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4 C|efftffrning|Tftos Morning News Building, Savannah, Ga. THURSDAY, AI‘KIL SI, 1887. ttegistered at the Pox# Office in Savannah. The Morning News is published every day in the year, and is served to subscribers in ’the city, by newsdealers and carriers, on their own a <■- Count, at 23 cents a week, $1 00 a mouth. $3 00 for six months and 810 00 for one year. The Morning News, by mail, one month. *1 00; three months, $2 30; six months, §5 00; one year. $lO 00. The Morning News, by mail, six times a week (without Sunday issue), three months, $2 00; six months. $i 00 one year. $8 00. The Morning News. Tri-Weekly, Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays, or Tuesdays. Thurs days and Saturdays, three months, $1 25; six months. $2 30; one year, 55 00. The Sunday News, by mail, one year. $2 00. The Weekly News, by mail, one year, $1 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, Ga." Advertising rates nmd- known on application. INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Meetings —Savannah Rifle Association: St. Andrew's Society; Solomon’s Lodge No. 1, F, and A. M. Hotel— lndian Harbor Hotel, Greenwich, Conn. Wood— D. R. Thomas. STEAMsmp Schedule—Ocean Steamship Cos. Legal Notices— Application for Incorporation of Savannah and Veruonburg Railway Cos. Cheap Column Advertisements— Help Want ed; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For Sale; Personal; Board; Miscellaneous. In less than three months the General As sembly of Georgia will be grinding out more laws. In regard to that alleged kidnapping case the question is: What will South Carolina do about it? “Jim, the Penman,” has boon on a flying trip to Washington. This has no reference to the letter-writing Maine statesman. Concentrated effort generally accom plishes its purposes: hence the success of the improvement companies recently organized in some Georgia cities In New York last Monday retailers of bogus butter were made to pay fines to the amount, of 54.750 Nothing but the inflic tion of severe penalties will prevent the sale of adulterated food. The Paris jiapers discredit the report cur rent in New York that Sarah Bernhardt has tried matrimony again It seems that Angelo, whom it is said she has made her husband, has a wife living in Paris from whom he has not been divorced. In a letter to the New York Herald Gen. Sherman denies that he ever wrote compro mising letters to Gen. Bogan. He says that Gen. Logan's friends are at liberty to pub lish every letter ever written by him to the General, “private, confidential or official.' 1 This, together with Mrs. Logan's denial, ought to settle the matter, and the entire country doubtless hopes that it will. It is said that Mrs. Whitney, the mother of Dorothy, is rearing her children to de light, as she does, in aiding the poor. In sending the check for $5,000 to the rector of Bt. John's church. Washington, for the benefit of the church orphanage, she wrote: “If Dorothy could speak I am sure she would say how happy she is to send the in closed to you for the aid of the little or phans under your care. The New York Independent claims to have solved the mystery attached to “Ar thur Richmond,” who soseverely criticised Secretary Bayard in the columns of the North American Review. The Independent “Arthur Richmond'' is none other iHnl-Gail Hamilton," whose real name is Dodge, the cousin of Mr James G. The criticism was certainly vono- AfifiHrnough to have boen written by Miss , Ben Butter worth, of Ohio, Mpavisitiug New York, said to a reporter day: "Six powerful metropolitan ean band themselves together and defeat any candidate. Those editors, be cause they happen not to be pleased with the candidate, use all the resources at their command to defeat him.” When Mr. Blaine read Congressman Butterworth’s remarks he doubtless sighed and said: “Too true! too true!” J. W. McCauley, a Chicago insurance agent, is being sued by a photographer named T. D. Edgewood, who was employed to photograph the remains of McCauley’s dead infant. In order that the photographs be taken, the body of the infant was exliurr.od after it had lieen in the grave a month. MeCauloy was so shocked by the horrible pictures that he refused to pay the sls demanded for them. Chicago seems bent upon establishing a reputation that will keep civilized people away front her. The oldest rooster in this country is said to he the weathercock recently placed on the ventilating tower of the Madison Avenue Reformed church of Albany, N. Y. It is of •olid brass, measures forty by thirty-two inches, was made in Holland, mid sur mounted the steeple of the Dutch church ut the foot of State street, Alliany, from 1856 to 1800. It bears the marks of three Indian bullets. In its present position it will doubt less serve as a warning to prevaricators, as well as show the direction of the wind Mexico seems to desire more diplomatic corresjiondenee with the United States gov ernment. At El Paso another Cutting case is causing excitement. It seems that l'edro Garcia, editor of Obeervador Fronterizo , has been arrested by the Mexican authori ties and lodged in Cutting's old cell in the Paso del Norte jail, for calling the Muyor of Paso del'Norte a drunkard, imd the Tux Collector of the State of Chiliuuhua a rob ber. Garcia's paper is published in El Paso. It is to be ho|ied, if it becomes nec essary to send a special commissioner to Mexico to inquire into Garcia's case, tliat a man will lie selected who is proof against Mexican liquor. Morris Ranger, whose name was ouce high above all others among the *|**ulatoin in the cotton exchanges of the world, died in New York Inst Mu inlay. Ranger was u German. He went to New York wlien a young man. and afterward represented an American firm in ]Jv*r|iool. He twice nor- Bered the cotton crops of the world, and drew millions of ilollors into his coffers. ] Finally he himself was cornered, and all Ins millions lipp<*l n way at unoe. His failure | was the greatest ever known in Out Eastern j market, and a number of leading cotton firm* want down with him. He never iw ' •avert'd Ids financial position With iewken •sett and shattered health ha returned to Mm York, when; iu> lived Ut ob.