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louev.
The sentiment in Georgia in favor of
having the Gubernatorial office seek the
man is evidently Increasing.
It is believed that Rome ol' the able
campaign prevaricators have gone to
Kota Scotia to spend the summer.
So it seems that ex-Senator David Davis’
carbuncle at last became discouraged
owing to the magnitude of its tasK.
What seems to be needed now is a con
stitutional amendment declaring that the
right ot civil and military officials to re
sign shall not be infringed.
While the people are exercised on the
Bacon and anti-Bacon question, it is to
b<> hoped that the farmers will not nesr-
Itct their hog and hominy crops.
It seems to be a pertinent question
about now whetb ■ Senator Ingalls hired
a substitute or plead the baby act during
the war. Ho is a great sootier at scars.
Since ex-President Arthur’s health is
improving, be will, no doubt, gradually
recover his flesh, and so bis 86 pairs of
elegant trousers need not be thrown
away.
It now appears that the celebrated
American bicyclist, Stevens. ts a British
subject in disguise, and has been able to
100 l everybody except the Russian offi
cials on the Persian frontier.
The “questions of the hour” are increas
ing in number and importance. Among
the number are “Does prohibition pro
hibit?” “Does protection protect?”
“Does Iveely’s motor mote?” and now
••Does evolution evolve?”
The friendly Apache Indians are said
to be buying arms. It seems that tb"
hostiles get all the arms and atnmuuition
they want without having to huy them.
The soldiers and ranchmen appen ■ to be
more generous in supplying the hostiles
than the friendly kindred of the latter
are.
Gov. Swinelord. of Alaska, wants a
Territorial government to be organized in
which the Indians shall be allowed to
vote. He will probably draw the line at
seals, although the latter are doing al
most infinitely more in developing the
country and sustaining the revenues than
the Indians.
The Montana cattlemen may goon get
the country in as bad a stew with Canada
as that which has been inaugurated by
the New England fishermen. It is stated
that several thousand cattle have been
driven into the Northwest Territory
ranges, and the Canadian cattlemen dou’t
like such Dee and easy neighbors.
It is feared that Gen. Fremont’s me
moirs were destroyed in the Are at
Chicago the olher day. If this is true it
is a misfortune not only to the country,
but the author as well. It is surmised
that the hook contained valuanie histori
cal and geographical data, not to mention
the General’s much needed vindication.
The late Emma of the Sandwich
Islands !elt nearly all her property to
charitable institutions, and sober alleged
descendants in America got left. She
wanted to p nvide tor the stipp .rt of the
missionaries whose predecessors used to
provide tor the support ot her cannibal
predecessors.
It i stated that the Sublime I’nrte is
not at all alarmed at the prospect ol war
witli Greece. It tliiuhtleK* lelt vrr* much
frightened, however, When it was an
noiitieed that the truce bud been pro.
loaned, as a good manv ot its troors have
been killed wuile exchanging friendly
salutes wiiu the Hellenes.
The I 'eitiocta!iechance s for controlling
the lieu I'nito 1 Matos Senate seem to be
restricted to New York. Se.v Jersey and
Counectiout, two of woiub stale, must
elect Democratic Senators to give the |iar*
ty a bare majority in taut body. I', looks
now like the chances ul gaining Senator*
from all three ot these States are moder
ately good.
The opinion has been expresod by some
that tin? asphalt pavement on Broughton
•treet wouldn’t stand the heat of our
summer. There is good reason for think
tog that this opinion is not well founded.
It ia a matter worthy of notice that the
projajrty holders on St. Charles street,
New Orleans, are congratulating them
selves on the durability ot the asphalt
pavement which covers that avenue on
both sides of the neutral ground from Let*
Uircle to Carrollton, a distance ot seven
miles, making one ot the prettiest drives
in the world. This pavement has only
recently been laid at great expense, and
arorkera declared that It would not stand
the heat of a New Orleans summer, but
rsccnlly It successfully withstood the heat
oouiiiig (ram a burning saw and planing
mill, which was so great a* to set Ore to
***m>.4. iWOfict distant
| The Cotton Trade o f the Cotton Ports
New Orleans is thoroughly alarmed
about the falling oil in her cotton trade.
It is certainly time. For years the per
centage of the cotton crop handled by her
(actors has steadily decreased, although
| the production of the territory naturally
I tributary to her has steadily increased.
New Orleans is just as good a cotton '
market as she ever was. There is plenty
ot capital there for handling cotton, and ;
the compresses cannot be surpassed. The j
factors are obliging, and every elf -rt is j
made to give satisfaction to those who I
consign cotton to them. The cotton I
planters have only one tault to dnd with I
! Newt >rleans. It is that the factors, com
i press owners, stevedores, and others who
have a part in the handling of cotton,
( have an idea that they ought to have all
i tlie profit there is in it.
The charges for handling cotton in New
i Orleans, and Tor advances, were at one
time enormous. They are still very
heavy, although they are much lower now
than they were a few years ago. The
cotton planters patronize New Orleans
only so long as they are compelled to.
When they have a chance to transfer t heir
business to some other place they do so
without much hesitation.
