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Entertainment; Music at Battery Park.
Auction s ale—A Chance for a Cheap Cot,
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Notices—Of Application to Legislature for
County Commissioners.
llig Bear continues to be the bugbear
Of the Canadians. They do not seem to
care to chase him to his lair.
There are now scores of free bathing
houses in New York and Philadelphia.
The masses ot these cities still belong to
the ranks of the great unwashed, however.
The free baths are only wetting, and not
cleansing.
The Republicans in the Tennossee Leg
islature were like the Irishman’s flea
when they were wanted “they were not
there.” And some of the Democratic
members appeared to tie in the same fix,
be it said to their discredit.
Mrs. ItelvaA. Lockwood is said to be
creating a great sensation out West,where
she is lecturing. It seems that she has
not yet determined to follow the example
of Dr. Mary Walker and become an at
traction in a dime museum.
Some Philadelphia newsboys have been
arrested and held for trial by a magistrate
for shouting false news in order to induce
people to buy their penny papers. If they
had teeu financiers trying to float a few
millions of watered stock they would
probably have lieen allowed to shout false
news until doomsday.
The Canadians claim that the number
of defaulters from the Dominion who take
refuge in the United States is about the
same in proportion to population as those
who fly from this country toCanada. The
Montreal papers are clamoring for a re
vision of our extradition treaties more
loudly than the papers this side the
border.
The Bartholdi statue has been at sea in
the steamer lsere tor a little over three
Weeks. She has been expected to arrive
at New York every day for the past week.
Jin fears are felt for her safety, however,
as it is understood that the ship was to
make the voyage almost entirely under
sail, and she may have been deluyed by
advelkie winds.
The idea that the Chinese can’t light
appear* to have been exploded by the
stones that come to us from the recent
war in Tonquln. Perhaps the American
people had better begin to treat the Celes
tials as if they were human beings. Sup
pose tbe Emperor was to take a notion to
land a few million troops on the Pacific
coast and march across the country!
It is too bad that K 1 Malnll and bis
rival raise prophet are carrying on their
civil, or rather uncivil war, away
ofl in the desert where the newspapers
can’t get any bulletins to amount to any
thing. Very little news has been received
from the Soudan for some weeks, even by
grape vine. Watermelon vines do uot
Sts m to be good conductors of wnr
rumors.
The report that no member ol the royal
family of (icrmuny is to be invited to the
Princess Beatrice’* wedding, If true, In
dicates that the English Government is
pretty well convinced that Germany sym
pathises with Kussiu, anil w ill turn a cold
shoulder to England in the event of an
Auxlo-ilussiiin wnr. The royal European
cousins do not constitute such a happy
lumlly as many suppose.
The Republican journals and politicians,
after having abused Secretary l.ainnr for
two months because the flag of the Inte
rior Department was lowered to half-mast
out ot respect to the late ex-See rotary
Thompson, hare Just been Informed that
, the suggestion thut the flag should beset
at hull. mast on that occasion cainu
to Mr. Lamar from an officer of the Inte
rior Department, who, by custom, attends
to such matters, and this officer is not
ouiy a Republican, but was a gullunt
I’nloa soldier, who bears on hit body the
, murks of several wound* received in
battle.
you up, aenresw
I A Matter of Interest to the Cotton
l’orts.
I Now Orleans is alarmed about her local
cotton trade, and she has excellent rea
sons. She is losing it at a rate that indi
cates that in a comparatively tew years
she will have so little of that it will
not be worth considering as a matter of
much importance.
Every year the percentage of cotton that
is purchased and compressed in the in
ter or, and shipped directly through New
Orleans, is larger. The leading New Or
leans cotton factors at last acknowledge
that they are threatened with the loss of
the greater part of their business, and
they are very anxious to discover some
way to restore the satisfactory condition
of affairs that existed a few years ago.
Can they restore it? That is the question
they are now discussing.
In LPBO-81 the per cent, of the cotton
crop of the country which New Orleans
handled and stored in her presses was
•21.4; in 1881-82 it was 20.2; in 1882-83 it
was IB.fi; in 188.3-84 it was 19.3; and in
3884 80 it will be about 17.6.
From these figures it will he seen that
New Orleans is steadily losing her local
trade. The reason is that cotton is
handled more cheaply in the interior, and
it is cortain that, other things being
equal, it will all he handled eventually at
the points where the handling costs the
least.
Of course, Savannah and other cotton
ports are suffering in this matter just as
New Orleans is. In 1883-84, for instance,
the total receipts of cotton at this port
were 655,784 hales. Of this number only
315,000 bales—not quite naif—were han
dled in our market apd stored in our
presses.
One of the leading New Orleans cotton
factors says that the facilities for buvingi
compressing and shipping from interior
points are multiplying, and that the rail
roads are showing a growing disposition
to discriminate against New Orleans in
favor of through business. Is not this
true with respect to ibis port?
But the ports do not appear to be
making any particular efforts to regain
the trade they have lost, or to protect
themselves against further loss. Some of
the New Orleans factors favor a confer
ence of all the interests connected with
the cotton trade with the view of making
such reductions in charges as will de
prive interior points of the advantages
they now possess, but they see the diffi
culties in the way of reaching an agree
ment. The factors think the compress
charges ought to be less and the press
owners think the factors ought to make a
reduction in tbeir charges. The samplers,
weighers and draymen would object
probably to accepting less than they now
get.
But there is a very large part of the
population of each of the cotton ports >
outside of the factors aud the owners of
cotton press property, that has a deep in
terest in this question ot the loss of the
cotton trade. In this city there are com
paratively few manufacturing interests,
and there doesn’t seem to be a promising
prospect tor remunerative employment
for those who now get a living out of the
cotton trade when that trade becomes of
so little importance as not to require their
services. The money that is now earned
tn the cotton trade sustains a great num
ber of people who have no direct connec
tion with that trade.
