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INDEX ~W~~NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Meetings— DeKai't Lodge No, 0. I. 0. O. F.;
Memorial Association; Railroad Loan Associa
tion; Clinton Lodge No, 54, Y. and A. M.; Bat
talion BavaunAU Volunteer Guards; Palestine
Commander} No. K. T
Cheap Couch;; A'CfJTTisEMENTS -Help Want
ed; Employment 'Abated, Lost, Photography;
Miscellaneous.
Amusements— Grand Ex'*.? n by the
Colored Amateur Com'-M / GijiV.vany.
Steamship Schedules— Jritin'oro Steamship
Cos ; Ocean Steamship Cos.
Xottehy—Drawing Louisiana State.
Railroad Schedule—Central Railroad.
Auction Sale—Underwriter's Sale of Cigars,
Tobacco, etc., by J. McLaughlin & Son.
Tho Knights ot Labor seem to be in
earnest about strengthening themselves for
the political contest of next year. It is i
stated that they intend to organize assem
blies in the rur-t’ di.Jfcf Has throughout the
country.
A Boston mac says: “It takes 40.000 de
nials to kii! one lie, and the same idiot still
dings to the lie.” He has evidently been
following up the nonsensical story that Presi
dent Cleveland has had a private entrance
constructed into one of the Washington
theatres.
Charles Talbot, tho Memphis hotel clerk
who stole Fanny Davenport's diamonds
some time ago, has been tried for the
offense, found guilty and sentenced to serve
live sears in the penitentiary. Talbot pays
a pretty good price for the advertisement he
gave the actress.
Tho Harvard Union, composed of stu
dents, appears to take great interest in po
litical questions. At a recent meeting
President Cleveland’s veto of the iiuuper
pension bill was discussed. The Union
showed its sense by sustaining the veto by a
vote of 31 to 15.
Senator Sherman has given mortal offense
to the Irishman f Washington. lie was
invited to attend the recent anti-coercion
meeting in that city, but excused himself
upon the ground that he had a prior engage
ment. Next day it was discovered that his
“prior engagement” meant that he wanted
U> attend a performance of “The Jiit" at
one of the theatres, which he did, appar
ently to his great enjoyment. Perhaps the
Senator doesn’t want the votes of Irishmen.
Twelve Congressmen have served more
than ten consecutive years. They are: W.
D. Kelley, 3(1; S. J. Randall, 34; Charles
O’Neill, 22: W. S. Holman, 22; R. P. Bland,
14; R. Q. Mills, 14; J. H. Blount, 14; J. G.
Cannon, 14; W. M Springer, 12; C. B. Cul
berson, 12; W. H. Forney, 12; Thomas J.
Henderson, 12. If S. S. Cox had not missed
a year’s service by going to Turkey as
United States Minister, he would have been
in Congress the >eie number of consecutive
years that Kelley has to his 'credit. The lat
. thr’s long serv' e gives him tho title of
“’Father of thj House.
There is a probabiit-jy that electricity will
supplant steam power for many purposes
on the government’s war vessels. Lighting
ships by electricity having proved a success,
naval officers are looking for other purposes,
to which it may be applied. It is believed
that electricity can be advantageously used
in manipulating heavy guns, and the chief
of naval ordnance is now communicating
with expert electricians on the subject. The
chief thinks such guns can be readily loaded,
jioiated and fired with the aid of mi electric
motor. Ensign Sprague, formerly of tho
navy, has [invented such u motor, which it
is thought will prove a sucoess.
Postmaster General Vilas, it Is suid, owns
valuable timber lands in northern Wiscon
sin. Recently valuable iron mines liave
been opened in the vicinity, but the Post
master General has not yet made an effort
to discover iron on his possessions. Several
young men who read lav/ under him have
made fortunes by investments in northern
Wisconsin. The Postmaster General, how
ever, has made money in timber. He is
president of a manufacturing company
which has exclusive control of the pine
deals found on the Bad river, Chippewa
reservation. The timber is in almost inex
haustible quantity, is the best oil the great
lakes, and much of it is shipped as far away
as England.
The Washington correspondent of the
New Orleans Picayune says that President
Cleveland has not accepted the invitation to
visit Atlanta, but the New York Sun nays
that he has. It would be interesting to
know which is right. The Sun says that
the President will first go to St. Louis and
then to Birmingham and Atlanta. In At
lanta he will probably spend u week. Mrs.
Cleveland will not ae<*om|iuny the President
on his jaunt, it being alleged that she objects
to traveling long distances. Secretary La
mar will accompany him to Atiautu. Hon.
Prank Jones, of New Hump-thin*, says that
the President will spend several weeks in
New England before starting on his journey
West and South.
John Hyan, who was arrested in Louis
ville the other day as a xusjieotod felon, in
formed the Judge lieforo whom he was
taken tliai. he lmd once been <*onvirted of
Isirglary but lmd served out his term in
prison and twin relcuuod. H|s*ukmg of bis
efforts to reform, Hyan said: "No man who
has one* lieen oouvicpsl, as I have been, can
reform, unless under unusunl circumstance*.
In thrse days ben the officers of tin* law
are no well inloriinl and constantly on the
lookout to arrest someone you cnmiot go
UMi'itiesd. lam a fine mechanic, but no
MUU.Pi' what city 1 turn to the it mil w al
ways Hie sails* lam luaiisted down and
M|lAgyu^2jPlord , ’ivcn away. I must live
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Troublesome Gen. Keifer.
Gen. Keifer was Speaker of the House in
the Forty-eighth Congress and it was some
times thought that the press treated him un
justly. Some comments on him and his acts
ns Speaker, which appeared from to time in
t he newspapers, were not of a complimentary
character. These comments were not. how
ever, undeserved. As Speaker Gen. Keifer
was ignorant, obstinate and rather unscru
pulous. and his party was sorry that it ever
placed him in so prominent a position.
lie is having a little controversy at pres
ent which f hows pretty clearly what sort of
a man he i The Society of the Army of
the Cumberland is soon to unveil a statue of
Garfield at Washington, and the monument
committee, without authority, asked Gen.
