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4 |lcus. fc* J WHIT AKER STREET. SAVANNAH, UA, { WIPSMPAT, APRIL 13. ISS7. * Meffitteved at tie Poet Office in Savannah. i The Mornino News is published daily, in teludir* Sunday. It is served to subscriber* \tn the ml p. by newsdealers and carriers, on t their own account, at i* cents s week, 1190 | a month, U 00 for atx months and 110 Ovior mneyear. . , , , i The It owning Niws, hy moil, IndUdlß* Sunday, one month, |1 00; six months. t# 00; one year, *lO 00. ! The Mornino News, by mail, six times a Week (without Sunday Issue),six months. It 00, one year, *l* *O. j Sunday News, by mail, one year, **oo. i Weekly News one year, *1 26. lnclubsor f five, one year, *t 00. i Subscriptions payable in advance. Remit . by postal order or note, check or registered iletter. Currency sent by mail at risk of **l.etterv and telegrams should be addressed I “MORNING NiWS. Savannah. Ga.” ‘ Advertising rates made known on applica ( tion. IMIIEI TOHEff ADVERTISEMENTS. Meetings— Golden Rule Lodge No. 12, I. ,©. O. F.; Oglethorpe Light Infantry: The Merchants’ and Mechanics’ Loan Association; Pulaski Loan Association; Savannah Floral 'and Art Association. Special Notices— Election for City Mar shal; To Agents, Connections and Shippers 'Savannah, Florida and Western and Charles ton and Savannah Railways. Lottery— Louisiana State. Cheap Column Advertisements— Help "Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rout; For Sale; Found; Miscellaneous. Soap, Starch. Etc.—Strauss Bros. Steamship Schedule— Ocean Steamship Company. Three suicides occurred in New York ity on April 10. In each case the cause was apparently trifling. The discussion about the interstate law brings this consolation: Jt shuts off the talk regarding war in Europe. A New York man who shot his mother in-law twice was imprisoned for two lyears. His term has just expired and he fis makings nuisance of himself by oom- Igpialniug that bis punishment was too se vere for so trifling an offense. Two hundred thousand people in St. (Louis and vicinity proposo to sign a pe tition to President Cleveland to visit that icitv. In the South everybody wishes to wee him, and there are reasons to believe fthat he tvill come this way before the ]year ends. The Central Labor Union of New York Stas held a meeting and decided that Sec retary Bayard is a fool because he fa vors the new treaty with Russia. The Labor Union doesn’t know, appa rently, anything of the merits of the pro posed treaty. That negro who was forcibly ejected Ifrom a train on the Western and Atlantic (railroad, at Dalton the other day, proposes Cos see what virtue there is in the interstate commnrce law. He claims that a prin ciple of the law Is that the same payment shall in all cases secure the same service. A short time ago 110 negro men went from Virginia and North Carolina to Orange, N. J., where they expeoted to obtain remunerative work. They were and now they are anxious Cos return to their homes. The negro fares fcetter in the South than in any other part f the country. The mysterious murder at Rahway, N. J., has brought out the fact that more than eae hundred women have recently disappeared from New York and its vi cinity. The fact is a reflection upon Somebody, but whether upon the police or ■upon the parents who had the training of Che women is a question. In addition to presenting her magnifi cent collection of pictures to the Metro politan Museum of Art of New York, the iate Miss Catherine Wolfe bequeaths 200,000 to maintain and increase the col lection. The museum is fortunate. First ft was enriched by the liberality of Cor nelius Vanderbilt, then of George l. Beney, and now of Miss Wolfe. Ciesar A. Taylor (colored), who claims Alabama as the State of his nativity, is engaged in an attempt to enlighten the Baltimoreans as to the exact location of eheol. He says that the orust of the earth is fifty-two tniies thick and that tfust below is a molten lake which is the ibeol described in the Bible. By a math ematical process be figures out tho area ofsbeol to be 2.00,542,093,858 cubic miles. He may be right as to the location, but lie is wrong as to the area. Tue number of cubic miles he mentions wouldn’t furnish room for all who appear to be anxious to go in that dlrectiou. Ex-Assistant Postmaster General Brady is attracting some attention in the Horth just now on account of bis mar riage with a widow He was on his way ito Europe when be met her, but her aarms caused him to postpone his jour ney indefinitely. Tha funny thing about )lho affair U that the New York papers in sist that the widow at the last moment reused to marry him, while both his • Friends and hers insist that they hare been married several days. Doubtless <Jon. Brady and the widow know more About It than the papers. The result of tbe recent elections In Western cities seems to have emboldened tho United Labor party. Benalor Kenna, f West Virginia, Senator Hawley, of 'Connecticut, Senator Sherman, of Ohio, And other loading politicians think thut flbe new party will certainly have a Presidential candidate In ths field in JIBBB. General Master Workman Powdoriy la the strongest man that could be put up to represent the labor Interest, but unless be has lost all his prudenou ho will de stine to be a candidate. Tbe United J-abor party ia not strong enough to elect A President, and probably never will be. Advices from Washington are to the affect that the Britten government Is not disposed to make concession, in the fish arise dispute between the United States And Cansds, because British statesmen think ths United Htates will not resort to harsh measures on account of the do fen seises condition of their seaports. Tim British government will find out Its