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4 Ckpknragllchw Morning News Building, Savannah, Ga. TnUKSJ>AY, APRIL ‘2S, 1887. Registered at Hie Post Office in Savannah. The Morning News is n>"*v day in file year, and is served to subscribers in the city, by newsdealers and carriers. on their •'.m a< coiuit. at ‘ls cents a week. Si 00 a month, $5 IX) for six months and $lO 00 for one year. The Morning News, hy wait, one month. $1 00; three months, $1 V'; six months, $5 00, one year. $lO 00. The Morning News, f y mad. <ix times a creek (without Sunday issue , three months. $2 (X); six months. i*' one year. $* 00 The Morning News Tri-\Veekly. Mondays, Wednesdays aml Fridays, or Tuesdays. Thurs days and Saturdays, three months, $1 555? six months. $2 s*); one year. S’> 00. The Sunday News, hy mail, one year. $2 00. The Weekly News, by mad. 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 ami telegram? should 1.-e addressed 44 Morning News. Savannah. Ga.” Advertising: rates made known on application. INDEX TO NEW_ ADVERTISEMENTS. Meetings—Zerubbabel Lodge No. 15, F. & A M. Special Notices— Examination at Public Schools: A. B. Collins, with Messrs. Lloyd & Adams; Quarantine Notice. Cheap Column Advertisements— Help Want ed; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For Sale; Lost; Miscellaneous. Mowing Machines—Weed & Cornwell. Official—Notice to Occupants of Houses and Stores. Arcnox Sales--Stoves, Pot Ware, Etc., by C. H. Dorsett; Sundries, by I. D Laßoche s Sons; Bousebold Furniture, by J. McLaughlin & Son. The battle of Shiloh is being refought with great vigor in the neighborhood of New Or leans. Where are the Cleveland clubs that did such valiant service in 1884? It is about time they were preparing for next year's work. Gov. Gordon's unfortunate illness at Au gusta is to be regretted. The people of the State will wish him a speedy and permanent recovery. Honors ate easy. While one part of Georgia prepares for fairs and horse races, another gets ready for camp meetings and fried chicken. Prominent business men in Cincinnati are moving to secure both the national conven tions next j'ear. A pork packing town can hardly be anything else than hoggish. It is a mistake to suppose that the Inter state Conimerc ■ Commissioner- have come to Georgia to hunt for the railroads char tered by the General Assembly at its last session. There is a small Presidential boom for Roscoe Conkling. So far it is not strong enough to travel out of the West, where it is being carefully nursed by its anxious originators. Murat Halstead, editor of the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette , went to Chicago the other day and had a long conference with Mr. Blaine. Both deny that they talked polities, but they might as well deny that one and one make two. Gen. Boulanger has hnd a newly-invented telephone apparatus arranged in his apart ments in Paris, by which he can give verbal orders to twelve persons at the same time. If the apparatus could be operated in the field it might prove of great value in case of war with Germany. A New York lawyer declines to be a candi date for the Presidency, because, he says: “I don't want the country to get acquainted with me.” He is wise to decline if he really doesn’t want the country to know him, for if he should become a candidate his history would soon be thoroughly ventilated. The workmen who are constructing the new elevators in the capitol at Washington have been notified that they must finish their work hy Sept. 3. Washington people think the fact means that the President will call an extra session of Congress. More likely’ it means somebody’ is tired of walk ing up-stairs. .Taj’ Gould has returned to New York from his trip to the Southwest. He traveled more than (5,000 miles, although he was ab sent from New York less than sixteen days. He thinks the Southwest is in a very pros perous condition. As to the effect of the interstate commerce law, hois not yet ready to express an opinion. 11l the basket found by the side of the un known girl murdered at Rahway, N. J., were three unbroken eggs. They were placed under a setting hen and a few days ago a young chicken was hatched out of one of them. It proved to l>e a Plymouth Rock, and it is thought that it may lead to the identification of the unfortunate girl. A “Prominent Democrat” is at work upon ex-Speaker Carlisle. He says that the ex- Bpeaker will not lie a candidate for the Speakership of the next House, hut that he will try to secure the Chairmanship of the Committee on Ways and Means. It doesn’t matter much, the ex-Bpeaker will do good fendee in whatever position he occupies. ifiail Hamilton” was asked by a reporter w days ago if she was the author of the scurrilous “Arthur Richmond” letters. With a salt and pepper smile she replied: I “1 have no answer to that question.” If the reporter hud u-kod, “Are you the authoress of those truly beautiful essays signed ‘Ar thur Richmond f ” she would probably have whispered, “Yes.” The foolish young women of New York have anew cram. They are trying to im prove their complexionr. by eating arsenic wafers. The sanitary official! propose to in terfere, however, and it is likely that the in in who manufactures and sells the wafers will get into trouble. The young women should try’ buttermilk batlw. They are safer and cheaper than arsenic wafers. Thonpproucbing visit of Queen Knpo lani, of the Sundwich Islands, to Washing ton will be the third instance of a incmlicr of Urn royal family of that country visiting the national capital. Queen Limua visited Washington during President Johnson's administration, and King Kulukuiui during President Grunt's. Queen Ka|s>lnui Is King Kalk It a in'* wife. Hbe is not noted for her baauty, A pretty story cornea from North Caro lina A beautiful English girl visited n aining town In that Hlate hut nut,min and j toon after she and a ml'inr named Harr) | ttaiJ fell in love with wo It other, A few , lays ago they worv imurbi and then it <!