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3 WHITAKER STRKF.T. SAVANNAH, GA.
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Cheap Column advertisements —Help
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Notice—lsaac Sternberg.
The third party movement in Sew York
city—that of the Republican party to the
rear.
Does Virginia propose to remain a part
of the Solid South, or is it about to become
hollow at the butt?
Motto for candidates before tbe General
Assembly: “If you don’t see what you
want don’t besitate to ask for It ”
Our brilliant Suns t Cog win take no
more Turkey in his, and be has no occas
ion to partake of any buzzard either.
There is a splendid outlook mr tbe pea
nut trade in Ailanta, hut the pretzel
business is not very promising in that
city just now.
Bob Taylor played second Addle for Alf
at the celebrated Chattanooga soiree, hut
Alf will plav second Addle at the inaugu
ral ball in Nashville.
There is said to be a surprising number
of hair stores in Boston, thanks to the in
dustry and enterprise of the butter
scalpers of New England.
An Atlanta man says be has saved
nearly $10,090 during bis life by not smok
ing. Uoioriunately for his tamily he
spent tbe money for whisky.
Tbe New York sporting men who bet
two to one that Roosevelt would beat
George are in a condition to real.ze tbe
Vanity of all eartnly pursuits.
Indian summer is here, but a good
many Indians In this county would
ea i this season their “winter ol discon
tent” if they wtre lamiliar with Shakes
peare.
Tbe report that Mr. Lowell is engaged
to be married is authoritatively denied by
bis soD-in-law. It is proper to say that
Julian Hawthorne Is not the author of the
report.
Perhaps Mr. Blaine can now find time
to come South and raise tbe wages of tbe
colored laborers in tbe Southern iron
mills, if be does not forget taese poor
people until the next campaign b g n .
There were a great many surprises ia
various parts of the country on account of
the results ol the eteotions. There is no
need to release the gobler, however, as
people every where still have much to be
thankful for.
Congressman Martin, of Alabama, is
notone of your pig-headed protectionists.
He turned out like a mau and helped elect
Bankhead, who beat him in the nominat
ing convention. He is evidently a better
Democrat than protectionist.
Right nobly did the Richmond working
men come up to ihe support of George D.
Wise. Tuey have repsnted of their lolly
is uniting with tiie Republicans in the
municipal election, and Tuesday they
“brought forth fruits meet for repent
ance,’’
The Eleventh Congressional district of
New York has 24,000 Democratic ma
jority, thanks to ihe latest Republican
gerrymander. The Democrats will proba
bly spread that majority over two or three
Republican districts when they get a ma
jority in the btate Legislature and anew
apportionment is to be mmie.
Some of tne doctors are comparing the
American and French methods of eating.
They seem to be pretty well agreed that
the table d’hote dinner digests better than
the American bite-and-go style. It is
claimed that the French rise irom the
table with lighter teelings than either tne
English or the Ame' ioans. They eat slow
ly and enjoy every moment of their din
ners. and when they are done tuey step
jauntily off to the boulevards to srnoke and
chat in front ol the numerous cafes. That
may be all very true, but il the average
American were to take life in that delib
erate, easv way, where would be get any
thing with which to pay even lor a glass
ol beer and the privilege of free lunch ?
Eugene Lawrence read a paper before
the -few York Historical Sooiety the other
evening iu which he said that people hold
very erroneous notions about Columbus.
It was not even certain tnat liis name
was not Klego. The man who became fa
mous for having landed on this continent
in 141)2 drat comes iulo fully accredited
view us a corsair when 57 years old, and
at that time be took part in a piratical
attack ofl' Cape St. Vincent on some Ve
netian galleys. The c untnauder of the
pirates was a relative named Columbus,
and Christopher’s boat was burned with
the galley to which it was fastened,
Christopher liliusell escaping by rowing
ashore In a small boat. Columbus was a
typical ccrsuir, Mr. Lawrence said, and
not the inild-mume r> and man that
be Is coiainonly supposed to be.
Recently discovered Venetian records
bear out this view, it is not even certain
where he landed, as no siieo bmm ul
Isleauhais supposed to have described
has been found. Verily the Iconoclast is
inroad in the land, and it I doubtful now
il tbs old egg story will be idewsd lo
•tend ob us smaller end-
The Guvei nor’s Mcs-age.
Elsewhere In this issue will be found
the full text ot Governor McDaniel’s
message.*Tne Governor reviews briefly
but intelligently the operations of the
did rent branches of the State govern
ment for the last year, aud furnishes
statements of tbe condition of the differ
ent State institutions. He calls attention
to recommendations of State officers and
approves those which he regards as pos
sessinc merit,
Tbe financial condition of the State is
certainly excellent. The high credit
which it now enjoys is, to a very consid
erable extent, due to the admiraole way \
in w l ich Gov. McDaniel has administered
t e affairs of his office, and to the effj.
oiency with w r hicb other State officers
have discharged tneir duties.
The work on toe State eapitol is being
pushed forward vigorously, and there
does not seem to be any reason for d"Ubt
ing that the building will be completed
within the time and for the sum men
tioned in the act authorizing its construc
tion. The building was not begun
as soon a* was contemplated, and,
hence, some legislation relative to the
payments to the contractors, if it is to be
finished in the time stipulated, is neces
sary. Doubtless tbe Governor’s recom
mendation ic this mat'er, as it is in the
line ot economy, wili meet wtith the ap
proval of tbe Legislature.
