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Meetings—Board of Public Road Commis sioners ; Evergreen i cinctery < ompany of Bonavcntnre; Isle of Hope Yacht Club. Special Notice—steamer St. Nicholas. Sunday Kacirs ions—steamer St. Nicho las. Auction Salks—l.aml Next to Schuetzen Para for Sale; Four Tenements, by C. H. Dorset t. Publication— Webster’s Unabridged Dic tionary. Cheap Column Advertisements—Board; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For Sale; Miscellaneous. Bananas, Coco abuts, Etc.— Power X Mo 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.” flattorittfl gjtrartiy S- SPECIAL/V p'ta# ti EXTRACTS MOST PERFECT MADE Purest and strongest Natural Fruit Flavors. Vanilla, Lemon, Orange, Almond, Rose, etc flavor as delicately and naturally as the frui* PRICE BAKING POWDER CO., ", CHICAGO. ST. LOUIS, Put] 050009. White Goods. 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