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4 C|c learning IJcfos Morning News Building, Savannah, Ga. FRIIUY, APRIL 1887. RegisUtretl at the Post OJticc in Savannah. The Morning New- la published even day in •be year, ami is served to subsoriliei's in the city, by newsdealers and carriers, on their own ac count. at 25 cents a week, $1 00 a month, $5 00 for six months and $lO 00 for one year. The Morning News, by mail, one month, $1 00; three months, $2 50; six months, $5 00; one year. $lO 00. The Morning News, by mail, six times a week (without Sunday issue), three mouths, (2 00; six months. $4 (XI 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 50; one year, $5 (X). The Sunday News, by mail, one year, $2 00. The Weekly News, by mail, on year, $1 ‘25. Subscriptions payable in advance. Remit by postal order, check or registered letter. Cur rency sent by mail at risk of senders. Fetters and telegrams should bo addressed ‘‘Morning News, Savannah. Ga.” Advertising rates made known on application. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS Special Notice— Savannah Board of Trade. Steamship Schedules -Baltimore Steamship Lino; Ocean Steamship Cos. Cheap Column Advertisements— Help Want ed; For Rent; For Sale; Miscellaneous. Auction Sales— Administrator’s Sale, by J, McLaughlin & Son; Sundries, by I. D. Laltocbe’s Sons. Fashion able Goons—Barnard Brady. Building railroads on paper lias one ad vantage over the old plan—it is not ex pensive. It is alleged that ex-Senator Mahono ex pects to'be nominated for Vice President on the Republican ticket. Southern Democrats would take great pleasure in voting aguinst him. There is some fear that Congress failed to give the Civil Service Commissioners money enough to pay their expenses. Perhaps the (Mugwumps will assist them by taking tip a Collection. Tom Ochiltree says that if Roscoe Conk ling would accept the Lalior nomination for President he would sweep the country. Perhaps he would, but it would be the poor vet job of sweeping ever known. It is a mistake to say that Georgia will have no representatives at the Washington drill. Information collected from State ex changes indicates that there will be at least •a battalion of Georgia Colonels present. At Indianapolis the other day forty boys between the ages of twelve and twenty years were caught in a barroom playing poker They were all of “highly respectable fami lies.” It is not improbable that they were led astray by “highly respectable gentle men.” There is at least one substantial building In the United States. Four men have been trying six weeks to make a hole through the floor of the Senate wing of the capitol at Washington, but they have not made much progress. The floor is of concrete and granite, six feet thick. The Ohio Democrats want Senator Thur man to accept the nomination for Governor of that State. It is believed that he will do so, if the convention makes the nomination unanimous. The Senator’s Democracy is of the genuine stripe, and Ohio could very well afTord to be proud of him as her chief magistrate. Some days ago the story was circulated that Mr. Dorsheimer, of the New York Star, held a letter from the President in which the latter stated that ho would not be a can didate for renomination. Mr. Dorsheimer says that there is no foundation for the story. It doubtless rests upon the unstable inundation of a Washington correspondent's Imagination. interesting incident occurred the other at the fair now in progress at Chatta- for the bcnciit of disabled ex-Con soldiers. A little boy covered with foot-sore nnd wear}’, entered the build in which the fair is being held and as a contribution a miniature set of furniture made of twigs cut on the battle field of Lookout Mountain. He mude the furniture with a penknife. Mr. James G. Blaine v who is in Chicago, was invited to become the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Wirt Dexter, who entertained James Russell Lowell when he made his recent visit to that centre of anarchy. Mr. Walker slaine declined the invitation for his father, saying that the latter would not be enter tained by Mugwumps. Perhaps Mr. Walker Blaine will also not ullow his father to re ceive the votes of Mugwumps'. A lady who for twenty-four years has been a clerk in the Treasury Department at Washington says that there has been a great improvement as to cleanliness In the public buildings in the sense of the word ns it is used by housekeepers. The corridors are kept neater than ever before, and even the sidewalks are regularly swept. The fact is not surprising. Tbe Democratic ] tarty believes in cleanliness, not only in the jxiliti cal sense, but in'all othere. A Western Congressman predicts that t he Interstate commerce law will lie repealed Within sixty days after Congress assembles He thinks the commission bus already prac tically repealed it by suspending the short and long haul clause. He says Umt his con stituents, who were formerly anxious to have the law enacted, are now crazy to have it repealed. “If it isn’t repealed,” he con tinues, “it will lie so modified tlrnt it will lio useless us a means of correcting the evils It was intended to remedy." This Western Congressman talks rashly. A genius who hails from New York has •invented a “vaeeuuin car” with which he says he can fly through the air at a high rate of speed and drop explosives ii)Kin the decks of war vessels or in fortiiied plaivs Tbe Navy Dejjurtment considers the inven tion of sufficient imjioi’tance to warrant in quiry, and uu oflicer has been detailed to communicate in |ierson with tbe inventor. If tile ear turns out to lie what is claimed for it, tho United Htales will not need much of a navy. Tho