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4 C|if|Honringllftos Morning News Building, Savannah, Ga. WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, ISB7. Registered at the Post OJ}lc‘ in Savunttah. The Mo fix r xc> News is published every day in (h* year, and is served lo subscribers in the city % by newsdealers and carriers, on tlieii- own ac count. at 25 cents \ 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 (X); one year, $lO 00. The Morning News, by mail , six times a week (without Sunday issuei. three months, $2 00; six months, $4 00 one year, $8 00. The Morning Xnws. Tri-Weekly, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, or Tuesdays, Tliurs- 1 days and Saturdays, three months, $1 25; six months. $2 50; one year, $5 00. The Sunday News, by mail, one year. $2 03. The Weekly News, by mail, one year, $1 25. Subscriptions payable in advance. Remit by postal order, check or registered letter. Cur rency sent by mail at risk of senders. Letters and telegrams should be addressed “Morning News, Savannah. Ga." 1 Advertising rates made known on application. INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Meetings Pulaski Loan Association; The Merchants' anil Mechanics' Loan Association; Chatham Gun Club; Georgia Dental Socirff-y. Special Notices Savannah Volunteer Ousels; Asparagus. Isaac RoosA Cos.; Lost or Stolen; Metropolitan Savings and Loan Cos. Steamship Schedule— Ocean .Steamship Cos. The Watch Spring Corset— Mayer, Strouse A Cos., New York. Hotel Site for Sale— E. A. Weil or Ed. F. Neufvilie, Savannah. Cheap Column Advertisements— Help Want ed; For Kent; For Sale; Miscellaneous. Hotel -Kit soil's Private Hotel, New York. Molasses— C. M. Gilbert & Cos. Auction Sales— Hay Street Lot, by D. R. Kennedy; Sundries, by I. D. I.a Roche's Sons; Assignee’* Sale of Crockery, by C. 11. Dorset!. Peace once more reigns in Atlanta and the price of cowhides has fallen. Mr. Blaine is disposed to count his chick ens before they are hatched. He has just purchased a lot in Washington, paying $4,500 for it. A Georgian claims to have called a meet ing of the private soldiers who served the Confederacy from this State, but ns only three responded he revoked the call. If he wants an overwhelming meeting let him call the officers together. Gen. F. J. Marshall, of Denver, says that “all this country wants is to get the dog star off of it.” If the General is making a covert allusion to the Republican party it is well to inform him that the want has al ready been gratified. The Methodist women of Lincoln, Neb., have caused a small breeze by demanding that they shall be represented in the confer ence of the church by delegates of theirown sex. Thus does woman suffrage take another step forward in the booming West. Louisville, Ky., has distanced the world in the matter of divorces. One day last week Mrs. Sophia Kaufman filed an appli cation for divorce at 10 o’clock in the morn ing; at 2o’dock herapplication was granted, and at 7 o’clock she was the bride of Mr. Karl Bischoff. A poetess in Elmira, N. Y., says that she “leaves the wash tub to jot down many of her sweetest fancies, and then returns to her unromantic work uncomplainingly.” She would be more highly esteemed if she. would stick to her unromantic work un complainingly. It may now be expected that Republican newspapers will call for the discharge of the marines in the Washington navy yard. Rather than present arms to the Queen of the Sandwich Islands when she visited the yard the other day, six marines deserted. They didn’t like the Queen’s color. In New York, last Sunday, tho law re quiring drinking plaqgs to be closed was strictly enforced. One saloon-keeper placed a placard over the door of his establishment with these words: “Closed on account of the death of Litierty!” Tho act was one of the sins committed in Liberty’s name. Mr. Daniel Hand, of Guilford, Conn., the gentleman to whom Mr. George W. Wil liams, of Charleston, has just paid a debt of honor amounting to $700,000, has given $15,000 to Yale Divinity School. It would have been more graceful, under all the cir cumstances, if Mr. Hand had given the money to a Southern school. Tht- Memphis Aralnnrhe has heard of a heavy holder of Southern railroad stocks who offered to pay SIOO,OOO for a “dead sure tip” as to what final action tho Interstate Commerce Commissioners would take re garding the long and short haul clause of the much discussed interstate commerce law. The offer is an indication of the inter est iieople are taking in the investigations the Commissioner.-: have been making. Eiuma Abbott is elated because tho honors paid her at Washington were greater than those paid Patti. She was received at the White House by Mrs. Cleveland, and war. requested to write her name in the latter's autograph album. Abbott is an unaffected American woman and deserved the atten tion shown her by Mrs. Cleveland. The fact is, a monument ought to be erected to tho singer because she has never sjielled her name Abbottini. An ex-Union soldier, who writes to tho Missouri Republican, wants to know if the Grand Army of tho Republic is a train ing school of the Republican party. Ho is inclined to think that it is, because the Army is in tho habit of commending Re publican politicians and abusing Democratic politicians. Many ex Union soldiers are Democrats, and no doubt they would all be glad to have a satisfactory answer to their comrade’s question. It is worthy of notice that the earthquake disturbances in tho (Southwest have not been withoufc-soine compensating features. There has been a great loss of life, it is true, but it is stated that streams of water have appeared where water was difficult to obtain before, and in the shattered mountains great veins of gold bearing quartz have been discovered. Those things do not off set the loss of life, but they help the people to hem 1 their misfortunes. The second meeting of tho McGlynn- George Anti-Poverty Society, held in New York on Sunday night, seems to have been success, at least as far as the collection was concerned. Some of the people present threw dollars on the stage, a few striking Henry George upon his bald head. The sum received was S4OO. If future collec tions yield results as handsome, McGlynn and George may soon ride in phaetons uud drink nothing but champagne. The