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FHIDAT, NOVEMBER 10 lSti.
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BDEIfO MimBMlS
Meetings —Landrum Lodge No. 18, F. A.
M.t r’u’.aski Council No. 153. R. A ; Myrtle
Lodge No. 6, K. P.; Forcat City Gun Club;
SuvAiiDali, Florida and Western and < hnrlci--
ton and Savannah Railways Emp’oyes As
lactation; Sancetorum Lodge No. 7, A F. and
A. M.
Special Notice— State and County Taxes
1886.
Amusements—Grand Military Ball.
Ste iMSQtP 'CHEDLLE—Boston and Savan
nah Steamship Cos.
Change of Sc HEDCLE— South Florida Rail
road.
Notice—Of Application for a Local Bill.
Mosey in Your Pockets— By Going to D.
B. Tester's.
Seeing the Sights—L. & B. S. M. H.
VARIETY Bakery—John Derst.
Cheap Con -n Advertisements—Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For ra e; B ) .rd; Lost; Found; Personal Mis
cellaneous.
Medical—Volina Cordial.
Legal Sale—United 'fates Marshal's Sale.
Diamonds, Jewelry. Etc —M. Stern erg.
Produce and Commission Merchants—.l.
B. Chesnutt & Cos.
Auction sale—Sundries, by I. D. La-
Roche’s Sons.
It is a co'd (lay when th'* great Czar ol
Russia can’t have tils candidate counted
to. __
The Cora tnutec on the State of the Re
public has not yet undertaken to invest!-
gate tbe misfortunes of the blind tigers of
Atlanta.
in Baltimore venders of poultry are
fined for tying the legs of (owls together.
Tuis is municipal reform in the right
direction.
If Blaine can’t write a book now that
will win over tbe Mugwumps, he might
as well make his last retirement from
politics permanent.
The public printing office at Washing
ton has not been boycotted. It Is stated
that hundreds of applications for situa
tlons are being filed.
It is suspected that Mr. Charles A.
Dana only wants a chance to write a
political obituary poem to his friend
Geo. W. Childs, A. M.
It is s'ated that John A. Logan, Jr., ab
hors politics. John A. Logan, Sr., has
ran'ed around so as to disgust a great
jnany peopl- with politics.
If Secretary Lamar has ordered his
wedding suit it is about time his tailor
should be getting interviewed and so se
cure a splendid free advertisement.
Blaine publishes a long letter indig
nantly denying that be is opposed to civil
servics reform. Ho can never be happy
unless he is denying some great truth.
Sam Small is now preaching powerful
sermons ir. Memphis to large and earnest
congregations, but the barroom critics
sre not at all pleased with hi* theology.
After all ibe Bulgarians were success
fully bulldozed, and hereafter patriotism
will be at a discount in that principality
if it has not been thoroughly Russian
ized.
Pittsburg appears to be the boss place
for tbe sale ol oleomargarine. There are
8,000 retailers in tbe district, and the re
ceipts from licenses are now averaging
$20,000 per month.
Patti declares solemnly that she will
now make her “last farewell” tour ol
America. Patti, however, may live sev
eral years yet and want a good deal more
money out of the Americans.
The sea serpent has *.gain been seen In
Long Island sound. If this serpent does
not ciuit making himself so common and
proper be will no lunger be able to create
a sensation when he steers in toward the
land.
The Richmond Dispatch is troubled be
cause the tariff reformers do not atntee
those Coegressnien who will not support
Randall’s tariff bill. It seems to lose
Sight of the fact that Randall is not a
tariff reformer, but a tariff deformer.
The scheme of the Uhicato Knights of
Labor to establish a co-operative pork
packing house is a step In the rightdirec
tion. Co-operation is tbe true solution of
tbe labor trouoles of the countrv, if the
necessary capital and business wkill and
Integriiy can be enlisted to make it sue
ctesful.
Tbe better people ol Chattanooga are
after Mayor Sharpe tor allowing the
saloon keepers to violate tbe Sunday lsw
with Impunity and punishing tbe poor
debauches who patron ize tbe saloons very
severely for drunkenness, thus making
them doubly '.be victims of their depraved
appetites.
It ap|M>ars that the Democrats still have
t majority of one in tbe New Jersey Leg.
Islature, notwithstanding the desperate
efforts of ibe Republicans to reverie the
verdict of the people. Several assembly
district* are being contest! and, but there is
scall room to leer that the complexion of
tbo body will be chang'd. Tne Demo
crats can pretty salelv cunt on another
United Ktsle* Kobe tor from New Jersey.
Tbe great thing wanted is mutual cb- i
(ideoce between employer* aud employee, I
Tbe New tors Herald eays: “During
the great railroad rioi* in 1*77 Mr. Van
derbilt called the leading workmen In hie
Alosuy shops and ol hoi brant In* lo blu
and said to ibm: ’Tel l our | stop is (fast
taeii iauiiiMts are uiy mu-rests, *od that
Utey hoUel be ler tueiu selves by tusk
lag wapMMK, Wws biMMii*.* ah,lds it
I ml* laete— Uemr pay, a#*i,u** 1
Death of I x-Prcsident Arthur.
The announcement of tbe death of Ex
-1 President Chester A. Arthur, which
' occurred at bis residence in New
York city yesterday morning, was
received with profound regret through
out tbe country. He had many
warm friends, and those who had
great respect for him are numbered by
thousands in ail parts of the countrv.
He was not an old man. On the 3oth of
lastb month he reached his 56th birthday.
M’ben be iett ibe I’resldenc* he was ro
bust in appearance, lie was aware, even
then, however, that unless he took great
care cf bis health bis life would not be
long. He sust ected, if he did not actu
ally know, that he was suffering from the
disease which fii aily caused bis death.