Keifer to deliver an oration on the occasion.
He accepted the invitation and began at
once to prepare one of his characteristic
addresses. The Society heard of the action
of the monument committee and once
took stops, in a very quiet way,to nullify it.
Gen. Keifer was kindly informed that a
mistake had been made, and that it was not
desired that he should deliver an oration
He was not told how objectionable he was
and that his presence in so prominent a
position would greatly interfere with the
plans of the Society, because there was no
disposition to wound him. He refused,
however, to take the hint and withdraw
his acceptance of tho monument
committee’s invitation. He simply an
nounced liis purposes to deliver the oration,
notwithstanding the society’s opposition.
The committee entreated him to reconsider his
determination, and rather plainly hinted that
he was so unpopular that many people would
have nothing to do with the unveiling cere
monies if he were the orator. Gen. Keifer
remained deaf to all entreaties. He had
secured a chance to make himself con
spicuous on an mportant occasion, and he
did not intend to throw it away.
The society concluded that if Gen. Keifer
wouldn’t take a hint it would find a way to
get rid of him. It has decided to give the
monument committee only twenty minutes
to carry out its part of the programme, and
when the chairman has made his little talk,
and other important things have been at
tended to, there will not be much time for
Gen. Keifer to make his long address. He
may get an opportunity to say a few words,
but it is certain that the society will not ho
troubled with him long.
Gen. Keifer’s conduct in this instance is
characteristic. He is mad because he lias
fallen into obscurity and that there is
no longer a disposition in his party to
make him conspicuous again. Most men on
being notified that their services are not
wanted gracefully retire. Mr. Keifer, how
ever, is not one of the retiring kind. He
will bear the odium of presenting himself
where he is not wanted rather than miss the
opportunity of letting the world know that
ho isn’t dead. It can hardly be possible
tliat he appreciates how little the world
cares whether he is dead or not
Discipline at the University.
There are those who censure the faculty
of the State University on account of re
cent acts of some of the students. The cen
sure is undeserved, because the acts in
question occurred outside of the faculty’s
jurisdiction, or they were unknown to the
faculty until after they occurred.
The most recent occasion for unwarranted
attacks upon the authorities of the univer
sity is found in the case of a student who is
a member of tho Knights of Labor. It
seems that just previous to the municipal
election in Athens last winter this student
went to Rev. Dr. Moll, the chancellor, ami
stated that he was poor and needed every
cent ho could make to pay his expenses
at the university. He then asked for
leave of absence for thirty days,
saying that he had an opportunity of mak
ing §SO. The chancellor readily granted
the leave, and told the student tliat he
wished him success in his venture. When
the student returned, the chancellor made
inquiries as to what kind of work he had
bet'll engaged in, and learned that he had
sold his influence a> a member of the
Knights of Labor to one of the candidates
in tho municipal election for §SO, and had
spent the thirty days’ leave given him in
driving around in a buggy with a negro and
a jug of whisky electioneering. By the ad
vice of the chancellor he was promptly ex
pelled.
This case furnishes no just reason for at
tic ks upon the authorities of the university,
but, on the contrary, it is .cause for coin
mending them. The truth is, under the
administration of the present chancellor,
the discipline at the university has been re
markably good. His plan of government
places the students on their honor as gentle
men, and it is not often- that a case occurs
which demands punishment.
A white'light shines upon the university
at all times, and this is the reason, perhaps,
why the faculty is so subject to criticism.
It is decidedly to the credit of both faculty
and students that it is rare tiiat either can
be justly blamed for a breach of discipline.
Tho Telegraph Operators’ Scheme.
It is stated that the telegraph operators of
this country are almost a unit in favor of
having tho government purchase and oper
ate the telegraph lines. They intend, it is
said, to petition the Fiftieth Congress to
take steps in that direction, and it is also
said that they will submit a plan which they
believe will remove whatever obstacles may
lie in the way of the scheme.
It may be true that the telegraph opera
tors desire the government to own the
telegraph lines, und it may also Ik*
true that they intern ’ to ]>atition Congress to
purchase then* hut ,t is very doubtful that
they will Ik* able to submit a plan to accom
plish that object tliat will lie satisfactory
Two very serious obstacles suggest them
selves. One is that the owners of tile lines
may not wish to sc’,:. If they should not,
Congress Is not likely to force them to do so.
The other obstacle is that the people
would object Pi tlie creation of an
other army of office-holders; If
the government should purchase
tin* Pilegrapli lines, of course every* opera
tor would Is* an office-holder, not to men
tion the hundreds of superintendent*, or
<*omuiissiouerK, who would la* charged with
the management of the new branch of the
government’s business. They would Is* a
very dangerous class of office-holders, is*
cause. Pi a large extent, they would have an
intimate knowledge of the business and js*r
annul affairs of tin people, and it goes with
out saying that if the occasion presented
itself, many of them would use such know 1
edge to advance tlinir interests with the
|met v which gave them office. The reported
aelicma Is one thuf d<*w not deserve supjsirt.
There is mid Pi Is* a wonderful Increase
in i'-idaUrnx jov yi y ■>ti*,<it\ hi.ry
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THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, APRIL 18, 1387.
Reunion of the Third Georgia.
The reunion of the Third Georgia regi
ment at Eatontou next August will be a no
table event. It will bring together the sur
vivors of as gallant a corps as ever left the
State to servo in any war, and it will afford
opportunity for recalling to memory men
and deeds that should never lx* forgotten.
The Third Georgia was composed of com
panies from the Middle ami Southeastern
sections of the State. Its officers were gen
tlemen of high standing, and certainly no
others that served the Confederacy were
braver or more faithful to duty. The
privates showed their devotion to the cause
they served in many a hard fought battle
in the valleys and upon the mountains of
Virginia, and by no means a few of them
lost their lives while doing so.
