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Dorsett.
It is to be hoped tnat the Virginia De
mocracy and William Mahone will not be
buried in the same grave.
The President did not exclaim “veni,
vidi. vici!” when he wont to Cambridge,
but he no doubt thought so.
The* Tennessee papers are still worry
ing over the Blair bill question. It seems
to be about time for their readers to sound
their little gongs.
Miss Rose Cleveland has finally con
cluded to state over her own signature
that she no longer has any connection
with Literary Life.
The South is determined to remain solid
if at the next election Virginia and North
Carolina have to be traded off for a couple
of New England or Western States.
Augusta would seern to be the seat ot
the alleged war for the control of the
Central railroad—at least nearly all the
misinformation on the subject appears to
come from taat place.
Mr. Childs will hardly be a candidate
lor Mayor of Philadelphia. He has a
mighty good name—one that is far more
valuable to him than all the cheap honors
and emoluments of such an office.
Since Mr. Ricturd Roe has been in
dicted for complicity in the great West
ern express robbery, it may be gratiiying
to tbe legal fraternity to know that the
slightest suspicion does not attach to Mr.
John Doe.
The defeat of woman suffrage in the
Vermont Legislature was decided hut not
overwhelming. The ladies are not dis
couraged, however, but will remember
tbe parable of the poor widow and the
unjust judge.
The Boston Advertiser is severe enough
to insinuate that Ex-Senator A. A. Sar
gent is the Jonah of the gratid old party
in California.* In justice to Sargent it is
proper to say that he is not more corrupt
than his party.
The curious fact altracts attention that
recent elections the principal Re
!.;■ n gains were in Democratic States,
or trie principal Democratic gains were
in Btales that have been heretofore con
sidered sorely to return substantial Re
publican majorities.
The government will have to start, its
suit to test tbe validity of tbe Bell Tele
phone Company again, the Judge before
wtiom the suit was brought in Ohio hav
ing decided yesterday tunt he had no ju
risdiction in tne case. Luck or tho best
lawyers appear to be on tue side of the
Telephone Company. 1
lowa furnishes a rival of Wiggins, an
alleged professor by the name of Foster,
who predicts a dreadful spell of weather
between Dec. 4 and 17. Weather prophets
generally seem not to be without honor
except in their own country, but a
Burlington paper has published Foster’s
stufi, with a half column of sensational
head lines, in true Western style.
Blaine’s success in making himself
solid in New York did not impress itself
very forcibly on the Herald. Apropos of
his recent sojourn in that city it says:
We fear that hts political aspirations were
rather chilled by our cold “No-”vember
breezes. When a hen can produce a brood
of cblokens by setting on porcelain eggs,
in that year New York will give her ma
jority to Mr. Blaine.
Blaine packed up his magnetic accu
mulator and distributor Tuesday and left
New York (or Boston. It is not believed
that be mesmerized many Mugwumps in
Gotham, and it is hardly expected that
he will have any better success in the
Hub. John Sherman occupied New Y’ork
just as Blaine evacuated the city, and
some are inclined to tbe opinion that
there is political significance in his visit
just at this timo.
It seems that at least one Republican
candidate lor Congress owes his defeat to
tbe I’resident’s civil service reform or
ders. A dispatch from Washington says;
“Ex-Attorney General John Little, the
Republican Representative in Congress
from the eleventh Ohio district, was de
feated in the last election by James K
4 ampbell, Democrat. Campbell’s ma
jority was only three. There are about
thirty cleraa in the departments herefrom
Little’s district. Before this they had
gone home to vote. Seven of tbe clerks
uwe their appointments to Little, and
have always been used by him. Four of
these Republican cleiks were In tbe dis
trict a lew days before the last election,
hut they hurried noine so as not to bo
open to the chargo of taking any interest
In the election. If tboy had stayed the
Kopub mans would have had one more
LungteseioaD.” Will tha antl-aduiinis-
Irativn DsuooraUu papers please score
Altai list themselves j
The President's Boston Visit.
Mr. Cleveland's Boston visit appears to
have been very satie'actory to him and to
have been very highly appreciated by the
Boston people. The President, since bte
return to Washlugton. h*9 spoken f the
pleasure he received no:n It, and the Bos
ton papers are full of kind words for Dim.
Tnere is no doubt that tbe Boston people
gave him a very hearty welcome, which
he understood as being ths result of the
good feeling en'erlained for him. The
welcome accorded to Mrs. Cleveland at
both Cambridge and Boston was fully as
cordial as that accorded to the PresidoDt.
Bhe appears to have made a strong nud
pleasing impression upon all with whom
she came in contact.
There has been some criticism of that
portion of the President’s speech at Har
vard, In which he referred to the false and
malicious publications of certain news
papers. It will doubtless be generally
admitted that that portion ot his speech
was hardly in harmony with the occasion
ana surroundings. Some unfair, unjust
and false things have been said about the
President, but other Presidents suffered
from uujust criticism even more than he
has. His reference to attacks upon him
sell will do him no good. It only grati
fies his enemies, because it shows them
that their malicious shafts have hit the
mark they were aimed at.