•- . viofasl that lit* Lentil id girl was Imlv Aynas, Uw d*<igiui of an Karl. The uni) os si ids with the story Is that the name of If mm 4mm wot appwu In Uw Write*b pmt A Southern Memorial Day. A Florida correspondent, whose comnmni j ontion is published in another column of this j issue, makes a suggestion relative to Me j morinl day that is well worth considering, j Ills suggestion is that in nil the Southern ! States the memory of the Confederate dead ! shall Lie honored, by decorating their graves ! with flowers and by other appro -1 priate ceremonies, on the same day., I At p resent Memorial day occurs in one . State at one time and in another State at ’ another time. In this State April ‘JO is I Memorial day, and it lias been made a legal holiday. In some of the Scutes the day comes earlier in the season and in others later. A suggestion comes from Virginia that May Ik) be adopted, blit that day is too late for the Gulf States, where the flowers cannot be had in such abundance then ns at an earlier date. The writer of the com munication suggests May 12.* The sug gestion appears to be free from objection. Flowers in any quantity can lie obtained in Virginia at that time, and also in Louisiana. A great deal will be gained in the way of interest by having Memorial day came on the same date in all the Southern States. At present the day is losing its hold upon the people. In many localities it is almost unnoticed. This is not because the people are boeoming indifferent to the memory of those who illustrated Southern courage and manhood on many hard fought battlefields, but because of the want of something to arouse their passive sentiment, and make it show itself not only in decorating the graves of the honored dead, but also in rescuing Confederate cemeteries from tlie con dition of neglect into which they are falling. If the entire South engages in memorial services on the same day that alone will clothe the services with additional interest. The feeling that the whole South is performing the same duty will bring home to the people a strong sense of the debt they owe to their dead heroes, and they will not only have a more profound respect for Memorial day, but they will toaeli their children to honor it. The South is growing rich quite rapidly. She has many wealthy men, and the per centage of those who are independent is large. It is time, therefore, that there was some general movement looking to the bet ter cure of Confederate cemeteries. All that is needed is for a few energetic men to take the lead in the matter and it will not be difficult to raise all the money that is needed. If a fund for that purpose is started it will grow rapidly, not only from generous con tributions, but also from gifts for which wealthy Southerners will make provision in their wills. As Georgia is the Empire State of the South, why would it not lie a wise thing for her Legislature at its approaching session to do to take into consideration this question of a general Memorial day, and also that of the raising a fund for the improvement and protection of Confederate cemeteries? If Georgia were to take hold of these questions in the right way it is certa n that the other Southern States would soon come to her assistance. Dorshelmer’s Statement. Editor Dorsheimer’s statement leaves no room for doubting that in the early part of the present year the President had about made up his mind not to accept a renomilla tion if it were offered to him. According to this statement the President was think ing about making a public declaration which would settle the question of his can didacy in 1(588, but was persuaded not to. It is probable, therefore, that the dispatch which was sent to the Missouri Republican a few days ago, announcing that the Presi dent would not be a candidate for President again, and which was very generally dis credited, was well founded. If the Presi dent was ready in January to announce publicly that he would not accept a renoini liation it is probable that he is ready to say it now, and only refrains because his |xilitioal advisers do not think it wise for him to do so. • There are indications cropping out all the time, however, that he is telling his inti mate friends, particularly those who visit him from Buffalo, that he means to retire from public life at the end of his pre -cut. term. If he doesn't want these declarations to reach the public it is rather strange that ho continues to make them to different people. Ho must know that these people will whisper matters of that sort to their intimate friends and that the newspapers will get a hold of them. It will not be denied that the President has not shown much wisdom relative to the question of his renomination. Ho seems to have been influenced to make up his mind not to be a candidate again hy the rather severe attacks of some of the newspapers. He has been in public life long enough, how ever, to become indifferent to such attacks. He cannot expect to satisfy all. He ought to bo thankful if he pleases tlie majority. Since, however, his confidential talks aliout a second term have been published, it might be wise to publicly announce exactly what liis position with regard to a renoiuination is. There is no use wasting time in boom ing him if he has already determined upon a course that will take him out of the I’rasi dential contest. If the assurance is given that Mr. Cleveland will not accept a ronoini na'ioii, those who have been supporting him as an-1888 candidate will be at liberty to hunt up am fier candidate. In our dispatches Tuesday the death of James H. Man', who, with one exception, was longer iu the service of the government than an} - other employe, was announced. He was the chief clerk of the First Assistant Postmaster General, and was 77 years old. When 20 years old lie became a clerk in the Post Office Department, and served con tinuously until his death—fifty-seven years. For tlie last five or six years tlie old gentle man was incapacitated, and his position was n sinecure. His sole duty was to sign his uninc to official documents, and lie was always ut his desk, mill or shine, at 11 o’clock in tlie morning, und there remained till Hie lust stroke of 4, grumbling mid growling 1* - cause he had to go out in bud weat her, although tli" Postmaster General again and again urged him not to do so. But “Uncle Jimmy,” us everyone culled him, thought the whole weight of rcspousiliility rested on his shoulders, and in the lust days of hr sickness he lay awake nights worrying and wondering who would run the deportment whru lie was dead. Is tlier,- uiiythiug tlio matter with Flur idn f K \ Heiuitor Joucs onrauf Florida, now of Detroit,has hod nil fold