thought is a jMtinful one, for if the navy is alsilishod, what will Is outlet of the naval oflicer*( Tbe Washington Federate >ti of Isn't tor seem* to be ootu|jo*M| of sensible men. At one <if its recent meeting* a *jeuker named Hpobo said that there must 1m *oiiM lung wr<Aig wlwn from earnest men, who an ■either |jmj|sn* nor criminals, Is foronl the ary: “Away with tie- government. Anarchy ■ton* y, |-w , ■' inMm avu#pM KOtannsl Mffuhti, and he Mas fmewt << Ttw fotwacs, |4mxt it-ir sjimrdjf ia nwsd as hav lag i*. syai) mthy ****** AaarchMe mi>4 4ne tqysd iu hstw t Gta? ||gr HIM ha lf w ./ uinpfaiiiiti . WMfl Utv kit# nv ftt’ifuiUiy wUL ifc-m Secret Council Meetings. Are the Aldermen of this city afraid to let their constituents watch them transact pub lic business? It would seem so from the way they shut the public out from their meet ings. On Wednesday night their secret ses sion lasted until 10 o’clock in the evening, but then the secret session at about every meeting continues quite late. It would he interesting to know why they deem it necessary to transact public busi ness in secret. Do they have the same sort of contempt for the people which the late Mr. Vanderbilt had, who is reported to ha wo said on one occasion “the public bo d—d,”or are they too bashful to speak their minds in the presence of those whoso servants they are? We know of no w r rong doing in these secret sessions. In fact, the public knows nothing about what is done in them except in so far as is indicated by votes taken in open session. The public thinks it strange, however, that all discussions of the city’s affairs should bo conducted in secret, and all matters of importance should bo deter mined w ith closed doors. If the Aldermen are timid they should favor open meetings in order to rid them selves of their infirmity by frequently facing their constituents. They do not look like timid men, however, and it is probable that they could manage to express them selves fairly well in an open meeting and without visible signs of embarrassment. Nobody knows now who proposes or op poses many measures. The men of character and brains are leveled to the plane of those who play the part of ciphors, if there are any of that sort. A policy with respect to important matters is adopted without any body’s being responsible for it. It is not improbable that a very different course would be pursued in some important cases if the public had the privilege of being pres ent at Council meetings. An official does not always act and speak in the presence of Die people as he does behind a locked door. What are the questions w’hich the Coun cil consider which the public hasn’t a right to know about? There may be now and then a matter that it would be better to net upon in secret, but there are not half a dozen such matters in a year. It certainly was never intended that about the entire business of the city should be transacted behind closed doors, and, as it were, with a hat over the keyhole. Secrecy breeds sus picion whether there is any reason for it or not. The Aldermen do themselves injustice by their policy of secrecy. They ran the risk of having impure motives attributed to them when there is no ground for such im putation, and the public is quick to accept a suggestion of wrong doing when it does not know the reasons which led to a course of action which meets with opposition. Secret legislation, either in national, State or municipal affairs, is not popular with the people of this country. They want their public servants to legislate openly, and to state frankly their reasons for doing this or that thing. They know very well that se crecy eventually leads to abuses and corrupt practices,and they are opposed to it. Officials who desire only to promote the public good may entertain the mistaken idea that they can do their work better in secret, but a careful consideration of the question can hardly fail to convince them that their best and wisest course is not to hide from the public. The Florida Senatorship. The Senatorial contest in Florida is in creasing in interest. The indications are that a good many more ballots will have to be taken before a choice is made. The friends of ex-Gov. Bloxliam and Gov. Perry show a disposition to stand by their respect ive candidates as long as there is any pros pect for success. There appears to be some growling on the part of the friends of ex-Gov. Bloxham because Gov. Perry refuses to make the judicial appointments at once. They think that he is holding them back in order to utilize them to assist him iu securing the Senatorship. Of course there is nothing positively known relative to the purpose of the Governor in delaying the appointments, but there is nothing in the constitution nor tho laws which requires him to make them immediately. It is probable that he will use every legitimate means to secure tho Senatorship, and his delay with respect to the appointments may have something to do with the Senatorial contest. There is no ground for saying, however, that he is trading upon these appointments. His record indicates that he Is above that sort of thing. He may delay making the appointments until the Sena torial contest is over, aud the delay may bring him votes for Senator. Members of the Legislature may vote for him with the expectation of making their votes the basis for demanding recognition when the judicial officers arc selected, but it is pretty certain that the Governor will consider fitness alone in appoint ing Judges and District Attorneys. There is not much doubt that if the choice of u Senator were by popular vote ex-Gov. Bloxham would lie successful. He certainly has a strong hold on the people of Florida. Gov. Perry