-unty , Me was Utwi uid j Waterway Traffic Benefited. There is not much doubt that the inter state commerce law will prove highly bene ficial to the steam vessel and barge trans portation lines on the rivers, lakes and canals. For years these lines have been gradually declining in importance. They were unable to compete with the railroads. The railroads which came into competition with them made special efforts to drive them out of business. On the Mississippi and Ohio rivers the number of steamboats is much smaller than it was a few years ago, although the volume of business has in creased enormously. Since the interstate commerce law went into effect, however, the boats on these rivers have more business than they can accommodate, and contracts have been made for new ones. It may lie, however, that the contracts are lading given out too soon. It is by no means certain yet what ruling the Interstate Commerce Com mission will make in cases where there is competition between rail and water lines. The great transcontinental lines say that if the law is enforced as it stands they will lose their business with China, Japan and Australia, as it will" not bear transportation between San Francisco and New York. In that event the country' may lose much of the trade which it now has with those coun tries. It is safe to say that it will require several months for the commission to find out ex actly how the business of the country is af fected by the law. There is so much clamor from so many different sources at present that it is impossible to determine what merit there is in most of the complaints. The railroads appear to be remarkably will ing to obey both the letter and the spirit of the law, but it is not certain what their pur pose is. It may bo that they are anxious to comply strictly with its provisions, or it may be that they feel certain that a rigid enforcement of it will raise such opposition on the part of shippers that Congress will modify it to suit their views of what it ought to be. It is certain that there has been quite an increase in rates. The increase has been so groat in cases where there were special con tracts that some manufacturing establish ments have closed their doors, and business houses have suffered a very great decrease in business What these manufacturing es tablishment? anil business houses have lost, however, will be gained, doubtless, by manu facturers and business men in other locali ties. The law has affected the railroads pretty much as it has shippers. It has hurt some and benefited others. Comparatively few find the volume of their business about as it would have been had the law not been passed It is probable that the courts will be asked to solve some troublesome prob lems in the course of a few weeks. The Parnell Letter. There is no probability that the London Times will be able to prove that the letter, condoning the offenses of the Phoenix Park assassins, which it published, and which it nlleged was written by Mr. Parnell to Mr. Eagan, is genuine. Mr. Parnell, there is every reason to believe, never entertained the sentiments expressed in the letter. On the contrary, he expressed the utmost ab horrence of the crimes at the time they were committed. He has always advised against crimes of violence in the struggle which Ireland is making for home rule. He is too cautious to haVe written such a letter even if he approved of the acts of the assassins. He is well aware of the risk he would run of having a letter of that sort quoted against him at a time when it might bo used with great effect to destroy his power and influence. Mr. Parnell’s whole career shows that he is a very conservative, cool-headed statesman, and those who know him best do not hesitate to say that ho is about the last man who would be likely to commit such an act of folly as the writing of this letter. The time of its production is against its genuineness. It was published just prior to the taking of the vote on the second read ing of the Irish crimes act Will, and, ap]>ar ently, was intended to affect the vote. In that respect it was a failure, as it probably did not change a vote one way or the other. Mr. Parnell’s character for fair dealing, and for frankness and honorable conduct, is so well established that few members of Par liament believed that the letter was genu ine, and those few doubtless had already made up their minds to vote for the crimes bill. This attempt to blacken Mr. Parnell's character recalls the Morey letter affair, which attracted very wide attention. The purpose of it was to defeat Mr. Garfield for the Presidency. It failed, but there is every reason to think that it lost him a good many thousands of votes in different parts of the country. Mr. Parnell has indignantly denied that he is the author of the letter, and now the Times must bring out its proofs in support of its charge. Thus far it has done nothing to prove that the letter is genuine beyond publishing a few genuine signatures of Mr. Purnell’s for comparison with that attached to the letter. It will have to do more than that, however, liefore it succeeds in con vincing the public that it has not done Mr. Parnell a great injury. Mr. Parnell insists on the proof, and he is entitled to it, or an admission by the 'limps that it made a grave mistake. On Monday Col. Ballington