He was believed to be bitterly disap
pointed because be failed to get tho Presi
dential nomination of his party in 1861.
He worked for it and felt that he deserved
it. His disappointment, doubtless, ac
celerated the progress of his disease.
Last summer he was at New London.
Conn., for several weeks, and the reports
of bis physical condition sent out from
there were of a very hopeful character.
When be returned to New York in the
early lall tbe impression was given out
that he was so much improved that be
would soon be able to attend to his busi
ness affairs.
Mr. Arthur was not a great man but he
was much above the average of public
men. He received a libera! education,
aud while be was neither a student nor a
scholar, he was a close observer of men
and things, and bis intellectual acquire
ments were such as to enable him to ap
pear to advantage in any circle. He paid
great attention to dress and deportment,
and while be was President it was cen
erally admitted that as a gentleman—in
manner, bearing, appearance and integ
rity of purpose—he had not a superior
among his predecessors.
Mr. Arthur was well known ir. New
York politics quite a long time before he
became known to the counti v. He first
attracted general attention during tbe
administration of Mr. Hayes. He was
then Collector of tbe Port of New York,
and the Secretaiy of the Treasury, Mr
Sherman, preferred charges against him.
It was never shown positively that they
were well founded. They were doub les'
a part of the game of po itics which Mr.
'berman was at that time engaged in.
Mr. Arthur was the warm friend and
supporter of Mr. Coukling. and that,
doubtless, was one oi the reasons why the
lavor of tne administration was with
drawn from him.
He went to the Chicago Convention in
June. 1860, without any exoectation that
■e would get the second place on the
Presidential ticket. The defeat of Grant,
however, made bis nomination for Vice
President not only possible, but almost a
necessity. A Western man having been
nominated for President, it became de
sirable to have a strong New York man,
or a New York man with strong friends,
tor the second place. Mr. Arthur had
-trong friends in New York, and, besides,
it was thought that his nomination
would tend to lessen Mr. Conkllng’s dis
appointment at tbe defeat of Grant. He
was nominated June 9, and a year from
the 20ih of tbe following September he
took the oath of office as President in the
city of New York. Garfield having died
at Long Branch on Sept. 19.
Mr. Arthur, during tbe three and a half
years he was President, gave the country
a clean and respectable administration
He proposed no great measures and had
no policy that attracted special attention.
His administration, in its last days, sent
a commission to South America wilb the
idea of laying tne foundation for closer
trade relations with the South American
republics, but its eiiorts were not produc
tive of the results aimed at. Mr. Arthur
left the White House respected by polit
ical friends and foes, and by the people
generally. His own party was grateful
to him for not leaving it any scandals to
explain away, and tbe opposiug party
avs him credit for trying to serve the
country laitbluilv and honestly.
Ihe Comptroller General's Report.
Comptroller General Wright, lu his au
uual report, shows that the taxable prop
erty of the State is steadily increasing,
l’ue report of Oct. 1, 1879. showed taxable
property to the amount of $211,959,519.
The report for the present year sh-iws
laxabie property to the amount ol $329,-
489,505, an increase of $94,529,957 in seven
years. From this steady ami gratifying
increase the Comptroller Gv.u-1-al argues
that a great reduction In taxation for
State purposes mayo o reasonably looked
for lu the near fu uro. It is a remarkable
fact, however, that although there has
bem such a marked increase in the
amount of taxable property there has
been no a- crease in luxation, and the
exiM-cted surplus for tbe construction ol
tbe State capitol is wanting.
The amount of the tax for school pur
pose* is now $316,459 95, received from
nail a dozen different sources. Notbiug,
however, conies for school purposes Aoui
a tsx on the property of ihe Slate.
The Comptroller General ma.es several
suggestions calculated to bring about a
closer collectiou of tne taxes, but he says
nothing about tbe necessity lorequaliz ng
assessments and ntakiug tax dodgers
and tax payers stand on an equality.
I’erbaps It doesn’t come within bis juris
diction to make suggestions about tbe
assessment of taxes.
Tbe report shows that the inourance
companies doing business within the
9tate are ratner prosperous. The differ
ence between their receipts and losses
were something like $1,000,006 last year.
Now and then a lawyer gels a fee so
big as to make men who have entered
into other professions than the law won
der whether or not iney have not made a
ml* ake. Col. W* and Latnou, the biogra
pher of Abraham Lincoln and Marshal ol
the District during Lincoln's administra
tion, will receive a fee of $250,000 in the
case of Ins Choctaw nation against the
United buttes, which was deeded Mon
day in the United *t*te* Hupretnu Clout t.
Tne amount of the judgment rendered In
favor of tbo Choctaws will aggregate si.
fuost $3,000,090. Lemon's feu was upon
the contingency of gaining ibe suit. He
basdevot and * number of year* to the ess-',
(#n. Adam Bad- au ns# at teat oren
sued ler lb# liuie balance of $10,67264
claimed Ui b# due by bios ui tbe govern
ment, Now will com# in# General's
grand caaaa* tor • vladrcsUoa, if n# will
only be able * taka *dsa aye •<( H.
SAVANNAn MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1886.
An Explanation Needed.
It might be a wise thing for the Presi
dent to do to define very clearly what he
means by “pernicious activity” of office
hold rs In politics. He removed Mr. M.
E. Benton, tbe United States Distriol At
torney for the Western district of Mis
souri, for making political speeches, and
has reinstated him because Mr. Benton
insisted that in making political speeches
he did not neglect any of bis official
duties. It is doubtless true that Benton
did not neglect his official duties to any
marked extent, but it will hardly be de
nied that the position which be occupies
lent importance, in tbe eyes of many, to
his political utterances.