It is sometimes urged that it is profitless for
ox-Confederate soldiers to meet together
and recount their experiences in the w ar,
but this is a mistake. Ex-Confederate
soldiers were influenced in their course
by what they believed to be their duty.
Meetings like that of the Third Georgia stir
up no ill-feeling toward ex-Union soldiers,
nor do such meetings cause the participants
to feel any the less loyal toward the govern
ment. They serve as a memorial to the
dead, as an occasion for renewing old friend
ships and as a means of keeping fresh the
memory of deeds of valor which are part of
the history of the American people.
Among the men who helped the Third
Georgia win fame were Ambrose R. Wright,
Edward J. Walker, James S. Reid, R. B.
Nisbet, C. Snead, Augustus H. Lee, John
R. Sturgis, A. B. Montgomery, John F.
Jones and G. E. Hayes. Some are dead,
but they are not forgotten. Those that sur
vive are prominent in the places of their
residence, and all of them are as faithful in
the discharge of duty in time of peace as
they were in time of war.
It is to be hoped that no survivor of the
Third Georgia will be absent from the ap
proaching reunion
An Unhealthy Sign.
It is not generally known, perhaps, that
the Southern Spiritualists’ Association owns
twenty acres of land on the summit of 1 tok
out Mountain, and tliat every surani T a
month’s camp meeting is held there. The
president of tho association is a profhinent
business man of Chattanooga. The mem
bers are scattered through half a dozen
States, and many of them are peoplo of
wealth and cultivation.
The camp meeting on Lookout isut tended
by a large number of Spiritualists. Most
of them are members of the association, but
there are always some in attendance from
the North and West. The daily exercises
consist of addresses, generally aimed against
the Christian religion, and of meiliumistic
tests. Famous mediums from all parts of
the country reap a golden harvest.
Those who are not Spiritualists cannot un
derstand the unquestioning fnith with which
men and women of apparent sound sense and
undoubted culture accept the pretended
revolutions of professional mediums. The
most unblushing frauds are practiced, and
always at a pecuniary lass to tho dupes. It
soffit-times occurs that a medium is exposed,
but the Spiritualists refuse to credit the
evidence of their own senses and blindly
go on permitting themselves to be de
frauded. The unquestioning faith of Spir
itualists is due to an abnormal develop
ment of the siqierstitious element in their
natures. One entirely free from superstition
could never be a Spiritualist. It is true
that Spiritualists claim that their faith is
founded upon the laws of nature and that it
is susceptible of scientific explanation; but
an unbeliever wdio hears a Spiritualist at
tempt to explain his faith will speedily be
convinced that it is nothing but nonsense.
it is a fact that the Spiritualists are in
creasing The Southern Association is by
no means the only organization of the kind
in the country. Every section has a similar
organization, and in the North and West
quite a numb r of Spiritualist temples have
been built. The increase is not a healthy
sign, for while heterodoxy is not always to
be condemned, when it takes the form of a
faith founded upon superstition it is evi
dence tliat something is wrong, both in the
spiritual and the intellectual education of
those who accept such a faith.
The number of contested election cases in
the Fiftieth Congress is eight. In the
Fourth Alabama district Alexander C. Da
vidson (Democrat) will contest for the seat
of J. V. McDufi:? (Republican). In the
Sixth California district J. G. Lynch (Demo
crat! seeks the seat of William Yandever
(Republican). In the Tenth Illinois district
Nicholas E. Worthington (Democrat) wants
tlio seat of Philips. Post (Republican). In
the Twelfth Indiana district Robert Lowry
(Democrat) asks for tho scat of Janies It.
White (Republican). In the Sixth Ken
tucky district G. H. Thoebe (Labor candi
date! contests for the seat of John G. Car
lisle (Democrat). In the Ninth Missouri
district, Nathan Frank (Republican) is after
the sent of John M. Glover (Democrat). In
the First New Hampshire district, Martin
A. Haynes (Republican) desires tho seat of
Luther F. McKinney (Democrat). In the
Seventh South Carolina district, Robert
Smalls (colored Republican) will try to ob
tain the seat of William Elliott (Democrat).
The law relating to contested election cases
is deficient, because it docs not require tliat
the Clerk of the House shall bo notified of
the contest. The first official information
he gets of a con lust is the testimony sent
him in connection with the case.
The case of Agnes Folsom in New York,
which attracted so much att* ~tion a couple
of weeks ago, has ended in nothing so far as
getting Miss Folsom out of the clutches of
l)r. Cate* is concerned, it seems that tlio
father of the girl ordered the prore<*dings fo
lie dismissed on the ground that Mrs. Fol
som was on the verge of insanity, but doubt
less the real cause was that he found that
-nothing could lie accomplished. The girl is
of age, juul the pretest*- that she was out of
her mind and was restrained of her liberty
had no foundation whatever. In fact, it is
not yet very clear what the n*nl trouble Is*-
tween the girl, her pui-ents tmd Dr. Cate was.
The pareuts charge that Dr. t 'ate, while
acting as their daughter's physician, gained
a wonderful itilhtence over her, which be
used impro|l*i*ly when she ivovcitsl hr
health. They also insisp-l that, the girl was
out of her mind :md that thedcs*Uir kept her
locked in his house. There doesn't seem to
Is* any doubt that the girl stayed at the d<v
tor's house, but the indications are that she
wanted Pi stay, it also sisriis that she was
not on g'ssl terms with her parent*. The
chief inP*ri*s< in tin* cue** grew out of the
statement that the girl Is a cousin of Mrs.
Cleveland. The statement may not l* well
founded.
Fifty ci! I setts of Massa "husetts have
i Wg‘nss v D uiker to Is
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CURRENT COMMENT.
The Shermans’ Crop of Corn.
From the New York'll'urlfl 1 Dem.)
Senator Sherman savs in an interview speak
ing for himself and Tccums- i: that-when the
Shermans make a mistake they ure willing to
acknowledge the corn.” Tlie.vinust have a con
siderable crop of corn acknowledged by this
time.
To the Victors Belong the Victory.
From the Washington Vest (Dem.)
