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THURSDAY, MAY 12. 1887.
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ed; Employment Wanted: For ¥&
Strayed; Miscellaneous. LoveRTA;
Mowing Machines, Etc.— RdwMjß f ,
Mr. Moncure I). Conway j,um-
Wolseley to lie “an eminent AwJ&BL,]
bug.” Conway himself In
an eminent humbug in
7 7 for the
Mrs. James G. Blaine is much
statement that her liusiinud}|iC."aZtifvin"-
improved. The inf< ii*niaß|B£j^EL | j tl|
Democrats never like to
Gji one day last ] t
brought 5,000 emigrant fjP to pour
begins to look as if United
all her surplus popnlMSll '■ ’JS*
„ 7, Jersey, thinks
Senator McPhe A, erf J have n0 diffl
that President r HBf „oxt The
’ulty in his belief,
Senator is b ~h e(. r i
whx-h is no
. •■PE' ; 4i A. Edison, since ho
J l '"" 1 '; 1 in New Jersey has
■ A that ho is now
u l ~ -9ing. however, and that he
' BgsWlwv ( 1 attend to hi- Im.-iinvs,
__ .rffiiHftlkAttorney of Washington an-
Hj*%pjsjtlrfMl intends to enforce the laws
against polygamy, bigamy and
crimes. It is said that among cer-
MHBlssos in Wasliington the most out
'fijwm i immorality prevails.
if, The Boston Herald says that the Mug-
Hltnp “is an independent-acting, self-regu-
HBng thinking machine, with a voting at-
BK'hment.” It may be added that the
■Mugwump is of some value to the country
m long as he continues to vote with the
ißmocrats.
I!x-Gov. Osborne, of Kansas, is authority
the statement that the adoption of
man suffrage in his State has had no
ct except in the cities. From all ac
nts, however, the effect in the cities is
te enough to disgust conservative people
h woman suffrage.
St John A, Logan Post, Union Veterans’
Hfcion, of Bloomington, 111., has adopted
Hfeoh vions censuring Gen. Thomas L. Ros-
Hr for writing that letter about Gen. Shori
ifcn’s ride up the Shenandoah Valley. No
doubt Gen. Rosser feels the rebuke, but ho
will hardly ask forgiveness.
An enthusiastic boomer wants the public
schools of Georgia to require all children
who are beginning their education to learn
how to spell “coal,” “iron,” and “railroad”
before committing the alphabet to memory.
He doubtless thinks “agriculture” of too
little importance to require attention.
There are indications that the Mugwumps
intern! to try and induce the Republicans to
nominate Judge Gresham or Senator Hawley
for the Presidency. A prominent Mugwump
says that if either is nominated nothing can
prevent his election. Asa prophet the
Mugwump will not always do to depend on.
Patience has its limitations. If Job had
been compelled to listen every day for six
weeks to the frantic attempt of a member
of the Salvation Army to sing “Jordan is a
Hard Rood to Travel” to bass dnim accom
paniment he would have cheerfully yielded
himself a captive to the reigning sovereign
of the lower regions.
In Now York last Sunday a saloon
keeper who was compelled to close his place
of businsss became so despondent that he
committed suicide. He claimed that the
Sunday closing law destroyed his business.
He ought to liave consoled himself with the
thought that keeping his saloon open six
days in the week had destroyed the business
of many others.
Ex-Postmaster General Frank Hatton,
while an uncompromising Republican, has
no love for Mr. Blaine. He says that the
Maine statesman i being nominated for
President by postal-ear. is aud the fiend who
polLs trains. He might have added that
whether nominated or not, Mr. Blalno will
never be President.
When Queen Kapiolani arrived in Boston
everybody expected that her first exclama
tion would 1)0: “And this, then, is the lit
.eraiy hub of the universe!” Instead, how
ever, she *■ remarked in hor own
musical language: “It does me proud to put
foot upon the soil of this beautiful city of
baked beans!” In less than three seconds
after tins unfortunate remark the Queen
wo* the most unpopular woman that has
visited Boston since the days when witches
made periodical trips on broomsticks be
twoen that city and the moon.
Mr. George Jones, of the New York
Times, has been interviewed by the Denver
Republican. Speaking of Mr. Charles
Anderson Pejix, of tho New York Sun, Mr.
Jones said: “Dana is a devil; a malicious,
wicked devil! Ho pitches into people that
don’t deserve it, just because ho is naturally
wicked. He has reduced tho circulation of
the Sun at least two-thirds principally by
his malicious attacks on deserving men aud
foolish moves like the support of Butler,
lie Is just a pure devil.” Will there be
pistols and coffee for two wheu Mr. Jones
returns to New York!
I His Enemies.
Tews is authority for
■e is trouble in the
>f Labor. It seems
al of dissatisfaction
Workman Powderly
leasure at the defeat
ndidate for Mayor of
i News says tlt there
revolt against Mr.
and that it is not im
-11 be a general with
jw Mr. Powderly, or
rors law and order,
the candidacy of
genuine re;iresenta
ll e was known to be
Anarchists, and be
worldngmen there
mpathy.
get her too conserva
■VttlPv a good many ambitious men who
Succeeded in securing prominence in
•iffcr- nt local a&semblier, and a struggle be
‘vWawi them and Mr. Powderly will have to
come sooner or later. Mr. Powderly has
made concessions to them which
'■fire'subjected him to severe criticism, and
Hpich, perhaps, were not in harmony with
litfs better judgment. The concessions, there
Is reason to believe, were made to secure
ftieace, and to bold the organization together
'until wiser counsels could prevail.
If a fight is made on Mr. Powderly it will
be found, doubtless, that he still has the
confidence of the great mass of Knights of
Labor. He undoubtedly wishes to promote
the welfare of workingmen, and he knows
that their best interests will be served by
preserving peace in alt the various branches
of trade and industry. Those who are try
ing to oust him from his position are more
or less influenced by Socialistic ideas. They
want to upset the established order of things,
though it would puzzle them to state what
they hope to accomplish by their policy.
