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MONDATi OCTOBER 11 1880.
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UDEI lOHEfjjJTEEIISEMEHS.
Meetings —Delia! No. 9, 1.0.0.F.;
The Southern Mutual lan Association.
Special Notice—As to Crew of Nor. Bark
Arlington.
Proposals—For Extension of Jetties at
Mouth of St. John's River; For Ptlo and Jetty
AVork at Volusia Bar, Fia.
Steamship Schedules—Baltimore Steam
ship Line; Generate Transatlantique.
Auction Salk —Office and Household Fur
niture, hr C.' H- Dorsett.
New Dress Goods—Gray ft O’Brien.
Kindkbgaeten—Mi's Cunningham,
r Cihculak No. 79—Railroad Commission of
Ge irgia.
Apples, Etc.—Kavanaugh ft Brennan.
Cheap Column Advertisements— Help
*Wanted; For Rent or Sul ; Miscellaneous.
Since the Plains boys have all settled
in Chicago, Illinois may now be looked
upon as a more doubtful State than ever.
Is It true, as alleged by the New York
Pun, that the motto of the Atlanta Pro
ifcibitionists now is “Every house its own
barroom ?”
A the proposed crematory in
Baltimore has been secured and the pre
liminary steps forereottng the building
and furnaces will be taken at an early
iay.
A good deal of space in the popular
magazines is to be devoted to “Earth
quakes.” It is to be hoped the subject
•will not remain fresh as long as the bat
tle of Sbiiob did.
It is stated that the municipal authori
ties of London have decided to confer the
freedom of the city on Heurj L. Stanley.
There does not seem to be any (ear that
se will try to escape.
It is now believed that Geronimo would
.make a more successful bass ball umpire
ithan John L. Sullivan, provided the mana
gers would let him carry his soalping
knife on the diamond.
Another rich farmer in New Y'ork who
couldn’t trust the banks has come to the
front. lie wants the detectives to find
ut how nearly $4,000 leaked out of his
Mrong box through tbc kev hole.
The Jacksonville Times Union has made
fagreat beat by getting news ahead of any
of the Georgia papers. Itannounces edi
torially that “Gen. Jobn B. Gordon is now
Governor ol Georgia.” What has become
of Gov. McDaniel?
A telegram from far off Nebraska says
there is ground for hope that that State
will go Democratic this fall. Evidently
that distinguished hustler, tha Hon.
Church Howe, is managing another Re
publican campaign.
"> Tne Queen protem. of Spain is gaining
much praise on account of the fre* ing of
the remaining slaves in Cuba. It seoms
that she did not take particular pains to
Impress on the public mind the fact that
emancipation was only proclaimed as a
war measure.
Civil Service Commissioner Oherly is
Kill a', work with Civil Service Commis-
Hioiior Edgerton making changes in tho
ijivil service i ules. There appears to be
jhi impression that the country will ex
perience a feeling of relief when the com
missioners get the rules in a satisfactory
shape.
The Harvard Annex continues to flour
ish. At the spring aud fall examinations
forty young women applied for admis
sion. Tho freshman class contains about
twenty-five, and there are in all nearly
100. Among them are many advanced
special students, graduates of Smith,
Wellesley, and other colleges.
The Prussian Minister of Public In
struction bus issued a circular to
provincial authorities asking their
beat co-operation in the preserva
tion of ancient tombs, harrows,
Biounds, burial site*, and sites and set
tlements, referring to the Roman pagan
times, and in lact everything ot historical
interest.
The Prohibitionists are to havo a daily
campaign ortanlnNcw York. Funk &
AVa nail’s Weekly Voice announces that
(the first number ol the Daily Voice will
'appear on Oct. 19, and will continue thir
teen days. The publishers say that it
will be a creditable metropolitan daily
newspaper, but they do not claim that it
will fill “a long-felt want.”
At a sale ot autographs at New Y’ork
Thursday Napoleon Bonaparte’s signa
ture realized SOO, and among the signers
of the Declaration of Independence
Samuel Adams’autograph su'd tor SBS,
Robert Treat Patne’s $22, Roger Sher
man’s $25. Lewis Morris' SBS. Abraham
Clark’s S2O. Richard Stockton’s SSO,
Thomas Lynch. .Tr., $2lO, Button Gwin
nett’s $lB5 and Lyman Rail’s S3O,
Ex. Gov. Brown, (No. 3, ail brothers ),ot
Tennessee, was in New York the other
day and found it necessary to correct a
popular error about the oumpaign in
his State. He said the burlesque
feature of the campaign ot tho Tay
lor brothers had been exagger
ated. “The campaign,” be added, “is
free from personalities, as the two broth
ers are very loud ol each other and are
both gentlemen of education and culture.
But they do not go through the fiddling
act wherever they go. I believe they dm
on one or two occasions play for a num
ber ol personal li-tends, hut did nothing
more than mat. The canvass has not
lacked dignity. As to the election, there
Is no doubt of the result. 800 Taylor
•Hi carry the State hr iitt.ooo maioritv.”
Let Florida Democrats Wake Up.
Democrats in Florida should not forget
that, the Legislature soon to ho elected
there will choose a United States Senator
next winter. The Republicans and Inde
pendents have made nominations pretty
generally throughout the State, and if the
Democrats do not do their whole duty on
election day they may have the mortifica
tion of seeing either a Republican or an
Independent elected to succeed Senator
Jones.
