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is WHITAKIitt STRKKT, SAVANNAH, OA.
MONDAY. JUNE 8, 1885.
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Meetings—German Friendly Society;
Southern Mutual Loan Association; DeKalb
Lodge No. P. I. O. O. F.
Special Notices—As to charge of busi
ness, L. I*. Maggioni & Cos.; as to Omnibus for
Ocean Steamship Wharf.
Railroad Schedule— Savannah, Florida
and Western.
W ants—A Competent Child’s Nurse.
LOST—A l’lain Gold King.
Legal Notice—Application for order to
sell Real Estate.
Fruit. Ktc.—A. H. Champion.
Medical—Cuticura Remedies; Brown’s
iron Hitters.
Memphis hopes to be able to trade with
Savannah instead of Norfolk as soon as
that city gets its railroad to Birmingham
completed.
The Russians have invaded Dakota and
yet no fuss is made about it. The Dako
tans will thankfully receive anybody that
will help to increase the population.
The Colorado potato bug does not keep 1
up his reputation in this part of the
Union. Our semi-tropical sunshine ap- |
pears to affect his usual splendid ap
petite.
Several Chattanooga doctors have been
arraigned by the Medical Society ol that
city for unprofessional conduct. The next
meeting of the society is expected to be a
lively one.
Chinese physicians charge five cents
for a visit and prescription, but they
don’t have to carry as much wisdom aud
dignity around with them as the ordinary
American duotor6 do.
If Mr. Conkling should get to be a
“three hundred-pounder’’ he would lose <
much of his beauty and gracefulness. He
will have to diet himself and take more
exercise or lay in a good supply of anti
fat medicine.
The gamblers are being driven out of
several cities. It is a wonder they don’t .
get up a grand national encampment in
some wilderness, and enjoy themselves
until the excitement quiets down and the
autumn season opens.
A prominent Georgian has given it as
his opinion that the Savannah artesian
water is in many respects similar to the j
water of ludian Spring. It is very similar
to the Indian Spring water in one impor- ,
taut respect—lt is quite wet.
Abe Buzzard, the notorious Pennsyl
vania outlaw, outwitted the detectives at
last. .When he gave himself up he sur
rendered to the jailer, and so cheated the
detectives out of the large rewards that
had been offered for his apprehension.
Georgia will no more pay $8,000,000
■he does not owe to get $3,300,000 of bonds
■he has already sold at a splendid price
listed in New York than she would offtr
a gold medal to get her excellent Gover
nor’s picture placed in the rogues’ gal
lery.
It is doubtful if Sullivan will tie a suc
cess on the stage posing as Greek and
Roman statuarv. Ilels muscular euougn,
but the trouble is that no Greek or Ho
man statue ever looked out of the eyes as
If it had been in the habit ol swigging
Boston liquor.
Inventor Keeiy has published quite a
flattering testimonial f-om a party ol gen
tlemen who saw bis motor mote. They
certify that they saw the machine iu
operation, but do not sign their names,
lie supplies the deficiency, however, by
Certifying that they are gentlemen.
Lnele Joseph Medill is made turious by
the assertion of Judge Tree Ihat Illinois is
uaturaliy u Democratic Stale, and that it
will soon come squarely into the Demo
cratic column. Uncle Joseph persists in
being an unwise Republican Bourbon. He
refuses to either learn or forget anything.
It seems to tie the impression now that
Col. Morton will certainly get the Angus,
ta, Me., post office. It is said that he is
supported by all the leading Maine Demo
crats and many Republicans. Verily,
Blaine’s influence with the administra
tion is probably not so great as seme peo
ple suppose.
The New York World tun* discovered
that Mr. itayard is in wretched heultli,
and ii snva hi* triends are very niucU
worried aliout him. lie aeema to lie
pretty vigorous and lively, however, and
It ia surmised that his friends are not
nearly as much worried about hint aa his
tuemiea ate.
It sit'd that Homo of our diplomatists
lire anxious lor the govornmunt to author*
l/.it tnom to wear some kind of gaudy nul
lum in order that they may shine w ith
the noble swells at the courts or ISuropc.
T;iiy complain that they are frequently
mistaken for waiters. Let each one hen -
after have a small American llag pinned
on his bosom, and 11 be is insulted lot hint
he authorised to declare war at once.
'1 lie Late Georgia Independents.
The Republican party of Georgia has
been moribund for so long a time that
hardly anyone in the State or outoi it
ieels enough interest in it to inquire about
its coudition and luture plans. It would
be better for its adherents, beyond a doubt,
if it were quite dead and its misery termi
nated. There being no reason for keeping
it ulive by artificial stimulants since the
National Government lias passed into
Democratic hands, nothing remains ior it
to do but to pass out of existence.
The question has frequently been asked,
“What has become of the Independents of
Georgia?” It has been a lon>c time since
the newspapers have been full of the pro
clamations au<l plans of the self-elected
but able leaders of the Independents, and
many people have forgotten that such a
party or faction ever existed.
To answer the above question it is only
necessary to tell what has become of the
leaders of the Independents. That will
answer it pretty fully, lor it is a well
known fact that the Independent party
consisted of lew persons besides its lead
ers. It is uot a reflection, then, to say of
them that they were self-chosen leaders,
for was their election not unanimous?
Ot all the leaders of the independents it
is probable that only one of them remains
faithful to the principles and traditions of
the party. That one is t.'ol. Marcellus E.
Thornton. True, he is not in active po
litical life, but those who know him can
not doubt tiiat he is as independent and
liberal in his political views as ever.
Gen. Gartrell, whose career as an In
dependent was brief but brilliant, has
long been back in the bosom of his first
love—the good old Democratic party, it
was not his fault that the Independents
did not win under his leadership. An
able lawyer, a skilled debater, a gallant
soldier and an honest luan, nothing kept
him from being elected Governor but a
lack of voters in the Independent party.