There is a strong Mugwump sentiment
In Boston and it showed itself on the oc
casion of ihe President’s visit. The ques
tion has been asked whether tbe visit has
not had the effect of strengthening the
President's belief, assuming that he en
tertains such a belief, that his renomina
tion cannot be very easily defeated It is
certain that he appears to be as popular
with the masses as ever, and the thing
that is most desirable in a candidate is
popularity. It looks now, as it did at the
beginning of the campaign of 1884, as it
the successful party must carry two or
three States which are regarded as doubt
ful.
The Public Building Site.
A special Washington dispatch, pub
lished elsewhere in this issue, states that
the Supervising Architect of the Treas
ury is moving in the matter of tho site lor
the public building to be erected in this
city. The indications are that the site at
the cornerof Bull and South Broad streets
will be selected unless grave obstacles
are found to be in the way of its selection.
The question of condemning that site is
now being considered by the Attorney
General.
There are reasons for thinking that
some of those who at first favored the site
at the corner of Bull and South Broad
streets think differently with regard to it
now. They see that if the building Is
placed there. Bull street will be, in a
measure, ruined for a promenade for
ladies. When the Federal Court is in
session at the custom house the pave
ment in front of that building is fre
quently almost impassable because of tbe
crowd of men there. Tne crowd is gen
erally to be found there the greater part
of the day. The same sort of a crowd
may be expected at the corner of Bull
and South Broad streets if the public
building is placed there.
Of course the other side of Bull street
might be used for a promenade, out that
is not the favorite side, and, besides, even
that side might not, under the circum
stances, be an unobjectionable prome
nade.
The location of the building is a very
important matter, and great care should
be taken to make no mistake about it.
When once the location is selected it will
not be changed.
The Code Kepoalcd.
The code of honor—so-called—which
has been the means of covering up or
palliating so nißnv lashiouable murders
in tbiscountrv, has been pretty effectually
repealed, not only by our statute laws,
hut by public opinion as well. A few
years ago not many men of prominence
or character had the moral courage to
refuse to accept a challenge, even when
they felt that they were violating tho
solemn laws of tiie land, as well as going
contrnry to the dictates of their con
sciences. Now such has been the change
in the sentiments of the people that few
men will send or accept challenges,
although in many sections of the country
the statutory laws on the subject of duel
ing are by no means rigidly enforced.
Men arc not less courageous than they
were, but they are more just, more God
fearing, and less anxious for notority.
The man who kills his adversary in a
duel now stands a lair chance ol being
convicted of murder, and even if ac
quitted, he is shunned by a very largo
proportion o( bis fellow men as if ho were
an assassin. There are doubtless people
who look upon one who has killed bis
man as a kind of cheap hero, but such
people are becoming scarcer every day.
The world is advancing both mentally
and morally, and the code cannot be re
conciled with propress and enlighten
ment any more than can the other bar
barous and superstitious customs of the
dark ages. Men must maintain their
good names in this age by good conduct,
anil all the brute courage and skill of the
old time chivalry cannot save a reputa
tion that has been damaged by disreput
able actions. A good name once earned is
ilseil a tower of strength agaiust un
worthy assaults, and it does Hot need
any vindication from the pistol or the
sword.
It is gratifying that the report of a
probable duel between Congressman
George D. Wise, ot Richmond, and Mayor
Latub, of Norfolk, is untrue. It would be
a misfortune should two such prominent
men so far forget themselves and yield to
unwise advisers as to give their personal
sanction to the reprehensible custom.
The outlook for Mr. Randall’s apple,
juck taiff bill in the Fiftieth Congress is
not llattering. It Is believed that there
will not be more than twelve or thirteen
applejack Democrats to back tbe gentle
man trurn the Third Pennsylvania dis
trict hereafter, and it is Lot likely that he
will dare to try to do anytbiug with the
measure this winter. I’robably now that
tbe elections are over Mr. Randall will
consider that his hill has accomplished
its purpose.
(speaking of Ires trade Waterloo*, the
New York World doesn’t seem lo have
taken particular notice that that eminent
American tariff reformer, tho 8.
| Cox, succeed* that eiutueul Bohemian
i protectionist, lion. Joseph I'ullizer, a*
Representative In Cuugioss from the
! Ninth New York iDsDIuC
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS; FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1886,
An Unfounded Story.
Avery unreasonable story is being cir
culated in the West that Speaker Carlisle
has become disgusted with his residence
in Kentucky and intends to make his
home in Wichita, Kas., where his two
sous reside, when his term as a member
of the Fiftieth Congress expires. Mr.
Carlisle’s sons are very pleasantly situ
ated in Wichita, and ne is at present vis
iting them. This is about all the founda
tion there is to the storv.
It is not at all probable that Mr. Car
lisle will abandon Iveutucky, or that he
will leave public life as lone as he has good
health and retains his,popularity. There is
no doubt that if he is a candidate at the
next Congressional election he will be
elected by one of his old time majorities.
The chances are, however, that he will
he called to some other position of trust
and honor if his party continues in pow
er. He is not only a very popular hut a
very able man. He administers the office
of Speaker with conspicuous ability. In
deed, it is doubtful it any other Speaker
of the House ever gave as general satis
faction as Mr. Carlisle does.