Booth and wife arrived in Now York from London. Col. Booth is the son of the Salvation Army leader, Gen. Booth. He announce* that his mission in this country is "To win America over to our King, whose dying millions shall salvation sing.” Delegations of Sal vationists from many cities met Col. Booth and his wifi*, and ' a grand reception was given them. The couple will make a tour of all the principal cities. The Salvationists say that they intend to hold services "upon every foot of land in the United States.” Their undertaking is a big one, lmt it is said that they ure increasing in the North and South w ith astonishing rapidity. They have ho|*cH of inducing; Saui Jones, the Evangelist, to bneouM their leader on this side of the Atlantic. The announcement of the death of Vicar General William (Juinn whs received with deep regret in New York. Ho was quite well known in this city. His manner whs grave and kind, and those who were , well acquaints*! with him were not slow to dc tert n strong vein of humor in him. Tie- New York Sun says that them will Is* no hurry in appointing Ilia sueumsor. and tlmt Father Donnelley, of Bt. Mhiiuele, and Father Slattery, of tie* Cathedral pro-a*, are mentioned its likely to uciv W j p, vans’ll office. V Mormon leswopaper in l ig>h*n City, ' Utah, <*alls lie* Maine statc-mso * Grand j Old BUnie * I'i m! f| oiu so- b s Bourns is I wot *4 sue b eradii to thu rmjtptrtA THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY - , APRIL 21, 1887. The Unhappy Czar. The Czar of Russia is chief of 340,000,000 of people and is respected and loved by the greater part of them, and yet he is virtu ally a prisoner within a few miles of his own capital. His residence at present is in the small and unpretentious palace, known as Gatchina, about six miles from St. Pe tersburg. It is a rather pleasant place, and doubtless the Czar would enjoy himself there if it were not for the constant danger of death at the hands of the Nihilists. The palace is guarded by an army, and no one is permitted to enter or leave it who is un known to the guards. The greatest precau tions are taken to insure the Czar’s safety. The difficulty is, however, to determine the source from which danger may come. Dyna mite, and poison are only two of the inany agencies which the Nihilists may employ to accomplish their purpose. It scorns remarkable that the Czar, with such vast powers at his command and with the great masses of his people devoted to him, is unable to destroy the very few of his sub jects who are seeking his life. That he is not anil that he is compelled to live the life of a prisoner show how dangerous a few persons are who are banded together in se cret organizations. The Nihilists, of course, believe that they are comparatively safe from detection, and there is no doubt that the great majority of them have more than the average amount of corn-age. The Czar is also a man of courage. It not infrequently happens that he makes his ap pearance in the public streets, or in the for est just outside of the walls of his palace. Those who accompany him on such occasions would much rather take the chance of es caping with their lives on the battlefield. As great as the power of the Czar is, and vast as his possessions are, there are com paratively very few people probably who would bo willing to change places with him. The State Library. In common with other Southern States, during the war, Georgia lost much of her public property. The State library, then in the old capital at Milledgeville, was at the mercy of frieiid and foe, and many valuable volumes were purloined. When Atlanta was made the capital wfiat was left of the library was greatly injured in being re moved to that city, and subsequentjy it was again injured by being improperly cared for. In 1873 that part of it composed of volumes relating to historical, biographical, scientific, and miscellaneous subjects had al most entirely disappeared, and soon after all the volumes except those relating to law and government statistics were sold. Now the State owns a library which is of use to lawyers, but of no use to anybody else. It is time some action were taken looking to the collection of a library which wjll be something more than a confused mass of law books The new capital will be com pleted in 1889, and ample provision will be made within its walls for the proper care of books. The General Assembly at the summer session should devise a plan by which eventually Georgia may have a library that will be a credit to her wealth and culture. Asa first step a librarian should be appointed who possesses wide in formation and who has hail exiierience in the selection and care of books. To this end a commission, or a board of trustees, should be elected, who shall have the appointment of the librarian, and who shall also be empowered to see that he discharges his duty faithfully. The same board should assist in the selection of books, and should also have the custody of an an nual appropriation to be expended upon the care and the increase of the library. It may be urged that the State cannot afford to expend money upon a library. The Hon. Potiphar Peagreen is in great force in the General Assembly, and he is never So happy as when voting against the expenditure of money. But the right kind of a library would be of great practical value, and the members of the General Assembly who have the interests of the State at heart will not hesi tate to move in the matter, the Hon. Poti phar Peagreen to the contrary notwith standing. Georgia is surely rich enough to expend annually a moderate sum upon books intended for the use of all her citizens. The library in its present condition would be considered a disgrace in the newest and weakest State of the Union. Let us