Judge Speer’s career since the dismem
berment of the Independent party in the
Ninth district is well known, lie is out
of politics, perhaps forever, and no doubt
be is glad of it.
The greatest of all the Independents,
the Uev. Dr. Felton, is now safely back in
the Democratic ranks. The Doctor is al
ways brave, and he has been brave
enough to publicly announce that in the fu
ture he can he counted on as an organized
Democrat. His eloquence and his influ
ence will henceforth be for Democracy
and harmony. If the doctor has not en
tirely tlur.g away ambition, since he has
condescended to become a member of the
Georgia Legislature, he will here alter
take his chances in the Democratic con
ventions. The Doctor is entitled
to a hearty welcome, whether he
receives it or not. He thinks lndepend
entism has served its day, and that it has
been of great benefit to the Democratic
party of the Seventh district, l’erhaps it
has. For the sake of avoiding argument,
it may be adpiitted that it lias. It is be
lieved, however, that it lias been of more
service in defeat than it was in victory.
Tligre arc two or three other leaders of
the Independents that may be heard from
in thontar tutu re. They certainly ought
to come back to the good old Democratic
hearthstone and join in the general joy.
Florida’s Constitutional Convention.
The convention oalled to frame anew
constitution for Florida will meet to-mor.
row, i It is expect**! that it will complete
Its work in about six weeks. It is hardly
probable that it wili get along so rapidly
with its work as it would if it met at a
season when cooler weather prevailed.
There is no reason to think that the
groat majority of those who have been
chosen delegates have not a very clear
appreciation of the great responsibility
resting upon them. It is probable, of
course, that there are a few who will not
permit their duties to interfere to any
great extent with their pleasures, and
there are some, doubtless, who haven’t
the capacity to render any valuable as
sistauce. There are plenty of members,
however, who are able and willing to do
the work which the convention has been
chosen to do, and the people of Florida
believe that they will do it satisfactorily.
The condition oi allairs in Florida is
different from that of every other South
ern State. The sentiment that makes it
self felt in the direction of State, county
aud municipal uffairs is not wholly South
ern. For years there has been a steady
increase in the number of new settlers in
the State from the North. It is not, only
possible, but it is extremely probable,
that the number of Northern immigrants
to Florida next year will lie greater than
it was last year, and that before many
years there wili be entire communities in
different parts of tbe Stale composed
wholly of Northern people.
It is important, tberclore, that the
new constitution snail be so liberal
in its provisions that it will in
vite immigration. Florida lias no
occasion to fear that the negro will
ever secure control of affairs in that State.
The white Immigration is so great, aud
will continue to bo so great, that there is
no probability that the negroes will ever
outnumber the whites, even if it is ad
mitted that they increase faster than the
whites.
Of course those who are directing the
distinies ot Florida realize the importance
of putting nothing in the constitution
that willeheek the flow of capital and im
migration into the State. On these two
things the growth and prosperity of Florida
to a certain extent depend.
The proceedings of the convention will
j ho watched closely not only by those who
i live in the State but by those iu all parts
ol the country who have interests there, or
I who are thinking about making th> ir
! homes there. Ills to be hoped tbit tbe
new constitution, wlieu framed, will not
prove to lie a disappointment.
A Washington correspondent calls Mr.
ItamUll the “sphinx of the House,*’ and
says: “Scores of men have tried to And
him out, but failed, lie is very powcrlul;
why, is unexplalunblo. Ills stylu of speak
ing is poor; he uses uoue of the arts which
usually bring popularity. He domineers
the House and has n moral terrorism over
his weaker fellows, who sit in their seats
trying to look us il they were reading
until tlit*v hoar his voice crying, ‘All up!’
and led his loug Huger pointing at them.
That voice and linger have changed the
result el many a vote In the House,”
Such autocratic men as Kaudull era al
ways able to domineer men of weaker
minds. It has been noticed that the more
thoughtful and able Democrats of the
House have uot bowed down to hiwiead
i endup.
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, JUNE 8, 1885.
Use of War Balloons.
The use of captive balloons for recon
noftering purposes by the British in the
Soudan is looked upon by some our ex.
changes as a progressive step in the art
; of war, and it is expected that balloons
J will come into universal use in future
I wars, not only for lookouts, but for active
1 military operations. The use of balloons
in war is not new by any means. They
were used in our civil war, and in the
various wars of Europe since that time.
During the seige of l’aris they were the
only means of communication between
the city and the provinces, and they were
dispatched almost with the regularity of
a line of steamers.
Experimental balloons designed to
carry explosive bombs to be dropped ’on
cities, ships, etc., are being manufactured
both it< tliis country and in Europe, but it
is doubtful if they will be made very
effective in the near future.
Ballooning is yet in its infancy notwith
standing the alleged great progress made
in the past lew years, and until some
effective mode of propelling and guiding
them is devised, they will be compara
tively useless for nearly all practical
purposes.
They will doubtless be used to some ex
tent, but guns will soon be invented
especially designed for defense against
balloons. A globe-sighted rifle of one
inch bore, made to use hot shot, aud hav
ing a range of two or three miles, could be
made so light as to be easily carried on a
horse. .Mounted on tripods a half dozen
of these guns could defend an army
against any number of captive or free
balloons.
It may well be imagined that few men
would be found so brave as to go over a
hostile army In a balloon with hot shot
flying thick and fast about it.
The idea ol balloons being effective in
military operations against a civilized
enemy Is a fanciful one. It will have to
lake its place with that of submarine
boats to be used at long distances. Sub
marine torpedo boats have been used,
but they have never been constructed so
as to give promise of being every effective.
The Hugos Butter Business.
The complaint comes from almost every
part of the Union that the laws prohibit
ing the manufacture and sale of oleomar
garine and other forms of bogus butter
are not enforced. In some States they are
openly disregarded, while in others they
are evaded. In many places manufac
turers and dealers are anxiously awaiting
the decision of the Court of Appeals of
New York on the constitutionality of the
law prohibiting the manufacture or sale
ot inutatibns of butter in tnat State.