To the victors belong tbe victory, anyhow.
We trust that expression is n t treasonable. It
wil) stir the eockfea of a gool many hearts to
know that every Territorial (iovernor is now a
Democrat, and that out of fifty six Presidential
appointments iti the Territories forty-four have
thus far been changed by President Cleveland.
The Triumphs of the Ballot.
From the Galveston News (Dcm.)
John \V. Davis, Governor-elect of Rhode
Island declares that his election is a proclama
tion that bribery shall be looked upon as a
viper, and he gives credit to the Republicans
Who revolted against their party. Thus it is
that most of the triiunphs of the ballot are sim
ply victories over corruption. They cause re
joicing until the next call for purification.
Curtis’ Remarkable Prophecy.
From the Missouri Republican (Dem.)
George William Curtis thinks that the Demo
crats will have to renominate Cleveland, but
that he will get beaten at the election because
of Democratic disaffection. The eminent Mug
wump also expresses the opinion that Blaine
will be beaten it nominated. As there is nothing
more certain politically than that Cleveland
will be the Democratic candidate, and Blaine
the Republican candidate, it is difficult to see
how the Curtis prophecy can bear fruit. Per
haps the eminent Mugwump believes that his
dear friend, Gen. Butler, w ill rake in the honors
at the next deal.
BRIGHT BITS.
A busybody is generally a jtersoti who has no
business in this world bevond making it, his busi
ness to neglect his own business in order to at
tend to the business of others. Such a chap has
no business to lie tolerated anyway. —. Shoe and
Leather Reporter.
A Bi'UUngton reporter asked an actress if she
had ever suffered from stage fright, she re
filled that she never had. except once when
crossing the Hooky Mountains. The stage came
within an ace of. being tipped over a precipice. —
Burlington Free Press.
‘ Derr Abram Levi he opens a store next to
mine. It wash mean of him ”
"But didn’t you say last summer, Mr. Doppen
heimer, that competition i.~' the life of trade?”
"Yes; but 1 wasn't in no beet-mess last sum
mer.”— Harper's Bazar.
Texan Yes, mobbe you wouldn't think it,
but I made my pile out. of watered stock.
New Yorker—l shouldn't judge so from your
appearance.
Texan No, perhaps not: but you can't ex
pect to make much out of the ereeturs if you
let ’em go thirsty. —Line Haven Sews.
Miss de Greene—Ah. Moosoo Duval, I'm so
glad that you are to take me into dinner.
M. Duval—Ah, Mees, ze piaisir—vat you call
him—ls mutual, eh?
Miss de G.—Well, the fact is. I don't under
stand French, and I never can understand the
hill of fan*. Why. at Mrs. Crushup's last din
ner l ordered a dish of sausage, thinking that it
was sweetbreads, which 1 adore.— Accident
Sews.
A clerical gentleman recently met a couple
of legal friends looking on at the erection of the
new- court house. The clergyman inquired,
“Have you cofne, in accordance with the old in
vitation, to ‘view the ground where ye shall
shortly lie?’ ”
Immediately one of the lawyers replied: “Not
‘shortly,’ but continuously and at great length.”
The minister bowed and passed on.— Bridgeport
Standard.
Mrs. Blobson was mixing some medicine for
Mr. Blo’osou, who was sick, when she was as
tonished to see her husband wink at her in a
very emphatic manner. "What do you mean
bv winking at me in that way, Mr. Blobson?”
she demanded.
"F—force of habit,” stammered Mr. Blobson.
"No, no—l don’t mean that! I mean 1 have got
something in my eye.”
“Well, 1 haven’t,” responded Mrs, B. with as
perity. Burlington free Press.
Omaha Man (A. I). RXX)> —You are writing an
other Ismk, L understand?
Ignatius Donnelly, Jr.—Yes. I have become
the leader of the Anti Hoyt Society, and am now
writing a great work which wiil prove that we
are right .
"May 1 ask what the object of your society
is?”
“We intend, sir, to prove that the plavs ‘A
Rag Baby. ‘A Tin Soldier,' A Bunch of Keys’
and A Hole in the Ground,’ were not written by
Charles H Hoyt, as generally supposed, os he
was originally a mere newspajier paragrapher
and was manifestly incapable of such produc
tions."
"But, my dear sir. who did write them then?”
“Our theory is that they were written by a
philosopher named Darwin.— Omaha World.
A New York girl visiting recently in Phila
delphia was taken to the opera by a young
man, and at the close of the performance was
asked to partake of some slight refreshment in
the way of supper. Slip accepted the invita
tion, and at the conclusion of the repast was
somewhat astonished to see her escort reach for
her pocket-hook, which lav on the table at her
side, and coolly pay the bill out of her money.
This, it seems, is customary in Philadelphia
when a young gent leman’s means an* somewhat
limited. It relieves his lady friends of the em
barrassment they might otherwise feel on par
taking <*f auv entertuinmen at bis cost. It
struck the New York girl, however, as being
very ridiculous, and she began to laugh
"1 fear you are laughing at my expense,”
said the young man. "ljet me explain.”
"Oh. no,” she replied, "I was laughing at my
ex(>euse!"— The lndependen t.
PERSONAL.
Pasteur has lost his forty-fifth patient, a man
who was bitten by a mad wolf.
Ex-Uxiteh States Treasurer Jordan, now
in Paris, writes that he will sail for New York
April 21.
Laplace died in 1827 at No. 308 Kue dtt Bac,
Paris, and a memorial tablet is now to la* put oil
tbe house.
IV. W. Corcoran, the Washington philan
thropist, is said to pay taxes on §1,000,000 worth
of property.
First Assistant Postmaster General Ktkv
enson is confined to his bed by a painful ab
scess in his right ear.
The Prince of Wales’ baldness is increasing,
and now only a few hairs still sadly linger on
the top of his cranium.
Elizabeth Akers Alle.v. author of “Rock Me
to Sleep, Mother," is a handsome woman with a
fresh face and gray hair.
President Cleveland says that since the free
railway passes have been called in he has far
fewer importuuers for offices.
