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INDEX TDNEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Meetings Pulaski Loan Association;
Golden Rule Lodge No. 12, I. O. O. F.; Ttie
Merchants' and Mechanics’ Loan Association;
Georgia Hussars.
Sfkci al Notices—As to Crew of Norwegian
Bark Ibis; Bills Against Br. Steamship Lan
caster; Metropolitan Sayings and Loan Cos.;
Chatham Real Estate and Improvement Cos.;
The Last Catch of the Season, John Lyons &
Cos.; Midday Lunch.
AMCSEMBNTH—Infirmary Ball.
Auction sale—lnvoice of Choice Jewelry,
ty I. D. Laßoche’s Sons.
Cheap Column ahverthbments— Help
Wanted; For Rent; For Sale; Personal; Pho
tography : Miscellaneous.
For Ormonp, Etc.—St. John’s and Halifax
' Railroad.
1 Johann Hoff’s Malt Extract —At
Strong’s.
IN THE IMANO AND ORGAN BtJfiINESS—L. &
B.S. M. H.
Pianos—Schreiner’s Music House.
Insurance Statement —The Guardian Fire
end Life of London.
Canned Fruits—Strauss Bros.
The doliar-of-our-daddy statesmen
who proposed to impeach Secretary Man
ning have been arrested by Sober Second
Thought.
Some of the New York strikers will
Rave strikes in their families soon if they
don’t open the way for their wives to get
a supply of coal.
The ooal heavere strike has given the
Brooklyn doctors a chance to get a little
exercise. The shoveling of coal will
doubtless do them good.
A movement is on foot to open Vassar
College to young men. The girls think it
is rather tiresome to be cooped up in a
great big building all alone.
The railroad lawyers were never in such
good humor as they are now. They
think that the interstate commerce law
is freighted with big fees for them.
The rumor is afloat that Representative,
Morrison Is to succeed Secretaty Man
ning, but it is one of those rumors which
float without ever making & landing.
Some of the Indian squaws in Dakota
have been buying corsets. That is an in
dication that the Territory is getting suf
jflelcntly civilized to bo admitted into the
sisterhood of States.
The impression appears to prevail in
"Washington that Senator Brown proposes
to have the Ilayard-Jaokson correspon
dence or know the reason why. When he
starts out to get a thing he generally gets
it.
The craze for flats appears to be getting
a foothold in Baltimore. That city and
Philadelphia have ho much unoccupied
territory and so much room in which to
grow, it is rather remarkable that the
former city does not stick to the small
bouses as homes for those with small
incomes.
Peace at last reigns In St. Stephen’s
Church. Father Colton has succeeded in
raising the boycott placed upon it by the
adherents of Dr. McGlynu. He gives
promise of taking the place in the affec
tions of the congregation that was filled
b. Dr. McGlvnn when he was in charge
o! tho parish.
Tbs Smart Aleck correspondents who
have so long been talking about Secretary
Manning's going out of the Cabinet, feet
foremost, if ho didn’t Immediately resign,
must now feel a little ashamed of them
selves. The Secretary says that his
health has been steadily improving ever
since his illness.
Cardinals Gibbon and Tascnereau ar
rived at Havre on last Sunday morning.
They had three days of snow during tho
voyage, and thore were two aceidente—
one sailor falling overboard and another
from the foretop. The one who fell over
board Was lost, and the other sustained
severe internal Injuries.
Wilmington, Del., is getting to be the
great shipbuilding city ol this country.
There is no reason, however, why Sa
vannah shouldn’t rival Wilmington in
this respect in a few years, Tbe direct
way to Birmingham will soon be open,
and then wood and iron can be laid down
in Savannah as cheaply as in any city in
the world.
It has at last been explained why hon
est, rough, bluff “Joe” McDonald, of
Indiana, was not elected to the Senate
from that State instead of Judge Turple.
It was because three labor men wouldn’t
vote lor McDonald. If the laboring men
propose to boycott him ho will hardly do
for a Presidential candidate, A boycott
rules him out of the raon.
Pierce M. B. Young say* that he would
rather become a tramp than go back to
Bt. Petersburg, where he held the office of
Consul General. Tne first day ho arrived
there ho camo near freezing to death, and
npent two months’ salary for a fur over
coat. He hopes to go to Constantinople,
where it is much wanner, but the present
outlook is tbat he won’t getquito so warm
nn i cozy a place as that.
Mr. H. Walter*, of Baltimore, the Gen
eral Manager of the Atlantic Coast line,
at a meeting Friday nlgbtin New Y’ork of
the executive ofliocraof the Pennsylvania
and AUantlo Coast line'railroads, held
for the purpose of making more ample
accommodations for tbe Florida business,
said that bis road, tbis Reason, is carry
ing more passengers to Florida thitn ever
before. In tbe course of bis talk he said:
“There are rood botels now all over Flor
ida, and tbe tourists distribute themselves
through the State. Jacksonville may
not be t as much of a rendezvous for win
ter tourists as in former leats.”