Should that law be declared unconstitu
tional, it is pretty certain that similar
laws in other States will also be declared
void.
There is no probability, however, of
laws regulating, but not prohibiting, the
sale ot bogus butter, such as the law' of
Georgia, for instance, being nullified. The
Georgia law is a very proper and reason
able one. This law, however, is daily
violated in almost every towu and village
in the State. Oleomargarine and sueine
and similar substances made to imitate
butter, and which cost at wholesale only
10 or 12 cents per pound, are being sold as
genuine butter all over the country at 25
to 30 cents per pound.
Very frequently these preparations
are mixed with butter so
as to make detection by consumers more
difficult. Several simple tests have re
cently been published, and it is asserted
that any person of ordinary intelligence
can, with a little care and trouble, tell
whether what is sold as butter is genuine
or not. It cannot be doubted that many
dealers buy the bogus stuff for good butter
and o>e themselves the victims of traud.
Some care very little whether the stuff
they sell is butter or not as long as their
customers do not complain, while some
no doubt plan deliberately to deceive.iu
order to increase their profits.
Every one interested in honest dealing,
in the health of the country, and in the
encouraging of our dairy interests must
tuet that the sale of auy form of bogus
butter under any other than its true name
should be suppressed. The laws ot
Georgia ou this subject are good as far as
they go, but they do not go far enough.
In the Jlay report of the Bureau ol
Agriculture there is a comparative record
of wages and prices lor the ‘‘J5 years,
1800-1884, in Somerset county’, N. J.
The New York Tribune’s synopsis of this
interesting document is as follows: The
average prices obtained by the farmer for
wheat, corn, oats and hay are given, the
average wages paid per year, per day, per
day in haying, and per day in harvest;
ami the quantity of corn, wheat and oats
which the year’s WHges would purchase
eaeh year. The latter statement is, of
course, the epitome of the rest; it shows
what proportion of the products of his
labor the farm worker gets each year lor
the labor given. In 18b:) the year’s wages
would purchase 93 bushels of wheat; in
IHS| the year’s wages would purchase 187
bushels of wheat, a shade more than twice
as many. Iu istio the year's wages would
purchase 173 bushels ot corn; In lssi tiie
year’s wages would purchase 350 bushels,
a little more than twice ns many. In
outs, however, the increase has been
sin a 11, from 433 to .'ibn bushels. Reckon
ing the throe together, the increase in
purchasing power of wages has been 77.0
per cent.
Mr. Randall says his reported views on
the tariff' have been somewhat strained,
atul he hints tliut he has not abandoned
tue doctrine ot protection by a good deal.
He says, however, that he tulnks “we
I (the Democrats) wilt lieabletodosome
thing with the tariff next winter.” This
i < better than his position last winter
when "we” (the Republicans and their
Democratic allies; uni led to defeat the
tariff bill agreed upon by a Democratic
caucus.
Mr. Roswell I'. Flower has announced
that he is not making a personal canvass
for the nomination for file Governorship of
New York, and will not do so,lint that if the
caoico of the convention should fall upon
I him he would be gratified and should try
to be elected. This appears to be em
pbutically a case in which “Barkis” is
more than willin’.
it is charged Uiut the New York doctors
who made the autopsy ol Prof. Odium’s
laxly kept one of his kidueys without
authority from auy of his rein lives, who,
by the way, were very much opposed u>
' the autopsy being performed at all. It is
threatened that the doctors will be prose
| cuteil for the alleged larceny of the miss
! ing organ.
CURRENT COMMENT.
The I>i it a Heeled List.
Philadelphia Time* (/nth)
To the list of the disaffected must now be
added the name of Mississippi Meade. That
makes four—Mahone, Eustis, Blackburn and
Meade. And there really must be as many as
live or six on the other side of the House.
What the South Is Doing.
Slew York i/un ( Ind .)
The South introduces no discord, and makes
no pretensions, hut quietly pursues its path of
progress, only happier and more hopeful than
before. The freedmen are on better terms
with Iheirold masters than ever before since
emancipation.
Not as Black as Fainted.
Cincinnati Timet-Star (Arp.)
Gen. Black, Commissioner of Pensions, has
earned a great deal of (.raise by his energetic
and thorough method of managing lijs bureau.
He is justly regarded as one of the best of
ficialsof Hie new administration, in Hie im
portant respect of efficiency in practical busi
ness affairs.
No Right to Complain.
Hash’'ill? Cnion (Dent.)
The Republicans have beou in power so long
that they seem unable to appreciate the fact
that a change of the party in power means
very largely a change in officeholders, and of
right should do so. A man who identities
himself with a political parly by aeoeptiDgof
flee under It should expect to fo low i’s for
tunes. and tiie people haring elected a Demo
cratic, President no one has any right to com
plain because the offices are largely or entire
ly l! i led by Democrats.
BRIGHT BITS.
If London Punch has not already tumbled
to It, we suggest that it make an item to the
effect that Gen. Koiparoff's movements are
decidedly If eratic.— Texan Si/tings.
Boston will have to look out for its .-esthetic
laurels. Down in Biddeford, Me., people are
so high-toned Ihat instead of saying bath
room, they speak of “ahlutionary studios.”—
/Burlington Free I‘ress.
One of our sextons, in making his report of
burials, is explicit to a commendable degree.
For instance, such entries ns this occur:
“Died, John Smith; male; aged three'lays;
unmarried.” —Christian /teginter.
An American claims that the North Pole is
the site of tiie old Garden ot Eden. Then
Eve's preference for lig-leavesover sealskin
is explained—they cost more, and had to be
im ported. —Binghamton Heim hi lean.
“Have vou,” asked the Judgeof arecentlv
convicted man, “anything to offer the court
before sentence is passed?” "No, your
Honor,” replied the prisoner, “my lawyer
took my last cent.” —Scranton Truth.