put a little money in books A few days ago at Fieldsboro* N. J., a man in a covered circus wagon drove up to the village church, and, before the aston ished inhabitants fully realized what he was about, decorated the sides of the edifice with flaming posters representing female horse back riders in all sorts of daring positions. When, a bystander remonstrated with him the man smiled and said: “Say, old man, just you turn yourself inside out for a min ute* while 1 work on the dates. Don’t you know that this Is a legitimate show and be lieves in advertising I I have orders to bill this town, and that’s what I’m going to do. You want to work me for bill-board passes, hut I am on to your racket, and if you give pio any trouble I will smother you.” The fellow claimed to be a ‘ ‘reformed drummer.” Henry George says that General Master Workman Powderly’s profession of loyalty to the United States flag, “either for himself or for the order, Is a work of supereroga tion.*’ "As for the red flag,” ho continues, “in so far as it represents the recognition of universal brotherhood and the aspiration for universal fraternity, it stands for the high est of sentiments and the noblest of causes. ” George has but one step further to go to place himself in full accord with the Anar chists, anil that stop is either to kill a police man or to throw u dynamite bomb at a capitalist. It is probable that Georgia marble will Ik* used in the construction of the new public building in Boston. Prof H. W. Haynes, of that city, who is an authority on the sub ject of uiarlile, says it is a question whether that in Georgia dots not rival even the cele brated Carrara marble of Italy. It would be a graceful thing for Boston to use Geor gia marble in her new building. This State bus I sought a little of everything from Bos ton, and there should be some reciprocity in trade. Mrs. Sophia J. Itruggermun, a widow who keeps a little confectionery and news store in New York, has just distinguished herself by kui’CMtiulljf relief jug an attempt to boy oott her. Kke I fought a temgh riding whip, •ought tin* li*ode|- among her enemies and bulled him until lie hgg**d for mercy. Hire now lio* all tin- i-uotiinc*r* she wants. oominittew of It K ly*e I’amp No |,f’on- I federate Volunteer*, of lti**iiin**nij, Vs., ha* j ■■ait a <ir<-sihu to the Memorial w letina of ! tb Smith suggesting May .si U* I lie Jlt ojjcf ! day for (stylos • met to Uc Coofssierata dead The aoggoaUon m a good one. CURRENT COMMENT. Gen. Young’s Disappointment. From the Anniston Rot Blast Deni.) Gen. P. M. B. Young is the.Tienm of misplaced confidence. The climate iff fit Petersburg was too cold. The charms of Vienna were just suited to so gallant a eaiaUsr, who is yet un married.. It is too bad that he did not realize the dream of "whirling in the mazes of the de lirious waltz the yellow-haired f jretehens to the dulcet symphonies of Johann Strauss'most al luring strains.” The General would have made a brilliant minister. . —,„L , ~ Most and His Friends. From the New York World (Der.i.) When the hangings at Chicago are over, a ? meter policy may seem wise to Most and liis riends. But if in spite of the example set they continue in the same direction they are now pointed they will, sooner or later, be where the plea of insanity only can save them from the fate of the objects of their admiration now con demned to death. Our Goddess of Liberty is patient and long suffering, but she may be relied on to act with an astonishing vigor when she takes the trouble to deal with her malignant in surers as they deserve. This is not a congenial home for bloodthirsty creatures who are unable to appreciate the blessings they enjoy. Where New York Democrats Stand. From the New York Times (Rep.) We find that those Democrats who know what the party feeling is, and arc willing to state it without prejudice or-concealment, agree in the opinion that the Democracy of the St at e of Nc-.v \ork is so well disposed toward President Cleve land that if a State convention were to lie held to-morrow It would send to the national con vention a delegation Substantially or entirely unanimous in favor of his renomination; that so far as the eye of political prophecy can pene trate the future there is no cause of change visible or to be apprehended which might turn the tide of party sentiment against the Presi dent; that the party organizations in the State and its sub-divisions, though not free from dif ferences as to Mr. Cleveland's policy and as to the advisability of his renomination, are yet most decidedly to-be set down as favorable to him, and as likely to shape their future action with a view to placing him in the field and sup porting him loyally in 1888. BRIGHT BITS. A Capt. Green is lecturing on “Our Coast Defenses.” It is supposed that he carries our coast defenses with him to illustrate his lec tures.— Norristown Herald. A popular whiter, who sometimes has a had “spell,” wrote the name of the illustrious author of “Pilgrim’s Progress'’ as "John Bunion.” His publisher suggested that it be put ill a footnote. —Living Church. The girls who put away their winter boots For good about a fortnight ago, Will soon ho making pretty hathing suits For flirting in the roller, don-cher-know. — Boston Cuorier. Asa simple little exercise for strengthening the memory there is no method more effective than that of inviting an elderly maiden aunt to pay you a visit and then trying to forget the date she fixes for her arrival.— Chicago Tribune. “I want to put this package where my wife will be sure to flud it,” said Brown as he was leaving the house. “If that’s the ease,” dryly remarked his friend, “just inn up stairs and put it under her bed.”