Notwithstanding the fact that tbe Presi
dent’s letter to Mr. Benton makes a dis
cernible distinction between activity and
‘‘pernicious activity” in politics on the
part ol officeholders, the President will
be charged with having taken a step back
ward in tbe Benton case. He tbe
ground that he was misinformed respect
ing the extent of Mr. Benton’s offending,
but it would seem as if he ought to have
been sure that he bad all the facts before
subjecting the alleged off ndcr to the hu
miliation of a suspension. It does not
appear that Mr. Benton was given a
chance to be heard in his own behalf.
Only the story of those who want B-nton
r moved was heard. This was cenainly
not fair to Mr. Benton and lii-t iriends un
less the President was thoroughly satis
fied that M r . Benton had become a per
niciously active political worker, and if
he were satisfied it is difficult to see how
he could have reversed his action on Mr.
B nten’s statement alone.
It is alleged, with how much truth it is
impossible to eav, that the course of Post
Master General Vilas, in making a polit
ical speech at. Madison, W is., during tbe
campaign forced tho President to con
strue his order respecting tbe activity of
officeholders in politics so liberally that
it was not possible to punish Mr. Benton
lor making political speeches without
being inconsistent. The Missouri Sena
tors, it is claimed, declared that they
would resist the confirmation of a suc
cessor to Mr. Benton on the ground that
he was no more active in politics than
the Postmaster General was, and should
not be removed unless that Cabinet offi
cer was asked to resign. This, of course,
would have brought about a rather un
pleasant condition of affairs, which it
was deemed best to avoid.
In view of the (act that officeholders in
different parts of the country will con
tinue to meddle in politics it would bs a
source of satisfaction to them to know
exactly to what extent they can naedale.
Bv making this point clear the President
will save himself much annoyance and
relieve the officeholders of much uncer
tainty.
Dr. McCosh Explains.
Dr. Mo' osb, tbe President of Princeton
College, who le-rt the Harvard celebration
because he thought there was a studi and
attempt to insult his college by the Har
vard people, and also by Dr. Holmes, the
poet of the celebration, has published a
statement in which he says that be was
mistaken about the ailegedoffensive lines
in Dr. Holmes’ poem, but insists that
Harvard College did not do the proper
thing with regard to l’rinoeton. With
respect to this latter point be sav*
In his
knowledge the favors shown bv Harvard
College to me personally in the matter
of a degree, and could expect nothing
iurther. But the fact remains that on tee
occasion of an important anniversary the
good will shown to other institutions all
about us was withheld from Princeton,
which 1 was invited to represent. I ac
knowledge that Harvard had a right to
bestow its honors where it chose, but,
surrounded as 1 am by a body o! profes
sors carrying on original research and
printing their results for the public in
books and periodicals, 1 thought it strange
that no notice was taken of our college.
I still leel that 1 bad the same right to
give expression to my feelings of indig
nation as Harvard had to withhold the
recognition she gave to others.”
Princeton was generously patronized
by the South before the war. and the
insti'ution still holds a strong place in
the affections of Southern men. The dis
position of Dr. McCosh. therefore, to re
sent .any attempt, however slisjnt, to
ignore Princeton’s claims to recognition
will be appreciated in this section ol
the country. Princeton is one of the
oldest, wealthiest and most prosperous
institutions of learning of the country,
and if it does not rank in importance
with Harvard and Yale it rauks next to
them.
One of tbe most unaccountable cases of
mysterious disappearance occurred re
cently in New York city. The missing
person is Edward P. Fox, a salesman em
ployed by Ooiney A Cos. He disappeared
from the store about 10 o’clock on the
morning of Monday, N'ov, 1. His
employers stated, in answer to in
quiries, that no cause was known for Mr.
Fox e disappearance, and none could be
imagined, other than that he had. per
haps, in some ravsterious way been fouriy
dealt with ( which was scarcely probable
at that bouror the day) or that he had b
come suddenly insane a-ul wandered off,
either on foot or by train, to some place
where he has not been identified.
He arrived at the store on tho day
named about 9 o’clock as usual. The
oflice boy and one or two other persons
were tbtre. He removed bis overcoat,
opened tbe sale,, took the mnli out of the
letter box and opened his letter*, and
about au hour afterward, or about 10
o’clock, leaving bis overcoat on the hook,
ho went out of ibe store at the rear and
Into Mercer street, Since which tune no
body bus seen ulm except two persons,
who say they saw him in the street, the
one on Monday and the other on Tuesday,
lie has disappeared as effectually as it
tne earth had swallowed him. Mr.
Fox had been employed by lotn-y
A Cos, for thtrto'-n year* a* bookkeeper
aud salesman. During tbe whole ol this
time be bed behaved in the most exetn
plsry manlier. His cash account was
correct to s penny and bad evidently been
balanced on tbe previous ’•aluiday night
or the morning of his disappearance.
The bank account, too, was ail right.
The ( lalfauo.a I'nuus is rs i i,# r happy
because If ecu numerate more high tar ff
than revenue reform paper# in tee Booth,
nupposc it lavestigates lb* questions of the
ieffuenee of these paper a. A good way le
Is so would he lu eeawpare the anmber -if
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CURRENT COMMENT.
Mr. Dint's Luminous Humor.
From the Yew York Sun ifrid.)
A big piece of flamingred tape of the tough
est and thickest q ality is just the thing at
present with which to adorn the torch ol
Liberty. It would enlighten the world and
enable our own citizens to appreciate Bar
tholdi and civil service reiorm.
Arhltrstton to be 1 sited.
