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4 EJie Mon IMS* V_\_/ ' —• _ . v > r A SrilEl T. SAD ISS AH. >. v. >A I I liD %V, 'IA ICCH ST. IERG. " J-UifMered at the i'oti i'P-- < Su.inmta “~q MfIRNtNO -NEWS ir pub isbed dai'y. ia tlutliug nunday. L >* to ruo-cri'M-rs : : -r c fy. by newsdealer* and carruTi, on he rmi 11 ;,cri>uni, at 25 cents a week. *i u II month. 15 IW for i.j months and *w W lor * The Morning News, by '' o iincluding f tln dae. om- motitb, $: 00. six mouths, |i (w; 4Ut uar, $lO OO The Moaning News, hy mad, hi Hmet we*k(without Sunday Uaue ,six inoutiia.#* uJ 6UC‘ vc ■ r. o*’. hundiiv NH'-, by nuilU one *2 00. W£eklt N ewB one year, |1 20. lu clubs or l\e. one ye <r. $i Ou , Subscriptions payable in advance. K*mtt t v postal order or note, check or registered le'tter Currency sent by mall at risk or l eiters an < telegrams should be addressed •'Morning Kl, S ivaun <h. Ua.” Ad ertiaing rates made known on applica IKDEi 10 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Special Nonet—Lutheran Church Service. Amusements—■•Francesca I)a Kimint,” at the Theatre. Steamship SCHEDULE—Ocean Steamship t .jarpanv. Auction Sale—Barroom Fixtures, etc., hy J. Mi Laugblin A Son; Closing Out Sale, by l. r>. Laßcche'tSona. Wants—A Stenographer; To Charter a Small Steam Yacht; Throe Male Cooks; White House Girl; Agentslor a New Line of t.iocla. SCUI'ETZEN GESELLSCHAFT BONDS —B. Luckenhelmer, Jacob l'aulacn. Trustees. Strawberry KeJl'ream, Etc.—At Rader- Isk’s. Fine Cigars and Tobacco—B. F. Abbott. new Restaurant—l 62 Bryan Street. I*l'B Lie at ion—“ Field, Fort and Fleet.” Soda VY ater— At Heidt'a. Butter, soap. Ftc.—R. O. Mcßonell A Cos. Lemons, Oranges, Etc.—K. Power. Georgia Press Association. The eiabteeuth annual meeting of the Georgia Pres 9 Association will be held in .Macon on Thursday, April 2fl, at 10 a. m. After adjournment an excursion will be made to Savannah to attend the Centen nial Celebration of the Chatham Artillery. J. li. Estill, President. J. W. Chapman, Secretary. Oil has been discovered in Egypt, but Ihere is no water of consequence in the troubled regions on which to pour it. The hello-baloo over the Pan Electric business is about petering out. It is evi dently an instance in which much ado is made about nothing. A cotton harvesting machine would fill along-felt want, but a lew hundred mil lions more cotton consumers would fill a good deal larger one. While Ward is in a prison ward, War ner was warned in time to save his lib arty aud a considerable part of the spoils nv the Grant A Ward wreck. The Duke of Argyll says every impor tant measure in Parliament thus far whether for or against the government has been solely carried by the Parnell vote, and he concludes that the Irish Ameri cans are the real rulers of Great Britain. The Chicago Tribune wants Cabinet meetings, as well as executive sessions of the Senate, held openly. Uncle Joseph is altogether inclined to run every good oause he accidentally espouses into the ground. The Soudanese rebels are said to have had more success in catching the small pox than in catching the British invad ers. The small-pox probably has no in ducements to make a masterly retreat, and achieve immortality. The English constitution guarantees to every subject the right to petition the sovereign, but few petitions are ever seen by the sovereign unless they are fired at her on the public highway, aud then the petitioner is fortunate if he escapes with his bead. Then? seems to be some doubt as to whether Congress will adjourn in time for Abe members to attend the Fourth of July k-arbecues, but most of them will proba bly get he me to look after the fences that ars ta be overhauled in tbe August and September primaries. IVhat with tbe strikes of the men of Hungary in Pennsylvania, the men of Miteeia in Ohio, and tbe men of various other foreign parts in other States of this glorious Union, genuine American work men cs-n scarcely get a day to spare in which to go fishing, but genuine Ameri can workmen are not considered of much account these days. From the preparations that are being (made in Georgia tbe fear, expressed by the Morn in g News some time ago that every planter In the South would plant a larger crop of ootton than ever before in the hope that every other one would reduce the area planted in the great staple, was well founded. Already immense quantities ol guano are being planted in ihecotton belt. it has be>?n given out that the lost Cu harder Oregon was insured heavily in Jj-ngland but only against loss by colli sion. If this is true it may bs a pointer to s probable reason why the mysterious story about a schooner is so strongly ad hered to by some o( the officers of the steamer. Of course the probabilities are that the question as to the real cause of the disaster will be lully and fairly In vestigated and settled. The proposed experiments for filtering the water supply of Washington before It enters the city mains will be watched with great Interest throughout the coun try. There seetus to be little doubt that the water can be SO filtered, but the methods suggested nod the cost of the st#r(afi hnfre than the filtered water is worth. It looks as if “Jersey Justice” would oe vindicated at last, the officer who was in charge of the lynched desperado “Min. go Jack.” having been arrested for com pllcilr iu the outrage and neglect of duty. Ihe doctrine of holding officials respon sible for the sutety of.their prisoners is nol anew one. If it were more rigidly en- ! forced there would be more precautions to foil mobs, and the number of i.'