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(lun Tract, A Comfortable Two-story Resi
lience. Small Houses and Valuable i-ots, by C.
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B;e changed as often as desired. lu
tfcirectiug a change care should lie taken
flo mention the old as well as the new ad
deess.
i fft appears that the Mexicans are again
Clhomed not to enjoy a lirst class revolu
tion.
It is believed that (Jeronimo will not
urrender unless Gen. Miles will agree
do feed him on pie three or four times every
day.
Oleomargarine is not oleaginous enough
Mo calm the Breakers in the turbulent
ICtMgressional waters. The same is tpue
SofAtaudard oil.
It is stated that a son of Edwin M.
fstanton will publish some extracts from
Vte lather’s private papers—garbled ex*
(tacts, no doubt.
The Republicans are again trembling
tor the State ol Michigan, as the arrance
unenls for a fusion of Democrats and
jGreeubackers in that State is about com
plete.
it seems that a prohibitionist has no
Onore right to violate the local option law
dn Atlanta than an anti has. It looks
Pvery much like prohihitlon is going to
prohibit in that city.
The anarchists when convicted might
lie nut to work manufHOturing bombs for
the War Department. The country would
l>e benefited whether the work should be
Iduue carefully or not.
*
The Norm American Sangerfest mot
iu Milwaukee before that city had fully
recovered from the anarchist riot. Mil
waukee is a tough place, however, aud
can stand a great deal.
A discharged laborer in the Treasury
T>epartment at Washington got on a spree
oilier day and boycotted the whole
establishment. At last accounts the de
partment bad not suspended business.
It remains to be seen whether the Rich
mond typographers will boycott the court
that restrained them from publishing cer
tain names in their black list. It would
•ecm that the court has got the drop on
them.
Almost every one of the sixty-seven
Counties of Pennsylvania has a distinct
and different method ol assessment and
taxation. The trouble in Georgia is that
nut even one county seems to have an
effective and fair method of assessment
and taxation.
They are layitur Georgia granite on the
Streets of Cincinnati and using lndiaua
limestone in the walls of the new Georgia
cnpitol, and Maine granite was used In
building the Atlania iwt office. Verily,
It seems that stone gets cheaper the
further it has to be Into led.
A.paper away up in Springfield, Mass.,
guts off this: “Down in G orgia they are
•omptaining the cotton is choked with
grass and woods. Why don’t they pound
It on the nack?’’ Jt the perpetator could
becaughtdown here in Georgia lie would
doubtless be pounded until he learned
just how to relieve cbokeu cottoii from
grass aud weeds.
The white Republicans of Chattuuooca
the oilier night broke up a colored Repub
lican intiep ndeut meeting. It seems that
the color line in Cnauuuooga is causing a
good deal of trouble iu tiio grand old pai ly.
There would be no troublo It the darkies
would not contend tor the right to hold
office as well as the right to vole for whits
Republican office seekers.
The Texas Gubernatorial contest isonly
a little less intense than the Georgia
campaign was a low days ago, but there
lire more candidates iti the held and some
variety is given to the lies that arc being
told about them. Thera promises to be a
pretty good chance for a dark borso. The
Galveston Nows says: “From present
appearances there Is not much likelihood
that one-half the delegates to the State
convention will be instructed. Roes Is
(till in the lead, but falls far short of tho
figure that would indicate that he will
have a majority—lot alone two-thirds—of
the delegates committed to his support.
Martin and Swain are some distance be
hind Ross. Giddiugs, considering the lute
date of bis entrance to the race, Is forging
ahead nlceJy; but the unpledged delegates
will settlo the matter when the convcu
lion meets.”
Tin* Chicago Anarchists.
There will be a general feeling o( disap
p ontinent if the anarchists who are now
being tried for conspiracy and murder at
Chicago are not convicted. Extraordi
nary efforts are being made to open a way ’
for their escape, wnich may prove sue- j
cesslul. but if they are one good thing
will have been accomplished. The coun-|
try will have been made acquainted with j
the true character of the men who are I
sowing the seeds of discontent among j
workingmen, and who, while pretending
to be the friends of the workingmen, are
their worst enemies.
These anarcuists say that they are
striving to bring about a social revolution,
by means of which the condition ot the
working classes will be bettered. Is
it true that they are” If it is t.ie evi
dence that has been given against
them at tbe trial now in pro
gress does not show it. On the con
trary, it shows that they are murder
ers and thieves, and that their aim is to
bring about confusion and mob rule, with
the hope of tilling their pockets by steal
ing whatever they can lav their hands on.
They don’t want any other distribution
o! wealth than that which they them
selves could make if they could gain en
trance to the vaults of banks and tne
strong boxes of the rich. They propose
to help themselves to whatever mob rule
would open the wav for them to reach,
just as a burglar helps himself to what
his jimmy puts within his grasp. But
they are greater criminals than burg
lars, because burglars do not intend to
commit murder to accomplish their pur
poses, while the anarchists expect to
reach the wealth they seek by means of
murder.