From the Yew York Star ( Dem ,l
w e are delighted to fee that tbe State
Board of Arbitration ha' got fairly to work.
It is a pet so. eme or Gov. H it's, devised by
him in compliance with tbe suggest! -t-s and
requests of ibe labor org inizatioos, and al
though not quite what it amis to lie, we are
sure that the more the people try it the better
they will like it.
A Most, Idiotic Scheme.
From the W.ishington P ist (Dem.)
Most idiotic ot all the schemes that laboring
men have proposed is that to keep Stale prison
convicts idle Toe constitutional amendment
to that end failed in II Inois because the people
were unable to see why a man should be ex
cused from work as a premium for having
committed a crime. Of course if convicts are
n--l compelled to pay for their support bv
their own labor, innocent lab,ring men will
have to work to support them.
Stop AH the Nonsense.
From the Yew York fferald (Ind.)
Mr. Ward, a Clyde ship builder, iscra/.y
enough to assert that Secretary Whitney has
—in a public advertisement, it would seem—
attempted to bribe, English ship builders. Mr.
Ward is unduly alarmed. Lei him ak Mr.
Wh-tney to bribe him and see what answer
he will got. English ship builders have built
and are constantly building war ships for for
eign nations—even for Rus-ia. But. after all,
thi-Ward is not more silly than some of the
Blaine, journals which cried out against Sec
ret.-ir.- Whitney because lie, very properly,
sought for suggestions for the new ships in
Europe as well as here.
BRIGHT BITS.
Ticket Agent—You don’t expect those two
boys to go on ore ti-kei-
She—Of course 1 do. It's a twin.— Life.
"Ilow can I get, rid of fleas on my cat?”
asks a eubscriter. Easy enough. >oak the
cal in four feet of w ater until I he fleas rise to
the surface, lhea bury the cat —Burlington
- ree P e**.
He—You are holding that umbrella on the
wrong side to protect you from the sun.
BUe—l know p. but iliere is that dreadful
Miss Briggs, and I intend her to see my new
bonnet.— Exchange.
In Bonneville. Mn„ no person is allowed to
wh< el a baby carriage m the neighborhood of
a Hr--. A great many infants have been 1 6t
in this way. while their fathers were taking
them out for an airing.— Burlington. Free
Press.
The stamped envelopes the government
sells are a great convenience, especially to
travelers, only some imes it i- a little difficult
t- find some mucilage to stick tbe (lap down
when ouo is away from home. —S mom lie
Jou ll’ll.
Miss HiGnsocißTY—Would I be pleased to
have you bring Mr. Van Kupper, of New
York, to call? First tell me about his
••family.”
Mr. M mtrose— l Oh, they were all well when
he left.— Tid-Bit*.
Thf. man who floated through tho Niagara
rapids in a life preserver the other day had
eleven offers from museum managers within
twentv-lour hours. This indicates that the
wav to fame is a rapid one if a fellow only
strikes t right.— Exchange.
A M SRYI.AND paper chronicles the sad fate
of a Mr. Bunting, who wa- run over by a
train and ha t “twoof lusle.-s cut off.” If Mr.
Bunting isn’t more economical with his legs,
first thing he knows he’ll have to go lame.—
Bu dette, in Bratoklifte Engle,
A London publisher ha* received from 1.000
s boo girls answers to the question. “Who is
'■our favorite autnor?” Dickens heads the
list with 830 vote*, and Scott follows with 228.
The girls, alter msdiug their replies, resumed
reading the novels of Ounia aud 11. Zola.—
Yun i*t ion Herald,
tfow soldiers are pensioned in the United
Sta es—So you sav vou were hve years old at
the cloe of Ihe war?
1 beg your pardon, five year* and a lia'f.
and I tremh ed So for ihe fate of our army
that I have kept on trembling ever since.
This suffi es; you are entiti-d to a pension
of $1.2 88. —Berlin Kladdoradattch.
A Liberal-Minded Policeman: Small
f’olicem m—Did I understand ycr to say that
I was a darty little blackguard and a Ivin’
tbafe?
Big Tough—That’s what. I said.
Small Policeman—Ef 1 wasn’i a firm advo
cate me-elf of fraydora of spache, it would be
a eorrv day fer you. me frind. Do ycz
rnoind that?— t,r it Sifting*.
Gamin—Hold your horse, mister?
Mr. Valpris (with facetious glance at his
voting lady compa tonl—Why, such a little
fellow as you couldn’t hold that big horse up
if you tried.
Gamin—’F f couldn’t hold him up ! etter’n
'on hold him down. I’d eat wheel grease. I
cou’d 8--e his ears under your coat tails every
time lie jumped.— lid-Bite.
1
No more beside the nc*an.
Her sou filled with emotion.
She stands in rapt devotion,
Gazing far across the foam;
Ah I no. Miss Nell or Hannah
Now s ng* a l - 1 • d3 oprano.
And thump* the grand piano
lu the sitting-room at home.
—B et n Courier,
Sue was Willing.—" Papa.” said a Phila
delphia maiden, ‘-Charley wants to know if
yon will say -vos’ if lie asks yonr consent to
marry tne?”
“Humph! I Hunk it is the voting man’s
place to ask that question himself.”
"Oh, pa. 1 know he will never ask vou.
Why. he’s so ha hfitl that he wouldn't Save
popped the question if f hadn’t told
him mat if bo didn’t I would get t eal mad at
him?”
“And so it. was yon who popped?"
“Oh no, pa, I didn’t pop. I merely gave
him to understand that I was willing to
marry him if he asked me.”— Phil idoluhiu
Herald,
PRKONA.ii.
Henry liiviNfi’s edition of “Faust” is to be
lssu <1 as ;t Christmas gift-book.