A Word About the Surplus.
| The Republicans are doing their best to
get rid of the surplus so there will be no
excuse for reducing the tariff. During
I the debate in the Senate a few days ago
I Senator Allison said that he did not
think that the surplus during the present
I fiscal year would be much over $15,000,-
000. Senator Beck stated that it could
not possibly be less than $90,000,000.
It is probable that Senator Allison took
| into consideration the dependent pensions
bill, which, the New York Evening Post
says, will take out of the Treasury fully
$71,000,000 a year, and also the bill to re
i move the limit irom the arrears of pen
sions act, which will oost the country
i $'220,000,000, the greater part of which
will be required very Boon after tne bill
is passed.
There Is still hope that the President
will veto the dependent pensions bill, and
that Congress will not pass the bill re
moving the limit from the arrears act.
Both parties, however, voted for the bill
which now awaits his signature, and if
he proposes to do what ne thinks will be
for the best interests of his party he may
make the mistake of signing it.
It is safe to say that neither party in
Congress thinks the bill a just one. The
Republicans proposed It, hoping the
Democrats would deteat it, and thereby
lose popularity with the soldier element.
The Democrats were afraid to oppose it
for party reasons. Tbs Northern Demo
crats, particularly, felt that to vote
against it would be to vote for their own
defeat. Unless, therefore, the Presidout
has the courage to veto It, the Democratic
party will have the credit of saddling a
burden of about $75,000,000 a year on the
country.
If this bill becomes a lawjthe number
of our pensioners will be nearly double
the number of soldiers in the German
army, and the burden imposed upon the
country to sutiport them will boa third
greater than the German army imposes
upon Germany. If, in addition to this
bill, Senator Ingalls gets the bill remov
ing the limit from the arrears act passed,
there will not be much occasion for talk
ing about reducing t,ne revenue. There
will not be enough surplus revenue to
begin the work of fortifying the coast or
to build a navy.
Tho North will get nearly all the bene
fit o! this outrageous pension legislation
because the money is distributed there.
It almost alone, also, is benefited by tbe
present high tariff, because the great
monopolies which protection has built up
are there. The South, which has to con
tribute a very large share of tbe pension
money, gets little or no benefit from the
tariff, and is not made any richer bv the
millions distributed in pensions. And,
notwithstanding this bad treatment, it
cannot get a small pittance to open its
harbors to commerce.
A Louisiana Story.
A “leading” Republican of Louisiana 1
is reported, in the Washington corres
pondenceof the New York World, to have
said in that •city a day or two azo that if
Mr. Cleveland is renominated the Repub
lican* will carry that State. It is
worthy of notice that the “leading” Re
publican is not mentioned by name, which
gives room lor doubting that any respon
sible Louisiana Republican ever made
any such statement. According to the al
leged “leading” Republican there is a
very large faction of anti-administration
Democrats in Louisiana, who are ready
to join with the Republicans to defeat
Mr. Cleveland.
Assuming that there are a great many
dissatisfied Democrats in Louisiana—
and the chanoes are tbe number is limited
to those who (ailed to get an oflioe—what
‘would they gain by giving the State to
the Republicans, or by the election of a
Republican President? It is foliy to sup
pose that Democrats, because they do not
line the nominee of tbeir own party,
will help to put the Republican party
into power, unless they have u very
strong reason tor doing so. If there are
any Democrats in Louisiana who are
thinking of acting with the Republicans,
either secretly or openly, it must be be
cause they intend eventually to ally them
selves with that party.
It is safe to assume, however, that If
there are any the number is not large.
Asa matter of fact there is no organized
Republican party in Louisiana. The old
leaders are either dead or have given up
politics torever, and no now leaders havo
taken their places. Tne party oould not
be organized again as it once was, even if
good leaders could be found, because
tne negroes have had all the
politics they want. They have become
wise enough to know that the Republican
party was never any benefit to them;
that it helped to enrioh a few white and
black men, but that to the great mass of
black voters it was a positive injury.
No, there is no organized Republican
party in Louisiana, and tnere is no pros
pect that there will be very soon, if ever.
The story which the World’s corres
pondent tells, however, sounds like
many other stories furnished by alleged
“leading” Louisiana Republicans which
have found their way into print. The
correspondent evidently knows those Re
publicans pretty well.
It in gratifying that train robbers do
not always meet with succcsp. On last
Sunday night a bold attempt was mads
to rob the express train on the Wabash
railway, between J’hilo and Tolono, In
Illinois, .lack Tyrrell, wno was the on
ginecr of the train, has the reputation of
being ouo of the bravest locomotive engi
neers in the West. He was just about to
settle himself for a little rest, when, look
ing back, he saw three well dressed young
men coming toward him oror the tender.
They advanced to ths cab and per
emptorily ordered the fireman to hold up
his hands, and the engineer to stop tho
train, as they wore going through the ex
press car, which usually carries a rich
load of through currency packages. Tell
ing them that he would comply with their
older Tyrrell opened his tool chest, and
grasping a revolver leveled it at them.
They realised that be uad the drop on
them, uud they were ready to obey, In
stead of giving orders. The train was
running rapidly and Tyrrell made them
jump off. if they were hurt by their
jump their associates assisted them in
getting away, as no traces of them were
discovered by u searching party.