ml*- Laks a* soon -• tbe ocoaslon presents Itself. Tbe United Htates hsve an ad eniaistrailon *h-.t does not believe m tern p<onslg, wMßbei Ike stations ar<‘ do baseless nr not. If tbe British gov* re ■*•! doesn't west a lively raw It woujd Jhyf tl' In fa flwli, / Home Opposition to Mr. Kant! all. The hostility to Mr. Randall is increas ing, not only outside of his State, but also in It. it is no secret, of course, that prominent Democratic members o( Con gress have lately said that they would not support Mr. Carlisle for Speaker un less be promised not to appoint Mr. Ran dall chairman of an Important commit tee, and they are doubtless in earnest. They are tired of seeing a man honored who does so much to prevent the party which honors him from acting harmoni ously. Just now Mr. Randall is having trouble with his Democratic constituents. On Saturday night, at a meeting of the Young Democratic Battalion, of Phila delphia, which the Record of that city says is a very active and influential political organization, steps were taken to prevent further disintegration of the Democratic party of Pennsylvania. There were ovei 200 members of the battalion present, many of them being men of prominence in local politics. Mr. Randall was charged with having wrecked the Democratic party of the State. The sen timent of tbe meeting appeared to bo that he and his little clique should be rele gated to the rear. In fact, In the estima tion of some of the speakers, Randallism Is more objectionable than Republican ism. A committee was appointed to see what could be done toward bringing about a better feeling in tbe party and re storing the harmony which Mr. Randall's eftorts have destroyed. It seems to be quite evident that unless Mr. Randall changes his course he will have great difficulty in being re-elected to Congress, lie Is steadily losing ground in his own JHate, and his popularity throughout the country Is not near so great aB it onoe was. It he has hopes of seouring greater political houors he might as well abandon them. The sus picion that he would feel more at home in the Republican party Is steadily growing, and there are perhaps those who will be surprised if he does not eventually be come a member of that party. It is said that he and the President are no longer friends. In proof of this state ment the fact Is pointed out that lately several anti-Randall men have been ap pointed to Federal offices in Pennsylva nia. It Is not strange, ot course, that the President should not desire to strengthen Mr. Randall, or to render him any assist ance in the way of appointments. One of the things which the Democratic party is pledged to do is to reform the tariff. It has tried lo keep this pledge, but its efforts have failed because of the oppo sition of Mr. Randall and his Tew Demo cratic followers in the House. The whole country has applauded the President’s pension vetoes, and yet Mr. Itandal! joined with the Republicans in trying to pass the most iniquitous of the pension bills over the President’s veto. It is not to be wondered at, therefore, that the President and many Democratic leaders question the advisability ot the Demo cratic party further honoring Mr. Ran dall. A Noble Georgian Dead. In the death of Col. John A, Stephens the State loses a valuable citizen. He was not what is called “a prominent citizen,” but he was an honest, high minded gentleman, and tbe duties allot ted to him were fearlessly and faithfully discharged. As Adjutant General under Govs. Stephens and McDaniel he did all that the limited resources at bis com mand would allow him to do for the vol unteer soldiery. He repeatedly appealed to tbe General Assembly to take some ac tion looking to the better organization and equipment of the State troops, and if ever such a step is taken it will doubtless be upon the line of his suggestions. Col. Stephens was but 49 years old. He was born in Hamilton, Harris county. Very early In life he became closely at tached to bis distinguished cousin, Alex ander U. Stephens, and his character became closely assimilated to that of the great commoner. Col. Stephens was without guile. He was perfectly frank in all bra dealings with men, and there was never any difficulty in determining exactly what his position was on any given question. lie was devotedly at tached to his native State. To him its very name was sacred. He believed in his State’s great ness. past, present and future, and al though he had traveled extensively In other States he regarded none of them as the equal or Georgia. He frequently said that it was better to be a Georgia craokor than to be the richest man that lived In any other State. Col. Stephens was a delightful story teller. lie was familiar with many of Georgia’s great men, either personally or by tradition, ami his fund of reminiscen ces and anecdotes concerning them was inexhaustible. His friends often sug gested to him that he ought to write a bi ography of his cousin, because no other man, perhaps, knew the great commoner so well. But Col. Stepnens w;ut a very modest man, and be shrank from under taking a task for which he considered others better fitted. Noiwlihstandin' his quiet life, Col. Stepbuns will be sadly missed. He was one of the last of a family that made Georgia known and respected even be yond tbe limits nl the United States He was gentle, sympathetic aud charitable, without enemies, aid true to his multi, tudo of friends. May the sod rest lightly auove him. Ex-Gongrussman Frank Jones, of New Hampshire, has bo< n visiting tho South, Ue savs that the South is booming in every direction and oilers good induce ments to men w(*h ni”ney to invest. He also says that tho South will semi a dele gation to the next Democratic nomi nating convention solidly In