Assuming that the cotton trade is gradu
ally leaving the cotton ports, would it not
lie wise ior those at the ports who are in
terested in that trade to lake some steps
to stem the current that is ruuning
against them ? And would it not be wise
ior the people of the cotton ports who are
not directly concerned in cotton to begin
to lay the foundation of industries that
will afford employment for the population
of their respective cities when the cotton
trade shall become located at the interior
towns?
A Hu truest ion to the Council.
Would it not be a wise move for our city
authorities to take into consideration the
advisability of having the law which ex
tended the corporation limits amended so
as to give the city the right to tax the
property iu the new addition, and thus
provide funds for opening and improving
the stteets recently laid off ? A tax of
one-Ualf ot the amount levied upon real
estate in the old part of the city would
provide a sufficient amount to reimburse
the treasury tor all improvements. This
plan was the original idea of those who
were the most earned in urging the ex
tension of the city limits, but was ignored
by those who had the matter in charge.
The present condition of affairs is in
jurious to the interest of the property
owners, and is of no benefit to the city.
The city authorities will not open the
streets, as they do not feel authorized, und
very properly, to expend money in a part
of the city that pays nothing into the
treasury. *l'his matter will come up at
the expiration of 10 years from the pas
sage of the present law and will then have
to be considerred. Why, then, should It
not be considered now ? Tho true policy
would appear to bo to take “time by the
forelock” and do wbat should he done at
once. The present condition of affairs is
retarding the growth of tho city, by in
fluencing parties against improving their
property. The remedy for this state of
affairs is for the city to open the streets
and meet the cost by taxes upon the
profierty in the addition.
Home of the newspapers want the
government to get Lieut. Howard, the
fighting commercial drummer, to go after
the Arizona Indians with his (istiing
guti. His gun would not amount to much
used against the Apaches. The Indians
coo Id he killed easily enough with Spen
cer rides, If the troops could only gut
them in a hole like the one Kiel’s rebels
were in at llatouche. This Gatling gun
business reminds one of tho tramp who
for a night’s entertainment promised to
dear a farmer’s premises of rats. When
reminded of his promise, as he was about
to dvpart, he seized a club, put his back
against tho barn, und told his host to
bring on his ruts.
It Is stutud that the wife of a foreign
ambassador in Washington sent a re
quest to the son of a Western Congress
titan to return the invitutlon to a recep
tion sbo had sent him a day or two pre
viously, and informed him that he need
not come. This wits done because he ap.
pcarod at a social eiitertaiiiDiout recently
not kttowiug whether he was himself or
some other tntin. It seems that drunken
dudes will no longer be tolerated in the
best society at the nuliouai capital.
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 18S5.
Points in English Politics.
It is rather remarkable that the ques
tions which attracted so much attention
in England a couple of weeks ago appear
to have been almost forgotten. The news
papers have very little to say about the
Soudan matter or the Afghan trouble.
Their whole attention now is absorbed by
domestic politics.
The Liberals do not appear to regret
thoir loss ol power. In fact, they seem to
think that their d'-feat was the very best
thing that could have happened to them.
Tho Liberal Ministry was divided on the
question oi coercion, and although Mr.
Chamberlain and Sir Charles Dllke had
agreed to permit Lord Spencer’s views to
he adopted as the policy of the Liberal
party, it is well known that they did so
under protest, and with a sort of present
ment that something would happen that
would release them from their agreement.
It remains to be seen what the Conser
vatives will do with the coercion ques
tion. It is a well known fact that they
are almost as badly divided with regard
to it as are the Liberals. Some ot the Con.
servative leaders want to give Ireland a
great deal more liberty than it has en
joyed lor many years, while others, in
cluding the Marquis of Salisbury, favor a
renewal of the coercion act.
In fact, it is stated that the Marquis of
Salisbury insists that if he undertakes the
task of terming a government the Liberals
shall support him in renewing the coer
cion act. Of course the Liberals will not
undertake to give the Conservatives sup
port in any matter that will tend to help
them out of an aetual or threatened diffi
culty.
The gossip about Gladstone's perma
nent retirement from the leadership of the
Liberal party is very conflicting. He ap
pears to be about as popular with his
party as he ever was, and an extraordi
nary effort is being made to induce him to
continue in the position of Liberal leader-
It is argued that the Liberals under his
leadership will be victorious at the ap
proaching elections, and that the Con
servative government will find itself in
such a hopeless minority in the new l’ar
liament that it will be forced to resign.
It certainly will require a very cool head
to keep the Conservatives on top for any
considerable length of time.
Fast Ocean Steamers.
Very naturally the wonderful speed of
the little yacht Stiletto, that beat the
Mary Powell, the famous Hudson river
steamboat, a few days ago has started the
inquiry whether a vessel as large as those
which compose the principal European
lines of steamers could be built on the
plan of the Stiletto that would equal her
in speed.
Steamship builders and owners will
never be satisfied until they shorten,
very perceptibly, the time between this
country and Europe. The fastest steam
ers not only get the malls, but the larger
per centage of the passengers. There
isn't much doubt that the dangers of
travel are Increased in proportion as the
time occupied in crossing the ocean is
shortened. This increased danger is, to
some extent, provided against by in
creased care and caution. But, however
great the care and caution may be they
cannot insure safety in fogs and among
icebergs.
Several times within the past few
months European steamers have been in
great peril trom icebergs and togs and,
although both can be avoided by taking
the southern route, steamers stick to the
northern route because it is one hundred
miles shorter, and because the water
being colder the condensation of steam is
easier and the consumption of fuel is,
therefore, much less.
It appears, therefore, that safety is sac
rificed for speed and eoonomy in fuel, and
it is pretty certain that if much greater
speed could be obtained, even at the ex
pense of safety, steamship owners would
not hesitate about obtaining it.