The charge that Senator Miller, ol Hew
York, makes, that Mr. Ulscock was
elected to the Senate by means of boodle,
ought to be investigated. A tew more
boodle victims (or the penitentiary might
, ‘o found.
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1887.
Who Will Succeed Manning and
Jordan?
There appears to be a settled determi
! nation in Washington to fill the places oc
cupied by Secretary Manning and Treas
urer Jordan before those gentlemen va
cate them. At least a dozen men have
| been named lor eaca ulace, and yet no
body knowo what the President’s inten
tions are with regard to them.
It is stated now, with a detrree of posi
tiveness that is amusing, that George H.
Pendleton, Minister to Germany, is to
succeed Mr. Manning, and that Mr. E. O.
Graves Is to succeed Mr. Jordan. The
only reason, perhaps, that these gentle
men are mentioned in connection with
these important offices is that they are
both civil service reformers. Mr, Pen
dleton is tbe lather of the pres
ent civil service law, and
Mr. Graves, who is a Republican, has al
ways strongly favored it. It is asserted
that Mr. Pendleton was called home tor
the purpose of taking the Treasury port
folio. If he should become Mr. Man
ning’s successor, it is probable that lie
would not exert himself to make Mr.
Bayard’s position in the Cabinet a pleas
ant one. There is an impression that he
wanted to be Minister to England, but
that Mr. Bayard decided against him.
He oould not understand how Mr. Bayard,
who had been his warm personal friend,
and his colleague in the Senate, could
prefer the New England lawyer to bun.
Mr. Graves Is at present Superinten
dent of the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing. He was transferred to that
office from the Treasurer’s office, where
he was the chief assistant. There are no
good reasons, however, for thinking'tLat
Mr. Pendleton will be made Secretary ot
the Treasury, or that Mr. Graves will be
made Treasurer. Tnere will be other
prominent men mentioned for these offices,
doubtless, before there are any changes in
them.
Miss Van Zandt says that jn marrying
the Anarchist, Spies, she lollowed the
voice of her heart, and she thinks that
good people all over the country ought to
applaud her. She says: “Had I married
an old invalid debauchee with great
riches those ‘moral’ gentlemen wno assail
me now would have lauded me to the
skies, and many of my Christian sisters
and brethren would have said to their
sons and daughters,‘very commendable;
a sensible girl,’ and those who Know me
personally, *1 have always thought her so
sweet.’ I prefer the censure of those
‘moral’ people, who, it seems, cannot
comprehend a love match, doubly strong
by a similarity of mental tastes and pur
suits as ours is, to their approval.’’ Miss
Van Zandt makes the mistake ot suppos
ing that her choice was limited to spies
and “an old invalid debauchee with
great riches.” It is even wituin the
bounds of probability, however, that she
will wish that she had waited for the
debauchee. •
BRIGHT BITS.
Brown—What do you think of the play?
Fogg—Fairly good thing; but what I object
to ia the intense realism in the third act—a
church scene, you kmw. It was so natural
that I actually went to sleep. —Bouton Tran
script.
A damsel who knew' how to knit
For hours with her needle womd ksit,
A ml the stockings she knitted
Were handsome, and kfitted
Without ever wrinkling a kbit.
— B at on Courier .
Mrs. Parishioner -Is it possible ? Andso
your wife is a deaf mate ?
American Minister-Yes. she was born so.
‘•Mow terribly she must feel the affliction!”
“On the contrary, stm is the happiest min
ister's wife in the country,”
“indeed!”
“Yea; ode never hears a word the congre
gation tay about- her.”— Omaha World .
After the Opera.—Twelve-year-old Miss
—The opera was very long,waan’t it, mamma?
Mamma—Ye-, daughter, and very atvlGli.
MieH—The ballet gins don’t sing, do they,
mamma?
Mamma—No. daughter.
Mute—Why do they have the ballet then,
mamma?
Papa—To make the opera as broad a* it is
long, daughter. Don’t ask any more ques
tions. — Washington Critio.
.Alonzo—Dearest Edith, candor compels
me, on the eve of our wedding, to confess that
l am a—
Edith fin consternation i—Not a married
man!
Alonzo—No, but a somnambulist.
Edith—And isth *.t all, dearest? That should
not separata u. Why, papa was brought, up
an old-iashioned Methodist, and mamma nub
always been a close communion Baptist, and
they’ve got along very well together.— Boston
y/ c ;//(/.
Telephone Agent—l am sure that If you
had one of my phones in 5 our house
Private Citizen— l don’t want auy telephone
in my house. Aly wife died three weeas ago
and
Telephone Agent—l sincerely condole with
you, sir. But what has your wile’s death to
do with your not wanting a telephone?
Private Citizen—A good deal, sir. I’m a
man to profit by experience. 1 won’t have
anything :n ray house that talks back.—Pnila
•de phi 1 Call.
“How do you like this town"” asked a white
gentleman of “Sam Johnsiitg,” wno had just
arrived in the town and started a barber
she p.
••i>e town am good entiff; but Isc sorry for
do folks—doy am • pore.”
“There seems to be considerable wealth,”
remarked the customer.