favor of President Cleveland. Ex-Congrussmsh Jones is a close observer aud knows bow to tali the truth. Missouri Congressmen appear to be a warlike set. Congressman Glover, of that Stale, is ou the evu o( fight lug a duel, a .and Gongrevsmaa Jehu J. O’Neill, or the Eighth district, has just h.td a rough-and tumble fight at 81, Lotus wuh J. J. Me- Gariy, a prominent politician, The lat ter was knocked out Iu the Aral round. UuiulHiraol the Fiftieth Congress wth do well not to ottvttd “the geblluiuaii from ■ Mieeourt.” Henelor Mbenaea anhouncee titmeelf !b favor of *a exira see*-Be el Cow grsee. end eaye that the PreelAeet should by git mesus eat| eae, Wnat as dee the hena. M *>|#v 4>*rtM*. * SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1887. Minister Strung’ Quick Departure. Sir. Oscar S. Straus, the new Minister to Turkey, is already on his way to Con stantiuople. It is not au unusual thing for newly appointed Ministers to linger in this country several weeks, and even months, after their appointment enjoying the honor that has been conferred upon them and receiving the congratulations of their friends. Mr. Straus’ early depart ure for his post ol duty indicates that he is a man or business, and that he does not go to Constantinople with the idea that he will have nothing to do but draw his salary. His course is in harmony with the wishes of the President, who does not believe in public officials drawing sala ries while they are enjoying themselves away from their post ol duty.He intimated that he did not want to hurry Mr. Straus, but that it would be agreeable to the ad ministration it he would not delay going longer than was absolutely necessary. The President has shown, ever since he has been in office, a strict regard for the rights of the people in small as well as great matters. The people pay the taxes and he does not believe that a man who draws his salary from the government should have any more favors than one who .draws his salary from a business firm. He wants each official, whatever his position may be, to earn what he gets. Although Mr. Straus is not a citizen ol Georgia, great interest is felt in him in this State as a representative of the govern ment abroad. His early youth was spent In Georgia towns, and the foundation of his education was laid in Georgia’s public schools. That he will be an honor to both Georgia and Now York, as well as to the nation, in his new position, there is no reason to doubt. Sunday in "Washington. Washington, tbe nation’s capital, Is pretty thoroughly stirred up over the an nounced purpose of tho Commissioners of the District of Columbia to compel a proper observance of Sunday. They have been trying for a year or more to stop the sale of Intoxicating liquors within the city’s limits on that day, but without success. Finding all their efforts in that direction ineffectual, principally because public sentiment is not actively in favor of a strict observance of Sunday, they concluded to see it there was not some authority somewhere that would reach other violators of the Sabbath besides liquor dealers, and they discovered an old ordinance or 1843, which proves that Washington must have been quite a Puri tan town at that time. This 1843 ordi nance requires all eating bouses, news stands, cigar stores, barber shops and other places which are now open to the public on Sunday to be closed on that day. It has been determined to enfore the ordinance on next Sunday, and the Com missioners are at present overwhelmed with protests and petitions. The New York newspapers particularly are op posed to it, as it will prevent the distribu tion in Washington of their large Sun day circulation there. It would seem as it the Washington people would have acted wisely if they had seconded the efforts of the Commissioners to close the saloons on Sunday. With their help it is probable that the police would have been successful in that matter. Their indif ference, however, has brought on them a punishment which, doubtless, it will be generally admitted, they deserve. \V omen’s Kiglits. Mr. William Swinton, who has made a wide reputation both as a newspaper correspondent and as a writer of text books for schools, thinks that if King George had yielded to all of the demands of the colonists this country would still have freed itsell from monarchical rule. He thinks the very largeness of the country was conducive to independence, and that it was foreordained that the greatest freedom consistent with the safety of society should be the distinguishing feature ot whatever gov ernment the people might establish, .’hose who are familiar with the history of the country will doubtless agree that Mr. Swinton is right. Ever since the declaration of independence the work of emancipation has been going on, and now Indians and women are the only ones within the jurisdiction of the govern ment against whom the laws make any discrimination. The lormer have never been recognize i as oktizeos, and as they have almost disappeared, it is perhaps not worth while to consider them. The latter are making rapid progress toward equality in government affairs with men, and there are those who claim that the day is not tar distant when the laws will take no notice of women as a separate class. As to tbe right of women to vote, she may already exercise that privilege under certain circumstances in a number of States, and in at least one Territory she may exercise It as fully as men do. The question is continually being agitated, and every year the advocates of woman suffrage increase in number. 