In Memory of Cot. Win. T. Thompson,
A neat monument has been erected in
the family lot in Laurel Grove cemetery
over the grave of Col. Wm. T. Thompson,
the late editor of the Morning News,
who was its founder, and until hU death,
a period of thirty-two years, its editor.
This tribute to the memory of one of Geor
gia’s most gifted sons was erected, by those
who knew him tiest, and loved him for his
many noble qualities, a few days since,
without any ceremony or display. The
work was done, under the direction of the
proprietor of the Morning News, by
Col. R. D. Walker. Col. Thompson
needed no marble monument to keepalive
Ins memory. His unblemished lire aud
his many virtues are a nobler aud more
enduring monument than can be carved
by the hand of man. The western face
of the stone bears the following inscrip
tion:
To TIIK MKMOKY OF
WILLIAM TAPPAN THOMPSON,
Author and Journalist.
3 Born August 81. 181$.
; Died M arch 21, I*B2.
; Dedicated by the Savannah Morning News
To its
Founder and during tliirtv-two years
Itsfnithfut and aide Editor,
: And by the
Georgia Press’ Association
To a distinguished aud lamented member.
The last Legislature of North Carolina
so reduced the appropriation tor the * up
per lof the I tisane Asylum that the pa
tients are allowed hut 3 3-10 cents for
each meal, a sunt which tho Superintend
ont says is “less than the smallest amount
charged in the cheapest soup houses for
outdoor paupers.” Probably the next
Legislature will investigate tnc Hu
pertntendent on the charge of starving
the inmates. While the members of the
last Legislature were so disgracefully
stingy with n worthy charity, not one of
them, so hr ns heard Horn, failed to draw
his full amount ot per diura and mileage.
Economy seldom begins at home.
Here is a little circumstance recorded
by the New York Commercial Advertiser
oon tier ted with tho finishing of Gen.
Grant's book: "Oon. lliuloau wus pres,
ent, und when the last word was written
he reached forwurd, threw his arras
around tho old hero, and exclaimed:
•Dear, dear General,’ uml kissed him
twice." Neither Gen. Grant nor his took
was to blame for this scene. It was on
tlrely due to Gen. Kudcau’s gushing nu
lure, aud won’t injuro the sale of the book.
A paragraph is going the rounds to the
effect that snakes are rapidly dying out In
this country. It is noticed that there is
no diiuinition In the mutter of snake
stories. The prevaricators are evidently
not dying out. The serpent may go, but
his trail will long remain.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Dana’s Hayes’ Iron Still Hat.
Xew York Sun (Ind.)
Tlie future safety of this country requires
that the brand of fraud on the forehead of
this wretched man should be burned In bo
that it can never bo effaced.
Will Roach Prove Ungrateful.
h'eur York World ( Derm .}
Mere gratitude should now impel John
Roach to devote himself to the repajr of
Chandler. The ex-Secretary is in political
dry-dock ami likely to remain high and dry
for some time.
No Reform for Republicans.
Philadelphia Meus (Rep.)
The easily successful caucns renomination
of Senator Blair in New Hampshire; the party
convention reuonii nation ot Judge Fnraker,
as the gallant standard hearer of the Repub
licans in Ohio; the election of Senator Logan
in Illinois, from a notification to the coun’ry
that while the party met with a reverse at the
Presidential election, the shock was not severe
enough to cause failure. The fairly estab
lished bu-incss of the old reliable Republican
party will be continued at the old stands un
der the same names and auspices.
A Post Mortem Examination,
Mete York Ti ne* (Jfug.)
Senator Sherman, having reached Oregon,
has unburdeued his mind on the now not very
recent election. He thinks tho “defeat last
fall was uot a party defeat.” But we beg 'o
assure hint that that is just what it was. The
Democratic victory was not a party victory,
but tho defeat of the Republicans’was dis
tinctly due to ihe failure of tho party ma
chinery to turn out a candidate worthy of
general support. Wo mention this matter at
this time because it would he unfortunate for
so prominent a leader as Sir. Sherman to lose
sight of the truth as to the last election, and
its obvious bearing on the next one. in which
lie may be assumed to have at least a general
interest.
* The Oligarchy Overthrown.
Louisville Courier-Journal ( Dent .)
A Republican oligarchy lias been over
thrown aud the Democratic leaders do not
propose to establish another with anew
name. The idea is abhorrent to all the hopes
which were awakened in the mlnda of the
people by the overthrow of the Republican
parly last November. The office-holders held
for eight years the balance of power. The
people’s servants had become their masters.
It is this abuse of public trusts against which
Mr. Cleveland has consistently entered his
protests. It is this abuse which this adminis
tration will largely reform. The reform
means something more than a mere change of
persons, or it means nothing at all; but it im
plies a change of persons to begin with.
BRIGHT BITS.
Wife—“ Don't bothermenow; untwist your
own suspenders; we surely will tie late. It’s
time now for the first dance, and I am now
only half undressed for the ball.”— Exchange.
“The tendency to do wrong increases to
wards night,” says a well-known clergyman.
I think this is very likely to be true, for when
Adam ate the forbidden fruit it was near Eve.
Boston Times ,
Henry M. Stanley told the Baptist Mis
sionary Society that a dead missionary was of
uouse. It is just on this point that the high
est cannibalistic authorities differ from Henry
M. Stanley. —Detroit Free Press.
Paragraph from a story in Chamber*'
Journal-. (“I may here state for the benefit
of the uninitiated that throwing one’s hand
up is a sign throughout America that one
doesn’t intend to draw a pistol and shoot.”)
It was an Indiana office-seeker whoapplied
for the position of ‘'sexton” of the Post Office
Department building iu Washington. lie
probably thought that a sexton was a good
man to have around to bury the dea 1 letters.
— Exchange.
A little girl aged !> called her father to
her bedside the other evening. “Papa,” said
his little diulomat, “I want to ask your ad
vice.” "Well, my dear, wbat is it about?”