At last, the New Orleans cotton handlers
have waked up to the fact that if they
don’t want to lose all their cotton trade
they have got to handle cotton as cheaply
as it is being bandied in interior towns.
They can do this, ot course, but they ob
ject strongly to giving up the big protits
they have been enjoying so long.
The first thing they propose to do is to
find out what the least cost of handling
cotton in the interior towns is. Having
done this they will undertake to make it
to the interest of planters to send their
crop directly to New Orleaus
The New Orleans (actors have on sev
eral occasions undertaken to secure a re
duction of the cost of handling cotton in
thatcity. but have always failed, because
of the refusal of some of those interested
in the business to submit to a reduction in
their charges. Finally, however, those
who have stood out tor big prices have seen
that the planters do not intend to give
away all that is profit in their crops, and
finding they cannoi get what they want
are showing a disposition to take what
they can get.
New Orleans without her cotton trade
would not amount to much. Within the
last few years her imports and exports
have fallen off many millions of dollars
aonually. Neither wholesale nor re
tail trade is anywhere near as great as it
was, because St. Louis and Chicago have
gone into her territory and have almost
captured it. It is highly important,
therefore, for New Orleans, if she hopes
to maintain her present commercial im
portance, that she should hold on to her
cotton trade, and to recover, if possible,
what she has lost of it.
Other cotton ports are not much better
otf than New Orleans is so far as their
cotton trade is concerned. Savannah,
for instance, has lost much of her cotton
trade and it might be advisable for those
engaged in the cotton business here to
tollow the example of New Orleans, and
take steps looking to the reduction of
t he cost oi handling cotton here that would
prevent our cotton trade trom going to In
terior points or other ports. Of course, if
anything of this kind is attempted all
who are interests in the handling
of cotton must consent to reductions
iu their charges before there can be any
hope of success. Savannah, being almost
without manufactories, is largely depend
ent for her prosperity on her cotton trade.
There is only one way to retain this trade,
and that is by making it to the advantage
of planters to send their cotton here.
Greece’s Time to Strike.
It seems that the tecent skirmishing
along the Oreek frontier was accidental
rather than intentional. A statement is
received through Greek sources that the
tiring was begun by the Turks, but not at
the Greeks. It seen.s that the Turkish
soldiers are dissatisfied because they are
poorly fed, and have not been paid for a
long time. They, therefore, improve every
opportunity that presents itself to desert.
The firing which provoked hostilities was
at deserters, and the Greeks, not under
standing it, construed it to be an attack
upon their lines. They, therefore, re
turned (he fire, and an engagement was
brought on in that way.
It is thought not to be improbable that
there will be other skirmishes between
the Turks aud Greeks in Greek territory
controlled by ihe Turks during the pro
gress ot the retirement ol the Turkish
forces. The Turks being in a half-starved
condition, and the Turkish government
being without the means to pay them, or
to relieve their wants, they will break up
into little bands and live bv plundering
tueGreeks. Of course, acts of th s kind
j will provoke retaliatory measures, and as
the Turkish authorities are without the
necessary means to protect the people
the people will have to protect them
selves. The skirmishes, however, will
not in all probability be of sufficient im
portance to att-aet the attention of the
powers.
Tae Greeks seem to find some comfort
in the ozar’e speech to the Russian (l et
in the Black Sea. While tnev do not
know exactly wnat interpretation to put
upon it, they regard it as being in some
way indicative ot a purpose on the nart of
tue * zar to take a view of what is known
as the eastern question different from that
entertained by other powers of Kurope.
Russia wants a part of the Ottoman Em
pire, and proposes to have ft at no very
distant day. When Russia gets ready to
aot, the time for Greece to strike for what
she has ueen so long claiming will have
arrived.
There can scarcely he a question in the
minds of intelligent men that the law of
demand and supply will regulate the la
bor question eventually, no matter what
temporary artificial influences may be
brought to bear on it. There now seems
to be an ample supply ol labor In the
country. It appears tone badly distrib
uted. however. When it becomes proper
ly adjusted and distributed, there is every
reason to believe that the demand will
Increase. Already immigration is falling
offof its own acoord, and It would scent
that any further restrictive laws than we
have are unnecessary, and might prove
to lie unjust, and even injurious to the
country.
It Is an absorbing question now whether
Augusts bus mr* respect (or a hero of
; the war than the average town lias for a
I base ball umpire. Let lit* question be
I submitted to aihiUaUou.
SAVANNAH MORNING N*EWS: SATURDAY. MAY 29. 1886.
Tlie President’s Marriage.
Miss Frankie Folsom, the lady to whom
| the President is to be married, has reach
ed New York from Europe. She was met
| on the steamer by the President’s private
secretary. The marriage will take place
next Wednesday.
1 1 is not easy to understand why the
President has maintained silence about
the matter. A simple statement of the
truth would ttave prevented a great deal
of the speculation about it that has ap
peared in the newspapers.
The wedding will be a very quiet one,
not only because the President is opposed
to display, but. also, because of tne re
cent death of Miss Folsom’s grandfather.