mu, which ha lately j delivered In Detroit, iwuiad in iximphlc! i form In tli* 1 coins,' of fir, nddies, heal- I lildni to lli> Bouth lot follows; "1 am q'i.t - I sure Uial if ii.jr kA lu,i leu cast loam other pai l ut than the out 1 llvs IN have I given so mu,'l uxxdJb Mills n*>qwpvrs u. j he lo* m i„- L’gi* I lathis outfit '■o iiu.OUv Vj ii. MUr* Must A I 4vt $ 1,. TILL MORNING NEWS; THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1887. The Shiloh Controversy. There has perhaps been more controversy about the battle of Shiloh than any other of the war between the States, and it has not been confined to those who opposed each other in that contest. There were grave mistakes made on both sides, and the Fed erate and Confederates are yet trying to locate the responsibility for them. It is be lieved by many on the Confederate side that the Confederates would have won a great victory if it had not been for the mistakes of Gen. Beauregard.) Of course Gen. Beaure gard and his friends do not admit that he made anv such mistakes as are charged against him. Mr. Davis, however, is ap parently of the opinion that a victory was well-nigh won, and that it was forfeited by Gen. Beauregard. They are now enguged in a newspaper controversy which is at tracting some attention. When the statue of Albert Sidney John ston was unveiled nt New Orleans on April 0 Mr. Davis delivered a short address. Ho made a statement or two about the battle of Shiloh, which Gen. Beauregard interpreted as reflecting upon him. Gen. Beauregard’s name was not mentioned, but that gentle man was so certain that Mr. Davis referred to him that he published in the New Orleans Picayune a lengthy communication,pointing out the part he took in the liattle of Shiloh. In this lie exonerate;! himself from the charge which, he assumed, Mr. Davis made against him. r =Of course Mr. Davis replied, and it must be admitted that he made liis meaning much more plain than he did in his remarks on April <>. He explains in his article that his remarks on that occasion were unpremedi tated, and says that what he said might just as well have been understood to refer to some staff officer as to Gen. Beauregard. He says, however, that Gen. Beauregard “knew the rightful owner and claimed his own.” Mr. Davis states that if Gen. Beauregard did not understand fully his remarks of April 0, he will aid him by specially stating that in his “opinion the only mistake of Gen. Johnston in relation to the battle of ■Shiloh was in not personally making the order of march from Corinth toward Pitts burg Landing, for which his large experi ence in the movement of troops peculiarly qualified him, instead of intrusting that duty to Gen. Beauregard, his second in command, and who had seen comparatively little ser vice with troops in the field. If in this way, as appears by contemporaneous state ments, a day was needlessly spent in the march, it was a mistake with serious conse quences.” It is probable that Gen. Beauregard will not drop the controversy, though it does not appear that, there is much to be gained bv continuing it. From present indications the responsibility for tho mistakes that were made on both sides will never be satisfac torily located. The Governor’s Augusta Oration. Gov. Gordon, in his oration at Augusta on Tuesday, called attention to something that has been in the minds of Southern peo ple for a long time, but which has found very little expression, viz., th,? danger that the South's side of the story of the war be tween the States will not have the place in history that it is entitled to, and that the characteristics for Mhioh the South has always been distinguished will be gradually obliterated. The North is making most of the school books and the literature of the country. In many ways it is impressing its views of the great civil conflict upon the rising genera tion. All the leading magazines and the great majority of the largest newspapers are published under Northern influences. While there may be no attempt to create false impressions, or to impose upon the pub lic misrepresentations, it cannot be other wise than that all that is written at the North should have a Northern coloring. Everything is viewed from a Northern standpoint and bears the impress of North ern character and ideas. Under the circumstances, it is not to be wondered at that thinking Southern men are beginning to feel that there is danger that the South of tho period before and in cluding the civil war will not have her true place in history, and that the coming gen erations of her own jieople will not only have incorrect impressions of that period, but will also lose their marked Southern traits. Orations like those of Gov. Gordon at Au gusta and Secretary Lamar at Charleston, and tlie observance of Memorial day, are calculated to freshen the memories of the people and warn them of the influences that threaten to lead them away from the truth respecting the customs and institutions of their section and the purposes of those who were its representatives. Mrs. I. B. Betts, of Salem, 111., is a Pro hibitionist. Just before the recent prohi bit ion election in tiiat town she discovered that her husband was pledged to vote for the anti-prohibition candidates. She could not hiduee him to break bis pledge, so she prepared a trap for him. She persuaded him that he was sick, and on tlie evening be fore the election she applied a huge mustard plaster to his stomach and sent him to boil. Next day lie was too sore to get up and of course did not vote. The Ladies' Christian Temperance Union rewarded Mrs. Bett-. by voting her thanks for her “untiring efforts in the interest of reform. ” , John C. Dancy, the editor of a negro pap, r at Salisbury, N. C., has been lecturing in Bos ton. He told his hearers that they must not look for a true representation of the negro's ease in newspapera edited by white men. Such pullers, lie said, rarely print anything creditable aliout the negroes. Dancy should cultivate n closer acquaintance with truth. In Georgia papers edited by white m.'ii frequently call attention to tlie negro's prog ress, and they are always ready to aid him in ids efforts to build church •> and school houses, and they do not hesitate to com mend his other undertakings when com mendation is deserved. Senator Sherman can hardly be in earnest in his