is recognized as an honest and able man, and it is apparent that his party friends iu the Legislature fully recognize his merits. Some of ex-Gov. Bloxham's sup porters are rather unpopular, but that ought not to be used against him. He cannot pre vent those from supporting him whose sup l>ori may do him liurm. Senator Call is reported to have expressed the opinion in Washington, a day or so ago. that if ex-Senator Jones hod offered himself for re-election when tho Leg islature met he might have been re-elected. The Senator is a man of very good judgment, but in this instance he is probably mistaken. Ex-Senator Jones was {Mipular with tho people of Florida lio foro bo ls*gnn playing the Detroit farce, but t hey don’t want a man to represent them in tho Henute who is likely to atiaudou the grave duties of u Senator to go in pursuit of every woman who may happen to smile upon him. Ex-Senator Jones took a high stand in the Senate, and Florida would have been glad to have kept him there if he hud coStinued to care for her interests through out his term. Hi* career, so far as Florida is ooneernod, however, Is ended, But the State is not lucking in men qualified to suc ceed him in the Semite. Tlu* N*'w York World ha* hud l/> corrupt tmm of it* inlhrtulJ‘ini*"t* 111*'lit til** I'l.s.i -l*f I, I 'f/ll I 111' I* I UKIOII Ilf llm visit Ilf aim, the IViuuun." Ui Washington ttin i**r <loy tin* Worhl stated 1 1 ml tlw J*mn Hnit HiU*m*l tin theatre through llmprivate '"*>* It In**n*M I* win shown Dial lie rnU i >l at tin* trout it* Mir, along *lt 1* other jus/ptc, Uta M ur/il a*'lu>"'*i>l|(M*|MMMWhi f-- • "t K** na*ii nUrtll Un I'i m,-4 TIIE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1887. Tho West Virginia Senators hip. The Legislature of West Virginia met in extra session on Wednes day, and it is expected that the Sena torial contest will be at once renewed. It will Ixi remembered that balloting was carried on during the whole of the regular session without making a choice, and that after adjournment the Governor appointed Mr. Lucas Senator. Ex-Senator Camden, who was a candidate for re-election at the regular session, has already made his ap pearance at the capital of the State ready to renew the contest. A question has arisen whether a Senator can be elected at this extra session. The friends of Mr. Lucas say no, while those of Mr. Camden say yes. The State constitu tion says that no business can be transacted at an extra session except that specially mentioned in the Governor’s proclamation. The Governor did not mention the Senato rial matter. The friends of Mr. Lucas con tend that the State constitution, being tho supreme law of the State, must bo obeyed strictly. Tho Federal constitution, however, pro vides that when a vacancy happens the Leg islature at its next meeting shall till it. This extra session is the next session, and it is difficult to see how the Legislature can avoid electing a Senator. Mr. Lucas’ friends would, of course, like him to have a couple of years in the Senate as the ap pointee of the Governor, but the chances are that if he were to present himself at Washington underthe present circumstances he would not be admitted to the Senate. Years ago this question which lias been raised in West Virginia was raised in Illinois. The State constitution provided that no one should be elected United States Senator who had occupied a judicial position at any time during twelve months lief ore tho date fixed for tho Senatorial election. Lyinan Trumbull, who was n judge at the time of his election, was admitted to a seat in th i Senate, notwithstanding the prohibition of the Stato constitution. The Federal, not the State, constitution fixes the qualifications of Senators, and if the Legislature of West Virginia doesn’t elect a Senator at its extra session the chances are that she will have only one representative in the Senate dering the next two years. The New York Boodlemen. Tho report that tho briber of the New York boodlemen proposes to tell all he knows and become a witness for the State has probably caused a good deal of uneasi ness among Aldermen and legislators who have shared the b<xxlle which he has dis tributed, and if the report is confirmed not a few New Yorkers might find it con venient to jiay a visit to Canada. Mr. Jake Sharp is the man who, it Is an nounced, has expressed his willingness to tell what he knows about bribing in tho city and State of New York, and it is un derstood that he knows a great deal. He has dealt with Aldermen and Assemblymen for several years, and has, it is asserted, paid them a great deal of money. He was unable to get what he wanted without paying for it, and some times what he had to pay amounted to black mail. He feels no compunctions of con science, therefore, in turning the men he bought over to the authorities and appeal ing against them as a witness. He thinks that somebody has got to go to prison and he doesn’t propose to go if he can help it. To save himself he will help send the men there who accepted his bribes. It seems that the District Attorney has Sharp's proposition under consideration. If he accepts it there will, it is believed, be some unhappy mon in New York against whom the finger of suspicion has never yet pointed. There ought to be no sympathy, however, for men who violate the trust re posed in them by the people. Concerning the stabbing of ex-Marslml Bazaine it is said that the would-be assassin gained access to him by pretending to boa newspaper correspondent. Nearly a year ago Mme. Bazuino and her younger children went to Mexico to recover possession of an estate presented to her husband by the Em peror Maximilian. She left her husband in