■non lags would not be so great as they •save been in ihe past few years Pro-poets for TarilT Reform Legis lation. The prospect taal a tariff bill will !>e passed during the present session ot Con g-vi>* i * not encouraging. At the Ixjgin- Ling of the session there were various reports indicating that Air. Randall could be counted on to support a tarifi reform : lii,, aim It was even said by some of bis admirers that he was thinking ot intro ducing it bill to reduce and equalize the tariff. It Is oTideut that Mr. Randall has no inteulmu of lending tne tariff reform ers a aeiping hand, whatever may have been his purpose iu Ducemlier. it is probable, however, that at no time has ho had any intention to consent to a reduc ti< □ of the tariff, although he may have expressed himself in favor of tariff re vision. Of course It cannot be denied that Mr. Randall has considerable influence in his party, his following in the house, al though not large, is sufficient probably to seriously interfere with the passage of a tariff bill. That he intends to oppose tari if reduction there is no longer any room to doubt. At the conference of the taiiff reform leaders ol the House a day or two ago, to which he was invited, he stated very emphatically that the Morrison bill did not suit him, and left the imnressiou that no bill that could be framed that provided for reducing the tariff, would satisfy him. In fact, he said to Messrs. Carlisle and Morrison that in tne present disturbed condition of the labor of the country he was opposed to touching the tariff. It is hardly probable, however, that the tariff reform leaders will abaudou all idea of tariff reform legislation simply because Mr. Randall has announced bis pur;>ose to play tne part of an obstructionist. The country expects that the Democratic majority in the House will make an hon est effort to out down tariff taxation. If this expectation is not realized it will be said tnat tde Democratic party has not been true to its pledges. Mr. Randall’s arguments in behalf of protection are not so potent in strength ening his following in the House as is the fear of some Democratic members that if the tariff is reduced, local interests In their districts will suffer, and of others, that tariff reform legislation will array the protection Democrats against tbe party. It is apparent, however, that if argu ments of that kind are to prevail the tariff will not be reduced, and the Democratic party will occupy the position of pretend ing to be auxrous to do what it never se riously attempts to do. Notwithstanding the position Mr. Randall has taken, and the hostility that may reasonably be ex pected from a small taction of Democrats in the Houe. the Democratic party can not afford to abandon all efforts in bebalf of tariff reductions. It must be aggressive. Defeat must be followed by renewed efforts. Of course it will hardly be denied tnat there is not wide room for reduction. There is comparatively little difference in the tariff now and that es tablished daring the war on articles manufactured in this country. In 1870 there was a slight reduction in the duties on a few luxuries, and in 1872 a redaction of 10 per cent. In 1875, how ever, the 10 percent, reduction was re pealed. In 1883 the Tariff Commission pretended to make a reduction of 20 per cent., but only succeeded in making one of 2 per cent. In fact, on some articles the duties were increased. It is apparent from this statement that there is ample room for reduction, and that it is time that it was made. That the chances for tbe passage or a tariff bill at this session are not good, is no reason why an earnest effort in behalf of such a bill should cot be made. There may be success when it is least expected, and, besides, constant effort is needed to secure success. The River and Harbor Bill. It is expected that the river and harbor bill will be reported early next week. It is reported thst it will carry about $14,- 000,000. If tnls report is correct the amount is larger by $2,000,000 than tbs committee, when it began its work, in tended it should be. However, the amount is not too large if the various appropria tions are for the benefit of rivers and har bors which really ought to be improved. Of course, nothing is yet known about the amounts which particular improve ments will get. Doubtless, however, there will be some disappointment. The claims of all sections could not be satisfied with out making the amount of tbe bill a great deal more than $14,000,000. We shall have occasion to re joice II tbe rivers and harbors in this sec tion of the South are dealt with liberally, particularly that part of the Savaunah river which is the outlet of this city to the sea. it is to be regretted that the survey for deeper water than 22 feet from the cross-tides to tbe sea is not before the committee, so that an appropriation for further improvements than are now pro vided for might be put in the pending bill. Mr. Edmuuds, doubtless, feels that he has gained a victory. The Republican Senators stood by him and voted for bis resolutions, which provide that no nomi nations shall be confirmed In cases where removals have been made, unless' the President furnishes bis reasons for making the removals. It is pretty safe to say that the President will not retire from the position he has taken In this