Miss K ate Field has been honoring inte
rior Pennsylvania towns with her lectures.
The Bishop of Dover, Rng., preaching at
Canterbury the other Jay, favoreil crema
tion.
Michael D a a iit is to be given a “testimo
nial” at Hie Boston Theatre on Sunday even
ing, Dec. S,
Auke C.ilmock, recently decenserl. of
Owensboro, K>.. loft a fortune of $750,000,
made in the manufacture of tobacco.
A sift v, of Mrs. Kutlierfnrt! B. Hayes, Miss
Addle Conk. will lie married at Tremont, ().,
during the holidays. 10 Mr. Waiter Hunting
tou, of Moss Point, Miss,
Ukv. Dn. R. R, Storks, who, by the by. was
once a law student, tn the olHce of Knfiis
Choate, will mis mouth (lnisli an unbroken
service of forty years as pastor of the Church
of Pilgrims. Brooklyn.
Noah Hi nt, the rich and occentrie New
Yorker, who lived utterly alouo in ihc midst
of Motliani’g nnlllous is said to have left a
w ill locKrd ii|i in a safe, the combtuatinn of
which no living person kuotvs.
COVUIIKSSMAN CI.OVSR, of St. f .Oll Is, whose
recent Mt-to with a man whom be hud &o
varelv handled In a Missouri court room; re
sulted ir. a “bloom: o' black eve” for the
handier, is trying the < fllcacy of Uotbam air
in an effort in recuperate.
“I am already a grandfather.” said the
Alibo Itonssfl in Paris lately to me Queen of
iireece. I p went Queen Olga's eyebrows.
•I mean.” lsilgbs I llie Alilm Roussel, "that
many of my apprentices wh m I cal mvchil
dren are married and have children of their
own,
Mi 'kAcsv, the llungarmii. pam'er who
arrived In New Vork on M m lay night, i a
bssdsems man, it of me Rose m
Conkling siyle of iieauiy. lie is ta l mii<i
ort o', his hair is white, Willi Just a tlirsid or
twoofgrs . and Ins tM'sril t • I nil and curly,
lie steps lightly aud does not speak or umisr
stand r.ng ish.
' ft a Hl> t - A Ham a. rdlior of the Sun. looks
much improved rni' i bis return from Knrope.
Ili set hi- lo tisw gained a lea pounds of
desb an I na> mure color In his cheek-. Ills:
tosir ami be ird are Jual a# grata* ever and I
do nt spite ar to have . lisuged ••> withiu
t be past .10 tears, Mr, Inns, for hi* y< era ,
of w rk .a reinsrksli f w.l preserved. || |
bn* a runed -on titiitioa. Ilia shoulders ars
or .ad and l.s ruml fu| and rnuaded. Inn
dial u. nisi, ad tilr dooa id Brass flashl /, I
but wears s ia.ei.mA Bark lf.es .bat aid
fr-.AAS*rt a siat. k. Men • ha a.iiwrt s r* i
The Oldest Military Body in the World.
Ft om the Court Journal,
At a court of assistants ot the Honorable
Arttl erv CYunpany held at the Armory
Hon*e. Finsbury, on Mou-lay iat, it was re
soive-i, on motion of Capt. Woolmer-Williams,
“That the cour; at its next meeting do take
into consideration tho best means of celebrat
ing the three hundred and flftieih anniver
sary of the incorporation of the ri giment.
occurring on Aug. 25.1587 ” It is understood
that the event will be made the occion for
great festivities, which will be attended by a
representative number of the member* of the
Ancient aud Honorable Artillorv Comp-nv of
Boston, United States, an “offshoot” of the
regiment, which was founded by a member of
Ihe Honorable Artillery Company of London,
who emigrated to Boston in 1658—101 years
after the incorporation of the parent stem by
royai charier of Henry VIII.
Why Did the Bride Try to KDI Herself?
From the L ndon Telegraph,
An extraordinary affair ha* just occurred
in the St. Sulpice quarter in Paris. A young
woman, whose mother keeps a millinery
establishment in the locality, was married
the other day to a man not much older than
hers If, and who is a native of Tours. After
the ccromony the young couple went to a
hotel, where they took rooms for a
day or two previous to their departure
for Tours. The next morning the bride
was seen to open the shutters of one of the
windows of her room, climb over the balcony,
and throw Derelf headforemost into space.
she was picked up insensible by a priest
and another person passing at the time. It
was found that she had received no external
injuries, but the blood flowed profusely from
her nostrils. The girl has recovered con
sciousness and is apparently well, but she re
fused to disclose to her mother the motives
which impelled her to attempt suicide in so
determined a manner. She is only 18 years
old. and had left a convent school just before
her marriage. Her husband was so overcome
when he saw her brought hack to the bridal
chamber covered with blood that he could
not speak.
A Jilted Girl biuits a Sjinbol in Bitter
sweet.
/ rom the Tra refers ’ Record.
Along the quiet, shady lanes
Where once we loved to stray.
’Mongst wealth of Haunting golden-rod
And sumach, bold and gay.
In ruddy splendor, as of yore,
Its drops of fire shine.
Alas! the sweet was all for you—
The bitter p irt was mine!
We wandered aimless, hand in hand.
Contented, blithe an 1 free;
Nor care nor pain had touched our hearts —
Oh! happy then were we;
I found its berries gleamiug bright
From out the tangled vine.
Alas! >he sweet was all for you—
The bitter pari was mine!
We parted, rich in simple trust;
Yon joined the city’s whirl;
What wonder that yon soon forgot
Your little rustic girl?
And yet, whene’er, ’mid autumn’s hoard,
Its drops of fire shine.