New Orleans Cotton Council. The great Cotton Council at New Orleans, which, for six years, controlled tho hand ling of cotton at that port, has been dis organized, and it is expected that next sea son cotton will ho handled there more cheaply than it has ever been before./ The council, when it was strongest, in cluded 10,000 men, and was eom posed of all who had anything to do with the handling of cotton from fac tor to drayman. Its original purpose was, of course, to fix the price for handling cot ton, and the interests of the factors forced them to become members of it. The course pursued in eases where attemps were made to employ non-union men in any way whatever was much more effective than that pursued by labor organizations elsewhere. The factor was not boycotted nor was the non union man disturlied in any way. The mem licrs of the council simply refused to handle any cotton that had been touched by non-union men after it had reached the city, and as it was impossible to pass a bale of cotton through all the depart ments of handling without the help of tho council, a factor was bound to accept its services and pay its tariff whether he wanted to or not. If he employed a non-union drayman to take his cotton to a press, ho could not sell it because there was noway to get it on shipboard. The council wouldn’t lmve anything to do with it and there was nobody else to handle it. It is remarkable that tho council held to gether so long. It had frequent troubles, of course, but it was so well organized, dis ciplined and officered that w henever dissat isfaction appeared it was quickly quieted. Last fall the admission of tho cotton press owners into the council occasioned trouble which finally led to the breaking of the council into two organizations—one com ]x>f>ed almost wholly of white men and tho other almost wholly of black men. The two bodies waged war on each other and the factors suffered se verely. Finally tho factors determined that they would free themselves from the tyran ny of the councils and announced that they would stop the movement of cotton to the city unless they were permitted to carry on their business to suit themselves. This threat had its effect, and gradually the councils became weaker and weaker, until a few days ago they virtually ceased to exist. This is only a brief outline of the history of the council, but it is sufficient to show that it is difficult, if not impossible, to con trol the prices of labor by arbitrary regula tions. The prices of all sorts of products, whether manufactured or taken from the soil, fluctuate according to the demand for them, and so, to a great extent, must wages fluctuate in accordance with the demand for lalxir. The New Orleans council, by its strong organization, managed to maintain prices for handling cotton several years, but what W'as the result? Whj-, the city lost nearly half of its cotton trade. Compresses were built at tho interior towns, and w'hile as much cotton as ever was shipped from New Orleans, a great part of it left no money there. It was delivered ready for stowing on the ships, and left nothing w'ith the council. Tho cotton handlers would have made more money had they not banded together to keop up prices, liecause they would not have been idle so large a part of their time. Now the factors propose to make an effort to get the trade back. To that end the charges for handling cotton will be greatly reduced next season. The presses will com pete with each other. A few presses will not do all the work and pay the others im mense sums to prevent competition for business. It is doubtful, however, if New Orleans can ever regain her lost trade. The interior towns w'ill meet whatever reduc tions her cotton handlers may make. Sho has only herself to blame, however. She wanted more than the laws of trade allowed her and trado deserted her. There are other cities which have suffered to a less extent from the same causo. Politics and Homicide. It is alleged that the killing of Editor Gambrell at Jackson, Miss., a few days ago by Col. Jones >S. Hamilton and three other men was a deliberate assassination. The affair promises to excite a feeling of bitter ness throughout the State, and to have an important influence in the State’s political affairs. Gambrell was a very young man and controlled a Prohibition paper. There is no doubt that he used very strong lan guage in his attack ujxin Col. Hamilton, but nothing that ho published appears to lie re garded by the people as a justification of Col. Hamilton’s course. The Prohibitionists are very strong in Mississippi, and, although almost all of them are Democrats, they have not hesitated to criticise severely the conduct of sonic of the State's officials. Col. Hamilton is the lessee of the State’s convicts, and it is asserted thnt he has accumulated a largo fortune from their labor. The Prohibitionists, who are largely composed of farmers, believe that the State, and not favored individuals, ought to reap the benefits of the labor of the convicts, and they have not hesitated therefore to question the methods by which Col. Hamilton lias been able to retain control of the convicts so long. Tho Farmers’ Alliance is also a strong organization in Mississippi, and it is claimed tliat the killing of Gambrell will cause the Prohibitionists and the Alliance to unite thoir forces with the purpose of getting political control of the State. The trial of Col. Hamilton and tho three other men im plicated in the killing of Gambrell will doubt less lie made the occasion for arousing a deep feeling against what is claimed to lie tho State House ring at Jackson, and for making a combination to oust tho alleged ring. The ablest lawyers in the State are employed on one side or the other, and no opportunity will bo lost probably to make as much political capital as possible out of the causes which led to tho fatal shooting affray. It would not lie surprising if the very thing that Col. Hamilton wanted to prevent by shooting Gambrell should be brought about by that deed. Col. R. G. Ingersoll sometimes says a good thing. The other day he remarked to a reporter of a New York paper that the only new party wanted in this country is one to agitato the repeal of laws. “Tho only good laws that have been passed in 500 years,” continued the Colonel, “have