Mudrid with their oldest son, who is an officer in the Spanish army. The ex- Marshal lives in a small room with a man servant Six months ugo, while out for a walk, he fell and broke his leg, and since has been confined to his room. He is helpless, having to sjicnd his days seated in an arm chair. When the would-be assassin tried to enter the ex-Marshal's room he was at first prevented by the man-servant, but urgent appeals finally prevailed and he was ad mitted with the result ali'eady told in our dispatches. One of the negro orators at the emancipa tion celebration in Washington the other day arraigned the President for not protest ing against alleged outrages committed upon negroes in the South. In closing his oration ho said: “The Northern negro who claims to lie a friend of his race and accepts office from an administration that refuses to interpose its protest against out rage and murder forgets that his commis sion is signed with the blood of murdered men, and that every dollar he receives in salary is the price of blood, and he will see the time when, if he has courage enough, he will, like Judas, go out and bang himself." The orator’s venom was equaled ouly by his ignorance. The negroes in the South do not indorse such utterances. The editor of the Washington Critic, Mr. Hallett KUbourn, has proposed a reunion which promises not only to lie popular but to bring together as remarkable a lot of men us can be found in this or uny other country. Mr. Kilbourn's proposition is that the California pioneers, the men of ’4l), shall meet together during the month of May and have a big shad bake on the banks of the Pot* unite. Gov. Church, of Dakota Territory, says: “Wo cau raise enough wheat in Dakota to supply the world, anil it is equal to the l*wt Mediterranean wheat, which commands the highest price In tli" European markets." Tliis may he true, but, considering that the snow lies; twenty-two feet deep in Dakota during winter, the Governor'* statement ought not to lure many luunigrantM. The Berlin Geographical Society has re eidvcd from Dr. Wagner a unique present ill tin* sli.'ij*' of a complete net of all the l**iks, | iinipblet*. essays, etc., published by Alexander von llumlsildt. It would take about thirty years, It ha* Imen observed, to make such a uolleethitl again, even if it were at nil puMsitile. Carry lug pistiils to selionl Haems to lie a cmi.ituu piMcliiw uiuotig tluu small boy* of CURRENT COMMENT. The Color Line in Politics. Prom the New York World (Dem,) Intelligent and stiusiOle negroes know that the worst thing that can happen to their race is to liave the color line maintained in politics at the South. And they have become tired of acting as unrewarded hewers of wood and drawers of water for Republican nest leathering politicians. Effect of the Breezes. Prom the Nashville Union, (Dem.) Canada has taken a hand in protesting against tho coercion policy, and an anti-eviction fund has been started in Toronto on the heels of a rousing meeting. Canada hasn't had any coer cive experience, but the breezes that blow over her from the United States have carried a good deal of fairplay and justice into the Kanuck at mosphere, aud these germs are bearing very fair fruit. The Handsomest Member. From the Hamilton Journal (Dem.) The Savannah News has donned anew dress. Its old clothes were not noticeably worn, but the News has always been the handsomest member of our Georgia press and her vanity is to be excused if she appears often in anew dress. Her worth and true merit are matched only by her modesty and good taste, and these virtues make a model newspaper that all Georgia and the South regard with great pride. Good Advice to Workingmen. Prom the New York Herald (Ind.) You waut to check monopoly and reclaim this stolen land? It can be done and you can help to do it. When Mr. Cleveland went to the White House, at your bidding, ho was pledged to rip open these plots for aggrandizement. He lias been opposed by Interested parties, by pew erful cattle syndicates, by railroad corporations with millions at command and shrewd lobbyists in the capital to "Influence” legislation. But he is a good fighter. Your party, the party of the Democracy, must stand by him. During the last two years an area of territory more than twice the extent of Ireland has heeu reclaimed, and the land grabbers have been told, “You can’t have it. Empty your pockets of stoleu property.” _ _ BRIGHT BITS. In the spring the young man takes to wearing fancy colored socks, kieh he purchases as soon as ho his winter ulster "hocks.”— Boston Courier. Henry Bergh, the animal's friend, has print ed. rules on “How to approach a kicking horse.” It appears that the safest way is to hire a man to uo the approaching for you NonMown Herald. “I’m out of butter," said the lady of the house. “So am I," remarked the fly ns he flapped his wings on the edge of the butter plate.— Yonkers Statesman. Augustus, dear,” Said the gentle girl, tenderly pushing him from her, as the moonlight flooded the bay window whore they were standing. “I think you had better try some other hair dye; your moustache tastes like turpentine.— Waif. A Lockport correspondent tells this: A man stepped into the First National Bank at Lock port one day reeently with a check for S2,(XX). The Teller asked him if he wanted currency. “No, confound it,” he replied, “I iyant the money ."—Niagara, Falls Courier. Invalid (fretfully to his nurse)— What is that infernal row in the other ro< un? Is anybody get ting killed? Who is that calling for the police?] Nurse (reassuringlyi—Oh! don’t mind that sir. It’s Mrs. Dr. Pellets, Miss Dr. Calomel and Mine. Dr. Juniper holding a consultation, sir.