Mr. Carlisle was interviewed on Tues
day at Wichita respecting the report that
his seat in the fiftieth Congress would be
contested, and that on that account he
would not be a candidate for Speaker.
In the course of the interview he said
that he knew nothing of any contest, and
that, in tact, tnere was no ground upon
which a contest of his seat could be main
tained. He further said that he would be
a candidate lor re-election to the Speaker
ship if hie friends desired him to be, but
that he should not seek tbe place.
About Lawyers’ Ices.
Professional men are usually hardy
enough to receive pretty severe digs with
out flinching. Lawyers have become ac
customed to being credited as the recip
ients of enormous fees, when in many in
stances their lees are small, few and far
between. Most lawyers, however, like to
have it thought that they get big fees, and
they only smile when they are accused of
taking the cow while the parties to the
suit only get the horns and tail.
A lawyer up in Providence is about to
make a national reputation on account of
the peculiar talent and cheek he has dis
played in making out a bill for services
rendered against bis olients. He has
brought suit for SIO,OOO against a rnanu
tacturing company, which was operated
by the Spragues at the time the claim
originated, and his bill of particulars is
proving of more than passing interest.
Two items are especially commented on
as being unique eveij in the iegal profes
sion. It is a good robnd charge lor a “con
sultation, and the suggestion that Gov.
Sprague retain Gen. B. F. Butler and
Roger A. Pryor as counsel.” The other
charge is for “endeavoring to effect a
cnance of counsel, by which Gen. Butler
should be relieved of a portion of the re
sponsibility,” and there are other items
of equally as curious a character.
While these charges may be criticised
as unusual, to say the least of them, it
is not uncertain that so tar as the bene
fits conterred on tne clients were con
cerned, that they were not the most val
uable services that were rendered. Tho
plaintiff certainly believed in the most
liberal construction ot the doctrine that
“The laborer is worthy of his hire.” Be
sides he was not disposed to encourage
his clients to consult him with unneces
sary frequency atid about trivial circum
stances connected with the business in
his charge.
Right here the idea is suggested that
had ne carried out his policy of making
charges for every service rendered or ad
vice given and been perfectly laithful to
tbe interests of his clients, he might have
added a thousand dollars or two for “ad
vising them to relieve myself of all con
nection with the case, and to employ
other counsel.” He had to draw the line
somewhere, it seems, and he drew it just
short of the point indicated.
Henry George and the Tariff.
The workingmen of New York regard
Henry George, their candidate for Mayor
of that city, as their friend, and they
showed their confidence in him by giving
him more than 68,000 votes. I; would
seem as if they ought to have confidence
in his judgment and opinions. They can
hardly regard him as one of their leaders,
uuless they agree with him on great
questions, which vitally affect their in
terests. Many workingmen are protec
tionists. Mr. George is a free trader. In
a letter to a friend in Connecticut lately
he wrote; “ 1 am a free trador, pure and
absolute, and regard protection as a fraud
on workingmen. If 1 were a citizen ot
Connecticut l would sign your circular,
or do anything I could to show the work
ers how they arc humbugged by a tariff
which, while protecting favored capital
ists and landowners, leaves them free to
grind the laces of their employes.”
What Mr. George says about protection
is true. Now that he has a little leisure
time.howcould he betterempioy it than bv
showing workingmen how the present pro
tective taritt' injuresthem? Toenlighten
the workingmen with regard to the tariff
may be his mission. Let him enter upon
tnis work and see if he does not meet wiih
such success as will repay him for his
trouble.
The President may nave reason to re
gret that he wasn’t made a LL.D., or
something up at Harvard. Alluding
to Mr. Lowell’s address, it Is stated by a
correspondent that Secretary Lamar
asked the President If he knew what that
erudite gentleman meant when he said:
“We have no politics here, but the sons
of Harvard all belong to a party which
admires courage, strength or purpose and
fidelity to duty; anil which respects,
wherever he may he found, the ‘J us turn
ettenacem propositi virum,’ who knows
how to withstand tue ‘Civlum ardor
prava Juhentiuin.’” Mr. Cleveland re
plied that he had not the slightest <dea
what be meant, but his private secretary,
Mr. Lament, woo hail recently received
tbe degree of A. M., had promised to get
the State Department translator to put it
into plain English, tie did not kuow
whether Mr. Lowell was striking at tue
Mugwumps, the civil service reformers or
theoldstyic Democrats.
It Is said that Henry George’s followers
object to his new parly biting sly led toe
i Progressive Democracy, and the sugges
tion has been made lost inasmuch us ih<
chief object is to encore tbe Workingmen
out of their voles lit order to see ore offices
for a 10l of shrewd manipulators, mat
Progressive Encore would not bo an 111*
I appropriate name lor the party,
CURRENT COMMENT.
Brief, but a Great Truth,
Prom, the Sew York Crap He ( Dent .)
When the Democratic - arty talxv tarifi as
boldly as the Republican party 'toes it will
not be beaten on tho tsriu issue. Set that
down as a great truth.
Analyzing tho Retain*.