“Yes. d;tr seems to he, but hit’s all a snare
and a collusion. Yesterday I wanted change
foah a five-dolhth bill. 1 huuted all fru my
pockets, an’ I hain’t foun’ it yet. 1 n* bbor
seed a town wli**re it was so hard to git change
tosh a core five-dollatt bill.”— Drake's Trav
eleP sMagasine.
PKKSONAU
Jr 1 ian Hawthorne is sai l to have eleven
daughters.
John Habrprton was the father of “Hel
en’s Babies.”
Mus. Jons Sherwood has become a blue
stocking tor play.
Secret ary I.amak h popular in the south
ns the coming candidate for the. Vice Prost
duncy.
Mias Mildred Her, daughter or the late
Gen. Robert E. Hoe, is at Wormley’s, Wash
ington.
Jay Go. ld is said to boas diffident and
shy as a lover, and always seems to be in u
brown study. m
M. /<>].a is spending tho winter in Paris.
He turns up his coat collar u if shivering
with cnd. Whew!
IT is refreshing to learn that Mrs. James
Brown Potter is leading a secluded life. It
was time the world had a rest.
T. DkNV ittTalm age announces that ho In
tends to die in ItrooKlvn. The only trouble
is he appears to be dreadfully healthy.
Postmaster General Vilas and Chief
Clerk .Nash arc lend of taking long \va ks to
g*th r They have done all Washington and
vicinity.
Mrs. secretary Whitney is sties more
well enough tw leave her room, and the
youiiped ot the Cabinet rosebuds is thriving
beautifully.
Kerry Villakp, having sold his million*
doilar house to v\ Intel iw Held, hi* leased
two floors of Tiff Aliy’s great residence on
MadiMin avenue.
THtclato William 11. Vanderbilt said that
in one year hur Now York Central road had
issued HO. 000 passes. The i Ale relate common 0
w ill pul a slop 10 thal.
When Minnie llauk sung at Tin Cup. Arl.,
twe ve Apache Indian chief* retired behind
tho theatre aflnr tho entertainment and drew
iou to sue tvho should marry liur. Minnie
1 escaped.
Hu Had Riz.
From the W ill Street News.
A Kentuckian who had n claim against a
railroad in that State for £4OO for damages in
a Mua-h-up was recently visited by ouo of
the company’s who inquired:
“ What sort of injury did you suotaiii?”
“Narvouß injury, > r.”
“To what extent?”
“To sich au extent that my old shot-gun
now wobbles about a<> much that no longer
ago than yesterday I shot at a rabbit and
knocked over the best coon dog in all Ken
tnck. I’ve riz on my claim to S7OO, and I’m
gtun’ to push it until somebody iio.lera for
mercy.”
A Kondei.
From the Wasp.
She said: “Don’t! stop!” How could I know
The nicer shades of prosody?
I soon forgot— her eyes shone so—
Where puuctuatiug points should be.
The distant hand throbbed tenderly:
The lights were dim ; her tones were l^w—
*besu:d; “Don’t! stop!” How could Iknow
The nicer shades of prosody?
Soon eephoneme and comma flee;
From far off where tin* waltzer* go
The perfumed note swell to and fro—
Her sweet red lips were close to me—
She said: “Don’t! slop!” How could I know
The nicer shade*} of prosody?
The Circumntance* Different.
Front the San Francisco Call.
A certain young and beautiful lady received
among her many birthday presents Hi - time
•1 handsome diamond br.icelet, which was the
gilt of i‘D oiit aumirer. Now the young lady
is engaged to be married, and when her best
voting man saw the bracelet he strenuously
o'.it< t ! to her retaining it. and demanded
that it be sent back, tehe, like the rest of her
sex, loves Uiamoii s, and hated to part with
her pretty present. Finally a happy thought
strn k her, and when her young man next ap
peared --lie greeted him with the remark that
the brace.cl would not trouble him any more.
“Why,” he said, sunling, “have you sent it
b'D'k?*’ ‘‘No,” she replied. “1 bought another
diamond and had it made into a riug. It is
not his present any more.” The astonuhed
young man gave a ga-p and then sat down.
Material for a seunation.
From the Boston Traveller.
The Post Office Department has a senHafion
brewing which will rival that of the famous
Wilsoii-Moeu ravsterv. One of the mes-en
gcr* in that department, who receives but
* u a month from the government, has aston
ishe t his associates by the frequency ami
regularity of certain remittances. Generally
he received SIOO a week, but sometimes be
showed or I era for as much as SSOO. The mes
senger has several traits like Wilson, but no
does not seem to know how to keen his mouth
shut as well as the Worcester piaiutlff. in
various conversations with his official asso
ciates he lias sai i that this raooev came from
a certain United States Senator, who, he de
clares, supported him for seven years in
Europe, and made him a handsome present
when he was married. After his arrival in
America this same Senator nrocured him his
present place in the Post office Department.
His Place Whs Wrong but His Heart
Was All Kight.
From the Philadelphia Press.
A distinguished member of the profession
told me the following story the other day of
a brother comedian. William J. Florence:
Florence, in his younger days, was a great
hpe. ch-maker. On the least provocation he
would rush before the curtain and hurl ex
pressions of gratitude and promises of a
speedy return at the backs of the retreating
audience. One evening, when he was doing
one-mght stands on the New England cir
cuit. a few injudicious auditors were bold
enough to applaud al the fall of the curtain
on the last act. Florence darted from behind
and bowed to the audience.