Avery lively Democratic campaign is
being carried on for the Congressional
nominees, although little, apparently, is
being done for the candidates for the
State Legislature. The Democrats are so
confident that they will have the Legisla
ture that many of them may be disposed
not to take the trouble to go to the polls.
The fact ought to be impressed upon them
that in apathy there is danger. Their
political opponents are working hard
and may succeed in bringing about some
astonishing results.
Attention is called to the fact that the
Democrats would not have been able to
control the last Legislature if the Inde
pendents had not acted with them. They
cannot always depend upon an alliance
with the Independents. In a contest for
so great a prize as the office of United
States Senator the Demoorats may find
the Independents and Republicans united
against them.
There is no doubt that the Democrats
can elect a majority of the Legislature if
they will make an effort to get out their
full strength. They have the votes ami It
is only necessary to get them Into the bal
lot box. It would be very unfortunate
for the Democratic party of Florida and
for that State if a Republican should be
elected Senator. The opposition to the
party would be greatly strength
ened, and the Republican leaders
would be encouraged to make a su
-preme effort to capture the State in the
presidential election of 18SS. The Demo
crats, if thev are wise, will keep the up
per hand, now that they have it.
Building and Loan Associations.
Few persons comparatively appreciate
the amount of good that has been accom
plished in this and other cities through
the btiilding and loan associations. They
have been doubly successful in Savan
nah. They have enabled hundreds of
people, who would not otherwise have
been able to do so, to obtain homes, and
they have been very profitable as busi
ness enterprises.
Almost any thrifty, economical person,
even where he receives but a small sal
ary, can secure a home free of incum
brance in a few years by taking advan
tage of the plans offend by these associa
tions, which are frequently being organ
ized- In most Instances the amount of
money paid out to secure a home is little
moro than is paid lor rent for a like
period.
In some respects the building and loan
associations are better than savings
banks for those who do not wish to bor
row. In the first place one obligates him
self to det>osit so much money every
month, and he will be apt to keep his ob
ligation even when it is not very conveni
ent for dim to do so, and this contributes
to the formation of economical and thrifty
habits, and l hen the profits on the mimey
deposited are usually greater than the in
terest allowed by savings hanks. An At
lanta association that is just winding up
a series makes a fair average
showing of what building and loan
associations, where well managed, pay
the stockholders, each share cost a dollar
a month for six years and three moqths.
For the $75 paid in the stockholder, who
did not borrow, will draw out.sl2o, or $45
per share more than he paid in. To illus
trate: The man who paid in S4O per
month for the seventy-five mouths will
draw out $4,800 in clean, clear cash—
sl,Boo more than he paid in; aud besides
several hundred families will soon find
themselves in possession of homes paid
for through the association. Some of the
Savannah associations, it is said, have
made even better showings than this.
The tendency in tne newer associations
is to so adjust the schemes as to give more
favor to the early borrowers, who have
heretofore neoessarily borne the heavier
burdens. Philadelphia owes Its fame as
a City of Ilomes to its building and loan
associations. Where such associations
flourish the danger from exorbitant
rents is almost nothing, lor it pays a
man much better to become his own land
lord than to pay more than reasonable
rent.
It will probably not be many years
belore the smaller towns throughout the
country will have their building and loan
associations. Nothing would contribute
more to improve them and increase their
prosperity.
Cotton Fires on Shipboard.
The cause of cotton fires on shipboard
remains as muob a mystery as ever.
Within a verv few days two such tires
have occurred on vessels at this port, and
one on a vessel that was loaded at New
Orleans.
Unless the cause of fires of this kind is
discovered it is hardly possible to pre
vent them. Precautions may be taken,
but the}' cannot be taken Intelligently,
About the only thine that can be done is to
guard against everything that may possi
bly cause the tires.
There are many theories relative to
tboircausc. none of which is wholly sat
islactory. There are some who now be
lieve parlor matches, which colored men
who assist In handling the cotton are in
the habit ot carrying in their hair, are the
cause. If they are, the only effective
way to prevent the lire* ia to prohibit tile
saleot the matobes. It would be easier
to do that than to prevent the colored
men from carrying the matches.
It is not certain that all the mysterious
tires are due to the same cause, but the
weight of opinion is that they are.
It will probably not be a great whilo
belore manv of the most Important rail
way lines in the world will have roadways
built entirely of steel. Experiments have
already been made with steel crossties,
and now the Midland railway, of Eng
land, istestingthe merits ofsteel sleepers.
With steel crossttee,sleepers and rails, and
the road bed ballasted with concrete, it Is
probable that the average speed ot rail
way truius could be materially increased,
while the danger Irotn accidents could be
reduced to a minimum. It is believed
i that the cost of such a road us is susrgest-
I ed. wbn tboaunualoutlay for repairs and
! damages Is considered, would be less
i tuau the cheap roads us now constructed.
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: MONDAY. OCTOBER 11. XBB6.
The Sawdust Game.
The shrewdness and audacity of the
sawdust swindlers of New York have
been well known to newspaper readers
for several years. Scarcely a week passes
that thev are not well advertised by the
publication of reports of their roping in
some unsuspecting but not innocent
countryman, and doing him up for a very
neat little sum of money. The fact that
the old device of these swindlers has been
so often exposed does not appear to lessen
the number of their victims, and no doubt
where one person makes complaint on ac
count of hie losses several accept the
situation quietly, not caring to be pub
lished as being parties to t ransactions dis
reputable to alt concerned in them.