There is a story in Washington that the
President had no thought of marriage
when he tqok possession of the White
House. He believed he could get along
there as a bachelor pretty much the same
way that he got along in the Guberna
torial mansion at Albany, N. V'. He soon
found out, however, that the social side
of the administration was of far more im
portance than he had any idea of. His
sister, Miss Rose Cleveland, who came to
his assistance, did her part very well, but
it was apparent from the outset that the
place was not attractive to her, and that
its duties were not congenial. She likes
books more than society, and she found
that in Washington her social duties oc
cupied about all oi her time.
There is another thing, it is alleged, that
induces tne President to get married. It
is that he and bis sister differ widely with
regard to certain matters concerning
which it is necessary there should be
harmony. One of these matters is that
Miss Cleveland, being a strong advocate
of temperance, could not conceal her hos
tility to wine at the White House. It is
said that guests at the Vv bile House table,
seeing her wine glasses unused, frequent
ly ret used to touch wine out of regard tor
her.
it is a somewhat remarkable fact that
Miss Cleveland has not been at the White
House tor several weeks, and it is sus
pected that she does not expect to return
there again soon. Whether she ever
goes back there or not she has the satis
faction of knowing that she has the sin
cere respect of the Washington people.
It is probable that the White House will
be much gayer next winter than it was
the past social season. Miss Folsom is
beautiful, attractive and in every way
fitted for the high position which she will
occupy. It is probable that the White
House dinners in the luture will not be
the dull affairs those of the past year are
reported to have been.
Two Things the South Needs.
The protection sentiment in the South is
not very strong. It is round in localities
where there are interests which are pro
tected, and which a few think cannot
exist without protection. The great mass
of the people, however, understand that
the right sort of a reform of the tariff
would be greatly to their interests. Even
the managers of some of the Southern fac
tories readily admit that they can get
along as well without protection as with
it.
The Dunn hill providing for free ships,
which has been debated in the House this
week, is a good bill for the South. It tUe
way were open for the purchase of ships
where they can be purchased cheapest the
South would soon own enough ships to
carry her cotton to market aud bring hack
the goods which the South buys in other
countries.
There was a time when the South was a
large owner ol ships. That was during
the low tariff period. Ships were cheap
then compared with what they are now.
Southern ships and Southern sailors were
on every sea.
In 1820 Savannah owned very nearly
as much tonnage as either New York,
l’biludelpbla or Boston. She did a large
ocean carrying trade. Fortunes are still
held in families in this city, the founda
tions of w hieh were obtained in that trade.
Some of the most substantial of the old
residences of the city show that the mer
chants were the possessors of a great
deal of wealth in those days.
Savannah’s glory as a ship-owning
port departed with the enactment of pro
tective tariff and unjust shipping laws.
About all the ships that are owned in this
country now are owned in the large
Northern cities.
There is no doubt that a tariff for rev
enue and free ships would help greatly to
promote the prosperity of the South. The
protective tariff and the present naviga
tion laws help to build up the Eastern
States at the expense of the Southern anil
Western States.
The New York Commercial Bulletin de
nounces the averuge Congressional pa
triot, and says: “We are driven to the
conviction (bat in the light both of recent
and present experiences this word “patri
otism” has no longer Its original meaning,
but that, as it is now employed in and out
of the hails ol legislation as a convenient
cover for the operations o! political ban
ditti and spoilsmen, with their confeder
ates ol the lobby, it is about time It was
expunged from the dictionary. It has a
had reputation, and hence we repeat there
is no reason wuy mankind should e any
longer deceived or led astray by It.” The
Bulletin docs not tuke the proper view of
the matter. Wbat the country should do
is to preserve the word in its purity, and
expunge the bogus patriots.
Gen. iiOgan. it seems, has bit on a
shrewd dodge to cheat his better half out
ot the credit due her for doing bis literary
work tor him. Here is a version of a
story which originated iu Providence the
other day: Speaking of his book and the
criticism upon it, be said that a friendly
reader of the proof sheets had called bis
attention to several sentences of his rough
hewn English, and suggested their
amendment. But I told him, said the
General, that that would not do, “I put
them in myself on purpoae, and if 1 had
not the confounded newspapers would
have said that 1 did not write it myself.”
This was entirely satisfactory and they
were allowed to remain.
Capt Saunders and ex-I’resident Davis
got the drop on the Mount Vernon, N. Y.,
Grand Army people, but they are gener
ous in victory. They have not yet asked
the recalcitrant patriots, who wanted to
violate the constitution of the order, to
resign.
It would appear that our Americau
navy Is not altogether unworthy of con
ti lence and respect, as It is deemed rea
sonably prudent to allow the North At
lantic squadron to lakn part In the Deco
ration day exercises at New York.
CL'IIKENT COMMENT.
Learning Common Sense.
from the Se.ro York Timet 'if ttg.)