—Yew York Hail. “No. sir,” be said emphatically, “I have trav eled for forty years on the load, and I never went through an accident.” “How do you account for it?" “Well, sometimes I think it's Providence and sometimes I think it’s liecause I never happened to get on a train that was wrecked. "-Tid-Bits. Bank President—Sony, but I cau't accom modate you; your paper is not good Indignant Customer I remember when you were a poor inan. twenty years ago, I lent you SI,OOO without security. Bank President fpleasantly)—l remember the circumstance, and I also remember how I won dered at your greenness. You probably have more sease now, and so have I. Good morning —Philadelpli irk &jl. b “There are three things," said Broughne to his wife, “that a woman cau't be persuaded to do without." “She can’t, eh!" said Mrs. 8.. in an incred ulous tone. “I guess she can do without them as well as man can, if not better. What are they?” “Food, clothes and life,” quietly replied Broughne, and lifi* wife retorted: “You think you're smart, don't you P—Drake's Magazine. Omaha Dame— What! you have elected a Chi naman president of the Church Club? Hartford Slap -Yes, madam, and a very line presiding officer he is, “But doesn't ho worship idols?” “Only one. and tiiat is made of gold.” “Horrors.” “It is a disk in shape." “Merry on us!" “Has an eagle engraved on one side.” “Heaven preserve us!” “And passes current everywhere at its face value, $lO. "Oh! that’s different.”— Omaha World. PERSONAL. The Emperor of Japan has been making a tour of the chief cities of his kingdom. The Pope's juhfleo promises already to ex ceed in magnifleouev that of the Empress Vic toria. Prixce Ecokxe, of-Sweden, is in Paris study ing art with Hi meat, who regards him as one of the most promising of his students. John L. Suluvan says that he broke his arm while sparring for fun, and lie proposes here after to he a champion for revenue only. The young King ot Atinm, who was recently placed on the throne by Gen. Courcy, is called uy the anti-foreign party the “Valet of the French." Mrs. Howe, the Woman’s Bank “financier,” left in Boston sixty fine oil paintings and some rare and costly bric-a-brac. She was cultured as well as crooked. C. P. Hake, of Detroit. Mich., is the possessor of a document that he believes to be the original copy of Gen. R. E. Dec's farewell order to the Army of Northern Virginia. Moody, the evangelist, received from an Eng lishmau now in tliis country a letter urging him to make an evangelistic tour through India, and inclosing a check for $25,000. One of the oldest men in government service Is Capt. J. M. Easton, of Charleston. 111., who has lately been made Indian agent at Devil's Lake, Dak. lie is HO years old, and was a friend of Abrahntn Lincoln. Ohio has been the mother of artists. Among her sons who have won fame with the brush or knife are Thomas Cole, Hiram IViwers. James 11. Heard, W. 11. Powell, Worthington Whitt ridge’ J. Q. A. Ward, A. S. Wynant, W. L. Sontag, John J. Eiuekin, the late B. F. Reinhart aud the late J. 8. Wales. Malviui Bev, the new Turkish Minister to the United States. :s a very accomplished man lie speaks six languages, including the best English and the Kronen of Paris, where he was educated, lie likes the English so much that, like other Turkish gentlemen, he uses it often in his private correspondence as well as in his conver sation. The President and Mrs. Cleveland have gone into summer quarters at Oak View, sometimes called Red Top. Chef Perin has returned to Sew York, leaving the Presidential cuisine in charge of an ordinary oook. The President has made absolutely no plans for the summer as yet. It is not improbable that he will take a trip to the Northwest late in summer, but for the present he will pans his time between Wash ington and Oak View. Ross Hahxkn is amiine well renictnliei-ed in bane hall circles. Bnrne* is one of the few pro fesxiounl bull players who kuew how to save money. He is now a nieiid**r of the Chicago Hoard of Trade and lie is making money. II Is |s>pular among hi* business asHoulates and Is s member of the Board of Trade lans'' lull nine. Ho is still fond of the gallic in which, twelve years ago. hr had won a place as the best a!U round player in the country. Gkoimk tV. Ctm.il* lias two maxims which stand him in goisl stead They art- "Bo the Is st lUMI leave the re- I .' and “What can't lie cured must I*' endured “ These hits of philoso pity and the habit of taking long walks ki-cp Mr. i'ldlds 111 n state of unruffled temper, JJe is a gi-eul pedixrtrtsii lie will not go anywhere u, a vehicle If lie can travel on fisit lie sulks from Ids town It* sis" to his office and hack every day. As ismiii as he hail recovered from Ills recent fali he InriHtcd on rfwuiiitng Ills walks Gi.tr M (iMtr.MK. author of M<Kec Rankin's new I'lay a* hist year at tins lime a Havling actoi and Vsi a week lie Is now rasping large Dtiine fr"iu five *uos'isfiii plays. H* l a good looking yising nuu iiMkii in hi* i hut ) Cmii th v sal. of medium height fM I* as luloiHSling i .noeisMtl'insllsl He was ‘-V wln ii * i dip* MRS JAMES BROWN POTTER. Interesting 1 Story of How She Achieved Prominence. From Washington tetter to the Chicago News. The dramatic endeavor of Mrs. James Brown Potter in Europe interests a great many society people here, where she first gained a reputation, or rather a notoriety. I met at the dub the other day a gentleman of prominence who made a confession tvs to his connection with the Potter boom. “I had no idea it would turn out as it has,” he said, ”t>r I might have thought twice before go ing into it. However, no harm has been done so far. Mrs. Potter has got what she was after, a chance on the public stage, and may