been laws that r‘i>ealcU other laws. The statute books ought to bo wiped clear J’ When asked if legislation should then begin anew, the Colonel replied: “No; let the statute Ikkilcm be left blank.” No thoughtful person will deny that there are too many laws. In Philadelphia people who have been separated by the divorce courts announce tho fact in the personal columns of the newspapers. As the names of the officiating lawyers are also given the announce ment does double duty as an advertisement. THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1887. The New Civil Service Rules. The new rules reeeutly adopted by the Civil Service Commission and approved by the President are the occasion of considera ble excitement among the clerks in tho de partments at Washington, and with very good reaaon. They promise to rid the ser vice of a great many incompetent elerks who were appointed during Republican administrations for political services, and it has been found difficult, if not impossible, to get rid of them. The new rules are based upon a complaint that has been a standing one ever since the civil law went into effect. Tho complaint is that applicants for positions have to submit to a test respecting their fitness, while the thousands who were in the sendee when the law became operative, and who may re muin in it for many years, ore not subjected to any test. The new rules provide that when a va cancy occurs all those of tho department, in the class immediately below the one in which the vacancy is, must lie examined for promotion to the vacancy. Those who make an average of 75 in the markings are declared to lie fitted for their present positions and to bo eligible for promotion. Those who do not make that average are put on pro liation for six months. At the end of that time they are to he re-examined, and if they again fail to make an average of 75 they are booked for dismissal, or for u lower grade of service. It nun' be said that tho new rules are likely to work a hardship to some clerks who may not know much of such mat ters as the Civil Service Commissioners ask about, but who are thoroughly competent to discharge the duties to which they are as signed. The rules provide against injustice of this sort. The chief of any bureau can increase the average of a competent clerk by giving him a good mark under the head of “efficiency in office, ’’ and thus prevent his dismissal. He can even help a clerk who knows nothing of geography, calculus or the writings of Chaucer to promotion. Ut is pretty certain that many of the in competents will drop cut of the service when the new rules are applied. This will be especially gratifying to those who are anxious to see the service thoroughly re formed, and to those who desire to see the way opened to hundreds of deserving appli cants for places under tho government. Mayor Hewitt’s Proposition. The statement is made that Mayor Hew itt, of New York, has offered to turn over to the employes of the Trenton, N. J., iron works, the entire plant and business of that establishment, to lie conducted by them on the co-operative plan, upon Gertain condi tions. The principal condition is that the firm which owns the works, and of which Mr. Hewitt is the principal member, shall receive fi per cent, per annual on the capital invested in them. Does this offer of Mr. Hewitt mean that lie is anxious to assist in solving tho labor problem and wants to help workingmen to better their condition, or does he hope to get a bettor return on his investment than he is getting at present? If tho latter, he is not entitled to any praise, and if the former, his proposition simply indicates that he is still the same sharp, shrewd business man that he has always shown himself to be. The Trenton works are very large, and the time was when they yielded a iarge revenue. There are reasons for thinking, however, that they are not now veilyi profit able. The Secretary of the works, “in art In terview lately, said that they had not paid for several years more than 5 per cent: on the capital invested in them. If that statement is time it is not to be wondered at that Mr. Hewitt wants to turn them over to his work people with the assurance that he shall have fi per cent. The fact is, Trenton, N. J., is altogether too far removed from the coal and iron fields to lie profitable in these times of fierce competition in the business of manufactur ing iron. Such establishments as that of Mr. Hewitt's cannot compete with similar establishments at Birmingham, Chatta nooga and other iron-producing plows in the South. In fact, it cannot compete suc cessfully with the Pennsylvania mills. It seems, therefore, that rather than run his works at a loss, or at a very small profit, he proposes a plan that will increase his in come from his property, and which at the same time will tend to give him the reputa tion of being the workingman’s friend. Mr. Hewitt is a good man and in many respects a great one, but this proposition of his, from all that is known about it at present, doesn’t stamp him as being exceedingly anxious to promote the welfare of workingmen. The St. Louis district convention of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union has just adopted resolutions severely condemn ing the press of the country. The princi pal grievance of the convention seems to have been that the press ridiculed the woman suffrage experiment in Kansas. Tho resolutions denounce tho printed re ports of the experiment ns malicious fabri cations. Perhaps the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union in Missouri and other Western States has not received kind treat ment from the press, but in Georgia no other association was ever treated with as much consideration. Papers that favor prohibition have naturally been kind to the union, and oven anti-prohibition papers have freely given the use of their columns for printing the union’s appeals to the peo ple. The St. Louis convention contained too many strong-minded sisters. Pickett's Division Association of ox-Con federates, of Richmond, after having nearly completed arrangements to hold a reunion on the field of Gettysburg, July 11, for the purpose of selecting a site for a monument, lirs decided not to visit Gettysburg at all. The Gettysburg Memorial Association would not allow the