I sigh—the sweet was a 1 for you—
The bitter part was in ne!
4 LORENCE SCOLI.ARD BROWN.
The Case IVas Cont-niied.
From the Yew York Son.
A story is tnht in ex-Judge Fullerton’s office
of a former clerk, who is now a succes-ful
lawyer in this city. Tbe .Judge was engaged
in Part I. of the Supreme C >ui t, and seut the
Clerk to Part 11. to watch another case that
he expected to be called any moment. Tbe
Judge finished m Part 1,, and not hearingany
thing from the Clerk, he started for Part If.,
and got iust outside the door when his case
was called. His Clerk shouted out:
“We would like a postponement, your
Honor.”
**Y"U must toon,” replied the Judge.
“But our witnesses are sick,” replied the
Clerk, with refreshing frankness.
“Then 1 shall have their testimony taken by
commission,” sharply answered His Honor. '
"But all of them aredowu with small-pox,”
said the effervescent youth,
“In that case the po-tponement is granted,”
calmly replied his honor.
Judge Fullerton was aghast. He hadn’t
heard that his witnesses were suffering from
mall-pox: in fact, some were in sight,smiling
like good fellows; but rather than have his
enterpnsiug ssistant sent to Jail, he walked
away. Afterward Ju-tge Fullerton asked
him to explain, and got this answer: “I
thought you wanted the case to go over, and
over it went.”
Mike Mciiiiol aott the Nayjyur.
From the Weet Raton Rouge Sugar Planter.
The deathof Mike McCool. the noted pugil
ist, recalls to mind a little incident that
occurred some years ago in this parish. Mike
had been on a prolonged spree, and on sober
ing u-- anpued io one of our planters for Work
as u ditcher, w hich was given him. In the
same community at that time resided a negro
who bore something of a reputation as a
pugilist along with his unenviable character
a* a cut throat, thipf and desperado. The
negro, it seemed, had become convinced in
bis mind that he could whip Ihe doughty
Mike, and announced bis intentloufof doing
so a’ Ihe earliest opportunity. Accordingly,
with this object in view, he started out one
afternoon, and. approaching Mike, w-bo was
busy cleaning out a ditch bottom, said:
“Is dis heab Mike McCoo’?”
Mike answered that it was, and inquired of
the negro what he wanted.
“Weil,” said the darky, -‘l’se been hear’n
tell o’ you a long i ime, an’ I jes’ believe I can
lick you in a pair o’ minutes.”
“Away with ve.” retorted Mike in disgust,
resuming liis digging.
But ihe negro was spoiling for a fight, and
in order to precipitate host Titles struck Mine
a stinging b ow. Seeing that the man was
determined to have a light l ke crawled nut
of tlie ditch and waded into the negro, Thu
battle was of short duration, but it resulted
disastrously to one of the combatants. Prone
on the ground lay tlie negro, his front teeth
gone, his eves dosed, his lips swollen out of
shape, while his general appearance was lhai
of a man who had collided with an express
train. Mike was unhurt. Standing over his
fallen adversary lie queried :
“Say, naygur. be yo livin’?”
A weak, imploring voice answered in the
affirmative.
- hilt,” said Mike, “let me give ye a bit of
advoice. Never come round a-bothoring of a
respiclable gentleman lolkt- meself, because
Oi haven’t got toiine io fool with the loikesof
ye.” Saving which McCool resumed his ditch
ing a* if nothing onu ual had occurred.
A New Trick not Like.y to be Popular.
From the Chicago f/erald.
"Ssa anew trick out to lowa the other
day,” said a traveling man. “1 was stopping
at a little station on the North western, and
the hotel was close to the railroad track. The
through passenger trains tlon’l slop there. In
the party sitting outside after dinner was a
i man who had a tine gold watch, with a case
of extraordinary weight. He said it was the
i heaviest watch case made, and the strong
est.
•••There is a funny thing noout this watch
of mine,’ he said; *tt is o strong that I cun
put It on the railroad track aid let a train
run over it and it wid not be damaged iu the
least.’
•••Right on the rail?’ queried one of the
I party.
•••Yes. I’ll place it right on the top of the
| rails, where the whools run, and it won’t he
■ hurt a particle,’
•• ’Ret you the cigars you das-ent do ll.'
j -The proposition was protnpt.lv accepted,
and the whole crowd present incltided iu i tie
| payment of the wager, no maiter who lost,
in a few minutes a Ira n was seen approach
ing, w hen the owner of the watch went out to
the track, put his inue piece on the rail, and
then w alked oack to the hotel porch and re
sumed in* chair as cool as a euciiniher. The
train v tine thundering on, ana the crowd got
excited. Thor stood with open mouths, and
thinking what a shame it was that an Inlern and
fool should out such a fine watch on tno rails
10 he smashed into smithereens. When the
locomotive struck the spot where the w atch
had been placed the crowd groaned and fan
cied they could see bits of gold flying along
tv ih llie dusL. But the owner of the watch
sat quietly smoking his cigar, and ns soon as
the long train had passed, he walked out,
reached down, ami picked his watch no from
ihe side of llio ran. as perfect as if it had been
In Ins pocket all the time.
