party
by a fraudulent pretense. Well, If there
are many more patriots like them among
the Republican officials, the President
cannot too soon “turn the rascals out.”
The Future of Sugar.
The sugar growers ot this country who
have survived the disasters of the past
few years and are yet in the business ap
pear to have passed the crisis and to have
a promising future before them. The neet.
sugar growers of Europe appear to be no
longer dangerous competitors, and the
sorghum-sugar interests have not attained
to the position and importance that the
many enthusiasts on the subject thought
they would. The idea that both beet and
sorghum sugar could be produced at a
much less cost than cane sugar is now an
exploded one.
While the above is true, there is no
likehool that sugar production wiil ex
perience anything like an undue stimulus
in this country. There has been an ad
vance in price, but it is not so great as to
cause much excitement in the market,
and there is no promise of any very con
siderable advance in price in the near
future. It is believed, however, that the
period of depression is safclv passed—
more safely because of the improbability
that sugar will become a favorite article
of speculation. The bulls and the bears
do not appear to be as fond of sugar as
they are of stocks, bonds, cotton, wheat,
oil, etc. This fact makes it pretty certain
that the demand for sugar is, and will
continue to be, genuine and healthy.
There is no probability that people will
rush blindly into sugar planting as they
did into cotton planting just after the war.
The probable margin of profit is not great
enough to tempt them to do that. It is
probable, though, it no further misfortune
overtakes the sugar interests that the
sugar production of the country will now
gradually, If not rapidly, increase, and
the sugar territory will be considerably
extended in the near future.
There is many times as much sugar con
sumed in this country as there is pro
duced here, and hence there is no danger
of over production. This being the
it might be well for the planters of Florida
and Southern Georgia to begin to consider
the propriety of devoting more attention
to the cultivation ot the sugar cane. It
will doubtless be in great demaud for seed
during the next two or three years, and
after that, when the sections of country
adapted to it arc well stocked with seed,
there is reason to believe that the produe.
tion of sugar will become a popular and
profitable industry in sections of the South
Where it is now almost unknown.
New Hauipshiie is a small State, but it
is the scene of a very large light for the
1 hited States Sonatorsbip. Blair, Chand
ler and Rollins are in a triangular con
test that grows more interesting every
day. Tho electiou takes place next Tues
day week. It is said that Blair has the
inside track in the Republican caucus,
but that his wiley antagonists thick they
will be able to break him down in a few
dav*. It seems that all three of the can
didates are threatening to tell aomc dam
aging truths on each other.
Henry Clews has on. oiled himself as one
of the 100 patriots willing to give $250
towards completing the Liberty pedestal.
The Wall street sharks do not take much
stock in the Liberty business. Only two
or three of them are on the list so far.
Probably a good many of them, however,
will be willing alter awhile to pose as
patriots If it cun bo done at tsueh a small
cost.
There are already Indications that Gen.
Logan's premature Presidential boom will
come to an early end. The Logan tide
will doubtless ebb from this time out.
Most people have sense enough to see that
“his splendid victory** was due alone to
an uccldont and to unexampled trickery.
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1885.
The Cluverius Case.
There is no reason to think that the
motion for anew trial in the Cluverius
cise will be granted. It is not expected,
probably, by the defense that it will be.
The court exercised the greatest care in
its rulings, aud it is hardly probable that
additional argument will occasion a
change in its opinion on any material
point.
It remains to be seen what the higher
court will do. for the case will be carried
to the bigbesteourtof the State, of course,
on the exceptions which were noted dur
ing the trial. Tuere mfcy have been an
error committed somewhere in the long
and tedious trial that may be deemed suf
ficient to justify anew trial.
No other criminal case in many years
in Virginia has excited so much and so
general interest as this Cluverius case.
The crime for which Cluverius has been
convicted was a peculiarly atrocious one.
The jury say that he ruined his sweet
heart, who was his cousin, and that he
then murdered her when the result of
their illicit love could no longer be con
cealed.
It seems strange that a mao brought up
under refining influences, and having the
advantages of a good education and ex
cellent religious training, oould be guilty
of such a cold-blooded murder. There is
some little excuse for the man who, in the
heat of passion, stains his hands in hu
man blood, but there is none where the
! foul crime of murder is deliberately
planned, and the pretense of love or
i friendship is kept up until the moment
i for the execution ot the awful deed ar
rives. If the theory of the State in the
Cluverius case is right Cluverius main
tained the attitude of a lover until he was
ready to rob Lillian Madison of her
life at the Richmond reservoir. He
began to put into execution his hor
rible purpose even while he spoke words
of love and called to his victim’s face the
smile of confidence.
The Ward Indictment.
The prospect that Ferdinand Ward will
soon be tried for the part he took In
wrecking the Marine Bank is very prom,
ising. Ward is now in Ludlow street jail,
in default of $500,000 bail, on a charge of
having cheated the late City Chamber
lain Tappan out of that sum by inducing
him to invest in the fraudulent firm of
Grant & Ward.