matter. It remains to be seen whether the Republi can Senators will stand by the position to which the resolutions bind them. The probabilities are that they will practi cally abandon their position and confirm nominations against which no well sus tained charges arc made. The Connecticut Legislature tbs other day by a strict party vote rejected the proposed constitutional amendment pro vidtng tost Slate officers shall be elected by a plurality vote of the people. Under the present system in that State the Re pttblteans are enabled to control the State o#e> although they are decidedly in the miaoritv. They propose to hold on to ‘heM offices It It can be done hv perpeL unlng, a notoriously unjust provision, aha fi kdtoriously partisan gerrymander o# th, legislative apportionments. A Wfiabtfi|ton special says the Knights of Lkbor parts of the country are eroding sgtition- to Congress in I favor nfi the *6nuteui building the llennepl cantl. isuo deny ing the h** K4lfcM>Mbkea gl ii.-1.-1, .l - •y i.>. id Li ' hlesgs, ' SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY. MARCH 27, 1886. Showing I'p Mr. Edmunds. There was a lively time in the Judiciary Committee a day or two ago over the res olution introduced into the senate by Senator Beck to remove t'neaeal of secrecy from the Judiciary Committee so iar as to permit its proceedings in the case oi toe Duskin nomination in 1881 to he in *de public. Duskin is the Alabama ex-Uoited status Attorney whose removal gave rise to the partisan debate in the Sen ate. That the Beck resolution hit Sena tor Edmunds very hard is generally be lieved. It is said that when Duskin’s nomination was sent to the Senate by Mr. Arthur, Senator Edmunds protested against it with vigor as one wholly untit to be made. In fact, it is alleged that he went to Mr. Arthur and begged him to withdraw it. if this statement of the case is true the public ought to know it, and that there is much truth in it is believed because of the refusal of the Republican Senators to pass the Beck resolution and let the pro ceedings of the Judiciary Committee covering the consideration of the Duskin nomination he made public. Assuming that Duskin's appointment was an unfit one, and that Mr. Edmunds knew that it was unlit, does not the Ver mont Senator appear to occupy a rather unenviable position t While it is true that Duskin’s unfitness has nothing to do with the principal involved in the Senate debate, yet the fact cannot be over looked that Mr, Edmunds has forced the Senate to say that Duskin shall not be removed unless the President furnishes his reasons for suspending him. although be has in his possession ample evidence ot Duskin’s unfitness. The Irish Bills. Mr. Gladstone now announces that he will bring forward bis measures for the relief of Ireland—the home rule and land purchase bills—on April 8. They were not presented on March 22 as was ex pected. for the reason perhaps that they were not fully prepared. To prepare these bills is not an easy task, but it is easier perhaps than it will be to get them passed by Parliament. In preparing the bills the fact has to be kept in mind that they must not only be acceptable to the Irish people, but must be approved by the peo pleol England. In about all previous measures for tbe relief of Ireland the English people undertook to say what ought to be acceptable to Ireland rather than to provide something really acceptable to them. They therefore, always failed to accomplish anything sat isfactory. It is probable that Mr. Glad stone, who appears to be sincerely anx ious to crown his remarkable career with the settlement of the Irish question, is trying to frame measures which will meet with the approval of Ireland, and, at the same time, receive the sanction of Eng land. Of the two bills, that providing for the purchase of the lands of the Irish land lords presents the most difficulties. As the English taxpayers will have to fur nish the money—and it is a very pretty sum—they will want to be very certain that the benefits they will receive will he equal to, if not greater than, the sacri fices they will have to make. Doubtless in both England and Ireland April Bis being looked forward to as a very impor tant day. A Celebrated Vase. There has been an Immense amount of discussion about the “peach-blow” vase, alleged to have been bnngbt at the Morgan art sale by Mr. Walters, of Baltimore, for SIB,OOO. When it was announced that Mr. Walters was the purchaser that gen tleman published a denial. It was then denied that the purchase price was $lB,- 000. Whether tbe price was slß,ol*o or not it is pretty safe to say that the vase has received fully SIB,OOO worth of adver tising in the newspapers. The New York Times prints a state ment that tbe vase is not a “peach-blow” at all, but a “crushed strawberry,” and that it is of a kiud that is held in hut small esteem in China. It is further alleged in tbe Times' statement that it originally cost only about S2OO in gold, and that It was subsequently sold to Mrs. Morgan for $12,000. About all the New York papers have had something to say about the vase, several of them going so far as to discuss it editorially. These discussions seem io have brought out the rather remarkable fact that lu the great city of New York there isn’t any authority on vases, and that there exists a great deal of doubt whether the particular vase in question is worth SIB,OOO or only S2OO. If Mr, Walters has the vase, he has