— Harper's Bazar. “Now, woman’s sphere—” began Mrs. Mc- Swilligen. “Oh, yes, I know what that is,” replied her husband. “Well, what is it?” “Why. woman's fear is a mouse.”— Pittsburg Chronicle. A dentist in Germany advertised his willing ness to pull or plug teeth on the Emperor's birthday. Children who were taken by their parents to have a couple of teeth pulled in com memoration of the Emperor's birthday must have rejoiced that William doesn’t reach the age of 90 several times a year.— Norristown Herald. “Mr. Judkins,” said Mrs. J., “that new beau of Mary's isn't a proper young man. You are her father, and it is your duty to sit on him at once.” “Why, mamma,” Interrupted the little Jud kins heir apparent, “that's just what Mary does every night, and ft don't hurt him a bit.”—Rail way Advocate Mother (to wayward son)—l saw you kissing the servant girl on the stairs. Wayward Son—That's just about the size of it. Mother—Well, ain't you ashamed of your con duct? Son—No: that’s the servant girl's privilege, and I don’t propose to, rob her of it.—Texas Siftings. Sc ene—Drawing room. Lady at piano, sing ing visibly. Men apart. De Browne—Upon my word! The gyrl is ab solutely without conscieiMre. don't ye know. Van Smith—How’s that? I thought you did not even know her nanH?. De Browne—No more I do! But yecawn't say there’s anything of the still, small voice about that, cawn you? Van Smith, being from Chicago, does not see it .—Judge. A bright little Kingston lad, who is anxiously awaiting the arrival of his seventh birthday, which his mother says conies in the month of roses, made the following suggestion to future etymologists, and however much it may seem to violate the fuudameutal rules of etymology, if at all, the word really looks like a practical ac quisition that may supply an existing need. Speaking of an approaching neighborhood gathering or social party at a private house, the littje fellow said: “Jla, when do they have that big ‘stimulation' out at grandma's?’ —Kingston Freeman. PERSONAL. Gov. Green, of New Jersey, is a graceful dancer. Mrs. Langtry will {mss the summer in the Yo Semite valley. George W. Cable’s two sisters have followed him to Northampton. A BRONZE STATUE of John C. Breckinridge will bo erected next fall at Lexington, Ky. Cornelius Vanderbilt is purchasing orchids by the carload for his house at Newport. Mr. Gladstone has consented to be Past Chief Companion of the Liberal League, Dept ford. England. Prince Montleart, recently deceased, loft his entire fortune, estimated at (i0.000.000f., to the Queen of Italy. Miss Clara Louise Kellogg, who is now on a concert tour, is requesting the ladies in her audiences to remove their huts. Koasziewski, the last Polish national poet was at San liemo during the recent earthquakes and the exposure he there suffered hastened his death. Mrs. Charles W. Peterson, of Philadelphia, widow of the founder of Peterson's Magazine, has decided to publish and edit the magazine herself. Props. Farnhau, Hadley and Bipley, of Yule, will sail for Europe the latter part of Jun<\ They will take a walking trip through- Switzerland. King of Africa, is opposed to single hlessedno-w.wlle is 18 years old. and lias l.iiOo wive*. A family jar in his household is sugges tive of a Riviera earthquake. Gen. John A. Gibbon; of the United States Army, is a brother of Cardinal Gibbons. The General drop|ie<l the “s ' from the tamily name for some personal and unknown reason. Sir Lionkll Sackvillk Wert ami his daugh ters will pass this summer In England. Baron d'ltuj üba. the Driuiliuu Minister, will go to Paris. Waubinglon will soon he diplomatically empty! Senator Saulsbury tim'd to lie a moderate drinker, blit now he does not even indulge in Delaware port. His reform is said to be due to the fate ot his brother Willard, who died from drinking some years ago Judge McCuka, of Wilmington, N C., has a gift of rare eloquent*'. Whon only 0 years old he was lifted up on a table at Fayetteville to make a speech of weleome to Lufayette, for w'hom the town was lUtmoil. Bishop William Taylor, whose self-support ing mission* on the Coan> attract great atten tiiai, is a Bplcudiil luulffiig nun. with piercing eyes anil very bright Countenance His U'ni.i Is of silky texture, and is long und spreading and of pure white .li'hti’h H Schwab, one nf tba mmrt violent nn<l virulent of lll** New Ylirti Aiuln |iit. Kully of tlie owiwrablii of fcrt.An In ifoverii iiieiif IxHi'U II I. not Iwlfnvml tijnl Mr. ft lm|, iil|> ismil*-ii(i,|,h,hi ~r liiixiuja uii ImmeUmte im'iuniw of tli*. Kovrnimriil. <lkk. llKAiir.rv T Juhxion, til# ■olillxr. Uwvxr Uiiii |xilili' uaii. in. ux t .f ilix many e* wam’. r witouiv Mriiiioiiic iniirxla In I lie literary w orlil Tlx- lailitulx-rw of ' fix, *rr. |-l.i. i Kin|>iu< mI nkH<iiHii9f |#r nnf.*fi fkrtitbrnu i* Htwiin, I i.Mi ul|k fuiiioiia fur him mtucmmin thi •** •#* <: i *unt tfit, ,rlm\y liiui u y.) lu/r xiila i ,ui hi |i/,-ir MVeAty urill.-ii |„ tfc.e*r V UilaiM <>tl. Ml I'lillMUm mwl II • ttli liiicl* ■4j a n,. || iixitfl) iah lux tlx* | M ***• Aiax.iiiUu. .m, K •* ' l “ Mam Art, MHO** mc ii WHAT DID THE DOG SEE? A Strange but Well-Authenticated In stance of Canine Second Sight. From Chamber*' Journal. It has often been said that animals have as keen a perception and as quick an apprecia tion as man himself of anything out of the us ual order of things, or partaking in any way of a preternatural character. Whether the whole animal creation are endowed with this singular sagacity it is impossible to say, and would be equally impossible to prove; but as regards dogs and horses at any rate—if we are to be lieve the many stories which have been related on the very best authorities—it is certain that those animals have been the first to recognize— and to testify by their fright and terror the force of such recognition—that they are in the presence