From the Washington Poet (Pern.)
It is perhaps worth remarking that if Pres
idential electors had been chosen last week—
Tuesday-the Democrats would have elected
their President hv 2C‘i to li)2 votes. This
would have enabled them to spare several
small States. Just such a vote as this will be
welcome in 1&S8.
Cornering the L<bor Market.
From the .Vew Y<>rk Commercial Bulletin.
As tbe case stands at this writing it looks as
if the many thousands of strikers who quit
work under “orders” would finally be left to
shift for themselves, after the manner of our
Tnird Avenue railroad strikers last spring.
This is altogether too log a country to have
the labor market cornered bv anybody; but it
has taken these Knights of Labor a long while
to find it out.
The Tendency in New England.
From the Boston trio hr (Dsn.)
in 1884 the Republican Presidential ticket
lacked just ten votes of a clear majority in
the old Bay .State. In 1888 it will lack 10,000
votes of not a majority, hut a plurality. The
next Presidential vo o of Massachusetts will
be cast for a Democrat.
Two years ht-n e New Hampshire, Massa
chusetts and Connecticut renainly. and
Maine cndercertain conditions, may be found
in tho Democratic column. Good, fauliful,
united work will accomplish this glorious re
sult.
BRIGHT BUS.
Can anybody tell why popular subscrip
tions are so very unpopular''— Boston Tran-
C' ipt.
Wk are not much on palindromes, but hav
ing just come from the theatre we give you
this: Star—rats.— Lowell Citizen.
Every act requires practice. A boodle j
Alderman cannot expect to do much until he j
gets his hand in.— Sew York Star.
A COAL stove is a cast iron paradox. It
won’t burn unless you put it up. then it won't
burn unless you shake it down .—Bansvills
Breeze.
Having discovered that the mosquito car
ries germs of yellow fever and other costa
gi us diseases about in hi- clothes. Dr. Finlay
will kindly make arrangements to have that
cheerful but irresponsible invert quarantined
before he goes a step lari her. We always
liked tbe vocal, intelligent mot-quito, but now
he sinks in our esteem. He will sing in vain
hereafter.
First Burglar—l wish we could find one
o’ Henry George’s hooks in this ’ere library.
Bill.
Second Burglar—Wot ferV
•‘I seen in a paper wot I was readin’ to-day
that he says as how the rich ort to be relieved
of their surplus wealth.”
“Never mind about get,tin’ the books. Jim.
Wo know how he feels,”— Omaha World.
It is generally recognized that, intellectu
ally. the modern baby completely distances
its prototype of decades ago. Children of
tender years are proverbially brighter than
they used to be; they are litile ladies and
gentlemen before they abandon their pina
fores. But the astounding progress of babies
in arms is worthy of being recorded. The
other uav I was privileged to listen to three
mothers in council, who thus described the
intellectual development of their hopeful off
spring. First Mother—My baby says, ”Ah,
goo! ah, goo!” Second Mother—My baby says
“Gulloo, gutloo.” Thirl Mother— Mv baby
says “Babhab 1 Babbah!” A maternal sym
pathy ooncert, indeed.— Jeioish JJeessnger.
Retribution.—
The milkmaid sat on the milking stool.
Sing hey for the farmer’s merry life!
With happy dreams her mind was foil
Of the time when she’d he a farmer’s wife.
The brindle cow stood quiet and still.
Sing hey for the placid brindle cow :
With foamy whiiencss the pan did fib.
Not at all like the milk you buy, 1 trow.
Tne farmer’s hoy on the other side.
Sing hey for the playful farmer’s boy!
With an ox-goad tickled me brindle’s hide.
Unseen by the milkmaid, kind but coy.
The brindle lit out with her nigh hind leg.
Sing hey for the brindle’s active kick 1
One old hen laughed till she laid an egg!
But the milkmaid made that small boy
sick! — Somerville Journal.
“Do you go past the Lowell deepoueh?” she
asked the conductor, and he responded, “Yes,
ma’am,” as every Boston conductor does; but
when he called “Fitchburg, Lowell and East
ern,” she sat, immovable and silent, until a
fellow passenger said, “I beg pardon, madam,
but didyoti not wish to go to the 1-oweil sta
tion? This is ihe nearest point.” “I wished,”
she replied, with much stateliness, “to go to
tbe Lowell deepough.” The accent of cor
rection on the last word was withering. “Are
we there?” she added. “I don’t know where
the depot is,”replied the other, meekly; “I’m
j not familiar with railroad mat ers.” “Then
why did you speak to me!” demanded she.
The other wondered why she did, and won
dered until she left the car. The last seen of
the seeker for the Lowell “deepough” she was
a mile and a half from the station, and still
speeding merrily northward, but It must have
been a woful awakening for the conductor
when she found out wnere she was.— Boston
li atucript.
PERSONAL.
Contrary to first report, Liszt's body is to
remain in ihe tomb at Bayreuth.
A. J. Drkxei., Jr., an t his young wife are
at the Hotel de Liverpool, Paris.
James Gordon Dennett was a fellow pas -
ecuger with tleury Watterson on the Bour
gogne.