the satisfaction of knowing that it has at tracted more attSDtion, and has bad more said about it, than any other vase in the country whether it is a “peach-biow” and worth SIB,OOO or not. The Houston Home Journal says: “Anti-Prohibition papers in Georgia seem to take great delight in giving pub licity to a rumor to tbe effect that there is a movement on loot to have anew elec tion in Houston on the liquor ques tion. We hone they will take occasion to correct ths error. There is no such move ment on foot in Houston, nor is there likely to be. The people of Houston are satisfied, and have no desire for a change on this line.” Now that Pulaski county has gone for prohibition, and Dooly and Macon counties propose to follow its ex ample, no doubt the good results of tbe adoption of the law will be more conspic uous ln Houston than evsr before. The R‘publican I’niladelphia Press is compelled to admit “that the successful man among the sixteen candidates for Postmaster at Bradford is ex-M ay or (h ;s. B. Whitehead, a practical reformer, whose vigorous exiKxsure of corruption in ths polities of that city is a good assurance that he will do satisfactory work in his new position.” And then it adds, with a touch of melancholy malignity: “Mr. Whitehead Is a strong Democratic parti san. and has no Mugwump frills about him.” It is to be hoped that politlos, which Is getting to be pretty warm all over ths State, will not prevent the people from giving due attention to potatoes and other provision crops. — A diamond de a i er says that there are fully *l, w.mw.ooo worth id diamonds owned in th** 1 sited state*. M'hsn people make money I qtit’klv in ’nlning, specula ion-, or bv Ineky Invention* they uiually lnvi *t lergelv'in dia mond!!. lint they are roily roc verted into ui *nej u hen .i puli oil the purse cornea for l irally fine diamond* nre alwai* iu demand [ and are hard tv get bold of. CURRENT COMMENT, A Hlut to the Knight*. from the Chi aJo Sews (Ind.) Thus the present attitude of labor—an atti tude of pure,/ self-preservation, which is the first law of nature—l- mereiv the corollary of o.r UuM'lenlttic and outrageous tariff. But for ihe tariff * e wool 1 not wune-s Hie pres ent strife. With 'Ut the -trfe on the o her ha.ul, the evi • pro lured b* tbe tariff would be aimply monstrous aud wuolly unbearable, A Muddled Mugwump. from the Sutton Advertiser (Ind.) In all the great State of Georgia, there are now only twelve counties in which thirsty citizen* ran legally hue what they want, and yet there is no prohibition party In Georgia politics. This ns au anomaly, au<l it can’t last long. Indeed, with a Governor, ten Congress men aud a Legislature to be clectet in the f li.it is already announced tnat “a picnic for the politician.” it at hand. Ihe Bottom teas Pit. from the IF, is A inj* m Pott ( Dem.) Congress has found out, however, that New Orleans is but a few feet above the level of t he Guif, and that the bed of the river at that point is more than seventy feet below it; so tnat a brief and simple calculation gives more than fifty feetof salt water at New Orleans, even if the whom river should flow out through the Atchafalaya and ceas- to furnish so much * one drop to'the old chi’lin'd below, t he Ab hafaiaya wolf nas been seen too often. Nome other terror will have to be invented. A Demand for Courage. from, the Xeut York Timet (fat.) Now, tariff reform is a Democratic doctrine, or it is not. ft the reformers are ready to declare it such and to treat it as a party do * trine they will win to their side ail those who r gard the reform as the decisive object in national politics, and we have no doubt that in the long run they will carry the day. If it he not a Deni.H-r.tic doctrine, and if the re formers are forced to concede that, then they must either try with all their energy and skill to make it one, or they must be prepared to fram anew party on that issue. BRIGHT BITS. JUSTICE—Madame, whai have you against this man? Complainant—Well, sir. he tore my dro.s half off. “ll >w did he do it. mad s.mf ?" "stepped ou niv trail, sir, aid—” "Mit lame, that is impossible. This man is a city detective. He never go; on anvbodi’s trail i . his life, ihe prisoner is dismissed.” Chicago .Yew*. ‘■Tn at s a queer name for a hook," re marked a young iadv in a book-store to Mr. Martin. ••"’hat’s that?” he asked. "‘Letters to Deal Authors.’ I wonder wha> it it.” “Well, l can’t say, as f haven’t read it: bnt from its title I should say it was a request to the late Hugh Conway for raoro stories. — Washington Critic. No Forks for Mis Pic: Mlss Cyn'hia Mush - room—Now. pa, do he careful at dinner and don’t mortify us before Mrs. Stnvvesant Sturtevant Mrs. M.: Yes, Phinoas, do mindyour man ners, and remember our instructions about etiquette. Mr. ,\l.—Well, tbai -all rights vou kin g> ahead and arrange things to suit yourself, ’’in I'tn darned if I’P eat pic with a fork for auj iiody.— Chicago Tribune. A HIST TO rill President—“l hear you s gned Col, Snjcker’s application to the Pres ide-v v,, r •h, Kamsefiatka mission.” ‘That’s so.” “Audi nave hear I vou ahuRW hitji like s Dtckpooiset: you ad that he wan the meanest maufo the State ot Texas." ’’Tnat's so. too.” ••Then why did you s’gn his appjication!” “To get the skunk out of the country for a few years, so Texas will have aehahoeto re ■uperate a little. In igu ng tint Msonndrel’s nppliostum J qm actuated hy patriotic mo tives."