“What do vou think it will be best to give me
on my birthday ?”— Ej>.
“It has always seemed a very curious thing
to me.” said the lady at the theatre, and then
she paused. “Well,” said her husband a little
impatiently, “what is it that always seemed
such a onnous thing to you?” “Why. that
baldheaded men should care to sit so near the
flies.” —Good Cheer.
“Are you at all icsthetical in your tastes?”
she asked in a sprightly manner, as she moved
toward the piano. “Well, a little,” he an
swered. “I’m .-esthetical to the extent of
having an admiration for unsung songs.”
There is now a deep gulf between them which
nothiug can bridge.— Boston Journal.
Counsel (to witness;—How tall was the
boy? Remember yon are npon oatb.
Witness (wholias been badgered)—Well—er
—I hardly—
Counsel (smiling at the jury)—Come, come,
no hesitation. Wits he three feet, or four feet,
or five feet tall?
Witness (with a sigh)—Yes, I should say he
was. —Mac York Sun.
“But I tell yon he’s a good man.”
“I don’t care if he is, I shan’t vote for him."
“Why?”
“He tries to put on airs.”
“In what way?”
“Why, b'gosh, he wears two suspenders ’n
carries his terbaoker in a box. and he never
thought o’chuckin’ his pants into his boots
till he wanted the nomination.”— Chicago
Odder.
Never heard ot Sheet: First Chicago Man—
“l heard something very remarkable to-dy
about the revised edition of the Old Testa
ment.” -
Second Chicago Mnn—“Old Testament? Oh,
yes; I know what that is. What did the re
visers do?”
•'Why, they have left out the wont ‘hell." ”
"Indeed? And whst did they substitute?"
"Well, I don't know; St. Louis, I guess.”—
Philadelphia Call.
she played and she played, and she played.
Finally she got through. There was a verv
enthusiastic applause. They were bo glad it
was over.
“Miss Jenkins plays charmingly, don’t you
think so?” said a lady to a gentleman stand
ing tiy her. t
“Ya-ss. What was that pretty thing she
played?”
“1 am not unite sure. Something, I think,
by Opus."—Nin Francisco Chronicle.
The child that on a car pet-tack.
Left in the hotel hall,
Sits down, you bet will never speak,
But simply howl !
Eye-ball.
A cow stood gazing in a fleld,
With many other cows.
An” as she gentle chewed her cud,
She muttered thus—
Eye-brows.
The robin, when the ground is white
And wintry zephyrs blow.
Winks with its bleared and watery eyes,
And softly says—
It's nose.
The bee, that flies from flower to flower
And sweetest honey sips,
Sings, as he floats upon the wing,
The single Word-
Two Ups.
—Philadelphia Herald.
I'KHHONAIj.
Ms*. McDowell, wife of the late General,
will take up her permaucut residence In ban
Francisco.
John Bright has been staying in Wales of
late, and hi* lienlth is now better than for
several years.
Joseph B. Fokakeh. who was so badly
beaten In Oh o two years ago, and who will
try it again next fall, has not yet seen his 39th
year. •
Dr. Oliver WKsnsu. lloniMht.s just sent
a handsome, complete set of hie printed works
to the Corpus Chrtrti (Tex.) “Holmes Literary
Club.''
Frank A. Carnahan, of Ohio, who was ex
polled from West Point some months sun, „
last hoard of aful'-fledged Colonel in theGua
tmnutau army.
Prof. Bracner, of Cornell, for six years
connected with the Brasilian Imperial Sur
vey has been elected to All the chair of geology
in tho state University of Indiana.
PrkhipenT CLKVKLAND sings a beautiful
tenor, hut a malicious musical critic who has
not yet -needed iu making an arrange
ment pronounces the same sweet voice a "tat
falsetto.”
The Ameer of Afghanistan, provided he has
been murdered at reported, has at lesst
escaped a milder torment, lie wus about to
have his teeth extracted aud had ordered two
seta ot false ones from a Calcutta den-Ist.
Tut Emperor of Austria lias acquired for
the Imperial Numismatic. I’nldnet the famous
collectlou of coins struck during the reign of
the Roman Emperor Pmhus, and until re
cently the property of the late Dr. Alexander
Miesong.
Jits* Cleveland visited a New York kin
dergarten school where Italian children are
i taught, and on her return to Washington
; wrote a letter urging a friend to visit ihe
' school, as there was “so much to learn from
i those wonderful, utterly neglected, beautiful,
clever, dreadful, airly little things.”
They are too Fair,
From the Chicago Inter-Ocean.
The Rev. John W. Scudder, of Minneapo
lis, preuched to young ladies Sunday, and
said: “The daughters of America are as fair
as any on the glob", andiumy opinion some
of them arc too fair. A milk-white com
plexion may be artistic, hut it is also a sign of
weak blood. None of your white-faced
damsels for me. nor one whose face is red
with a consumptive or hectic flush. Give me
the nut-brown girl who abandons her sun
bonnet, who can climb a tree with any bov,
wno prefers good bread to chocolate caramels,
and baked beans to angel cake. The kind of
an angel for me weighs 140 pounds.”
Bob Ingersoll is With l T s.
Washington Special to Cincinnati Enquirer.
“I believe in turning every office-holder
out,” said Congressman W. D. Hill, ot Ohio,
to Gen. Muidrow, Assistant Secretary of the
Interior, in Mr. Muldrow’s office this morning.
“I believe In the same doctrine,” echoed the
Assistant Secretary of the Interior; "but we
hadn’t ought to talk in the presence of the en
emy,” pointing to a large, smooth-faced gen
tleman sitting on a lounge just back of Gen.
M ti Id row’s desk.
The smooth-faced gentleman, who evidently
had heard Mr. Hill’s remark, laughed and.
rising to shake hands, said: “My Ohio friend
is correct; the offices should he filled with
friends of the administration. It is right,
and wonhl he for the good of the public ser
vice.” The large, smooth-faced gentleman
wus Col. Bob Ingersoll.