monument to be erected within tho linos of tiie Union forces, and also objected to the use of tho word “jiatri otism” in tho proposed inscription on the monument. It might be well to remember Gen. R. E. Leo's opjiosition to the erection of monuments designed to commemorate a conflict between people of the same country. John P. Sutton, Secretary of the Irish National League of America, is of the opin ion that Richard Pigofct, formerly proprietor of the Dublin Irishman, is the author of the so-called Parnell letter printed by the London Times. Kutton has had the Parnell letter compared with letters written by Pigott, and the handwriting has been declared to be the same. Tiie Governor of Nebraska and prominent citizens of that State ueted as a committee to examine the several let ters. Henry George says that ho would like to see a religious Democracy. Is George blind that he cannot see the great untorrifled under whose management the country is now enjoying peace and prosperity? CURRENT COMMENT. Randall to bd Left. From the Missduri Republican (Dem.) To use a favorite expression of Editor Dana, “we think'’ that Samuel Jackson Randall will not be the next chairman of appropriations in the House of Representatives. Wise’s Vice Presidential Bee. From the .Ye 7." York World (Dem.) Mr. Johns. Wise is considered an incarnate refutation of the statement that there is no such a thing as a Vice Presidential liee. Mr. Wise Is toying with a lsie of that description, and is trying tlm bouquet route to the seques tered hive where the honey is raid to abound. And Over the South, Also. From the Ph iladelphia Record (Dem .1 A near-sighted advocate of protection wishes to know if there be anv State in the Union in w hich the free traders are holding their own. In order to see what he sighs for he has but to use his eyes. If his vision he strong enough he will only have to extend it to Massachusetts, and then to sweep his weather eye along the horizon till It shall reach the region of Minnesota. “This Disgusting Demonstiation.” From the Few York Times (.Rep.) In the meantime it is established that an American workingman, in the very lowest grade of skilled labor, if mining can lie classified as skilled labor at all, can, by hard work and rigid economy, in the articles of soap and whisky or otherwise, accumulate enough money in five years to take a holiday for six months and em ploy the same in traveling fi ir pleasure. It is no wonder that this disgusting demonstration should infuriate those Knights of Labor who profess a devotion to soap, practice a devotion to whisky, agitate for a reduction in the hours of labor, and proclaim that they are ground under the iron heel of capital. BRIGHT BITS. Old lady (to wicked little boys who are play ing marbles Sunday)—Little boys, what are you playing marbles Sunday for? Little boys—We’re playing for “keeps.”— IJ/e. A little girl lately' arrived from the East wanted to amuse herself sewing one Sunday. Her aunt objected, saying it was the Lord's dRy. “Why, auntie,” said the child, “the Lord can’t se me; I’m in California.”- Inyo (Cal.) Regis ter. It is said the Socialistic element of the Knights of Labor will ask Congress to revise one of the Ten Commandments so thnt it will read; "Four days of six hours each shalt thour work and have two holidays a week without a reduc tion of wages.”— Norristown Herald. Rome enemy of the New York Sun has dis covered tiiafrMr, Dana's name,.when written in blank verse, thus: Charles Anderson Dana presents another acrostieal allusion to the great Mugwump who supported B. F. Butler in the last campaign.— Life. Dorothy— l’ve a great surprise for you, grand pa, provided you'll take me somewhere. Grandpa—Well, lead on, my dear. Dorothy—Right this way to the Eden Musee. I perfectly dote on the Chamber of Horrors, and there’s a man there who is just about to be guillotined, and he looks so much like you it al ways give me the most horribly delightful little pa nr-in the world. Ido so crave excitement.— Tid-Rits. A widower, well known for many little oddi ties, was recently called upon by the teacher who had been drumming “do, re, mi,” into his children, who presented her hill. He turned it over thoughtfully several times, and then re marked: “In a day or two I have a bit of im portant business; after that, well, Saturday, I guess, I can settle this.” In the meantime he has inarrricd the widow of ono of the wealthiest bankers in Boston.— Boston Home Journal. “Which is the best, to owe or to have some thing owing to you?” asked Col. Lagerbeer of Gus De Smith the other day. “Why, to have something owing to you. of course,” answered Gus, who is one of the bright est society youths in Austin. “1 don’t agree with you,” said Lagerbeer. “Well, why not?” “Because if you have something owingtoyou, you may never get it. But if you owe some thing, when you are able to pay it, you have value received, anyhow; and if you never pay —why then, you are sure to make a handsome profit.— Tejas Siftings. Political Boss—You are a renegade, sir. You promised me you’d vote against women’s suffrage, but when the bill came up you voted for it. I’ve a great mind to thrash you. Legislator I’ve a great mind to thrash you, sir. You took an oath to me that you would use all your influence to get the other members to vote against it. and when the time came you just sat in the gallery and didn’t do a thing. “Well, but my wife was there.” “So was mine.” “Say, let s go take something. "—Omaha World. PERSONAL. Patti’s farewell to Baltimore is the most thorough she has ever made anywhere. Robert Buchanan thinks that the greatest living actors are to be found in America. An employe in a New Haven manufactory has been discharged for expressing admiration for Herr Most. Baron Hirsch, of Paris and London, is be lieved to lie the richest man in the world. He is of the Hebrew race. Queen Kapioi-an: is a large and fleshy woman, but active. Her broad dusky face and glossy black hair are typical of the native w omen of Hawaii. J. P. Dumpier, director of the Ymrigelical So ciety of PiAieva. Switzerland, is Baking a tour through this country in the interest of that or ganization. Sir Robert Fowler, Baronet, and twice Lord Mayor of Loudon, is of Quaker descent. His great-grandfather was the leader of the “Friends” in Wiltshire. Hon. C. Lowtker, brother