"'llv he believed him: Stretchit wes telling
Gnwley about an alligator lie saw in Florida.
“That alligator measured 63 feet 6 inches
from the end of Ire nose to the tip of his tail.
What do you think of that, Gavvley? An alli
gator Ik) feet 5 inches long. Doesn't that aston
ish you?” “No,” said Crawley, quietly, “I’m
a liar myself.”— Exchange.
“Suppose,” said an examiner to a student
in engineering, “you had built an engine
yourself, performed every part of the work
without assistance, and knew that it was in
complete order, but. when put on the road,
tiie pump would not draw water. What
would you do?” “I should look into the tank
and ascertain if there was auy water to
draw-,” rep'ied tbu student.
The Boston Lover to His Girl.—
Thou’rt nearer far to me than gold,
(), maid upon niv breast reclining!
The sweet love light I now behold
Behind your gold-rimmed glasses shining.
Mv love for you burns like the sun;
Indeed, ’tis briahier, stronger, steadier,
My Worcester. Webster, all in one,
Sweet unabridged cncyclopivdia.
—Boston Courier.
Agricultural Item.—A few days ago Gil
hooly was talking w itli four or live lawyers,
w hen, during tiie conversation, he remarked
that lawyers did more to cultivate the soil
than auy other class. “How is that?” asked
one of the lawyers, somewhat mystified. “All
I know is. that an Austin lawyer made my
father fork over H?u acres of land in mighty
shortorder. My lather was holding it under
a forged title. You het he forked over ihat,
land. If lie hadn’t forked it over, he would
have been in the penitentiary right now.”—
Texan sifting*.
signs op Summer.—
Friends Tom aud Jerry now will take
A short vacation for awhile.
While cooling punches take their place,
And till the bill for a summer smile.
Now comes the time when city folks
Write sorghum uoies to country cousin.
Now comes the sign in dry goods stores
Of “Neckties, 2o cents a dozen.”
The straw hat and the sucker coat,
The “burnzig” hand noon the street, Oh!
They are all here, for summer's come.
Bring!Dg along the mosquito.
—Boston Time#.
’Twas across the velvety meadow, where
the golden blossoms of the dandelion In stud
ded the green even as the silvery siars t
night bespangle the blue dome of high heaven.
Tiie two were walking in the broad sunsnioe.
she, comely and shy; he, stately and impres
sive. “Do you know, Alice,” he said with the
utmost mellowness, “why you are like the
dandelion blossoms about us v ” "Not unless it
is because there are so many others like me."
“Oh, now how unkind of you to misunder
stand. ft is because you art 1 solike pure gold.”
■‘Perhaps it is because pa is rich,” said she,
quietly, aud the young man’s dream of happi
ness was like a bunted bubble—gone, no one
knows where.— l/arfnrtl Pont.
FKKHONAIi.
Francis Muhfhy says that marriages are
made ill heaven aud dissolved in alcohol.
Miss Katz Field is giving the Mormons
only lenqiorary rest, for alter her frcnli on
slaught upon them at Framingham hlic will
renew the attack at the Chutauqua assembly.
Da. Oliver Wendell Holmes has written
a pleasant letter anil soul a present of his
hooks So the “Holmes Club,” a literorv asso
ciation named iu his honor at Corpus chrisli,
Texas.
Rev. Joseph Graf, director of the musical
department of the Cathedral at Baltimore, is
in Rome conterrmg with the church authori
ties there regarding the condition of Catholic
music in America.
Bernhardt s salon contains but two pieces
of sculpture. < Hie is a plaster Oust of a you ng
girl, the other a sniiill niarlile called “The
Childhood of Mars.” Neither is said to be of
particular value or beauty.
Editor Lewis Baker, of the Kt. Paul nlohe,
in bis character as a dramatic critic, iaxldly
a serls thsi sai.oo(l worth of store, clothe-, ii
diamond robbery, and even a H h.-atloa scan
dal woutxi nut make Anna Li. kunou an ac
tress.
M. DauPKT, Hie eminent Frenchman, says
he enunot sue thu humor of MitrkTwuui. “I
have stud to myself: ’Everyh dv laughs at
him. What can be thn in :tter with me?’ But
there I sli. perfectly silent: imposs ole to
laugh, limsiwilne to smile. Mark Twain to
mo l> a scaled book.”
Til* father of Victor Hugo was the captor
of the famous brigand. Fra Kmtolo. lie was
quite a young officer al the time, and pn .
served Hie dagger of the brigand tor uia iy
years. When a museum in his native town
was opened he made it a present of tile dag
ger, which Is still one of tiie curiosities ex
hibilud tnerri.
Tim Mi Cartuv, who bears the reputation
of being tin champion woman-heater of New
York, has been found guilty as indicted on all
the charges pending sgalnst him. Six liinns
within i he last two years lie has been arrested
for lumtitig women, and in every cn-u lie suc
ceeded In spiriting tile victims away, so that,
lie eollld not lie tried, lie was lln- „eiq er of
:i notorious saloon hear Castle Garden, and lie
accumulated IUI.OOj, mainly from Immigrants
who were enticed Into Ins den.
IVnrili of Praise.
From the Middle Georgia Times,
The Savannah Morning News is not on'y
one of tbs Islet edited papers 111 Georgia, hut
It Inis more Waslilngiou and general news
than any paper published in the atute of
Georgia.
Indian Girls and Ntoeklngs.
Under the shads of cottonwood trees in
Santa Fi> a tourist lately saw 79 Indian laiya
and girls taking their first lesson in gymnus
lie exercises, designed to make llmoi less
awkward 111 dsportmeut. A bright young
American girl was Ihe instruetiosa, and it
was highly diverting to see theeage'imss with
winch these untutored children followed her
movements. The box - were as pleased with
their first tuckets and trousers us any Yaukce
Ind on emerging from loutlcoats and long
curls. Nnr wero the ludlnu girls less proud
of llirlr skirts and their well-lilting slows.
at(H.kings, the observer noticed, were likely
to eonie down, a trick which the girls evi
dently thought to lie characteristic f stock
ings, hat they g-*t plenty of exercise In ptill
iug thvui up into plr,'c.