Two Sentences.
From the Memphis (Term.) Appeal.
There are two sentences in Grant’s memoirs
that uncover the heart of the man and prove
him great indeed. He says, on meeting Gen.
Lee at Appomattox: “I felt like anything
rather than rejoicing at the downfall of a foe
that had fought so long and gallantly and had
suffered so long for a cause which I believe to
lie one of the worst for which a people
ever fought, and for which there was not the
least pretext.” Aud again he says, speaking
of his interview with Geu. Lee:’ “Our con
versation grew so pleasant that I almost for
got the otiject of our meeting.” No spirit of
fanatical revenge could have lurked near the
heart of the man who could thus be taken out
of himself aud away from the great business
affecting an ererlasiiug truce, that had
brought him and Lee together that day.
“ Show the Colonel In.”
From a Washington Special.
A good and perhaps true story is told of
Col. Robert Ingersoll and Secretary Lamar.
Robert called at the Interior Department and
asked to see the Secretary.
“De Secretary, snh.” said the colored mes
senger at the door, “won’t see anybody at dig
hour but Senators and members, sab."
Robert waited for a moment with his hands,
in his pockets, then he pulled out a half-dol
lar and dropped it into the janitor’s hand,
after giving a few whispered instructions.
A moment later the messenger walked into
the Secretary’s room, where a large number
of Senators and members were assembled,
and addressed the Secretary;
“Mr. Sectary, Mr. Ingersoll am at de doah.
He says be understands that dis am de time
when you won't see any but members ami
Senatahs. and he wants to know when you re
ceive gentleni“n.”
“Show the Colonel in.” said the Secretary.
Hugo’s Punishment for Ba/.alne.
From the Paris American Register.
All his life long Victor Hugo has protested
against the penalty of death. In his novels,
in his speeches, in his letters, in France, in
England, everywhere lie has combated the
law of blood, and raised his voice against the
gibbet aud the scaffold. One night, at his
house, this question was discussed on the oc
casion of the commutation of the sentence of
Bazaine into perpetual imprisonment. Sev
eral politicians who were present blamed this
commutation and maintained that no one hail
ever better deserved death than Bazaine.
"No," said Victor Hugo, “I would uot have
loaded chassepots for him; hut if 1 had been
President of the Conned of War this
is what I should have done. 1 should have
convoked to the Champ de Mars the National
Assembly, all the troops of Paris, all the peo
ple; and there In the presence of that crowd,
in nresence of that army, in presence of the
representatives of the nation, I should have
had Bazaine brought forward, dressed in all
the insignia of a Marshal of Frauce. Then the
President of the Assembly would have read
aloud the judgment declaring Bazaine a
traitor to his country, and condemning him
to degradation. Then the senior subaltern
officer would have torn off his crosses, broken
his sword, trampled his epaulets under foot,
and, the ceremony over, would have said to
the degraded man: ’Now, M. Bazaine, go!
you are free!' ” No one can deny the grandeur
of this conception of moral and exemplary
chastisement.
The Granger’s Summons.
From the AUa California.
A tall, lank, weedy-lookieg olil granger
stepped into a Third street car yesterday, fol
lowed bv a woman as lank and weedv-look
mg as himself. There could be no mistake
about their relationship of husband and wife.
But they exchanged no words, the woman
peering curiously at the window, and the man
cracking his finger joints with remarkable
success, for each explosion was almost as
loud as a pistol shot. At Clay and Montgom
ery the man got up and walked to the rear
platform. Tne wife, not noticing him, kept
stariug out tbe window. Tbe granger put his
forefinger between bis lips and gave a loud,
shrill whistle, which made the 1 ortly conduc
tor jump as if a bullet had struck him. The
woman got up briskly, and followed her lord,
who stalked along the street still grim ami
taciturn.
“That’s the way with some of those country
folk." said the conductor. “They’re ashamed
to call out in a car. and when they want to
bring any of their women folk to attention,
thev whistle at ’em like they do to their dors.
Well, sir, I saw the funuiest thing the other
day. A granger, not unlike the rooster who
just got out, got into mv car with Ills wife,
and I’m blest If lie didn’t forget the old woman
altogether. She rode to the end of the line,
and wlu n the passengers all quit she savs,
•Where's John?’
“ ‘He got out, ma'am, six blocks up,’ savs I.
“ ‘Don’t you lie to me, young man,’says'she.
‘He never got out of Ins own accord Some of
those smart elty thieves have drugged him
and too* him away tc rob him, and you're m
the plot.’
“Now, what could you do with a woman
like that? She id she'd give me in charge,
and she was winking such a terrible racket
that a crowd began to gather, ud I was
going to start mv car right off, though the
lime wrgs not up, wlu-u I heard along, shrill
w histle, just like that other fellow gave.
‘“Whatever you did with him he escaped,’
says she, ‘for that's tils whistle,' and off she
trotted to where the big galloot was piercing
the ears of the whole neighborhood. That
taught me a lesson, ami you hot un granger
forgets hie wife iu my car again, if 1 know
myself.”
Cowboy Fun,
From the St. Paul Olobt.
“1 shall never forget an experience of mine
in Montana a little over two years ago," s lid
ltrnkeman Schultz of the Northern I’sciflc.