Bishop Hurst, of the Methodist Kpiscopal
Church, has read the Bible in tin* language of
every country in which he has IHd a confer
ence.
Gen. Boclanozr, French 3liui.st.er of War,
was feted a few days ago by the officers of the
Territorial Army of France, at the Orcle Mili
taire.
Among those invited to attend the unveiling of
the Calhoun monument at Charleston, 8. c., on
April ). ure Hon. Robert C. WinUirop and lion.
Hamilton Fish.
Princess Yali-rtk, th Emperor of Austria’s
second daughter, has Just published some
charming verses iu an aunual ix-t-iodlcal con
ic'A'ted with a charitable institution for children.
Wtu.ua 3!oork, a hotel man of Atchison, vis
ited Kansu-- City the other day and v.as mis
taken fot Frank James, large crowds follow ed
him wherever ht* went till the mistake was dis
covered. when they would have nothing more to
do with him.
Since tin* death of Emory Storm, the best
after dinner H)s sker In Chicago lias been Rev.
Dr. McPherson He is a graduate of Princeton.
Ills post pmndul eloquence is brilliantly witty,
with here and there a touch of strength which
adds backbone to his speech.
V een Victoria was presented at Cherlmnrg
with a miniature double ladder of bine velvet,
with fifty steps, ornamented with rose colored
ribands, bearing the inscription “Cherbourg,
Jubilee Souvenir." and also a bouquet of
riws, shamrock and thistle iu u Norman pitcher
ina'le of cep|s*r
I 'M.v twice before hat, the Itislicp of Connecti
cut held tin* o■merit* m the K|iiwo|uil H m-. ~f
Ihaliop* beiiep gculiarv wo* scnnn I>i*-tooi
from iiSi to ip.ti, and lflshop lirov*neij Irani
l*kW to I •’. When th" priw-ut senior Bishop.
Bishop W lihsn.s. was coiisc-Tuted hi JX."' th* :e
were thirty four It! .ho| older than hltuwir
th iP Aiiicj . a wife di-wen,i,j
1 iSMllloMr'i Its
ahiMu n * of Potvtim*
ONE OUT OF SIX.
The Commercial Traveler and the
Dram Drinker.
Freni the Chicago Herald.
“I've always maile it a rule, said a Chicago
commercial traveler, who had just come in from
an extended tour through the far West, “to l>e
jK)lite and civil to every one I meet while an the
road. It pays in the long run and saves a heap
of trouble. But sometimes it is pretty rough on
one's pride, aud the sacrifices a fellow has to
make in behalf of peace and good will are
frightfully galling. About three weeks ago I
was in Globe, A. T. With another comi
traveler I visited a notorious saloon in the town,
about which I had heard a good deal. We went
in out of pure curiosity, and going up to the bar.
willed for drinks. A rough looking man was
standing uext the wall, alxmt 15 feet away. He
sang out in a very unpleasant voice:
“ ‘I say, stranger, ain't ye goin’ to invite me
ter drink with yer?’
“Not happening to feel very generous, or like
being imposed upon. I said, ‘No,’ and my friend
and I raised our glasses to our lips. Instantly a
pistol report was heard—a good loud one, too —
which naturally startled ine and caused me to
suspend drinking operations until I could re
cover from my astonishment. When I looked at
my glass 1 found no liquor in it. but it was
cracked and perforated. A bullet had gone
through it.
“ ‘Bartender,’ said I, ‘give me another glass of
whisky. This is no good.’
“ “You'll pay for It?' he inquired.
“ ‘Certainly,' said 1.
“Again I raised the glass toward my lips. My
liand was not more than three inches from the
top of the bar when there was another pistol
shot. The glass was shattered into a dozen
pieces. At this juncture 1 began to understand
the game. My blood was up, and I called for a
third glass. It was broken as the others had
been. I was frightened nearly out of my boots,
and exacted to get killed at the next shot; but
I was mad, and kept on calling for glasses until
no less than five had been broken in my hand.
On the sixth I felt a sharp i>mig in one of my lin
gers. I looked, and saw that the bullet had
plowed a furrow half its diameter across the top
of my forefinger. But the glass was sound, and
the ifuuor in it. I raised the glass with a trium
phant* flourish toward the sharp shooter and
drank the liquor He came right up to me, held
out bis hand and exclaimed:
“That's on me, parti I pay for all them
drinks an' now take another with me. That's
the fust time in a coon's age I've missed a glass,
though't moug'nt be thet I've hurt some o' the
boys'hands a leetle. You's the fust, man . het
ever held up more'*; two glasses on me. The
fust shot gen'rally makes 'em weaken. I like
yer nerve, young man. Let's hev sulkin' more
on me.’
“This fellow, who was one of the most w onder
ful sharpshooters I ever saw, practiced that sort
of target work every day, they told me. It was
his regular amusement. Ninety-nine times out
of a hundred he got his drinks for nothing, but
whenever he missed a glass or wounded a man
he paid for the drinks himself and did the square
thing all around. During the remainder of my
stay in Globe he treated me first-class, and you
can l#t that other people did, too, when hi* was
with me. That man has had big offers to come
East and shoot in public, but he prefers staying
out there, living off his share in a mine anu
amusing himself shooting between fingers at
whisk} r glasses.”
Just Like the White Man.
From the Portland Oregonian.
The spread of civilization, or, what is gen
erally admitted to amount to the same thing,
the increase of white population, is gradually
wiping out the aboriginal inhabitants of this
country. But while the untutored red man is
passing away, his pathway to the indefinite
lienee is smothered by the chickamin ’Of the
paleface, who pays liberally for the fish and
game which he desires. An Indian who has his
illahe down on the Cowlitz was seen by a re
porter in a game market yesterday, where he
was collecting his jiay for forty-five mallard
ducks, nineteen widgeons, and twenty-seven
teal, as well as some smelt and a box of frout.
“ He must be a good hunter and fisherman,”
said the reporter.
“Yes,” said the dealer, “he makes hiyu
money.”