The charge in the indictment against.
Ward is that he went into the Marine Bank,
without the permission of the bank officers,
and carried off securities of the face value
of $1,000,000, and of the market value of
$400,000.
An effort will be made to have Ward
locked up in the Tombs. He is having
too many comforts, it is thought, in Lud
low street jail. In the Tombs he will
have a taste of prison life.
If he should be convicted for the crime
with which he is now charged, he would
in all probability be sentenced to ten
years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary.
The attorneys ot James D. Fish, the
convicted President ot the wrecked bank,
are making extraordinary efforts to se
cure anew trial for him. They will leave
no means untried to accomplish their pur
pose.
There appears to be a difference of
opinion whether Fish and AYard have
saved much from the financial storm
which overtook them. They appear to
have plenty of money to pay for the luxu
ries which they have, and to meet the de
mands of their lawyers. There are many
who believe that they 6aw the disaster
which threatened them soon enough to
provide for themselves handsomely They
are two bad men, and it is probably the
wish of honest New York business inen
that a prison shall be their abiding place
lor the next 10 or 15 years.
The Epidemic in Spain.
At last it is officially announced that
the disease that is prevailing in the pro
vince of Valencia, Spain, is cholera, and
that it is epidemic. The Spanish authori
ties either did not believe the disease to
be cholera, or they hoped to check it with
out permitting its real character to be
come known.
It was a mistake, of course, to attempt
to conceal the nature of the sickness if it
were known, because however great the
means taken to prevent its spread it was
not probable that they would prove effec
tive. The people would not be as careful
as if they knew- their danger.
The existence of cholera in Spain shows
that the disease is not yet stamped out in
Europe, as it w as hoped that it was when
its progress in Paris was arrested. The
greatest care ought to he exercised in
guarding against its introduction into this
country. Doubtless the health officers of
the ports and the officers of the Marine
Hospital Service have made what they
think are ample preparations for protec
tion.
There is something occurring all the
time, however, to show that the greatest
vigilance is necessary. A day or two ago
the Surgeon General of the Marine Hospi
tal Service w as compelled to take steps to
prevent the sale ol mattresses in the city
of Baltimore which had been thrown
overboard by European steamers at the
quarantine station, and which had tieeu
picked up and brought to the city. The
mattresses had been thrown away tie
cause they had been used by Immigrants
who had been sick with some kind of
fever. The fact that they were picked
up and offered for sale in the city shows
that for gain there are those In Baltimore,
and, perhaps, in every other city In the
country, who are ready to eudunger the
puolio health.
The flnanclu! condition of Greece is
ruther discouraging. It is a small coun
try, with a one-horso King, hut it has a
large deficit In its annual budget. King
George will need during the present year
1,00i1,000 drachmas more tnan there Is
reason to believe will he received into tho
treasury. A drachma is about 10.il cents,
or about the price of a goad cocktail in
that country. It seems that the scarcity
f drachmas Is not due t > the purchase of
drams, however, hut to a falling off iu tho
national revenues, produced by a general
depression in business and productive In
dustries. Greece eannot now, as lu
ancient times, call out the militia and
rob a neighboring country every time it
gets a little short of cash, and hence it
would like to sell a few bonds at lil>erul
prices.
The Tennesseo Historical Society has
the handkerchief that Is said to have been
used by the Confederates as a flag or
j truce on the occasion of the surrender of
i Vicksburg,
CURRENT COMMENT.
Not Competent Judaea.
Louisville Courier-Journal ( I'em .)
A party which is being deprived of the
public patronage which it has long considered
its sacred private property, is, as must be ex
pected, too enraged to pay any attention to
either facts or reaaou.
A Northwestern Convert.
Chicago fie we (Rep.)
When, then, Gen. Hancock, the brave sol
dier and too frank statesman, said that the
tariff was, after all. a local question, he knew
what he was talking about far better than h;s
deriders and tradueers.
Some Effective Firing.
Houston (Tex.) Poet (Pern.)
National affairs are assuming quite a sym
metrical shape. The Republicans fired 100
guns in honor of Logan’s re-election, and a
few days thereafter Postmaster General Vilas
fired 100 Republican Postmasters.
A Hep üblican Slander.
Philadelphia Times hid.)
The attacks upon the administration for ap
pointing “Murderer Cutbbert .Tones, atypical
Louisiana Democrat,” to the Consulship at
Callao are in some respects unfair. In the
first place, lie has not been appointed; in the
second, his father was a Republican, and he,
presumably, belongs to tiie same political
faith, as President (.raut appointed him to
the Consular service; and, in the third place,
either his father or elder brother was the
slayer of Liddell in the feud which came to a
bloody ending when Cuthbert Jones was a
boy of 15.
BRIGHT BITS.
A woman may be as true as steel, but then
you know some steel is too highly tempered.—
Yonkere .Statesman.
Weddings resulting from chance acquaint
ances made during summer vacations may
well bo published under the head “cssual
ties.”—Somerville Journal.
