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Mr.xriwos— Pulaski loan Association; Mar
chnnie' and Mechanic*’ Loan Association;
Gulden Kola 1/odge No. 11, L O. O. F.
Stkcial Noth'*-Notice to Watertnkers;
As to dor. lUrk Itrierly Hill.
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by Kennedy A MnlleUe; Closing Out Sale of
ricttiPß*. etc., by C. H. I)omelt.
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Hoys; Four uood Carpenters; A Colored
Cook.
foa Rant— Large Front Room; Store,
Room*. Cellar, and Ontbouae; Nicely Fur
luakcd Parlor and Two Front Rooms; Store;
Two Rooms and a Kitchen; Suita of Three
Rooms.
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Cocoa Dnorn and Soda Water—U. M.
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Du*oktant to Printers—Address Bulle
tin. Kufauia. Ala.
Sawwooh's JYancino Acadknt—At Ma
pgnjc Temple.
“Brick” Pomeroy is lecturing in favor
Ml temperance in New York. It has been
W good while since Pomeroy has been in
•.fee habit of wearing a “Brick” in his hat.
It is not believed that Bishop Beckwith
twill reconsider hie decieion in the Arm
strong oaee because ex-Gov. Bullock
threatens to withdraw Irotn the Episcopal
Church.
The laborers in nearly all the great pro
tected industriee are beginning to demand
higher wages. They evidently do not be
lieve that the tariff tax is being divided
equitably among its reputed beneficiaries.
Parson Downs, ol Boston, now says he is
going to take the war-path and make it
Warm lor his enemies. There will prob
ably be a good deal of mutual warming
up in the Hub botore the Downs case is
finally disposed of.
The Spanish infanta Eulalia’s marriage
having been put off until she recovers
from diphtheria, it is suggested that it
would be well to put her through a course
of hires, whooping cough, measles,
mumps, etc., before that interesting event
takes place.
A car containing enough dynamite to
destroy about half of New York was
humped around in a railroad yard In that
•ity for nearly two weeks before the dan
gerous character of ite contents were dis
covered. Fortunately It was loaded, and
henoe it did not go off.
The opinion is growing that the request
•fthe Senate for information about re
moved officials was nothing but an at
tempt to entrap the President and make
party capital. It is also the growing im
pression that the President kicked the
trap into 10,000 flinders.
Negroes are being welcomed into Cali
fornia, while the Chinese are being driven
out. It may not be very complimentary
to the Californians, but the prevailing
Idea is that If the Chinese would spend
*ll the money they make for whisky and
gewgaws they would be just as popular
as the colored brethren are.
It seems that the reason Sir Charles
Silks did not enter the witness box In the
Crawford case was that he was afraid
that be would have to answer questions
about “Fannie,” who was recently mar
ried. If the truth were known, it is prob
able that “Fannie” or “Nannie” makes
cowards of a good many men.
, The Philadelphia Press spitefully says;
•‘Opinion is still divided as to whether
the biggest thing In Washington this
winter is Secretary Whitney’s dinners or
llr. Cleveland’s neck.” There seems to
be no difference of opinion, however, as
to the smallness of the Republican influ
ence in Wssoiagton just now.
The Baltimore American celebrates the
twenty-fourth anniversary of the battle
between the Virginia and the Monitor by
publishing an all ged account of “How
the little Munitor won tbs day.” It
Will ba remembered that she won the day
in a race for a safe anchorage under tho
protection ol the neighboring floet and
forts.
Commander Bartlett, of the Hydro
graphic OlHee, Is not fully satisned as to
tbs effects of oil on the troubled waters,
notwithstanding the many lavorable re
ports made on the subjeot. He has ap
plied to the Secretary of tbA Navy lor
permission to take a cask of oil or two
snt to sea in a small steamer, and cruise
about a little In search or a storm suita
ble for a scientific test or the value of oil
ns a wave mollltler under various condi
tions. He is to some extent a believer in
the oil theory, and bat had some expert,
ence in the line of his proposed investi
gations.
Since the wealthy and accomplished
Mrs. Potter, of New York, created such a
sensation by reading Sims’ “’Ostler Joe”
St a swell Washington reception, that
pnem has been in great demand at the
book stores, and now it Is being read to
great crowds In the theatres of various
Eastern cities. The impression has got
ten out that it Is a very naughty produc
tion, and It Is contended that it carries a
line moral lesson. A careful reading,
however, shows tnat the poem Is neither
h immoral or a* moral as It is said to be.
There seems to be no reaeon why it
should or should not be read In any as
sembly of ladies and gentlemen.
SDomsseato to TTse the Ballet for
Hpedal Purposes.
There are indli-stioas cropping out all
the time oT a purpose on She part of dif
ferent okuwee to use She ballot toe greater
extent than ever before for the purpose of
advauoing their respective interest*. The
difficulty in making a living on account of
the prevailing depression in all kinds of
business is so great that the belief it
I gaining ground that there is something
! wrong with the laws. The wage worker
1 believes that those who make the laws
discriminate in favor of capitalists, and
the farmers feel that justice is not done to
their interests.
In our dispatches yesterday there was
an announcement that the Knights of
Labor at Decatur, 111., had *aken steps to
rorm anew political party which they
proposed to oall the “United Labor Party
of Amerioa.” The purpose of this new
party is to put into office, and into the
balls or legislation, only those who will
pledge thenseelves to etaml by the
Industrial masses in their conflict
with capital. It may be tbst tins
new organization will amount to
nothing. It may not be heard of after it
has held a convention or two. It ie not
certain, however, that it will not play a
part in the politics of the country. The
labor organizations are much stronger
now than they were a year ago, and are
handled with greater ability and judg
ment. The strikes within a few months
have, in many instances, been upon a
very large scale, and they have been gen
erally successful. The great strike of the
oar drivers and conductors in New York
and Brooklyn last week surprised the
country by the skill with which it was
conducted and results achieved. Success
in strikes may encourage the wage-work,
ers to try their power in an organized
form at the ballot-box.