These swindlers invariably propose
through circulars or letters to sell coun
terfeit money or “currency as good as the
genuine” to their “customers” or “confi
dential friends,” whose names they say
have been furnished by some third party,
and they apparently agree to such tests
of their “honesty” that the unsophisti
cated think there Is little chance of being
victimized, but when the parties meet
the “purchaser” is nearly always relieved
by skillful manipulation of his cash, and
finds himself in possession of a box of
sawdust or a package of paper in place
of the crisn hills he so much covets.
It is said that hundreds oi the circulars
of these swindlers have been received by
business men in the smaller towns of
Georgia and other Southern States during
the last month or two. The thrifty ne
groes of the South are also being plied
with inducements to patronize these deal
ers in the “queer,” as they sometimes call
themselves, and it is inure than probable
that very many of these negroes will be
relieved of wnat money they have accu
mulated by hard work and eoonomy.
Of course the victims are not en
titled to any sympathy. They are
just as dishonest as the protessional
swindlers are. and both parties to such
transactions deserve to be severely pun
ished. It is very difficult, however, to
reach any ol the parties by law, on ac
count of the unwillingness of the victims
to testify and the extreme shrewdness of
the swindlers, which makes it all but im
possible to obtain evidence sufficient to
convict them.
The Curse of Hu Hi an is 111.
There are few parts of the country in
which ruffianism does not prevail to a
greater or less extent. It is more preva
lent, perhaps, in the larger cities, and in
some quarters of nearly every large city
it seems alike to defy the law, the officers
ot the law and commofl decency. Tne far
West has long been notorious as the
home of outbreaking desperadoes, but. the
Western ruffians have usually some re
deeming traits that are wanting in city
rttflians. They are in the main brave,
generous and open altkein their enmities
and friendships, though they are often
murderers and robbers. The classes of
cut-throats and thieves that infest our
large cities are generally treacherous and
cowardly, though they are dangerous to
the weak, or troublesome sometimes
merely because of their numbers.
It would seem that any city govern
ment ought to be able to suppress ruffian
ism, but this is rarely accomplished. Al
lhough the greater criminals are gener
ally punished, there are constant and
innumerable minor acts of ruffianism
which It seems almost impossible to pre
vent. This is sometimes owing to defec
tive municipal regulations, and more
often to the lax enforcement, or rather
non-enforcement, of such regulations as
exist. In some instances the minor offi
cials and police are taken from tha very
classes that need the strictest police sur
veillance. In some cities there are sec
tions in which no respectable woman dare
walk, even in broad daylight, and there
are few cities in which children can walk
the streets without hearing the fouiest
language aud the most horrible blas
phemy.
The remedy lor ruffianism in the cities
is to select the police and all minor offi
cials from the middle classes, and to put
no one in a responsible position who is
even suspected of being in sympathy
with the disorderly elements. Men who
are expected to be the instruments in
suppressing ruffianism must he known to
be thoroughly in sympathy with the en
forcing of law and ordor, and to have
nothing in common with the lawless
classes %
The Hotel Mail does not think every
one who is asphyxiated by gas in a hotel
is the Ignorant author of bis own de
struction. It says: “Two more eases at
hotels this week of suffocation by gas!
How long is this thing to goon? 1 be
lievebalf of these oases are due to de
fective gas fixtures—to old worn-out keys
that, turn entirely around when presuma
bly turned off, and thus suffocate the
poor fellows who goto bod in innocence
of what is to befall them. 1 my
self have found just such fixtures, and,
too, in hotels whore they charge $4 and
$5 a day, It is a shame, and a slander
on half the dead who die this way to ac
cuse them of suicide. They are the vic
tims of outrageous neglect and shame
ful economy.” It would seem to be a
good idea for guests, as well as hotel
proprietors, to examine the gas fixtures
and see that there is no leakage. Any
intelligent person ought to be ablo to de
tect the odor of gas in his room wirhin a
verv short time after putting out the
light. The Mall, however, probably
overdraws the mark as to neglect.
Landlords are usually as careful about
saving gas as they aro economical about
gas fixtures. And moat of them have con.
siderahlo regard for the oomtort and
saictv ot tbeir guests.
Cnpt. Kbrough, of tho steamboat Eagle,
it seems. Is to ahor i to some extent the
unenviable notoriety ol the New Englaud
skipper who abandoned a rival crow of
fishermen from his own town to the waves.
It is recorded that
“Old Floyd Ireson for ills hard heart,
Wms tarred and feathered and drawn in a
cart
By tho women of Marblehead,”
It doea not appear, however, from the
preaentation of the Coroner’s jury,
whether Capt. Kbrough, in failing to havo
his boat push the Masoot’.e ashore, was
guilty of being deliberately inhuman.
His offense was doubtless the result ot
bis timidity and over-anxiety about the
salety of bis own boat. Probably the re
vocation ol his license will he suflielunt
punishment. At least, there ought to to
a more thorough investigation before he
is mobbed and held up to the world as an
object of eotitrmut.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Iniquity and Nm Equity.
From the Jeuieh ifewenger.
Mr. Powderly observed in his Richmond ad
dren: "We are Knights of Labor because we
be ieve that, luw and ordor -nonld prevail,
and that both should lie founded on equity.”
Exactly so, hot boycotting is founded on ln
iquity, ami Would Mr. l’onderly countenance
that?