'ue of the best evidences that woman's Held of action is becoming lar :er is tho changes in the laws relating to the rights or married women. In tho last twenty, live years these ohanges have been very great. There was a time when the mar riod woman completely lost her Identity In that of her husband. This is no longer the case, and in some States she is almost as independent as her husband. Li Ohio, perhaps, tue married woman is mnr independent than she is in any other Star . The last Legislature enacted a law xvl.; h gives her; with tho single ex ception of tho right to vote, the same privileges which a man has and imposes U'ion her about the same burden*. While the Ohio law may deserve com mcndation It does not follow thut women would be ban a titl'd by buying the right to vote or mat the country would bo butter off if they exercised taut right. Notwithstanding the statement that Mr. Blaine’s rcount illness was slight, bts friends are touch slutitiod shout uis eond lion. He is liable, they sav, lo die of apoplexy lit any moment, and they do not think that be can survive tbe oxoilu matof another Presidential campaign. If tbuy are rigbi they should Induce Mr. Blaine to ooii 11 as himself to writing boost, or aoiuu other employ muni less exciting than politic*. feenutor Hie nu.ni professes not fa its eupiDuden account of the Dsmotiralle ■ triumph la Übode Island. The Heaaier always was imUil far hiding hie real tea* lUkewia, except whea tb eit blent ol tbe • ski) l Was tty lar bieuusvi#*. The Historical Society Library. Avery decided inoreasoot public inter est in the Georgia Historical Society is visible, and the only curious thing about it is that an institution, having such a splendid start as this has in its hall, li brary and art academy, should reraai n apathetic so long. There is no reason why Us library should not be twice as large and many times as useful. Of course, books cannot be bought without money, and money cannot be had in such a society from other sources than mem bership; but with the right of entrance without fee, and au entire cost of $5 per annum, it is extraordinary that the mem bership is not double its present number. Still, a library of 12,000 volumes is a fine foundation, and we trust that the authori ties will avail themselves of the evident willingness of our people to extend it by large and liberal measures. Savannah can have a magnificent library without appealing to public charity or private munificence, and a city which prides itself upon its refinement and oulture will not be laggard in sustaining the so ciety in making its library the finest within six hundred miles. CUKKENT COMMENT. In the Hind* of Discreet and Able Aten. From the Hew York Star (Vent,) The serious complications that attend the work of the commission are already apparent. It is fortunate that the good sense of the President has placed it in the hands of dis creet and able men. He Needs Kelt. From the Hew York Herald (fold.) We hope that Mr. Blaine will soon recover his usual health. His temporary illness was probably caused by rutining too hard for the Presidency. He is an overworked man, and needs a few years’ absolute rest. Praise From m Competent Critic. From the Albany Hews and Advertiser (Dem), The old reliable Savannah News keeps up with the procession, and, taken altogether, is second to no paper published m the iiouth. It is Southern and Democratic to the core, and is enterprising and newsy without being sen sational. The Situation in Rhode Island. From the Philadelphia Times C Dem,) It is not pretended that this revolution in Rhode Island is a Democratic party victory. The Republicans simply gat so tired ot ma chine rule that they broke the traces and smashed the machine; hut if general suffrage shall he carried, Rhode island would become a doubtful State. Under iter present anti- Republican constitution,little more than one half of her people who would be voters else where can vote at any general election. BRIGHT HITS. There is no bonnet without a ~B " in it.— Puck. Sarah Bernhardt drinks a bottle of stout for lunch every day. Extremes still meet.— Life. Lady (in grocery store)—“Let me have a pound of butler, please.'’ Clerk (who used to attend in cigar store;—"Mild or strong?”— Harper’s linear. The Washington Critic says: “If we call a king ‘His Majesty,’ what should we call an aee?” You should never call aces at aii, ig norant contemporary /uck. Ixissaidof a great man, just dead, that “ho. began life a barefooted boy.” Come to think we boys all began that wav. and bare headed, too. — San Francisco Alto, Sorrowful child to the pastor—Mr. B„ mother sent me to tell you that fatheris dead! Pastor—ls he? Did you call a doctor? Child—No, sir; he just died of himself.— Boston Journal. It takes three weeks to perform a marriage ceremony among the upper classes in Japan, and we don’t see bon the editor of a daily paper in that country finds tune to got "uni ted in the holy bonds of wedlock.—Horris t rum Herald. “MR. Keatherly,” inquired Bobby, not withstanding the injunction of his father that little children should be seen, not heard “Have you got holes in vour feet?” “Holes in my feet!” exclaimed the aston ished young man, “Yes; pa savs you must have, or you couldn’t drink all the liquor you do.” —-Ye Yor k Sun. Two Bohemians are seated in a cabaret: “Uarcon, some water,” cries one ol them! “Some water.” exclaims the other. "Why what will you do with it?” "Drink it.” You must have lost your bead, old man. Why, when you only get your feet wet you catch cold. Think of the consequences of getting it into your stomach!”