There are now 1,527 convicts, and the
principal keeper expresses the opinion
that the maximum has been reached. It
is sincerely to be hoped that bis opinion
is well founded. There Is great dissatis
faction with the present convict system,
arcl this Legislature will doubtless
consider the advisability of tryine
to improve it. The problem of the proper
disposition of convicts is a very difficult
one. and the satisfactory solution of it
will hardly be reached without experi
ments. The people are sufficiently bur
dened by the expense of getting tbe con
victs into the penitentiary, and are not
willing to support them there in compara
tive idleness. Perhaps the National
Prison Reform Association, which meets
at Atlanta next week, may throw out
some valuable suggestions bearing upon
this matter. T ere is no doubt that in
creased educational facilities and greater
restrictions on the sale of intoxicating
liquors would tend to decrease the num
ber of convicts.
Tne Governor calls attention to the
fact that there is a falling off in the re
ceipts from fees for analyzing fertilizers,
and suggests that perhaps the tanners
are beginning to utiltze tbe materials for
fertilizing purposes which are to be found
upon their farms. If the suggestion Is
correct the farmers are making progress
in the right direction. They have never
ully understood the importance of mak
ing tbe most of home materials for enrich
ing their lands.
Tbe school fund of the State appears to
be well bandied and to be made to pro
duce the best possible resnlts. Last year
the State school fund amounted to $506,-
328 08, and towns and counties raised by
special taxes $209,328 08 more. The en
tlr - amount, therefore, that was availa
ble lor school purposes was $715,791 57.
Toe state School Commissioner, wno is
one ol the most progressive educators in
tbe Bouth. thinks that the Legislature
would act wisely by levying a tax of one
tenth ol one per cent for school purposes.
This would bring to the school fund $300,.
489, and would permit the schools to be
kept open lour months each year. The
Commissioner also thinks that grand ju
ries should be clothed with the power of
levying taxes for school purposes in coun
ties where the people favor such taxes.
The Governor may approve of the views
ot tbe Commissioner, but ho does not
commit himsell to them. He contents
himself with asking the Legislature to
give them its careful consideration.
The Governor has a good word to say
for the military organizations, Ho evi
dently believes that the State ought to
lend them a helping hand, and ho is not
alone iu that belief. The different State
institutions appear to be in a reasonably
sati-factorv condition. The lunatic asy
lum is rather crowded, and the Legisla
ture would do weil to consider the advisa
bility of enlarging its accommodations.
The Governor says, very truly, that one of
the chtel reasons why the State is in a
prosp, roue condition and its people satis
tied, is that its affairs are honestly and in
telligently administered.
Further information Necessary.
The result in all tbe Congressional dis
tricts is not yet and finitely known, and it
will be several days perhaps beiore all
doubts are cleared away. There is no
good reason for thinking that the Demo
crats huve not secured a majority of the
Representatives. Their majority Is very
small, however, and it is barely possible
ttial a few Labor Representatives will
hold the balauoe of power in the next
liou-e.
Tbe deleat of Mr. Morrison and Mr.
Hurd was not a very groat surprise, for
the reason that the district in which Mr.
Hurd was a candidate is a very close oue
and the fight against nitn was conducted
with great vigor; and also for the rea-on
that there were statements sent out sev
eral weeks ago that Mr. Morrison was iu
danger of being defeated. Still, the state
men's were nut generally believed. Mr.
Morrison has represented bis district so
long and so ably, aud is personally so
popuiat, that it was regarded as very
doubtful if he could be defeated.
The protection journals will say,
and, in fact, some ot them have already
sold that the tariff views of Mr. Morrison
and Mr. Hurd d' feuted them, and they
will emphasize their position by referring
to the narrow escape iroin defeat which
Mr. Carlisle had, and to the reduced
Democratic majority In the next House.
It is too early yet to determine whether
j or not the 'arid view* ol Democratic oan
| dldaies played a conspicuous part in the
l districts which we.e expected to return
j Democratic r presentativi a.’ Mr. Morri
| son has already hinted that the tariff bud
i nothing to do with his deleat, and It is
probable that other defeated Democratic
: candidates cun show satisfactorily that
I causes wholly disconnected with the tariff
deitab-d them. The protectionists, how
ever, will insist that to the tariff issue,
j aud to nothing else, are the advantages
j due which they gained on Tuesday,
although the Democrats gained several
Congressmen In the strongholds of pro
{ lection It will be the safest, a* well ss
i iU wisest pltn lo wsil lor further in
j loinisit'in b lore d> e lit upon the cause
1 Ol this or Hi a i c loUiJa.c’u U rival.
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, ISB6.
Federal Snpreme Court .Judges.
There is some speculation in Washing
ington respecting tbe probability that
President Cleveland will have a chance
to change the Uni'ed States Supreme
Court fr“m a Republican to a Democratic
body. As is generally known, of the nine
Judges only one is a Deinoorat, viz: Mr.
Justice Field. All the others are pro
nounced Republicans.
Mr. Justice Bradlev fulfilled the condi
tions on which a Justice can retire on a
pension two years ago. A Justice must
be seventy years ol age, but in order to
secure a pension there must have been
ten years of continuous service. There
are three other Justices who will be eligi
ble for retirement by Jan. 1 next. Tbev
are Chief Justice Waite, Mr. Justice
Miller and Mr. Justice Field.