“There were Andrews, the conductor: Wylie,
the engineer; Colby, thn fireman, and myself
running No. 3 passenger on the Montana di
vision, and one night about dusk we were get
ting out of Miles ( ity when a red light was
seen by the engineer, nDd he slopped the
train. Just as it stopped about a dozen row
hoys, togged up iu full uuiform, tuir.h with a
brm-e of revolvers Iu his licit, gat into Urn
coaches, while a few more guarded the cn
tlne. 1 knew trouble was coming ns soon as
I saw them get on, and 1 took a seat among
the pass, tigers. The conductor did not ap
pear at first to realise that anything was
wrong, but went to the forward nart of the
coach, when half a dozen of the Iniekskin
clad boys grabbed him and sei bun upon the
coal box. He protested, but the Isivs paid mi
attention other thsn to tell him not to move
h finger, as thev were golug to shoot the heels
of bis bools off. i rather enjoyed the fun.
though I lay mighty close, fearing that
they would notice uie. but Ihcy didn't before
tbe conductor was short the heel*of his Units,
He whs whit" a snow Make, but be held up
bravely, fearing a miscalculated shut. Then
thev caught me, ami tied up- and a passenger
hark In hack and set us over a seat, und then
commenced bettlug among themselves which
would pull the other over. The stake* were
put up, and then two of them got prongs an.l
begun touching us up with them. The fellow
I had pitted against me was a Swede, and
neither of us had nnv show to pull the other
over. Then I resorted to n stratagem, and
when they gave the Swede a prong, amt he
Jumped stout a foot. 1 puMed hard, snd he
earns flying over the seat, and went so far
over that lie near broke iny hack. We were
loosened tliun, and thev took the Swede's
boots off ami stood him on Ids head, and then
played the hastlnndo ou the soles of his
feet. Well, VOU'd died laughing Pi hear that
fioor fellow bellow, entreat, pray and run*
those oowlaiys, and although my legs were
smarting from some danees I got I just roared.
After they had dons enough nil-midst they
shot out the light* and left the train.”
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
The assessed valuation of taxable property
in the city of New York is $1,175,052,885, or
$55,419,799 higher than in 1884.
The sole is the favorite fish in England, yet
absolutely nothing has been learned of its
habits, what it feeds upon or how it may be
cultured.
The last Vice President preceding Mr. Hen
dricks who attended the Yale commencement
intro meed there the custom of buttering
watermelon.
Yesterday the sacred caravan set out from
Constantinople for Mecca and Medina, tho
holy places of Islam. It bears, as usual,
many presents to the sanctuaries.
The oldest collection of Scotch tunes extant
is known as the Skene manuscript and is the
property of the Faculty of Advocates of Scot
land. It contains 40 Scottish airs.
An erroneous plea is prevalent that all
waters used for drinking contain a large
amount of living organisms. Pure spring
water contains scarcely any or no organic
forms.
Two noises one hears in every Mexican
street, the jingle of the piano and tlie clatter
of the American sewing machine, or its Ger
man counterfeit shipped from Hamburg.
The sewing machine, like the horse car, is
everywhere in Mexico.
Indian villages near Bombay are afflicted
with the ravages of wild hogs to such an ex
tent that a pig-sticking club has been organ
ized among Bombay sportsmen, and the pork
ers are succumbing iu large numbers, aud
after the most approved scientific methods.
Freemasonry was introduced into China by
an Englishman about sixty years ago, and
among the Chinese in America about fifteen
years ago. The ritual has, of course, been
translated into Chinese, and in China thirty
two degrees are administered, but in this
country only three are allowed to be con
ferred. There are 30,C00 Chinese F’reemasons
in America.
There arc two sorts of ice in Mexico—the
ice brought down from the ravines of the vol
cano Popocatepetl, or that made oyer at To
luca, on the National road, by the artificial
process. The price is three cents a pound, and
the average weekly supply of a Boston family
would there cost from $B to sl2. The dryness
of the air favors the “keeping” of things
sweet, although milk sours readily.
The venomous hoop snake, which takes its
tail in its mouth and rolls along like a hoop,
and the blow snake, the breath of which is
deadly, exist only in the imagination. The
idea that serpents sting with the tongue is
erroneous. An impression prevails that the
number of poisonous snakes is great, but in
North America there are but three—the rat
tlesnake, the copperhead or moccasin and
the coral.
The inhabitants of Cochin China prefer
rotten eggs to fresh ones. The Tonquinese
and tho inhabitants of Madagascar prefer
locusts to the finest fish. In Australia a good
fat anII would be preferred to anything else;
in the West Indies a largo caterpillar found
on the palm tree is esteemed a luxury, while
the edible nests of the Java swallows are so
rich a dainty that the ingredients of a dish
would cost several dollars.
Prof. Douglas, after many years of re
search, says China has no such teeming mil
lions as are usually credited to her. Two
hundred and fifty millions he thinks about the
right estimate. Many of the hill peoples of
China at the present day are not Chinese at
all. The Chinese civilization and culture are
not purely of native growth; their elements
were brought from Western A6ia—perhaps
from the netghliorhood of the Aral—by the
Chinese ere they set out for China.
The domestic arrangements of the Mexican
household revolve around the patio or inner
court yard. Here it is that one’s cook re
ceives the itinerant vender of berries, eggs
and fruit. Here also twice a day come the
bare-legged lechero, or milkman, with a huge
can carried oil his back and adjusted to his
head with a band of leather about bis fore
head. Here, too, comes the aguador, or water
earner who. in the cities of Mexico, take the
place of your invisible iron pipes.
The uniform of the famous “Black Watch,”
of Scotland, cousists of a white helmet and
veil, red plume, black cliin-strap, red tunic,
with blue collar and facings, tartan kilt,
white gaiters, eporrau of white badger-skin,
with black ornaments, brown cloak, with
white equipments. A French military jour
nal recently printed a cut of a Black’Watch
Highlander in this garb, and added that he
“100 ed altogether like a most ill-conditioned
ruftian,” for which remark several Scotland
papers are now calling the average French
man hard names.
A Chicago narootST puts his brethren to
the blush as follows: “Pineapple,strawberry,
raspberry and other essences are made from
butyric ether, which has a very fruity flavor.
Butyric acid is the oily limpid fluid contained
in all fats. If that is distilled in alcohol you
have butyric ether. (Enanthic and acetic
ethers also make excellent fruit essences. All
these eihcrs are made by distilling alcohol
with acids. The fact is there is no such thing
as essences of apricot, apple, banana, pine
apple, strawberry, raspberry, cberrv. quince,
pear, blackberry and such like, made from
the fruit.”