— french / un. Omaha Dame—There now. The Woman’s Journal says women are more reliable in positions of trust than men are. Husband—How do they make that out? • Prom statistics. It u known that where 100 men abscond not more than one woman can be found who is in the least dishonest. Now explain that if you can.” “Well, the women have no extravagant wives.” — Omaha World. nuiiMF.Y —What makes you look so down in the mouth this morning. Popinjay! Popinjay—l guess you’d look down in tho mouth il you’d just litted up your house with the most approved style ot burglar alarms aud then had a miserable sneak-thief sneak in at the cellar window and make off with all the clothing, jewelry and eatables in the house.— ttii’ Linjton free frets, *•1 want you to notice that butter dish,” said the landlady to her boarders, think a great deal of it. It’s an old piece of china— an heirloom, you know.” ••Yes,” said Potts, who was the oldest boarder, *’l can certify to the truth ot that statement. 1 have often seen a hair loom up iu it.” Hereafter Potts tvlll have to pay his board in advance —Elmira Gate te. I'KIiSONAU Prof. Kk H.tmn A. Proctor will observe the total solar eclipse of Aug. is in Germany, aud spend tee rest of the summer iu England. < oust Von Moi.tk* u the oldest member of the German Kctchstag, though twenty-four ol his colleagues are more thau seventy years old. Bridgman, the American artist whose pic ture iu the Paris salon lias attracted so much attention, a •uiotiines works lifteen hours out of twenty-four at his canvas. Mknj. P. Bctlrr is laboriug under another disappoinunen.,. ite failed to rent las gran ite houses opposite the capitol at Wash ington to the Interstate Commerce Commis sion. The notorious Gen. Cluserct, in turn a Garibaldlan. aide to Gen. McClellan, Fenian and Communist cut-throat, 1 now occupied with instructing Parisian Anarchist# in tlic line arts of arson and murder. A Son of Charles Kingsley is living iu New i Haven, Conn. He has a charming wife. Kiigllah by hlrtli. and ilin e handsome chil dren, Mr. Kingsley Is a civil engineer. Hi is a tall man with sandy hair and whiskers, lie aud lu wife tie very popular In .New Haven society. M.NATOII-BI.K’T Quay has an especial fnii’ y tor pruemus atones, aud the cements of ins wile’s jewel casoa are likely to areme a s' ns, ion in VVatliingtnii novt win tor. .she is S Id to pouteas a necklace of singular splendor conn oped of l anioud-. carbuncles, emeralds, lopii/' s, . ardony vs and amethysts. i'u* friends an 1 admirers of Wilson I'.ar r.dl in Com! m arc i mug of building anew i heat re for him in O ibii and street, u,ar the Princess' Hies ire. The capital I, ready Killy lll'' "•< mi'll IS needed and it is nelieti.il uow Unit the desired site can be seeiirod, Mr. liurrel will return to Couduu in May. KriuAttb ■ log*s lies for his law yxrs ( 01. lligersol . I ousting amt ollicn ils inrieidaoiip besides but lug the Hoffman House, be is (he to.i iijut n| Jlr. Macksv's telcgn.pi. mter cit, ues dei tln- Hankers aud Merchant* whit II he owns. He Is a vet * busy man, and i il is tboul aad ltlcult In get die minute- huii. | him as it IS with iii Prceldeut of the In lied KllUMi Uk i **Tl. I Ukv, < *iari UvMn iVrti •H. Molril 11*ii |au 1 |Hi uf IM in * liur* li #f Ihi* Jlofy Tnuay. A tvuuel* I*Aim* I Ihm Mi.i.mo roU*>r of Smw } uri ifiii.* i ot4‘i <tur tiff l• i< visa Itoroi*. Ilia j •* |* # ih ••Two Yfr < hurvUts tt i *1 wtt fli fit r lUfjoUU*Aal#iiii| liim m ihr **rvi<*** irr l<i Ufa, kill J**a t # aii iitii jiiiH J tlt| ggj 'Kill s^ttiC** military infallibility. Strango Significance of the Sunset Gun —An Anecdote of tbe Late Col. Scott. from the Xow York Herald, A contemporary things tb at the recent or der of the Secretary of War for discontin uing the tiring of the sunrise and sunset guDS at Governor’s Island and other military sta tion.- is very hard on the army, as it forces the men to consult the almanac to ascertain when the sun rises and sets. This recalls a good story that is told of the late Col Robert N. Scott, woo died recently, leaving unfinished hiß important work of ed iting tiie War Records. Alter tho war lie was stationed at some small fort iD New York State over a aarrisouof less than twenty men. and there was very little work to be done other than performing the military cere monies and keeping up the garrison farm and garden. An amateur astronomer in the vicinity took considerable interest in timing the morning and evening guns, and became se riously disturbed when their irreguarity caused ins chronometer to appear to vary. He had too much respect for the military regulations, which said the guns should go oIV exactly with the sun. to doubt that the error was at the fort Ho made the calcula tions for that meridian and tound his chrono meter correct But his respect for the gov ernment outweighed even his reliauce on his ligures; so he sent his tigures for venfioa tion to the Dudley Observatory at A bany. On getting them hack with the Observatory indorsement of their correctness he was startled aud shocked, and saw no way but to lay the facts before the commandant at the fort. Col. Scott received him with affable dignity, and listened to his tale of per plexity. Haying heard him through the Col onel said: •‘Aly dear sir, I think I can enlighten yon on this niattar. The man that tires' that gufl is the ordnance sergeant. He is also the or derly sergeant, commissary sergeaut. Quar termaster sergeant, sergeant major and hos pital steward, and he likewise milks my cow. Now. his orders arc to fire that gun as soon as he has milked my cow, and w hile there may be some uncertainty about your timing the sunrise autTsunsetby the report ot that gun, vou may feel mighty tolerably sure that my cow has been milked!’’ First Love, I remember Meeting you. In September Bixty-two. We were eating. Both of us. And the meeting Happened thug: Accidental, On tbe road; Sentimental Episode. I was gushing, You were shy; You were blushing. So was I. I was smitten So were you. (Ail that’s written Here is true.) Any money! Not a bit. Very funny. Wasn’t it? Vows were plighted Then aud there. How delighted Two hearts w T ere. But your father, To be sure. Thought it rather Premature. And your mother, Strange to say. Was another In the way. What a heaven Vanished then! You were seven, 1 was ten. That was many Years ago. Don’t let any- Bodykuow. —Anon. A Fat I.sdy Work* Her Way to a Plat. form of the Elevated Road. From the Hew York Evening Sun. seventy-one business men of assorted ages and variegated temperaments met one fat woman on the stairway of the Sixth avenue elevated station at Fifty-ninth street yester day, and were worsted at the fli s: onset. The fat woman began the ascent of the stairway on the uptown sideats;ls p. m. She bore two large satchels, and carried one in front of her and the other liehind her, for her enor mous proportions and voluminous skirts com. pletelv Ailed the space from rail to rail. When she was half way up, at 5:20 p. m.. she met the first of the seventy-one men who had just alighted from a train. A big crowd always alights at Fifty-ninth street, which is in the heart of a thickly pou ulated section, and the fat woman soon"found that she was stemming a tide of very impa tient men. No. 1 was a thiu man. He tried to pass her, without success. The womau looked breathlessly down the stairwuy up which she had so laboriously loiled. “I won’t go back,’’ she said grimly. There was a long pause, aud finally the thin man passed tne word back up tiie stairway. The crowd slowly receded upward and out on the platform. The fat woman followed afier, and when she got up to the top she said very politely: “Indade, O’m sorry to trouble yez. Much obliged, gintlemen.’’ Gay Old Hannibal Hamlin. From the Portland Preii. Hannibal Hamlin is not a man of wealth. No boodle has ever stuck lo his hands. H* lives plainly, unostentatiously. On every public occasion on which he appears he is plainly the favorite, if oncers and hearty greetings mean anything. He is seen in the streets of Bangor on the coldest days of win ter in his claw-hammer coat, without the ne cessary adjunct of an overcoat. He walks miles at a stretch with the alacrity of a bov just for a “constitutional.” Ho Is found in the huts of the poor and humble smoking an old T. I>. pipe in company with the head of the household He knows everybody and everybody knows him. On the load of toe lumberman he is olten seen mounted, ebat ting merrily with the driver, woo is so proud of hie compauionship that he will ta k about it for years afterward. He never forgets a face and rarely a name, and generally can tell you more of your family history than you know yourself. llis chief relaxation is in fishing. He em ploys the old-fashioned angle worm for bait, aud discards all the new-fangled appliances for capturing the finny tribe. He is exceed ingly gav in the ha I room. At the legislative reunion last winter he participated In every dance down on tiie order, and then went home in the morning with the prettiest girl on the lloor. Th-* Intellectnal Maid, R ston Letle to the Pr nd nee Journal. A lady living on the Back Bay has one of those servants to whom is just v to he applied the terra ••superior" in its most elevated meaning. W lnle the I’aiut and Clay Club ex hibition of paintings wa open tills superior young woman informed her ml tress I hut she had a ticket and requested a special evening out in order to attend the show. For aught 1 know lo the couti ary it may have been the evening of tho opening reception, when 1 am sure the servant element wis prettv gener ously represented; hut at least the fact re mains that at one time or anouier the girl saw the exhibition. On her reiurn home-lie sought her mistress at the first opportunity. ••Here,” she said, extending her ticket, which chanced to he a “season,” "you must go and see those pictures. 11 is the fineet ex hibition 1 ever saw. You'd heller go right off. bee .•use I shall want to use the ticket again myself.” Her mistress has a keen i use of humor. she took the tick't, mvil dhe inoil ur.stocratic acquaintance and visred the exhibition on the girl’s ticket. It certainly seems as if there was small danger of a decline in Boston cul ture w line Hie servants thus watch over tho intellectual good of the>r em plot era. Beer In Him (fhnreli Cellar. From the /loess (,V. //,) A Apropos of the lieor stored under Ist. .lohn ' church, Portsmouth, there is a good story told oi one of be former |it le* of the parish. II was disturbed by the fact Ihul Hie church w„a heated by stoves, and a-Led one of the ward eus why they did not put in furnace. 'I no warden replied Hint they could net on ac connl of the graves in the collar. Tue pastor, being of no aik'quango turn, took a ln ern one day and sialic 1 on A lour of inspection hi Hud ’Thai graves." Pushing open with and fli euilv a door in the re nr. he f.m i I, not wuat lie sin If hi, I'll bnei barrels. Itrlirniig. ho looked up tho waf den. sa l withs twink e in lilt >e b said : "You have a queer wav uf Purring your deani yno pick's tn* ia, t see.” A visiroa to the p*uit< unary at /wag V[ * 1 “ **' l ******* ' y loosing thioug] -HA issl-i ill *op | ssi was a. 