At the time that the Decatur Knights
of Labor were forming their political
party the farmers ol South Carotins were
laying the foundation of an organization
to exert a greater influence in the polit
ical affairs of that State. A petition was
published yesterday, signed by 92 persons,
nearly all practical farmers, calling for a
convention to meet at tbe State capital on
April 29 to oonsider tbe course the farm
ers of the State ought to pursue to secure
legislation that will tend to promote their
interests.
The petitioners complain that, although
largely in tbe majority in the State, they
are treated with comparatively little con
sideration by the law-making power, and
that their interests are sacrificed for tbe
benefit of others. They specify some par
ticulars in which there is, ttey allege,
marked discrimination against them.
They propose to use the ballot to get what
they deem to be tbeir rights. As the ma
jority must rule in this country, no tault
can be found with the South Carolina
farmers for resorting to the ballot for pro
tection.
The thought cannot be avoided, how
ever, that if the wage workers, the far
mers, the capitalists, etc., all seek to
promote their respective interests by
means of the ballot the situation is not
likely to be very mucb different from what
it is at present. One interest may get tbe
upper hand in one locality and another in
another locality, but generally they will
balance each other about as they do now.
It is extremely doubtful if it would be
possible to hold any class together
for any considerable time, if tbe
sole purpose were the promotion of its
material interests; and, besides, if one
olsss should meet with partial success
other classes would follow its exam, le,
and conflicting interests would make it
impossible for any particular class to se
cure permanently the advantage whieh it
sought.
It may be that in the next year or two
many movements similar to those of the
Knights of Labor at Decatur, and the
farmers of South Carolina will be wit.
nessed, but it is extremely improbable
that any of them will reach an over
shadowing importance or gain such
strength as to exercise a potent influence
in political affairs. Labor organizations,
although they may achieve greater suc
cesses than any that have yet crowned
their efforts, need not hope to accomplish
mucb in tbe field of politics independent
of the great political parties.
The Bill for the Belief of Ireland.
It ie asserted quite positively that Mr.
Gladstone has about prepared bis bill
granting home rule to Ireland and that
he will offer it within three or four
weeks. Contrary to all expectation
it will be, It is announced, a very
sweeping measure and will deal In
a comprehensive way with govern
ment, lands and social order. A few
weeks ago it was regarded as
a matter of the greatest importance
whether a bill to adjust the laud question
or one to provide home rule should be first
submitted to Parliament, and R was even
said that grave differences of opinion
would appear In the Cabinet when this
matter came up for settlement. It seems
that Mr. Gladstone proposes to avoid any
differences among his advisers by dealing
with all questions relating to Ireland in
One great bill.
It is probable that the proposed bill will
pass tbe House ot Commons by a very
respectable majority, hut it is thought
that It will not get twenty votes in the
House of Lords. The dissolution of Par
liament will probably take placa soon
after the Lords reject tbe bill, and the
sentiment Of the oountry with respect to
it will be sought. If the Liberals are vie.
torious tbe Lords will, of course, have to
yield.
There seems to be considerable anxiety
to get the hill introduced as soon as pos
sible as there Is a feeling mat lls success
depends largely upon Mr. Gladstone,
whose health is very preoarious, and
whose death, at almost any time, would
not occasion very great surprise. Tbe
Liberal party must do whatever is to be
dene for Ireland, and there is not much
probability that it will hold together as It
exists to-day, Tory long after Mr. Glad
i stone’s death. The anxiety ef tbe friends
j of Ireland for the prompt consideration
| of measures Tor Ireland’s relief is there
j fore easily understood.
Nome of the papers are shocked at the
j apathy that prevails in Katontewn, N. J.,
j in regard to the proposed detection and
' punishment of tbs ku-klux who lynched
j “Mingo Jack.” the ether night. Lyucb-
I ing is to be deprecated and condemned,
but human nature is very much the same
in New Jersey as it is in Tsxai and Mis.
1 tiasippi.
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY. MARCH 10,1886.
Prospect* uf tbe Blir Bill.
There is a good dsal of talk about the
probable fate of the Blair educational
bill in the Rous*. The opponents of the
bill aay that it will be reported uc favora
bly by the Committee on Education, and
that an unfavorable report will defeat It.
it was said frequently that tbe hill
would never pass the Senate. It, how
ever, passed that body by a very large
majority, and it is certain to pass the
House, whatever the report ol the House
Committee on Education may be, if its
consideration can ha secured in time
to permit it to be thoroughly
debated before adjournment. In the
Senate tbe opposition from the South was
not as strong as it was claimed it would
be. The Texas Senators opnosed it of
course. Tbeir State has an ample school
fund, and it has no need of aid for its
schools. Missouri is also very well pro
vided with tbe means for maintaining her
schools. Those States, however, wnose
treasuries were empty at the close of the
war generally favor the bill, and the Rep
resentatives from those States will con
sult tbe wishes of their constituents as
tbe Senators did.
It can he regarded as pretty certain,
therefore, that the Blair bill will become
a law. If it does the schools for both
white and colored children in the South
will be kept open several months longer
each year tban at present.
The amendment of Senator Logan,
appropriating $2,000,000 for school
houses, is an excellent one. The school
houses in a great many parts of the Boutb
are not equal to tbs demands upon them.
With the aid wnich the Blair bill will af
ford, tbe time is not distant when the
South will be able to make a very respec
table showing in the matter of education.
Edmunds’ Ambition.