of the Earl of Lons dale, has been sent to prison for twenty-eight days for contempt of court in refusing to pay the order of a London County Court for 10s. Ud. J. B. Sargent, the well-known manufacturer, has left his home in New Haven for a trip round the world. Before he left he spent a whole day in shaking hands with each one of his g.OOO em ployes. Kino Kalakaua is much feared. As he drives through the streets of Honolulu in his magnifi cent brougham the. people nil stop and uncover. The King never returns a salute except to for eigners. Hon. Charles James Faulkner, just chosen United States Senator from West Virginia, is the brother-in-law of Hon. Thomas S. Bocock, cx-Speaker of the Confederate Congress. Mr. Faulkner is a representative old style Southern politician. Althouoh slip has not said a word about it in any of her numerous publications, Mrs. Frank Leslie will be in Europe all summer, and it is stud that she really goes to marry the Marquis do Luivdle, he of the oleaginous ringlets and mysterious antecedents, who lias been in Lou don all winter. Canon Wilberforce, of England, now travel ing In this country, is a man of compact build, about 5 feet f) leches in height. His face is cleanly shaven and his features are ratner sharp. He has a high, retreating forehead, aliout which clusters abundant hair, rapidly growing gray. His face is extremely Intellectual and ms eyes are clear and penetrating. Ho always wears a blue ribbon in the la;iel of his coat to signify his advocacy of tho temperance cause. llon. George W. Jones, now living in Dubuque at the age of Mi, was once member of Congress Cor the Territory of Wisconsin when it included all Iowa; once United States Senator from Iowa; once Minister Plenipotentiary to Bogota; and once Unitisk states Surveyor General. lasi week n committee of citizens raised a fund of 81,300 and lifted a mortgage for SS<X) which was about to be foreclosed, and which would have left Mr. Jones and his aged wife homeless in the world. The remaining SSOO was given to Mrs. Jones. .‘Ksthettc Boston is in raptures over a young New Yorker, Mr. William Ordway Partridge. Mrs. Louise Chandler Moulton,*in a Boston daily, volet's the ecstasy of the Huh over Mr. Par tridge’s latest achievement in sculpture, “The Sinking Cherub." Mr. Partridge has been much lionized during his present visit, the Bostonians having discovered in him n positive genius not only fur sculpture hut for poetry and painting. He will be remembered by many as a popular member of Wallack's company and u taiought ful Shakespearian scholar. Warren Coleman, civil engineer and a son of Mr. William T. Coleman, is the tallest man In San Fraueisen. A short time ago. he was at tempting to open a bottle of soda water when the bottle burst, lacerating the palm of his right hand in a fearful manner Disdaining to semi fora physician. Mr. Coleman treated the wound himself, using lye as a styptic. He acknowl edged that Ills heroic treatment brought tears to his eyes, but haa nevertheless the satisfaction of seeing his hand rapidly heal The character of the. wound was such that tetanus might have supervened laid the amateur surgeon's treat ment been in any wise amiss. HE SAVED FIVE CENTS. A Short Story About a Thrifty Con gressman. From the Philadelphia News. Some years ago, before the street railroad companies of Washington adopted the bell punch system on their cars, a very amusing in cident occurred on the Pennsylvania avenue line. At that time, as undoubtedly is still the case, enough members of Congress held passes over the street ear liner of 1 tie city to prevent unfavorable legislation. The car was 'veil filled with passengers from the capitol on their way up town at the close of the day’s session, and the car had reached the foot of the hill before the conductor had reached the rear platform in his collection of fare. Near the door sat a sharp-looking gentleman absorbed in the evening patter, and as the con ductor held out his hand for the customary nickel the passenger looked up and nodded in a knowing sort of way, as if to intimate that it was all right; but the conductor still waited with outstretched hand, as if utterly oblivious of the meaning of the nod. Finally the passenger said: "X have a pass,” at the same time hunting in his pocket for a hit of pasteboard which was to save him sc. After careful search he failed to find the pass, having left it at home. "My name is he said, mentioning the name of a well-known New England memlier of Congress, and since a member of the Cabinet. The conductor was strangely afflicted with deaf ness at that particular time and failed to hear or pretended not to hear the name. ‘What did you say” he asked. Again the name was repeated, this time in a louuer tone of voice. But the affliction of the conductor was of such a serious nature that he could not catch the name and it was again re peated. By this time the attention of the other passen gers on the car had been attracted by the con troversy, and the situation flashed across some of t hem who understood that Congressmen car ried sc. passes, and interest was growing in the case. Again the name was asked. “What name did you nay?” and the passenger this time shouted it in loud enough tones that l he passengers all caught it, and the conductor, having accomplished his purpose of making the matter as public as possible, said, "Oh, all right,” and retreated to his station on the rear or the car. Tin; passengers who had paid their fare looked in astonishment at the man who would thus expose himself to avoid the payment of so small a sum as sc. A HINT TO THE CASHIER. The Tramp Who Had the Plethoric Pocketbook. From the New York Tribune A tramp in full bloom followed his fiery nose into a cheap Bowery restaurant the other day and contentedly sat down at a table and leis urely perused the bill of fare. His face did not inspire confidence and his clothes would have shocked the feeling* of a Baxter street puller-in. The bull-necked waiter who yells “steak” when one calls for "steak, rare and cut thick,” looked on the tramp with suspicion; the timid cashier buried himself behind a newspaper so as not to sec the coming struggle, while the proprietor frowned and stepped quicklv toward the King of the Highway. But the tramp's eyes lighted up with an alcoholic