The evidence at the Chicago trial shows
that tor mouths before the murderous at
tack upon the police at the Havmarkei
meeting the anarchists were engaged in
manufacturing death dealing bombs.
.They did not do their work very secret ly,
for many people now appear to have been
acquainted with their plans. They
boasted among themselves that they
would give the police a kind ol warfare
tnat would not be to their liking, and they
cerlalnly made good their boast. When
the time for action came they slaughtered
without mercy the brave men whose duty
it is to protect Chicago against the law
less aud vicious elements of the popu
lation.
Who are these men who plottea to pro
voke a general riot in Chicago and in tho
confusion to load themselves with plun
der? Are they men who are acquainted
with our institutions, aud who are pre
pared to point out anything in them that
is unjust to the working classos? They
are not. They are about all ioreigners,
and the most of them cannot even speak
the English language- One of the leaders
has not been in this country a year and
another not more than three years. All
ot them perhaps left their native land be
cause it was not safe for them to remain
there. They had hardly set foot on Ameri
can soil before they began to stir up strife.
The labor troubles offered them the op
portunity they wanted, and they set about
utilizing itto the utmost extent. Genu
ine workingmen, being discontented, lis
tened to them, and in some instances
promised to assist them in their plaus.
They did not understand, however, the
real purposes of the anarchists. If they
had thgy would never have been found in
their company or giving them support.
The trial has opened the eyes of
workingmen to the danger of following
such men as Spies, Lingg. Engel, l’arsous
and others, who are walling for a jury to
Bay whether they shall pay the penalty of
their crimes in a prison or on the gallows.
These anarchists are notv known to aim
at nothing for the amelioration of work
lngmeo. They are simply pirates wliosa
object is plunder, and who do not hesitate
to commit murder to reach their object.
Juvenile Heading Matter.
Scarcely a day passes that the press
does not contain an item from some part
of the Union illustrating the evils that
grow out of the reading of pernicious pa
pers aud stories by children. Probably
not one Instance of depravity in a thous
and, resulting from such literature, gets
into print. Girls and young women are
doubtless affected more than ara boys and
young men, because they have more time
to read and less employment to divert
their minds into uselul and instructive
channels.
It would be a great exaggeration to sav
that all or nearly all readers of dime
novels, and flashy sensational papers and
magazines go to tho had. Avery large
proportion do not become criminals or de
scend into the slums, blit their views of
tue responsibilities and duties of life be
come dwarled or distorted so as to render
them unhappy,and they become the cause
ol much unhappiness to all connected
with them either in the family circle or
as friends.
It is not necessary that young people,
and children especially, should have their
reading matter limited to the goody-goody
books that in some respects are as ohjeo
tionabie as dime novels. There are many
excellent books, magazines and papers
i now publisued especially for young peo
ple that are not only highly interesting,
hut are instructive, and tend to develop
| the moral character as well as the mind.
It is the duty of parents to know what
j their children—small or large—read, to
I turbid the reading of objectionable mat
ter, and to provide for them wholesome
literature.
The daily as well as tho popular weekly
paper is largely read by children and
youths. While it is objected that much
is published in such papers tnat should
be kept from tho eyes ol children it Is the
duty ol parents to teach them to separate
tho good from the bad. Moral lessons
may be taken and strength of character
developed from tbe accounts daily pub-
Imbed of great and even infamous crimes,
Tho worthy parent teaches his or her
children to avoid bad company
and to pay no attention to improper
lunguage heard on tho streets. The con
scientious newspaper gives a daily his
tory of tho world, the good and the bad,
yet presenting tbe bad In such a man
ner ns to bring it Into contempt, and to
hold tho doers of the evil up to public
scorn. The evil cannot b** Ignored. Let
it be recognized and condemned.
Enoch T. Carson, a leading Republican
of Ohio, says Gen. Logan’s position on the
i’uyne Senatorial investigation has made
him so unpopular that .led Davis could
beat him 60,000 majority in that State.
M r. Carson is doubtless mistaken, as Ohio
rarely gives the bust man the iuost votes.
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. JULY 25. 1886.
Tlic Mexican War Cloud.
The voice of Texas is for war. Texans
think that Mexico ought to he taught that
she cannot inflict indignities on Ameri
can citizens with impunity, and that is
tbe sentiment, doubtless, of nine-tenths
of the people of this country.
Tho trouble is about Editor Cutting, an
American citizen of El Paso, Tex., who
has been seized aud thrust into a Mexi
can dungeon at i’aso del Norte without
good reason. The latter place is just
across the Rio Grande from Ei Paso.
Secretary Bayard has demanded the
unconditional release ol Mr. Cutting, and
Consul Bingham and Minister Jackson
have had occasion toj take part in the
matter. Mr. Bayard has shown himselt
to be very firm, and even peremptory,
whore the liberty of an American citizen
is concerned, and Mexico, if she is wise,
will not hesitate about releasing Mr. Cut
ting.