The New Game iu Philadelphia.
From the Lowell Courier.
Anew and popular game among Philadel
phia bells is “bows.” Two young ladies walk
down street together, and the one to whom
tiie most hats are raised is the winner, and
the otiier pays for tiie ice cream or Boda water,
"’hen a hat is raised to both it is called a
'•scratch,” and counts neither. How much
the raising of a hat may mean I
Hoxv Conkling Got a Seat.
From the Utica l/eralti.
The Hon. Koscoe Conkling came to Utica
Friday night and returned to New York Sun
day afternoon. He happened to get on the
same train with the delegates to the Under
takers’ Convention. The seats were all taken,
and in response to the Senator’s inquiry, the
colored porter said be was unable to find
even a chair for him. “Have you no seat for
Senator Conkling?” anted Postmaster
Stevens with emphasis “’Sense me, sal), I
thought he was one of dem undertakers,” said
the porter, briskly, and the seat was found
at once.
A Minister’s Mistake.
From the Richmond ( Fa.) Religious Herald.
"He ruined himself fully and forever by the
way he rebuked u mother'for her child’scry
ing,” said a country pastor in telling of the
complete failure of it prominent minister who
bad come to help him in a protracted meet
ing. One ought never to show the least wor
ry, even though a dozen babies may he crying,
if the preacher is calm and serene aqd shows
that he is not worried, lie can hold tiie atten
tion of tiie congregation; hut to turn upon
the poor distressed mother with a savage
thrust is a crinu which country people will be
slow to forgive. In the present state of af
fairs in tiie country, mothers must often take
their children with them or remain at home.
A Secret Kept a Month.
“It will be learned with surprise,” savs St.
Stephen's Review, “that the governments Mr.
Gladstone lias deliberately suppressed a dis
patch containing the most heartrending de
tails of Gordon’s end For more than a
month past the fact that the hero’s head was
brutally cut off lias been known to tiie Cabi
net. The terrible scene of Ins body having
been stripped and kicked naked through the
streets ot Khartoum has been portrayed bv a
trustworthy correspondent; and yet because,
forsooth, it was felt that such information
would bti distasteful to the English people and
probably imperil the position of the thirteen
persons who sway the destinies of this coun
try, the story has been rigidly concealed.”
Scalps, Not Compliments.
Gen. Bragg, says the Washington corre
spondent of lhe Philadelphia Telegraph, is an
enthusiastic apostle of the itiru-ihe-raecals
out policy, ami it has been common talk that
he and Postmaster General Vilas were at vu
rianee. lie culled on VilasoDe day and said
il he would give h in ju-t one hour to present
his cases he would not come to the department
again until December. Mr. Vilas replied with
considerable suavity that lie would lie de
lighted to have the General spend any length
of tune with him socially, and he hoped he
would call at his house in the evening, but
that an hour was a lug slice to takeout of offi
cial time for any one person, “t did uot come
topa*scompliments,” replied the General; “I
want scalps.”
Mr. Wintlirop on the Orileruf Precedence
Froin the Washington Herald.
"'hen Robert C. Wintlirop was here the
writer asked him if his woods used several
years ago were correctly remembered as to
ihe order of official precedence which he had
then littered in reply to a question asked of
him as to the Speaker’s place ou state occa
sions, and he reaffirmed what he had pre
viously said, to wit, that while he was Speaker
he bad called first on the President and Vice
President and Chief Justice Taney, but that
he included the latter “as a matter of grace,”
pot duty, because the Chief Justice was an
"Id man. He said that the President, Vice
President, aud Speaker were the three high
est officers of Hie government unquestiona
bly, because the only ones whose signature is
absolutely essential to the validity of any law
passed by Congress.
Endicott Ougnt to Please the M ugw limps
h rom the St. Paul Pioneer-Press.
During Secretary Endicolt’s recent visit to
st Paula gentleman from Washington said
Hint soon after Mr. Endicoti’s accession to of
fice a party of prominent Washingiouians
waited ou him aud requested him to remove
one of his principal chiefs of division, at the
same time naming a gentleman whom they
wished to have appointed in ins place. Their
candidate, they urged, w'a- a Democrat, like
the secretary himself; a true blue, thorough
going follower of the party’s standard through
many a bitter contest for supremacy. When
Endicott had listened to their eloquent ap
peal, he urew himself up to full height, and,
with dignity, replied: “Gentleman, F am uot
a Democrat; I am the Secretary of War.”
The party retired in chagrin, and the division
chief still retains his place, not. yet having
proved himself “an offensive partisan.”
Pierce unit Poker Playing,
From a Washington Letter.
“It was on a hot July evening away back in
the fifties. Two Senators and thyself were
seated with our coats off iu the rooms of Sen
ator Clemens, of Alabama, having a quiet
game of poker. It was a game of live cent
ante, and the coins were lying on the table,
when a gentle knock was heard at the door.
Senator ( leinens yeiled out in a stentorian
tone, ‘Come in.’ and the door opened and in
walked Frank Pierce, then President of the
United States. As we saw him we
all pushed our chairs back from the table
and arose to put on our coats as a mark
of respect, but President Pierce said,
•Don’t disturb yourselves, gentlemen. I have
just come in to make a loeial call upon my
friend Mr. Clemens, and 1 do not want to in
terrupt your game.’ No one stirred, and Mr.
Pierce sat down aud ( batted a few moments
with ns and then arose to go. As he left the
room he asked some question as to bow the
game was going, and said, ‘1 am verv fond of
cards myself, and wish I could stop and take
a ham! with you, but I have other engage
ments, and it will not he possible.’ With Ibis
he left. Modi an action in this day would lie
remarked upon all over the country, iuisio
il was accepted as a matter of course.”