When the representatives of 40,000 working
| men in Philadelphia petition for free wool in
j the professed belief that it will promote the
employment of lalior on tho one hand and
[ lessen the cost of living on the oilier, the
charmed circle of the protectionists is broken,
; and we Imlleve- tnar, <>n>*c broken, it can never
jbe again welded, We have held for a long
tnno ihut when the workingmen and the,
manufacturers began to exumine coolly the
i n ' al eflect of the high tariff noon their inter
ests the begfmung of the end would be at
i hand. This is bow coming to pass.
Vindicates! by a Republican Spy.
I rom the, I’!/Padelphio Serna { Rep.)
! In denying a ridiculous utterance said to
j lie attributed to Jeff Davis by somebody or
°’ h erfrom Carlisle. Fa.. Col. Fred I. Mm-eey,
of the Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette, says
he s surq Jeff couldn’t have slid anything
belligerent without being over-neard, as he
paid a ehort-hiitid reporter to follow him’
around and cake down evert tiling lie said.
1 Ins was enterprising to say the least And
vet. how Mr. ILivis must shudder when he
realizes that he never opened hi* mouth with
out Col. Mussey’syoung m in being right there
w uting for a chance to jab his, Mr. Davis’,
foot into it. ’ 1
Settling the Mormon Question.
From, the B.tUimore. Sun ' Pern.)
1 he question of jurisdiction seems to us the
important one to settle. Jf, as has time and
again been said, Congress his not the power
to punish as criminals those who under a re
ligious guise practice a Bystem like that of
India and Egypt, and no redress is left to out
raged civilization except the exclusion of the
territory from the dignity of a State, then
we must of course bend to ihe inevitable.
But if. as the committee tells us, Congress
has the right, but not the power, so deeply
rooted is the evil, it is a confession of weak
ness we are loth to acept, and the country
will be slow to ratify or believe.
Randall’s Repunltcau Reliance.
From the Sew York Tribune (Rep.)
Mr. Morrison appears to be making war
against Mr. Randall in his own territory.
Here are sundry Pennsylvania editors of
Democratic journals who meet in solemn con
clave and resolve that they are in favor of Mr.
Morris in’s bill. Then comes the Samuel J.
Randall association of some ward in Phila
delphia. which formally resolves that Mr.
Randall, by reison of his uniting with Repub
licans to defeat a oil! to which the Democratic
party stands pledged by its platform, hasren
derea himself unworthy of a re-election. All
this is nice, but Mr. Morrison may take notice
that the chances are about a thousand to one
that Mr. Randall will turn up the Democratic
member from his district next year, if any
Democrat can get elected there.
bright bits.
To TIIE henpecked nushand life is a fowl
existence . Philadelphia Gerald.
The chaps that raise the most dust when
they strike are carpet-beaters .—Boston
Courier.
A striker who was found with two cans of
tomatoes in his pockets was arrested for
carrying can-sealed weapons. —Lowell Citizen.
“Now. my lad,” said Prof. Booselv to a
youngster in Ihe arithmetic class, ’ if I ha 1 *5
how would I reduce it to cents-” “By get
ting whiskvs with it, profes-or,” was the little
lad’s reply.— lndianapoli* Herald.
“Hi lives above his station,”
Was what the people -aid;
And true—he was the depot man,
And lived up over-head.
Yonkers Gazette.
Lightning struck the residence of W, H.
Tears, of Eau Clare, Wie . lasi week, anil de
molished it entirely. Those who have te *rs to
she 1 will please send the shed to Mr. Tears
until he can build anew house.— Sewman In
dependent. -
“Father, do they throw physic to the dogs
in the hydrophobia season?”
“No, my child. That advice was given
when drugs were cheaper than thev are now,
and the apothecarv found it hard work to sell
his medicine.”— B at .n Budget.
“What Is that Bicycle Man doing, father?
See! he has Jumped Forward from his Wheel
and is punuig his Face to the Earth. Is he
Kissing it?”
“vo, my son; the Man has his Ear to the
Earth. He i Listening. He thought he heard
Something Drop.”— Detroit Free Frets.
“When I hear stories of odd prayers,” said
a certain colonel, "I alwavs thiaifc of one 1
neard offered by an old darkey down on ship
Gland during the war. He prayed; “Oh.
Lord, ransack de worl’ ail ober on a white
horse, and gib us all charitv like bounding
brass and a simple tingle!”— Exchange.
A young man in Toledo died from eating
32 raw egg*. He deserved his fate. He should
not have made agluiton of himselr. Twenty
live raw eggs are enough for sni young man
at one meal, and unless he oversleeps himself
and has only five minutes to get down to the
office on time he had better wait until they
are cooked. —Sorristoron Gerald.
“Yks,” said Mr. Sharp, “I’ve been plaving
the detective. I went to Montreal disguised
as a oank robber, made the acquaintance of
my cashier who robbed me ot ssoo, became
bis bosom rriemi, won all mv money back plav
ing poker, and here I am. It’s enough sight
cheaper than extradition, and more satiafac
tory and expeditious.”— Lowell Citizen.
Hostess (Sunday morning in Washington)
—ls toere any particular minister you would
like to hear preach, Penelope?
Penelope visiting from Boston)—Well, if
you don’t mind, auntie. 1 would like to hear
one of the foreign ministers. lam quite pro
lieient in languages, von know.— Tid-Bits.