It will be remembered that Ecuador a
few months ago was slow in heeding Mr.
Bayard's demand for the release[of Santos,
a naturalized American citizen, but when
an American war vessel appeared to hack
up the demand his prison doors Hew open
very quickly.
Mi xico appears to be stubborn about
releasing Mr. Cutting. It can hardly be
possible that she wants to have trouble
with this country. She certainly has
nothing to gain by it, 'There are enough
men in Texas alone who would like noth
ing better than to be authorized to go to
Paso del Norte and batter down the jail
in which Mr. Cutting is confined. They
would regard such an undertaking as a
sort of a picnic.
The dispatches indicate that there is
considerable excitement in Texas aud in
Mexico. Within the last day or two a
large body of Mexican troops has been
quartered at Paso Del Norte. This would
seem to indicate a determination to hold
on to Mr. Cutting. Mr. Bayard
can be depended upon to stand firmly
by the position he has taken. He has
been criticised for what has seemed to be
timidity In the fishery matter, but the fact
that tnat mutter is a complicated one, and
cannot be dealt with in a peremptory
way, has been to a great extent over
looked. There need be no fear that in
this affair with Mexico he will pursue a
policy which will he open to the criticism
of being timid.
\\ lial hcliiys Iho Appoint merit ?
The board of designators, whoso duty
it Is to select an Inspector of Hulls for
this district, did not meet last Thursday,
as it was expected it would. Why it
d-idn’t nobody seems to know. It is com
posed ol the Collector of this port aud
the Supervising Inspector, Mr. Curran.
The Judge of the United States District
Courtis a member of the board, but it is
probable that he will not act in this case.
He was not present when the board met
some days ago, and it received instruc
tions to proceed without him.
As is well known no decision was
reached. Two candidates were examined,
oue from Savannah and the other from
Jacksonville. The Savannah candidate
passed the better examination, and the
Collector voted for him. Mr. Curran did
not vote at all because, it Is understood,
he had instructions from Washington to
support the Florida candidate, aud to
have followed his instructions would
have produced adead-lock. No inspector
for this district, therefore, was chosen.
When the board adjourned it was with the
understanding that the Supervising In
spector would be in this city again on
July 22, and that then he and the Collec
tor would settle the matter.
But ho did not make his appearance on
that date, and there is now no date fixed
for his return here. When the facte arc
understood in this case they appear to be
rather remarkable. The law points out
the way in which the Inspector shall bo
chosen, and yet, if the facts aro as re
ported, a deliberate attempt is being
made at Washington to control the ap
pointment. Why is it that the bureau at
Washington, which has control of the In
spectors of Hulls, is so anxious to oou
trol the appointment of Inspector for this
district? Why should the bureau prefer
a Jacksonville man to a Savannah man
when the Savannah man Is much the
better qualified for the place? Why
should a Jacksonville man have the place
at all unless he have extraordinary merit,
since the duties of an Inspector of Hulls
are chiefly at Savannah?
Mr. Curran, ol course, has to obey the
instructions of hissuperiors, but wouldn’t
it be better for his superiors to let the ap
pointment be made iu accordance with
the law. It doesn’t look weli, to say the
least of it, for a supervising inspector to
act as a member of a hoard of designa
tors, with instructions to vote for a cer
tain candidate even though other candi
dates have superior qualifications.
Tlioy Don’t Deserve Itecnjgnition.
There is one point upon which the ap
proaching State Convention should be
unanimous. It is the exclusion of the
Felton delegates from Bartow county.
This delegation represents the so-called
independent Democrats of that county,
who have been doing all they could for tne
past fifteen years to break up the organ
ized Democracy. To do this they have
catered to the Republican ami negro vote.
Democrats who slip in and out of the
party just as it happens to suit their per
sonal ends or feelings have no right to
recognition either in Democratic conven
tions or in the distribution of offices under
Democratic rule.
Neither the Gordon nor the Bacon dele
gates to the State Convention should
show a disposition to give moral
support to the disorganizes of the
Democratic party in Bartow county by
favoring the admission of the Felton dele
gates. To give these delegates recogni
tion ol any kind would he unjust to the
good and stanch Democrats of that
county, who for years have lought an
almost hopeless light against those who,
under the name ol Independents, have at
tempted to break up the Democratic
parly.
The Union veterans of Concord invited
the Confederate veterans of Richmond to
attend the New Hampshire Veterans As
sociation, whereupon some contractor
patriots of Concord got up a protest
against extending the hospitalities of the
city in a band of “ex-rebels.” The Union
veterans of Concord ought to resolvo them
selves in a committee of the whole to do
some wholesome kicking In the interests
of fraternal Concord and harmony.
The next time Halstead goes to prick the
record of Gen. Logan ho will get out ol
the range of expectoration.
CURKBNT COMMENT.
A Royal Newipaper,
From the W'i lining tun Star.
The last Savannah Nftvtn, weekly, was a
royal number—l 6 page*. The News is a very
enterprising Southern paper aud it richly de
serves succets.