The Knights of Lalmr have a powerful
organization, but it has placed dangerous
men in not a few of its responsible positions.
These men ought to be deposed and their
places filled by workingmen who are willing
to work solelj - to improve the workingmen’s
condition. It is not an easy matter, how
ever, to get rid of them because they have
strong friends who are ready at all times to
render them assistance in promoting the ob
jects they have in view.
If there is a fight lietweon Mr. Powderly
and ambitious local leaders it will probably
be a bitter one, and the Knights all over the
country will take part in it. If the organi
zation survives the struggle it will, in all
probability, be stronger than ever, because
it will be definitely understood that the
policy of the winning faction is to prevail.
It certainly cannot continue to prosper with
two policies which are hostile to each other.
The workingman who wants to earn bread
for his family and believes he can do that
best when society is at peace, and trade and
industries are not unsettled by disturbances,
has no sympathy with Socialistic ideas. If
there is a revolt against Mr. Powderly, the
leaders of it will be those who sympathize
with such ideas.
Eager to Begin His Work.
William O’Brien wasted no time in New
York. He appeared to lie in a hurry to
begin his attack on Lord Lansdowne, and
so started at once for Montreal as soon as
he reached New York. He did not have a
very pleasant voyage. There were a good
many loyalists on the steamship and they
took pleasure in making him uncomfoi-table.
However, he will do his best to oven up
things when ho gets fairly at work in Can
ada.
Doubtless Lord Lansdowne regards his
coming with a good deal of uneasiness.
liOrd Lansdowne is very susceptible to criti
cism, and the speeches of O’Brien will make
life a burden to him. However, if all the
stories told of him are true, he deserves all
the harsh things O’Brien is likely to say of
him. His estate is in the county of Kerry,
Ireland. In fact, it comprises pretty much
all of ihat county. There arc 115,000 tenants
upon it, and the most of thorn arc miserably
poor. Of course a landlord ought to have
his rents when they are reasonable,
but it is alleged that the rents
which Lord Lansdowne demands are
greater than his tenants can pay. It may
be said that if they can’t pay the rents they
ought to give up their holdings, but where
are they to goi Being about on the edge of
starvation all the time, and having lived
in their present homes all their lives, if they
were to give them up they would simply be
without shelter; and, besides, by leaving
their homes they would lose the improve
ments which they have made upon tho land
tb.ey occupy.
Mr. O’Bwn's first speech in Canada will
be looked for in this country with keen in
terest, ami it effect will lie watched with
still greater interest both here and in
England.
The Temperance Convention.
The Woman’s Christian Temperance
Union is having a very successful conven
tion. It is attracting much attention, as it
ought to. Tho Union is doing a good work,
and it ought to bo encouraged. Many
charitable and well-meaning people who
sympathize with the temperance cause hold
aloof from it because they do not approve
of women taking so prominent a part in
tenqKTunco work, or because they cannot
have the selection of tho members of it,
The purpose of tho Union is tho only thing
that ought to bo considered, aud if that is
good it should be indoi-sed.
Laws to check intemperance accomplish
little or nothing unless public sentiment
supisirts them, mid the Woman’s Christian
Temperance Union prepares public senti
ment for tho laws. It does more than that.
It is a powerful agent in influencing i>eoplo
of intemperate habits to boeomc sober and
self-respooting citizens.
Georgia is largely a prohibition State.
The gi-eat majority of its counties have
taken advantage of tho local option law and
have prohibited tho sale of intoxicating
liquoin within their limits. Doubtless the
Woman’s Temperance Union lias had a great
deal to do with bringing about this condition
of affairs.
The programme of the convention in this
city is an interesting one, and it is Ixsing
carried out successfully. The effect of tho
convention’s work may not be immediately
apparent, but tluit it will lie noticeable in
the near future there Is no reason to doubt.
Kilitor O’Brien, who has gone to Canada
to expose Lord Lansdownc’s treatment of
Irish tenants will meet with some opposi-,
lion. In the Dominion Methodist church at
Ottawa, last Sunday, Rev. W. W. Carson
preached a sermon against O’Brien, and
called on his congregation to display their
loyalty to the Governor General. The con
gregation applauded the sermon, and at the
conclusion joined heartily in singing the
, national anthem.
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1887.
Hawley Coming to the Front.
Although Blaine is the most popular man
in the Republican party, indications are
cropping out which justify a doubt whether
ho will be its Presidential candidate in 1888.
The belief is gaining ground among the Re
publican leaders that he cannot be elected,
and they don’t want a standard bearer
whose success is doubtful. He has done
nothing to increase his popularity since
18S4. He hasn’t spoken a word that lias
tended to draw public attention to himself,
and lias advocated no policy that promises
to help his party to victory. Wbat
reasons therefore are there for think
ing that he would be a stronger candi
date in 1888 than ho was in 1884? There
isn’t a single reason, and his strongest
friends will not insist that there is.
The very fact that he has boon beaten once
will weigh against him if he is a candidate
again. If the Republican party had anew
issue, or if the people hail any fault to find
with the way the Democratic piarty has
managed the government, there might be
some chance for him, but the party lias no
new i.ssue, and the country is very well
satisfied with Mr. Cleveland’s administra
tion.
This being the condition of affaire, it is
natural that the Republican leaders should
think seriously of making their Presidential
ticket out of entirely new material. It is
noticeable that the name of Senator Hawley,
of Connecticut, is mentioned very frequently
for cither the first or second place. While
ho cannot be considered Blaine’s equal in
point of ability, he is certainly his superior
in all other respects. He has an honorable war
record, and his career in Congress is without
a blemish. He has the reputation of being
a clean-handed, pure-hearted gentleman
with decision of character enough to admin
ister respectably any office within the gift
of tho people. He is not cold and calculat
ing as Sherman is, nor has he ever been
caught in any doubtful transactions as
Blaine has. He is widely known and is
popular wherever known. Why shouldn’t
the Republicans prefer him to Blaine?