English Tramp—l ’aven’t ’ad no food to
day, sir, an' I can ’ard y ’old mv ’ead up.
Won’t yon give me some’elp, an ’eaven will
reward von, ir.
Benevolent Citizen—Here’s a dime.
English Tramp—A dime won’t go far, sir.
What, ’ad a ’ungry man better buy?
Benevolent Citizen—l think vou had better
huy yourself an If as a starter.—Sift
ings.
One of our prominent business men i fre
quently detained until a late hour bv the
pre-*ure of business(?l. This morning his
wife said to him:
"That was a splendid play, last night, wasn't
it?”
"What plnv, my dear?”
“The one you attended with Miss Nebblns.”
“Whv—l—vou are mistaken, my dear.”
“Oh, don’t think I’m angry, John. I wan
also 'here and I had such a pleasant escort.”
“The devil!”
“Oh dear no. He was a perfect gentleman
and 1 enjoyed his coinpauv as much as I did
ih" nlay.”
“Zounds madam! What right have vou to
attend a theatre in company with another
Ilian?”
“The same right that you have to attend a
theatre in coni pan' with another woman."
"Who was the villain?"
“My father.”— Chicago Sun.
PKItHONAU
R. F. Knowi.es. the loom manufacturer, ot
Worre U r. Maas., has bought a gWO.ooo hotel
in Florida.
MissSrsas It. Anthony has gone West to
be the guest of her . rotlter, Cot. Antbonv, at
Leavenworth, Kan.
lit iikkt Hikkomkk, whoso pennies are all
poi.n i* since he began to work in America,
has sailed for England.
John A. IHbois, of Pennsylvania, the young
heir of tits wealthy uncle, whose estate ex-
Asslstant .secretary o( the Interior Jenksis
managing, is said to be eugageu to a daughter
of Mr.,leaks.
E.inikt Meatus, who made a mark some
years ago as a "boy nalur.itisi" in Brazil, is
traveling In the prair e elates. Hut,
Hist It s wife is wuh him, Mr. Morris' added
inline no longer Ills him.
Mss. *toi'eton acts as aina*u*nsts for her
hwiuaud. Frank It. Sux-ktou, who Is almost
Mind. He dictates to her aud If Is said that in
tin* way, bv working ontf Hire* hours a ilav,
hr tfui-hcd "Mrs. Null” in ten iu mtbs, besides
dictating uine magazine articles.
In the hkcknt debate in the English House
of Commons, on the second reading of the
Irish arm* bill, Mr. Ash me ad Bartiet . Con
servative, the young hus unit of Baroness
Bnr.lett-t outts, said he belonged to a militia
regiment anil was wilting to assist the men of
l'l*tcr. Ills remarks were greeted with
laughter.
Mtt. ( suLYr's old home iu Chevue Row,
Ism lon, is described us "dr-elate, gritnv. tin
tenanted.” Dtrly none** of **To 1 el” stared
from the sliiitloreu windows, the step were
foul, the am* Window - ornuked an I I In' who c
aspect of the front most depressing. There I,
e .co a legend In the locality that t he owner ex
pects some American Miroena looms* ibe At
lantic to bur up No. 211'tici no 110 *, amt trans
port it, br eKs, mortar, window sashes and all,
to some American It.ihy.os. there tore-erect
It in honor of a prop he unlion nod Iu his own
land. Who knows wbat may happen in these
later days.
The President Said to Take a New View
from the Chieago Gerald.
Washington, May 22.—When the newspa
pers first began to comment upon the ap
proaching marriage the President was great
j Iy annoyed and worried. He could not see
why the. public press should and seuss a urivate
matter like matrimony and talk about the
I little details of his marriage. Freunently he
i talked to Secretary Lament, his private sec
] retary, and complained bitterly,
i A few days ago Col. Lamont was surprised
to hear the President say that he wanted
scrap books made of the clippings from the
newspapers about his approaching marriage,
and laughingly remarked that "some day it
will make good reading.” Col. L&mont said
that it should he done, and, as lie started to
leave, the secretary received an armful of
clippings from the newspapers which had
been taken out by the President’s own hand.
A para.rapli was printed in a number of
newspapers in the South stating that the
President had opened a scrap book for the clip
ping-of newspapercommenison hismarriage,
and that he would be glad to receive marked
copies of newspapers containing notice of his
approaching wedding. The result was, be
began to receive on an average about 100
newspapers a day, all marked. Now it av
erages more than lf>o newspapers a day.
Reminiscences of Forrest.
From the Philadelphia Sews.
One night in Nible’s Garden, New York, the
principal male support of Forrest was intoxi
cated. I will not give h s name, for he is still
prominently on the stage. The intoxication
was not so apparent a- to be noticed by the
audience, but it angered “the old man,” anil
going to the prompt side, he said, loud enough
tube beard by everybody:
“Send me someone to take the place of
Mr. . He is drunk.”
There was a painful huffi and the curtain
had to come down. Fortunately a substitute
was found and oon the. play went on again.