There is very deep interest in the de
bate which Senator Kdmnnfls began yes
terday in the Senate on tbe question of
the Senate’s right to information rela
tive to removals. Mr. Edmunds doubt
less hopes to add something to his
already great reputation as a debater. It
is said that he has thoroughly prepared
himself on all the points that are likely to
be raised during the debate. Perhaps he
expects that he will be able to make him
self sufficiently prominent in this strug
gle with the President to insure his nomi
nation as the next Presidential candi
date of his party. Indeed, it would
not be surprising if he were aiming at
that nomination rather than at making
clear tbe truth respecting the claim of tbe
Senate to know the reasons for which re
movals are made.
There has lieen some question whether
the President wrote his message relative
to removals. There does not appear to be
any reason to doubt that he did. Indeed,
it is now stated with a great deal of posi
tiveness that the first information any
member of the Cabinet had about it was
when it was read at the Cabinet meeting.
The message has bad the effect ot in
creasing the reputation of the President
for ability and sound common sense. Mr.
Edmunds will have considerable trouble,
if, indeed, he succeeds at all, in convinc
ing the country that the message is not
pretty close to the truth.
Bogus divorce certificates are peddled
around in some parts ot Pennsylvania as
freely as medical diplomas were sold
there a few years ago. The bar associa
tion of Huntingdon are investigating the
matter. It is suspeoted that they were
gotten up by some snide New York law
yers. A special in regard to these bogus
certificates has a paragraph which will
somewhat interest a great mauy people
in Georgia and Florida. It says: "The
name of W. W. Hicks, who purports to be
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Huntingdon
county, is a familiar one here, and it is
evidently being used by persons who know
the gentleman who properly bears it. He
is a native of tbe county, became a Meth
odist preacher, lived in Florida after the
war, now resides in Washington city, and
was Guiteau’s spiritual adviser. The
name of Judge A. Bates is altogether fic
titious, or, at least, is unknown here.” It
is a very mean man who would forge the
name of Itev. W. W. Hicks to such docu
ments.
A Washington special contains a state
ment ot a fact that may yet create a sen
sation in tbe country. It savs: “Com
missioner McCalmont, of tbe Customs
Bureau, yesterday recommended pro
ceedings to be begun against ex-Collect
ors Arthur and Robertson, of New York,
for $7,473 and $13,ii94, respectively, claim
ed to be due the United States in the ad
justment of their accounts. In bothcases,
it is understood, no official responsibility
is claimed, and it is altogether probable
that should suits be brought tbe claim
would he sustained by the courts. It is
by no means certain that legal proceed
ings will be resorted to in either case. In
no case will Secretary Manning be likely
to take action in the matter until alter an
investigation and report by the solicitor
of the department.” The ex-Collector
Arthur named is no less important a per
sonage than ex-President Arthur. If he
owes the money it is to be ho|>ed he will
settle up with as little delay as possible.
Gen. O. O. Howard’s friends are said to
be confident that he will be promoted to
be Major General when Gen. Pope retires,
on March 16. They have considered it
necessary, however, to place before the
President wbat they believe tone satis
factory reasons why the Freedman’s Bank
and Freedman’s Bureau scandals should
not detract Iroin his character as an officer
and gentleman. It injustice was done
Gen. Howard be onght to be vindicated,
but It is bardlv probable that any mere
ex parte showing will set aside the verdict
of public opinion which has been reoorded
In the oases alluded to for nearly twenty
years, without any steps having been
taken to set it aside. Gen. Howard and
his friend* may have ignored public opin
ion. It is to bs hoped that the President
will not do likewise.
It Is said that Senator l.ogan nas begun
to write poetrv. Poetic license may oover
many delects of grammar. This was
probably his onlv cbanco to eclipse the
literary achievement* of J. G. Blaine.
Hot water is good for clocks as well as
human beings. An East Saginaw woman
boiled the work* of a refractory clock lor
two hours the other day, and since then
tbe time-piece has done gosd service.
A number of whslc* have been beached
at the whaling station at dan Diego, and
| it is considered quite tbe thing to lie
photographed while silling on one of the
I huge carcasses.
cdrbent comment.
Still la the ' Ring.”
from the SashriUe Union (Dem.)
One of the Eastern Republican organ* savs
“Blame ie tUll |„ tn,. ring." Will somebody
inform us of any time in the past twenty-live
v*ar when be baa not been m a ring, or, at
least, in a halt dozen of them?
Sneering at the Mugwumps.
From the SashriUe A merican (Z>ent.)
When the public lias nothing to do but
amuse itself, the periodical civil service uku-e
issued from tne heudqnailers of the immacu
late Pharisees in kc very funny reading: but
whr.u questions of serious character are be
fore the public, (j. Wiu. and hi* obtrusive
Utopiau bumbuggurv are an insufferable nui
sance.
Tho Preddent’s Wise Cour*e.
From tk* Note York Ortr/tkioiOnJu .)
If President Cleveland, through any dis
like of a “scene, ’ or through weakness and
indifference, had yielded to the Republican
Senators they would have reduced him to the
status of a puppet r a foot hall for the rest
of his term. As Sir Boyle Roebe would re
mark. the best wav to avoid some things i* to
meet them half way or even a little farther.
The Matter of Pauper Labor.
From ths LouomUlfi Courier-Jmimnl (Dorn.)
The tariff, we are told, is to provemt the
competition of pauper labor with American
la'ior. but Measre, Krve aud Curtin propose
free trade with rubs," with Cental and .South
America, with Mex en, where thev have pau
per labor in truth, but they refuse it with
Great Britain, where labor Is better paid than
auy where in the world, the United States
alone excepted,
BUIGHT BITS.