Chief Justice Waite has served twelve
years, Mr. Justice Field twenty-three
years and Mr. Justice Miller twenty-four
years. They are all healthy, vigorous
looking men, and are, apparently, much
more capable of hard and continuous
work than many men ten years younger
than they are.
Mr. Justice Wood has not yet reached
the age lor retirement, but bis health is
much broken, and it is reported that he
may never occupy his place on the bench
asain. It is regarded as certain that he
will not const,tute one of the court this
winter.
Retirement is not compulsory, and
all the Justices may determine to hold on
to their places until age unfits them for
service. Men who occupy conspicuous
places cannot bear the idea of being
pushed aside and forgotten. They con
tinue to carry burdens, therefore, which
tb"y doubtless know will shorten tneir
lives. They would rather die in harness,
as it were, than to rust out.
The Republican leaders would protest
vigorously against the retirement of the
Republican Judges until after the next
Presidential election. Tdev hope to elect
the next President, and if they do they
will be glad enough to have the Republi
can Justices to retire, in order thalplaces
mav be made for younger men.
Tbe probabilities, therefore, are that
President Clevelaud will not have a
chance toapuoint a Supreme Court Jus
tice unless one of the court should die.
liOst iu tbe Crowd,
The Washington correspondent ot the
New York Star says that when Senator
Eustis went to Washington to take his
seat last December he found that there
wa9 a widely circulated and generally
credited rumor there that he was a pot
house politician, a sort of ward buminer
rough who had made bis way up from the
slums. It is stated that even the Presi
dent believed it, and was very much sur
prised to hear that Mr. Eustis was a col
lege-bred man, a brilliant lawyer, a pol
ished gentleman and a supero orator.
Either the correspondent must be mis
taken respecting the extent to which the
rumor was credited by the President and
well-informed Washingtonians generally,
or else there are very many people in
Washington who are not well informed
respecting matters with which they ought
to be acquainted.
Senator Eustis was a leading Senator
at Washington quite a number of years
before bis present term began, aud he has
been prominent iu Louisiana politics for
a long time. Asa lawyer be was well
known at Washington and in New York
before he entered the Senate, and his per
sonal acquaintance in New York must
have beeu very large for years.
It is strange that the President should
have entertained so erroneous an opinion
of him. So far from being a product of
the slums of New Orleans, Senator Eustis
is a descendant of an eminent Massachu
setts family on his father’s side and ot
a distinguished Creole family of Louisi
ana on bis mother’s side. He is a native
ot Louisiana, and is one of the wealthiest
and most cultivated citizens of that State.
The fact that so little is known of some of
the first men in public life shows that this
is getting to be a very big country.
President Comer’s Report.
Tbe annual report of the President of
the Cotton Exchange, published this
morning, presents a very bopetul out
look for the city’s commercial pros
perity and Its growth in wealth and
population. Attention is directed to the
extension of the two railrond systems
which have their headquarters here, anil
which are the great channels of the city's
commerce.
There is one thing with which the
report deals that will in all proba
bility bo the subject of discussion
in tue near future, it is tbe cost of stow
ing cotton. The statement is made that,
while the value of cotton has decreased
about 50 per cent, in the last filteen years,
and while the cost of compressing and
many other expenses of handling cotton
have been reduced in proportion, the cost
of stowing is greater now than it was
then.
Although no recommendation Is made,
the laot that this subject is touched upon
justifies tbe inference that there is an in
tention to attempt some sort of a reform
In the cotton stowing business.
It needs no argum-nt to show that if
Savannuh is lo maintain the position she
now occupies as a cotton market she
must handle oottou as cheauly as it is
handled at other ports. A slight excess
in charges will drive cotton away irom
her.
The Louisville Courier-Journal—while
“poor, but bonest”—ls rather discour
aged. It doesn’t think that the lad of a
Michigan convict being pardoned in order
to receive a legacy of $250,000, and a
Washington reformed convict drawing a
big lottery prize on a ticket bought with
money given him by philanthropic ladies,
is very cheering to law-abiding citizens.
It is not exactly safe for a Birming
bain dude to say nauguty things about
the girls. Eight young women of that
town, armed with oowbidts, started out
the other morning to chastise a masculine
scandalmonger. He was lucky enough
to run the gauntlet and iiave his fair per
secutors run in by the police, who became
peacemakers.
M. Got noii’s kindness of hcxrt l prover
bial. Nut ong klnne, during hi* recent slay
in Normandy, a lllliu friend on a summer’*
n gill invited the composer lo make Into a
kite. M Gounod set to work and mad* a
iuouler. M untight -a* the task ■'•Uupielad.
Just a* llie le vs dty a .. ereiq'ing i, the
maestro look up his pen, and, a* a Ouishuia
touch, luscr Gcil on the face of the tov a brief
i sonata, liuuior ilextribM it a* oue ot me taoal
I exuuisilo guiua Ihut he hue ever * uiU u
CURRENT COMMENT.
The TroitMe In Rfotncky.
From te (’('liTi,--./ ’I l Hem. 1
If Kentucky sha‘l Aen i a decreased Demo
cratic d.> eg iti n to Cougre—. the ti g > tariff
m inopolis s n.-ed no: c .rgra - ate themselves
that the prot etion rascality h s made anv
headway in this State. It ; only through
Democratic dissensions that Republicans eau
get to Congress from Kentucky.