Mr. is not a man 10 quietly submit tosuen
an indignity, and after the close of the. last
act he knocked at the door of Forrest’s dress
ing-room.
“Gome in,” was the gruff response. “Well,
sir, what do you wish?” a-ked Forrest, when
he saw who was his tisiior.
“Y ou have done me a great injury, Mr. For
rest.”
“Y’ou were drunk, sir.”
“You have been drunk, Mr. Forrest.”
“Yes, sir, I have been drunk, but i never
was drunk in the presence of an audience.”
I have never heard of any one who ever
saw Forrest drunk anywhere, but 1 know
that he had a great horror of people who
used liquor to excess. He was pre-ent at a
dinner party in Philadelphia when one of ihe
guests took so much wine that he literally
slit off tils chair under ihe table. The of
fender had been a distinguished soldier in the
Union army, and the spectacle was most piti
ful. That he might nut further disgrace him
self before tne servants he was taken up-stairs
by several gentlemen, Forrest being on , and
lut to bed. On b s way down Forrest met
the lady of the house, who had come out of
her room to see what all the racket was
about. Forrest explained with great dig
nity: "We have just put a brute into your
best room, madam.'’
The InTaut King.
From the Chicago Tribune ,
They do go on so
About AHodso!
Dispatches say
That every day
He’s getting stronger
Anil rather longer.
This fuiure King of Spain;
And gravely tell
If he ne well
Or racked by colic’s pain.
Meanwhile the King, weak-eyed and some
what wheezy.
But winks, atid b inks, and thinks, and takes
things easy.
And though to hold his own
Wnen lo full manhood grown
This kid
Must be a Cid,
He doesn’t mind it,
But seems to find it
A pleasant *o< Id to dwell in
And yell in.
He sucks his thumb when nothing better offers,
Nor cares for rebel p ots nor empty coffers.
His head is bare vet;
He has no hair yet
Upon his face; his present sole ambition
Is but to eat aud keep in good condition.
He dines, then dines again.
And yet his diet’s plain.
No fancy dishes
He wishes:
He feeds on milk.
A nd sleeps on silk,
And only howls when something pricks or
pinches.
He’s evfcry inch a King, though few the inches.
W ise babe is be
Of high degree
To thus improve for rest the fleeting chances;
For he, Kiug of the land of old romances,
Of tales ot lirokeu vows and broken lances,
ot Carlists. cholera and lilting dances.
Must don a crown and undertake to wear it,
Which, lately, His no head impelled to bear it.
Tom. Corwin’s Repartee.
From the Cleveland Leader.
In 1842, when Mr. Gorwin was the Whig
candidate for Governor, he was speaking to a
large out-of-door audience in Akron, and in
his speech he told his hearers that he wished
for their votes, but said he wished it to be un
derstood that it was not for ihe sake of the
salary he would rec ive. (The Governor’*
annual salary uuder the old constitution was
only *NOO ) A Democrat, near tile speaker’s
stand said, “That’s a lie.”
Mr. Corwin instantly turned a littie and
lookiog squarely into the fellow’s face, with a
smile clearly expre sing a combination of
mirlh amt contempt, said: "No. it is not, and
I will tell you why. lam a lawyer, and when
at home I can make more money by pleading
assault and battery cases for (pointing his
Huger at him) just such chap* as you are than
f culd by being Governor.” Assoonasthe
roars of laughter subsided Mr. Corw in went
on with hiA address just as though he had not
been interrupted.
The love of fun was a trait of his character
which even his gallantry would not prevent
him from enjoying whenever a good opportu
nity occuried.
Judge Wright, of Cincinnati, and Mr. Cor
win were traveling together during the cam
paign referred to, and stopped tu stay over
night at the home of a prominent citizen in
the central part of the Slate. At supper the
host’s daughter waited on the t* Is, and
knowing the distinguished character of their
guests, was inclined to put on some stvle; anil
before pouring tea inquired, lirst of Judge
Wright: “Do yon take condiments in your
tea?” The old Judge was too polite to say
anything but “yes,” and let her fix his tea as
she pleased.
When she came to Mr. Corwin she repeated
the same question. The chance for a joke was
so good that he could not resist the tempta
tion lo improve it. and he replied: “Pepper
and su.t if vou please, but no mustard.”
I think it safe to conclude that that girl
never again proposed “condiments” for tea.
A Klug with an Appetite,
Fro"■ the Manchtater Timet.
Victor Emmanuel, among his other pecu
liarities, wa- a tremendous eater, and prefer
red to t ke his meals io the strictest pm ary
and with the mo t entire freedom from re
straint. Olten, when lie was nu'y ft ng of
Piedmont, he would have all the dishes put on
the table at once and then send away all the
servants. At such times he would eat with
his elbows on the table, upsetting the salt on
(he roll), that hr might the more easily dip
into it the little raw onions which ne was so
foml of, and which he used to nibble ad
through the dinner. Ihe quantity that he
could cat was amazing. On one of his hunt
ing Hips he and Ins companions stopped at the
house of a countryman forthe night. At sup
per they lied veal cut ete. After tlie meal
was over the King turned totho officer next
him and naked him how mum he supposed he
(tin Kingi had eaten. As his plate wa* bare,
for lie had'heen t hrowing the hones to nis dog.
t.ie officer, who had been watching the disap
pearance of the mulcts with awe. thought
that he might venture on a hit of politeness,
and replied: “Two or three." The King re
peated the question to the others in turn, and
thev all out of respect similarly underesti
mated hit exploit*. nut and lie earnc to a .Savoy
ard, who bad no regard for anyth ng luit the
truth, amt replied promptly, “Your Majesty
basest, n nine.” The Kiug laiighinglyadmit
ted that he was right.