— Ttxat httftln jt ■, A few ye ars xoo, when ex-Gov, Davi*. of Minnesota*' was making Somes political -perches in the central part of ihe Stale, he remained over night after one of his talk- at Mankato. Along in tbe evening, as a local historian relates t ■ at, he received a telegram from Si, Peter to thiseffest: “How Biueh will jrou charge to make a •peech for tie to-m trow night’” Presently the answer wa sent hack: ‘•Can't ted till J see how this jack-pM comes out. Will let you kuow tn the morning.” In the morning the St, Peter committee re ceived the following; ••I will come tQ-nigh’ for nothing and pay ury own expensea."— Kkihangt. At a t anvass held iu a mining district a H buftpau cried out vociferously, * i nomin ate John O'Rourke for wan o’tliiu* thu gs!” ’ref rring to some minor position op fli - ward tfebrd to be vote I for at the charter election.] ’•Oneof what -” .nquired the presid mu. ”Uh. wan o’ thim thing* jer imWu’." John O'ilo rKo? ' ask-rd a gentle man,standing near. “Pre i>e*w in flUaneigh- OTrm ** iorau litue ’ uut d# **4, the “i Mi; he’s me cousin. He’s not tirrove in this country yit, but he tuck ship Wednesday, an'he’ll be byar in time for ’lection; an’ I thought I’d have an oißce All ready tor him whin he got here!”— Tout A’ Com ooauon. There was a Rnsslam ame ovhr the sea, Just when the war was growing hot, And bis name it was Tjalikavakree— Larindoblolikanabdarot— Ivarditzstova— t-analik— Dsnerik— ▼aragobhot, A Turk was standing upon the shore. Right where the terrible Russian -roused, And he cried “Bismillah? I’m Ah El Kor- Bazsroukilgonatitosgohrosi— Gettlnpravadj— Kli ekos adli— Grivino— Blivido Jenidododotk!"—Sanserif. PERSONAL. C. P. Huntington, the railway king, says he rents two days every week. Stkphev Neal, whose mind originated and whose banda penned the fourteenth amend ment, is living at Lebanon, Ind. On am lmportast public occasions Prince Bi-narck prominently wears the Order of Christ recently bestowed upon him by the Pope. Baron nx Kounk, whose death at Wurz burg. Bavaria, liao been announced, was one at the most eminent authorities in numismat ics and heraldry. Rev. Mr. Studd, the yotiug Euglish reviva list, liaung completed bis mis-ionsrv labors at Yale, is turning bis attention to the sin ners at Harvard. Thk death is recorded of Capt. James Maurice Shipton. K. N., who served under Nelson, Duncan. Cor iwalli*. Nabler and Syd ney smith. He received the medal for ihe taking id Fort Triune, ut Martinique. K. M. Shurti.evf, the artist, draped some of Ids picture* shown in Now York la*t week with the Star* and Stripe*, on which were blood stains <dearly marked. The flag he liore in the Fnion army, and the blood wa his own, shed in battle. It is commonly remarked in France that if the Orleai s Princes were Dot so i-ch they would be the rulers of the Nation; that is, if ihey had spout their money more lavishlv they would have won a following strong enough to restore them to the throne. sir Jons a. MacDonald, tbe Canadian Premier, is seriously ill with sciatica. It is feared that ho will not tie abie to attend the House of Commons any more this session. Some fears are expressed that he is breaking up and that he possibly may aot recover. STt rstAK lives In the northwest part of London, not in a luxurious man-ion, like that of the Socialist Hyntlinan, but In a small and severely plain house, sparely fur m-hori. Ho is a heavily built man of hand some face and polished manner*, and alwavs drosses in simple black. Prince Mai.com Khan, the Persian Am h***ador, now in Kngland, ha- arrauged a new -ysietn of Oriental cattgraphy, which, while preserving all the Oriental forms, docs away w th the fantastic change* of form, and m ikes Oriental script almost as easy reading as European. Tbe Shah'S heir-apparent ha* commenced his travel*. His mind it Ut be tmproved—as U s father’* wa* a few years two—by a little visit to Kuropean capital*. He I* to nuke a sort of circular tour of w hich fsindoa will be 'he furthest point from his father’s palace at lioino. At present ho is in • onstauttnople, hut his stav there will be abort. Gen Avekii.l recently aaid: “Buell is one ol the unique oh-raoicrt oi the w ir. Robert E. Lee in the old regular army, was in the habit of calling George Jt, Th onast.orinlhian rii.ima*. iie-ans- ot h!* peficctlou Id military manhood. The Corinthian shift and capita'l were tbe most p'rfee tn arehitesinre. As I'hoiuas we* Corinihian. iliinll might have is*, a caJL and Doric line I. Ho wa* aiuipisr aud •larnor, but perfcul m Urn wa*.” MIKE CONNOR’S CAT. Little Black Tom, who ia an Offensive Partisan and Performs Tricks. from the Philadelphia Times. “Did you ever Bee a trained cat?” asked Mike Connor, a* he stroked a little black fe line that stood on the bar of his saloon at the corner of Thirty-eighth and Market streets on Saturday afternoon. ’Tom,’’ he continued, removing hia hand from tbe eat. “you look sick.” The little ani mal dropped down on it* side an ! stretched out its leg* as though suffering great pain. “Poor puas, I’m afraid you’re going to die.” The legs became rigid, tbe eves closed aud to all appearance thecal was dead. ’’Hats!' yelled Connor. Like a flash the cat was on its legß, its back arched and every hair on end. "Lookfor’em.”and the little animal dashed back and forth over the bar like a black comet. At another word of command it slopped short, and Its trainer produced a long, keen-edged butcher knife. Holding the edge towurds p .s, lie said: “Now. see if