The Binghampton Republican says a flower
that is often put to a base use is the lady slip
per. Aud on such occasions it has been
known to make a johnny-lump-up.—Norris
town Berald.
Someone is the possessor of a hen which
lays each day an egg containing two yolks,
and when the chanticleer of her family hears
her melodious cackle, he softly murmurs to
himself "Philopaua.” -Puck.
Fibst Citizen—“ You always stay home in
the evenings now?” Second Citizen—“ Yes;
my wife's father gave her 1500 for a birthday
present, and I’m teaching her how to play
draw-poker.” —Philadelphia Progress.
Ir men and women would only display half
as much frantic energy and ability in getting
ahead in life as they do in dodging across the
street In front of an approaching team or
horse car. we should all be A’anderbilts before
IS9o. —Somerville Journal .
It is claimed that the most disgusted and
exasperated people on the continent are the
New Mexico Indians. The new administra
tion has appointed a bald-headed agent.
They justly regard this as a direct infringe
ment on their rigut to produce bald-headed
ness.— Exchange.
An oil-country resident, after hearing
Goldsmith’s poem, “The Deserted Village,”
read in an eloquent manner, drew a long
breath and said:
” I’ll be durned if that villageof sweet Au
burn don't remind me of Petroleum Centre.”
—Sew York Times.
“AVe encourage the interchange of visits
with patrons of other resorts,” said the pro
prietor of a leading summer hotel. “When
our people are away for the day they pay for
the dinners they don’t have, and when their
friends return the call they pay for the din
ners they do have; so we gain both ways.”—
Hotel Bail.
A hopeless case: “I say, Longshot, where’s
the Irish setter you hunted with last season?”
“Oh, I had to shoot him. Good dog; cost me
$35 wheu a pup.” "What was the mutter
with him?” “Hydrophobia; worst way.”
“Sure?” "Yes; howled and had fits every
time a milk wagon passed the house.”—
Brooklyn Ragle.
“That actress." said young Hyson, “has
been i laying dancing parts ever since I was
a boy, and she isn't a year older on the bills
than she was twenty years ago.” “No,” said
old Tints.g, "t bat's because sbe has renude her
youth every season.” And then they both
fell back into the zareba to change their
breath. —Brooklyn Ragle.
Jones—" Brown seems to feel mighty upish
since he made a little money by his corner in
whisky. Pretends to belong to the swallow
tail crowd, I believe.”
Smith—-swallow-tail crowd! I guess not.”
J.—"No?”
S—“ No. Regular old soaker. Swallow
cocktail crowd v.ould be more like it.”—Bos
ton Courier.
It is related of a distinguished lawyer who
observed that his wife always delayed ten or
twelve minutes before she came down to
dinner, being loath to lose so much precious
time daily, he commenced the composition of
a work which he prosecuted only while he
wrs thus kept waiting. The result was at the
end of fifteen years a book in three volumes
quarto, which has met with a large sale and
is much needed.—Tidbits
A AYall street broker went into a saloon
and called for whisky. The barkeeper set out
the bottle aud a glass of water.
“lA'hat’s ihat ’-” asked the broker, pointing
at the water and pouring out the whiskv,
"Water, sir.”
“AA'hat’s it for-”
"lo mix with the whisky."
"Well, take it awav. Do you think I’m Jay
Gould?” —Merchant Traveler.
PERSONAL.
Mils. Frei.im.hl vsen anil her unmarried
dsuguters will make Washington their future
home.
Prop. Agassiz's eldest son takes more to
fields than to books, ami owns an extensive
sheep ranch in Colorado
Mr. Shooi.rrei>, the famous London dry
goods dealer, has bought tlip equally famous
Bcnwyvis deer forest in Scotland for 1750,000.
Russell Sage, the financier, has had ex
perience in polities, having served as Mavor of
Troy. N. Y., for seven years and in the House
of Representatives at Washington from 1853
Ex-Gov. Seymocr, of New York, was 75
years old on Sundy. and the same dav he and
his wife celebrated their golden wedding an
niversary. '1 he Hon. Rascoe Uonkling pre
sided at the dinner.
Obi>. Sergt. Charles Lancce, now on duty
at Sau Francisco, has been iu the United
Ststcs army in continuous service for MS years,
and probably is known on the pay-roll as
“Aula Lang Sync."
Princess Beatrice has received from the
fsle of Wight Bet-Keepers' Association, of
whirh she is Presideut, u wedding present In
the form of a -liver bee whose back and wings
> are studded with diamonds.
Victor Hugo died in a small room on the
ground floor of the house, looking out upon the
garden. The physician in attendance. Dr.
Vulpian, was he who waited on the Comte de
Cbauibord in bis last illness.
A NErHEW of Prince Bismarck is now stoD
ping at a Hoboken hotel. He answers to the
title of Itarou and left his home country be
cause of an alter ation with the Colonel of
the regiment in which be is a l.leutenaut.