When the will of Peter Van Damme, of De
troit, Mich., was opened a few days ago, an
extraordinary mistake was discovered. Van
Damme hud made a will leading his property
to liis wife, and the latter executed her will at
the same tune, leaving her property to her
husband. The wills were in the same hand
writing, and each signed the other’s will.
The wills were made six- years ago, but the
mistake was not noticed until after Van
Damme's death. All of the heirs unite in a
petition to Hie Probate Court that the will
signed by Mrs. Van Damme be admitted to
probate as tbe will of her late husband. The
amount of Vau Damme’s property Is about
$13,300,
The wives and families of the Peruvian
army always travel with them like theequaw H
and papooses of the North American Indian.
In camp the women do the cooking; on the
march they carry on their hacks and beads a
great part of the camp equipage, and in battle
they nurse the wounded and mb the dead.
They arc poor, miserable, degraded creatures,
just one degree above the dogs which follow
at their heels. Their powers of endurance are
extraordinary. Olteu it is the case that lljey
will march twenty or thirty miles a day over
dusty roads, carrying a child on their backs,
without water or food. Wheu the latter is
scarce they cat thcleavesof trees which, when
mixed with lime, are said to be very palatable
and nourishing. Each soldier and each woman
carries a little bag of lime around his neck.
Into which be dip* kit wet finger and draws
out a few grains of |>owder to leaveu the lump
of leaves he is constantly chewing.
Ijom M vitt: stands first uinong our native
woods in pow er to resist “Indcutatlbn," which
means iu the census tests compression in a
Hue perpendicular to the fibre. A punch one
centimetre square was used and tbe force re
quired to press this into the wood to a depth
of ISi millimetre* was recorded. With lig.
num vilic this force was 7!13 kilograms. 3 lie
next 10 species arranged in order of their
power of resistance, belong, as does the first,
to semi-tropical Florida, and the first wood on
the list which is commonly known in tin- Mid
dle Staten Is the persimmon, ranking No. 32.
The hardness of persimmon wood as com
pared with lignmn vita-, however, is only as
:i ‘l In 7WH. O.ago orange offers a resistance of
303 kilograms; mahogany,3 0; sbagbark hick
orr, 271; sugar maple. 267; black birch, 220;
white oak. 211; black walnut. 10.1; black ash.
lid; while maple. 1M; while ash. 1*1; Ameri
can elm, 170: liquid amber, 1R1; tain-truck.
112; Hiniglas fir, loo; hardy catalpa. Nil; tulip
tree, N2; aspen. SO; redwood, 77; white piue,
74; bass Wood, 63,
Hkazii. Imysfrom the United State* $5,000,-
000 to $6,000,000 worth of flour In a year-
American exporter*, when floor la cheap, as
it Is now, occasionally send largely increased
quantities, and expect that a market will be
made for it. ft* cheapness. how< vor, seems
hardly to make a difference In the quantity
consumed. Home ko.ooo barrels a month aro
consumed nt Itio audita dependent markets,
and it seems almost impossible lo Increase
this consumption. At Kin the bread Is all
made by bakers; It ta of a good quality and I*
eaten by ad classes. The great obstaolo in
expanding coiisuiniitlon is the lack of internal
traiisiKirtatbm, and 'he fact that the mast of
the people have never been accustomed lo use
flour, they being satisfied with the flour made
from the raanlooa root, and which they
halo uullv oat mixed with their slewed black
beans and dried Imof. A large part of the
interior population produce and buy hut little.
1 hey live in a primitive munuer. In cheap
dwellings with thatched roof* and earth
flcsir*. sleep Iu hammocks, use but the
•cantieat article* of furniture, amt oven
finger* lhe ' r foO<llo th * lr JUtt*** wim 'heir
UJoniffc.
AVT ANTED, Local Salesman, by an Inisurt'
V ing House, for Savannah, to sell on ( ,
mission full line Castile Soaps, Olive and k,
sential Oils,Perfumes. Flavoring Extracts
Address, with references, “8.,” Box sbu
York city.
WANTED to rent, by Oct. Ist, a
T T sized house with modern improvement.’
Apply at 140 Broughton street. “’
TIT ANTED, bv a settled white
T T situation to mind two children; wUh'n,
to go away. Apply to Gordon street. *
WANTED, five Carpenters at one;
J. McGINI.EYd York street, nea!- Bulb
WANTED, Wet Nurse; apply corner uim
v v and Perry.
Wf ANTED, A WORD WITIITHtt PUkuT
t t -The new instautuneous process practices
by me lias revolutionized the Photograntm.
business, and the dy has pasted when sens
ble people will give $8 or $lO for a dozen'( ’
net Photographs, when they can get thelinso
work ever produced in this citv. put on ii,,
beveled gilt-edge cards, for *8 iio per dozen ki
21 Bull street, opposite the Screven llon.n
All work guaranteed first-class m even
ticular. And I wish it distinctly nnde’n.tnmi
that 1 have in my euiplov the finest retouch
ers that have ever practiced in this citv t
N. WILSON, Photographer. } ’
\Y, r ANTED, a woman to cook and assoTTi
housework. Apply at 71 Gwmuct
street.
Jar Pent.
FOB RENT, Flats, with water
1 Jones street, between Dravton and Run"
for particulars apply at 1(17 Hall street. ’
FR RENT, a five-room house on Ywk
street, between Lincoln and Habersham
streets, 0. H. DORSETT. “®
LBOR RENT, delightful
BroaTsfr^t. 6 ™ 8 Very lOW - At *<2
lAOR RENT, new 2-storv bouse, six room
1 gas and water; northwest corner Moop
g inery aud Taylor streets. W. H. DOO.NEk!
liMjR RENT, a bouse in Blues' Runge
n DOBSETT*'’ po “* Stion B lven unce. "
IAOH RENT, large furnishcdTnoiTi : nuheri
X front; gas aud water. 72 Libertyjtreet.