purpose to break the political solidity of the South, lie said in mi interview the other day: “But tho negroes, politically, have not advanced lieeuiise they are not ullowod to vote- llml is, their votes are count" ! again .t them. The Democrats do not deny that fact. Why, the present ad ministration is occupying office by reason of geo** crimes --crimes Unit would wend tlie l'i|N i ra tors to the penitentiary fora term of years,' If UiMHonalorreallydmired to break tlie (Silitiivil soil lit V of the South lie would I Hot 1u11!.,' sUilelitefiDi so offensive Ulld s, 1111* i Iran. Ibe Hoi,day < kstiiig movement ibsw not I met mill tavor in New York. It i> ko,I tiiat Got Tlinnua, iMMiiltree nwinad about •tie Hff oeiii l|, him* all Huivlu) ult' lie sot I with taw in tils ry# Tie hoslilc am be I ■.vu.au I jfc,t a dim* of tbv Malta , CURRENT COMMENT. it Would Have Done Them No Good. Fiomthe Cleveland Pin in Dealer (Don.) It wouldn't have done the Culian bandits any goo<l if they had caught .John Sherman. When a campaign committee ,-a n't extract cash from a public man he is too tough for the most fe rocious bandit'extant. Besides. John is poor. Ilis brother-in daw savs so !: would have been necessary to have rci-.ed money by popular sub scription to rescue John from the bandits. Powderly’a Boycott on Labor Journals. From the Baltimore American*Rep.) That the laborer has wrongs, and grievous ones that can only be corrected through organi zation is well recognized. That through the press much has been, and can be, accomplished in his behalf needs but w be said: and the course of action that seeks to restrict the press to the support, only of individual men or measures can result only unfavorably to the individuals, and to the cause of labor. His Course Approved. From flic I'oslon Herald (Incl.) The course of Gen. Fairchild, commander-in chief of the Grand Armv of the Republic, in meeting the attempt to drag the order into pol itics by forbidding its having anything to do with politicians' schemes about the pensions bills, is general;;. praised. The enter prise was a mean aivl mischievous one, even for the New York Tribune. Gen. Fairchild is a gentleman who. it may be remembered, is con sidered seriously in sonic quarters us the Repub lican candidate for the Presidency. Political Prevaricators Still Abound. From the yew York World (Don.) It is worth while to note that there has not been anything like the entire destruction of po litical liars in this country. So far as the negroes of the South arc concerned they are about as well protected in their political rights as the poor white people of the North. We occasionally hear or' outrages aliout election times, but these “outrages'' are not confined to color or latitude It is about time that tho Re publican newspapers aismdoned their worn-out. scheme of sticking their party together with" prejudice and falsehood boiled up in that old Southern caldron. BRIGHT BITS. Some Socialists say th".v will till tlie soil when it is made free; but they will not till then.— —Xcw Ur lea ns Fka yune. Wife—Will you take me to the opera to night. dear? Husband--Yes, go and undress. Boston. Courier. It would, of course, be highly improper to ask a society lady how much her dress was worth, and it wouldn't do any good, anyhow. Site would most likely tell you it was till Worth.— Washington Critic. Hark! What's that? That? That's a brass band. What are they out for to-night, I won der? Out to get the air. of course. And. try the way, I should think from the sound that they hadn't found it yet.—' 'LuireU Citizen. Principal (who had made sure of it this time) Did "Fylem and Vaitahit” seem put out at my sending in the account again? New Clerk—Oh dear, no, sir. Most perlite they were. sir. Said they ‘oped I'd call again, sir Punch. A class of Norwich primary scholars were given a language less ,:, m which the word "or ganic’' was to govern the sense of the sentence. One little fellow wrote better than he knew when he indited, “The he Italian is the most or ganic man on the face of the earth '.’'—Xorunch Bulletin. One of the most tender-hearted men in this country lives in an adjoining county. For nearly two years be kept ti:e cremated remains of his first wife in a handsome jar on the mantel-piece. A few-days ago, during sleety weather, he got down the jar and Sprinkled the ashes on the front steps for fear h,x second wife might slip aud break her neck.— Xorristmcn Herald. First Omaha Dame Are you still boarding? Second Omaha Dame—Yes. but it is a great trinl. My room is never half attended to. "It isn t?” "No, and the halls are dirty and the parlor always coaled willicli -t, had you can hardly see through the windows." "Indeed?” "And nothing is ever cooked right; half the things are, burnt .aifl the other half nearly raw.” "Well. I declare 1 . Why, you arc almost as badly off as if you kept house and had a girl.” —Omaha World. A KNOCK-KNEED YOUNG NEGRO' went into a book store, aptl after spending some time in rubbing the showcase with his elbow, evidently waiting until he could speak without being over heard. He nodded'to a clerk and asked; “>Say, is yer got any dat sorter ink dat fades out er week lir so-alter yer writes wid it?” "What do you want with sucli ink?” "Need it in iner buz'nesfq sail." "What is vour business?" “Wall. sab. (lar'scr man down whar I lib, er cullud man. dat lgiids money on mortgages. Year'fo' laft be got two mules an' er wagin frtim me: las’ year he got six bales o' cotton, an' now, dis yeah, lie's laid his plans fur gob blin' me up altergedder; so I wants ter borry all de money 1 ken trum him. an' gin him er mort gage wrote iu dat fadin’ink. Er haw. haw—it makes me laugh tor think erbout it. Ole rescal take out his papers when de time comes, an’ huh. his ole lip drop d’ar down ter de flo’ ca’se dar ain't no mortgage dar. Look roun', sah, an’ see ef yer kalht fine some. Fetch yer er mess er squirrels an’ pay yer fur it besides." "We’ve got no such ink, and even if we had you couldn’t get it." “All right, sah: all right. Ef yer doan want terhe’perjK, man make er bonis’ libin’. w’y it ain't no luult o’ miue."