“Ladies and gentlemen,” he said, “or fel
low-townsmen, a.i I may call you. I thank
you. Though you may not be’ acquainted
with tne fact, it wa in this old town of New
Haven that 1 lived as a boy. Under tho shade
of the c liege elms and by the side of the old
court house I spent the happiest days of my
life. I see many familiar faces before me to
night who were boys with me then. 1 have
met with some approbation in my life, but
nowhere is it more sweet ami more dear tlmn
in this, my native town. To-day as i walked
the streets ”
At this point a gentleman in front w his
pered in a very loud voice: “Mr. Florence,
this isn’t New Haven; it’s Hartford.”
A Slnfeu ar Russian Du'dling Case.
Frotn Va o ity Fair.
Avery singular trial, arising out of a duel,
took place with closed doors at St, Peters
burg last week. A Captain of the Czar’s
Body Guard named Pamntine, met two years
ago at a watering plae • in the Caucasus the
family of Gen. Lazareff. whose name may be
remembered as one of the Kussian command
ers in Asia Minor during the war with Tur
key. Capt. Panintine fell deeply 111 Jove with
one of the General’s daughters, and was af
fianced to her before the season was over.
But in the end he jilted her and married some
one else.
This was regarded as such an insult by the
Lazareff family that one of the young lady's
brothers challenged < apt. Panintine, and
killed him. The matter being referred to the
Caar. he ordered it to fie tried in accordance 1
with the Russian law, which provides tfiat. if
the person who has provoked his adversary
to fight kills the latter, he shall be impris
oned for six vears ami *ight months; but that
if tbe challenger is killed bv the challenged,
the latter shall be imprisoned for only two
yesrs and six months. The interesting part
in this case was to know which of the two
parties should be considered to have provoked
tne duel; and as i. was eventually decided in
M. La/aretrs favor, he escaped with the
lesser pcfnalty.
The Czar.
Washington Letter to the Boston Traveller.
Gen. Alfred Pleasanton was in a communi
cative mood to-night. He sat m the reading
room of Willard’s, and began to draw stories
from the vast storehouse of his experience.
The correspondent asked him if the reports
of the t znr’r. drunkenness were true, and the
General replied: *1 knew the Czar very well
when 1 was in Russia, ami these reports are
all lies made out of whole cloth. They are
concocted for the readers or the Engli-h
newspapers, for you know that a Briton is
willing to believe almost anything bad about
a Russian. Americans ought to place no con
fidence in such stories. Jll some respects the
Cz tr is a wonderful man
•‘Physically lie is the strongest man in Eu
rope. \Vhen he Was the Czarowitz he noticed
that all of hi* letters were opened before they
reached his hand. He requested an audience
with the t zar, and inquired if his mail bad
been opened by the executive orders. His
Majesty replied that he had given no such <ll -
reel ions, am! the prefect of police wa* sum
moned. The Czar a-ked him if he had opened
his son’s letter-, to which 1 lie prefect, replied
that orders had oeen issued that all letters
should be opened am! no exceptions ma le.
The C/.arowifz’s letters had tiier. fore been
perused before they were delivered. Hi* Ma
jesty at once directed that his sou’s mail
should be unmolested. During this conversa
tion the Czarowitz took a gold rouble in his
hands, and by mum strength twisted it into a
cork-screw. Then throwing tho muti mod
coin alter the retreating form of the prefect,
he said : •If 3-011 open one of mv lei ter* in the
future I will treat you as i have this coin.’
His letters were handed to him unopened after
this little opcode.”
Nadder but Wiser.
Fr< >m !h 1. Hartf rd T< nett.
The quiet town of Newington. Conn , wan, a
week or two since, considerably agitated by
the report ttint* Augustin Fish hail run away
with Ilie willow Mocker, of Parkvillo, who
secnu'cl to poMea a strange fascination for the
gentleman. He left In* wife fir the wulow's
society for a .lay or two at a t ine, several
times prcviiitiH to tho final flash for liberty.
Iml it was hoped that the glamour of tho fas
cinating wiflow woulrt not lueeeefl in wholly
winning him away, liur money, hor smiles
anfl raven locks, or something else, were 100
in nub for Ills constancy, however, anfl in the
arflitr of his attachment Mr. Fish thiri'liased
ticket* for himself and the wiflow to
Chicago, Mr. Fish evidently Aid not
strike a bonanza. No fund, were fortlicc ring
from the willow to reeoniuunse him for the
two tickets from the Fast to Chicago, p,v
bitter expanoneeheleurned that the widow's
wealth consisted mainly in Iter personal
oh 1. ms, iter batik book being hut a minor
consideration. When, however, he found
that some of these charms were of a second
hand nature and that her tresses were of tho
adjustable kind, revealing a sltlnv bald head,
the Illusions of youth and beauty began to
diHupb' nr with the pocket-book. Investiga
tion into the family records, with the assist
ance of the amiable widow's faiml , dtsolosed
tho fact that she was a giddy ihitig of tlfty
stx summers; that she had run away from
home when but 16 to marry the man of her
choice and since f hen hail been married so
many time-that the records bad get i ired and
slnp|.cd keeping count. All these discoveries
began to make Newington scent like a Ultra
dt.o and Mrs. Fish like the only woman In the
world.