'ltsesiver* 4 in on* • J (a* i •and .soears a Profiler of his whn had mi. • S how home a. th. I 1 yes re, tel we osd J ".ste-sM MMtt.ie aiti.'M-iiH ITEMS OF INTEREST. There has not been a grog-shop in Atkin son, N. H., for fifty-one years. The town has expended nothing for tnc gupport of the poor for the last eight or ten years. In one of the counties of West Virginian noveity in caucusing has been devised which might help “practical politics” here. Instead of holding a primary meeting a man goes from door to door and gets the preference of each citizen. Eighteen months ago Bertha Plngre, against the wishes of her parents, came from Germany to marry a coachman. William Wuudrum, of Hock Island. Her husband tins just heard of the death of his father, whereby he inherits a fortune of 5500.000. Those who ought to know say the pretty purple inks used on typewriters nowadays are aniline inks, and will fade away in a few years. This is no objection to Uieir use in ordinary correspondence, but might cause serious trouble in the case of a contract or legal document. In Philadelphia a church organization is trying to raise money enough to build a church by means of a lottery. The promoters are selling tickets at 50c., and there are 50 prizes to be drawn, from a 1500 government bond and a handsome rosewood piano down to prizes of little vaiue. Artist John Hendrick, of New Haven, has sold his painting of the “Two-Dollar Bill” to a New Yorker. The prioe paid was 5000. Before the sale was made the purcha-er had to bo convinced that it was a painting and not a photograph or a genuine bill at tached lo the background. The ever-vexatious subject of dissections for medical purposes has taken anew form in the Connecticut Legislature, where a bill is pending which forbids dissections, unless by the express permission of tiie dying man. Tilts law would cut oil' the medical fraternity from the use of the bodies of the unfriended poor who die in public institutions. An Omaha doctor became engaged in a fight with a man whom he finally knocked down with a heavy china pitcher. The man re ceived an ugly scalp wound, which the doc tor sewed up. One would naturally suppose that the victim would not be called upon to pay for ihe surgical attendance, but the uoc tor presented a bill for S2O aud got the money. Since Byron wrote “’Tis Greece, but living Greece no more,” the famous little kingdom has brightened up considerably, and now it is very much alive. According to Prof. Sey mour, of Yale University, the country is en joying a positive ‘’boom.” The population of Athens has increasedduringthe century from 10,000 to 100 000, and the city has now steam and horse railroads. AN old German, of Salem, 111., well edu cated and perfectly sane on all subjects but one, thinks that he is continually surrounded by witches, and wears a belt filled with chunks of lead to prevent them from flying away with him. He also weights his ankles to such an extent that it is difficult for dim to walk. His house is crowded with bottled toads, lizards andothcrcir ious objects, which he keep* lo protect him from witches: Thomas Graham,of Augusta, II!., dreamed one night recently that he was standing at the grave of his father, who lived in a distant city, and whom he had not seen for years, Ou the following night the dream was re peated with startling viridness. Early the next morning he went to the telegraph office to send a dispatch home, hut before he had tilled out the blank the operator handed him a message announcing that his father had died suddenly the night before. The Princeof Wales is now almost entirely bald. The back part of his head and around his ears is nearly white with a fuzzy growth of retiring hair, which shades down into a reddish-brown tinge toward the base of his skull. Hi* forehead is full, his eyes are bold in their expression and seem dead blue in color. Ilia nose is a cross between straight, and aquiline. The lower part of his face is hidden by a short, reddish-brown moustache and beard. His color is very high. He is not a distinguished looking man in plain evening dress. Charles Warner, the popular London ac tor, waif told by someone the other day that a certain fashionable shoemaker had forsaken his wife and eloped with another woman; "but we hope,” said the gossip, "that he will return to his wife, who is ready to forgive him.” ••No,” said Mr. Warner, “he ought not to do so; a cobbler should stick to his last.” The same evening a famous London doctor complained that a patient whom he had cured of a dangerous disorder had ab sconded without paying him. "Oh, but think,” said the actor, “of the many who have paid you without being cured.” A "laughing plant” grows in Arabia, with seeds producing effects like those of laughing gas. The flowers are of a bright yellow, and the seed pods are soft and woolly, wtule the seeds resemble black beans, and only two or three grow in a pod. The natives dry and pulverize them, and the powder, if taken In small doses, makes the severest per son behave like a circus clown or a madman; for he will dance, sing anu laugh, and cut the most fantastic capers, aud be in an uproari ously ridiculous condition for about an hour. When the excitement ceases, the exhausted exhibitor of these antics falls a-deep, and when he awakes he has not the slightest re membrance of his frisky doings. Gov. Routt lias had an eventful life. Af ter the war lie became Sheriff of his county in Illinois. It was overrun with despera does, and he made himself noted by arresting several and driving the rest out of the coun try. On Gen. Grant’s accession tolhe Presi dency he made Capt. Routt Postmaster at Bloomington, 111., aud later he became As sistant Postmaster Genera!. He was ap pointed Governor of Colorado, and was the occupant of that position when Colorado be came a State, By election he became the first executive of Colorado on its entrance into the Union. The Governor’s great ambi tion lor years was to become Posl muster Gen eral. His interests in Colorado are in mining, cattle growing and land improvements He i- one of the wealthiest men of his State, and intends tog to the Senate if things shape round for him properly. Mrs. J. G. Blaine, Jr., is an, uncommonly handsome woman, very tall and spirituelle, with a phenomenal voice—a pure tenor, some thing unusual in lovely women. It runs the lull leuor register, and lias vet the deepest, lowest notes of a