Still H tiding tne Fort.
From the .Vei c Tori’ Stir ( fltm.l
To the Democracy of the country the Star
offers its hea>ty congratulations that the
citadel of their streng h has not been wrested
:r rn them either by their ancient enemy or
bv ■ Ills sudden and fierce attack in tbe rear.
New York city is solid for Democracy, and
the lougii.g eyes lhat Mr. Blaine has turned
upon thiscity will find unthink in tbe reuir *
f t.i-dav’- election to afford his ambitious
spirit comfort.
Questions to be Considered.
From the Xew York Her lid ( Ind .)
Let Mr. Hewitt, when he assumes the May
ora ty, clear his mind of the absurd notion
that any considerable body of our citizens
mean anarchy, revolution, attacks on prou
ertv or on social order. Let him labor earn
estly and wisely for the removal of the rea
sonable causes of discontent here, and he will
win the confidence and esteem of those many
tronsands who yesterday gave their votes to
Mr. George, and tne vast majority of whom
we believe to be good and honest citizena.
A Lesson from the E'ection.
Fr m /As A 'ew York World (Hem.)
In the most important municipal election
ever held In this cuy, in wn eb parly politics
as in no way involved, ihc Republican man
agers refused to ac ept a cau lidate whose
name is a synonym for business integrity aud
di-iutere-ted public service, and thrust for
ward au inexperienced youth whose chief
claim to support was the party label which he
wore. And this in ibe face of what they rec
ognized a- a menace to the peace and pros
p rity of the city, and of their own repeated
prote-tatioub that politics should not enter
into the local elections. Jnotuer words, the
Republicans, with their Mugwump contin
gent represented by the able and astute
Times, will take all they cansei irom a Demo
cratic administration and give nothing in re
turn. if iliey will stick to their party fetich
in a city election whereiu only pubic aud
busiues- q esti in- arc involved, wiiat can be
expecte I of them when tbe stake, to their
mind, is the spoils of the nation ?
BRIGHT BITS.
What we want is not to see ourselves as
others see us. We want to have others see us
as we see ourselves.— —isi vil - Joui<U%
lit: (at the beginning of tlie third act) —
How sniev the p a is getting!
She (who sat alone between tbe acts)—l.
should sa so .—Life.
“The Native Genius of Tennessee, as Illus
trated ny Her Inventors,” is the heading a
Memphis paper put over the announcement
that a pa ent for a gate has been granted to a
Kitted son of that state.— 6'xctuutge.
Codd—Fish—Sturgeon.—ln the record of
marriages of Christ church, Philadelphia,
uneb r date of March a, 18S6, will he louud
tuat of John Coda and Mary Fish, ihe cere
mony being performed by the Rev. William
Biurgeou, —Pennsylvania Xagaz.ne .
Riley—Sphakin’ of religun, me wife Mary
Ann is an infidel.
Rafferty—Shure an’ that’s too bad. Wy
dou’t ycz git a divorce?
Riley—(in pnat grounds, Rafferty?
Rafferty—On the grounds of infidelity, av
coorse.— Chicago Rambler.
An old gentleman in Baltimore who used to
be troubled by young men sluing up with his
daughters until a late hour, settled tbe callers
by appearing promptly at 11 o'clock and giv
ing each oi them a ticket to a ten-cent lodging
house. He never scolded or acted in au em
phatic manner, because there wasn’t any need
of it.— Washington Critic.
“I’ve been riding on thelimited rattle train
all day, madam.” said the tramp in an Im
ploring tone of voice, “and my feet are very
tired. Would you mind letting me sleep in
tlir cow pasture hack of the barn?”
"(Jeriaiuly not,” replied the woman kindly,
“ano I’ll ted John to put up the bars snug
and tight, so you won’t catch coid.”— Chicago
Xeics.
The colored people ot Louisiana have a
habit of prolonging their prayer meetings
until “daylight doth appear.” The white
people object, parl y on the ground that not
even a prayer meeting can extinguish the
negro’s taste for spring chickens. He not
only sings, “Ii ve lo steal awhile away,”
but he does it so effectually that the hen coops
are nearly emp y.— Sew York Herald.
Ilote' guest—Waiter, how Is this f Yester
day, desiring to make a present to my and ,ugh
ter at the diuner table, I put a ♦soo—bill in a
piece of cake and told you to hand it to her.
Hotel waiter—Yes, sail.
“But she says she got the cake and not the
money.”
“Ye-, sah; beg pardon, sah. I thought you
intended that for my lee. Bah ."—Omaha
World.
Booty was evidently very much perplexed.
"I want to a*k you. Mr. Featherly.” he finally
said during a lull In the conversation, “about
jour house and lot.”
"I have no house and lot, Bobby,” replied
Feattnrlv, a trifle uneasily. "I sold them
some time ago.”
• Sold ’em,” repeated Bobby. “Then pa
must have made a mistake. I heard him say
jou drank ’em up.”— Xw York Sun..
“Mother,” said a little Roekland girl,
looking up front her book, “what does trans
atlantic mean?”
“On. across the Atlantic, of course. Don’t
bother me, you make tne forget my count.”
“Doe- trails always mean across?”
“I suppose it does, if you don’t stop both
ering me with your questions you’ll go to
b: U."
“ l lien does transparent mean a cross pa
rent?”—lt ck and Courier.