sunbeam of happiness as he pulled out a fat pocket book, apparently stuffed with greenbacks. All was serene and the tramp calmly pursued the even tenor of his course through a dollar's worth of steak, potatoes, coffee, pie, rolls, cake and beer. Then he lighted a big cigar and strolled up to tho cashier's desk witli his pocket-book in hand. The check was for sl, and the tramp fumbled his bills as if a dollar bill were a hard thing to find among the many fives and tens of his roll. At last he appeared to find it and then looking up at the cashier asked: “Did you ever act?” “No,” replied the cashier, as he stretched out a desirous right hand. “Well, then,” chirruped the tramp, as he flung a dry goods one dollar advertisement hill on the counter and made for the door,(“you can at least give un imitation of a man who thinks he's got $1 out of me.” RAYMOND AND TWAIN. Secret of Their Mutual Hatred- Twain’s Vanity the Cause of the Rupture. The obituaries said that John T. Raymond died the enemy of no man. That was not quite true. He hated Mark Twain intensely, and Twain returned the sentiment bitterly. Their quarrel grew out of the success of “Colonel Sellers.” Raymond had the play made out of Twain's book, without permission, and acted it in California. The humorist is always serious in matters of profit. He could see no reason for letting any of the Sellers money slip through his hands. Fully protected by copyright, says a New York correspondent in the Chicago Herald, he gave notice to the come dian that he must stop using the drama. He constructed another play himself and entered into a partnership with Raymond to produce it in New York. This was done, and in two years they divided nearly $200,000. They quarreled on the very first night, because the actor refused to deliver "a speech laudatory of the author; they differed over the finances right along; and they finally berated each other in settling upon a royalty for the continuance of the piece after the best of the harvest was over, Twain de manded SSO a night, Raymond vowed he would never act in it again, ana an angry compromise was made at $25. Of course, the radical differ ence of opinion was as to which, actor or au thor, was the more valuably responsible for “Colonel Sellers.” THE CONNECTICUT WAY. How They Collect Over-Ripe Bills in the Nutmeg State. From the Watcrbury Republican. A citizen on Monday entered a store on one of our side streets and, accosting the proprietor, said: “I wish you would make out a bill agaiust me for S2O and give it to me.” "But you don’t owe me anything,” said the merchant. “No, 1 don't, but someone else owes me S2O, and I have very small hopes of his ever paying me. Now, you present me with a bill, and write on the bottom of it that if I don't pay that bill before 6 o'clock you will factorize me. i will take the bill and go to the fellow that owes me the money and show it to hint. 1 will sav that I must pay the bill liefore f> o'clock or get into trouble. See?” and the citizen placed bis forefinger along his nose. The merchant tumbled, and soon the required document was forthcoming. A reporter who was present followed the cittzen out of the store and down the street a short way. where he met the man who owed him the biil. The long face that the citizen put on, and the bill which he showed the man, did their work, and the bill was paid, and the citizen went his way rejoicing. Queer Deed3 of Trust. From the Vicksburg Herald. Tuesday Deputy Clerk Henry Hardy was re quested to put on record adeedof trust in which a sinnll farmer pledged his best suit of clothes to the merchant who wus to provide him with some needed provisions. The farmer regret fully stated that he had been compelled by° the city merchant to furnish security. He tuid an old suit und thought he could stay away from church until next fall, when he could get in his crop and pay his debts. He was permitted to keep the clothes, but was not to wear them out, and was made to understand that they were liable to execution in ease he failed to meet his agreement. Another deed of trust recorded was for three chicken*. They were all the im pecunious farmer had, and, as security of some kind was demanded, the chickens were put oil paper. Numerous instances are on record where mule*, cows, pigs, sewing machines ami even baby carriages have been pledged by small planters who applied for credit. Most of these are negroes, but quite a number of white men have obtained temporary relief from pov erty by mortgaging property of the descrip tion given. Mule mortgages are by tar the most common, however; next to mules, sewing ma chines are acceptable to the merchant*, who, either through avarice or foar of being swindled, compel their debtors to give deeds or trusts on articles which in many cases are valueless. Hyde and Seeke. O. Herford , in Life. One day beneath a willowe I ree, 1/ivi' met a innyde most faire to see: “Come play at hyde and seeke," cried he. ‘‘With alio iny heart®, ’’ quoth she. “I’m it!" Love cries, and rounde hys eye, A scarf the maiden hindeth. And Inne and onto and rounde about® Ye willowe tree* he windeth-- Yette ne'er the maiden findeth. Still mn<‘ and onto and round ahoute. And Kiille no maiden m'*; Inge; Till piqued, ye rogue unbinds hys eyes, And. perch's! upon a branch, espies Ye ma.vdo retreating®; “Fie! Fie!" cries 1 give— "your cheetlnge." “Now, you." quoth he, “mustseeke forme!" She binds her eyes, assenting®. And inne and out® and rounde about®, Seeks she for Ixive relenting®- But Love, they say—alas, ye day! Has spread hys wings and Howti away And left ye mayde relent inge, And left ye uiuyiie ruluntlngc. ITEMS OF INTEREST. It is reported that a quarry of the famous “giallo antieo,” or yellow marble, used so much by the ancient Romans, has been discovered near St. Genevieve, O. A Caistroville (Out.) young woman, who is attending the Hmittaville High School, has twice performed the remarkable sonambulistic freak of walking in her sleep from Smithville to her home, fifteen miles away. Dr. Edward Knox, of Green Mary, Tenn., angry at his 14-year old son, who had disobeyed him, stripped him, tied him up and whipped him with a blacksnake whip until he became unconscious, and at the pleading of his mother was taken down. The lad died the next morn ing, and the father has fled. The mother