Collector i'ilesdcbv, of Massachusetts,
nhote appointment caused so much discus
sion a few weeks ago, is said in aspire to a
seat in Congress ns the successor .of Mr.
Lovering. who defeated Henry Cabot Lodge
last year.
KoseoxCONELtKd is getting stout, and the
storv circulates in New York that while rros--
lng the Illy Hall Park several days ago he Is
■Aid to have dropped a -liver dollar, which he
had lo pay a nma I boy |o rents to pick Up. He
couldn't gel down himself.
Carolus tn-RAN. the painter, is not • vic
tim of inordinate modesty. He Is reputed to
have an mined up tlm universe of art in the
trinity, “Mm. Ideu et Velasques!” And he
often gases at ktaisK reflected in a mirror,
cm Isinilng in tones of fervent admiration,
*'li is the torso of an Apollo!' 1
.lons' Porter, an uged gentleman, while
engaged in denouncing the liquor traffic at a
mo ling of the Lawrence Counlv School Oon*
vtntioi ii l; .si brook. Pa., on Tuesday, sud
denly fell, and died in a few minute*. It is
believed that, in tho cxriteinent of deliver
mg the address, he burst u blood vessel In the
head. ________________
About Its Deceased Wife's Slater.
From the Htnivh.it (Tenn.] Aralanche.
The Southern branch of the Presoyterlan
< kurch has not yet quite placed itself in eon
dll ion to marry Its deceased wife's sister.
Softy-elglu Proshyleries took the deceased
wife's liushsmi'* view of the rase, seven were
opposed, and fourteen failed to be moved by
sentiin**iii of regard for deceased wires' sis
isrs. To alter the conteesion of faith requires
three-fourths. Meantime as ninnr Presby
terisn gentlemen as wantto will goon marry
; Ing their deceased wives' sisters Just as they i
i have always done In those very rare cases
1 where they have wanted to.
The Right Pronunciation.
From the Chicago Inter-Ocean.
“By the wav,” said a well-known teacher,
"I have had’reeently a long correspondence
with military men as to the pronunciation of
certain armv words like aide-de-camp and
reveille. There is a great difference in the
schools as to how these words should be pro
nounced. Some of the purists insist that we
should say ‘aidekong’ and ’revaya.’ I wrote
to Grant, Sherman and Sheridan’as lo army
usage on these points. They all agree that in
this case we should say aide-de-camp and
revalee. They aiso agree that in England as
well as in France it is usage to say aidecong.
In the United States the army and West
Point constitute the authority on pronunci
ation.
Ages of Well-Known Women.
The following is given by the Pall Ball Ga
eette as the ages of the well-known women
named. The figures were obtained from a
careful study of the dates contained in a re
cently puolished English biographical diction
ary ; Mme. Adam 49. Mary Anderson 28,Sarah
Bernhardt 41, Mrs. Besant 38, Rosa Bonheur
83, Miss Braddon 48, Miss Gordon Cumming
4*. Lady hastlake 69, Empress Eugenie 59,
Emily Faithfull 50, Mrs. Gladstone 73. Julia
Ward Howe 60, Mme. de Novikoff 43. Jenny
Lind 64, Pauline Lucca 45, Helen Modjeska4l,
Florence Nightingale 65, Christine Nilsson 42,
Mrs. Gliphant 67, Ouida 45, Adelina Patti 42,
Christina Rosetti 56, Ellen Terry 37, Mrs.
Weldon 48, Mrs. Henry Wood 65.
Inside Bistory of Some Koyal Gifts.
From London Truth.
Princess Beatrice has been presented with
a set of silver candelabra as the wedding gift
ot the Queen's household. The manner in
which these official "gifts” are extracted is
highly diverting, except to the donors, who
will be heartily glad that there can be no
more royal weddings for some considerable
period. Such presents are purchased by com
pulsory contributions from the members of
the household, for they are demanded in such
a way that nobody dares refuse to subscribe
an adequate amount. The whole thing is so
thoroughly a matter of routine that I believe
the. functionary who collects the funds is en
titled to retain a percentage on the amount
obtained.
He Met His Match.
From the San Francisco Argonaut.
The Rev. Dr. Ritchie, of Edinburgh, though
a very clever man, once met his match. When
examining a student as to the classes heat
tended he said: “I understand you attend
the class for mathematics?” "Yes.” "How
many sides has a circle?” “Two.” said the
student. “Indeed! What are they?” What
a laugh m the court the studeui’s answer
produced when he promptly said; “An inside
and an outside.” The doctor next inquired:
"And you attend the moral philosophy class
also?” "Yes.” "Well, you doubtless heard
lectures on various subjects. Did you ever
hear one on cause aiid effect?” “A’es.”
"Does an effect ever go before a cause?”
“A'es.” “Giveme au instance.” "A barrow
wheeled by a man.” The doctor hastily sat
down and proposed no more questions.
An Impudent Plea.
From the Hour.