This story of “Small Robin” is told in
Harper’s Magazine: Arrayed in hts new
-uit, he w'as at llrt speechless with sheer de
light. Then a: length bis joy found longue,
aud he burst out : "Oh, mamma, punts make
m feel so grand! Didn’t it make you feel
grand when ’ But an awful conscious
ness came over him that this bliss had never
been shared by his mother, and he laid his
wee chubby hand pityingly against her cheek,
saying pathetically: “Boor mamma! poor
mamma!”
“Won’t you allow ine to invite yon to drink
with me?” asked a lively youth of a solemn
looking mm in ministerial garb.
"Young man,” replied llie solemn poison,
“dul you ever hear Abraham Lincoln’s re
mark to man who invited niin to drink ?”
“Oh, well, von needn’t feel insulted.” said
the young man. somewhat aggrieved.
"Not at all, not at all! But did yon ever
hear Lincoln’s remark ?”
"Vo, 1 gue-- noi. Wiiat did tip say?”
“Well, he said ‘l’ll go you,’ and i hat’s what
I say now. Where shal. we meander.”—t. Ai
cago Jiao,bier,
I’EIISOXAL
GgK. SHIBMAN lavs that he never in his
life has voted, nor does he expect to reform.
Prof. Richards, of tbe Massachusetts In
stitute of Technology, is still dangerously ill,
aud his recovery Is considered doubtful.
The American beauty, Mi-s chamberlain,
is at present vi-Hitig in’s otland, but will re
turn to tins country for the coming winter.
Klbridoe T. Gkkry is the first New York' r
nut w nli a fur cap. It has a glazed peak aud
was designed in British North America iu
180*.
Mrs, Cleveland proposes to give a series
of four dancing parties the coming season, to
: which only her personal friends will be In
vited.
Kx-I’rksidknt Arthur did not vote Tues
day on account of his feeble health. That was
! llie first lime that lie stayed away from tne
j polls since he was able to vote.
Tree-felling bus not been .ur. Gladstone's
only form of exercise. He, was once a crack
' ar-inan, and in earlier years was noted us a
graceful mi l fearless horseman,
Hknhy George, it is said, has a sympa
! Hi zor in Dr. Alfred ltu-el Will ace, who. be
; sides lecturing on Darwinism, purpose- to
I make some retuurks on social questions in the
course of h,- American lour.
t rr. Crosby, who comm ittdod tlicstemner
i ■•edticv at ihe head of toe marine |.roee-ioti
, on Liberty dev. wa the executive otlleer of
; me steaii er Bear, of the Greely elicr expedi
tion. and was m charge of the deck when tno
j party was discovered,
Gitiswoi.p I.oiiillahp iias declared war on
iln | re cut ,t\ le of dre -u is. ultlmuga inet
nisi bow lieimheili lied with white siik icg
at and nique shirt front*. A i the t uxedo u.n
lie nppe.tiuol i,i a coal w ilium', any tad ano a
►•ur et atiu ve-t. The effort was dazzling.
i in.. John II av. w 111 Ins family, mvu|i|>>
; In* ne w mans on in Wa-iiiugion ltd* i,,
rein .la for be writer. He lia* recent y been
■ lit rung IlitUltflf to ino i. dark, issrgi *
I duck MUntiug, aud sudLuily, l/,. ar may uol I
be fail), perhaps. of every man who handles a
goose quill with facility and grace.
The President is said to be hard at work
preparing an address to be delivered at Bos
ton on next M ndy. od the occasion of the
KOth anniversary of Harvard College. It is
expected that t)ie President, with Col. ea
rnout, wil leave Washington on Sunday afier
noon. and aftep reaching Boston earlv Monday
morning and spending the day there, will
take train aga'n at Boston on Monday night
and return to Washington on Tuesday.
A Horse on Pa.
From the Boston Record,
The family of a well known anti-saloonist
were gathered around a suburoau supper
table one evening recently, when little
Tommy suddenly remarked:
“Say. do ioikseat horses?”
“In Paris they do, tny dear,” said his
mother.
“Well. I guess they do in Boston, too,”
Tommy went on. "Pa and ies, any way.”
“Wuatdoyon mean, Thomas?” asked his
father, sternly.
“Well.” said Tommy. “I heard you tell
Uncle Charlie that you took a pony with your
coffee every day at your and nner at Young’s,
and it braced you up lots for the came!”
The Danger ot Wearing Earrings.
From the London Dotty Xews,
I>r. Morin s French physician, in his new
work on the hygienics of beauty, makes a
dead set against earrings. In numbers of
ca-es he has known erysipelas to proceed from
their use. The idea that they are good for
a ease es he quite disposes of. Jt is possible,
he says, that in cases of inflamed eyes they
might ct as a counter irritaut, hut if they
w ould make the tone of the ear, w hich, not
being rich in blood vessels, has little recuper
ative vitality, in a state of permanent ulcera
tion. There is no surer teat of a good or bad
constitution than the state of an ear which
has been pierced and exposed to the lrriti
tion of earrings. If the lobes keep red und
swollen they proclaim Dad blood and scrofu
lous tendeucies.
Mr. 1 .(MTell's Explanation,
From the ChieAiun -V ewi.
One night aside tne Are at hum,
Ez as I wuz settin’ nanptn’,
Down from the lower hail there come
Tne sound of someone rappin’.