Sunset Cox’s favorite tipple is champagne,
and a single glass makes him as witty as a wit
can be.
M. Bartholdi and wife will pass the bal
ance of the week looking at the wbitecapped
Waves at Newport.
Tue pansy is Mrs. Cleveland’s favorite
flower, amt she has the dinner table daily
decorated with ttiem.
M. Coppee, the French poet and Academ
ician. bear* in face and head a strong resem
blance to Napoleon I. in nis youth.
Mrs. Warren Newcomb, who lias given
4100,000 to Tulare University, New Orleans,
us a memorial to her daughter, is a resident
of New York.
Tue statement tnat the wife of John C. Eno
has applied fora divorce is incorrect. The
application for divorce was made by Mrs. K.
H. Eno, o Addison, N. Y.
The English Society of Arts has justerected
one of its commemorative tablets on the house
in Keusiuiriou Pa.ace Gardens, winch Thack
eray built and in winch be died.
Geokoe Bancroft is back tn his Washing
ton house, where lie has a fine linrarv in
doors, the rare*, r .sea in his garden and his
Kentucky riding horse In the stable.
A novice recently received into the Con
vent of Augusltnian Nuns, Paris, was Mile.
Marguerite Veuiliot, daughter of tlie late
Louis \ciullot, tbe slashing editor oi
“ L’Univcrs."
senator Morrill, of Vermont, has em
ployed Ids leisure hours in compiling a cu
rious biographical volume, which einbra ea
the names of over 200 person*, the majority of
whom are authors, in all times and liter
atures.
Da. Peterson, President of the Frankfort
section of the German and Au-trian Alpine
Association, ami Fmulcin Voiglit. of Erfurt,
have climbed to 'he summit of the Outzthai
peak Vormlbpliz, in the Tyrol, hitherto
deemed inaccessible.
Prop (.Ulster 8. Lyman, who for many
years has oc upicd the chair of astronomy in
the ShcltUbd scientific ischool of Yale Uni
versity, is believed ti have been hopelessly
stricken wuli loiralssis. Ills place will lie
lilted bv Prof. Hastings.
I'm vr Pi IST wash talented amateur per
former and composer of music, one of his
eccentricities was that w hile no would ai
tend a funeral a' .lair di lie would'never uu
any occasion enter a cemetery. “I never in
tcn.l lo co er .me,” he wou.d av. "until I
play tho llr-t part In the performance."
KAln-iN-riik-Face, the sub-chief of the
Da kola siouv. *■ In. shit (ten. Glister, has ap
peals.! to the Indian Bureau to bo allowed to
attend school at Virginia. He lias always
Iteen uu tnfliieniial mao among the various
bands, out lias found out tbai an Indian wnli
solus education, lilt* K "I Cloud, is stronger
with ths young men of late tears than the it
i noruul dm f.
it*-. Port a, tho much ta'kci-of. who is
aboard the (>a-. .giie •tsnmtug toward |l.
po'i.t wli-'ie ihe morning br,uks, lias ' 1 per
i>~.. io s part ol tb* wio'er altlo Fr .
( oostiiraton. si... speak* the language fl..
cully, dm wi.bcs ii> learn to r. ' tr fr in iomr
ot ihi'ir Frsiirh posts. kl> will mtiod r „
r. nation wiih uiiso: during it* reu.ia, in S
I'sta tl drawing rooms. I
POKER IV CHURCH.
How Two Wilful Jesters Took Cp a
Collection at Cohasset.
From 'hr Boston /Inraid
Not far from Robson ami Crane’s summer
homes at Oohaaset, there stands in a shady
nook a little house of worship, which both
the actors ore woDt to attend every summer
Sabh,;tii—unless the wind is good for a cruise
in Mr Crane’s yacht. One bright Sunday
morning last summer, while the birds were
chirp ng in the trees to escape sunstroke, and
tne sheep and cattle browsed on the tender
pasturage or waded in the brooks to cool off,
the comedians, accompanied by their wives,
hitched up the carryall and drove down to
oluirch. The members of the congregation
are great admirers of Robson and Crane—
who nave lived among them so msriy years—
and are always disposed to extend them such
delicate an# flattering attention as a seat in
the amen corner, permitting them to act as
ushers, to pass the contribution box, and the
like.
It so happened that on this particular occa
sion the worthy deacons who officiated in
passing the plates were absent, so the good
old pastor from his pulpit Kindly asked:
“Won’t Brothers Robson and Crane be kind
enough to take up the regular missionary
offering while Sister Jones plays a short se
lection?” The comedians cheerfully stepped
from the.r seats in tbe coi corner, and
pa.-sed up ihe aisles with the r uud. old
fashioned boxes so common in Eastern houses
of worship. Not more than thirty people
were in attendance at church that morning,
and the contribution was not w hat it mignt
have been—in fact, in Mr. Robson’s box there
were but two nickels and thies two-eent
pieces, while Mr. Crane’s boasted of the
trifling sum of two nickels and three one-cent
pieces.