There isn’t much chance for the election
of any Republican, but there is a better
change for one of high character than for
one whose character cannot stand the test of
a close scrutiny. As the time for choosing
candidates approaches it 'is probable that
the attention of the Republican leaders will
bo turned more and more toward Senator
Hawley. If he is nominated he will not
have to occupy the most of his time during
the cafivass in trying to defend his reputa
tion, and that fact ought to go a long way
toward recommending him to his party
in view of its exjierieuee in 1884.
Dissatisfied Coal Miners.
The threatened strike in the coal region of
Pennsylvania will hardly occur. The con
servative men among the coal miners do not
believe that a strike at this time would bene
fit the miners in tho least. Their demand
is for an advance of 10 per cent, in their
wages. As there are 90,000 men employed
in tho mines of tho six counties which
would lie affected by a strike, it will be
seen that the sum at stake is a pretty big
one.
The main reason urged against a strike is
that the coal companies would lie benefited
rather than injured by it. They have large
stocks of coal on hand and the winter de
mand is over. A strike would cause the
price of coal to advance. Stocks on bund
are sufficient to meet any demand for coal
for several months. What folly ft would
. be, therefore, for thousands of miners to
spend nearly the whole summer in idleness
with the prospect of getting a small ad
vance next fall 1
A strike would bring great hardships to
the miners and their families. Very few of
them have any surplus money, and they
would- soon be in a starving condition.
Hundreds of the miners hnvo purchased
their homes on the installment plan, and in
most cases all the installments have not
been paid A strike, therefore, means to
many the loss of their homes.
Tho coke handlers are still on a strike, but
the chance that they will bring thoir em
ployes to terms Is lietter than the chance
that the coal miners would get what they
want by striking, because there is a constant
and pressing demand for coke. Unless the
coke men soon return to work several mills
doubtless will have to shut down. /Tho coal
miners, if they are wise, will wait until next
winter before striking. Their chances for
success will be much greater tlien than they
aro now'.
At Omaha, the other night, Sarah Bern
hardt gave an exhibition which justified
Sam Small’s attack upon her. Dissatisfied
with her.audience, which was small, she
refused to play. After much persuasion she
consented to go on, but revenged lieiself by
giving a burlesque performance. She guyed
the actors, who seemed to appreciate the
situation, and joined in the fun. Sho in
troduced a thunder act, banging the artifi
cial thunder instrument until the audieuce
was made deaf. “Frou Frou.” tho character
she impersonated, died behind the scenes,
and was afterwards brought on the stage
upon n stretcher. The audience manifested
its disapproval by hissing.
Tho Evening Express, of Portland, Me.,
one of Mr. Blaine’s organs, says: “Senator
John Sherman should be more discriminat
ing in his use of taffy to secure ex-Coufed
erate support for his little Presidential
boom. We all admit and even admire in
themselves those qualities of courage, skill,
fortitude and devotion displayed by the
ruling class in tho South in their efforts to
break up the American Union and to estab
lish on its ruins a republic whose corner
stone should bo slavery. We may concede
to their honesty of conviction, but they were
traitors none the less.” All of which means
that Mr. Blaine intends to conduct his cam
paign on the bloody shirt issue.
At Marquette, Ind., twenty years ago,
John Flynn withdrew from society and shut
himself up at home. After a few months
tho public forgot him. Nino years ago
Lawrence Donahue, a son of Flynn’s sister,
disappeared and was seen no more. A few
days ago the Marshal of Marquette visited
Flynn’s house and found him in an isolated
room. Ills hair hung below his shoulders
mid his liennl was long anil unkempt. Dona
lino could not be found, he having hid him
self. No reason is assignod for the strange
action of the two men.
Tho telegram of the Secretary of War
to Gov. Beaver, of Pennsylvania, asking
how much timo would be required to con
centrate tho Pennsylvania militia on Lake
Erie, caused the impression that war with
Canada was apprehended. This was a mis
take. The Seoretar/ wanted tho inforina
tiof to Incorporate into his report to Con
gress touching tho strength of the militia.
Similar inquiries wore made of the Gov
ernors of all tho State*. What reply did
Gov. Gordon make l
CURRENT COMMENT.
Protection Is One-Sided.
fi-om the New York World ( Dem.)
A monopolists' organ Insist3 that "Protection
Is not one-sided.” Carry tin' news to tho coal*
and iron minolk working on semi-starvation j
wages. ™ ( f
Full of Daylight.
Front the Washington Post (Dan.)
The cordial indorsement of the President by
the Itemoeratic State Convention of Kentucky
indicates that no community in the country trill
falter. The future is full of daylight.
The Bridge ia Too Short.
From the New York Herald (Tnd.)
Queen Victoria reminded the well fed London
corporation yesterday of "the sympathy unit
ing the throne and the people.” What a good
thing it would lie to see this bridge of sympathy
stretched across the Irish channel!
A Spectacle to Weep Over.
From the Washington Star (Tnd.)
If any spectacle is calculated to stir the souls
of Congress in the direction of the upbuilding of
anew navy, it must be that of Lillian Nordiea,
an American songstress, singing "Rule, Britan
nia” at the opening of an American exhibition
In the city of London.
BRIGHT BITS.
Formerly the foolish virgins had no oil: now
the foolish vigrlns are too froe with the kero
sene. —Hackensack Hepulilican,
Duluth has among her citizens Spring, Win
ter, Summer, Breeze, Rainey, Dewey, Frost and
Snow, but Mr. Cy Clone has never visited us.—-
Duluth (Mich.) Paragrapher. ,
Some of the rumors from Germany are quite
alarming—alarming to the French. The Ger
mans are perfectly composed, for no matter
what turns up they are prepared for the worst.
—Texas Siftings.
The race of Spring has almost run,
The joyous Summer's near,
When circus posters have begun
On fences to appear,
—Boston Courier.