The movements of royalty are pretty faith
fully recorded as a rule, especiallv those of
the Prince ot Wales. Occasionally, in fact,
"his royal nibbs” must be inclined to resent the
very close fashion in which certain English
reporters dog his footsteps. With all their
persistence, however, the scribes who record
the deeds of the heir apparent have omitted
one kind action, one pleasant little excursion
on the part of the Prince which is worth re
cording. The circumstance came out merely
by accident. An Irish laundress, by name
Deborah Hayes, was charged at the
Clerkenwell Police Court, London, with being
drunk and disorderly in Cow Cross street.
Smithlield. The merrv old virgin admitted
the soft impeachment, but in her defense said:
“1 was in a public house drinking half a pint
of beer when the,Prince of Wales came in
and asked me wha t I’d have to drink, so I had
some more, and that's bow it happened.”
This impudent plea did not save the woman
from the consequences of her folly. She had
to pay a fine of five (Mailings and costs, with
the alternative of “doiDg” a period in the
mansions of the blest.
Tile Broncho Died Happy,
From the Denver Hews.
Bill Parker, a well known mining man of
Colorado, tells a story about a horse which he
says is true. Several years ago he bought a
buckskin broncho in the Utc Agency from an
Indian for a quart of whisky and shipped it
to Leadville. About a month afterward he
went to Leadville. and one day thought he
would take a ride. He put a saddle on the
brute’s bact and cinched the animal up in the
manner that all meek-eyed bronchos are
cinched aud jumped astride. Bill savs he
felt himself rising in the air, the broncho
sticking to him; then he felt a shock, and re
membered nothing more until he was fished
out of the Arkansas river. The animal liad
run away aud thrown him over an embank
ment 30 feet high.
A w eek or so afterwards one of Bill's friends
wanted to go prospecting, and Mr. Parker
very generously plaoi and tiie broncho at his dis
posal. The result was that man and horse
were picked up at the foot of a 60-foot preci
pice—the man with a broken leg, and the
horse tightly wedged in between two rocks,
but little hurt. A number of ambitious
miners then attemped to conquer the vicious
brute, but no one e\er succeeded in staying
on his hack. Finally some of the men in the
camp became disgusted. They secured the
bucking broncho, put a saddle on him, aud
lashed a iog of wood on his back. The last
seen of him he was crossing the range, at
tempting to get rid of the log by rubbing it
agaiust the sky. A week later the heroic
huoker was found dead at the foot of a preci
pice 300 feet high. He was rid of the log, how
ever, nor could it ’be fonnd. and Bill savs
there was a look of perfect rc-ignation on the
animal's face as if he had died contented.
How the Chicago Catcher Was Discov
ered.
From the Chicago Tribune.
The following story is told upon “Always
There” Sutcliffe, the good-looking and effec
tive young catcheroi theChicagoteam: Some
time about the middle of last season Alison.
Williamson, and a lot of the billiardists of the
Chicago team were playing pyramid pool in
the Lake City when Sutcliffe appeared among
them. He was then a tall, ungainly-looking
lad of bucolic appearance, and whoD he asked
for a ball it was given to him in about the
same manner that a three-rar.l-monte player
gives one the tip and then fleeces the holder.
In this case, however, Sutcliffe refused to be
taken in. He beat the Chicago* at their own
f'ame, and made such an impression that all
lauds ejaculated:
“You're quite a pool player."
“Yes.” the rural youth drawled in reply;
“but that ain’t my game, all the e.imec.”
“It ain't” said Anaou. “Well, what is,
then?”
"Why, base ball,” said Sutclifl'e.
Then he told tne boys w hat a catcher he
was, and just to get even they asked him over
to the ball grounds. Reaching there, they
sent him behind the hat, and then ordered
Goldsmith and L’ocorau to go in and kill him.
They wore their orms out trying, and, what
was worse. Sutcliffe refused to wear a mask,
and merely smiled when told that a fly tip
might hit him in the jaw and break it, or
knock out an eye, or something else; and his
whole demeanor was such that Anson deter
mined lo engage turn instanter. He asked
Sutcliffe how much pay he wanted, and the
Utter replied that $1 a day would be about
the right thing. Later hi salary was raised,
and now. like plenty of other professionals, he
rates bis services at a fancy figure.
The Fatal Stats Department
From the Cleveland header.