On being asked to state the amount of the
collection, with a far-awav look upon his
dreamy face. Mr. Crane rose, mechanically
shook each contribution box, and replied in a
sort ol half-asleep, midnight voice:
“Brother Robson has a pair of fives and
three deuces, aud the pot’s mine, for I’ve got
two fives and three aces.”
it took Mr. Crane all one week to explain
individually to the horrified congregation
how he came to fail so far from grace,
A Song of Singers.
Front of. Nicnolas,
I will smg you a song of singers:
I-lsten, and you shall hear
How the lark on high, in the breast of the sky,
Sings to the opening year.
In a still blue place for a moment’s spaco
All song from wing to crest.
He sings m the sun—and the rapture done,
Sinks to his silent nest.
I will smg you a soar of singers:
Listen, aid you shall hear
How the wind of the south, with a sweet
warm mouth.
Sings in the heart of the year.
It 16 hey! for the field of roses, and hey! for
the banks of thyme;
And hey! for the shady closes with a lilt
and a laughing rhyme!
And the lake will ruffle his bosom,
And curl its creamy cre3t,
When the passionate sigh of the wind comes
nigh
The lilies upon its breast.
I will sing you a song of singers:
Listen, and you shall hear
The song close hid of the katydid,
in the falling of the year.
Wide in the ieafy ranges,
lie sings in the waning light.
And his love song knows few changes
Under the stars of night.
Shrill in the forest reaches,
In doublet of satin green,
He sings, as his wild mood teaches.
His one song to his queen.
I will sing you a song of singers;
Listen, and you shall hear
The song of the snow, sof 1 , soft and low.
In the night-time of the year.
Out of the deeps of heaven,
All in a pure white glow.
Under the stars of even,
sings the angel of the snow.
And the heart must learn to listen
And bend its wayward will.
While the frost flakes glow and glisten
And the winter air is chill.
And the song is pure as pity.
And glad as glad can be,—
For an angel sings with brooding winga
The song of charity.
Celebrating a PeriUu Rite.
From the Levant Herald.
On Oct. 8 was celebrated at Valide Khan,
which was exclusively inhabited bv Persians,
the anniversary ot the death of Haasan aud
Hussein, sons of Alt. A large number of
Europeans and others who had been invited
to the ceremony and had secured reserved
seats, flocked into the precincts of the Valide
Khan, which was soon full. At 7 o’clock the
ceremony begnn by the chanting of funeral
hymns by a number of Persian ulemas, who
afterward read the recital of the tragical
death of the two martyrs. Hassan and fins
sein, and pronounced a series of maledictions
on thetr murderer, Yezid.
When these preliminaries were over a pro
cession of, Nezirs was seen coming round.
They were bare-headed and wore long white
flowing robes which reached to their feet; in
their hands they he and khandjars or vataghans.
They slowly marched up to the middle of the
court and then formed a circle, singing
mournful ditties while they siruck their
breasts with the flat of their hands, or made
cuts into their heads with the swords they
were holding. The blood soon began to flow,
and it showed easily on ihe white garments
of the penitents. The scene vividly impressed
all those present.
A boy about 11 years of age, who was among
the Nezirs, attracted special notice by his re
ligious zeal; he was in such a state of excite
ment that he struck himself right and left
with his yataghan, and lie would certainly
have inflicted very dangerous wounds on hirn
seit if he had not been holdback bv those near
to him and the yataghan taken" away from
him. One of the distinguished strangers who
witnessed these weird performances for the
llrs lime felt such a shock at the scene that
lie fell in a swoon. At 8:30 o’clock the cere
mony came to a close. The Persians call Ne
zirs those who mortify their flesh during the
Mohurrum mourning, which I logins on the
first of the month andcontinuesuntll the 10th.
The word Nezir means consecrated to God.
Initiating the Brethren,
from the Buffalo Courier.
At a recent party in an np-town residence
the damsels insisted on being permitted to
show their brethren something nevt’ They
liad founded anew order, it was explained,
and wished to initiate the bovs into its mys
teries. They took possession of the front par
lor and closed the folding doors, leuviug one
of their number on guard. The gentlemen
fouud one of their crowd—a beardless youth—
had disappeared, and wondered what had be
come of him. They learned to their sorrow.
The lodge being in readiness for ihe reception
of candidates, one of the young men was es
corted into the room. He found four blush
ing maidensstauding in a row in a corner of
the room with u tote in front of them. Upon
this he wasseateu and blindfolded, and llieu
told that one or the girls would kiss bun.
If he could guess her name he would
be privileged to repeat tho osculation. Of
course, be made a miserable failure, but in
stead of being allowed to retire, was com
pelled to occupy a feat on the opposite side of
the room. Just Imagine his feeling* when Ihe
next victim was led in and had been prepared
for the sacrifice to see tlie missing beardless
youth rise up ghostlike from behind the girls,
imprint a good sound smack on tne uplifted
and expectant lips of Ihe candidate, and then
dodge back to lit* place of concealment. One
after another of tho young men were victim
ized. The fun of It was. though, to hear some
of them demand more than one trial before
Hie removal of the hoodwinks— One, a well
known physician, not being content with less
Ilian three kisses. He was enthusiastic over
their sweetness, until the sweet was turned
to gnil, a* lie saw the hoy salute his successor
on the throne of nivstery.