He Married Ills Sweetheart’* Sister.
From the San Francisco Alta.
The marriage of George Finlay, the histo
l nan of ancient Greece anil for many years
corres|Mindent of the London Times at Athens,
was attended by considerable romance. Fin
-1 lay had become attached to a beautiful Ar
menian girl at Constantinople, and, as her
j family would never consent to her marriage
| with the young Scotchman, determined to
j elope wilh her. A yacht or an Euglish friend
j was to take the couple to Greece, and it was
arranged that the young Indy was to begot
l ou board in a box prepared lor the purpose.
When the eventliii moment came the girl be
j came frightened and refused to allow herst If
! to ho placed in the box. Her siUer, a girl
1 equally lovely, thought it a pity that the ro
mantic arrangement should uni he taken ad
v ant age of, and entered herself the box in
place of her sister. I supp sc Finlnv must
h ive been considerably surprised when the
box was opened in theca’in of the yacht and
not his sweetheart, but her sister, was re
vealed, dressed in midshipman’* uniform.
The brother of the young ladv had discovered
the affair and was quickly on board the vaeht
to demand explanation. Finlnv saw oulv one
course before him. The girl had Imen com
promised; lie would marry her. The brother
giving his consent, the marriage took pluco at
on e.
Caught by a Trenton Ht* team an.
From the Sew York Tunes.
An admirer of the late .Secretary Krcllng
huyseu i obliging In reminiscences of tie-dead
stale-Ilian, rcl.il-d an incident that marked
the first week of Mr. Frelttirhiiyen ns a
Cabinet officer. A constituent, a wsrd - worker
iu Trenton, descended on Washington, and
into the dignified Secretary’s presence went
his card The visitor was a “practical poli
tics” man, and what lie was after was a little
hunch ot fat offices under the government tor
Jersey henchmen. Mr. frelinghuvson w•*
never more austere, lie hadn't come into
the t ahniet with a carpel hag to grab up spin Is,
and no told the gentle nan from Trenton so
with no lark of emphasis in his spi-eeh. But
the visitor never quailed; he didn’t even look
surprised. Out of his pocket came a roll of
manuscripts, composed largely of letters
received from militiclans all over
New Jersey discussing the avuiU
luiliy of Mr. Frclinghuvsrii for
a Presidential nominal lon. Tin- uni
versally eulogistic 1 list pervaded all lie
missives might l ave led a suspicious person
to Imegiue that they had tienn written es
pecially for the Frelinghuysen eye. it was
evident tliut the Trenion stn e-nino had taken
time by the forelock wiih u veugenuce. It is
excusable to suy that Mr. Freliiigiiuysvn was
disturbed. A member of Mr. Artlmr’st aln
nrt could not afford to lie encouraging any
such luizz-sMW programme. But the owner
of the letters looted proudly at their post
marks amt seemed very Imppy. It was all
disinterested action upon hisuqrt.thisgelting
up of a I’residcniinl boom. Hr. Frellnihov
sen might uot want to give him office, but
Hint would not deter him irom pushing along
Mr. Frelinghuyaen toward the White Bouse.
There wasn't any getting sway from that big
hearted, whole-souled Trenion disposition.’
Mr. Fnliughuysen melted. Those letters
never went out of the Be<-retar> '* room again.
The Trenton mat did get ku uOlbm. I
ITEMS OF’ INTEREST.
Geography is not considered of sufficient
importance by educators In Sweden to haveit
taught in the schools.
The thirteenth course of stone in the pedes
tal for the statue of Liberty was completed
Friday. This is the course oil which are to be
displayed the shields of the several States.
The American colony at Paris, of which so
much is said, consists of from 500 to 1.000 per
manent residents of artists, students, hangers
on at ihe Legation and Consulate, and people
of elegant leisure. It is said to be the centre
of much small talk and scandal.
A Russian illustrated paper represents a
number of young women seated at a table,
each examining meat for trichinrc. It is
stated that women make efficient mieroscop
isls. Last year they thus examined £0,650
carcasses. The diseased meat is at once de
stroyed.
They arc about to rival America in London
in the number aud variety of their drinks.
The list for the London season includes corpse
revivers, flash of lightning, al-a-ln-gaun,
tiip-thip, gin and tanzy, black stripe, locomo
tive, heap of comfort, giii fizz, rattlesnake,
ladies’ blush, stone fence, and sherry blush.
Twelve Mexican States contain extensive
cotton-producing districts, of which Vera
Cruz, with a crop of 25.237.532 pounds last
year, is nearly as great as the other eleven
combined. There are 247,834 spindles in op
eration in the country, but they do not supply
the home demand, from 12,000 to 15,000 bales
being annually imported from the United
States.
The telegraphers of the country have a
mutual benefit association with a member
ship of 2,800 and a reserve fund of $40,000.
Since its organization it has paid to heirs of
members over $250,000. The late Gen. Stager,
who was one of its founders, left a note at
tached to his policy requesting that his in
surance money be uot drawn, but given to the
reserve fund of the association.
Experienced lumbermen have always held
that timber cut in the spring was not durable
for building purposes. Recent scientific in
vestigations sustain this belief. It is shown
Hist the richer the wood Is in phosphoric acid
ami potassium the more likely it is to rot and
mould; wood cut in the spring contains eight
time as much of the former and five times as
much of the latter as when cut in the winter.
A law proposed in Illinois, and favored by
the Trades and Labor Assembly, deals with
the problem of convict labor. It object Is to
devise means by which convicts can be kept
cm cloyed without underselling the products
of tree labor, and so reducing the wages of the
free laborer. Thu bill enacts that the product
of prison labor shall not be sold at less than
market rates; that not over 10 percent, of
the convicts shall be employedon any particu
lar industry, and that a certain percentage of
the revenue shall be set aside for the support
of the convict’s family.