The sou uv old Nat Hawthurne he—
Julian, I think the name wuz—
L’v course he found a friend in me.
Not knowin’ wnat his game wuz.
And ex we visited a spel.
Our talk ranged wide an’ wider.
And et we struck dry subjects— well.
We washed ’em down with cider.
Now. with that cider coursin’ thru
Mv system an’ a playiu’
Upon mv tongue, I hardly knew
What 1 wuz a savin’.
I kin remember that I spun
A highfalutin story
About the Prince uv Wales, an’ one
About old Queen Victory.
But. sakes alive! 1 never dreamed
The cans would get it printed.
(By that old Queen I’m much esteemed,
Ez she hez often hinted.)
Oh, if I had that critter neow.
I ou bet your boots I’d lam him
In mighty lively fashion heow
To walk the chalk gold rn him !
Meanwhile, between his folks an’ mine
The breach grows w de an’ wider,
Ami, by the way. it’s my design,
To give up drin.tn’ cider.
Two of the Hussion Imperial Palaces.
From the Pall Mall Gaeette,
Active preparations are being made at
Gatscluna for the arrival of the Czar, who is
to go into winter quarters here. Ihe great
palace not only provides accommodation for
the Emperor and Empress and their suites,
but lor the Emperor’s brothers and the impe
rial household in its entirety. A number of
apartments are also preserved for state occa
sions. The rooms inhabited by the Emperor
Nicuolasand the Empress are still kept in
their original condition. Portraits of the
Prussian royal family, and gilts from the
same, are to be seen on every side. The plav
hail is a unique room, offering facilities for
all kinds of amusements in the winter. There
is a stage on which Grand Dukes and ladies
of the court ofteu play; there are slopes down
which imperial and other high pers cages
slide on cushions; there are swings, climbing
poles, hall games, and, in fact, an endless
variety of amusements.
The Emperor and Empress pats the winter
here in quiet with their family. The castle,
however, gives the impression of a strongly
fort fled retreat. In front there is a deep
moat, which can be filled any moment with
water, while the approaches, defeuded by
cannon, can be isolated by the drawing up of
tlie bridges. The castle is protected by moats
on three sides, these certainly lending to the
charm of the park All workpeople belong
ing to the palace wear distinctive marks,
and before entering or leaving they are ex
amined.
the l’alace of Gatschina is only one of a
number of residences which the Emperor pos
sesses m the neighborhood ol St. Petersburg,
and ihe majority of which he never vi.ns.
One of them, I'aizi. lias a peculiar history. Jt
belong and to one Demi doff, who was a man of
fortune. He gave brilliant banquets, and
maintained hie own comuany of musicians,
some of whom were clever artists, who had
studied in Paris. This wealthy man often
showed foolish extravagance, while at times
his conduct partook of eccentricity. His
daughter was betrothed to a nobleman, and
the dav of the marriage was lixod, but instead
of attending the wedding the father sent a
letter, in which he expressed regret at not
being present, and ashed that a representa
tive lie sent might be courteously received.
This representative w as driv. n up in a richly
equipped carriage, with gaily dressed coach
man and attendants, and It proved to be a
dea l pig, which was stuffed with gold pieces
and precious stones —the paternal wedding
gift.
On another occasion Demidoff bought an
estate, and invited the late owner to his pal
ace. Here he made him dead drunk and then
sent him home in a coffin, having llrst in
formed his family that he was absolutely
dead. The -relatives received the coffined
man with tears, hut what was (heir surprise
to And the deud man coming to his senses and
the vacant space In the coffin Ailed w Ith gold
pieces. This palace is now in complete dis
order.
Stonewall Jackson and the Cadets,
Fn m the Bivouac /-r .Vi vember.
My introduction to him, when I was a cadet
and fourth-c as. mnn. is as follows: In Sep
tember Maj. Jackson returned from his sum
mer leave of aosenoo, was at his post prepar
ing tile second class for Us course in applied
mechanics. 1 was, in cadet parlance. “a
p.ebe,” had been in soh ol about a month, and
had heard from he old c dels wonderful sto
ries of Maj. Jackson’s strictness in adhering to
discipline. One dav about 10 a. m., as 1 was
going to my quarters from the class room, I
was hailed by an officer, as 1 supposed, and
called into a room on the second stoop of the
barracks. There I found several cadets,
dressed in blue coats, with swords and sashes.
The one who had ha led me said rather
sharply to a secretary, who was seated by a
table and busily writing, “M ike out that
requisition and send it by tins plelie to the
quartermaster, and you, fellow, take it to
that office,” pointing to a room. “Get tbo
officer there to sign it, and tlieu go up town
aud bring what it calls for. lie quick about
it. 1 must have it here beforedinner roll call.”
1 touched my cap, as I had been tau ht when
I spoke or was spoken to bv an off! er. and
walked briskly to the door of the room that
had been designated. 1 knocked, a cadet
opened the door, and asked what 1 wanted.
I informed him that I had a paper for
the officer In there. He took in the
situation, and allowed me to enter. I walked
up to the officer, who was sealed on a ros
trum, looking at a book before him. Before
ho had time to raise his eves, I had doffed my
cap and was presenting my requisition in as
polite a manner as I could assume. Ho took the
paper, gave it a hasty glance, and without
changing countenance, pointed io a bench
near him and ordered me to wait until he dis
missed the class. The cadets who were not
at ■ lie black boards gave me significant looks,
and with difficulty concealed their merri
ment.