A ,H(klbl Mayor Surfeited.
From the Philadelphia Time* (/mi.)
Mayor Smith has made a truthful state
meut. He informs the police that “prize
hghu are altogether too frequent within the
city limits.’* Right for once. An occasional
fight the dandy Mayor rather enjoys, but
police protection has been carried too far in
this business.
The Republican! and the Darkle*.
From the B Mton Bern Id (Ind .)
The Republican party has done absolutely
nothing for the negro race wince emancipa
tion. And a patient and faithful servitude of
twenty year*, in the capacity of hewers of
wood and drawers of water for white Repub
lican bouses, is enough to clear it* members of
the charge of ingratitude for declining to vote
cn masse |for their new taskmasters any
longer. When a Republican declines
to confirm tbe nomination of a colored man
because, as one of its members said, it “doesn’t
believe in Democratic niggers,’* it ib time for
anew emancipation.
Knight Errant Demagogues.
From the Philadelphia Ledger (Ind.)
Already demagogues, jobber* and land
grabber*, both inside and outside the Knights
of Bator. are trying to sw itch the forces of
that order into the track where they may be
used f-r questionable objects. We do not be
lieve that one Knight in ten of those who are
reported to have signed )>etition* in favor of
the Oklahoma bill in Congress has fairlv con
sidered ti;e surroundings of that measure. It
looks as if someltody lias already found out
the political advantage of swaying the
Knights as a tody, just a* Mahone tried to
move the Virginia negroes in mass,
BRIGHT BITS.
A CONTEMPORARY asks: “Are Indians tor
eigm r*?” We should judge from the sad neg
lect they receive at the bunds of our govern
ment that they are not. — Puck.
It is small wonder that Chicago wants a
military post. Ii railroad strikes and ansreh
t*>i riotsc mtinue there she will want a whole
army very soon*' --Eoeton P*t.
Tuk jury brought in a verdict of “not
guilty.” His Honor Haul admouislnngly to
the prisoner:
“After this you ought to keep away from
bad company ”
“Yes, your Honor, yon will not see me hero
again in a hurry.”— Ttunu Stftinus .
Mu. ft pate—How much did you enjoy
my ringi ig. Miss harne -
Miss ftharpe—Very much indeed. In fact, 1
always like to hear you sing.
Mr. Soitpate—Thanks awfully.
Mies Sharpe—Yes, your singing reconciles
me to my own lack of musical talent.—Ram
bler.
Over tiie backyard fence—“l say, do
you know the Sbiftleases are goiogtoinove
this spring?”
“No! are thev, though? Well, 1 am glad.
They have made the street a by-word.”
“Yes, but then Mrs. Shiftless has faben heir
to S4S.(iOJ, and she has bought an elegant
house.”
“Oh, I always liked her, but her young ones
well, thev’rc real kind o'cuumng, after all.
—Hartford Poet .
“Wh at is the troublo, Mrs. Muleahy? Has
your husband beeu touting vou again, the
brute?”
“An, mum, never speak of himself as a
bruie. Moichael is hk tinder-heart and a
cratcher as iv r drew breath, it's Ins way,
you know. He jist knocked me and *wn and
trampled on me. When he’s himself he’s
g ntle as a iamb, but lie’s so impulsive, ye
know.” —Boston Tranecript.
She (after a private theatrical entertain
ment/ llow cieverly the parts of Romeo am.
.Juliet were plaved, Mr. Smith.
He—Very; a most equal to professional
work.
She-*Hid you know that the gentleman and
lady wpOpUyed tto parts are husband and
wife?
He—You astonish mo! Husband aud wife?
Why, it vyas wonderful acting.— lJf
Very Wrong.—Bertie-It’s very wrong,
mu, to tell a falsehood, isn’t it?
Mriter—Of course it is, dear.
it’s wicked to ask a little boy
to tell lies?
M n ter—W by, yes.
Bertie—Well, that’s what my teacher made
me do to-day.
Mater—Gracious me! made you tell a lie.
Bertie?
Bertie—Yes, mamma; she made me promise
to be always a good boy in future.— Tid-Uit*.
“Daniel,” remarked the President this
morning in a thoughtful tone.
“Yes, sire.” responded Daniel.
“Where has Manning gone for the sum
mer?”
“He has gone to Watch Hill, sire.”
••Where, Daniel?” queried the President,
rousing from his reverie for a moment, only
to relapse again.
“To Watch Hill, sire .”
“Uni-um,”soliloquized the President in an
almost inaudible voice, “that’s kind of Man
ning. I’m going to watch Hill myself this
slimmer, ami next winter and next summer,
100.” — Washington Critic.
PKKMONALi.
Nkxt MONTH the King of Portugal will
visit London and he lodged In Buckingham
Palace.
K. s. Chcrch has the distinction among ar
tists that he never so much has been aboard au
ocean steamer, much less to Europe, whither
go so many men of the brush.
Joskph .Tepebrson, the actor, and bis wife
have returned front a salmon Ashing trip.