“I'd like to make some money,” said the In
dian; “but ammunition costs too much.”
“But don’t you shoot three or four ducks at a
clatterV” asked the reporter.
“No; me shoot 'em tiying. and miss too often.”
“But it don't cost anything to catch trout,”
continued the reporter.
“No. My loy sit on bank this morning and
catch four dozen. But take me all night i >
catch six bushel smelt. Some dips I get twenty,
some only four or five.
As the old fellow slid a handful of dollars in
his breeches pocket and walked off. he said:
“Too much work; too much ammunition; no
money in shooting or fishing.”
Good Night.
From the Boston Courier.
I.
Sweetheart, good-night'
I would that I might, stay till morn,
For in thine eyes I see the light
Of true love born.
11.
Sweetheart, good-night!
What joy were mine if I could stay
Until the stars should pale their light
Before the day.
111.
Sweetheart, good-night 1
Some time we will not need to part.
The clock strikes twelve. How swift time's flight!
Adieu, iny heart!
IV.
For I must jog.
What! jog? Nay, fly on swiftest wings;
Your fat hep's coming, and he’s got the dog
With him, by jings!
ENVOI.
Swift through the night
A youth flies with a dog behind.
A cruel pa grins with delight—
Why so unkind;
A maid bewails
A lover's fate, and she has cause.
A clog returns, two frock coat tails
Between his jaws.
At the Auction.
From the San Francisco Chronicle .
They have anew and elegant house and they
are still going to auctions They keep their eyes
open all the time and they examine every piece
of bric-a-brac they come across. They are busy
getting bargains to add to the beauty of the es
tablishment, and when they don't see anything
fitted for the dining-room they look out for
something to furnish the back-yard with They
tell you the breakfast-room is in redwood and
the staircases finished in cedar and the hannis
ters maple and the kitchen floor Is* brick, all in
the same breath. Well, he saw a lovely dinner
set at an auction he tumbled Into n few days
ago. lie thought to himself. "I'll get that, and
the wife l will bo delighted. ’ Then was a crowd,
ami when the set was put be hid for it. It went
up and up, until it got to S-tO. Then only he and
another bidder were In the field. They had it
lively tuitil it got up to JdO, when Ills rival weak
ened and the auctioneer called c>ut:
"No more, ma'am? Going, going, gone, to
Mr. Johnson, at
Then the other bidder rose up suddenly, took
a look, screamed:
“My husband!" and fainted.
They arrange before they go out in the morn
ing now not to hunt in the same part of town.
Anecdote of the Elder Dumas.
From the Philadelphia Telegraph.
Apropos of the elder Dumas, the following
story is told of him. He was residing at his
chateau Monte Cristo. when oe day his garden
er came to him ami suid: "Monsieur Dumas, we
have 1 thirteen'dogs."
"That is an unlucky number, Michel,’’ re
sponded lmmus.
"Then monsieur authorizes mo to got riil of
one of those animals?"
"Do nothing of the kind. Go and buy n four
teenth."
That was during the sunny davs of his pros
perity, niton not even astray dog was driven
away, unaided from the great novel-writer's
door, and w hen he used to say to his son. point
|ng to the drawer full of gold pieces in his n rit
ing table. * "Whenever you want any moijjy,
Alexandre, never trouble me about it. but go
and help yourself." The mother of the younger
Humus must have been a woman of extraordi
nary fores of character to have- snuyed him to
habile of order and despite the iitllii
enee and the example of his faulty but most
lovable uiid fascinating father.
Pet Phrases in the Pulpit.
From the Christian ,idr mitr.
All who Mjti'uk or itray in |ublk a would do wll
in look i'iort ly it tin* wordh Ui*y uiv*, am! at*r*r
! Juki lnw many pH they luvh. Om*
| niUtr era* ijotic#*'! n**v**r to iw tli* word imm*
aitho-it .uldimr and iflorv.
iV noffiilttr track* of tln/uiflda H'rtiurttnwm W*
tray n apoa icar. Thun, run* of mil* iuii j •(*/■*,
*k§*km;: w tii-* j *ultmi i,f tii* luf Horan s ( **kc
< ah-*d Uiuj 11‘rtarr tLorv hHijtf m •v. U
j another *p4* of tin uff*rjsiapof our I A*rti
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ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Two employes appointed in 1831 by Andrew
Jackson are still in the Postal Department at
Washington.
Policeman Beaubein, 50 years of age. claims
to be the oldest native-born resident of Chicago.
He is the son of Mark Beaubein, known fifty
years ago as "The Chicago fiddler.”
The largest table ever made from a singlo
plank belongs to the Illinois Club, of Chicago.
Tiie plank is 15 feet long and 8 wide, and was
cut from a California redwood tree.
A number of physicians in the City of Mexico
have adopted the plan of beeping a lantern
burning in front ot their houses all night to
show that they will answer night calls.
Many California women cultivate fruit farms.
They can do much of the work, such as picking,
packing, making raisins and canning fruit.
Crystallized tigsaml apricots are the products of
woman's labor, as well as jellies, jams and mar
malade.
Uncle John B. Hollis, of Cohasset, Mass.,
who is 03 real's old and has but one arm, aston
ished the proprietor of a Boston shooting gal
lery the other day by making bull's-eye after
bull's-eye off hand, resting the rifle on the
wooden stump that takes the place of the lost
limb.
The Sheriff of Garfield county, Col., furnishes
this specimen of Western justice: When he re
turned to the officers of Mesa county the writ
upon which one David Beach was to have been
arrested, he indorsed the following upon it: “I
do hereby certify that I have executed the
within writ by killing the within David Beach.”
The Chinese, as they acquire civilized ideas
concerning trade dodges, reduce the number of
crackers in a pack, of which there are 330 to a
crate. Originally there were 100 in each; then
there were 90, then 80. Last year there were
73, and now it is lower than ever, having got
down to 00. But even now they are absurdly
cheap.