The Queen of Italy's Coral Necklace.
From the Court./' urnttl.
The Queen of Italy on almost all occasions
wears h corat necklace, even when diamonds
and poarls burden the graceful neck and bust,
'i he In tie coral necklace has its history. 'I liu
young Prince of Naples was hot five years
old when, walking ouo day in Venice with Ins
tutor, be was greatly tempted by u coral
necklace exhibited in a shop window. His
i lea was to make It a present to his mother,
but the price askud wa far 100 princely for
tlie little prince, as it was superb coral, and
lie, therefore, proved himself no bad judge.
He begged the Jeweler to lot him purchase
Ibc necklace hit by bit, and lo ply down ail
lie had about him for the first portion of the
ne<k la. e, naiiiolv. fifty iiri: the rein a f Oder of
the pri lo follow ns be got iliciii. f lie prince
imonte I upon lakmg away a portion of ibc
string of cor il on e< count, and in the course
•>f two veers be bed saved e ougb to payoff
the iiiorigage on bi* coral properly, end g *t
ft all. '1 lien lie gave it with or ole lo fits
uiofm-r, and the tutor told tbe starry of Its
purchase.
"V be,” bawled a signal orator, ”1 eni m
favor of tie esriy closing movement for the
greet u.aa* of toPere. ' ' Well, shut up uww 1”
•til,aim uru-l.eel auditor.— iev ,awes
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Will 6hOW a Wine
crop of 17,000.000 gHllons this year, and a
raisin crop of 7,000.000 boxes.
A sit am, boy of Newton. Mass., went to the
polls on election dav and tried to vote in place
of his sather, who was too ill to vote.
More than 12,000.000 wash boards are sold
in this country every year. The beet wood
for wash boards is cottonwood or sycamore,
pine being too soft.
The very latest inLondon is sending chickens
by the parcels post from Kilkenuy. The fash
ion is so very late, the "chickens” are gener
ally spoiled by the time they arrive at their
destination. In fact, they are "no chicken”
in point of freshness.
A Lynn clebuyman relates that on one
occasion after marrying a eonple anenvelope
was handed to him which he supposed of
course contained the marriage fee. On
opening it he found a slip of paper on which
was written: “We desire your prayers.”
The Grant relics, whioh have been in the
charge of the War Department, were deliv
ered Saturday afternoon to the National
Museum at Washington, and the work of un
packing and classifying them preparatory to
placing them on exhibition in the hail de
voted to historical collections was commenced
at once. Owing to the great value of the col
lection extra precaution- have been taken at
the museum to prevent theft.
Marshal Bazaink has had a severe fall
while walking in the Retiro at Madrid. He
had to be carried by the police and the by
standers to tiis house. Marshal Bazaine
lives alone in Madrid, as Mmc. Bazaine went
to Mexico with some of her children last
spring on family matters. He looks very old
and shaky, has a long gray beard, and is very r
shabbily dressed. RUoldest son is a volun
teer in a crack Spanish regiment of Chasseurs.
There are yet a lew English actors and ac
tresses who deny ns the light of their counte
nances, among them Mrs. Kendal. But we
must have her. now that she has recited
“’Ostler Joe” in such “a thoroughly artistic
aud pathetic manner she moved many of the
audience to tears.” Think oi that. Mrs. Tot
ter and ye Washington prude-! The comely
and unimpeachable Mrs. Ivenda! has enter
tained half the swells of England, at a per
formance for the beuefit of a big charity, with
this naughty “pome.”
A resident in one of the finest streets in
Boston alluded, incidentally, at dinner the
other night to her “servants,” and was over
whelmed the next day to receive warning
trom the whole crowd. What did it mean?
Weren’t they in recen t of the highest wages?
Didn’t they have “afternoons” and “even
ings” and “privileges” without end? Yes. but
they couldn’t live with people who called
them “servants” to their faces! “Help” was
the proper word, and they wouldn’t be ser
vants to no lady in this country! They all de
parted.
Gen. Grant was dubbed LL. D. by Har
vard. and during the campaign of 1872 some
one published a burlesque in the form of a
minute little volume about as big as a postage
stamp, in which were printed some of tbe
short speeches of the silent man, under the
title, “The Literary Remains of Ulysses s.
Grant, Doctor of Laws.” I showed a copy to
the General afterwards, says a correspondent .
He had never heard of it. and was very much
amused by tbe little volume. After reading
it through, as he could do in five minutes, he
turned to me with a smile aud said: “This is
very good; you must give it to me; I waut to
show it to Mrs. Grant, who does not realize
what a famous man I am getting to be.”
Jane Hadinu has introduced anew feature
in her recent production of “Frou Frou,”
about which tout Paris is agog. This is nei
ther more nor less than some Chippendale
furniture that the artiste found in W ardour
street during her London engagement last
season. She look an immense fancy to the
so-called ‘'Chippendale craze,” and deter
mined to introduce it to the Parisians, and to
do this It is only necessary to stage it. The
consequence is that everybody is rushing to
the theatre to see the old English furniture,
just as everybody goes to see an actress’ new
costumes. The theatres set the fa-hions in
Paris now. because there is no social leader
strong enough to impress her particular ca
prices on this capricious world
The Boston Courier Is somewhat unhappy
because people use the title “Esq.” after their
names, “The custom.” it says, “is merely
one of those silly and thoughtless instances of
the adherence to an old traditional usage from
which all meaning has long since vanished.