• lie- intend to pass the re-t of the summer at
their old home, Hokokue, N. J.
Winslow, the Boston forger, is a big man
in Buenos Ayres, lie edits the leading pajsir
there, is an unequaled lobbyist, a shrewd
diplomat, the founder of several hanks, and
ttie chief lion of society.
Carter H arrison’s ambition, as he frankly
• ays, is to he elected a Ufthtime as the Dcmo
crane Mayor of the Republican citvof Chi
cago and then to succeed Shelby M. Culliim
in the United States Senate.
Ai.THoron Senator Edmunds’ re-election Is
generally conceded, his enemies in Vermont
are keeping up their opposition to him, and
will probably succeed in electing a number of
members of the Legislature who will vote
against him.
Thomas dEssrr Mii,i,kr, who died in Lou
doun. Va., a few days ago, was a Washington
lawyer of note. tiis grandfather. Walter
.Jones, is remembered as the advocate who
argued the (lirard will ease rn Philadelphia
with Horace ilinney and Daniel Webster.
The engagement botwoen Miss Minnie
Smith, sister of Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt
and Count Moram, au Italian nobleman, has
lieen broken off because it has been found
that the Count’s estates areownod by money
lenders and tho family jewels are in pawn.
The late A. T. Stewart found it to his ad
vantage to give to each heart of a department
of his business a percentage of the profits
made in that department. In addition to a
guaranteed salary. One year the head of his
lace department earned *‘27.000, and the head
of another department *II,OOO, the percentage
being about 1 percent, of the proilteof the de
partment.
Mrs. Lki.and Staneoro has given to a
fortheomingchurch fair at San Diego, cal., a
large doll dretsed to look like Martha Wash
ington, ami other people will contribute other
dolls representing other eminent persons of
various nations. Mrs. Stanford also gives a
eolloeiion of photographs of prominent neo
plow itti their autographs, including those of
the President and Mrs. Cleveland.
It would seem thai tho Prince of Wales’
sons have been guilty of a very flagrant piece
of plagiarism No passage in “The cruise of
the Bacchante” lias been so admiringly quoted
as the one w ritten while between Rarbadoes
and Martinique, which begins: “We should
he leas than men,’’ and sliding “but the sad
memory of their useless valor, etc.” ft is i n .
deed a most eloquent and effective passage, us
well it may bo, lor it turns out to have been
copied a n’inst word for word from Charles
Kingsley ’, charming work “At Last,’’ where
it will he found in tho second chapter.
Hoi.man lit NT’s father did not want him
to he an artist and set him to keeping books.
Hunt says, in an autobiographical paper
"The window of mv room was made of ground
glass and. having but lulls to do. I passed mv
time drawing with both pen and pencil flies
npou tie roughened surface. A good blot of
ink sufficed for the body and some delicate
strokes with a bard pencil for the wings ami
at a sliori distance the deception wa- perfect
Day by day the mimlier of flies ta that moot
increased, till one usv mv employer, coming
in, stopped suddenly in front of ibe wind >w
andsaol: •! can't makuoul how it is; every
day I come into this room there seems to be
more flies in it,' and he took out his handker
chief to blush them away.’’
LINCOLN AND JEFF DAVIS.
How the Latter Administered the Oath
to the Defender of the Union.
From the Chicago Jnt*r-OcMn.
The Rev. Dr. Hareha, of Omaha, narrate?
the following incident an told to him by John
Dixon,of Dixon City, 111. Gen. Wingfield Scott,
when a young man, wm etatioaed at Fort
Snelling, at that day, perhaps, the remotest
outpost of the United States. When the
Black Hawk war was inaugurated some mili
tia from Illinois proffered tbetr services to
aid in conquering the savages. With
a view to mustering them into the
service of the United States two lieu
tenants were sent by Scott to the then village
of Dixon. One of these was a very fasci
nating, good looking, easy-mannered, affa
ble and fluent young gentleman. The other
equally pleasant, but an exceedingly modest
young man. On the morning when the inus
tering-in w'as to take place a tall, gawky,
slab-sided, homely young man. dressed in a
suit of home-made blue jeans, presented him
self to the two lieutenants as the captain of
tlie recruits, and was duly sworn li}. This
was he who afterward became President of
the United States—the lamented Lincoln.
One of the lieutenants, the modest
vouth, was he who fired the 11 ret gun from
Sumter, Major Audcrsou, The other, and he
who administered the eath, was in after years
President of the Southern Confederacy, Jef
ferson Davis.
I>r. Harsh a was in New York, whero he
chanced to repeat these coincidences to a
friend. An elderly gentleman who was sit
ting uesr by listening arose and remarked that
he was bappv to he able to confirm the facts
as given by Mr. Dixon, as he was the chaplain
at Port Snelllng at the time, and was fully
able to corroborate each statement. A by
stander then gave this additional testimony:
“Mr. Lincoln had often been heard to say that
the first time he had ever taken the oath 01
allegiance to tnc United States it was admin
istered to him by Jefferson Davis.”