of something beyond their ken; and the next step Is, with true animal sagacity, to seek safety in flight, with the usual accompani ment of scared looks, dropped tails and ears, and drooped heads. In the following curious narrative remarkable instance is given of a dog having evidently seen something not seen by either his master or mis tress, which evidently at first caused him great delight, but which, on closer investigation, turn ed out to be empty space, and produced in the <log all the signs of abject fear. The peculiar circumstances of the story, which were related to the writer by a friend, whose word he can have no reason to doubt, are simply these: A young lady. Miss F—>—, was on a visit to a family of name and position. Col and Mrs. G , who occupied a large mansion in one of the home counties. They possessed a favorite setter, a pet of everybodys, but especially of Miss F , who was as fond of the dog as the dog was of her. Wherever Miss F went, walking, driving or riding, Flora was sure to be close at hand. And iu the drawing-room the dog would sit by Miss F 's side, lay her long, white nose on the lady’s knee, and look up earn estly in her face, making that peculiar sort of snoring in the nose which pet dogs often at tempt, either to attract attention or to express love. If, however, Flora was accidentally shut out from any room in which Miss F hap pened to be she would scratch at the door and whine and cry in a pitiful manner until the door was opened. Miss F had been staying with Col. and Mrs. G— about three or four weeks, when she be came suddenly ill, and determined to return without delay to her home in the adjoining county. Thither she was removed in an invalid carriage; but, although she received every pos sible care and attention, she appeared to got no better; her malady was evidently increasing daily. About a month after Miss F had left Col. G——'s house, he and his wife were one day in their morning-room, which looked out upon an extensive, lawn The bells of the neighboring village church had begun to ring for the usual daily matins, the time being 9:45, and the Colo nel and his wife were preparing. to attend, according to their regular custom, when they observed Flora — who was lying apparently asleep, close to the open glass doors leading to the lawn—raised her head quickly, and, with cocked ears and strained eyes, looked intently down the lawn, as if she saw something there which attracted her atten tion. Ail at once she jumped up, bounded over the grass, and commenced leaping up two or three times, expressing all those signs of in tense canine joy usually exhibited in meeting, after an absence, some specially loved object. In a moment, however, the dog ceased her ges tures, dropped her tail and head, manifesting every sign of abject fear, and, turning round, rushed back to the house, into the room, and crawled under the sofa, whence neither calling nor coaxing on the part of Mrs. G—- could in duce her to stir. This peculiar conduct on the part of Flora, who was remarkable for her high training and perfect obedience, surprised anapei’plexea both the Colonel and his wife quite as much as the violent manifestations of joy, followed imme diately by every sign of the most crouching terror, ali of which were wholly unaccountable. About two horn’s later in the (lay a telegram was received by Mi’s. G containing the sad and unexpected intelligence of the death of Miss F-- at 9:45 that morning. It may fairly be asked what could have caused the dog suddenly to start up and rush down the lawn with all the outward demonstrations of in tense joy usually exhibited on seeing and meet ing a loved friend? Flora, without doubt, must have seen something, or fancied she saw some thing, though invisible to the eyes of man; but, finding it had no tangible substance, her cauine instincts told her that it was unnatural and un usual. and hence fear took the place of joy. and she sought refuge in flight. That the object of these tokens of love on the part of the dog should have passed to her rest at the indention! moment they were exhibited by the faithful and attached Flora, is a coincidence regarding which we will not pretend to offer an opinion. A Dear Garment. From the Boston Budget. Her figure is neat And graceful and trim, Her face smiling sweet ’Neath hat’s rolling brim; Her eyes shining bright Are deep, darkly blue; Her hair the light Of the sun’s golden hue;,. Her hat trimmed in bows Of green, gold and brown, Looks down in repose At her graceful, draped gown. She steps out so lightly, It seems she must float, Her form encased lightly In short jaunty coat. “Your jacket's becoming,” He said with a smile. His eyes calmly summing The fit and the style. “I think it is nice; I got it quite cheap, Twenty dollars the prico"— His heart gave a leap. “Cheap? perhaps so To you it may lie; But, now, do you know. It’s a dear one to me.” “Well, really, how queer; Y’ou think as I do. Of course it's a dear And a lovely one, too.” The “Back Log.” From the Boston Transcript. It will surprise many persons of the present day to be told that the “Dock log” of whom we read so much in old-time stories was a large stone, ajoorous stone being preferred if possi ble. Tins stone was buried in the ashes, and on top was placed the "back stick." The back stone in those primitive times played a very im portant part in tkeeeonomy of eui-ly bousckeep mg; matches were not then invented; Hint, steel and tow were the only means of lighting a fire or a lamp: imagine for a moment the "Bridget" of to-day tints engaged with the thermometer 10° below zero in the kitchen. The stone, to gether with the ashes with which it was cov ered, served to retain Hre ami heat through the night, and all that was necessary in the morn ing was a little