— Arkunsaw Traveler. PERSONAL. Mrs. James Drown Potter is not discouraged; she is only “heart-broken,” she says. Loan GiFFORn. who died some little time ago, left $400,(too to the four Scotch universities. Baron Alphonse de Rothschild has sent 10,OK) francs to those who suffered by the recent earthquakes in Italy. Charles Wai.ker Morse, the eldest son of tlie late I’rof. Samuel F. U. Morse, tlie inventor of the magnetic telegraph, died on Sunday at Sd}brook. Conn., aged 05. Congressman S. V. White, of Brooklyn, is to puivhiue 11. W. I teacher's SOXI,OOO farm, "i!os cobel," for liis eldest son, who is engaged to a daughter of Col. H. 11. Beecher. Lord St. Leonards, the scamp of a British peer who narrowly escaped conviction for a penal offense, is said to have quite reformed and is thinking of studying for the church. Two young doctors, ivc ntly graduated from the Medical College of Indiana, have taken out licenses to practice in Indianapolis. One is In . Mary A. Spiuker aud the other is Dr. Laura E Boyd. Philip O’Briix, who re<- -ntly died in Chicago, was tlie oldest resident of lliiit city, lie was bora in Ireland in 1784. aud was therefore in., years ,ld. He came to America fifty-three years ago. Dn. Parker, of the City Teamte, London, in troduces ilie editorial "wo" m Ids sermons. Sonic time ago he announced, in a hoarse voice, that "wo have a cold to-d.iy, and ,m that ao counl we will not preach .is long as usual." Till: Princess Paterno Moucado del Capero recently invited 120 distinguished guests to din ner ut .Naples und divided them into two parties sixty to dine at ti o'clock, sixty 1., dine . Jt rihmiis tlint an hour is rtiificicut time m Nuples to dine grandly in. Hkxry Viuaui) has telegraphed for Ins old car. now at Portland, in which lie wishes to make a visit to Oregon. The car, which is one ~f tlie finest in the Cult,si States, has not been ii"- 1 slue • .Mr. Villard nv.il home iu it tram the "lusi spike" celebration. Herbert Spencer, v, Idle not strong enough t<, attempt outiniioiw literary bus 1.-<t>-lv lieen occupying himself a, Brighton, where he bus ixs'ii passing liic wilder, wild writing down his rcnibiiM ciici'N of In: cully days, widen nun imssiblv grow to the dimensions of mi ant,’, i.lngrnphy, or, at least, an uuuflilograpluoaJ tragmeni. Tin: l>nk<* of Kdhtburffh. nt a fancy <lr**#H hall 111 Malta Juki before Lent. wan amiv.-il in the full <livss of a l(uasiatt txivard of tlicMvcincciif h itMihiry \iMvim. iritntiiad with .slide, u quant’cap to matcii. fastened with a oi;\inon l iii'och'li, and the order* of tin* (tarter ***** I HI- Andrew uf UiiHsia, the Klara m diamond*. (\um45* 11. JcrrvftHoN. <*ldf‘Nton of ,/oMcph Min, tile lUMor, In about Hi yrurn of Utff, and a \er\ handKOiuc man Jlc i* u widower, with four (laiijfbtari llmt are |*<i*f***t ly|iea of lM‘uiit>,at pi n**.lf|lM*< with hi muter ill Montclair, \ ,1, Mr, .feireraoii h hr. lai | i< < t i( hti*iiic*H iiiianger Iwvud.-* owning tli** play, rthitdow* of a iiraat City," liiat La* proven %ary Mtiiiv-Hful Muautiailr h H rnirr' s.:.*, of Umoktya, who Nom* year* ilt;o jtwve ah' £.'ai M> for a lihifiMKot': lup and lian jti| 1 1 'wiilhl t lip iniTvcrKih wiifi f foi the i*io4‘*ion of M Lbrury IdiildniK, i* not u |.‘rad<mf* of toe uiMtitotion to which h‘ ha inwii mi liiMo .and Me wac in In* youth. however, a linn friend of I'ivwri* at I'ottei an I n* n|mH ititercded iu V'll'* Mr Chittenden f| ( , woo mm**-** in m moi'tunif in Kki a id ii< oof* dm{feMcr wo!, *M#ru within a> i<a >j ia> •* on wbid* lil lw .ud Um uww A LONG FORGOTTEN SONNET. Discovery of a Patriotic Ode to Gen. George Washington. From U'ashinyton Letter to the .V ew York Her ald. Sirs. Cleveland has a great admiration for the national monument in this city to George Wash ington, and says its simplicity especially, com mends it to her, as she prefers simplicity al ways. whether in matters of dress or public structures, and so takes great delight in the con stant view she has from the southern windows of the White House of this, the tallest structure ou the globe, and is very glad that its form was not changed, as once proposed, to a triumphal arch or any other style of monument. She was therefore much pleased when recently shown a sonnet addressed by Dr. Aiken, an Englishman, in 1791, to 'His Excellency George Washington, President of the United States. '’ published in the Georgetown Weekly Ledger in 1791. whose open ing lines give so accurate a description of the monument erected to Washington nearly a cen tury later as to prove its form to have been the most appropriate that could have been chosen, for, as is well known, its roof is a pyramid ftfty flve feet high, whose apex is an aluminum poin t, which is 555 feet above the level of the base be low. The sonnet reads: Point of that pyramid whose solid base Rests firmly founded ou a nation's trust, Which, while the gorgeous palace sinks in dust. Shall stand sublime and fill its ample space. Elected chief of freemen: greater far Than kings, whose glittering parts are fixed by birth, Named by thy country's voice for long-tried worth; Her crown in peace, as once her shield in war. Deign, Washington, to hear a British lyre That, ardent, greets thee with applausive lays And to the patriot hero homage pays. Oh. would thee, Muse, immortal strains inspire, That, high beyond all Greek and Roman fame, Might soar to times unborn thy purer, nobler name 1 Mrs. Cleveland, in common with others, both gentlemen and ladies, in this city, who are well read in literature, had never seen or heard of this sonnet, and thought its prophetic descrip tion of the most striking features of the nation al monument very wonderful and that it should be republished for the benefit of modern readers. , JAY GOULD’S DOUBLE. How He Deceived a Brakeman Who Hoped for Promotion. From the Chicago Tribune. “Can't allow that, my dear sir,” said a brake man on orfe of the Wabash lines the other day, rather sharply, to a passenger who was trying to crack a pecan on the end of a car seat. The offender, a small man of quiet demeanor, looked up and remarked that he was not hurt ing the seat, he was hammering on cast iron. "I can't help that, sir,” said the brakeman. “Suppose we let everybody crack nuts on the car seats; don't you see it would deface them? I tell you it won't do. You'll have to stop it.” “I’ll pay for all the damage 1 do,” said the little man, bringing his knife-handle down on tile nut again. “You’ll get out of the car if you don’t quit. That's what you'll do,” quoth the exasperated brakeman. ’•(>. no. I think