An Amusing Kxperleoee.
Fr otn a Graphic Paris Letter*
The discussion as to whether the late King
of Bavaria was or was not insane recalls an
amusing experience ot the Baron von Hnm
boldt. The learned savant, while once on a
visit to Parts,expressed a wish to his friend.
Dr. Blanche, that no might meet some of, the
latter’s patients*
"Nothing easier.” replied the polite physi
cian; "come and dine with me to-morrow.”
The next day the illustrious man of science
sa,t down at the doctor’s table with two other
guests personally unknown to him. One of
them was dressed in black, and wore a white
cravat and gold spectacles. He was bald
headed ; his manner was rather reserved and
distant, hut be looked every inch a gentle
man. lie, however, bowed," ate and drank
without saying a word.
The other, on the contrary, looked as if ho
had risen in haste and not taken time to finish
his toilet, Ilishuir was in disorder, his blue
coat buttoned awry, his shirt open in front,
and the ends of Ills cravat hung over his
shoulders. He leaned his elbows on the table
and chattered with the greatest volubility
while eating.
His conversation was a succession of anec
dotes, a mixture of romance and ri ality, in
which Swedenborg is jostled against Fourier,
Cleopatra was mixed up with Camargo,
Archimedes connected with Lamartine, the
Odeon with the Bourse, and the Tuiileries
with the Opera.
During the dessert the Baron leaned over
to his host, and, glancing at this fantastic in
dividual, whispered:
“I am much obliged. Your madman is
very amusing.”
•’Wha ?” exclaimed tbc doctor, in the same
tone. "Madman? Why, the other one is the
lunatic.”
"The one who doesn’t say anything?”
•'Certainly.”
“And who is the other one who talks so in
cessantly?”
“Why, that’s Monsieur de Balzac.”
A Soldier Haim Word to Say.
From the Washington Post*
Yaas! In the Cnion army
I fought in front of Lee,
And certain wounds debar me
From certain work, you see;
The vet’rans that 1 know of.
Their doings in the wars
They never make a show of
Or brag about their scars;
But Johnny Itch’s attentions
Have not increased my gall:—
I don’t like bogus pensions—
No, thank you. nut at all!
O, Congress, tender hearted!
It pensionsoverv coot:
The dead-beat who deserted
((lot peppered in the boot),
The sot and bounty jumper.
The jail-bird just unloosed.
The thief that caught a thumper
While in a obicken roost.
The bruiser whose contentions
Involved him in a muss;
Does drover like these pensions?
Y'es! Muchly! Just like us!
Though Congress may agree to
Each bogus-pension fraud,
O, drover, sling your veto
And soldiers will applaud!
It stirs my blood and marrow
To read the record o’er:
•‘Drunk! injured by wheelbarrow
in 1x84,”
I ain’t a major-domo
Who, at mly country’s call,
Enlisted fora chroino!
No, thank you, not at all!
Ira Holme*’ Wheat Deal.
From the Chicago Mail.
Ira Holmes has the reputatian of being the
hlggost trader on smallest margins in the
\V et. “I have often had it,500 shares of stoek
for Ira,” said a broker to the writer yester
day, ••with only tl,ooo margins, and always
came out whole.” Holmes is the man who
made $250,0000ff $260 inside of ninety days.
As that is about as rapid aggregation asisover
heard of, bis method ought to he made public.
It was Handy’s wh. at deal when Ira was
broke. lie took a 1250 ebeek to John T. Lester
and bought J 5,000 bushels of wheat. I don’t
suppose that Lester would have bought 25,000
bushels with only a cent margiu for everybody,
but it is part of the courtesy of the life that a
gre >t trader who pay* in thousands in commis
sions when in bad luck is entitled to attention
on the thinnest possiulc margins. Just as
soon as the price of that wheat advanced 1 %e..
a bushel Holmes look down his original mar
gin, gave Lester a stop order at >io. from the
market, took the check to another house and
bought 25,000 bushels more wheat. That $250
check, it is said, wont through twenty differ
ent houses, the samo procedure being fol
lowed in every case. Wheat kept ou advanc
ing. That was where Holmes was lucky.
There were n j halts and no breaks. At each
half-rent advance ho had 25,000 more wheat
bought. There were, perhaps, a few cases
where he was frozen out. That was to be ex
period. After the price had gotten up nve
cents lie had credit enough to double tip. That
is the way Ira Holmes made $250,000 out of a
$250 check. It would have made him famous
if he had not been famous bofore.
The Kxecutlve Dug.
Froo a lAe Washington Critic.
The President sat at his desk this morning
with his head resting on his hand, and with
several utilise I veloe* lying around handy.
“Daniel,” he said in a tone so earnest that
there was sadness in it.
‘•Yes, sire,” responded Daniel.
“Did your wife ever tuko a dog to raise?”
es, sire.”
••When, Daniel?”
“When she was much younger than she is
now, sire."
••Was it kept in the house, Daniel?”