turn out well. I’m sure I hope so. Well, the facts of the case are these: Mrs. Potter came over to Washington as the guest of Mrs. Whitney to appear in private theatri cals for the benefit of a charity. She came with the expectation and intention of creating a sensation, of getting an advertisement which would make her available as theatrical material. In other words, she had the stage fever, and knew that if she could get notoriety enough she might appear in a play as a professional without going through the hard school in w'hich legiti mate actors liave to study. The Russian Honey moon’ was the play in which she appeared at the National Theatre, and although the house was crowded with a fashionable audience, and Mrs. Potter appeared at her best, she did not make any sort of a sensation. The honors were carried off by Miss Riddle, the daughter of Judge Riddle, an ex-member of Congress from Ohio, and a young fellow by the name of Hub bard, who has appeared in comic operas. TBS CONCERT REPEATED. “Mrs. Potter was disappointed and disgusted. Through her manipulation the play was re peated at Baltimore, but she made no sensation there. Then she got up a charity entertain ment at Mrs. Whitney’s, at which the tickets were $lO and sold only to invited guests. It was announced that the creme de la oreme of Wash ington would be there and that the list of those who attended would be printed in the newspa pers, so that every seat was sold. It isn't often one has the chance to get in the catalogue of the aristocracy for $lO. Well, the British Min ister’s daughter played a solo on the zither, a member of the Cferman Legation banged awhile on the piano, two or three pretty girls sang love songs, anti Mrs. James Brown Potter recited a poem. Mrs. Whitney served champagne and ices during the performance, and everybody had a good time, but Mrs. Potter failed again to create the sensation she expected. “The performance was on Wednesday night. On Saturday an army officer came to me and asked if I could not assist in working the Sim day papers in the interest of Mrs. Potter, whose husband was an intimate friend of his, he said, and would be greatly gratified at any notice his wife received. I wasn't in the swim, and asked him to tell me about the Whitney entertainment —to give me some points to work on. He said that Mrs. Potter read a pathetic poem of George R. Sims, called ‘ 'Ostler Joe,’ in the same line as Hood's 'One More Unfortunate.’ I had ques tioned him some, aud soon discovered that it was notoriety the lady was after, so I suggested that I write a communication accusing her of shock ing the audience by reading an indecent poem He was frightened and remonstrated. It would never do in the world, he said. I argued with him awhile, and showed that such an attack would bring every friend she had to her defense. I convinced him that it would be the best sort of an advertisement, but he would not consent to it till he had consulted with Mrs. Potter. WORKING THE P.VI'ERS. “He jumped in a cab, rode upto Whitney’s, and soon returned to say that Mrs. Potter was not only willing to stand the racket, but thought it was a splendid scheme. I then went to the office of the Sunday Capital and asked the ed itor if he had heard what a shock Mrs. Potter had caused the aristocracy by reading a poem that was off-color at the Whitney reception. Of course he jumped at the bait aiid was flopping around in a minute. He sent up and got a copy of the poem, interviewed Mrs. Potter, who said she had no intention to offend public sentiment, and acted as if she was awfully sorry she hail committed such a horrible blunder. In the meantime I had seen the editors of the other Sunday papers and the New York correspond ents, and got them all crazy about the insult Mrs. Potter had offered to Washington society. Two of the correspondents, the Sun and IVorld. I believe, telegraphed the entire poem to New York. “There is one old hen here who writes for the newspapers who is always smelling around for a scandal. All the women correspondents were mad because they had not been asked to the private theatricals and were thirsting for ven geance. X had the old hen seen, and within a tew hours there was not a woman correspond ent but what knew that something disgraceful had happened at Mrs. Whitney's, but they could not And out exactly what. Everybody they went to professed ignorance, but it was believed to be a studied attempt to keep the scandal out of the newspapers. Some professional gossips winked knowingly and gave the story a shove, so that before midnight there was the greatest sort of a sensation, which Mrs. Potter gave a color to by confessing naively that some people might thiuk the poem off color, but she had in tended no harm, and it was such a touching lit tle thing she did not think people ought to be offended. Her part was very well played, and she enjoyed it, but I got scared at the excite ment myself. “There wasn't anything wrong about ‘ ’Ostler Joe’ any more than there is with 'Hazel Kirke' or nine-tenths of the plays on the stage, and the people who heard it recited at Mrs. Whitney's did not suspect any impropriety till the papers began to talk about it, when, of course, they chimed in like the three old crows. Mrs. Potter was delighted. Within ten days every newspaper hail her name in it. anil her recitation was dis cussed at almost every dinner table in the land. Nobody ever had a better advertisement and it didn't cost a cent. It was the turning point of her life.” Pucker. His highness young Pucker, In bib and in tucker, Lay screaming one night for the moon. ‘•I will have it,” he said, “Brought and laid on my bed! So hasten and take it down soon.” “It is too