Last Saturday morning the repentant, sub
dued, and “sadder hut wiser’’ husband re
‘ turned to bis forgiving wife.
item!* of intekest.
H. F. Simpson, of Bt. Elmo, Ind., while
playing witn lua 3-year-old boy, was bitten on
the thumb by the child. The wound bled very
freely. Soon the hand and arm began to
*well, and in a few days death resulted from
blood poisjning.
Mas. Collier, of Oakland, Cal,, has
brought suit for divorce against her husband
because he frequently went fishing, did not
supply tier with a sufficient quantity of but
ter and eggs, and often complained because
he had to eat a cold supper alter a day of pis
catorial sport.
Is order that all the citizens of Minnesota
might read the Governor's message it was
translated into ten different languages—Eng
lish, German. Norwegian, Swedish. French,
Bohemian, Finn, Polish. Italian and Chinese.
Six thousand copies were printed in English
and3oo in Chinese, the number in the other
languages ranging from 500 to 1,000.
The coyote is the enemy of the jack rabbit,
and u-ed to keep his num ers down. But
some years ago a bounty was put on the coy
ote in California, and he has siuce decreased
and the jack rabbit increased, until now the
latter doe-* great damage to vineyards and or
chards. It if, therefore, proposed to take tlie
\ ouu'.y off of the coyote and put it on the jack
rabbit.
When railroad trains are run, heated and
lighted by electricity we shall have no
wrecks from boiler explosions, no smoke and
cinder nuisance, no setting of the country on
lire from sparks, no burning to death of pas
sengers from coal stoves and oil lamps. Then,
with wed I -constructed tracks, trains may be
run at. the rate of 70 or 8u miles an hour in
comfort and safety.
Thirteen-year-old Willie Lamb found
that a big rock had fallen on the railroad
track in a narrow cut near Scottsburg, Rv.
He waited an hour aDd then succeeded in
bagging and stopping a coming pa-st nger
train. The passengers made up a nice purse
f r him. “I didn’t expect nothing,” said
Willie modestly and uugramatical v. “1
just didn’t like to see the train busted up.”
At the inquest following the sudden death
of ib nry Jost, of St. Louis, his wife testified
that for cighteea years “lie had been full.”
It was a day to be remembered when he was
sober. He began drinking whisky in the
morning and kept it. up all day. Ho never
ale but one meal a day, and that was supper,
ana he ate very little at that meal. He lived
on whisky, till ft lust it burned the life out
of him.
On the flrat night of “Francillon,” the cur
tain having fallen on a great success, M. Du
mas was leaving the Theatre Francais when
a pretty young woman, evidently of the best
social standing, rushed up to him , full of en
thusiam, and exclaimed: **Oh, M. Duuias, 1
must kiss you!” He gravely bowed bis head
and received the kiss “But you don’t know
who! am. do you!” she continued. “No,”
said he, “I don’t; but my experience with
you is mighty agreeable, nevertheless.”
Of the 229 “Friends” who died last year in
Great Britain and Ireland only 22 were under
live years of age: between 5 and 10 years
there were 5 deaths; between JO and 20 years,
9, from 20 to 30 year*the deaths numbered 18;
from 30 to 40, Ift: 40 to 50 years, 22; 50 to 60
years, 23; from (JO to 70 years, 51; from 70 to 80
years. 74; from 80 to 00 years. 09, and from 90
to 100 years, 10. The low infantile mortality
and the large percentage id deaths at areat
ages are remarkable even for the Society of
Friends.
Last fall a Maine farmer put a letter in
oue of a lot of barrels of apples he was pack
ing. askiug the buyer to write to him. The
other day he received a letter from an apple
dealer in Bradford, Eng., who sai l that he
had bought the apples at auction in Liver
pool, He w rote they were a very fair lot of
app es and sound, adding: “I am convinced
there would be a saving m sending American
apples through; that is, if they could be
packed tight as these are. But if not packed
properly tight they would not do.”
Says a Catholic Knight in the St. Louis
Globe-Democrat: “Judge Russell, the Su
preme President of the Catholic Knights of
America, is vested with more power than any
other man in America. Over 20,000 members
of the order have to submit to his will aud de
cisions. lie can suspend a branch or branches
without number by the turn of his pen; in
fact, lie cou and suspend the whole order. It is
outrageous to think that any one man should
have such power vested in him. But the next
Supreme Council, w hich meets in Chicago in
May. will change all this, as it will also
abo ish the State < ouncil, which has been such
a burdensome and expensive institution for
the accomplishment of nothing.”
Pension agents, pension sharks, they are
sometimes, aud more properly, called, have
already flooded the country with circulars
addressed to the Mexican war veterans.