Tho Stute Department, which at the begin
ning of our gorernment was looked upon as
the stepping stone lo the Presidency, became
later on singularly fatal to the ambitions of
almost every man who look charge of It. and
Its possession in many cases has been the fore
runner of disaster, disease and death. Up
shur. one of Tyler's Secretaries of State, was
blown up on the Princeton while lie was in
office, and Hugh S. Legare, the secretary of
Slate who preceded Upshur, died at Boston at
the celebration of the Hunker Hill monu
ment, which he was attending with the Presi
dent In his capacity ss Secretary. Daniel
Webster, while acting a- Fillmffre'a Secretary
of State, was. in 1852, thrown from Ins car
riage and there received the injuries which
caused hlsdeath Iho fol‘owing October. secre
tary William 11. Seward never recovered
fully from the blow of the assassin
Payne, which he received on the night Ltn
coln was kill and, and his |io Itlral future was
injured by his connection with Johnson In .he
Stale Department In the following adminis
tration. James G. Blame narrowly escaped
receiving Uuiteau's bullet when he walked
down to the demit arm-in-arm w.th President
Garfield to see linn off to Long Branch, and
the dissatisfaction with Hlaiue's aggressive
policy a Secretary of Stale nrobablv lost him
enough votes during the last election lo put
< loveland Into the White House. Ilnd Henry
Clay not accepted the State |,rtfolio from
John Quincy Adams the "bargain" nud “cor
ruption'' erv would never have been raised
and i lay would probably not Imre died dis
appointed iu his ambition to be President.
John C. Calhoun's future was largely affected
by the fights be hail white he was Secretary of
State, bj which he became estranged from
Jackson and his partv. and Marcv and Cass
dropped outof tho State Department into ex- <
fating nonentltyaeas. I
ITEM OF INTEREST.
A crown of f(grant roses Is cast away and
one of naked tltrns clasped to her breast by
the woman whjakes the vows of the Order
of Sisters of Scbominic.
The Tall of he Devil, the Fountain of
Love, Little H, the Spirit of Purity, the
Triumph of Dyi mite, the Balm of Sorrow,
the Tempest of he Soul and the Flight of
Time are salooni u the City of Mexico.
A. Steman, ofjlaltimore, has in his yard a
fence post that 1) says has been in use up
wards of five yors, and this spring for the
first time it h commenced to sprout, and
there are overnO young branches now out,
varying in lentil from those just emerging
through the olijbark to 18 inches long. The
post seems to h of the willow-leaf or pin-oak
variety. I
James an engineer on the Long
Island Railrod, has been in very poor health
for some time The usual remedies failed to
relieve him. He said he felt something gnaw
ing in ihe H>maeh. A powerful medicine
was given /im, when eight small crabs,
known as ftyilere, came from him, and he is
now as wclits ever, it is supposed that he
swallowedpe fiddlers with oysters.
A CoroJEr’s jury in Lincolnshire, Eng
land, receily returned the following verdict:
“AA’e findjhat William Fisher came to his
death by is own hand, accidentally, and by
no other eans, being at the moment engaged
in the un wful pursuit of game in the dead
of the tiij t, and not having the fear of God
before h i tyes, having received a mortal gun
shot wou rl in his left side, of Which wound he
did insta tly die.”
Acuri ?s quarrel is being waged between
the Pari an newspaper publishers and the
venders 1 the kiosques or news-stands, who
receive lilf a cent commission on a three
cent nape, with the privilege of returning
unsold co(es. The dealers now lend a paper
fora centpn condition that it shall be re
turned in g>od order at a certain time, and
then send i back to the publisher as “unsold.”
Result—tbecom mission of the newsdealer is
doubled, tho-eader saves two cents, and the
publisher sels no papers.
A New Ask temperance society which has
taken to colfecting statistics reports that last
year there here 19 Congressional nominating
conventions ji that city held in saloons. Out
qf a total of ;.002 political meetings held dur
ing the Prudential campaign, 683 were
held in salons, aud many others next
door to saloms. All parties, including tbe
Republicansiud three fac ions of Democrats,
indulge in fiis reprehensible practice, show
ing that whiky and New York polities are as
naturally ailed as ducks and water.
An immefe shoal of flsli lately went ashore
on the santy beach of Kona, Hawaii. The
children reprded them as a kind of godsend,
and began o eagerly gather them up for home
consumptijn. The gray-headed native vete
rans, howrter. shook their heads in supersti
tious horrff and ordered the children to dc-iet,
rememberbg a tradition of earlier times,
before Gaft. James Cook entered the harbor
with the Resolution. The tradition was to the
effect that the landing of a shoal of fish por
tended the death of an Alii, or native chief.
Nevertheless tic children ate them.
Niagara haikmen will be none the less
numerous or inuudent by reason of the new
order of things hat is to go into effect there
next month. Tie State will take charge of
the grounds aboit the falls, but it will not
take control of tie village, wherein lies the
hackmen’s powei. There are 100 hackmen,
each of whom controls not only his own but
from one to ten ither votes. The result is
that the hackmen tontrol the town, and any
trustee who shows a disposition to compel
them to be moderately civil to visitor* and
other people can be quietly shelved. This has
beeu the condition of tungs for years past,
and is likely to be in the future, a move lor a
new village charter, n vhich sitting trustees
would be given more power, having recently
been defeated by the sane hackmen element
that has for so long mtde the town a com
munity of organized swindlers.