not,” saidthe little man: “I’ll try to put, up with the injury to the ear. I can stand it," and he handed the brakeman a card inscribed thus: JAY GOULD, New York. "I beg your pardon. Mr. Gould," exclaimed the employe humbly, lifting liis cap and turning red ana pale by turns. “That is all right, my good man. You were only doing your duty. No need to ask my par don. I have no better right to abuse the prop erty of the road than any other passenger would have. Always do your duty, regardless of per sons. I'll keep an eye out for you." An hour later the great railway magnate left the train. “Do you see that little fellow?" said the brake man to an acquaintance. "That’s Jay Gould. I'm solid with him and my fortune's made." “That Jay Gould?" was the reply. “Not much. That’s Smith Henry, of Bushnell, 111. He looks like Jay Gould, and whenever he trav els he carries a pocketful of cards with Jay Gould’s name on them. Been giving you one, has he? Oho! Aha!" A wild-eyed brakeman on one of the Wabash lines travels back and forth on his run, perform ing his allotted duties in a mechanical way, and possessed of one absorbing, consuming desire. He wants to meet Mr. Smith Henry, of Bushnell, once more before he dies. A Venerable Rug. Curiosity Dealer in the St. Louis (jlobe-Demo crat. I have in my possession a rug which is nearly 1,200 years old. I bought it in Malatia, on the Euphrates, where a Mohametan family had owned it for at least 300 years. The rug is dif ferent from most of those of modern make, be ing plainer in pattern and somewhat crude in finish. Its design is interesting as a specimen of that realism in art which precedes all con ventional design. It represents the facade of a mosque of Mediaeval Moorish style, with two minarets on either side and a numlier of turrets rising toward the centre, where the highest is surmounted by a crescent and star. Only the four primary colors are used, and while age has dimmed and mads them richer, there is none of that gorgeous effect produced later by the prodigal blending of sensuous hues, as seen in ail Eastern can>ets of to-day. It is about 8 feet long and about 51$ feet in width. The date 122 of the Hegira, corresponds to the year 705 of the Christian era, making it exactly l.lSl years old. The rug also has a history. Tradition savs that for centuries it, was sacred to the use ol the priests i:x Iht* Mecca Mosque. According to the Koran it was a holy thing, and as such could not be sold. Soon after coming into my hands I seat it with a large consignment of carpets to Constantinople, where, perceiving its age and sacred character, the customs detained it. In vain 1 protested it was mine by right of lawful purchase: the au thorities were unmoved. A idle wrought in honor of the third successor of the Prophet could never be allowed to pass into the hands of infidels. No gold could atone for such sacrilege. It was a struggle lietween Allahami bis enemies, between religious and civil law. Gold was used freely, the officials were repeatedly brined, lull apparently without effect. A year and a half passed, during which 1 came to America, having aoandoned all hope of recovering my treasure, when one day last July, in Philadel phia, where I had opened a place' of business, 1 was astonished to receive n intact, as it bail been consigned to me by the Turkish house of customs. Since then it has licen exhibited in a number of cities and has attrnete 1 considerable attention. I have received offers, for its pur chase, but have no wish to imri with it. 1 place its value, however, at nearly (53,000. A Game of Euchre. The euchre, an l we two \\\ i•* partners, Beatrice an-4 I, A darling maid; the roses’ hue Her cheeks wen*, and her eyes of blue Were clearer than the sky. It was my deal; the trump, the jack Of hearts: one look 1 send To Beatrice: she sends one kick; That of trump-card* she had a lack, Was what 1 thought it meant. The trump was passed; I was not slow' To take it when my cards I'd scanned. ‘Til take your highest, trump, although—” And this 1 whispered very low : *Td like to take your band!' She smiled: bright pink her cheeks became— I knew sir* saw my little fun; But she \v:*s new unto the game. And so. unit*- puzzled, did exclaim: "Of hearts l have but one." “Th* u will v*u give me that?" I said; My meaning u jickly she inferred; The pink turtle t into deejiest red. Then o’er her face a wee snide upload— A low, faint "yes" 1 heard! Hknhn fALcoTT Mills. Mr. Bhvino ftomembor** Bur chard. b'i am the tio.it on I lentil. ( 'HffAoo. April Jam-** U. Hluiiu* had a very narrow es *ape from Sis friend* here to day. Two hundred iim iilktu of the lrUb*Auieriean It •publican < ’hib '-ailed On him by appoint meiit at the Gland I ’.** *i *I c. The p|*e ident of t)l* flab had iiivpurod a lengthy nddnsn. u copy of which , had #•*• n d to all ivp:esentat:v**s of the pi*'K . As the \ isitors \.e|'e ai*o'it It proceed to iilaiiie s (wtrlor hoiik* one iisked the I'reddenf of tile ('lull if bis Ul ti'*N hint >ee|| submitted fo Blaine, Th** President n'plied in the n**g.ii jv., \ halt wum called and 1. iitmii- Ul.i.in* wn m*iil ! tor. I'he cmatineript of the id Ipem* was given j to KmuioS Hlaiii'*, vlei prompt)/excus'd Inin •if 4*i.d earned it tig ►lairs returning with a t ry urgent ivqtMft frni his father that tie* 'll I** tuipjtrqwMMd. The 1 *!*• *?|.lent. Ulticri j e mi lme t. fj<K*)tttod tli* iiumiiMTipt. after wlmli | v|H4ifN ftM op*<film and were im*rumiJy i rwi'ivH Tkr tti tin* club decline* to furnish % com’ of tin* a'tiro** he* find fr*jir‘<"i .*i | grat Hf*a t imji a &Mtk nun w|mi &* read it ■ w> llUiu.