An kxchangk advertises thus: "Wanted, a
strong hoy for bottliug." We have seen boys
about onion time who were so strong that all
the bottle* in Christendom wouldn’t hold em.
•—DanMirille Krtett.
“Dons your son atlect any particular school
of art?” asked the visitor.
“No—yes—we l !, he’s painting a Belladonna
for the religtons art gallery,” replied the fo*d
mother.— lFrehano*-
“Hanley, the fireman, is married, 1 under
stand.”
“Yes; to an old fiame.”
“The next th tu he’ll do will be to smother
her, or put her out, I suppose Tid-BiU.
“Th* Iron Curst” is to be played for the
benefit of the Brooklyn Home for Consump
tives. If a man could keep bus lungs in au
iron oheat.therc would be but little consump
tion. It is the weak chest that catches it.—
-Veto Orleans Pic iyun*.
First Dialer.—So you are going to pass a
law forbidding the salcof tobacco to minors.
Second Ditto—Yes. lint I don’t see how that
la going to Interfere with our business bo long
as wit stick to the favorite brands—cabbage
leaves ad old shot; leather, you know —Boston
Transcript.
Sarcastic w ike— Coining home as usual, I
suppose?
Kond-of-staying-out-tate husband Yes,
certainly.
Sarcastic wife—Well, nut this letter in the
first mail in the morning.' and if yon meet the
milkman tell him to leave two quarts.—
■ lxuiijt.
“Yoy have just returned from Paris, I un
derstand-”
“Yes. and we bought lots of lovely things at
tbe Bout Marsh.”
"You ineau Bon Marche. I presume.”
“Well, perhaps you understand French bet
terthan Ido. I -op plainly you have never
been abroad'-”— Boston. Bud got.
“Say, old man. I’ll have to recall that In
vitation 1 gave you for dinner next Satur
day.”
“Certainly; but, old fellow, X hope there’*
nothing wrong.”
"<>h, nothing at all; but we’ve suddenly
taken a notion to observe I.ent at our house.”
“Imleed?”
"Yes. You ec I dropped a cool $50,000 in
stocks, and my wire has discharged her cook.
I’m beginning to take an interest In religions
matters.” |
Not long ago a young man about town
called mi a ten ain young woman of his ac
ijuaiolance He w as promptly ushered into
the drawing room by a pre.ly servant maid,
who ran lo the, room of her mistress to an
nounce her visitor. “Oh. ma’am.” said she,
•‘that mo-t i:ligant of gintleinen who danced
with me one n'ght iast summer up at the
Phienix Hill Park, ma’am, at the gravedig
gers’ social, is down in the parlor a-eallingon
you. ma’am!" The gentleman never called
again. LouiuviUe Commercial.
Thev, were sitting looking on at * perform
ance. They were two bosom friends of th*
fqmaie sex. and they were discussing the
people otf the stage. -My dear.” said one to
the other a* -he took iter onera-gtass off a
pretty-girl among ibe figurantes, “that’s the
one Übarley Bwwn-Jooes is running after.
Poor Jfi-8. Browu-Jonee! 1 wonder if she
recognizes her rival?” “That uiri in blue?”
said the other, taking a long and comprehen
sive look. “Charley’s developed quite good
taste since he got married. Francisco
Chronicle. t
K Very False View oe JorANAtrsx.—
How lertue the team of the press correspond
ent
Whenever his editor asks for some news;
Though great he the task, he is never despond
ent,
If only he knows the great editor’s views.
He will spend every effort to get up a telegram
That gives naught but facts that around
him exist!
But, failing, he’ll take an exact parallelogram
•And make it a circle by twisting his wrist.
Now, who is to blame for this prevarication?
-Bbe man who refuses will soatt be relieved,
Ami 100 honest editors got but damnation
From people who like to bo always deceived.
— Ootumh’us Dispatch.
One day last fall a strange woman ap
peared at a farm house in ludiaua. and an
nounced that she was a clairvoyant who had
come down from Chicago to show the farmer
where to dig up a jug containing Jis.ooo in
g Id. "What’s the charge?” cautiously in
quired the tanner.
"Two thousauil dollars in advance.”
‘‘Shoo! that’s outrageous.”
“But think of ft! You will have SIB,OOO
left.”
“Y-e-s, I suppose so. but I reckon we’ll let
the old jug rest for a while yet. ! drawe 1 SSO
lu a lottery iast mouth, and I clear' and $7 in a
bucket-shop this we>-k, aud 1 don’t kcer to
pile it on too thick. Even now the old woman
wants new shoes, and the gals are crazy to
have the house painted two coats.”— Wall
Street Seine.
PUKSOXAL.
The elded son of the Shah of Persia is mak
ing a lour through Europe.
OHS. SHCKiDANia fond of walking aboutthe
street* of Washington with his four little
girls.
Thomas Cariyi.l’* house in Cheyne Bow.
Cbei**a, is the property of a proprietor of
quack medicine.
Mmk Mopjiyka placed a wreath of white
immortelles on tbe grave of Longfellow at
Cambridge the other day.
A dispatch from St Petersburg say* that
Mias Marie Van/.andt is seriously ill. She is
attended by the Czar’s physieian.
Mk*. If 81. Davidson and David Rice of
1-ee countv, la., have taken out a license to
marry. He is 81 year* old and she a year
youuger.
Mis* Alice Lonopxi.i.ow gave, a few days
ago, the first entertainment that haa been
given iu tha cluaalc eld Craigie house since
the death of the poet.
Mu. I], Km Doroi.ass, of Hagerstown,
Md„ hu accepted an invitation to dsliver a
lecture on Gen. It. K. Lee bufere the Harvard
Historical society in Boston.