Apropos of the boom in the West, it is said
that eleven years ago a woman bought forty
three acres of land in Pasadena, Los Angeles
county, Cal., for §4O an acre. She hassincesold
off ten acres in small lots at prices ranging from
SI,OOO to §13,000 an acre, ana has been offered
$350,000 for the thirty-three acres which still re
main in her possession.
There is nothing new under the sun. In the
city archives of Nuremberg is kept a velocipede
of the year 1083, and in an old book, dated 1703,
entitled “Historical Accounts of the Nuremberg
Mathematical Artists." occurs this passage:
"Stephen Farflers, of Altdorf, went to work and
constructed a little wagon on three wheels, in
which, by means of an artistical arrangement,
he managed to drive tb church without any as
sistance.” Hence the tricycle is only the revi
val of an old invention.
The train was approaching a considerable
station. In one seat a young lady sat alone;
across the aisle from her sat a would-be masher.
Just before the train stopped he arose, and ad
dressing her said. "I beg pardon, but I will take
a seat with you. if you prefer, as a crowd will
get in here, and some objectionable person may
occupy it.’ “Thank you, sir,” said sne. “but no
one can get in at this station with whom lam
less acquainted than with you." The would-be
gallant retired discomfited to hi3 own side of
the car. and the young lady continued to occupy
her seat without disturbance.
The St. James Gazette tells that a horse trot
ting through the Leipzig strasse, Berlin, the
other day. cast one of his hind shoes; the speed
at which he was going communicating sufficient
impetus to it to send it crashing through a shop
window some yards off. At some little distance
inside the pane stood a statue of the Emjjeror,
which had ln-en placed there on the occasion of
the recent fete, and the shoe fell exactly at the
foot of the statue. The lucky omen, as they re
gard it, is said to have impressed the Berlinese
almost as profundly, though of course In a dif
ferent way, as the eclipse of the sun which pre
ceded Caesar’s death did the Romans.
A leading ready-made clothing establishment
in New York city pays its designer, an Irish
man, a salary of §7,600 a year. He was getting
$5,000 a year in Boston when he received the
offer of the increase from the New' York house.
He is employed but a few hours a day, but
turns out very readily a sufficient number of
crayon suggestions, emphasized by shears, to
keep ahead of a score of cutters and hundreds
of sewing tailors. He is an expert in coats,
vests and trousers, and is familiar with all sizes
of the ordinary every day man. He is by neces
sity original, and his drawings are made w-ith
mathematical precision, hut in an apparently
free-and-easy outline style. In his way he is a
genius to which enterprise pays tribute.
The largest British garrison at any station
outside of the United Kingdom is at Malta, and
consists at present of 5,890 officers and men.
Gibraltar comes next with 5,150. But Gibraltar
is a much smaller place than Malta, and soldiers
there are about as thick as sailors on a man-of
war. The total number of British troops in
Egypt is only 5.100. In Cape Colony and Natal
there are 3,305 officers and men; 1.714 at Hong
Kong: 1,357 in the straits settlements; and 1,458
at Halifax, N. S. Asa rule the colonies do not
pay anything toward the cost of the troops pro
vided for their defense. There are exceptions,
however. Hong Kong pays a subsidy or £22,-
000, Ceylon 4387,000, and Malta £6,000. Mauri
tius, whose garrison only number 534, pays £16,-
000 out of the £50,000 which the garrison costs
annually.
“It is reckoned,” sqys the San Francisco
Bulletin, "that the East will consume this year
13,000,000 gallons of California wine—say 4,000,000
cases. Of this probably at least one-half w ill be
soldasFrench wine. In a New York restaurant,
if a consumer asks for a bottle of California
wine he will be given a miserable article made
perhaps from the Mission grape; when he re
jects this he will lie given instead a bottle
labeled St. Julien, which was probably made
from some California grapes, jierhap3 grown
in the same vineyard as the Mission grapes, hut
carefully manufactured, blended and ripened.
He will immediately descant on the superiority
of foreign wine, and will dwell pityingly on the
slow progress which California "is making in
producing really fine whies. When he is next
advised to try California wine he will decline
with emphasis, remembering his former ex
perience. ’
The Figaro, of Paris, attributes the historic say
ing “Finis Polonloe!" to Count Felix Drohojow
sl:i, who died n fortnight ago at Sevres. The
Count, says the St James Gazette, was a prime
mover in the Polish insurrection of 1831, and
managed to escape to France, where he earned
his living as a professor of languages, alibis
property having been confiscated. If Droho
jownki ever uttered the famous exclamation
which the French journal fathers on him. he
can only have done so at second hand, for Kos
ciusko is credited with having uttered the iden
tical words after the disastrous battle of Macie
jowlce, which was fought in 1791. Kosciusko, it
is true, emphatically repudiated having said or
thought anything of the sort; and it is not
known for certain how the phrase got its footing
in history. Drohojowskl did, however, deliver
himself of an exulamation m 1831 which attain
ed a certain celebrity; “We shall succumb, for
God Is too high and France is too far.”
A rich strike of lead has just been made in
Franklin county, Mo., a section about fifty
mtles from St. Louis, which has been renowned
for a half century for its mineral wealth in
lead, zinc and iron, and where the first discov
eries of lead were made in that State So far
in the new strike there has keen only twenty
feet of development and that has revealed a
solid vein of lead eight feet high and at least six
feet broad. < leeasionully a si l eak of dirt is seen
on the face of this vein. Picks have lieen driven
into these narrow seams wherever they appear,
and that test has shown the dirt to be very shal
low, as the point of tin 1 pick could only be
forced in an inch or two. Vurious branches
have been discovered leading off from this
parent vein, and such of these lhat have been
followed have terminated In pockets, each ot
which have yielded 1.000 |>ouiids of lead, hi nug
gets weighing from BO to 100 pounds apiece.