••Y'es, sire. It slept in our room as a watch
dog.”
The President’s face lighted with a look o(
relief.
“Did it curl itself up and sleep right in the
middle of your hack, Daniel?”
“•>f course no!. sire. Why do you ask such
a strange quesimn?”
The light left the President’s face und the
earnest Took came bark again,
“Oh,” he said, assuming an air of indiffer
ence, “there was no parileuisr reason, Daniel.
1 just happened to lie thinking about house
dogs in their domestic relations, that was
all."
Then there was silence, and the President
stuck his pen through a veto and held Itpoised,
ready to stick it on the flrst bill that looked
suspicious.
'I Very Personal Appeal.
From the Baltimore American.
It win near the end of the reception when
an old lady in black, followed by Beven chil
dren. came slowlv along to shake bauds with
the President. When she got fairly in Trout
of him slie said: “I have come in person to
*oe you. lam a poor widow, and my bill fur
a pension Is before you. In the natno of
Heaven I ask von not to veto it. These are
my children,and they depend on mo for sup
port.”
Tne President looked uncomfortable for a
while, and sad something in an undertone.
The oid lady gave him her card and passed on
wttli a happy -.in do on her face. It is thought
the President will not veto her bill.
Vhk drought in Colorado has been so severe
that baked trout can be dug out of the dust in
thualioaiu beds.— t/ma/ta her eld.
ITEMS OP INTEREST.
Tub original meaning of the word Halifax
is red hair, of Colfax black hair, of Fairfax
blonde hair.
An English angler explains his devotion to
the sport by saying it is "the only amuse
ment lishes ever have,”
Tub tomb of Mordecai and Queen Esther is
still visited by Hebrew pilgrims and is well
preserved in the centre of the town of Hatna
dan, in Persia.
A peculiarity of the jury before which
the Chicago anarchists are being tried is the
youth of its members. The oldest is only 49
years of age, and eight of them are under 40,
six being under 30. The mean average of
their ages is bnt 34.
Two boys living near St. Joseph, Mo., saw
a large bnilsnake in the act of swallowing a
rabbit. One of the ladß struck the snake
with a hoe, whereupon a second rabbit popped
out of the reptile’s mouth and sat up. looking
bewildered. The snake was killed. It meas
ured seven feet iD length.
A hail storm in Beuton county, Ind., drove
a hen from her nest in the grass, and smashed
the eggs. The hen went back as soon as the
storm was over and began trying to hatch the
hailstones that filled the nest. Shedidn’t find
out her mistake until ner feet were very cold
and her feathers very wet.
A Frankport hotel keeper, Herr Theodor
Drexel, has a untune collection of books on
cooking, a beautifully printed catalogue of
which he has just published. The collection
numbers 291 works, the oldest dating from
1531. There are hooks in Herman. French,
English. Latin, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Dan
ish ami Swedish.
Mexican tobacco has not yet achieved the
reputation in foreign markets that the Cuban
product has, hut there is an earnest improve
ment in the shipments and its quality is such
that it is bidlevod it can successfully compete
with that of any other region. There ie no
other product which will contribute more
speedily to the wealth of Mexico.
Mr. Stockwell, who owns the almost un
known island of Anticosti, has been interest
ing London i>eople in it, and hopes to have it
colonized. Contrary to current opinion, he
says it is not altogether bleaic and inhos
pitable, but fertile in soil and genial in cli
mate, and able to support a population of
300,000 instead of only 2,000, as at present.
A Mackerel with a collar on was a novelty
caught in the black bass trap at Gloucester.
Mass. Around the fish was a rubber hand
such as used on preserve jars, and probably
was put on there by some fl-herman when the
niacKerel was a small tinker. The rubber,
hand cut through the fish on the back, and if
the mackerel had continued to grow the head
would have been cut off by its rubber guillo
tine.
Who introduced “pink” hunting coats for
ladies’ wear is a topic of the day in Loudon.
Mr. Yates’ World gives the credit to Lady
Hesketh, but Life dates it away back to Lady
Madeiina Palmer, sister of the then Duchess
of Bedford, and one of the daughters of the
celebrated Duchess of Gordon, who bribed
Charles James Fox’s constituents by the offer
of a guinea between her lips, and marched
into Aberdeen at tbe head of bsr husband’s
regiment in a kitt.
According to a French paper, an odd use
for the stereoscope has been revived. A
loot, note, suspected to be forged, was
submitted to the experts of the Bank of
France for their opinion. A close examina
tion was made, blit no difference between the
suspected note and a genuine one could lie
discovered. Someone then suggested that
the two notes should be placed side by side in
a stereoscope, when it was found that the
loop of one of the letters in the supposed false
note did notoxactlv cover that of the genuine
one. showing that they had not been printed
from the same plate.
Old Uncle Isaac Parker, oneof the best
and largest human beings in Kentucky, who
measures seven feet in his socks, died an easy
death at Dr.Staudiford’sfarm,near Louisville.