FOU PENT three (3) stores hT “The Arse'
nai doing; possession given Oo.i l
WILLIAAf GARRARD, Chffi
Building Committee.
jar Saif.
FOR SALE, one Saw Mill Engine, ivitkl
14x20 inch cylinder; 4 Cylinder Roilen.
30-incli diameter by 80 feet long; l .sm„ii e .’
stack, 40-inch diameter by 40 feet long-1
steam Pump and Injector, Steam Feed'Steel
Saw Arbor, Boss Dog. Reppard Roller, I'atett
Saw Glimmer, aud all appliances of urd
class saw mill, which was in successltd (men
tion ui> to June Ist, PGS. Sold for no fault
The owner having purchased another mill it
the only reason for disposing of the above. I
Will lie sold cheap and on reasonable tsrmj,|
Apply to GEO. W. HASLAM, Savannah or I
Naylor, Ga. I
FOR SALE, a large lot of Planed No. 1 1
Flooring, Ceiling and Weather-lwardiif I
at $8 50 per 1,00) in yard; 40,000 feet of 3.\P101
at $8 60 per 1,000 in yard; Boards at f- per I < l
in yard; Scantling at $7 per l.ouU in varil
Lumber yard Tavlor and East Broad elrtm I
REPPAftD A CO. I
Paarftuifl. I
NEW YORK CITY BOARDTeT West stk|
street (Murray Hill): superior hoard;*
moderate prices; private hath; highest rel'er-1
cnees given and required. I
Board on Brooklyn heights. opJ
posite New York city and overkiokiajl
the bay; convenient to the Bridge ami Cinejrl
Island. Rooms can be engaged in advance by*
addressing Mrs. E. ROBINS. 187 Coluiiibitl
Heights. Brooklyn, N. Y. Reference-VV. Bj
STURTEVANT, Savannah, Ga. I
iotm. I
r r H E extraordinary drawing”""!
1 OF THE I
LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY 1
WILL TAKE PLACE I
TO-DAY, I
TUESDAY. I
JU.N E 10, 1885. ■
WHOLE TICKETS. $0; HALVES,SS, I
FIFTHS, $2; TENTHS, sl. I
CAPITAL PRIZE. $150,000. I
iitanrD iu £aun. I
MONEY TO LOAN.—If you are in neefiofl
money, and want a liberal loan on *! j
most n> thing of value, and if vou don't wan®
to be seen by your friends when you get it.
have remarks made that you Hre in neelo®
money by crowds of people promenading ntfl
passing the pawu9hop and w atching ywi xfie®
you go in or out. then call at the old relinbM
Private Pawnbroker House, 187 Cmuiraß
street, where very few people pasa, ami noH
body will know your business. E. AIL’ULH
BERG, Manager. ■
Jllantrii. I
County Scrip Wanted]
AT UNCLE JOE’S.I
Q 7 ” A(\ WORTH OF JURY SOBil
9? •• 111' I wanted at once, at I
SOUTHERN PAWNBROKER SHOP, I
120 Broughton r-treetj
llarietti ?tore. I
CHEAPEST VARIETY STORE, also*
and sc. goods in great variety. Don't
to attend our bargain sales. Oil slot**. 1 J
foolers and tee Cream Churns, which wj I Mm
sell st ustoniKhing low Of ures. At ftATHAm
BROS’., 186 Congress, near Jefferson. H
jUiaoif (Tlfattrv, PtiltoiiJglf- B
FRANK J. TBOMFSON, I
52 WIIITAKKK STRKKT, - SAVANtGB.a®
Household speualtik-.-i
announce that I tm putting up the
lowing specialties, wlieh are guarnna*
equal to any similar good* on the iu artel-
Magic Cleaner,in 4-ounre boxes proe
box: equal to Electro-Silicon lorpi tieptng
cleaning silverware, tic. Magic
Compound, in large packages, price 36c.
makes washing easy and is a necessity
holisrcleaning purposes. Magic Stove I
in 2-ounce boxes, price 15c.; self-sliiniia'M
entirely tree from smell) one box wifi V
xvork of 4or 5 ordinary cakes. Mazi' 1
Extractor, in rt-ouuce battles, pro e
removes grease and pamt spots, clnsnr
embroideries and knl glfives to lis'k
Magic Furniture Polish, in ti-ounce
price 25c. each; an orll nal amt
preparation; give It a trial. I am als"K f '
agent for Florida, Georgia und South t**
liuu of Arnold's Automatic Steam < "
article of great merit. A large imßi'fJßj
these Cookers are already in satisfacUiff*
iti Savannah. Also am sole agent in
Stales for Matchless Meti.l Polish, f"r
ing all kinds of metals; kidor-ed bv
amt stfumlHial oßglneeb*. lire delea
gun amt hardw are dealer-, bsc.vd•!•'.
organizations, merchants, livery *'■
housekeeper* throughout the country
to Central Railroad, ,?,4W. K'y 1 '
van nab Fire Department and Augu-m
Department. Sisu-ial terms to tin: tra'i” H
LOCAL AGENTS WANTED. M
StiMitilm-nro.
Fins Strawl®
RECEIVED EVERY DAY
—AT—
GEORGE & GOODMAN
Corner State and Whitaker sir**,
Cahrri). .
New Baker]
I HAVE REFITTED THE > IA K
1 ner Jefferson amt Cl ; ,rlten streets.
now prepared Lo far'd o the I’Uj'' ,
kinds of BREAD. CAfi IMt and Ilf
aonable prices, llespet ifUID ()|) H( pol
I’. B.—Families deslr og
STEIN’S bread can g rt 1$ c
cither from my baton or wa;;" ■