During the short time Utese two or three men
have neeii at work, says an informant, they
have taken out 80,000 pounds of lead, ami one of
the men took out 4.000 |xainds iu one day iust
week. *
KpbAki.nh of the old Fitchburg railroad sta
tion at North Cambridge, soon to Its demolished,
a Boston (hurtle writer relates that the lute
Prof, Agassiz, once being engaged to lecture at
Concord, went to tie* station with Ids wife. They
arrived just before the tine for the train tin
leave. Allot a sudilvn he turned to his wife
and exclaimed "Why. Louisa. I have lost my
port mo ti naie'." “Why. how could you le - o
cureless*" was the reply Ur Murray, the sis
Unit agent, saw the dilemma and otinuly
marked "Yon wtab to go to Concord* "Yos
sir. lajt I haw* no money " * Here are two tick
■is' Agassiz remarked, i shall
sizi-efurmsl Ijeleftthe train at North tam
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17 OR Cleaning the Skin and Scalp of Birth Hn
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Eczema, Psoriasis, Milk Crust, ffcalS Held
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CERA Soap, an exquisite Skin Beaut filer exter
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MY OLDEST CHILD, *
Now 6 years of age. when an infant 8 months
old, was attucked wit h a virulent. malignant skin
disease. All ordinary remedies failing, we called
our family physician, who attempted to cure it •
but it spread with almost incredible rapidity-'
until the lower portion of the little fellow's per
son, from the middle of his back down to his
knees, was one solid rash, ugly, painful
blotched and malicious. We had no rest at
night, no peace by day. The physician did not
know then, and does not know now, what it was
Finally, we were advised to try Cuticura Reme
pies. Without the knowledge of our physician
I procured a box of Cuticura and a cake of Cc
ticura Soap. The effect
WAS SIMPLY MARVELOUS,
Using the two together, first washing him thor
oughly with Cuticura Soap, then anointing him
with Cuticura. From the first application a
change for the better appeared. The doctor
said we had no further need of him, and ceased
his visits. In three or four weeks a complete
cure was wrought, leaving the little fellow’s per
son as white and healthy as though he had nevei
been attacked. In my opinion,, your valuable
remedies saved his life, and to-day he is a strong
healthy child, perfectly well, no repetition oi
the disease having ever occurred. You are wel
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best. GEO: B. SMITH, "
Att’y at Law and ex-Pros. Att’y,
Ashland, 0.
Reference: J. G. Weist, druggist, Ashland, 0.
CUTICURA REMEDIES
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Resolvent. $1: Soap. 35c. Prepared by Potter
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MILLINER Y. '
PLATSHEK'S,
138 Broughton Street.
Princely Budget of Values
—FOR—
This Week!
I Kti PIECES BLACK TWILLED SILK PARA
-1 SOLS only §1 each.
3110 pieces Ladies' light and dark pattern
Satine Parasols at 50c., 75c., $1; worth fully 50
per cent. more.
75 pieces Ladies’ 33-fneh fine Satin Coaching
Parasols, long handles, only $1 50; worth else
where $3.
50 pieces Ladies’ 30-inch Black Satin Parasols,
Silk Lace trimmed aud lined, all colors, this
week only, $3.
300 Children’s Satine Parasols at 35c., 50c., 75c.;
worth exactly double.
80il other styles of Parasols for Ladies and
Children in Pongee, Pekin, Bayadere Stripes,
Combination Checks aud Lace covered at prices
guaranteed positively low est in the city.
Ladies’ and Children’s Neckwear.
500 Children’s large White Egyptian Lace Col
lars only 10c.; astonishing value even for 35c.
300 Ladies’ wide White Lawn Ties, Embroidery
and Lace ends, grand bargains, at 10c., 15c., 35c.
600 sets Ladles’ White Linen (Cape) Collars
and Cuffs only 15c.; to match them cost 25c.
elsewhere.
350 Ladies’ 3-ply pure Linen, long bosom
Chemisette fronts, with high clerical shape Col
lar. in all sizes, only 15c. each; competitors call
them a bargain at 25c.
Also the largest line Ladies’ and Children's
White, Colored and Mourning Collars and Cuff*
at 30c. a sot.
Headquarters for Millinery.
At 10c., 15c., 25c., 35c. we offer an elegant line
Boys' Hats; to match them cost SStj, per cent,
more elsewhere.
At 25c. we offer Ladies’ and Children's Black,
White and Tan Straw Shapes; cheap for 35c.
At 50c. we offer the handsomest line of giiali
ties and shapes in Ladies’ and Misses’ Straw
Hats; worth fully 75c.
At 25c. we place on sale this week 100 dozen
Misses’ Broad Rim Mixed Straw* Sailors, trimmed
with Satin Band; great value even for 50c.
At 50c. we offer the largest and prettiest line
of Misses’ Trimmed Hats in this city.
Full stocks of Ribbons, Flowers, heathers,
Satins, Surahs and everything pertaining to a
Arst-class Millinery Store at popular prices.
Ladies’ Trimmed Hats in grand variety.
P. B—Country orders promptly and carefullj
attended to.
ZONWKISSCREAM.
MRS. GENERAL IMAM
DENTIST.
TWO DISTINGUISHED CHEMISTS.
Prominent Ladies and Four Dentists of Balti
more Agree upon one Thing.
A discussion recently arose among some
prominent ladies of Washington and Balti
more, relative to the chemical neutrality
Cand solubility of Zonweiss
Cream for the teeth,which wai
referred to Dr. E. S. Carroll
of Washington (Mrs. General
Logan’s Dentist), and four of
the leading Dentists of Balti
more, for whom the article
■was analyzed by two well
known Chemists, Prof- J;
Morrison of Washington, ant
Prof. P. B. Wilson of Balti
more. both of whom P ro '
nounccd it soluble and free from anything
injurious to the teeth. Dr. Carroll says
it is the most perfect
dentifrice he has ever
seen. Zonweiss is a white In TV/T
Cream, put up in a neat _/] \ |/7\|
iar, and applied to the
brush with a celluloid C-dCaW, v
ivory hpoon. It is very, T .
very far superior to any other dentifno
the World, has ever known. Price, 35 ct 4,
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
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by umux uni is . i.ipp m * n *
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