’Tis good the maid is not inclined
To pause till she discover
His qualities of heart and mind,
Or good-by to the lover.
—Texas Siftings.
Here lies the bones of Margaret Gwyn.
She was so very poor within,
She cracked her outer shell of sin
And hatched herself a seraphim.
English Epitaph.
Wife (in a tone of sarcastic reproach)—What
do you think, John, of paying $1 50 for an or
chestra chair Saturday night and only putting
25c. iu the contribution box Sunday morning?
John (the guilty one) I think, my dear, that
it makes a $2 bill look sick '.—Pack.
Clara —Can it be, Dolly, that you m e to marry
Mr. Smith after saying to me so repeatedly that
you could not endure him?
Dolly- The tmth is, Clara dear, that until I
heard that his aunt had died, leaving him a for
tune, I was deceived in my own feelings toward
him.”— Harper's Bazar.
Architect—This, Mrs. Pahvynew, is the
ground-plan of the first Hoor. Here is the hall,
there is the drawing-room
Mrs. Pahvynew—Law, Mr. Shackelford, why
not make that room a parlor? We don't need
no drawing-room, one of the girls can
draw.— Chicago Tribune.
Mr. Night, President Hoboken Base Ball
Club (to the phenomenal pitcher at the begin
ning of the season}—What's that, Mr. Curve, not
going to sign?
Curve—No, sir; ’taint enough money for me.
Night—Not enough money? Man alive! it is
SI,OOO more than we paid you last season.
Curve (loftily)—Well, taint enough. Why the
President of the United States gets' $30,1100 a
year.—The Judge.
It was raining quite hard and one of the trav
eling men who was in the store wanted to go
down the street. Seeing an umbrella in the
corner und desiring to borrow it, he asked the
clerk who was nearest it: "Is that your um
brella, Smith?”
The clerk slowly turned on him, and, after an
impressive pause, said: “Mr. Seller, if there's
anything I do despise it's a suspicious, inquisi
tive nature.”— Merchant Traveler.
“Should a white company salute a colored
company while passing it on the march?” has
lieen one of the questions propounded by mili
tary tacticians recently. This reminds us of an
old story. Gen. Washington was walking down
Pennsylvania avenue in the city of Washington
one day when he was met by a negro, who
bowed to him. The General bowed politely in
return. “What, Mr. President,” said an ac
quaintance, “do you bow to a negro?” "Sir,”
replied Washington, “do you think I would al
low a negro to outdo me in politeness?',' And
the negroes were then slaves, and Washington
owned a good many of them.— Mobile Register.
When William Pitt Fessenden was a student
in Bowdoin College the members of his class .as
signed him to sing a song at a public entertain
ment. He protested that he did not have a
musical voice and begged them to excuse him.
They were indisposed to accede to his request,
but no told them a story which brought them
around. He said that in his boyhood days he
attended a singing school and thought he was
making flue progress. The school was to have
a public exhibition, and he went into the attic of
his father's house one Sunday to prepare for it.
The old gentleman, after hearing him practice
for a few miuutes, called out: “Pitt, stop that
noise immediately—people are going by to meet
ing. and what will they think to hear you up
garret, sawing boards, Sunday?”— Lewiston
(Ale.) Journal.
PERSONAL.
Queen Kapiolani wept on leaving Washing
ton. Many a politician knows just how she felt.
The widow of the late Gen. Winfield S. Han
cock is visiting Mrs. John G. Farnsworth, of
Albany.
Buffalo Bill has visited the Prince of Wales
at Marlborough House. Now let the dude invest
in a sombrero and leather breeches.
Mrs. Jane Ryder, of Owingston. Me., who
was a centenarian three years ago, is not yet
helpless from old ago. She lives with a son who
is ~0 years old.
Of all the New York managere Lester Wal
laclc is the only one who was born in the dra
matic profession and brought up in the expecta
tion of following a managerial career.
The Sultan of Turkey has had the members
of bis harem, 130 in number, vaccinated. Even
the small-pox is not permitted to enter tho sa
cred precincts of his conjugal domain.
The Duke of Edinburgh is stated in French
papers "to have been too drunk to give the
order for the salute in return to the French
complimentary guns when the Queen arrived at
Cannes."
Alhert Dklpit, author of the drama “Made
moiselle de Brexsier,” which Mrs. James Brown
Potter has purchased, is an American by birth.
He is from New Orleans, the home of Mrs. Pot
ter's childhood.
Mas. Looan warmly denies that she is writing
a novel. She says that her talents do not lie in
that direction, and that if she had the ability
she lias not the Inclination at present to indulge
In the production of fiction.
Isaac Harlow, of Phillips, Me., who was a
drummer in the war of 1812, celebrated his 92(1
birthday recently, and when his friends assem
bled gave them an exhibition of how briskly be
could still handle the drum sticks.
Mr. Parnell and Michael Davitt are said to
lie actively engaged In the work of organizing a
company with a capital of $500,000 to export
Irish linens and woolen goods. They hnvo
been promised support by friends In this coun
try.
James Whitcomb Riley's poem “Leonanic"
has been translated Into Italian. The Italians
are great admirers of Edgar A. Poo, and Mr.
Riley's poem, which was so long supposed to be
Poe’s, finds a warm welcome in the land of
Horace and Catullus.
The festival in honor of Rabelais, which took
place last year at SQendon, of which place the
creator of "Pantragrual". was cure, will be re
peated this year and made nnuuM. It will be
held on May 29 and 30, and the proceedings will
consist f*i* literary and jxictie couiftetltions, an
art exhibition, a cavalcade, concert, banquets,
etc.
Suppe. the composer, is in private life a quiet
man mid loves solitude. He lives in a villa in a
romantic and Request.>red spot. Now and then
he entertains on a Sunday a few friends from
Vienna and over good Dalmatian wine talks
with them of the pleasures and sorrows of thea
trical life. He is a native of Dalmatia, au.l re
tains a strong love for that land and all its pro
ducts.
tins. Jons A. McCusrnand, the Illinois vet
eran, lately met some com rales to help prepare
resolutions on tho death of another comrade.