Mii.Gastbk, who i* to lecture at Oxford
University. Kngland. is a Itoumaniax He
brew, practically driven from hi* own ooun
try brcuuHu of hi* rat* and religion.
Dr. Bchliem ann, who carried oe hi* exca
vation. in classic toll on .hares, thn Sultan of
Turkey having two-third-of the finding* ,lia*
bought the Sultan out, and ha will give tbe
wholu collection lo tbe Berlin Museum.
Counter!' Irxnk T* ai'K*, the wife of the
An-irlnu Premier, I* suffering from serious
mental diseffeellon. She holier.* herself to
1m poor, and at a banquet lately held told her
ncighlm' at the table in a mo t earnest man
ner that rhe would have to sell her toilet to
gWea dowry to wreldc-t daughter.
Mr. l<itoit>ncKT, the first English work
ingman to become a Cabinet Mlmal.r, Is de
serlbefl as a sturdy, think set man. with a de
termined month and a merry twinkle In bis
cyo. ills dctiTnuiiatton and bis humor go
together lo make upan admirable character.
They en*bl* him to be persistent and pleas
ant *i the sttine time. He Is us shrewd as toe
Is -entlmenlat and has a keen eye for the prac
tical . He is as great * favorite In what are
called the upper cirda* of politician* s any
In the h ioe lie is a devout Wesleyan, a
widower, lover of a good stury and a quiet,
i dinner.
Aay Kind of Glove* Would Do.
Waokinjton Dispatch to Chicago Inter Ocean.
He was anew man in Washington, and
was the guest of a Congressman who hadn’t
been a Consressniou for mure than a honored
years. They were dressing for a reception.
“I sav. Colonel,” inquired the guest, “are
gloves and rigue -”
“Danged if I know,” replied the Congress
man. “Mine arc kid I reckon any other
kind will do as well, though."
An Affeetlou.re I.ad.
From the Clinton I Mast.) Engle.
“Gran’ma,” said a boy of 9 years, “how old
are you?”
“A flout H 6.” said the grand-mother.
“Yoti’U die soon, w,,n’t vou. gran’ma?”
“Yes. dear, I expect to.”
“And w hen I die, gran’ma, van I be buried
side of yon?”
“Yes. dear,” said she as her heart warmed
toward the little one, whom she folded closer
in h<-r arms.
“Grau’ma,” softly whispered the little
rogue, “gimme 10 cents.”
Sam Jones and tho Lawyer*.
Extract from a Chicago Sermon.
Sometimes I’ve asked everylody that never
told a lie to staDd up Every fellow was look
ing around to see if anybody was goin’ to get
up. If anybody had a-got up f’d a given him
the floor and sat down If you’d all stop lying
you u starve the lawyers to death. J like a
grand lawyer who defends the good man from
the assaullsof the wicked. But these mean
little $5 lawyers! Th"v do some me in thing,
and then say: “I did that us a lawver, not as
a man.” When thev dropdown in h—l I sup
pose thev’ll go about saying: "I’m here as a
lawyer.”
The Mabdi Couldn’t.
From the Pail Moll Gazette.
lord Wolseley in the ‘course of a lecture
given recently In England told several anec
dotes, this being one: One of his officers, who
happened to have a glass eve, was one and iy
examining a prisoner, a zealous follower of
the Mabdi. “Why do you believe in the
Mahdi?” asked the officer. “I believe in him,”
replied the man, “because he can work mira
cles.” The officer immediately took out his
glass eye, tossed it up in the air. caught it.
and pnt it back m its place. "D’ye think the
Mabdi could do that?” he asked. The man
w*s appalled and couldn’t say another word.
The Problem of the Baby.
From the Boston Courier.
A baby same inte tbe wor'd one day,
And tbe parents smiled In pride.
As swift to the message flashed away
Came greetings from far and wide.
A baby wentontof the world one night.
And the mother moaned aloud,
For the stainless soul t hat had gained the light
For the form in the pearl-white shroud.
Oh ! the mvstery there, the problem deep—
Philosophers pause awhile!
Why do we laugh when we ought to weep,
And weep when we ought to smile?
Japanese Puzzled by a Negro.
From the PhiUulelphUi Times.
“ When f was lu the countrvof .Japan, in the
interior, a foreigner was a curiosity, equal to
tbe first Chinaman or Jap seen tiv us here.
On a visit made to the summit of Fuji-yama
in the summer n r 1*71,1 went to the fa'mous
hot springs at Hokone; at nearly every tea
house our party was as much of an exhibition
as Jo-Jo, or the woman with big feet, is here.
A colored servant, dark as Erebus, whom I
had with me, was a phenomenal subject to
the innocent Japs. The men and women
would come up to him. try to rub the black
off with their hands, and he surprised they
could not, ami laugh over it with the conta
gious and hilarious glee the people so much
enjoy.”
He Declined With Thank*.
“*Sf. Geo.” in the Pittsburg Dispatch.
I am afraid the incident of the time when
Adjt. Gen. Guthrie declined to drink
with Gov. Pattison is not as fresh as it
might be, hnt it is good enouith to ri-k. espe
cially as (hey both acknowledged it yester
day. It happened at the time the Governor
elect sent for Col. Guthrie to offer him the
position of Adjutant General, lie tendered
him the position, and at the ssine. time, so
that they might compare views, proceeded to
give Col. Guthrie his own notions of the needs
of the service Prominently he spoke of the
prevalence of drinking among the officers,
and tho had influence it must have on the
men. Suddenly, as though it had just oc
curred to him to be worth while to know be
fore he went anyfuriher.be whirled around
in his famous revolving chair, with the ques
tion:
"Bv the way, Cos) Guthrie, do you drinkv”
“Well, occasionally,” responded the tall
Colonel slowlv. “But I don’t care for any
thing just now, thank you.”