•••You see,' he said, ns we lighted fresh
cigars al the other fe low’s expense, ‘there is
no danger in this trick provioiug you place
your, w all'll near the edge of Hie rail, win m
the wheels ha Vo worn llie face smooth, anil so ;
tliai the slightest disturbance w 111 cause it to !
slide off inside the rail. 'I ho w atch case is
oval, and ti at leaves an opening for ibe air 10
gel under. If the jar of the ran did not rnii>e
the waleh to fall oIT the preaaure of the air
from the appro ichmg irain surely would. I
have performed mai lime trick hundreds of
tunes and neter met with an accident One j
day a fresh traveling mao from sit. Louis saw
me do It, and he at .dice declared that wsa
Bottling any last) could do that Ho lie went;
out la front of another train and put hia j
wats non the rail Alter ilia train hail pasecd I
ha found ins map'll alxsui forty rods uc me .
irark. It was ah.on as big aa a saucer and aa j
i lila as a piece of light oar Ibo rd Ha bad I
oisda ihr fatal raiataka of suit teg the watch l
near Ilia nod of a rail Bod so no my balance.l 1
top ad ilia rati that and inks i foil. g .
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Jay Gould believes, as the result of hisown
exDerience, that "men appreciate their own
earnings more than a gift.”
A deposit of pure asphaltum, from fifteen
to twontv feet think, lias been discovered near
Thiatle Station in Utah. It is worth HO a ton,
anil the expense of mining is omy 40 cents.
Two years ago Miss Mary Tyner was row
ing on a Wisconsin lake, whenoneof her oars
broke. Prof. J. Frank ltarr, rowing in an
other boat, saw her plight ami lent her a pair
of oar-. An acqunimunce followed, and a
few days ago a wedding. Among the floral
decorations was a boat with a broken oar.
A whiter upon Southern California says
frankly that it is little short of crime to in
duce poor men to try their fortunes in the
colonies in the Southern part of the State.
An • range grove of five acres wi'l give a good
living when it is mature, but to buy it in full
bearing will c >st from $5.0J0 to 17,500, without
a house or other improvements.
Omaha is gettiugto be big enough to attract
the notice of Chicago. “Omaha,” says the
veracious Chicago Rambler, “is too young
and rough to h ive any respect for her bet
ters. Why, it was only a few moons ago that
a man was shot in Omaha because he wore
kid gloves and had his boots blackened. If
‘Chicago is New York without a collar,’
Omaha is Chicago without a shirt.”
Mr. Heron-Allen, the young Englishman
who has kindly come to America to tell us all
about palmistry, and to examine our hands,
i( we so desire, makes this starlling state
ment: He eaysa cross at ihe base of the fore
finger denotes a happy marriage, and that
such a cross exists in the ca*e of fortunate
marital relations has been demonstrated by
examining the hands of thousands of people.
When John lioane, a minor, died at Wagon
Wheel, Ida., there were no unmarried wo
men in the village, but his death bronght
thither as mourners two of his sisters, who
were old maids, and his widowed mother.
Before the flowers bad withered on John’s
grave the widow had been married to the
Mayor of the town, the elder sister to the
sheriff, and the younger to a prominent cit
izen. The three weddings were held at the
same time and all the tow n attended.
George W. Monisty was a slave and was
sold from his parents in 1853. being taken to
Mississippi. He subsequently served as a
Union soldier all through the war and finally
settled down at Lafayette, Ind. While at
the Wabash depot Tuesday George fancied
he recognized two ealored women who were
passing en route to lowa. The recognition
was mutual and with tears, cries ol joy and
cm Prices ihe mother, brother and sister
can e together after a separation of 33 years.
It is an interesting fact not generally
known that the daily business of the Tombs
prison of New York, is recorded with the pen
the use of which in a no’ed forgery costjits
original owner ten years of his freedom. It
is a mum mol h engrossing pen of gold, with a
g ant handle. Fisher, the noted bank forger,
now serving his sentence in Sing Sing, raised
a check am forged an indorsement with it.
W hen he knew his conviction was sure he
gave the pen to Hick Roden. Warden Finn's
secretary, and Dick has used it ever since.
A policeman of the Northwestern district
of Baltimore, a few nights ago, took his old
shoes to have them repaired by a shoemaker
on Millirann street. The policeman found
the shop dark, but saw a light in the back
room, on going into which he saw the shoe
maker in a hogshead wnh his feet bare
stampingsour-crout, and a small child in his
arms to increase the weight. His wife every
few minutes put in a layer of the erout and a
handful of salt, while the shoemaker still
continued to make trips around in the barrel.
The sixth annual report of the .Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, of
Brooklyn, shows that 916 complaints were
investigated last year, 426 children were re
moved from unfit surroundings, 4,046 visits
were made by the agents, and the care of
2.694 children had been supervised. The
number of prosecutions was 204, and 184 con
victions had been secured. The receipts for
the year amounted to $7,331 and the expendi
tures to $6,267. Besides this, $25,000 bad been
received as a bequest from H. B. Ciafiln, and
$19,000 had been expended for the purchase of
the headquarters of the society in Montague
street.
A TERRIBLE case of cruelty to amimals was
witnessed Tuesday at Simonson’s field, near
Vanderbilt avenue, Clifton, S. I„ by a num
ber of ladies. A heavy horse and a light one
wore drawing a heavy load from Duke, a
milkman’s place, in Myers’ farm, near Gar
leitsoo’s. After beating the horses with a
h avy whip, Miss Jennie Gordon, living at
Chiton, went to the relief of the horses, took
the whip away from the driver, and in a few
moments got men and women to take hold of
the wheels and started the horses ont of their
trouble, amid the cheers of the crowd who
applauded the hadsome gtrl for her determi
nation and courage.
The Crown Princess of Germany has all the
exaet business instincts of her illustrious
mother. Recently she discovered that some
oue had 1 cen pilfering her visiting cards and
a strict investigation was ordered. The Crown
Princess had directed her printer to supply a
hundred cards, and on the package being
opened only ninety-eight were found. Tne
printer was informed of the deficiency, and
was asked in report the result of hie inquire.