far away,” Said his nurse in dismay; “And no one can reach it my dear.” “Get a ladder," ho cries. “That will reach to the skies"— Then he gave her a box on the ear. The queen-mother heard. And she came at his word; “Oh: why is my darling boy crying?” "I want—boo! hoos—the moon.” Tile queen fell in a swoon, And they thought for a time she was dying. The king hastened near, And said to his dear: “I'll send up a royal balloon; Every m*n shall he bung. Or bis neck jfli ill be wiimg, Unless he brings Pucker the moon. Tlie courtiers all ran To the king as one map, And each began quickly to pack; They said their good-bys, With tears in thru: oyitiv- . But none of them evfep Ofutieback! Doctors came and they went! But none could invent A cure to keep Pucker from crying; Then a wise doctor came— Dr. Spanker by n.im**— Who growled when he heard Pucker sighing, •ok/ I. “What’s the matter?" he said, The poor child is most dead.” Said the queen mother wiping her eyes; “He cries for the moon, And we've sent a balloon. But they can’t take it down from the skies.” “Well, mum, if that’s all, I should let the child bawl, Although it is hard to endure, I would give him a spank Notwithstanding his rank Which 1 think will effect a real euro " Soon a shiujjle was found— It was smoothed all around, Until it was polished like gold, It was carved very nice- It was scented with spice— With handle most fair to liehold. Then poor crying Pucker in bib and in tucker, (Tho’ the maids were all dying with laughterl Keeeived a good spank Notwithstanding ills rank 1 And was always a model boy after. —Oi.aua E. Brainy, A Bran New Suit. From lltr JnrkumviUe Hr raid The Kavannaii Nrwti linn treated itself to a brim new null of clear-faced minion tyjs nml Itk ap|s'Anine k now In keeping wllb Its rm i lli-iii servnv Tin* Nkwh Is ’altiiitd alf" loilt lor (leorgla nml half for Florida. nml la an loyal mi l true io him' us On* ol na The well-know n moil oaty of Cos! bjatlll la still maintiillied In thin now purehase. not saying a word about It, ami It ilimlilleanis*l upward of fhl.iali Tin- Ngws win* favor by genuine ui*|il nml not by i'oii tinned hlajda Mown from ita own born aa lo Ha tHui'baaM, feirtnanoa, Hi Tin* Nrw* anpre< iau-a tiy Ita mmloaty whllr oihor h<aai*r light* ilepre •'Win for lbe wain 4 11 ITEMS OP INTEREST. There is an economical man in Norristown, Pa., who drives five miles around to avoid atoll gate and the payment of 5c., and speeds 50c. tor a drink at the next hotel. A farmer in Toms River, N. J., noticed a crow flapping abound on the ground the other day, ana upon investigation found that a common laud turtle held the crow fast by one of its legs. A sheep raiser in Runnels county, Tex., has a beard five feet four inches long, and twenty one inches wide in its broadest part. It is of a rich chestnut color, and its owner is very proud of it. The latest addition to the French language is “Bisvigum,” a compound of the words “Bis cuit, viande, legume.” It is an edible concocted on the system of the famous sausage of the German army. It is for the French soldier. A New Haven grocer, thinking someone was making too free with his hams, attached a bell to one of them, and when some time afterward he heard the bell ring, he found a neighbor with the ham in his hand. Thereupon he told the man’s wife that her husband stole hams, and now the pair have sued him for slander, laying the damage at SIOO. Inhabitants of Northern Idaho are complain ing of the tricks in trade of the Chinese. It is said that they mix gold dust worth $8 an ounce with that worth $lO, and dispose of it at the maximum figure. Beside this, they fail to burn their flue dust sufficiently, thereby retaining much quicksilver, and also file up silver dollars and mix the filings with the gold. The only piece of ground possessed by the United States of America, elsewhere than in America itself, is the little plot of land on which the American Legation is built in the town of Tangier. This was given to the American na tion by the Sultan of Morocco. The legations in all other countries stand on ground rented, but not owned, by the American government. Near Dolores, Argentine Republic, there was recently a shower of stones. A few moments after the plains were covered with the bodies of geese, storks, and other birds and animals killed by the stones. One inhabitant of the place carried forty-eight head of geese home in the space of half an hour. Great loss was sus tained. Many animals were killed, and crops and trees were destroyed. Somebody wrote to the editor of a village paper to ask how he would “break an ox.” The editor replied as follows; “If only one ox, a good way would be to hoist him, by means of a long chain attached to his tail, to the top of a pole 40 feet from the ground. Then hoist him by a rope tied to his horns to another pole. Then descend on his back a live-ton pile-driver, and if that don’t break liim let him start a coun try newspaper and trust people for subscription. One of the two ways will do it sure.” Cincinnati capitausts, looking for natural gas, not long ago bought an option on a farm in Findlay, 0., for $65,000 cash, with the privilege of buying outright within six months for $150,. 