It was about the same time that another
characteristic incident occurred. The King
and one of Ins friends. Manor .1.. had takeu
shelter for the night tn the hut o a coun
tryman, who had not thcremote-t plea of the
identity of his illustrious guest. The King
noticed that Signor .1., who was sitting near
the Are next the host, kept turning
away his head. "What t* the matter
With von a-koil the King in Frnnch, which
by the way, hesuoke like a Parisian. ”1 can’t
stand the smell of this man." *au| ,l„ “lie
smell* like a wild beast 1 ” "Bah -” said the
King, “ any of us would smell like that If we
went for a week without washing.” "Oh.
never.” "Yes. we wonld, I’ll try it myself.”
So the King went to work conscientiously and
never washed himself the lessi little hit In
the world. At the end of five days .1. came
up to hliu, and touching him rc*pc*ifully on
tneelhow, said: “Your Majesty ha* won your
bet. ano not at the eud of a week. Pnt of live
day*.” The King shouted with laughter, and
was highly delighted with the whole adven
ture.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
In a paper read before the Pennsylvaina
Sanitary Convention, Dr. Charles Smart con
tends that only spring water issuing from an
unsullied soil is des-itnte of morbific quali
ties.
Thirty years ago a man who wore hair
on his upper lip was considered either a lu
natic or a foreigner, and the boys wou and run
after him in the streets as after a mounte
bank.
Three of the Lords Justices of England
have decided that love letters belong to their
writers, who, iu case of estrangement, may
demand ihem back. Thev caunot be publish
ed without the writers’ consent, n >r other
wise disposed of contrary to tho wishes of the
authors.
A ONCE PROMINENT POLITICIAN of South
Bend. Ind., who has dropped into obscurity of
late, is said to oe living unnoticed, unhonnred,
and alone in a tumble-down cottage in Napier
street. He occupies one room in tne lower
part of the house, and his horse auothcr room
adjoining.
A WELL known oentleman about Boston
who is something of a stranger to Adam’s ale.
was lately handed a glass of water and asked
to say what it was. He took it. turned It
round, looked through it, smelt it, tasted it.
At last he said, "Well, it looks like gin, but
there’s no taste to it.”
Prop. Newton, at the conclusion of a series
of lectures on Greek and Roman antiquities,
referred to the vast number of sculptures
buried in the cellars of the British Museum,
lie stated that they had remained there ever
since 15,52, “defaced and begrimed with dirt,
utterly useless to anybody, lorin Iheir present
position they cannot be seen unless by the
light of a lantern.”
Notwithstanding M. Rouissean’s adverse
reportupon the prospects of the Panama ca
nal, the French Government will, it Is re
ported, authorize M. de Le“seps’ lot
tery scheme for raising sl2 ‘,000.000. The
eagerness with which the last government
loan was taken shows that there is an im
mense amount of cash still in the French
stocking awaiting investment.
Thk courses at a Chinese dinner are pe
culiar. The meal begins with a smoke, then
thick, mucilaginous but de iciously tasting
soup, with sea sluggs, mushrooms and pige
on's eggs floating on it is served. After this
comes courses ot lish, pheasants, wild docks—
all cooked to be very greasy. Dried pumpkin
seeds are a sort of Chinese olives, an i dried
watermelon seeds are considered in the na
ture of bonbons.
The latest victory in the long-drawn match
between the gun and the armor-plate has
been scored in favor of armor. At Spez/.ia a
German-chilled steel armor-plate, 8 feet 9
inches in thickness, weighing 100 tons, was
fixed ag unst the face of the clifl'and battered
with chilled shot from the 100-ton gun. A
tbundcrbolf, weighing almost exactly a ton,
was hurled against the face of the plate by
the explosion of of powder, without
producing more than a slight indentation and
some trifling cracks. Three shots failed lo
make any serious impression on the plate,
which has thus come off victor in the strug
gle. It would seem that no shot yet invented
will go through 6 feet of chilled steel.
An inhabitant of London consumes in a
year 32 times as much flsh as an inhabitant of
Berlin, and though the stores of the North
Sea are open to the German metropolis, Paris
with her 2,20',000 inhabitants consumes more
fish than the whole of Germany with a popu
lation of 47,000,000. Berlin require* yearly
1.625 million puiinds of food, including ISO
million pounds of fresh meat. 3 million pounds
of birds of all sorts, 2j{ million pounds of
game. 77 m llion litres of milk, 30 million
pounds of butter, 8 million pounds of cheese,
19 million pounds of < ggs, 51 million pounds of
fruit, 3 million pounds of oranges, 21 million
pound* of fresn fish, 7 million pounds of
smoked fish, and 8 million pounds of pickled
fish.