Theodore Roosevelt, in his breezy article
in the last number of the Century on hunting
the grizzly bear, says the name has reference
to its character and notto its color, and should
properly be spelled “grisly,” in the sense of
horrible, as we speak of a “grisly spectre."
The probabilities are that this too would be
wrong, fur the name evidently refers to the
extraordinary muscle of "the beast, its
strength, and was originally “gristlv.” Asfor
conveying an idea of the rugged, wild char
acter of this bear, however, the word “griz
zly” is better than either of these two.
Miguel and Jules Honda, half brothers
living at Matamoras, Hex., quarreled about
the possession of a sword belonging to their
father. Ihe younger brother, aged 16, who
was the larger of the two, becoming frantic
w'th rage, suddenly seized the weapon, aDd,
whirling it in the air. brought it down on his
brother’s neck with such force as to almost
sever the head from the body, the young man
instantly dying. Qnickly realizing his awful
deed, the murderer turned the blade against
his side, thrust it into bis own heart and fell
dead. Their parents are wealthy Mexicans.
Their old grandmother witnessed the awful
tragedy.
“This double-barreled gun belonged to
George Washington,” said Lot. John Powell,
of Washington. “It was bequeathed with
Mount Vernon to Judge Bushrod Washing
ton, bv whom, with Mount Zephyr, a part of
the Washington estate, it was left to his
nephew. Bushrod C. Washington. It was
purchased by me in March, 1832. at the sale of
the latter's effects, and its authenticity is es
tablished by the records of the court of Fair
fax county, Va. At the time of the purchase
it was a flint lock, but I had it percussomed
by a gunsmith in Alexanddrla. G. E. Wash
ington, a brother of Bushrod <J. Washington,
then a member of Congress from Maryland
and President of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Ciqial, once offered me SSO for the gun, but I
declined to part with it.”
The oldest newspaper in the world, the
Pekin Oaeette, has lately taken anew lease of
life. This venerable journal has changed its
form. Established in the year 811, the Pekin
Uaielte has been published regularly since 1351.
Under the new arrangements three editions
are published; the first, the Ring Paou, print
ed upon yellow paper, constitutes the official
gazutteof the Middle Kingdom: the second,
the Using- Paou (commercial journal), also
printed upon yellow sheets, contains informa
tion interesting to the trading community;
while the third, the Titani Paou (provincial
gazette), printed upon redpaper, consists of
extracts from the other two editions. The
total circulation of the three issues is 15,000
copies. The editorship is confided to a com
mittee of six members of the Academy of
llan Lin.
Horace Howard Furness is a most enthu
siastic Shakespearean scholar. His library in
Philadelphia has a ceiliug frescoed with
Shakespeare’s arms. There is an alcove,
almost a shrine, from which looks down a
mask of Shakespeare’s face, taken secretly
from the bust in Ihechurch at Stratford-upon-
Avon. In a glass case is a pair of buckskin
gauntlets, embroidered with gold thread.
They were worn liy Shakespeare during his
connection with the Globe Theatre, and an;
well authenticated. On a shelf rests a skull,
on whose diugysurface are written thenames
of Kean, Macrcudy, Kemble. Forrest, Daven
port, Booth and Irving, all of whom have
used it in “Hamlet” as the skull of Yorick.
In the English, French and German editions
of Shakespeare this library is the most com
plete in America.
A FEW OAVs ago Ephraim Sloan, an old
j farmer living a mile from Cape May, N. J.,
while ou his way home from Dias Creek, a
small village on the bay shore, saw what lie
supposed was a cloud of smoke, but, watching
it carefully until it cunic over him. he was
astonished to Hud that it was a cloud nearly
a quarter of a mile long of the biggest kind lif
mosquitoes. He directed the attention of
several fiirmcrs to the cloud, and nil admit
that Mr. Sloan’s sight did not deceive him. |
It was heading in a northeasterly direction, !
iind.il nothing interfered with its progress,
would probably land somewhere in Atlantic
countv. They nr.- supposed to have come
from thu eastern shore of Maryland or Dela
ware. Several years ago a similar cloud
set tied down at Deuuisville and madethiugs
extremely lively f. r Ihe inhabitants, ami u '
| number ot cuttle were killed by them.
Tui.ke is n postman in one of the suhurbsof
London who has lately been put to serious in-
convenience by the extraordinary conduct of
a greyhound belonging to one of his neighbors.
No sooner does lie start on his rounds than the
dog sets off also. When tip* postman drops a
newspaper into the box the dog stops still,
wails till the postman is a good diataece off,
then endeavors to force bis wav into the house.
If the door is locked he follows his friend
again, and waits his opportunity for making
a second attempt At length be succeeds, lie
soizi a the paper in Ins mouth, and dart* off at
full speed. The postman has never la-cu able
to di- over what he does with Ills stolen goods,
lie followed him once, hut the dog was too
quick in Ins movements to allow himself to hs
caught. Tins conduct is exlrenioly awkward
for the poor imstmuu. who on inure than one
occasion has hail to reimburse the cost of the
paper to the angry subscribers.
THE London Times recantly spoke of tho
blai k houses of Ihe nal Ives on the Scotch Is
lands of skyc and the Western Islands ns con
fined, dark, nml unhealthy. A Highlander in
answir write* to that Journal that he passed
his early years in one of these priniiltvedwrll
logs or huts, and tlmt their veutdatlnu, al
though drouglby, Is good, and tin- inhalation
of the peat smoke, with which tho atmosphere
I. charged, protects the lung, from consump
tion and oilier parasitic germ disease*, in
lirtsif ho cites the statement of Dr. Morgan of
Manchester that Ho se Highlanders enjoy a
singular Immunity from phthisis, which into
he ascribed, chiefly, to Ihe Inha-atiun of tho
peat siuokc, and tho antiseptic ingredient*
contained therein—the tar, tho creosote, and
the tannin, together with various volatile oila
and resins black unctuous peat being riclt In
these sutHtanes-s. Dr. Morgan further re
marks that any exemption from attacks of
nousiimutioo which these Highlanders enjoy la
only so lung as lhy rssiiia tn Ihelrsmoky hula.