000 more. Wells were put down and gas found, but before the option expired the farmer died. Then it was found that the farm was in his wife’s name ami that neither the wife nor children knew anything of the $65,000 that had been paid, The speculators could not get the place even for $150,000. It is supposed that the farmer buried the money paid him. Perhaps the most unique celebration of the German Emperor 'William’s birthday was that which took place 7,000 feet high on the southern summit of the Bavarian Alps. Two moun taineers—Stanzl and Walch by name —ascended to this elevation, aud then kindled a bonfire, tho materials for which they had laboriously dragged with them. They had intended climb ing to the very summit of the Watzmann, hut deep snow prevented this, and the bonfire of wood and petroleum was l'it on the Falzkopfl. The ascent of the mountain often brought the climbers up to the shoulders in snow, but they were determined to perform the feat, and they did it. The Prince of Wales, in his capacity of Duke of Cornwall, has had a considerably better year than the Queen in her capacity of Duchess of Lancaster. The Queen was able to draw during 1886 only .£50.000 for her private use from her duchy revenues, whereas the heir-apparent has had no less than £60,563 3s 3d placed to his banker's credit in the shape of the net profits of his valuable Cornish property. Things are look ing up in the mining country. Arrears of rent, which were considerably over £13,000 at the be ginning of 1886, barely exceeded £IO.OOO at its close, while the royalties due on mining proper ty had been all paid up with the exception of some £BOO or £7OO. A marriage is in process of arrangement, says London 2Yt Uh, between the Grand Duke Paul, youngest brother of the Czar, aud the Princess Alexandra, eldest daughter of George of Greece. The eccentric proceedings of the proposed bridegroom during his recent visit to Athens nearly led to the breaking off of the match, and the marriage will certainly not be one “of affec tion.” The young Princess, who is in her 17th year, might take warning from the fate of Princess Elizabeth of Hesse, who married the Grand Duke Serge, from w hom she would long ago have been separated but for the interfer ence of the Emperor and Empress. The two younger brothers of the Czar are barbarians of the pure Russian type of the last century.” A few days aoo John Workman, a farmer of Chatham, 111., drew $6,000 from the bank pre paratory to Starting on a cattle-buying trip. Just before he was to leave home a gentlemanly appearing man, who said that he was buying land, drove up and asked Workman to show him over the farm. Workman got in the buggy and the two men rode together. Soon an ele gant two-horse rig came to the farm, bringing another stylish-looking man, who claimed to be an agent for the sale of agricultural implements. The three men engaged in conversation for a while, and suddenly the strangers seized Work man, threw him to the ground and took from his [lockets $6,000 iu money. They succeeded in getting away before their victim’could give the alarm. In further explanation of his suggestion of a monument to Sir Francis Drake, the very first English-speaking “pioneer” who landed on the coast of California, to be placed on the summit of Strawberry bill, the highest peak in the Golden Gate Park, Mr. Horace F. Cutter writes to the San Francisco Argonaut: “My idea would be to have erected an open temple of sav 75 feet iu height, of four or more pillars, with a burnished dome surmounted liy a glistening sphere, which would be visible far out to sea, and emblematical of the globe around which he had so successfully sailed his little bark; and In the interior, on a pedestal, a bronze statue of the circumnavigator, to he of heroic size and clad in the picturesque costume of that period, naval or military (rather than that of the cour tier), us he went forth, after conquering at that game of bowls, on that glorious afternoon, as Vice Admiral of tlic fleet which was to vanquish and drive away the arrogantly styled ‘invincible Armada.’ ” Commissioner Brago, of the Interstate Com merce Commission, has made himself known to Washingtonians by wearing a hat the like of which is only possessed by three other promi nent citizens in that city. At any distance the owners of these hats can lie identified. They are distinct badges of statesmen, soldiers and lecturers. They are black, stiff-brimmed and soft crowned telt. Gen. Sparks, of the land Office, has made his fortune in politics by wear ing one of these lints. Although never in the army, he was appointed ( hairman on Military Affairs in the House of which he was a member, on account of the distinguished military look which his hat gave him. The other wearers of these hats are Gen. George Sheridan, the friend of Ingersoll, who is now annihilating that cele brated pagan on the lecture platform ns a mat ter of business, and Gen McKlbbon, who has an honorable military record and u rank of Brigadier General obtained during the war. Bragg's lint looks to lie anew one, and it is sus pected that he lias adopted It under a hint from Gen. Sparks of tts conspicuous merits. Thb monument mania la raging in France, and Cherbourg has caught it and will try to erect a memorial of J. F. Millet, who waa born there. This commendable project him brought out many reminiscences of the injustice, neglect ami wretchedness that were so largely the Ulus irlous artist's lot In life. For example, It is told that one ipiurter day, Ills rent being due anil his fairs*', ns usunl. empty, Millet succeeded In coax ug a picture dealer to visit Ins studio, lo see If there was not, something there worth the siw which lie owed his lundlord. Tbo dealer rumc, turned over canvas after canvas stipe rcllliously, hut ill but consented to give the sum ivqijired In exchange for three iiii|irlunt works As im laid the tbrtv 100 frane notes on the table. Mllh t suddenly reniends-reil thu' Hie next day was Ins wife's fete. "1 should like tin Invite a few friend' , he said eagerly; "could you not take something else, so Hint I may have enough in pay for tlw dinner?" 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