that knife is sharp.” It sat up on its haunches and stretching out one paw it passed it gently down the keeu edge of ihe blade, it theD ex amined the blade with Doth paws, while the little black head was cocked off at one si ie and almost a human look of intelligence shone from the snapping eyes. Mkeis a Democrat, and'so is the cat. The form-r placed a Republican newspaper at one end of the bar and asked puss if it would like to read the bsws. Pus took one hasty glance ot the paper and then savagely tore it to pieces with its teeth and claws. Then Mike placed another newspaper at the other end ot the bar and told puns that that was a Democratic organ and puss curled up on the sheet, purred softly and went to Hleep. An Overworked Word. f row. Ihe Chicago S'turn. We wake up aud make up, We rake up and fake up, And ue the word "up” when we can; We drink up and Ihiok up, We kink up and shrink up, And do up a shirt or a uiau. We slack up and back up. We stack np and whack up, And ho and up a man or an ace: We beerup and cheer up, We steer up and clear np, And work up ourselves or a casa We walk np and talk up, We sta'k up and chalk up. And everywhere "up” ’s to be heard: We went up and set np, Bu* hanged if we let np On ’’up,’’ the much overworked word. Sending Longfellow a Patron. from the Boston Record. The Historian has this item of solid fact to day: The es-euce ve ider who called upon l.'.ngfellow for poetry' to be paid forme-- senccs, and whose story is good naturedly told by the poet In his journal, applied first to au- O'her New bngl nd poet at bis home In the country. He introduc 'd himself a9 a Pro fessor of essences, and modestly requested the poet to make h m an epitaph for his deceased wi'e. to be paid for in “sass ifras, checker erry or peppermint.” He had put npastone—be gave its weight and dimensions, and a 1 that was wanitug was the muse's part. Tbe poet repl ted: ”1 %m very busy just now, but there is a man down in • nmbridse who writes poetry some time-. Have you ever heard of Longfellow?” •”eems to me I have heard ’o him. I am going to be in Catnbr dge to-morrow, and I’ll call on him. Good 'lay,” said the essence ped er, "and I’m much o’bleeged to you.” A Codfish Aristocrat in Chicago, from the Chicago Herald. “What i* the booking to New York?” in quired a young man w ith a queer-shaped hat on hi* head ami a drawl in his voice, as he stood before the ticket window of an Eastern railroad “Seventeen dollars,” said ;he ticket agent. “You mean—aw—three pound ten, eh?” “No, I mean sl7. I don’t kuow anything about your three poun’ ten. Ttcset.” “Y-a-a-s, you may book me. But three poun’ ten is too deuced much, doncher know; too awfully much. Does that include me lug gage!” He was informed that his luggage would be carried, and started off to look after it. with his one-eye glass elevated towards the roof of the station house. ••That chap must be an Englishman,” re marked the ticket agent. ” Engli-hrnan. the devil!” replied the break man wtio chanced to be standing by. I know that young codfi-h. He was born on a canal boat down here near Joliet, and his dad got rich buying bogs ” The Minister Was Not Dt-concerted. from the BooD n Record. Oneof the abiest elergymen in Maine has the habit of often miking a pens* of several minutes in Ihe midst of hi* remark*. Tnisis seldom embarra-aing to nimelf or hi* audi ence, for when he resume* there is always something good enough to juetify the wait. One Sunday a short time since he made an exchange of pulpit*, anti during hi* prayer he made one of ms accustomed pause.*. The or ganisl had not perhips been paying that strict attention shieh organists in general are ac customed to pay. He had. no doubt, been dreaming of some symphony w hich ha* never yet been vouchsafed to morals to interpret. But the solemn silence ron-ed him from his reverie. He listened. The stillness w.a gain ing; the prayer was apparently done. His hands sought the keys and music fioate I upon the a.r. The congregation wa* sompwh.it agitated, but not so Ihe reverend gentleman, lie waited until the last strain dud awav. and beginning. “We further beseech thee. O Lord,” went ou. and brought ihe prayer to Its proper conclusion. Again the tones of the organ were heard, bnt thi* tune more softly sweet than before. The organist was now wide awake, but he preferred to poor fourth his soul in the minor key. Grover Cleveland’s Kulldogs. Waehinaton Letter io the Indian a pole Journal. Oneof Mr. Cleveland’s old Buffalo friends wa* m town thi* week, and wa* asked bv your correspondent for some fact* in hi* early career that would be interesting at this time He replied: “There were no fact* in his earlv carerr. Cleveland s career was the moat uneventful of any man’s I ever knew. He got up in the morning from his room in Main street and proceeded to Louis Boost’s fur his breakfast with the utmost regularity, and was always accotupa led by the home!test, meanest, and most uucanny specimen of a bulldog that ever lived in Buffalo.” •"'as be much attached to dog*?” “No. I do not think he was; but he had one little animal that was hia constant companion until a homely white brute belonging to Fay ette Cook took that 'log one illuming and chewed him all up. C eveland swore ven geance, an 1 sent around to Dean Wilson, the dog-lighter, prize.figh-er. co k-fighter, and every other kind of fighter, and gave tutu orders to purchase the wickedest bulldog that he conld come across. The result, w;t* that •Grove’wa* soon supplied with the meanest crinunal in Buffalo, and Fayette Cook’s dog wa* i hewed all to pieces that night t sup pose that that cursed bur of Cleveland’s h and more fights on h.s programme during the vear that Cleveland owned him than any other canine that ever existed ” Trying to Nave tho Dog. Br id ford Diepatch to the Philadelphia Timet. While the ti e was raging on Sunday morn ing in the Stewart building, at Main ami Kennedy street*, ihe attention of a number of *vnanathetlr edi/sti* w* drawn lo a dog that was vitble in the second-story Window of the burning building. Tbe animal t *ti|| and looked out on the crow and with the express ion of one lhat had lost all hope. “Oh! won’t somebody please save that dear, noble dog?” said an sntliuslMtic youug wo man. “It’s Couacllnan Greenwald’s dog,” was the only reply *he got, and tbe man who knew whose dog It was ato Idly kept on pu-b --ing through tbe crowd In a manner that the young woman thought very barbarous and unfeeling. “Well, if it is Councilman Greenwald's dog that is no reason whv it should surt'sr such a horrible death.” said the kind-hearted wo man, and she public 1 through the crowd to where a fireman was standing waning for furl her orders. “Won’t you please rescue that dog in the photograph gallery?" *aid she. imintlng. Sue was pretty, aud the fireman imme diatoly became interested in the dog. II seized a ladder aud placed it against the burning wall at the riak of his lif;. Then ns climbed till he stood at tbe top and gazed in through tho window, where tbe nog .mi *e-mud to stare death In the face. The *a*h wa* down, aud he stnnahed the panes iu short order. Then, just at he wae reaching in for tbe dog. he drew hack and uttered au excla mation of disgust. The young ‘ady. who bad ad nr red the noble expression on tbe dog’s face, shouted, “Nave him! save Inm!" but tbe fireman *hoov h * head, came down, and only said as he reached tbe ground: “Terra-cotta." •Three rhecr* for the young lady and the fireman, anyhow," said a bystander. Ass they were given, too. ITEMS OF EVEREST. The potato, introduced England in the | ye>.rl6no, was first eaten* * sweetmeat, 9iewed in sack wine <id st>r. j The Bishop op Fetejiro says that of 6.000 livings in private pipnage in Eogland no less than 2.000 arc freently in the mar | ket. The exportation of urashed wool from the Argentiue Republic It year was to the value of *32,0 0,000. Wi growing in that country is its cMef tndiry, aad is rapidly increasing in importance The Audubon Soeietynamed after the great naturalist), fonndeon New York last February, is rapidlv inciaing its member ship in all parts of the routrv. The pur poses of ihe society are tcrevent the killing of any wild bird not used -r food, the taking or destroying of the eggs (nests of any wild Birds, and the wearing of a feathers of wild birds. Cedar county, lowa, h a lawsuit which is fatal to lawyers. The st originally arose on a disputed account of , but which now involves costs to the amounof $l5O A law yer by the name of Coats bttghttbe suit and died; it was defended by.awyer Ingham, who died; < oats was succeed by Lawyer Yates, who and ed. and not Lawyer Cloud takes Ingham's place. The new system of eulistwat tried as an experiment in the BritisbGusrds, under which the men have virtual the option of serving foe 3,7, 12, or 21 yea with the colors, has turned out most *uco*ful. All three reg nients are considerky above their strength, while a large prewrtion of the men enlisted for three years’ cots service are ex ten ling their term, i he remits obtained are of excellent physique. A telegram from Khakrovka in the Rus sian papers states that tlvproprielors of land In the Amour region hpe resolved to con struct a line of railway *om Baikal to Stre tensk. Another messau gives tbe informa tion that the Chinese pops have complelely and spersed the maraudie hands around the goldmtneaof Argonn and Jeltunga. They ai o seized their proviions. AH the. prison ers were decapitated ad their corpses scat tered along the road. The Russian workmen hastilv quitted the spt, starving and badly clothed. A memorial to theMeatenant Governor of ! Bengal on the sauitiion of Calcntta is now ; in circulation. It ks been signed by all j classes of the popultion and by the entire body of iocs! phvsicius, and states that since I the year Is*l eholex has swept awav more than 20,000 people in talcutta and it* suburbs, that in mime subu-bn wards tbe death rate has stool at to in te 1,000, and that during the decade of 1575 to BS4 out of a population of 257,000 in the suhrbs no fewer than half have perished. The jemorial points out that ! this mortality is Cleary traceable to defective ! sanitation. Ex-Secretary Bilknaf is still a devoted 1 resident of Washinfton. which he seldom leavee, as he finds hi law practice a constant j pre-occupation. H< lives at the Arlington hotel.and is a familar figure at the Capitol, where his erect aid soldierly bearing and ! genial face attract tto attention of strangers. ] to whom he is pointet out as one of the great i celebrities of the evil war and the Gram administration. Lite most men who have j been prominently ideiiified with political life, he continues to tak a great interest in it, without, however, tbe deairc to again engage in the conflict. Outside of Omdurmau. the little town op posite Khartoum, on the spot where tht Mahdt’s tent stood ind where he is buried, i simple monument has been raised