- M|M Irutu HtuAim ttuix iuud Iwcil** Itw wm • Uwkjr vj*> | ITEMS OF INTEREST. During the flood at Bismarck. Dak., the other day, a big cake of ice went down the roaring Missouri, and on the ice was a big black bear. Mns. Sally Gillette, of Buekland, Mass., celebrated her 100th birthday recently. She shook hands with 200 friends who called to con gratulate her, and, it is said, -‘showed rare social powers." English sparrows are lieing killed off in Al bany, N. Y., at a great rate. Since the}* ap peared in tin- markets there seventeen days ago, oue dealer has sold 1.700 at 37c. a dozen. A boy shot eighty in oue afternoon. They go to make sparrow pie. The original charter of Philadelphia as a city, antedating by ten years the oue now hanging in Independence Hall, which was supposed to lie the first, has been brought to light. It is dated 1091, and was held by a. family who supposed it was simply an old title deed. “Halston” says that a newspaper correspond cent recently discovered that Alfred Sully, of re cent prominence in the Baltimore and Ohio deal, was something of a poet, and straightway evolved this: “Mr. Sully is a widower who sometimes flirts with the muse." The types brought it out in this way: "Mr. Sully is a widower and sometimes flirts with the nurse.” There arc in New York over 10.000 persons who make a living at the rag business. Every morning before sunrise more than 2,000 Italians are out fishing in ash barrels with iron hooks. These chiffonieres get from a quarter of a cent to half a cent a pound for the rags and paper they fish out of the barrels. Ola iron, twine and unbumed coal swell their revenue. They make iu good days 50c. The use of electric lights in theatres has driven paper snow largely off the stage. Y T arious sub stitutes have been tried in Paris, and the very best imitation of snow has been found to be the scraps and clippings of kid left over from cut ting out gloves. They float iu the air, descend ing with very realistic slowness, and they cling visibly to the garments of the actors. These clippings are furnished by several of the leading glove houses of Paris, and cost $2 a sack. At Del Mar, San Diego county, Cal., a surface well was dug on the edge of a bluff, so near the edge that there was barely room for a man to stand between the well and the jumping-off place, and from this position he could jump down upon the beach below, a distance of fifty feet, and yet the well was only eight feet ami contained a good supply of water in the soft sandstone. Last winter tbe bluff caved off, taking with it the side and bottom of the well, and the other side of the well is still visible in the side of the bluff. Even the divinity that doth hedge a Icing yields to the power of the press. The reporters who were puzzling over the toilets at a recent court ball at Rome were taken in tow bj r King Umberto, to whom they frankly stated their fix, and introduced to Queen Marguerita, with the suggestion that she should coach them. She did this with a readiness and w inning grace that completely captivated t he quilldrivers, dictating to them a description of the handsomest dresses. She wound up w ith the injunction not to forget her necklace of pearls, "tor these are the things that especially interest your lady readers.” Thomas Sterling, a St. Louis bill poster, be came ambitious to go on the stage, and so prac ticed a feat of placing nine tables on top of each other and doing a somersault on the ninth one He secured an engagement and made his initial appearance before the footlights. The pro gramme announced that he would do “his great pyramid table specialty, an act beyond descrip tion." He had not quite completed the pyra mid when he fell to the floor, breaking his nose and fracturing the bone over his left eye, in ad dition to sustaining several severe bruises. He will return to bill sticking as soon as he gets well. A good story of Mr. D'Oyley Carte’s little visit to Boston at the time of the opening of the Hollis Street Theatre has just crept out. Going up to the box office of another theatre he said: "I want to see Mr. Manager X.” "He is not in the house just now,” replied the ticket seller. "But I really want to see him now!" said Mr. Carte, adding, as he rolled the words under his tongue. "I am Mr. D’Oyley Carte.” But the noise of a passing horse-car dimmed even the English indistinctness of speech, and the ticket seller, sweetly smiling, dismissed him with: "Oh, an oil cart! Well, drive right round to the back door; that's where they take the goods iu." A correspondent of the London News relieves the anxiety of the touring and the artistic public in regard to the reported desecration threatening the blue grotto at Capri. It has been rumored that an American resident in tends to destroy the grotto or close it to the public or maliciously bore a hole through the roof and so destroy the wonderful effects of the light. But the truth is that the said American, Col. Macliowen, intends to make access to the blue grotto, which is now only possible by sea and in calm weather, practicable at all times. For that purpose be intends making a tunnel entering the grotto from the land side, which v ill involve an expenditure of 290,000 lire. The chief difficulty in the undertaking consists in preventing the light entering through the tunnel interfering with the marvelous optical effect now so much admired. Occasionally in past years a solitary individ ual has been heard of here and there who has sworn to go unshaven and unshorn or do other penance until his party has been restored to power or his favorite candidate elected. But down in Maine the phenomenon appears of the I iemocracy of two townships possessed of this relentless cast of character. Last year the Dem ocrats of Bueksport and Verona became dis pleased because Collector SpofTord appointed Joseph L. Swasey to a i>osition in the custom house, and they pledged themselves to abstain from voting so long as Swasey was retained. They have kept their word. Not a Democratic vot * was thrown at the September or the March election, and the party recently held a caucus and adopted resolutions reaffirming its position. Swasey. however, still holds the fort, and the Jackaonians are likely to disfranchise them selves for nothing. JrsT before the close of the first session of the Forty-ninth Congress the Senate provided for a compilation of the veto messages of Presidents of the United States from the organization of Congress up to the end of that session. This compilation has just been issued, and from it some interesting information may be obtained as to the exercise of tin* veto power by the Chief Executives. Only fourteen of the twenty-two Presidents who have had this power have found occasion to use it. aid of these Mr. Cleveland is far in the lead in the number of bills which have received Executive disapproval, although his term is but half over. The total number of vetoes up t o last August was 41(5. During the session just ended President Cleveland added thirty to the list, making a total to dale of 470. The credit for Mil of these