There is no more harm in it than there would
be in drawing the picture of a cat at the ad
dress upon an envelope, aud, for that matter,
no more good. Since every country bumpkin
becomes on his letters at least an ‘esquire,’
and ignoramuses go even to the extent of
adding ‘Esq.’ after Mr.,’ ‘LL.D.,’ or ‘D. D.’
itself, it would seem that the habit had made
itself too ridiculous to endure longer, and
that it must quickly work its own extinction:
so that, perhaps, it is needless ro expend
words in attacking the ‘Esq.’ folly.”
Henry M. Stanley will come to NewYork
in a few days, declining, for lack of time, an
invitation to lecture in Dublin before sailing.
“1 understand,” says a Freeman’s Journal
writer, “that Mr. Stanley regrets much that
he is tiuable to go to Dublin, because, al
though he has discovered many out-of-the
way nieces, ho has not discovered Ireland
yet. It is a curious thing that he lias latterly
developed a great repugmiuc e to lecturing in
Wales, which is bis native ooumry. The rea
son of this is interesting. Your readers are
aware that Mr. (Stanley spent his early days
in a Welsh workhouse, and that he ha* ho
precise knowledge as to tiis parentage. Weil,
whenever he goe to Wales he is sure to en
counter twenty or Ihirty old women who per
sist in claiming him as a son or a nephew, or
some other intimate relation It being highly
embarrassing and Inconvenient to have as
many as thirty mothers, the explorer has
determined to keep out of the way of those
old ladies in future. He tells the story him
self with great relish.”
Some time ago a Montreal Jury returned a
verdict against the plaintiff in the ease of
Poitras against Lebean. Pottras had claimed
damages from the defendant, who had him
lined for refusing to kneel on both knees while
attending service in the Catholic Church of
St. Ann’s one Sunday last summer. Motion
was made by Poitras before the Court of Re
view for a now trial, and judgment was ren
dered in favorof thii motion. Judge Johnson
dissented, holding that the verdict was not
contrary to the evidence. In giving the judg
ment of the court Mr. Justice Jette held that
Poitras had been persecuted. Being sick, he
bad placed himself at the back of tne church,
and never seed in an unbecoming manner!
Constable Lebeau was not justified in causing
his arrest for not going on both knees. The
speciul by-law at the Church of St. Ann’s re
quiring every one to goon both knees was too
arbitrary to be established by no stronger evi
dence than verbal. With Buch by-laws it be
came prudeut for strangers not to attend
divine servioe at St. Ann's.
A funny story isbeing told in which two
Russian noblemen and a lavorite Parisian
actress played tbe principal parts. Both of
tne Bayards were suitors for the lady’s smiles,
ami both seemed ts be equally esteemed by
ber. In Russia a lock of lia.r is considered a
signal pledgep.f the itender passion, but few
ot the French theatrical divinities are en
dowed with profusechevelcures. Mile. Alice
glories in the possession of auburn ringlets
and wouldn’t part with one of them for less
than a duchy. Her Russian admirers, the
Count de L. and the Baron de M., both hap
pen to have lour of the -ame golden hue as
that ot their mutual Dulcinea. Each begged
a tress or her hair iu exchange fora lock of
Ins own; to which the rhaaming creature
readily assented, and without touching a sin
gle tuft ol her head cuunmgly managed to
effect an exchange or parcels by wbich each
gentleman received a curl of his rival’s capil
laries Tbe Count now wears the Baron's
hair next his heart, and the Baron now sleeps
witii the Count'sscalplock under his pillow.
A correspondent tv riles from Washington
of the light between the Willard brothers
Both are immensely wealthy. C. C. Willard
Is the proprietor of the llhhitt House attdown*
a large amount of other property. He owns
two lots on K streni, one on which the Bbbitt
House standi and Hie other some twenty leet
distant on llie aauie side of Hie street, ills
brother, Joseph W illurd, ow us the lot between
the two pieces ol property. It lias been C. C.
Willard - aim tor years t < get hold or this 101.
lie has tried all sorts of schemes, hut up to
date ho has not suit.-, del. Not a great wnue
ago a suave, business.tike gentleman culled
upon Joe Willard and staled iha- he wu,
looking for a loeato<u t estanlish a can ty
inunorui lory. Ho was luipr saed wiili the
K sirei I lix'ulloll an I wanted to know if it
waa in the market. Joe Willard repl el that
he would -ell If he cam PI got Lis price, Then
Ills visitor asked Ibe term-. Looking up and
catching the bueiac-s raaii'say# ks -aid: “My
onoe is ♦ibO.UuO. > Oil go back lo C. c. Wil
lard, who seat you lu*re. and tell him that.”
The visitor left to gliorry without uny turtle r
esplsuaiiuu Joe Wit.ard, as the hois say,
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