"We are very curious to know the result',’’
ran the letter of ilia Crown Princess’ secre
tary. "for visiting cards of her imperial
Highness are papersof great value, the misuse
ot winch might be very harmful.”
Mr. William It. Tkaveks arrived with his
family at Hamilton, Bermuda, in the steam
ship Trinidad, on Sunday, N’ov. 7. He has
leased Woodland, a hmidfame residence,
about a mile from Hamilton, and will occupy
it until the early spring. Mr. Travers took
with him his six horses and five carriages,
line of the horsec died of pneumonia on the
passage. Mr. Travers was not in the best of
health, but he was as cheerful as over. To
one ol the officers of the Trinidad who offered
to assist him down the gangplank to the ten
der, which was to land mm at Hamilton, he
said: "Avast there, my man! I’m not no old'
as 1 look,” and he walked down alone.
The British government is much criticised
forgiving the Bombay command to the Duke
of Connaught. The Duke of Edinburgh holds
the be-tcommand in the navy, and the Dnke
of Cambridge, who draws £li,tm pension
from Parliament, is still receiving XU.UOO as
Conmian<Jer-in-Chmf of the army. It is con
tended that they should let their pay be
merged in their pensions, as they are mem
bers of the royal family. Ihe object of the
Duke of Connaught's rapid promotion is to
enable Idm to succeed the Duke of Cambridge
at the War Office. It is on all hands admitted
that he is thoroughly competent and is even
smarter and more assiduous than the Duke
of Edinburgh, which is saying much.
at the Instance of tne editor of the Popolo
Italianoof Turin, a subscription was opened
some time ago for the purchase of a gift for
King Humbert, in recognition of the bravery
and humanity displayed by him during the
cholera epidemic in Naples. The contribu
tions were limited to live cmiteslmt (lc. each,
and the i espouse from all classes of society
was so general that the subscription was soon
closed. The gift, an enormous wreath of
bnn/.e. Surmounted by a golden star, was
presented to the King Oct IP at Monza. In
ms reply to the deputation he said, alter ex
pressing his tliuuks: "1 have only done my
duty hi obeying the dictates of my heart.
Itini I known of your Intention in time I
should have asked you to devote the procoeds
of your generous collection to the poor and
suffering, of whom unfortunately there are so
many.”
It is alleged that iron Is having a boom at
the expense of steel. At two P ttsbnrg mills
where the sole products are railway supplies,
fourteen new puddling furnaces have been
erected. Two nulls winch lor two years hid
been only partly in operation are now run
ning in ad depan taenia turning out Iron. At
one ot these mi I-, where nothing hut steel
wit* used in (lie manufacture of car axles,
hammered muck Iron has been sub-tiruied.
A muster mechanic In llie i iuploy of a lead
ing railroad says ins company la throwing out
slid and putting iron axle* on alt cars now
being built W hen the big firms of Jones A
i.uughbn and Outer Brothers and Phillip
began to demolish their puddling Inman it
Was said Iron would have to gi. Hhannberger
A i o. on finishing their sled plant allowed
their Puddling furnaces lu stand. Now after
being Idle lor over two years those furnaces
aie In operation both day ami night. The
manufacture of stru lural-teel at a leading
mil is he mg dUearded, „■ inerhamra are
credited wnh saying that sU-et mils and bolls
are brittle and ore dt e >*dy. Forty-one pud.
dl.Bg luruarca are now being erected Iu that
mty.
A shattered frame may lie remvlgor
•U<d by that wonder ut tonic, Ur. J. ft.
Mclaiii'i iHreuztto- slug i ordtai and j
iildod Puttier. iienriebee the Ida 4, and j
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Winter Iderwear.
This week we will exhibit
an extraordinary large stock
of underwear in superior
qualities for ladies, gentlemen
and children.
Our Stock of Lamb's Wool and Merino
dervests includes all sizes in a variety and
grades, commencing at the low price of 2iJ
lor Merino Goods.
Gentlemen’s Lamb’s Wool Medicated Scar
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Gentlemen’s Lamb’s Wool and Merim
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Gentlemen’s Canton Flannel Drawers u
heavy and medium weights, commencing at
Gentlemen’s Wool and Merino Half Rosa
Gentlemen’s Balbriggun and English Hall
Hose.
50 DOZEN
Gentlemen’s Solid Colored Half Hose
double heels and soles, full regular tnada
regular price we will offer the lot tot
this week at 25c a pair.
Ladies’ Misses’ and Child'
ren’s Hose.
Having purchased direct from the mann,
facturers this season an unusual large stool
of these goods at from 10 to 15 per cent, lea]
than jobbers prices, we are able to offer ex
ceptional good values in all goods in this de.
partment. We have all sizes and shades,
black and unbleached included.
A Real Bargain in Bleached
Damask.
10 Pieces Bleached Double Satin Tabli
Damask. 70 inchei wide, all handsome pats
terns, at 85c; worth $J 15.
Special Sale of Full Regulai
Made Undervests.
15 Dozen Norfolk and New Brunswick Full
Regular Made Ladies' and Gentlemens
Merino Undeivecte, broken sizes, at sl3l
apiece.
The former price of these goods has beeq
from $2 to SB, according to size.
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An elegant line of Scarfs at 25c. and Me.
The Gloria—a fine Umbrella of Silk
Worsted, that will not cut out like silk.
Men’s Walking Canes.
Fancy Half Hose and Handkerchiefs.
Red Underwear and All Wool White Coder,
vests and Drawers. .
Suspenders for embroidering, in silk so
satin.
Silk Handkerchiefs.
Fine Kid Gloves, every pair guaranteed.
Fowncs’ celebrated Driving Gloves.
E. A W. Collars and Cuffs.
Buckskin Chest Protectors.
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