A London dressmaker, carrying on an ex
tensive business, was in the habit of receiv
ing from her country customers by postchecks
in payment of her accounts. She wrote to a
lady living in Suffolk a peremptory letter re
questing a ch> ck for the amount of her ac
count, XH2, which had been some time due.
An open eheck payable to order was sent by
post, but was stolen in course of transmission,
and was paid by the Suffolk lsdy’s bankers on
a fraudulent indorsement. The dressmaker
sued her for Ihe amount and it was left to
Baron Huddleston, sitting without a jury, to
decide on whom the io-s should fall, the facts
as stated not liemg dispute 1 He decided in
favorof the defendant, as having done what
she was asked to do. but considering the im
portance of the case, none precisely similar to
wh’ch seems to have been reported, he stayed
execution to allow the plaintiff to appeal.
The cable dispatches announcing the re
cent massacres of whites in Africa have not
mentioned the assassination of M. Barral and
his party, who were sent by France three
months ago to promote friendly aid commer
cial relations wim shoa, the' rich country
6outh of Abyssinia. They were killed while
on the way by .Somali natives. These same
treacherous Mohammedaus also are the mur
derers of Missionary Houghton and his wife,
whosettled a year ago in tlie edge of their
country. At no period of African explora
tion hitherto have so many fatalities of this
sort been reporied within so short a lime. All
but one of them occurred within or near the
borders of Somaliland. This most eastern
part of Africastill -hares with the western
Sahara the bad fame of being the only regions
of the dark continent in which white enter
prises have wholly failed to get a foothold.
Saturday’s heat proved tiresome to the 14
elephants from Barnum’s, in Central park, N,
Y . and the first thing tticy did Sunday morn
ing was te plaster themselves all over with a
thick layer of dirt. K’-eper Schneider was
displeased, and at once went to work to put
them in propercondition to receive Sunaav
visitors. He got a big hoee aud squirted about
a ton of water over each elephant. They re
ceived this good hnmoredly, and until Mr.
Schneider went to breakfast they quietly kept
up tlieir peculiar see-saw motion, that re
semble* an Irish courtesy. Then they plas
tered themselves ad over with Schneider's
mud, and by Hie tune Mr. Schneider returned
the sun had dried ihe mud. and they were
frightful objects. Mr. Schneider got out the
hose again and washed the mud all off, hut in
les II a i 15 minute* they had wallowed agaiu,
I and looked al Schneider encouragingly, as if
to say. “i ome, now, get out that hose once
more.” Mr Schneider concluded that ele
phants liked to have water squirted over them
on hot days.
Tar. old gold wagon, in which for years
the money taken at the New York Custom
House has been conveyed to the sub-Treasury,
a block away, has been superseded by anew
and stronger vehicle. The new wagon was
bui'texprcssly by order of Collector Hedden,
after comullalion vvith Assistant Treasurer
lands, that it might lie rolled directly into
the sub-Treasurv and the contents removed
in sight of the government officials. The Col
lector told the Assistant Treasurer that fro >•
reports w hicb had reached him he feared that
highwaymen were wading for a favorable
opportunity to attack the wagon and attempt
to steal the contents. .Sometimes more than
*I.OO ',OOO a da' tscarrled in the wagon It is
locke t before It leaves the Custom House, ami
is not unloosed until after it reaches the sub-
Treasurv. Wednesday n Treasury detective
amt ten armed Custom Hou-e porters, a much
larger force than usual, accompanied the
wagon through Wall street. Three detective
sergeauts were specially ordered by Inspector
Bern* a, at the request of the Collector, to
watch in the vicinity.
A London physician who has for six
mouths tested Dr. .Inger’s plan of wearing
nothing but woo, day and night, writes:
"The result has been complete immunity from
colds and a very marked increase in my
rapacity for work. I have not put on a great
coat night or day, have slept with an open
window in my liedroom, aud have been able
to enjoy the luxury of an open cab Instead of
a close brougham. Instead of altcrnsting
feeling- of heal and cold, there has been a
uniform amt most agreeable glow of warmth.
I have, without any alteration of diet or
regimen, lost seven pounds in weight, and
(\rhmli will, I believe, lax the credulity of
some) have witnessed the disappearance of
n lipoma of the nae of the neck, which
had existed for some years, and hud
suggested the necessity for an operation.
These laiter faeis powerfully illustrate the
truth of Hr. .lager's contention that itic coDl
l' ete and continuum action of the skin drains
the organism of water and superfluous fat. 1
would say. further, that the feeling Induced
of perfect health Is not the least of the reconi
mcndalion* to udopt the system. I tnay men
tion that of the manv who have, more or less,
fully addicted thcm-alves to It from mv ex
ample or uiivtee, 1 have not known one who
ha- been disappointed. Lastly, I would add
a word on the need there Is, If the full benefit
to he ocrived Is wished fop. that nothing hut
pore wool should enter either into dress or
bedding.”
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