The Wife Had Suffered In Silence.
From the Boston Record.
Scene: Private dining-room atclub. Acom
panv of gentlemen dining. Mr. V., a slightly
garni ions party, loquitur, triumphantly;
“Sharp bov, my Bob; rather sot even with
him yesterday, though. Guess he found the
old man quite sharp enough for him. You
see, ’twa- this way: I had been telling about
that t me wheu the boat upset at Lake George
and not ene of the six in it could - wim but
myself, and at the point where I swam ashore
with Bob’s m "tber (we weren’t married then;
that youag monkey remarks:
•“Oh, ohestnntP
"‘Chestnut.’ said TANARUS; ‘what is that?’
“•It means you’ve told it before; it’s an old
story,’ said Bob.
“Pretty soon Boh passed up his plate for
more meat. Quick as a flash:
“‘Chestnut,’ said 1.
“ What do you mean by that?’ asked the boy
in surprise.
‘“lt's an old story; you passed your plate
for more meat yesterday.’
* Boh looked pretty streaked, and said if I’d
give him somemeatne would never say ’chest
nut’again. Rather tarnad tbe tables on the
young scamp, eh? And then his mother said,
with a little smile:
“‘You shouldn’t notice those things, Robert.
Only think of the years I’ve heard your father
tell that story f”
They Cooked the Cat.
From tho Sew York Tribune.
The straits to wnich men are driven in the
extension of hospitality was a subject under
discussion in a group of artists where I hap
pened to stop la t night, when one of them
said: “I think I can tell you the toughest
yarn of the season in that line. You all know
the man of whom the story is true, but 1 shall
not name him. lie is a prosperous art,si.
He has gained fame ami wealth since he came
to this country 25 years go as poor as a
church mouse. Along In 1*66 or '6 he hail a
studio with a chum on the same floor with
myself. One Sunday his chum outnc to me
snd said. ‘I have had an experience io-day.'
Then be went on to tell me that thev had
been the recipients of a call irom two Hobo
ken friends. There was nothing in the larder
but a bottle of wine aud some liread. Tbeir
visitors evidently intended to stay to dinner.
There was atisolutely nothing on which lo
feed them. They aonid gel no m-at, for thev
had no money. Finally the artist of whom I
first spoke said to the other, ‘I wi 1 tell you
what we will do. If you will kill the eat I
will cook it.’ They had a plum and and hand
some Maltese eat. Hoe was killed and a
fnoasse made of her raroans which was served
as ra*>bit snd whh-h my informant said was as
toothsome as any morsel he ever ate. Their
gueeta never knew tho difference and praieeil
the cooking ininiiMieratety.’’
A Poor Class of Husbsnd*.
Paris Letter in Philadel/ihin Telegraph.
Iloysl gentlemen aa a rule do not make good
husbands. The matrimonial felicity of Queen
Victoria and Prince Alln-rt formed leva an ex
cep ion tban a solitary Instance, The late
Kin press of Russia is said fo have died of a
broken heart, caused hy her hii-bnnd’* open
liaison with the Princes* Dolgourouki, who
afterward* became his morganatic wife. Tbe
Grand Duchess Nergius of Russia Princess
Rilutbeih of Hesse i : about to sue for u sepa
ration, her husband having heaped upon her
In-oils of the graveet nature. Yet she is fair
and winning and very talented, the most
brilliant aud nnenmplisbed of all of Queen
Victoria’s grandchildren. Her beauty is of
a fragile, delicate type. * “crowned Ophelia,”
as a Farts correspondent at St. Petersburg re
cently deserloed her. The ma'rimonta!
squabbles between the lute King Alfonso and
hts proud Auslriuu wife were no secret
from any person at the court
of Madrid. Queen thiristlna was very Jeal
ous, and with every re*eon. 'I he sweet and
sun ay-tempered Princes* Mary of Cambridge,
Grand Duchess of Teck, ha* more than ones
been on th* point of separation from her
spouse, aud for good cause. There arc few
American mother*. I think, who would covet
for anv one of ihelr daughters a husband
like the Prince of Wales, thou h American
girls n >t infrequently marry into “the Prince
of Wales’ set.’ The Grand Duchess Marie,
Duchess of Edinburgh, Itenperk* her hushsnd
mi 111*1*1*) fill Iv. I am fold. Hud he •l*acrvca It.
Moreover, it does him good. He I* a far more
resiioclabic i tTsonagc since that cncrgciio
and strongmindrd Priune-s look him in band.
I suppo-c. however, that one cannot h*u‘
everything in this world, and the royal girls
Hint are wedded within the shadow of a
• Prone mils’ make np their minds to tnnie
tldng less ihau the felicity that attends a
freciv wo >cd and frankly won American or
English bride .( loss degree.
ITEMS OE INTEREST.
Ths citizens of Akron, Ind., do not favor
higher religion. A lot of them, masked,
stoned a church the other night in which a
number of persons claiming to be sanctified
were worshiping. The meeting was broken up,
as well as the windows, and several persons
were badly hurl.
A lady who boards in the United States
hotel at Litchfield, Conn., was annoyed by the
slamming of a window shutter theothernight.
Fnaliy. with mui h trouble, she located the
room, entered, rai-e l the window, fastened
the shutter, and was horrified when the calm
voice of a Boston drummer in the bed said:
“Thank you, ma’am.”
Josbph English, of Boston, has wasted ten
and a half valuable hours in writing on a pos
tal card tho entire address of the Hon. H. B.
Metcalf, delivered at tbe general convention
of Universali.-ta held ast year iu Brooklyn, The
addreas contains 1.182 words, and Mr. English
wrote them all with a steel pen. by gas light,
without the aid of a magnifying gla*.