to bn memory. It Is in the form of a round tower, about, fourteen and a half feet in diameter, built of stones and bricks The wall is white washed on the outside, and an inscription is pamt-don it in large black letters setting on' that the “Amuassador of God" res s be neath. Within the tower is the grave, on which the Mahdi’s sword and silver helmet are placed. Four dervishes watch continually by the grave, reciting prayers. W arnek Bros., corset manufacturers, have commenced the erection of a building in Bridgeport, Conn., to cost S?S 0 0, for the free use of the 1,000 girlsemployed in theirfactory. The building will be about 70 feet square and three stories high. Tbe first story will he de voted to a restaurant, where goo'l meals will tie furnished at cost. The second sto-y will contain a large reading room and library, conversation room, music room, hath room and lavatory. Tne third etory will contain a large hall, seating 600, a small hal , seating 150. and class rooms, where evening c'asses in singing, pi nmanship, drawing, bookkeeping, fancy needlework, etc., will be taught. The FKtiait dogs which have a village oppo-ite the snake bouse in the Philadelphia •Zoo” got into a terrible fight on Saturday. After the battle was over two of them were found dead on the fle!d, hterallv torn to pieces These little fellows, who can be seen dodging up from their burrows in the ground and then down again a-quick a- a flash, are peculiarly savage at this time of vear. There are fifty-live or gixtv of themin' the village. They divide off into factions and deliberately go t<> battling with each other until one side or the Other ha- to succumb. The tight on -aturday la-'ed an houran t wa*accompanied liv the usual narking notae, intensified in sound by their anger. The following are tbe requirements for a truly good, pure, potable water, as prescrib ed by a scientific tomm ssion in Belgium a short time ago: (I) It must be clear and transparent; ($) it must lie of agreeable taste, and not warmer than 15 deg. C.; (3) it must contain some air and some carbonic arid; (*i it should not contain more than 20 milligrams of organic matter per litre; (Si it should not contain more than 0.5 milli.-ram ammonia per Hire; (6 it should not contain alga-, infu soria. or bacteria; <7" upon addition of nme cane-sugar no bacteria must be developed; 8) the water should not contain nitrites nor sulphuretted n-trogen. and not give u precip itate wth sulph.de of ammonium: (fl) it should not contain more per litre than 0.5 gram mineral salts. The Court of Cassation in Rome gave judg ment rscen'ly in an extraordinary case. On Sept. 22, 1884, the Advocate Nicolas went from Siano to Rome, having with him a small box con'aming a parcel of sugar weighing 300 grammes fabout 10K oz. . The octroi oflicera at the city gates demanded 4 centim-s octroi duty and 1 centime stamp duty. Thi* ttie Advo cate at first refused, because the law exempts from duty all parcels under 400 graroms-. but he finally paid under protest, and forthwith commenced an action again*tthe Roman mu nicipality for repayment of the 5 centimes. He was successful, but ths municipalitv au- I e ded. and, alili ugh he wa* ag .in and again successful, the cate was carried on at last bv the t unic pality to the Court of Cassation, which uas given judgment for Signor Nicola* with coet* against the municipality amount ing to ’’,s OOf. • A N. Kellogg, the originator of tho sys tem of auxiliary printing for eountrv news papers (patent insides; died at Tompkina ville, Ga.,ou Tuesday. He wa* born in 1834, aud graduated from Columbia College inlNSil In 1-61 ho wa* publishing ihe Barrai.qo (Wi*.) Republic, a Weekly. His assistant enlisted one dav and went nway to the war. Mr. Kellogg found, at the day of i*ue approached, that lie could not al me hare the paper ready for press. An inspiration came to him. Resent to Ihe Daily Journal of Madison an order for half-sheet supplements to fold in whh his own half sheet*. Ihev came, and as he folded them another thought came also, if tbe two . half sheets were together a* a whole sheet the paper would I*-just area i a >.ie a * thougli it had *ll been primed In his ollioe, and the cost would be far less. His next order to the Dally journal wa* for war news pnutedon 1 one side of a full sheet. Instead of on I both sides of a half sheet. In hi* ! ofilce at Barraboo Mr. Kellogg filled i up with his own news the blank side of i ihe sheets ’truck off l n Madison, and on ! Julv 10, 1861, he Issued the first auxiliary Piper. He continued to print in ihlaway i until 186.., aud the Daily J u -of continued to ' Increase the number of it* outsldo customer* ! until it -tipp led thirtv country paper* a* it had eupp cd Mr. Kellogg. 1 n 18*5 Mr. Kel logg went into the hosim-w himself at Chi cago. lie determined to supply ths very best of reading matter and news to country paper*. 8o well did he succeed lu this that at the time of bi death the Kellogg New*, paper Company was furnishing auxiliary sheets to 1 conn'ry paper*, with ofßces In 1 ' tticugn, st, Ix>uK Cleveland. KaisaeClty. M tnphis and New York. There ate Ho or IfOdifferent 'ylcs of these sheet* published, embracing every conceivable variety o! m -tt-r, -re. ti p- and quality. Mr. Kellogg’s j dealh will make no difference In the firm, * hi* interest will remain a* it Is for the benefit of h' fatally. Be leave* a widow and two daughters. 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