They want to be employed to push the new
pension claims, but the Mexican veterans will
best help themselves by letting the agents
alone. As soon as the Commissioner of Pen
sions is ready to take up these claims he will
issue a circular giving the necessary instruc
tion to all claimants, and there will be no
need for the intervention of a pens<on attor
ney at Washington. No attornev can hurry
the allowance in the least, and when the
necessary evidence is put in shape bv the
local attorney of a claimant, there will be
nothing more to do that cannot be cheerfully
done by his representative in Congress.
The Roman soldiers, who built such won
derful roads, and carried a weight of armor i
and luggage that would crush the average
farm hand, lived on coar e brown bread and
sour wine. They were temperate in diet, reg
u'ar and constant in exercise. The Spanish
works every day. and dances half tlie
night, vet eats only his black bread, onion
and watermelon. The Smyrna porter eats
only a little fruit and Home olives; he eats no
beef, pork or mutton; yet he walks off with
h:s 800 pounds. The coolie, fed on rice, is
more active, andean endure more than the
negro fed on fat meat. The heavy work of the
world is not done by men who oat the great
est quantity. The fastest and longest-r. inded
hors is not the biggest eater. Moderation in
diet seems to be tiie prerequisite for endur
ance,
“It is well known,” says the London Athe
nseuni, “that the two persons for whom Lord
Byron had the greatest respect, aud whose
aavice in literary and other matters he was
willing to follow, were William Gifford and
Walter Scott. In 1813 h ' wrote to Mr. Mur
ray that ‘the kindest letter lie had ever re
ceived m all his life’ wh* from Nlr. Gifford.
That letter lias recently been discovered
among the papers of Lady Byron, and bv per
mission of Lord Wentworth will be published
in the second number of Murray’s Magazine
along with one from Sir Walter ecott full of
admirable advice; but the leading feature iu
•Byroniana,’No. 2, is a copy of verses, tne
last Lord Byron ever wrote, found after hi*
death among bis papers at Missoionghi,which
have never yet seen the light—indeed, none
of these Byroniana fragments have ever been
seen by uuy former editor.”
The Times of India tells the following story
to show how worse than useless are the bayo
nets now used in the British army: An Eng
lish soldier in Lucknow was on sentry near
the quartermaster’s stores, where, under the
veranda, a number of bub s, containing shirts,
socks, etc , were placed. It appears that
some persons were attempting to take away
one of the b iles undor cover of the darkness,
but, the sentry coming upon them, they de
camped, not, however, before the sentry had
churged them, and, giving a severe thrust
with his bayonet, lie not one of the
thieves, but a hale containing 500 pairs of
socks, lie then loaded and tired off’ his riffe,
and on the non-commissioned officer of the
guard, along with an escort, coming up to as
certain what wnsttie matter they found the
•entry*! bayonet was quite as luquisitfve as
they were, for the point of it was looking
•low n the muzzle of the rifle to see where the
bullet had come from.
Mr. Dumont, of IndlanA, in a speech which
be made in tbo House of Representatives,
narrated this anecdote: There was pending
at one time before a State Circuit Judge sixty
rates, all between the sumo partlos, and In nil
respects alike, except in the amount of the
judgments that had been rendered t*y the
court below. They wore ail cases lti noire
fa las upon Judgments of an Inferior court,
not depending upon proof, but to be decided
on demurrer upon the records. The judge
was pressed with other cases and for time,
and a decision wiim insisted on by not h parlies.
So in Ins dilemma lie divided the records into
two piles, taking them just us they came, ns
you would deal a pack of cards, thirty in one
pile and thirty lu the other, and decided, one
pile in favor of the plaintiff and thootlieri i>o
in favor of the defendant. In nil the case* an
appeal was taken from the Circuit to the Su
preme ( ourt of the Si ate, and after mature
consideration (of course the consideration
was mature) ttie judgment or the circuit
Court was affirmed In each and All the sixty
oahos, and the affirming opinions were ir--
nouneed by a’l who read them a tbo pcricc
tioti of huumu reason.
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lj| Favors
MOST'PERFECT MADE
Prepared with strict regard to Purity, Strength and
Healthfulness. Dr. Price’s Bakintc Powder contains
no Ammonia,Lime, Alum or Phosphates. Dr. i’r.ce .
Extracts, Vanilla, Lemon, etc., ilavor deliciously.
PRICE BAKING POY/DEft CO. Chicago and St LeuiH
Prti gjocDci.
Clearing del Sale
—-OF
MEDIUM AND FINE
EMBROIDERIES
SLIGHTLY SOILED, AT
Crete 5 Dooner’s,
SUCCESSORS TO
B. F. McKenna & Cos.,
137 BROUGHTON STREET.
‘J AAA YARDS fine finished Hamburg Em
broideries, fiom to 3 % inches
wide, slightly soiled, former prices 10c, 12j4c
and 15c a yard, now B%c.
1,500 yards extra line finished Hamburg
Embroideries, from to 7 inches wide,
slightly soiled, the regular price of these
goods were 25c, 80c. 35c and 40c a yard, we
will close the entire lot out at 21c.
75 dozen Misses’and Boys’ French Ribbed
and German Hose, broken lines in black and
colored, the recent prices of these goods have
been 40c, 45c, 60c, 80c and 65c, we will close
this lot out at 3 pairs for sl.