I was wofullv uncomfortable, bat kept mv
seat until tlie recitation was concluded and
r ass dismissed, x e officer or instructor t lieu
addressed ine with a kind, pleasant smile on
his face, "Do you know what this paper con
lauis-" I hud risen from the seal I occupied
and stood before him. cap in band. In reply
lo ins question, I laid him how- it came lnio
in v possession, and what I whs ordered lo do
with it; i hat I did uni know onc-h f the offi
cers, und ns Inc genlleniun wli-i gave me the
order wore a blue eoal, sa-h and sw-n-d, 1
supposed lie had uirhorl y. Il sal) he
did not coin arc in- at all, Dial ihe eg.
tie's were in llio liahit of quiz
zing the new comers, and onie one was plat
mg a joke no me. 'I io- order I hr u.lil .m*a
Is.giis rcquis iion for h gh-h mod . c.,
pickled erowf ar. ami u box of spi v s best
cm tr-. J lia i hoi ihirsd lo nuen iboordor.
and when advised if id im-urd naiore mv
■ a'i.irr. -riiieni war painful. If leo-ei I
this, and to relieve on a*ked how ' os f li*i I
l"*i II *1 ’ lie Ills' ll Ills, fr ml ill l pTI “I till!
Mam I II I .1 l ie. His in inner b f r> (bo
i-iu s mil. kleio, lie u. erne 1 with li. cl
buttoned to tin elihi, hut now tie ve **ind
and pleasiiul, aud I- Ia I 1,1 IS! f iy< ( in; first
•■mounter with •ivuvWaU Jackeoa.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Lord Chief Justice Coleridge has ju3t
decided that dogs shall not be allowed on the
streets of London unless muzzled or led by a
string.
The number of deadly sins has been reduced
to five by a Baptist preacher of Liverpool,
Eng., and this is his new catalogue: Theatre
going, card-playing, novel-reading, dancing,
drinking.
Lately promulgated ideas of the French
Secretary of State are lo adapt Versailles for
the picture gallery, to lit up Foutainebleu as
a branch of the national library, make over
I’au as a museum for Southern' Fraoce, and
turn Compiegne into a tapestry factory.
Two “young lions of France,” Count de
Dion and M. Mermeix, fought a duel the other
day from 3:15 till 4 its. The ground was not
covered with blood, however, nor was the sky
shot full of holes, for the gentlemen jabbed at
each other with rapiers and one slight scratch
healed ihe sores of honor.
In Milwaukee Mrs. X. put 565 in gold in a
sugar box for safe keeping. Later she missed
the money and was sorely puzzled to tlx upon
the thief. The other day she struck a spoon
avamst a coin in a jar of preserves. Then
finally she found all the money. She had
sweetened the preserves with gold as well as
sugar.
Lee Miller, a twelve-year-old Indianapo
lis neWsbov, was waviaiu three times after
dark by a negro, who robbed him of the little
money he had. Then Lee bought a dollar re
volver. and when the darky attempted the
fourth robbery shot him. The rascal howled
for he p, but as able to run down the street,
and has not molested the plucky little fellow
since.
A Lewiston (Me.) man has fixed in his
window a wire bird trap shaped like a half
cylinder and delicately hung on its centre.
When a bird alights on t tie trap his own
weight swings it downward, and be is whirled
inside of the window into another cage there,
liberally scattered crumbs call sparrows lo
the trap, and the Lewiston man says that they
are as good eating as reed birds.
Two gentlemen of Bay City, Mich., went lo
a spiritualistic seance and agreed to pay $2
each if allowed to converse with departed
friends whom they could recognize. One
called for the spirit of his sister Nelly, and it
came and spoke to him. The other asked for
his uncle John, and was astonished at hearing
his relative’s voice in the darkened room.
The first man never had a sister and the other
man’s uncle was not dead.
Measurements have shown the thickness
of the human hair to vary front the two hun
dred and fiftieth to the six hundredth part of
an inch. The silk worm’s thread is one five
thousandth of an inch thick, and tlie spider's
webonly one thirty- housandth. Blonde hair
is the finest and red the coarsest, Tkinefoitr
heads of hair of equal weight, a patient Ger
man physiologist found Ihe red one 'o contain
about UO.OUO hairs; the olack. lu'1.000; the
brown, 109,000, and the blonde, 140,000.
Gen. Boulanger has decided that if re
views and other military epectacleson Sunday
are an occasion for outdoor recreation for the
civilian, they are a cause of worse than use
less fatigue to the soldier, who greatly needs
to rest one day in the seven. He has there
fore decreed that Sunday is to be devoted to
repose in the army, ami that all military ser
vice that is not absolutely necessary is ou that
day to be suppressed. Well-conducted sol
diers are, wheu not engaged in indispensable
duty, to obtain, if they ask it, permission to
spend the seventh day out of barracks.
The recent inauguration of the new Flem
ish Academy at Ghent led to stormy demon
stration against the Belgian government, the
Minister of Agriculture, M. Moreau, who
made he opening speech, having confessed
that he was unable to greet the Flemish people
in their own language. After the addressof
the director of the academy, l’rof. Willems,
there was general shouting of “Down with
the servants of the priests.” and the demon
strations became so violent that the Mini-ter
and the authorities ha*tily left the building.