Eyo'utlon of the Mugwump.
From, the .Yew York .Star ( Pem.)
When that “wiggletail’e” wings dry tie
arises into tne air a full-fledged mosquito,
whose mission thenceforth is to buzz and
Mu g. and who marks Ids ingratitude for tne
blood mi which fie feeds by wantonly injec
ting poison out of [Hire malice, into the
wound ne inflicts through necessity. He is
the perfect type of the mature Mugwump.
A Campaign Slander.
From, the Cincinnati Enquirer i Dem.)
The contractors who now own the Ohio
penitentiary buv lalmrat 60cents and 7. r >cents
a nay and put it in direct competition with
every honest, hard-working mechanic In
Onio. In view or this fact, don’t you under
stand tne ineaningof the skinning and tan
ningstory? Don't you know that it was in.
vented for the purpose of cheating you out of
your vote?
BRIGHT BITS.
A recent game of ba-e hall at Louisville
was won by a little dog. who grabbed a fielder
by the trousers and kept Idui from fielding
the ball. We have often thought of suggest
ing to Hie Athletics tha' they get some dogs.
They are c heaper than good plavera.— t'hit i
- Call.
Nor pi ling for the marriage bells: She—
Oh. Reginald! ho.w happy we will be when
married! And to think wo should meet this
summer in this quiet place—we aro quite
alone 1
He—Y-e-s, it is rather lonely, you know—iu
fact, I find it an awful bore. — Life,
Beasley (who is taking Mrs. B. No. 2 to
see Hie grave of Mrs. B. No. I)—l’ve been
promisin' ton this pleasure for some time,
Saranttiv, ’n now i want you ter see ’f yer
can’t improve a little and not break down my
constitution with any more of them cobble
stone pies of vour j . You’ll get the same re
ward some day.— Tid-Bite.
Effect of Early Education.—Mrs. Su
perficial—How Intelligent those little Swiss
bovs are, mv dear.
Her Friend—How so, dear?
Mrs. Superficial—Why, when Alfred and 1
were there I hey could show us all the strange
places in the mountains and never once asked
for a guidebook. —Fiew York Grttjthie.
“Well, how did you tike the sermon last
Sundry?” a-ked one lady of another recently.
“The hi rmon?”
“Yes. you were at church, surely,”
“Well, I was.”
"Well, then, bow did you like Dr. Pith’s
sermon?”
"i didn’t h ar anv sermon. I belong to the
choir.”— Church .Yews.
Men of One Idea.—The remark of Chief
Justice Comogys in the trial tf the. prize
figh'ers that he "could not see whnt rivh r the
Marquis of Queen-berry had to make
rules” reminds us of the poor man who. on
being told that h>s trouble was Bright's dis
ease, said: “Wo'l. 1 think there ought to be
some I'iff to punish a man that makes a dis
ease like this.”— Wilmington H me Weekly.
It i related that once when Henry Russell,
whose s nglng of his own descriptive songs
"Tim Life Boat.” “The Newfoundland Dog,"
and others, is remembered by many Now
Vorkers. was singing the latter song in an
English town, am in called out. "Was the
child saved, man?” He was assured that the
child was saved, and at that asked morn earn
estly, “Cans’t thou gelmeapnp?”— Erchange.
Strategy in Te::as.—“You aro a comical
fellow,” remarked a Texas gentleman to a
newly married friend.
• In what respect?”
“You might have married the pretty young
daughter, hut you went and married her ugly
old mother.”
"Strategy, mv bo-. Don’t you see how I
headed her off from being my mother-in
law?”— Ttjyia Siftinge.
How She Interpreted It.—New York
Mamma—Oh. yes. Indeed. Algernon Is getting
on splendidly on the stage.
Friend—What did he say when he wrote
last'
New York Mamma—You will excuse the
pardonable pride of the dear bov- when I tell
you he stated he was on his uppers.
Friend—On his uppers?
New York Mamm i—Tes—er—that is—l sup
pose on the upper rounds of the ladder of
fame.— Tid-Biu.
PERSONA!*
Justin McCarthy is to be honored in Bos
ton on Monday evening with a public dinner.
Gen. Atom Badf.ait is a middle-aged man.
short, heavy set. of quick movements and
cutting eyes.
Miss Elizabeth Peaßoot, in sp.ite of her
advanced age, is preparing a volume entitled
"A Last Evening With Allston.”
Skcrktary M anning’s Albany residence
has been rented for the winter to a Mr. Wol
verton, a contractor of Cast leton.
Sih Richard Sutton, the English breeder
of short-horned cattle, has lost his valuable
herd of .Jerseys through that fell agency,
pleuro-pucnmonia.
It is now said in social circles that Hamil
ton Pish suffered a slight stroke of paralysis
during the past summer while at bis summer
residence at Garrison’*, on the Hudson. Mr.
Fish is in his 7flth year.
Will Carlkton, of•• Betsy and I Are Out”
fame, is delivering In New York State what
he calls a poem lccfnre. Atl of the lecture is
in rhyme, some of which is pretty bad, and
one of its chief features is a eulogy of John
Howard Payne,
Potter Palme*, of Chicago, having learned
that a firm of decorators had lost money in
carrying out a contract to finish one of the
rooms In his new house on Lake Michigan,
forwarded hi* chocs for $ 1,000 to the firm
without solicitation on their nart. He ex
plained to a friend that had he uot done so lie
Would feci that he was defrauding the firm.