While excavating be bed for anew and
larger gasometer at Donfries (Scotland) gas
works, the contractoi came upon a bed of
peat, in which were enbedded the trunk of a
Scotch fir, six feet ii height with the bark
upon it; pieces of rim, oak and hazel, with
nuts and cones, briken antlers and various
coleopterous reniabs. In a quantity of the
moss placed unde glass the cranberry aud
oilier plants have tegun to germinate after a
sleep of centuries. The spot, which is now in
the heart of the twn, is supposed to have
formed part of thebed of a lock in prehistoric
times, and three enturies ago a railldam was
constructed at tie place, which was then a
morass. The bet of conglomerate on which
the peat and otler top layers rest has been
found to contain urge fragments of red grsn
itc, a rock whiebis not known to exist in the
immediate viciaity.
The province of New Brunswick has anew
law, directed atainst the practice of camprrs.
to whose thoughtless unconcern many de
structive conflagrations have been due. It is
ordered that e;ry por.-on who, between May
1 and Dec. 1. nay start a fire in or near a
forest, for thepurposeof cooking or obtaining
warmth, shall select a place in which there is
the smallest quantity of vege able matter,
dead wood, branches, brush wood, dry leaves,
or resinous trees; shall clear the place by
removing ail combustibles from the soil
within a radius of five feet from the fire, aud
shall exerciss every reasonable precaution to
prevent the (re from spreading, and carefully
extinguish t(e same before quitting the place.
Any person vhothrows down a burning sub
stance or dscharges a firearm within any
forest shall be subject to punishment if he
omits to extinguish the embers before leaving
the spot.
John Estsn Cooke, of Virginia, has made
a searching nvestigation of the Pocahontas
matter, aud he is satisfied, from all the evi
dence to be bad. that Smith was captured by
a party of Indians in 1607 and carried to the
Indian capital on York river, where Pow
hatan ordered him to be slain. Pocahontas
interfered t save him. She took Smith’s
head in her arms, so that it was impossible
to beat out his brains without hitting her.
Powhatan consented to spare the prisoner,
ami treated him kindly. Afterward Smith
released some Indian prisoners, stating that
it was for the sake of Pocahontas. He told
his friends m Jamestown that Pocahootashad
saved his life. In a letter to Queen Anne he
said lie would be guilty of the "deadly poi-on
of ingratitude" if he forgot the goodness of
Pocahontas. In several letters he gave to this
girl credit for his rescue rrora death. It was
on this account that Pocahontas was flatter
ingly received at the English court. After
her marriage to Knife she was baptized, and
lived “civilly aud lovingly with her hus
band.”
The State Geologist of New Jersey gives
the following directions for making a cheap
but excellent filter for purifying drinking
water: It is the bottle filter, and is made by
“tying a string wet with turpeutine around
the bottom of a quart bottle and breaking out
the bottom. Tins is done by lighting the
string, and when the flame has encircled the
bottle, dipping it in cold water. Layers of
fine cotton batting n ust then be placed in the
bottle until a wad is collected that rests on
the shoulders of the bottle and over its neck.
Now dissolve a cup of alum in hot water and
pour th<- solution into a cup of cold water
Tills makes a filtering subetauce. I use alum
because it I* the only thing which will preci
pitate all the impurities of ibe water to the
bottom. For every gallon of water that i de
sired to purify, add a teaspocnfnl of tiie filter
ing fluid and stir it until every panicle of the
anlmnleultp is precipitated. This usually
takes about (Ire minutes. Then run vour gal
lon of water time treated througu the filter,
and you will have your water free from all
impurities.”
There arc three political parties in Japan,
the two most prominent being the Juito,
favoring a republic, and the Konkento. favor
ing the empire. The latter party Is In favor
of keeping all titles as they are at present,
and the Juito party wishes them done away
with altogether. The third party, Kaishmto,
is opposed lo everything connected with tho
present government, and want* a government
modeled lifter European and American idea*.
The fight IH-tween the Konkenlos and the
Juito* has been very bitter for ninny years,
but tbe Kmikeutos have obtained the upper
hand, and some of the prominent Julios are
non In prison or abroad. The church lias but
little iiower Hi affairs of State. Thu principal
beliefs arc the Shinto, or original religion of
Japan; Buddhism, which came from China
HO i or 1,000 years ago, and the Christian be
liefs, introduced early In the sorenieenth cen
tury. Of the latter belief* the Roman C'atho
lie* had the ascendancy for a century or more,
but after tbe religious war of Amnkusa thev
were largely driven outof the empire, most
nr them taking refuge on Amakusa Island.
During the last twenty year* the other
Christian denominations, as Congregational,
Unitarian, Episcopal, Baptist amt Methodist,
hare built many churr.hes and obtained ■
strong foothold in the empire. Of the de
nomlnatlens mentioned! the Congregational
seems to be the most popular.
_ jjyan’rft.
WANTED, a colored boy to attend
V > horse and to wait ou the table. Aimu
between 8 and 9 a. y. southwest corner-,7
Julian and Lincoln streets.
\y ANTED employment, by an
TV and industrious young man of stead*
business habits and good moral character- ,7
reference. Address APPLICANT caV*~;
Moroing News.