One of tho speakers thus eulogized the deceas
ed: "And when death came to claim him he
met it as peacefully and calmly as the wnrrlor
who wraps the drapery of Ids couch about him
and lies down to pleasant dreams." The (tenoral
blurted out: ‘That's the v.-eak point In his char
acter. I don't like this business of meeting
death calmly. I have no respect for any man
who does ymt. When death comes to mo, I'll
fight him. sir -I’ll fight.him to the last. 1 don't
want any lying down to pleasant dreams in
wine.”
A CLERGYMAN DUMBFOUNDED.
Judge Finch’s Way of Answering an
Inquiry When on the Stump.
From the New York Evening Sun.
Judge Alton B. Parker tells good stories.
This is considered his best:
Judge Pinch, of Western New York, stumped
the State in the Prohibition campaign. At
Syracuse he spoke to a large audience. A
minister, who was a stanch Republican and a
strong temperance man. was present. He stood
it as long as he could, and then asked the
privilege of an inquiry.
“Certainly,” said Judge Finch, waving his
hand courteously.
The clergyman mounted the -platform, and
the question expanded into a five-minute speech
in which he pronounced the arguments or the
Prohibitionists fallacious, ending up with the
assertion that the Democrats were paying the
expenses of the Prohibitionist campaign. Judge
Finch listened with the utmost politeness, and
then went calmly on with his argument. After
a little he paused and said: “I will tell you a
story. A clergyman who was an intimate
friend of Dr. Gray paid a visit to him at the
Utica Insane Asylum. Alter a collation the
doctor took him out on the lawn for a walk. He
found there a number of insane people and he
turned to the doctor and said: ‘why, doctor, I
should think you would be afraid to go among
all these insane people,’
“ ‘Oh, they won’t hurt anybody. I will show
you one who will, however, if you don’t agree
to everything he says. So you must assent to
every question he asks you.’
“Tapping at the cell door a wild looking
face appeared. Regarding the minister with a
stern gaze, the inmate of the cell said: ‘Are
you aware that two weeks ago Buckingham
l’alacc was burned to the ground and Queen
Victoria jierished in the flainefU'
“The minister fidgetted, not wanting to tell an
untruth, but he caught a wink from the doctor,
and at last responded, ‘Yes.’
“ ‘Do you know that tw-o days ago the Knights
of Labor got up a riot in the streets of Roches
ter and that Jay Gould w-as taken from the car
Palestine and lianged to a lamp post?'
“This made the minister squirm, but a warn
ing look from Dr. Gray moved bi:n, and he re
sponded, ‘Yes.’
"The patient drew himself up to his full
height, and his eyes rolled wildly as he looked
the minister over from head to foot. At last he
broke out fiercely: ‘You say you an* a minister;
you look like a minister: you may be a minister,
but you lie like the devil. ’’
Judge Finch resumed his argument after the
audience ceased roaring.
Edwin Booth’s Speech.
From the San Francisco Chronicle.
Mr. Booth is a most retiring and timid man
about society. lie is the only actor I ever njet
who is embarrassed at a compliment. Most ac
tors, when you tell them how well they do, im
mediately proceed to explain to you that they
are really greater actors than you think they
are. Mr. Booth seems to be possessed of the
unique conviction that Shakespeare meant what
he wrote, and one of his main dreads is by the
man who wants to know whether Hamlet was
really insane or only feigning. He was speak
ing of his reception at the Baldwin on the first
night.
“You saw my reception on Monday night,” he
said, "and I—l couldn’t have said ‘Thank you’
before that curtain.”
He confessed to making one speech, but the
result was not very encouraging. Some years
ago he went with his company to a place to play
one night. He had been specially requested not
to play "Hamlet.,” as the people had seen him
in that the year before and they wanted some
thing else. When they assembled at the theatre
they found the baggage had gone astray and the
costumes for “Richelieu” nail not arrived.
They must play something else, anti the only
thing they could do was to make up a bill of a
farce and three acts of “Hamlet,” which were
easiest to put on. Mr. Booth went out before
the curtain and made a little speech.
“They listened to me,” he said, “and when I
got through a man in the front of the orchestra
looked up and said: ‘All right, give us Hamlet.’
I went off feeling very proud of my speech. I
had done brilliantly, I thought. Just then I
heard somebody talking in front of the curtain.
What's this, I said to myself. Somebody ob
jecting—a row—and I grew excessively nervous.
Just then one of the men came in from the front
part of the house. ‘What's that? Who's that
talking out there?’ ‘Oh. it's all right. It's the
proprietor. They didn’t hear a word you said,
and he is explaining to them that you’vechanged
the bill.”
A Close Bargainer.
From the Youth's Companion.
Many stories are in circulation illustrating the
stinginess or a certain farmer.
He one day went into a store to buy six feet of
rope, and the dealer, knowing his peculiar love
of money, told him he might have it for 10c.
“I’ll give you five."
“I can t sell for that. Why, man, you’ve got
plenty of money and ought not to grumble.”
“Yes, but times are powerful hard. Can’t
stand that price.” He went away, and after re
maining about, two hours came back to ask:
“That rope fell any?”
“No.”
“Good-bye.”
The next day he entered the store and said:
“I hear rope is failin’ all over the country.”
‘Tha* s >?"
“Yes. Hear that over at Cotton Town ye can
get 10 feet fer a nickel.”
"Why don’t you go over there?”
“Don't want to wear out my shoes. Say, has
it fell any here?”
“Not a bit.”
“Wal, good-bye.”
Two days later ho came back.
“Say," he said, "hain't you got some old rope
you can sell cheap?”
"No old rope.”
“New rope ain’t fell none yet?”