M. PeLesskTs, having been reported to ho
in failing health, sent a few days ago a tele
gram to the General (Secretary of he Suez
Company, ssying: ‘‘lnvite the author of ihc
Bourse canard to follow me on horseback in
my daily rides. He would soon bo overcome
with fatigue, and fln.d that to keep up with me
is more difficult tbau to pocket differences
dishonestly obtained on the Bourse.”
Kkv. A. Stewart Wai.sii and Rev. T. Do
Witt Talmago. of Brooklyn, have been asso
ciated in the authorship of a volume entitled
•‘The Queen of the Hou°e of David.” The
body of the work was written by Dr Walsh,
and'Dr. Tidmage coutribut.es a long and elo
quent introduction. The Ixoic is the out
growth of indefatigable research, and is fell
of ihc evidences of profound study. The Rev.
Dr. Walsh is one of the most gifted of the
great army of clerical authors.
Gen. Grant, just before ho died, made a
kind of will in which he directed that certain
legacies should be paid. Among them be
directed that, the sum of $3,000 should be paid
to h's p'hvsician. Dr. Douglass, in appreciation
of his untiring personal devotion. This legacy
has not been paid, and no explanation of why
it was not paid has ever been demanded of
the administrator of ttie Grant esiatc. Dr.
Douglass, his friends say, will never ask lor
this 1. gacy and will go without it unless it is
voluntarily paid him.
Mrs. Burton N. Harrison, the authoress,
whose husband was the private secretary of
Jefferson Davis, is now at work up m a book
which she says will be her greale-t lliersrv
achievement. Mrs. Harrison l. a-mall, daint y
looking body, with a fair complexion and a
wealth of reddish golden hair. She is not
strong minded, but h is a very positive v fern
Inlnc manner. Ilerliguro Is still girlish, and
one can hardly think of her ns the mother of
s you’ g gentleman of seventeen already in
Yale. Her homo at 11 Lexlngion avenue,
New York, is very tastefully decorated In two
colors, white and gold.
Young Johnny Wise, whom the Virginia
Republicans nominated for Governor, says a
New York paper, has been in New York re
cently, parity on law business and partly to
see some fins dogs. Wise is an admirer of
dogs, and an authority respecting them.
Johnny Wise is a political misfit. He is a
Democrat through and through, who deludes
himself with the belief that he is a Republi
can. Nome day he will wake up and discover
his mistake. Hl* square-cut, firmly-set Jaw
betokens courage. He list it. Helms faced
an antagonist's pistol several times, and he
has ri os.iilly had tbo moral coitmso to decline
a challenge on the ground that duelling is
both wicked and absurd. If Wise should
come to New York to live, as he has had some
thought of doing, he would be a Democrat
within a year. Ho is a slump speaker, who
awakens memories of Jim Nve In hu palmy
days, anil W ise's stump methods would tske
In some parts of Now A ork . When the next
dog show oocur* Wise will be there, and
would as soon think of miking politics then as
an undertaker would of commenting ou the
'latest waltz at a funeral
A CAKE FOR KING CUPID.
Something Nice In the War of a Sweet
Cuke for a Brltleh Bride.
From the British Con fectioner 1 .
At a recent wedding reception at which
some of the members of the new Cabinet and
“our only General” figured as relatives and
honored guests, the bride's cake was a simply
magnificent structure—eight tiers, each vary
ing in the style of ornamentation. The cake
rested on a silver plateau, wtb a handsome
filigree work reaching slantwise from the
plateau to the cloth of blue velvet, or plush,
covered with lace. The edge Of the blue ma
terial was a gold lace filigree and deep gold
grass fringe, with horseshoes, “for good luck,”
worked at each of the four corners with gold
thread and pearls. There was nothing on this
table excoot the cuko and a few boais of
flowers In the new shaded grass. The cake
was surrounded about three inches distant
bv a most exquisite wreath of stephanntis,
Kalosanthe* jasmiuia, la Dame Blanche helio
tropes, and a white foohsla, called “Charming
Bride.” Three double (entwined) horseshoes
were on the upright rim of the first,tier,
amid a grouping of fern leaves, in white
sugarwork. Op the top was an artislic
grouping of the two families’shields, crests,
etc., and the new quartering allowed by the
marriage. The shields wero about eight,
inches long. The cresis at pbcirdeepest point
two inches long. The ue'xt tiers represented
“The seven Ages of Mail,” founded oa Shake
speare’s lines
Towed by a Mackerel.
From the Toronto 91 he.
Two young men, one of whom is Mr. Som
ers, of the City Clerk's office, were on a fish
ing excursion on Lake Windermere, Mus
koka, this week. While fn a light rowboat,
wnh hisfriend, young Somers ho' ked a fish of
groat size and strength. The fish immediate
ly commenced to tow the boat rapidly through
the wa er. Some friends of the young men
Wh • witnessed the sport the fish was having
with the young men, called out to them to
“pu l in their line,’’and added “Hint It was
only they had caught .” Mr. Somers
said he was sure it was not a sucker that, was
on his line. He |jad otten caught suckers in
Toronto, and th’is one did not a t like a
slicker- The fish towed the boat fuilv a mile
and a naif round the lake, when one of ihe
young sportsmen took to the oars, and, the
ti ll having exhausted itself, pulled the bout
to shore without much difficulty. When the
party got to the shore they landed a mackerel
two feet and a half long, weighing between
seven and eight pounds,
Squirrels Have Been Known to Do This.