100 dozen Ladles’ and Gentlemen’s White
and Colored Bordered Handkerchiefs at sc.
75 dozen Ladies’ White and Colored Bor
dered Pure Linen Handkerchiefs at lOe and
22c; worth 2oc, 25c, 80c and 85c.
Gentlemen’s Laundried and Unlaundried
Shirts.
Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Collars and Cuffs.
COR S ETS !
Imported and Domestic, !n great variety
and in the most graceful and health-approved
shapes.
ORDERS. All orders carefully and
promptly executed, samples sent free of
charge and goods guaranteed to bo fully up
to the quality shown iu samples.
Ciokn&Dnr
TELEPHONE NO. 401.
Drntal Cream.
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For snlc by LfPI’MAN BROS., Lippman’s
Block, SftTftDOßhi
Slioro.
Ask your Retailer for Iho ORIGINAL 163
SHOE. Beware of Imitations.
None Genuine unless bearing the .stamp
JAMES MEANS’
S3 SHOE.
Made in Hutton, Congress ,t
Vi —dl La< e. Best Calf Mdn. In-
■ Y n excelled in Durability, Com-'
■L fr \ fort and Appearance. \
K, l\ . p( stal earn sent to us will
m \v X nring voii information how
m \vP 'TW to get tills Mine in
M v anvStnteorTorritory
JLjamcs .'Nk • • meansaco.
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This dlior stands higher in the estimation of
Wearers than any other In the world. Thou
sands who wear It will tell you the reason if
you ask them. For sale hy
A. n. NICIKILS,
128 Brouvhtnn afreet Bxvuuimh G
JJotatcfo
Aroostook Early Ross Potatoes
GENUINE SEED.
Cuban Corn for Seed
Early Variety and Large Yield.
EATING POTATOES, APPLES,
FLORIDA ORANGES, LEMONS,
TURNIPS, ONIONS,
Seed Rye, Corn, Oats, Hay, Etc,
In Carloads and Lees.
esr-c all and get prices, at
T. P. Bond & Co.’s,
Seed Potatoes!
lAA BARRELS EXTRA EARLY ROSI
IUU POTATOES.
50 bbll. BCRU\NK POTATOES.
60 bids. EARLY MAINE POTATOES.
These are the finest selected Seed Potatoes
having gotten l hem direot from Nova Scotw
for planting purposes.
VERY LOW T BY
A. H. CHAMPION,
154 CONGRESS STREET.
garDmavf, gtt
HARDWARE!
Avery’s Plows.
Dixie “Boy” Plows.
Steel Shapes of all kinds
Cultivators & Horse Hoes
--FOR SALE BT
Palmer Bros,
IttiUittrrt).
Mrs. KATE POKE
No. 137 St. Julian St.,
UP STAIRS.
Nurses’ Aprons. Purse Silk,
Nurses’Caps, Purse Rings,
Pillow Shams, Purse Fringe.
Umbrella Cases, Steel and Gilt Beads
Cushion Molds, Crystal Beads,
Wash Silk. Wash Silk.
Felt Table Scarfs, 54 inches long, IS incha
wide, both ends stamped, 60c.
Silk Mittens for Children,
Hats at Your Owu Price.
Haying no room to keep thorn, will sell at i
sacrifice.
Stamping at short notice.
Mrs. Kate Power,
137 ST. JULIAN STREET.
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2?oot> SProDitrt*.
BONE HAYNES & ELTON
Forest City Mills,
GRITS. MEAL. BACON.
F L O U R.
PREPARED FLOUR !
-AND-
Mill Stuff Generally.
GRAIN, HAY, ETC
etQctro.
Part & Tilferd’s linprtsd Cipa
La Lectura Conchas.
Golden Eagle Panetellas.
Henry Clay Faratell&s,
Henry Clay Conchas.
LaCarvajal Panetellas*
Y nclan ( onchas.
Figaro Conchas Especial.
Figura Londres de < or to.
Gar halos Conchas.
Venus Conchas.
Belie Habanera Conchas.
T. A F. Conchas.
JUST RECEIVED AT
A. R & C. W. WEST'S.
Jct’D.
KEYSTONE
MIXED FEED,
Also all kinds of Feed foi
Horses and Cattle,
—BY—
-6.5. McALPIN
JKactjmrrq.
j. W. TYNAN,
Engineer and Maehfnist
SAVANNAH, Ok
Cor. Wont Broad and Indian Sts.
ALLki.d.of Machinery. 80i1er.,.t0., mad. 1
and repaired. Steam Pumps,Governor*/
oad Ste.m and Water Fitting.of ail
kl.d. for sal®. |
Savanuali Veterluury lullrmarr. 1
OFF ILK \NI) STABLES COR
NEK SOUTH BROAD AND TUvN
RANDOLPH STREET S. I>.
georgk e. Matthews, Vete-JJuCJL
rinary Surgeon, treats all Diseases of llo.w
Cattle and Dogs, M< delnes supplied for il
diseases. Calls promptly attended to, any par
cilv or enuntv.
PreserlpUons hy mad. On hand day a.
night. Tneuhone No. .Uk.