The dealer, worn out by the siege, offered him
the required quantity for sc. The old man care
fully measured it, and said, with a disappointed
air: “It’s three inches short. Can't you knock
off something?"
“Yes; give me 4c.”
“Say 3c.”
“Well, 3c.”
The purchaser laid three somewhat dirty lc.
postage stamps upon tho counter, and hurried
away, to leave tho shopman no time for re
pentance.
It Cheered Him Up.
From the Detroit Free Fi-ess.
Side by side in the waiting room of the Third
street passenger station yesterday sat a ner
vous little woman and a tall, melancholy man.
The woman had a boy about 7 years of age, who
seemed to lie possessed of an evil spirit and
wouldn’t sit nor stand still. He didn’t want
apples nor candy, He couldn’t be coaxed nor
bribed to behave himself, and his kicking and
whining seemed to wear the little woman out.
The melancholy man stood it for awhile, but
tinally felt called upon to observe:
"Madam, 1 know what that child is aching
for.”
“Yes. so do I," she promptly answered, “but
I’ve a boil on my right arm.
“I’ll take the job off your hands if you say so.
It’s sumthin’ I’ve been in the habit of doing al
most every day of my life, for I’ve had three
wives and three sets of children."
The toy set up an extra howl, and began
kicking her shins just then, and she looked
around in a helpless way and said:
“Well, you may try-. Not toq vigorous, but
just vigorous enough.”
He reached over and picked the child up and
laid him across his knee, and the spanking ma
chine started off at about forty revolutions a
minute, and worked to a charm.
"There, you sot, there!’’ said the 010 man as
iie straightened the hoy up and sat him down.
“That's better than ail the candy and peanuts
in the country, and you 11 behave yourself for
the next three days."
The boy blubbered softly and sat still, and
when the mother bowed her gratitude the old
man replied:
“Oh, don’t, mention it. It’s the best medlcino
in the world, besides. I was a bit lonesome to
day, and it has sort o' cheered me up.”
A Magician.
From the Boston Globe,
Did she magnetize,
l’hyschologize.
Or mesmerize me, which?
Is she human
And a woman.
Or, os I think, a witch?
Who can tell mo
What befell me
When ] saw the siren first?
What magnetic
Thrill prophetic
Filled me tin I thought I’d burst?
Is It magic?
Is it tragic
That 1 do whate’er she says?
That she found me,
And has bound me
As her slave for all my days?
Though we’re married,
Love has tarried,
And my wife still works her spell;
A mngieian—
That’s her mission—
If tls witchcraft, it Is well.
“I’ve boon riding on the limited cattle train
all day, madame,” said the tramp in an im
ploring tone of voice, “and my feet ure very
tired. Would you mind letting me sleep U>-
night in the cow pasture back of the barn?”
"Certainly not, replied the woman, kindly,
“and I’ll veil John to put m> the liars snug aud
tight so you won’t catch cold. ”—-You; York Sun.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
A saloon KirrEr. at Eland Junction, Wis., has
adopted a novel plan to ensure congregations
for the man who preaches at that place. He
offers a glass of larger beer to all who will at
tend church.
A fourteen-year-old girl of Pittsfield, Mans.,
worked all last winter in the woods with her
father, taking a man’s place. She took care of
her team of four oxen and hauled logs from the
woods to the mil! at West Athens, working many
days when most men would have pronounced it
very rough to be on the road.
A Paris cabman who committed suicide the
other day left the following explanatory note:
“I leave this world because it pleases me to do
so. I have had enough of driving other people
about in this world. lam going to see if in the
other world people drive differently*. All I ask
is that no fuss nmy be made about me.”
Two lads who worked a neat swindling act
were tripped up in Chicago last week. They
dealt in stolen dogs, and while one was out
“finding canines that were not lost” the other
would lie restoring the booty of the previous day
to the owners, and the reward offered
through the newspapers. When captured the
youngsters had eighty odd dogs on hand.
A New York man has published a catalogue of
autograph letters, which are for sale, with the
prices attached, which shows curious financial
estimates. The father of Queen Victoria goes
for 42 50, Napoleon ranks $1 better, $3 50,
Goethe is set at $6 50, Benjamin Franklin is
well up in the scale at SO, Abraham Lincoln is
worth sl6, and Thomas Paine, set down as an
atheist, leads the list at s2l.
A Buffalo lady had a peculiar experience in
traveling in New York. It was a stormy night,
and a high wind was blowing in fierce gusts. In
passing from one car to another a sudden blast
wrapped her skirts around the brake, and in
freeing herself the cloth was badly* rent. The
pocket of the dress was torn off, and her pocket
book, containing money, tickets, keys and
checks, sailed off into the black night.
Gen. W. W. H. Davis, United States’Pension
Agent in Philadelphia, during twenty days in
the month of April just closed, signed lps name
24,370 times on as many checks. One gold pen
only was used in signing the checks, besides
doing a great deal of other work. The pen ap
pears to be as gfiod as new, although it has been
in use constausly for upwards of five years hav
ing formerly been the property of Chief Clerk
Shelmire.
The streets of Canton are only three or four
feet wide, paved with stone. The inhabitants
throw then- garbage into the street, the effect of
which may* be imagined. Above the streets are
covered with matting or bamboo network,
reaching from one side to the other. This ex
cludes both light and air and tends to make the
street odors emphatically stronger. Looked at
from an eminence the whole city seems to be
roofed.
Krupp, the great gunmaker of Essen, is now
at work upon a gun of 139 tons. Its length is
52Lj feet, and its calibre 157 inches. It will
throw a steel shell 3 feet 9 inches long, weighing
1.630 pounds, and another shell 5 feet 2 inches
long, weighing 2,314 pounds Since 1868 the
penetrating power of projectiles has been in;
creased tenfold. Now a Krupp gun will pierce
an armor plate of a thickness three times as
great as the bore of the gun.
A landlord was buried in Berlin on Easter
Monday- such as is rarely heard of nowadays.