From the Lew Mon Journal.
A Lewiston attorney is hacked up l>y a Lew
iston phvsician In Ms assert'on that the fol
lowing dog story is absolutd> true, the occur
rence having come under the observation of
the physician at Old Orchard this summer,
and related to the attorney upon honor. An
intelligent dog uas affiicie dby fleas. They
o'ouded his existence if we may believe ap
pearances, since for four-fifths of the iimethe
Intelligent dog was tied up In a double bow
knot fighting the smaller and less intelligent
hut more nimble flea. He had mewed the
hair from ins sides, and his eye was lacking
lustre. The mangy canine decided to take a
bath in the waves of the ocean, and in so doing
discovered that, as the sea water heightened
upon his legs and sides and back the fleas fled
before it as, ever, the wiched flee, soon after
the dog was seen harking out Into the water,
a smile growing over his countenance as an
idea took possession of him. He was next
seen with a tinge wan of cotton in his mouth.
With this, lifted aloft, ha hacked slowly out.
The flea* craw ed higher us the sea wilier rose
about him. They occui ied his hack ana then
ins head, made uncomfortable as they were
by the salt water. Then st last aa the dog’s
head sank very slowly beneath the waves the
multitude vacated it, jumping to the wad of
cotton that w as floating just at the dog’s nose.
The fleas floated awav forever on the fickle
wad of cotton, while the dog swam ashore to
be for ver embalmed in history by the story
of the doctor and the lawyer and the news
paper.
Lying as a Fine Art.
From the St. Paul Globe.
He sat in the smokerof the Northern Pacific
train a fewdays ago, and it was quite evident
that he was from the rural districts of Dakota.
There were wheat sDrouts in his hair and a
sort of real estate boom expression in his eves.
He pulled contentedly at a short-stemmed
pipe, richly colored and exceedingly fragrant.
He was conversing itn a traveling man who
sat in the seat ahead of him, and who was
evidently about to make his flrnt trip to the
Territory.
• is i her soil good?” repeated the man from
Dnkoia. “Yer bet. yer s eet life, Dakota can
nut up the gosn dangdest layout of rich land
in America. Raise anything but wheat?
Waal, 1 shtid say ’twould'. Ef yer’dshow me
anything ’twon’t raise. I’ll give yer the best
Blab darned farm iu Kidder county. I never
run up against such cantankerous land in mv
life. Why. pardner. I started ter build er
barb wire fence round ray farm last fall, an’
had to quit on erconnt ov wet weather. W hen
I went out to finish ther job in ther spring I
found that ther darned wire had sprouted an’
was runmn’a 1 over ther north end ov mv
farm. I trained it an’it has run three tunes
erounu my 160 acres. I purpose ler go to
raisin’ barn wire fences, an’ just raise the
devil with them air Eastern manufacturers.
Yaas, sir. thot’s ther kind ov eoil we’ve got in
Dakota. Why. I left mv snlkv plow out in
ther field last winter an’ when i went ter get
it in the spring It had grown so big that it
took four horses ter draw It out ov ther
ground. I sold ther plow fur old iron, and it
cum ter enough to raise the mortgage on my
farm, It’s great land, my boy !”
Phil Armour’s Dandy,
From the Chicago Gerald ,
Millionaire Phil Armour has a pleasnntcns
tom of buying a suit of clothes once a year lor
each of ids office employes. This i ear all but
oueof ihe bovs visited a certain tailor on th •
South Side, and Were measured foreuits rang
ing in prioe from S3O to *35. The exception
was a dude, who scorned the selections made
tiy his colleagues. He wanted something
gorgeous and tight-lilting. After pawing
over the fashion plates of the tailor he finally
selected a piece of goods which would cost
f 125 to build into garments. When the tailor,
a few weeks later, sent his i’emized bill to the
big pork packer, the latier made inquiries for
the purpose of finding out whether ibis young
man with such iesthetic taste was really so
unfortunate as to have to work.
“Is he at work in any of our departments?”
Mr. Armour asked, turning to one of bis lieu
tenants.
“Yea; ho works in the room,” was the
reply.
"fib. eh; has he drawn his money for this
month?”
•■No. sir: not yet ”
"Well, then, g > get his salary and give it. to
me. and tell him I want to see him at once.”
When Ihe dude tripped up to the millionaire
the latter cleared his throat ami said:
"Young man. I like to have my clerks con
sider themselves on an equality with one an--
other. In looklngjover t*’ " tailor’s hill 1 find
that you rate you self tl* higher than the
figures vour colleague- plan- upon themselves.
As I see no tangible proof of your great worth
to this establishment, it gives me much satis
faction to present to you your mouth's salary,
together with my estimato of your value—
vour dismissal from my service. Remember
I’m an expert on hogs and know how to salt
them.”
I Cmne Down from Lebanon,
Fmm the Philadelphia Times.
Ab I came down from Lebanon,
Caine winding, w anderingftlowly down
Through mountain passes bleak and brow.
The rloudle** day was well-nigh done.
The eitv, like an opal set
In emerald, showed each minaret
Afire with radiant beams of sun.
And glistened orange, fig and lime
Where song-birds made melodious Chime.
As I came down from Lobanou.
As I came down from Lebanon
Like lava In the golden glow.