kindling and gentle use of the indispensable Itellowx, ami a the was as readily made as at the present day. Back stones were not in much use in bed rooms and parlors after the beginning of this century, turf having taken its place and served equally well, while takiug up less space. Tin stone log in my possession and which belonged to mv grandmother, and in use down to within a few years of her death, half a century ngo. is at the service of the Boston Society if thev should think it of sufficient importance, it is not less than 150 years old. He Went On His Last Strike. From the Washington Critic. There's one laboring man in Washington who has resumed nt the old stand, and sa'vs he has mode his lost strike, lie s a good fellow, but like* a glass now and then, and not long since he tilled up and called on his employer. "Well, John," said the old man, "wliatdoyou want t" "Want eight hoursh pay f’r ten hoursh work, atxh what, want." said John, bravely. "I guess you don't want that, John," smiled the boss. “You've got it I lack ward, haven't yout" "Nosh yesh so have want ten hoursh work f r ••■igtit hoursh ]iy, atsli what want Thought didn't sound right somehow. (Join' to glvt to mo - (Juit If you don't." ‘■Certainly, John; conn around in the morn Ing and go to work." John was mi baud early next day, and when the boys liegau to rub it In on him lie swore that any man who hadn't uuv more sense than he had oughtn't to Is- puld at ail. Tito New Dross of the Morning News. From tin Mon tyomery Star dim ) The Havas,sam hi t Morninu Skw* has Just donned an eri—diog|y handsome new dress, and pmmit.iu decidedly attractive an-1 plnusing apt>earuiii e The News Is uf.ei>f the most pros l*"i'oda |W| ' ill the entire Kmuli, and is an iiiilie uCal .ai.'l uoie factor in tie- affairs ofits iinniedikio territory, wlm-h • oiupriaA* N<Hilhern < ie.nym and J-loi ids. 1., I lias a deserved re| ej tat ion t hrm.ghoul tor HUile it is on a solid loundSUon. and is managed a Itii ootMtMUiiiMc shlilt y by its proprietor ami uiUtor, Out J I* iletlll. wlewe Miotqg as a uAVMia|Nrr limit lias been |4e nonn nai l hough dnr In a genet iimu ui - to ins tie.rough under elaudiue of leisto*iss Whom glsi nisi* ,u ' ••eoifetn// upon its . "trim "!• )■ -IK it*r.f 14> uivilmpi. O nei.i 11. a ale ins >-•-> Ms worms uro e el-a ins Mel .Ug Sjpt* Vfcs* Sn.d uUm ITEMS OF INTEREST. Newspaper “Hawkers,” including men, boys, women and girls, in London, are said to number not less than 7/XV). a majority of them living from hand to mouth. A beogar in Spain is a gentleman and you address him always in formal and courteous language. "Brother,'’ you say, when he impor tunes you, “may God put it into your heart to deprive me of the pleasure of your society.” The average Piute squaw isn’t much of a weak vessel. The other day one of them in Austin, Nev., took three fifty-pound sacks of flour on her hack; then on top of this placed a yearling pappoose, when she trotted off as briskly as a young colt. They are building a squirrel cage for men in Oswego, N. Y. The cell moves slowly round continually, carrying the prisoner with it. The rotary motion is to prevent prisoners from breaking through the walls. They don’t re main in one spot long enough for a hole to be made. Twenty-five years ago Albert Ellis, of Wins low, Me., filled up a clay pipe for a good smoke. He used only half of its contents, for on the next day he went to war. He survived and came home, but did not finish that smoke until a few days ago, when he happened to find the old pipe, partly empty, just as he had left it. They tell in Buffalo of a faithful workman en gaged in extra dangerous work, who injured his hand very severely. As the surgeon was at tending to him the foreman hurried in and said: "Sam, what time was it when you got hurt?” “About 4 o’clock. Why do you ask v ” “So I may know when to dock you.” Four weeks ago Abbie Lindsey, an insane pauper, escaped from the almshouse at Pres cott, Mass., and perished in the snow. The in vestigation that has followed showsgreat abuses at the almshouse; inmates confined in small and filthy rooms ;others restrained by a ball and chain on their legs, and others punished by ducking and horsewhipping. Fifty years ago when James and Israel Adams were 8 and 18 years old, their parents, who lived at Shawan, Md., died, and the boys were separated to live with relatives. The other day James, who is now a business man in Phila delphia. learned that Israel was in Pikesville, Md., and he went there and saw him. The meeting of the long-separated brothers is said to have been affecting. So low were the funds in the public treasury of the United States at thp close of 1789, that the Attorney General and several Congressmen were indebted to the private credit of Alexander Hamilton, their Secretary of State, to discharge their personal expenses. President Washington was obliged to pass a note to Tobias Leer, his private secretary, to meet his household ex penses, the note being discounted at the rate of two per cent, a month, and members of Con gress were paid in due bills. The London correspondent to the New York Herald describes a curious accident which oc curred at Newcastle-on-Tyne recently, as fol lows: During a performance by the Carl Rosa troupe of the opera “Nordisa,” the storm busi ness was on. The sound of thunder was made by heavy cannon balls rolling along gutters lined with sheet iron, which were twenty feet above the stage. In some unaccountable way one ball was dislodged immediately after a vivid scenic flash of lightning and fell in the midst of a group in the wings, between Miss Julia Gay lord and some other performers who were wait ing for their call, and landed upon the head of a stage carpenter, who has since died. At a banquet given to Mr. Theodore