is al most crazed. The South Sea Islands appear to be a sort of go-as-you-please paradise. Samoan advices say that the Hawaiian embassy, which is there to negotiate a South Sea confederation, is building a saloon in front of its residence and is debauch ing the Samoans by treating them to liquor in the face of the law prohibiting the sale of in toxicants to natives. In Rondout, N. Y., there is a restaurant that displays printed cards which convey to custom ers information of what may be obtained there. One of the signs regds as follows: “Lamb ehopses;" another, “oyster stewses;” another, “all kindses of pises;” another, "oyster fryses,” etc. A man walked into the place, anil, after looking at the signs, blandly asked the clerk for a “pieceses of pieses.” A solid silver hatchet found recently in Sonora will soon adorn the museum of Princeton Col lege. It w eighs 100 ounces, or a little over eight pounds, and as bullion it is valued at a dollar an ounce. It is 4 inches in length, is wedge-shaped and was evidently hammered by some prehis toric people. It was brought to San Francisco and was purchased for §l5O by Henry G. Mar quand, who will present it to his college. According to Dr. Carl Peters, who heads the expedition about to start from Berlin, the pos sessions of the German East African company include an area of 30,000 German that is, rather more than 000,000 English square miles, equal to an aggregate of France and the two empires of Central Europe. Ten flourishing stations have already been established, and the others are in course of formation in this vast territory. The attention of Mr. Barnum is called to Egbert Lyca's yoke of steers. In a litte over a month he has taught them to keel and walk on their knees, sit down from a standing position, sit up from position of lying I. ’ -n, walk up a bridge into the cart and return, put their for ward feet on a turning table and walk around on their bind feet, see saw on a plank, stand on three legs, jump over one another, walk under each other, and other easier tricks. It is related of David Davis, who was a very honest and simple man, that he was once heard at Springfield, 111., while sitting at the breakfast table among the ladies, to say to himself: “lam a fool: lam a d—d fool.” He repeated this sev eral times, and suddenly looking up discovered that he had been talking aloud. He explained afterward, as “Gath" tells the story, that he was conversing about a sale he had made of some unimproved property at Bloomington. Danbury, Conn., has a pair of twins that not only look and speak exactly alike, but are pecu liarly attached to one another, Ttiey cannot be separated a single day without longing for each other’s society, and yet they are both married now. If one is upon one street and the other on a different one they can tell by some electri cal affinity whether they are approaching each other or getting further apart. When one is sick the other is more or less similarly affected. There is a gypsy camp near Hartford, Conn., whose ruler is known as “Prince William.” Two handsome wagons worth about §I,OOO apiece have just been completed in Fair Haven for his Royal Romany Highness. The wagons are highly decorated and the bodies are covered with gold bronze. The ironwork is heavily plated with silver. The “Prince" is well able to foot the bill for these gorgeous vehicles. Even gypsies in Connecticut know how to make money. There is a little railroad running between Hillsboro and Chapel Hill, N. C., a distance of ten miles. It has a president, three vice presi dents, a secretary, an auditor, a general traffic manager, a general freight agent, a general ticket agent, a purchasing agent, a superintend ent of motive power and an assistant general manager—thirteen officers in all. It is said that when the telegraph wire is down the officers string themselves along the road and all mes sages are" passed along by word of mouth. Sir John Mellor is dead at the age of 78. He was one of the three judges before whom was tried Thomas Castro, in proceedings lasting 188 days, for perjury in the famous lawsuit in which that remarkable criminal personated Sir Roger Ticbhome. He also presided at the trial of the Manchester murderers who killed Ser geant Brett as he was talcing some Irish pris oners to jail. Sir John Mellor was at Cannes during the recent earthquakes. He felt the shocks in his bedroom, hut did not think it worth while to get up and dress. M. Leroy Beaulieu, a French writer of note, has figured out the facts connected with the wars waged in Europe during the last 400 years, and he files the bill as follows: These wars num ber 280 and are divided as follows: 44 were waged to obtain an increase of territory (land grabbing is the plain English for it.) and 22 sprang from the raising of taxes. Through re prisals made. 24 wars originated; 8 only were fought for bonoray prerogatives, 6 for territor ial contests, 41 through pretensions to a crown. 30 to assist an ally, 23 through rivalry of influ ence, 5 for commercial quarrels, and there were 56 civil and 28 religious wars as well. The Washington Capital says: “An old gen tleman appeared at the Patent Office the other day and wanted to know why an application for a patent on an attachment to a milling machine he had filed had not lieen granted. He was shown a patent covering the identical improve ments lie claimed, granted some ten years since. The old inventor gazed at the drawings of the patent in a dazed way and then said: 'I worked on that invention for ten years every night, and just as I thought I bad accomplished the aim of my life I find another man had done it years ago.' Tears filled the old man's eyes ns he walked out of the room the picture of despair.” The Boston Budget tolls of a lady in that city who is much interested in the spiritual welfare of Chinamen. Among the Celestials is one whose progress had not been such as to greatly encourage his teacher. Therefore, when she called upon him the other day at his laundry and inquired bow he was getting along, she was very much pleased with the prompt reply. “Plet ty good.” Happening to notice the ab sence from the shop of one whom she was accustomed to meet oil previous visits there she asked what had become of him, whereupon her protege dumfounded her. and still further em phasized his own progress in the mastery of English by bis response: "Kilcked f lee blucket.’ Nearly every one in New York has heard of “Back Number” Budd, who puts away eveiy day fifty copies of each New York newspaper to sell them to customers years hence at 500 to 5,000 per cent, profit. It is reported that he once received §7OO for a single newspaper. Recently he was called upon by some Kansas men, among whom was Senator Ingalls, who asked his assist ance in procuring a complete file of the Isavcn ivnrtli Jnurna"or the two years that it was under the management of Jolin Henderson, dur ing the agitation that resulted in the Leeompton Constitutional Convention und the establishment of Kansas as a free State. The file was desired for the Kansas Historical Society, and they were willing to pay §IO,OOO for it. What are the sensations experienced during hanging? Sonic of the few who have been aide to give any account of their conscious ness at so critical a moment say that after one instant of pain the chief sensation is that of a mass of brilliant colors filling the eyeballs. The (Quarterly Review, treating on this matter, says: “An acquaintance of Lord Bacon who meant to hang himself partially, lost his footing, and was cut down at the last extrom jty, having nearly paid for his curiosity with his lire. 11'* declared that h® felt no pain, and his only sensations were of (ire lief ore his eves, which changed first to black and then to sky-blue. These colors are oven a source of pleasure." A ('apt. Montagna®, who was exe cuted m France during the religions wars but was rescued from the gibbet at the inter cession of Marshal Turenne, complained t lint having lost all limn in an instant, h had been taken from a light of which the charm defied description. Another criminal, who escaped through the breaking of the hnltar, said that after a second or two of suffering a light ap peared. and across it a most lieautifnl avenue of trees. All agree that, the uneasiness is quire momentary; that a pleueureable feeling imme diately succeeds; that colors of various hues siart up before the eves, and that these having lieen gured at for u 'united space, the nest is oblivion. The mind, averted from the reality of the situation, is engaged in scenes the most' re mote from those which fills tho eyes of the spectators. Medical men have mid much atten tion to the anatomy of the nret; and throat in regard to the circumstances which bring about asphyxia, suffocation or choking and they say that, some necks possess®* a power of resisting I these effect* to a very remarkable degree. ‘ A WORD OF WARNING. The Fearful Dangers of the Present Se is and How to Avoid Them in Time. 0 " Mr. Wilton R. Palmer, of New V city, received the best wishes of* the Ji° ric from all the friends he met on his births 8011 and believed that his future life was ti’ long and joyous. That evening he felt tickling in the throat, a slight min the chest and he coughed once or twine* ?? next day his nostrils were inflamed iZ throat sore and his lungs all filled uu t? 8 day following he was in bed. with cians shaking their heads, and the thirdih' he was dead from pneumonia, which vi failed to take in time. There are ten the " and men and women in America todav just, the same condition as Mr. Palmer L. Their throats are sore, their lungs are W tated, and they are on the verge of ma and death, but they do not know it This terrible disease, pneumonia has come the monster of American life p sudden, severe and fatal. It comes wi|W ' warning and strikes down without merer Physicians say it must be thrown from th system on the start, and that there is noth ing equal to pure spirits for this purpose" Pure liquors are absolutely necessary wb' pneumonia is coming on, and from the ears! ful investigations of the best chemist-, ami physicians we are convinced that no liq VO r now known to the world is equal to Duffv’s Pure Malt Whiskey for pneumonia or anv other pulmonic trouble. This whiskey put up solely for medical purposes, and sold only in sealed bottles. It is a stimulant to the organs that have been congested by cold It arouses the tissues to fresh action It wards off disease, and containing no fusel oil it does not injure nor intoxicate. Mr. E. W. Roswell, of Washington D C., related his experience as follows: “I had hemorrhages and was examined by a physi. cian, who thought my lungs onlv slightly congested. In August I had three mora hemorrhages and lost a quart of blood. An other physician said I was in the last stages of consumption, and finally I gave up all hope. I obtained Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey and took it. I have gained health and strength rapidly, and am completely ra stored. This remarkable whiskey, which is sold by all first-class druggists (and the secret of whose manufacture many have in vaia sought to find out), deserves to be kept in every household, not only to be used in cases of emergency, but to assist in prolonging life and bringing health and happiness. DUFFY'S "PURE MALT WsKET Is Sold Only in Bottles. Price $1 00. For sale by Druggists, Grocers and Dealers Persons East of the Rocky Mountains (except the Territories) unable to procure it from tMr dealers can have Half Dozen sent, in plain case, unmarked, express prepaid, by remitting J6td The Duffy Malt Whiskey Cos., Rochester, N Y, QUINIFORM PLASTER. ENORMOUS CONSUMPTId OF QUININE. 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It will be found to be decidedly preferable. Qulnlform Plaster Gan be obtained of any druggist, or will .ent by mhU, on receipt of 25 cents, by s.N’SON & Johnson, 23 Cedar St.. N. y. i For sale by LIPPMAN BROS., Lippman’j Block, Savannah. SHOES. Ask your Retailer for the ORIGINAL $3 SHOE. Beware of Imitations. None Genuine unless bearing the Stamp James Means’ $3 SHOE. ss & Un- Com a i will how >e in •itory This Shoe stands higher in the estimation of wearers than any other in the world. Thousands who wear it will tell you the reason if you ask them. For sale by -A. S. Nichols, 128 Broughton street, Savannah, Ga. MEDICAL^ Now when the buds begin to show', Tis time for young ana old to know That Fevers, Lassitude and all The ills of Indigestion's call. With every trouble, ache or pain, That follows in the Bilious train. 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