Tuesday, He was an old servant in the fami
ly of Dr. Standiford’s father, aud was very
popular with everybody or the farm, but
owing to his advanced age did only the very
lightest work about the place. Uncle Ike at
an early hour that morning seated himself in
a doorway and everybody thought he was
taking a nap, hut when he rolled over stiff it
was found ihat he had died suddenly and
quietly, probably of heart disease.
Among the assets of Grant & Ward that
passed into the ensiody of Receiver Julien T.
Davies wore 17,023 shares of the capital stock
of the Ward Consolidated Mining Company.
Many of the shares stood in the name of Fer
dinand Ward. The others were in the names
of other persons, but were accompanied by
regular certificates of transfer. As no out
side person pul in aclaim tor anvof ihe shares
Receiver Davies got a certificate for all of
them in his own name. But tile Ward Con- .
solidated Mining Company is insolvent, and
its stock is not quoted. The par value of Us
shares is *lO. The other day the urm of Domi
nick & Dicker in an offered Keecivpr Davies Sc.
a share. He an plied to the Supreme Court
lor leave to accept the offer, aud Judge Bar
rett gave it to him.
Mrs. J. W Thomas, a sister of the sculp
tor, J. Q.A Ward, has a curious statuette
in alabaster, about six inches high, under a
glass case in the drawing room of her hand
some country seal near Newburgh, on the
Hudson. It is the figure of an Irish
man who used to do chores for her
family thirty-tire yoars ago in Brooklyn,
and is wonderfully life-like and faith
ful, even to the patches in his trousers,
toe rent in his coat, and the creases in his
narrow-brimmed stovepipe hat. The work
was executed with a penknife bv her brother,
then in Ids teens, while on a' visit to her
house. It so pleased her that she took it to
the sculptor, 11. K. Brown. "Madame.” said
he, admiring it, “this boy has something in
hnn ” For six years afterwards Mr. Ward
was a pupil in Brown’s studio, laving the
foundations of the most prosperous career yet
achieved by an American sculptor.
Some extensive alterations having been un
dertaken at Clumber Park, tlic magnificent
country seat of the Duke or Newcastle, it was
resolved todrain thegreat lake in the grounds,
and for this purpose the fish were all taken or
driven into the adjoining dams that usually
regulate the water supply. The lake was
deepened, and the fish have now been c are
fully restored to their old quarters. About
12,000 pike were put back and several thou*
sand carp and cels. Many of the pike were
very large, some of them weighing 40 pounds
There w ere shoals of tench and perch, and I tie
carp were alsoof iinmensesizc. Clumber lake
has not been dtstnrhed for 200 years, so it is
probable that many of the pike and carp have
attained a patriarchal age. The biggest "sh
were carried bv the keepers in their arms
and those under 30 pounds were conveyed in
tanks. Some magnificent specimens were pre
sented by the Duke t j the principal aquariums
of the United Kingdom.
Gaft. Übbkrwkq of the Bed Starsteamship
Waceland, which arrived at New York Thurs
day from Antwerp, reports that during a re
cent passage his vessel had a strange experi
ionee with a w hale. At 1 p, m. on July 4,
when about 200 miles west of the Scillv
Islands, the officer In charge of the deck ob
serv'd that the vessel Whs not making her
usual speed, although the wind was fair and
the sea smooth. The lookout soon afterward
discovered tr.nt an immense fish was lying
across the vessel’s stem and impeding her
progress. Capl. Ueberweg ordered th ship
to he stopped. She then barked away,
and a great brown mass, evidently a
whale, funt 70 feet in ength, was seen in the
water under the lee bow. After clennng iho
whale the Wucsland, which seemed to have
sustained no injuries, resinned her course.
Gapt. Uoberweg thinks that Iho whale was
asleep when the vessel struck him, and that,
as she moved along, the water hold tho big
fish across the stem.
Lieut. Boland Bonaparte, whose name
was removed from the French army list last
Saturday by (ten Boulanger, is tho son of
that black sheep of the imperial family, Prince
Tlcrre. The Utter when aiiout so years of
age, was forced to fly for bis life from ftnly,
where he had murdered In cold blood a game,
keeper who had just taken down his nuuio
for poaching; ana iu ISM) lie contributed to tl o
downfall of the empire by killing the jour- t
nuliat Victor Noir in his own house with a re
volver. In France tho consent of the head of
the familv is necessary to render a marriage
legal, ami Napoleon 111. made a point oi re*
fusing lo permit bis cousin's marriage to Ro
land’s mother, who at one time kept a milli
ner shop in Bond street, London. The young
Lieutenant. who bus consequently no right to
the title of Prince, anti who is completely ig
nored by tlie ex-Km press and other members
of the imperial family, married some years
ago the daughter or Mine. Blanc, proprietress
oi the gambling iiollsat Monaco, receiving a
large dowry. Another daughter of Mme
Blnnc mgiTied Prince Constantine Kad/.ivid
who has been banished from the Berlin and
Austrian court<u couscuacnce-
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