Alvan Clark, the famous lens maker of
Cambridgeport, says that the lens for the
great Lick telescope will be ready in abont
two or three months. The “finishing touche*"
alone remain to be performed in order to make
the refraction perfect. These are done with
‘he end of the finger dipped in emery. The
ability to do this depends on the sense of
touch.
A French journal calls attention to the
rich oil contained in the grains of the tong
yeou, a tree which grows in China. This oi!
is easily extract*’*- ->y pressure, has a density
of 0.9862, and posaes-es a variety of curious
properties. It dries more rapidly than any
other known oil, it has also the power of
solidifying under the action of light and out
of contact with the air.
Reports from the stock growing sect’ons of
Texas show great activity in the cattle indus
try. Preparations for the spring drive are
complete and several herds will be started up
the trail within the next ten days. Carefnl
estimates show that the drive for 18<6 will
reach 300,000 head, and may, with fair prices
and increasing demand, exceed that number,
“ricei for stock cattle vary, Northwestern
Texas yearlings heiug onoted at sl2 t er head
and “twos” at sl4, while in Foothwestern
Texas yearlings sell at $7 and “twos” at $lO
per head.
The hirt wat to make a theatrical moon
is thus described: Two drop scenes are need.
Out of the first, in which is the sky seene, is
cut a strip a yard wide, it being the path np
which the moon is t,o travel. Immediately lie
hind, and so close that the piece so removed is
not discernable. is a scond drop. From this
a round piece is removed, and the place cov
ered by white or yellow silk, or some transpa
rent cloth. anil from behind a strong calcium
light is thrown on the silk. The moon is made
to rise by gentL hauling up the hack drop.
Clouds are usually painted on strips extend
ing across the paih cut in the first drop, serv
ing both to strengthen the drop laterally snd
add to the realism of the seene by baying tbe
moon disappear for a moment under a cloud.
Worcester, Mass., is troubled becau-e it
has leaked out that liverymen there are in
the habit of hiring out horses that they are
boarding, and that coachmen not infrequently
use their employers’ horses and carriages in
doing a little night work on their own ac
count. Oneof thesad results of such wicked
ness on the par* of the liverymen is thus re
ported: “A gentleman and his ife were out
rding.and while passing a house of a doubt
ful character the horse suddenly, but with
familiarity, turned up into the dooryard.
•Guess you are acquainted here, are you not?’
exclaimed the lady. The gentleman was non
plussed, and assured bis wife that such was
not the case. When he got home he made
inquiries, and fonnd that some of the boys
had been hiring the animal to take a moon
light ride.”
Jefferson Davis correctly estimated the
fidelity of the slaves at the South to their
masters in the war in the two days' speech
which he made ia the Senate, in answer to
Henry Clay, on Feb. 13 and 14, 1850. “It is.”
said Mr. Davis, “essentially the characteristic
of the chivalrous that they never speculate
upon the fears of any man. and I irust that
no such speculations will be made upon the
idea that may lie entertained in any qnarter
tliat the .South, from fear of her slaves, is
necessarily opposed to a dissolution of this
Un’on. She has no such fear: hi rslaves would
be to her now, as they were in the revolution
an element of mi itary strength. I trust that
no speculations will he made upon either the
condition or the supposed weakness of the
South. They will bring sad disappointments
to those who indulge them.”
On the Bangor road, not far from Dr. .T. J.
Page’s cottage, near Buckport, Me., is a pond
inhabited by th se lovely, lively creatures that
sing the Anril mornings in and the May even
ings out. Dr. Page says they are great poison
eaters. wter and air purifiers. Well, on one
of the milfiest date this winter, after the great
ihaw. these frogs came up to the surface in
the pond for their usual “pizen” and to sing.
The inhabitant passed that way to the village.
On bis return the weather suddenly cooled,
and as he neared the pond he noticed tbe echo
of tbe old bass frog’s voice returning a semi
tone from Mount Waldo, and the squealing of
the soprano frog just passing over the Metho
dist church, and then all was still. As he sp
proack“d righer to tbe pound he was sur
prised to find it frozen over, with the frogs’
heads all sticking up throagh the ice, with
mouths wide o|m. Tbe cold bad come so
quickly that the poor fellows hadn’t time to
shut their mouths and draw their heads under
water before the me closed aronnd them, and
there they remain to-day. as samplea of
M tine’s winter pond lilies, set in pictures of
ioe.
Th* salaries attached to the offices held
hy Cabinet Ministers in England, says tbe
London Truth, need revision. The amount is
a matter of haphazard, and it in no way de
pendent upon the iaitortapce of the office.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer and the
Secretaries of State receive £6,000 per an
num: the Presidents of the Boa dof Trade
and the local Government Board, and the
Scottish Secretary, who, although provided
with ave il of office. i not a Secretary of
State, receive only C2.0*0 per annum. The
result of this has been an ignoble struggle
a oog several of the eminent statesmen who
iorm the Cabinet to secure the host paid of
fices. irrespective of their filoess for them.