belohgs to Mr. Cleveland. Monroe and Lincoln each vetoed only one bill, the former objecting to a measure for internal improve* m uits and the latter disapproving a bill to cor rect certain clerical errors. Washington ob jected to two me.tsures—one for the apportion* incut of Representatives and the other for the induction of the army. Polk vetoed three public measures. Arthur is credited iu the compila tion wit h three vetoes, hut the Fitz John Porter bll. for some reason, dues not apiiear in the list, so that he should have been credited with four. Madison kill'd six public measures by vetoes, and Buchanan disposed of eight in the same way. Tyler and Pierce vetoed ten hills each and Hayes r*. Jackson ohjtxjted to thirteen measures ami Johnson to twenty-one. Gen. Grant exactly doubled this number, and mode tie' highe.d record up to the present admmis trat ion. Jrnurci) by his titles. Prof. Max Muller is prob ably the must dJstingiudHMl man in England to-, day Here is a list. Ixdieved to bo complete, of tin* honorary mull kps t • his name: Knight of the ordre pour i • M*ui<e; Knight of (he order of .daximiliun (for h i.*uce and art ); Knight Com iii.indfi* of'the Corona d'ltulia; Foreign Mein* li'i ofthe t* •**i:*a, j usutate, Academic* des Ia- M*rlptß 11-sl.f lies: of the Royal Sar dinian \*-d< nv: of the Royul Academy of the Lino-i nf Rome; of the Royal Bavarian Acade my •!' tin* R. - vj!| Hungarian Academy: of the I'oval Irish Academy : of the Royal Society of ii a ila; of iln* An.oj-ican Academy of AMs and lv*ii*t|. o<4, Boston; of the American Philosophi cal sci '!y; Honorary Member of the Royal Ai'adi .uy of at An infer dam; of th * Royal Ae t lemyuf I’oim.ania; of the Royal Dm avian So> iety ot Arts slid IvitJni'tw; of the Royal Sot iety o’ Literature; of tin* Royal Ills t* ri. u) Society; of th* Royal Asiatic K**ieiy; of tin* German * Miental .vMiety; of llje Asiatic Ho • lely of Bengal: of tin- oriental Society at Pe km: of th* An Jiiiuuu- 1 P.miab; of llw Korirlrda l.uteral tire 1 at . (eHuigfois; of t he ('am b dg* dill Jo .opine.! Sm'iety ;of the Litei‘at*y S**- ci *t> of j/*vdee. of the AntliHMM.logical Ilisti* tut** nt Li c lintslu and lt< land, of tl Ethno* 'i .*pin - fi *y of J'ariN.of Hie Kolkfoi*o ( iu*l !• .o.oi fin- \>iieia:4l) < M'ienU*! fvs'lety ; of the An* i.t‘ *| iirie.tl Ko*i*ty of 3|oe‘UW;uf til* Ameii * in Pnilof.. n*4*l ; m M; • \<*w Z**atNiid In M.I Jp of th l. tiuigHii uunn Ho<*id\ t■* r*s|toii'lci Mem V* ah< :ny of HftrlMi; *#f tin* t* **4iltJ|*v f oFiJstsai. ni the al -I , of the R *)uiHe Iti I 'unil'.ig Mild i’llloiogy, ailU i '11... u. All Ui f*4. CUTICURA REMEDIED SKIX TOUTCUKs That s°s a E r^ Cuticura. Humiliating Eruptions, itchim? - ing Skin Tortures, Loathsome every species of Itching, scalv P m.dt f M ited. Scrofulous and Contagious Di™ ?' ■****■ Blood, Skin and Scalp, with Loss of 'to intancy to old age, are positively cured m' r " ul ct’RA, the great Skin Cure, and Cuiu •,- y - u ’ri. an exquisite Skin Beautifler. exter,.n iu ° COVERED WITH SORES I have been afflicted since last March vea Skm disease the doctors called Eown. " face was covered with scabs and sores itemng and burning were almost Seeing your Cuticura Remedies so S? b ‘ e ' onimended, concluded to give them a trGi s re ’ > the Outicura and Cuticura Soap and Resolvent internally, for four momhf'i call myself cured, in gratitude for whichlL* this public statement. 1 Mrs. CLARA A. FREDERinr Broad Brook, Conn. SCALP, FACE, EARS AND NECK I was afflicted with Eczema on the Sealn r Ears and Neck, which the druggist, whfe your remedies, pronounced one of the cases that had come under his notice ttJ*? vised me to try your CuTtcutu Remedikand after five days’ use my scalp and pan of mv l were entirely cured, and I hope in anothe to have my ears, neck and the other part „ lace cured. HERMAN SL l 1 120 E. 4th Street, New York. ' ITCHING DISEASES CURED. Cuticura stands at the head of jt s especially is this the case with the Cron, Soap. Have had an unusually good sale summer, owing to the prevalence of an a?-- vated form of Itch through some localitE the country, in which the Cuticura W.- proved satisfactory. W. L. HARDIGG, Druggist Uni onto wn, Ky. CUTICURA REMEDIES Are sold by all druggists. Price: Curiam. 50 cents; Resolvent, $1; Soap, 25 cents p™ ter.Dhug and Chemical Cos., Boston. Sendt. “How to Cure Skin Diseases.” BEATFi FY the Complexion and Skin ' - u - t - J - a - by using the Cuticura Soap. * How" My Side Aehelfl Aching Sides and Back. Hip and ESiPS-a® Kidney Pains, Rheumatic, Sciatic, 'ffSteJTu Neuralgic. Sharpand Shoot ing Pams’ .KffIR.MY relieved in one minute by the fej cura Anti-Pain Plaster. Cannot fail. u druggists, 25 cents. Potter Drug and Chemiod Cos., Boston. HATS. HATS! HATS! lI.VK! LaFar’s lew Store, 29 BULL STREET. Men’s Hats, Youths’ Hats, Boys’ Its, Mackinaw Hats at 50c. DUNLAP’S FINE HATS, black and pent color. Nascimento’s Flexible, Comfort* ble Hats. Conductors’ Caps, Military Caps. Fine Dress Shirts, plain or pleated bosoms. Men's Summer Undershirts and Drawers it 50c each. Fine Half Hose, 25c. Fine Linen Handte. chiefs, $3 per dozen. Scarfs, beautiful patterns, 50c to $1 per dozes. Lawn Ties, in white and fancy patterns, 38c per dozen. Suspenders, Valises, Collars and Cuffs ii variety. Elegant Yachting Shirts. Yachting and Ten nis Shoes. Silk and Gloria Cloth Umbrellas. Fine. Men's Garters, Patent Buttons, Studs ani Sleeve Holders. Anything, from a nice Night Shirt to a full Suit of Clothes to order, at LaFar’s New Store, g9 BULL STREET. STOVES. uNK MILLION IN l si Manufactured for Fifty Yeas More ACORN STOVES are to-day* use throughout this country than any two other makes combined. LOVELL & LATTIMORE Control the Sale of these famous Goo* in Savannah. Oil & Gasoline STOVES. A FULL LINE OF THE BEST MAKES. Cornwell & Chipman ODD FELLOWS BTTII.PIN r '- - ___ ___——— — SOAP. SOAP! STARCH! IF YOU WANT GOOD VALUE IN SOAP, SOAP, SOAP, STARCH, STARCH, STARCH, COME TO STRAUSS BROS, 22 and 22 1-2 Barnard Street. Soup by the box. Stmvh by mth Soap by tho dollar a worth. ► dollar' worth. .. ctmvh by th S.,ai. by the nickel* worth. bWixn j nicker* worth. Large Stock. Low Fricos. Strauss Bros., 22 and 22 1-2 Barnard Street.^ II utiov 1815. IU Broughton. *nd lt 140 W W UE*Lr** l*- General Hardware.! 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