Through olive or. hard* fur below
I saw ilio murmuring river run;
And 'nnntli the wall upon the nand
swart aheikft from distant Suroarcand,
With proctmis spices they had won,
Lav lung and languidly In wait
Till they had pas-ed the guarded gate.
As I came down from Lebanon.
As 1 oame down from Lebanon,
I ssw strange men from lands afar
In mosque and square and gav bazaar.
The Mavl i hat the Moslem shun.
And grave Kffendi from stamhoul
W ho sherbet sipped in cornor* cool.
And from the balconies o'errun
With roses gloamed from eyes of those
Who dwell in still toraglloe.
As I came down from Lebanon,
As I nine down from Lebanon,
The naming glow of daytime died,
A ml Night arraven as Is a bride
Ol some great King In garments spun
Of purple and the finest gold,
Onihloomed In glorious manifold,
Until ihe moon almye the dun
And darkening desort void of shade,
Shone like a keen l>eoiacu blade.
As I came down from Lebanon.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
The shipment of ice from Chicago to San
Erauciaco by trains run on a passengersched
ule, to prevent loss by [melting, is the latest
commercial idea.
San Lptr Obispo has jnst lost one of its
solid citizens. He weighed 460 pounds, and
when he sat down hao to have a chair direct
ly In front of him, on which he rested his pon
derous abdomen.
Tim proprietor of a celebrated restaurant
out West Is described by a local journal B6be
ing, in appearance und dress, a combination
of an English Lord, a United States Senator,
an American poet aud a French painter.
In Sioux City, the youngest of lowa towns,
and at the present time pretty near the most
enterprising, they have what they call an
“Epitaph Club.” Everything good that a
member of it does for the city to advance its
growth, or to add to ltß civilization or charity,
is treasured up bv the people to be placed on
his epitaph at death.
There aro a good many men who would
give considerable to be served as was Henry
Dumble, of Kingston, Canada. He is6B years
old, and for years has been perfectly bald;
but last spring hnir began to grow on his
head, and now lie has a one crop of elegant
black hair, and his whiskers, which havebeen
gray for twenty years, are turning black too.
At the recent meeting of tho West Jersey
Presbytery a resolution was unanimously
passed, giving it as the opinion of the Presby
tery that church members who required ap
plications for licenses to sell liquor were
proper subjects for church discipline, and
church sessions were enjoined to deal with
such perso-sby censure or suspension from
church ordinance.
Engineer George Bam arp, of the Penn
sylvania railroad, recently arose in a Jersey
City synagogue atyt said that he desired to
embrace the Jewish faith. He said that he
had never before professed any religious
faith, but that he ihought the Hebrew rel g
lon to be tho most charitable and free from
hypocrisy. He was pcrmd.ed to become, a
member of the congregation.
A plan is on foot to place Brussels in direct
water communication with the sea. The
canal to the Scheldt is to be deepened, the
quays are to be sufficiently spacious to admit
twenty ships of 2.5J0 tons each to lie along
side, the docks and onsys are to be furnished
with every modern appliance for loading and
unloading vessels, and with warehouses ami
sheds, and are to bo connected with the great
llnee of railway.
T he Board of Managers of the New York
Cotton Exchange examined the type samples
or cotton as readjusted on Sept, 13 and 14 by
the experts appointed by the different ex
changes, members of the National Cotton Ex
change. The members of the Board ex
pressed themselves ns thoroughly satisfied
with, the correctness of the types, and
thanked the experts for their arduous labor
and care. The types are considered the best
we have had for quite a number of years.
A stranger in Wheeling went into a saloon
and found a lot of young fellows pl.n tug at a
new game. A hit of paper was fastened to
the wall, each player in turn was blitidfo'ded
aud turned about throe times, ad then tried
to walk up and iotieh the paper. The man
who touched the furthest from the paper was
to pav for the drinks. The stranger joined
the game. and. when he had jabbed at the
paper and pulled off the bandage, found that
tho other playahs had fled. He ootildn’t see
thej >ke until later, when he discovered that
his pocket had been picked.
Philadelphia takes pride in its carpet
mills. Almost every section of the town has
its factories, or at least a hand loom. Thirty
veurs ago the sound of the loom assailed the
ear in many streets.coming often from the,cel
lar. where the machine was kept in a more
even temperature than could be obtained
elsewhere. Now huge factories, with hun
dreds of valuable patent looms, have suner
seded the old contrivances which had been
little improved for thousand* of years. The
yearly product of one mill of the present 'ime
would exceed that of the whole district of
Kensington fifty or even thirty years ago.
Some society young men in Chicago have
become tired of wearing pantaloons, and they
have started a movement in favor of knee
breeches of the old Knickerbocker style. A
club has been formed among them based on
ihe agreement that when it shall have fifty
members they shall take hold of this areat
question of dress reform in earnest. Thus far
only sixteen of the young society lights of
Chicago have entered the organization, but
as soon as the fifty that are required have
been recruited by the leaders, thee are to ap
pear in public all at once in Mieir knicker
bockers, and thus set the fashion for the timid
and conservative young men who have not
the courage to exhibit their calves.
El Cronista de Morelos, a paper pub
lished in Mexico, avers that it is customary
among the Indians of the Jonacatepee district
of that, country to exchange wives. Occa
sionally these trades aro permanent, but
more often they are for a stipulated length of
time, at the expiration of which each Woman
return* to her former husband, and the event
is celebrated in each family by a feast, at
which the pulque flows freely. Where the
wives cannot be traded even, a dog. a cat or
pig is added on one side to make the barter
fair. In the district of Tcdango, at Tescalia
cac. the still more novel custom exists of sell
ing or trailing off mothers-in-law. A very
fair article of mother-in-law can be bought
for a lamb or sucking pig.
