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4 ©ic learning Itcfos Morning News Building, Savannah, Ga THURSDAY, MAY 12. 1887. Jiegistcred at the Pest Office in Savannah. The Morning News is published every day in fhe year, and Is served to subscribers in the city, by newsdealers and carriers, on their own ac count, at 25 vents a week. SI 00 a month, $5 00 for six months and fin 00 tor one year. The Morning News, by mail, one month, Si 00; three months, $2 ; six months, $3 00; one year, $1(1 00. The Morning News by mail, six times a week (without Sunday issue), three months, £2 00; six months. St 00 one year. SS 00. The Moments Nows, Tri weekly, Mondays. I Wednesdays and Fridays, or Tuesdays, Thurs- j days and Saturdays, three months, $1 25; six! months, $2 50; one year, $5 00. The Sunday News, bu mail, one year. $2 00. jS The Weekly News, by mail, one year. Si JlO Subscriptions parable in advance. Remit idf ] postal order, check or registered letter. CdH WCf sent by mail at risk of senders. W Letters and telegrams should bo “Morning News. Savannah, Ga.” Advertising rates made known on apt lieatHn. j E TO NKW ADVKimSKMLaSt * Meetings -Zerubbabel Lodge No. 15, F, AM. ’ Southern Mutual Loan Association. . ; jL Special Notices— Notice of Karly Cl/Wlngt Grocers, Pianos, Davis Bros. Official— Notice to Property Auction Sales— Furniture and Gnßfc j( c . D. R. Kennedy; Fine Engravings, Laugblin & Son. jJPS&frp*. Cheap Column Advertisements 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.