If a Cabinet Min Mer of the intelli
gence aud position of Mr. Chamber
lain can be got for £*.ooo there seems
no rtwon whv the taxpayers should be
called upon to pav any Cabinet Minister more
than this—with exception, erliapa, of the
Prime Minister. lain surprised that so emi
nent an economist as Mr Gladstone has not
■•'•ready perceived this, and acted upon it; all
the more, as he was with difficulty induced to
give np a proposal to cut down the salaries of
some of the minor Parliamentary official fry—
notahhr those of the Secretaries of the Board
of Trade asil of Ibe Loca’ Government Boa'll
If anyone will tell me why Mr. Chatnberlahi
is worth only £2.000, and 1-ord Kimberley
Lord Granville, Sir William ilarooiirt Mr’
Childers and Mr. Campbell Hannerm in £6 ooi
each, he will enlighten me npon a point in re
gard to which I, like meat others, am ia the
dark,
Wuii.k his father was I’resident young
John Van Boren visited England, snd as the
son of Iho President of tbe United stales, he
received great attention. He dined with the
Queen, who was then a young girl, where bts
superior grace of manners, fine conversational
powers aud witticisms made him appear to
greater advantage tban the titled flunkey*
who were around bar Majesty, lie attended
one of the halls at Buckingham palace aud
danced w ith her, and the story was told’that
her Maji sty became very sweet on him It
was till* Incident that gave him the cognomen
of "Prince Jobs.” There *m another atory
in circulation alanit him - hlcb illustrate* his
want of special i*verenc for his ratbsr Th*
old gentleman aud John had a habit of lying
in bed late in the morning. Finally one dav
the former said to his son that a reform must
be Instituted—that bath must rise earlier
The hopeful agreed, and suggested that the
first one who got up should go
to Hie romnof the other and pTll
him out of bed! This was agreed ta. J„h n
was onfall the following night „n * “bum”
and did not reach horn* till the next morning
about S. He went to his father’s room and
took bold of him for the purpose of pulling
him out of bed. I’ho old gentleman protested
against being disturbed, saytng be had not had
sullinient sleep “Look here,Governor ii was
your #wrn proposition that we should Institute
a reform In regard to lying In bed so late.
J'VIiV, “ m n,> ** ~’ir , .’ ir re *l uet nd vou won’t
fulfill your part of the agreement. R*mem
twr the one who got up first was to pull tne
other out of bed. Bo uow get up or I’ll pull
mui out.” Tell It not in Gath! lals young
seamp made tbe Prcddentot the United states
get up in spite of himself Aflor seeing the
old geul’eman dress himself, tbe ra*csl
sneaked to hteown ronu and was a .on In hts
h*d asleep. The story g..t out by John telling
It oo lilff fAther to i lot of boon compiDtoon.
John.afterward became a 'amen* lawyer and
politician
Stankrto-
Extraordinary Bargains,
BLANKETS! BLANKETS!
BLANKETS! BLANKETS!
DANIEL HOGAN
will offer on MONDAY MORNING
and during the ensuing: week the re
maining portion of his FINE WOOL
BLANKETS at prices still lower than
those of last week :
11-4 Blankets at $4, actual value $6 50.
11-4 Blankets at $4 75, actual value $7 SO.
11- Blankets at sti 50, actual value $9.
18-4 Blankets at SB, actual value from $lO 50
to sl2.
12- California Blankets, guaranteed all
wool, $lB, never sold in this or auy other city
for less than $25.
BOYS’ CLOTHING
Boys’ $2 25 Suits $1 65; Boys’ $2 50 Suits $2:
Boys’ $3 Suits $2 50; Boys’ $4 Suilss3 50; Boys’
$5 Suits $4 50; Bovs’ $8 Suits $5; Boys’s7 Suits
$8 25; Boys’ $8 Soils *7 Boys’ $9 -nils $8:
Boya’slo Suita $9; Bovs’ sfl Suits $9 50; Boyg
sl2 Suits $lO.
100 odd Pants at 50c, worth 75c.
75 odd Pants at 69c, worth 85c.
70 odd Pint* at 75c, actual value sl.
100 odd Pants at sl. reduced from $1 25.
MISSES’ SUITS.
Misses’ Cashmere Suits at sl, worth $1 25.
Misses’ Cashmere Suits at $! 25, worth $1 85.
Misses’ Cashmere Suits at $1 50, wortn $1 75.
Misses’ Cashmere Suits at $2, worth $$ 50.
Misses’ Flannel Suits at $2 75, worth $3 50.
Misses’ Flannel Suits at $3, worth $3 75.
Mi**e*' Flannel Suits at $8 50, worth $4.
Misses’ Flannel Suits at 4 50, worth $7 50.
Misses’ Flannel Suits at $6. worth $6.
M’lsses’ Flannel Suits ai $6 75, worths 7 50.
Misses’ Trioot Suits at $4, worth $5.
Misses’ Tricot aits at $5, worth $6 25.
Misses’ Tricot Suits at $6, worth $7 59.
Blisses’ Tricot Suits at SB, worth $lO.
The above prices are made with view ol
closing the entire lot at once.
Ladies’ Newmarkets!
Ladies' Newmarkets!
Ladies' $8 Newmarkets at SO.
Ladies’ $lO Newmarkets at $7 56.
Ladies’ sl2 Newmarkets at $9.
Ladies’sl3 50 Newmarkets at sll.
Ladies' sls Newinarkci* at sl2.
Ladies’slß Newmarkets at sls.
Ladies’s2o Newmarkets atsl6.
Ladies’ $22 50 Newmarkets at $lB,
Ladies’s2s Newmarkets at S2O.
Ladies’ SBO Newmarkets at $25.
SHORT WRAPS!
Ladies’short Silk Wraps at sl2 60, reduced
from sls.
Ladies’ short Silk Wraps at sls, reduced
Irom 420.
Ladies' short Silk Wraps at S2O, reduced
from s2s.
Laities’ ahort Silk Wraps at $25, reduced
from S3O.
DANIEL HOGAN.
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AND m LINES OF
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CORSETS
Thompson’s Glove-Fitting Corsets, in R-H*
G and E grades.
R and G Corsets in different grades.
C. P. SYLVIA and other popular brand of
IMPORTED CORSETS.
200 DOZEN
BALBRIGGAN HOSE
(BEAMLESS)
at $1 7o per dozen.
Gen tin men's Balbriggan ani
Fancy Half-Hose.
PERCALES.
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