Metcalf by the Boston Druggists’ Association Oliver Wendell Holmes gave his opinion of apothe caries as follows: “I have always had a great opinion of the medical advice of apothecaries. Tne truth is. they put up the proscriptions of all the best physicians in the place in which they live, and they have the very cream of all their wisdom at their Angers’ ends. So, when I have myself been suffering from any slight bodily in convenience, I am ashamed to say—or ought to be, perhaps—instead of going to a professional brother, 1 have quietly crept into the back room and asked Mr. Metcalf what such and such a doctor was in the habit of prescribing. A peculiar fire happened in a suburb of Boston lately, and hut for its timely discovery and extinguishment would have been added to the list of fires from “incendiarism," “defective flue,” "rats," or any of the causes attributed where nothing is known of the cause. The lady of the house was going out to call, but heard a noise in the upper part of the house just as she was about to shut the outside door behind her. After some hesitation she re-entered the house, went up stairs, and found the chamber carpet burning quite briskly. Upon its extinguishment it appears that the breeze from an open window had blown the nmtoh-safe from the bureau to the floor, broken it, and lighted t be matches. The ballet corps of the Paris Grand Opera consists of 115 women and girls. There are three stars, ten first subjects, twenty-two second sub jects, three divisions of coryphee* or leaders, two quadrilles, divided into four sections, the “walkers,” and the infant class, or “rats.” The pupils receive 40c. each time they appear: the young ladies of the quadrilles from S2O to S4O a month; the coryphee* from SSO to $80; the sub jects. or those who dance steps outside the en semble figures, StSO to $800; the stars from $5,000 to SO,OOO per year. These last-named amounts are less than the salaries paid in former days. Thus Taglioni gained $7,200 a year; Fanny Ellsler, $9,000; Carlotta Grlsi, $8,400; La Cerrito, $9,000, and La Rosati, SI2,(XX). The organization of the Grand Opera ballet dates from 1713 and was decreed by Louis XIV. The grand monarch even wrote the regulations for the first ballet corps with his own hand. Only Mr. Hayes, of the citizens who have been Chief Executive of the country, is now living, aside from the present occupant of this responsible office. But there are eleven ladies notv living each of whom have for a time been mistress of the White House, two of whom, Mrs. Semple and Mrs. Julia Gardiner Tyler, were successively the first lady of the land un der tho far-away Tyler administration. Mrs. Polk is still living, as are also the widows of Presidents Grant and Garfield, and the wife of President Hayes. Mrs. Harriet Lane Johnston was mistress of the White House during the administration of her bachelor uncle, James Buchanan. Mrs. Patter son, daughter of President Johnson, did the honors during the term of her father, as did ■Mrs. Me Elroy, sister of tho late President Ar thur. Miss Rose Elizabeth Cleveland and Mrs. Cleveland each have lieen lady of the White House during the present term. Mrs. Cleveland is so young that it is easily possible that her name may figure in the list or those who have been wives of Presidents fifty years from now, and she would not attain then the age of Mrs. Polk, or the equally venerable Mi’s. Madison, who lived many years after the death of her husband. The power of a cat duet at midnight to at tract bootjacks and other convenient missiles has become proverbial. The other evening a grimalkin concert was in progress in a Charles town, Mass., yard, and the ear-splitting strains were anything but a soothing lullaby to the res idents Unable to endure the noise ‘ the gentle man on whose premises the concert was being held dressed himself, and going down to the kitchen, armed himself with a dipper of scald ing water and prejiured to give the disturbers of his rest a copious dose of the hot liquid. Opening stealthily his back door, he stopped in the yard Just iu lime, not to realize his de sire, hut to get upon the side of the head a blow from a iioot. that brought him to tho ground overturning the scalding water about his own thinly-clad liody. and causing him to give voice to an out burst Unit was n more startling dtaturlxuiee to the quiet of the nelgbliorhood than the concert that bail tailed him from his bed. The neighbor in an adjoining house, whose boot laid been so forcibly thrown at the original offenders, must have been convinced that, though he missed the cat*, lie lmd hit something at any rate He, however, has deemed it prudent to keen his iden tity a mystery, and the leathern missile awaits a claimant. Tin most adroit smugglera across the Pyrenees that divide the frontiers of France from Mpaln, are a lireeii of dogs of tiie shepherd eiass, whose origin can be traced lim it a tbousaod years, as moved by old tapestries showing the retreat of t'harhmiaguo through the iiioimtuin defiles. These dogs have their homes In the wild regions Hint girt Navarre to the West; and. Mug taken uerisiM the frontier anil laden with Spanish laee anil tobacco, they make theirreturntbroughse ciet iMtsses, and during the dink hours of the iilgln, to the gn at luyeltflcntlon of the custoni house guards They are sild |o scent the offl cers from afar, nml remain liidden until the danger in post; but then, on the other liand,- when once their liomi*s are ri-ai h'-'l. tbi'V are the elites' wall'll di gs to is- found inlbei'oun try Ihiring tiie Cnlllnt wiors Home of the dog* a"iii|iaiilis| their maeiers In tin- field, and their w this* were found to be very useful iu oreveti*mg a surprise on tie- ouipaste. 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