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4 Cklilonung^tlus Morning News Building, Savannah, Ga MONDAY, AI'KIL IS. 1 SS7. Registered at the Post Office in Savannah. The Morning News; is published every day in tlio year, and is served to subscriber; in the • -ity % by newsdealers and earners, on their own at count, at 25 cents a week. $1 00 a month, $5 (X) lor six months anil $lO 00 for one year. The Morning News, bit mail, one month, $1 00; three months, $2 50; six months, $5 00; one year, $lO 00. The Morning News, iyi mail, six tinvs a week (without Sunday issue), three months, $2 00; six months. $4 00 out* year. >s 00. The Morning News, Tri weekly. Mondays. Wednesdays ami Fridnys. or Tuesdays. Thurs days and Saturdays, thive months. Si 25; six months, $2 50; one year. $5 00. The Sunday News, by mail . one year. $2 00. The Weekly News, by mail, one year. Si 25. Subscriptions payable in advance. Remit by postal order, check or registered letter. Cur rency sent by mail at risk of senders. Letters and telegrams should be addressed •‘Morning News, Savannah. <ia.‘ Advertising rates made known on application. 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 - 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 • | U* t Wall U 1* ! jfeg t&mZZXZVTtZ 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 ,<MMf a jVMMMI ' ImA *N *i wait twill & 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 r ‘m, hwt' ttaJ j 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 nmi wk>*ii (it* f ijj mvi 1 4 1 fiik ti j f# u j|jf s'j I-1 I / ilil'NH I t * I .i * I > I pt 1.141 .i1 ~ •#* tU/t aa/iuy fiii*#* iw/ttff u/ui J r*- v •*• {mmuato JrHijk' Ml iMBI WMmj. lM CUTICURA REMEDIES. Baby’s Skin Infantile and Birth Humors Speedily Cured by Cuticura. 17 OR Cleaning the Skin and Scalp of Birth Hn mors, for allaying Itching, Burning and In ilamination, for curing the first symptoms t Eczema, Psoriasis, Milk Crust, ffcalS Held Scrofula and other inherited skin and blood di eases, Cuticura. the great Skin Cure, and Ct-ri CERA Soap, an exquisite Skin Beaut filer exter nally. and Cuticura Resolvent, the new Blood Purifier, internally, are infallible. Absolutely 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 come to make any use of this you may deun best. GEO: B. SMITH, " Att’y at Law and ex-Pros. Att’y, Ashland, 0. Reference: J. G. Weist, druggist, Ashland, 0. CUTICURA REMEDIES Are sold everywhere. Prices: Cuticura, 50c • Resolvent. $1: Soap. 35c. Prepared by Potter Drug and Chemical Cos. , Boston, Mass. Send for “How to Cure Skin Diseases." B 4IIV Use CUTICURA SOAP, an exquisitely DAD 1 perfumed Skin Beautifier. Rheumatic Rains, r Neuralgic, Sciatic, Sudden, Sharp and Nervous Pains and Strains relieved in fWJ one minute by the Cuticura inti. f fSr\ Pain Plaster. Warranted. At all / druggists, 35c.: five for $1 00. Potter / 9 \ Drug and Chemical Cos., Boston, Mass. 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. 10HNS0N & lOHNSON, Operative ChmiU, H3 Cedar tit . Sew York. by umux uni is . i.ipp m * n * Block. Savannah (ovntvtTon*. j P. J. FALLON, Billie AM) CONTRACTOR, l. a. McCarthy Htircmiitrr f** ilia* K “** i -mu hub