Tne Flemish Academy numbers ten clerical
and eight liberal members.
The prevalent mama for performing insane
feats of endurance appear to have ‘caught on’
in India with results that might have been
anticipated. With an ardent desire for fame
ami with stupid originality, a Mohammedan
made a wager with a coreligionist that he
would stand gazing at the Indian sun ten hours
on end. On the appointed day, at 8 o’clock in
the morning, the aspirant to ini mortality took
up his (position face to face with the sun-god.
As the hours went py a vast crowd of excited
sportsmen surrounded the man and eagerlv
looked on while he was suffering visible de
feat. At 3 o’clock he fell down in a fit. beaten
by three hours, aud very shortly afterwards
he died.
Doo Johnson, of Littlefield, Idaho, is a
professional gambler of the John Oakhurat
type, dresses faultlessly, is particularly polite
and very popular. He won money of another
gambler known as French Joe. and a quarrel
followed. Joe, who was a big man, weighing
IDS pounds, slapped Doc, who is light, l oc
asked him to stop, and when Joe didn’t stop
drew a pistol and shot him dead. This was
in Doc’s gambling house, which was crowded.
After the shooting Doc treated the crowd, and
after drinking w alked to the dead man, who
lay where he fell, and said: "Well, Joe, you
liuve been looking for this for the last live
days. I tried to avoid it. May God bless you
and forgive you for taking advantage of me.”
He then gave *lOO toward the funeral ex
penses. The Coroner's jury exonerated Doc
from ail blame.
The first daily paper appeared in London
In 1702. The custom of anonymous and scur
rilous pamphlets was driven out. and, as dis
cussion was free, journalism gradually
attracted the ablest writers, and its
power begun to crystallize into area lly. The
penny pipers of to-day, which enjov enor
mous circulation iu large cities, are not inno
vations, butsimply rrpelitionsof the Athenian
Gazette, which began March 17, Itilio Dis
cus-ions of various topics formed the matter
thrown to the public in tho-e times, and such
questions as "Where was the soul of Lazarus
for the four days he lay in his grave?” "What
became of the waters after the flood?”
"Where does extinguished fire go?” and
“W hether ’Ms lawful for a man to beat his
wife?” were taken up and treated with ridicu
lous seriousness,
A scheme is being promoted by some French
capitalists for the construction of a railway
through a tunnel to be carried under the
Sound from Denmark to Sweden. It is to
start from the Ameger suburb of Copenhagen
to the island of Solthorm, a dls'ance of about
five miles, where air shafts will be establish
ed, and thence to Limhatnn in Sweden, a dis
tance of about three miles The depth of
water in these passages does not exceed fifty
feet, so that the tunnel would not he at any
great depth. It is expected that the works
will be completed in let* than three years. A
government guarantee of 5 per cent, is sought
on the capital to be raised, the amount of
which is not yet fixed, and it Is possible that
the whole sum maybe provided by some large
houses without coining on the market. The
Swedish pons on the Sound are shallow, and
difficulties occur in the shipment of goods, but
us railwaycommunication now exists between
Copenhagen and the Continent of Europe, this
submarine railway would bring Sweden into
direct communication with ttie Continent,
and a large goods traffic, as well as convey
ance of passengers, is expected.
OWING to the imposition of an octroi duty
levied on all descriptions of food entering
Paris the returns of the quantities consumed
by the city urc very reliable. The prefect’s
annual report, giving the amount cousumed
lasi sear, lias recently been published. Meal
figures ai HMk.’i.i.utl kilograms H .Has t iqs
winch la an imrea-e of fi:.,11.’j2 kilograms on
lttsl. There hi- be-n a diminution in the
consumption of pork to the exn-nt of 147,fie, 1
kilograms, but I here has been a great nui
iiientaiion in the consumption of imrselli -
which is ruing every year. The 10 a
quantity of this (fell -me vtand eaten last ye r
was B,Bii,2Clf k h gruni-. mid the lucres- e.
the year was IfilT.Vgfi ilograills. The llg..ie
for the antoum which was palmed off 1 r
something esc are not available. The avo -
1 H-c amount was o ceinimes per s lege m
for the imr-e and 20 eentiiues lor asses and
mules, w Inch 1 about If .. an ‘4d a 11 uid r-■-
kieenii- j. tin- lotui ol lomn and ga 0
u 11- 1, 14 1 kilogram % a ddiiinuflon of S'li,
a.'.' kilograms. Of flh, 2.', 0 l.ii 4 U logtsue
weri .el, w (licit is an increase, e-pecial y
minder-, ill cnii-u option ol butler un
ig tb 1 - fa.leu b* lfiti ::i? kilograms. liutii r
ha me. lo unreal extern replaced by fain
and murgttr 110 .
A KkoTio i, v n.ANTKit was kO pleased with
Die led eg of all -grlin ,1 . lay at i.oui*-
1 I*' 111 1 tli - u . and be moii her.. fine large
da , “ * a 1 • r wheu not at the t'ien.re '
'1 id-11 Du-11-ply lie 1 - i-i-ini.l: ‘•Kind fiieud,
1.1 e i.i i> eiv and ,our note aed pek g
e-im -doiiis u.i- doll; I o-ioks ie-y lOoeh, I
“‘el it luio . 1111 ■h ind and * I u 11.. 1 w I,
1 a- 1 -1 am., ennui lur me. ~i.,, jd ~ .
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