Messrs. Walsh anp Tweed?, of the United
States Geological Survey, were caught out in
an electric storm while sketching from a high
peak near Dixie Butte, Ore., recently. First
there was a buzzing sound, apparently com
ing from under the drawing tabie that.Mr.
Walsh was using. He put his hand under the
drawing sheet and received a severe shock.
Tweedy, who was lying down, was disturbed
and jumped to his feet, but went down quick
ly. <>r where ho stood the electric fluid en
tered in such quantities as to produce an al
most unbearable pricking sensation. Both
mon felt tremendous shocks, their hair stood
up like bristles, their muscles twitched, and
in all respects they felt as if connected to a
powerful electric battery. Through it all the
projecting rocks gave forth a musical hum
ming sound.
A Spanish shepherd killed by lightning re
cently was made the subject of a scientific
post mortem to discover how the electric bolt
had done its fatal work. Ills eyebrows and
eyelashes were burned off, his eyeballs were
dried tip, all his left side was scorched and
burned in spots down to the ankles, while the
right side of the body and right leg were un
injured. Serious as these injuries were, none
of them appeared sufficient to cause his in
stant death. But as soon as the breast was
opened the cause of death was apparent.
The lungs were frightfully conge-ted audthe
heart was enormouslv dilated and tilled with
coagulated blood. With all this damage to
the man his clothing was very little injured,
the only traces of the lightning upon it being
a small hole bored through the rim of the hat
and a slight singeing of the shirt collar.
Laiit Randolph Churchill Is quoted by
The Pilot as writing writing recently to a
friend at Girton that “In spite of the scien
tific influences now brought to bear on women,
we still like admiration, for which I thank
unchanging Mother Nature. For what would
life he without flirtation, admiration and
love? Why should poor human nature, espe
cially its tenderer portion, he worried and
worn by this everlasting moo after culture,
display anil effect? After all, we are nothing
but poor mortal'-, and if we become dissatis
fied with nature and human naturo, as iliou
fands of us are. we shall indeed have to ac
knowledge our wretchedness. There is, I
. am sorrv to -av, a terrible straining afrer the
emotional, while nature’s simplicity is for
gotten. We are not satisfied with ourselves;
(lots of us want to be other people, hdi! oth r
I mople want to be other things. The Tree of
knowledge lain full bearing, but tho fruit is
| not satisfying.”
A CnicAtio man Is bothered by the follow
ing problem, and Is anxious to learn how lie
can apply It to hta own businots: “There
were three boys engaged In selling apples.
'Two of them had thirty apples each, and the
third had sixty apples, or exactlv as many ns
the other two put together. The first boy sold
his apples at two for lc.. and therefore took
In 16c The second sold his apples at three for
10., and therefore took in 10c. The two to
gether took iu 26c. But the third boy sold his
sixty apples a' live for'Jo.. and therefore only
took In Jlo. To soil five apples for 2c. ought
lo bring in as much as to sell two of thorn tor
lc.. and the other three for another cent; but
It seems tliat ti doos not If different pooplo
own the two apples lid the throe.” This has
the air of Interesting extempordnelty that a
Chicago ault on the exact scicnifes ought
to have. Celling iwo apples tor a cent fifteen
t me- and threo apples for a cent ten llmea
doesn’t make five apples for a cent twelve
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GRAND I
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OPENING;
OPENING!
Monday and Tuesday,
October 11th & 12th.
Magnificent Parisian Ilats
and Bonnets.
Grand Imported and Do
mestic Novelties.
Superb contributions from
our varied departments.
Unequalled combinations in
onr Millinery supplies.
Don’t miss it! On these
days we shall offer specials.
Come yourself and bring
your friends.
gPutattmtal.
SAVANNAH ACADEMY
18th Annual Session.
Bull Street, Madison Square.
Will Open Monday, 4th of October,
INSTRUCTION given in English Branchs*
Latin. Greek, French. German and Math,
ematice. Catalogue* can be obtained atDsvli
Bros.’, Wylly A Clarke’s, and MorningNe**
office. JOHNTALIAFEKBO.
Principal.
CHAS. YV. BAIN, University ot Virginia, A*-
sitant Principal.
KINDERGARTEN. I
MISS CUNNINGHAM will open her Kin-I
dergarten and Primary School at 111 I
Drayton street, between Gordon and Gustos I
streets, on MONDAY, Oct. 18. I
WESLEYAN
FEMALE COLLEGE
MACON, GA.
r U BE 48th annual session opeua Wednesday, I
-1 6th October. I
Elegant accommodations, with every sr- I
rangement for health and comfort. I
Best advantages in Literature, Music aid I
Art at moderate cost. I
First applica uts have choice of rooms. I
Apply early for catalogue to I
W. C. BASS, President I
LUCY COBB INSTITUTE,
ATHENS, OEOaiilA. I
T'HE exorcises of this School will be re l
sumed Wednesday, September 28th, ls*Yi
All letters and applications for Ciital'ignMH
will be promptly an-wered if addressed to ■
Miss M. RUTHERFORD. Principal• ■
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2. Chestnut. 4. Oak. I
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