contralto, she is a wonder ful ballad singer. , Mrs. Blaine, for all her gentleness, has no little force of character, shortly after her romantic marriage In r bus hand counseled her to see no reporters dur ing a brief aii-ence of his. A certain irre pressible reporter all reporters are irrepres sible—a sine qua mm of t'.o profession; sem up his card seven times in less than hair as mauv hours. Each time word was brought hun tliai Mr. Blaine was out, A reporter, like truth, "though crushed to earth will rise aguiu.” This intrepid scrihb er finally sent up a message saying that if Mr. B alne did not ci me down he '.llie reporter) would i ome up, quite after Hie manner of Mahoim t and ihe mountain. Mrs. lilaine ip iiiiied lor answer: "Mr Blame Is out. Mr*. Blaine is at home and wi 1 see him if he comes tin but he will regret it.” He did not come up’ He doubiles* mentally decided it would oe well to see her later, if ever. Thirk are all kinds of sensational stories Homing about Johnsonville, N. Y., ou account of the alleged returning to liloof Mrs. John Baker of West Hoosick. On Wednesday of last week Sirs. Baker, with her daughter, drove ir.'m West 11 osick to Hoosick Falls, that afternoon, while returning. fUr*. Baker was driven home rapidly by her daughter, alter arriving she did not speak again, and about 10 o’clock the same evening she wa-. supposed to In* dead. Prep .rations were at once made fur the funeral, which was set down fur Friday morning at 11 o'clock. The corpse was aken into Hie church si Wost Hoosick at the hur mentioned, hot ou accuuntof Uic iai d:lies of relatives in arri ving the service did u .1 begin ti I l p. m. During these two hours many or the women in the church were whispering about tlm burial follow mg so closely after Hie supposed dea h.somu saving tlini Mrs. linker was ouly inn trail e. However, shout 1 o’clock tlm Rev. tir. Ui'Aiu.of W inic Cieek, began Hie .ervioi s. lie was slid lenly interrupted by a cracking noise in Urn coffin. I'ne giuaiest consterna tion pervaded tlm audience. 'I he undertaker uxsmioed the stools upon which His coffin rcsiiii, hut 'oiiud uotlung wrung, aud Hie services proceed*'!. Th, racking was Imard lbr> lime* durioit the service*. end the hiue ’teurc>t columned uii* pm Pi tune*, a Her jiiiNtclimg (be uii<i*nbfct r opened tiie weed < >vi*r iig of the ooftin. There * ro no .ihm* of life, ihil Die body Km turned on it* idtv Tbe eodteiu# we* luilD'd lo vie ur th# - HiHiUm, |>Ut li A aM! tlic> uurivl t*l I I lilMf (.(ID rotilu. Dirivpinuis win Utefa (u (lie • * * -# • ■*'oitii eli # *#*r*’ p# lit '!<- a !• f ... A WORD OF WARNING, The Fearful Dangers or the Present Season and How to Avoid Them in Time. Mr. Wilton R. Palmer, of New York citv received the best wishes of the season fr„™ all the friends he met on his birthday, and lieved that his future life was to tic long am joyous. That evening he felt atickling ln th , throat, a slight pain across the chest, and h! coughed once or twice. The next day h . nostrils were inflamed, his throat sore and hi! lungs all filled up. The day following he wi in bed, with physicians shaking thejr head's and the third day he was dead from pneumo' ma, which he failed to take in time. Their are ten thousand men and wotneu in America to-day in just the same condition as Mr Palmer was. Thetr throats are sore their lungs are irritated, and they are on the verge of pneumonia and death, but they do not know it. * This terrible disease, pneumonia, has be come the Monster of American life. It u sudden, severe and fatal. It comes without warning aud strikes down without mercy Physicians say it must be thrown from the system on the start, and that there la nothing equal to pure spirits for this purpose. Pure liquors are absolutely necessary when pneu monia is coming on, and from the careful m vestigations of the best chemists and physi cians we are convinced that no liquor now known to the world is equal to Duffy’s Purs Malt Whiskey for pneumonia or any othet pulmonic trouble. This whiskey is put up solely for medical purposes, and sold ouly m sealed bottles. It is a stimulant to the organs that have been congested by cold. It arouses the tissues to fresh action. It wards of dis ease, aud containing no fusel ml, it does not iDjnre nor intoxicate. Mr. B. W. Roswell, of Washington, D. C related his experience as follows- "I hail hemorrhages and was examined by a phisi eian who thought my lungs oiilv slightly con gested. In August I bad three more hemor rhages and lost a quart of blood. Another physician said I was in the last stapes of con sumption. and finally 1 gave up all hone. I obtained Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey and took it. I have gained health and strength rap idly, and am completely restored.” This rcmarkaole whiskey, which is sold bv all first-class druggists (and the secret of wuose manufacture many have in vain sought to find out), deserves to tie kept in every household, not only to be used ln cases of emergency, but lo assist in prolonging life and bringing health aud happiness Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey IS SOLD ONLY IN BOTTLES. Price *1 For sale by Druggists, Grocers and Dealer* Persons east of the Rocky Mountains (ex cept the Territories), unable to procure it from their Dealers can have Half Dozen sent, in plain case, unmarked, express pre paid. hv remitting $U to THE DUFFY MAI T WHISKEY UO , ROCHESTER, N Y. Pm OSOUDO. Crolallol, SUCCESSORS TO B. F. McKenna <fc Cos. 137 BROUGHTON STREET SAVANNAH, - GEORGIA, DEALERS IN FIRST-CLASS RELIABLE DRY GOODS, The Latest Novelties IN FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRESS GOODS FOR SPRING AND SUMMER. Black and Colored Silks. 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