He had owned the house for 57 years, and dur
ing this time had never warned out nor ever
raised the rent on any one of the tenants. .None
of the lessees ever had a written lease, but prob
ably for this very reason felt all the more secure
in the worthy old fellow’s house,who lived quiet
ly- among them, devoting his time to the edu
cation of an adopted child and to his passion for
music.
A letter from the Mayor of Plozevet (Finis
tere) has been published in the Depeehe, a jour
nal of Brest, Brittany, stating that three guns
belonging to the English frigate Amazon, which
went dowr before I iozevet in 1797 which engag
ing the French ship Les Droits de l'Homme,
have just been dug out of a lied of sand about
six feet deep. The guns are to be placed at the
foot of the record of Les Droits de l'Homme, in
commemoration not only of the valor shown on
both sides during the little, but as a record of
the humanity shown by the English after the
fight in trying to save the sinking Droits de
l'Homme, for which all the English prisoners of
the Amazon were liberated and sent back to
England.
Rev. George E. Macardle, of Lafayette, N.
Y., is being rather severely criticisel by his
church for producing a dramatic situation in
one of his recent sermons. This is how he tells
the story: “Y’ou see I was illustrating one of
Neil Dow’s sermons where he is said to have
frightened a whole multitude into repentance
by having a small boy up in a tree-top while he
was preaching to an out-door audience about
the resurrection. The boy had a trumpet and
blew' at the proper time. Well. I had had it
arranged with the organist, and after I had
described how, when all were in their graves,
the angel Gabriel would then appear, I said:
’Blow, Gabriel, blow I’ The organ tooted and
the effect was grand. Mr. Gaylord himself said
so at the time, and all the rest that heard it.”
Mr. Webster, on one of his visits to Marsh
field, heard and brought back to Washington the
following good story about the Rev. Dr. Allyn,
an eccentric Congregational clergyman at Dux
bury. When a violin was first introduced into
the choir of Dr. Atlyn’s church the innovation
gave great offense to some of tile worthy parish
ioners. Especially was the player of the irass
viol exercised with sorrow and indignation when
the frivolous and profane fiddle first took its
place in the house of God by the side of his se
date and portly instrument. He accordingly
laid the case before the parson, who. after listen
ing soberly to his complaints, replied: “It may
be as you say, sir; I don’t know hut you are
right: but if you are it strikes me the greater
the fiddle, the greater the sin!” The hero of the
big fiddle was untuned.
Here is a cat story which certainly is not out
done in the evidence of intelligence it affords by
any dog story that has been told of late and can
be vouched for. Mistress Puss lives in a family
as its best beloved pet and has much careful
attention. Each year when the family goes into
the country of course Mistress Puss goes too,
uml thus she has I income used to traveling and
its accompanying discomforts. She lias become
used nlso to the various signs of approaching
migration and knows what it means when the
carpets come up and trunks are packed. This
particular season Mistress Puss, being the happy
mother of a promising kitten, was very anxious
and nervous as the time for flitting drew near,
and at lost became so troubled that she attracted
tlit\ attention of the family by her peculiar lie
bavior. On following her they found the cause.
Stie had packed hex little one in a partially
filled trunk lest it should be overlooked in tho
moving.
Speaking of the recent attempt to kill him,
poor old Bazaine said to a London Telegraph
correspondent that he had come to resign him
self during the past years to his painful fate,
which doomed him to be an obligatory and
enforced victim, a sort of consolatory holocaust,
for a defeat which was Inevitable. He once
more insisted that had Marshal McMahon helped
him in time things would have taken u different
turn, and he took credit to himself for having
avoided a bombardment, which would have
caused the destruction of thousands of men.
Unfortunately his countrymen were fickle.
Asked his opinion as to Gen. Boulanger and the
present situation, the ex-Marshal said that If tho
chief of the French army were of a merit
which corresponded with the popularity to
which he had attained he might succeed in doing
something, but one man was not enough. The
war might take place, and the French, in his
opinion, were ready so far as effective fighting
strength went, but it remained to be won
whether they had changed in temperament or
not.
Gen. Patrick Howard Connor, who is well
known in Ban Francisco, says the Call, has re
turned from his mine in the Tintic district in
Utah. Ho is an Irishman and iias had an ad
venturous career. In 1830, when only 19 years
of age, lie enlisted In the army and took part in
the Florida war. After that ho removed to
Texas, and when the revolution occurred en
listed under Albert Sydney Johnston in the
cause of Texas independence, and was chosen
colonel of his regiment upon its organization.
The outbreak of the civil war found him in
California, and ho was among the first to offer
his services to tho national government and
was appointed colonel of tho Third California
Infantry. In 18US the Mormons, pluming them
selves on tho internecine st niggle, grew bold,
and Col. Connor was ordered to take his regi
ment to Salt Lake, which he did, encamping
them where they could command a view of tlie
city. Brigham Young objected to the presence
Of the ‘‘DOTS in blue” and lent U envoy to Col.
Connor asking him to remove his camp outside
of the city limits. The reply was characteristic
of the man: “Tell Gov. Young," said the com
mander of the Third Callfornls Infantry, "that
I have marched my men over 800 miles and they
are too tired to pitch anew camp unless (t
is compulsory. But If I have to change my
camp my next headquarters will he in Brigham
Young's bouse.” The Sternum leader made no
further objection to the presence of the United
Stales volufutcs.
REMEDIES.