WANTED.— Salesman cau add^TTw!
samples small; cqmmUsions cash• Bale’
more agent earned SI,BOO, St. Louis *2 an? .
1884. P. O. Box 1,871, New York. ’ ’ ln
WA yTED > purchaser for a lot of ~FTITT
VV Peas. J. S. WOOD & BRO., 74
street.
"\yANTED, a white girl for housework
I v Apply 57 Broughton street. *'
\\7 ANTED, two first-class wheelwright- ..
VV WARD A DASHER’B. at
for j&Fnt.
FOR RENT, in house occupied
man and wife, suite of three rooms, facia?
north and south, unfurnished ami newiv S®
fitted, with privilege of bath room aI i 0 ninJ
suitable for light housekeeping; rent toT’
sirable parties without children sl6. Adrtr.il
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± nished or unfurnished. 163 South Brn.s
street. "man
f'OR RENT, three (3) stores in “The'lrir
nal building; possession given Oct i
1885. WILLIAM GARRARDT Cliairm',’
Building Committee. mau
—— salr.
FOR SALE, Ceiling, Flooring, WeathcT
boardiDg and Framing Lumber (a boS
first and second qualities, and at reasoaahi.
prices. Also, a large lot of Boards an?
Scantling at $7 per l,bSo foet. Also, a lar.
stock of Shingles and Lat s. Lumber van
to Casscl’s wood yard. KERB akii
iSoai'&tttg.
VIEW YORK BOARD—3S aud 37 e--.
Twenty-third street. Madison square
Southerners can be accommodated with Hut'
D‘pRrrCHARD? 1, ° r WeCk ' A<Wre “
SStvatjcD.
*TRAYEDyvvwyTasri>aturdav^fternoc^
on West Broad strdfet, amongst a drove of
cattle going out West Broad, a Brown and
White Spotted medium size Cow. A re
ward will be paid by returning to 62 West
Broad. GEO. BEWaX.
QTRAYED, from No. 1 C. K. R. one bav
O mare mule, medium size, with light nose.
Any information leading to her recovery will
be rewarded by applying to NEWTON A
I GLISSON, Routhwell, Ga.
JVltmrq to loan.
MONEY TO LOAN.—If you are in need of
money, and want a liberal loan on al
i most an thing of value, and if you don’t want
: to be seen by your friends when you get it, or
have remarks made that you are in need of
money by crowds of people promenading and
passing the pawnshop anti watching vou when
: you go in or out. then call at the old reliable
Private Pawnbroker House, 187 Congress
street, where, very few people pass, and no
body will know your business. E. MUHL
BERG, Manager.
f otlcrg
'PHE DRAWING ~~
1 OF THE
little Havana
WILL TAKE PLACE
WEDNESDAY,
JUNE 10, 1885.
WHOLE TICKETS, $5; FIFTHS, sl.
15,000 TICKETS; 733 PRIZES.
CAPITAL PRIZE. $15.000.
iliantro.
County Scrip Wanted!
AT UNCLE JOE’S.
s>7 'AA WORTH OF JURY SCRIP
tfp • ,()UU wanted at once, at
SOUTHERN PAWNBROKER SHOP.
120 Broughton street.
Oatirtq Store.
CHEAP STORE, also 10c.
and sc. goods in great variety. Don't fail
to attend our bargain sales. Oil Stoves, Ice
Coolers and Ice Cream Churns,which we will
sell at astonishing low figures. At NATHAN
BROS’.. 186 Congress, near Jefferson.
£urntot)ing (RobOo.
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At 25c. and 50c.
Men’s Fine Mackinaw.
DUNLAP’S FINE HATS a specialty.
CHINESE HELMETS,
The best Sun Hats made.
GAUZE UNDERVESTS at 50c., fine JEANS
DRAWERS $6 per dozen.
Lisle Thread Underwear.
BALBRIGGAN SHIRTS and DRAWERS,
LISLE THREAD and BALBRIGGAN HALF
HUBS.
HEMSTITCHED II AN DK E RCHIOFS,
plain and fancy bordered.
WRITE TIES, 15c. to Jsr. per dozen.
Extra Long SUSPENDERS, Extra Large
HATS.
Hammocks! Hammocks! Hammocks!
From 51 upward: the best made at J 2.
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SUN UMBRELLAS, BUGGY CM “BELLAS.
WHITE VESTS, LINEN DUsTERS, any
thing needed by Gentlemen, at
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HOLMES’SURE CUBE
MOUTH WASH and DENTIFRICE
; Cures Bleeding Gums, Ulcers, Sore Mouth.
Sore Throat, Cleausea the Teeth and PuriM*
the Breath; used and recommended bv lead'
ingdenllsl*. Prepared bv Das. J. P.A" •
R. HOLMES, Dentists, Macon, Ga. For**!*
by all druggists and dentists. _
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' J a few pairs matches—most of them genii*
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