I JOmtird.
word wT-nmirpuFuTr
i -The new instantaneous process pr!tc ‘
| by me ban revolutionized the PhoioaramS?
business.and the day has cussed when inS®
ble people will give $8 or $lO for a dozen rS'
net Photographs, when they can get the ftnsli
work ever produced in this city, put on
i beveled gilt-edge earils, for $3 50 per dozing
2 * Bull street, opposite the Screven H, n ’
l All work guaranteed first-class In every
ticuiar. And I wish It distinctly undersmfa
that I have in my employ the finest reu.u^h 1
r ers that have ever practiced in this city ,
’ N. WILSON, Photographer. J -
W ANTED, a competent
vv must come recommended.* Address' .J
once. A. T. Z„ care this office, staling rTL?*
cnees and where can be weeu. tsr *
Jror firttl.
F 0 . 1 * RENT, rooms, furnished or unlffiT
1 nished, at 81 Abercorn street; perniammt
or transient. immanent
li'DR RENT, three (8) stores in ‘-The V rM 7
1 nal” building; possession given V
18S5 WILLIAM GARRARD? Chairman
I.(Hiding Committee. U4U
for Salr.
I ['OR SALE, Ceiling, Flooring, Weather
boarding and Framing Lumber inwL*
first and second qualities, and at re.asotmhu
prices. Also, a large lot of Boards -mV?
Scantling at $7 per 1,300 feet. Also, a large
stock of Shingles and Lat s. Lumber v.srd
to Lasael’a wood yard. KEPPatiD
Soot.
IOST, on Friday last, a Plain Gold ItTuv"
J Finder will be suitably rewarded bv leT
lnr at SOLOMONS & CO.’S, Druggists.
sourDtmu
rpWO Jewish gentlemen can obtain board
JL and room with a private family. A,ia r
A. L., this office. J a, iueh
XJ-EW YORK BOAKD-35 and a; Kl 7t
IN Twenty-third street, Madison square
Southerners can be accommodated with first"
D a ‘pRn i CHARD tty ° r Week ' AUdreb " Mks "
jt&onrts to loan.
Money to loan._h you
money, and want a liberul loan on al
most am thing of valne, and if vou don't w ant
to be seen by your friends wher. you get it or
have remarks made that you are in need of
money by crowds of people promenading and
passing the paw nshop and watching you 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. AIUHL
BERG, Manager.
Ifftlmj.
The drawing
of the
LITTLE HAVANA
WILL TAKE PLACE
WEDNESDAY,
JUNE 10, 1885.
WHOLE TICKETS. $5; FIFTHS, sl.
15.000 TICKETS; 783 PRIZES.
CAPITAL PRIZE. $15,000.
County Scrip Wanted!
-A.T UNCLE ,rOE S.
si 7 WORTH OF JURY SCRIP
• •• " 71! wanted at once, at
SOUTHERN PAWNBROKER SHOP,
120 Broughton street.
ffuiier SrlK&ulf.
TYBEE ISLAND.
STEAMER ST. NICHOLAS,
M. P. USINA, Master,
Leaving wharf foot of Abercorn street:
REGULAR SCHEDULE,
j From Tybee Wharf 7 a.m., 12:30
suvnA Y 8 ' i*. M. and t t*. M.
son pa i J 5 > j,' rom (ity Wharf 10 a. m., 3 p. a,
) and 9 M.
MONDAYS j
WEDNESDAYS
FRIDAYS ‘ J /
j From Tybee Wharf at 7 A. M.
SATURDAYS i UtyVharf al 10 A. M.
J and UP M.
Tiie Steamer is open for charter on all days
except Saturdays and Sundays. Parlies
chartering must arrange excursion schedule
so as not to interfere with regular schedule.
No freight received later than 15 MINUTES
before departure of sieamer.
Fare. Including Railway to Capt. Blun’S
residence—Whole, 60c.; Halves. Roc.
JOHN F. ROBERTSON, Agent.
2uimratt gaiinmo*.
CITY AND SUBURBAN KAII.WA
Savannah, April 7, 1885.
ON and after WEDNESDAY, Aprils, 1885,
the following schedule will be observed
on the Suburban Road;
1 leave lkavk
city ARK IVK IHLK or MONTGOa
’ CITY. I HOPE. EftY.
10:25 A. X. 8:40 A. X. 8:10 A. X. 7:45 A. 9.
•3:25 P. M. 2:00 P. M. 1:90 P. M. 1:00 p. *.
7:<V> p. m. 6:30 r. x.|8:00 p. h. 5:80 pz.
On Sundays last tram leaves Isle of Hope at
6:30 aud Montgomery at 7r. x. Ou Mondays
an ear y tram is run to Montgomery, only
leaving at 6:45 A. M.
•8:25 p.m., this is the last train leaving the
city Sunday afternoon
J. H. JOHNSTON, President.
ill a
#mitnrrtf.
STAMPISG ill
ON ANY MATERIAL USED IN
FANCY WORK
And guaranteed not to rub off.
EMBROIDERY!
Silk bunch of H skeins, lx>.
Chenille,
Crewels,
Silks and Wool.
EMBROIDERY COTTON.
ALL COLORS.
ZEPHYRS, good weight ami
wool in thn city.
Nurses' Caps and Aorons.
MRS. K. POWER,
itts HKorunTosf stkkyt.
_ _ Priitifrirr.
HOLMES’SURE CUBE
MOUTH WASH and DENTIFBI2
Cures Bleeding Gums, Ulcers, Noe*
Sore Throat. Lleauses the Teeth ml I urlf 1
the Breath; used and reco*mended ny 3el ‘I
lnx dentists. Preparsd bv Das. J. P• '* .J
R. HOI.MES, DentisU, Mscon, U. <*r |
by oil druggists and dentists. 1