OL’Il LITTLE GRAMILdT^
Cleansed, Purified and Beanti
fied by tbe Cuticura Remedies'
It affords me pleasure to give vou thh -
of the cure of our little grandchild
ticura Remedies. When six months old i,. , ■
hand began to swell and had every
of a large boil. We poulticed it bu?
purpose. About five months after it w. 7 110
running sore. Soon other sores
then had two of them on each hand, and
blood became more and more imnurn it,?
less time for them to break
on the chili, beneath the under lip uhw, a!ll!
very offensive. His head was one soli,)
discharging a great deal. This wa!s hrinS'
tion at twenty-two months old, when I
took the care of him, his mother haring Afe
when he was a little more than a year nisi
consumption (scrofula of course? He
walk a little, but could not get up if he lm
down, and could not move when in bed W
no use of nis hands. I immediately cornm.,l
with the Cuticura Remedies, using
CURA and Outioura Soap freely, and when?'
had taken one bottle of the Cuticura rL 1 ?
vent, his head was completely cured, and he
was improved to every way*. We were yi!
much encouraged, and continued the use of tP
remedies for a year and a half. One sore afta
another healed, a bony matter forming in
onb of these five deep ones just before heiS
which would finally grow loose and were taS
out; then they would heal rapidly. One of tl2
ugly bone formations I preserved. After taktT
a dozen and a half bottles he was coniDltafi
cured, and is now, at the age of six vm™ ”
strong and healthy child. The scare on
hands must always remain; his hands
strong, though we once feared he would new
be able to use them. All that physicians did '2
him did him no good. All who "saw the cMh
before using the Cuticura REMEniEs and see
child now consider it a wonderful cure If th
above facts are of any* use to you. vou an.
liberty to use them. MRS E. 8. DftlGGg *
May 9, 1885. 612 E. Clay St., Bloomington,ni
The child was really in a worse condition that
he appeared to his grandmother, who, beim
with him every day, became accustomed to the
disease. MAGGIE HOPPING
Cuticura Remedies are sold everywhem
Cuticura, the great Skin Cure, 50 cts.; Cm.
cura Soap, an exquisite Skin Beautifier, 23 cts ■
Cuticura Resolvent, the new Blood Purifier
sl. Prepared by the Potter Drug and Cheio’
cal Cos., Boston.
Send for "How to Cure Skin Diseases."
TTHTT 1 ™ Pimply and Oily Skin
-L -L vXI beautified by Cuticura Soap.
oil! MY BACK, MY BACK!
Jfcb Pain Inflammation and Weakness o(
/7i\ the Kidneys, Hips and Sides relieve)
A jJk: Ain one mintue bt the Cuticura Asti-
TjEA'Pain Plaster. New and infallible, it
L .-uggists, 25c. Potter Drug and Chemi
rTTT cal Cos., Boston.
MILLINERY.
PLATSHEK’S,
138 Broughton. Street.
GRAND SELECTED VALUES!
LACES! LACES!
650 yards sta-inches deep, White and Bein,
Egyptian and Oriental Laces this week, only life
per yard, regular price 20c.-
CORSETS! CORSETS!
100 dozen Ladies’ White 5-Hook Corsets, elabo
rate Silk Stitched and guaranteed bone-filled,
only 50c. each.
HOSIERY! HOSIERY!
25 dozen Ladies’ Brown Genuine Balbriggn
Hose, regular made anil London lengths. Tha
champion 25c. Hose of this market,
HANDKERCHIEFS!
HANDKERCHIEFS!
150 dozen Ladies’ FiDe Linen Moumitj
Bordered Handkerchiefs, size with y
inch, genuine hemstitch, this week, only 10c.
each; regular price 18c.
GENTS’ UNDERWEAR!
To make a run, we offer 75 dozen Gents’
regular made India Gauze Vests, with heavy
satin fronts and silk bound, at $3 a box IW doi
en); the regular price for them is 75c. each.
Embroidered Dress Robes!
150 elegant Dress Rohes we will offer at cost
from this week until entire lot is closed. Don!
miss this chanoe.
Ladies’Muslin Underwear!
. 30 dozen Ladies’ Cambrio Chemise, elegantlj
designed and trimmed with Torchon lace and
embroidery; the best 75c. article in the States.
LADIES’ JERSEYS!
65 dozen Ladies’ Pure Wool Boucle Jerseys
(summer weight), pleat backs, in brown, black,
navy, garnet, at the great bargain price of sl.
Ladies’ Gauze Underwear!
120 dozen Ladies’ Jersey-fitting Gauze Under
vests, the best finished goods in America, at 55c.
and 50c. Give them a trial.
Ladies’ Linen Collars.
200 dozen Ladies’ 3-ply All-Linen Clerkai
Shape Collars, with capes, for this week only,
our regular 15c. value.
The Leading Parasol, Fan and Glove House
of Savannah. |
DRY GOODS.
New Goods
By Steamer Chattahoochee.
NEW LAWNS, NEW ORGANDIES, MW
CRINKLE SEERSUCKERS,
A COMPLETE LINE of Ladies’ Children!*
and Gents’ Summer Undershirts.
A full assortment of Empire State
size from 13 to Boys’ Shirts, from 12 tow*
todies’ and Children’s Lisle Thread Hose, in
block and colored.
Gents' Lisle thread and Balbriggan Half How
in plain and fancy colore.
Gents’ Collars and Cuffs, with a
-of Black ami Second Mourning Goods, 00©i*
ing everything new and desirable.
AT
GERMAINE’S,
ISText Fnrber’s.
MEDICAL
Don’t Do 11! Don’t Do WWJ
\v H V don't walk our tony streetsi with
W nice dress or suit of clothes on ith dltf ,
or Grease Spots in, to which the Savannah
sticks "closer than a brother, when
Japanese Cleansing Creaffl
will take them out clean as anew pin
bottle. Made only by
J. R. HALTIWANGEB,
At hi* Drug Stores, Broughton and Dray'""'
Whitaker and Wayne streot3.__
Scotch Thistle Fumes
Price per box $1; six bozos $5. , >
parts of the world. Address JAMES
RI3ON, BeUalre, Ohio.
MANHOOD RESTORED. t&ESS&j&i
g Premature Decay, Nervous
Jtlanhood, eto., having tried in ~„re, wbk*
remedy, Nts discovered a simple* P yd
he will send FREE to his Mto" jM*
dress C. J. MASON, Post Office Bof <•
York City.